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0.949435 | A homeowner transformed into Liam Neeson after spotting two schoolboys egging his house on CCTV - hunting them down and filming them scrubbing up the mess.
Gas engineer Jack Oldroyd returned home from an eight-hour shift last month and was exasperated to discover his front door had been egged.
As the egg was still runny 22-year-old Jack realised the 'hit and run' had been recent and sprinted to his computer to watch the CCTV footage in a bid to catch the culprits.
Determined to get the pair to clean up their mess, Jack jumped in his car and drove round the area to track them down - joking that it was like a scene from Neeson's action thriller Taken.
After catching the pair, Jack confronted the red-faced duo who repeatedly apologised and promised to clean up the mess.
Minutes later the repetent boys knocked on the door, apologised again and got to work cleaning it off.
Hilarious footage compiled by Jack documents his 'Neeson moment' as he discovers the scene, watches the CCTV and finally gets retribution as the sheepish lads clean up the mess.
Jack, from East Moor, Wakefield, said: 'I came home from work on that Sunday and there was egg running down the door so I knew it had just happened otherwise it would have baked on.
'I went inside, watched the CCTV and saw the two lads throwing eggs.
'I thought 'right, I'm, going to find you and I'm going to make you clean that off' - it was a bit of a Liam Neeson moment from the film Taken.
'I didn't want to clean the door, I wanted them to do it.
'I got changed and had a quick drive round but couldn't find them anywhere.
'On the way back to mine I saw them and pulled over, I thought 'perfect, I've found you, you've done this to my house, you'd better go clean it'.
'They went bright red, they knew what it was for before I'd even spoken to them.
The 25-second video shows Jack filming his front door in disbelief that it's been egged with the text 'Hahahahaha what the hell I've been egged, least it wasn't the car'.
The clip then shows the CCTV footage where the two lads, who Jack believes are around 13 years old, walk past his house with the text 'Right then you little f***ers I'll find you later' slapped on it.
One boy can be seen launching an egg at the door before the pair scarper away.
The final clip shows the pair diligently scrubbing the wood effect door with soapy water with the text 'lesson learnt' written across the screen.
Minutes after initially confronting them stunned Jack answered his front door to discover the contrite boys ready to roll up their sleeves and clean up the mess.
Jack said: 'After speaking to them I drove home, I didn't expect them to actually come. They knocked on the door apologised again and then cleaned it.
'I gave them a bucket of warm soapy water and some cloths to wash the door down with. |
0.99999 | In order to understand whether, and to what extent, the turbulent power spectrum reflects the effect of the nonlinear interaction among different wave-lengths, we propose to study the state that precedes the onset of turbulence in a flow. In this condition, a system is still technically stable (i.e.: linear perturbations eventually decay). However, the transient behavior of the linearized problem is very complicated, and poorly understood: there seems to be a multitude of multiple and or degenerate eigenvalues, with associated eigenfunctions whose behavior is not purely exponential.
This causes dramatic initial growth of the perturbations, with complicated patterns that eventually may trigger 3-D nonlinear instabilities that prevent their eventual decay. The set of all the possible 3D small perturbations that arise in this fashion constitutes a system of multiple spatial and temporal scales which are subject to all the processes included in the perturbative Navier-Stokes equations: linearized convective transport, linearized vortical stretching and tilting, and molecular diffusion. With the exception of the nonlinear interactions among the different scales, these are the features present in a turbulent state. An interesting question is then: to what extent can one think as the role of the nonlinear interactions as "merely" being the engine that keeps the transient behavior of the linearized system ever active, postponing and preventing the eventual exponential decay that the linear system alone has?
In order to answer the question at the end of a last paragraph, the idea is to observe the behavior of the linearized system, while keeping it artificially within the transient window. Then one can observe what spectra such a situation eventually produces, when starting from featureless data (say, white noise: all wavelengths have the same probability). If a power spectrum law arises, then is the exponent the same (or different) from the expected (-5/3) for a developed turbulence state? The exponent difference would then be a quantitative measure of how important the nonlinear interactions are. A small difference would be very interesting, as it would indicate a higher level of universality for the value of the exponent of the inertial range, not necessarily associated with the nonlinear interactions in any detailed fashion. Our work of the last few months strongly suggests that the second situation is the actual one.
We propose to do a careful verification of the result described above, by building a temporal observation window for the transient evolution of a large number (order of 103) of arbitrary small 3D perturbations acting on a typical shear flow. In particular we can take advantage of a recently numerically obtained set of solutions given by the initial value problem for 3D perturbations of a plane bluff-body wake. These solutions have revealed the existence of a very complicated and varied set of transient behaviors, many highly non-trivial. These transients, combined with a selection of white-noise initial amplitudes, can then be used to produce the situation where the eventual linear decay is suppressed. The simplest way to do this is to compute the evolution of each input wave-length till right before the time where the exponential decay kicks in. With a large set of data, it would then be possible to verify if the situation described at the end of the prior paragraph actually happens. Assuming that the answer from the study above is a yes, and then the question is why? What is the relationship of this linear process with turbulence? Is there some self-similarity of the intermediate wave numbers solutions of the linear problem that produces this, analogous to the Kolmogorov’s argument for fully developed homogeneous turbulence? |
0.917893 | The technology with vehicles are improving each year, and because of the introduction of hybrid vehicles during the early 1990s and the threat of carbon emission to the environment, many people are considering hybrid vehicles as their mode of transport. Hybrid vehicles are types of vehicles that use two sources of power. In some vehicles, there can be more than two sources of power, and it gives better performance and fuel economy to the vehicle. Hybrid vehicles have multiple sources of their power. One of the most abundant sources of power for hybrid vehicles would be coal & wood, natural gas, gasoline, hydrogen energy, solar energy and wind energy. Hybrid vehicles ranges from two wheeled hybrids, heavy vehicles which include buses, and rail transport which is being used on all modern rail roads in the planet. Many people are already in the possession of several hybrid vehicles, and the leading names in the world of hybrid made-vehicles are currently Toyota Prius and Chevrolet Volt. Hybrid vehicles are said to have an amazing performance compared to their regular counterparts. Thus, whenever the vehicle breaks down, it is highly suggested that it should be taken to a professional technician to have it checked. Hybrid vehicles have a complicated system that I full of electrical charges, and it would be unsafe for someone without proper training to go through it because of the risk of electrocution.
Some owners are lucky enough to find treasures on second hand auto shops. There are many sedans which are working perfectly fine that can be found in second hand auto shops just because their engine has a head gasket which has blown, and their owners have lost trust in their performance, even if these vehicles can still register high fuel economy. Dealers usually sell these vehicles for lower price, without the potential buyer suspecting that these vehicles are actually hybrid ones which would require special training and handling in order to be fixed. Those who had a similar experience of seeing a tempting offer at the dealership often become surprised once the used vehicle reaches their garage. These auto enthusiasts are 100% ready to do the job, until they opened the hood and see a warning that says how dangerous the task would be. Then they would realize that the vehicle is hybrid, and repairing it by themselves poses a risk of injury or death.
The most recommended thing that can be advised to an individual having issues with their hybrid vehicles is by taking them into the dealership or a certified auto repair shop. Hybrid vehicles have a computer system which can be scanned using a diagnostic tool, and it can display the error that the vehicle is currently experiencing. Dealerships and auto repair shops also has trained technicians which have studied and have undergone training to handle these types of concerns. It would be best if the issue with the vehicle is left with the technicians because they are certified to do the job. Aside from the certification that they have which proves how competent they are with fixing hybrid vehicles, these technicians also know where to handle the vehicle safely so injury and death can be prevented. Many car owners who own hybrid vehicles would sometimes reason out that taking the vehicle to the dealership or an auto repair shop would be costly, and they would just waste their time and energy. However, they do not know the full risk of taking the solution into their own hands. People should be thoroughly informed how dangerous fixing a hybrid vehicle is without the supervision of a professional. Repairing the hybrid car at home is possible, although it is not recommended. One could have serious injuries while doing it, and because of the high charges of the battery on a hybrid vehicle, one can also be electrocuted. Some people who are facing up the risk use different tools and items when fixing their vehicle by themselves. They would use rubber gloves to prevent being shocked by electricity, and they would seek assistance from another person to perform the task.
Hybrid cars are said to be the future of transportation. With the rate of how nations consume energy and gasoline, a futuristic peak oil scenario is not impossible to happen – which is why governments are encouraging their citizens to use vehicles that have the ability to save a lot of energy. Hybrid cars, with the kind of system that they have, can actually save a lot of fuel and it would become a huge relief especially for families which have a lower budget reserved for petroleum. Hybrid vehicles also promote a good environment, as they emit lesser carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. More hybrid vehicles are expected to be manufactured in the future, because more people are becoming interested on how they work and how they can save fuel. |
0.940469 | Henry B. Payne (November 30, 1810 – September 9, 1896) was an American politician from Ohio. Moving to Ohio from his native New York in 1833, he quickly established himself in law and business while becoming a local leader in Democratic politics. After serving in the Ohio Senate, Payne was elected to a single term in the United States House of Representatives in 1874. In the House, he worked unsuccessfully for a compromise in the debate over whether all of the nation's currency should be backed by gold. He was defeated for reelection, but served on the Electoral Commission that convened in early 1877 to resolve the dispute over the results of the 1876 presidential election. He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1880, but lost to Winfield Scott Hancock, who would go on to lose the general election to James A. Garfield. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1884. His election by the Ohio legislature was tainted with charges of bribery, but after investigation by the Senate, Payne was permitted to keep his seat. In the Senate, he voted for moderate tariff reforms and against the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, but was otherwise a reliable Democratic vote. He did not run for reelection, and died in 1896.
Henry Payne[a] was born in Hamilton, Madison County, New York, in 1810, to Elisha and Esther (née Douglass) Payne. Both of his parents were Connecticut natives who had moved to New York in the 1790s.
Payne attended the common schools and graduated from Hamilton College in 1832. After graduation, Payne read law in the Canandaigua office of John C. Spencer, a Whig politician and future Secretary of War. While working there, Payne became good friends with future United States Senator and 1860 Democratic presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas, who was studying law with another local attorney.
In 1833, Payne moved to Cleveland, Ohio, then a town of just 3000 people. Douglas preceded him there, but was ill, and Payne's first task on arrival in Ohio was to nurse his friend back to health. Under Sherlock J. Andrews, Payne continued to study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1834. He opened his own practice the same year, forming a partnership with future United States federal judge Hiram V. Willson. The firm became successful quickly; within ten years Payne and Willson was among the top firms in Ohio.
Payne's law practice continued to be successful through the early 1840s, but after suffering from attacks of hemoptysis (bleeding in the lungs), he was forced to curtail his activities. Instead, he devoted his time to business affairs and local politics. He began to promote the extension of railroads into Cleveland. Along with a few associates, Payne founded the Cleveland and Columbus Railroad in 1851, and served as its president. He also invested in several other local railroads. He resigned the railroad presidency in 1854, but the following year became president of a different railroad, the Painesville and Ashtabula. That same year, Payne became one of Cleveland's first water works commissioners. He also invested in real estate, and in 1888 arranged for the construction of the Perry-Payne Building in the present-day Warehouse District.
Payne entered local politics as a Democrat, serving as a Presidential elector in 1848 for Democratic nominees Lewis Cass and William Orlando Butler. He was elected to the Cleveland City Council in 1849, and served there until 1854. At the same time, he was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1849 to 1851. His skill as a parliamentarian led his party to nominate him for the United States Senate in 1851, but the election went to Whig candidate, Benjamin Wade, by a vote of 44–34.[b] Payne attended the 1856 Democratic National Convention, where he worked successfully for the nomination of James Buchanan. He ran for Governor of Ohio in 1857, but narrowly lost to the incumbent Republican, Salmon P. Chase. With more than 300,000 votes cast, Payne fell short of victory by just 1,503. In 1860, he again attended the Democrats' convention, where he helped nominate his old friend Stephen A. Douglas, and sided with Douglas's faction as the party divided into northern and southern halves.
At the 1860 convention, Payne denounced the right of secession, and during the Civil War that began the next year, he was a staunch supporter of the Union. Although he was not an abolitionist, he opposed the further extension of slavery. During the war, Payne used some of his wealth to help equip Ohio regiments. He was 50 years old when the war began, too old to volunteer himself, but two of his sons served in the Union Army with his blessing. After the war, Payne continued his political activity, leading the Ohio delegation to the 1872 Democratic National Convention, where he supported the eventual nominee, Horace Greeley. He campaigned on Greeley's behalf, raising his own political profile in the process. In 1874, Payne ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 20th district, and was elected with a 2500-vote majority over the incumbent Republican, Richard C. Parsons.
When the 44th United States Congress assembled, the House was controlled by the Democrats for the first time since the Civil War. Payne was placed on the Banking and Currency Committee and the Committee for the Reform of Civil Service. At the time, the currency circulating in the United States was a mix of gold-backed dollars and "greenbacks" that were backed only by the credit of the United States, with the public considering greenbacks to be worth less than gold dollars. The previous Congress, controlled by Republicans, had passed the Specie Payment Resumption Act, which would return the United States to the gold standard by 1879. Opinion among Democrats was split, with Eastern Democrats supporting the Act, and Western and Southern members hoping for its repeal.
Payne drew up a compromise bill, in which the Resumption Act would be repealed and replaced with a gradual, partial return to gold-backed money. Under the Payne Act, national banks would be required to build up gold reserves equal to three percent of the value of greenbacks in circulation that year, adding an additional three percent each year until 1885, when they would have gold reserves of thirty percent of the value of circulating greenbacks. At that point, greenbacks would become redeemable in at least thirty percent gold. This compromise was still too much for the Eastern Democrats and Republicans who favored the gold standard, and the Banking Committee refused to approve the bill. Payne contrived to bypass his committee and bring the bill for a vote by the whole House, but it was voted down, 81 to 157. The House later passed a complete repeal of the Resumption Act, 133 to 120, but the Senate declined to take up the matter. Specie resumption remained the law of the land when the 44th Congress's term expired.
In the 1876 presidential election, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio defeated Democrat Samuel J. Tilden of New York in one of the most hotly contested presidential elections to that time in the nation's history. The results initially indicated a Democratic victory, but the electoral votes of several states were ardently disputed until mere days before the new president was to be inaugurated. Members of both parties in Congress agreed to convene a bipartisan Electoral Commission, which ultimately decided the race for Hayes. Payne was named to the committee at Tilden's request, but the results went against the Democrats as Hayes was declared the winner of the disputed votes. After the Commissions result, Payne joined many Democrats in attempting to delay the House proceedings in hopes of forcing a more favorable result, but was outvoted by Republicans and the Democrats who sided with Speaker Samuel J. Randall in accepting the Commission's result. The effort failed, and Hayes became president on March 4, 1877.
Payne ran for reelection in 1876 but was defeated by Republican Amos Townsend. He remained involved in politics, however, and even considered running for the Democratic nomination for President in 1880. Tilden, while not officially a candidate, wielded a heavy influence over the convention. Tilden was ambiguous about his willingness to participate in another campaign, leading some delegates to defect to other candidates, while others stayed loyal to their old standard-bearer. Tilden did tell some of his close supporters that, if he did not run, Payne would be his first choice and House Speaker Samuel J. Randall his second. With that, many of the Tilden loyalists pledged their support to Payne, at least until Tilden decided to enter the race. Although Tilden ultimately declined to be nominated, Payne's chances were hindered when Ohio's delegation remained loyal to Senator Allen G. Thurman. Although Payne place third on the convention's first ballot, on the second the delegates stampeded to General Winfield Scott Hancock, who was nominated.
In 1884, the Democrats held a majority in the Ohio legislature. In a caucus meeting to determine the party's choice for United States Senator, many Democratic legislators looked to replace the incumbent Senator, Democrat George H. Pendleton, because they disagreed with his advocacy of civil service reform and low tariffs. Some of Pendleton's opponents, led by Oliver Payne, promoted Henry Payne for the Senate seat, recalling his opposition to both of those positions during his time in the House. After a secret ballot by the Democratic caucus, Payne received 46 out of 80 votes. Because Oliver was a trustee and treasurer of the Standard Oil company, many of the Pendleton supporters immediately alleged that $100,000 from the oil trust had been used to bribe Democratic legislators, and claimed that an open ballot would not have favored Payne.
When the full legislature met, Payne was elected with 78 votes out of 120. The Democratic legislature initially refused to investigate their members' alleged corruption, but when Republicans regained the majority in the next session, the legislature looked into the allegations and forwarded the results to the federal Senate. The evidence gathered was voluminous, but the Senate declined to expel Payne, who proclaimed his innocence. While there was never enough evidence for definitive proof of bribery, biographer Dewayne Burke wrote that the "circumstantial evidence seems to convict Payne" of the charge.
In the Senate, the most prominent fight was over the need for a strong protective tariff, which made foreign goods more expensive but encouraged domestic manufacturing. Payne supported a high tariff, but thought some small reductions would be prudent in order to reduce the federal government's surplus. He joined fellow Senate Democrats in rejecting a tariff bill proposed by Iowa Republican William B. Allison, which would have raised the rates even higher than Payne thought prudent. His only contribution to the debate was to argue against a reduction in the tariff on steel and iron. This Allison bill passed the Republican-controlled Senate, but failed to pass in the House, which was controlled by Democrats.
At the same time, the regulation of interstate commerce, especially as concerned the railroads, was a political issue. The call for regulation of the railroads divided the nation's business interests, with railroads working against legislation and manufacturers, who were aggrieved by high railroad rates, joining the reformers. Standard Oil joined the latter group in calling for Congressional action. In 1886, Payne voted for a bill that would reform railroad rates slightly, but was considered ineffective by reformers. After amendments by the House, however, the bill returned to the Senate with more substantive prohibitions on the practices consumers and manufacturers found most egregious. Payne voted against the strengthened Interstate Commerce Act, which passed and was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. In explaining his vote, Payne said that the law was impractical and unfairly advantaged other methods of shipping (such as boat transportation on the Great Lakes) over the railroads.
Nathan P. Payne (1837–1885), who became the mayor of Cleveland.
Oliver Hazard Payne (1839–1917), a Gilded Age businessman.
Flora Payne (1842–1893), who married Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney.
Henry Wilson Payne (1845–1878), who graduated from Columbia Law School in May 1870; died in poor health.
Elisha Howard Payne (1851–1852), who died young.
Mary Perry Payne (1854–1898), who married Charles William Bingham (1846–1929).
Payne died in Cleveland on September 9, 1896, at the age of eighty-five. He is interred in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. His descendants continued to be involved in Ohio politics. In addition to his sons Oliver and Natham, his son-in-law was Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney of the politically prominent Whitney family. Payne was the maternal grandfather of Frances P. Bolton and great-grandfather of Oliver Payne Bolton, both of whom later served in the United States House of Representatives. The village of Payne, Ohio was named in his honor. He was also the great-grandfather of Michael Whitney Straight, a confessed spy for the KGB.
^ He originally had no middle initial, but according to a granddaughter, he added the "B." later in life to give his name "a more pleasing effect."
^ Before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, Senators were chosen by their states' legislatures.
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0.999999 | British startup Faradair Aerospace has unveiled plans to build and sell an 18-seat bioelectric hybrid airplane for use as both a passenger and cargo air transport. The company is calling its plane the Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft (BEHA). The current model is the M1H, and the plans include a triple box wing configuration to give it exceptional lift.
The M1H will have an electric motor for use during takeoff and landing, providing a much quieter experience than jets with a traditional engine. Engineers at Faradair claim the plane will produce just 60 dba when taking off, compared to the average of 140 dba for conventional jet aircraft. It will also have a 1,600hp turboprop engine in the rear of the plane for use during flight and for recharging the batteries that power the plane when landing and taking off.
Representatives for Faradiar also claim the plane will be able to land and take off from shorter runways than conventional jet aircraft, needing just 300 meters of space—this feat will be possible due to the "vectored thrust" provided by the two contra-rotating propfans, its triple box wing design and a light body made of carbon composites. Once in the air, the plane will be capable of flying at speeds of 230 mph.
The team behind the plane, which includes a partnership with Swansea University, are aiming for 2025 as the year they will begin commercial flights. They expect small airlines will want to purchase their plane for several reasons. The first is faster commute times for passengers—they are promising a 42-minute commute, for example, between London and Manchester. Currently, the trip takes an hour. Also, the plane will run on biofuel instead of the traditional jet fuel, making it eco-friendlier. And using electricity to land and take off will reduce flight costs, which should translate to lower costs for passengers—possibly enticing them to switch to carriers that use the new airplane. The company also claims that the plane could be switched from passenger plane to cargo plane in just 15 minutes, making it even more of a draw for carriers who want to use it in both capacities.
How about sticking to the same units of measurement throughout the article. Firstly saying "needing 300 meters of runway", then saying "it flies at 230 mph!" Where are the proof readers?
Proof readers are an extinct species. They began dying off about 40 years ago. |
0.996883 | With thanks to Eerdmans for a review copy, and to Nick Walsh for his review.
The 3 quests for "the Historical Jesus", Dan Brown's "the Da Vinci Code", James Cameron's "Lost Tomb", Philip Pullman's latest book "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" and many, many others all have one thing in common; they are searching for the real person behind the figure who has impacted history more than any other individual. Some are fiction based on dubious or fictitious sources whilst others are genuine scholarly attempts to get to the true identity of Jesus of Nazareth, and it is into this second category which this book slots.
The author, Craig Keener, is professor of New Testament at Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University in Pennsylvania, USA and is known for his expertise in the early Jewish and Greco-Roman context of early Christianity. It is this expertise which Keener brings to bear in this work, the purpose of which he cites as working "to establish especially that the basic portrayal of Jesus in the first-century Gospels, dependent on eyewitnesses, is more plausible than the alternative hypotheses of its modern detractors" (pg. 349). Professor Keener seeks to engage with and disprove the hypothesis, assumed by many historical and contemporary works on the historical Jesus, that the 4 Gospels are not reliable sources for reconstructing Jesus. Having disproved this hypothesis he then seeks to show, with a focus on the synoptic, what can be reconstructed from the Gospels and how best to do this.
Section 1: Disparate views of Jesus - This section sketches the history of 'Jesus scholarship' and examines characteristics of particular stages and ideas. Keener particularly focuses on the ideas of a couple of scholars who have either been pivotal in the discussion or have represent key ideas. These include Adolf von Harnack, Weiss and Schweitzer, Bultmann, Brandon, Crossan, Burton Mack, Marcus Borg, Geza Vermes and EP Sanders. He also examines some of the issues surrounding 'other Gospels' such as the Gnostic writings which have entered the public eye due to fiction like "The Da Vinci Code."
Section 2: The Character of the Gospels - This section seeks to examine subjects such as ancient literary practice, genre, rhetoric and sources. In this chapter Keener examines issues such as how ancients wrote biography and history, how this differs from modern styles and how the Synoptics fit into these categories, and a detailed look at what we can gather regarding the Gospel's sources - both oral and written.
Section 3: What we Learn about Jesus from the Best Sources - Having established that the Gospels are reliable, and indeed our best, sources, and a solid model for interpreting them Keener now moves onto exploring what we can learn from these sources. He begins this chapter by examining John the Baptist and then moves through a variety of aspects of Jesus identity including; Galilean Jew, teacher, prophet and Messiah as well as Jesus' model of discipleship, ethics, conflicts, arrest, execution and resurrection.
Additional information is included in the comprehensive endnotes (over 200 pages) and nine appendices.
Explaining complex points and less common concepts.
Outlining ideas from his own previous or other writers works rather than just saying "covered in book X."
Positive treatment of other scholars even those he clearly disagrees with.
I was especially pleased with the inclusion of conclusions at the end of nearly all the chapters, this is a very useful resource.
Endnotes. This is not restricted to this book alone but is something which frustrates me a great deal, I can understand including references in endnotes, but including often lengthy comments about background or different perspectives is annoying. I found myself having to read a paragraph or section, turn to the back for several comments and then turn back and continue which really broke the rhythm of the book and made it more challenging to read than it should have been. By all means put references in endnotes but not comments or discussions, these belong in footnotes where they are more easily read (publishers take note!).
Ultimately "The Historical Jesus of the Gospels" is a very well written and accessible book which avoids the mistakes that some scholarly texts make - assuming that everyone is as literate and read as the writer - and is definitely not restricted to professors. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to seriously engage with the Historical Jesus of the Christian faith without sacrificing rigorous scholarship and honest history.
Thanks Nick, and I AMEN on the endnote problem. It sounds like this is a good course book text.
Nick, thanks for the review. I always have a question in the back of my mind when I read more conservative works on the historical Jesus, namely that they invariably claim to know too much - to give "critical" credence for matters strictly beyond the scope of critical enquiry. If you understand my point here, do you think Keener is another example or do you think he negotiates these roads with more acumen?
The Jesus on the cover DOES look a little pale and Nordic, a Jesus an Aryan might love.
And I'm not judging the book, just the cover!
We all know the painitng isn't representative of a first century Jew. But we all know who the painitng is supposed to be. That's the beauty of art. . . dunno why folks still get upset about this kind if imagery.
Eliyahu and Edward - The painting on the cover is "Face of Christ" by Philippe de Champaigne, a famous Baroque painter which is well recognised as a painting of Jesus. It is I suspect chosen for two reasons (1) As Pstyle points out, it is easily recognised as Jesus; and (2) it provokes questions, such as "is that really what Jesus looked like" as it has here. Indeed one of Prof. Keener's key points is that Jesus was, if nothing else, a Galilean Jew.
Edward - You need to read this book, it will answer your points far better than I can. Suffice to say Prof. Keener (as do other scholars such as N T Wright) highlights the Jewishness of the Gospels telling of Christ - including events, parables, and use of language which only fully make sense in a Jewish context and are extremely unlikely to have been invented by Gentiles, even phrases which, when backward translated from Greek in Aramaic (although the Prof warns against the limitations of this as clear proof), reflect Jewish sayings and language conventions.
Endnotes made reading Campbell's book almost impossible...I do not know if I can read another 1200 page book with endnotes.
Sorry I wasted space here,(reference wiping the dust off my sandals.) Hey I never heard that phrase "judging a book by it's cover," duh. You guys don't get it. Ribi Yehoshua is not your Jzeus. There is no connection to Torah and Torah rejection. You do this for fun?
You mean these early Christians were very often Jewish?
Is this a widespread view?
The Jewish background of the sayings of Jesus is very interesting.
When Jesus said to Paul 'It is hard for you to kick against the pricks',did this have a Jewish background, and so was unlikely to have been invented by Gentiles?
The persons using that contra-historical oxymoron (demonstrated by the eminent late Oxford historian, James Parkes, The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue) exposes dependancy upon 4th-century, gentile, Hellenist sources.
While scholars debate the provenance of the original accounts upon which the earliest extant (4th century, even fragments are post-135 C.E.), Roman gentile, Hellenist-redacted versions were based, there is not one fragment, not even one letter of the NT that derives DIRECTLY from the 1st-century Pharisee Jews who followed the Pharisee Ribi Yehoshua.
Historians like Parkes, et al., have demonstrated incontestably that 4th-century Roman Christianity was the 180° polar antithesis of 1st-century Judaism of ALL Pharisee Ribis. The earliest (post-135 C.E.) true Christians were viciously antinomian (ANTI-Torah), claiming to supersede and displace Torah, Judaism and ("spiritual) Israel and Jews. In soberest terms, ORIGINAL Christianity was anti-Torah from the start while DSS (viz., 4Q MMT) and ALL other Judaic documentation PROVE that ALL 1st-century Pharisees were PRO-Torah.
There is a mountain of historical Judaic information Christians have refused to deal with, at: www.netzarim.co.il (see, especially, their History Museum pages beginning with "30-99 C.E.").
Original Christianity = ANTI-Torah. Ribi Yehoshua and his Netzarim, like all other Pharisees, were PRO-Torah. Intractable contradiction.
Building a Roman image from Hellenist hearsay accounts, decades after the death of the 1st-century Pharisee Ribi, and after a forcible ouster, by Hellenist Roman gentiles, of his original Jewish followers (135 C.E., documented by Eusebius), based on writings of a Hellenist Jew excised as an apostate by the original Jewish followers (documented by Eusebius) is circular reasoning through gentile-Roman Hellenist lenses.
What the historical Pharisee Ribi taught is found not in the hearsay accounts of post-135 C.E. Hellenist Romans but, rather, in the Judaic descriptions of Pharisees and Pharisee Ribis of the period... in Dead Sea Scroll 4Q MMT (see Prof. Elisha Qimron), inter alia.
To all Christians: The question is, now that you've been informed, will you follow the authentic historical Pharisee Ribi? Or continue following the post-135 C.E. Roman-redacted antithesis—an idol? |
0.936517 | great MP3 player with FM radio!
I know I know, and MP3 player and I'm excited about it having the ability to get FM radio? Hell-to-the-yeah! Since fewer phones and devices get radio broadcast, and not all radio broadcasts are placed as files online, or if they are it's hours and hours after being on-air, I love that I can listen to NPR on a commute. What's great about the ipod nano is the screen is rotatable (so you can always read the screen), it holds a good amount of songs, podcasts, etc, available from any source, though many many people get them via itunes. What's not so great is the clip. it's tight when closed, but i've had it slide off of clothes before, and if the headphones are not plugged in it can go flying. also, due to the size, when you put it down, it can be easily misplaced. However the interface is simple and easy to use, and you can use it as a pedometer alone, or pay extra for Nike+. It also has multiple clock faces, a timer, and a stopwatch Hard to say that is something that comes with the sandisks.
This really grew on me!
At first, I thought this was just too small, with the small buttons and such, but after awhile of using it, and getting used to the small buttons, and how to swipe such a small screen, I really started liking it more and more. It's hard to beat for just taking along for a walk in the mall, etc. I use it primarily for that, walking and listening to music or Podcasts, which it does very well. Very well constructed, great fit and finish as you would expect from an Apple product. There is a software update that addresses some reviewers comments about not being able to fully turn off the Nano. I have never had an issue before or after the update. I would not suggest this for listening to music in the car, however, as it could be very distracting while trying to adjust the music, etc. Don't ask me how I know.... Overall, a great little product, I would highly recommend one!
I'm amazed at how much I can do in such a small device. My first and last mp3 player was the first generation iPod with video, it still works even though its about to die, and just recently I got this as a birthday gift from my girlfriend. I couldn't be more satisfied about how great this product is. Sleek design, responsive touch screen, everything its supposed to do, it does it great. Only thing not so good is battery life when using the radio. It lasts about 2-4 hours before it goes from 100% to 0%, but when listening to music, podcasts, etc. it lasts enough for the day. And also, its very cheap, it does so much for such a small price tag, if you are an avid music listener, and hate to carry around a lot of stuff, get this, sometimes you'll forget you're even carrying it. And last, it charges extremely fast! It can go from dead to 100% battery in 1 hour, and it lasts for a lot of hours. Amazing product.
This 6th gen Nano would have been getting rave reviews from me...if Apple wasn't so stuck up. You see, Apple has removed the ability to turn your iPod off. Thats right. There is no way to turn it off, you can only "sleep" it. No off button, no nothing. It automatically turns off after 36+ hours of inactivity. The problem is, it is drawing battery when it is sleeping. Apple made this decision because they didn't want their precious users having to wait the whole 10 seconds it takes to boot up an iPod. They did it so they can wake from sleep instantly. It is too bad, really, because with an on/off option, this iPod is nearly flawless. Too bad you have to plug it in EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. Enjoy charging more often than you listen to it.
I don't understand why other reviewers would leave bad feedback about this latest ipod nano. Purchased this ipod nano for secondary mp3 use just for car use. My car's got ipod hook up and can be controlled on a steering wheel. I have iPhone 4 (32gb) ipad 3g (64gb) so you figure. I got about 3500 songs at around 18 gb. which means i never can listen to the newest songs. So I needed secondary ipod in order to sync in 20-30 songs to do all the functions. Investing $150 was a bit pricy but oh well.. I didn't have other options. I've used ipod touch 3.5 Gen, ipod classic 5th Gen, iPhone 4, ipad and this little ipod nano's user interface is simply amazing although i don't use any of them since I'll only take out from the car every once or twice a month.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAITED FOR!!!!
I love this little powerful ipod!! This is my first IPOD or MP3 for that matter. I am 57 years old, female. I love to walk. At work we are aloud to listen to music with earbuds. This is perfect in everyway. I take it in my car with the FM transmitter. I already have 1887 songs on my 8GB in 2 months, so I am going to pass this one to my spouse and I am getting a larger one. That's something you should think about. They are only $20 or $30 difference. You have to download the itunes software which is no big deal. I had alot of CDs so I got almost all of my music from them. I love the pedometer too! All I can say is WOW!!!
I owned an iPod Nano 3rd Generation for 3 years. I am a runner and use Nike + to track my runs. After 3 years my previous iPod completely died. Wanting to continue with the Nike +, I purchased the new 6th generation Nano. I love the touch screen, radio and clip on functionality. Obviously running is taxing on an ipod as my last one only lasted 3 years. I have already had a couple of concerns with the new one. It has re-started twice on a run and has completely froze once (requiring me to reset it). Also, when I connect it to my macbook, it will occasionally state it was improperly ejected when it is sitting there undisturbed.
This is an incredible piece of technology. However, if you are a person who has never worked with an iPod or iTouch then it can be a little confusing. No to worry though. After a few minutes of playing with it, you begin to appreciate the simplicity and ease of use. The FM receiver is a huge bonus to it. Please note though not all earphones (other than the ones Apple provides) work well as the FM antenna. It's also very durable. I know this because I've dropped it multiple times while attempting to open the lapel clip. It can be slippery little joker. As for battery life, it's about average. WIth one charge, I can listen at work for the entire day. If you need a small MP3 for a take along, this will not disappoint. |
0.998698 | When you decide to start your own business, you need to determine what type of business structure best suits your needs. There are four types of business structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation and co-operative. Here’s a tip: if you’re looking for government funding, incorporating will open up more options.
With this type of business organization, you are the sole owner, and fully responsible for all debts and obligations related to your business. All profits are yours to keep. Because you are personally liable, a creditor can make a claim against your personal assets as well as your business assets in order to satisfy any debts.
A partnership is a non-incorporated business that is created between two or more people. In a partnership, your financial resources are combined with those of your business partner(s), and put into the business. You and your partner(s) would then share in the profits of the business according to any legal agreement you have drawn up.
In a general partnership, each partner is jointly liable for the debts of the partnership. In a limited partnership, a person can contribute to the business without being involved in its operations. A limited liability partnership is usually only available to a group of professionals, such as lawyers, accountants or doctors.
When establishing a partnership, you should have a partnership agreement in place. This is important because it establishes the terms of the partnership and can help you avoid disputes later on. Hiring a lawyer or other legal professional to help you draw up a partnership agreement will save you time and protect your interests.
Another type of business structure is a corporation. Incorporation can be done at the federal or provincial/territorial level. When you incorporate your business, it is considered to be a legal entity that is separate from its shareholders. As a shareholder of a corporation, you will not be personally liable for the debts, obligations or acts of the corporation. It is always wise to seek legal advice before incorporating.
A co-operative is owned and controlled by an association of members. It can be set up as a for-profit or as a not-for-profit organization. This is the least common form of business, but can be appropriate in situations where a group of individuals or businesses decide to pool their resources and provide access to common needs, such as the delivery of products or services, the sale of products or services, employment, and more.
Are you planning to change the legal status of your business — for example, from sole proprietorship to partnership, or from partnership to corporation? In most cases you will have to close your existing business number (BN) and CRA accounts, and register for new ones. |
0.980293 | She's a young nurse epidemiologist with a master's degree in public health and nursing from Johns Hopkins University.
She received a two-year postgraduate fellowship in applied epidemiology with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and worked with the Epidemic Intelligence Service, the equivalent of the CIA of public health.
She has a diploma in Tropical Nursing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
She worked in Indonesia with the International Medical Corps after the 2004 tsunami hit that country.
She joined Doctors Without Borders and spent two years in Myanmar in Southeast Asia where she ran three primary health care clinics. She also fought the 2010 measles outbreak in Nigeria, and she was part of a Doctors Without Borders team that discovered that children in a Nigerian village were dying from lead poisoning due to toxic gold mining practices.
Most recently she was in Sierra Leone fighting the Ebola virus.
Her passion has always been helping the most vulnerable people on the planet, and to this end nursing has been her chosen means.
Her name is Kaci Hickox and she's the nurse, who upon her return from Sierra Leone last Friday was whisked by the authorities from he Newark airport and forced into a quarantine tent in a New Jersey hospital under that state's new law that anyone entering New Jersey who has been in contact with Ebola patients has to be kept in isolation for 21 days. According to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Kaci Hickox had to be kept in this tent - dressed in hospital scrubs, with only a bed, table, chair and port-a-potty, no shower, no television, radio, books, exercise or any other kind of diversion except her phone - for three weeks because there existed the threat that she might spread the Ebola virus among the population.
Even though Ebola can only be spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of a infected person who is very sick with Ebola symptoms.
And even though Kaci not only had no Ebola symptoms, but tested negative for Ebola, twice.
And so although he had no scientific evidence on his side, Governor Christie stood firm in his resolve to protect the nation by keeping Kaci in the quarantine tent. Until two days later when she threatened legal action, at which point he suddenly decided she was no longer a health threat and let her go home.
Which begs the question: If Governor Christie really believed Kaci Hickox could spread Ebola, why would he have let her out of quarantine, whether she threatened to sue of not?
The fact is that Governor Christie of New Jersey, along with Governor Cuomo of New York and all those other governors who are talking about enforcing Ebola quarantines that go against every bit of scientific evidence of how the disease is spread, are only catering to the public's fear to gain political points. Instead of spreading education and calm and acting like leaders they're spreading alarm and misinformation and discord to make themselves look like leaders.
And worst of all, they're spreading the perception that American health-care workers like Kaci Hickox who are fighting the Ebola epidemic and saving lives in West Africa deserve to be not admired and respected, but criticized and treated like social pariahs when they return home.
And now Kaci is back at her home in Fort Kent, Maine, where she's been self-monitoring for symptoms and taking her temperature twice a day, which is in line with the Center for Disease Control and Doctors without Borders protocol for health care workers who've cared for Ebola patients. She feels fine.
And though she's not contagious and cannot be unless she's sick and symptomatic, Kaci's been told by Maine state officials that she cannot leave her home; the state is now in the process of filing a court order to require her to abide by a 21-day quarantine. The Governor of Maine, Paul LePage, is behind this action and has sent the Maine State Police to stand guard in front of her house to keep her from leaving.
Which also begs the question: If Kaci Hickox tries to leave her house, does Governor LePage require that the police officers come in physical contact with this person whom he's claimed has the potential to spread the Ebola virus?
But Kaci Hickox says she's though playing their political games. She says that today she's going to reclaim her rights and her freedom to go where she pleases. She says that today she's leaving her house and if the state authorities try to stop her she'll take them to court.
To which I say, "You go, brave girl!"
Because in fact, Kaci Hickox isn't just fighting for her rights.
She's fighting against ignorance. She's fighting against disregard for science and knowledge.
She's fighting for other health care workers on the front lines in West Africa who risk being victimized by scientific ignorance and politics when they return home.
She's fighting for the people of West Africa who will suffer if American health care workers drop out of the fight against the Ebola epidemic because they don't want to deal with stigmatization and a politically-motivated quarantine when they return home.
But mostly Kaci Hickox is fighting to keep our country safe from the scourge of Ebola, which can ultimately only be kept out of our country only if it's wiped out at its source in West Africa.
But, again, who'll want to go to West Africa to fight Ebola knowing how they'll be treated when they return home?
Do it, Kaci, challenge them and be strong. I'm cheering you on! |
0.999868 | In short: During Google’s hardware event today in New York, Google announced a brand new product, Google Home Hub. While this is a new product form, it comes as part of the existing Google Home smart speaker line but with one major difference: it’s not just a speaker due to the inclusion of a seven-inch display. Google has now confirmed the Google Home Hub is available to pre-order starting today for $149 in the US, and is expected to go on general sale on October 22. Those who buy early will also be able to enjoy six months of YouTube Premium for free.
Background: While this is Google’s first smart display is not the first smart display to come to market. Google officially announced the smart display category during CES 2018 in January and since then models have come through from both Lenovo and JBL. While the Home Hub is now part of that limited group, and the three products do differ in terms of design, they are largely identical at the software level. This is due to the smart display category as whole being a group of device that are powered by Android Things and Google Assistant. This means the Home Hub has a limited software experience that is primarily designed to respond to voice commands and provide visual feedback as part of those responses. This can be in the form of videos launched within YouTube, results in Google Search, as well as access to websites. Although to coincide with the launch of the Home Hub, Google has announced some software tweaks such as Home View which provides easier shortcut access to connected smart home devices. The Home Hub primarily connects to homes via Wi-Fi with support for both 2.4 and 5 GHz networks, although the smart display does also support Bluetooth. When it comes to the color options, the Home Hub is available in a choice of four colors.
Impact: While the Home Hub is technically arriving to market late compared to the Lenovo Smart Display and the JBL Link View, it does have one advantage over both, the price and by a significant margin. With a cheaper price point, one that is only $20 more than the standard non-display Google Home, it does come with a number of compromises compared to the others. For example the Home Hub does not feature a camera and therefore is unable to make use of video calling through Google Duo. However, the price does make the Home Hub a far more viable option for those looking to test-run what is still a new product category, making it an ideal entry-level smart display. |
0.999725 | Show me an example Maine Moose Tracks - Greenville Maine Moose Watching Tours: The Moose Are Coming! The Moose Are Coming!
The Moose Are Coming! The Moose Are Coming!
The other day on one of our evening Moose Tours here at Northeast Guide service a group of friends joined us in seeing the beauty of Northern Maine. The weather was a little rainy but it didn't stop the moose from coming out of hiding! We saw a total of 8 moose and our guests were stoked! We also saw 3 deer and 2 loons. It was a great tour and we had a lot of splashing around looking for wildlife! Another group we took on a one of our moose tours consisted of 8 people, one party of 2 combined with a family of 6. We saw 9 moose, 7 of which were all hanging around in the pond together. The other 2 were pretty decent sized bulls standing within five feet of each other. Everyone was happy to be able to experience canoeing while exploring nature in Maine!
There Are Big Bull Moose Among Us!
Maine Moose Safari Season is Upon Us!
Somewhere Over the Rainbow...There is a Moose!
Moose and Deer and Eagles, Oh My!
Everyone Loves A Moose Or Two...Or 14! |
0.987001 | One turns out to be so busy that you try to schedule a date and they cancel three separate times. Tinder is used widely throughout the world and is available in over 40 languages. Retrieved September 23, It sent me pages of my deepest, darkest secrets". It then allows the user to either swipe right or left. Tinder is a location-based social search mobile app that allows users to like swipe right or dislike swipe left other users, and allows users to chat if both parties swiped to the right a match. Tinder Plus users have up to five Super Likes a day.
Otherwise, you won't actually be presented with potential matches anywhere near where you are. Location, for Tinder, is.
Tinder is an online dating app that matches couples based on their physical attraction to one another. It alerts you to other Tinder users who fall.
Natural scent of a man poem Can Tinder Make the Jump".
Pages using deprecated image syntax Pages using Infobox software with unknown parameters Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia. A study found that Tinder users are excessively willing to disclose their personally identifiable information.
The minimum age to sign up and use Tinder was The average user would generally spend about an hour and a half on the app each day. Analysts also estimated that Tinder had about half a million paid users within its userbase that consisted mostly of free users.
After swiping on Tinder for months I got around 6 matches. Nice women but all looking for a soul mate unlike the common perception that Tinder is a Hook-up.
Chatting on Tinder is only available between two users who have swiped right on one another's photos and matched. Tinder is therefore. Tinder will apparently add in some non-matches while you swipe, so you don't get a very obvious string of instant matches within the first.
More than 8 billion matches had been made since Tinder launched in Tinder was then seeded at numerous college campuses and then expanded to other college campuses.
Rad has stated that the impetus for the app was his observation that "no matter who you are, you feel more comfortable approaching somebody if you know they want you to approach them. I think a lot about the sheer math of modern Tinder.
What is tinder matching The results showed that more than half reported having seen somebody on Tinder who they knew was in an exclusive relationship Tinder was then seeded at numerous college campuses and then expanded to other college campuses.
Whether you're a seasoned dater or new to swiping, Tinder is a good Once you 've racked up a few matches by swiping, you can chat with.
How to Get More Matches on Tinder. If you have used Tinder, you may be frustrated by not being able to get as many quality matches as you want.
Thankfully. We've done the math on Tinder and it doesn't look good. Fifty match you back, optimistically. Twenty actually send you a message and you.
Tinder Example of swiping within Tinder. In NovemberTinder introduced more options for users to select their gender. Retrieved August 18, Initially, instead of a swiping motion, users would click on either a green "heart" or red "X" to select or move on from the photos shown.
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There have been anti-Tinder online marketing campaigns and websites developed. In OctoberTinder announced it was opening its first office in Silicon Valley in hopes to better recruit technical employees. The app is often used as a hookup app.
The remaining eight are worth responding to. The average user would generally spend about an hour and a half on the app each day.
Five say something extremely gross referencing aspects of your anatomy. In the app's settings, users have the option to type a word that suits their gender identity.
Retrieved October 21, Chatting on Tinder is only available between two users that have swiped right on one another's photos.
In the app's settings, users have the option to type a word that suits their gender identity. Can Tinder Make the Jump". |
0.998958 | #1 "Report procedure turn inbound"
To narrow the discussion, let me say that #1 is in the AIM. Also, I have heard both of these nearly interchangeably when on procedure turns during practice IAP's.
#2 is used for holding pattern course reversals (or at least doesn't specify which reversal should be used)?
#1 means call as soon as you start turning toward the final approach course during your procedure turn. By that I mean if you're outbound procedure turn heading is 315, as soon as you begin the 180 degree turn to 135, call in.
#1: Upon completion of a course reversal on a procedure turn (45/180, teardrop, etc) and established inbound when flying a PT, or cleared a full approach on an approach with a PT; you'd report "procedure turn inbound" as requested by ATC.
#2: When being given a radar vector to intercept a final approach course (VOR approach for example), reporting "established inbound" means you have case break on the CDI of the HSI/OBS and thus, established inbound. Normally, you'll receive an intercept heading and altitude to maintain "until established" whereby you'll then be "cleared for the approach".
I agree with MikeD on #1. On #2, I'd only ad that it might not be just radar vectors, but also after you've intercepted the final course inbound after a procedue turn.
This means not until joining/tracking a course toward the airport (after the PT).
2) "ESTABLISHED INBOUND" - this is not defined, but I think a reasonable person would agree with MikeD. If in doubt, just ask the controller!
So, are you "stable or fixed" on the inbound route segment while you are still turning?
Are you stable or fixed if you intercept a final approach course and are still descending?
I consider myself established on the route segment once I have course guidance. Is the aircraft at 1G, not accelerating/decelerating, with absolute zero VSI, and rock steady on a heading +/- 1 degree? Of course not. But I'm on the route segment as far as I'm concerned, and for all practical purposes, am established.
[/ QUOTE ]I do not disagree with you in the least (although I'm not sure of the relevance of climb/descent to an "on-course" definition) . What I am suggesting is that the definition isn't particularly conducive to a precise "these many degrees on or off" analysis, and each pilot has to ask herself the question you answered so eloquently.
Turning inbound on an ILS on a calm day, I might consider myself "established" when the needle has come far enough toward center and my heading agrees enough that my interception is no longer in doubt. On the other hand, intercepting an NDB bearing in a heavy crosswind I might well wait until the equivalent of an on-course heading with the needle deflected no more than 10º.
Other pilots may and probably do it differently.
The relavance of the climb/descent remark was in reference to the definition of a "stable" platform.
I agree, the interpretation of "established" is somewhat vague. For a good gauge of when one would or could consider themselves established, I can easily buy your rules of thumb, just as much as others. Key being, if it's working, then it's effective; if it's not working, correct it. Granted, obvious SA, airmanship, and a little prior planning/anticipation would need to go into it, such as the NDB example assuming one had prior knowlege of the winds aloft at that particular part of sky. But I agree with your point.
The FAA has never defined "established" but FAR's Explained cites a few legal decisions where established was considered to be less than half-scale deflection. Of course that was just some judges interpretation of it. I have also heard people say that as soon as the needle is alive and no longer full scale deflection that you are established because in the instrument PTS as long as you are not full-scale outside the FAF you are still within tolerances.
Basically use your own judgement.
thanks for all the replies. I am on the run, so need to print this out and read it later.. but quickly, Alchemy, what you said is what I THOUGHT.. but it is not what the AIM says.. that's why I referenced the AIM to narrow this down. But, humbly I must correct myself. I intended to say that "procedure turn inbound" is what is found in the AIM, not "established inbound".
I agree with what you are saying. My only confusion is I have been hearing these phrases interchangeably lately. On practice approaches I have heard both, and lots of these approaches are using procedure turns to inbound. If someone just says, "bluelake, its two different ways of saying ya gotta call once your on the final approach course" then I will be happy.
maybe my problem is that different controllers are using different jargon to get me to call at one place in the approach ????
If I'm flying any sort of procedure turn and am told to report procedure turn inbound, then I'm going to do just that. If the controller wants me to report established on whichever segment he instructs me to, then I'm going to do that too.
Procedure turn inbound, established inbound, report intercepting the final course, report localizer inbound, etc, etc, etc. BL, do what ATC asks. The terms are actually pretty self explanatory, with the exception of what exactly "established" is being somewhat vague. For this, the general consensus is use good judgement.
One more thing....my CFII taught me to ALWAYS call "procedure turn inbound" when beginning the 180 degree inbound portion of the procedure turn. He told me to do it all the time on every non radar vector IAP even if ATC doesn't request that I do it.
I haven't really looked for this in the AIM, but the controllers never seem to mind and often they'll say "report established inbound" after I call procedure turn inbound.
[/ QUOTE ]How about a very practical answer. I doubt that ATC gives a hoot if you report in at the beginning or end of the 60 seconds it takes to make a 180 or the 30 seconds that it takes to make a 90° turn.
So, how about sticking with the priority of aviate (keep your attention on the turn when turning), navigate (make sure you are indeed intercepting and not just passing through), and then communicate?
This is not correct. Procedure turn inbound means you have captured the final approach course and are now flying it inbound toward the final approach segment.
#2, report established inbound, would be used for approaches not utilizing a procedure turn.
PROCEDURE TURN INBOUND- That point of a procedure turn maneuver where course reversal has been completed and an aircraft is established inbound on the intermediate approach segment or final approach course.
I always thought it was after the course reversal but before intercepting the inbound. However, this defination from the pilot/controller glossary says it would also be correct to wait until intercepting the final approach course.
I did those things. I aviated the airplane nice and level, 2000' MSL and 90 KIAS. I navigated.. went outbound, and then did a tidy 180 turn inbound. I got all that. My question is about the communicate.
thanks to all replies. make no mistake, I aint discontinuing my lessons over this.. just a picky little curiosity .
That's good to know. I'll be sure to "change my ways". |
0.999994 | What is the difference between Ceylon and green tea?
Ceylon tea is grown in Sri Lanka. Tea grown at high altitude tends to be lighter in flavor, whereas lower altitude tea is full bodied and filled with intense flavor. Green tea is a form of Camellia Sinensis as all other teas. After getting plucked, the tea leaves are steamed, or pan fired. Green tea has less amount of caffeine as compared to black tea. |
0.999795 | Another boxing technique is utilizing your legs. Bending your legs keeps your center of mass low to the ground, making it easier for you to keep your balance when giving and receiving blows. You can also extend your legs as you punch up at an opponent, adding momentum to your explosive delivery. Or you can bend your legs as you punch down toward an opponent, increasing momentum in your fist’s direction of motion.
This last point relates to the important tip of using gravity to your advantage whenever possible. Earth’s gravitational force is always pushing you down, so let it help you push your opponent down in the ring. Either deliver your punches at a downward angle or if punching up, follow a u-shaped path with your fist, swooping downward first to add speed behind your blow, always remembering to keep your legs slightly bent and rotate with the swing.
Now, it would be nice if your opponent just stood there like a mindless scarecrow, but he’ll probably prance around. Therefore, timing is everything! If possible, let your opponent help you to deliver him a more powerful punch by waiting until he’s moving toward you. If, for example, you’re going for his face, the overall velocity and subsequent force that the face feels is greater if it’s moving toward your fist as you make contact than if it’s stationary or moving away from you.
Speaking of punching faces, where’s the best place to land your blow? The chin is actually where you can do some of the most damage. By hitting the chin, you apply a force to one end of the head, which acts like a rotating object. That force creates a torque, and the farther you are from the object’s axis of rotation, the larger the torque that the object experiences.
As a result, the head will rotate more quickly, placing more strain on the neck's muscles and potentially damaging the skull and brain. An upper cut punch, for example, rotates the head upward and backward from a forward-looking position to a ceiling-looking position and can fracture the base of the skull in the process.
One last piece of advice: On the rare occasion when you’re receiving punches instead of throwing them, make sure to roll with the punch. This means that if you know a punch is coming and you cannot dodge it or deflect it with your shoulder or forearm, try to move your head (or body) in the same direction from which the punch is coming. This will reduce the total velocity you experience from the hit and improve your chances and time to recover.
I sense a slight antagonism toward Zimmerman running throughout this piece.
Frankly, I feel that's not enough. Don't boxers sometimes poop themselves? Can we talk about Zimmerman doing that? |
0.999998 | What situations might you avoid sending an email, and instead write a letter or memo? When sending an email, how can you be sure you are following good “netiquette”? What are some things to be careful to avoid when using email?
Based on what I already know and read, situations where sending an email may not be the best option include but are not limited to: contacting a business for employment, offering to sell a service or product to someone or some place and requesting information regarding important documents or personal information. In all three cases, writing a letter or memo should be universally known to be the best solution. Looking at the first scenario, if searching for employment, one should definitely put out a letter to inquire about and initiate a procedure to obtain such job (emails here mostly get ignored, especially if a business has more than one email or an email specifically for customer inquiries), as doing so is more direct and formal rather than being as casual as an email suggests (and lazy).
If selling to potential prospects, one should also refrain from sending out emails as many can be marked as spam and are ignored anyway; sending out direct mail in a form of a descriptive but formal letter is more reputable as it shows that someone is more direct and real (as emails can be traced back to unknown URLs where the identity of such is all the more questionable). And lastly, if inquiring for personal information or documents, a letter or memo sent to a proper recipient is more formal and safer as it allows for one to visibly track their record of sending/receiving info than what goes on from the web (although this can be argued against as the web is relatively safer now than a decade ago).
Upon sending an email, demonstrating good “netiquette” simply means to adhere to safe, formal and socially polite standards (similar to etiquette). Comprehensively, having good netiquette encompasses the following: taking a look before sending a message (don’t send anything you don’t want to be seen), keeping emails short and to the point, writing perfect subject lines (correct spelling and descriptive) and never forwarding spam/hoax emails to others (report them only) among many other pointers. Along the same lines as maintaining proper netiquette, one should be mindful to avoid behaviors that may seem intelligible in physical action that is translated over on to the web as for example, using irony or sarcasm in emails and messaging will not be interpreted as such. Furthermore, avoiding slang language in formal writings should be understood as improper and casual.
Other than following the aforementioned steps, one additional tip I can offer with emails is making sure that attachments and photos are read visibly and resized accordingly. As a graphic design major, I also make sure to check the resolution and tone of my photos so that my recipients can easily see them without any problem. Plus, attachments should almost always be in PDF format as they are easily downloaded and can be opened in any browser and operating system (other formats can corrupt a document’s text). |
0.953024 | I watched the movie, Inside Out, tonight. I watched it when I should have been writing.
And I am fine with that. I was fine with that when I made the decision to watch it, and I am definitely fine with that decision after watching it. |
0.93024 | Assume perfect capital mobility, fixed nominal exchange rate and adaptive expectations. How does a one-time increase in productivity affect the economy?
a. It lowers the domestic price level permanently.
b. It moves the LAS curve to the right but the AS curve does not change.
c. It moves both the LAS ans AS curves to the right but the AS curve changes its position over time.
e. It lowers the domestic price level but only temporarily. |
0.998756 | Zika virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (yellow fever mosquitoes) or Aedes albopictus mosquitoes (Asian tiger mosquitoes). These mosquitoes are not native to California. However, since 2011 they have been detected in several California counties.
An Aedes mosquito can only transmit Zika virus after it bites a person who has this virus in their blood. To date there has been no local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus in California.
Thus far in California, Zika virus infections have been documented only in people who were infected while traveling to areas with ongoing Zika transmission, through sexual contact with an infected traveler, or through maternal-fetal transmission during pregnancy. Zika virus during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other severe brain defects in infants. Additionally, there is an association between Zika and Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a disease affecting the nervous system. |
0.998789 | To make the pastry, place the flour, icing sugar and butter in a food processor and process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. While the motor is running, add the egg yolks and iced water and process until the dough just comes together.
How to Make Shortcrust Pie Tops Method For best results when making a pie with a pastry top or lid, choose a dish with a rim and allow the filling to get completely cold before topping with the pastry.
Shortcrust pastry If you only learn one pastry recipe from scratch this is it. While not strictly a pie dough, it is perfect to use in recipes that don't require a deep dish or where you'd like to include a little more sugar in the crust. |
0.999985 | What is the mean absolute deviation of 49, 55, 52, 46, 47, 42, and 38?
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Please someone explain mean absolute deviation and give an example because I have to solve this one question that asks of me to find the mean absolute deviation of 49, 55, 52, 46, 47, 42, and 38 and I don't understand what it is.
Calculate the value of Z and its absolute standard deviation. All standard deviations shown are absolute. Show your work and report the standard deviation in the result with two significant digits (to confirm the correct result).
The least absolute deviation line equation for the data in the table is m = 0.1 x + 2.9 X 1,6,0.5,4,7.5,12,10,11 y 3,2.5,8,1,1.5,9,13,4 What is the sum of the absolute deviations?
For the following set, which number has the largest absolute value? 4,-1,12,-20,19,0 Possible Answer of choice: A)0 B)19 C)-20 D)-1 wouldn't it be postive 20 but its not within the choices. What is the absolute value of -20? |
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0.983615 | Larry Niven was born April 30, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, USA, to Waldemar Van Cott Niven and Lucy Estelle Doheny Niven (later Washington). He was raised in Beverly Hills, California, where he went to the Hawthorne Public School, then Cate School (Carpinteria.), followed by the California Institute of Technology from September 1956 to February 1958. Niven flunked out after discovering a bookstore jammed with used science fiction magazines. His attempt at honest employment: gas station attendant, summer 1960.
Later, Niven graduated Washburn University, Kansas, June 1962: BA in Mathematics with a Minor in Psychology. They later gave him a D. Litt., an honorary doctorate in Letters.
He met Marilyn Joyce Wisowaty at the Nycon World Science Fiction Convention, 1967 and the two married September 6, 1969. They reside in Chatsworth, California.
Niven is the author of numerous science fiction short stories and novels, beginning with his 1964 story "The Coldest Place." In this story, the coldest place concerned is the dark side of Mercury, which at the time the story was written was thought to be tidally locked with the Sun (it was found to rotate in a 2:3 resonance after Niven received payment for the story, but before it was published).
In addition to the Nebula award in 1970 and the Hugo and Locus awards in 1971 for Ringworld, Niven won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Neutron Star" in 1967. He won the same award in 1972, for "Inconstant Moon," and in 1975 for "The Hole Man." In 1976, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "The Borderland of Sol."
Niven has written scripts for various science fiction television shows, including the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series, for which he adapted his early story "The Soft Weapon." He adapted his story "Inconstant Moon" for an episode of the television series The Outer Limits in 1996.
Niven has also written for the DC Comics character Green Lantern including in his stories hard science fiction concepts such as universal entropy and the redshift effect.
Many of Niven's stories take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several habitable solar systems nearest to the Sun with over a dozen alien species, including the aggressive feline Kzinti and the very intelligent but cowardly Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters. The Ringworld series is set in the Known Space universe.
Niven has also written a logical fantasy series The Magic Goes Away, which utilizes an exhaustible resource called Mana to power a rule-based "technological" magic. The Draco Tavern series of short stories take place in a more light-hearted science fiction universe, and are told from the point of view of the proprietor of an omni-species bar. The whimsical Svetz series consists of a collection of short stories, The Flight of the Horse, and a novel, Rainbow Mars, which involve a nominal time machine sent back to retrieve long-extinct animals, but which travels, in fact, into alternative realities and brings back mythical creatures such as a Roc and a Unicorn. Much of his writing since the 1970s has been in collaboration, particularly with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, but also Brenda Cooper and Edward M. Lerner.
The creation of thoroughly worked-out alien species, which are very different from humans both physically and mentally, is recognized as one of Niven's main strengths.
Niven's personal interests include: science fiction conventions, role playing games, live and computer, AAAS meetings and other gatherings of people at the cutting edges of science, comics, filk singing, yoga and other approaches to longevity, and hiking and racquetball. Other interests include: saving civilization and making a little money, the defense of Earth against incoming giant meteoroid impacts, moving mankind into space by any means, but particularly by making space endeavors attractive to commercial interests. |
0.999897 | Dr. Jerry Sobel understands that acute and chronic pain syndromes are very different and therefore should be treated quite differently. In acute pain their is a specific tissue injury that occurs. Modifying activity levels, minimizing bed rest and using ice and anti-inflammatories can be helpful. Acute injuries generally heal within a few months. When the pain from that injury does not resolve after the expected healing time, usually about three months, it becomes a chronic pain problem. The longer the lower back pain, neck pain or joint pain go on the more resources it takes to heal or lessen the impairments and disabilities that result from the pain.
Chronic pain syndromes are influenced by many factors beyond the original tissue damage. After several months of pain, individuals develop secondary problems that for many people become a bigger barrier to recovery than the original injury. For example, chronic pain sufferers develop significant loss of physical conditioning from a combination of reduced activity and the fear of causing further harm to themselves. Those who have to deal with chronic pain syndromes can become quite anxious and/or depressed because they have not recovered, and if they have not been able to work, become financially distressed as well. Many of these individuals end up frustrated after seeing a series of doctors that are not able to help them. Eventually, the pain begins to take on a life of its own.
There are two basic pain management treatment approaches for chronic pain syndromes. The oldest of these is the bio-medical model of disease. In this model of pain management, the main focus of treatment is on finding the body part that is causing the pain and either through medication, injections, implantable simulators or surgery, make it hurt less. This is by far the most common form of pain management. This can be an effective as long as one can find the pain generator. Unfortunately, this can be hard to do in many chronic pain sufferers who have been dealing with their pain for months or years.
The second model of therapy, and the one favored by Dr. Jerry Sobel is known as the bio-psycho-social model of illness. As the name implies, this is a multidimensional treatment paradigm focusing on the physical issues- bio, the anxiety and depression that develop as a result of months of pain- psycho, and how the injury has resulted in a changed lifestyle as it relates to society, i.e. family discord and lost of work- social.
I found a good summary of the differences between the two forms of treatment: The bio-psycho-social model is a broad view that attributes disease outcome to the variable interaction of biological factors (genetic, biochemical, etc), psychological factors (mood, personality, behavior, etc.), and social factors (cultural, familial, socioeconomic, medical, etc.). The bio-psycho-social model counters the biomedical model, which attributes disease to roughly only biological factors or pathological abnormalities.
In the treatment of a person with a chronic pain syndrome such as involving chronic sciatica or chronic lower back pain sometimes the fear of movement and the fear of re-injuring the already painful body part become bigger barriers to recovery than the original tissue injury. Below is a diagram that conceptualizes the concept of fear avoidance behavior and its effects on a person’s ability to recover from a painful condition.
As per the diagram below a person develops a painful condition such as neck pain or sciatica and they experience the pain. Some individuals will have no fear of the pain and will continue to try and move and function as best as they can. The movement and a focus on trying to perform normal or near normal daily activities can actually help with recovery. The second group of people when experiencing pain from an injury will almost immediately or soon thereafter start to have “worst case” scenario thoughts or become fearful of moving and feeling the pain because they believe that the pain indicates something “bad” is going on. As a result of this fear the person significantly curtails normal daily activities and if this goes on long enough then he/she loses physical conditioning which can result in more pain. Increased pain levels can lead to greater avoidance of activity and with that an even greater loss of physical capacity. For some, depression and anxiety develop which can worsen the pain experience which can lead to great fear and so on and so on.
Breaking this fear avoidance loop can be critical to the recovery for some individuals suffering from chronic pain. For some patients breaking this cycle is as easy as educating them that their pain is “safe.” By safe I mean that if a person with chronic lower back pain performs an activity that increases their pain the increased pain does not an indication that further harm is occurring. In fact, movement is medicine and helps with the healing process. Check out the movement is medicine video I have on a blog post.
I would like to make a point that this is not a one size fits all model. I have seen countless patients over my career that have had chronic lower back pain and other chronic pain syndromes that improved substantially with just addressing the primary physical problem. My point is that each person needs to be evaluated individually and given a customized treatment program that address the primary barriers to recovery. |
0.972678 | German Expressionism was an artistic movement that started before World War I in Germany, and culminated in the 1920s with Expressionist cinema. It was an extremely influential genre that demonstrated cinema could be an art form, and not just entertainment. These films were a major contributor to the Horror genre and important precursors of Film Noir.
While the movement thrived in Weimar Germany, the Nazis were virulently opposed to expressionism, and even had a huge touring art exhibit dedicated to making fun of expressionist art. Persecution led to the movement's decline, and many expressionist artists fled to the States or other friendly countries to escape oppression.
Expressionism tends to be characterized by showing the subconscious feelings of the characters and making them the surface of the work. The audience will be shown not what is strictly, naturally real (in fact, painters intentionally avoided it), but an abstract view of what the characters feel is real. Artists preferred to use large shapes and thick outlines rather than natural shading and colors. Shapes are stretched and twisted, and the subjects are portrayed in grim, tense poses. Such art is generally portrayed as fairly dark.
Translating this art style into movies usually involved surreal set designs, dialog that dispenses with naturalism to let the characters' inner motivations and thoughts be stated with brutal honesty, and stark lighting effects. A strong, nightmarish atmosphere tends to prevail. In German cinema of the 1920s, Expressionism was actually part of the director's attempts to emphasize the subjective perspective and try and portray psychological complexity within the limits of the silent film medium. Fritz Lang noted that the It Was His Sled aspect of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari stemmed from their attempts to ground the entire film in a believable reality. As camera techniques improved and actors developed a way of acting for silent films, directors gradually pushed to greater realism in the 1920s. Even Nosferatu was largely shot on real locations, as a deliberate contrast to the Looks Like Orlok vampire who is even more creepy in that believable landscape.
Much modern art, and modern film in particular, is heavily influenced by German Expressionism: films like Edward Scissorhands, Dark City, and Batman Returns are extremely expressionist, and almost any movie that have a nightmarish city, a machine-like bureaucratic government, or an evil AI owes a little to German Expressionism.
The Great Depression: Though the genre went to decline during that time, and Hitler's takeover finished it, early examples strongly resemble the atmosphere.
Weimar Republic: Similar to Dada, the style was largely born out of German artists' reactions to the horror that was World War One. Themes of devastation and questioning authority abound in many films. |
0.999892 | Austin Partner was born in White Roothing, Essex, England on 30 November 1871.
He was the son of the Reverend Richard Partner (1839-1923), a congregational minister, and Charlotte Mary Reynolds (1833-1920) who had married in Sussex in 1867. His father hailed from Finchingfield, Essex whilst his mother was a native of Bosham, Sussex and they would have four children in total. Austin's siblings were his elder sister, Bertha (1868-1957, later Mrs Roland Edward John Wilks), a brother Richard (1869-1869) and another sister, Sarah (1873-1873).
Austin first appears on the 1881 census living at 3 Stopford Road, West Ham, Essex and his father was described as an independent Minister at Balsam Street Chapel. The 1891 census shows Austin and his family at The Manse, 1 Howard's Road and he was, at age 19, described as a banker's clerk.
He was married in Sussex in early 1897 to Nellie Mary Foulkes Smith Hilton (b. 1872 in Southwark, Surrey), the daughter of a draper and they settled in Surbiton, Surrey and had two sons: Arthur Hilton (b. 1899) and Colin Austin (b. 1905). The family appear on the 1901 census living at "The Briars", Ewell Road, Tolworth and at the same address on the 1911 census. Austin is absent from the latter record, perhaps away on business.
A stockbroker known on both sides of the Atlantic, ten days before he sailed, Austin had begun a new job with the brokerage firm of Myer and Robertson and was travelling to Canada to familiarise himself with an affiliated firm, Robinson & Black. It would be his seventeenth trip to Canada. He was going to first to Toronto and then to Winnipeg.
Austin boarded the Titanic at Southampton (ticket number 113043, £28, 10s) and occupied cabin C-142.
EFFECTS - Cigar case; silver cigarette case, marked "A. P."; cigar cutter; gold hunter watch; keys; gold links; 3 gold studs; 9s. 3 1/2d; $50.00 in gold; £3 in gold; £5 in note; pocketbook; $71.00.
who lost his life in the foundering of the steamship "Titanic"
whose body was recovered and interred here May 23rd. Aged 40 years.
His estate, worth £3772, 8d was administered to his widow on 12 June 1912.
His widow Nellie never remarried, remaining in Surrey at the Briars on Ewell Road for the rest of her life. She died in hospital on 13 July 1957 and was buried with her husband.
His son Arthur was married in 1928 to a Jane Brennan Reid (1902-1982) and had a son, Arthur, that same year. He later became a hotel manager and moved to Wales. He died in Breconshire on 17 August 1959.
His son Colin later worked as a railway clerk and in 1955 was married to Irene Margaret Wall (1914-2003). He died in London in 1982 and was buried with his parents.
There's a sepia postcard available of this memorial, publisher not known.
hi im a 14 year old and me and my mom went to the denver museum and sa the titanic exaebit and they wold had out this fack tickits and i wold love to see a pitcher of his wife and 2 children PLEAS!!!!!!!!
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0.95439 | What is the meaning of “a fool and his money are soon parted” and how it is used in sentences?
“A fool and his money are soon parted” means that a fool cannot keep his money safe. He will be on the spending spree as soon as he gets anything. In other words, a stupid person always wastes his money in one or the other thing.
This origin of “a fool and his money are soon parted” is stated to have been recorded by Thomas Tusser in 1573 when he used a similar word in his book Five Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie.
Example #2: Thomas Putty cannot keep his money safe due to his stupidity; a fool and his money are soon parted.
Example #3: Do not spend too much here or you will spend the entire amount and people will say that a fool and his money are soon parted. |
0.999324 | How can I add access codes to tickets?
If you’re looking to create tickets with a special offer, at a discounted price, or simply hide tickets from the general public using a password, then adding access codes to your tickets is the solution.
When you add an access code to a ticket, the ticket will not visible to everyone who visits your site, but to your potential guests in possession of this code it will be revealed once they have clicked ‘Get Tickets’ and then entered the code into the ‘If you have a code, enter it here’ box.
When in Create/Edit event mode (My events, finding your event and clicking Edit). Then scroll down to where you have defined your ticket types.
Visit My Events and then Manage.
Select Promotions & Offers then Access Codes from the list on the left.
Then click Generate to finish creating the code.
*Note: Setting how many tickets can be bought limits the number of tickets for which this particular code can be used in total, not how many times the code can be used. For example, if a code has a limit of 2 tickets, and a customer attempts to order 3 or more tickets within the same order, their transaction will be rejected.
Get a preview of this feature in the video below. Just select "Access Codes" in the menu.
TLDR: Checkbox the box in the Ticket Advanced Settings, go to Manage -> Promotions & Offers -> Access Codes and create a new access code attached to the ticket type. |
0.964669 | Context: The Greek language comes out with another word for love. It is the word agape. …agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It is an overflowing love; it’s what theologians would call the love of God working in the lives of men. And when you rise to love on this level, you begin to love men, not because they are likeable, but because God loves them. You look at every man, and you love him because you know God loves him. And he might be the worst person you’ve ever seen. And this is what Jesus means, I think, in this very passage when he says, "Love your enemy." And it’s significant that he does not say, "Like your enemy." Like is a sentimental something, an affectionate something. There are a lot of people that I find it difficult to like. I don’t like what they do to me. I don’t like what they say about me and other people. I don’t like their attitudes. I don’t like some of the things they’re doing. I don’t like them. But Jesus says love them. And love is greater than like. Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything that will defeat an individual, because you have agape in your soul. And here you come to the point that you love the individual who does the evil deed, while hating the deed that the person does. This is what Jesus means when he says, "Love your enemy." This is the way to do it. When the opportunity presents itself when you can defeat your enemy, you must not do it.
"Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead)", Ask Questions Later (March 30, 1993).
„Son, you're probably too young to look for wisdom in anyone's words but your own, but I'll tell you this: love is the enemy... Yes. The poets continually and sometimes willfully mistake love. Love is the old slaughterer. Love is not blind. Love is a cannibal with extremely acute vision. Love is insectile; it is always hungry. |
0.972525 | How is big data analytics transforming corporate decision-making?
Big data analytics is transforming corporate decision-making, pushing organizations to become more agile and responsive.
A massive business transformation is under way as organizations increasingly harness the power of big data analytics to inform key strategic decisions. The potential for competitive advantage is significant and, in order to make full use of this, organizations need to review their decision-making processes. While big data analytics can greatly improve decisions, the actual decision-making process needs to become far more responsive and agile to realize its full value.
Big data can transform how decision-makers view business problems and inform strategic decisions, allowing them to rely upon objective data. Good data, sound analysis and valuable insights are critical for mitigating risks, making balanced strategic decisions and competing against others.
Organizations that employ swift decision-making processes are able to realize better value from real-time data analytics and build a strong competitive advantage.
While most large organizations are rightly focused on creating big data and analytics infrastructure, many should concurrently transform their decision-making processes. Once companies can effectively analyze the torrent of information being harvested by their servers, they can begin to tailor their activities to what the data and their local understanding tell them customers really want. Many companies now sense they are on the brink of far-reaching business model innovation made possible by digital technologies. But they are unsure how best to identify and take advantage of the insights contained within the data.
Organizations that streamline their decision-making processes to become agile and responsive can best survive in the face of constant digital disruption. Only by minimizing the time gaps between insight generation, decision-making and implementation can the real value of big data be realized.
Reinventing the MVPD business — it’s time! |
0.999996 | I have made a recording of a source close to the microphone.
How can I make it sound more distant than it is? Which effects do I need to use for this task?
As sound travels through the air, it loses energy, but not evenly across all frequencies. High frequencies are attenuated (become quieter) more quickly than low frequencies. So when we hear a sound that we are familiar with, but with reduced high frequencies, we perceive it as farther away.
Sounds reflect off of other surfaces and become distorted when they reflect. When a sound source is close to our ears, it is usually much louder than the reflections of that sound. When the source is farther away, it is quieter and therefore the reflections are more audible. The louder the reflections are compared to the direct sound, the farther away a sound will appear to be.
Note that outdoors in an open field, there are pretty much no reflections, so the second bullet point above would not apply. Outdoors in the woods, there are many reflections, but they sound quite different from reflections in a room. Indoors, rooms are usually small enough that the first bullet point doesn't apply very much, and the second one is more important. Once a space is as large as a warehouse or cathedral, there is some noticeable attenuation of high frequencies.
The distorted reflections are called reverberations or reverb for short. So you'll want to use EQ and/or reverb to create depth.
With EQ, I would start with a high shelf filter, drop it down to -6 dB or so, and slowly sweep it down from 20 kHz until I can hear a subtle drop in high frequencies.
With reverb, the easiest thing to do is to set up a decent sounding reverb plugin and adjust the mix (or wet/dry mix) until you find the right balance of direct and reverb sound. A lower mix, or more dry, sounds closer, higher mix or more wet sounds farther away.
If you want to create a better illusion of distance, playing with the pre-delay setting for the reverb can help. The counter-intuitive thing about pre-delay is that a longer setting sounds closer, and a shorter pre-delay sounds farther. Think of pre-delay as being how far the sound source is the from the farthest wall on the other side of the room. A short pre-delay means the sound source is very close to the far wall.
A rough approximation of delay for distance is that 1 ms is approximately 1 foot of distance. So if you make a space that sounds like a warehouse with walls 100 feet away, you might want as much as 100 ms of pre-delay and a mix of 10% or so to make the sound appear very close, and as few as 5 or 10 ms and a mix of around 50% to make the source sound like it's on the other side of the warehouse. Note that mix settings above 50% can give a special effect but don't sound very realistic, unless you can't hear the direct sound at all (like a sound echoing up from the bottom of a canyon).
More details about the meanings of reverb parameters (which can very widely and confusingly) are here: What do the different reverb parameters mean?
Rather to contradict @Todd Wilcox, a 'near' sound may be caused by proximity effect, the (often beneficial) bass boost caused by recording close to a directional microphone. But you won't lose much treble to distance in a 3-5 meter room. So don't roll off the treble, roll off the bass.
A little reverb will put the sound 'in the room', but beware of getting the typical 'close-mic plus reverb' sound of a solo singer. Even pre-delay may not give the effect you need.
I think your main effort must go into neutralising proximity effect with e.q.
If you want to imitate a particular space, you can use an impulse response, either recorded from a real space or simulated.
You can search around on the internet for a free set of WAV-based impulse responses - here's one from Voxengo (try "Nice Drum Room" or "Small Drum Room" to start).
You hopefully have a reverb effect which can use impulse responses. (In REAPER, you can use ReaVerb: select "Add" -> "File"). Turn the Dry slider down to 0%, and you'll get a slightly distant, indirect result. If you include some of the dry signal you'll get a mixture of the direct and room-y sound. |
0.999947 | Create a unique look to your home with this collection. This sofa combines clean, classic lines with retro details, like tufted back and seat cushion and wooden tapered legs. The sleek, boxy cushions and slim track arms allow you to slouch back in comfort. Also available beige, gray and chocolate linen, and the vintage look is perfectlyfor any room environment. Upholstery Material: Faux leather Upholstery Material Details: PU Faux Leather Type: PU Design: Standard Overall Product Weight: 82lb.
Queue up your favorite TV show and settle into the Ewa Reclining Sofa. This sofa is incredibly comfortable, covered in soft, yet durable PU leather and featuring thick, high-density foam and no-sag steel springs in the cushy pocket seats. For added comfort, kick back in the dual recliners with minimal-show mechanisms and assume the maximal relaxation position. Upholstery Material: Faux leather Upholstery Material Details: Air-Leather Faux Leather Type: Bonded Leather Design: Reclining Overall Product Weight: 187.39lb.
Dare to be different? This sofa stands out in the coolest way with a unique two-tone upholstery that marries luxe comfort and rugged charm. Seat cushions envelop you in plushness. Sides and back sport a faux leather, while studded nailtrim packs a stylish punch. Upholstery Material: Polyester Blend Upholstery Material Details: Polyester and PU blend Design: Standard Overall Product Weight: 144lb. |
0.999763 | NEW YORK - David O. Russell's "American Hustle," a glitzy period comedy based on the FBI's ABSCAM sting operation of the 1970s, was named Best Picture of 2013 by the New York Film Critics Circle.
The film won three awards, including for Jennifer Lawrence (last year's Oscar-winner for Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook") as Best Supporting Actress. "American Hustle" also won for Best Screenplay.
Steve McQueen won the Best Director prize for "12 Years a Slave," the brutal, true-life account of a free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South.
} In one of the most competitive years ever for actors, Robert Redford won the critics group's Best Actor Award for his solo performance as a sailor facing disaster at sea in J.C. Chandor's "All Is Lost."
The 77-year-old Redford beat out a field that included such veterans as Bruce Dern ("Nebraska"), Tom Hanks ("Captain Phillips"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Wolf of Wall Street"), Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club"), and Joaquin Phoenix ("Her"), as well as relative newcomers Chiwetel Ejiofer ("12 Years a Slave"), Oscar Isaac ("Inside Llewyn Davis"), and Michael B. Jordan ("Fruitvale Station").
} Cate Blanchett, the star of Woody Allen's serio-comic "Blue Jasmine," won the Best Actress Award for her portrayal of a materialistic society woman whose world collapses when her Bernie Madoff-esque husband loses his fortune, leading her to escape back to her working-class family.
Jared Leto won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance as a transgender AIDS patient in "Dallas Buyers Club."
"Inside Llewyn Davis," the Coen Brothers' evocative story of a singer struggling to define success in the folk music scene of the early 1960s, picked up a nod for its cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel, beating out "Gravity," "12 Years a Slave" and "Captain Phillips."
The results of today's voting were announced, one by one, on Twitter.
"Blue Is the Warmest Color," director Abdellatif Kechiche's deeply intimate portrait of a young woman's coming-of-age (including her NC-17-rated relationship with an older lesbian), won the Best Foreign Film Award.
Should "Blue Is the Warmest Color" have been given an NC-17 rating?
Best First Film went to director Ryan Coogler's "Fruitvale Station," which recreates the last day of Oscar Grant, who was killed in 2009 by a transit officer on an Oakland BART train platform.
Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, who received the critics' prize (and an Oscar) for his 2002 fantasy, "Spirited Away," won the Best Animated Film Award for his historical tale, "The Wind Rises."
The documentary award went to "Stories We Tell," Canadian writer-director Sarah Polley's examination of her parents' relationship and the discovery that she was born from her mother's extramarital affair.
The group also gave a special career award to filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, whose iconoclastic documentaries -- usually employing fly-on-the-wall camerawork and no voice-over narration -- have covered such subjects as mental institutions, hospitals, schools, and police work. His most recent film is "At Berkeley," a 4.5-hour study of upper education at a public university undergoing drastic budget cuts.
The New York critics' choices are the first major announcement of winners in the awards season, and a major precursor for Academy Award nominations (to be announced on January 16). The group is comprised of nearly 40 print and online reviewers for New York City area media outlets.
Shut out from today's prizes: "August: Osage County," "Captain Phillips," "Enough Said," "Frances Ha," "Gravity," "Her," "The Invisible Woman," "Lee Daniels' The Butler," "Mud," "Nebraska," "Prisoners," "Short Term 12," and "The Wolf of Wall Street."
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards will be handed out in January.
Best Actor: Robert Redford, "All Is Lost"
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Best Screenplay: Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
Best Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Best First Film: Ryan Coogler, "Fruitvale Station" |
0.994138 | How Harmful is mold to my health?
The questions whether mold is harmful to pets as it is to humans is constantly asked. It is hard to say that mold is definitely harmful to pets. However, it does carry the same characteristics and results that it causes to humans. The signs of the symptoms can differ from animal to animal, which may make it more difficult to determine.
It is highly recommended to keep all areas secluded from animals when mold is discovered. When you have found mould that is reachable by any animal be sure to call a certified mold removal company. Reducing the mold spores in the air, especially those that are harmful, allows you and your loved ones breathe clean air.
In certain cases, depending on the type of mould growth, it is vital to keep any animals away from mold that causes “mushroom” growth. The environment may be susceptible to mould and fungi growth which looks like a mushroom. If this does grow, be sure to call a mold removal company right away and do not allow your pet to eat it. |
0.976319 | Help me to stay sane on a cruise holiday, please?
Later this year I'm being hauled onto a cruise, so do any of you have cunning advice for day trips to: Lisbon, Gibraltar. Barcelona, Ibiza, Cartagena and Cádiz?
I'm hoping to find some things away from the hordes, so any historic hideaways, gems of local interest or good guided tours... I'm hoping that if I start to get ideas now, I can plan around the rest of the extended family with greater ease, so any advice?
Full points to that press release.
You may have heard about the chap who has a smashing time in an art gallery, deliberately dropping a vase by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, supposedly in protest that the Florida based museum didn't show enough local work. Part of the art exhibition shows an image of Ai Weiwei dropping an ancient Chinese vase and breaking it, so the artist decided "to join him in an act of performance protest." Not thinking through that the vase he was smashing was a $1 million dollar piece of art, and that he'd get criminal charges as a result.
"As an art museum dedicated to celebrating modern and contemporary artists from within our community and around the world, we have the highest respect for freedom of expression. But this destructive act is vandalism and disrespectful to another artist and his work, to Pérez Art Museum Miami, and to our community."
I love whoever crafted that release to perfectly balance creative expression vs. being a little s*ht.
That quote came from here and is a masterly example of politely dissing someone in posh language.
Mr Ai joined in a similar way by explaining that when he was photographed smashing vases, it was "a little different".
"The work I work on [does] not belong to a museum or other people's property. I never tried to destroy a museum piece - those vases belong to me. He can drop whatever he likes to drop, but not other people's property."
There is undoubtedly a big debate behind this with the old 'what is art' debate, and was the artist right to express himself illegally and at the cost of another's creative output being destroyed (I'm a big fan of good street art, so the illegal/eyesore/property debate interests me) But put all that aside, and just admire the structuring of those two responses to his act, which boil down beautifully between the lines to say "twit".
This is probably a silly question, but are there actually deer at the deer park?
Well, not that daft I suppose given that Nottingham Castle is really a sort of emptied out ducal mansion. The deer park does have magnificent deer though. They chase the sillier tourists who forget just how big and tetchy wild animals can be up close.
A large group of young adults who were perhaps best described as delinquents (we weren't privy to if they were criminal or otherwise, but it was some manner of scheme that they HAD to attend) came to spend the day looking into the art collection, as part of a service run by the education team .
The results were exciting to say the least, as although some displayed interest in the works, and engaged as best they could, most were blatantly disinterested and some were very disruptive in a 'war of attrition' manner. Nothing serious enough to get thrown out, but a continual barrage of noise, rudeness and disregard for others.
This was an argument between the two external group leaders, one of whom had reached the stage where she wanted to read the riot act to the disruptive element. It is a hard line to tread, and one I'm glad I didn't have to make the call on. It was funny to see that the more 'fluffy' woman was the one who most frequently yelled across the room.
Booking is available 3 months in advance.
We offer visitors a facility they can reserve in advance, and during some weekends and peak periods it is fully booked out.
"Fully booked!? Well surely you can fit our group in? There's only 8 of them and I did promise him he could visit for his birthday. He's been showing his friends your website and talking about what he'll do there, he's even asked his dad if he'll bring the camera so he can video their visit..."
"We have some space the following day?"
"Well that's not really good enough. That's not on his birthday."
Well perhaps you should have thought about checking with us first before you promised your son something you can't fulfill.
Oh, and checking more than about four days in advance helps as well.
Hello to the American Hysterical Society!
The mocking and often terribly spot on blog Peabody's Lament have given me a moment of 'squee' by mentioning Attendant's View on their blog and adding us to their links page. So hello if you've joined here from over there!
"The mission of the American Hysterical Society is to condemn, profane, and indulge the history and museum professions."
I'd certainly advise checking out their page, as they write original posts, flag up museums and galleries related stories, and post up historical and museums related clips and images. It's very tongue in cheek, with a healthy disrespect for stuffiness and a fine tone of voice to express the fears and exasperation often felt throughout the sector. Grab a brew and have a browse.
So, I decided to try something new, with an older comic, just to see if I could. What do folks think? |
0.999835 | I know this - - A man got to do what he got to do.
I know three things will never be believed - The true, the probable, and the logical.
No one wants advice - - Only corroboration. |
0.986661 | Does simulation increase a trainee’s desire to master a topic rather than simply achieve a good grade? You can answer this question by assessing if the trainee exhibits increased curiosity, looks for challenges, and strives to gain new knowledge within the simulation. When a student owns the desire to learn, we have tapped into their intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is powerful. When a student is intrinsically motivated, learning is easier and longer lasting. However, fostering intrinsic motivation isn’t easy.
Gaming and simulation shows evidence of increasing intrinsic motivation. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has studied how when engaged in entertainment and fascinating activity, we enter a state of “flow”. Achieving flow includes “challenge-skill balance, merging of action and awareness, clarity of goals, immediate and unambiguous feedback, concentration on the task at hand, paradox of control, transformation of time, loss of self-consciousness, and autotelic experience.” Building a simulation that achieves flow is not easy.
I would like to suggest that a dynamic, non-linear simulation has a higher likelihood of enabling trainees to experience flow than a linear simulation. A dynamic simulation offers the trainee an environment where he or she can make many choices, each of which impact the environment in in a variety of ways. A dynamic simulation will represent each avatar, object, and device as its own independent entity with sensors, goals, functions, behaviors, and reactions. A linear simulation is scripted with structured choices and predictable impacts to the environment. The environment of a linear simulation serves the structured paths rather than creating a realistic scene to interact with and experience. Let’s look at each aspect of flow and consider how to achieve it.
Challenge-skill balance: As students gain skill, creating a virtual simulation that provides adequate challenge requires more realism. The best way to represent realism is by replicating the dynamic nature of situations. A linear event may be the right challenge-skill balance for a novice, but as the student gains skill, it is more difficult to present a challenge in a linear simulation.
Merging of action and awareness, paradox of control, and concentration on the task at hand: A dynamic environment includes events and effects from actions that cause the simulation environment to change. In order to succeed in the simulation, the student must be aware of the context and understand that actions have impact. In addition, the student must remain vigilant to detect what in the environment will be important for critical decision making. If actions don’t require the development of situation awareness, then the student will take action without taking the time to observe. The requirement for developing situation awareness and looking for new events and effects creates the sense of uncertainty in the outcome. The student is forced to understand how things really work – not just the rules. Therefore, the students must concentrate.
Immediate and unambiguous feedback & clarity of goals: The more detailed the feedback, the less ambiguous it will be. A dynamic environment can provide a situation rich in detail, providing the information for reflection on good actions and/or undesirable actions. The amount of data that can be used in feedback makes it more specific to the skills being developed in the student. For the same reason, more specific goals can be stated.
Transformation of time, loss of self-consciousness, and autotelic experience: The last three aspects of flow are more personal and come from within the student. There are personality traits, recent life experiences, and physical characteristics that come into play.
By creating immersive training simulations which are dynamic in nature, students are able to suspend their disbelief and engage in the experience. By creating simulations that dynamically adapt based on a trainee’s choices, flow can be created much more easily than a linear alternative.
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Wouters, P. van Nimwegen, C., van Oostendorp, H., & van der Sek. E.D. (2013), (February 4). A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects on Serious Games. |
0.983345 | Respondents were asked, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel."
Respondents were asked, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." 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, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents were asked, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." 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, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." 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, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." 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, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." Race is calculated according to the RACE1 variable.
Respondents were asked, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents were asked, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." Location is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents were asked, "Turning next to immigration, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas? Tightening U.S. border security and providing Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable. |
0.999764 | What is offered in 2019?
Chrysler has changed some of the Pacifica trims for 2018 by with a more economical L trim. They renamed the hybrid model Premium and Platinum trims Touring L and Limited, and added a hybrid Touring Plus.
Changes made to the Pacifica’s Uconnect infotainment system include the adding Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and an onboard Wi-Fi including a 4G LTE data connection. They have new wheel designs and body matched exterior mirrors on the Touring Plus models. The Touring L model has chrome roof rack rails, and offers two new colors: Copper Pearl Coat and Ocean Blue Metallic. The Touring L models also offer perforated leather seats inside. |
0.948923 | 1st National Bank closes my account after Tempe Police falsely tell them I am a criminal.
After I bought my house in Tempe I had not lived there for very long when I found out that for some reason the Tempe Police called my bank and told them that I was a criminal and involved in some kind of fraud. The bank then closed my account because of the lies the Tempe Police told them.
I was pretty angry because I got opened that account when I was in grade school and used it to deposit money I made from my paper route in both grade school and high school.
As an adult I opened a checking account there. It was the first checking account I had.
Also I had a number of credit cards with the bank.
I was also very angry because I was never told what the Tempe Police were accusing me of. But despite that the bank closed my account with out any evidence that I had done something wrong.
And it was not a small account. As a computer programmer I have made a lot of money. I think the account had around $15,000 in it when the bank closed it.
I did talk to the bank about it on the phone. They did not use any logic or reason in the case. There view was that since the Tempe Police said I was a criminal they were going to close my account, period, case closed.
Heil Hitler, the police state is here!
The bank originally started out as the First National Bank of Arizona. It became First Interstate Bank in its first name change. And since then it has become Wells Fargo Bank. |
0.999988 | The Techkon SpectroPlate is a high resolution digital microscope that measures dot percentage, screen angles, lines per inch/cm, dot gain and AM, FM or Hybrid Screens of traditional offset or process-less, chemistry-free printing plates.
Start: for dot percentage measurements on all popular types of printing plates,film and CMYK print.
Expert: adds the recording of complete transfer curves and the possibility to analyze geometric objects within the device.
All-Vision: same functions as the Expert version but works with processless, low-contrast plates.
The extraordinary high measurement accuracy of SpectroPlate is determined by the quality of the optical system and the performance of the image processing algorithms. Thanks to the excellent image capture quality and the ingenious graphic calculations, SpectroPlate can read precisely any screen size and screen technology: FM, AM or Hybrid screen. The spectrally white illumination and dynamic color evaluation permits reading all kinds of plate types and coated surfaces. But it is not only plate reading where SpectroPlate shows its strengths. This multifunctional device expertly handles dot measurement on film as well as on printed paper in CMYK-print.
The sample is illuminated uniformly with spectral broadband light. The microscopic image is captured by a precision optical lens system and a high resolution CMOS color matrix sensor with high dynamic range. The processing of the detailed color image is performed by a powerful graphic signal processor and sophisticated imaging algorithms. All relevant quality parameters for correctly manufactured printing plates are shown on the LCD display.
The included Windows software connects the device to a PC. Measured values and transfer curves are displayed and stored. All measurement data can be used directly for linearizing a RIP powered plate processor. An exceptional feature is the enlarged view of the microscopic images.
SpectroPlate lets you see things normally hidden to the human eye. It shows the raster dots on a film or a printing plate in large magnification on the device display or, optionally, on your computer screen. It lets you visually judge printing plates and discover any soiling or exposure errors now that the structure of the dots is visible.
A specific strength is the image transfer of uncompressed high-resolution files to the PC where they can be stored, edited or sent over the Internet. Geometric sizes of dots or lines can be retrieved in micrometer- or mils- dimensions.
All devices are factory-calibrated to the official reference fogra Measuring Bar FMB resulting in high long-term absolute accuracy and an excellent inter-instrument agreement. Additionally, time-consuming calibration procedures prior to measurements are obsolete.
Is SpectroPlate a portable device?
Yes, it is a compact and mobile unit with an integrated LCD graphic display which shows the measurement data and the enlarged microscopic image.
Can dot percentage values be transmitted directly into RIP applications?
Yes, just connect SpectroPlate via the USB connection to a Windows PC and use the supplied software SpectroPlate Connect to send the measurement data pre-formatted directly into the RIP application in order to linearize a platesetter.
Why is SpectroPlate so accurate?
It is a combination of a high precision optical system and the use of sophisticated image processing algorithms. By internally calibrating each device in the factory to the accurate offset plate reference FMB from the renown research institute fogra, SpectroPlate units have an excellent inter-instrument agreement.
SpectroPlate is maintenance free. It is designed to work in harsh industrial environments. Since there are no moving parts, there is no wear and tear.
Why can SpectroPlate handle all different types of offset plates?
Thanks to the spectral broadband sample illumination and the dynamic color image selection high contrast images for all different plate materials ensure high measurement quality.
Conventional & chemistry free plates, polyester and paper.
Including AM, FM and Hybrid form low to high resolutions.
Up to 10,000 measurements per charge.
Build transfer curves and examine dot image captures. |
0.989895 | Do black panthers have spots?
Black panthers do have spots. By using an infrared camera, scientists have been able to see the hidden patterns for the first time in wild Malaysian panthers.
Did you know that you can see your nose at all times but your brain chooses to ignore it! In fact, your brain is so good at adapting to the presence of your nose that even if you put your hand on your chin, you can see your hand, but not your nose.
Li-Fi is a wireless technology that transmits high-speed data using visible light communication and will be available in the coming months. With scientists achieving speeds of 224 gigabits per second in the lab using Li-Fi earlier this year (that's equivalent to 18 movies of 1.5 GB each being downloaded every single second), the potential for this technology to change everything about the way we use the Internet is huge.
Scientists have now taken Li-Fi out of the lab for the first time, trialing it in offices and industrial environments in Tallinn, Estonia, reporting that they can achieve data transmission at 1 GB per second - that's 100 times faster than current average Wi-Fi speeds.
The blue-capped cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) has a special talent. Not only can it sing, it can shake a leg or two. For its courtship display, it holds a piece of nesting material in its beak, points its head upward, moves up and down, and sings. Both males and females bob and sing like this, and choose their partner. Now, researchers have found that as the bird bobs, it does a quick tap dance where it stomps its feet.
The world's worst pain comes from bullet ant venom (shown above). According to Wikipedia, the pain caused by this insect's sting is purported to be greater than that of any other hymenopteran, and is ranked as the most painful according to the Schmidt sting pain index, given a '4+" rating, above the tarantula hawk wasp and, according to some victims, equal to being shot, hence the name of the insect. It is described as causing "waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours'. The pain is immediate and unlike even the worst physical injuries where your brain eventually has enough of it and blocks out the signal from the offending body part, it does not let go for a good long while.
The 1977 HP-01 digital calculator was arguably the very first smart-watch to hit the market nearly 38 years before the Apple Watch. The watch was a marvel for its time. Not only could it perform basic calculations, the watch could do dynamic time and date calculations, algebra, and even function as a stopwatch and alarm clock. The watch in perfect condition can be found on eBay from time-to-time, for a price ranging up to $14 500 on eBay. |
0.918862 | Facing possible termination of the lease they hold for their restaurant at Union Station, businessman Joe Petrou and his family are still declining to turn over to the city deposits paid to their Union Station Catering Inc. for events reserved for 2007 in the Grand Hall of the train station.
His basic argument is that they're including fees and costs they shouldn't be including and charging too much for catering fees. And when the city did a second analysis for the Worcester Redevelopment Authority, the agency that runs the station, they were "trying to justify an incorrect analysis," says Russell.
• That the city used 34 events to determine the average cost of events, despite having more than 60 events booked in both 2005 and 2006.
• That in the city's initial cost analysis, the WRA allocated the cost of floor cleaning directly to booked events, despite the daily use of the building by commuters.
• That the $25,312 ($744 per event) for "city personnel costs" in the second analysis is drastically overstated. City hours, says Russell, should have been divided by 365 days, not 34 events. "They're providing services all day [and year] long." By his calculations, it should be $70 per event.
As for WRA contentions that other local facilities charge in the same range or higher, Russell says that those places may charge extra for chairs, tables, etc, and include added benefits. "Places that do this business recognize what people can pay per person," he says.
"They don't exhibit any business sense," he adds, repeating the refrain that "If I had a customer who paid $525,000" and was behind a small portion of the total, it wouldn't be a termination-level offense.
In our initial coverage of this story, Jacobson confirmed that fact, stating that the city has eventually received all deposits, albeit in many instances paid on the very weekend of the event. At the time, the WRA expressed concern about the potential for double-booked events if another caterer turned in a deposit for the same weekend as a Petrou-booked event. "They know every event I have booked. There's never been a double booking. Because I do all the events," says Petrou. |
0.999308 | The Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is a large hawk endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Known for its fearlessness towards humans and authority over the islands as the only original predator, this raptor has inhabited the Galápagos archipelago for over 300,000 years.
Similar in size to the Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) and the Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) of North America, the Galápagos Hawk is about 55 cm from beak to tail with a wingspan of 120 cm. Females are noticeably larger than males as in many species of birds of prey.
Mature adults are generally a sooty brownish black with a slightly darker crown. Pale brown, grey, or buff feathers line the edge of the mantle, and the tail is a silvery grey. Their grayish black bill contrasts with a yellow cere, legs and feet.
Juveniles are a blackish brown, mottled with buff and white and a black streak extending from the corners of their mouth. Unlike the adults', their bill is blue-grey at the base, their cere a grey-green, and their feet a pale yellow-green.
Other than the difference in size, the male and female look quite similar.
This hawk lives mainly on insects such as locusts and giant centipedes, as well as small lava lizards, snakes and rodents. It is not uncommon for it to take young marine and land iguanas, and sea turtle and tortoise hatchlings. This predator has also been spotted near nesting areas of Fork-tailed Gulls, where it steals eggs as well as young. Even extremely rancid carrion is picked apart by their sharp, forceful beaks. Their feet and talons are also strong like those of the closely related Red-backed Buzzard and White-tailed Hawk.
"A gun is here almost superfluous; for with the muzzle I pushed a hawk out of the branch of a tree.."
Because the seasons of the island are unchanging due to the close proximity of the equator, there is no regular mating season.
Mating takes place a few times a day on a nearby perch or in flight. It begins when males make fake attacks on the female from behind by dive bombing her, and then the male follows the female as she descends to the trees below.
While males tend to be monogamous, the females will mate with up to seven different males during mating season. Throughout the entire nesting period, the female and her males take turns protecting the nest and incubating the eggs, even participating in the feeding.
Nests are built low in trees, on lava ledges, or even on the ground at times. Used for many years and nesting periods, they become quite large, sometimes even four feet in diameter. Stick structures are lined with grass, bark, clumps of leaves, or other available soft materials. The mating pair is together the majority of the time at the prime of egg-laying season, and usually stays close to the nesting site. The nest is maintained constantly with fresh, green twigs.
Normally one to three eggs are laid, green-white in color, but only one young is reared. Young hawks leave the nest around 50-60s days after hatching.
Juvenile hawks will not enter the territorial breeding areas until they reach the age of three, becoming sexually mature. Although these birds are generally fearless, they will abandon their nest if it has been tampered with by humans.
The call of the Galapagos Hawk is a series of short screams similar to the call of the Red-shouldered hawk that have been described as a keer, keeu, or an inflected kwee�. Especially noisy during breeding season, their call softens to a kilp, kilp, kilp.
Although the exact number of these birds is unknown, there are believed to be only around 150 mating pairs in existence today. This statistic has improved slightly from past years, but it is far from the abundance they were found in on all the islands of Galapagos when they were discovered.
Due to human disturbance to their natural habitat, a dwindling food supply because of new predators introduced to the islands, and predation by humans, they are now extinct on the islands of Baltra, Daphne, Floreana, San Cristobal, and Seymour. |
0.94446 | Disaccharides play important functions in the human diet. Also called double sugars, disaccharides are a type of carbohydrate that contains two sugar molecules called monosaccharides that are linked together in a compound. Your body digests disaccharides in foods and breaks them into the two individual sugar molecules that are then absorbed through your small intestine. Disaccharides differ by chemical structure and function. Consult your doctor about the function of disaccharides in your diet.
Three disaccharides exist in the human diet. Lactose is naturally found in the milk of mammals and contains glucose and galactose. Sucrose is found in beets and sugar cane. Sucrose, also called table sugar, contains glucose and fructose. Maltose is a disaccharide that contains two molecules of glucose. Maltose forms during the breakdown of certain starches, such as barley, during food manufacturing. Glucose is the simple sugar cell that your body uses for energy. Your body normally converts galactose and fructose, also called fruit sugar, into glucose.
Lactose, also called milk sugar, is the nutritional source of energy for infants during nursing. Lactose makes milk tastes sweet and is an ingredient in many processed foods that contain dairy. Manufacturers add whey, a byproduct of dairy production that contains lactose, to certain food products, such as breads, cookies, cakes, doughnuts, breakfast bars and ice cream. Lactose requires you have an enzyme called lactase to digest the disaccharide. Many people are lactose intolerant and do not produce sufficient amounts of lactase to digest lactose, causing such symptoms as nausea, diarrhea, gas, abdominal cramps and bloating. You can take a lactase supplement to help you digest lactose and ameliorate the symptoms.
Sucrose is the disaccharide present most in the human diet. The function of sucrose is to sweeten foods for more taste appeal. Manufacturers add sucrose as a sweetener to candies, ice cream, cookies, cakes, breads, sauces, ketchup and canned goods. An advantage of using sucrose as a sweetener is that it is stable in both liquid and crystallized solid states.
Manufacturers replaced sucrose as a sweetener in many food and beverage products with high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener that contains a mixture of glucose and high concentrations of fructose and is less costly than sucrose. However, high-fructose corn syrup increases abdominal fat and weight more than sucrose does, according to research by scientists at Princeton University that was published in "Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior" in November 2010.
Maltose does not have a specific function in the body. Manufacturers convert maltose to a disaccharide sugar alcohol called maltilol for use as a bulk sweetener in powder and syrup and added to many sucrose-free and diabetic foods, including chocolates, chewing gum, bakery goods, candies, ice cream and jam. Your body slowly absorbs only 50 to 60 percent of maltilol, with the remainder excreted or fermented in the large intestine.
What Are the Functions of the Enzyme Lactase? |
0.990102 | The Naïve Bayesian classifier is a simple probabilistic classifier algorithm based on the Bayes theorem. It is used in data mining for the classification of new input. Naive Bayes reduces a high-dimensional density estimation task to one dimensional density estimation by assuming class conditional independence . Its assumption of independence among the variables of a given training set doesn’t deny the fact that it is comparable in performance to decision trees and neural networks because this assumption doesn’t greatly affect the posterior probabilities and the algorithm continues to work well . In this paper a parallel approach for implementing the naïve Bayesian classifier is discussed and implemented. The parallel approach is done through the parallel integration of a set of classifiers into a single classifier . Besides the parallel integration of a set of classifiers into one, the parallel approach also includes attribute parallelization where attributes can be assigned to different processors which allow the parallel computations of their probabilities. The parallel implementation of this algorithm is expected to improve the performance of the naïve Bayesian classifier and increase its accuracy.
where X=<x1,…,xn> is an input for n attributes, each xi is an input value for the ith attribute and Ci is a class value for supposing that there are m classes.
Since P(X) is constant for all classes only P(X | Ci)*P(Ci) needs to be maximized.
Where rik is the number of records havingk and the value Xi for the ith attribute.
4- In order to predict the class label of X, P(Ci|X) = P(X|Ci)*P(Ci) is evaluated for each class for and then the class Cj having the highest P(Cj|X) is chosen to be the class of the given input.
Where fj is the error rate for classifier Cj.
By using integration of multiple classifiers, the recognition error rate can be reduced and robust of classification can be improved. Thus the research of integration of multiple classifiers becomes important. At present, recognition based on integration of multiple classifiers was applied in many fields, such as handwritten and text recognition , face recognition , time-series prediction , etc.
In effect, naïve Bayesian classification reduces a high-dimensional density estimation task to one-dimensional kernel density estimation , because by assuming variable independence, the conditional probabilities can be calculated separately for each variable. Furthermore, the assumption does not seem to greatly affect the posterior probabilities, especially in regions near decision boundaries, thus, leaving the classification task unaffected.
The parallel implementation of naïve Bayesian classifier is done by dividing the attributes into p subsets, where p is the number of available processors. Each subset would contain n/p attributes, where n is the number of attributes.
These subsets are assigned to different processors and thus the calculation of the probabilities P(Xi|Cj) for each class can be found in parallel with other attributes probabilities. After finding all the conditional probabilities P(Xi|Cj) for all classes, the conditional probabilities that belong to the same class are multiplied in order to obtain P(Cj|X). Then we find the maximum P(Cj|X) and assign class Cj to input X.
The parallel algorithm is preceded by a pre-processing phase where the data list is organized into data structures where for each attribute a data structure is constructed containing the attribute name, its distinct values, and the class count for each class for each distinct value.
The implementation of the parallel naïve Bayesian classifier is shown in the above algorithm, where evaluation of the conditional probabilities P(Xi|Cj) is done in parallel, by distributing the attributes among different processors. After finding the conditional probabilities, the conditional probabilities that belong to the same class are multiplied and then the class having the maximum obtained probability is chosen as the class label for the input X. Record parallelization was also used for parallelizing naive Bayesian classifier by allowing the processors to participate in computing P(Cj|Xi) for each sing class by distributing the records of the database among them.
The implementation of parallel naive Bayesian classifier would significantly reduce the time complexity from O (ND) to O (N/p * D/p) where N is the number of training records and D is the number of attributes.
The goal of this experiment was to study the effects of parallelizing naive Bayesian classifier in order to speed up the learning process when large data sets are present for training the system. Iris database of size 16 MB was used to train the system which is “perhaps the best known database to be found in the pattern recognition literature” . The data set contains three classes, where each class refers to a type of iris plant. Five attributes are present in this database which are Sepal Length, Sepal Width, Petal Length, Petal Width, and the class label attribute which can contain three values: “Iris-setosa”, “Iris-virginica” and “Iris-versicolour”. These datasets were preprocessed before running the algorithm by building new data structures so that they can fit in memory. The experiment was implemented on two machines one having a single processor and the other having seven processors and the obtained results were compared. By applying the above mentioned parallel procedures, the obtained execution time which is 3.89 seconds was approximately the same as the execution time of the serial approach which is 4.542 seconds. Also the time complexity of the algorithm would be reduced from O (ND) to O (N/p * D/p) where N is the number of training records, D is the number of attributes and p is the number of available processors. In the time complexity, N was replaced by N/p and D was replaced by D/p because in the parallel naive Bayesian classifier, instead of processing N attributes and D records in a serial manner, these numbers can be divided among the p processors so that each processor can now process a subset of attributes of size N/p and a subset of records of size D/p in a parallel manner. The accuracy of the algorithm was also calculated by using the holdout method, where two third of the data was used for training the system and one third of the data was used for testing the system. The training and testing datasets were chosen randomly from the database and the accuracy was calculated. This process is repeated ten times and the obtained average accuracy of the parallel algorithm was 33%. The parallel implementation of this algorithm didn’t result in speeding up the naive Bayesian algorithm.
In this paper parallel naïve Bayesian classifier was implemented through a new approach that hasn’t been addressed before through attribute and record parallelization. The parallel implementation of this algorithm didn’t result in an important increase in the speed of the naïve Bayesian algorithm. The implementation of the ensemble method along with attribute and record parallelization are taken into consideration for future work.
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Where I can find the implementation of this algorithm ?
Do you know any other approaches to the learning NB in parallel?
The formulas are not displayed correctly. where can I find another instance of this paper that shows them more accurately, please? |
0.991525 | I was recently selected as one of the internets top internet women geeks so I am proudly donating alot of time for the causes of keep girls into science and math and who will be proud to be a woman geek.
ColdFusion is the original and most common implementation of a tag and ECMAScript-based programming language -- ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) and CFSCRIPT, respectively -- which is typically used in web application development for the generation of dynamic web pages. Originally a product of Allaire, in 2001 the company was purchased by Macromedia, who subsequently merged with Adobe Systems in 2005.
ColdFusion resembles a scripting language best suited for data-driven web sites. More advanced users can use ColdFusion as a productivity layer above a J2EE platform or use ColdFusion as middleware in a service oriented architecture, such as generating web services or Flash remoting.
Recently, ColdFusion has also become a layer to handle asynchronous events such as SMS and instant messaging via its gateway interface.
Other implementations of CFML offer similar or enhanced functionality, such as running in a .NET environment or image manipulation. |
0.968751 | Perl6 (Rakudo) - How to handle special characters from file?
How can I read special characters from a external file ? Here a simple .txt file in French, which content is the first paragraph of https://fr.lipsum.com/ : as you can see on my screenshot, the file encoding is UTF-8 but the accents are not displayed correctly.
With Python or Ruby scripts I don't encounter the problem. I can't found any precise example about that matter, probably because perl 6 is still quite recent (??). Thank you.
TL;DR If you're using Windows 10, you probably just need to click the right option in the control panel. If you're using an older version, please tell us which version you're using and we'll go from there.
Your problem seems to be the console output encoding not being utf8 and/or the font being an ANSI one.
They got off on the wrong foot with their Unicode support up over the last couple decades. They have just very recently begun digging their way out of the hole they dug for themselves and everyone else. But they're not there yet, at least inasmuch as things don't work correctly out of the box for many end users. I think this is the root of your problem.
Adding convoluted workarounds to Rakudo is a low priority thing compared to working with Microsoft's renewed efforts to do the right thing.
If you're using Windows 10, focus on the new "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support" option. Expect it to work only if you're lucky. (It's still beta status.) Be patient if it doesn't. We'll do our best in the latter case but it's new for everyone.
If you're using an older Windows, expect it to not work at first with modern software unless you are very lucky (and it seems you have not been). We'll still help as much as we can but it'll likely involve you being patient with us and Microsoft and Rakudo and vice-versa.
There will no doubt be practical workarounds added over time to Rakudo as the dust settles around it and the new phase of Unicode's dominance which P6 is written to assume as the default. And Microsoft will likely make it easier to have their tech do the right thing with Unicode. But for now the solution boils down to selecting the correct options within Windows and it looks like you haven't yet done that.
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How do I read from STDIN in Rakudo Perl6? |
0.976124 | Gurren Lagann, known in Japan as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. According to Jason Green from Anime News Network, the anime was influenced by previous Gainax anime, particularly in the character development of the protagonist Simon, who goes through three stages in his character development during the three arcs of the series. Takami Akai, the producer of the series and a co-founder of Gainax, announced that he would resign his position effective episode five, which aired on April 29, 2007, over comments that he made regarding posts on the Japanese textboard 2channel.
GAINAX Co., Ltd. is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Royal Space Force, Gunbuster, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kare Kano, FLCL, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, and Gurren Lagann, which have garnered critical acclaim and been commercially successful.
In North America, although initially announced to be licensed by ADV Films in 2007, the license was transferred to Bandai Entertainment in 2008 and then transferred to Aniplex of America in 2013.
All the titles removed were titles acquired since the Sojitz collaboration including Gurren Lagann, which had test disks sent out with dubbed episodes.
Gurren Lagann, known in Japan as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Character Song was released on July 25, 2007, by Aniplex, including image songs by the main voice cast, with songs sung by Tetsuya Kakihara (Simon), Katsuyuki Konishi (Kamina), and Marina Inoue (Yoko), the latter of which is a playable song in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2.
It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima, and had been in development since the participation of the famed animator in the Abenobashi mecha-themed episodes by the same studio.
According to Jason Green from Anime News Network, the anime was influenced by previous Gainax anime, particularly in the character development of the protagonist Simon, who goes through three stages in his character development during the three arcs of the series.
This is a list of primary characters from the anime series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima, and had been in development since the participation of the famed animator in the Abenobashi mecha-themed episodes by the same studio. The series was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi who was a fan of the mecha genre, having previously done animation work for Neon Genesis Evangelion, and ever since he started working he had wanted to work in a mecha series.
His series director debut was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007).
It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima, and had been in development since the participation of the famed animator in the Abenobashi mecha-themed episodes by the same studio. In an interview, the writer Kazuki Nakashima cites Ken Ishikawa, co-creator of Getter Robo, as one of Gurren Lagann's influences.
He has written scripts for Re: Cutie Honey, Gurren Lagann and Oh! Edo Rocket.
In an interview, the writer Kazuki Nakashima cites Ken Ishikawa, co-creator of Getter Robo, as one of Gurren Lagann's influences.
Kazuki Nakashima, chief editor of the Getter Robo Saga compilation cited Ken Ishikawa as an influence when he worked on the series composition of the anime show, Gurren Lagann, and also gave a memorial address at his funeral.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Character Song was released on July 25, 2007, by Aniplex, including image songs by the main voice cast, with songs sung by Tetsuya Kakihara (Simon), Katsuyuki Konishi (Kamina), and Marina Inoue (Yoko), the latter of which is a playable song in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2.
He was the special guest at the 2010 Anime Expo in Los Angeles, USA, where he met his fans and revealed that his favorite anime character was Kamina from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann; also adding that each character whom he voiced is important to him.
The Sci Fi Channel acquired the broadcasting rights of Gurren Lagann and began airing the anime on July 28, 2008, as part of Sci Fi's Ani-Monday anime block.
In an interview with Kazuki Nakajima, the writer of Gurren Lagann and chief editor on the Getter Robo Saga compilation, Getter Robo was cited as one of Gurren Laganns main inspiration.
The series was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi who was a fan of the mecha genre, having previously done animation work for Neon Genesis Evangelion, and ever since he started working he had wanted to work in a mecha series.
Evangelion has influenced numerous subsequent anime series, including Serial Experiments Lain, RahXephon, Texhnolyze, Gasaraki, Boogiepop Phantom, Blue Submarine No. 6, Mobile Battleship Nadesico, Rinne no Lagrange, Gurren Lagann, Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure, Argento Soma, Pilot Candidate, Generator Gawl, and Dai-Guard.
Taku Iwasaki composed the show's main background music.
Ten tankōbon volumes were published between September 27, 2007 and June 27, 2013 in Japan under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comics imprint.
The opening theme is "Sorairo Days" by Shoko Nakagawa.
Akai and another Gainax employee, Keiko Mimori, made disparaging remarks about comments criticizing the animation style of the fourth episode of Gurren Lagann, which was completely directed by guest and friend Osamu Kobayashi.
In 2008, during the 7th annual Tokyo Anime Awards held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair, Gurren Lagann won the "Best Television Production" award.
Takami Akai, the producer of the series and a co-founder of Gainax, announced that he would resign his position effective episode five, which aired on April 29, 2007, over comments that he made regarding posts on the Japanese textboard 2channel.
Adult Swim began airing the series in English as part of the Toonami block on August 16, 2014. |
0.968813 | The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956.
Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S.
folk revival of the 1960s.
They were the first vocal group to become country music stars.
Their recordings of songs such as "Wabash Cannonball", "Can the Circle Be Unbroken", "Wildwood Flower", "Keep On the Sunny Side" and "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" made them country standards.
The latter's tune was used for Roy Acuff's "The Great Speckled Bird", Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life" and Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", making the song a hit all over again in other incarnations.The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter (1891–1960), his wife Sara Dougherty Carter (1898–1979), and his sister-in-law Maybelle Addington Carter (1909–1978).
Maybelle was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra (Eck) Carter, and was also Sara's first cousin.
All three were born and raised in southwestern Virginia, where they were immersed in the tight harmonies of mountain gospel music and shape note singing.Throughout the group's career, Sara Carter sang lead vocals; Maybelle sang harmony and accompanied the group instrumentally; on some songs A.P.
did not perform at all but at times sang harmony and background vocals and, once in a while, lead vocal.
Maybelle's distinctive guitar playing style became a hallmark of the group.Extended familyThis family tree shows the extended Carter family through several generations.Selected 78 rpm recordsThe Carter Family's career predated any sort of best-selling chart of country music records. |
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0.967975 | Record number of “great” earthquakes in April?
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) stated that April 2014 “easily” smashed the record for the most large earthquakes in one month since the Center started recording earthquakes in 1949.
The earthquakes started abruptly on April 1, when a major one, 8.2 magnitude, hit Chile. The PTWC considers earthquakes greater than a 6.5 magnitude as large.
During the month of April there were 13 major earthquakes. Though smaller earthquakes occur almost on an hourly basis on the earth, a normal month only averages between one and two large earthquakes exceeding 6.5. The PTWC noted that in April five of the earthquakes were greater than 7.8, resulting in tsunami alerts.
Having 13 large earthquakes happening in one month (compared to a monthly average of one to two) is a significant seismic event. The Center had no explanation on why there was such a dramatic increase.
Normally earthquakes spawn off each other and are found clustered together in certain areas. However, during April, the large ones were spread around the world. Large earthquakes hit Chile, Solomon Islands, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua and South Atlantic. Major earthquakes in the South Atlantic region are rare events.
The PTWC was first set up in 1949 to monitor earthquakes and related tsunamis in the Pacific ocean. It expanded its network of sensors after the 2004 earthquake/tsunami hit the Indian Ocean and now records seismic activity over most of the world.
The PTWC created an animation showing the earthquakes happening day by day between January 1, 2014 and April 30, 2014. This includes all earthquakes small and large. The size and color of the dot reflects the size of the earthquake.
1-2 magnitude: People will not feel these earthquakes but instruments will detect them.
4 magnitude: An earthquake this large can crack walls. Trees can be weakened.
5 magnitude: Furniture will be moved in a home and it can damage buildings that are poorly constructed.
6 magnitude: At this level walls can collapse. Fireplaces are particularly vulnerable. Depending on the quality of construction damage can range from moderate to heavy.
7 magnitude: All buildings in the area will suffer major damage. There will also be cracks in the ground and potential for landslides.
8 magnitude: All buildings will be destroyed.
As I noted in previous articles, earthquakes will be one of the significant events marking the end times.
Throughout the Bible we see progressive revelation as we draw closer to a prophesied event.
As an example, in the book of Genesis we have a the first vague reference to the coming of Jesus. After Adam and Eve’s fall into sin, we are told the seed of the woman would stomp on the head of Satan (Genesis 3:15). As we draw closer to the coming of Christ, the revelation becomes more detailed. Moses describes Jesus as a prophet (Deuteronomy 18:15). When Micah shows up, the revelation is much more specific. He prophesies the actual place where Jesus will be born — Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). Isaiah, a contemporary of Micah, prophesies about Jesus’ death (Isaiah 53).
Jesus says His second coming and the end of the age will be marked by an increase in earthquakes in various places. (Matthew 24:7). Jesus further describes them as “Great earthquakes” (Luke 21:11).
Generally felt he had his vision during the reign of Nero 60 AD or Domitian 95/96 AD. In his end-time vision recorded in the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John says there will be one “great earthquake” that will stand out from the crowd. It will be the mother of all earthquakes. This “great” earthquake combined with three other signs (blood moon, solar eclipse, and stars falling from the sky) will mark the opening of the sixth seal (Revelation 6:12). He does not mention where this earthquake will take place.
Uncertain if his vision is legitimate. However, Joel prophesied that in the end times, the Holy Spirit would be poured out and old men will dream dreams and young men will see visions (Joel 2:28). David Wilkerson has a vision of a massive earthquake in the US. It will be so large, networks will stop regular broadcasting to film its aftermath. Wilkerson believes it will happen somewhere else other than California. He says the US earthquake will be one of the biggest news event of modern times. He adds that it may be preceded by a massive earthquake in Japan — (The Vision published in 1974). David Wilkerson dies in a car accident on April 27, 2011 two weeks later a massive earthquake hits Japan March 11, 2011.
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0.999998 | After reading the title a question comes in mind, what is self-improvement? Basically, it is a process of inner change, adopting a positive mindset, getting rid of negative habits, and building new, positive ones. Self-improvement presents you with new opportunities, opportunities that come when you are ready to take them. |
0.999911 | Polymath is a token services platform aiming to streamline the process for companies to create security tokens and for investors to purchase tokens.
Compared to utility tokens which are used for…”utility,” security tokens are used to represent securities or shares in a company, which have different functions such as dividends, dividend dates, voting rights and more.
As a result, Polymath created their own security token standard, ST20 to cover all of these different aspects.
Polymath streamlines the STO process in a very practical manner. The participants involved are issuers (the company wanting to make a token), legal delegates, KYC providers, developers, and investors.
First, an issuer must submit their token specifications to the Polymath network. The specifications include various company documents, registrations, KYC information, dividend information, logo, company name, legal information, etc.
Once accepted, the token is almost instantly created. For the token to be used legally, the next step in the process is to choose a legal delegate (lawyer) to actually help you with documentation depending on where you want to operate. Each lawyer has different fees which you pay in POLY through a smart contract.
Next, you can choose delegated (chosen) developers to assist with any further technical functionality as well as creating and auditing smart contracts to handle your security token hub.
Lastly, there are investors. To be able to legally purchase security tokens, you must go through proper KYC. Once again, you can pay a fee to whom you would like to help you go through the proper KYC process for onboarding to the platform. There are many KYC providers to choose from.
In a very very short nutshell, that is what the hype around Polymath is about. They are offering services at each point in the process for both investors and issuers to be part of the soon to come STO craze.
TL;DR - they streamline the process for issuers by offering delegated developers, lawyers and investors for various services. All fees are paid in POLY and issuers can offer more or less POLY to attract talent.
Trevor Koverko and Chris Housser are the two founders of Polymath. Trevor Koverko (an ex-professional hockey player) has a long history in the investments field. Specifically related to crypto, he is an investor in Shapeshift.io, EOS, as well as MaidSafe, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bancor, Bitcoin of course, and more. He seems to have a successful track record as an investor in traditional companies as well, making him a suitable CEO for Polymath.
Chris Housser has a legal and military background. He is a lawyer and seems to be well suited for the COO role.
All in all, mid-tier shitcoin. STO’s will be huge in our opinion. To act as a service provider in the space will only grow to be more and more competitive. Yet, they are early and have a solid name in the space for now. Let’s see how they do. |
0.979707 | Talk about a perfect post Booty workout meal. This meal is filled with all the right macronutrients, and is perfect for all Booty types! The Booty Building Box program offers nutrition for pre and post workout meals, if you’re going to work your booty off you should know how to feed it before and after training to avoid muscle breakdown and to recover.
Meal prepping is probably the hardest part about staying on track, which is also the reason why the Booty Building Box programs wanted to keep it simple. Two workouts a week, 4 planned meals. It’s easy to stick to, no excuses.
Brown, black or wild rice is a great staple in your diet for any fitness goals. Even white rice will do, coloured rice just offers more antioxidants. This grain is a great way to get clean carbohydrates into your post workout meal. It takes 20min to cook, and remember the ratio 1 cup of rice for 2 cups of water.
Onto the juicy part, 4-5 oz of lean beef sautéed in a pan with fresh herbs and veggies. Ultimately you can choose what seasoning you like best, this recipe starts out by adding a little bit of olive oil to the pan with minced onions and garlic, salt, pepper and little bit of paprika. Once this base is simmering add in the beef. If you want to get creative and try different spices like taco seasoning it tastes amazing. While the beef is simmering, chop up fresh veggies for the wrap. Tomatoes, avocado, peppers, onions and mushrooms (even sauté basil & mushrooms once the beef is done to add in extra flavour).
Then once your beef and extra veggies are cooked, pile into the lettuce wrap with 1/2 cup of rice. Add in some hot sauce for an extra kick. Hot sauce is a fantastic condiment, it has very little calories and helps burn fat from the cayenne extract. Enjoy! |
0.999998 | A query posed on popular question-and-answer website Quora revealed an interesting tale of one man's brush with the late Steve Jobs, offering a rare glimpse into the secretive tech mogul's routine private life.
First spotted by Business Insider, the story comes from Tim Smith, Principal at Applied Design Group, who responded to the active Quora question: "What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs?"
Smith wrote that he would pass by Jobs' house in Palo Alto when visiting his girlfriend, whose father lived nearby, and would from time to time see the tech mogul working late into the night on his Mac.
One afternoon, his old Sunbeam Alpine, a British sports car not known for its reliability, broke down directly across from Jobs' driveway.
"Their cars weren?t there, which was a relief to me, because I was sure they would consider me some weird stalker," Smith wrote. "So I got out, popped the hood and tried to quick-fix the electrical to at least move further away ? and call AAA."
The problem turned out to be more complicated than a quick fix, and while Smith was tinkering with the electrical system, the Jobs family pulled up into the drive. Trying his best to go unnoticed, difficult since the Sunbeam was the only car on the street, Smith decided to pack it in and call AAA from his girlfriend's home.
As he started toward the house, he heard, ?British or Italian?? It was Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs' wife.
?British,? Smith replied, ?and acting like it.?
Powell Jobs asked if Smith wanted a beer, which he tried to decline, but was brought one anyway. She then called a family friend, who happened to know about Sunbeams, to come over and see if they could help.
"By this point I am fully resigned to whatever story is going to play out," Smith said. "It was starting to dawn on me that these were not just Silicon Valley elite ? they were real people, just helping a poor guy out."
The friend turned up wearing tuxedo with wife in tow, who was likewise "dressed to the nines." At this point Jobs himself came out to lend a hand and tried to crank the car as his friend worked under the hood. The Sunbeam was dead.
Declaring it a "piece of [expletive]" or some variation on the phrase, Jobs returned to his house. Smith was invited in to call AAA by Powell Jobs, so he followed her, "stepping over the dirty laundry you find in everyone's real house."
"You don?t often get close to people like the Jobs, much less in a ridiculous situation like this, where you realize that they are just really good people," he wrote. "They?re normal, funny, charitable, real people."
A week later, Smith returned the favor by dropping off a six-pack of beer, leaving it at the Jobs' door.
He said meeting Jobs and his family in that odd situation was one of his fondest memories.
"I saw [Jobs] in his most personal element ? family and friends ? around a broken down car in Palo Alto one night, just by chance. I was lucky ? and I was delighted," Smith wrote.
Thank heavens, there was me thinking he was a robot.
It's just impossible to describe.
"You don't often get close to people like the Jobs, much less in a ridiculous situation like this, where you realize that they are just really good people," he wrote. "They're normal, funny, charitable, real people."
"This is obviously a lie. Jobs hated charity."
Declaring it a "piece of [expletive]" or some variation on the phrase, Jobs returned to his house. Smith was invited in to call AAA, and was surprised to see laundry strewn about like just as it would in any other "normal" person's home.
Except it was all Levi's and black mock-turtle necks.
I agree the story has a few questionable scenes, however, I don't recall reading any statement that Jobs hated charity, he just wasn't known to contribute to organized charitable causes. Being charitable doesn't always mean donating money. Just lending a helping hand is charitable. But Laurene, on the other, hand is very involved in social programs.
Perhaps I'm unusual but I have never had any desire to meet anyone just because they are famous.
Oh, which? That's not what I was saying (hence quotes).
And I just fixed the question marks, the bot put them back. Guess it wants to be broken.
Just the timing. She asks which country the car is from and .....want a beer. Seems to be something missing....No but was brought one anyway....She doesn't know what kind of car it is but has a friend in a tux who is an expert in Sunbeams... odd. And when was this? Doesn't anyone have a cell phone? Some peculiar story telling with a few missing pieces is all.
Well, could have been as early as the mid '90s.
Agree. Sounds like there is a little bit of breathless embellishment. Understandable, however.
Steve should have called Woz over. He would have done a Back to the Future DeLorean job on the old Sunbeam.
"When this baby gets up to 88 miles per hour… you're gonna hear some serious Polish jokes."
I remember fondly the time I got an email back from Steve telling me I was wrong. I'd said that using Mother Theresa's image on their home page on the days after she died was tasteless and something she would have detested -- having her image and her death used to puff up a computer company and garner attention.
"Your wrong on this" was how the email reply began. He went on to say she'd agreed to be part of their Think Different campaign.
I wish I'd kept the email, but I was just a young guy -- didn't realize at the time it would be worth keeping. I didn't write back, either.
Still, what confidence. You're wrong. I've known only two or three people in my whole life who could utter such a phrase unashamedly while fully and completely believing it. Not sure I agreed, but I was put in my place and very clearly felt it.
Laurene Powell Jobs saw a car, and knowing it was a foreign little number, asked whether it was Italian or British (the only two countries who know how to make unreliable cars). Once she got her answer, she knew who to call. No big deal.
Know what happens if your car breaks down in front of Bill Gates' 66000 sq ft (Apple-free) mansion?
Meat story sounds like it was neat, a weird and rare way to meet someone.
One thing I found interesting in this story (not the version on this site) but when beer entered the picture, the writer mentioned that Steve had one as well.
I was under the impression that he was strict vegetarian, he and his wife even going so far as to prepare a vegetarian-only meal for President Obama when he stayed for dinner at Steve's house on one occasion. |
0.999412 | The USDA "certified organic" label. Does this mean the food is any safer or healthier, or is it merely a marketing label?
When we try to find common ground, we all agree that healthy food and sustainable production are the goal. So, fundamentally, we're all on the same team, looking for the same thing. Where we split is in our analysis of the history of food production, specifically the role of science in increasing crop yields. Science has brought us crop strains that increase output by factors of 10 and even 20 times even in poor soil, and given us a plethora of tools to combat losses to pests and disease. Generally, science (and the hungry people who benefit) applaud these improvements. Organic proponents (mainly well-fed people) have opposed them, saying they're bad for the environment. To support this position, organic proponents have continued heaping on all sorts of claims about the dangers of modern agriculture: That the food is unhealthy, or that it requires toxic chemicals that poison consumers, ravage the soil, and pollute the oceans with runoff. They poison the well by referring to modern agriculture using weasel words like "chemical farming" and "industrial agriculture". The natural inference we are supposed to make is that organic crops are free from these dangers.
I want to stress that I am not opposed to organic food. It is generally a perfectly fine product. I do have objections to the way it's marketed: It's an identical product, sold at a premium, justified by baseless alarmism about standard food. Whether you agree or not that this alarmism is baseless, you should at least agree that that would be an unethical way to promote a product that offers no real benefit. I choose not to reward this with my food-buying dollar. People who willfully seek out the organic label when buying food are being taken advantage of by marketers employing unethical tactics.
It's a seductive message. Everyone loves to hear that corporations are bad, that all-natural is good, that chemicals and synthetic compounds are poisons. This is not a message that's difficult to sell. It's little wonder that organics have been the fastest growing agricultural market segment over the past decade. It's an ironic little secret that those very same corporate food producers taking our money to sell us organic foods are the same ones spending it on the ad agencies to stoke the anticorporate message that drives them. Nearly 100% of organic food in supermarkets comes from a producer owned by one of the major food companies that also sells regular food. Don't think for a minute that any well-managed food company has not already been on this bandwagon since it started rolling.
I've been pointing out the fallacies of the organic label for some time, so it's frequently assumed that I'm on the payroll of Big Agriculture. Since Big Agriculture are the ones selling nearly all of the organic food in this country, do you know how stupid that accusation sounds? My motivation is to help people think critically and scientifically, and not simply accept pop culture trends because they sound satisfying, or have been greenwashed with clever marketing.
OK, so I've made some statements about the safety of conventional agriculture, and about the equivalency of organic and conventional produce. It's time to back those up. First, understand that mine is not the extraordinary claim. I'm saying the claims made by organic proponents — that we're all being poisoned — are the extraordinary claims lacking evidence. But since many people seem to prefer the reverse, that the default assumption should be that the entire world population is poisoned with toxic chemicals from conventional agriculture, I'll go ahead and support my "outrageous alarmist claim" that this holocaust doesn't seem to exist.
The biggest misconception is that organic farming does not use fertilizer, herbicides, or pesticides. Of course it does. Fertilizer is essentially chemical nutrient, and the organic version delivers exactly the same chemical load as the synthetic. It has to, otherwise it wouldn't function. All plant fertilizers, organic and synthetic, consist of the same three elements: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Referring to one as a "chemical" and implying that the other is not, is the worst kind of duplicity, and no intelligent person should tolerate it.
The difference between the two is the source of the chemicals. To make the high-volume commercial versions of both organic and synthetic fertilizer, the source materials are processed in factories and reduced to just the desired chemicals, and the end product, these days, is virtually indistinguishable. Small organic farmers, and home organic farmers, might use fish meal, bone meal, bat guano, or earthworm castings. These are fine products and do indeed deliver the required nutrients. They're just not useful for high volume farming because they're (a) far too expensive, and (b) contain too much ballast, or inactive ingredient, that the crops don't use and merely increase the energy requirements of moving and delivering them.
To make synthetic fertilizer, we start with nitrogen, which we extract from the atmosphere. This process is infinitely sustainable and produces no waste. The potassium is mined from ancient ocean deposits. The phosphorus we get from surface mining of phosphate rock. Although we have centuries of reserves of phosphate rock and millenia of reserves of potassium salts, mining is not sustainable, as these reserves will eventually run out. So, increasingly, producers are turning to seawater extraction for both. This forms a completely sustainable cycle, as the oceans are the ultimate destination of all plant matter and farm runoff.
But clean, sustainable atmospheric and seawater extraction are both taboo for organic certification, which I find astonishing. The chemicals for organic fertilizer must be sourced from post-consumer and animal waste, which is fine but the restriction strikes me as completely arbitrary. Food waste, animal manure, and other organic recyclables collectively provide all the needed ingredients to make refined, high quality fertilizer. The refining process is necessarily a little bit different, but the end product is comparable.
Don't get me wrong — I think fertilizer is a fine use for post-consumer waste. It's certainly better than putting it into a landfill. I'm completely in favor of using all of our restaurant waste, cow manure, or whatever we have in as recyclable and sustainable a way as is practical; and I can't think of a better use than fertilizer. Unfortunately we don't have nearly enough high-quality organic waste to satisfy a meaningful percentage of our food production needs, and developing countries have even less or even none at all; so we're going to need to continue to supplement with sustainably-derived synthetics. Why do so many people consider this immoral? I don't know.
Some in the organic lobby have said that organic farming reduces or eliminates the need for added nutrients by rotating crops and better managing the soil. This is true, but it's always been true of all farming, and is in no way unique to organics. Soil management is something all farmers have always done: Describing it as part of the organic process dishonestly implies that the strategy is not also employed by mainstream agriculture. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are the main crops that U.S. farmers rotate. This improves nitrogen content in the soil and reduces the proliferation of pests that thrive on a particular crop. When some farms do practice monoculture, in which only a single crop is grown season after season, it all comes down to a cost-benefit equation. Every farm prefers to avoid the expense of spraying anything they don't have to.
On to pesticides and herbicides. All crops are subject to disease and infestation, and all farmers have to do something about it. Because organic herbicides and pesticides depend on toxic plant-derived chemicals like rotenone and pyrethrin, they've had a tougher time meeting the same standards, making them safe for farm workers and for human consumption, that synthetic versions have already met for decades. Organic versions do meet the standards and are just as safe, but doing so makes them considerably less efficient. According to one winemaker interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, most vineyards do not get certified organic because some of the rules emphasize the ideology over the science. Vineyards need fungicide. Organic fungicide lasts 7 days, while superior synthetic fungicide lasts 21 days. This means two fewer tractors pass through the vineyard spewing diesel exhaust and compacting the soil.
Despite claims in the organic community, there's never yet been a confirmed case of anyone becoming ill from consuming produce contaminated with residue from pesticides or herbicides, either organic or synthetic. Both are certified safe for human exposure, and both are applied at trace levels well below safety standards. In no way does limiting yourself to organic produce decrease your risk of dangerous levels of exposure to pesticides. The risk is practically zero either way.
Everyone has traces of these compounds in their body, no matter what they eat, at ridiculously low parts per billion or even parts per trillion. People who eat conventional produce will usually have safe but detectable levels of conventional pesticides in their body. Organic proponents love to point this out, but somehow they always forget to mention that people who eat only organic produce also end up with safe but detectable levels of organic pesticides in their bodies. If you eat it, it's going to end up in your body, so I'm not sure why this should surprise anyone. Just existing on the planet means that we all naturally have safe but detectable levels of practically every toxic substance imaginable, somewhere in our system. It's too easy to frighten people with such sensationalism. We have to understand the difference between what's safe and normal, and what's harmful.
Two thirds of these cases are deliberate suicides and suicide attempts. In Malaysia it's 73%.
Illnesses from occupational exposure to organic pesticides are proportional to those from conventional pesticides.
Almost all of these cases are from developing countries like Indonesia that lack or ignore safety guidelines. Less than 1% of all such illnesses occur in the United States.
The takeaway is that organic practices in no way mitigate such injuries. Buying organic produce does not protect a single farm worker. Following proper safety procedures does protect all farm workers, and this is where resources would be better applied, not in promoting fear about conventional agriculture. |
0.97585 | For the third year in a row, San Francisco had a very large women’s march on 1/19/19, a weekend when we celebrate 46 years since Roe v Wade legalized abortion in the US, with perhaps 100,000 people, wide enough to take up all lanes on Market Street, and long enough to go beyond 1 hour to pass a given point. It was a warm, sunny 65 degree day, a welcome change from the constant rain earlier in the week.
The militancy of the first one in 2017, when we marched in the rain as night arrived, after the anti-abortion march had done their noontime anti-women hate march just before us, was sorely lacking in this one, although the horror of Nazi Trump’s government shutdown’s impact on the 800,000 unpaid federal workers and on the poor who need all safety net programs should have made everyone angry. The marchers were overwhelmingly well fed and not workingclass.
We did have some contingents which sensed the urgency of the day, such as the National Nurses Union, which promoted Medicare for All, HR676, which not all Democrats in Congress support, notably San Francisco’s Rep. Pelosi does not support HR676. There were also some radical groups which had lots of urgency in their chants.
We are now witnessing a fully blown anti-Russian hysteria sponsored by the Democratic Party as are these Women’s Marches, with lots of signs equating Trump with Russians, including one ridiculous sign equating Trump with the hammer and sickle sign that was on the old Soviet Union’s flag. The CIA put an end to the Soviet Union in 1991 so that it is now a capitalist country, but that apparently does not stop Democrats from equating billionaire capitalist Trump with communism. In other words, the Democrats, like the Republicans, miss the old scapegoating routine of blaming communist Russians for the problems of capitalism so as to promote the biggest profiteering racket of all, the US war machine, with the greatest profits being in oil and munitions.
One correction to the above article is that the events of 9/11/01 were an Inside Job. |
0.999734 | Question: Name the longest national highway in India.
Explanation: Total length of this highway is 3745 km. NH44 is the single longest national highway of India. |
0.953019 | You show me what is deep as sea.
Yes i do, i always do.
To be with you, oh i love you. |
0.99922 | Marine animals use the physical qualities of water to communicate across the seas. Under the ocean’s surface, sound travels 25 times faster than it does on land. But humans also capitalize on the acoustic properties of water for our own purposes, from sonar to seismic exploration. This animated explainer highlights the challenges of living in an ocean filled with the “smog” of sound.
Judy Somers has over 35 years of experience as an animator. Using media from clay to pen and ink to 3D computer programs, she has designed and created hundreds of animations for universities, medical institutions, and television documentaries. As an educator, she works to make visually accessible versions of complex ideas while getting a smile out of people.
Jacob Levenson is a marine biologist and creative problem solver who leverages innovative technology, such as smartphones for ecosystem monitoring, to address modern conservation challenges. Levenson is a board member of the Society for Conservation Biology Marine Section and Oceans Forward, a foundation dedicated to bringing about transformative change for ocean conservation. Levenson is the cofounder of Flukebook, a global initiative that connects the whale-watching public with cetacean researchers dedicated to expanding knowledge of whale migrations.
Cite this Article: Gord More , Steve De Neef , Judy Somers , Jacob Levenson “Noise in a Modern Ocean,” Hakai Magazine, Oct 7, 2015, accessed April 23rd, 2019, https://www.hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/noise-modern-ocean/.
Australia’s humpback whales go mute when faced with anthropogenic noise pollution. |
0.998737 | I will love and care for your animals as if they were my own. I have a lot of experience caring for dogs and cats, owning my own and also volunteering at various pet shelters. I have a little bit of experience caring for birds, and smaller animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs. |
0.999355 | (John Sudder CNN) Facebook supports democratic pursuits in the real world, but may change its site's rules to de-emphasize voting.
BuzzFeed: "Facebook now argues that it is too big for democracy"
(CNN) -- Unless Facebook users fight back, the days of the social network's experiment with democracy may soon come to an end.
The company on Wednesday proposed to take away its users' right to vote on major issues concerning the governance of its 1 billion-member online network.
The reaction online has been less than welcoming.
"Facebook now argues that it is too big for democracy, much like the Chinese government might," writes Michael Phillips on the site BuzzFeed. "Call this new regime Facebook with Authoritarian Characteristics."
Since 2009, in what Facebook calls an experiment with digital voting rights, Facebook has allowed users to vote on major changes to the way it manages user data and privacy, if the online community expressed enough interest. If 7,000 people commented on a particular proposal, that triggered a vote. And if 30% of the site's active users -- which would be 300 million people at this point -- voted against the change, Facebook would abandon it.
Now the company says it wants to ditch that system, replacing it with new ways for users to submit questions to Facebook's privacy team. The company lists two primary reasons for the shift away from digital democracy: Facebook has become extremely large, with more than a billion users; and it's a publicly traded company now, which means it is "accountable to regulators around the world."
"Democracy can be difficult, especially for a multibillion dollar public company," writes Somini Sengupta for the New York Times' Bits Blog.
Some technology writers are calling for users to revolt.
"Because it hasn't revoked that right yet, there is still time for you to mount a campaign to retain it, in theory," writes Will Oremus for Slate. "But Facebook knows it's highly unlikely that you will. It turns out that, for all of the shrill cries that fly around the Internet every time (CEO Mark) Zuckerberg and company make a tweak, most people just don't care enough to take action. At least, not on the types of changes that Facebook allowed them to vote on."
Phillips, the BuzzFeed writer, says this is a watershed moment for the Internet.
"By repealing Facebook Suffrage, Facebook abandons a fundamental norm -- that its users are citizens in a community, and not simply datapoints on an advertising algorithm. The vote may be quixotic, but if Facebook remains the indispensable social network, you'll want to be able to tell your grandchildren you fought for Facebook freedom. Who knows how Facebook will develop without your input."
In clinical language released the day before the United States celebrates Thanksgiving, a time when people here are unlikely to take much notice, Facebook says it wants to "end the voting component of the process."
"We deeply value the feedback we receive from you during our comment period," the site says a press release. "In the past, your substantive feedback has led to changes to the proposals we made. However, we found that the voting mechanism, which is triggered by a specific number of comments, actually resulted in a system that incentivized the quantity of comments over their quality. Therefore, we're proposing to end the voting component of the process in favor of a system that leads to more meaningful feedback and engagement."
The company adds: "We will continue to post significant changes to our Data Use Policy and SRR (Statement of Rights and Responsibilities) and provide a seven-day period for review and comment. As always, we will carefully consider your feedback before adopting any changes."
As TechCrunch notes, Facebook is creating other ways for users to submit feedback to the site.
"As a replacement for the vote, Facebook is proposing to continue offering the seven-day comment period on proposed changes to its governing documents. It will also offer two new ways for users to voice their governance concerns," Josh Constine writes. "There's 'Ask the Chief Privacy Officer,' a new feature on the official Facebook Privacy Pages that will let users submit questions to Erin Egan, Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer. Additionally, Egan would hold regular live-streamed webcasts where users can ask questions. If the proposal is allowed, these new features will be substituted for the vote."
So there you have it. Webcasts, yes. Voting, no.
Read more about the changes and let Facebook know what you think of its apparent move away from digital democracy by visiting the Facebook Site Governance page. Facebook says it will consider user feedback submitted until noon ET on November 28. |
0.999999 | Payment reform for cancer care is badly needed. National spending on cancer care has doubled in the past decade and is projected to exceed $150 billion by 2020. There are many opportunities to reduce spending that do not require denying patients access to life-saving treatments. For example, many patients experience expensive hospitalizations for side effects of treatment that could have been prevented or addressed more quickly and at lower cost. Also, studies have shown that many patients receive expensive drugs and tests that are not necessary or not appropriate.
The current payment system for cancer care is a barrier to reducing these avoidable costs. Oncologists don't get paid for delivering the kinds of care management and rapid response services that could enable patients to avoid expensive hospitalizations during treatment. In addition, despite the cost and complexity of treating cancer, oncologists get paid very little for the extensive time needed to ensure an accurate diagnosis and to identify the right treatments, and oncology practices don't get paid at all to provide the wide range of education, counselling, and support services patients need when trying to cope with the burdens of cancer and when making tough decisions about what type of treatment to pursue.
One of the best ways for communities to reduce healthcare costs quickly and improve patient care in the process is to implement initiatives to reduce hospital readmissions. Research studies and quality-reporting initiatives around the country show that 15-25% of people who are discharged from the hospital will be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days or less, and that many of these readmissions are preventable. The patients certainly would not mind having fewer hospitalizations, and billions of dollars in spending on hospital stays could be saved if these hospitalizations could be avoided. In other words, reducing readmissions is a win-win for both cost and quality, without a hint of rationing. Moroever, savings can be achieved rapidly, since the principal focus is on a short-term outcome: readmissions within 30 days. |
0.951459 | What general tips do you have for golfing in MATLAB? I'm looking for ideas that can be applied to code golf problems in general that are at least somewhat specific to MATLAB (e.g. "remove comments" is not an answer). Please post one tip per answer.
In MATLAB calculations a character behaves the same as its ascii code.
In MATLAB, strings identifying properties can be shortened as long as it does not result in ambiguity.
plot(X,'C','k') % Ambiguous property found.
Though it only saves one char, this can be used quite frequently.
which starts at 1 and moves in the negative angular direction.
Try all of the above here.
Iteration over vectors in matrices.
I've only learned about this trick just now from @Suever in this challenge.
Related, but not identical tips for Octave.
is equivalent to strchr('sssssssssssssst','t') and returns 15.
is equivalent to nnz('nnnnnnnnnnnnnn') and returns 14.
Stuff like gt r s works too (equivalent to 'r'>'s' or gt('r','s').
Imagine you want the sum of a logical matrix A. Instead of sum(sum(A)) or sum(A(:)), you can use nnz(a) (nnz implitictly applies (:)).
If you want to know the number of elements of an array, and you can be sure there are no zeros, instead of numel(x) you can use nnz(x). This is applicable for instance if x is a string.
I quite often find myself using meshgrid or ndgrid, let's say we want to compute a mandelbrot image, then we initialize e.g.
The built-in ones and zeros are a typically a waste of space. You can achieve the same result by simply multiplying an array/matrix (of the desired size) by 0 (to get the output of zeros) and add 1 if you want the output of ones.
This also works if you want to create a column or row vector of zeros or ones the size of one dimension of a matrix.
If you want to create a matrix of a specific size you could use zeros but you could also just assign the last element to 0 and have MATLAB fill in the rest.
For summing up functions f(x_n) where n is a vector of consecutive integers, feval is adviced rather than symsum.
If the function can be naively written no one from either last ways is suitable.
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0.999999 | Consider the following scenario: Tom, who lives in Arizona, plans to take a trip to New York City to see the sites, visit the Statue of Liberty, and walk through Central Park. In Arizona, he can carry a concealed handgun without a permit. When he visits New York City, he plans to bring his weapon — and he expects to have the same privilege. However, with a few exceptions, New York City does not allow individuals to carry a concealed weapon.
In the House of Representatives, 193 Members of Congress (189 Republicans and three Democrats) have signed on to sponsor the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38) and 36 Republican Senators have signed on to sponsor the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (S. 446) that would force New York City, the state of New York, and all other states and municipalities to ignore their laws and allow Tom to carry his concealed weapon anywhere he wants — including near gun-free school zones.
The legislation, if passed, would mean Arizona’s law would trump any other state and local laws that place restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons.
Congress’s legal argument to be able to preempt state laws is based on Section One, Article IV of the U.S. Constitution, which requires states to give “full faith and credit” to the “public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state.” It is this article of the Constitution that allows individuals possessing a driver’s license in one state to drive in any other state. However, when you drive in another state you are required to follow the laws of that state. If your state does not require you to wear a seat belt while driving and you drive across the border to a state that has that requirement, you must wear your seat belt or risk getting a ticket.
Per Article IV, states must give “full faith and credit” to other states' laws — but this does not mean that individuals who reside in one state and travel to another may disregard state and local laws when they arrive at their destination. However, if H.R. 38 or S. 446 should pass and become law, tourists visiting your city or state will be able to do so with impunity.
Your local law enforcement officers will need to be aware that tourists in your city from the states of Maine, Arizona, Kansas, Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont and Missouri will be able to carry their concealed guns almost anywhere they want, even though they do not have a local permit to do so. Additionally, there are 26 states that grant concealed carry permits to individuals without requiring training or any previous knowledge of how to properly use weapons — and the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington will issue a concealed carry permit to individuals who do not reside in their state. Your city's residents will now be able to get a conceal carry permit from any one of these states and be able to conceal carry in your city — regardless of your local laws.
To be clear, if Congress passes these laws, anyone, except those prohibited by federal law, would be allowed to carry a concealed weapon in your city. Your state and local laws would be irrelevant when it comes to possessing and carrying a gun.
This legislation sets a dangerous precedent that would allow Congress to choose which state laws trump other state laws. The legislation would erode the principles of federalism and would give some states power over the laws of other states. While states may have to give “full faith and credit” to other state laws, the aforementioned article of the Constitution does not mean state and local governments must relinquish their authority to pass laws which protect their residents. Congress needs to remember the principles of federalism that are the foundation of our Constitution and govern the way states interact with each other while preserving their authority to pass legislation.
While supporters of this legislation believe it protects Second Amendment rights, the legislation violates the Tenth Amendment that establishes the principles of federalism. There are many other reasons why this legislation is bad for cities — and when preemption of this magnitude poses a direct threat to cities and their residents, local elected officials should make their voices heard. City leaders must speak out against any legislation that limits their ability to enforce state and local laws that protect their residents.
Preemption that prevents cities from expanding rights, building stronger economies, and promoting innovation can be counterproductive when decision-making is divorced from the core wants and needs of community members. For more detailed information, read NLC's recent report, City Rights in an Era of Preemption: A State-by-State Analysis.
About the author: Yucel ("u-jel") Ors is the program director of public safety and crime prevention at the National League of Cities. Follow Yucel on Twitter at @nlcpscp. |
0.999572 | Consequences Of Drunk Driving Consequences of Drunk Driving Drinking and driving is an event that takes place everyday and everywhere. People chose to drink and drive for numerous reasons. Sometimes people feel that they must drink to have a good time but have no intention of driving. This is not always how it turns out. Usually after one has drunk alcohol, his or her ability to make smart decisions has been impaired. So in the end they decided that they can drive.
This decision may not always results in getting arrested or having an accident, but it is too great a risk to take. Drinking and driving is a crime that has consequences that affect a person both personal and financially. If one is caught in the act of drinking and driving he or she is often faced with a lot of fines. These fines included court cost, which can get into the hundreds, and the fine for the crime itself, which are very high in cost. If one gets into a wreck while drinking and driving his or her insurance probably will not cover the accident, which, depending on the severity of the accident, could cost an enormous amount of money. If one were to hit another vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the driver of the other Palmer 2 vehicle could sue for a lot of money. Drinking and driving is a crime that can cost one a lot of money, which could be used for education or other important things.
It is a very bad thing to have a reputation as a person who gets in a lot trouble. If one is like I am, he or she does not like for people to think badly of them, and getting arrested is definitely not a positive event. I consider getting arrested as being one of the most humiliating and degrading events in my life. I would like to go to college and become a doctor one day, but if I have a DUI on my record it makes it almost impossible to get into medical school. So in the end, the reputation of drinking and driving could ruin my future.
If one were to hurt another individual in his or her stupidity of drinking or driving, he will have to live with it for the rest of his life. Say someone was in the car when the wreck accrued and they got severely hurt or even killed, the driver of the car would feel responsible for that person. Even worse if two cars were to collide and one of the cars was being driven by a drunk driver, the sober driver is more likely to be injured. This is because a drunk persons body will remain limp through out the wreck, where as a sober person will tense up and be more likely to be injured. In the Palmer 3 out come of the wreck if the innocent person is hurt or killed, the drunk person will have to live with that horrible burden for the rest of their life.
The main reason that I have chosen to quite drinking, is because I do not want to mess up my like and or someone elses life over something as stupid as drinking and driving. I realize that what I have done is very wrong and dangerous, and not just because I got caught. I do not know how I would be able to live with my self if I were to kill someone. I would not want to make my loved ones have to deal with my death. I also do not want to make my parents have to go through any more grief than I already have.
I realized that I have had more opportunities than many other people to redeem myself, and I have chosen to take my good luck and change. The personal and financial cost of drinking and driving are too great a risk to take. The many things that one can be charge with or have to deal with are reasons enough to quite the bad habit. Alcohol is a drug that can cause people to do irresponsibility things that can result in very expensive fines and personal anguish. In conclusion, there is no excuse that can cover someone for making the unintelligent decision to drink alcohol and then get behind the wheel of a car. |
0.999264 | Be the force that propels the Army forward. As a Petroleum Laboratory Specialist for the Army National Guard, your main responsibility will be to ensure the quality, purity, and durability of all fuels used in Army operations.
As a Petroleum Laboratory Specialist, you will supervise or conduct laboratory tests on petroleum, oil, and lubricant products. Specific duties may include: obtaining or receiving petroleum product samples; conducting laboratory tests for contaminants strength, and toxic qualities; evaluating test results against specification requirements; making recommendations regarding product disposition; following fire prevention and safety control procedures; testing on clothing, food, paints, and plastics; and keeping detailed laboratory records and files.
Through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career with petroleum refineries, chemical companies, manufacturing firms, or government agencies. Civilian laboratory technicians often specialize in a particular industry, such as petroleum, food processing, or pharmaceuticals.
Job training for a Petroleum Laboratory Specialist consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and approximately 10 weeks of Advanced Individual Training, including practice in testing different products. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. |
0.945245 | Could someone explain how these words together come to mean "I am sorry"?
Literally "I ask for forgiveness/leniency."
So even more literally: "I ask for looking away"
When might one say this as opposed to merely "elnézést" or "boscánat"?
"Bocsánat" and "elnézést" are often interchangeable.
"Bocsánat" expresses more regret (you wouldn't say "elnézést" to the person whose dog you just hit with your car).
"Elnézést kérek" is the more polite and stronger version of "elnézést", and similarly, "bocsánatot kérek" is more polite and stronger than simply "bocsánat"
I just bumped into you walking by on the street, so I say "elnézést". If I bump into you on the street and knock you into a wall lightly, I say "elnézést kérek". If I bump into you on the street, knock you into a wall and you fall down, I say "bocsánat". If I bump into you on the street, knock you into a wall, you fall down, and that causes someone else to trip over you, injuring themself too, I say "bocsánat kérek" to both of you.
Yes, that sounds appropriate. :) But of course there are no strict lines between these phrases.
A little correction: "bocsánatot kérek"
is the letter "l" in "elnézést" pronounced? i am struggling to convince myself that i hear it...?
yes it is pronounced, it just blends in.
I think "Please forgive me" is an okay translation?
Maybe that's a bit too strong, but try reporting it.
I translated it as "pardon me" but it said it is wrong. I assume "pardon me" is as good as "excuse me"?
Yup, it should be good.
Maybe "I would like to apologize" also should be accepted?
Would this be used in place of "pardon me" or "excuse me"?
I do not agree with this...if that is an l,I may be thinking it should be an i for the word me...elnezest,seems to say "it looks to me"...kerek to me is some sort of "I want"...Sorry ...I am using my memory of using the language in the home years ago and am trying to unravel what I am trying to learn. I am addicted to the lessons and hate to stop. I am a singer and pianist retired and love singing the songs even if my pronounciations are off.
The word 'kerek' means 'I ask' or 'I ask for'. It is a verb. The infinitive form is 'kerni', and the dictionary form (third person singular) is 'ker'.
The word 'elnézés' is a noun. It means 'indulgence' or 'forbearance' or 'sufferance'. When the Hungarian word is used as the direct object, then a -t is added to the noun to show that it is a direct object in the accusative case.
So, in a nutshell, with 'elnézést' or 'elnézést kerek', you are asking someone to show forbearance or indulgence, to overlook something. But the usual translation into English is 'excuse me'.
This one needs looking at - when using the word blocks as opposed to keyboard, one of the options you're supposed to use to write the sentence in English, is in Hungarian!
You get "búcúzásra", which obviously shouldn't be an option when you're composing the sentence in English. I know this course is in Beta still, so it might be good to get this now.
Can e be pronounced as æ?
E is not pronounced like æ, rather é. E is more like eh, because it is short. The accents or lack thereof shows whether it is long or short. In the word kérek, both long and short vowels are present, where it would be pronounced similar to kærek.
Actually, the IPA transcription for E is /ɛ/ (open-mid front unrounded vowel), and the IPA transcription for É is /e/ (close-mid front unrounded vowel). So rather E is the letter that represents a sound closer to /æ/ (near-open front unrounded vowel).
Nem probléma. Semmi gond. Nem baj. - These sound good as responses.
That is probably a bug, on the other hand you have missed the "am". So it should have succeeded with "I" + "am" + "sorry".
Doulingo gets stuff wrong and it's irritating and because I'm Hungarian sometimes I want to practice but it gives false information and then I'm like what? This is wrong.
What in your opinion is wrong, and what would be correct? |
0.998771 | As the rainy season begins, freshen your home and your garden with a few fun projects.
1. Naturally dye eggs for a family-friendly craft! Try using turmeric, marigolds, red cabbage, and black tea.
2. Utilize storm season by reconnecting your rain barrel after checking the fittings and fixings.
3. Fill your bird feeders and bird baths with fresh food and water.
4. Celebrate Earth Day on April 22 by foraging for Mother Nature’s young spring greens.
5. Tend to perennials. Prune, separate, and cut back unneeded growth.
6. Practice seasonal eating by making a fresh salad garnished with edible flowers.
7. Don’t forget spring cleaning! To make a countertop spray, mix 3 cups of white vinegar, 1 cup of water, and 20 drops of your favorite essential oil. |
0.999221 | Why aren't you a better writer?
For most of my life I was told I was a terrible writer. I was always great at spelling, but my grammar is mediocre at best. When it came to conveying an idea clearly, the translation from my brain to the paper never quite came through as I'd hoped. |
0.91427 | A bindi, or round, red mark between the eyebrows, is common in Indian culture and has strong ties to Hinduism.
Spiritually, some believe the bindi (also spelled bindhi) represents a "third eye" or "spiritual eye" and gives the wearer special perspective or an ability to see things on a spiritual realm. Some Hindus use a bindi to focus their meditations on spiritual things. Some also believe that when a person's spiritual eye opens, the person is drawn to the god she is seeking and receives enlightenment.
The bindi is also associated with chakra, or psychic energy spots on the body. The bindi is placed over the sixth chakra and identifies the confluence of concentrated secret wisdom obtained through mantra medication.
Bindis are traditionally red, signifying power and strength. Some think bindis focus the mind, improve concentration, retain spiritual energy, and bring good luck. Culturally, bindis are seen as enhancing beauty. "A woman's beauty is multiplied one thousand times when she wears a bindi," goes one Indian proverb.
In South Asia, where bindis are common, wearing a bindi can mean different things. In some parts of India, a bindi signifies a woman is married, though in other parts of India, all females wear a bindi. Some cultures use the bindi to identify a specific caste or sect.
Sometimes, a western woman will apply a bindi as fashion, just as some wear a cross necklace even if they are not Christian. However, because a bindi always carries with it a relationship with the Hindu religion, a Christian woman should not wear one. Hinduism denies the One True God, and Christians should not associate themselves with such a practice.
Even when a Christian woman does not believe in the significance or power of a bindi, if she wears one she is broadcasting to the world that she identifies with Hinduism.
What do Hindus believe? What is Hinduism? |
0.999999 | The task was to write a book report making use of five sources and mla style to give a detailed report on the various POSTMODERNISM ASPECTS PRESENT IN LITERAL WORKS.
Postmodernism as a literary style emerged in America in the early 1960s. In its simplest description, postmodernism is a theory that implies after modernity. The definition of modernity excites many debates and controversies that are not the focus of this paper. However, an introductory description of the theory as it applies to literature and the world in general will help the reader understand the discourse taken by this paper. Notably, the evaluation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass novel masterpiece will aid the reader to understand what postmodernism entails in the literature world. Paul’sCity of Glass novel has featured in many postmodernism reviews as the epitome of the style that symbolized the arrival of a new era in literary writing.
Postmodernism can be described as a movement away from the modernist view of the world. Contemporarily, the theory of postmodernism concerns itself with the conflicts inherent in objective truth and the accompanying suspicion toward meta-narrative. Believers in postmodernism tend to believe that possibly all realities are only social constructs that change according to place and time. Therefore, the human reason is considered the best approach to deciphering the truths about the physical and social conditions of the world. Consequently, postmodernism holds certain tenets ideal. These tenets include the role of language, motivation, and power relations. Imperatively, several approaches have been developed to be employed by fans of the postmodernism theory. First, language and textual content are considered the fundamental phenomena of existence. Secondly, majority of the worldly phenomena ought to be subjected to literary analysis. Third, reality and representation should be repeatedly questioned lest they become fallacies. Fourth, a critique of metanarratives is mandatory. Fifth, method and evaluations should be subject to argumentative discourse. Sixth, power and hegemony should undergo a strict analysis. Lastly, the Western institutions and knowledge should be routinely critiqued. Coincidentally, literature purporting to espouse postmodernism characteristically critique sharp societal classifications that include dichotomies such as white against black, male against female, and gay versus straight among others. These literary works emphasize that the apparent realities are plural and relative to the individual perceiving them. Notably, the interests of the individual will determine the reality that will manifest in their perception. Michael Foucault, a French philosopher, is considered one of the few modern philosophers that advocated the perpetuation of postmodernism in the society. His famous works included critiques of the contemporary world. According to Michael Foucault, the everyday engagement of people defines their identities and their systemization of knowledge. Therefore, human history is but many layers of subjective and the unconscious knowledge that people have opted to accept. Beneath the layers are assumptions and codes of order that create structures that exclude and legitimize episteme in the society. Consequently, the socially accepted “realities” that the society accepted as the absolute truth was control mechanisms to regulate social hierarchies and structures. Foucault’s arguments asserted that social practice, rationality, and “bio power” are inseparable and determine each other. One of his most monumental arguments that was incorporated into the language styles used in the postmodernism movement in literature was that language is oppressive. In other words, Michael Foucault claims the use of language can be perverted to maintain the status quo. A typical example can include the use of language to render false or silent tendencies that might undermine the social hierarchies and structures. Interestingly, these social hierarchies and structures can pretend to be championing liberation, freedom, or valuing minority groups but their true intentions are provided a smoke screen by crafty use of language.
Thoughts such as those of Michael Foucault led writers fond of postmodernism to develop distinct writing styles that employ several literary devices. These literary devices include metafiction, pastiche, multiple identities, and the detective form of narration. All the literary devices mentioned tackle the conflicts regarding truth and identities. In particular, language as a tool that humanity uses to understand the world is questioned by these styles.
Metafiction is a literary device that authors use to create the “self-conscious fiction.” Here, the characters and the narrative in the literature are full of several layers of reality and identity. The characters in a narrative often try to define their identity because the previous identities have been doubted. Therefore, the characters appropriate different identities as they attempt to find the truth about themselves.
Another prominent feature evident in the postmodernism literature is pastiche. This literary device allows authors to produce works of writing that are full of parts of the works of other authors or imitations of the style of other authors. For example, Paul Auster’s City of Glass resembles a detective fiction in the initial stages yet a reader progressing further into the novel discovers that it is an anti-detective novel. In this case, the appearance of the novel as a “detective fiction” is because postmodernism has allowed Paul Auster to copy the styles of other authors who are experts in detective fictions. The concept of anti-detective fiction gets a suitable explanation from Ryan Bishop (2002). Ryan asserts that anti-detective fiction style questions reality by leading the reader to presume that the literature one is reading is a classical detective narrative that eventually concludes with an exposition of the truth. However, the reader realizes later in the course of reading many chapters of the literature that the exposition of the truth will remain a dream or fantasy. An analysis of the conceptualization, and development of detective fiction reveals a particular formula that has become familiar to the readers of these kinds of fictions. According to Lyotard (1984), the fixed formula of the detective fictions serves to bestow a level of legitimacy to particular societal institutions like the police and law enforcement agencies. A prominent style evident in detective fictions is the linear sequence and logical notion of narrative progression that guides the readers toward an anticipated end. Therefore, the narrative has to be meaningful to the reader if interest in the fiction is to be sustained. |
0.936068 | These ratings, calculated as of December 31, 1900, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between January 1, 1900 and December 31, 1900, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of December 31, 1899. Players who have played an insufficient number of games in recent years will not appear on the list, even though you may see them on previous and/or subsequent lists. Any players who have been completely inactive for three years are removed from the list.
Rating is the calculated rating for the player, as of December 31, 1900. This represents the player's estimated strength on January 1, 1901.
+/- is the standard deviation of the player's rating estimate. It is based on a geometric average of the number of rated games played in past years. Players who play very frequently will have a smaller +/- value, indicating a greater confidence in the accuracy of their rating. Players whose +/- value exceeds 76 are classified as "inactive" and removed from the ranking list due to their infrequent play against rated opponents. Mathematically, a player's rating is an estimate of their exact strength on January 1, 1901. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on January 1, 1901 should be within one standard deviation of their calculated rating approximately 68% of the time, and within two standard deviations of their calculated rating approximately 95% of the time.
Best? is the estimated likelihood that the player was actually the strongest player in the world on January 1, 1901. Since ratings are known to be inaccurate, it is possible that a lower-rated player is actually much stronger than their rating would indicate, and it is also possible that other players are weaker than their ratings would indicate. This number indicates the likelihood that the player is indeed the strongest player in the world. On a particular list, it will add up to 100% across the complete list of all players. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.
Age is the player's exact age in years, on December 31, 1900. If a player's age is displayed as a link, that means that this rating was active at the time of their next birthday. Click on the link to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on their birthdays when turning that same age. |
0.976277 | An experiment was conducted to capture characteristics of human-agent interactions in a collaborative environment. The goal was to explore the following three issues: (1) Whether the user's emotional state is more stimulated when the user has a human schema, as opposed to a computer agent schema; (2) Whether the user's emotional state is more stimulated when the user interacts with a human-like interface, as opposed to a non human-like interface; and (3) Whether the user's cognitive state is more stimulated when the user interacts with a familiar representation, as opposed to an unfamiliar representation. Results obtained in the experiment suggest that: (a) Participants with a human schema produce higher ratings, compared to those with a computer agent schema, on the emotional (interpersonal stress and affiliation emotion) scale of communication; (b) A human-like interface is associated with higher ratings, compared to the cases of a non-representational interface, on the emotional (interpersonal stress and affiliation emotion) scale of communication; (c) A familiar interface is associated with higher ratings, compared to the cases of an unfamiliar interface, on the cognitive (information propagation) scale of communication. |
0.957408 | How can I set the password when creating a user via API?
What should I write in this field?
When making API calls to my 6.5.16 PRO instance, I prefer to use the REST API webservice. There are some really great basic examples of how to write REST API scripts HERE. There are also SOAP API examples HERE, if you are interested in those.
To make a new User, I use the "Creating or Updating a Record" example. Lines 1-62 of the example handle the login details (be sure to set your URL and login credentials at lines 3-5), and the record creation starts at line 66. So, that is where I start making my changes to create a new User record instead of making the Account record that preexists in the example.
By making the following changes to the provided example, I am able to create a new user record in my 6.5.16 instance (this example is minimal, and only populates last_name, user_name, and user_hash, in an effort to focus primarily on the subject of your question).
I set a variable $pass to equal md5('a'), where 'a' represents the desired password, and then I use that variable in the array where I define the field value to be set.
I now realize that you are inquiring about using the web service in C#.
There is a provided example for Creating or Updating a Record in C# that may help you resolve the issue.
If, leveraging the provided example, you are not able to determine the solution, please provide the entire web service code you are using. |
0.905447 | Asa Earl Carter (born September 4, 1925 in Anniston; died June 7, 1979 in Abilene, Texas) was a radio host and aspiring politician in Birmingham, the founder of an independent Ku Klux Klan group and the North Alabama Citizens Council, and the founder and editor of The Southerner monthly magazine. He worked as a speechwriter for George Wallace, and, later became a best-selling author, under the assumed identity of Forrest Carter.
Carter was the eldest of Ralph and Hermione Carter's four children and was raised on the family farm near Oxford, graduating from Calhoun County High School in 1943. He served in the Navy as a radioman in the Pacific during World War II and afterward married his high school sweetheart, the former India Thelma Walker.
Having been trained by the Navy in Boulder, Colorado, he returned to the University of Colorado there to study journalism. After graduating, he and India moved to Birmingham, where they raised their four children. Using the name Ace Carter, he worked at several radio stations before landing a hosting job at WILD-AM in 1953. His show, sponsored by the American State's Rights Association, was syndicated to more than twenty other stations. His denouncing National Brotherhood Week, provoked community outrage, led by National Conference of Christians and Jews Alabama chapter president Paul Head, that got Carter fired. Afterward he supported himself by running a filling station.
Marginalized by the Alabama Citizens Council for his anti-semitism, Carter founded his own North Alabama Citizens Council, and became an increasingly-outspoken defender of racial segregation. He told the UPI that the NAACP had "infiltrated" Southern white teenagers with rock and roll music and called for jukebox owners to remove black records.
By the mid-1950s, Carter had founded the gray-robed Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy, an independent Klan group with paramilitary inclinations. It was members of that group that beat singer Nat "King" Cole at Municipal Auditorium on April 10, 1956. Four members of Carter's group were convicted of torturing and mutilating Edward "Judge" Aaron in 1957. He and Jessie Mabry also published The Southerner, which promulgated white racial superiority and anti-communist rhetoric.
On September 1, 1956 Carter gave a speech in Clinton, Tennessee, lambasting the desegregation of Clinton HIgh School. In the aftermath, a mob of white men damaged cars driven by African Americans and were turned away from the mayor's house by Sheriff's deputies. Fellow speaker John Kasper was charged with sedition and inciting a riot.
Carter, who was not personally present for those crimes, challenged the previously-ousted Bull Connor for the office of Police Commissioner in the 1956 Birmingham municipal election, but lost. In 1957 Connor's police arrested him and his brother James for assaulting officers who were investigating a shooting connected with Carter's KKK group. Carter left the group in 1958, but only after shooting two members in a dispute during a meeting at the Central Park Theatre on Bessemer Road. He was charged with attempted murder, but not prosecuted. That year he campaigned for Lieutenant Governor, finishing fifth in the five-man race which was won by Albert Boutwell.
During the 1960s, Carter worked as an uncredited speech writer for Governor George Wallace and, later, for his wife Lurleen. He is now credited with penning Wallace's infamous 1963 inaugural address in which he promised to uphold "Segregation now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever." Wallace himself claimed not to know Carter, but former staffers say that he was paid by others on Wallace's behalf. When Wallace campaigned for President in 1968 and sought to tone down the fervor of his views, Carter was no longer involved with him.
Carter challenged Wallace for Governor in 1970 Democratic primary. Once again he finished last in a field of five, with Wallace winning narrowly over Albert Brewer. Carter and his supporters picketed the inauguration, carrying signs reading "Wallace is a bigot" and "Free our white children."
After his defeat, Carter sold his farm and moved to Sweetwater, Texas, and, in 1973, to St George's Island, Florida, where he busied himself with writing, using the assumed name of Bedford Forrest Carter.
His first novels, The Rebel Outlaw, Josey Wales and The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales, feature a former Confederate soldier pursued by cruel federal soldiers. The first novel, originally issued privately by Covington County's Whippoorwill Publishers and later picked up by Delacorte Books, was purchased by Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Productions for $25,000 and made into a 1975 motion picture. Philip Kaufman, the original director, objected to what he considered "fascist" overtones in the script and dropped the project, which Eastwood himself eventually directed. When interviewed about the book by Barbara Walters for the "Today Show", Carter was recognized by many in Alabama as the same man who had just run unsuccessfully for governor a few years earlier. He denied being the same man in a follow-up interview for The New York Times.
He followed up with a purported memoir entitled The Education of Little Tree in 1976. While marketed as Forrest Carter's autobiography, the story was a fiction, portraying young Forrest as an orphan raised in the Cherokee culture by his grandparents. The story has been credited with introducing American readers to a gentler view of Native Americans and has been cited as an influence in screen depictions such as Kevin Costner's "Dances with Wolves".
The author bio on the back cover of Carter's Delacorte editions claimed that he was "Storyteller in Council" to the Cherokee Nation. Members of the Cherokee nation have disclaimed any connection with Carter and have found numerous inaccuracies regarding their culture and language as described in The Education of Little Tree. Critics and historians have lodged similar complaints, finding his depiction of Native Americans to be drawn from "noble savage" mythology and anti-establishment sentiment rather than from actual native practices and beliefs.
In 1978 Carter completed a fictionalized biography of Geronimo, entitled Watch for Me on the Mountain. Having separated from his wife, Carter moved to Abilene, Texas where he was working on a follow-up to The Education of Little Tree. He died in June 1979 under unclear circumstances. It is alleged that he was involved in a fistfight with one of his sons in Potosi, Texas and fell unconscious, choking on his own vomit. Other accounts have him dying of heart failure. His body was returned to Anniston for burial at the D'Armanville Cemetery. His family later replaced the original "Forrest Carter" headstone with one bearing his birth name.
The Education of Little Tree was re-released in a paperback edition by the University of New Mexico Press in 1985. With the controversy over its authorship forgotten, the book sold more than 600,000 copies. It was named "Book of the Year" by the American Booksellers and was ranked atop The New York Times non-fiction best-seller list for several weeks. When Emory University historian Dan T. Carter, published an article about Asa Carter's double life in the Times in 1991, the newspaper moved the book to its fiction list and the UNM Press reworked the cover, removing the claim that it was a true story. Oprah Winfrey, who had endorsed the book in 1994, removed it from her list of recommendations in 2007.
The Return of Josey Wales, based on Carter's follow-up to the Josey Wales story, was filmed in 1986. The Education of Little Tree was adapted into a feature length film by Richard Friedenberg in 1997, stoking renewed controversy about Carter. The original Delacorte editor, Eleanor Friede, characterized the connection as "nasty gossip".
Rubin, Dana (February 1992) "The Real Education of Little Tree." Texas Monthly.
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0.999996 | Double Major or Higher GPA?
I've seen one or two discussions on this topic but I think each situation is a bit nuanced, so I'd appreciate any feedback.
I am considering whether to continue with pursuing a second major, realizing that it will likely negatively impact my GPA. My options are a single major with one or two minors and a ~3.95 GPA or two majors with a ~3.85-3.90 GPA. I realize that this difference is pretty marginal, but I go to a total non-target, so my I would expect my GPA to play a fairly significant role in my possible business school applications. I am not set on moving to the buy-side or going to b-school, but I think it's important to keep that option open.
For context, I have an IB internship lined up at a top tier bank with a high return offer rate, so I'm fairly confident I will have a great FT role after graduation.
TL;DR How would you quantify the value of a second major in terms of GPA?
From an MBA admissions perspective the difference between a ~3.95 GPA and at ~3.85 GPA is non-existent. The value of a second major as opposed to one or two minors is also pretty insignificant, depending on what the minors or majors are. The substance would be more important than the quantity. The reasons for them (other than the grade calculation) may also be interesting, even if it isn't significant.
I came from a non-target undergrad as well, and am matriculating at an M7 school in the fall. From my experience, the admissions process is a lot more than these single data points. Since you're likely going into IB post-grad, you won't have the capacity to take on extracurriculars then. I'd make that more of a focus than a small change in GPA. I would venture to guess that the 1 major, 2 minor route would allow more time for that. During both my interviews at M7 schools (was accepted to both) I talked at length about my volunteer experience and work experience and not at all about my undergraduate courses or major.
FWIW. For recruiting, my E&F holds GPA in much higher regard compared to major/double major, minor etc.
Completely depends on what the second major would be. If it's CS, definitely do it. Also, the difference between a 3.95 and a 3.85 is insignificant.
Higher GPA will be more important than a double major. A double major adds unneeded stress. Focus on whatever you will get the better GPA in.
Easy - Higher GPA. Most buy-side shops and business schools screen for GPA, prior experience, and strength of school. Unless your first major is something completely unrelated to finance (or perceived as useless) there is no need to take on a second major.
Thank you all for your advice here, it is much appreciated!
What Math major should I double my Corporate Finance major with?
Hard Major with OK GPA or Easy Major with High GPA?
How Important is Your MBA GPA? |
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0.912603 | Chrysippus was the most prolific of all the Stoic philosophers. Sadly, only a few fragments of his over 700 works survive today. His philosophical style was to summarize the arguments of his opponents, usually quite fairly, and then provide his own position in a reply.
He was third to head the Stoa, after the founder, Zeno of Citium, and Cleanthes, both of whom were his teachers. He may also have studied with Arcesilaus, head of the (Platonic) Middle Academy. Chrysippus not only synthesized earlier Stoic thought into a philosophical system, but also integrated his great understanding of Hellenistic physics and formal logic, including propositional logic.
Many of the classical unsolved problems in philosophy are the direct result of thinking that they could be solved by logic, reason, and a deterministic physics. Although Chrysippus helped to establish deterministic physics, he challenged the idea that logical truths necessitate physical events (logical determinism). He said that an event is only necessitated if the physical causes for that event exist in the present.
Chrysippus opposed the atomists and Epicurus' idea of irreducible chance in the universe. Stoic physics had no room for discrete entities like atoms. It was a continuum theory perhaps inspired by Parmenides, a plenum of material infinitesimals in contact everywhere, although Chrysippus admitted an external void (κενόν) surrounding the cosmos (ὅλον κοσμος).
In early Stoic philosophy, every event has a cause, and causes necessitate their effects.
Chrysippus argues thus: If uncaused motion exists, it will not be the case that every proposition (termed by the logicians an axioma) is either true or false, for a thing not possessing efficient causes will be neither true nor false; but every proposition is either true or false; therefore uncaused motion does not exist.
Chrysippus claimed that a single uncaused cause could destroy the universe (cosmos), a concern shared by some modern philosophers, for whom reason itself would fail.
Despite his fear of chance, Chrysippus later loosened the strictness of determinism by separating logical necessity from causal determinism and the idea of fate. He argued that all things are fated, including human decisions. But although the past is fixed and unchangeable, and all the antecedent events fated, future events are not necessitated logically unless the causes for the future event exist at the present time.
Chrysippus thus eliminated the non-causal and arbitrary fatalism which maintains that a future event will happen no matter what we do in the meantime. This gave him room for his subtle compatibility between free will and determinism. Our fated actions are a necessary part of the causal chain that brings about the future which Chrysippus needed to establish moral responsibility.
Since future events are not necessary (though they are fated), human decisions are not constrained or forced by antecedent events or anything external to the mind. This lack of coercion, including one's heredity and environment, was critical for Chrysippus' idea that we have a freedom to assent (or not to assent) that made our decisions "depend on us." He called this πάρ’ ἡμᾶς or ἐξ ἡμῶν, depending on us, similar to Aristotle's ἐφ ἡμῖν.
This is the core idea of modern compatibilism. Chrysippus was thus the first compatibilist.
Although on the surface, being able to act (assent) or not act in a given circumstance seems inconsistent with causal determinism and the Stoic belief in an "eternal return" or "great cycle" in which the world would repeat everything exactly as they occurred in the past, modern philosophers (e.g., G.E.Moore) take this to mean "could have acted differently if one had chosen to do so."
Notice that in Chrysippus' compatibilist freedom our decisions are determined by our character and values, which were partially determined by factors beyond our control like heredity and environment. But they also include factors that we acquired freely in learning and training by our parents and educators.
Thus our character in not necessitated, though it is fated by the Stoic dogma of universal reason and lawful causal nature. Since the Stoics saw God as Nature, Chryssipus' idea of a fate compatible with freedom seems parallel to the religious idea of divine foreknowledge of our decisions that is compatible with our free will. |
0.999862 | Understanding the relationship between nutrition and alcoholism is a vital component for successful recovery. Although many alcoholics become malnutritioned from their drinking and it's very important to eat a nutritious diet in recovery, this issue is much deeper than that.
Alcoholics are deficient in a variety of extremely important nutrients, which leads to imbalanced or depleted neurotransmitters in the brain and a sea of psychological and physiological symptoms that often result in relapse. Thus, identifying and correcting these deficiencies is another essential step in maintaining craving-free and long-term sobriety.
The role of nutrition and alcoholism is two pronged. On one hand, alcoholism causes nutritional deficiencies, while on the other hand nutritional deficiencies cause alcoholism. They have a reciprocal effect on one another that often pushes the alcoholic to relapse.
A poor diet that is high in sugar, refined foods and environmental toxins and lacking in vital nutrients, that the average person consumes these days, often results in nutritional deficiencies. Contrary to popular belief, vitamin and mineral deficiencies are quite common in our society and result in numerous uncomfortable and often debilitating symptoms.
On the most fundamental level, nutrients are needed to form neurotransmitters in the brain. Neurotransmitters are chemicals used by the brain to relay messages within the brain and communicate with all other organ systems within the body. An imbalance or deficiency in neurotransmitters, particularly dopamine, serotonin, GABA and endorphins have been found to be at the root of what causes addiction and cravings for alcohol and/or drugs.
The manufacturing process of neurotransmitters requires that very specific nutrients be present in precisely the right amount. If even one of these nutrients is absent for any reason, then neurons are not capable of producing adequate levels of neurotransmitters.
You'll want to read understanding alcohol addiction and how to stop drinking alcohol to understand this concept more completely. To achieve successful recovery from any addiction, neurotransmitters must be brought into balance, so understanding the interrelationship between nutrition and alcoholism is critical for achieving and maintaining lasting sobriety.
Symptoms from a deficiency in vitamins, minerals, or amino acids may include depression, anxiety, hypoglycemia, fatigue, irritability, hyperactivity, insomnia, cognitive dysfunction, memory problems, learning disorders, personality disorders, hypertension, heart disease, headaches, agitation, cravings for sugar, caffeine, carbohydrates, nicotine, alcohol or drugs, and many more. You'll note that many of these symptoms look extremely similar to the symptoms that an alcoholic or addict in recovery experiences on a daily basis.
When your diet is deficient in the proper nutrients it needs, then your brain is deficient or out of balance in neurotransmitters. Those crucial chemicals are responsible for making you feel happy, relaxed and normal and they are not present or working efficiently. Your sense of well-being is in disaccord. You feel depressed, sad, anxious, tired, compulsive, confused, hyperactive and can't think clearly.
All psychotropic substances, including alcohol, mimic the effects of our neurotransmitters and thus provide us with a temporary, but artificial boost. When neurotransmitters are not balanced or deficient, then we crave things like alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, sugar and caffeine to give us relief and provide the feelings we should have naturally.
Since most people are eating a diet that is toxic and lacking in nutrients, nutritional deficiencies are usually present in the alcoholic or addict prior to addiction. It is one of the things that lead to addiction. We don't have enough dopamine, serotonin, GABA or endorphins, and drinking or drugs provides a temporary boost to those neurotransmitters, so it is actually giving us something we're missing. However, in the long run, the artificial stimulation of neurotransmitters only depletes them even further and leads to the much bigger problem of addiction.
To make matters worse, once alcoholism is set into motion, then the consumption of alcohol on a regular basis itself leads to more deficiencies from an even less nutritious diet and poor absorption. Alcoholics often drink in place of a meal or eat very little, and alcohol damages the body's ability to absorb the nutrients it needs from the food you do eat.
Alcoholism causes vitamin and mineral deficiencies because alcohol is toxic to the liver, pancreas, stomach and digestive tract, which results in damage that prevents the alcoholic from being able to digest their food properly or to store, absorb, process, access or absorb crucial nutrients. Many alcoholics are severely malnourished.
Additionally, financial limits may cause an alcoholic to have to choose between food or alcohol and alcohol usually always win the vote. As alcoholism progresses and the alcoholic loses their ability to make good choices, they could care less about the issue of nutrition and alcoholism. Unfortunately, the body will run on alcohol alone because it gives a temporary boost to the system; however, this only deprives the body of even more nutrients and sets up another vicious cycle.
Deficiencies create a variety of emotional and physical symptoms that make the alcoholic crave a drink in order to relieve the symptoms. Not only that, deficiencies themselves contribute to deterioration in the integrity of the digestive tract which results in more inability to absorb nutrients. The drink perpetuates the problem of deficiencies in a variety of ways.
Regardless of which came first, addiction or nutritional deficiencies, some of the most common deficiencies found in alcoholics include: amino acids, essential fatty acids, digestive enzymes, acetyl coenzyme A, niacin or B3, B6, B2, B12, folic acid, NAD, vitamins A, C, D, and K, magnesium, zinc, selenium and calcium, and have a profound impact on brain chemistry and mood. The lack of awareness around nutrition and alcoholism often results with alcoholic's in recovery who struggle to stay sober because of the need to find relief from the discomfort that deficiencies cause.
One of the most common deficiencies found in alcoholics, and addicts of all kinds, and the most crucial to address is amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks for neurotransmitters. You can't have balanced neurotransmitters if you aren't consuming adequate amino acids. Additionally, amino acids work in conjunction with numerous other vitamin and minerals to perform their functions adequately.
For example, sertonin production requires tryptophan, iron, niacin, folic acid and B6; while dopamine requires tyrosine, iron, niacin, folic acid and B6; and GABA synthesis needs glutamine and B6, and endorphins need.
Essential fatty acids are needed in the replenishment of all neurotransmitters, as they are essential for proper neurotransmission, meaning the movement of neurotransmitters from neuron to neuron; they affect the speed and strength of transmission. Fatty acids are also critical in the formation of new brain cells (neurons) and to repair damaged ones, so they are crucial to repair neurons that may have been damaged from your substance of choice.
Vitamin B1 or thiamin is crucial for proper functioning of the brain and nerves, essential for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioenergy in all body cells and the production of acetylcholine, the brains major neurotransmitter. A lack of adequate acetylcholine is found in disorders such as Alzheimer's. A deficiency in vitamin B1 leads to the syndrome often found in chronic alcoholics called Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome and is distinguished by poor memory, impaired neuromuscular coordination, visual disturbances, apathy and mental confusion. Even a mild deficiency in this vitamin can result in impaired brain function and be exhibited in symptoms such as fatigue, emotional instability, confusion, indifference or lack of interest, headaches, depression, irritability, feelings of impending doom and insomnia.
NAD (the active form of B3) is critical for burning sugar and fat into energy for the cells, and it functions as a catalyst in the production of many of the major brain neurotransmitters like serotonin.
The most severe form of niacin (also known as B3) deficiency results in the disease known as pellagra, however, even a mild deficiency will produce a host of psychological symptoms including an inability to concentrate, excessive worry, headaches, irrational or unfounded fear and suspicion, apprehension, gloomy angry or depressed perception, agitation and disruption of sleep patterns.
Acetyl coenzyme A is probably the most crucial biochemical involved in cellular biochemistry, because it's needed to power the Krebs cycle, which is what produces 90 percent of all energy needed for every cell in the brain and the body. It's also needed to produce acetylcholine, the brain's major neurotransmitter that is critical for memory, learning and concentration.
A deficiency in B6 is significant because it is the primary coenzyme essential to produce all the chief brain neurotransmitters. It's crucial to many different conversion processes in amino acids, essential fatty acids and other important vitamins like B3 or niacin and helps regulate the entry of magnesium into our cells.
On the other hand, too much of a particular nutrient can also result in disrupted brain function and cravings for the substance of choice as well. For example, too much copper impairs neurotransmitter production and depletes zinc levels; however, copper is also needed in the production of many neurotransmitters. Balance is the key. Excess copper is commonly found in the addicted population.
It is possible for deficiencies and neurotransmitters to normalize on their own in a few years, if one is eating the right diet, but cravings will interfere in the process before the goal is achieved. So a variety of nutritional supplements are used to provide the brain with a temporary boost in nutrients so that the brain can replenish depleted neurotransmitters more quickly.
Nutritional supplements provide the brain with the raw materials it needs to replenish neurotransmitters more rapidly than diet alone, which ultimately aids in the detoxification process, reduces withdrawal, eliminates cravings and prevents relapse.
Research using brain imagery scans has shown that neurotransmitter activity is increased with IV nutritional supplementation and consequently withdrawal is alleviated. Treatment centers that repair brain chemistry using nutritional therapies have a success rate of 74 percent to 90 percent. Thus, your chances of remaining clean and sober are significantly higher when you use nutritional therapy.
However, the primary place you should get your nutrients is your diet. Supplements should be used temporarily to support the diet. If you do not make the necessary changes in diet to support healthy neurotransmitter production and function, then you are not likely to see long-term success with nutritional supplements.
In End Your Addiction Now, Dr. Charles Gant, an addiction expert, tells us, "Poor nutrition is one of the critical risk factors for substance abuse, and if you ignore your diet, you ’re putting yourself at risk for relapse, even if you continue to take nutritional supplements." Furthermore from Dr. Gant, "a diet high in carbohydrates increases the likelihood of substance abuse," and if you eat a lot of carbohydrates or junk food you may find it difficult to remain substance free even if you continue nutritional supplements.
I could not agree more. In my own personal experience, I have found there is nothing more significant in the recovery from addiction than the diet. As a matter of fact, it is the foundation on which everything else is built and can make or break your success. It is where most of your focus should be aimed.
Changes in my diet and lifestyle completely eliminated cravings for alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, marijuana, benzodiazepines, sugar and carbs. At the time this page was written, it has enabled me to achieve 25 years of uninterrupted and craving-free sobriety.
One of the primary reasons that addicts fail to maintain sobriety for their drug of choice is because of their diet.
The brain needs a consistent supply of nutrients on a day-to-day basis from the diet to continue to make neurotransmitters and perform optimal transmission. If nutrient levels are not maintained and/or the wrong types of food are consumed, then neurotransmitter levels will decline and disruption of mood, thought and behavior and the inevitable cravings for alcohol or the substance of choice will return.
The wrong types of foods actually deplete and/or disrupt the neurotransmitters even further. Sugar, caffeine, refined junk food, food additives and preservatives, artificial flavorings, sweeteners and coloring, white flour, and even complex carbohydrates like whole grains and potatoes, all impact the brain in a similar manner as alcohol and hard drugs and they need to be avoided. They produce an intense surge in neurotransmitters and insulin and the inevitable crash and depletion. They simulate and perpetuate the addiction cycle.
You can find a more in-depth discussion about the diet that is needed for overcoming alcoholism or any other addiction in my Diet for Sobriety guidelines, that is part of my Clean and Sober for Life Jump-Start Program, but basically we need to eat foods that will provide the proper amino acids, vitamins, minerals and fatty acids so the brain can begin to make its neurotransmitters on its own again and they can function adequately, and avoid foods that disrupt and deplete neurotransmitters. The diet that fulfills these criteria is a slightly modified version of the Paleolithic diet and consists of meat, fish, eggs, low-starch vegetables, and a small amounts of nuts, seeds and low-sugar fruit; butter and yogurt may be used if there is not a dairy intolerance.
All this biochemistry talk about nutrition and alcoholism can get a little technical and difficult to understand, but the bottom line is this: Nutritional deficiencies, regardless of when they originated, result in a malfunctioning brain and body that gets exhibited in a variety of undesirable and even dangerous psychological and physical symptoms. When we look over the list of symptoms that are the result of nutritional deficiencies, we see the typical profile of an alcoholic and addicts of all kinds. When the recovering alcoholic or addict understands the importance of addiction, alcoholism and nutrition and addresses their nutritional deficiencies, they can alleviate the cravings to drink or drunk and the psychological symptoms that so often lead to relapse. |
0.995323 | Satire on the possible horrors of a totalitarian regime in England in 1984.
Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell�s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell�s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions�a legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time. |
0.998683 | Drinking milk is essential to building strong bones, right? Not necessarily. Milk does not make you less prone to bone fractures. Also, the nutrients in milk can be found from other sources in higher amounts, and one in four Americans can't even digest dairy. The idea that milk is necessary for good health is a myth that has been perpetuated by the U.S. federal government in order to sustain the dairy industry. During WWI, farmers focused exclusively on dairy to send milk to malnourished soldiers. Canned powdered milk is good for providing nutrients in cold, harsh conditions in which vegetables can't grow. This created a huge milk surplus, and the easiest way to consume it was to convince American citizens to drink more. |
0.966862 | Yuankai Huo, Zhoubing Xu, Shunxing Bao, Camilo Bermudez, Hyeonsoo Moon, Prasanna Parvathaneni, Tamara K. Moyo et al. “Splenomegaly Segmentation on Multi-modal MRI using Deep Convolutional Networks.” IEEE transactions on medical imaging (2018).
The findings of splenomegaly, abnormal enlargement of the spleen, is a non-invasive clinical biomarker for liver and spleen disease. Automated segmentation methods are essential to efficiently quantify splenomegaly from clinically acquired abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. However, the task is challenging due to (1) large anatomical and spatial variations of splenomegaly, (2) large inter- and intra-scan intensity variations on multi-modal MRI, and (3) limited numbers of labeled splenomegaly scans. In this paper, we propose the Splenomegaly Segmentation Network (SS-Net) to introduce the deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) approaches in multi-modal MRI splenomegaly segmentation. Large convolutional kernel layers were used to address the spatial and anatomical variations, while the conditional generative adversarial networks (GAN) were employed to leverage the segmentation performance of SS-Net in an end-to-end manner. A clinically acquired cohort containing both T1-weighted (T1w) and T2-weighted (T2w) MRI splenomegaly scans was used to train and evaluate the performance of multi-atlas segmentation (MAS), 2D DCNN networks, and a 3D DCNN network. From the experimental results, the DCNN methods achieved superior performance to the state-of-the-art MAS method. The proposed SS-Net method achieved the highest median and mean Dice scores among investigated baseline DCNN methods.
This figure presented the network structure of the proposed SS-Net. From left to right, the network consisted of (1) Encoder, (2) Skip-connector, (3) Decoder,and (4) PatchGAN discriminator. The name of each network component was showed in the dashed legend box. Briefly, the ResNet50 was used as encoder. Thelarge convolutional kernels (LCK) with kernel size 7×7 were used as skip-connector. The boundary refinement layers and upsampling layers were employed as decoder. Using true intensity images, true segmentation images, and fake segmentation images, the PatchGAN functioned as the discriminator to supervise the training procedure. Finally, the Dice loss and the GAN loss were combined to derive the final training loss for the proposed SS-Net. . |
0.994068 | Each of the three views on the origin of globalization provides a competing perspective on how, when, where, and/or why this process and phenomenon of closely integrating nations, cultures, and people of the world began. In other words, these views help put in perspective the discussions and debates, as well as research about the causes and factors of globalization.
Globalization is a consequence of modernity. Under the modern phenomenon view to be specific, globalization is a recent phenomenon stemming from the Western ideologies of capitalization and recent technological developments.
This perspective also focuses on the primary role played by multinational enterprises and governments in leading and driving business and economic trends, as well as creating global homogeneity by eroding specific cultures and traditions.
From a historical evolution perspective, globalization is nothing new and it has always been part of human history. Ancient cities were involved in cross-border trades. The existence of ancient trade networks such as the Incense Route that connected East Asia with India and Arabia, and the Silk Road that connected the East and the West demonstrated exertion of economic and cultural influence across different countries.
Western imperialism and colonialism, the Islamization beyond the Arabian Peninsula, and the dynastic expansion of China are also examples early attempts at globalization. With the dominance of free market and capitalism after World War II, the internationalization of different companies marked another attempt toward globalization.
Like the swing of a pendulum, globalization swings back and fort, and has its ups and downs. For example, after World War II and during the Cold War, communist countries such as the former Soviet Union, China, and North Korea closed down their economies from the global trade in their attempt to promote self-sufficiency. However, during the same time, countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea, became trading hubs.
Today, while globalization is an ongoing phenomenon, there are existing clamors toward economic and cultural nationalism. In other words, the pendulum view on the origin of globalization argues that the process of globalization is not recent and one-directional. |
0.999954 | What is the Virtuoso Sponger?
The Sponger is a piece of built-in Virtuoso SPARQL Processor middleware, for extracting RDF "on the fly" from non-RDF Web Data Sources.
A majority of the world's data naturally resides in non-RDF form at the current time. The "Sponger" is middleware that accelerates the bootstrap of the Semantic Data Web by unobtrusively generating RDF from non-RDF data sources.
The imported data forms a local cache with invalidation rules conforming to those of traditional HTTP clients (Web Browsers). That is to say, expiration time is determined based on subsequent data fetches of the same resource (note: the first data load will record the 'expires' header) with current time compared to expiration time stored in the local cache. If HTTP 'expires' header data isn't returned by the source data server, then the Sponger will derive it's own invalidation time frame by evaluating the 'date' header and 'last-modified' HTTP headers. Irrespective of path taken, local cache invalidation is driven by an assessment of current time relative to recorded expiration time.
Architecturally, the Sponger is comprised of Cartridges which are themselves comprised of RDF Extractors (RDFizers) and Ontology (Schema) Mappers.
The Schema Mappers are typically written with XSLT (e.g., GRDDL and other OpenLink Mapping Schemes) or Virtuoso PL. The Metadata Extractors may be developed in Virtuoso PL, C/C++, Java, or any other language that can be integrated into Virtuoso via its server extension APIs.
The Sponger can be used also via a Virtuoso built-in REST style Web Service, through the Proxy endpoint of any Virtuoso installation.
Note: The cartridges_filesystem.vad must be installed for the actual extraction and mapping to occur.
The Sponger is very much like an implementation of cURL, exposed as a built-in Virtuoso Web Service (so you can interact with it as you do with Triples).
The RDF Cartridges (mappers and extractors) are packaged as Virtuoso VAD packages, easily installed via Virtuoso's ISQL interface or the browser-based Virtuoso Conductor. |
0.953562 | When one examines the growth of economies in cities, states or small nations, it is apparent that those with the highest rates of job creation and salary growth owe this growth to entrepreneurs who are using high-tech to start new companies with high-growth potential.
The dominant religions in an area, through impact on local culture, seem to be very important to an economy. This impact can be either positive or negative. For example, two of the fastest growing high-tech economies, Israel (Jewish) and Northern Utah (Mormon) are particularly successful at producing entrepreneurs. Conversely, New Mexico (Catholic and Protestant), despite a high density of technical talent and R&D spending, is unsuccessful in building an entrepreneurial economy.
Examining economies leads to the following conclusions.
Local and regional economies can grow by government spending increases or entry of an existing company; however, long-term, sustainable job creation and salary growth requires entrepreneurs to start companies that provide new services or goods that satisfy unmet public needs.
• Create value for others from unexpected opportunities as well as persist through, and learn from, failure.
• Builds a narrowly-focused technical culture that prefers excellence in science over innovation that leads to local economic growth.
Like leaders, entrepreneurs are not born, but are developed through education, training and experience.
Today’s start-ups that grow to become unicorns – $1 billion in corporate value – are generally service-sector firms built on information technology, data mining, artificial intelligence and software.
Growth of economic ecosystems into industry clusters requires interactions and communications between entrepreneurs. As an economic ecosystem grows, it will attract companies to move into this ecosystem because of the excellence of employees in the ecosystem.
Regions where entrepreneurs have successfully built thriving economic ecosystems, e.g., Israel and northern Utah, have cultures shaped by a common bond of religious beliefs that endorse spiritual growth, individual responsibility, service to others, hard work, a strong belief in the importance of education and are not hierarchical.
Given these conclusions, how can New Mexico institutions promote the development of a local economic ecosystem? Changes must be made in local culture, i.e., K-12 education, government, universities and government-owned laboratories.
Churches can incorporate into their messages the importance of service to the greater Albuquerque community and emphasize that few acts of service are as impactful on people’s self-respect and their rejection of crime and addiction as creating jobs.
K-12 schools can help students develop entrepreneurial mindsets by hiring teachers educated in entrepreneurial thinking by universities.
K-12 schools can increase emphasis on STEM education and connecting information from multiple sources, but link these to examples of successful entrepreneurs.
The local and state political systems must reduce their attraction to cronyism, extortion and un-researched opinions and make merit-based hiring and economic development research part of their cultures.
Universities recognize and reward faculty for contributions to scholarship, education and service. UNM must value contributions to entrepreneurship the highest form of all three areas, incorporate development of an entrepreneurial mindset into all of its programs and favor programs most likely to produce entrepreneurs, e.g., STEM-based programs.
Government-owned laboratories, despite their handicap of being affiliated with bureaucratic, low-risk, defensive, hierarchical federal agencies, must build entrepreneurial cultures. This will improve their ability to do mission-focused work, stimulate innovation and increase their spin-off of entrepreneurs into the local economy. |
0.999779 | Is there a way (or tool) to search/sort twitter profiles and stats?
Is there a way to take: A) An influencers twitter followers B) Twitter users in a search query results And sort them through: 1) a search term (from their bio) or multiple variations of a search term 2) their follower ratio (for instance 2:1 following to followers) 3) Recently active (tweeted in the last x hours) And then either puts it into a easy to use user interface to follow/interact with the accounts easily OR exports them to a spreadsheet with a link to the profile. There's hundreds of tools and I've had trouble finding one that does this specifically. Is this possible with scrapebox? I'm an extremely novice user of scrapebox.
Followerwonk does most of those things. Not sure about recently active though.
I would look into tools like FollowerWonk and TwitterCounter as they have most of the data around Twitter accounts.
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I have BuzzSumo for this.
Find good quality content relevant to my niche that has been shared heavily.
Find the creators of the content and the sites that they’ve posted on.
Filter through the list to identify major targets.
Reach out to the list of authors and build relationships with them.
Work with them to create quality content assets.
Utilise their distribution routes and contacts to build links and social signals to the assets. |
0.880795 | Wormser Bros. Vertical Embossed Flasks Pre 1872?
I have always been attracted to the earlier Western flasks. Some of the earliest are the Wormser Bros. flasks from San Francisco. The horizontal embossed Wormser is supposedly as early as 1865(?), and the "Fine old Cognac" about 1872. The more commonly seen vertically embossed flask is listed in Thomas' book as being manufactured from 1867-1872. I believe thay may have been that early, however I also think they were made for much longer...perhaps as late as 1878! The company was sold to Richard Braeg ,Albert Dallemand ,and E. Frank.in 1872, but I believe these flasks continued to be produced during the time between that time, and when Jaines Walker joined the firm in the late 1870s. The horizontal embossed flask, and the Fine old Cognac were not being produced after 1872 in my opinion, but the vertical Wormser exhibits charactaristics of being very early ( large tops,dark chocolate/olive, olive green, to yellow green) They also have strong crudity. I have also seen examples which seem to have extremely bold embossing, and tiny applied tops. These are in plain amber, and sometimes off shades of amber. Interestingly, the earlier examples have typically weaker embossing than later blown specimens, which should be the other way around. If the mold was reworked in the mid 1870s, they cut the letters exactly the same,or the glassblowers in the early part of the run had TB, or COPD,as I have compared them. I would be interested to know others' views on the length of the vertical Wormser run. You do not find them in my neck of the woods, or at least did not before 1989 when I dug in Oregon.
Did Holt Glass Works even exist ??
I'm pretty sure it did, but who founded it and how long it existed needs to be more clearly defined. A while back I tried to research Holt Glass Works and came up with rather inconclusive findings. I started my research by reviewing the Berkeley 1892,1894, and 1897 city directories and did not find ANY glass works in the business section, and furthermore I could not find anyone with the last name of "Holt" living in or doing business in Berkeley during those years. Next, I investigated the 1900 census and found a William Holt (born in England) living in Berkeley with an occupation of "glass dealer". After reviewing city directories and census records, I decided to investigate the 1901 Sanborn Map of West Berkeley to see if I could find any clues and located a vacant glass works on the corner of 2nd and Addison Street. Could that be Holt Glass works ??????? Unknown.
My theory is that the English emigrant William Holt re-opened one of the above vacant glass works between 1896 and 1901. I'm even open to the possibility of Holt Glass Works never existing or being named something else since the phrase "Holt Glass Works" or even "Holt Glass" did now show up in ANY documentation (newspapers, municipal reports, books. ect) published between 1885 and 1922.
Maybe a much more thorough investigation of Campbell and O'Neil glass works could shed light on the true history of Holt Glass Works.
Has anyone researched the years of all the western companies that put out bottles with that base embossed H ?
You've heard the saying, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a ... duck.
And so if a glop top has a star on the base and those funky little curved legged "R"s it must be a San Francisco blown bottle, right? So, how come this whittled to death glop top Spruance with the star and the R is a blood red bottle that is now commonly referred to as a "German connection fifth"?
I don't profess to know, but have compared this one that just came in, along with two others in my collection and all bear identical anomalies. All have the star base and identical "R"s. The "hitch" in the R isn't as overstated as say, a globby J.F. star shield, but it's there just the same. There is a substantial difference in height in one of them (one is an inch shorter than the other two, and no - it's not been chopped and re-glopped) and there's also a radical difference in color between all three (ranging from a dense oxblood red to a bloody orange depending on the bottle) but therein ends the dis-similarities.
It's obvious that they all came out of the same mold, although different glassblowers blew and finished them using noticably different batches of cullet.
German or S.F.? Comments? Quack, quack?
I've just omitted the lousiest photo from this post and I will post comparative photos tomorrow, showing smooth based and star based straight amber embossing comparisons. I'm not trying to prove or disprove anything, but do want to give everyone an opportunity to weigh in on this issue.
As promised last evening, note the "R"s in the following photos.
I highlighted the curved "R"s with the red arrow. But, if you look elsewhere in the embossing on the straight amber Spruance glop tops, you'll notice a totally different style of R as mentioned last night. This plot really is getting thick!
For many years there has been the ever evolving, and controversial "Top 25" for Western Whiskeys. There has even been a recent survey to try and rank the "Top 25" Western bitters. These rankings show collector opinion as to the "weight" of one bottle against another. It sometimes translates to monetary value, but most often is a subjective opinion as to what bottle someone would want to have in their collections compared to others. It is general, and not specific to a particular example. I have seen some lesser ranked whiskeys with spectacular color, and character, and a number 1 ranked example that I did not find attractive at all.
So...here is my opinion of the top 10 Western Flasks. There are fewer early flasks than cylinders, or bitters, so a "top 25" would not work in my view.It also does not include two notable flasks: the A.M. Smith Salt Lake City, and the Dr. Hausman's Bitters. These are hard for me to rank as my desire for each is not at cardiac rising levels, though they are unique in undamaged condition. Remember, this is MY opinion only, and is the product of many years of collecting Western flasks, and having great friends and mentors like Ralph Van Brocklin, Jon Lawson, Dennis Eastley, and Bill Anderson. I would appreciate your opinion as to your "top 10". I would like to conduct an actual survey for other collector's opinions. There are not alot of us passionate for the flasks, and most whiskey collectors have a few, usually to pair up with a cylinder. I love the early open face glob flasks the most, and my list does not include any slug plate examples even though they are usually very rare. let me know what you think.
I acquired this very light non vented Jesse Moore fifth a few months ago from the original "finder". It needed a light cleaning as it had laid face down in an ashy layer for 120 years or so. The photo does not show just how yellow this one is, but I have not had a lighter example in my collection. These just do not seem to come in nicer colors very often, though I heard of a nice green toned example that walked in to the Vegas show. Not sure if it found a new home or not, but this one is happy with his friends on the shelf!
There has been quite a bit of interest in the Cutter OK and A No1 whiskey bottles lately, so I figured that some of his information should be shared with some of you who may not be familiar with it will understand what it entailed. A.P. Hotaling trademarked the familiar bottles on 24 March 1881.
Some of the following pictures will show the labels, bottle embossing, and paper wrappers that covered the bottles. The entire pages are too many to include, but the highlights are shown below.
The bottles also wore the familiar red diamond shaped neck label with standing man slaying the dragon and "Death To Imitators" imprinted upon it. This label remained in continuous use from it's trademarked introduction in 1875 until the Co divested itself of the Cutter brand in 1904.
Whether Hotaling actually produced the Pure Old Rye bottle trademarked with the OK and A No1 remains a mystery, as no bottles, or shards of same, have come to light. Hopefully, a digger will turn up some supporting evidence to indicate that the bottle was a production item.
I think I might enjoy these Full-faced embossed Cutter fifths even more than their Circle Cutter and Star & Shield companions.
As many are well aware of, A.P.Hotaling suffered through 14 years of proceedings to insure that the rogue E. Martin would forever be banned from bottling his poor quality whisky under the J.H. Cutter banner. Hotaling was, of course, the Sole Pacific Coast Agent for the brand, and had been since 1866, yet Martin refused to acknowledge this fact. It wasn't until 1884 that the case was resolved and Martin was forever refused the right to bottle any products carrying the J.H.Cutter name. He carried on with his lesser quality and still excellent selling J.F. Cutter Old Bourbon.
The following clipping explains the situation as it was early in the protracted case.
A.P. Hotaling's trademarks appear on his bottles, in his advertising publications and on his early advertising signs. To say that he was conscience of his trade marks would be an understatement. He vigorously protected these trade marks and constantly made the public aware that only he was the only agent for the J.H. Cutter brand.
It has long been stated, whether truthfully, or not, that U.S. Grant had a propensity for whiskey, notably Kentucky Bourbon. Did he imbibe in the famous J.H. Cutter brand? Or, is this a blatant attempt by A.P. Hotaling to "bend fact" in advertising his wares? No matter the facts, this "article" from the June 6th, 1878 San Francisco Commercial Herald makes for some interesting reading.
Or are they? Similar, but quite different if you look closer. The OK is very often seen, it's cousin, the A No 1, is another story. Although these bottles, and their yet undiscovered Pure Old Rye "look alike", were trademarked by A.P.Hotaling in the Spring of '81, it is evidenced by sheer numbers found that the OK outsold the A No 1 by a huge margin. The more common bottle even made it into the "toolie" years, and on into the 1890s.
Both of these bottles were found by myself, the A No 1 locally and the OK at a High Sierra mine. To the best of my knowledge, three of the A No 1 bottles have been found here in Sacramento. More than double that many of the OKs were dug in and around town.
Both are very light amber and heavily whittled, although the dreary day and poor light, plus my inadequate photographic abilities makes the effect disappear.
It may seem strange to many of you that so many embossed glob's have been located in Mormondom.
The wholesale and retail liquor industry was thriving in Salt Lake City in the early 1870's, even to the extent that we have two embossed containers from that era... S.T. Suits fifth (Walker Bros) and California Wine Depot flask (A.M. Smith). Although the Walker Bros. became agents for J.H. Cutter in 1872, the first agent in Utah Territory for Mr. Hotaling's bourbon was Cunnington and Co.
A venerable establishment, Cunnington & Co. was well established as dealers in dry goods, hardware, clothing, groceries, etc. Their familiar advertising, THE ELEPHANT STORE, was seen daily in the local papers beginning in the early 1860's.
As has been mentioned before, the transcontinental railroad was the spark that set off the mining boom in Utah. The local merchants, Cunnington, Walker Bros, Auerbach Bros. (recent arrivals from La Porte), Wm. Godbe, and others immediately broadened their horizon and clientele. Instead of limiting their business to the agricultural based "Valley Saints", they decided to become miner's outfitters. Not only sellers of seeds and broadcloth, they sold picks, blasting powder, fuse, and ore sacks...... and whiskey. After all, a 'real miner's outfit' has to have a bottle or two.
The experienced prospectors and miners that poured in were not willing to settle for the local concoctions, Pop Skull, Tanglefoot, & Valley Tan. Something more palate-able was in order. Cunnington & Co. stepped up big, and provided the best .. J.H. CUTTER OLD BOURBON.
Years later a few diggers were happy too!
This is a favorite photo of mine.. just to prove that the stodgy old Mormons had a sense of humor. The crowd is waiting for the festivities to begin. A tightrope walker is set to perform, maybe on that rope you see just below the Elephant Store sign. A "one legged" tightrope walker!
Now that I think of it, maybe there is more to it! Cunnington could have been receiving their first shipment from Mr. Hotaling this day!!
Awhile back several collectors showcased their AAA flasks, and all were simply beautiful. These flasks come in a myriad of colors, and crudity. Here is one of my examples that seems to have most of the qualities which are most desired in this (and most) bottles. The color is a light yellow, with green tone, it is extremely whittled, and the strike is crisp and clear. The way to tell if your AAA flask is boldly struck is to observe the outside edge of the cross. If the cross is actually outlined, and this ridge outline is present, it is extremely well struck. If the entire cross is on one plane, and there is no embossed "ridge" but the cross is flat, and drops off at the edge, it is an average struck example. of course the small lettering at each leg of the cross should be legible, and crisp. There are some stunning green examples out there, and the rarity, and prices seem to be in alignment with the Teakettle fifth. the realized prices are pretty close in each with similar charactaristics. Certainly not rare, but VERY popular. Just a stereotypical Western bottle.
It's great for this Oregonian to see "OldCutters" post of two nice Portland fifths. Glob top whiskeys from Portland are all tough to find, and do not come up for sale often. The Hotaling fifths from Oregon have a great tie in to California collectors of early Western whiskeys and finding a good example is not easy. Here is the "other" Hotaling globby from Oregon. This one is hard to find as well. It is a very primitive looking fifth, and usually has nice glass character, whittle and a larger top than the other "Rick Rack". I still have no proof as to which is earlier, and perhaps they were all used close to the same time for different brands of whiskey (?). The timeframe of use is so narrow, for all 3 to be distributed, and all are rare to extremely rare.
My recent purchase of another Rick-Rack(T-56) has spurred me to share a photo of it and it's predecessor , the open face Portland Hotaling(T-55). Sorry about the quality of the photo, but this old shack has exactly two windowsills, both of which have colored glass in them.
A.P. Hotaling opened the Portland, OR, Agency around 1873, and expanded rapidly in the Northwest area. Shortly after he opened offices in Seattle, W.T., as well as Spokane(Falls)W.T.
It is generally accepted that the first bottle Hotaling used in his endeavors in the Portland area was the T-55, or Open Face Portland fifth. This bottle was probably used to promote his wildly successful J.H.Cutter Whiskey, but could also have been filled with his other big names up there, Monongahela White Rye and Our Choice Whiskies. The Rick-Rack came into use in the late 1870s, supplanting the earlier bottle as Hotaling's container of choice for his products. Hotaling remained in Portland until 1894, at which time he sold his interests to the Rothchild Brothers.
Hotaling also used the more familiar bottles such as the A No 1(T-40), OK(T-41), "Bird"(T-42) and the various molds of the Circle cutter(T-44s), throughout the regions where he had outlets and agencies. It is likely that the earlier of these often seen bottles were used conjunctively with the ones that were blown specially for A.P. Hotaling's Northwest Agencies.
Here is the one I got from Roger. A very nice example in a "greenish" coloration, but not near as green as Richard's. His looks to be really green, a super color in this bottle! Photo taken with an amber Teakettle. I think that Roger told me he obtained this one from Alaska, or was it Hawaii?
Check out the C. W. Staurts, McKennas, Untied We Stand and SHM on the barrel ends.
Smooth base for western distribution, C&I for eastern, and since they had the bottles, for western distribution when the S.F. glassworks couldn't keep up, or when the east coast venture fizzled.
Here are some picts. of a "C&I" McKennas and the more familiar western base McKennas. Note the differences in lettering style or font, C&I is a more slender bottle, top is a bit different on the C&I.
I have had a couple of light yellow amber "traditional" ones over the years and one that was quite "greenish". I think it is still hanging out with Dennis R. I keep selling them off to pay for other bottles, then I find I really can't live without one. The C&I examples tend to be medium amber to darker amber. Haven't seen a real yellow or green C&I McKennas in my travels. Another strange thing, the C&I S.H.M.s, that I have seen, are all a beautiful light yellow amber. That is a whole new set of questions.... the S.H.M.
Again, more questions than answers about the two different McKennas. These two bottles appear to be in service roughly the same time period. I believe the C&I possibly started just a bit later (late '70's) than the Western base. ??
Size reduction? The C&I bottle is an ounce or two smaller. Don't think that is it.. The non C&I is a transitional bottle, glob and toolie, used well into the '80s. Well past the start of the C&I's. |
0.999471 | Satire can make for entertaining writing, however two major points should be considered when discussing the inclusion of satire: 1: Will readers get “it?” and 2: Even if readers do get “it,” are you walking a fine line with the type of content expected of your publication and that which isn’t necessarily journalistic?
While there may be nothing inherently unethical about including satirical content in a student publication, is that the type of content the publication should be known for?
Consider this: does the nightly news ever take a segment for anchors to report on something that didn’t really happen? The back page of the Washington Post run Onion-like stories? Certainly there is a place for satire, but is the legitimate news source the correct place?
Discuss the need for policies and information about satire depending on the type of media you are. While satire might be appropriate for a literary magazine or humor magazine, does it have a place in the newspaper or on the website?
Satire can be an effective tool when writing an opinion piece. Consider limiting satire to the opinion pages, where it is clearly labeled opinion.
Satire online can create issues. Consider a former student searching for school news and comes upon a satirical piece that isn’t obviously satirical by just Googling the school name. Is the desire to include satire in a legitimate news source worth the confusion? Is satire journalistic?
Some schools produce special edition papers for April Fools Day. Imagine The New York Times doing the same. Hard to do, isn’t it? Why sacrifice the integrity of the paper for fun? Perhaps if satire is so important, the staff should produce a separate humor publication that doesn’t conflict with news. Staffs often think everyone will get the joke, but that’s not always the case. Further, the next time you do try to cover hard-hitting news the readers might think back to how you took everything as a joke the last issue.
Spend time discussing what your role as a journalist is. Are you a trained satirical writer? Just as we would advise against horoscopes and advice columns as teens often aren’t qualified to provide such content, how does satire fit in with a serious journalistic program? |
0.910841 | Ponderosa State Park covers most of a 1,000-acre peninsula that juts into beautiful Payette Lake near McCall. The scenic overlook at Osprey Point offers a spectacular view of the lake. The park offers hiking and biking trails, guided walks with park naturalists and evening campfire programs. There are several ways to have a great time while visiting Ponderosa State Park. The park's namesake, the 150-foot-tall ponderosa pine, is the most noticeable species of tree. Douglas fir, grand fir, lodgepole pine and western larch also grow in the park. The character of the park is molded by its diverse topography. It ranges from arid sagebrush flats to forested lakeside trails; from even ground to steep cliffs; and from dense forest to spongy marsh. The park is rich in wildflowers, especially along the interpretive trail that winds around the Meadow Marsh. Nature trails and gravel roads have been developed so visitors can enjoy opportunities to view wildlife in these areas. Wildlife that can be viewed at the park includes Canada geese, osprey, bald eagles, wood ducks, mallards, songbirds, deer, moose, beaver, muskrats and even bear. Camping is available within the park in four locations. Located in the main unit of the park is the Peninsula Campground, this area offers 113 campsites, 23 of which are companion sites - with water and 30-amp electric hook-ups, one camper cabin, fire rings, picnic tables, dump station, three bath houses with hot showers and flush toilets. Near the main entrance to the park is the RV Group Campground, this area offers 50 campsites, 10 of which are companion sites. All sites have water, 30/50-amp electric, and sewer hook-ups, fire ring and picnic table. The bath house is centrally located in the campground. Northwest Passage Campground is located at the north end of Payette Lake and offers 22 non-reservable campsites, fire rings, tables, central water, and vault toilets. The park also has five deluxe cabins nestled along the shore of Payette Lake near the Visitor Center. These cabins are fully equipped with all the comforts of home and can sleep up to five to eight people. Additional camping equipment is not permitted with the deluxe cabins. Pets are not permitted at the cabins. The park has two covered picnic shelters and an open lawn area that can be reserved through the park. A deep draft boat launch is located within the main unit of the park. Horseshoes and volleyballs are available at the Visitor Center. Home to one of Idaho's Premium Nordic Ski Grooming opportunities, Ponderosa State Park boasts 12 miles of groomed trails - 19.3 kilometers. Nordic trails range from recreational to competition to accommodate all abilities. The park also has 3.4 miles of designated snowshoe trails through the forest that offer viewpoints of the lake.
Great place for family camping! A number of hikes that are family friendly, a beach, a nice visitor center. The only concern was the temp. We went at the end of May, after Memorial Day Weekend, and it was still a bit cold (lower 30s).
Honestly one of the best campgrounds I have ever stayed at! Great accsess to the lake, and spectacular views! I love that the campground has shower facilities! I know that you shouldnt worry about being dirty when your camping, but after a long day on the lake, it is nice to take a cool shower. Plus this site is close enough to town, that you can just run in town to pick up things if you need them. McCall is alot like Jackson Hole, Wy. It is quaint, but lively! I cant wait to go back to this campground!
Ponderosa State Park 5.00 out of 5 based on 2 ratings. 2 user reviews. |
0.929113 | Gloria is an American sitcom and a spin-off of All in the Family that aired Sundays at 8:30 p.m. (EST) on CBS from September 26, 1982, to April 10, 1983. The series starred Sally Struthers reprising her role as Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie Bunker on All in the Family.
The set-up of the show was that Gloria had been left with loose ends after her husband, Michael "the Meathead" Stivic (who did not appear in the new series), left her for one of his students and moved away to a commune. Gloria, to be closer to her now-widowed father, decided to move with her young son, Joey (played by Christian Jacobs), and pick up the pieces of her life as an assistant to two veterinarians in Fox Ridge, New York. The veterinarians were played by Burgess Meredith and Jo De Winter; the character played by Meredith was also, conveniently, Gloria's landlord.
Though Gloria ranked 18th in the Nielsen ratings for the 1982–1983 season and scored an 18.7 rating, tying it with Trapper John, M.D., CBS chose not to renew it for a second season, making it one of the few spin-offs of All in the Family not to have a successful run.
CBS rejected Gloria's original pilot which featured a brief cameo by Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker dropping off Gloria and Joey at Dr. Adams' clinic and residence. It was instead aired as a backdoor pilot episode within Archie Bunker's Place. This pilot was written by veteran All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place writers Pat Shea and Harriett Weiss and Archie Bunker's Place producer and close Carroll O'Connor associate Joe Gannon who co-created, wrote, and produced the pilot. They were replaced by former WKRP in Cincinnati writers Steve Marshall and Dan Guntzelman (who would later find success writing and producing the long-running ABC sitcom Growing Pains).
The show's production was moved from CBS Television City to Universal Studios. According to a December 1982 feature interview with Sally Struthers in TV Guide, this did not sit well with Carroll O'Connor who, with the rest of the Archie Bunker's Place production staff, was effectively shut out of the production of Gloria. (Even Norman Lear, who created All in the Family and had some hand in all of its other spin-offs, had no credited involvement in Gloria.) After this, O'Connor chose to be uninvolved in the retooled pilot and series. The characters of Dr. Jim Waynewrite and Ben the handyman were dropped when Marshall and Guntzelman's second pilot was made, which went to series. In the second pilot, Joey adopted a black dog that he named Archie after his grandfather, which O'Connor was said to be less than thrilled about according to the same 1982 TV Guide article. In the original pilot, actress Jo de Winter's character, Maggie Lawrence, was an assistant to Dr. Adams. In the second pilot and the series, Maggie Lawrence is a veterinarian and Dr. Adams' partner in the clinic.
Lou Richards as Clark V. Uhley, Jr.
1 21 + Original Pilot September 26, 1982 (1982-09-26) April 10, 1983 (1983-04-10) 18 18.7 Trapper John, M.D.
Gloria begins her new job at a veterinarian's clinic while adjusting to life as a single mother.
Gloria Bunker-Stivic returns home to raise her son Joey on her own and works as an assistant to the absent-minded veterinarian Dr. Willard Adams.
Gloria reluctantly goes on her first date since her senior prom.
Gloria tries to stop Joey from fighting a bully.
Gloria and Dr. Adams make a near-fatal mistake on an emergency call.
Gloria cares for a piglet that makes Clark and Joey jealous.
Dr. Adams is the substitute teacher as Gloria takes a test in her vet-assistant class.
Maggie realizes her mistake when she refuses a lawyer's toaster oven as payment for treating his monkey.
Clark tells his father he's engaged to Gloria.
Gloria signs Dr. Adams up for Social Security, but the computer has declared him deceased.
Joey wants Gloria to retrieve his friend's cat from the house of a woman who's said to use pets for potting soil and bake children in her oven.
Joey may not have a merry Christmas if he learns his father hasn't sent him the bicycle he wants.
Joey agrees to visit his father, but he isn't on the plane when it lands in California.
Gloria is the victim of an armed robbery, but she's unable to recall a single detail.
Maggie sees an old flame while on a "house call" to a traveling circus -- Boffo the Clown.
The staff of the clinic face their mortality and confess their innermost feeling when a plague-ridden squirrel puts them in quarantine.
Dr. Adams' girlfriend plans to marry someone else.
Gloria is delighted with the reward she's getting for finding a recently deceased client's dog, but she soon learns the dog's role in the old lady's funeral plans.
Gloria gets depressed when she receives her final divorce papers.
Gloria and Clark are forced to share a room at a honeymoon hotel when their car breaks down.
Gloria does a sit-in to protest the budget cuts affecting the vet-assistant class.
Gloria learns that she lost her credit rating in the divorce.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (Ninth Edition). Ballantine Books. p. 1690. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. |
0.936848 | peanut butter, give this recipe a try.
Spoon p.b. batter on top randomly.
Cut through batter with a knife to swirl.
"Pros & cons of making food. Pros: food. Cons: making." |
0.887559 | In a stone den was a poet Shi, who loved to eat lions, and decided to eat ten.
At that time, Shi just arrived at the market too.
Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den is a Chinese poem by Yuen Ren Chao, a linguist who lived from 1892 to 1982. The poem was created as an illustration of the large degree of homophony in Classical Chinese; it consists of 92 characters that are all pronounced with the sound 'shi', each syllable enunciated with one of four different tones (Chinese is a tonal language). Chao created the poem as an argument against the romanization of Classical Chinese, although he did support the romanization of the modern written form of Chinese known as Vernacular Chinese.
Classical Chinese is a written style of Chinese that is based on 2000-year-old forms of spoken Chinese, and is not congruous with any modern spoken dialects (the variation between different Chinese "dialects" can be as great as between different languages of the Romance language family, bringing to mind the aphorism "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy"). The poem is understandable when written in Chinese characters, or if it were pronounced by a speaker of Old Chinese, who would enunciate the distinctions between the tones; however if the Classical Chinese were spoken aloud with the dialect of a modern speaker, the syllables would be indistinguishable. For this reason it is also not understandable when romanized, as the characters of the Latin alphabet are mapped to individual phonemes (sounds). |
0.972097 | TLDR; I've done everything short of buying a new CPU/motherboard and still haven't pinned down the problem, but I've isolated it to the CPU or motherboard... unsure of where to take it from here.
Testing for software fault: as usual, I took the problem as a sign of silent corruption via soft memory errors and went about my usual routine of reformatting my OS drive (SSD). The problem lingered, however, even after completely reinstalling all up to date drivers (I keep all drivers up to date anyways, but fresh installations help) Patience for newer versions was required at this point. Note: Catalyst 14.12 and 15.4beta were both stable prior to problem, neither would resolve issue.
Testing for driver/firmware updates as solution: Unfortunately, though, during this initial time of diagnostics, my system encountered a hard freeze while I was performing a firmware update on my GPU. I RMAed the GPU and installed my older HD5870 to use in the meantime. At first, the problem appeared to go away, but eventually reappeared as I increased the load on the system.
BIOS was already up to date.
Updated SSD firmware - no improvement.
Testing clock configuration: At this time, I caught myself up on all information regarding overclocking theory in relation to AM3+ CPUs. I spent several days adjusting the CPU clock settings and stress testing via combination of Prime95, ROG RealBench, 3DMark, Unigen Heaven, and AMD Overdrive. During this time, I discovered that the CPU remained stable at 1.31V minimum at stock clock settings, and did not exceed 63°C under full load. Adjusted voltage to 1.36V for headroom and continued.
RAM settings adjusted to AMP #1 after CPU configured.
Somewhere after this setup, the problem was continuing, so BIOS was defaulted and RAM set to AMP. Noted that CPU Voltage defaulted to 1.5V.
RMA: GPU returned from RMA; new GPU exacerbated the problem. I contacted ASUS, who assumed faulty replacement unit and replaced that one. Situation remained. Proceeded to hardware diagnostics.
Cooling: (Note: ASUS AISuiteII's ProbeII was reporting alarming voltage fluctuations which coincided with system hangs, so PSU was considered as cause. These alerts continued even when Corsair Link or other hardware monitoring program was not installed) Temperatures were not notably high, given the amount of attention on the system internals at the time. The Corsair H80i exhibited an inability to provide sufficient cooling, which was compounded by long-term use (3+months) with dust. Resolved to replace Case, CPU Cooler, and PSU with superior models. Antec case replaced with Thermaltake Core v71, Corsair H80i replaced with CM Hyper212Evo, Antec TP750 replaced with SeaSonic 1050W. ProbeII alerts subsided. System hangs continued.
Situational understanding: Time was taken to allow for driver updates to come out. During this time, the problem was narrowed down to coincide with video playback - browser (HTML5, Flash, Silverlight, etc.), VLC, media player, in-game (any game that had video playback), Xbox Video, Windows Movie Maker, Raptr, Kodi (XBMC), VideoPad Editor, and so on. Hardware acceleration did not matter. Sound output device did not matter. Catalyst Control Center settings did not matter.
Catalyst 15.7 released - problem worsened to occur every 30sec to 5min during video playback now accompanied with "Display Driver has crashed and recovered successfully."
Tried installing Win7 - no improvement. Win10 Technical Preview - no improvement.
Hardware isolation: Installed OS on different HDD - no improvement. Individually tested each DIMM with Memtest86+ - all passed 24hr testing with zero errors. Testing with GPU already performed during RMA. Swapped CPU with only hand: Phenom II 945 (95W) - problem resolved.
Obviously I do not intend to run my system on such an outdated processor; I had to reduce my RAM frequency to 1333MHz, and this would be ignoring the problem, not solving it.
I have come to the following conclusion: either the CPU is going bad, or the motherboard is failing to handle a high-powered CPU (aka the motherboard is bad). Either way, they both passed stress tests and benchmarks with flying colors as recently as 3 days ago - a characteristic which has made this problem most especially difficult to diagnose.
I do not have any spare high power CPUs on hand, nor do I have any spare motherboards capable of testing the FX-9370. I'm also resolved to wait until Zen comes out before buying any new CPUs, not that I can even afford to right now - an emergency expense (one of my cats died, but not before requiring lots of medical attention) ate all of my funds I had set aside for upcoming upgrades.
Before I pin down a definitive diagnosis, I need to be able to isolate the problem to one of these two devices.
Finally, the question: Given the explanation of events, how should I go about this?
Eat the loss of the $220 CPU and put up with the PhenomII 945 until Zen?
This is all from the log I kept, which may be incomplete - it did take 4 months to get to this point. I tried to include all relevant information, to avoid unnecessary questions.
1) Make sure you have all the auxiliary power connectors populated - 8-pin, 4-pin, and peripheral (often called Molex).
2) Underclock the memory. Run it at DDR3-1600 speeds to see if it makes a difference.
3) Underclock the CPU. If it's a faulty CPU, that might work around it. If it's the motherboard unable to handle the CPU power draw, same result.
Thank you for replying. Unfortunately, all of the suggestions have been tried multiple times during these last 4 months.
1) the problem existed with two separate power supplies, both 80+ cert from trusted manufacturers. As for current PSU, it is modular, so all connections are populated.
2) This has been thoroughly tested. Without AMP profile or custom settings, the AMD Gamer Series 2133MHz defaults to 1600MHz on this board.
3) This was also tried during the time that I was testing the CPU for stability at non-default clocks. I had underclocked it significantly in order to test the minimum voltage. I would link the guide I had been reading (it was on overclock.net) but my system is yet again reformatting and I am posting with my phone.
Re: My 9370 is dying... which to replace it with? |
0.959634 | Este Anexo de Actuales gobernantes no monarcas con más tiempo en el cargo es una lista con los dirigentes nacionales que más tiempo llevan gobernando, no son realeza, y han servido diez años o más, ordenados por longitud de mandato.
Los individuos en la lista no es siempre la figura más prominente en el gobierno nacional de su país. Algunos son o han sido en algún momento la figura más potente en el gobierno nacional de su país pero no necesariamente continua durante todo el tiempo del listado. Algunos de ellos han ejercido más de un puesto de nivel de liderazgo nacional: presidencia, primer ministro, o algunos otro título que aplica o ampliamente conocido por conferir liderazgo nacional. Cuando más de un puesto de liderazgo existe en un país, puede haber incertidumbre en cuanto a qué miembro del gobierno nacional de hecho tiene el poder definitivo. Por tanto, esta lista combina todas oficinas de nivel nacionales aguantaron al mismo tiempo o consecutivamente por cada dirigente individual.
↑ Was President of Iran from 13 October 1981 to 2 August 1989, leaving the presidency close to two months after becoming Supreme Leader. Was approved as Supreme Leader of Iran by the Assembly of Experts and sworn in on 4 June 1989, shortly after the death of the founder of this Shia Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini.
↑ Was Prime Minister of the Vietnam-occupation one-Party state called the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 14 January 1985 to 1 May 1989. Was also Prime Minister during the entire existence of the State of Cambodia from 1 May 1989 to 24 September 1993.
↑ Was Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea from 27 April 1991 to 24 May 1993, when Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia.
↑ Was a member of the Nicaraguan Junta of National Reconstruction from 18 July 1979 to 4 March 1981, then the Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction (effectively the head of state) from 4 March 1981 to 10 January 1985; he was then President from 10 January 1985 to 25 April 1990.
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0.957148 | Accounts receivable, Entrepreneur - Use the Accrual Method?
Business owners using the accrual method also have some specific tax-saving steps they can follow. Review your accounts receivable if you are an accrual taxpayer to see if anything is partially worthless. If it is, you can take a deduction for a portion of the amount of the uncollected debt. Check with your accountant to determine whether you meet IRS requirements to claim a bad-debt deduction. Also scrutinize your inventory for obsolete items. If you dispose of the inventory or sell it below cost by the end of this year, you can receive a deduction.
Another strategy for businesses using the accrual method is to delay shipping products or providing services until the beginning of your 2003 tax year.
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0.998594 | During the second week of September 2013, nearly continuous rainfall caused widespread landslides and flooding in the northern Colorado Front Range. The combination of landslides and flooding was responsible for eight fatalities and caused extensive damage to buildings, highways, and infrastructure. Three fatalities were attributed to a fast moving type of landslide called debris flow. One fatality occurred in Jamestown, and two occurred in the community of Pinebrook Hills immediately west of the City of Boulder. All major canyon roads in the northern Front Range were periodically closed between September 11 and 13, 2013. Some canyon closures were caused by undercutting of roads by landslides and flooding, and some were caused by debris flows and rock slides that deposited material on road surfaces. Most of the canyon roads, with the exceptions of U.S. Highway 6 (Clear Creek Canyon), State Highway 46/Jefferson Co. Rd. 70 (Golden Gate Canyon), and Sunshine Canyon in Boulder County, remained closed at the end of September 2013. A review of historical records in Colorado indicates that this type of event, with widespread landslides and flooding occurring over a very large region, in such a short period of time, is rare.
Godt, J.W., Coe, J.A., Kean, J.W., Baum, R.L., Jones, E.S., Harp, E.L., Staley, D.M., and Barnhart, W.D., 2014, Landslides in the northern Colorado Front Range caused by rainfall, September 11–13, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013–3114, 6 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20133114.
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0.999809 | How should Christians talk to their adult children about salvation?
What can I say to help another believer who wants speak in tongues?
The continuation or cessation of the sign gifts, including tongues, has been a source of contention in the church especially since the early 1900s, although this issue popped up occasionally in a few groups before then.
As with the other sign gifts, tongues were a sign that prophecy was being/had been fulfilled. To the early Jewish Believers, the sight of Gentiles (once despised) speaking in tongues was a clear sign that God had accepted them, too, for salvation through Christ. Paul also says that speaking in tongues "edified" the speaker in some way.
Rather than going into the verses used in the cessation/continuation controversy, however, I think the Bible makes a few points very clear and just by these you can test the teachings and practices of a church.
1) NOT EVERY CHRISTIAN spoke in tongues even during the apostolic period. In 1 Cor. 12, Paul talks about the different gifts given to Christians and how they were all needed in the church. No one, other than possibly the Apostles, possessed all the gifts. In v. 30 of this passage, Paul says "30 Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?" (The Greek grammar behind this, I believe, presupposes that that the answer to these questions will be "No.") Thus, tongues are NOT a sign of salvation. They are also not a sign of spiritual maturity or holiness. In fact, the morally confused and immature church at Corinth was apparently full of "gifted" people even as it struggled with sin and contention.
2) Remember that the gift of tongues was bestowed on people without any effort on their part. There was no need to "learn" to speak in tongues by mouthing meaningless syllables or by listening to someone else.
4) Also, while Paul said that the Corinthian church must not forbid people to speak in tongues, he also gave counsel as to how tongues were to be used in orderly worship: 1 Cor. 14: 27 says, "If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. 28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God." In other words, tongue-speaking wasn't "channeling" a spirit or a disorderly free-for-all, but was practiced on a limited basis with self-control and moderation. A church wanting to follow the Biblical form of tongues would follow these rules.
4) And at least some of these were actual foreign languages that the speakers had never learned but were understandable by native speakers.
There is no text that says you have to speak in tounges in the bible. The gifts are for building up the body of Christ and can be a sign for unbelievers. Look at 1 Corinthians 12 and look at verses 27-31. God is free to disperse these gifts as he wills. One major error I see is that apostolic pentacostals say thst you must do this in order to be saved and I think that in my opinion creats uncertainty in the mind of the believer.
No where is it written in Gods Word that one must speak in tongues. In fact, the scripture says, when one does speak in tongues, that no man understandeth, and that it edifys (builds up), the man, where if one prophesied, he edifys the church. Since you are only speaking to God when you speak in tongues, it should be done privately between you and God because no man benefits from it.
This is something that I have struggled with myself because I am a new believer and the impression that I am given by people I attend church with is that speaking in tongues is something I have to do or else there's something lacking in me as a Christian. It's very painful to hear that if all you want to do is please God and people are acting like there's something wrong with you. This is exactly why you have to read and study the word for yourself.
The question is: "Why should a believer talk in tongues?"
Indeed, great question..... is there a need to talk in languages to-day. That will be determined by the spirit of truth - the spirit of Jesus within you if you are a believer. Paul makes it very plain that language speaking should not be done in an assembly unless there is a translation for what is spoken in a tongue - language. The reason being if there is not translation of what is being said there is no benefit to those present.
There has been tremendous abuse of tongue speaking without translation in some Christian organizations in spite of Paul's outright warning that it should not happen and he said he spoke what Jesus revealed to him, so it is a direct violation of a command of the lord Jesus.
Voodoo followers speak in tongues as do many occult groups, thus the need for translation to know if the one speaking in a tongue is praising God and giving the assembly something that is uplifting.
John 20:17: He said he ascended unto "my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.", and pours out upon us the manifestations of the spirit of truth - the spirit of himself upon us to carry out the work he wants done on this earth until he returns.
I believe that God has given the gift of speaking in Tongues to some people today for His purpose, but not all people have this gift or needed. It is used mainly to speak directly to God in a specific and faster way with God..This gift does not make you any more special in dealing with God than not having it. All Christians have gifts and should try to perfect those gifts for the honor and glory of God.
Some people that speak in tongues have developed a deceitful pride in being able to speak it. Well, you know where pride can lead to. Also, if people speak in tongues, there should be some one to translate to others (biblical). If there is no translation, then it violates what the Bible says to do.
All Spiritual gifts are for the honor and glory of God and not for self glorification no matter what the gift is. If you don't have even one of the Spiritual gifts, then look at your relationship with the Lord and look at yourself to develope the gifts that God gave you in the moment that you were saved into his Kingdom.
Speaking in tongues is a greatly debated, but there should not be any confusion about it, as ''God is not the author of confussion.'' 1 Cornthians 14:33.
"..speak to himself.." is edifying himself, v.4 ""He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifies himself;"
"..and to God." is praying with your spirit, v.14 " "For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays..."
Paul said, 1 Corinthians 14:18, "I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all:" Thats a comparison remark against 'all' those that did speak in tongues, as they just didnt do it as 'much' as Paul. Question, how many is, all? Wasnt he speaking to the Church?
Is tongues required, no just desired, verse 1, "desire spiritual gifts", as Psalm 37:4 tells us, "Delight yourself also in the Lord: and he shall give you the 'desires' of your heart."
A believer should pray in tongues because its God's given language to His child to communicate effectively with Him as 1 Corinthians 14:2 says.
Romans 8:26 like wise the Spirit helps us in our weakness for we do not know how to pray as we ought but the Spirit intercedes for us with groaning that cannot be uttered. As the scripture says we do not know what to pray or how to pray but the Spirit helps us in our weakness, many are the times we are faced with different issues that sometimes we are overwhelmed and in ourselves we can't do anything. Its in such times that praying or speaking in tongues is helpful because the Spirit knows all things the source of a matter hence when we speak or pray in tongues we hit at the target an issue.
When we pray in tongues, the Bible says our minds are unfruitful meaning the mind is shutoff and the spirit takes over and certain arguments that develop in our minds due to unbelief are cut off and faith is at play. Our enemy devil and his demons do not understand the languages spoken in tongues.
Praying in tongues or speaking in tongues is given to a believer to build themselves up in the Faith which is just cool, for without faith it is impossible to please God for him that comes to Him must believe that He is and He rewards they that seek Him diligently. It is important to build yourself during the down times of life when it seems nothing seems to help. Paul is a good example of praying in tongues 1 Corinthians 14:18 Paul wrote i thank God that i pray in tongues than all of you. Paul accomplished a lot and also suffered a lot it was the secret of praying in tongues that helped him though it all, to be bold in tough times to still continue in the faith loving Jesus through his journey.
We should not underestimate the power of praying in tongues, we are in war and praying in tongues is a weapon God has given us to outwit devil.
What is speaking in tongue?
The simple answer can be gotten from when and where the issue of speaking in tongues started from. Going by the experience on the day of Pentecost one can say speaking in tongue is the ability of a speaker to communicate in the language or dialect understood by his or her diverse audience without him or her learning the audience language before then.
And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
The second question is- what was the purpose then?
It was basically to propagate the present truth, the good news about Jesus' life ministry, death, resurrection and his present high priesthood in the heavenly sanctuary.
Jesus had just ascended to heaven amidst so many unbeliefs by the Jews and Christ good news needed to be preached to all race beginning from Jerusalem to the outermost part of the world.
On the day of Pentecost Peter spoke and over 3000 were converted. This the apostles continued doing in Jerusalem until Stephen was stoned to death. This made the disciples to disperses to other towns,cities and nations for the propagation of the good news.
What is noteworthy here is that it was purely a gift from God to achieve a particular purpose and has no connection with salvation. It is just like any other gift such as preaching, singing,prophesying,care etc. The bible also confirmed that it was not everyone that spoke in tongues in the early churches.
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
These gifts are given to various individuals as He wills to enable them complement one another to achieve the global mission of evangelism.
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
The next question to ask will probably be - is speaking in tongues not a prerequisite for salvation as many preach today?
The answer is NO. God never said it, Christ never established it and the apostles never preached it. It is man made doctrine.
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
Then, how do we earn salvation if not by 'babbling ' in the name of speaking in tongues as we have in our churches today?
Simple. Just confess,forsake your evil ways. Accept Jesus as your lord and saviour, believe in Him and follow Him.
May God help us to understand.
There is nothing in all of holy scriptures that says or even requires that ALL believers Speak in Tongues. The Bible actually makes a case for the opposite in that it warns against EVERYONE speaking in tongues. The notion that tongues is required or EVIDENCE of or for salvation is a herectical teaching that is also nowhere supported in scripture.
If tongues is the evidence then why do we need FAITH which is reuqired for salvation. If tongues is required for salvation rthen why does the Bible not document the multitude of first century christians who were saved and their SPEAKING in TONGUES.
Tongues was a gift a miraculous one that was given to some first century christians by the Holy Spirit via the laying on of the apostles hands. Miraculous gifts had one end and purpose only during the first century christian era -- the building up of the body of Christ.
This was done in a number of ways 1) Prophecy - which was not the fortelling of future events but rather logical and daily instructions in training in daily christian living which the early church needed in the absent of the Bible which was in the process of being written down. Much of what is recorded in the New Testament in the way of christian doctine and training came from speaking in tonuges usually by the Apostles themselves. Paul addresses this in 1 Corithians 14 giving his summation in verse 15 and following: Tongues is one of the ways that instruction came from God to help build His church which Paul and the holy apostles later wrote down thus become the foundation of NEW Testament Scripture.
2. Tongues was never meant to bless the individual speaker in such a way that only He and the Holy Spirit new what was going on. There is nothing in all of Chrisidom that is so secret it it cannot be known by the entire body of Christ. That is one of the reason we are taught to CONFESS to one another in the body. The idea of secrecy setups the opportunity for not disclosing sin and breaks down the ability of the Holy Spirit doing what He does best help others to work out our salvation the the most effective means of all -- through the help and intervention of all the other members in the body of Christ --we are held accountable to one another.
This is why those who use 1 Corithians 14:4 - as a case for speaking in tongues is in error for this passage of scripture does not support that generally accepted interpretation it rather teaches against it in that Paul is not laying down a theocratic teaching but is rather sarcastically confuting the notion by fact of the very definition of the word EDIFY! What Paul is saying in actuallty is that it is impossible for and individual to edify HIMSELF through tongues because it is impossible for an individual to edify himself under any means because by definition of the word edify an individual cannot edify Himself simply because edification by definition means that someone else has to do the edifying which is the true context of the entire passage here building up the body of Christ by the miraculous gifts that had a limit time of use during the first century to build Christ's church through it most valuable assets its members. Some of these members were given specials gifts for this purpose and there several such gifts read Ephesians to learn about them and their purpose. Ephesians is all about the administration of the ultimate mystery of God -- The Church.
3. Finally tongues was used in the first century to let foreigners in the congregation know that they were in the mist of a holy congregation under the direct supervision of Christ Himself. That is why tongues is never an unknown language that is not known by someone on planet earth. This is also the scripture directed requirement for an interpreter to be present at every instance that tongues were spoken. There is much more that can be said about this but space won't allow it here.
Maybe this will help get others to thinking about tongues scripturally. |
0.947396 | Where can you find numbers in the 432 area code?
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