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Team Builder is designed to encourage our students to learn to dive in 3-person teams by offering 15% off of their training, allowing them to formally learn how to dive in a team of 3 in any class.
We've found that divers trained in a 3-person team generally are more well-rounded divers and able to recognize and adapt to the dynamics that a team of 3 presents, while also enjoying the strengths and benefits an efficient 3-person team offers.
In short, the goal of this program is to teach not only the mechanics, skills and knowledge of the class the student is taking, but also expose the students to learning these skills and knowledge while diving within a 3-person team. This is a benefit to the student because they learn how to dive in this dynamic, in a formal class setting, making the transition to "real world" 3-person team diving much smoother.
Many divers feel at home diving in 2-person teams, but are a bit intimidated by or unsure how to dive efficiently in a 3-person team, causing them to be slightly less comfortable when diving in a team of 3. This program is designed to teach how to maximize the real benefit of a 3-person team, from planning & logistics to working cohesively as a team to post-dive debriefing, at all skill levels.
To facilitate this, and offer an incentive, we are offering 15% off any class to each member of a team of 3 divers who take a class (details and restrictions below) and organize their own team.
Dive teams consist of 2 or 3 divers. A group of 4 divers diving together will break into two teams of 2. A group of 5 will break into a team of 2 and a team of 3. And a group of 6 will break into two teams of 3 or three teams of 2, depending on the dive objective. This keeps the teams small, manageable and efficient. While the entire group may dive together, each team operates independently of the other(s).
Two person teams offer a degree of simplicity in communication, team awareness, positioning and roles/responsibilities. However, an efficient 2-person team cannot compare to the strength and resources of an efficient 3-person team.
A 3-person team presents a different dynamic than a 2-person team and does require a broader awareness, attention to positioning and more communication responsibilities to operate at full efficiency. However, a properly trained and efficient 3-person team has more resources (gas, equipment, eyes, brains and awareness) which is a significant benefit to exploration projects or more aggressive dives and the overall enjoyment of the dive.
In short, a diver trained and efficient in a 3-person team is, in our opinion, typically a more well-rounded diver, because he/she is able to function efficiently in in either a 2-person or 3-person team dynamic. Additionally, we feel the diver who is proficient in a 3-person team has a more developed, broader awareness due to the increased demands of diving in a 3-person team dynamic.
The Team Builder Program is designed to give students an incentive of training with a 3-person team, for several reasons:
1. The students are not only trained in the curriculum of the class they are taking, but are also experiencing the 3-person team dynamic while training, adding to their training experience
2. It builds the local pool of like-minded and similarly trained divers from which to choose from when planning dives, who are also trained in diving within a 3-person team
3. By forming your own team for the class, it eases our efforts of searching for teammates to fill a class or having a staff member "pretend" to be a teammate in order to simulate a 3-person team dynamic
• The class must consist of a team of 3, organized by the students. You must find your own teammates to receive the discount. Each student will receive the discount when all tuitions are paid.
• The Team Builder program applies to any UTD class other than Open Water, Cylinder & Valve Tech and Gas Blender
• Students joining an already scheduled class will not receive the discount. You must form your own team. However, a team of 3 formed by you may enter an already scheduled class, provided there are enough spots, and you will receive the discount.
• Cancellation by a teammate forfeits the discount to all team members, unless a replacement is found
• Each student must meet all prerequisites for the course they are taking
• All UTD classes are non smoking
• The use of prescription drugs must be authorized prior to the onset of diver training by a physician
• Each student must meet the equipment requirements for the class they are taking. For equipment requirements, see our Equipment Page
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Handspring 1/1 on
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It’s the full-twist version of this vault that’s actually named after Olga Korbut, but the simple repulsion version is similar associated with her and her successful showings of the early 1970s.
By modern standards, it’s a very strange vault that doesn’t even seem like it should count because it’s all pre-flight difficulty with no expectations in the post-flight, which is not really the point of vaulting. The pre-flight isn’t unimportant, but the whole idea is that you’re vaulting off of something, not vaulting onto something.
The difficulty of that pre-flight, however, saw a rare upgrade in value for this vault in the 2017 code, when most vaults were being downgraded by the same margin. It’s now quite competitively valued for a non-salto vault.
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Role of potassium excretion and percent body fat on ethnic differences in plasma aldosterone levels.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether plasma aldosterone (PA) levels differed between African American and White prehypertensives and if so, could the difference be explained by ethnicity-related variability in urinary K+ and Na+ excretion, body mass index (BMI), and percent body fat. DESIGN Ethnic comparison SETTING The University of Maryland College Park and… (More) | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.8295990228652954}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '238777', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:YDVNETMPTMMGPG7T2X55RDHF6UH5AGNT', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:6c0f7c39-c68c-44d5-a45c-4d94cfb609bd>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 17, 10, 26, 32), 'WARC-IP-Address': '54.70.129.173', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:ZPWIYKKI6HRUUBKP257TC42RJKUHBXLF', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:6f5a29f8-64a4-4d00-99c9-24536c30769c>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Role-of-potassium-excretion-and-percent-body-fat-on-Jones-Park/5d6c28850af03d01c8d7049fd1544dce2c156c64', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:82239040-1b60-4d16-9b2d-56ee885a858a>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '64', 'url': 'https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Role-of-potassium-excretion-and-percent-body-fat-on-Jones-Park/5d6c28850af03d01c8d7049fd1544dce2c156c64', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-93-215-215.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-30\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for July 2018\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.04054039716720581', 'original_id': 'b35ecb4407da23a05d1fd06c6d4729ec202bf7c18d09a1357850052021c2375f'} |
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He is expected to obey every lawful authority, obey the laws of the country in which he lives and promote its general welfare. In no way do these requirements interfere with a Freemason's civil right to protest and seek legislative changes by lawful means.
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The varied health effects of taking an L-arginine supplement
L-arginine is an amino acid that is produced in the body. The l arginine supplement seems to back with different ailments, from migraines to inflammation.
Why do people like arginine?
Because it decreases blood vessels, arginine might have cardiovascular gains for some people. Studies show that it can ease the symptoms of angina and surface arterial disease. It appears to boost the health of people with heart failure. It might also serve with erectile dysfunction, but mostly when mixed with other supplements such as Pycnogenol. Some studies have revealed an immune-boosting effect.
Arginine may also fight the signs of weight loss induced by HIV. It looks to develop the symptoms of kidney inflammation and supports kidney function post-transplant. Studies note arginine might help migraines, increase blood pressure, and reduce recovery time following surgery.
Arginine has been studied as a medicine for many more conditions that include dementia, hypertension, cancer, male infertility, diabetes, and obesity. But the effects have been inconclusive where more research must be done.
Arigine has become a popular supplement in the U.S. However, and most people seem to have sufficient arginine in their bodies already and might not get many privileges from supplements.
How much arginine should one take?
There is no conventional dose of arginine. Studies have applied various amounts for varying conditions. One typical dosage is 2 to 3 grams three times a day, although lower and higher doses have also been studied. The protection of long-term l arginine supplement value is not clear. One should consult their doctor for further guidance.
In some cases, doctors prescribe supplemental arginine. People with protein malnutrition, blisters, infections, fast growth, and other conditions might need supplemental arginine.
Is it possible to get arginine naturally from foods?
Many foods are natural sources of low levels of arginine. They include nuts (like walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, peanuts, almonds, cashews, and Brazil nuts), seeds (like sesame and sunflower), oats, corn, cereals, buckwheat, brown rice, dairy products, meat, chicken, and chocolate.
L-arginine is an amino acid located in foods like meat and dairy products — some whey protein supplements and l-arginine isolated supplements. When ingested, arginine changes to nitric oxide, which has many health gains that constitute sexual well-being and problems that involve blood flow, such as leg swelling.
The l arginine tablets in india has assuring results in supporting athletic performances, bodybuilding and building muscles in general. These l-arginine advantages are based on clinical research, some readings are based on small samples. Others have bigger samples with double-blind placebo tracks that produce more effective results.
Helps Treat Erectile Dysfunction
There are many cases of erectile dysfunction, both neurological and psychological issues. However, nitric oxide (NO) performs an important role in a man’s ability to attain an erection. NO helps trigger the recreation of smooth muscles in the corpus cavernosum, which enhances erectile capacity.
L-arginine can boost hormonal release
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Aquaculture of Bluefin Tuna
Our Bluefin Tuna farm is located at İzmir, Karaburun Gulf and increases its importance among the Bluefin tuna farms throughout the Mediterranean countries.
In the midst of May, the boats being gathered from various ports of Mediterranean complete their preparations and set sail for fishing. Service boats which carry the divers keep company with the fishing boats. The boats furnished with high technology devices spot the blue fish tuna schools by means of sonars. After spotting, the school gets surrounded by casting a net and the crew starts to wait for the transfer boat and the net haulers which can proceed with a maximum speed of 3 mph. The transfer work starts as the net haulers arrive. CaughtBluefin tuna fish are transferred to the transfer pools after an intense work of 3 hours. The Bluefin tuna fish which reach a certain quantity in the transfer pool get transferred to the lashing point at Izmir. This process which continues until the midst of June gets constantly reported to the Government and the fishing is performed within the quota of Turkey by that way.
The caught fish gets transferred to the pools in our farms located at Karaburun Gulf for feeding. The bluefish tuna which remain in feeding pools for 4-5 months get fed with fatty fish feeds such as squids, sardines, herrings and mackerels. The divers follow the condition of the pool on daily basis and check the feeding of the fish, water warmth and oxygen levels. The growing process of the Bluefin tuna gets followed by means of the reports prepared by the divers following the daily controls.
The Bluefin tuna in the pools get harvested on the ships moored close by the farm after they reach a certain size and gets frozen (-60°C) after being processed before being exported to overseas countries and particularly to Japan.
Activities In Aquaculture
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Why The Charleston Shooting Won’t Lead To New Gun Controls
The mass killing in Charleston won’t lead to new gun-control laws, says political scientist Robert Spitzer of the State University of New York Cortland. Writing in the Washington Post, Spitzer said that for nearly a century, changes in gun laws have been keyed to two sets of events: gun-related violence and assassinations. This included the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Yet the 2012 Newtown, Ct., school shooting led to the failure of gun laws in the Senate, showing how gun policy change has become progressively more difficult.
Spitzer’s main explanations: While more Americans favor than oppose tougher laws that could actually have some effect on gun violence such as uniform background checks, the issue is far down the list of issue concerns for average voters. The U.S. has to some degree become inured to gun violence. With each new mass shooting, the sense of horror erodes, and so does pressure on legislators, heightening feelings that nothing effective can be done. Finally, the gun lobby has been successful in changing the narrative of the gun issue. It says that guns aren't the problem, it is bad people who do bad things; gun laws don't work; and Second Amendment gun rights must be protected. Their success in advancing these arguments lies with the relative weakness of pro-gun control forces, although that may be changing.
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Day #13: Binding Elements in Silverlight 3
This is post #13 in my series of 31 Days of Silverlight. Today we are going to be discussing binding two Silverlight elements together. Now, we have been able to do this in the past, but in Silverlight 3, we have a new syntax that makes this operation MUCH simpler.
Make sure that, at this point in the series, you have updated your tools to the Silverlight 3 tools. You can get the Silverlight 3 tools here. You can also download the Web Platform Installer, which is like Windows Update for web developers. It will let you know when there are new updates to download in the future, including Beta versions.
Creating some XAML elements
In this example, we’re going to go simple. I’m going to add a Slider and a TextBlock to the page. I think this is probably the default demo for Element Binding, but it’s also an effective way to communicate it, so we’ll expand on it later. Also note that if you’ve never used a Slider control before, that we have the ability to specify a minimum and maximum value for it. This can be a huge help when we want a user to pick a specific range of values. You’ll see that my range is from 0 to 1, and I’ll explain why a bit later. For now, your XAML should look like this:
<UserControl x:Class="SilverlightElementBinding.MainPage"
Canvas x:Name="LayoutRoot" Width="400" Height="300" Background="White">
Slider x:Name="Slidy" Width="150" Maximum="1" Minimum="0" Canvas.Left="178" Canvas.Top="34" />
TextBlock x:Name="ValueBox" Width="150" Canvas.Left="178" Canvas.Top="56" FontFamily="Arial Black" FontSize="26" Text="0" TextAlignment="Center"/>
Writing code to bind these elements
In Silverlight 2, we didn’t have much choice. The way to bind two elements together was to write some code. We create an event handler on the one that will change, and in the event method, update the other control with the results of the first. Since you will probably still need to do things like this in the future, here’s what the code would look like:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
namespace SilverlightElementBinding
public partial class MainPage : UserControl
public MainPage()
Slidy.ValueChanged += new RoutedPropertyChangedEventHandler<double>(Slidy_ValueChanged);
void Slidy_ValueChanged(object sender, RoutedPropertyChangedEventArgs<double> e)
ValueBox.Text = Slidy.Value.ToString();
Binding elements in Silverlight 3
To demonstrate binding, I’m going to use a slightly different example than binding to a TextBlock, and this is why we chose a range from 0 to 1. In this example, I am adding an Image element to the page, and we will be binding our slider value directly to the Opacity value of the Image. This is why we chose a range from 0 to 1 on our slider. Opacity can have a value anywhere between those two numbers. Here’s the XAML for the new image (you’ll need to actually add an image to your project using “Add Existing Item…”):
<Image x:Name="Lighthouse" Source="Lighthouse.jpg" Width="400" Height="300" />
You’ll notice that there’s not a reference to the Opacity yet. We can add that (with the data binding) in just a few short characters. I’ll show you the markup, and then I’ll explain it.
<Image x:Name="Lighthouse" Source="Lighthouse.jpg" Width="400" Height="300" Opacity="{Binding Value, Mode=OneWay, ElementName=Slidy}" />
The first segment of the Opacity statement is “Binding Value,” which means that we are going to be taking the value of the element we specify. The second element, “Mode=OneWay,” specifies that we are only moving data from the Slider to the Image, not the other way around, and certainly not both. But those options do exist, and your other options are TwoWay, and OneTime. TwoWay should be obvious, as it means that if either value changes, the other element would be updated. OneTime means that it will only happen, not surprisingly, one time. This is primarily used when you want to initialize a value, but not update it on subsequent changes or updates.
Finally, we have the “ElementName=Slidy,”, which just names the control that we wanted the value from. That’s it. There’s nothing secret going on behind the curtain, just a simple specification of the element to bind to, and which direction the data should travel. Pretty simple, huh? It definitely saves you the time of writing individual event handlers each time, that’s for sure.
In this post, I discussed the fact that there is now inline data binding in Silverlight 3. I also demonstrated how to effectively bind data in code. You should be able to see my example application running below. If it is not displayed, you can view the Silverlight 3 Element Binding demo here. You can download the code for this Silverlight Element Binding example here.
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Yes, you can make your condo building smokefree
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Want to make your condo building smokefree? You can.
The bottom line, according to a detailed column in The Washington Post, is that you need to amend your condominium documents. There are a lot of hurdles to doing so, but it’s feasible.
To avoid issues of secondhand smoke infiltrating nonsmokers’ units, it’s a good idea.
Wrote lawyer Benny L. Kass:
In condominium law, there is a hierarchy that must be followed by the board of directors and by a judge if there is litigation. The highest priority is a state’s condominium act. The condominium laws in the Washington area are designed to provide some flexibility for associations to adapt their rules to their particular situations.
This is good information because secondhand smoke seems to be an increasing problem in multi-unit dwellings. Here at Smokefree DC, we get a steady stream of calls and emails from people who are at their wit’s end because of a neighbor’s smoke entering their apartment. One person who called had moved out while trying to resolve the issue.
That’s just wrong. The right to breathe clean air should trump the so-called “right” to smoke anytime. And just fyi, there is no constitutional right to smoke.
When condos have detailed rules preventing everything from loud music late at night to noxious cooking odors, it just makes sense to add secondhand smoke to the list of nuisances must be curtailed if bother others. After all, secondhand smoke isn’t just a nuisance — it’s a well-documented health hazard.
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A recent Aberdeen study shows only two-fifths of marketers use videos as a strategy.
Everyone is banging on about it - so how come marketers are talking the talk but not walking the walk?
This could be mainly down to three factors which are holding back businesses.
The first is the lack of confidence - marketers don't want to be first to take the risk when they can spend their budget else where on a more "reliable" form of activity.
The second is resources, with businesses not having the expertise to produce their own content.
The third and final, is the skills or personnel for the creative ideas in order to execute the campaign.
Why should marketers be using video?
Younger generations are 'switching off' their TVs for their mobiles - according to a Google-commissioned Nielsen study, more than half of US 18 to 49-year-olds class themselves as a 'light' viewer or don't subscribe to a TV network.
This goes hand in hand with the amount of people owning a smartphone. In the UK, eMarketer predicts that two-thirds of the population will use a smartphone at least once a month by 2020.
Tips on creating video that resonates with your audience.
- If you are creating video content make sure it looks good on a phone screen as three-fifths of video content is now consumed on mobile.
- Make sure your video tells a story and at least makes sense without the sound - I always find myself scrolling past videos without the sound and widely circulated research suggests that 85% of video on Facebook is watched on mute.
- Don't hide your brand and make sure product or service gets some solid screen time! Short video content can be sometimes known as "snackable" content and it's important to include your brand within this. A Facebook study says users watch an average of around 10 seconds of any given video.
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Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill
Sep 14, 2017
Originally published on September 18, 2017 11:24 am
On Wednesday came a "Medicare for All" bill from Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders — his attempt to push single-payer health care, long one of his favorite causes.
In a Wednesday op-ed in the New York Times, the former presidential candidate wrote about single-payer health care as a moral issue, giving it his familiar populist framing.
"We remain the only major country on earth that allows chief executives and stockholders in the health care industry to get incredibly rich, while tens of millions of people suffer because they can't get the health care they need," he wrote. "This is not what the United States should be about."
Spoiler: It's not going to pass this Congress. But with 2020 (already) on people's minds, single-payer seems primed to be something Democrats will be talking about for the next few years.
So here's a quick primer on what is in Sanders' bill — and why it matters, despite being dead on arrival.
The basics
Sanders' plan is a "single-payer" plan. That means the government will be the "single payer" on any health expenses. Right now, there are lots and lots of payers in the U.S. health care system — insurance companies, the federal government, states and so on.
"Medicare for All"? Not quite. Sanders calls his plan "Medicare for All," but that's more of a handy slogan than reality, as this plan would greatly expand Medicare and overhaul it — for example, it would greatly expand the type of coverage offered and also eliminate deductibles, copays and premiums. Private insurance companies are also currently a part of the Medicare system. That wouldn't be the case under Sanders' plan.
Phased in over time. The Sanders plan wouldn't extend insurance to all Americans immediately; rather, it would do it over four years (and would, as stated above, greatly change the program). The first year, the Medicare eligibility age would be lowered to 55. That would move to 45 and then to 35 over the following two years, until finally, in the fourth year, everyone would be covered.
Covers all sorts of things. Sanders proposes generous coverage that goes well beyond what Medicare currently covers, and even well beyond what many people's private insurance plans cover. His plan would cover dental and vision care, for example, which are, for the most part, not covered by Medicare.
Payment is unclear. A generous plan that covers all Americans is going to require more revenue. There's no exact plan for how to pay for Sanders' bill, but he did on Wednesday afternoon release a list of potential payment options. Among the proposals: a 7.5 percent payroll tax on employers, a 4 percent individual income tax and an array of taxes on wealthier Americans, as well as corporations. In addition, Sanders' plan says the end of big health insurance-related tax expenditures, like employers' ability to deduct insurance premiums, would save trillions of dollars.
But even with all of those potential revenue-boosters, Sanders may still fall far short of the total amount of money needed to pay for his ambitious program. Altogether, his estimates of how much money his funding mechanisms would generate totals up to around $16 trillion over 10 years. In a 2016 report on his presidential campaign's "Medicare for All" plan, the Urban Institute estimated that the plan would cost $32 trillion over 10 years.
What problems would it solve?
Reducing the number of uninsured. (Duh.) A byproduct of universal health care is that, well, people are universally covered.
Out-of-pocket spending: up or down? This would most likely vary from person to person, according to one health care expert.
"The dollars they're currently paying out of pocket would go down, but government costs would go up substantially," said Linda Blumberg, a senior fellow in health policy at the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. "So depending on the person's income and the way the program is financed, which is not in this proposal yet, people's taxes are likely to go up substantially."
For some people, the tax increase will exceed what they're saving on out-of-pocket costs — looking at Sanders' proposed taxes, this may apply to high-income people. For other people, the savings could exceed any tax increases.
Health care costs: up or down? It's hard to answer this one, as some aspects of this plan would push costs down, while others would push it up.
"The single-payer, government-run system has the potential to control prices much better than our current system," said Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. With a simpler system would come lower administrative costs, making health care much more efficient, for example; and the government would negotiate drug prices, bringing health care costs down, as well as the price per service.
On the other hand, getting rid of those out-of-pocket costs has the potential to push overall spending up.
"More people would be covered — and that would drive up spending — and having no deductibles and copays will sound great to patients, but it means that people will be going to the doctor a lot more than they are now, and that will drive spending up," he said.
The politics
This bill will not pass. ... And Sanders knows it, as NPR's Scott Detrow wrote in August. "The whole thing is more about political framing — getting Democrats to the point where this would be a top priority whenever the party is back in power," Detrow wrote.
Political signaling. Sanders' bill is the latest piece of evidence that Democrats are moving further and further to the left on health care. Sanders is an independent who considers himself a "democratic socialist," but he caucuses with the Democrats. His popularity in the 2016 Democratic primary signaled a party willing to move further left.
Sanders didn't win over a single co-sponsor when he introduced a similar measure in 2013. On Wednesday, he had 16, including several other high-profile Democratic senators who are being talked about as potential 2020 presidential candidates, including California's Kamala Harris, Massachusetts' Elizabeth Warren, New Jersey's Cory Booker and New York's Kirsten Gillibrand.
Positioning themselves as proponents of socialized insurance could help Democratic candidates win over some voters in the party's base. Now they each have video for their possible 2020 primary campaign ads, speaking next to Sanders during Wednesday's rollout in support of his bill.
But people on the left disagree on how central single-payer should be to Democrats' messaging going forward.
"A commitment to universal health coverage — bringing in the people currently falling through Obamacare's cracks — should definitely be a litmus test," wrote Paul Krugman in the New York Times in August. "But single-payer, while it has many virtues, isn't the only way to get there."
Single-payer has grown more popular, but polling is tricky. Recent polls have shown that the idea of single-payer has grown more popular in recent years. But as with a lot of issue polling, people's opinions on single-payer are pretty movable, as NPR reported in July. Tell them about the potential for higher taxes, and support for single-payer slips substantially. Tell them about the potential for lower administrative costs, and support grows.
Republicans appear eager to do that. On Wednesday they were already branding "Berniecare" as the latest Democratic push for socialized medicine and higher taxes. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., called it "a complete Washington takeover of America's health care system."
Sanders dismissed those attacks. "You, the Republican Party, have no credibility on the issue of health care," he said Wednesday. "In the last few months, you, the Republican Party, have shown the American people what you stand for when you voted for legislation that would throw up to 32 million Americans off the health insurance they have."
NPR congressional reporter Scott Detrow contributed to this report.
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Accessories and decorations allow you to create a space that is entirely your own. Even something as simple as a piece of artwork to hang on the wall or a new throw blanket to drape over your sofa can make a dramatic impact on the look and feel of the room. But how should you decorate? We’ve broken down 10 different decorating styles to help you find out which style your interests match. (Don’t be afraid to mix and match, either! Your home should be a reflection of things and styles that inspire happiness for you, so use these as a starting point and make them your own.)
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With bountiful natural light, a calming color palette of cool blue hues against crisp clean white, and nature-inspired additions like shells, rope, and lush plants, coastal decor is well-loved for its light and airy feel reminiscent of carefree days at the beach. Nautical accents like a striped area rug or anchor decorations continue the breezy seaside feel.
This minimalistic, clean style focuses on the subtle beauty of neutral colors and clean lines. Blending straight and curved lines in your space allows simple items to create a modern feel. Color should be added in as accent pieces, like throw pillows, a color block clock, or fun wall art, with the majority of the room being adorned with neutrals like grey, tan, or white shades.
Mixing different styles, colors, and decor pieces inspired by a variety of time periods creates the fun mix that is eclectic style. While mixing different items together for this style may seem as simple as throwing together random pieces, it actually often requires careful planning to make sure the different looks work together to create an atmosphere and aesthetic you love. The goal here is to curate a collection of objects that are unique, but work together in harmony to avoid creating a space that feels cluttered and overwhelming.
Farmhouse’s rustic, reclaimed feel combines vintage or distressed items with delicate accents like potted flowers and airy open shelving for a timeless look. Using benches for seating at the kitchen table, adding a greenhouse reading nook or room, and adding outdoor elements inside like a wooden sliding barn door for a room are all fun options when decorating your home in a farmhouse style.
With its exposed brick and metal ductwork, industrial style is the raw, beautiful trend people are obsessing over. Popular for historic industrial buildings turned into apartments or townhomes, commercial spaces, and more, this design style highlights the beauty of raw materials. Often people choose to accent the brick and ductwork with minimalist, yet interesting, lighting options (like Edison bulbs and fun pendants) and colorful accent pieces.
Simplicity is key when it comes to minimalist design. This style is clean, uncluttered, and open—allowing the beauty of items in their simple forms to shine. Furniture or accent pieces with eye-catching geometric lines, neutral colors, and a high-quality feel keep this style interesting yet uncomplicated.
Modern style refers to design trends popular in the 1930s-1950s when the clean lines and simplicity from Modernism influenced the decor in homes. This term is often confused with contemporary, which is very different in that it refers to the current time period and is constantly changing based on timely trends. Straight lines, warm or neutral colors, and a focus on balance and harmony make modern decor a desirable choice. Often rooms that are decorated in modern style are neutral with pops of color in the form of abstract art on the walls or colored throw pillows.
Shabby Chic
Mixing well-loved vintage pieces with soft, feminine colors and textures creates the charming style that is shabby chic. Known also as “vintage chic”, this style often mixes elements from farmhouse and french countryside designs. Pastel colors, soft textures such as lace, and vintage accents like gently distressed wood furniture and delicate China dinnerware pair together to create a timeless aesthetic for a home that is welcoming and appealing.
Try adding a painted vintage mirror to your room to take advantage of the decorating potential mirrors have when placed correctly. Remember to keep the reflection in mind when placing it, as you want the reflection to be pleasant and make the room feel larger.
Nothing feels quite as elegant and inviting as traditional style. With warm colors, sophisticated detailing, and a subtle nod to historically beautiful styles, rooms decorated with a traditional style are timeless and welcoming.
An easy way to add a decor element that makes a big impact is window treatments. Choosing floor-to-ceiling window panels, elegant swags, or patterned cornices are a few options for appealing, traditional options.
If your style is traditional, yet you still love modern accents, transitional might be the perfect fit for your home. As the term suggests, transitional style is a blend between traditional and contemporary. It combines the beauty and intricacy of traditional styles with the clean lines and art deco-inspired pops of color. Transitional style is known for its elegance and harmony, which appeals to a variety of audiences. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '44', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9218284487724304}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '434692', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:WLSBSCCWILPRVDOCL6TXVOPJ6TJOW4N5', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:641543d9-4c22-4d42-b083-09b5630ff9b6>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 19, 9, 57, 12), 'WARC-IP-Address': '13.249.44.63', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:JQNGFCMSTVE7RBPQNL2MNMKP5TRFXWXT', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:26304ac1-98fe-4e82-9472-ce661f15f0eb>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.realsimple.com/shop/home/decor-a1493661962.html', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:8bb5c5de-7eb4-4235-8e02-61fb0aae75db>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '881', 'url': 'https://www.realsimple.com/shop/home/decor-a1493661962.html', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-04\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for January 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-154-0-44.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.023341357707977295', 'original_id': 'a803f149f028b2167ffeac0decb435b09ba171b4cd44487be2f93c058a864c17'} |
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Fair and Festivals in India
India is an extremely rich country that attracted many invaders from Asia and Central Europe those invaders left their impression on this fascinating land, the religions of India and India's lifestyles are more than 40 centuries old. As a result of these things, now India celebrates more fairs and festivals in comparison to any other nation in the world. It is believed that India celebrates a festival every day. The fairs and festivals are the essence of any Indian tour and these festivals fall in different months as listed under.
Vasant Panchami, Bikaner Festival, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Float Festival, Thai Pusam, Pattadakal Dance Festival, Id-ul-Fitr, Lohri, National Kite Festival, Desert Festival.
Goa Carnival, Mahashivratri, Desert Festival, International Yoga Week, Nagaur Fair, Deccan Festival, Elephant Festival, Taj Mahotsav, Chapchar Kut, Surajkund Crafts Mela,
Gangaur, Holi, Ramnavami, Jamshed-e-Navroz, Mahavir Jayanti, Id-ul-Zuha, Khajuraho Dance Festival, Hoysala Mahotsav, Elephant Festival, Ellora Festival,Jaigurudev Fair
Easter, Baisakhi, Ugadi or Gudi Padva, Maharram, Pooram, Buddha Purnima, Good Friday, Mewar Festival.
Hemis Festival, Ganga Dussehra
Guru Purnima, Rathyatra,Jaigurudev Fair
Onam, Janmashtami, Nag Panchami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Rakshabandhan
Tarnetar Mela
Durga Puja, Navratri, Marwar Festival, Dussehra
Diwali, Sharad Purnima, Ka Pomblang Nongrem, Guu Purab, Pushkar Fair, Sonepur Fair, Hampi Festival
Konark Dance Festival, Christmas,Jaigurudev Fair
Famose Festivel And Fairs
This is the most popular and biggest festival of India. celebrated by hindus as a symbol of victory of goodness over evil.
Another major festival of India, Holi is celebrated with enthusiasm and joy on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun which is the month of March as per the Gregorian calendar.
Rakhi is basically a bond or thread of protection embellished with the love and affection of a sister for her brother. celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana in India
Pushkar Festival
Pushkar is a unique and Internationaly Famous Festival & a major attraction of India Tour, known for its colorful cattle fair when thousands of devotees from all faiths assemble to take a dip in the holy lake of puskar.
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Why Are Independent Voters Coming Into So Much Focus?
Instead of the crucial midterm elections this year, which is essentially a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency thus far, there are many factors that people are looking at. How will Donald Trump perform with minorities, the college-educated and suburban women? How will the Democrats be able to take back some of the states that Trump carried in the 2016 presidential election? While countless factors influence the outcome of an election, one often forgotten about constituency is the independent voter. The voter that cannot vote for Trump, but cannot fully align themselves with Democratic policies either. Why are they coming into so much focus this year?
Independent voters can often swing an election based on who they vote for. An example of independent voters having a profound impact is the 2016 presidential election. One of the most popular candidates in the entire election cycle was independent senator out of Vermont, Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders caucuses with the Democrats, but he was widely popular with independents. Unfortunately, Bernie Sanders did not get the required amount of delegates to win the Democratic nomination. That vote went to Hillary Clinton.
Many voters saw Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump as two sides of the same coin. They weren’t your typical politicians, and they were two people that many people felt they could relate to on a personal level. Many independent voters ended up voting for Trump because they could not relate to Hillary and they did not like her career in politics. All of those votes that the Democrats could have had were lost because of the outside perception of the independent vote.
In today’s vastly divided country, the independent vote could matter now more than ever. Whether it is the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh or any of the policies that come towards the house, there is always bound to be at least two opposing views. However, independent voters cannot easily be swayed, and that is why they are independent. The past two Republican presidents, Donald Trump, and George Bush, both narrowly won the independent vote.
Independent voters are becoming more important now than past years. Democrats haven’t been winning the argument with independent voters so far. If we continue to see this trend, it is very likely that those voters will have a made up mind next election.
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How Exactly Is Social Media Changing the Future of Politics in the United States?
Social media is currently influencing all aspects of the lives of human beings. Social networks have already had significant impacts on the lives of humans in social and economic aspects. There is an increased probability that social platforms will soon have impacts on the political aspect. Here are some of the ways through which social media is changing the future of United States politics.
Unfiltered Speech
Traditionally, individuals have only been able to get the formal speech from politicians which is highly edited. This means that people will never get the actual and real picture of the original speech. However, everything is changing, and people are accessing unfiltered speech. This can easily be seen through President Donald Trump who tends communicating what is in his mind through the social platforms.
Reducing Cost of Political Campaigns
Political campaigns in the United States are sometimes very costly, especially when a politician has to travel across the country seeking for votes. It is common for presidential candidates to raise political campaign funds. However, social media platforms are providing a platform where politicians can reach all the country with a free Facebook post. Others are marketing and communicating their manifestos through free YouTube posts and Twitter among others.
Customized Political Messages
For a long period, politicians have been finding it difficult to deliver a customized message because of the mixed demographics in the cities. However, this is changing fast as social media analytics have helped a larger number of politicians to reach a particular group of voters. For example, most of the individuals using social media in the United States are people below 30 years. A political message can be customized for them in a simple and effective method.
Politicians can easily get feedback from their constituents. A political message posted on social platforms will attract a considerable number of responses. United States politicians can read through the response messages and respond appropriately, which will allow easy transfer of information between voters and politicians.
Weighing Public Opinion
Public opinion is an essential aspect of the United States political field. Most of the politicians use consultants to conduct opinion so that they can determine how constituents are responding to their issues of controversy or political messages. Messages can be adjusted in real time if public opinion highlights negative perception from the public.
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What Does The Future Of Politics Look Like Through Millennials’ Standpoint?
The world that millennials grow old in will likely be a far cry from that experienced by their parents. Some external issues like the rise of the gig economy, the threat of climate change, and the difficult situation of occupational automation mean that they’ll be forced to come to grips with some seismic changes. But what worries the next generation of politicians is how little millennials seem engaged with politics. This is in large part due to a growing sense of cynicism within this generational group. There’s a growing understanding that politicians of all stripes don’t represent their interests, but that doesn’t mean that millennials will necessarily be disengaged with the political process. It could instead signify some rather seismic shifts in attitudes towards long-standing political traditions.
Massachusetts state senator Eric P. Lesser graduated college in 2007 and was first elected into office at the young age of 29. He believes that makes him uniquely qualified to speak about millennial attitudes towards politics, and he thinks the jaded philosophies and myriad stresses of millennials could cause them to turn away from aging but experienced political figures and put their support behind younger politicians who have yet to become compromised by the system.
“As a young person right now, you are perfectly poised to make that argument that you are not part of that entrenched structure that got us in the mess we’re in,” said Lesser.
But that increasing sense of isolation that millennials feel towards older politicians could fundamentally come to alter the very notion of political parties as well. Campaign chair Eloise T. Kaehny has worked closely with students to improve voter participation among younger citizens, and she foresees a wave of philosophy that puts issues above party. Where “Republican” and “Democrat” could once be used as steady identifiers for an individual’s political orientation, she believes that voters today will be focusing instead on a more issues-driven approach to party participation. This could, in turn, result in more engagement on a local and grassroots level as they focus more energy on engaging issues that directly impact their communities.
Both Kaehny and Lesser were speakers at “Millennials and the Future of American Politics,” a panel held by the Harvard Institute of Politics focused on millennial issues. And while the panelists may have come from different backgrounds, the mood was largely optimistic. The understanding was largely one that millennials aren’t disengaged from politics but are instead just engaging in new ways.
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What Is Socialism, And How Does It Relate To Capitalism?
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Podcasts To Follow For Politics
In today’s age, the ability to remain current on a variety of topics has become more accessible than ever, with information being readily available in countless forms. One medium that has taken on a new form in recent years are podcasts. In short, podcasts are audio files that can be found on the internet and is available to download to one’s computer or smartphone. In general, podcasts are recurring pieces that cover a popular or controversial topic. One industry that has made significant use of podcasts is politics. Podcasts have allowed working professionals in politics to voice their viewpoint, resulting in a significant number of political podcasts. With this in mind, it is important to learn about some of the podcasts that are offered, and how they differ from others.
The Federalist Podcast
Based off of an online magazine, the Federalist podcast provides their conservative viewpoint on a host of topics. What makes this podcast appealing to many Americans is its ability to view politics from the conservative standpoint, and not solely from one party. As a result of this approach, the Federalist podcast continues to be a popular choice for politics.
Pod Save America
As a podcast featuring former employees of President Barack Obama, Pod Save America dives into current events in politics. Because of their work with the former president, the podcast focuses on a left-leaning analysis of anything going on in the world of politics.
Left, Right, and Center
The podcast titled Left, Right and Center takes a different approach than many other political podcasts by bringing three people in, all with different political affiliations, to discuss some of the more recent politics stories. What makes the podcast exciting is the ability of the speakers to discuss such controversial topics without it becoming overwhelming while bringing interesting insights to the table. Left, Right, and Center allows listeners to hear the different sides of politics in a new way.
Originated from the publication, Politico, Nerdcast provides another show that does not significantly lean either way in politics. Instead, the podcasts’ host regularly has guests on the show with differing political affiliations, thus providing a show that analyzes all sides of a debate.
For anyone who is beginning to become interested in politics will often find that a podcast, like the ones discussed above, could help them learn more about the topic and its influence on today’s society.
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The Rural Vs. Urban Split In Politics
The most recent presidential election demonstrated that there is a deep divide between rural and urban communities based on political beliefs. Hillary Clinton had significant support from the large cities in America, and she did very poorly in rural areas especially in areas in the heartland of the nation. On the other hand, Donald Trump’s main areas of support were in areas outside of urban areas. He did well in rural areas and suburbs, and this allowed him to win the election.
After the election, the big cities that have a more liberal political identity attempted to pass city ordinances which expressed a more liberal agenda. Some cities enacted measures increasing the minimum wages. Some other cities tried to defy the new administration’s laws concerning immigration. Other cities have attempted to enact environmental legislation that bans plastic bags.
Cities are finding that in many instances that their efforts are being resisted and repealed by the more conservative state legislatures. In the American political system, there are levels of precedence in the law. Federal law supersedes state laws, and state laws supersede city ordinances.
There are a few examples. In the state of Arizona, a couple of the larger cities attempted to ban the toys that come in Happy Meals from McDonald’s. The idea was that the toys made the children want to go to that restaurant and therefore they would eat less nutritious meals. The state issued a law stating that cities could not ban these toys thus overturning city ordinances.
Another case in point is the state of Mississippi. Rural Mississippi is one of the most conservative areas in the United States. When some cities in Mississippi sought to regulate sugary soft drinks, state lawmakers stepped in and made it illegal for any city to place regulations on the soft drink industry.
Some of the greatest division between rural and urban communities has occurred over the issue of transgender rights. In some southern states, the major cities have passed transgender non-discrimination bills. The state legislatures and those in rural communities immediately passed legislation to overturn these transgender bills.
Over the next few years, there will continue to be a great divide between the more conservative rural areas which still make up the largest portion of some states, and the more liberal urban areas of states that want to implement a progressive agenda.
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What Are The Biggest Differences Between The Democratic Party And The Republican Party?
Politics is a thick and messy intellectual quagmire to navigate. If you find yourself unable to decide which political party your ideals are more aligned with, take a look at three of the biggest differences between the Democratic and Republican parties.
Women’s Reproductive Rights
Notice that this section isn’t labeled simply “reproductive rights.” This is because, for the Republican party, reproductive rights are only an issue if you’re a woman. The Republican National Convention recently reaffirmed their political position to be opposed to the freedom of women to control their reproductive rights with regards to abortions. Republican lawmakers have worked tirelessly for years to put forth legislation would make it so abortion clinics would have to relocate or close entirely, essentially destroying women’s access to abortion methods across the country. The focus of their attacks has been Planned Parenthood. Alternatively, Democrats have been long supporters of women having control over their reproductive system with the most recent Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, running on a platform of demanding women retain control over their bodies.
LGBTQ Rights
Republicans consider themselves to be the party of the religiously dedicated. They have been opponents of LGBTQ rights, including gay marriage. More recently, Republican president Donald Trump signed a bill to ban all transgender citizens from serving in the armed forces. Additionally, once the Trump administration began to take over the White House and implement their agenda, the LGBTQ section of the White House website disappeared, sparking controversy and suspicion. Democrats have a long history of not only standing by the LGBTQ community, but Democratic lawmakers and presidents have shown a steadfast dedication to preserving the rights that the LGBTQ community has fought so hard to achieve while expanding them for future generations.
Climate Change
Climate change is a topic that has been turned into a political talking point instead of being recognized as the immense global threat that it truly is. The Republican party has decided to go against intelligence, science, and the facts presented by 99% of the world’s scientists to say that climate change is a hoax. Republican president Donald Trump has even pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement which was struck between several industrialized countries who vowed to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions in the hopes of slowing the damages of climate change. Meanwhile, Democrats have been at the forefront of many movements with regards to advocating for lower carbon emissions, a turn towards greener and more renewable energy sources, and have openly accepted the scientific community’s findings that climate change is a real event that we are currently experiencing.
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SCT Basic Info
What is it?
A fairly simple but very configurable mod that adds damage, heals, and events (dodge, parry, windfury, etc...) as scrolling text above you character model, much like what already happens above your target. This makes it so you do not have to watch (or use) your regular combat chat window and gives it a "Final Fantasy" feel.
Where did it come from?
The idea and base code came from the healthbar mod. I liked that mod a lot, but it really didn't do all that I wanted. So I decided to use it as a base to create my own mod purely as a learning experience. I've continued to work on it and think its now stands on its own merits, with almost none of the original code still intact.
What's it look like?
What can it do?
- Damage messages
- Heals
- Spell Damage/Resists and Damage Type
- Dodges, Blocks, Parries, Absorbs, and Misses
- Custom Colors for all text events
- Config file to setup custom events (self and target), capture data, and display it.
- Debuff/Buff gain and loss Messages
- Low Health and Mana Warnings with values
- Rage/Mana/Energy Gains
- Enter and Leave Combat Messages
- Rogue Combo Points, 5 CP Alert Message
- Warrior Execute and Paladin Hammer of Wrath alerts
- Honor and Reputation Gain
- Four Animation Types (Verticle, Rainbow, Horizontal, Angled Down)
- Four Fonts to choose from
- Ability to flag all text with * to more easily seperate it from target damage
- Ability to show events as text messages at the top of the screen
- Ability to set the scroll direction to up or down
- Ability to flag any event as critical
- Sliders for text size, opacity, animation speed, movement speed, and on scren placement
- MyAddons, Cosmos, Cosmos2 support
- Settings saved per character
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How Do You Create Short Braided Hairstyles?
How Do You Create Short Braided Hairstyles?
To create a braided crown with short hair, part the hair on the side, curl the hair, add product, roll the bottom of the hair in the back of the head, braid two sections in the front of the head and tuck the ends into the roll. Braiding short hair takes roughly 30 minutes and requires a curling iron, hair product and bobby pins.
1. Prepare the hair
Starting with clean, dry hair, and create a side part. Apply a finishing cream or mousse to the hair, working the product through to the ends.
2. Curl the hair
Curling straight hair before braiding gives it the needed texture. Use a 1-inch curling iron to curl all of the hair.
3. Roll the hair
Section off the hair from the ear forward all the way across the top and sides of the head. Starting on one side, grab a section of hair, and roll it. Work across the back of the head, tucking and rolling, until the center is reached. Use bobby pins to secure the rolled section. Repeat the procedure on the other side.
4. Create the braids
Separate the loose section of hair into two halves; the third segment is provided by the side below the part. Working with the back section, create an inverted French braid, working down the side and toward the back of the head. Tuck the end of the hair into the roll, and pin in place. Repeat this procedure for the front section of hair.
5. Roll back the side
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Egypt Independent
Al-Azhar battles on several fronts
In March 2010, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, holder of a PhD in philosophy from France's prestigious Sorbonne University, was appointed Grand Imam of Al-Azhar. His ascendance to the highest religious post in the Sunni world raised hopes that liberal reforms would finally reach Al-Azhar, which had seen more conservative schools of thought make inroads in recent years. As expected, Tayyeb quickly began changing the curriculum, searching for ways that Al-Azhar could engage in dialogue and help bridge the gap between Islam and other cultures.
With the ouster of Hosni Mubarak and the subsequent emergence of Islamist factions in the political sphere, Tayyeb’s project has begun to creep outside of Al-Azhar’s gates. Over the course of the last year, Tayyeb, born in 1946, has vigorously participated in Egypt's new political life, pushing his own progressive vision of the state. But his endeavor has not been unopposed. Even as Tayyeb's political influence grows, fellow clerics dismiss him as "a dictator" who wants to "hijack" Al-Azhar.
Egypt Independent sat down with Mahmoud Azab, professor of comparative languages at Al-Azhar and one of the most influential minds on Tayyeb’s team, to discuss the Grand Imam’s project.
"Al-Azhar seeks to amend Islamic culture and free it from the impurities that have accumulated over the last quarter of a century," says Azab, Tayyeb's advisor for dialogue. "[Al-Azhar] calls on everyone to rally under its umbrella."
Like his boss, Azab holds a PhD from the Sorbonne, with his degree in Semitic languages. He had taught in France for almost 14 years before he heeded Tayyeb’s call to return to Egypt and serve as his aide in July 2010.
It was the decline of Al-Azhar, the traditional bastion of moderate Islam, that allowed "disqualified," "unaccredited," yet "wealthy" forces to dominate the religious sphere, argues Azab in an oblique reference to the allegedly Saudi-funded Salafi movement.
In the mean time, Azab agrees with many observers that intransigent thought has found its way into Al-Azhar through scholars who, like millions of Egyptian professionals, have spent time living and working in the Arab Gulf countries, which is the seat of Wahhabi thought.*
"Al-Azhar lives in the Egyptian society and on the Egyptian soil, not in the sky or in Mars. Its scholars, students and workers are affected by whatever affects the rest of the society," says Azab, although he believes that such conservative professors constitute a minority.
To reinvigorate Al-Azhar, Tayyeb has revamped the curriculum by reviving the tradition of teaching different schools of jurisprudence. "Al-Azhar will return to its heritage of being open to pluralism so we can have graduates of better caliber," explains Azab.
Al-Azhar speaking politics
A few months after Mubarak's ouster, Tayyeb threw himself into the political arena by issuing an eleven-clause charter in which he declared the institution’s official position on the prospective political order. The declaration, dubbed the Al-Azhar Document, was the outcome of deliberations with fellow clerics and intellectuals with different political and religious leanings.
The document envisaged a "modern" and "democratic nation-state" based on a constitution that ensures full separation between the different branches of the state and guarantees full equality for all citizens regardless of their religion. The document also stipulated that the universal principles of Islamic Sharia should be the primary source of legislation, a blow to Islamist movements that insist that specific Islamic commandments should shape the law.
The charter, which appeared at a moment of frequent feuds between secularists and Islamists, was hailed as progressive and reconciliatory. Tayyeb also succeeded in bringing together these different groups in August and having them endorse his charter as a set of guidelines for the new constitution.
While Tayyeb’s detractors claim that Al-Azhar should not interfere in politics, Azab refuses to describe such moves as "political." In his opinion, Tayyeb and his team are engaged in a "national" mission to heel rifts. He emphasizes that they maintain an equal distance from all political players.
"Al-Azhar is like a father and a reference authority," Azab says. "It does not side with anyone at the expense of the other."
Earlier this month, Al-Azhar released another progressive charter endorsing freedom of expression, belief, creativity and scientific research. This second document appeared after provisional electoral results showed Islamist parties winning over two-thirds of parliamentary seats. Salafis now make up almost one-quarter of the People’s Assembly.
"As we are coming out of an era of weakness and fragmentation, Al-Azhar believes that all social, cultural and scientific aspects of life need to be rearticulated in a robust way…This is what a revolution means for Al-Azhar," Azab says, adding that Al-Azhar is contemplating the issuance of more charters that seek to resolve contentious issues such as women’s rights and the economic system.
By releasing such documents, "Al-Azhar is trying to protect society from a particular jurisprudential trend that may change people’s lives and what they have been used to for decades," says Georges Fahmi, a PhD candidate with the European University Institute and an expert Salafi jurisprudence in Egypt’s religious institutions.
"It is not to protect the status quo but rather to defend an enlightened interpretation of Islam that does not contradict values of modernity," he adds.
The rise of Islamist political parties has inspired fears that new parliamentarians may overhaul Egypt’s legal system and social norms to create a strictly religious state like Saudi Arabia. Women, non-Muslims, tourism and the banking system are some of the people and institutions that are most likely to be affected if such a change occurs.
Al-Azhar law: A point of contention
As soon as Mubarak stepped down, Tayyeb pushed for the amendment of the notorious 1961 law, which brought Al-Azhar under the full control of the president and gave the president the right to appoint the Grand Imam. His demand has been supported by all political factions, including liberals and Islamists.
With this in mind, Tayyeb appointed a commission of legal experts and religious scholars to draft a new bill. Earlier this month, the final draft was referred to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which put it into effect by issuing a military decree. This decree was published in the official record dated 19 January. It included other cabinet-designed bills on the regulation of the presidential elections and development in the Sinai Peninsula.
But according to Sobhi Saleh, a member of the recently-elected People’s Assembly, these laws risk being deemed unconstitutional because they were issued only four days before Parliament was inaugurated. "There was no urgent need to rush and issue these laws," says Sobhi, who is a member of the Freedom and Justice Party, which holds more than 40 percent of seats in the People’s Assembly. "They [draft bills] should have been presented to the People’s Assembly first."
"These decrees do not prevent the People’s Assembly from revisiting the laws, abolishing or amending them," he adds.
Sobhi says that his party supports the law that ensures the independence of Al-Azhar. "We support the philosophy of this law," he said. "But if the wording is flawed, vague or bears multiple meanings we will fix it."
The law emphasizes the political and financial independence of Al-Azhar, and it upholds the 1,042-year-old university and mosque as the highest religious authority. It stipulates that the Senior Scholars Authority shall be reinstated to issue opinions on social and legislative matters that have a religious or moral dimension and to elect the grand imam. But no grand imam shall be elected unless the post is vacant, but the law does not stipulate a retirement age which means that Tayyeb has the right to stay in office indefinitely. It also grants the imam the right to appoint the members of the first SSA.
The law has already drawn the ire of many Al-Azhar clerics, who argue that it aims at tightening the grip of Tayyeb and his team on Al-Azhar.
On the first anniversary of the 25 January Revolution, Sheikh Hashem Islam, a member of Al-Azhar’s fatwa committee, stood on one of the stages erected in Tahrir Square and dismissed Tayyeb as a tyrant and a dictator.
As soon as he stepped down, a grey-haired man angrily criticized him and accused the sheikh of seeking to replace the moderate scholar with a fundamentalist one. "You want to hand Al-Azhar over to the wahhabis!" he shouted.
Islam yelled back: "Al-Azhar has always been a symbol of moderate Islam. What you are saying is the propaganda of the [disbanded formerly ruling] National Democratic Party and Mubarak."
"We cannot accept being ruled by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb," said Islam. "He is another Hosni Mubarak with a turban and a robe."
While Tayyeb's academic credentials are unquestioned, he is haunted by his ties with the old regime and his disapproval of anti-Mubarak protests during the 18-day uprising.
"This law was drafted secretly and Tayyeb did not consult anyone on it," Islam told Egypt Independent from Tahrir Square. "He is deliberately isolating scholars whether in drafting the Al-Azhar Document or in the law…Plus, the timing of drafting the law raises doubts. He is stealing Al-Azhar," he said.
After the revolution, several coalitions of young Azhar-sanctioned preachers emerged to demand Tayyeb’s sacking and the independence of the religious institution. They had formulated their own bill, which eases eligibility conditions for the SSA. In the meantime, some rebellious preachers argue that the grand imam should retire at the age of 70.
Azab responds that Al-Azhar's leaders are the ones who should be making such decisions. "Being an imam or a professor who graduated from Al-Azhar is not enough to decide how Al-Azhar should be," says Azab. "Al-Azhar has a grand imam and the IRA that discusses its issues."
Some of these nascent coalitions include Al-Azhar clerics who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood or endorse the Salafi thought. Such political connections have raised fears that the movement seeks to mute Tayyeb’s moderate voice and replace it with a hardcore Islamist one.
“Tayyeb has an institutional interest in grabbing the independence of Al-Azhar before the political regime falls into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood or Islamists in general,” says Fahmi.
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IMT-95: Security Solutions-2014
IMT-95: Security Solutions-2014
Assignment – A
1. What are the two types of fabrication?
2. What is the difference between Secret Key Cryptography (SKC) and Public Key Cryptography (PKC)
3. Define the different types of IDS.
4. What is preprocessing in IDS?
5. What is Heuristics in IDS terminology9
6. Define the primary components for the multitier IDS architecture.
7. Define the various sensor deployment patterns in detail.
8. What is a spanning port?
9. What are ephemeral port numbers?
10. Define fragmentation and path MTU discovery.
Assignment – B
1. What are the advantages of using HIDS?
2. Differentiate between source address spoofing (inbound traffic) and source address spoofing (outbound traffic).
3. What are the different types of IDS architectures?
4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using an IDS agent.
5. How can network-based IDS be implemented in a heavily switched environment? Discuss the various options available.
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Exercise 1:
Write a brief related to the following 2 questions :
1. How will the decrease in oil prices affect the world economy in 2016?
2. What will be the impact on the economy of Saudi Arabia?
· The brief should be short: 4 to 5 paragraphs in total. Each paragraph should have 4 to 5 lines maximum
· Information can be found on the web
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Fitness is something that aligns and serves all parts of you—body, mind, spirit. What is "healthy" for one is not necessarily so for another. The latest health trends are enticing, but they may do more harm than good if they are not functional to your unique needs. I aim to help you better understand your own state of health, your level of fitness, your individual needs. My goal is to offer guidance that will be relevant to you, that you can realistically explore in efforts to transform your behaviors and maintain them in the long run. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '10', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9414321184158324}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '78693', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:ELCCK3NAXWHU7EG7DNSDS6H5X6ZRZH4A', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:2ec201d1-0eb8-42ec-9ef2-e71acf5bfdeb>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 14, 16, 51), 'WARC-IP-Address': '198.49.23.145', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:PAD4NHEL4BRQM66RT4GWWAOI3V3ZD47J', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:971ba666-d737-4364-98ee-752e37c7c694>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.nourishyourlifts.com/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:83933c5a-1f4b-4084-9a6d-d8566b900cdd>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '179', 'url': 'https://www.nourishyourlifts.com/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-146-95-138.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.02244281768798828', 'original_id': '2ec19c3a3a0399e055d706e498579d832a7d0459c554edaadd36b6779d9feead'} |
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The Department of Culture and Heritage provides grant and contribution funding to non-profit community-based organizations, individuals, and municipal corporations who direct their efforts to the promotion, protection and preservation of Nunavut’s culture and heritage, official languages, and activities that support elders, youth.
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What are the different stages in the property buying process in Berlin and how long does it take to complete your purchase?
→ Buying a property in Berlin is simple, straightforward and can be a relatively quick process in comparison to elsewhere. To begin the purchasing process, the buyer will pay a 1% holding deposit which gives them 4 weeks in which they have the exclusive right to complete the sale. This is something many of our international clients often aren’t aware of as it is quite unique to Berlin and Germany.
Once a deposit has been paid, it is then time for the buyer to appoint a lawyer and they can be English-speaking if necessary to make it a highly transparent process. With the paperwork all in place, the lawyer checks through all of the necessary documents and a notary appointment is arranged. The contract is then read line by line with all parties present, and with a translator present if necessary, giving the buyer a better understanding of what they are buying, what their responsibilities and rights are etc. and ultimately provides the buyer with a full understanding of their purchase.
This process of the contract being read aloud and in person isn’t necessary if the buyer gives the lawyer power of attorney but many people choose to do it because it makes the process feel real and tangible.
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The Resident Evil series is already known for its famous (infamous?) doors, and these new doors were almost surely the result of a lot of careful toil and consideration. I bet there was a whole team that worked on them. Month after month, just getting those doors nice and polished. We can’t ship until the doors are working, guys. Gotta pull some overtime and finish up the doors.
Kirk Hamilton on Kotaku
I’ve watched Markiplier play Resident Evil 7 and I agree: the door gameplay is amazing.
A spooky white door, barely ajar
What? It’s definitely gameplay. You can start to go through the door, then pull back, maybe let the monster on the other side go through it. Open it at any speed. Sometimes there’s a left and right door to choose between. If you watch a YouTuber, you’ll see they’re way more scared of opening doors than fighting enemies or exploring dark rooms. Doors are lacquered dread. The hesitation to go through them reminds me of playing System Shock 2, crouching beneath a bar with gun in hand and thumb in mouth, listening to a hybrid moan and thump by the window. I’m scared just doing nothing.
I never thought I’d champion doors for next-generation gameplay, but here we are. What else could this hardware generation enable?
I can only show you the door
While Resident Evil 7 has great doors mechanically, they’re obviously “video game doors.” Locked doors can’t be bashed in and you have to use the correct key (which is sometimes a scorpion). Lockpicks only work on certain cupboards when you’ve got a shotgun and an ax and the occasional bomb. Not every game can be Red Faction, but bending the rules would make for interesting gameplay.
You could search the creepy Baker Mansion for the three dog heads that open the front door, or you could aim that shotgun for the hinges and knock it into the courtyard. You’d waste a ton of ammo, immediately wake up every monster in the house, and have the pissed-off family coming for you all at once, but it’s just a door. It’s not made of Wolverine’s bones.
It’s the smell, if there is such a thing
Resident Evil 7 (sorry to keep picking on it) doesn’t communicate the noxious smell of the Baker Mansion through gameplay. Ethan does occasionally remark on it as he comes across a dozen flensed pig carcasses, but it never means anything. He doesn’t gag and walk slower when he’s sickened. There’s never a trail of odor that lets you track the monsters. Or is that impossible because it’s constantly nauseating?
A 20-something son, father, and mother around a dinner table piled with disgusting animal entrails
Games that do use smell as a mechanic treat it as a distinct mode: Batman’s detective vision, or the eagle vision in Assassin’s Creed. I don’t want a Smell Blaster Audigy card, but how about something like the light gem from Thief? It’s tough to implement, because smell is similar to the “insanity meter” situation where the game tries to tell you how you’re feeling. Horrifically grimy houses like the one in RE7 might make a smell sensor overkill: it’s pretty clear you’re smelling gunk and guts all the time. But nature-focused open-world games might benefit from letting the player discreetly know “hey, I smell a rabbit nearby.”
Not so much for “hey, I smell a fetid pile of human corpses that have been decaying in the humid Louisiana swamp for two years.” | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9380443692207336}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '7305', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:6WDS5ZA573YQP33CKGQI6F7ZZDEJOCWF', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:a11ba59b-1020-4c2d-82f0-0c0151ee7047>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 12, 58, 38), 'WARC-IP-Address': '104.27.132.193', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:6ZDZSXAOCASYQF3YSFN5ICUCNF7V72HS', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:986b32d3-378a-4bc1-91c7-75c440225e19>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://jordan.roher.me/blog/2017/that-next-next-next/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:6863f8b0-5212-4ff4-adbc-0dadd562daf0>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '584', 'url': 'https://jordan.roher.me/blog/2017/that-next-next-next/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-81-186-35.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.022922515869140625', 'original_id': 'b0dabcc3764c65a96f5f666bf10ed5c1191fef09249fddc77e8a1b6826a525e3'} |
Dhaka, Friday, 14 December 2018
Bangla Insider
Invincible Sheikh Hasina
Syed Borhan Kabir
Published on : 12 April 2018, 10:00 PM
Invincible Sheikh Hasina
The decision taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel the whole quota system is bold, prudent, risky and visionary. Any other politician would have thought ten times before making such a declaration and many would have been in dilemma over the analysis of ‘but’ and ‘if’. But Sheikh Hasina has told the nation clearly what she thought and decided. Winston Churchill remarked that the common people see the normal scene of the incident; the intellectuals observe the consequence and the politicians create the incident. The real reflection of this statement by Churchill, who got defeated in the British election after World War II, was last seen on April 11, 2018.
It is said about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, she speaks straight, and she does not talk diplomatically. She terms the black as black, the white as white. This was the main criticism against her at different times both at home and outside. And with the passage of time, this has turned out to become her biggest asset. All the voters of Bangladesh know that she is straight and she says what she believes. This is why people believe Sheikh Hasina. And people do not see her like ten other politicians. And this is the reason all the protesters seek her promise when they stage any demonstration or movement.
They do not have confidence in anyone else. Because the ministers forget in the evening what they said in the morning. What Sheikh Hasina says, does that. This is a great achievement of politicians. This time, the protesters of the quota reform movement also wanted the statement of the Prime Minister.
There were many risks behind announcing this decision. There were possibilities of many reactions against such an announcement. Students could have rejected the decision to cancel the whole quota. They would have showed their logic saying that they did not want to cancel the quota, rather they wanted a reform. As a result of this decision, the children of the freedom fighters, the backward population and the small ethnic groups could have started a separate movement.
Considering all these risks, I do not know if such a decision could be taken by any other leader other than Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina accepted the risk. Sheikh Hasina accepted the risk because she can read the hearts of the people and she also understands the heartbeat of the people. That`s why she has the courage to take the risk. General politicians think about how people think, and the prudent politicians know what people think. Sheikh Hasina takes the decision going beyond the personal interest. Rather she takes the decisions considering the interests of the people and thinking about the people. Therefore, what is difficult for other leaders is easy for Sheikh Hasina. Had the Prime Minister thought, if the quota was canceled, what would happen to the students of her party, what effect would it have in the upcoming election—she would not have been able to make this decision. She thought that quota debate needs to have a formal termination.
And before this debate ends, this method needs to be ended. There would be new discussion over the issue of the women, the backward population and the children of the freedom fighters. Everyone will sit together and a new set of principles will be adopted based on the consensus of all. Everyone including the job seekers will have their say about the quota cancellation and other relevant issues. Every decision will be taken based unanimously. And the Prime Minister has opened the gate to end this long debate.
Once again, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has proved that she is the only leader in Bangladesh. She is invincible.
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Here's the 2016 Lexus GS-F, and here's some perspective for when your buddies call it a BMW M5 rival.
The GS-F is just about the least new new car to come out in a while, being not much more than a Lexus RC-F drivetrain in a GS body.
The key difference between the GS-F and the RC-F is that while you can get the RC-F with a rather enjoyable mechanical Torsen differential, the GS-F comes standard with Lexus' electronic controlled clutch pack I don't know what 'Torque Vectoring Differential,' which is interesting to read about but not all that great to drive as we recently found out in the RC-F.
Here's Lexus' press copy on the TVD from their last release on the RC-F so you can see what I mean.
It is the world's first torque-transfer type torque-vectoring system for a front-engine/rear-drive vehicle. The electronically controlled Lexus TVD optimally distributes torque to each rear wheel regardless of whether the accelerator is pressed or not. The Lexus TVD is unique in using precisely controlled multi-plate clutches rather than the vehicle's brakes to vector torque.
The design aim was to make optimal use of the vehicle's yaw moment when turning, resulting in the feeling that the direction of travel and the direction of the vehicle are perfectly aligned.
Electronic control and precision electric actuator motors, adjusted in units of 1/1000 second, ensure the appropriate amount of torque is distributed to each rear wheel.
TVD enables torque transfer to be generated regardless of how large or small the engine torque is, creating a yaw moment around the centre of gravity of the car.
If you're wondering, yes, the TVD requires its own ECU.
But hey, the GS-F is 300 pounds lighter than the M5! The GS-F weighs 4,034 lb according to Lexus while the F10 M5 hauls around 4,387 lb, or 4,354 if you get the manual.
The drawback is the GS-F comes with 467 horsepower and 389 lb.-ft. out of its naturally-aspirated 5.0 liter V8. The M5 comes with 560 horsepower and 500 lb.-ft. by contrast.
I can't wait to see the GS-F in Detroit next week, where I will have a baseball bat waiting for anyone who says it looks like Predator.
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The Longest Ride (2015) Movie Script
This is the one and only
PBR World Final!
Luke Collins is young, easy on the eyes,
and a magician on a bull.
But right now,
he's about to face his ultimate demon.
He is about to ride a bull
who needs no introduction.
This bull has 74 consecutive buck-offs.
Las Vegas,
you know who I'm talking about.
This is Rango!
And he is ready to rock and roll!
Let go!
Wait a minute!
Luke Collins is down.
Hey, do you guys know where Sophia is?
No, sorry.
Tell them to save our seats.
- Did you see Sophia?
- She's in her room studying.
But you're not gonna get her to go.
Hi, Marcia. Thanks for not disturbing.
I have a present for you.
Wait. You were serious?
Do I look serious?
No, you look ridiculous.
Come on, Soph. They're so much fun.
I can't. I have work to do.
It's second semester senior year.
Your grades are stellar.
You already have a job lined up
in New York.
An internship.
All of the work and none of the pay.
Half the house is going.
I don't see myself as a rodeo gal.
Fine. It's not the rodeo,
it's bull riding.
There's a difference.
You're missing the point.
Hot guys, I know.
No, not "hot guys."
The hottest guys you have ever seen.
But I'm not wearing those cowboy boots.
So, this is it?
Yeah, this is it.
"The toughest sport on dirt"!
Yeah, I need a hot cowboy.
Oh, my God!
What was that?
Look at that guy in the chute.
Fans, we're gonna go now
to the Ridin' Dirty bucking chute...
where we have got local hero Luke Collins
from Walkertown, North Carolina!
Go, Luke!
He's a three-time
PBR World Finals champion.
For over a year,
an injury has sidelined him.
But he's back.
Currently ranked 52nd in the world.
He has a long way to go.
You ready for this?
We'll see.
And today,
he will be riding Sweet Thang.
Let's go!
Yeah, go!
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have ourselves a champion.
Yeah! That's my boy!
I feel like I should stand!
Luke Collins now moves up...
to 48th in the world standings.
Keep it.
Work it, girl.
- It's so big on you.
- I know.
Nice riding, cowboy.
Of course, my grandma could have
made the eight on Sweet Thang.
It's good to have you back, Luke.
It was getting too easy without you.
Hey, buddy. I'll be right back.
Hey, Larry.
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you here.
Luke, hey, man. How are you doing?
Congratulations, man.
I know it feels good to get a win
under your belt, doesn't it?
- Sure does.
- Yeah.
Let me ask you.
You need to come visit us.
I wanna introduce you
to some good folks from PBR.
Important folk. Come get a beer.
You got it. I'll be right behind you.
Yes. Okay.
You had a good night.
But it's a long way back to the top.
I got a hat just like that.
Yeah. Sorry.
No, you hold on to it.
Looks better on you.
Like this?
May I?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Nice to meet you, Sophia.
Can I get you a drink?
You were the big winner tonight, right?
I think I should be the one
buying you a beer.
Oh, no.
Doesn't work like that where I'm from.
You're buying.
- Hi!
- There you are.
I've been looking all over for you.
This is Marcia. She's my...
Sorority sister.
BFFs, if we're speaking technically.
You are gorgeous.
- Time to put you in a cab.
- What?
I just need everything
to stop spinning for a sec.
I'm gonna be sick.
- What?
- I think I'm gonna be sick.
- How sure?
- High 90s.
- Yeah. We got her.
- Okay.
I should take her home.
Yeah. Probably a good idea.
I would say that I'd call you...
but I have a feeling,
where you come from...
it just doesn't work like that.
That's right.
I'll call you?
You're telling me that he has called you,
and you haven't called him back?
I'm moving to New York in two months.
What's the point?
What's the point?
Have you gotten a good look at him?
Those shoulders, those eyes.
That's the point.
Okay, look.
I am starting a new chapter of my life.
I do not need any distractions.
Sophia, you are literally
the only girl I know...
who wouldn't have a fling with a cowboy.
Straight to voicemail.
Straight to voicemail.
Hey, Luke. It's Sophia.
I was wondering if maybe you wanted to
hang out sometime...
or grab coffee or something.
No, I'm okay.
Well, I guess I should
just let you go, then.
I'm just messing with you, Sophia.
How about dinner?
You mean, like a date?
Yeah, like a date.
Most guys, they just say,
"What are you doing later?"
Or they text late at night,
"Hey, come over."
Yeah, well, call me old-school.
Should I meet you somewhere?
No. I'll pick you up at your place.
Does 6:00 work for you?
- Hi.
- I know you.
Marcia, right?
The last time I saw you...
you were a little blurry.
- You can come in.
- Thank you.
She's upstairs getting ready.
Thank you.
So sweet.
He's even bought her flowers.
Shall we?
- Good night, ladies.
- Good night, you guys.
Oh, my God!
I want a cowboy!
He is so hot!
You never said
you lived in a sorority house.
Yeah, well, it's the cheapest rent
on campus.
Is it like I would imagine?
How would you imagine?
Pillow fights in your underwear.
No. Come on!
We don't wear underwear.
- I got you, a little.
- You did.
Okay. So where are we going?
That's a surprise.
It's breathtaking.
Well, aren't you full of surprises?
I can't believe you made dinner for me.
Well, Amy made dinner.
- Who is Amy?
- Smokin' Amy's.
Best barbecue in North Carolina.
I kind of got into that
and classical, which is so strange.
I know. It's weird. It's totally like...
How did a girl from Rutherford, New Jersey
end up in the middle of North Carolina?
Yeah, something like that.
I ended up getting a scholarship
down here, so I couldn't pass it up.
Scholarship? Pretty fancy.
I kind of knew that
tips from my dad's diner...
weren't really going to cut it.
I just...
I love art.
I love everything about it.
I love studying it.
I love the culture that it brings...
and the whole human experience...
just all wrapped up into one.
Anger, sadness...
love, passion, acceptance...
Never mind. I don't know.
What about you?
Tell me about you. What's your story?
No, mine's...
Mine's pretty simple.
Just keep winning events.
Make it to the top 35.
Go to Vegas. Make it to the finals.
I got some making up to do.
I got hurt last year.
What do you mean you got hurt?
All bull riders get hurt.
It's not "if."
It's "when."
And how bad.
How bad was yours? Serious?
I've got a few more years to ride...
before I'm just a washed-up bull rider.
I'm going to be the best.
- It's just all about winning?
- No, it's not all about winning.
Well, not entirely.
I've got a family ranch.
It's been a tough couple years.
My mom is kind of all on her own.
I just gotta keep making money.
Are you cold? You're cold.
A little.
Where are you going?
What do they call this nail polish color?
This would be "clear."
- Clear.
- Yeah.
Right. Clear. That makes sense.
It's good.
You are pretty smooth for a country boy.
Yeah, you.
Come on,
I saw the way those girls stared at you.
You think I'm that type of guy?
No one has ever
done anything like this for me before.
So, do you like North Carolina?
Yeah, I do.
- It's beautiful.
- Yeah.
I'm actually moving to New York
at the end of next month.
I got this job.
Well, it's an internship, actually.
But it's a pretty big deal.
It's at a gallery in Manhattan.
That's why it took me so long
to call you back.
I just didn't think
that this would even be a good idea.
I'm glad you did.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
This is just bad timing.
I probably should take you home.
Gonna rain.
Did you see that?
What is it?
Call 911!
Hey! Wake up!
Is he alive?
Here, hold this.
What did he say? "Box"?
I think you just saved that guy's life.
We both did.
Come on, I held the flashlight.
You were amazing.
I just hope that he's okay.
I'll take you home.
I think I'm going to stay.
Yeah, at least until he
gets out of the emergency room.
Then I'll wait with you.
No, it's fine.
And thank you for tonight.
Yeah, it was a...
It was a great night.
Kind of.
Good luck with everything in New York.
"April 10th, 1940.
"My dearest Ruth...
"Today started out like any other day.
"But when you walked in
to my father's store...
"so beautiful, so vibrant...
"I knew my life would
forever be changed."
You are the new family
the Rabbi has told us about.
From Vienna?
I am Hannah...
and this is my daughter, Ruth.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Sarah...
and this is my son, Ira.
- Good Shabbes.
- Good Shabbes.
Good Shabbes.
Good Sha...
The following days were consumed...
with plotting ways in which
I could talk to you...
now that you had found a home
in my small community.
But I wasn't the only one
seeking your attention.
This would take some more time.
He's awake, if you'd like to see him.
You have to eat something, Mr. Levinson.
It's the only way
you're going to get better.
I'm old.
I've had a heart attack...
a hip replacement...
surgery in both knees.
How much better am I going to get?
Who are you?
I came to drop this off.
How'd you get that?
From your car.
You asked me to get it for you.
Oh, you...
You pulled me out?
No, my friend Luke pulled you out...
but you asked me to go back
and get this box.
You don't remember?
Well, thank you.
Very much.
He seems to like you,
which is a first for him.
See if you can get him
to eat something, would you?
She has the coldest hands
I've ever felt.
I think she soaks them in ice water...
before she comes by.
You really should eat something.
I'm done.
Is that what Ruth would want?
How do you know about Ruth?
Did you read my letters?
What do you care?
You're done.
They're beautiful.
She was a beautiful woman.
In every way.
I can see why they
were so precious to you.
I haven't been able
to read them for years.
Even with my glasses.
Do you want me to read them to you?
But you have to eat first.
"May 25th, 1940.
"For the first time in my life...
"I was hoping the service
at the synagogue would be longer."
Excuse me.
Are you ever going to talk to me?
Excuse me?
I always see you there, lurking around.
I don't lurk.
You do lurk.
But then you never talk to me.
Am I so frightening?
No, I...
What you did to that poor rose
was unforgiveable.
You saw that?
Don't be embarrassed.
It was a lovely gesture.
Want to walk me home?
What about David Stein?
He can walk my mother home.
Vienna is beautiful and so cultured.
It has more artists than Paris.
At least it did before the war.
It must have been hard for you to leave.
Especially for my parents.
But it would have been worse
if we had stayed.
Everyone thought we were being foolish...
that my father was overreacting.
Now we can't even
contact our relatives anymore.
Sometimes I think...
what right do I have to be happy when
there's so much suffering in the world?
I guess you could say,
what right do you have to be unhappy?
For a country pumpkin,
you're quite philosophical.
It's a "country bumpkin"
not a "country pumpkin."
I think I prefer the way you said it.
Thank you for walking me home.
You're welcome.
It was a pleasure.
Do you want to go out with me sometime?
I'm free after Shabbat.
Wait. You want to go out tonight?
We're not getting any younger, Levinson.
You can wait there if you want.
"Forever yours...
You want me to read you another one?
Could you maybe...
Could you maybe come back?
Carolina Thunder's a good draw.
Sure you can handle him?
Savannah, Georgia fans,
put your hands together...
for the one, the only, Rango!
We will move our attention down
to the Cooper Tires bucking chute...
where Evan Matthews
from Summerville, Georgia is set to go.
He is about to face a bull
that needs no introduction.
85 consecutive buck-offs...
He is going for the Gold Buckle.
That looks familiar.
Let's go to Luke Collins.
If he makes a qualified ride
on Carolina Thunder...
he will crack the top 35
and punch his ticket to Vegas!
Let's go!
He comes down too early
in a costly mistake.
A mistake that could cost him
a trip to the World Finals...
and ultimately, a World Title.
You really gotta wonder...
where this guy is mentally right now.
The incident with Rango before he rode...
- Good ride, Luke.
- ...has affected his mental focus.
Damn it!
Return of the conquering hero.
Hey, Mom.
- You want eggs?
- No.
So, how did it go?
Well, you left the ring
on your own two feet.
So, it's a victory for me.
When are you gonna
stop the bull riding, Luke?
Mom, I told you, I can't.
So you forgot about your head injury?
I'm a grown man.
I just want you to get to be an old man.
You're scaring the hell out of me, Luke.
- Please just give it up.
- Don't worry.
So, what's going on?
I met a girl.
- You meet girls all the time.
- No.
This one's different.
I can't stop thinking about her.
She moves to New York in two months.
So, I guess that's that, right?
You soak your hand in ice water.
I do no such thing.
I'm the only person at the hospital
who still talks to you.
Am I interrupting?
I was just about to strangle him! But...
Strangle me before dinner...
so I don't have to eat
another hospital meal.
The sooner the better.
Enjoy his letters.
You look good.
Shall we?
"July 12th, 1941."
That was a good day.
"Dearest Ruth,
the memories of our adventure...
"are always dancing in my mind."
Seems like yesterday...
you helped me see the world
in a whole different way.
I don't know why you insist we get
all dressed up just to go to a movie.
In Vienna, everyone always dresses up.
Even just to stroll in the park.
It's elegant.
It is also July in North Carolina.
Let me show you something.
I have to show you something!
Ruth, we're going to be late.
It's by an artist in Black Mountain.
- What's Black Mountain?
- It's an arts college.
A whole movement,
right here in North Carolina.
And isn't it wonderful?
Such a personal landscape.
It's so direct and frank.
Simplified and distorted.
All at the same time.
Don't you love it?
I love how much you love it.
Come on.
What? No, no, no.
Excuse me.
All right. You want to dance?
Let's dance.
That kiss, our first kiss...
it was a promise of everything to come.
The days became months.
We ventured on weekends to new places.
Never once had I been on vacation.
Had I, though...
it could never have been
as memorable as these.
It's the first time North Carolina
has felt like home.
But yet,
with my most important student...
I am a total failure.
Ruth has fallen in love
with contemporary art.
Father thinks that art stopped
with Matisse and Picasso.
I don't think it stopped.
But it's taken a long nap.
You try and raise
your children right, Ira...
and they grow up
and think for themselves.
- Very good. Very good.
- It's tragedy!
It was nice seeing you talk like that.
Nothing would make me happier
than a lifetime of days like this.
Hey, Ruth. I need to ask you something.
I want a big family.
A really big family.
I've always wanted one
since I was a little girl.
With everything that's going on now...
I feel this need, this responsibility,
to bring life back into the world.
Sounds perfect.
You can ask me now.
I know I'm not a rich man.
Don't know the last thing about art.
All I can do
is promise to love you...
every second of every day
for the rest of my life.
Will you marry me?
Yes, yes, yes!
What took you so long?
Welcome to the family.
- Thank you.
- So good to have you.
"With love, Ira."
I'll come back tomorrow.
- Mr. Levinson?
- Do I know you?
Luke Collins.
Remember, off 119...
when you decided to
bust open that guard rail?
You saved my life.
Thank you.
Is this your Luke?
This is my friend Luke.
Your friend.
What are you doing here?
I found this on the floor of my truck.
Figured you might wanna
hang on to that one.
December 7th, 1941.
Nothing made me happier than knowing
we were going to be married.
But the world you and your family
had fled...
finally caught up to us.
The United States of America...
was suddenly
and deliberately attacked...
by Na val and Air Forces...
of the Empire of Japan.
- Promise me you'll come back.
- I will.
Promise me, Ira!
I promise.
Look at me. I promise.
Come back to me!
We can't just leave him out there.
Help! Help me!
Somebody help me!
I gotta save him.
Are you crazy?
Those Panzers are 200 yards away.
You'll never make it back.
I'll make it back.
I made a promise I have to keep.
You getting killed
ain't gonna help anyone but the Germans.
Help me! Please!
Oh, my God!
Can somebody help me?
Oh, shit.
Put your arms around my neck.
I gotta get back.
I gotta get back to Ruth.
That was goddamn crazy, Levinson.
Do you know that?
I'm very sorry.
When I came back from the war,
I wasn't the same.
I was fighting a bigger battle now.
And I couldn't honor the promise
I had made to you.
Your mother says you've been home
since Monday.
I can't pretend to know
what you've been through...
but I want to help.
Don't you think
I deserve an explanation?
I do.
You don't understand.
It wasn't the injury itself.
The wound got infected.
I ran a high fever for almost two weeks.
You need to see more doctors.
Get a second opinion.
Don't you think I've already done that?
There's nothing they can do.
This is my life, I have to accept it.
But I don't want it to be yours.
But there is still a chance.
I want to marry you.
If you marry me,
you may never have a family.
Are you honestly willing
to give that up?
The war was over...
and as far as I was concerned...
so was my life.
We're closed!
I know what you're doing!
You cannot tell me
what I'm willing to give up!
When you went to war...
I was here, clinging to the hope...
that you would come home
and we would get married.
Yes, and have kids.
But that's a dream, Ira.
You're real.
I don't know what the future holds...
but I know there's no future without you.
Unless you don't love me anymore.
And in that moment...
we both knew...
a chance at life together
was greater than the risk of being apart.
It was really nice of you
to bring that photo.
He sure has been through a lot.
Well, you take it easy.
It was really good to see you.
What are you doing right now?
That looks good.
- I'm ready.
- All right.
I'm so ready.
I'll give you the little stick.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Ladies first.
I'm still getting used to
your Southern gentlemanly ways.
I'm still trying to impress you.
It's kind of working.
A little.
Just don't let me win.
I enjoy good, healthy competition.
What are you doing?
You told me not to let you win.
So I'm going with plan B.
Yes! Sorry!
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
I love mac and cheese.
Comfort food?
What's your comfort food?
- Kol-what?
- Kolduny.
They're these super, super delicious...
Polish meat dumplings that my mom makes.
We serve them at the diner...
and I promise you,
with one bite of those...
it would put your mac and cheese to shame.
Is that an invitation?
No, no. Help yourself.
- No!
- Yeah.
Just a bite.
When did your parents come to the States?
Before I was born.
That's crazy. I couldn't have done that.
- Really?
- No.
You ride bulls for a living.
You could do anything.
Riding bulls has got nothing on
moving clear across the world.
- What?
- Yeah.
Your parents had to
adjust their whole life.
No, they didn't adjust anything.
Growing up with immigrant parents,
my life was always really different.
Everyone was always screaming
in weird languages...
I brought smelly, strange snacks to school.
My pants were too short always.
Pants still are too short.
Growing up on a cattle ranch,
everybody I knew was the same.
Everybody you know is
fourth generation cattle ranchers.
- I'm jealous.
- Why?
I wanted to be like everyone else
when I was little.
The reason I like you is because
you're nothing like everyone else.
You're not so bad yourself.
I think before I met you,
the closest thing I came to cattle was...
Steak? Time to get you on a bull, then.
- A bull?
- Yeah.
No way!
One bull, one time.
No! How about one horse, one time?
We could do that.
- Next week.
- Okay.
- I've got an idea.
- Uh-oh.
- It's so good.
- What?
So good! Come on!
What? Where am I going?
- Where are we going?
- You'll see.
- After you.
- Wow. Thank you.
- Crazy face.
- Yeah.
Yeah, that looks good.
Thank you.
There you go.
Put your feet in. Grab the reins.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Pull back on those reins.
Come on.
Hey, there we go!
Oh, we're going backwards!
This is awesome!
Yeah, there you go, just like that.
Lay your hands down.
How are you doing that?
Why am I bouncing so much?
Ease up on those reins a little bit.
All right.
Atta girl!
I don't think you can keep up with me!
I have to admit
you're pretty good on a horse.
Well, thank you.
But I don't know...
I bet you couldn't beat me to the barn.
I wouldn't go that way!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Come here.
I tried to tell you.
I know you did.
Well, this is home.
Wow. This is nice.
- Really nice.
- Yeah.
The shower's right in there...
and there should be towels
and everything.
Hey, Sophia?
Did you want soup?
Oh, you make soup, too?
Kind of.
Soup, soup, soup...
Oh, my God.
Come on.
There you go.
Put your hands right here.
The goal's pretty simple.
All you gotta do
is hang on for eight seconds.
There's nothing to it.
Yeah, some bulls are nice like that.
This is... Yeah, okay.
Excuse us, sorry.
So how do you know
which one you're gonna get?
You don't.
You pick from a bowl.
And the fan favorite
from Walkertown, North Carolina...
Luke Collins!
Number four is the chip you selected...
and that is Gunpowder and Lead, Luke.
Jared Middleton reaching in...
and pulling out chip number two.
You have Asteroid.
- That's impossible!
- Yeah!
You can only touch
with your riding hand.
All other touching's against the rules.
Okay. I got it.
Let's go!
If you are off balance even a little,
you lose points.
But if you control the bull,
you get style points.
Is that how you do the hand? That?
More or less.
The bull is judged too,
on speed, agility and power.
Whether it bucks or blows out,
turns back around on you.
Some bulls are just plain mean.
And others...
Others are monsters.
Let's brave the storm.
Let's do it.
This is certainly better
than the hospital, isn't it?
How are you feeling?
The better question is, how do I look?
Very handsome.
All I care about.
Hold on one second.
Hi, Sophia. This is Adrienne.
Hi, Ms. Francis.
My client has an exhibit in Charlotte
next weekend.
Can you be there?
Yeah, I'd love to. That sounds great.
This could be a real opportunity for us.
I'll email you the details.
All right, I'll talk to you soon.
Bye, Sophia.
Thanks, bye.
Good news?
The woman I'm working for this summer...
she has a client
with an art exhibit in Charlotte...
and wants me to help her out.
I didn't know
you had an interest in art.
Only since I was, like, five.
Ruth also loved art.
Yeah, I remember the story
with the painting in the hotel lobby.
You've heard of Black Mountain College?
I'm doing my senior thesis on it
right now.
That's where I was headed...
when I got in that fight
with the guardrail.
Are you sure this is how
you want to spend your honeymoon?
I promise you're going to love it,
I promise!
I'd rather we'd just stayed in bed.
You weren't able to engage your passion
for contemporary art...
in our little town...
so Black Mountain College was a godsend.
It's so amazing!
Really look at your work
to understand it.
But I want to be able to
control the accidents...
and not leave them to fate...
or the Lord or chance,
whatever you want to call it.
I teach you to see.
Then even an accident
will have purpose...
and direction.
Oh, I love it!
For over 500 years,
artists have been reproducing...
quite literally
what they see in front of them.
Then Kandinsky came
and broke all the rules, all of them!
I love it!
I can't believe we met Josef Albers today.
It's just a bit further.
You all right?
You ready?
You like it?
From one happy day to the next...
You said you love the house, right?
we began the process
of creating a life together.
- Doesn't look like anyone's home.
- No, I don't think you should go in.
- Ira!
- What?
Well, let's just use the key.
No! Oh, my God!
You wonderful person!
Wait, wait, wait. Come here.
Yeah, there.
First thing you see when you come in!
Life was busy and happy for us.
I took over my dad's booming business...
and you found a job
teaching at the local school.
Who understands this, huh?
Look at this!
You're all on your way
to becoming math geniuses.
Solve the problems on the board.
If you have any questions,
please ask.
Wow, it sounds like you made her
very happy.
I did.
For a while.
His first cowboy hat.
That is so cute!
Never took it off.
He ate in it.
He slept in it.
He even tried to glue it to his head
so it wouldn't come off!
He broke his arm riding a calf
when he was seven.
I found him sneaking into the barn
at night to practice...
hanging on with his non-cast arm.
Even then, I couldn't get him
to stop riding when he shouldn't.
Hey. There you go.
Thank you.
That's Luke's dad, Jack.
He was a great man.
Great rider, too.
Even if you stop now, you'd still have
a better career than he had.
What happened?
He died of a heart attack.
Yeah, almost five years ago now.
How about a little dessert?
Luke, wait till you see
what I made for you.
Sophia, it's worth the calories.
How come your mom keeps talking
about you giving up riding?
She's just being an overprotective mom.
How bad did you get hurt?
- Sophia...
- No.
I know all riders are bound to get hurt.
That's right.
They say all bull riders
are either stupid or crazy.
Yeah, and which one are you?
I don't know. I guess a little of both.
What are you doing?
This is a new painting by an artist
that Adrienne Francis represents.
You know, the woman I'm interning for?
$80 grand, really?
A lot of people think he's a genius.
Yeah, he most certainly is...
getting people
to fork over $80 grand for that.
Are you sure that you wanna
go to this gallery showing in Charlotte?
You want me to, right?
Of course.
Then I'll be there.
Yeah, but you're riding that afternoon.
I'll be there.
Wow! Don't you look nice!
Never seen you in a coat and tie before.
Yeah, doesn't happen too often.
Oh, that's my boss, Adrienne Francis.
I gotta go. Okay?
Yeah. Go.
Hi. Sophia. Nice to meet you.
Hopefully, Sophia will be joining me
in New York, and my team.
You usually find these sort of things
in process art or lenticular prints...
but it's very rare in brushwork.
That is what makes this piece so special.
If you have any questions, let me know.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Just one second.
It'll be worth twice that
a year from now.
At $20,000, it's a steal.
- Sure.
- Good.
Do you wanna get it?
- Let's do it.
- Okay.
I'll fly you to New York.
See the space, meet the team.
These are some very important people.
So if you can't do it, don't say yes.
I know you have finals
and other commitments.
I'd love to.
This is the most important thing to me.
Oh! Luke, hi.
This is Adrienne Francis.
Adrienne, this is my boyfriend, Luke.
- Nice to meet you, Ms. Francis.
- Nice to meet you, Luke.
Are you in college with Sophia?
No, never made it to college.
Luke's a professional bull rider.
I've never met
a professional bull rider before.
Probably not too many in Manhattan.
Are you an art lover, like Sophia?
No, I can't say that I am.
What did you think of tonight?
Of course.
I think there's more bullshit here
than where I work.
I like him. Keep this one.
How could you say that to her?
It was a joke.
To the woman who's gonna be my boss?
To the woman who I hope
is gonna launch my career?
- That lady? Come on.
- No, you come on.
You know how hard I have just tried
to fit into your world.
Why can't you try to fit into mine?
I do!
It was a joke, okay?
She thought it was funny.
- She laughed.
- You don't know that.
What if she was just trying
to be polite?
Does this make sense?
How are we gonna make this work?
Do you really see yourself
living on a ranch?
Working a ranch the rest of your life?
And what am I gonna do?
Move to Manhattan?
Go out with your artist friends?
Go to brunch?
Talk about squiggly lines
on a white canvas...
like they're more than
squiggly lines on a white canvas?
I know all of that, I do. I get it.
I just...
I just don't know how to make this work.
I don't know either.
But I know that I want to.
Are we just crazy?
Do you think it could work between us?
We just come from such different worlds.
But I've never felt this way
about anybody before.
Not everybody gets that.
You did.
It wasn't that simple.
As the years went by...
I could see how much
she wanted to start a family.
We tried to adopt.
But it wasn't so easy back then.
Now, today we're going to learn...
about my favorite...
It's called Pippi Longstocking.
If anyone teases him about this,
they'll have me to deal with.
Good morning.
My name is Ruth Levinson.
I'm Daniel's teacher.
I came here because
I'm slightly concerned.
He's falling asleep in class.
We were surprised to learn...
that Daniel McDonald was being raised
by a half-brother and his wife.
Neither seemed to care
if he ate or starved.
He's a very bright boy.
Infinite potential.
Maybe I could tutor him after class?
All right.
Are you a wolf?
No, ma'am.
Are you a bear?
No, ma'am.
Are you a boy?
Yes, ma'am.
Boys use knives and forks.
Yeah. Okay.
What star is that?
The North Star, Polaris.
Good. Look.
"That was because she didn't want to
turn around to get home.
"When she reached
Tommy's and Annika's gate, she stopped.
Pretty soon, the tutoring was every day.
And sometimes he stayed for dinner.
We never said he was the child
we could never have...
but even so...
What do you think?
She's making her son dinner. Right?
I hate taking him back there.
Why can't we adopt him?
Because they're his legal guardians.
There's nothing we can do.
- Did you speak to the lawyer?
- I did, and that's what he said.
They don't care about him. They don't!
They're his next of kin
and they're proud people.
They're not gonna let us
take Daniel away.
There must be something more we can do.
We better go.
You be good. Okay, pal?
Maybe I'll raise chickens...
or work at the factory.
If that's what you want.
You can be anything you want,
Daniel McDonald.
Anything at all.
A farmer, a lawyer, an astronomer.
You're a very clever boy.
- You really think so?
- Yeah!
I know so.
All right, come on.
I'm just saying goodbye.
You can't stop me!
I'm just saying goodbye!
I know you are, sweetheart.
Let's go back to the car.
There's nothing we can do.
There's nothing we can do.
Please reconsider. Please reconsider!
There's nothing we can do.
He deserves better than this.
Sweetheart, get in the car.
- They don't care about him.
- I know they don't.
They don't care about him!
What was I supposed to do?
Fight for custody.
From a half-brother
in small-town North Carolina?
Come on. We wouldn't have had a chance!
And who knows
what they would've done to Daniel.
We were a family.
We are a family.
Ruth, you are my family.
I wanted kids too, you know.
We never saw Daniel again.
Oh, my God.
Luke Collins is trying to come around.
The bull fighter's taking the bull away
in the other direction.
I think he's gonna be okay.
He's trying to get up. He is!
Let me get him something
to make him feel a little bit better.
264 on three bulls!
Luke Collins is your clear-cut winner.
He's awesome.
...number nine spot in the world.
Are you okay, Luke?
I'm fine.
- Have an amazing time in New York.
- Yes, I will.
You impressed Adrienne,
you'll impress her team.
Okay. Gotta go.
- This is what you've always wanted!
- I know!
Bye! See you on Monday.
Hey, babe.
I'm walking to the taxi right now.
Sophia, it's Luiz.
- Hi, Luiz.
- Something's happened to Luke.
Hi, can I help you?
I need to see my boyfriend,
Luke Collins.
He came in an ambulance earlier.
I need to see him.
I'm sorry. Only family can visit.
Okay. Can I at least know how he is?
His condition is stable,
but he's getting an MRI.
He took a pretty hard fall.
If you wanna take a seat,
I'll check with the doctor.
I'll let you know.
Thank you.
So, are you light-headed, dizzy?
I'd like you to stay overnight
for observation.
Sweetie. What are you doing here?
I came as soon as I heard.
Aren't you supposed to be in New York?
No, no.
I should be here.
Thank God you're okay.
I'm fine.
You're lucky to be alive,
is what you are.
I just got a little dizzy, that's all.
you need to stop downplaying
the severity of your condition.
If you care about your friend,
you need to make him understand...
that his riding days are over.
What is he talking about?
I'm tired, okay?
Can we just talk about it tomorrow?
Ms. Francis,
I am so sorry about all of this.
Please, Sophia.
I understand you can't meet the team
this weekend, given the circumstances.
And I do hope Luke is okay.
Yeah, me, too.
I don't know when I'm gonna be able
to come to New York.
Oh, really?
Wait a minute. You're not
rethinking the internship, are you?
Look, Sophia.
I think you have a bright future
ahead of you...
but you're going to have to figure out
for yourself what that's going to be.
I know.
World Finals qualifier
from Walkertown, North Carolina...
Luke Collins!
And he is ready to rock and roll!
Let's go!
Luke Collins outside in the middle,
rocked over!
He is just... Wow!
A double flip somersault
face-plant into the dirt.
You've gotta get him out of there!
Yeah, no doubt about it.
He took a devastating shot right there...
by one of the PBR's best.
Our sports medicine team
are coming in right now...
to take care of the young man
from North Carolina.
Talk about your scary moments.
The degree of difficulty here
is impossible to calculate.
The official buck-off time,
4.7 seconds.
Right now,
our medical staff is attending.
That's fine, right here.
No. It's fine, please. Thanks.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
I'll take the bag.
No, I got it.
Thank you.
I'm really sorry.
I know how hard it must be
to give up that whole part of your life.
You're kidding, right?
You heard the doctors.
Doctors don't know everything.
Are you crazy?
I watched what happened to you
on YouTube.
You were in a coma for 10 days.
I told you, every time a rider
gets in that chute, he could die.
That's bullshit!
Your situation is different!
You have to quit!
- You have to!
- I can't!
I can't be with someone
if every time they walk out the door...
I don't know if I'm gonna
see them again!
Then that's your choice.
Yeah, I chose you!
I chose you over New York!
Over my internship.
I chose you over everything.
I didn't ask you to change your life.
You can't expect me to change mine.
This is what I do.
It's all I know.
This is my life.
I thought this was our life.
I can't watch you ruin it.
- Right upstairs.
- Thanks.
How was...
How was New York?
I never made it.
And I broke up with Luke anyway.
I'm really sorry. Come here.
Come here.
How can I help?
Take my mind off of it.
What happened
after that fight over Daniel?
Are you sure you don't wanna talk about
you and Luke?
Yeah, I'm sure.
It's a scary thing.
How the people you're closest to...
can so quickly become...
I can't do this anymore.
I'm going crazy.
I know it's not your fault.
I have to go.
- No, please don't!
- I just need to say something.
I need to say something.
I fell in love with you
the first time I saw you.
You're just the most amazing,
beautiful girl I ever met...
and somehow...
I don't know, somehow you chose me.
But how I loved you then...
it's nothing compared to
how I love you now.
Now, I love you
with everything inside of me.
I think you should go.
I love you so much,
I just want you to be happy.
Even if that happiness
no longer includes me.
Love requires sacrifice.
And from that day on, Sophia...
it wasn't exactly happily ever after,
but it was pretty close.
We focused on celebrating
all the wonderful things we had...
rather than regretting
the things we didn't.
Every anniversary,
we would drive to Black Mountain.
I still wrote Ruth letters...
even though I saw her every day.
So many wonderful years.
But, of course, not nearly enough.
The paintings
Ruth and I had collected...
only served as a reminder
of what I had lost.
So I packed them away.
Can I help you?
My name is Andrea McDonald.
I believe you knew my husband...
Daniel McDonald?
He collapsed in his classroom
early one morning before school.
A brain aneurysm.
That was six years ago.
I'm very sorry to hear that.
Thank you.
He was a teacher?
A professor.
Physics and astronomy
at the University College London.
I moved back to the States
a few years ago.
When I saw your wife's obituary
in the paper...
I knew I had to bring you this.
It meant a lot to him.
You did everything you could with Luke,
You sacrificed.
I have loved spending time with you.
You've made me very happy.
What are you doing up so late?
I won tonight.
Puts me fifth in the world.
Are you really gonna start on me now?
The mistakes you make are your own.
Mistake? Jesus, Mom!
These risks you're taking...
I don't know why.
I'm just trying to keep this ranch
in the family.
For you.
For me?
This isn't about me.
Where are you gonna live?
If we don't have this place,
where are you gonna go?
Do you honestly think I give a damn?
You're doing this for yourself.
It's eight seconds.
That's all it is.
That girl could be the rest of your life.
Sophia Danko?
Yes. This is she.
My name is Howie Sanders.
I'm the attorney for Ira Levinson.
I've been trying to reach you.
What is it? Is he okay?
I'm sorry, Ms. Danko.
He passed away late last night.
Ms. Danko?
Are you all right?
Mr. Levinson's art collection
is being auctioned off next week.
This is a private auction,
and is by invitation only.
And Ira asked if you would attend.
Yeah, of course.
I know this is short notice.
But it's important to know...
he was very fond of you.
I was very fond of him, too.
I'll send all the information along.
It was nice to finally talk with you.
Thank you.
Tonight we're gonna be watching
the top bull riders in the world.
This is the one and only PBR!
Time to meet your top 15 contenders!
Beingled out by the number-one-ranked
bull rider in the world...
from Oklahoma, Jared Middleton!
Boy, what a fight it has been...
between him
and the man from North Carolina...
Luke Collins!
It has been an epic battle
between those two...
for this title!
But don't count out men
atop that leaderboard!
We will now go atop the shark cage...
for our championship-round draft.
Ryan Dirteater, you will have Smackdown.
We will see you soon.
Now over to Billy Robinson,
the talent from Virginia.
Billy, let's find out
what bull you will face.
You are going to face Bushwacker!
Now to the fan favorite
from North Carolina, Luke Collins!
Luke, your fate is in that cup.
It is time for you to reach in
and pull out your bull...
for this championship round.
Let's see what it will be.
Luke, you will have
the number-one contender...
for this year's
World Champion Bucking Bull...
Okay, Nashville.
You know who I'm talking about.
With 99 consecutive buck-offs...
and staring down number 100...
this is the number-one-ranked
bucking bull in the world!
He is doing one of the most
difficult things in sports...
and that is mounting a comeback.
Yeah, but Luke Collins,
he is on PBR fire!
You got it! Keep riding!
We have just seen David slay Goliath!
Hey, Luke, you made the eight on Rango.
I knew you were a cowboy.
One hell of a ride, son, I tell you!
Luke, we gotta get together now
and talk some business.
Luke? Luke, where you going?
The Levinson artwork is the largest
and most valuable private collection.
Not only are these pieces sourced
from local Black Mountain College...
but the world.
We'll look at contemporary
modern artists...
such as Andy Warhol, Pat Passlof,
and Willem de Kooning.
These are amazing works of art...
and incredibly diverse,
as you already know.
Never been seen in one place
like this before.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen
for attending this remarkable auction.
If everyone could take their seats,
I know we are all eager to get started.
Before we begin, a personal note.
Welcome. I'm Howard Sanders.
I was Ruth and Ira Levinson's attorney...
for more than 25 years.
Now, Ira's will is very detailed...
on how he wants to proceed today.
So, let me start by reading you
a letter he wrote...
specifically for the occasion.
"My name is Ira Levinson.
"I'm an ordinary man who fell in love
with an extraordinary woman.
"Around this room you will see some
beautiful and priceless works of art.
"Ruth had an incredible eye for talent...
"while I only had eyes for her.
"For me...
"the great joy of collecting
wasn't in the art itself..."
but in the person I collected it with.
My beloved Ruth.
The happiness these paintings
brought her was immeasurable.
And sharing that happiness...
was the great privilege of my life.
We celebrated, we achieved.
We endured, we compromised.
And above all...
we loved.
The true work of art...
was the longest ride Ruth and I shared.
This thing called life.
There's not a painting here
I wouldn't trade in a heartbeat...
to hear her voice.
Or see her smile.
Just one more time.
Signed, Ira Levinson.
Thank you all for coming.
Thank you, Mr. Sanders.
First up, a painting located on page 34
of your catalogues...
titled Portrait of Ruth.
Composed by American Daniel McDonald,
born 1954, died 2001.
The work is circa 1963.
We'll start the bidding
at $1,000 for Portrait of Ruth.
Do I hear $1,000?
Who has $1,000 for me?
How about $800?
Who can give me $800?
Just $800, folks.
Do I hear $600?
Who has $600 for Portrait of Ruth,
the first work of the evening?
I have $600.
I have $600, here.
Going once.
I have $600. Going twice.
Fair warning.
Sold to the young man right there
for $600.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we're going to take a short pause.
We can take this time
to look at the next item...
which will be a Jackson Pollock.
That's located on page 124.
There we go.
What are you doing here?
Ira invited me.
I'm done bull riding, Sophia.
I'm done.
Look, I drew Rango this afternoon.
I thought if I could just ride
that son of a bitch...
if I could just make the eight...
I'd have everything I ever wanted.
Well, I did. I rode him.
So, you're the best.
No. Not even close.
You see, the whole time
I was thinking about you.
I realized that what I want
is standing right in front of me.
What made you buy that painting?
Excuse me, sir.
We need you in the other room.
- Sir?
- Not now.
- Sir?
- Not now.
Mr. Sanders needs you.
Quiet! Quiet, please!
What is your name, son?
Luke Collins.
And did you just close your purchase
of Portrait of Ruth?
Mr. Collins, I have a stipulation...
in Ira Levinson's will
I need to read to you.
"Portrait of Ruth may not be the most
valuable painting in my collection...
"but it was the most precious to me...
"because it reminded me daily
of my beloved Ruth.
"And so, the terms of my will are simple.
"Whoever purchases the portrait...
"will receive the collection
in its entirety."
Ladies and gentlemen,
this auction is over.
This is worth millions.
Millions of dollars.
How much do you want for the Warhols?
What are your plans
for the Jackson Pollocks?
I have a client who wants to buy
both of the Picassos.
I'll write you a check.
I'm gonna guess that
your head is spinning right about now.
Yeah. That's a good guess.
When your feet hit the ground, call me.
You are now a very wealthy man.
How was the museum?
How was the ranch?
"Dearest Ruth..."
When a North Carolina boy
meets a beautiful girl from far away...
he should do everything he can
to win her over.
And if he does...
his life will be
a portrait of happiness.
- What?
- Come on!
Where are you going?
Come on!
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FDA carries on suppression with regards to controversial supplement kratom
The Food and Drug Administration is breaking down on several companies that distribute and make kratom, a supplement with psychedelic and pain-relieving qualities that's been linked to a current salmonella break out.
In a letter released on Tuesday, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb called on 3 business in various states to stop offering unapproved kratom items with unverified health claims. In a statement, Gottlieb stated the business were participated in "health fraud rip-offs" that "pose major health dangers."
Originated from a plant belonging to Southeast Asia, kratom is typically sold as tablets, powder, or tea in the United States. Supporters say it helps suppress the signs of opioid withdrawal, which has led people to flock to kratom over the last few years as a method of stepping down from more effective drugs like Vicodin.
But since kratom is classified as a supplement and has actually not been established as a drug, it's exempt to much federal policy. That implies tainted kratom tablets and powders can easily make their way to save racks-- which appears to have happened in a recent break out of salmonella that has up until now sickened more than 130 people throughout several states.
Over-the-top claims and little scientific research study
The FDA's recent crackdown seems the most recent step in a growing divide in between supporters and regulatory firms concerning using kratom The companies the firm has actually called are Front Range Kratom of Aurora, Colorado; Kratom Spot of Irvine, California and Revibe, Inc., of Kansas City, Missouri.
The claims these three business have made consist of marketing the supplement as "very effective versus cancer" and suggesting that their products might help in reducing the symptoms of opioid dependency.
There are few existing clinical research studies to back up those claims. Research on kratom has discovered, however, that the drug taps into over at this website a few of the same brain receptors as opioids do. That stimulated the FDA to classify it as an opioid in February.
Professionals state that since of this, it makes good sense that individuals with opioid usage disorder are relying on kratom as a means of abating their symptoms and stepping down from more effective drugs like Vicodin.
Taking any supplement that hasn't been checked for safety by medical professionals can be dangerous.
The dangers of taking kratom.
Previous official statement FDA screening discovered that numerous products dispersed by Revibe-- one of the three companies named in the FDA letter-- were polluted with salmonella. Last month, as part of a demand from the firm, Revibe damaged numerous tainted items still at its center, but the company has yet to validate that it recalled items that had currently shipped to shops.
Last month, the FDA issued its first-ever obligatory recall of kratom products after those produced by Las Vegas-based Triangle Pharmanaturals were discovered to be infected with salmonella.
As of April 5, a total of 132 people explanation across 38 states had actually been sickened with the bacteria, which can cause diarrhea and stomach pain lasting up to a week.
Dealing with the danger that kratom products could bring hazardous germs, those who take the supplement have no trustworthy method to identify the correct dose. It's also hard to find a confirm kratom supplement's complete ingredient list or represent possibly harmful interactions with other drugs or medications.
Kratom is presently banned in Australia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and several US states (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, and Wisconsin). Throughout the United States, numerous reports of deaths and addiction led the Drug Enforcement Administration to position kratom on its list of "drugs and chemicals of concern." In 2016, the DEA proposed a ban on kratom however backtracked under pressure from some members of Congress and an protest from kratom supporters.
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The Minority/ Black Health Blog
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
How Cigarette Smoke Can Damage Your Eyes
Cigarette smoke in eyes
Everyone knows (or should know) that smoking is a serious health hazard that can cause cancer. There has been much information published, too, about second-hand and even third-hand smoke. But new information now shows that cigarette smoke can damage your eyes as well as your lungs.
How cigarette smoke can damage the eyes
According to The American Cancer Society, people who smoke, especially older women who have gone through menopause, may be at higher risk for cataracts and macular degeneration, an eye disease which can cause blindness. The Centers For Disease Control also states that smoking is as bad for your eyes as it is for the rest of your body and can lead to optic nerve damage, which can also lead to blindness.
Other eye health issues related to smoking
According to a recent study by the University of Wisconsin, smokers are twice as likely to experience dry eye syndrome. But this is mild compared to the carcinogens in cigarette smoke damaging the retina, not to mention that smoke can also harden the arteries in the eyes which can lead to vision loss and blindness.
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7. Reset / Initialize
Note: The LiveShell PRO should only be reset when it is not in the normal operating mode.
1. Press and hold the power upper left side and the lower right buttons at the same time for 20 seconds.
2. The LiveShell PRO is now turned off.
Initialize (Factory Reset)
1. Once the display states that the LiveShell is offline, press the button at the top right.
2. Select “Initialize” by pressing the lower left button. Press the top right button and display initializing screen.
3. Select “Yes” by pressing the lower right button and go to initialize by pressing the top left button.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Transparency and Ethics
At my last job, I was asked to fill out a 22 page financial disclosure form. I have filled them out before. It is an onerous task that takes several hours and involves quite a bit of paperwork, and it was due before April 15, making it more likely that any errors would be the result of one's paperwork being with a tax accountant rather than intentional perjury. Yes, it is signed under penalty of perjury. In doing this annual exercise, which in most places is relegated to people with actual financial decision making capacity (elected officials and top City managers) but now has been expanded recently to include lowly City employees such as myself I wondered: is this really adding to transparency and improving ethics or is it just a pointless exercise to create the appearance of ethics?
I favor the latter. First of all, the form doesn't actually list financial amounts but allows you to check a box with a ballpark, and it would be easy to obscure actual large contributions to an elected official by spreading them out over multiple entities or better yet, doing it the legal and completely undisclosable way: contributing to their election campaign via groups now proliferating since the Supreme Court Citizen's United Decision. Contributions to groups that keep an elected official in power and allow him or her to continue collecting a large salary and control large government contracts are legal and not included on Form 700. Interesting.
But what about the lowly forensic pathologist? If a forensic pathologist actually had a financial interest in the determination of someone's death, for example if their rich uncle died and they were inclined to sign the death certificate as, say an accident, in order to collect on a large accidental death policy. Technically, a large inheritance would be disclosable on Form 700 but nowhere do you have to identify that you signed the death certificate. It would require some digging on the part of the press or public and it would most definitely be picked up by the insurance company. Insurance companies have their own review process for releasing any awards. A pathologist inheriting on a policy where he signed the death certificate would most run into trouble collecting.
Finally, what are the real ethical decisions that challenge forensic pathologists on a daily basis? Are these financial decisions or something much more complex, that cannot be uncovered by any financial disclosure form? Things like: do I tell the grieving family that their infant died from being smothered on the blanket they got as a gift from their great aunt or do I just tell them it's SIDS? Do I tell the DA what the public defender told me when they met with me about their trial strategy or do I keep that to myself? What should I do if the DA demands me I tell her? Or threatens me? What do I do if I am told by my boss or his boss not to testify in a politically-charged, high-profile case?
These are not theoretical questions. These are actual ethical questions that have confronted forensic pathologists I know. So while commissions and government bodies have us filling out financial paperwork we forensic pathologists actually got together and wrote on this subject. You can find it in the NAME Position Paper on Medical Examiner Independence and it is available on line, published in the peer-reviewed journal, Academic Forensic Pathology. A companion paper, published in the same journal, documents several high-profile cases that were a challenge to pathologists' ethics and that prompted the response. In surveying members of the National Association of Medical Examiners, our survey uncovered that nearly a quarter (24%) of those surveyed reported that they are considered prosecution witnesses within their jurisdiction with the expectation that they not cooperate with defense counsel and 42% of the respondents reported that they were expected to divulge details of their conversations with the defense with the prosecution. Approximately a quarter of pathologists (22%) had pressure applied by elected officials or appointees to change cause and manner of death and 11% experienced pressure to change their testimony or withdraw as an expert in a specific case. While pathologists working in Coroner systems were more likely to have the cause of death on the death certificate changed from what was on the autopsy report (43% versus 14% for Medical Examiners), Medical Examiners were more likely to restrict forensic pathologists from private consultation than Coroners (64% versus 0%). The position paper outlines real ways that government can improve on this situation, for example by recommending that forensic pathologists be independent of law enforcement and be available for consultation for both prosecuting and defense attorneys. It also recommends that given the scarcity of forensic pathologists in the United States, they should be free to review, offer opinions on and testify on cases from outside their own jurisdiction.
This paper goes part way in addressing ethical concerns, but it doesn't address issues of respect and professional regard. Most recently a colleague of mine from Oklahoma has been forced to come back under Federal subpoena to testify in a case he did many years ago and the Federal attorneys will not compensate him for his time or work as an expert, insisting that since he did the autopsy years ago under contract he must take vacation time from his current job and miss work in order to do his "civic duty" to testify. If forensic pathologists are not compensated for their work and are treated by the courts in such a way, it is no wonder we are having problems attracting professionals to our ranks.
If those of us that work within the justice system as experts are stymied by breaches of ethics and frustrated by lack of regard and compensation, then what does it say about the quality of the justice system in our country? Comments welcome below. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '2', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9781375527381896}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '115984', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:AQZFTWWNK2ATLCMOHQBSGG2M25YTIOYW', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:8fe66548-f78f-4213-a4a1-48669f59fa57>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 17, 5, 43, 13), 'WARC-IP-Address': '172.217.7.129', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'application/xhtml+xml', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:33DZKHPPTW2QHLKTO3EL2GASXHLWYBVJ', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:65ce3298-f332-4dfe-9ada-6c041b5d73ed>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://pathologyexpert.blogspot.com/2013/04/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:dc1fc502-602c-4221-9a7b-d43b08fbb868>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '988', 'url': 'http://pathologyexpert.blogspot.com/2013/04/', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-13-227-44.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-30\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for July 2018\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.02693992853164673', 'original_id': '1a180682ab12a09f549c99bb0325f478e4fc736d27cab84418a57b47f496f4fc'} |
Aug 16, 2012
these walls that hold us back will fall down
Growing up, half your life is surrounded by adults who gush over how brilliant and smart and talented you are, and how you'll grow up to be a beautiful bright young woman someday. The other half of your life is spent feeling inferior to all the other young people around you - the other girls in class who are prettier, or who sing better, or have nice hair and lovely eyes; the older girls you see around who exude beauty in every step they take. They radiate sunshine and their lips spill melodies and they don't even realise it. And how about yourself? You have fat cheeks. Your words always come out awkward and stupid. You have a chest as flat as a runway. You can't pull off anything pink. You look dumb in glasses, and even worse in braces.
As you grow older, the light begins to shine in you. You realise there's more to a person than the features she was blessed with - you take an interest in astronomy or singing or animals, and your passions show in the spark in your eyes. It's passion, not physical attractiveness, that makes a person's face radiate with the aura of youth. As you're learning this, people begin to gravitate towards you. No longer the loner with low self-esteem who sits in a corner. You take on different interests, meet different kinds of people, and realise that it's a person's personality that captures you, not her looks.
You become a person with passion. People start to know you as the passionate, enthusiastic ball of light. You realise that all a person needs is to come out of her shell to become the beautiful lady she's always dreamt of being. You know what you're worth now. People appreciate your contributions, and you realise that you are, in fact, significant. You know your worth.
And then you swim out of your little wading pool into the rough, infinite sea. The roaring currents hit you on every side. You try to keep afloat. They try to put on different masks on you, tell you what you are not. They'll say that you aren't fit for the seas, but you know what you're worth. You know what you can contribute. Nobody seems to be believing in you, and there's no lifeboat to save you, no pillar, no stronghold. It's just you now. It's a reversal of roles; as a child, others brought you up to uncover the light in you, but now they try to bring you down again.
You've gotta swim, swim for your life
You've gotta swim, and swim when it hurts
The whole world is watching; you haven't come this far to fall off the earth
The currents will pull you away from your love
Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets; they fired at me from a gun, cracking me open now
I swim for brighter days despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water, I'm not giving in
I swim
The currents will pull you away from your love
Just keep your head above
- Swim (Jack's Mannequin)
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
All the World's a Stage...
Yesterday, our new bedroom furniture was delivered. I let my daughter into the room to see it, and she immediately climbed up on the platform bed and started dancing, stomping, tapping, and skipping around for much longer than her toddler attention span would normally last. When my husband got home from work, she treated him to an encore performance. (And after she went to bed, as we put the mattress in place and made the bed, I felt horribly guilty for depriving her of a dance stage just because of our selfish desire for a comfortable place to sleep.)
I captured a couple of great videos, which I shared with friends and family on Facebook. Everyone says that we should sign her up for tap dance lessons, but that's just a small part of what was going through my head as I watched her dance...
To my daughter:
Adoption involves so many unknowns. In the beginning, all those unknowns can be really hard and challenging. But today, as I watched you dance, I realized that the unknowns can be beautiful and magical too.
Because your Papa and I are both engineers, I tend to assume that your little brother is predestined to grow up to be an engineer, or something similar. My family's strong German pragmatism is almost inevitable.
But you are a Mystery. We know very little about your biological family-- just some names and a little bit of medical information-- so we have no idea what you might grow up to be or to do. Your DNA is your own secret, and since we don't know your history, we can't make assumptions about your future.
So I'm simply going to assume that you have artists, and actors, and athletes, and academics inside of you. I don't know what's in your "nature" so I just hope to nurture you in anything that sparks your interest, whether that includes dance lessons, or musical instruments, or art supplies, or soccer cleats, or cooking classes, or power tools... (And of course, I promise that you will always have plenty of opportunities to go skiing.)
We've been given a magical seed. As your parents, our job is to plant you in a loving home, provide you with the things you need to grow and develop, and protect and watch over you.
You are my beautiful, funny, clever, sweet daughter. You are already so much more than I ever imagined. And my heart is overflowing with happiness because I have the incredible privilege of watching you grow and blossom. You have been, and will always be, a wonderful surprise.
Donna Jacquet said...
This is beautiful. I am in tears. I am so proud of both you and Scott and so very happy in so many ways.
Xander and Alana (but mostly Alana) said...
I love this. But I also think this attitude should be applied to all of our children, regardless of how they entered our family. It's too easy to think we "know" our kids--what they want, what they need, who they will become--and miss out on the surprises because we're so busy satisfying our expectations, looking to see what we expect to see. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9755521416664124}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '58422', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:OI6JGBKGNGUVVL5DBIVEVNTBLQXLYIRF', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:1ee261dc-ca0b-406b-9d83-5b4006691a1b>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 17, 9, 45, 53), 'WARC-IP-Address': '172.217.8.1', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:KAYSR7A6DWCBKAQENWWDWRUAAKDKRCF2', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:ec003a43-0a5a-4bed-b1a9-b879e34743f9>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://knwd.blogspot.com/2012/04/all-worlds-stage.html', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:82239040-1b60-4d16-9b2d-56ee885a858a>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '539', 'url': 'http://knwd.blogspot.com/2012/04/all-worlds-stage.html', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-93-215-215.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-30\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for July 2018\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.0438002347946167', 'original_id': 'f0a5ad5641f4ad5a5b74c4fa8c8381d11d90dff14c8a948f44b131f14ba4e6a4'} |
Irrigation is the artificial way of using water to the soil. This is used for assisting the growth of crops. But before we discuss the types of irrigation systems, let’s discuss the main ways the farmers use agricultural water to cultivate their crops.
Irrigation Systems
The first way is rain-farming. This is the natural way of applying the water to the soil through direct rainfall. This is beneficial when it comes to reducing the contamination of foods, but not efficient if rainfall is reduced.
The second way is through irrigation systems. This is done through various systems of pumps, tubes and sprays. It is efficient when if the place is experiencing dry season or drought. The types of irrigation systems will then be discussed further.
Surface Irrigation
In this method, the water moves across the surface of the land by simple gravity flow. This is to wet and infiltrate the soil. Surface irrigation is divided into border strip, furrow and basin irrigation. It’s also popular going by the name of flood irrigation because most of the time it results in flooding.
Drip Irrigation
Drip irrigation is also called trickle irrigation. The water is delivered near the plant’s root zone, drop by drop. We can say that among the different types of irrigation, this is the most efficient. If you can manage this system properly, the water runoff and evaporation are minimized. Most of the time, plastic mulch is combined so the evaporation is further reduced. You can also use this type of irrigation as a means of delivering the fertilizer. The process might already be familiar to you, it’s called fertigation.
Manual Irrigation
This irrigation system is mostly used in peri-urban agriculture and rural areas. It uses watering cans to become an efficient method. This kind of system has low requirements when it comes to technical equipment and infrastructure, but it needs high labor inputs.
Centre-Pivot Irrigation
This system uses a self-propelled system in which a single pipeline is supported by a row of mobile towers. These towers are suspended 2 to 4 meters above the ground. Once the water is pumped into the central pipe, the towers will rotate slowly around the pivot point. The large circular area is then irrigated. The sprinkler nozzles are then mounted from the pipeline, then it distributes water once the pipeline rotates.
Sprinkler System
This is a system based on sprays or guns and overhead sprinklers which are installed on permanent risers. The system can also be buried underground, and the sprinkles will rise once the water pressure ruses. This is a popular type of irrigation system used on parks and homes.
Rotary System
Rotary system is used for large areas. The sprinklers can reach distances over 100 feet. A mechanically driven sprinkler is installed, and it moves in a circular motion. The system will then water a large area with small amounts of water. It keeps on working like this for a long period of time. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9227482676506042}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '31507', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:KSTNTJJFW3BUXKTNB5TOFDOQRVOXREL3', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:f1013f40-e747-4e86-aa46-e1fe5f229ee7>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 10, 21, 3), 'WARC-IP-Address': '18.219.138.248', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:HBXU2ZJ7PK6JZSLR6BHDVZMD563ZDHOZ', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:5c6f6774-4bb2-4ba9-bb65-5adaa0366b43>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.cesld.org/2018/07/6-types-of-irrigation-systems/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:9d9bb587-51e9-4de5-98d4-26ca21726502>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '489', 'url': 'http://www.cesld.org/2018/07/6-types-of-irrigation-systems/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-30-193-233.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.053078532218933105', 'original_id': 'b4f4f99eedccaa829f08c617abbf9befeedda32e475879d7653782309c73aae2'} |
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Just weeks into the latest Republican presidential primary season and there's a few things that have to be said.
From here, there appears to be absolutely no discussion of the real issues and problems facing the American people. It seems all these contenders (pretenders?) can talk about is who is more conservative, whose "values" come closest to some idyllic, imagined former America that never existed or who can shower more innuendos at another's sexual peccadilloes or deride each others suspect business practices (or mouthing some other nonsense too inane to recall).
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One does suppose, considering the takeover of the Republican Party by the extremist, ideological far right, the only way to secure the parties nomination is to appeal to this crowd. But really, this thin slice of America is a fringe element, existing mentally and psychologically in some parallel universe and not in the reality or circumstances where the majority of the American people live.
Just where is the discussion on issues and topics that impact most of the people i.e. the widening income gap disparity and wealth inequality between the 1% and the 99%, jobs and the exceedingly high unemployment levels, the millions in foreclosure, the decimation of the middle class, the growth of the poor and the effects of globalization, millions without health insurance, the crumbling infrastructure, or effects of the "Citizens United" ruling by SCOTUS swamping the electoral process in favor of corporations and special interests, the bailouts of the financial industry at the expense of the taxpayer, the bloated defense budget and the expenditures for unnecessary wars, the environment and global warming et al; but there is nothing, not a word.
This crowd of presidential wannabees seems completely detached from the reality most people in America are facing.
Of course you'd never know that reading and watching the main stream media which dutifully delivers in perfectly objective stenographic fashion whatever these fools mouth without suggesting it may be utter nonsense what these mental pygmies spout off about.
Just because they're vying for the highest office in the land doesn't mean they automatically deserve deference and respect, especially if all they're uttering and offering is foolishness and nonsense.
Yet the primary season does reveal some of the key dysfunctional elements in the state of the electoral process in America i.e. caucuses in Iowa, the first primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina that represent an infinitesimal small cross section of the American people. Add in the now legal and limitless deluge of Super Pac money in support of or against this or that candidate which serves to further corrupt and distort that electoral process and it all becomes a spectacle that has nothing to do with the real problems and issues facing the country but is reported by the MSM as the normal legitimate functioning of our democracy.
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It is all quite maddening; insanity masquerading as sanity.
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High Definition Expertise
This paper discusses know-how in relation to nursing observe improvement to be able to reveal the need to apprehend nursing inside the context of technological development. The final word goal is to construction science and technology in methods which can be collectively probably the most democratically beneficial for society. Technologies, as they develop, usually observe a sample often called the technology S-curve. As the ability to generate and provide excessive definition broadcast on demand continues to develop, the demand for improved quality and larger shows will continue to extend proportionally.
One other strand of criticism states that the deal with risks has led to a reduction of the impacts of know-how which might be thought of (Swierstra and Te Molder 2012). They need to have expertise in managing teams or in the conduct of initiatives of implementation of knowledge technology, information preliminary to access the database, logical quantitative, for challenges and ease of efficiency and interpersonal relationships.
A recreation attempt at a worthy goal—a definition that everyone can agree is certainly overdue. It is stated that data know-how (IT), which is being launched into varied fields, is a key to the event in the twenty first century. Students have to know find out how to effectively use expertise to complete their schoolwork and discover, apply for, and preserve careers.
Mitcham, C. (1994) Considering via know-how: the trail between engineering and philosophy. Perhaps the kind of expertise that we’re most accustomed to in trendy life is digital expertise, normally just referred to as electronics, which is a posh form of know-how that uses electrical circuits to attain a objective. Please seek advice from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Privacy Policy for additional data.
Webopedia’s web site search function (located on the top of each page) is a convenient way to discover a particular know-how definition. This ensures that after graduation they may be able to use the expertise in a work setting, which can put them forward of someone who did not have access to a specific technology or software in their own college setting. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '51', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9554169178009032}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '36631', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:A7VBWII26SJGHVEWMPM6W5VM3HVGJG6Y', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:c196e223-bc5a-4a5c-a639-a1d63313b4b9>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 13, 46, 3), 'WARC-IP-Address': '104.28.4.57', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:DJ7OZSIKT2QK6TD76LRF6NYY2MDYYKYD', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:61839dad-e31c-43ef-b9a0-34f5fdad16c1>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.libertile.com/high-definition-expertise.html', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:7b96e52b-9e60-40df-8c12-90416cce43a3>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '344', 'url': 'http://www.libertile.com/high-definition-expertise.html', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-81-186-35.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.09973245859146118', 'original_id': 'd08b8af13476d23db726d53a0ea106ca8b85851e72ee3295f9350b4dd9f22015'} |
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US Patriot Act Section 326 Impacts
Section 326 of the Patriot Act requires financial institutions, such as banks, mutual fund companies, brokers and etc. to collect more information about the account holders. So, next time you have to give the tons of information, don't accuse the financial institution of wanting to pass one of their new products. They don't also use this information for personalization or bettering their customer relationship management (CRM). All they do is abide by the rules of the US Patriot Act Section 326.
The Patriot Act Origins and Section 326 Explanation
The Patriot Act was passed as a response of the 9/11 terrorist acts in October 23, 2001. Its main goal is to prevent terrorist financing and money laundering. The implementation of the rules of the Patriot Act is made in phases.
As a result, financial institutions were required to comply with Section 326 on October 1, 2003, by following minimum requirements for verification of the identity of the holders of new accounts. A denied party list was also created that included the names of well-known terrorists and their partners and was used by the financial institutions for verification purposes. The list compiles the names of the terrorists known by United Nations, US Treasury, US Commerce and it consists of approximately 9,000 names.
New Account Requirements
As a result of the Section 326 of the Patriot Act all new accounts are required to contain:
1. Name of the holder;
2. Social security number or tax ID;
3. Street address, which cannot be just signified as a PO Box;
4. Date of birth of every person that is included in the account.
The Impact of the Patriot Act Section 326
The Section 326 of the Patriot Act influenced the procedures, which were previously followed. It had impact on:
• Financial Companies
The identity verification that is required under the new regulations of the Patriot Act's Section 326 will need more time to be completed due to the new standards that should be followed. These standards apply only for new accounts, whereas those already holding accounts are exempt form these regulations. Even though financial institutions are used to collecting the required data, the novelty will be in the cross-checking with the denied party list and the identity verification itself. Despite the fact that existing account holders are exempt from the new identification standards, they are not free from a review if their account balance is equal to or higher than $5,000. This is done in order to check about any illegal trading activities.
As a result of the new regulations, the price of opening a new account is increased. This is done in order to cover the increased cost that was incurred due to the need of hiring outside vendors for the execution of the identity verification. Additionally, many companies have put limitations to who may open account with them. For instance, some companies have excluded from their list of eligible account holders people that don't have US resident status, no matter that they legally work in the USA.
• Investors
Financial institutions may try to compensate the higher operating costs with higher fees, which will represent a burden to the investors. Additionally, those that are not US residents will have to overcome the obstacles that come up with this fact and it will be harder for them to open an account. Trade restrictions or closure of the account are just a few of the restrictions that new investors may face if they do not accurately and in a timely manner the required data.
The increased security measures imposed by Section 326 of the Patriot Act have several negative impacts on the financial institutions and the investors, but they are not impossible to overcome. It is better to pay the higher price for your security, instead of evading it and being hurt by the sometimes destructive subsequences.
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HENRY BRANNOLTE died at his home in Wisner, Nebraska on November 17, 1980 when his house was destroyed by fire.
In 1926 Henry purchased a used airplane named 'Travelair', manufactured in Wichita, Kansas at a plant which later was bought out by Cessna. The light blue plane was number 1800 and had an all steel framework fuselage. He had. a commercial license and took passengers for rides.
Henry started barnstorming in 1927 as well as stunt flying in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Henry sold his airplane in 1928 and devoted his entire time to blacksmithing and carpentry. At times he made intricate machine parts that were hard to buy. He owned several automobiles but preferred to ride a motorcycle.
Henry began collecting old machinery and antiques that people had discarded. He preferred to trade his work for old things folks were not using any more, but would charge reasonable rates when necessary.
He owned two Reeves engines, #7381 and #7720, both of which were 20 HP, simple. They are pictured and described on pages 73 and 74 of my book 'Historical Stories about Reeves Engines.'
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"but where are the lumps...?"
Kickin' off the Turkey Season with a favorite commercial from back in the day. Not necessarily a Thanksgiving TV ad, but it's about gravy... and that spells turkey to me.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
"it's whisky, I can taste it... it's whisky!"
Oliver Reed is one of my favorite actors. Even in my early childhood I remember knowing who this ballsy Englishman was. He first came to my attention after watching a TV afternoon matinee of the Hammer classic Curse of the Werewolf. I was a tremendous Hammer fan, and the regular Hammer cast members were pretty much an automatic on the list of actors-I-think-do-clearly-rule. But there was something else about Reed that drew me to him. He was intensely frightening, but at the same time a gentlemens' gentleman.
In a random youtube search for Shelly Winters (it's fun to random search on youtube!!), I came across this bizarre exchange between Ms. Winters (another of my favorite actors -- thus the random youtube search) and Mr. Reed. It happened on the Late Show, where both were guests of Johnny Carson's. Neither had worked with the other, nor had they met previously. But, the fireworks were almost instantaneous.
How could they NOT rub each other the wrong way? She was a very vocal feminist from way back, and he was a firm and outspoken believer that the woman's place was in the kitchen.
What's most enjoyable about this videotaped tiff between egos is the ferocity that juxtaposes the civility. Winters whole persona is one of crassness -- her roles are littered with woman who speak their minds -- but she is still apologetic for her exuberant interruptions. And Reed is simply the typical English gentleman, who can shush her without ever uncrossing his proper legs. In a pop culture world riddled with celebrity feuds between adults who shoot out insults that would make a 7th Grader roll her eyes, it's great to see a couple egos be genuinely entertaining while bickering.
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Do I Need a Visa?
Planning an international trip is a very exciting time but it also takes a lot of preparation. You may want to learn a few key phrases in the local language. You might want to stock up on some local currency or map out your planned stops. A passport is definitely a must-have, but is a passport enough? Nothing would be worse than getting to the airport, excited and ready to see another country, and being turned away at the check-in counter. “I’m sorry, but you can’t board. You need a Visa.”
A Visa issued to visit China
What is the purpose of a Visa?
A Visa primarily serves as a way for a country to control who can and cannot enter. Visas often have certain restrictions on them, such as duration or purpose of visit. The specific Visa, if any, required for international travel will depend on three factors. 1) The country where you have citizenship. 2) The country you are traveling to. 3) The reason for your visit. It is important to note that you will need to apply these rules to every country you will be entering, even if it is not your final destination. For example, some countries will require a Visa even if you just have a short layover while flying to another country.
How do I know if I need a Visa?
We will be happy to help you determine the Visa requirements for any travel, but the best and most up to date source is your country’s immigration or consulate department. For United States citizens, this resource is the State Department. You can search for any country on the State Department’s website and find nearly all the travel information you will need. Not only will you find out if you need a Visa, but it will also display any travel advisories that are in effect, how long your passport has to be valid for, how many blank pages are required in your passport, and any monetary limitations on entering or exiting the selected country.
It is important that you check the rules for the country listed on your passport. It does not matter what country you are traveling from, or where you live. The only thing that matters is where you are actually a citizen.
How do I get a Visa?
Typically in order to get a Visa you must make an appointment at an embassy or consulate of the country you are visiting. Some countries also allow for you to apply for a Visa online or when your flight arrives in the country. If you are visiting a country that does not support Visa on Arrival or e-Visa programs, you may also be able to hire a Visa service. These are special companies located in major cities that are home to several embassies and consulates. They can take your passport and Visa application to the embassy in person and complete the process on your behalf. These services do, however, add some significant cost to the Visa application process. Still, if you do not live near an embassy it can be necessary.
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Google Pixel Buds – The Real Babelfish
At their event in San Francisco this past Wednesday, Google made a number of announcements. Of particular interest to those who travel often was the new Pixel Buds. Starting at $159, the Pixel Buds are a pair of wireless earbuds. While clearly Google’s answer to Apple’s Air Pods, Google’s version brings so much more to the table. When paired with an Android the ear buds offer audio control via a touch sensitive outer shell. They also provide direct access to Google’s Assistant (think Siri if you have an iPhone). However, the real gem comes with the pairing of the Pixel Buds with Google Translate.
The Magic of the Pixel Buds
Automatic translation is a mixed bag, but it has made travel significantly easier. Whereas before you would have to look up each word in a dictionary, now you just need an internet connection and there are dozens of services that will allow you to quickly translate between hundreds of languages. The Pixel Buds take this one step further with near real-time audio translation. When paired with the new Pixel 2 cellphone, the Pixel Buds can listen for a foreign language. When they detect another language the Pixel Buds will wait for the sentence to be finished and then translate it directly in your ears. The audio feature currently works with 40 languages.
Aside from giving you a translation of what other’s are saying, the ear buds can also translate what you say. All you have to do is ask Google to help you speak a supported language and then talk. Each sentence will be translated and played through the phone handset. By combining these two features you can have a near fluent conversation in any of the supported 40 languages. Google Translate itself supports over 100 languages, so it is possible that in time the Pixel Buds will support even more languages.
Google Translate Without the Pixel Buds
If you don’t want to shell out the $159 for a pair of earphones and another $649 for the Pixel 2 phone, you are not out of luck. With any smartphone you can download the Google Translate app which is extremely powerful. The app supports over 100 languages and allows you to translate by typing, speaking, or photographing text. It also has the ability to download specific language packs for offline use so you don’t have to worry about roaming to translate when you are travelling internationally. Some languages will also allow you to draw the letters on your screen so you don’t need to download an international keyboard.
Text Translations
The most basic translation ability offered by the app is text translations. Simply select the language you are typing in and the language you want to translate to and then start typing. The application will offer auto-complete suggestions, and when you finish what you want to say it will be translated. For a language that uses a different alphabet, such as Japanese, the application will show the translation in the native alphabet, as well as how it would appear if written in your alphabet. There are also volume icons next to each language that will play a very natural sounding audio of what you typed.
The application also offers you the ability to save commonly used phrases in a phrase book. This allows you to quickly pull up phrases that you are likely to use often. For example, you might want to save the phrase for calling a taxi, or the address of your hotel. There is a link in the main menu to visit your phrasebook. Going to the phrasebook page will show you all the translations you have saved, and clicking on a translation will take you to the main text translation page. The one main downside is there is no way to filter the phrasebook by language. If you travel to several different countries this can become problematic as you try to find the relevant language for your current trip.
Audio Translations
Similar to the Pixel Buds, the main Google Translate app also allows for audio translations. From the main text translation page there is a microphone icon. This will take you to the Speech page which allows you to talk in either of the two languages you are translating between. The application will automatically detect which language is being spoken and will translate and play audio of the translation in the other language. You can also click on the translation to be taken to the text translation page.
This feature still has several problems with proper nouns; for example when trying to translate “Take me to Shin-Yatsushiro station please”, the application tried to translate it as “Shin Sushi Roll” instead. It took three tries, but finally the application was able to properly understand and translate what I wanted it to. If there is not too long of a pause, the microphone will continue listening, allowing for an entire conversation to happen between the two languages. It is far from perfect, and sometimes can have a difficult time detecting the proper language, but it is still a wonderful tool for international travel.
Photo Translation
Original sign (top) and the translated version (bottom)
My personal favorite feature of Google Translate is the photo translation tool. Clicking on the camera icon on the main page will enable your phone’s camera with a message to “Align Text”. All you need to do is align the text in your camera’s view and the translation will appear over the image on your screen. This uses a form of augmented reality, and is wonderful for reading signs, menus, and other written text. It can be a little temperamental at times, a slight angle change can cause the translation to change. Pictures with a lot of surrounding text can sometimes confuse the application as well. In this situation it can be helpful to turn off the “Instant Feature” by clicking on the eye icon. This allows you to take a picture, and then use your finger to highlight the words to translate.
Google Translate is available via iTunes or Google Play. Make sure to download it before your next trip.
Getting the Best Rate on Foreign Currency
US, Chinese, and Japanese Currency
One of the unique things to think about when travelling internationally is the logistics of foreign currency. In America the majority of stores and restaurants will accept credit cards, but that is not always the case. In many countries cash is king, and being stuck without cash on hand could be extremely problematic. That is why it is crucial to know how and where to get local currency. Equally as important, you need to know how to get the best exchange rate when purchasing foreign currency.
Paying with a Credit Card (in the Local Currency)
Often the best exchange rate you will get comes directly from the major card issuers. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express all calculate their own exchange rates, and often they are the best rates available. The rates between the three issuers are often very close to one another, although MasterCard often has a slight edge. When you make a purchase with your credit card, as long as the merchant charges in the local currency, you benefit from the exchange rate calculated by your card’s issuer.
Aside from the card issuer, you also have to consider the bank that issued you the card in the case of Visa and MasterCard. Many cards will charge a small fee on every purchase made in a foreign currency. 3% is a common fee, and while it appears small, it can add up significantly over the course of a vacation. That being said, there are a large number of cards that do not charge any foreign transaction fee. It is a very good idea to have at least one card in your wallet that does not charge a foreign transaction fee.
Using a Debit Card in a Local ATM
Just as with credit cards, debit cards use the exchange rate set by the issuing bank, almost always Visa or MasterCard. It is very important, however, to choose the local currency if the ATM gives you a choice. If you use an ATM in China and request US Dollars, for example, the ATM determines the exchange rate. This rate will often be significantly worse than the direct rate offered by the card issuer. This also gives you the great benefit of having local cash, in case the need should arise.
Also like credit cards, there are fees that can be charged depending on the bank the debit card is attached to. Although not as common as credit cards with no foreign transaction fees, there are a few banks that do not charge any withdrawal fees for using out of network ATMs. A few banks will even reimburse you for any fees charged by the bank that owns the ATM. USAA, if you qualify for an account, and Charles Schwab are two such banks. For other banks the fee charged could be a flat amount, such as TD Bank’s $3 fee per withdrawal, a percentage of the withdrawal amount, such as Ally Bank’s 1% per withdrawal, or a combination, such as Chase Bank’s fee of $5 plus 3% of the withdrawal amount. This fee is separate from any fee charged by the bank that owns the ATM.
Purchasing Foreign Currency From Your Local Bank
One option for obtaining foreign currency before you travel would be to purchase currency from your local bank. Not all banks will offer this option, and each bank that does sets their own exchange rate. This rate is often worse than the direct rate offered by Visa or MasterCard, typically by around 5%. Aside from the worse exchange rate, banks will often charge an additional shipping fee to deliver the foreign currency to your home or a local branch of your bank.
This option is typically only available if you have an account with the bank in question. For example, Wells Fargo and Bank of America both offer foreign currency purchases, but they require you to pay with your associated checking or savings account. With the exchange rate being approximately 5% worse and an added shipping fee, it might seem like a bad idea to purchase currency. However, it could be necessary or just extremely convenient, depending on your plans when you arrive. For example, if you are arriving in a country via cruise ship or over land rather than flying, there may not be a convenient ATM. Having cash on hand when you first arrive can be invaluable, both to save time and in case you need cash before being able to find an ATM.
Using a Dedicated Currency Exchange Service
The last option we will discuss is to use a dedicated foreign currency exchange service. You can find these in almost all major airports, and as such it can be the most convenient option if you find yourself needing foreign currency on very short notice. Unfortunately, this convenience comes at a cost; these services often have the worst exchange rates you will find. Travelex is one of the largest and most well known exchange services. Based in London with over 1,500 stores across 27 countries; you can almost always find a Travelex. The rates are often 10-15% worse than the rate offered by the banks, along with an additional processing fee.
Sample Exchange Rates
Chinese to US Currency
Below is a table showing the exchange rates and fees for the different options discussed above. These rates were taken as of September 20th, 2017, and show the cost of purchasing 20,000 Japanese Yen using each option. For Visa and MasterCard, we assume that you have a card that does not charge a foreign transaction fee.
Exchange Rates – USD to JPY – Sept. 20, 2017
Master Card Visa Bank of America Wells Fargo Travelex
Exchange Rate 1,000 Yen = $8.98 1,000 Yen = $8.99 1,000 Yen = $9.44 1,000 Yen = $9.47 1,000 Yen = $10.10
Cost Before Fees $179.71 $179.88 $188.80 $189.54 $202.05
Fee $0 $0 $7.50 $15 $10
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I Don’t Need A Marketing Plan
A marketing plan is a marketing path
How do you suppose the latest issue of your favorite business news magazine came into existence so you could be reading it right now? Do you think several people randomly decided, “Hey, I’m going to write an article and send it to the magazine today”? Do you think lots of business owners randomly decided, “Hey, I think I’ll put together an advertisement to send to the business magazine today”?
Of course not.
A business magazine is a monumental feat of planning. There is no other way to bring together dozens of articles and hundreds of advertisements into a single product that is mailed simultaneously to a multitude of subscribers.
Your favorite magazine has a plan. It has an arrangement with article writers. Those writers have deadlines to meet. It has arrangements with advertisers, and those advertisers have deadlines to meet, too. The magazine company has arrangements with a printer, and it has its own deadline for sending each issue to the printer.
If you think about it, that company's plan has a ripple effect. Each writer and advertiser must have their own plan for creating their content and submitting it to the magazine editors on time. Otherwise the magazine's publication process would be a dismal failure. But with planning, the business magazine is a finely oiled machine that hums along smoothly, cranking out a new issue month after month.
From just this one example, you can glimpse the importance of planning any project, not just magazine publishing. Your business would be in trouble if the employees did not have a plan to arrive each morning!
Now, in spite of the above, you might not be a fan of planning because nothing ever goes to plan. After all, as Jason Fried and David H. Hansson say in their book Rework, “Why don’t we just call plans what they really are: guesses.”
Why do I need a marketing plan?
You probably have at least an informal plan for what you would like to do tomorrow, and how you plan to do it. You likely even have a general plan for your week. You may even have a high-level plan for your year, such as goals for each quarter. But many small business owners do not have a plan for marketing.
You might be wondering if a marketing plan is even necessary. You may believe that you don’t have time for such trivial matters. And you might wonder if planning can even be applied to an area as nebulous as marketing.
Sometimes when I tell people that I’m in the marketing business they respond, “Oh, we don’t do any marketing! We don’t need to. We get enough work without wasting money on advertising.” Their air of superiority is thinly veiled at best. I usually smile and say, “Good for you!” However, if I’m up for a challenge, or my new friend seems open and sincere I’ll continue with this, “You probably are actually doing some marketing without even realizing it.” That can be the start of an interesting conversation. I have found that businessmen who think they don’t need to do any marketing fall into two categories: A) they actually are engaging in marketing activity of some sort without realizing it; or B) they are headed for business struggles or even failure. If you have revenue coming into your business, somewhere, sometime some marketing happened.
This might be a good time to mention President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s perspective on the value of planning. He said, “Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” The value of a marketing plan lies as much in the exercise of planning as it does in the plan itself.
Here are several ways a solid marketing plan is likely to benefit you.
1. A marketing plan can save you money, for example, by helping you use your marketing dollars more wisely and efficiently.
2. A marketing plan can keep new leads coming in, rather than your marketing becoming neglected when you forget about it or are too busy.
3. A marketing plan can increase the effectiveness of your marketing because it helps you think more deeply about your products, your customers, and your prospects.
4. A marketing plan can increase the overall strength of your business as you learn the discipline of learning, evaluating, researching, planning, and executing a solid strategy.
A plan is like a path you can follow. A path keeps you from getting lost in the woods. It allows you to travel more efficiently, and removes uncertainty and spur-of-the-moment decisions. Best of all, a path takes you to your destination! A marketing plan is a marketing path!
A marketing plan is a marketing path
What is a marketing plan?
A marketing plan can be as elaborate or as simple as you need it to be. At its core, a marketing plan determines in advance your marketing activities and priorities for the upcoming quarter or year. It includes items such as:
• Routine advertising
• New product launches
• Special events
• Seasonal or special promotions.
For each item, your marketing plan will also include details such as the estimated or allocated budget; the personnel responsible for the actions; the schedule for beginning and finishing each phase of a project; deadlines; and other relevant information.
Planning a budget
Do you know how much you can afford to spend on marketing this year? Do you know how much you should be spending on marketing? If not, how do you know if you will have enough money for your marketing?
Creating a budget for your marketing is part of creating a marketing plan. There are not usually clear answers to the question of how much money to put into your marketing budget. Rather, it is something you can work through and choose reasonable answers. Then you can tweak it as you go along as results come in and you learn from the process.
Of course your marketing dollars will need to come from your overall business budget. Therefore, your other business decisions and priorities will affect the amount of money you allocate for marketing, and vice versa.
One final note about budgeting: It is a good idea to budget time, not just dollars. This simply means that you have an estimate of the time needed to implement each item of the plan, and that you assign people to make sure it happens. If no one has time to follow through, your marketing plan will be just that—a plan that is never implemented.
Planning for branding
If your business does not have a brand, or if your brand is weak or outdated, start thinking about whether you should invest in branding. Notice what other businesses are doing (particularly your competitors). Take some time to read about branding so you can better understand how it might apply to your business.
If you already have a brand that works well for you, you will still want to allocate resources for keeping your brand in front of both new and current customers: promotional items, vehicle graphics, product packaging, and much more--all relate to branding.
Planning for lead generation
How do you get your message in front of people who have never heard of you? How can you catch their attention and interest them in your product or service?
Lead generation is the first step in gaining new customers. Plan to develop several sources for new leads so you don’t find yourself relying on only one source. (What happens when that source dries up?) Your marketing plan should include all the places you plan to advertise for the coming year, what the ads will feature, as well as how much you plan to invest in them.
Most of your advertising will fit into the category of lead generation. Print advertisements and online marketing is lead generation. If you have an outside salesman, one of his responsibilities is lead generation. Job signs and product identification nameplates are also lead generators.
Planning for lead conversion
After a lead has contacted you or signed up to receive material from you, your lead conversion tools will kick in and do their important work to help the potential customer make a good buying decision.
Lead conversion tools include brochures, catalogs, a website, product information sheets, product samples, and customer relationship management abilities.
What methods and tools will you use to persuade prospects to make a decision to trust you with their money? How will you answer their questions and make it easy for them to purchase? How will you help them discover that they may not be a good fit for your product or service? Yes, you read that correctly. Unqualified buyers cost you more than they pay. Plus, it is a disservice to them.
In your enthusiasm for attracting and converting new customers, don’t forget your existing customers—the people who have already given you the opportunity to serve them. Most businesses spend much more time, effort, and money chasing new customers than keeping the ones they already have. This is in spite of the fact that retaining current customers is much less expensive and much more profitable than gaining new ones.
Planning for measuring results
How will you know if your marketing efforts paid off? How will you know whether or not you are pouring money down a marketing hole?
To answer these questions you need to create a system for tracking the results of your marketing. This includes everything from asking walk-ins where they heard about you to working with your website administrator to review statistics about your website traffic.
While there are complexities in measuring the results of your marketing, learning to do it well allows you to calculate your marketing return on investment (ROI). Understanding your ROI helps you make informed decisions about specific marketing initiatives.
Has marketing ever made you feel dizzy or frustrated? Does it feel like you are flying by the seat of your pants? There are so many opportunities, so many options, and not enough time or money.
A marketing plan is a systematic way to establish and implement a marketing strategy. Working through the planning process will help you establish your priorities. Like the Chinese proverb says, “A man who chases two rabbits catches neither.” Stabilize your marketing and point it in the right direction with a marketing plan. After all, if your marketing fails, your business fails.
Roy Herr is the senior marketing consultant at Rosewood Marketing. Most small business owners struggle to develop effective marketing. Rosewood walks alongside clients to help them create and execute effective marketing plans so they can be in control of their growth and utilize more of their production capacity.
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Economic boom to help ad revenues in 2008 - Emirates24|7
Economic boom to help ad revenues in 2008
(RAMI ELJUNDI)
The advertising industry will experience the same rhythm of growth in 2008 as the previous year with the main drivers being the real estate and financial sectors.
Television may no longer be looked at as the most effective advertising medium, at least in the UAE, where other media, such as print, outdoor and radio, seem to have more of an impact on consumers and end-users. However, the shortage of talent may remain a burden for many advertising agencies. The challenge lies in finding talented Arab-speaking professionals. There needs to be training courses available in the UAE to train young talent for the advertising sector.
Avishesha Bhojani, CEO of the newly branded BPG (pictured above) – formerly Bates Pan Gulf Advertising – speaks to Emirates Business on the issues facing the region’s growing advertising industry.
Avishesha (Avi) Bhojani has been in the advertising industry for 27 years, the last 19 of which he has spent in the Gulf. His company, which has been growing since 1991, just re-branded to BPG from Bates Pan Gulf.
He has contributed to the conceptualisation and implementation of Dubai Shopping Festival and Dubai Internet City.
A businessman who can talk business from philosophical, intellectual and social angles, he is an alumnus of the elite Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and India’s National Institute of Design.
He is a founder and Managing Director of the Dubai International Academy and founder and general partner of Innoventure Partners. He is the CEO of the BPG Group, which covers advertising, public relations, design, media, digital and specialist marketing services.
Will the advertising industry experience the same pace of growth in 2008 that it has been witnessing over the past three years? If so, how?
This year will see a hike in the money spent on advertising in the UAE, which will grow at between 25 and 35 per cent. The reason for which is escalating costs. Not all advertisers will keep the same frequency or size of budget. Some may pull back due the current market situation.
What will be the major drivers behind such a rise in spending?
The two main drivers of advertising in the UAE today are the real estate and financial services sectors. The need to market services is always there. The cost is becoming higher due to the greed of real estate developers. The master developers want a high yield and that is why they increase the cost.
Why so?
Most properties are purchased by intermediaries who are neither consumers nor end-users themselves. They buy the property then put it up to rent or buy to re-sell. If you buy property, you want a return that ranges between seven and 10 per cent. Ten years ago, when the Greens area was completed, you could get a 1,000 square feet apartment for Dh500,000, which would rent for Dh50,000 per year – a 10 per cent annual return on investment. Today, the cost of the same property is Dh1.5 million and the rents have escalated proportionately.
Does this apply only to Dubai or the whole UAE?
Well, Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the main markets in the UAE. But in Abu Dhabi there has been a genuine gap between demand and supply. In Dubai, which is the key driver of growth, it is the greed of the real estate developers that has been leading to inflation. That is why the market needs to be regulated.
So what will you tell advertisers and ad agencies, whose final target is the end-user?
People in the business need to reduce their greed. What goes around comes around. The rate at which we are going, it is almost like we need to remind ourselves: ‘Do not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs’. If we become greedy and want more golden eggs, Dubai will lose its attraction in the eyes of talented new people.
Which media or means of advertising do you see as the best to get the message across effectively?
Outdoor can fulfill the basic role of communicating. It can remind the consumer of the brand but cannot provide that emotional chemistry to entice a purchase. You cannot disseminate all information using outdoor ads. That is why print is a more credible medium. In print ads, consumers tend to trust the message more.
How is it that you say print is the most credible while other media observers claim TV is number one?
Not in the UAE; therein is the challenge. The lifestyle in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is affecting the TV viewership in the UAE… because people have no time. Did you get a chance to watch TV yesterday? If so, how long? But every morning, the consumer will see newspapers in their office. You will get the chance to listen to the radio while you are driving. In the future, with the way things are going here, print, radio and outdoor will go at a faster rate and be more efficient in reaching the target audience.
Media and advertising observers believe in the importance of branding. Your group witnessed a re-branding operation lately. How challenging can re-branding be?
You need to be sure your core values are retained, as well as all the positive aspects of your history. The real challenge in re-branding is to retain all the good old stuff. In the past, you created a brand and you thought it was created for life.
Today, the life of the visual identity stays for up to seven years, but global trends change and shift. In today’s context, consumers’ minds can accept change faster and easier than they used to before. Perceptions and realities change regularly.
Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah are experiencing a boom, especially in the real estate and tourism sectors. Are advertising agencies doing enough there?
Not really. The consumers live in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Media gets consumed where the consumers are, not necessarily where the products are. Advertisers work in markets where the consumers are based, not in places where they go to consume.
What is the role the media and advertising agencies can play to align consumer focus towards what the advertised message is all about?
Be objective. Advertising messages can be confusing, unrealistic and misrepresenting of the facts. Then again, if an ad does not pertain to one segment of society that does not mean it does not pertain to anybody else.
You analysed it objectively, but how it can be addressed fairly?
Advertisers need to keep their promises. When you promise, you are optimistic about what you can do. While making money, for whatever reason, you do not deliver according to the promise. But when you succeed in fulfilling your promise, you build trust.
What is the industry’s key challenge for 2008 taking into consideration the current rising inflation in the UAE?
Our industry has to adjust to ensure our gross revenues are sustained, since our profitability may go down if we do not add value.
And what strategy can advertising agencies consider?
Advertisers and advertising agencies need to be clear about what they are trying to convince the consumer to buy. Clients need to believe that by staying with the product they are getting value. Also, there is a bunch of talented people out there we need to attract for better quality.
Talking about talents, there has been a lot of talk about it but with no specific details. What is the problem?
The issue of talent is the biggest challenge. The biggest gap is the shortage of Arabic-speaking talent in public relations and communications. No one is interested in training and professionally trained people are rare.
At the end of the day, if there is a high demand for professional performance, delivery and satisfaction, why is finding talented people such an issue?
Let me put it bluntly. Historically, the advertising training for Arabs used to happen in Beirut. Today Lebanon is in trouble. In Dubai, no one trains. Dubai wants ready-made people. If you want good people of Indian origin there is enough training happening in India. If you want good people of British origin, there is enough training in Britain. But for native Arabs, that is not the case. Dubai needs to invest in training talented Arabs with potential. And if that is happening at all, it is not at the pace that can satisfy the demand and growth acceleration in the UAE. Why should people get trained in Lebanon, Jordan or Egypt if they will work in Dubai or elsewhere in the UAE?
So what should be done about training Arab talent?
Investment in advertising and public relations training is the key. Last year I hired six fresh native Arab graduates from the journalism and marketing programme at the American University of Sharjah and I trained them. Even though at the end of the year two of them left, I still have four and it is still worth it. Even if I had ended up with two at the end, it would have been passable. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9545316696166992}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '58963', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:PFUV27G7PZFHA43C36XGZLKWDCOPKCJ3', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:faf2e13b-6b3f-4ec4-8ce1-b2230fbfe634>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 10, 43, 26), 'WARC-IP-Address': '8.249.225.250', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:A74F4XCPMEQJW6RUNSR6KHOI6ZV6YI2H', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:4d66871a-0bfe-4d1e-833a-0821ac0e35d5>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.emirates247.com/eb247/news/economic-boom-to-help-ad-revenues-in-2008-2008-01-23-1.217409', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:9d9bb587-51e9-4de5-98d4-26ca21726502>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '1515', 'url': 'https://www.emirates247.com/eb247/news/economic-boom-to-help-ad-revenues-in-2008-2008-01-23-1.217409', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-30-193-233.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.031604111194610596', 'original_id': '71369e2def7dc8e17d76d9321c205ebf02eab7077c14bf1dfad31d93633f2e4b'} |
Twice isn't Nice: Reversed N400 Attenuation to Identity Priming in Schizophrenic Patients.
Blackford, Trevor.
Abstract: Loosening of associations in schizophrenia has long been understood as an underlying abnormality in the organization of semantic memory in patients. In a cross-representational priming paradigm we observed reversed N400 priming in patients relative to controls to target pictures that were preceded by Identity related prime words (i.e. sock ) in a picture naming task. Categorical and Phon... read more
Tufts University. Department of Psychology.
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Why I call Him Yeshua (a.k.a. Jesus)
by William L. Nowell
Jesus - there is no other Name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. So why do I call Him Yeshua? Simply put, it's His God-given name! God sent the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, a young Hebrew speaking Jewish girl, with a message. The message was that she would conceive, give birth to a Son, and name Him Yeshua. Remember, Mary spoke Hebrew, not English. Yeshua is the original Hebrew name of Jesus of Nazareth.
My native language is English, not Hebrew. So why do I call Him Yeshua? For me, it's a personal choice. When Jesus walked this earth, all his closest friends and family members knew Him as Yeshua. For me, there's something very personal and intimate about the Name Yeshua.
The Name Yeshua
But is it necessary for other Believers to call Him Yeshua? No, not at all! Yeshua (Jesus) is well aware that we speak different languages. Here is the Name above all names in several languages.
• Albanian: Jezu
• Haitian Creole: Jezi
• Hawaiian: Jesu
• Italian: Gesù
• Spanish: Jesús
• Swahili: Yesu
• Zulu: uJesu
In Hebrew, names have meanings. The Hebrew name Yeshua means "salvation", or "Yahweh will save." However, the English name Jesus has no intrinsic meaning. The name Yeshua translated into Greek is Iesous. The Greek name Iesous when transliterated into Latin becomes Jesu. When the Latin name Jesu is further transliterated into English, it becomes the name Jesus.
A translation conveys the same meaning. So, the Hebrew name Yeshua and the Greek name Iesous have the same meaning. On the other hand, a transliteration is simply an exchanging of letters of one language for letters of another language that make the same sounds. Consequently, meaning is lost in transliteration.
Bottom Line
Does it really matter whether we call Him Yeshua or Jesus? God created languages; remember the Tower of Babel incident. From the beginning, He knew we would call on Him in many languages. What's most important is the truth we learn from the Scripture:
The Lord is near to everyone who calls out to Him, to all whose prayers are sincere. (Psalm 145:18 CEB, CEV)
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The Indian caste system
As perceived by the west, the great Indian caste system is a discrimination institutionalised by the Hindu religion. It’s a taboo which a normal Indian carries when he travels abroad. Apparently I have been asked many times that, why does India still has caste system? It’s tough to explain an outsider about Indian caste system as it is a rich tradition that has been systematically corrupted with the course of time by the power holders of the society.
The society was formally divided into four varnas :
• the Brahmins: priests and scholars
• the Kshatriya: kings, governors and soldiers
• the Vaishyas: cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans and merchants.
• the Shudras: labourers and service providers.
But nowhere in the holy books of Hinduism is it mentioned that a child born to a Brahmin would be a Brahmin by default. One had to prove him or herself to earn the stature of a Brahmin by showing high intellectual standards in the thinking process and by mastering the knowledge of the philosophy of God and the credibility to handle the power of the religious rites and duties which were the basic entity of a hindu’s life. But to continue the lineage of power Brahmins started passing this knowledge to their children. But history is the proof that great saints and gurus like Viswamitra, Kalidas, Vedavyas, Valmiki were sons of non-Brahmin. Similarly a Ruler was a Kshatriya irrespective of his parent’s caste, Ravan being a Brahmin was a great ruler. Now the question arises that why did we even have this cast tagging at the first place?
Just to prove the importance of a caste system I asked one same question to 4 different types of people.
What happens if a man consumes alcohol?
Doctor: The alcohol in your drink is absorbed into your body through the stomach and small intestines. Alcohol travels through the intestines to the liver and then on to your heart, brain, muscles and other tissues. Usually, though not always, this has a pleasant effect. Your body can’t store alcohol, so it breaks it down – your liver’s job. The liver firstly changes alcohol into acetaldehyde (this is toxic), then into acetate (harmless), which is then broken down into carbon dioxide and water. About 90% – 95% of alcohol consumed is broken down by the liver; 5% – 10% is excreted through urine, breath, and sweat. And he kept continuing for another 30 mins
Engineer: Alcohol makes you feel lighter and relaxed but excess consumption could be fatal causing liver cirrhosis.
Priest: It’s a sin and if you consume alcohol you would go to hell.
Illiterate labourer: It’s a great thing but comes expensive.
I am sure the day you rot your liver drinking alcohol; you would go to a doctor and not to the priest who would rather directly send you to hell. Same was the scene with the understanding of God and religion those days and hence had to be assigned to someone learned. These people were called the Brahmins who had no interest in the luxury of life but only God’s fellowship. Similarly when you needed a labourer to work in a factory you can’t rely on a person who spent all his life reading books or a person waging wars or person busy in business, you have to go to a shudra to get you job done.
Which society doesn’t have a priest, a ruler, a businessman, or a labourer? Even the open and broadminded west has it. And if you consider discrimination, every society and every religion has it, some have it based on race, some with skin colour and some with the way they pray the same God.2000 year old Christianity has so much of aberration from the original preaching of Christ. 1600 year old Islam too has been misinterpreted many times. There has been so much of crimes being done with the name of God by Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists but I don’t think Jesus, Muhammad, or Buddha ever taught violence. Then how do you think 5000 years old Hinduism would be kept virgin?
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Payroll audits to up SARS tax collections
Jean du Toit | Attorney | Tax Consulting SAmail me |
Despite the promising initiatives implemented under the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) acting Commissioner Mark Kingon, its tribulations in meeting its collection targets have not yet waned, with payroll audits falling under its enhanced collection efforts to make up the shortfall.
The simple reason behind SARS’s targeting of payroll when it needs extra taxes, is purely because of its tendency to contain errors. Not only are there many instances where mistakes can occur, but such mistakes are magnified by the size of a company’s payroll.
In the case of a large payroll with many employees, even the smallest errors can leave a company with a large tax exposure, as these errors are proliferated across the employee base. In other instances, inexperienced payroll administrators simply do not know the law, which results in glaring errors such as failing to tax fringe benefits or paying lump sums without getting tax directives.
The truth is that SARS will find something, and most employers only become fully compliant once they have gone through the ordeal of a payroll audit conducted by SARS.
Rising Trend
As if the challenges of a payroll audit are not daunting enough, a new trend has become apparent that makes it increasingly difficult to get a clean bill of health from the SARS audit team. Rather than identifying specific items that were inaccurately treated on payroll, SARS has now turned its gaze to the financial statement aspect of payroll.
These statements are assessed by SARS for an understatement or short payment of employees’ tax purely on the basis that there is a discrepancy between the company’s payroll reconciliation and the cost of employment as reflected in the company’s annual financial statements. This is despite SARS’ awareness that not all amounts reflected in the annual financial statements under cost of employment should be processed to the payroll.
Nevertheless, the onus is placed on companies to dispute this and to explain why the amounts making up the difference is either exempt or not taxable. SARS is using this to get around the prescription periods to raise audits going back more than five years, maintaining that there is an element of fraud or misrepresentation when the taxpayer declared its employees’ tax to SARS.
Unblemished payroll
Given the ease with which SARS can collect revenue by targeting payroll taxes, a head-in-the sand approach is ill-advised and will end in calamity.
SARS will come knocking and the best defense is to ensure that your company’s payroll is unblemished and, if there are any issues, to submit a voluntary disclosure programme application before SARS institutes an audit.
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ProjectEuler: 001
Project Euler
I've decided to take on Project Euler, as a way for me to improve my programming skills, force me to grow math skills, and train myself to think more about algorithms.
My purpose is to push myself, not take the "yeah I can do that" specific approach here. I want to solve the general problem, not the specific. Solving a fizz buzz is easy, but solving the general problem effectively requires a bit more thinking.
If you're reading this and interested in writing code, I suggest you try the problems before reading my notes. Problem solving is not a spectator sport.
If I wanted to do this the easy way in which I learnt nothing I would simply paste the first dozen or so answers into wolfram alpha, because it calculates the answer for us.
Problem 001
This seems to be like simple "fizz buzz" problem, but I'm curious if I can solve this with an equation rather than iterate through a loop. The loop to me, would be taking the easy way out. That's because I'm better at writing code to solve problems than I am at writing math to solve problems.
My old way
To do so, I would simply create one loop that adds to a sum on modulo 3 and modulo 5 (but not twice for both). I like JavaScript, especially because you can show it online.
This took me 5 minutes to write out, and you can see the live code at
Solving every set of multiple numbers
(between 1 and any number greater than the lowest multiple)
Like I said, that's my easy way out and I've learnt nothing. I could do some really neat code re-use patterns here to make this capable of any combination of multiples.
Pushing myself to think a little
So how else might I try to solve this? Thinking back to high-school math I remember sums of arithmetic and geometric series. Arithmetic series are useful for things like "Add/multiply all the numbers in 1..n together". This may be useful, because 3, 6, 9, 12, 15... and 5, 10, 15, 20... are both arithmetic sequences that progress by 3 and 5 respectively.
Now, we can calculate them separately, but I'm not sure how we might count them so we don't have things like the number 15 counted twice. Generally, the equation for a sum of the sequence is as follows:
Basically, you add the first and last term in a series, and multiply by half the number of elements. So, "one plus one hundred times fifty (half of one hundred)" ends up being the sum of all numbers between one and one hundred. That's quite a bit easier than writing out 100 numbers and adding them.
We could do this by adding the series for 3, and series for 5, but we're also adding the over-lapping numbers that are multiples of 3 and 5 twice. So how can we subtract that? What numbers are common to 3 and 5? Well, the common multiple to 3 and 5 is always a multiple of 15, so we can likely add 3s and 5s, then subtract the 15 to compensate.
Now here we are, using no loops or IF statements, simple functions and mathematics to figure out the sum.
How do I solve all of the combinations like I did previously?
Well, in the above example, 15 is the least common multiple of both 3 and 5 (multiplied, they are 15), so when we sum the small sets and negate the over-lapping numbers once, we find our value.
Thinking back to set theory and Venn diagrams, I imagine if I wanted to make that function Expand into any set of multiples, we would need to sum all the series, and subtract a sum of all the combinations of series. So, in other words, if we were adding the multiples of a, b, and c we would add the series values of ab, and c but have to subtract series sums of abac, bc, and abc.
I understand how to do that using two for loops, but again, that's the easy way out. We aren't going to make the computer work harder because I'm ignorant of combinations and set theory. So, lets bring search engines up to maximum thrust.
I found two answers on my favorite Q&A community:
Most of the answers on the programmer site seem to be using loops or recursive solutions. I decided to ask my own question and I got a really nice answer back. In essence, these all can be thought of as binary lists of values, and the only thing I'm doing is subtracting parts of the total set to find another part.
This really made me think of something interesting.
Instead of adding the first set and subtracting the second, I should sum all the sets of this for 2^k, where k is the number of multiples, and each combination of k would represent it's own subsection of these sets as if they were on a Venn Diagram.
Lets say I have a set of multiples {3, 5, 7} for values 1..999 inclusive:
(generated by Google charts API)
Lets abstract the numbers out, so instead of {3, 5, 7} the list is {A, B, C} I would have my binary list such as:
001 = C
010 = B
011 = BC
100 = A
101 = AC
110 = AB
111 = ABC
The individual circles are the single values. Intersections of circles are intersections of the values. The center of all three circles is ABC.
Using this concept, I could simply multiply each value out, thus getting the multiple, and then I could do any calculation on any Venn diagram I want, and even pick and chose specific to each intersection.
I just figured out something really cool there. Think about it, rather than checking for every single number in a range, against every single divisor, all I'm doing is seeing how big a series is without counting them, and summing them together. So lets put it into code.
What's really exciting here is I have a good reason to think about bitwise operators for the first time since I wrote x86 assembly code. This is exciting.
I've written a bit of code here that shows how we can generate these combinations, I'd like to see if I can improve on it somehow as it seems the second for-loop could be removed. This will take ["a", "b", "c" , "d"] and return ["a", "b", "ab", "c", "ac", "bc", "abc", "d", "ad", "bd", "abd", "cd", "acd", "bcd", "abcd"] (all combinations of ABCD). The problem is now how to combine these values correctly.
The inclusion-exclusion principle, as it turns out, perfectly describes how we can find the value for the union of all the sets, but discount the duplicate data correctly. The equation on the wikipedia page is somewhat complicated for someone who is not literate with all the symbols, so I will attempt to re-write and explain what's going on here.
On Wikipedia, there is a "general" formula that describes how to find the value for any number of sets. There's a symbol that is shaped like a "cup" which represents a "union." The equation states that for a union of n sets starting with the first, we can find this by using this compact equation:
That equation states that the union of n sets is equal to the sum of all combinations, where we add or negate based on the cardinality of a set. That sounds complicated so lets expand what that equation would look like if we were going to write it out the long way.
Okay, it's still a bit confusing. So lets look. That first line with the cup is the same as above, and that next line says we're going to add up the sum of the intersection (the upside down cup is a cap). The sum of all the intersections would mean (if we had 4 items, A, B, C, D) adding together A, B and C and D. The second line would mean we subtract the sum of AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, and CD. The third line means we add the sum of ABC, ABD, and BCD, the fourth line means we subtract the value of ABCD. The pattern here is we alternate the operation (adding or subtracting a sum) based on the cardinality (how many items are in a set) of something. Even cardinalities are subtracted, odd cardinalities are added. We sum together all combinations of that cardinality.
So we need to express this process with some code. I could iterate over each set, but I know another trick I could use. Since we already know the cardinality of any subset I'm not sure how to express that this works mathematically, so I posed a question to the Math Stack Exchange site. I can show it works, and if you look at it, this makes sense. While writing the equation's general form is presently beyond me, writing the code is dead-simple.
So all we do is add or subtract a value based on the count of "on bits" being even or odd.
Lets put that together and generate all combinations of all multiples and negate the most common divisors and the least common divisors, and it should look something like this.
Better, smarter, faster, stronger?
Who's faster?
For the small data-set with the range of 1..999, and two sets of multiples, using a brute-force method is roughly 60% slower. If you notice, using the brute-force method on a huge data set doesn't even register (actual ops per second came in at 0.01, meaning it took over a minute and a half just to compute), yet using the same data set on the math-oriented approach, we see nearly 3248 operations per second with the same performance regardless of the series size, entirely dependent on the number of multiples. FireFox must be doing something interesting with their JavaScript engine optimization.
What did I learn?
• Speed is way better when you don't just brute-force it, unless a compiler does something funky.
• Brute force ended up crashing on larger ranges.
• Math-based approach.
• A bit more about set theory, a cool way to use bitwise to generate combinations
• Some cool bitwise techniques.
• Execution time on math only increases when I add more multiples, it can solve 3's and 5's faster, for any data set imaginable -- yet, the brute force cannot do this.
• Inclusion-exclusion principle
• Basic LaTeX for math notation
• How to read some more math
What did I learn that I need to learn?
• Set theory
• Euclidean theorem
• More bitwise stuff
• More LaTeX
• Better understanding of math.
• Why my getCombinations function has some quirks in it, perhaps a recursive approach would be better.
• Maybe I should learn how to properly translate my algos into O-notation so I can sound fancy, might also help me find bottlenecks in my code.
I'm excited to look at this post in a year and find all the improvements I could have made, or other approaches I could have taken. For anyone who looks at their year-old code, you will understand.
I've also created a backup of all the code on github if for some reason jsFiddle dumps their database in the future.
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When designing an extension, a new build house, or even a garden shed, the angle or pitch of the roof is an important consideration. Here in the UK, the roof primarily deals with rainwater (rather than massive snow loads, desert sun, forest fires or ridiculous wind speeds). They will have to cope with sunshine, fluctuating temperatures, wind loading, salty marine air and occasional snow loads, but these are not usually the forefront of design choices.
In its most simplistic form, the water needs to run off the roof, sounds like an obvious point, but it can be forgotten when dealing with ‘flat’ roofs!!
The angle or pitch of a roof will determine what materials are suitable. Conversely, sometimes a preferred material will limit the range of angles possible. For example a straightforward lean-to extension, such as this one, is limited by the first floor windows, and new eaves (the gutter position) height. The resulting triangle between these fixed points gives a maximum roof pitch. In the example on the link, the roof pitch was constructed at 18˚. This is generally considered too shallow for natural slate but is ok for man-made ‘slates’ as they fit together more tightly.
The risk is that wind-driven rain can be forced between the slates, and the effect of capillary action draws the moisture up and in. At 18˚ more basic (and economically priced) rooflights are available, and warrantied. A shallower roof pitch would have allowed a taller eaves, or lower upper floor window sills (if the building had them), or allowed the extension to project further into the garden. A shallower pitch however would have reduced the roof materials possible, and limited the available opening rooflights that wouldn’t leak.
Every material has different minimum (the shallowest possible) roof pitches, and most have maximums, but the maximum is rarely exceeded in normal situations. I have listed out below a series of materials and their respective typical minimum pitches. Each manufacturer has different ratings, and there are subtle variations within each, but this forms a decent guide to work from in a ball-park manner.
A flat roof is defined by BS6229:1982 as being 10˚ (1in6) or shallower. In reality most people refer to flat roofs as being much flatter than this, and pitches up to 10˚ usually being referred to as shallow pitch roofs. The angle or pitch of a flat roof is usually referred to as the ‘fall’.
Flat roofs are rarely perfectly flat, and should have a fall of 1in80 or approx 0.7˚ to shed rainwater. However a design fall pitch of 1in50 (about 1.1˚) is recommended to account for site tolerances and structural deflection to avoid the risk of ponding.
GRP-type membrane = Min 1in80 or approx 0.7, although ponding wont affect the material and could be 0˚
Single ply membrane = Min 1in80 or approx 0.7, although ponding wont affect the material and could be 0˚
Felt = Min 1in80 or approx 0.7˚
Lead = Min 1in80 or approx 0.7˚, Lead roofs will need steps to accommodate weathered movement joints to cope with the expansion and contraction
Green Living Roof = Generally less than 8˚. Specialist suppliers vary slightly, but generally the living roof layers are laid over single ply.
Profiled metal sheeting = typically 1.5˚ minimum fall
Zinc standing seam = absolute min 3˚ but usually 7˚ recommended especially for longer runs
Copper standing seam = usually 6˚
Glass (patent glazing type) = as low as 5˚ but 15˚ recommended.
Cedar Shingles = 14˚
Man-made slate = as low as 15˚-17˚
Concrete interlocking tiles = 17.5˚
Natural slate = as low as 20˚ (Special fixings are required) but usually 22.5˚ is the standard accepted minimum.
Interlocking clay tiles = 25˚
Plain clay tiles = 35˚
Thatch = 45-50˚
This blog is focusing on minimum pitches as this is usually the tricky part of getting roofs to work. Its not to say that a nice steep roof wont look good or perform any worse/better in these materials, just that the limitations are less critical. When consulting minimum pitch information, usually you are tight on space. It can be a balance to find the right material, and a suitable pairing with rooflights, which are often only suitable for steeper gradients to avoid leaking, or require a kerb upstand so water flows around them rather than over them. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '7', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9478076100349426}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '20142', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:UJ4ECPU52YWST7Q7BST537CTFRD26WDB', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:1eef49e2-9c37-4c4a-9984-8df5e1c3dfde>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 15, 56, 56), 'WARC-IP-Address': '134.213.226.212', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:MXAWLTTNMOJX4CUICL547OS5MGQOTJYS', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:01d98065-f083-468c-a9cf-247cc34e657e>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://tomspriggs.com/how-steep-a-roof-roof-pitches-for-different-materials/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:83933c5a-1f4b-4084-9a6d-d8566b900cdd>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '704', 'url': 'https://tomspriggs.com/how-steep-a-roof-roof-pitches-for-different-materials/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-146-95-138.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.4095120429992676', 'original_id': 'f5e27e102961280074de809f839bb6a91b347a1f8170aadfc381f1dc9a99bf13'} |
Friday, February 1, 2013
How was England just like America, the last 50 years before the Revolutionary War?
The Old Church Tyranny was much like the BioTech Tyranny of Today:
Shifting religious beliefs and rising commerce was accompanied by a decline in demand for religious uniformity – a step away from the belief, prevalent in the Middle Ages, that those with views different from their own were evil.
In the 1700s England had an agricultural output that was "at least twice that of any other European country …”
So what happened? Why did everyone flee for America?
Class and power abuse, just like the 1% in USA now
Class privilege remained, with most men unqualified to vote because of a land qualification law. A few owned much of the country's agricultural land. Some others owned small farms. Some people rented land from the big landowners, giving the landowner a share of the wealth they produced. The king of England still exercised executive powers. His ministers gained powers in the 1700s, the king seen as a unifying force while parliament was torn by conflict between Tories (conservatives) and Whigs (liberals) – Currently the Democraps and the Repugnantcans of the USA.
The Church of England was favored by England's landowning elite (just like Monsanto)
Crime was increasing with the advancing economy.
With crime increasing in England, rather than being hanged, many deemed guilty of a capital crime were sent to the Americas
Let me repeat that one: Rather than being hanged, many deemed guilty of a capital crime were sent to the Americas.
The Colonists from England included 50,000 convicts:
England had FEW PEOPLE interested in migrating to the colonies, but England's courts sent around 50,000 convicts, who were employed as field hands, largely on tobacco plantations, and treated as slaves, including punishment by whipping
Today, America exports GMO to “feed the world!”
Monsanto/Bayer/Dupont/Dow/BASF = I.G. Farben (Hitler @ WWII)
the BioTech Tyranny of Today. GMO farms are like concentration camps.
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Today, you could say the mass numbers of “convicts” and the “criminals” are in the food. We eat and drink “criminalistic” food. Capital Murder Food. Capital Murder Big Agriculture. Cancer food. That’s GMO, the genetically mutated order! And Monsanto buys up farms, and farmer’s rights, and infringes on others, on their land and their rights, and takes their seeds, and over charges them, and drives them into the ground, literally. Monsanto is the “Church of the USA,” and their mad-scientific method of polluting crops and land is their TWISTED RELIGION. The U.S. Government works hand in hand with Monsanto, and hires it’s former VP’s and lobbyists to run the FDA! Yes they do.
When cancer hits 80 to 90% of USA, maybe the masses will realize they’ve been fooled by the TWO PARTY VOTE for a hundred years, simply trapped inside of a tyranny, voting for what they thought was the lessor of two evils, when all the while it was slight of hand. There are barely any checks and balances left in America, and there really haven’t been any since WWI.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
New tools reveal how to make cells speak Notch
Harvard: Scientists have solved a decades-old mystery about how our cells communicate with one another to build and maintain our bodies. They found that in order to converse in a language called Notch, the “speaking” cell must physically tug on the “listening” cell. The results of their research, which required combining specialties and inventing new experimental techniques, should help scientists better understand how cells convey information through Notch signaling. The findings are reported June 4 in Developmental Cell.
Notch is important for processes such as determining cell fate during embryonic development. In addition, mutations of the gene encoding Notch are found in some diseases, including more than half of all cases of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL).
The study could therefore inform researchers’ understanding of what is going wrong in such diseases, said co-corresponding author Joseph Loparo, assistant professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.
The tools the team created should help scientists investigate the role physical force plays in regulating a variety of biological systems.
“Knowing that this ancient system for cell-cell communication has built into it a dependence on mechanical force has relevance to the fundamental question of how Notch signaling guides normal developmental decisions in multicellular organisms, and should provide insight into mutations that likely bypass the force requirement in disease,” said Stephen Blacklow, the Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer Professor and chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at HMS, who led the study with Loparo.
“I am excited that our work provides new insights into Notch signaling, and we hope that the tools we developed will be useful to our colleagues in the Notch signaling field,” said Wendy Gordon, who conducted the work as a postdoctoral researcher in the Blacklow lab. Gordon is now an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota.
“Furthermore, altered mechanical forces in the microenvironment of cells in disease states like cancer is an emerging concept that necessitates new tools like the ones we developed to understand how other proteins on the surface of cells use mechanical force to communicate signals to the inside of cells,” she said.
Open sesame
Before this study, researchers understood the basic order of events needed to convey a Notch message. But pieces were missing.
They knew that a molecule called Delta on the surface of the “speaking” cell binds to a molecule called Notch on the surface of the “listening” cell. Then an enzyme swoops in, and, like a pair of scissors, snips off a piece of Notch, releasing the signal into the cell.
Notch’s “cut here” site is initially hidden. It wasn’t clear how it becomes available to the enzyme scissors. Experiments showed that the mere binding of Delta and Notch molecules wasn’t enough to expose it.
Fifteen years ago, scientists proposed that a mechanical force might be needed. In the current study, Blacklow and Loparo’s teams became the first to directly test the idea—and show that it’s probably correct.
“You need to pull on Notch,” said Blacklow.
Magnetic pull
To make their discoveries, the researchers first set up simplified Notch systems on a glass slide. They attached tiny magnetic beads to individual Notch molecules tethered to the slide and bathed them in the Notch-cutting enzymes.
At first, nothing happened. Then they used what they called magnetic tweezers to pull on the beads. When they achieved enough force, the Notch molecules were cut and the beads floated away.
“It was a really clever idea,” said Blacklow of Gordon’s experimental design.
When pulled, fluorescently tagged magnetic beads are cut free of Notch and float away. Experiment shown at 100 times normal speed. Video: Wendy Gordon
The tests revealed that the force needed to reveal the cutting site was within the realm of what might occur in a real cell.
The researchers pursued their findings in a second set of experiments conducted in real cells using complete Notch and Delta molecules. They confirmed that magnetically tugging at Delta within a certain range of forces revealed Notch’s cutting site and released the signal without tearing apart either molecule.
Joining forces
Finally, the researchers built synthetic alternatives to the natural Delta-Notch connections to test whether anything about the natural bond other than the pull force might help expose the cutting site.
“Is it just a tether?” asked Loparo. “Or does something else in the connection lower the barrier to the door opening?”
Gordon designed one synthetic system. Norbert Perrimon, the James Stillman Professor of Developmental Biology at HMS, and members of his lab designed another.
Both systems showed that the pull force alone was sufficient to reveal the cutting site and release the signal. The experiments also revealed which parts of the Delta-Notch system are essential.
As they slot one more piece into the puzzle of Notch signaling, the research teams look forward to exploring new questions their work has raised.
“We came to this problem with two complementary areas of expertise,” said Loparo. “Neither of our labs could’ve done this on their own. It’s a fun and exciting way to do science.”
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How Mnemonic Devices Can Create Marketing to be Remembered
Mnemonic is another word for memory tool. Mnemonics are techniques for remembering information. The whole idea behind using mnemonics is to using unique ways to encode information so that it is easy to recall when needed. The best way to accomplish this task is to be creative, use vivid mental images, use video scribing, or involve other senses.
Mnemonics make the information more meaningful to a person by using associations or creating a pattern. Often times, if the information is a list, the first letter of each item on the list will be attributed to a word that is then put into a sentence. An example of this would be the planets in the solar system:
Or, for example, take the colors, where you take the first letter of the word and create a name instead of a sentence.
Mnemonics help to organize the information in a way that is easier for your brain to retrieve it. The best kind of mnemonics are ones that create a visualization of what you’re trying to remember. Visual stimuli are much easier to retrieve than abstract words. The more vivid or abstract the image is, the easier it will be to recall.
Here are a couple of steps that will help when you are marketing or advertising.
1. Use positive images and not negative ones. With so much negativity in the world today our brains tend to hold positive information better.
2. Use vivid color and graphics. Involve as many senses as possible.
3. Exaggerate the important parts of your message.
4. Use humor. People like to laugh and smile.
When creating a video scribe or a presentation use these steps. Be creative and your message will be remembered. Let us know if you have any questions about how to create mnemonic devices or how they can be useful to your marketing approach.
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Your name on the cover – but does a ghost get rights to a book? - The Ghost Writing Blog
Ghosts, by definition, should fade into the background. The entire business model of ghostwriting is, after all, that the ghost receives money to write a book on another’s behalf and the other party receives all the glory. Simple, right?
Except, it isn’t.
If two authors work together on a book, the law says that they are joint owners of the copyright of that book. Unless it’s pretty clear who contributed what, the legal position is each party has the same rights as a single author. Since, by the nature of the job, a ghost and author work together on every chapter, there is no obvious way to differentiate who did what and therefore no solution to dividing copyright. To extrapolate this still further, this means both authors are fully entitled to commercialise and monetise the end product in any way they see fit. And, perhaps even more infuriatingly for the author who picked up the bill for the ghostwriter, the ghost could even potentially interfere with their efforts if the relationship broke down.
I’m pretty sure that any would-be author reading this will be in a blind panic by now. That’s not what I wanted at all, they’ll be thinking. It’s my book!
Rest easy, it is not what a ghost wants either.
And that is why contracts are so important.
Once an author has checked out their ghost, likes their work and the mutual chemistry is spot on, the next crucial step is to discuss rights. It is the norm for a ghostwriter to assign their rights to copyright in exchange for compensation, or recognition, or any other negotiated terms and this is the basis for a solid ghostwriting agreement. However, it doesn’t just happen with a nod and a smile. Copyrights cannot be transferred verbally. They need to be part of a legal contract.
Professional ghostwriters will automatically have this written into their standard contracts which they will be happy to show to prospective clients. I would be very wary of any ghost that doesn’t have a basic contract to hand. The assignment of copyright should also include provision for a situation where the book contract is terminated for any reason (except not paying), so the author still maintains his or her rights.
Authors should make sure the assigned copyrights apply to 100% of the rights to the book. If it became a bestseller, or achieved critical acclaim, there may be opportunities for the book to be turned into a film, or a TV adaptation, or to be distributed around the world. Again, the named author should reap the benefits of that, and that means he or she should make sure that they are assigned the print license, plus rights to film, TV, international, translation and adaptions. Ghostwriters should be fine with this too: I would never expect to keep any rights to a book, ever.
Note: royalties and the agreement around the way they are split between the author and their ghost do not impact on these rights. Royalties are the profits from book sales and some authors will agree to reward their ghost with a percentage. I should say, this is quite rare. Most ghosts prefer to work for a lump sum on a flat fee basis, but a cut of the royalties is a nice bonus. It’s really a matter for negotiation between the parties. The important factor to remember here is it won’t impact the rights agreement, but should definitely be agreed up front as part of the contract. While you are looking at the subject of compensation, I would also tie down who will pay if the ghost has to travel widely to conduct interviews and stay away from home. Often, both sides will agree to share expenses, just as they agree to share royalties, but again it is best to discuss this openly.
Similarly, copyright is not the same as recognition. Here I mean the credit a ghost gets for their side of the collaboration, if they get one at all and, if they do, how prominent it will be. Some ghosts will push hard to get some sort of recognition somewhere in the book, even if only a mention in the acknowledgements, but it is up to both parties to agree.
While you are discussing rights, and who gets what, tackle the subject of ownership and control. Understand who is taking the lead on a project in terms of whose responsibility is it to seek out book deals and who has the authority to approve the final draft of the work, or seek revisions. This is particularly pertinent when there are more than two authors involved. Say a group of entrepreneurs got together with a ghost to write a ‘how we did it’ inspirational book. It is essential they set out how they would all work together. Would they want to be unanimous over every decision on the book’s direction, or would a simple majority vote be OK?
Even if it is a straight agreement between one author and their ghost, they should still discuss approval rights over the manuscript. Most authors want peace of mind that the initial drafts are not shown to any third party, such as a publisher, or agent, until they themselves have seen it and signed it off. This clause is a good thing for a ghost too, because it makes a lot more sense to agree everything up front with an author, before the manuscript is widely circulated. It’s not unknown for a publisher to get very excited about an initial draft copy, only for an author to subsequently demand huge cuts because he or she didn’t get a chance to go through it properly first. That is not a good situation for anyone and certainly not a healthy start to a publishing relationship.
It is not unreasonable for a ghost to impose a reasonable limitation on the approvals process within the contract. They may, for example, ask for at least 30-days after receiving the author’s comments to resubmit. There might also be a provision for what constitutes a ‘satisfactory’ manuscript and it will probably reference the original book proposal ie if the book closely follows the format agreed in the initial plan, it should for all intents and purposes be deemed satisfactory. This protects both parties in case either one of them tries to move the goal posts during the process, contrary to the other collaborator’s wishes.
As an author, don’t be surprised if a ghost pushes hard to insert some detail into contract about what they expect out of the collaboration. Rights do work both ways. While the onus is very much on the ghostwriter to come up with the goods, the author is expected to bring more than just their name (and fee) to the party. For a collaboration to work, an author has to commit to an agreed number of hours of interviews with their ghost. The amount can vary from writer to writer, but if both parties agree up front on at least roughly the number of hours needed, there will be no surprises later on.
However agreeable the initial meeting between an author or ghost, sooner or later, the unexpected does generally happen. Fortunately, most relationships grow to be strong enough to withstand the odd bump in the road. Even so contracts in ghosting collaborations are as important as in any other business deal. Yes, it is an exciting creative endeavour, but don’t get carried away before everyone knows and understands what is expected of them. The role of a contract is to define rights and remedies should everything not work out as expected. It’s about managing expectations on both sides. This way, everyone has something to refer back to should things not work out as expected. In an ideal world, once it is signed, neither ghost or author would look at the contract again. However, it’s there if they need it. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '153', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9695499539375304}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '23665', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:EIUBGWS6B6MNER6J37CHOGWNE2JGPIMY', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:36729fbc-e174-4957-a722-dc50754e535b>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 10, 19, 7), 'WARC-IP-Address': '109.74.244.200', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:QUBIK5J4X4UPJCWDRJAR23OZQ6AKXRCE', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:af4c6223-e5ce-4f07-bd96-787a65c91251>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.professionalghost.com/ghost-writing-blog/your-name-on-the-cover-but-does-a-ghost-get-rights-to-a-book?/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:9d9bb587-51e9-4de5-98d4-26ca21726502>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '1339', 'url': 'https://www.professionalghost.com/ghost-writing-blog/your-name-on-the-cover-but-does-a-ghost-get-rights-to-a-book?/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-30-193-233.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.023451507091522217', 'original_id': 'a01e8f5b59ceca960aae6740ee6abaa23b05b49a1da9694f8b5be2462d04d312'} |
Thursday, July 26, 2012
ARM's New 64 Bit Instruction Set
You may have heard that ARM, whose CPUs are extremely popular for embedded devices, is trying to move into the low-power server market. One of the current main difficulties for using ARM processors in servers is that it is only a 32 bit architecture (A32). That means, that a single process can address at most 4GB of memory (and some of it is reserved for the OS kernel). That isn't a problem on current embedded devices, but it can be on large multi-threaded server applications. To address this issue ARM has been working on a 64 bit instruction set (A64). To my knowledge there is no commercially available hardware that implements this instruction set, yet, but ARM has already released patches to the Linux kernel to support it.
To my surprise, this new 64 bit instruction set is quite different from the existing 32 bit instruction sets. (Perhaps, I shouldn't be surprised since the two Thumb instruction sets were indeed quite different from the existing instruction sets.) It looks like a very clean RISC-style design. Here are my highlights:
• All instructions are 32 bits wide (unlike the Thumb variants, but like the original A32).
• 31 general purpose 64 bit wide registers (instead of 14 general purpose 32-bit registers in A32). The 32nd register is either hardwired to zero or the stack pointer. These registers can be accessed as 32 bit (called w0, w1, ..., w31) or 64 bit registers (called x0, x1, ..., x31).
• Neither the stack pointer (SP) nor the program counter (PC) are general purpose registers. They are only read and modified by certain instructions.
• In A32, most instructions could be executed conditionally. This is no longer the case.
• Conditional instructions are not executed conditionally, but instead pick one of two inputs based on a condition. For example, the "conditional select" instruction CSEL x2, x4, x5, cond implements x2 = if cond then x4 else x5. This subsumes a conditional move: CMOV x1, x2, cond can be defined as a synonym for CSEL x1, x2, x1, cond. There are many more of these conditional instructions, but they all will modify the target register.
• A conditional compare instruction can be used to implement C's short-circuiting semantics. In a conditional compare the condition flags are only updated if the previous condition was true.
• There is now an integer division instruction. However, it does not generate an exception/trap upon division by zero. Instead (x/0) = 0. That may seem odd, but I think it's a good idea. A conditional test before a division instruction is likely to be cheaper than a kernel trap.
• The virtual address space is 49 bits or 512TB. Unlike x86-64/AMD64, where the top 16 bits must all be zero or all one, the highest 8 bits may optionally be usable as a tag. This is configured using a system register. I'm not sure if that will require kernel support. It would certainly come in handy for implementing many higher-level programming languages.
• A number of instructions for PC-relative addressing. This is useful for position independent code.
• SIMD instruction support is now guaranteed. ARMv8 also support for crypto instructions. These are also available in A32.
All the existing ARM instruction sets (except perhaps Jazelle) will still be supported. I don't think you can dynamically switch between different instruction sets as was the case for A32/Thumb, though.
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lewurm said...
nice post, I'm really excited about this harsh step on ISA level. btw, there is also an article on lwn:
James Issac said...
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12 May 2014
The OTHER Novel About Bellefonte
I have been working on a long-form poetry/essay collection about Tesla for a few years now.
It finally feels like there is momentum behind it.
Not to say it's done, just that it's moving.
I spent the day editing poems and thinking about order. It's weird how there is a natural forming linear narrative happening in the work. It clearly starts with Tesla's birth and moves to a meta-physical place on his work and death.
Along the way Mark Twain talks about patents. And JP Morgan spends money. And Edison kills an elephant in the park.
And there's bottled fire and bugs and light bulbs planted like irises.
Again. It feels like something.
The same cannot be said for the novel. It's stalled in stall town.
But the first third is done.
Very much done-ish.
It's weird writing about my parent's hometown. Where I went to high school.
I recently read Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation. I was fascinated by the perspective on the 'Sci Fi' novel. So I went and read City of Saints and Madmen. The second book didn't grab me as much, but buried within was a moment that caught me off guard.
A character, who may or may not be VanderMeer is being questioned in a mental institution. He is asked where he is from. He answers Belfont, Pennsylvania.
It jumped off the page. I went to the internet.
Bellefonte is a town of 6000 in central Pennsylvania. It's main claim to fame is that the town has a natural spring with no known source and Jonathan Frakes is from there. Coming across this town in a book, a successful book, is weird.
VanderMeer was born in Bellefonte. But his family spent a lot of time in Fiji. That he claims the town at all is amazing.
I immediately paid more attention to his work, to his persona. For selfish reasons.
Because I hope my book will someday be the 'other novel' that features Bellefonte, PA.
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Why lower crude prices are good for the oil industry
The quickest way to ruin a barbecue chicken is to let the fire get too hot. The same is true in business, and until a few weeks ago, nothing had been hotter than oil this year.
High crude oil prices have certainly fueled innovation and economic growth over the last four years, and the dozen or so major construction projects in downtown Houston are driven by the oil boom. But allow me for a moment to sing the praises of the 25 percent pullback that has dropped prices to two-year lows.
No analyst can confidently predict where oil prices will go next, but if prices for West Texas Intermediate can be sustained at around $80 a barrel, that would hit a sweet spot that rewards efficient operators, weeds out over-leveraged speculators and provides the United States with energy security.
Some investors will look at their oil and gas stocks and shake their heads. But David Spence, a professor of law, politics and regulation at the University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute, reminded me that despite recent sustained prices of $100 a barrel, prices are still high.
"I think for the major producers, there are precious few projects of theirs that can't produce at $80 oil," he said. "The lower-cost wells are still going to have a healthy profit margin."
That gap between a healthy profit at $80 and a spectacular profit at $100 is what overheats the market and threatens its long-term sustainability.
Those profits attract highly leveraged private equity firms into writing checks in $100 million denominations for marginal wells, where they hope to cash out quickly. Because they came in late, they paid extra-high prices for mineral leases, staff and equipment, and drove up those costs for everyone else.
"Sometimes they are alternative-asset investors, or alternative-investment managers, looking to buy hard assets with cheap money, and their time horizon might be different and their risk tolerance could be different," explained Bill Kroger, an attorney for Baker Botts whose team represents a number of oil and gas companies. "When prices went really high, and everyone wanted to drill at the same time, the costs went through the roof, whether it was the day-rate on rigs or labor or frack sand."
He said as prices fall and fluctuate, the higher-cost producers with a shorter timeline are rethinking their investments. The departure of less serious players should bring some stability and predictability.
"Some of the really good operators will be able to take advantage of that environment, potentially be able to better control their costs, and if they have a strong balance sheet they may be able to take advantage of new opportunities," Kroger added.
Long-term operators, in the Eagle Ford especially, are reducing incremental costs with every new piece of infrastructure. Both well density and production are going up.
"The cost of adding additional wells to that play is pretty low. These price fluctuations are not going to materially change those plans," he said.
Continued production from North America, which has doubled in the last four years, is contributing to the current global oil glut, and therefore lower prices. But how long that glut lasts and when prices will rise is largely a geopolitical question.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, led by Saudi Arabia, has traditionally set a range for oil prices and for 18 months kept them around $100. But increased production by non-OPEC countries, and cheating by the group's smaller members, cost Saudi Arabia market share as it cut production to keep prices up.
Last month Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran began signaling they would boost production and cut prices to around $85 a barrel. That hurts countries that need far higher prices in order to balance their government's budgets, such as Russia and Venezuela.
Oil-producing countries have no interest in seeing prices pull back much more than $85 over the long term because their economies depend on it.
The key reason for the glut is that demand has not met expectations. Oil is intrinsically tied to the global economy, and economists had expected a full global recovery by now. Instead, they fear a recession in Germany and a further slowdown in Asia.
That's led global investors to buy U.S. dollars. Since oil is priced in dollars, about half of the price decrease is due to the dollar's appreciation against other currencies.
Cheap oil, though, can also fuel economic recoveries. Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs estimated Monday that the lower oil prices will give U.S. consumers $129 billion more to spend this holiday season. Oil-importing countries like China and Japan will also see windfalls from cheaper energy and greater U.S. consumption.
Stronger spending, and therefore a stronger economy, will ultimately lead to higher oil prices.
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Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Five Lessons To Learn From 13 Reasons Why
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Since it's launch 13 Reasons Why has been talked about across the globe for good and bad reasons but love it or hate it, the show got some things right and what it didn't nail on the head we can learn from.
I read the book 13 Reasons Why back in 2014 when I was in 4th year of secondary school and not exactly having the best look on life. The book didn't change my life or bring me to some great epiphany. Instead it motivated me to cut my hair so I can feel like a new person. Unlike Hannah it wasn't a cry for help, I was preparing for battle BUT if it one noticed.
The main lesson I took from reading the book was to pay attention to my actions because you never know how it may affect another person. I was so excited when I saw that it was actually going to go from screen to book. It is by far one of the best book-to-screen adaptations I've seen this year. It stays so true to the book and is even more hard hitting than reading it was. I binge watched it in one day.
Despite the headache and eye strain I got from back to back episodes, I am grateful for the things the show got right and have picked up some new lessons in what it didn't and that's what I am going to share with you guys. Let's begin with the good bits.
What It Got Right
1) The Show Added To The World Wide Conversation of Suicide
I'm not going to say 13 Reasons Why has sparked a much needed conversation about suicide because it hasn't. The semicolon tattoo on my right wrist is proof enough. It's added it's own two pence to the conversation and helped keep the topic of suicide in the limelight so people can't escape from it. This is my number one reason for loving the book and show, you really can't escape from the topic of suicide, it is the whole plot!
2) Gave An Unapologetic, Raw Insider View Into Rape & Sexual Assault
Unless you've been raped and had your very being violated against your will, it is hard to imagine what that feels like. Watching the rape scenes in 13 Reasons Why, physically I felt ill, emotionally I felt ill and mentally I felt ill. The irony in the backlash the show received for its graphic scenes was laughable at best. No one wants to see rape happening but guess what, a person of rape didn't want that to happen either. How will we deal with the issue of rape if we as a society don't want to see it? 13 Reasons Why challenges the out of sight, out of mind attitude that undeniably taints the topic of rape and sexual assault.
The show did not shy away from the feelings of shame and fear and sense of loss people of rape can be afflicted with. The fear of telling loved ones. Shame at how peers will judge you and a loss of confidence in one's self. Rape can break your very soul as Hannah Baker herself said and 13 Reasons Why took a fair shot at portraying that. It hard to turn away watch but oh so very necessary.
What It Got Wrong
3) Hannah Baker killed Hannah Baker
To some degree I think 13 Reasons Why glorifies suicide and I am not up for that. By committing suicide and leaving behind the tapes, Hannah is seen to have taken her revenge on the people that hurt her most and in turn had the last laugh. She wants those on the tape to feel as hurt and betrayed as she felt, and most of all she wants them to take responsibility for her death and suffer the guilt that comes with it.
This is a terrible message to send to young people. Reading the book the one thing that never sat right with me was the fact that so many people were blamed for killing Hannah Baker. "We all killed Hannah " is a sentence Tony says quite a lot in the book and show.
As the spiritual guide, yogi, wise old man of the show it made me sad to hear him say that because it just isn't true. No one put a gun to Hannah's head and told her to slit her wrists and bleed to death. Not Clay, not Jessica not even Bryce ( although what he did would be enough to test anyone's resolve) Hannah Baker killed Hannah Baker and that is just the truth of it.
4) Hannah Baker Was Depressed
Oh look, another issue that society find hard to discuss, Depression. D.E.P.R.E.S.S.I.O.N. 10 letters, three vowels, 5 consonants and yet so much to be said about it. Or in the case of 13 Reasons Why, so much not to be said.
In her letter to Zach, Hannah talks about the loneliness and sadness she feels that can only be made better by the "silly" compliments she receives in her brown paper compliments bag. She is so obviously depressed and reaching out for help in many ways, cutting her hair, the poem in the school magazine, the anonymous letter in her class.
All these facts are somewhat left to the reader/viewer to come to realise themselves. I think it would've been so much more striking to bring attention to how her mental health affected her perceptions which in turn affected the way she felt. Something that could mean nothing to someone could be so offensive to another and that is regardless of whether or not you deal with Depression.
We've all had someone be our friend one day and then forget us the next, we get sad, we move on. There were so many people in that school how could she have not made any other friends? I mean I would've been her friend, the girl had a wit to die for! ( no pun intended). When you suffer from depression you could be in a school with billions of students and still feel so alone.
So some rumours went around about her that would hardly have stopped her from finding friends. I'm not sure about you but there have been many times where I've had to defend myself against a guy who gave my backside more attention than I would like. A slap for a slap. Yes Hannah and I are different people but she was a strong confident girl, the way she got Justin's number alone shows this so why is it so hard to believe she couldn't stand up for herself? My only theory is that, she was depressed. The thing with depression is when bad things happen to you, sometimes you feel as though you deserved it because you did something wrong.
But we'll never know what Hannah was thinking or how her mental health truly effected her perceptions because it's never discussed. Tut tut.
5) Forced People To Think About Their Actions
There is both good and bad ends to this point, that's why it's the last one.
13 Reasons Why sends the valid message that we should think before we act. With the likes of revenge porn and nude pics circulating amongst WhatsApp groups a message like this is so important and necessary to send. But I also worry about the little actions that may be affected negatively.
I'd hate to think anything I ever say or do would hurt someone but of course I have done just that before, many times. For example, my sense of humor is quite dry to say the least. You either get it or you don't. Its sarcastic, rude and dark. My friends and I would be very much into slagging each other as a form of affection and to new people who don't quite know us, our sense of humour could come across as insulting.
For that reason I like to be really comfortable with someone before I can start slagging them but sometimes you meet people and you just click with them and before you know it you're exchanged every yo mama joke in your arsenal with them!
I fear for the day where the world is so PC that no one can say or do anything freely. One where posting a funny meme about gingers can be seen as 'cyber bullying and adding to emotional damage'. I asked my ginger friends about this. They did not care. I love people who can take a light-hearted insult and give one back.
But the thing is not everyone is like this but that is my personality and I don't want to change that. There's nothing better than coming up with that perfect burn comeback and knowing you've got your opponent with this one. There are so many other areas in life, not just types of humour, that people just don't see eye to eye on. You could spend you whole life watching what you say around people and still offend someone.
You should one hundred percent pause and think about what you're doing before you send that nude pic you just received from the girl you've been seeing with to your mates. Don't be a creepy peeping Tom or record the intimate moments of your relationship. These should really be no brainers but don't stop being yourself for fear of hurting someone. If you're showing respect to others, taking accountability for your choices and actions and minding your own business, you'll be grraaand sure.
If you're falling the down the 13 Reasons Why blackhole and are up for a light-hearted fun read about, check out this post by The Tab which will definitely make you smile, maybe even chuckle.
What did you learn from 13 Reasons Why?
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4 comments so far
1. I read the book when I was in high school but I've still got the last two episodes to watch. I'm quite torn- as you say, it is making people think about their actions and about suicide. I just don't like that angle of 'we all killed Hannah Baker' and I think it's quite an irresponsible theme to perpetuate, especially in a show aimed at teenagers. I'll defo watch the last two episodes anyway!
Lisa x |
1. Some of the messages they send definitely need to be taken with a grain of salt because not everything is black and white and given their young audience. You should definitely watch the last two episodes, they're hard to watch bit worth it.
2. A friend of mine told me about the book only a few weeks before the show came up on Netflix, and I still haven't read or watched. But, it seems like it's got some really important things going on in the plot. I know in my school bullying was just kind of part of life. If a teacher ever found out you were doing something mean you were a deadman, but not many people went to teachers. It is so important to see the repercussions of your actions, even if it is "just a story". It's definitely still on my to-read list.
Erin | Explore, Refresh
1. Oh Erin, read it and watch it, they're great and the show definitely emulates the book well.
I'm glad to hear your teachers actually did something and students feared that, young people need to be thought more that they can turn to their teachers and leaders and the leaders in turn need to do something about whatever issue comes to them, big or small. It's the only way to build the kind of trust needed to prevent tragedies.
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Where in glasgow is the std code 0141369?
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• Where in glasgow is the std code 0141369?
Answer #1 | 09/02 2014 05:00
0141 is Glasgow but 369 must be a cable or suchlike as it is not an area code number.
Positive: 50 %
Answer #2 | 08/02 2014 13:28
That's not a geographical code It looks like a cable company phone number to me uk
Positive: 50 %
Answer #3 | 08/02 2014 14:38
UK area code 0141 is for the city of Glasgow and the surrounding area. Areas using 0141 numbers include Baillieston, Barrhead, Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Bridgeton, Busby, Cambuslang, Clydebank, Cranhill, Croftfoot, Drumchapel, Erskine, Giffnock, Govan, Halfway, Ibrox, Kirkintilloch, Langside, Maryhill, Merrylee, Milngavie, Newton Mearns, Paisley, Pollok, Possil, Provanmill, Renfrew, Rutherglen, Scotstoun, Shettleston, Springburn, Stepps and Thornly Park. 0141 numbers are normal, landline numbers charged at standard rates.
Positive: 33.333333333333 %
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Easy Ways to Get Fit With no Budget
Moving to college doesn't only expand the range of possibilities for young adults but also imposes new restrictions including financial and temporal. For living components like health, any negligence whether it's caused by these limitations or simply by the lack of self-discipline can induce serious problems.Students consciously or unintentionally can start or continue to avoid sports activities that can have more harmful consequences than before. All the stress and not medical ways to get rid of it, sleepless nights, busy schedules, constant pressure, excessive learning efforts, etc. are the reasons for the declining health especially if they pile up.To stay fit is very important for the active lifestyle. A good shape isn't just a beauty aspect it's a way to be energized and self-confident. It's visual evidence of sufficient muscle tonus, appropriate nutrition, etc. If the gym is a luxury for you don't worry there are many chargeless possibilities to take care of your figure and stamina. Review the following options to find the most fitting one for you.
Walking :
It's the most feasible exercise for anyone. Yes, it's not a fast fat-burner, but it's vital for circulation, digestion and tonicity especially if you spend the day mostly sitting. Even a short walk is a good method to relieve cumulative stress.Besides, to stick this activity into your schedule is very easy. Replace the transportation with it or prolong existing strolls by choosing alternative routes. Thereby this routine isn't just gratis; it's a money-saver.
Running or cycling :
Excellent cardio exercises with various settings. Explore your campus and town. You can use it as a bonding opportunity with your roommates or involve your friends to stay motivated. If you succeed in your training, you can take part in different college competitions or charity marathons.
Open-air fitness :
Browse the Web to find out if there are people in your varsity who are like those enthusiasts who coach for free in public places like parks. Join their workout sessions or retrieve free sports grounds to exercise yourself.
Sports :
Even if you are at the university not on a sports scholarship, it doesn't mean that you can't join some team or group. Colleges offer many affordable options for exercises to choose from.
Home gym :
If street options are outside of your comfort zone, establish own gym at your room! Though the equipment for it is really cheap, you can still economize by applying substitutions like a small rug or plaid instead of a yoga mat or full cans or bottles instead of weights.No time-limited access or memberships. Exercise when and how you want. Explore various training programs online and test them, do workouts with free shared videos, etc.
How to organize effective and continuous training process :
The system is obligatory for any activity efficiency. And when you have to add it to the intensive enough schedule, it's even more essential. The plan will ensure the actions regularity and motivation. To come up with your timing proceed to the successive steps:
1. Set time :
Consider your chronotype and college timetable and select days and time when you can exercise in any event. Opt for mornings to gain energy, evenings to get rid of excess calories or combine both to grab all. Know your limits to avoid exhaustion.
2. Choose program
If you perform random exercises, you won't achieve the desired results quickly or at all. That's why determine your focus that can be an overall shape or a particular body part improvement. Consult with specialists or browse the Internet to retrieve an appropriate for this purpose training program. Add it to your calendar with notifications and don't dismiss its sessions.
3. Ensure other conditions
Any workout will be more effective if you combine it with a healthy meal plan, sufficient sleep periods, a release from bad habits, etc. Work not just on your body but also your mind. A positive attitude will ensure working capacity and enthusiasm.
4. Define goals
Deadlines for reaching new levels can be great motivation remedies especially if you supply them with reasons like become fit before a trip to a beach.
5. Note
Keep a log of your training sessions and results to track your progress and if necessary make adjustments to your schedule, exercises or conditions. Go old school and use a notebook and a pen or take advantage of modern technology and employ your gadgets. There are many apps for these purposes with online synchronization so whatever device at your disposal now you'll be able to add remarks.
How to make a workout easier
For many people training is a tedious task that is always on the top of the list for a postponement. If you're one of them, make one or a few simple mentioned-below changes to alter the situation.
Comfort clothes :
Pick from your wardrobe few soft, stretchy things and good fitting sneakers for exercises to minimize the discomfort. Use mats, kneecaps and other protective remedies to reduce the possibility of injuries.
Cozy settings :
Beautiful parks or forests in early morning or sunset or a warm, clean room on a cold winter day can be much more appealing and stimulating for actions even than fancy gyms filled with sweaty people.
Good company :
Turn any workout in a fun activity by bringing along your friend or if you prefer exercising alone your smartphone or MP3 player. Music will entertain and energize as well as help you to keep the required rhythm.
Pleasant rewards :
Establish small prizes for yourself for persistence and hard work to enjoy not only results but also the process. Initially, they will work like motivational treats, but with time you'll realize that you can go on without them.Don't work out excuses explaining why you skip off your health when you make a list of things that should be taken care of. Perform workouts regularly to stay on top of everything including your studying. Keep on moving but don't forget to recharge ones in a while to continue your life journey. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.939556896686554}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '107963', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:KSYKYFPKJGLR43E356RNNESQE6AELWQU', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:12b16a44-75b2-485d-a4a7-ae9d0bf25880>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 12, 23, 57), 'WARC-IP-Address': '168.62.20.37', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:ZHNBEYMMDMA6BFOT6BYANR7BV54TSLMI', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:80fe79bd-a3f9-46af-a26d-78ba2f05d052>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://pitchengine.com/livepost/2018/07/07/easy-ways-to-get-fit-with-no-budget/002518713623791902565', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:b41cfdc0-6ac1-48d3-bdad-14274ffa7c6f>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '1006', 'url': 'https://pitchengine.com/livepost/2018/07/07/easy-ways-to-get-fit-with-no-budget/002518713623791902565', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-150-98-233.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.225563645362854', 'original_id': '691cebb70ccf6a684fa25130064e3a5f6f567f602b16b2a3b9ebfec8765f8d57'} |
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Over the past decade more and more people are getting fired, getting downsized, or getting fed up with their company jobs and embark on the journey as a small enterprise owner. The marketing combine and the 4Ps of marketing are sometimes used as synonyms for one another. A marketing strategy differs from a marketing tactic in that a method seems to be at the long run view of the merchandise, items, or services being marketed. The administration of marketing mix acts as a regular audit on the marketing actions being carried out and could be intently monitored to yield higher outcomes. In this sense, a firm’s marketing division is commonly seen as of prime importance inside the functional stage of a
For instance, the product management role can cut up so that the product supervisor would deal with designing the product experience and functionality, while a product marketer would package and value the product. If the funds is really zero, then marketing actions that cost zero dollars have to be employed: Craigs List, Ebay, in-retailer referral applications, blogs, web site promotion, press releases, networking teams, and so forth. The marketing planning course of entails forging a plan for a firm’s marketing actions.
Craziness: Well this is not a prerequisite, but being crazy definitely helps in bringing in those contemporary views and achieving your targets in marketing. Microsoft Dynamics Marketing is a CRM marketing solution that enables your team to plan, execute, and measure campaigns across channels, from begin to end, to deliver your marketing vision to
In this context, marketing takes place between companies or organizations The product focus lies on industrial goods or capital goods reasonably than shopper products or finish products. The Work Environment tab consists of the number of jobs held within the occupation and describes the office, the level of bodily activity expected, and typical hours labored. When you consider marketing as slick ads within the newspaper or magazines, sure, it’s costly.
The 4Ps of marketing is just one of many lists which have been developed through the years. Similar traits to marketing orientation however with the added proviso that there will likely be a curtailment of any dangerous activities to society, in either product, manufacturing, or selling methods. Marketing looks holistically at the numerous elements that can be engaged with a view to handle these undertaking steps much like the building project supervisor. Being an early or at least an earlier adopter of marketing methods on the Internet and through digital devices can solely profit the | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '72', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9496877789497375}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '31990', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:44DNCI2QDJ3QAES4PUOCFU6DFXWMWFEJ', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:806031f1-aa2d-423d-9663-edc96220cae0>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 17, 7, 47, 6), 'WARC-IP-Address': '198.54.126.159', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:536EPDSPBTZGBTWNDKSIR37BU66AHBCV', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:f0db9ab6-5ffe-4c44-8744-619cf5fb3846>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://alhpameet.com/marketing-news-topics-3.html', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:f0c17bf5-2cac-4a22-bd08-a5b1f5eec7d8>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '424', 'url': 'http://alhpameet.com/marketing-news-topics-3.html', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-225-182-164.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-30\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for July 2018\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.018933355808258057', 'original_id': 'd2251d83ac0c5779942718f846085e26ea2d09624b8e3c5628b12480ebd020d3'} |
Where Can You Find Some of the Country's Best Thai Food? Smack in the Middle of L.A.
When you're on the line, regional cuisine from around the world is just a Metro stop away.
Dec 2, 2014·
Samantha Cowan is an associate editor for culture.
What's the best way to explore a vibrant city's ethnic cuisines? In Los Angeles, a team of filmmakers decided to jump on the Metro, using stops in diverse neighborhoods to dive into L.A.'s exploding food scene. In this installment of On the Line, Heirloom LA's Tara Maxey sets out to explore some of the city's Thai restaurants.
Along with consistently sunny skies and frequent celebrity sightings, Angelenos also have access to some of the most authentic Thai cuisine America has to offer. Six blocks of Hollywood Boulevard are peppered with family-owned Thai restaurants boasting authentic ingredients and balanced flavors.
Maxey meets up with Food Network chef and Thai cooking expert Jet Tila to begin her journey. Tila, a third-generation child of Thai immigrants, combines the foods of his upbringing with classical French culinary training at his restaurant Stir Market. You'll find an array of cuisines on the menu, but Tila is deeply devoted to Thai flavors. “Thai people are masters of blending hot, sour, salty, and sweet,” he says.
Roughly six miles separate Stir Market from the city's Thai Town, and a quick trip on the Metro leads the duo to Tila's favorite local spot, Ruen Pair.
The family-owned restaurant has gained an avid following by bringing traditional recipes to the States. Here Maxey learns about traditional Thai culture and cuisine, from a proper greeting to the importance of dried shrimp in creating the food's signature umami flavor.
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Pain Relief For Horses And Its Applied Merits
Tremendous pain can be experienced by a horse specifically its body components like the joints. Others assume it is enough to give water and food only but sometimes the pain will only be taken away while using other products. The same goes for merely offering it some rest. With the absence of looking well, something better be done quickly. One good idea for a cure involves certain supplements.
The supplement or company is something to be particular of though. The horse is not merely given with anything randomly. Without being considerate there, making it worse would have happened. Thankfully, advantages are offered while involving some supplements. Take a closer look at Pain Relief for Horses and its applied merits. Not being familiar about this may put you at a disadvantage perhaps.
Varieties of ingredients are mixed in these supplements. Some examples around here are glucosamine, vitamin C, yucca, and chondroitin. Involving with only one aspect is a wrong assumption then. What keeps animals healthy here is every contribution given by each ingredient. Including more minerals and vitamins is even expected for products that have been newly released.
As this involves numerous ingredients, the applied effects are also different. For every ingredient, researching more is important until how the animal is affected by the substance finally becomes uncovered. Being disadvantageous occurs when your awareness is lacking. An example is when your horse needs more substances yet you have given less only.
Once this is regularly taken, staying healthy happens to animals for sure. Being at risk occurs to the animals if you avoid following the instructions like the ones you find on containers. Horses can be checked by some vets too so what is prescribed will be known already. Suggestions could be given by vets too and they are reliable on such matters.
Different methods actually apply on how you purchase these. Stores are where you find those commonly. However, online orders are possible too in case those have not been available. That is delivered easily to your house which is very convenient. You get involved with different options then and which seems most cost effective and convenient for you is worth selecting.
You are assured with safety if ever legit authorities have approved of the products you chose. Whether that is actually approved or not, its product or brand should be inspected first. Thus, fake pieces and unregistered items will be prevented. Using could be dangerous for something that is never evaluated or rated.
This includes in having digestive system improved besides taking out pain. Besides whisking out inflammation, more can be done then. An improvement to metabolism is another expectation until getting overweight easily never happens to that. That horse stays benefited by giving exercise and food continuously. Abusing those for work is never good. Being abused will keep horses weak even though you got lots of beneficial items ordered.
Certain products and supplements are commonly managed by many individuals for their horses. This aspect is definitely popular. Being random is never how its popularity works though because how those items are effective is told to you. So no more problem is encountered for horses, keeping the effective ones is necessary.
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Graveyard of Empires
The Soviet-Afghan War has been a point of contention through the modern era. Many people have called it the Soviet’s Vietnam in reference to the long draw out fight that drained soviet resolve in the conflict. This paper will discuss the course and ultimate failure by the soviets to win the war and how that subsequently led to the fall of the Soviet Union. In order to gain insight into the intricacies of the conflict there will be a brief review of the Soviet afghan war. Then, we will continue on to how the war contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union.
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was created by the Saur Revolution on April 27, 1978. The new regime had close ideological connections with the Soviet Union. Under the leadership of Nur Taraki and Hafizullah Amin, The new government went about trying to create a new soviet state outside of the Warsaw Pact. Initially the Soviets were supportive to their new neighbor but as the soviets were pressured more and more about giving assistance to the new communist state. The Soviet Union had a few reservations about the new party in Afghanistan. Many politicians in the Soviet Union believed that the New Afghan government was moving too fast into the Communist system and were annihilating the afghan people’s traditions. The Soviets also saw the Afghan government start to fracture, first with the purges of rival factions within the government and then a move by Amin to over through the Revolutionary Council government. Amin brought an even harsher regime in and was assassinated by the Russians three months after taking power as part of Operation Storm.
Operation Storm marks the start of direct Soviet influence in Afghanistan. Once eliminating the old regime The Soviets then propped up a new government led by Babrak Karmal in December of 1979. After this point the Soviet Union did not leave Afghanistan until there withdrawal in 1989. Karmel acknowledged the need for Russian support for the regime was crucial for the new Afghan government to survive. Over the next ten years the Soviets fought to keep the mujahedeen at bay.
It is very important to study the soviet invasion in Afghanistan since it had effects of the rest of the world. As I talked about earlier, the Soviets had initial reservations about involving themselves in Afghanistan during the early attempts to create a communist government. Once the Soviet “fixed” the Afghan Government to a regime that was more in line with Soviet principles it brought along many new issues for the Soviet Union. Technically, this was the First time that the Soviet Union had invaded a country that was outside of the Warsaw Pact. This was a major step for the Soviet Union because it brought a lot more criticism from the international community since it seemed as though the Russians were pushing to expand their reach even farther than before. Many of the western nations believed the Soviet Union was trying to Expand South toward the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. This was especially important to the west since they want to protect all of the oil coming out of the Persian gulf as well as the fact that if the Soviets continued their offensive into either Iran or Pakistan it would have given the Soviets a warm water port on the Indian Ocean.
The Soviet Afghan War was broken up into four major parts. The initial phase of the Soviet occupation was the movement of soviet troops into Afghanistan. During this phase, the Soviets propped up the new government. The Soviets then invaded the country using a two pronged attack going south from the Soviet Union meeting at Kandahar city. This First phase extended from December of 1979 to February 1980. During this time the Soviets controlled most of the major cities in Afghanistan and help settle the country into the new government. There was little combat during this phase other than that was needed to quell different political factions that were opposed to the new government. During this first period the Soviet leadership believed that the bulk of the fighting could be handled by local military forces but as time went on it became apparent that the local troops could not be trusted to fight and win against the many resistance factions within the nation.
When the Soviets first entered Afghanistan they believed that if they helped stabilize the nation the new government of Afghanistan would be able to support itself with little to no outside intervention from the Soviet Union. The fact that Afghan Forces could not compete with the roving afghan forces throughout the country was a major tactical error on the part of the Soviets since it laid the groundwork for the rest of the conflict. By pledging support to Afghanistan, The Soviet tied itself to the success of the communist regime in Afghanistan. This commitment caused Russia to pour more and more military assets into the country.
The second stage of Soviet intervention lasted from March 1980 till April 1985. During this time there was wide scale warfare throughout the entire country. The original strategy of the soviets was to flush out the mujahedeen out of the country using standard Soviet military tactics that were developed for invading across the relatively flat grounds of Eastern Europe. However, these tactics did not work well in Afghanistan with its very mountainous topography. At first, the mujahedeen tried to fight pitched conventional style battles which they found that the Russians modern technology overwhelmed the rebels. The rebels then adjusted their tactics in order to take away from the Soviets advantage by using guerilla tactics by ambushing soviet troops and then quickly fading back into the local populations. This style of fighting frustrated the Soviets and caused them to change their tactics in order to effectively combat the mujahedeen.
The Soviet tactics at the start of the war all were based around those that were made to invade Europe and the flat lands of China. In the new mountainous areas of Afghanistan these tactics did not work well. At the start of the war Soviet tactics dictated that infantry units were to move along with their armored personnel carriers. In the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan the armored vehicles were not able to maneuver effectively. Also the heavy Russian Equipment limited the ability of Russian troops to maneuver outside of their vehicles once they dismounted in the mountains. This quote from the book, The Soviet-Afghan War: how a superpower fought and lost, sums up the Russian’s predicament in the early stages of the war.
At this time, the inadequacies of heavy military equipment, which had limited application in mountainous terrain, became apparent. Tanks, BMPs, and self-propelled artillery were road bound and lacked the operational expanse for their employment. Contemporary high-precision jet aircraft were unable to support ground forces effectively with air strikes. Using helicopter gunships, the Soviets were able, for the first time, to establish more effective methods of combating the Mujahideen in the mountains. This use of the helicopters was severely limited later by the introduction of the man-portable Stinger air defense missile. This appreciably decreased the results of and combat which frequently did not achieve their projected goals.[1]
Along with these problems the Russians lacked the initiative to change tactics to combat this new type of warfare. By the end of the second phase of the war the Russians started to change tactics and started to use helicopters to drop troops in behind the mujahedeen so that they would cut off their escape routes away from the main Russian. This was by far the bloodiest part of the war For the Russians since they were conducting full on combat operations throughout the country.
The third phase of the war was characterized by the limited withdrawal of Soviet troops and the formation of Afghan self-defense detachments. This phase lasted from April 1985- April 1986. The formation of the Afghani army was a way for the Soviet Union to lessen the amount of casualties and help the government of Afghanistan to start to support itself. During this time the frequency and scale of operations were scaled down in order to preserve troop strength and morale of Russian soldiers. On the political side it was decided that the afghan war was not going to be won by pure military strength because of the type of guerilla warfare that was employed by the mujahedeen.
During the fourth and final phase of the conflict there was very few military operation lead by the soviet army. At this point in the war, the soviets only held the major cities and rarely ventured into the mountains. The Soviets realized that they had lost the fight in Afghanistan but were not able to leave Afghanistan because they would lose face in the eyes of the world if they did not strike a deal with the western power and Afghanistan. Many top level politicians and military leader squabbled about whose fault it was that they got involved in the war. In the Notes from the Politburo Session in 1987, members argued about how the cannot explain to the Russian people that “A million soldiers went through Afghanistan. And we will not be able to explain to our people why we did not complete it [i.e. the war]. We suffered such heavy losses! And what for? We undermined the prestige of our country, brought bitterness. What did we lose so many people for?”[2] They went on to talk about the fact that they were asked by the Afghans 11 times before finally sending troops into the country. The afghan government also began a campaign of national reconciliation in which the people reject and vow to continue the jihad until every Soviet soldier had left the country. On the 15th of February, 1989 the last Soviet units left Afghanistan.
The Soviet-Afghan War was a major event in the history of the Soviet Union and was one of the many causes for the fall of the Soviet Union. The ten year war placed both economic and social stresses on the Soviet Union. These stresses have been attributed to the fall of the Soviet Union. Over the course of the war Soviet Russia felt the strain on their resources as the war in Afghanistan continued and sapped the Soviet union of physical resources and man power.
During the Soviet-Afghan war the soviets lost approximately 13,310 soldiers, 35,478 wounded, and 311 missing.[3] This amount of lost was felt across the Soviet Union as every saw an entire generation of young men disappeared. That is from about 115,000 troops that had entered the country over the entire course of the war. Just these raw figures show how much of a toll the war had on the Soviet Union. Many people around the Soviet Union noticed the effect of the war on the population but it was never reported about the actual death toll of the war until 1988.
The war also drained critical resources in the Soviet Union where the production of good could not kept up with the demand of the war. From 1985 until the end of the war the Soviet Union experienced food shortages as the leaders of the Soviet Union focused on supplying the warfighter they neglected the rest of the Soviet Union. Obviously the standard of living was much lower in Russia compared to other western European countries, but with the increased strain of fighting the war politicians decide to send the majority of the food to the warfighters in Afghanistan and left the Soviet Union with widespread food shortages. Some of the effects of this policy were food rationing by the government, long lines for food, and overall food scarcity.[4]
Physiologically, the physical effects of the war started to were on the people of the Soviet Union. The large amounts of casualties were able to be seen by the general population by the lack of young men that were lost in a decade of war. Often times, families were not able to say that their sons had been killed in Afghanistan. Many veterans from the war came back as drug addicts from the black tar heroin that was so prevalent in Afghanistan since opium was one of the few sources of revenue to the country. The veterans’ bad habits and poor morale also did not help the psychological stability of the Soviet Union. This level of censorship caused mistrust of the soviet system and would eventually lead to even more social issues.
The Soviet-Afghan War brought along a lot of questioning of the legitimacy of the Soviet regime within Russia. The public started to wonder if the government was at fault for the current situation the Soviet Union. This continued skepticism ultimately was one of the contributing reasons for the fall of the Soviet Union only a few years after the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Many people throughout the Soviet Union started to blame the problems that were occurring on the home front to the decision to invade Afghanistan and the lack of resolve to finish the fight there. This idea of a lack of confidence in the politicians made the people of the USSR loss faith in the capability to protect and run the country. The lack of confidence also was reflected on the military since they were directly responsible for fighting the war. Many people from the Warsaw Pact countries started to believe that the war was being fought by non-Russians. This was a major issue since the other satellite countries believed that the war was primarily sponsored by the Russian government but they were taking advantage of the satellite nations to do the heavy lifting of the war. This ideology then led to local nationalism in which the Warsaw pact states view themselves as being used by Russia versus being part of the larger soviet state. Some people started to believe that the Soviet Union was focusing too much on the military side and needed to worry about the social and economic issues that were occurring throughout the Soviet Union.
The Soviet economy also took a big hit during the period of the Soviet-Afghan War. The Era of Stagnation was a period between 1964 and 1985 in which the soviet economy slowed down to a virtual halt. No one has ever been able to pinpoint the reason why this happened to the Russian economy. It has been theorized that I might have been caused by the Soviet’s instance on defense spending while others believe that was due to systematic failures as part of the Soviet economic system.
The combination of both social and economic issues that were attributed to the Soviet-Afghan War were some of the major reasons behind the fall of the Soviet Union. The increase of local nationalism due to the combined feelings that Russia was taking advantage of the other Warsaw Pact countries help to spur on their fight for independence. This fight was also aided by the undermined respect of both the Russian government and military. The economic stagnation also forced the Soviet Union to let go of their long held ideas of central economic planning. As you can see, the effects of the Soviet-Afghan war were ultimately a major part of why the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
[1] Lester W. Grau and Michael A. Gress, trans., The Soviet-Afghan War : how a superpower fought and lost(Lawerence: University Press of Kansas,2002)
[2] “Volume II: Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War Article 19,” The National Security Archive, Accessed May 5, 2015.
[3] “Soviet Lists Afghan War Toll: 13,310 Dead, 35,478 Wounded,” New York Times, Accessed May 5, 2015.
[4] “Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong,” Foreign Policy, Accessed May 5, 2015.
Into Unfriendly Skies
The U-2 incident was one of the most galvanizing moments of the Cold war. On May 1st, 1960, Francis Gary Powers took of from a small military base in Pakistan and flew into history. His flight into the soviet union that day became one o the most trival points of the Cold war including placing it among the Cuban missile crisis.
The overflights of the Soviet Union had been going on for over 4 years before the time Powers was shot down in 1960. At first President Eisenhower was so hesitant that he had contact the British to see if they could fly the U-@- across the Soviet Union Just so it would have not been as bad of a fall out as if they were exclusively flown by Americans. Once so overflights were completed the President felt even better about the spy flights since he was finally able to see over the iron curtain.
One of the primary reasons the U-2 was used for this mission was because they were able to fly 13 miles above the surface of the earth and there fore prevented the planes from being attack by both Surface to Air missiles (SAMs) or manned aircraft. The frustrating part for the Russians was the fact that the Russians could pick up these planes on radar but were not able to do anything about them. In early 1960, Russia began using a new surface to air missile, the S-75 Dvina, which was specifically made as a high altitude missile poised to be used against the U-2.
S-75 Dvina surface to air missile Source: wikipedia
President Eisenhower had set a stop date for Powers’ CIA overflight for set for May 1st since later that month the UK, France, United States, and the Soviet Union were set to meet to discuss peace at the Four Powers summit. President Eisenhower was worried that a overflight to close to the Summit could destroy trust between the nations. As, the deadline drew closer there was bad weather over Russia and Powers’ overflight was delayed till May 1st.
The United States then lost contact with powers as he flew over central Russia. The United States then started to play cover story that the U-2 was a weather plane that got lost and wandered into Soviet airspace after the announcement that was broadcast by the Russians. What the Americans didn’t know was the fact that the Soviets had recovered both Gary Powers as well as his plane with most of the sensitive materials intact. This fatal misstep on the part of the american caused a media firestorm and a field day for the Soviets since they claimed that america was being deceitful since they had the proof with Gary powers as well as the film that was recovered from the crash site.
The Cover up plot greatly influenced the Four power summit with Krushchev only being at the summit for one day with just enough time to smear the Americans for their blatant act of spying on the Soviet Union. A month later they put Gary Powers on trial in Moscow for spying against the Soviets and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. This is a pretty cool article from a soviet newspaper about the trial.
The Gary Powers’ trial was the last major smearing from the U-2 incident. Khrushchev never again trusted the west in any attempts to make peace and set the stage for the rest of the Cold war. Gary Powers was released a year and a half later in a prisoner transfer on the Glienicke Bridge which is also known as the Bridge of Spies for its use as prisoner exchange point during the cold war. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '9', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9800021648406982}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '42853', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:CGXOMQCQVDXH43A7E5TJL4AWHH2VH33S', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:21a7d1cf-6ed3-4dbc-bd04-b09c26314bce>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 17, 7, 48, 54), 'WARC-IP-Address': '209.15.20.202', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:5YIRDWAC35IOJJKTYBBI4KAAJO5YAPLP', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:816225a0-b5a7-486a-ad06-9f0af90b2d37>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/mitch7b/2016/04/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:5aacbafc-d1ea-4255-baa7-03809aa90231>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '3239', 'url': 'https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/mitch7b/2016/04/', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-93-215-215.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-30\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for July 2018\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.24997854232788086', 'original_id': 'fa47571a441f2b8b29a75b1390f5c8f074b59868b8bf84b6abc749abcae3b1c9'} |
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Stepping Off 5
Recently at a meeting about climate change, a website was recommended to me for stimulating and encouraging changing our lifestyle to earthfriendly ways.
The approach taken - Calculate (your carbon footprint), Compare (yourself with other people), Compete (to improve your performance) - is not my style, but it did get me thinking about the whole question of Carbon Footprint.
I visualise Carbon Footprint a bit like Buddhapada or those paintings of the Footprints of Christ after the Ascension; the reminder, legacy, consequence, of how we have lived our lives.
But, I don't see how it can realistically be calculated in industrialised society.
Our family members in the Hastings tribe house run no car, work locally, shop from small local businesses, choose fair trade and organic options, take no foreign holidays, use the heating frugally, have no tumble drier or dishwasher, have insulated the roof - you would think their carbon footprint was minute.
Until you start to think about it.
Last night in the Hastings tribe house we had a (delicious) Indian meal delivered from the amazing Bay Spice kitchen, and then we watched a film that we'd borrowed on DVD from the library.
What was the carbon footprint of that? How could we possibly calculate it?
The food came in a van loaded up with many orders - what proportion of the vehicle fuel and the manufacture of the van belonged to us? What percentage of the fuel in the kitchen and the manufacture of the equipment there? The meal came in aluminium foil containers with foil-backed cardboard lids. The vegetables (it was a vegetarian meal) may have been grown in our country: but what about the spices, and the grains? How were they transported from where they were grown? And the ghee - was it packed in metal drums? And the cows it came from? The grain they ate, the fertiliser to grow the grain, the milking machine components and the electricity to run it, the electric lights in the milking parlour for the morning milking before dawn?
And the film we watched - not just the electricity to run our television and DVD player: what about the manufacture of the TV and the DVD player (probably overseas), transporting them here, the manufacture of the freight carrier and the lorry, the manufacture and fuel of the car the lorry driver went to work in to start his working day? And the shop where we bought the TV and DVD player - the lights, the till, the shop fittings: their manufacture and the electricity to run them. How did the shop assistants get to work? Each in his or her own car? On the bus?
And then - the making of the film! The lights, cameras, studio equipment, all the people involved, their accommodation... it goes on and on!
It seems to me that the carbon footprint of eating the Indian meal and watching the film is incalculable.
So how could we possibly make a meaningful calculation of the carbon footprint of our whole lives? Even making the attempt is an exercise in learning how to ignore things!
This we know: to live simply, all the time, every day, in every aspect of our lives, to simplify - this is the earth-friendly strategy. Calculating, comparing and competing becomes unnecessary when we choose simplicity.
Buzzfloyd said...
Very true! And this shows us that we can only do so much, and then we have to hand it over.
Ember said...
Yes - I like your rule of thumb; each decision/purchase incorporating some ethical aspect, be that small local firm, fair traded, organic or whatever, and not trying to hold down all the ballons in the bathwater at once.
Buzzfloyd said...
I have nothing to say except that this time the verification word is 'wookedr'.
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The Penultimate Game – Serpent Skull
The final two modules of the Adventure Path
Last night saw a marathon (yes +Christopher Hardy this one “actually” qualifies) of a game for our in person Serpent Skull adventure path. We started at around 7 P.M. and finished at around 2.30 A.M. which made me oh so very unpopular with my wife when I got home. But was it worth it? Oh hell YES! Be warned, DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU ARE A PLAYER IN A SERPENT SKULL GAME AS THIS CONTAINS HEAPS OF SPOILERS.
Ok, first a bit of scene setting. The players are +Cam Mcloughlin who plays Janthir the Fetchling rogue/sorcerer/arcane trickster, +scott desmond who plays Kaleb the Aasimar monk/cleric, my 14 year old daughter Courtney (largely why I am in the bad books keeping her out so late on a school night) who plays Seleca the Elven Cavalier (with her newly minted druid cohort after the fighter died last week) and Mark Desmond who plays Seroquel/Hank the Tiefling Alchemist/Master Chymist. If you have been following the blogs you would realise that the party had moved through a portion of the final module of this adventure path and last week they fought through a bunch of beasts to get to a set of stairs that lead to the second level of the evil temple dedicated to the decapitated serpent folk god Ydersius.
What I am now comfortable to reveal as my players now know is that by following their travel to the left mantra that they avoided a whole bunch of threats and made it to the stairs down in the quickest way possible. What this meant was for the final battle they had a heap of really high threat level creatures that would be called in to assist the end foes. What this meant to me was I was expecting a TPK (Total Party Kill) to be the finale for this adventure path. I had told the players that when it came to the final battle the screen would be taken away and the dice would fall as they do with no fudging (not that I fudge often, but there is always a player perspective that you do).
Now you may be wondering why did I call this post the penultimate game when it is quite apparent that the final battle appears to have been done. This is true. The final battle occurred last night. Was there a TPK? Why do they need another session? Do they all need therapy? Read on and find the answer to that question somewhere below dear reader.
So, to the story. The players returned from their camp above and headed down into the second level, completely oblivious to the danger they had left behind. They were moving into the large opulent temple corridors below and every step of the way they were expecting doom. Enough of them had read my blog to realise this may be the last game so they were nervous. Very nervous.
They headed into some rooms and found collections of ancient Azlanti artefacts that they decided to leave alone and then came to a junction to which they (of course) took the path to the left. They found themselves opening a large set of doors into a massive room with a strange green path on it. The players were very paranoid and they soon noticed there was magic emanating from some sections of the columns that were present here so gave them a wide berth. They moved to the doors at the far end and found they could not get them open. The monk went into gaseous form and found that the reason they could not get them open was that there had been a cave in on the other side. They returned to the junction and headed to the hissing room a little further away.
Six armed brassiere wearing demon? Check!
They came to a large long room and found it coated in a carpet of snakes. Janthir sent in a fireball and the snakes just seemed to roll in over the damage done. They were considering flying over the room when a six armed, snake bodied, brassiere wearing demon appeared and threatened their doom. A bit of back and forth later the demon covered the entrance to the room with a blade barrier. While the players discussed what to do, the demon teleported over to the main chamber and warned the big boss that the party was in the lower levels and returned, dropping the barrier and readying for a fight. The kicker? Well, the snakes on the floor were an illusion as was the image of the demon. The demon was real enough but she was lurking in an alcove nearby waiting for a good time to spring her attack.
Janthir unfortunately struggled a little in determining that it was an illusion whilst the rest of the party picked it up pretty quickly. Unfortunately that meant that poor old Janthir was the first one that got targeted and he found himself swiftly caught up in a grapple from the demons coils whilst the demon then began to slash and whip the rest of the party as she squeezed the life out of him. Long story short, the rest of the party managed to do more damage to her than she did to Janthir quickly enough to get him free of the creature as it was banished to the abyss to harbour her resentment.
The party had little time to breathe (just enough time to work their Cure Serious Wounds wand into a lather) before they rounded the next corner and came across an undead spirit tied to a hollow snake skin. The party leapt at the opportunity which meant Seleca unfortunately got caught in the creatures mouth. This is an unfortunate place to be with a hollow serpent as it is in precisely that point where you start getting energy drained. She did have a good idea whilst spending time in the creatures teeth and she poured a cure serious wounds potion into it with the positive healing energy damaging the creature. The party managed to take it out quickly with Seleca losing only a single level loss to the creature.
It was over quickly for this overconfident degenerate!
Moving forward they came to the next odd shaped room that contained an overconfident degenerate serpent folk and some guards. Unfortunately for the “big” threat in the room he got stunned by Seleca’s stunning assault feat and spent the one round it took the party to despatch of him “looking at the pretty birdies”! To add insult to injury the pleb guards then took about four rounds to despatch of.
And then they came to the final room. A huge chamber with an obvious ritualistic platform and a dirty great big hole into the realms of Orv at the other end of the cavern. the players spotted what looked to be a dirty great big snake skull sitting on the ritual platform and a serpent folk cleric in front of it facing them feigning surprise hat they had “interrupted” his ritual. Then a massive snake came from the north west and the battle got under way.
Can you spot the invisible miniatures? Paizo make these
and they are great to use. Just watch you don’t put your
hand on one because they are sharp and hurt!
What the players did not know at this stage is the “skull” on display was actually just the fossilised stone that had formed around the skull. The bone had already been extracted and used to complete the ritual. Ydersius was on his way and the players had five or so rounds to deal with this priest before the main event arrived. Unfortunately for the players though there were three other NPC’s that they had not dealt with on the first level that were on their way to help deal with them. It was certainly looking like a TPK from my perspective. The screen got thrown away and the next three hours played out in devastating style.
What happened? Lets dot point this.
• The priest set himself up protectively with a Globe of Invulnerability and a Repulsion spell that essentially ended up affecting only Seleca
• The party came charging in with an aim to deal with the two threats only to find a pair of transmuter serpent folk arrive on the second round with some devastating spells at their disposal (can anyone say disintegrate?).
• The party did a reasonable job of dealing with the snake and also taking the fight to the priest so that when he was due to start summoning some buddies he was looking a little shabby and needed to take a time out
• To do this he cast a Destruction spell and nearly killed Janthir outright (which would have consumed his body in unholy fire). Thanks to a pre combat buff of Greater Heroism Janthir actually managed to fall unconscious rather than die. The priest then used quickened teleport to hide out amongst some rubble and get himself back in the game.
• The attention turned to the two transmuters but they both got off some Resilient Sphere’s and retreated to make themselves a little more combat worthy.
• The Ydersius rose and the party charged in (apart from Seleca who was still prevented from moving in that direction by the Repulsion effect.
• Kaleb and Hank went toe to toe with the god while Janthir healed himself out in the back room and Seleca attempted to cut her way through the spheres the transmuters had created. Meanwhile the priest created a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a couple of Invisible Stalkers to complicate the matter and things turned ugly
• Janthir arrived back just in time to see Hank caught in the dinosaurs mouth and Kaleb step into the back room (the back room was the room of the last encounter) to heal up also. Janthir managed to get a couple of amazing criticals against Ydersius just in time to knock his HP down to a manageable level. The priest also started to come back to the fray to see if he could support his god.
• Ydersius unfortunately made the bad decision to charge in on Seleca and it was the opportunity she was after. Kaleb and Hank had done enough to make one blow from Seleca sever its head again from its body.
The transmuter’s arrive!
The player’s thought they were home free. But as it turned out the body fought on. One of the transmuters (amusingly) threw out a Prismatic Spray which turned Hank permanently insane and turned the Tyrannosaurus Rex insane before sending it to a random other plane. Long story short, the insane Hank places the gods skull in his portable hole and attempts to run away. The battle turns into a bad version of a capture the flag video game as the remaining serpent folk attempted to retrieve the bag. A couple of summoned creatures (Purple Worm and Cloud Giant) from Seleca’s cohort (a new druid she picked up in camp) complicated things for the serpent folk as the purple worm swallowed and eventually finished off the big cleric and the giant tried to wrestle with the now headless Ydersius to little effect. Then the final supporter arrived just in time to meet the departing (insane) Hank. There was a tussle with the headless god’s body who snatched up Hank, and then Hank got cut into pieces by the new follower (a Troglodyte warrior).
Players just got hit with the Repulsion effect
Things at this point were balanced on a knifes edge and it could still go either way. The only living transmuter usesDimension Door to snatch up Hank’s body and the creatures descended for the final struggle. The giant managed to kill the transmuter and Janthir scooped up the remains of Hank with the skull to teleport away to the camp far above them, leaving Seleca, her cohort and Kaleb behind. Kaleb fled and called for Seleca to do the same. Seleca cut down the Troglodyte and the now headless body of Ydersius fled back into the darkness of Orv to while away the time until it can rise again.
Uh-oh, who invited an evil god to this rumble?
It was at this point we broke. No resolution to the battle. Three of the party (Seleca, Kaleb and Seleca’s cohort affectionately nicknamed Deno5 for Death number 5) stuck in the temple. One of the party (Hank) dead and Janthir with a god’s skull in a portable hole in a lost city on the surface. So you can see there is still at least a session in it to tie up some loose ends and determine “Where to from here?” Not to mention the loose ends from the players perspective “Show us the loot!”
I have to tip my hat to them. I was convinced that this could end in only one way (TPK) when they failed to explore the first level of the temple thoroughly. All rolls were public, above board and true to the game. The final encounter was meant to be simply the high ranking priest and Ydersius, both CR19 foes, but they also defeated two CR16 transmuters and a CR14 (I think from memory) fighter. Not to mention the invisible stalkers and the Tyrannosaurus Rex. This group truly are the heroes of Saventh-Yhi. I bow to your success and look forward to winding things up. Well done adventurer’s! There are more tasks ahead but the Serpent Skull adventure path has but one short game left in it to wrap it up!
Scroll down for a few final images from the night.
Not as impressive from a distance, are they!
Here comes the Cloud Giant!
Cloud Giant and Purple Worm spells trouble for the
serpent folk evil god side 🙁
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1. Excellent commentary! And HELLS YES! That’s definitely a Marathon session (especially for an old sod like myself).
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Rutherford Institute Proposes Pot Policy Change in Charlottesville
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A legal advocacy group is sounding off on a possible change in drug policy in the city of Charlottesville. The Rutherford Institute wants the city to de-prioritize marijuana possession.
Charlottesville's Rutherford Institute is getting in the middle of the pot debate. Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead said, "What Charlottesville can do is they can set an example for the rest of the nation."
Whitehead says that means making pot arrests and convictions less of a law enforcement priority in the city. "Let's focus on real issues like urban problems, gang problems, homelessness and get off of this thing," he said.
Tuesday Whitehead fired off a six-page letter to city council members asking them to take the lead on ending the war on marijuana.
Charlottesville Vice Mayor Kristin Szakos is open to the idea. She said, "If they know that somebody is smoking marijuana who isn't causing any other trouble, maybe not arrest them, maybe not charge them."
At a recent council meeting a number of councilors shared that sentiment, but Szakos says possible new pot guidelines might not sit well with police.
"We've heard from police that they're concerned council not be in the business of law enforcement, and I think that's a legitimate position," said Szakos.
But Whitehead says it's time the city made a bold policy move for the nation to follow - a nation, he says, is losing the war on drugs. "Marijuana is everywhere," he said. "Even the president of the United States said he inhaled, so it's everywhere."
Whitehead also says it would make good fiscal sense. He points to a recent Harvard study that says Virginia spends nearly $250 million a year on pot arrests and incarcerations. Click here to see the letter.
Rutherford Institute
Press Release
John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, is calling on members of the Charlottesville City Council to vote yes on a resolution which would declare marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority in the city. In a letter to the City Council, Whitehead points out that while overwhelming evidence points to the fact that the government's so-called war on drugs ranks as the longest-running, most expensive and least effective effort by the American government—as well as being racially and economically discriminatory—federal, state and local governments continue to operate under misguided policies that pose a great danger to American citizens while exhausting police resources. A far wiser approach, advises Whitehead, would be to de-prioritize marijuana arrests and prosecutions and redirect limited government resources toward addressing more pressing problems such as urban homelessness, poverty, hard-core drug dealing and gang activity.
The Rutherford Institute's letter to the Charlottesville City Council is available atwww.rutherford.org.
"In adopting the resolution to de-emphasize primary arrests for marijuana, the City Council has an opportunity to set an example for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the country about what it means to be a community that prioritizes people over policy," said Whitehead. "Doing so would also show that Charlottesville is progressive enough to act on Americans' changing attitudes towards marijuana possession, recognizing that the nation's drug war is a failure and that a new direction is sorely needed."
Charlottesville resident and activist Jordan McNeish proposed a resolution to the Charlottesville City Council that, if adopted, would de-emphasize marijuana as a cause for primary arrest in the city, freeing up valuable police resources which could then be directed to more pertinent problems, such as investigating and prosecuting violent crime and property crime. In calling on the City Council to adopt the resolution, constitutional attorney John Whitehead cited a number of studies and statistics indicating that the federal government's so-called "war on drugs" has caused the prison population to balloon to over 2 million people, wasted valuable state resources, and has created a burden for minority and lower-income communities, while doing little to resolve the issue of drug addiction. Moreover, for those who fear that de-emphasizing marijuana prosecutions might lead to an increase in drug use, Whitehead pointed to studies showing the contrary to be the case—that decriminalization actually results in reduced drug usage.
"The challenge is how to adequately address these problems in a compassionate and just manner without becoming overly legalistic and impersonal, thereby sacrificing the values and atmosphere which have endeared our community to so many," said Whitehead.
Putting the discussion in a more personal context, Whitehead recounted the case of 53-year-old Albemarle County resident Philip Cobbs who cares for his blind, deaf 90-year-old mother and who was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession after a joint task force comprised of state and local law enforcement officials, aided by military helicopter surveillance and acting without a search warrant, raided his property as part of a routine sweep of the countryside and allegedly found two marijuana stalks growing among weeds on his 39-acre property. "If we continue along our present course, it will only be a matter of time before someone is fatally injured, whether it be a member of our community or a law enforcement official," warned Whitehead. "Clearly, something must be done." | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '14', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9479745030403136}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '44437', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:JXF7UBGSAPQZDTIBMNCGC6LX7WATHMG6', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:9bb10630-583c-4fd7-b4d1-5751965c9e1a>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 19, 5, 15, 45), 'WARC-IP-Address': '151.101.250.133', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:5CRECSKI4TBVZJ7YWACSS5MEWR3YOBAU', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:7dcee9cd-42d6-4806-84ca-09b5bb0b2925>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.nbc29.com/story/18006388/rutherford-institute-proposes-pot-policy-change-in-charlottesville', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:5e630c24-9c08-46ce-bde0-91cf30217c0a>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '835', 'url': 'http://www.nbc29.com/story/18006388/rutherford-institute-proposes-pot-policy-change-in-charlottesville', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-04\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for January 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-149-111-56.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.034386396408081055', 'original_id': 'ff5165cefde20d408df45c47d1c420dee4f144474829cc62aa2bee23c9676b10'} |
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Effects of Abandonment on Adult Relationships: Ambivalence and Attachment Issues August 11, 2014
There must be something in the human brain that makes it enjoy playing with different, often opposite, ideas simultaneously. Ambivalence is incredibly helpful when we are brainstorming or problem-solving, less so when assessing the value of relationships. Fortunately, this natural proclivity to complicate our lives is beneficial. Unfortunately, it can also be time consuming and draining.
When it comes to relationships, if you have a history of abandonment in childhood (not only obvious neglect or abuse, but emotional unavailability, or over-controlling parents) you might feel predisposed to staying in a relationship that no longer works for you; or, embark on one unlikely to satisfy your emotional desires. (I know some might call those needs, but I subscribe to the idea you have only a handful of true needs and the rest of your longings are actually desires. Why? Because by calling wishes needs you ratchet up how crucial something is to you. If you think you desire something and you don’t get it you are disappointed. If you think you need something and don’t get it you can feel devastated.)
Looking back on your childhood, if you regularly experienced any form of abandonment, you are most likely seeking what you didn’t get from your parents: consistency, reliability, and attention. It can be difficult to see over-controlling parents as abandoning, but they are. Their invalidating behavior implied you were not able to make decisions for yourself, thereby leading you to believe you needed them for everything and couldn’t cope. This is just as damaging as neglect in that both sets of parenting behaviors create a sense of insecurity and anxiety.
In addition, over-controlling parents are often co-dependent and live their lives vicariously through their child. This puts enormous pressure on the child, as all children are born with the desire to please as a way of insuring their health and safety. If this type of parenting is successful for the needy parent, the child ends up either achieving what the parent pushes, or rebelling against it. Either way, as an adult, that person is often unaware of what he or she really wants. This encourages ambivalence and difficulty making decisions.
Since no relationship is perfect, it is natural to have moments when you question why you are with someone and other times when they seem like the sun, moon, and stars. Those are normal fluctuations of intimacy, the waxing and waning of interest in any long-term relationship. Natural ups and downs are nothing to be concerned about, as everyone has them. However, if the legacy of your childhood has you continually swinging from one extreme to the other, you might want to pay attention.
If you had controlling parents it is easy to see how you might equate controlling behaviors with love and care. Yet, another part of you, a more independent part, could crave autonomy. That part might easily rebel against anyone’s attempts to mold or control you. In general, while people do like a bit of nurturing from their partners, they do not want so much that it seems oppressive or stifling. If you grew up in a home with over-controlling parents you might feel as if your approach towards adult love relationships teeters from one end of the spectrum (loving the attention) to the other (resisting anything that even remotely looks like control). Naturally, this back and forth can feel like ambivalence. If you experience that in your relationship you may want to seek out a qualified therapist, as childhood issues are difficult to work out on one’s own.
To make things even more complicated, if you grew up with controlling parents you may have lived with anxiety about not pleasing them, or feeling as if they would not love you should you not follow their plans. This also makes adult relationships challenging, as you can be extremely sensitive to the slightest hint of a loved one’s rejection or disappointment. Once again, playing to your audience and not being true to your own wishes and desires.
Everyone has issues and triggers, and there’s some co-dependency in almost all relationships. The only time to be concerned is if they are getting in the way of your goals, whether at work, with your health, finances, social or love life.
What looks like ambivalence may really be fueled by deep-seated fears of abandonment. The ego loves to feel as if it’s running the show and can be very sneaky in its methods. It also likes black and white answers. For instance, it may seem as if you are choosing to end a relationship when, in fact, the ego just wants you to feel as if you are in the driver’s seat. You leave before someone someone might leave you. Yet another reason why it is so important to examine your history in relationships and your current motivation to stay or go.
Ambivalence is pretty easy to assess; but, how do you know if you have abandonment issues?
Reflect back on your childhood:
Were you cared for in predictable, loving ways?
Were your physical needs attended to in a timely manner?
Were your ways of being, your thoughts and feelings, respected and valued?
Were you heard?
Were you seen?
Did you feel as if your parents reliably had your back?
Were you encouraged to pursue your interests?
Were your successes celebrated?
Did you feel loved, cherished?
Of course, not even the best parents are always loving, aware of their child’s needs and desires, and attentive. It is what happened to you and what you felt most of the time that is important, as that is what shapes your view of others. Your childhood experiences with people, whether are they are trustworthy, for example, has direct bearing on what kinds of adult relationships your will forge.
Luckily, none of this is set in stone. With therapy it is possible to overcome many of the influences of the past. Internal Family Systems therapy, Object Relations Therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, yoga, meditation, yoga nidra, and many of the body oriented therapies can all be extremely helpful in creating the relationship with yourself you wish you had had with your parents. As you find within what you have been seeking outside yourself you become more and more capable of the true depth and intimacy you seek in relationships. It may be enough to create it with yourself. For many who have felt abandoned as children, it feels quite nourishing to connect to people platonically and/or romantically. To others, it feels most soothing and fulfilling to seek union with a higher power. Whatever your path, it takes great courage to explore your inner landscape and commit to personal evolution and self-compassion.
Copyright Nicole S. Urdang
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Why You Should Start Drinking Ginger Tea And How To Prepare Ginger Tea The Right Way!
Ginger tea has many health benefits, including:
1.Strengthens the Immune System
The active compounds of ginger, called gingerols and gingerdiol, have strong antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties. Ginger also stimulates the ability of the body to stop infections completely naturally, so it is a very good treatment in the case of flu and cold.
1. Anti-inflammatory
The potent anti-inflammatory compounds in ginger prevent many ailments and soothe the pain in joints and muscles due to inflammation. Also, chronic inflammation has been connected to diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, pulmonary diseases and Alzheimer’s disease.
1. Boosts Brain Power
The daily use of ginger will enhance the cognitive abilities as well as the memory, as it prevents inflammation, apoptosis and oxidative stress. It is very useful in the case of middle-aged women. It is also useful as it clears mental fog and relaxes the overactive mind.
1. Promotes Circulation
Ginger promotes a proper blood flow, as it fights the markers of cardiovascular disease, like high cholesterol or high blood pressure. Also ginger successfully clears the arterial plaque away, which is a sticky combination of calcium and fatty substances which is deposited in the lining of the artery wall. These deposits restrict the blood flow. Therefore, ginger successfully prevents heart attacks and strokes.
1. Enhances Digestion
The gingerols and shogaol in ginger trigger digestion and enhance the absorption of nutrients. Thus, its intake will help you avoid constipation, nausea, gastric lesions, cramps, diarrhea and vomiting.
1. Cancer-fighting properties
Due to its strong anti-inflammatory properties, ginger is very good in the fight against cancer, because it prevents its promotion, survival, proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells. Many studies have provided evidence that ginger successfully prevents skin, liver, bladder, breast, lung, prostate, lymphoma, pancreas, and colorectal cancer.
This is how to prepare ginger tea:
Ingredients: 4 -6 thin slices of raw ginger,1 cup of water,raw organic honey (optional) and a small ceramic saucepan.
Pour the water into the saucepan and bring it to boil. Then, put the ginger but lower the heat, and boil them for 10-15 minutes. Then, remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the tea into your cup. Add honey to taste.
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Since time immemorial, a journalist looking to establish who is the Premiership 's deadliest striker would cast a gaze over the league's top scorer list and see who had chalked up the most notches.
Not any more.
As advanced statistics become more readily available for the Scottish game, they force us to look again at our established ideas and think about how we assess a player's value.
For example, to establish how prolific a player is by mere goals scored doesn't take into account simple factors like minutes on the pitch: ie, could we fairly judge which Celtic striker was the deadliest halfway through last season when Leigh Griffiths had seen limited game-time?
Will it be Leigh Griffiths?
Morelos is looking to continue his good form against Celtic in today's showdown
Or Alfredo Morelos?
The answer is to measure goals scored for every 90 minutes played. This simple statistic assesses how effective a player is in context of actual minutes on the pitch and showcases which forwards are deadliest in the time they have been given.
To ensure fairness, players who have played less than 270 minutes have been ruled out to prevent results heavily skewed by a single performance such as Adam Rooney with his weekend hat-trick for Aberdeen .
It isn’t Adam Rooney
Hearts midfielder Ross Callachan celebrates his equaliser against Partick Thistle
But it could be Ross Callachan
With Rangers' Colombian sensation Alfredo Morelos currently top scorer in the league standings, will he top the goals per 90 minutes table? Find out in the player above.
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I'm A Privacy Advocate, But I Still Use Windows 10 And Google Now
Privacy is important, and we should fight for it. I've said that many times. But when Windows 10 launched, I welcomed Cortana despite some concerns from privacy activists. It sounds hypocritical, but it's an easy disconnect to resolve, once you understand how privacy works as currency. Here's how I continue to advocate for a safer, privacy-focused Internet and still use these awesome free tools.
Illustration by Tara Jacoby.
The New Privacy Economy: Your Data in Exchange for Services
It's no secret that advertising is the juice in the engine of the internet today. Along with advertising, and the economies built on the back of getting ads in front of your face (of which this blog is included,) is the massive data trade that happens behind the scenes. The ability to collect information about you to make sure those ads are relevant and interesting to you — products you might actually like or want to buy — is serious. It's made blinking banner ads for low-rate loans a thing of the past, replaced with dynamic Amazon ads that show you products you've searched for, or related to items you've purchased.
After all, personalised ads are, after all, better than random, intrusive, and irrelevant ones, right? But that's not enough. Getting ads in front of you that you don't mind seeing is only part of the battle. The rest is convincing you that the information you give up is a small price to pay for those ads, not for any actual service or product delivered.
See that distinction? You're trading away your privacy for nothing but the right to see relevant ads. And yet, people swallow that logic. They even trot it out as a defence when questioned.
There's another side to this too — when you block ads completely and blacklist everything, you're saying "you don't get anything from me, but I'm going to take everything from you." It's similarly problematic, because it encourages the arms race between the companies eager to hoover up your data and the privacy technologies designed to protect you. It's also the reason your favourite content creators, YouTubers, webcomic authors, and yes, humble bloggers beg you to whitelist them in your ad blocker so they can get paid for the work they do.
Part of the problem is we've been conditioned to believe that our data has no value. We're getting these services "for free." You've heard it before: "Well Facebook/Google/Apple/Microsoft/[insert company] gives it away, so stop complaining." That limited definition of "free" keeps us from understanding the real exchange we make when we use "free" services. Just because your data seems to have no value (especially when aggregated with others) doesn't mean it doesn't. If it were truly worthless, advertisers wouldn't want it, and they wouldn't be willing to essentially pay the salaries of developers, bloggers, DBAs, data scientists, "growth hackers," and PR pros to get it. Keep that in mind the next time you sign up for something that's "free," whether it's that Windows 10 upgrade, the upcoming El Capitan upgrade for OS X, or even something like an email newsletter.
Your Privacy (and Your Data) Is Currency, So Spend It Wisely
In a perfect world, privacy would be an opt-out experience instead of an opt-in one. Put more simply: I wish companies would operate from a position of privacy by default, and only intrude on it when necessary, and after your consent. Of course, we don't live in a perfect world. Most services say "sign up now for awesome benefits" and (often purposefully) obfuscate the compromises you make when you join the club. In some cases it's innocuous, like the number of friends or followers you have when you install a new Twitter app. In others, it's more invasive, like real-time location tracking for a smartphone game, or access to your entire inbox for an anti-spam tool.
But both of those "more invasive" examples that I just mentioned? They're awesome tools in their own right, and I actually use them both. When Windows 10 came out, many (rightfully) brought up the privacy implications of a desktop operating system that's always connected, includes a personal assistant that records your voice, and gives itself permission to capture a ton of data and send it home to Microsoft. We discussed similar concerns when OS X Yosemite came out. And Google Now and Siri got the same treatment, after they asked for constant access to our emails, location, and apps, and sending our data back to their parent companies. We were — and are — concerned with how long those companies keep that data, and what else it might be used for.
So how do I live with myself and still happily use Windows 10 on one computer, Yosemite on another, and say "OK Google Now" every time I need to set a reminder? Well, it starts with understanding that "privacy," and "personal data" are essentially currency in today's Internet economy. In all of these cases, I'm trading away bits of information for services that I feel give me some return on the value of the information I'm giving up. In short, I'm "buying" Windows 10, "paying for" Google Now, and "subscribing to" Unroll.me. Instead of opening my wallet, I'm paying in information. It's not a perfect tradeoff, but it's one I go into with both eyes open.
Make Educated, Intelligent Decisions About How You "Spend"
Now that you understand your privacy is currency, you should spend it where it matters to you. Spend it where you get the most benefit for making the trade, and do it consciously after deciding whether the benefit you'll get from the exchange is worth it.
In my case, I looked at the privacy issues around Windows 10, checked out what I could turn off and what I couldn't, and read up on what I could opt out of and what you opted into just by installing the update. There are some features, like broad location access, for example, that I keep turned off. I don't let apps use my "advertising ID," and I don't send logging data back to Microsoft. I use other privacy protecting tools to keep control over my other data. In short, I only trade away the information I feel comfortable trading for the specific features that I actually use — and no more.
I do the same with my Android devices and Google Now. I sign in with accounts i'm comfortable using on a given device (often test accounts, just because I test a lot of devices), but on my daily driver I'm comfortable handing over more access for features that make life easier and help me be productive. In OS X, I don't care for all the phoning home that Yosemite does, so I avoid the apps and services that do it, and use feature-rich replacements instead (like Alfred, for example, instead of Spotlight.)
All of these things are conscious choices that I had to make based on the balance between productivity and privacy that I wanted. Maybe you'd prefer to go Linux and only use open-source, privacy-focused everything. You'll have to come up with your own balance, but the important thing is that you don't just go with the flow and let apathy make those decisions for you. When that happens, we all lose: the companies behind our favourite products assume no one cares and pare back privacy controls. The people who actually need their privacy (activists, whistleblowers, or just normal people who don't want to give harassers, trolls, or everyone everywhere a window into their lives) have a harder job protecting themselves, and privacy activists have to get more aggressive about bringing tech and government back to their senses.
At this point, you're probably saying "Well sure, I can do that! I make a decision every time I use Facebook to give some data away in exchange for staying in touch with my friends!" Well, great! But not so fast.
Making that choice requires actual thought, not just acquiescence to whatever you or your friends already use. Once you give up that information, that currency, it's out of your control and gone forever. Considering the fleeting speed with which most of us download a shiny new app, we could all probably take second to read the privacy policies or terms of use, and make a more measured, educated decision.
Even So, The Web Needs Your Help
So where does this leave us? Well, we have more control than we might think, and we can make educated decisions about where we spend our information "currency." Unfortunately, none of this changes the fact that we should still advocate for privacy as the default, not the exception, both in business and in government.
After all, privacy options and script blockers are great for protecting ourselves, but they require a certain amount of savvy not everyone has. Sometimes, the problem isn't that controls don't exist, but that they're buried, obfuscated, or poorly worded (see: Facebook.) You shouldn't have to slog through a ten-page privacy policy just to know whether a photo site claims ownership of your photos. You shouldn't have to play with a dozen checkboxes just to make sure your phone number isn't public. You shouldn't have to learn to code just to see if a Chrome extension is spying on you. And let's be blunt: Many people probably don't care enough to read, don't know enough to understand, or see the value of their privacy to be concerned.
This is why it's important to re-evaluate your options periodically when you're too dependent on any one company or service, or as you learn more about their approach to privacy. We should all look for options that improve on the privacy and features of the tools we use. Sometimes a better, more secure option is at our fingertips, but passed over because everyone's using the big-named alternative. Similarly, you should put your data — and, when you can, your money — where your principles are. Support companies and organisations that respect your privacy, and encourage the companies willing to listen to their users. Avoid, and call out, companies that don't, and leave services that get greedy without giving you something valuable in return.
Remember, none of this means you can't use Gmail, as long as you know Google scans your inbox for marketing purposes, and you're ok with that. This doesn't mean you shouldn't use Windows 10, either. In fact, we think it gives you the right balance of privacy controls for the features it offers, but you have to choose. If we all made those measured, educated decisions, we can nudge the web towards that "privacy by default" ideal.
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The cigars
Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a Bobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 3 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 27 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?
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He will be able to smoke 13 cigars.
He makes 9 originals from the 27 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 9 butts left for another 3 cigars. And then he has 3 butts for another cigar. So 9+3+1=13
Chavali said...
from 27 cigar butts---he can make 9 cigars
which results in 9 cigar butts--from which he can make 3 cigars
which results in 3 cigar butts--from which he can make 1 cigar
so,total no.of cigars=9+3+1=13
Ayan Roy said...
13 cigars.
Explanation given by Chavali
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Its 13...
sudheer kumar said...
13 cigars...
sol:) 27/3 = 9
9/3 = 3
3/3 = 1
total = 13
since.. he makes a cigar 4m 3 butts
ankit_blacki said...
so easy......
Suren said...
3 butts = 1 cigar + 1 butt (after cigar is smocked)
1 cigar = 3 butts - 1 butt = 2 butts
# of cigars = # of butts / 2
27 / 2 = 13 cigars + 1 butt.
Anonymous said...
filtered cigars said...
I really loves the flavor of Cuban cigars just loves everything about it even its cartons are awesome I am really love with the taste it gives me.
Siva Kumar said...
27cig butts=9 original
9cig butts=3 original
3 cig butts=1 original
therefore 9+3+1=13.
here one original cig= 3 cig butts
Evan Rouse said...
it's not 13, its 12 2/3. you cant smoke the whole last cigar.
DavidJ said...
Sorry I'm not on my usual account. I'm away from my usual computer.
This was an easy, easy puzzle. Something I would give to my cousin in grade school. Hmm... maybe I will!
I got that he can smoke up to 13 cigars.
From 27 cigar butts he can make 9 cigars.
From 9 cigar butts he can make 3 cigars.
From 3 cigar butts he can make one last sweet, sweet cigar.
9 + 3 + 1 = 13 cigars smoked with one lonely cigar butt leftover...
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About ramblingperfectionist
Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul.
Election Notes
This is going to be short and bittersweet.
What we can hope for:
1. An end to patronage politics (for poor and middle class people, I mean. Ending it for rich people will probably take a whole while longer.)
2. An end to Rahul Gandhi’s political ambitions.
3. A more rational economic regime (which, yes, basically means more free markets).
4. A government that functions without having to appease a million competing coalition interests, and therefore more efficiently.
5. (ADDED) A Uniform Civil Code. I honestly have always thought this was a good idea! How did we live with this mess of religion-specific laws for so long? Implementation will be an issue, obviously.
What we shall pray against:
1. (Even more) Second-class citizen status for Muslims (and also Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and all the rest; but at least they have not been targeted as much)
2. Nuclear war with Pakistan
3. Touch my beef and I will cut you.
What we shall be resigned to:
1. An inescapable wave of chauvinistic triumphalism
The Amateur Web
A few weeks ago, I read an article (that I can no longer find) on the end of the amateur web. The author was talking about how he was trying to do a routine sprucing up of his personal blog, changing the theme and the design elements and so on, when he suddenly realized that it was no longer fun, no longer the easy tinkering that it used to be, now that he has to make sure it looks good not only on every browser and OS but also on every mobile device and app that readers will use to access your site. Writers, he concludes, should stick to writing and leave the design, upkeep, promotion and marketing to the professionals. This is the solution that sites such as Medium offer, and his prediction was that more and more writers will embrace these solutions and gradually abandon their personal blogs.
As I was reading this, though, the more pressing question on my mind was, “what do we have to say, anyway?” Amateur journalism is certainly a thing that exists, and the power and reach of amateur opinions online has been widely praised (and criticized). Most amateur writing on the web, though, is not journalism, or advocacy, or even substantiated opinion. Most writing on the web is, in fact, nothing but the barely coherent musings of people who feel that they have something to say but are not entirely sure what it is. (There are of course exceptions: as a rule of thumb, the more focused a site is, the less expansive an area it targets, the more it has to say. This also has exceptions.) I have written before (as have others, and better, which is basically my point) on how much of our online presence essentially boils down to identity performance. We all -with varying degrees of effort; you might not feel like you’re doing this, but only a little self-reflection should be required to see it- construct and project an image that reflects only what we want others to see. For most of us a successful performance is one that we wear as a second skin, comfortable enough that we never have to take it off. The difficulty arises when it no longer wears snugly, when it begins to suffocate us, when the dissonance between the mask and the confusing mess within begin to grate.
There exists, as an antidote that is always available to the writer, the obsessive honesty of Hemingway or the nearly fetishistic transparency of Karl Ove Knausgård. It is the cost of this antidote that frightens me, because of course Sartre’s statement was quite incomplete: Hell is not other people. Hell is what you see of other people through their masks, and hell is also the fear of what might be behind your own.
Proust is annoying . I mean, it’s not JUST that he goes on at such
ridiculous length about such mundane things, it’s that it doesn’t
even make any sense! Ooh, I wake up and I have no memories! I
have no idea where I am! Then I still don’t know where I am but at
least I start to remember all the other rooms I’ve ever woken up in!
I’m too sleepy to move so I have to figure out from the way I’m lying
and how my arms and legs feel where all the walls and furniture in
the room are… Proprioception is my only sense, screw normal ones
like vision. And I’m immediately going to think I’m a child and in my
childhood home again, because of course I do.
I just started reading Swann’s Way and have no idea how people
get through this stuff.
If you really want to hear some truly epic digressions on all manner
of things that, nonetheless, has an actual story to digress FROM,
then go read The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. It narrates a
fictionalized history of the “pre-Enlightenment”, the dawn of the
Scientific Age. It prominently includes a lot of the real drivers of
history – Newton, Hooke, Leibniz, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren,
Louis XIV, William of Orange, just to name the major ones- and
introduces several fascinating original characters in the
Stephensonian mold. The series contains 3000 pages set in the late
17th- early 18th century, and ranges all the way from England to
France to Denmark to Vienna to Algiers to the Caribbean to Surat to
Malabar to the Arctic to California to Boston and back, with several
additional back and forths along the way. It is gripping throughout,
frequently hilarious without trying very hard, and always manages to
pull you back just when you think it’s safe to put it down.
It has now been 38 days since I came to this rig, and my manager
has finally said I can get off next Tuesday, which will make it 44,
which is more than enough time for anyone to spend on a metal
structure in the middle of the ocean. Hopefully, at that point my tone will become a lot less cranky.
A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Mohammed Hanif)
I had bought this book and kept it on the virtual shelf for a while before I went ahead and read it, because I wasn’t quite sure if it would be depressing or funny and I wasn’t quite sure what sort of book I wanted to read. It turned out not to matter since it was both, and neither – every review of this book I’ve seen has made the Catch-22 comparison, but it’s very well deserved! it is all the more raw for being set in Pakistan in the mid-80s, and recognizable and disturbing for that very reason.
The central event of this book happens on August 17, 1988, when the plane carrying the dictator General Zia, the US Ambassador and several top generals crashes. The story covers the months before and flits between General Zia, increasingly paranoid about attempts on his life, and Ali Shigri, a cadet at the academy who harbours suspicions on the manner of his father’s death. It describes the increasing Islamisation of Pakistan under General Zia, the attendant absurdities and hypocrisies, and the frustrations of a certain Saudi construction company representative known only as “OBL” at the US Ambassador’s faux Afghan tribal barbecue.
It’s a book that relies more on atmosphere than plot, but there are genuine moments of reveal, doled out almost nonchalantly, and I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, so: Read it.
Asian Values
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World Values Survey Cultural Map of the World (2005-2008)
Any real discussion involving the concept has to start with the realization that it’s a profoundly silly term. I mean, what are Asian Values? Other than the “obvious” idea that such a thing exists and is superior to the “moral depravity” of the West, most people find it difficult to enumerate precisely what they are, or how they came to be common across such a range of countries, cultures and religions. Wikipedia suggests that the term came about
“to justify authoritarian regimes in Asia or to defense from the politically designated western concept of ‘human right’, predicated on the belief in the existence within Asian countries of a unique set of institutions and political ideologies which reflected the region’s cultures and histories”.
It then lists a bunch of values which seem rather designed for that purpose.The list is not worth reproducing but largely reduces to the elevation of the collective (family, clan, firm, country) over the individual.
The problem is, calling these “Asian values” obscures the fact that these were almost universal values for thousands of years! Insofar as the West has de-emphasized the collective and emphasized the individual (and this is by no means a universal characteristic of the West, either), this has occurred purely in the last 300-400 years, since the Enlightenment, and particularly coinciding with the sudden growth of their economies during the Industrial Revolution.Perhaps the following is a better description of what most people consider Asian Values:
TYPE *B* folks travel less, and move less often from where they grew up. They are more polite and care more for cleanliness and order. They have more self-sacrifice and self-control, which makes them more stressed and suicidal. They work harder and longer at more tedious and less healthy jobs, and are more faithful to their spouses and their communities. They make better warriors, and expect and prepare more for disasters like war, famine, and disease. They have a stronger sense of honor and shame, and enforce more social rules, which let them depend more on folks they know less. When considering rule violators, they look more at specific rules, and less at the entire person and what feels right. Fewer topics are open for discussion or negotiation.
Type B folks believe more in good and evil, and in powerful gods who enforce social norms. They envy less, and better accept human authorities and hierarchy, including hereditary elites at the top (who act more type A), women and kids lower down, and human and animal slaves at the bottom. They identify more with strangers who share their ethnicity or culture, and more fear others. They are less bothered by violence in war, and toward foreigners, kids, slaves, and animals. They more think people should learn their place and stay there. Nature’s place is to be ruled and changed by humans.
That is simply Robin Hanson’s list of “farmer values”, as opposed to forager values, which (as he notes) maps rather well to the conservative vs liberal divide in most of Western politics. There is nothing uniquely Asian about Asian values. There is nothing inherently wrong about them, either, aside from their tendency to lose out against forager values (do read that post) as people tend to get richer. But any argument -particularly amongst Asians- that attempts to draw its strength from “Asian values” should be well aware of the origin and limitations of the concept.
The View
Somebody stole the new phone I still wasn’t done drooling over (barely 2 weeks after I bought it) the first day that I got to this rig, and we managed to bend the pins inside one of our tools in the process of loading batteries and we are still not ready for the job that, thankfully, keeps getting pushed back due to issues that have nothing to do with us, but right now I don’t want to talk about that. I also don’t want to talk about how it takes about ten tries to flush the “efficient” toilets that I have to share with 7 other people or how the temperature in the accommodation is kept just a wee bit too warm for comfortable sleep. No, right now I want to talk about The View.
The View is what you get standing on a helipad just after midnight with the wind so strong you feel like you could blow away if you stretched your arms wide enough. The View is a gibbous moon reflected in the choppy sea and 3 other brightly lit rigs competing for your attention against the horizon. The View is feeling that barely perceptible bit of heave that the compensator lets slip through. The View is wondering if that oddly shaped assortment of lights off the coastline to your left is yet another rig or a surprisingly large town in the middle of the otherwise quite rural countryside*.
The oil industry does not tend to attract idealists. There are few humanitarians or do-gooders in there; plenty of people who are doing something they feel is necessary, something that’s “gotta be done”, perhaps, but at the end of the day, most oil field workers are mercenaries**. The money is what gets you mucking about in the grease in a dangerous environment, miles away from your friends and family and “civilization”, often for weeks at a time. But of course in the college recruitment speeches that bit tends to get played down (I assume because everyone already knows about it), and what they try and pitch to you is The Experience***. The Experience is what’s supposed to motivate you. The Experience is supposed to Build Character, Teach Life Lessons and Make You into a Better**** person. This is a different version of the same thing that the investment banks tell you, and it is mostly just a different version of crap. Most people will always do this for the money.
But. There are moments. The View might not compensate for the rest of it. But it is a rather unique fringe benefit.
*Checked in the morning, and it is just another rig, as expected.
** A (very non-Marxist, interestingly) friend of mine used “prostitutes”.
***also The Travel, but that part is actually kind of true.
**** I gather that this is supposed to refer to competency rather than ethics.
PS: No photo because well, as mentioned, The View isn’t just the view, but also because, again as mentioned, somebody stole my brand new camera phone.
30 Things Travelers Must See and Do Before They’re 30
This post on HuffPo would be far better as a blog meme than as a prescription, so here we go. In less than a year I will be handily past the halfway point of my 20s, so it’s a nice time to check.
1. Jump off something.
Whether it be a tree by the river next to your childhood home or bungee jumping from the Victoria Falls Bridge in Zimbabwe. Take the leap.
Status: Sure, I’ve jumped off trees and into rivers. I am hoping to go either sky diving or bungee jumping over the next year, though, so I’ll wait to properly tick this one off.
2. See one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
English: Great Wall, China
English: Great Wall, China (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a tough one, because at 30, well, you still have the bank account of a 29-year-old. The good news here is that it doesn’t necessarily have to be one of the originals — go for the Golden Gate Bridge (modern world), the Grand Canyon (natural wonder), or the Mayan ruins in the Yucatán Peninsula (USA Today new wonder), an affordable flight from most U.S. cities.
Status: This is very ambiguous but at least some lists include the Taj Mahal, so I’ll tick this off as well. I really want to see the Great Wall of China soon.
3. Party in Las Vegas.
No person should exit their 20s without doing something they regret in Sin City. The place was basically built for us.
Status: Not yet! But I’ll probably swing by when I go to Houston in July.
4. Take a vacation that isn’t Spring Break.
You had your opportunity to drink beer upside down and insist you don’t need sunscreen while in college. Besides, you don’t remember anything from those trips anyway.
Status: This is weird, right? Who hasn’t?
5. Attend at least one large celebration.
Mardi Gras, Full Moon Party, Easter Mass — I don’t care, as long as you have to throw elbows to get to the bar, or the alter.
Status: Easter Mass yes. Random public New Year parties and India winning the World Cup (Cricket), yes. Full Moon party, not yet.
6. Hit up a nude beach.
If for no other reason, use the time to look around and remind yourself of how young you actually are.
Status: Hmm…..
7. Spend several days with only what will fit in a backpack.
If you can brush your teeth with river water and comb your hair with a tree branch, you can most certainly figure out how to stop turning all of your white clothes pink.
Status: Sure, traveling around and bumming off friends. Barely counts, though. Not sure I’m particularly interested.
8. Swim in the ocean.
This is a must.
Status: Totally a must.
9. Sleep somewhere where you have to light a fire to stay warm.
Kudos if you can do so without matches.
Status: Camping in the Himalayan foothills. We did use matches and propane lighters and all that, though.
10. Do some sort of adrenaline sport.
Raft a Class five rapid; mountain bike Whistler in the summer; surf a wave larger than your torso — meaning: do something that scares you.
Status: Definitely a to-do. I’ve gone rafting, I’ve biked in the mountains, but both in very safe, tame areas.
11. Hit up one of the Caribbean islands.
There are thousands to choose from. You’ll most likely visit more than one in your lifetime, get a good jump on it in your 20s.
Status: This is probably more of a must-do if you’re American, right? I don’t think I’ll set a deadline of 30 on this.
12. Take one ultimate road trip.
It can be with buddies, it can be camping, it can be on Route 66, Route 1, or the Blue Ridge Parkway. Double points if you have a reliable car to get there.
Status: There have been many road trips but none of them over 24 hours of driving, so no, and I am not a major fan of road trips anyway.
13. Go somewhere alone.
At 30 you should be confident and worldly enough to wake up in a foreign country and know how to get yourself home.
Status: Done, couple of times.
14. Take a train somewhere.
There are no hidden innuendos here. It’s just nice to have the patience and maturity to sit still and watch the world go by.
Status: Probably more unusual for Americans, again. Practically all middle class Indians have done this at some point.
15. Go to a music festival.
Hit up one of the big ones (Coachella, Bonnaroo, Glastonbury) and spend the weekend listening to good music, dancing, and having random song lyrics make you contemplate what you’re doing with your life.
Status: I’ve done the usual campus fests, NH7 (as big as it usually gets in India) and Edinburgh Fringe so I think I can tick this off, even if I haven’t hit the “big ones” yet.
16. Have one iconic Americana experience.
Think Dollywood, Graceland, and Branson.
Status: Meh.
17. Go to at least one of the Smithsonian museums.
The world’s “largest museum and research complex” includes 19 museums, galleries, and parks — the majority of which are free.
Status: Done, Air and Space, which was awesome, although this was before my 20s.
18. Summit a mountain.
I’m not talking Everest, but you should by now have stood on a mountain peak high enough that you’re worried about getting back down.
Status: It was small and I was only worried about getting back because we had spent too much time swimming in the waterfall basin and it was already getting dark. Also not even a proper summit. Will have to wait.
19. Be able to name your top five dream vacations.
Northern lights
Northern lights (Photo credit: Moyan_Brenn)
It’s OK if one of them is “home.”
Status: Maldives/Carribbeans, Macchu Picchu and the Andean country, the “overall” European backpacking trip, Norway for the Northern Lights, Spain/the Catalan area (this last inspired in large part by Vicky Christina Barcelona).
20. See a game at a classic ballpark.
If Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, or Joe Dimaggio hasn’t played in it, it doesn’t count.
Status: Meh, and I cannot stress the meh enough.
21. Visit a neighbor to our north or south.
There’s a hall pass to be had for out of the continent, but by 30 you should have crossed at least one landlocked border.
Status: Ironically, I have actually visited Canada, but not yet been to China or any of our actual neighbours (to be fair Pakistan/Bangladesh/Myanmar are not likely to be easy, but Bhutan has been on the list for some time and will happen soon.)
22. Do something so adventurous that it requires a doctor’s visit.
Whether it requires a series of preventative vaccines before or a cast/splint/cream after, the goal here is that the adventure at hand was so extreme that you need to seek the advice of a trained professional.
Status: Hmm? Let’s see. I need preventive vaccines and need to learn how to kick out the emergency exit windows on an underwater helicopter for my regular job, but I’ve never been into anything quite that extreme.
23. Save pennies to go somewhere you really want to go.
It doesn’t have to be extravagant, but you should have to work for it.
Status: In some sense I have to work for all of it, and in some sense I don’t, so this one doesn’t make much sense.
24. Go to New York City.
Eat a slice of pizza, stand in the middle of Times Square, and ride the Subway to somewhere — anywhere. This trip is made even better if you can’t afford a decent hotel and book a hostel instead.
Status: Done, done and done. You avoid the trouble of a hotel by having a really huge extended family who are happy to put you up.
25. Sleep under the stars.
In your backyard, in a tent on safari in Kenya, or in the camping pit of an organized event — be extra proud if your experience was made significantly more successful by a can of bug spray.
Status: In a tent, yes, but I note that this is technically not under the stars.
26. Eat an iconic city meal.
Options include a cheesesteak in Philly, clam chowder in Boston, deep-dish pizza in Chicago, crabs in Baltimore, gumbo in New Orleans, BBQ in Memphis, and a beer in Milwaukee.
clam chowder
Status: Clam chowder in Boston (I could really use some right now!), haggis in Edinburgh…. fish and chips in London, pepperoni pizza in new York, fish curry in Goa, vada pav in Mumbai, chicken rice in Singapore, fondue in Zurich? I guess some of these might be a stretch.
27. Know all of the best places to take tourists in your home city.
Philly’s “Love” Park may be just a point of congestion to locals, but trust me, your mother will love it.
Status: Well, some.
28. Have one close encounter with a wild animal.
If this means you don a wetsuit and slip into a tank with dolphins, so be it. But let’s aim for something in the wild if at all possible.
Status: I have seen a jaguar climb a tree in less than a second and it was AWESOME, but I’m definitely getting no closer than that. Maybe the dolphin tank sometime. Also we had deer all around our campus which we necessarily dealt with all the time. They are not domesticated, but you can hardly call them wild, either.
29. Do something you can’t tell your parents about.
Go ahead and make some bad decisions.
Status: Lots of won’ts, probably not many can’ts, but ONE shouldn’t be a stretch at all 🙂 .
30. Know a dance well enough that you could keep up with the locals.
Tango with Argentinians, Salsa with Cubans, Kathak in India, do a jig with the Irish, or line dance in Kansas.
Status: Alas, I know none, and this is definitely on the list. Kathak is not quite like salsa or tango, for the record, in that it is a performance, not an activity
Verdict: So many of these are really ambiguous but even so, of the ones I care about I think I’ve done a good two thirds, which is very reassuring!
Technicolour Dreams and Black and White People
Being offshore is an excellent way of realizing precisely how much of your life has always been internal, because it forces you to think about just how little social contact you need. A rig is not necessarily a lonely place; it is, after all, full of people. But most of them come from very diverse backgrounds, with very different tastes, and you are not likely to have known/worked with more than the 1 or 2 people previously. You are required to either be indiscriminately pro-social, or to lead a mainly internal life. I am certainly not the former, so it is a relief to discover that I might be the latter.
My major method of coping- an entirely unoriginal one, of course- is to immerse myself in the consumption of whatever media I can get my hands on. A hard disk full of movies and TV shows is not essential, but it is a good fallback. The internet serves very well, although it would have been so much better if only it were just a little bit faster.
The biggest surprise, however, is that this has always been the case. It is amazing just how little difference sitting in a little metal box on a platform several miles from land makes to my major modes of relaxation. I surf the net. I check out what people are uploading on Facebook. I check out Twitter. I watch a TV show. I read a book. I chat with friends. I sleep.
And yet. The effects are cumulative. I might only spend a few hours every weekend “out on the town”, hanging out with friends or cousins or colleagues, but the absence of those few hours even for just a few weeks is massively erosive. And already, I am longing to be in a city again.
PS: The Matchbox 20 song is an inspiration- I am exploring the forgotten depths of my music collection, and heard it last night- but deals with an entirely different issue, as far as I can tell.
A Graphic Novel Feast
This line is far more exciting the second time he says it.
Order of the Stick is a stick-figure comic -hence the name- set in an explicitly Dungeons and Dragons rules-inspired world featuring very genre-aware characters. It also features an actual long-term plot, character growth,intelligent villains and heroes, unique characters unconstrained by alignment along either axes (quite deliberately). It has dumb gags and heroic sacrifices, but also brilliantly executed plans and counter-plans and frequent reminders that heroic sacrifices, no matter how stirring, don’t matter if far too many people die in the process.
I started reading it last night and am currently on Strip 611. (Granted, I’m in the middle of the sea and have little else to do, but even so. These aren’t 3 panel strips. They’re whole pages, sometimes several, per strip.)
fablescrossover fablesinheritthewind
I also finished Fables 83-121 in the day or two before that. It remains great, and also incapable of being reviewed properly without spoiling the entire grand narrative of the first 80 issues. The storyline is still based on our beloved Fables in exile-they were driven out of their Homelands by the Evil Emperor, who is no longer their Emperor and whose Evils have been forgive-in their completely out of character interpretations. That is to say, Bigby (Big Bad, get it?) Wolf, Snow White, Jack Horner (of the beanstalk), Rose Red, King Cole, an assortment of witches. This set features as antagonists the Literals (part of) and the mysterious Mr. Dark, a personification of the powers of darkness. Sub-plots galore, too, few of which make sense without prior acquaintance with the characters.
I remember wondering why I would ever want a tablet when I could have a smartphone and an e-reader, but reading gorgeous full-coloured comics on an iPad is a truly magnificent experience. Too bad it’s also ridiculously expensive to do so legally.
Fables also stands as an example that you can enjoy a book tremendously without either buying into or endorsing the author’s politics, in this case Bill Willingham’s stated view that Fabletown is an allegory for the state of Israel.
Habibi by Craig Thompson is also exquisitely gorgeous, but the tale it tells is far more heart-breaking. From wikipedia:
The 672-page book is set in a fictional Islamic fairytale landscape, and depicts the relationship between Dodola and Zam, two escaped child slaves, who are torn apart and undergo many transformations as they grow into new names and new bodies, which prove to be obstacles to their love when they later reunite.The book’s website describes its concept thus as a love story and a parable about humanity’s relationship to the natural world that explores such themes as the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam.
The scale is truly epic: “many transformations” seems far too commonplace a phrase to use for what they have to go through as they struggle to find happiness with each other in a world that is not simply uncaring, but feels actively malevolent. But oh, the poetry, and oh, the calligraphy! Deserts seem to breed beauty and misery on either hand.
Buy it. Read it. I got the hardcover, which might have been a mistake considering that I have had to lug it over 5 flights/chopper rides with the rest of my overweight luggage in the last month, but you will appreciate having a nice heavy volume to keep on your shelf. (Assuming, that is, that you do not share my current nomadic lifestyle or homelessness.)
PS: Also, here. Pretty pictures.
Count and Countess (Rose Christo)
Count and Countess is an epistolary novel that describes the never-fulfilled romance between Vladislaus Drakulya, Prince of Wallachia, and Elizabeth Bathory, Princess of Hungary, who find as children that though they are separated from each other by a hundred years, they can send letters to each other. It is part historical fiction/alternate history and part paranormal romance; but more Wuthering Heights with gore than Twilight, and not just because it takes great care never to mention the word vampire.
I found this book on tvtropes – I don’t think it even has a wikipedia page – fell in love with the premise, and immediately bought it from the Kindle Store. It’s gory from start to finish, but the character development is the interesting part; they grow from somewhat entitled, slightly abnormal kids in trying circumstances to being simply deranged and psychopathic, holding onto each other all the more desperately as everything else falls apart. I wouldn’t say it paints a sympathetic portrait of the characters – hard to, when it describes so calmly how Elizabeth kills her ladies in waiting, or Vlad impales thousands of Turkish men, women and children, or how he decorates his dining halls with the heads of his page boys and doesn’t understand why his guests leave before the dinner is over- but it certainly shows a side to them that’s interesting. Elizabeth, especially, is more tragic than horrific, and even Vlad, as he ends the book saying that he looks forward to finally being with her in hell as he knows neither of them are destined for heaven, evokes a certain pity.
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Date :Saturday, December 6th, 2014 | Time : 22:13 |ID: 13216 | Print
Egypt’s new shocking and potentially indicting leaks
SHAFAQNA – Controversial audio recordings were leaked yesterday evening and aired on Egypt’s Mekameleen satellite network. The recordings feature several senior army officers talking amongst themselves and with other top officials to resolve what seemed to be an unanticipated problem.
The recording, which experts believe to be authentic, were made sometime after the coup that toppled Mohamed Morsi on July 3, 2013, but before the election that named coup leader General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi president of Egypt on May 30, 2014.
The recordings begin with General Mamdouh Shahin, legal advisor to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Egypt, speaking on the phone to General Abbas Kamil, Al-Sisi’s office manager, and telling him that he received a warning from the prosecutor general advising him that something needed to be done urgently to avert the collapse of the entire legal case against deposed President Morsi.
The problem lay with where Morsi was held prior to his transfer to prison. Shahin told Kamil that upon the prosecutor’s advice they needed to change the location where Morsi was held in order that it would be acceptable to the courts as one of the Interior Ministry’s detention centres rather than a military barracks.
According to Egyptian Law, it is unlawful to detain a civilian inside a military barracks for any period of time. The prosecutor warned that Morsi’s lawyers were asking questions that gave the impression they were seeking to benefit from that law to have the case dismissed.
The recordings show the officers claiming they can do anything they want; they are capable of anything including altering not only the shape of both the interior and the exterior of buildings, but also the facts of history. The barracks where Morsi was being held would be commissioned to the army’s engineering corps to redesign them and alter them so they look like a 100-year-old state prison with up to date records to prove that inmates were held there throughout that period.
The officers speak candidly of how falsifying evidence is an art they have mastered more than anyone else and how they would do such an excellent job of fabricating the story that no one would be able to question its authenticity.
Having decided what to do, the officers called the interior minister to tell him about the plan. It is clear that the officers tell the minister what to do and go on to tell other senior civil servants what would be expected of them.
Since the leaked audio recordings were aired on Mekameleen, they were also aired by the London-based Al-Hiwar channel and the Doha-based Al-JazeeraMubasher Misr. Social media networks have since been filled with questions after the events, including: Who recorded the conversations in the first place? Who leaked it afterwards? Why now? Who stands to benefit from such a leak?
Many believe that if Egypt had an independent judiciary and rule of law, these recordings would be sufficient to indict these officers and those working with them.
Speaking on Mekameleen after the revelations, lawyer and member of Morsi’s legal defence team Muhammad Shibl said he would demand the prosecution of Mamdouh Shahin, Abbas Kamil and Osama Al-Gindi, who was the Naval Forces Commander, for falsification of evidence and for perverting the course of justice.
In the recordings, Shahin told Kamil that “everything has been forged on white water”, an Egyptian colloquial term for “mission accomplished perfectly”. Then, as Shahin seems to express some concern that this might eventually land them in prison, Kamil responds: “No, we shall never allow the sons of dogs [Muslim] Brotherhood to have another go at us.”
Al-Sisi’s brother-in-law and the current Chief of Staff, General Mahmoud Hijazi is also heard lambasting Shahin and Kamil saying: “Had we had a legal advisor to provide advice to the leadership, we would not be counting corpses now.”
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Shopping Inhibitions
Shopping for clothing is a humiliating experience for men. It's easier for women, because the female gender has a reputation for recreational shopping. When a woman is out searching for new clothing, she is basically telling everyone around her: "I have a credit card and some free time."
When a man is found wandering around the local department store like a lost child, he's basically saying to everyone around him: "I do not own any presentable clothing whatsoever."
Because shopping for clothing is so emasculating, men tend to wear the same shirts and pants for decades. Undergarments wear out too quickly, however, and require more frequent shopping trips. Fortunately, socks and skivvies are sold in bulk, making it possible to buy a very manly six-pack.
Still, shopping for a "six of socks" can be a confusing and embarrassing experience. First of all, there's the math involved in determining that the six-pack is indeed a better deal than the four-pack. Then, the size information can be difficult to interpret. I once read a package that noted, "Size 10-13 fits shoe size 6-12." Well, what does "Size 10-13" represent if it isn't shoe size? Sock size?
Some socks are treated with "antibacterial properties" and are extra absorbent. That sounds great until you realize that the person at the cash register will immediately associate you with sweaty feet if you buy those socks.
Once you start thinking about foot sweat, it's easy to get a sick feeling in your stomach while looking at a store display of several hundred socks that don't belong to you.
In an effort to cure myself of my own sock-buying inhibitions, I recently decided to confront the situation head on. I went to the store, identified the best deal, and confidently brought the package to the pretty young female clerk. I looked her straight in the eye, and explained exactly what my intentions were.
"I'm going to take these socks home and put them on my feet," I told her. "They will absorb sweat and slow down the process of my shoes developing a foul smell."
When the purchase was complete, I strode out the door with my head high, swinging the plastic bag of socks with pride. My sock-buying fears were conquered. Unfortunately, I'm still out of underwear, condoms and toilet paper.
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The Big Picture Showing of the November 6 Midterm Elections
The Big Picture Showing of the November 6 Midterm Elections
Above: Stacey Abrams (Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate), Sharon Tucker (Reelected Allen County Councilwoman), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (U.S. Representative-elect for New York's 14th congressional district), Andrew Gillium (Florida Gubernatorial Candidate), Keith Ellison (Attorney General-elect of Minnesota), Lucia McBath (House of Representative-elect for Georgia's 6th congressional district), and Denita Washington (Adams County Township Trustee-elect)
The after shocks from the 2018 Midterm Elections were branded with many names: #BlueWave, #WomenWave…I heard them called a #PurpleWave. However you want to frame the midterms, you can’t call them a wrap. As of this issue’s printing, governorships in Georgia and Florida are headed for a recount, with accusations of voter suppression, tampering, and purging across the board.
Georgia’s gubernatorial candidate, Democrat Stacey Abrams, as early as 2 a.m. the next morning, tweeted the opposite of a concession letter: “Georgia still has a decision to make. If I wasn’t your first choice, or if you didn’t vote, you’re going to have a chance to do a do-over.” The races are too close to call with write-in votes still needing to be counted and paper ballots still being found in places they shouldn’t have been.
Specifically in Georgia, hundreds of voters stood in line for hours at a Southwest Atlanta polling place; only three voting machines were brought in to service the densely populated community of majorly filled African-Americans. Cobb County Georgia saw roughly half of its voting machines sequestered, another 700 were out of service in Fulton County, along with just under 600 in Dekalb. The issue at a polling place in Snellville, Georgia was a lack of power cords; the machine were fully functional, but without a power source the batteries just ran out, according to Gwinnett County Director of Communications Joe Sorenson.
Validity of the process and historic strength in diversity, women and LGBTQ candidates especially, were the themes of the night. Ayanna Pressley became the first Black congresswoman from Massachusetts. Democrats Sylvia Garcia and Veronica Escobar were elected the first Latinx Congresswomen in Texas. Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are the first Muslim women elected to Congress. New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Kansas’ Sharice Davids became the first Native American women elected to Congress. Democrat Keith Ellison, who famously predicted the Trump presidency on national television a year before it happened, was just elected the first Muslim statewide official in the U.S. as Minnesota’s attorney general. Democrat Jared Polis became the first only gay man elected governor, winning in Colorado, and Tennessee’s Angie Craig (D) was elected the first lesbian mother in Congress.
African-American Democrat Lucia McBath, mother of Jordan Davis, who, in 2012, was shot and killed because his music was too loud, won a House of Representative member for Georgia's 6th congressional district. She was one of a record-breaking 117 women elected to office.
Those concerned about the voting passions of Millennials had their concerns assuaged. The youth vote was the highest it’s been in 25 years. They weren’t the only voters implored to exercise their birthright. The long voting lines across the U.S., attributed to sequestered and malfunctioning voting machines, for sure, were also an indicator of a more fevered voting country.
The surge can also be attributed to early voting opportunities and same-day voter registration in 16 states, including neighbors Illinois and Wisconsin, excluding Indiana.
The typically held opinion is that most midterm elections are a direct refute on the current administration; 2018 was no different. Not only is the country’s legislative branch more diverse than ever, as of November 10, out of the 75 candidates that President Trump supported or endorsed, only 21(28%) won their races.
Criminal justice reform across the country had a big November 6. Nashville, Tennessee passed Amendment 1 for the creation of a police oversight board with subpoena power to investigate and make recommendations on police misconduct claims. Civil rights attorney Anita Earls’ win over GOP Justice Barbara Jackson extended the Democrats’ majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court, potentially crucial for advancing, among other things, voting rights litigation.
The State of Florida repealed one of the country’s worst Jim Crow laws, when it passed Amendment 4 that restored the voting rights to 1.4 million people with a past felony conviction. The amendment represents one of the largest expansions in voting rights since the creation of the Voting Rights Act. For comparison sake, the number of restored voters in Florida is greater than the combined populations of Alaska, Delaware, Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wyoming.
Florida, infamously known worldwide for its voting controversies, including what went down this year over the governor’s seat, is one of big swing states that helped Donald Trump win the presidency. The returned voters could move the needle in a more Democratic direction. Louisiana, also in a Jim Crow-defeating mood, ended the state’s longstanding edict that allowed for felony convictions without a unanimous jury. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '5', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.95426607131958}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '57661', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:5XN26H4GRRNBCQ7PZRMM55LRHDDVORAY', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:9d5709f3-797c-42c5-9565-014514988dd2>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 11, 59, 25), 'WARC-IP-Address': '198.185.159.144', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:X2YL6PZPU2GKMMIORJCNOPMX6CRLKLBT', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:2c100e3c-a172-44c2-b796-2251ba2b5898>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.fwinkspot.com/features/2018/12/3/the-big-picture-showing-of-the-november-6-midterm-elections', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:6863f8b0-5212-4ff4-adbc-0dadd562daf0>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '815', 'url': 'https://www.fwinkspot.com/features/2018/12/3/the-big-picture-showing-of-the-november-6-midterm-elections', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-81-186-35.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.0303228497505188', 'original_id': 'e36334e44136ab9c35aae1c08caf8bbac6b114d5336662afddd85923be269071'} |
The History of Bionics
When was Bionics first “Discovered?”
The term “bionics” was created in 1958 by Jack. E. Steele, a worker at the Aeronautics Division House at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Steele was a medical doctor and Air Force Colonel who served in the force for twenty years following medical school and a teaching fellowship in neuro-anatomy. Note that when he coined the term Jack Steele was not referring to the concept of bionics as it has been popularized, but to the study of biological systems and organisms to find solutions to problems in engineering (this field is now called biomimetics).
Interestingly enough, it was Jack Steele’s work, and the new word, bionics, which attracted the attention of science fiction writer Martin Caidin, who in 1972 wrote a book called Cyborg, which actually referenced Steele. This book was the basis for The Six Million Dollar Man, the TV series which, while highly inaccurate in its representation of the field, was instrumental in popularizing the concept of bionics.
A Timeline of Bionics History
1945: Willen J. Koff develops the first kidney dialysis machine.
1950: The Turing Test is created by Alan Turing. The test is a process in which a “judge” engages a computer and a real person in “conversation.” The computer passes the test if the judge cannot determine which party is the computer.
1958: In the same year as Jack Steele invented the term bionics, the first artificial pacemaker is fully implanted into a human patient, at Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. This early experiment is not a great success, however, as the implant is functional for only three hours.
1961: A computer-operated mechanical hand is developed at MIT.
1962: High-density polythene—which would later be used in artificial hip joints—is developed by John Charnley.
1971: Bausch & Lomb develop the world’s first soft contact lens.
1978: The multi-channel cochlear implant, which allows the recipient to hear by mimicking the function of the cochlea, is first used.
1987: A patient with advanced Parkinson’s disease is fitted with a deep-brain electrical stimulation implant.
1996: Scottish researchers announce they have produced the first cloned mammal: a sheep named Dolly.
1997: World chess champion Garry Kasparov is beaten by a computerized chess machine called Deep Blue.
1999: AIBO, the first artificially intelligent pet, is introduced by Sony. The pet can walk, see, and understand and respond to spoken instructions.
2000: An artificial silicon retina is implanted into a human eye. The artificial retina is made from silicon microchips which contain thousands of tiny light-converting units.
2001: Amputee Jesse Sullivan receives a fully robotic arm developed by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. The arm has a nerve muscle graft which allows him to use his own thoughts to move the artificial limb. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '1', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9549477100372314}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '89219', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:CFUAMLMR76YP6P6MXJR3DUNUQQFOHCFD', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:1c573595-c302-461e-8857-2495677adae0>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 14, 11, 57, 20), 'WARC-IP-Address': '104.24.105.206', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:WJEY4L5I4XVVRRLCTM4RSRHAC7GPJLO5', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:fcd03574-71e9-4ea7-83d5-3355b950378f>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.healthguideinfo.com/prosthetics-bionics/p9070/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:1dfef552-4bc7-4250-9716-b80438729e32>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '457', 'url': 'https://www.healthguideinfo.com/prosthetics-bionics/p9070/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-146-95-138.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.031488239765167236', 'original_id': '5173b5d9d75a371f426be763db6da03c5821141f09f66aa8894f0f1214fc16f8'} |
Hey, Girl: Your True Self Is Fearless
Let's just get this out in the open: fear is a powerful motherf*cker. Things I am scared of right now: forgetting the sound of my father's voice, how long his legs were, what he smelled like. Not being smart enough. Going completely deaf. My mom dying. My friend dying before I get there next week. Never having a baby of my own. Having a baby of my own. Running out of things to say.
(To name a few.)
I've been taught that to say your fears out loud is sort of like wishing for them to happen. I don't know if I buy that. Maybe once I write them, out here in the open, I can send them off in small rocketships with little notes inside that say things like Don't Come Back or You're Not Welcome Here.
I remember in high school at our football games in the snow, people would hold up signs for the other teams that said Go Home! Maybe I could do that for my fears?
By addressing them, I get respect from them.
Why should our fears control us? It's absurd. These invisible thought thieves get to tell me what to feel? What the?
Why now? Why the haunting?
So I take them down one by one with a BB gun out in the woods on a dark snowy night. Why shouldn't it be a dark snowy night in the woods? Most fears are imagined so why shouldn't I imagine a fitting scenario for me to kill my fears.
I will line them up like soda cans on a ledge and shoot them. One by one.
They will fall over, in a heap, crumpled on the snow, and I will bury them before they bury me.
I am the human after all. They are the invaders, the aliens, the robbers, the tin cans.
By saying what I am scared of I become more human.
Can't you see more of you in me when I tell you what I am scared of? And when we see ourselves in each other, isn't that what makes us feel connected?
When we realize that we all share the same human experience, that yes, the details vary, but the overall experience of being a human being, right here and now, is the same, we inch closer to our true selves. Our true selves aren't our fears about gaining weight or what people think about us.
The true self is the part of us that can stay up all night and write, or can love someone else unabashedly, or can be a mother, or a father and have it be the best thing we have ever done in our lives. The true self is that which doesn't listen to hearsay and gossip or naysayers. Our true self listens to the things that make us dance and be silly or want to sit on the beach alone and watch the sun set into a miracle.
The true self doesn't worry that if we travel too much then we will lose our teaching gigs at home, or if we gain five pounds then we'll look like a failure, or that we don't know that much about politics, or can't balance in a handstand in the center of the room.
Our true selves are fearless.
I know that I forget this often.
We are fearless. We are born screaming just who we are without giving a shit what anyone thinks of us. That moment is the beginning of our true self-expression.
I can't remember much about that time of my life. (Can you?) But I know that I was not scared to ask for what I needed. I was not scared someone didn't like me or I wasn't good enough.
All I am saying here is that fear is a powerful motherf*cker. If you let it, as I have done time and time again, it will take over your body like a ninja and you won't even know it's happened. You will sit on your chair in a corner of your room and not even realize you have been invaded until you realize you are attracting all the things you don't want into your life like a cheap magnet you bought in Montana.
So, say what they are. Say them out loud and then send them out in boats and ships, in whatever way you can. Shoot them if you must. Do what it takes to to inhabit the body you live in rather than the fear who has slipped into you like it had been there all along.
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Compuware’s Neil Richards on Mainframe testing, using real-life data and risks associated with it
ITProPortal sat down with Neil Richards, director of Mainframe Solutions at Compuware, to discuss about a recent survey carried out by the company over the management of customer data within enterprises when developing mainframe applications.
In what ways do companies use customer data when it comes to mainframe application development, testing and maintenance?
Companies often turn to outsourcers for mainframe application development because they lack the in- house knowledge necessary for developing and testing complex applications. One of the key ways companies use their customers’ data is when testing applications during the Quality Assurance cycle to make sure those applications work in a real world environment. Compuware’s global research into mainframe outsourcing found that 20 per cent of companies that hand over sensitive customer data to outsourcers do not mask the data, while 30 per cent do not provide their outsourcer with any customer data at all.
Why is it important that the testing environment uses customer data in the first place?
Because the mainframe is central to the functioning of many businesses, any application downtime or disruptions can be disastrous. If applications are to be tested thoroughly, particularly in the complex world of the mainframe, test data conditions should reflect live data conditions as closely as possible or the application may not perform well in production. Yet many companies are not using current customer data for fear of putting data at risk. Our research found that 30 per cent of companies do not provide customer data at all to their outsourcers’ for application testing.
Can data not be synthesized?
To avoid the issues around protection of customer data, some companies do create synthesized data for application testing; but this method can be very expensive and time-consuming. It also means that the data does not fully reflect the live production conditions, which can impact on the thoroughness of the testing and the eventual application.
What are the arguments for and against masking of customer data in the testing cycle?
While masking data is necessary to protect sensitive customer data, Compuware’s research found that 82 per cent of companies that do mask their customer data before providing it to outsourcers describe the process as being difficult. Further, 56 per cent of those that mask claim that masking data negatively impacts the quality of their testing and QA processes. Alarmingly, 20 per cent of companies do not mask data at all for fear of impacting testing quality, increasing the chances of customer data being maliciously misused.
What are the potential dangers or issues with the use of unprotected customer data?
Providing third parties with unprotected customer data not only increases the potential for data to be misused or stolen, but can also put companies in danger of violating data protection regulations. Either could seriously impact revenues and reputation should a breach occur. Over two fifths (43 per cent) of our research respondents that share customer data say they are not well-briefed on data protection laws and regulations.
How does the decision to mask or not mask customer data impact on the eventual quality of outsourced application development?
Companies appear to be trapped between a rock and a hard place. Without the proper tools, disguising data is difficult; similarly, using a full production copy results in higher than necessary resource consumption and increases the privacy risk. Both methods impact quality, because they do not use up-to-date and accurate production data. Yet providing third parties with live customer data is equally unappealing, because companies have to rely on insecure NDAs, creating a risk of a data breach.
How are companies currently protecting themselves against the risks of using non-masked customer data in testing?
To avoid issues relating to data privacy, a number of organisations mask customer data, select too little data, or create their own test data, but these are difficult processes. These practices are impacting the quality of outsourced application development, as systems can’t be thoroughly tested unless test data reflects current production data as closely as possible.
Do companies understand the implications around customer privacy and legislation which govern the use of customer data?
Most countries have strict data protection laws governing the use and sharing of customer data with third parties, but many companies appear unsure about the regulations in place and how they are affected by them. Our recent research found that 43 per cent of respondents that share customer data do not understand data protection laws and regulations that apply to their region and that 87 per cent of organisations that do not mask customer data before passing it to a third party rely on Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) to protect their customer’s data.
What are the alternatives for companies wishing to test their mainframe applications and how can they avoid the risks associated with the use of customer data during testing?
What many don’t understand is that there are test data optimization methods that allows companies as well as outsourcers to more easily create test data that can be processed efficiently while guarding against costly data breaches. Test data optimization protects sensitive data by masking, translating, generating, aging, analysing and validating test data; while also ensuring all mainframe test conditions are met.
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Investigate Suspicious Dog Poisonings!
Imagine losing, not just one, but two pets within days of each other without warning. It's a pet parent's worst nightmare. And it's what happened to Mike Dyer.
After first noticing that 11-month-old Carly was abnormally lethargic, Dyer rushed her to the vet only to find out that she was going into kidney failure. The Dyer family decided to put Carly down. A few days later, Dyer noticed the same thing with 8-month-old Sparky. After discovering that Sparky was bleeding internally, the Dyers again made the difficult choice to put him down. Toxicology reports showed that the two dogs had lethal amounts of ibuprofen and anti-freeze in their systems. They were poisoned.
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Following the deaths, Dyers learned that this wasn't the first time something like this happened in the neighborhood. About 18 months ago, five dogs also died due to poisoning.
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When anyone asks me what's the best time to prune a mimosa, my instinctive response is, "Any time you can find a chainsaw."
That's very judgmental of me, I know, but heck, that's pretty much my job. And mimosa is one of those plants you either love or you hate. I hate it now. But I used to love it.
Why, when I was a kid, at the nadir of sensibility and good taste, I thought mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) was the prettiest tree in the world. Its leaves were like ferns. Its flowers were pink puffballs. And it bloomed in summer, when few other trees did.
A Miracle -- My Wife Agrees!
Judy, who notices very few plants, has fond childhood memories of mimosa too. She remembers climbing up in her neighbors trees to smell the flowers. I think they smell faintly of gardenias -- not like my son's socks, which would actually cause you to faint.
How It all Began
Native to the Middle East and Asia, mimosa was brought to this country in 1785 by the famous French botanist Andre Michaux, who planted it in his botanic garden in Charleston, South Carolina. It grew quickly into a vase-shaped, flat-topped tree, 30 to 40 feet tall, and it loved the Southern climate. The flowers, attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and colonial gardeners, ranged in color from nearly red to deep pink to flesh-pink to white. On one road-side near my home, there is a row of them, each a different color. Here's the usual pink.
And here's a white one. I really like the white, but I've never seen it for sale. The various colors are due to genetic variation, with pink being dominant. Where I live in Alabama, the trees usually start blooming in June and continue for several weeks into July.
So Why Do I Hate Mimosa Now?
Two reasons, First, like most all fast-growing trees, mimosa is notoriously short-lived, subject to many pests, and will die on you in a heartbeat. When people ask me the best way to get rid of a mimosa, I tell them to make it the focal point of their landscape and it will be gone momentarily.
Second, after the flowers fade, the tree grows hundreds of 6-inch long, bean-like, brown seedpods which hang from every branch. The seedpods persist all winter, even after the tree has dropped its leaves. Few trees look as ugly or more forlorn.
But wait! It gets worse! Each of those pods is filled with seeds and each and every one of them germinates somewhere, even in cracks in the pavement. Plant one mimosa in the yard and soon every house in the neighborhood has two or three mimosas. coming up in the fence, the middle of a bush, or by the silver propane tank.
Mimosa adapts to almost any well-drained soil, laughs at heat and drought, and does not mind if you spray-paint the trunk white, hang tires from the branches, or park your pickup on top of its roots. In hort class, we called it a "pioneer species," because if you disturb the land, remove native vegetation, and open the tree canopy to light, it's one of the first trees to appear. That's why you see it growing along just about every highway and country road in the South. Northerners be glad it doesn't like your cold winters, but with global warming, who knows how much longer you'll be free?
Not Fooling Me
Recently, a new kind of mimosa was introduced to the gardening world, a purplish-bronze leaf selection called 'Summer Chocolate.' The hype over its undeniably pretty foliage and pink flowers was overwhelming. Probably many of you bought one and are enjoying it right now. But not me.
See, any mimosa that flowers is going to produce seeds and lots of them. And if a thousand seedlings come up in my yard, I don't care if they have green leaves or purple leaves. They need to be eliminated with extreme prejudice.
So my advice about when to prune a mimosa remains the same -- whenever you can find a chainsaw.
Tell Me More About the Mimosa
Okay. Here’s a little crash course. The pink “powder puffs” of mimosa flowers appear in early June throughout the South. Fernlike leaves give the tree a lacy, graceful appearance.
A common problem are mimosa webworms. Silken webs wrap clusters of leaves together. The caterpillars inside those webs eat the leaves.
The solution: If possible, prune out and destroy webbing and damaged leaves. Thoroughly spray the tree trunk with horticultural oil in early March to suffocate pupating larvae. Rake and destroy leaf debris. Replace mulch under the tree each fall. Spray the tree with Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (Dipel, Thuricide, Javelin). For serious infestations, spray with carbaryl (Sevin), diazinon, or malathion.
Another problem you may encounter with mimosa is wilting. Leaves yellow and droop in early to midsummer. Many drop. Tree branches die over a period of several months.
The solution is that there is no control for the soilborne disease that enters through the tree roots. Discovered in the 1930s, it has now spread throughout the South. Remove infected trees. Do not plant new mimosas in the same spot.
Trees. Think About Trees.
No matter where you live or what garden style you prefer, the first questions you should ask when developing your garden’s design are, “Where are my existing trees?” and “What new trees would I like to add and where do I want them to go?”
As your garden’s largest living element, trees have an enormous impact, both practical and aesthetic. On the practical side, they offer shade and shelter from the wind, enhancing your comfort and often considerably reducing your home’s energy consumption. As design elements, trees can frame the house, establish scale, sport colorful blooms and foliage, conceal unsightly features, or draw the eye toward attractive vistas.
Among the most important contributions trees make to a garden is to lend an air permanence. While a hollyhock may give up the ghost after a year or two, an oak can live for centuries. A stately tree that forms the centerpiece of your garden may well have been the legacy of a farsighted gardener from many years earlier.
Choosing the Right Tree
When selecting trees for your garden, ask first what you want the tree to do. Should it shade the yard? Pick a tall-growing species that develops a sizable canopy. Should it hide a neighboring property? That may call for an evergreen tree with foliage all the way to the ground. Perhaps you’d like a focal point. Look for a tree with striking flowers, foliage, bark, or form. Once you have decided on the tree’s purpose, you can narrow your selection.
The most basic distinction between trees is whether they are deciduous or evergreen. Deciduous trees sprout new leaves in spring and carry them throughout the summer. In fall, the leaves may turn brilliant colors before dropping for the winter. Evergreen trees, on the other hand, retain their foliage year-round, making them ideal for screens or as points of interest during winter months. Broad-leafed evergreens, such as Southern magnolias and hollies, have wide leaves similar to many deciduous trees. Needle-leafed evergreens, such as pines and cedars, sport narrow, needlelike leaves.
Once you’ve decided between deciduous or evergreen, consider the tree’s growth rate and ultimate size. A desire for quick shade or instant privacy may tempt you to buy a fast-growing species such as silver maple or cottonwood, but such a vigorous tree can crack sidewalks, invade water lines, or quickly overwhelm the house, calling for replacement at a later date.
Consider, too, a tree’s mature shape (above)*referring to illustration*, which may not be obvious when you buy a small sapling at the nursery. A vase-shaped type, such as a Japanese zelkova, makes a good choice for a lawn or street tree, because its ascending branches leave plenty of headroom underneath. Rounded, spreading trees, such as live oaks and Norway maples, need lots of space to extend their branches. Columnar or conical trees, such as eastern red cedar and Arizona cypress, work well in closer quarters.
Many trees offer a spectacular burst of color in the fall, but consider their summer and winter foliage tones as well. Deciduous trees with golden, bronze, red, or bluish summer foliage should be treated as accents and used sparingly to avoid a jumble of colors. Likewise, use caution when selecting evergreens with colored foliage, such as many cedars and cypresses.
CARING FOR TREES (each section has an accompanying illustration)
Limbing up. Gradually removing a tree’s lower branches reveals the structure of the tree. This practice also increases the amount of sunlight reaching the ground, making it easier to grow grass and flowers around the tree. And it gives more headroom under the tree’s canopy. As a general rule, don’t limb up more than half of a tree’s height, less if possible.
Thinning. Selectively thin the branches of a shade tree to reduce the likelihood of wind damage, open up views, and prevent the tree from forming an overly dense canopy. Remove weak limbs and vertical water sprouts first, and any branches that rub or cross each other. Clear out branches growing toward the center of the tree. Then you can prune selectively along the main limbs, leaving a natural-looking, broad, and bushy top.
Preserving the roots. To keep a tree healthy, start at the bottom. If you build a patio or walkway around the base of a tree, avoid solid materials such as concrete, which prevent air and water from reaching the roots. Select paving that leaves as much open soil as possible around the trunk, use loose materials, or set bricks or paving stones in sand or gravel rather than cement.
If removing soil near a tree to construct a retaining wall or for some other purpose, try to preserve the existing grade around the tree by making any elevation changes beyond the branch spread. For soil-level changes over 2 feet deep, consult an arborist.
Avoiding problems
It seems obvious, but the easiest way to avoid disappointment with a tree is by selecting one well suited to your climate and soil. Don’t try to plant trees that are not reliably cold-hardy in your area or those that need more rainfall than you receive. Sooner or later Mother Nature will get even, and the trees will suffer from cold or drought stress, making them more susceptible to pests and diseases.
Other trees to avoid include those that are prone to pests; those with weak wood that can lose limbs in storms; those that drop messy fruit, seedlings (such as chinaberry above)*in picture*, or more leaves than you are willing to rake; and those with invasive roots. In addition to the trees listed at right *below*, your local nursery or garden center should be able to advise you on trees that are problematic in your region.
Ten Troublesome Trees
Think twice (or even thrice) about planting the following:
Arizona Ash (Fraxinus velutina)
Weak wood; invasive roots
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Messy fruit; pest-prone
Box Elder (Acer negundo)
Lots of seedlings; pest-prone
Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
Messy seeds; weak wood
Chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
Messy fruit; lots of seedlings
Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
Weak wood; invasive roots
Hybrid Poplar (Populus)
Invasive roots
Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
Pest-prone; lots of seedlings
Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
Weak wood; invasive roots
White Mulberry (Morus alba)
Messy Fruit; lots of seedlings
Why Not Top?
Topping — reducing the height of a mature tree by lopping off its top limbs — is the quickest way to ruin a tree forever. What’s more, it doesn’t even reduce the height of a tree for very long. Unlike a bushy hedge that soon sprouts new growth after being sheared severely, an older tree does not grow back in a natural-looking way when the trunk leaders or top branches are pruned to stubs. Instead, the tree sends out scores of weak shoots from the cutoff points; often these shoots are taller, coarser and denser than the natural top. Topped trees often develop heart rot, eventually resulting in hollow trunks. This makes them susceptible to storm damage.
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Hillary Clinton dominates Republican convention, now time for her own show: Michael Enright
There is an amazing twist of high irony in this: the most dominating, ubiquitous political presence at a Republican National Convention was the Democratic presidential nominee. Hillary Clinton was everywhere. And nowhere. Now she prepares for her own convention, which Democrats hope will be a stark contrast from the Republicans' chaos in Cleveland.
Democrats look to put on a smooth convention in Philadelphia to contrast with the chaos in Cleveland
A delegate wearing a mask of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, as well as handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit, appears on the convention floor before the start of the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (Reuters)
There is an amazing and unprecedented twist of high irony in this: the most dominating, ubiquitous political presence at a Republican National Convention was the Democratic presidential nominee.
Hillary Clinton was everywhere. And nowhere.
No corporeal presence, but heated discussions of her character, her personality and her personal and public history wafted in the air of the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland like machine-made fog.
Speaker after speaker focused their venom entirely on the former first lady, former senator and former secretary of state.
In a 10-minute speech, one orator used Trump's name twice and Clinton's 24 times.
And at most mentions and allusions to Clinton, the red meat Republican delegates in the funny hats chanted: "Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!"
'Guilty or not guilty?'
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a former prosecutor, actually called his speech an indictment and urged the jury of delegates to render a verdict.
"Guilty or not guilty?" he intoned after each charge.
"Guilty!" the delegates screamed in response.
The crowd was almost biblical in its wrath, with the governor relishing his role as Pontius Pilate.
New Jersey governor speaks at Republican convention 1:47
It is a rare thing in modern American politics to have the faithful of one party accuse the next leader of the rival party of everything from perjury to criminal negligence to high treason.
A New Hampshire delegate and Trump adviser called for Clinton's death by firing squad, which prompted some Secret Service attention.
Name-calling in American politics is an old and honoured tradition. Politicians have called each other idiots, wing nuts, lunatics. The right wing uses "liberal" as a slur.
A Texas Republican once described Governor Rick Perry as "George Bush without the brains."
It's one thing to call an opponent a moron. It's quite another to call a former secretary of state a promoter of al-Qaeda.
Hillary Clinton was the top topic at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (Reuters)
This was a convention short on detailed policies. It almost seems that absent the unrelenting attacks on Clinton, the Republicans in the Q wouldn't have had much to talk about.
Most of the speeches were creaking, rehashed Republican boilerplate: law and order, respect for the cops, bloated government, tougher immigration laws, lower taxes, fear of terrorists on Main Street.
Quadrennial presidential conventions have several missions.
The first, of course, is to nominate a presidential ticket to fight an election.
They are also meant to showcase the nominee to the great audience beyond the arena.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a very long speech on Thursday night. (John Moore/Getty Images)
For the presidential nominee, the mission is to energize the party's base and project to the wider world of independent voters a sense of steadfastness and serious purpose.
In the late evening Thursday, Donald Trump tried to do just that in one of the longest acceptance speeches in convention history.
It would be torturing reason to suggest Mr. Trump sounded presidential in the traditional sense, but he did seem more measured and coherent given the context of such a chaotic convention.
Donald Trump proclaims 'things have to change and things are going to change right now.' 1:05
True, his picture of the United States as a wildly violent, dark and fallen empire was over-the-top, but then most of Donald Trump's life is lived over-the-top.
Divisions remain
Despite what his handlers and the leaders of the Republican Party say, the GOP leaves Cleveland a deeply divided party.
Many delegates suggested they had come to the convention because that's what party loyalists do; not, they said pointedly, because of any overwhelming love of Donald Trump.
One young delegate from Utah I spoke to said she has grave reservations about Trump, especially about some things he has said about gender and race.
She had hoped this week would solidify her thoughts about her party's nominee. She came to Cleveland seeking clarity and left as confused as ever. She said she'll decide how to vote in November.
On Monday, the Democrats open their convention in Philadelphia. On Thursday, Hillary Rodham Clinton will accept her party's nomination, the first time in American history a woman will run for president as the leader of a major party.
'Dumpster fires'
She will join Donald Trump as the two least popular presidential candidates in anybody's memory.
As Tea Party Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska puts it: "I have dumpster fires in my town more popular than these 'leaders.'"
Clinton's vanquished rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, actually has a positive rating.
What delegates and media will look for in Philadelphia is a well-organized, well-run convention to contrast with the chaos of Cleveland. Also of major interest is what Sanders will tell his loyalists in prime time on Monday night.
And they can look forward to one other thing.
Donald Trump has promised a major rally in Philadelphia on Friday.
About the Author
Michael Enright
Host, The Sunday Edition
Michael Enright is the host of The Sunday Edition and Rewind on CBC Radio One. During his long career as a journalist, he has hosted other CBC Radio flagship shows, including This Country in the Morning, As It Happens and This Morning. He is the recipient of two honorary doctorates and the Order of Canada.
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Funny thing happened today...
1. I use my BF's eBay account to shop stuff I want. Lately, I've been on a kate spade rampage. I take extra precautions in making sure it's real and all but the fear is always there. So all response to my inquiries (like "Does this come with the dust bag and care card?") gets sent to his email and he forwards it to me. I was looking through my emails today and saw his forwards and I see the title for one that I have already read when I logged into his eBay acocunt. Nevertheless I opened it and ended up choking on my drink out of laughter. See, I asked the seller what I typically ask: "Does this come with the dust bag and care card?" and the seller's response was "what's a dustbag" to which I explained what it was and that it is usually in the bag when first purchased. So I opened the email and right above the seller's "what's a dustbag?" is my BF's stern yet funny warning: "Don't you dare buy this"
I think I died right there.
He knows more about identifying real kate spades than I do. I was whining that the bag I won and that was sent to his house might not be real and how I wasn't careful enough. Well, he spent two hours on (and many more prior to today) and called me back to tell me that it is indeed authentic and that he is 100% sure cause the made in USA tags is the real thing as on the website, that the zipper is ykk, the lining is not of any fakes and he matched the kate spade label to the authentic kate spade label (both on the website and on my kate spade from the store which is at his house) stitch per stitch.
I thought it was funny and I'd share it. LOL.
2. Hehe, I just read this on livejournal !
3. Lol, that's a funny story. It's great that your bf is as much as into bags (at least kate spade ones) as you are! That's a hard quality to find .. mine just shakes his head every time I bring home a new bag.
4. Your bf is a keeper. :lol:
5. LOL. That is soooo cute!
6. That's funny. Because I love Marc Jacobs so much (and that's everything, including clothes) that my boyfriend will randomly point out that someone has a Marc Jacobs coat, or bag, or something else. When I pointed out that he was doing that, he was horrified! :lol:
7. LOL. Mine looks at prints or patterns he recognizes and stares at it and tells me if he thinks it's real or not.
8. oh my god!!!! hahahahhahahah that was a great story to start off my day :biggrin:
9. hahahah what an awesome bf :P
10. Really! Where can I sign my bf up for his bag training class? :P
11. I just checked out the site and almost spit out my coke seeing this picture:
That has got to be one of the worst fakes ever....Kate Spade label on a Damier print!
Your BF is a keeper, can you have him train my SO?!!!
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Are bodybuilders healthy?
How does body building affects your whole body
Body building training does huge effects and brings a lot of changes in our body making our body leaner and stronger. Body building have good effects in our health in long terms. As we grow old our body is losing muscles making us weaker so building muscle preserves your physique. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9243205189704896}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '27710', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:2ASFJRDJUMUKQMFILZURU6OYLP5DJUL4', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:1c162587-d400-4127-953b-25d5d66ccb2b>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 19, 7, 28, 49), 'WARC-IP-Address': '68.65.122.60', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:V5OEBOPCO7UD7APR7F6QDXMKHO5S64TN', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:72009767-cc3e-437d-9f11-0f916101fc0d>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://buffedd.com/qa/are-bodybuilders-healthy/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:745bc357-7048-4b62-a7ed-c04dfbf913d0>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '61', 'url': 'https://buffedd.com/qa/are-bodybuilders-healthy/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-04\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for January 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-146-180-207.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.999920129776001', 'original_id': '1ca3fd3fe17a7e8ac5fff377b66cf4a77c642fb8a7011db794b2b60b44ab9853'} |
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Life Update
Ahhh its been so long since I've actually blogged. All my post recent posts have been scheduled ones from like 2 weeks ago so it seems so long ago since I've actually type away at my Macbook that hasn't been anything other than me typing in the browser 'Netflix' or 'Sky Go'.
Which btw Sky Go is a whole new revolution to me. I've had Sky for 2 years but I've always had a Chromebook which you can't download Skylight or whatever its called onto so I've been without. Now I just spend all my mornings catching up on films etc. I can't remember the last time I actually sat in my front room.
I can't remember if I mentioned on here or not but I had one of my pals move in after living alone for 6 months. Which has been lovely. I always think I love living alone and then when I don't I realise I actually hate it. It's so much nicer having someone to talk to that isn't a cat. Plus bills are halved so I have mo' money to spend on clothes.
I feel like I've been much more social in 2015 than 2014. I think its a lot of things. I'm much more confident, sometimes I tend to be such an introvert and I think if given the chance I would spend all my time alone in my room. But I now enjoy going out and seeing people. I also feel like I have a greater circle of friends. I'm still friends with all the people I have known for the last 4-5 years but I've also expanded with work friends and reconnected with old friends.
I think Amy has had a huge influence on that. I have mentioned previously but I lost one of my closest friends from uni this year which has been a weird rollercoaster for me. At the time of her death we had drifted apart and its honestly been the hardest thing I've ever gone through. Some weeks I'm fine and some weeks I cry every day non stop. I've felt every emotion possible along the way. It's been weird. But I always try and turn tragedy to triumph and I am making sure I do more and see more people, because life is precious. Yeah slothing around the house all day is great but life will pass you by.
I also have become much more carefree. Amy was the most carefree human I have ever met and I can be uptight and worry about EVERYTHING especially the future but now I kind of really don't care. I think especially I care even less what people think of me. I've become very thick skinned and instead of being like "Should I post that" or "Should I say that" I'm just like fuck it. Do what you want. Live your life how you want to live it. Just be happy.
I think this is the first time in like a year I've wrote a long ranty post just talking about myself. I'm off to go get my hair chopped anyway (considering a long bob but I don't know) and then I'm going to schedule some more posts for my busy week ahead. I'm also considering purchasing a DSLR as I've had some inheritance come through from my Grampy and he was super into photography so I feel like that would be the perfect investment.
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Problem Set #1
API-119. Advanced Macroeconomics for the Open Economy II Due Tuesday, February 5, 2013 by 10am (Littauer 2nd floor MPA/ID homework dropbox) You may work in groups, but you must write your own answer. For open-ended questions (“explain your results”) write just a couple of sentences (one may be enough). Please write legibly and show all intermediate steps when presenting math results. Don’t forget to staple your homework, and put your names on the 1st page of your answer.
Question 1. Natural resources in the Solow model (45 pts)
The world economy is very dependent on natural resources, and many of them are nonrenewable. This means that the stock of such resources will eventually start declining. Let us consider the implications of that for long-run growth, within the context of the Solow model. Suppose the production function is Cobb-Douglas: Y = AKRL
where R denotes natural resources. The growth rate of the workforce is n, technology A advances at rate gA, and the natural resources are being depleted at a rate b. a. What has to be the relationship between the growth rate of Y and that of K so that we can have a steady state? (9 pts per item) b. Express the growth rate of Y as a function of the growth rate of the inputs, K, R, and L. c. Find the steady-state growth rate of Y, and of output per capita Y/L. d. What condition needs to be imposed in order to ensure long-run growth of output per capita? Provide intuition for that result. e. Now consider a case such as Brazil’s, which has recently discovered gigantic new oil fields. Suppose you were hired as a consultant by the Brazilian government, and they want you to assess what will be the impact of those discoveries on the economy’s rate of growth. More specifically, they believe there will be higher growth, but the opposition argues that there will be no such effect. Write a short memo about these competing claims, based on the lessons from the Solow model.
Question 2. Income disparities and population growth (30 pts)
Consider a Solow model with capital accumulation equation and no technological progress. The production function is Cobb-Douglas. The equation describing the motion for capital is:
k sf (k ) nk k
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with n’(k)<0. Suppose that n0 is sufficiently high. with fertility right at the so-called “replacement rate”. From then on. starting from n(0)=n0>0 until it reaches n(kR)=0 – that is. It is the case that wealthier countries have lower fertility. Which country is richer? (7 pts) c. fertility stays at the replacement rate. The Economist. but different population growth rates (both positive). (7 pts) b. 10/29/2009. see the article “Go Forth and Multiply A Lot Less”. and set the depreciation rate at 4%). and kR sufficiently low. let’s assume that population growth is a decreasing function of the capital stock per capita: n = n(k). so that the Solow diagram (in terms of growth rates) now looks like this: What can you say about the long-run prospects of an economy like this? How do they depend on the initial level of capital per worker? What’s the intuition behind that? Can you think of policy prescriptions that could help very poor countries here? (8 pts) Page 2 of 3 . but it is also true that fertility goes down as countries become wealthier. the same depreciation rate (keep this assumption from now on). (There are many reasons why this could be the case. To make things even simpler. Compute their relative income per capita as a function of population growth. Compute the steady state level of capital and income. Imagine one country has a population growth of 1% and the other has a population growth of 4%.a. What is the relative income level? (Continue to assume α =1/3 and equal savings and depreciation rates. population growth eventually reaches zero. let us assume that n decreases linearly with k. the same savings rate. Do you think differences in population growth explain a large share of observed income disparities across countries? (8 pts) d.) To capture this in simple fashion. Consider two countries with α = 1/3.
eresource:wdionlin (WDI). What is the implied ratio in productivities (A) between the two countries? Compute a formula and then give the numerical answer. Some say α = 1/3. Let’s split it down the middle and assume that α = 1/2.eresource:eiucdata (EIU) and http://nrs. Population growth (take the average over the period 2006-2009). Explaining income disparities in the real world (25 pts) Choose two countries: a rich and a poor one. Gross savings rate (take the average over the period 2005-2009). Does this answer seem plausible? 1 Access them at http://nrs.harvard. For both of them get the following data from EIU Country Data or from WDI (World Development Indicators)1 (indicate which one you’re using): GDP per capita (in PPP dollars) for 2009. some say it’s 2/3. Use a depreciation rate of 6%.Question 3. Assume both countries are in steady state and have Cobb-Douglas production functions with the same share of capital. Page 3 of 3 .edu/urn-3:hul.harvard. You will be asked to input your Harvard ID and PIN in order to access the EIU | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9263451099395752}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '143121', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:RDRCVHZ3YZIWC6XJY2VCPWUFEDHYTNJK', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:6d4c947b-8fb5-4d2c-a585-fb849dfad932>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 19, 6, 44, 52), 'WARC-IP-Address': '151.101.250.152', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'application/xhtml+xml', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:JETBUFPY7CVHPBHAJHO737YA7SYIY5NJ', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:832f4c63-74f9-4ba2-b959-2a7eae04c3e5>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.scribd.com/document/123661734/API-1111-problem-set-1', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:aff8c745-d014-4691-ad86-d46e5a9b32ec>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '839', 'url': 'https://www.scribd.com/document/123661734/API-1111-problem-set-1', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-04\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for January 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin ([email protected])\r\nhostname: ip-10-157-176-71.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.9455900192260742', 'original_id': '01b2f1fb5ac7857ce2954181a647e22349b0e6d910accc2dc6049f63345c3ac7'} |
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Repression of KESK and Arrests
The first hearing of the case against 15 women trade-unionists of KESK (Confederation of Public Employees Unions) was held in Ankara on October 4. Out of 15 women trade-unionists 9 have been in prison for 8 months without being taken into the court. Now this was the first time they were before a judge.
There were thousands of people in front of the court coming from around Turkey to show their support for the woman trade-unionists, most of them being members of KESK. They demanded their friends be released. KESK chairman Lami Özgen made a speech emphasizing the hardships of being woman, Kurd and member of a fighting union like KESK in Turkey.
There were also many representatives coming from abroad to show their support for the trade-unionists and KESK, including Stephen Benedict from ITUC, Klaus Loercher from ETUC, Jan Willem Goudriaan from EPSU, and others from Sweden (TCO), Britain (NASUWT), Greece (OLME), Germany (GEW), Denmark (DLF), France (SNES-FSU), Cyprus (KTOEOS). They all made speeches and demanded the trade-unionists be freed.
The hearing lasted until late in the evening and around 21:00 it was declared by a speech by Lami Özgen that 6 out of 9 woman trade-unionists were released. This was applauded by the people who had been waiting there since the morning. He said “We are confident that those friends who are still kept in prison will be with us tomorrow in our march forward. But today’s ruling is against all international agreements. We do not accept the court’s ruling and will continue to fight for their freedom in the upcoming period.”
The repression of trade-unionists and KESK is not extraordinary. Many trade-unionists have faced police repression and harassment especially since 2009 when the police operations started under the name of KCK operation. KCK is the name of the new form of organisation of the Kurdish national liberation movement. During these police operations carried on under the KCK operation hundreds of KESK members and officials have been taken into detention and 76 of them arrested. Even the chairman Lami Özgen was among them though released later. Police raids targeting the union premises and homes of trade-unionists are still going on. That all of the trade-unionists arrested are Kurds clearly shows that the attack especially aims to repress Kurdish people’s democratic demands.
The AKP government cannot put up with social opposition. They aim at Kurds, fighting unions and workers. Police operations against KESK are going on with raids over homes, union centres and their local offices. No union officials are allowed to be present during these raids and they break in the offices, confiscate the computers etc. KESK members and officials are accused of “terrorism” by involving in the KCK. But the questions that were asked to the arrested KESK members show that the AKP government’s desire to crush the trade-union movement and social opposition. For instance they were questioned about their involvement in the demonstrations of 8 March International Women’s Day. Why did they join the demonstrations? Under whose orders? How they were oriented by the KCK? Participating in rallies organised to express the demands of peace and democracy, participating in 8 March celebrations are treated as if crime.
The chairman of KESK, Lami Özgen, who was also among the ones who were arrested and released some time ago, told that he was charged with involvement in actions for protesting the ridiculous pay rise for public employees. Thus simple trade-union activity is under threat.
KESK calls on all public employees, unions and democratic mass organisations to support KESK members. Many trade-unions and democratic mass organisations including the Association of International Workers’ Solidarity (UID-DER) are in solidarity with KESK. With their participation there are many mass protests against repression of KESK and Kurdish movement. The fight to free the other KESK members keeps on. We will not passively wait for the court rulings but continue to fight in the streets and workplaces.
UID-DER (www.uidder.org)
5 October 2012
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No Quarreling on the Sabbath!
Just about every Thanksgiving I share with a school or church group the history of the pilgrims who came from England to the new world in 1620. This year I spoke on how the pilgrims acknowledged the Sabbath Day.
Many rules and regulations were imposed upon them for what they were allowed to do or restricted from doing from sundown on Saturday to sundown on Sunday evening. Some of these rules I read from the old English which requires readers to listen carefully for the New English equivalent. One rule I mentioned was that married couples weren’t allowed to quarrel on the Sabbath. In fact Bradford recorded one couple being fined 40 shekels for doing so. After I finished my talk Stephen walked down to the fellowship hall with others who were preparing to enjoy a meal together.
Two men approached him and asked, “What did she mean when she said that ‘married couples weren’t allowed to crawl on the Sabbath?'” With a twinkle in his eye one of the men said, “I’m pretty sure I know what that would mean but just want to make sure.”
Well, they approached me next and asked the same thing. When I clarified the word “crawl” to be “quarrel” they had a good laugh as they realized crawl was not a euphemism for marital relations but in fact I was speaking of a couple who were arguing on Sunday.
However based upon our study “marital relations” were indeed also forbidden on the Sabbath!
One response to “No Quarreling on the Sabbath!
1. The Pilgrims were arguably the Pharisees of their day, and I understand that taking a bath was heavily frowned upon, too, so it’s hard to imagine two people getting closer than load arguing distance, unless it was right after that quarterly bath. I’ll bet that breaking of the latter rule you mentioned was much more commonly performed than reported; I would hate to have to explain to my wife, mother, sister, or aunt the circumstances under which I heard or observed the breaking of the rule, the amount of time I took to take to decide that’s what it was, or that if I were home with my wife, we could have done the same thing and avoided embarrasment for everyone.
Somewhere, however fuzzy it might be, there’s line between being a tattle-tale and being a whistleblower, but I wouldn’t want to be known as either in this case. In fact, getting caught would be far more honorable than being the catcher. Had they never read that “marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled”, that “He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction”, that “He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends”, that “He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears”, or that “above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins”?
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Human society and progress are linked together through a series of technological and intellectual innovations. The wheel fostered transport, which begat trade with neighboring lands. Nowhere does this become more clear than in the illuminating and seminal BBC series Connections. Host James Burke takes us through history and shows how seemingly unrelated events form the technological and sociological patterns that make up our world. While the series is now decades old, it is still mandatory watching. click: | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9229195713996888}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '20556', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:56UNUSVXWIKWK2ORVR4E33PXZTSHFA7J', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:b16d7bdd-cd81-4db0-9067-709c030fcf00>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 17, 7, 47, 5), 'WARC-IP-Address': '63.231.200.77', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:NEZVY7XSBC6OOBQMTOZ6VF4ZC4U47BI6', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:0e065e76-5ed6-4d9b-b850-bce248d5614d>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.thinktopia.com/2011/02/15/tlc-connections/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:84ee0cd9-5cbe-443a-ad16-3020fc7f3031>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '76', 'url': 'https://www.thinktopia.com/2011/02/15/tlc-connections/', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-228-146-196.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-30\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for July 2018\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.05706995725631714', 'original_id': '88366c2c557fe9463d48099b64679f664b8fd8db1ac9277eef37e520db88701f'} |
You can call these ‘cheat codes’, you can call them ‘life hacks’, call them whatever you want.
Bottom line: they should help you out, even if it’s just a little bit.
Hey, life is hard, so we can use all the help we can get. So pay attention to these tips from AskReddit users.
1. This is 100% true
“Walk with a purpose. For some reason, people think you’re busy and you don’t get hassled.”
2. Depends on where you’re going, but okay
“Also, equip a lab coat and clipboard and act like you belong. You can suddenly go wherever you want.”
3. My turn!
“A pretty wise ex drug user I worked with once told me, “If you hang around the barbershop long enough, eventually you’re going to get a haircut.” Basically, watch the crowd and the activities you surround yourself with.”
4. Change is good
“If you admit you’re wrong and make changes to whatever it is that you’re wrong about, people will respect and appreciate you more.
Unfortunately this requires the swallow_ego.pill patch installed. Without this you will be incapable of being a civil person.”
“Pause- Like wait. when asked a question or engaging in idle conversation and someone is speaking do not immediately begin your reply when they stop speaking, they usually aren’t done. And in the case of questions most people and finished and if you give them time they usually provide the answer to the question as well, so yeah LISTEN as well.
6. Engage
“To seem charming, all you have to do a lot of the time is to be an engaged listener.
You don’t need an amazing sense of humor, to be able to lay on the compliments or regale people with stories. Just listen to other people in a way that shows you are interested and not only waiting for your turn to talk – make eye contact, don’t interrupt them, don’t turn the conversation to be about you, ask good questions.
EDIT: I just want to add, as per many comments here, that being an engaged listener is not the same as being a sort of conversational doormat where you have to allow people to drone on and on about things that don’t interest you, annoy you, offend you, or drain you. Merely suffering through an encounter is pretty much the opposite of what I am talking about. It’s about letting yourself be interested in, and learn from, other people and not focus so much on feeling like you have to be an entertainer.
And being an engaged listener is really the opposite of the person who just listens and never wants to talk about themselves. You are putting yourself into the conversation with your interested responses, you are guiding it to places you find interesting. Just suffering through boring conversations is not engaged listening.”
7. No stupid questions
“Ask questions, about everything. Ask people about themselves. Be open about stuff you don’t understand, and ask questions about that. When you forget someone’s name, own up to it and just ask them.
I am amazed at how many people won’t acknowledge even a tiny amount of ignorance, or won’t show honest curiosity about something, can’t admit they’ve forgotten something they feel is important, and won’t ever ask for help. Guys…your life becomes so much easier if you just drop the fucking ego and ask.”
8. Fake it til you make it
“Faking confidence usually leads to actually being more confident. I love the phrase fake it til you make it. It’s incredible how much success is a byproduct of just acting confident about whatever you are doing.”
9. Just be nice
“Just be nice, particularly to people in the service industry. Your job, your personal interactions, even your calls into customer service will go 100% easier if you’re just nice to people and recognize that they’re probably just trying to do their job, not screw you over.”
10. It’s cold outside
“I have a heated throw blanket in my living room- in the winter, I wrap my coat up in it , crank up the heat and in a few minutes, my coat is toasty warm so I can brave the coldest day.”
11. Impressive
“Underpromise and Overperform. Say you’ll achieve less than you think you will and then do more and everyone will be impressed (works well at a job)”
12. Be on your way
“No one stops a guy or girl carrying a pizza. It can get you backstage to concerts.”
13. No joke
“I cannot overstate how much dressing well and being well groomed will impact your life. It’ll drop the difficulty by two or three levels. No joke. People will treat you VASTLY differently. The opposite is also true.”
14. Infatuation
“When married don’t stop treating your significant other like you did when you were trying to win them over, it is a great way to show them you’re still as infatuated with them as you were when you first met.”
15. The basics
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