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Do Children's Brains Really Get Thinner? Neuroscientists Striking Results Are Unexpected.
TOPICS:BrainMax Planck InstituteMRI
By Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences September 24, 2019
Neuroscientists provide striking results that suggest the brains of children likely do not thin as much as expected.
Using state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques, Vaidehi Natu at Stanford University in California, along with her colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, provide striking results that suggest the brains of children likely do not thin as much as expected. Rather, it seems there is an increase of myelin, which is the fatty sheath insulating nerve fibers.
Stepping back a bit, studies have shown repeatedly that certain regions of the cerebral cortex (the outer-most layer of the brain) get thinner as children develop. And at a mere 3mm thick, on average, studies have reported that kids can apparently lose close to 1mm of gray matter by adulthood. Various hypotheses have been put forth to explain these huge losses. For example, it is established that gray matter cells and their connections can be naturally 'pruned', presumably to promote a more efficient brain. So perhaps extensive pruning in young brains could explain the thinning. Alternatively, we know that our brains expand during development. Perhaps the cortex gets stretched in the process? The new research certainly does not rule out these processes, and in fact finds evidence for the latter. However, the new work does suggest that a prominent change has gone undetected, due to limitations of prior measurements.
Higher myelination (darker stain) is found in the face-selective area of higher visual cortex, as compared to place selective area. Credit: MPI CBS
More specifically, the present study shows that when measured with quantitative MRI (or qMRI), it appears that young brains are actually becoming more myelinated. That's a good thing, but it may be messing up estimates of cortical thickness (the gray matter). Myelin is the 'white' in white matter. It's a fatty sheath that insulates many nerve fibers and allows faster neurotransmission. The problem is, measurements of gray matter thickness critically depend on detecting the border between white and gray matter. As Natu and Kirilina have found out, this limit can be obscured and cortical thickness underestimated if myelination increases during development. The researchers obtained these results by examining adults and children using state-of-the-art quantitative MRI techniques.
Evgeniya Kirilina, who is working in the department of Neurophysics at MPI CBS, offers a word of caution. 'The fact that the cortex thins during development is well established, even with histological methods. We are not claiming that thinning does not occur. But estimates may be off in some cases due to concurrent myelination.'
The team was actually looking at three specialized patches of brain in higher visual cortex. Despite their close proximity, each showed a unique developmental pattern, underlining the need for cautious interpretation. The face and word recognition areas showed the myelination effect described above, whereas the place recognition area showed apparent thinning but no indication of myelination. Instead, it seemed to structurally change, stretching over time. Highlighting the important link between structure and function, the differences in myelination of these functionally specialized regions were confirmed in post mortem brains of adults, using both ultra-high field MRI and histology.
The implications of these new findings are quite broad. Decades of work will need to be revisited and assessed for accuracy. For example, there is a rich literature suggesting that the thickness of the cortex changes when learning new skills. It will now need to be determined whether myelination also plays a role. Further, degradation of myelin can lead to debilitating diseases. This is exactly what occurs in Multiple Sclerosis. More accurate measurement techniques like qMRI promise to improve our detection, monitoring, and treatment of such conditions.
Reference: "Apparent thinning of human visual cortex during childhood is associated with myelination" by Vaidehi S. Natu, Jesse Gomez, Michael Barnett, Brianna Jeska, Evgeniya Kirilina, Carsten Jaeger, Zonglei Zhen, Siobhan Cox, Kevin S. Weiner, Nikolaus Weiskopf and Kalanit Grill-Spector, 23 September 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904931116
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Chikushi steht für:

 Chikushi-gun, Landkreis in der Präfektur Fukuoka, Japan
 (6237) Chikushi, Asteroid des äußeren Hauptgürtels

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__author__ = 'Sergey Ragatsky'

import string

from nose.tools import nottest, ok_, assert_equal, assert_false, assert_in
from nose.plugins.attrib import attr

from nose_ittr import IttrMultiplier, ittr

class TestMetaClassIttrMultiplayer(object):

    def setup(self):
        self.test_class_one = test_class_one()
        self.test_class_two = test_class_two()

    def teardown(self):
        pass

    @attr(id=1)
    def test_correct_mirroring(self):
        """
        Test metaclass set ittr attributes in mirrors functions
        """
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one.test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_c,
                    'attr_one'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one.test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_c,
                    'attr_two'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one.test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_c,
                    'attr_three'))

    @attr(id=2)
    def test_ittr_attribute_insertion(self):
        """
        Tests metaclass adds ittr attribute to test
        """
        assert_in('attr_one',
                  self.test_class_one.test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_c.ittr)
        assert_in('attr_two',
                  self.test_class_one.test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_c.ittr)
        assert_in('attr_three',
                  self.test_class_one.test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_c.ittr)

    @attr(id=3)
    def test_self_modification_by_test_method(self):
        """
        Verifies that when mirror method ran, it modifies self
        """
        self.test_class_one.test_method_9_val_b_val_c()
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'attr_one'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'attr_two'))

    @attr(id=4)
    def test_mirror_methods_suffix_name_creation(self):
        """
        Check that the suffix created correctly
        """
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_1'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_2'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_3'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_4'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_5'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_6_val_a'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_7_val_a_val_c'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_7_val_b_val_c'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_7_val_b_val_c'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_c'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_8_val_a_val_b_val_d'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_9_val_a_val_c'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_9_val_b_val_c'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_9_val_b_val_c'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_10_val_a_val_d_val_b'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_one, 'test_method_11_val_a__'))

    @attr(id=5)
    def test_ittr_product_method_number(self):
        """
        Verify correct number of methods duplicated based on ittr
        """
        res = filter(lambda x: 'test' in x or None, dir(self.test_class_one))
        assert_equal(len(res), 21)

    @attr(id=6)
    def test_original_method_has_notest_hook(self):
        """
        Original method, that been mirrored receive no test hook
        """
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_1.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_2.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_3.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_6.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_7.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_8.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_9.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_10.__test__)
        assert_false(self.test_class_one.test_method_11.__test__)

    @attr(id=7)
    def test_class_decorator(self):
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_two, 'test_method_1_linux'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_two, 'test_method_1_mac'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_two, 'test_method_2_val_a_linux'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_two, 'test_method_2_val_a_mac'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_two, 'test_method_2_val_b_linux'))
        ok_(hasattr(self.test_class_two, 'test_method_2_val_b_mac'))

@nottest
class test_class_two(object):

    __metaclass__ = IttrMultiplier
    __ittr__ = {'os': ['linux', 'mac']}

    def test_method_1(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr(ittr_val=['val_a', 'val_b'])
    def test_method_2(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

@nottest
class test_class_one(object):

    __metaclass__ = IttrMultiplier

    @ittr(attr_one=[])
    def test_method_1(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one=[], attr_two=[])
    def test_method_2(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one={})
    def test_method_3(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr()
    def test_method_4(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    def test_method_5(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one=['val_a'])
    def test_method_6(self):
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one=['val_a', 'val_b'], attr_two=['val_c'])
    @attr(id=1234, section='test')
    def test_method_7(self):
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one=['val_a'], attr_two=['val_b'])
    @ittr(attr_three=['val_c', 'val_d'])
    def test_method_8(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one=['val_a', 'val_b'], attr_two=['val_c'])
    @ittr(attr_one=['val_e', 'val_d'])
    def test_method_9(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one=['val_a'], attr_two=['val_b'])
    @ittr(attr_one=['val_c'], attr_four=['val_d'])
    def test_method_10(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

    @ittr(attr_one=['val_a'+string.punctuation])
    def test_method_11(self):
        """Test method docstring"""
        pass

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text:
require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'

module ActionController
  module Serialization
    extend ActiveSupport::Concern

    include ActionController::Renderers

    def _render_option_json(resource, options)
      serializer = ActiveModel::Serializer.serializer_for(resource)

      if serializer
        # omg hax
        object = serializer.new(resource)
        adapter = ActiveModel::Serializer.adapter.new(object)

        super(adapter, options)
      else
        super
      end
    end
  end
end


The sun rising at 06:41 am and setting at 05:38 pm.
The moon, being 87% full, rising at 08:16 pm and setting at 08:43 am. The previous full moon was on Feb 19, 2019 while the next full moon would come on Mar 21, 2019.
Mercury rising at 07:20 am and setting at 07:05 pm with a 65% of surface illuminated. Mercury would be orbiting the Sun at a distance of 0.31 astronomical units (AU) and would be found at a distance of 1.04 astronomical units (AU) from Earth. Given the planet elongation, the observer would see Mercury at an angle of 17° 14' 55.1" with the Sun. The brightness would be -0.7 this day, as measured by the planet magnitude.
You can also see the map of the stars on Thursday February 21, 2019 based on your location and at a specific time.
Venus would rise at 04:31 am and set at 02:08 pm. 70% of Venus would be illuminated by the Sun. Venus distance from the Sun would be 0.72 astronomical units (AU) and its distance from the Earth 1.03 astronomical units (AU). The angular distance in the sky between Venus and the Sun would be -42° 01' 17.1".
Mars would look like 90% full, orbiting the Sun at a distance of 1.52 AU and be at 1.71 AU from Earth. The planet would be seen rising at 09:06 am and setting at 10:51 pm. The angular separation of the Sun and the planet, with Earth as the reference point, would be 61° 58' 36.5". The brightness of Mars, that is its magnitude, would be 1.12.
Jupiter's distance from the Sun would be 5.33 AU and 5.54 AU from Planet Earth. Jupiter rising and setting times would be 02:29 am and 11:47 am respectively. Jupiter would appear with a 99% illuminated fraction of its surface and a magnitude (brightness of the star) of -1.84. Its angular separation between the Sun would be -72° 40' 51.2".
Saturn would rise at 04:19 am and set at 01:42 pm, appearing 99% full. The angular separation of Saturn from the Sun, as seen by the observer, would be -46° 40' 12.3", its magnitude 0.61. Saturn would orbit the Sun at a distance of 10.06 astronomical units (AU) and would be located at a distance of 10.71 astronomical units (AU) from Earth.
Uranus would appear 99 full, its brightness being 5.85. It would be seen rising at 08:56 am and setting at 10:20 pm. Uranus would be 19.86 AU far from the Sun and 20.39 AU far from Planet Earth (average distance). The observer, looking up into the sky, would see Uranus with a 56° 17' 46.9" angle of separation from the Sun.
Neptune rising at 07:15 am, and setting at 06:34 pm, its magnitude (the degree of brightness of a star) being 7.96. The difference between the celestial longitude of the Sun and that of Neptune would be 11° 41' 38.4". At 29.94 AU distance from the Sun and at 30.91 AU from Earth, 99 % of Neptune would be illuminated by the Sun.
Pluto would be seen as 99% full and would have an elongation of -41° 35' 19.4". It would orbit the Sun at an average distance of 33.75 astronomical units (AU) and be located at an average distance of 34.48 astronomical units (AU) from Earth. The observer would see Pluto rising at 04:41 am and setting at 02:05 pm, its magnitude (brightness of the star) being 14.37.
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Presently, entire population in the world is facing problem of water and energy crisis along with looking for sustainable wastewater treatment. Till date wastewater is considered as a source of waste; however, in present era it is considered as a resource, existing at wrong place, with waste to energy techniques. Bioelectrochemical system (i.e. Microbial Fuel Cell- MFC) is one of such novel technique utilizing the chemical energy of organic matter present in wastewater into the electrical energy by using microbes as a biocatalyst through number of electrochemical reactions. It consists of anodic and cathodic chamber separated by proton exchange membrane. During anodic oxidation of substrate, electrons (e–) and protons (H+) are generated by electrogenic bacteria and electrons are transferred through external electrical circuit. At cathodic site, electron and protons react with terminal electron acceptor (O2) to form water. Thus, simultaneous electricity generation and effective wastewater treatment can be achieved in MFC. This novel microbial electrochemical technology (MET) provide flexible platform for various electrochemical reactions and hence can be useful for removal of organic pollutants, nitrogen and sulfur rich wastewater, industrial effluent, lignocellulosic wastewater. Also, this system can be useful for biosensor application to sense the water quality parameters, to recover the heavy metals (i.e. Fe, Cr, Co) from wastewater, biohydrogen production, bioremediation, sanitation purpose, to operate different electronic appliances, robotics, for desalination, carbon capture, electro-coagulation, etc. To improve the wastewater treatment efficiency and by-product recovery, novel concept of hybrid / coupled MFC came forward with integrating the MET with conventional anaerobic digestion processes (like anaerobic digester, photobioreactor).
Jadhav, D.A., Chendake, A.D., 2019. Advance Microbial Fuel Cell for Waste to Energy Recovery: Need of Future Era for Sustainable Development. Int. J. Altern. Fuels. Energy., 3(1): 22-24.
Jadhav, D.A., Ghangrekar, M.M., Duteanu, N., 2018. Microbial Fuel cell: An overview and recent progress towards scaling up, Microbial fuel cell: A bioelectrochemical system that converts waste to watts, Springer Publications, Switzerland, pg. 443-457.


Health care law stands. What's next?
The Supreme Court has spoken and President Obama's 2010 health care law — including its controversial individual mandate — will stand.
In a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled that the law — known formally as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA — is "a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax," reports MSNBC.com's Tom Curry.
In the meantime, the Business Learning Institute's Karl Ahlrichs has some thoughts on what will happen next.
Republican House leaders say they will quickly force a vote to repeal the law. House Democrats are carrying "pocket cards" (talking points) detailing how the reform law has already helped people (e.g., 86 million have received free preventive care).
The administration will have to continue to provide much needed -– and overdue -– guidance for states, employers and insurance companies, among others, to answer the many outstanding questions that are holding up implementation of the law.
There will be a chorus of voices advising everyone to wait until after the fall elections before taking further action.
There will be more court cases challenging other provisions of the PPACA.
Full-scale implementation of PPACA will continue unabated.
The Medicaid program will largely remain as envisioned in the PPACA. States will continue to push for flexibility on the MOE; in response, the administration will grant 1115 waivers, but with reform elements.
Democrats will continue to introduce Medicare savings through payment adjustments and minimal benefit changes.
Delivery reform will continue at the current pace, with some provisions being shelved due to budgetary constraints and HHS capacity.
Many of the hesitant states will move to build exchanges while some will continue to refuse to comply. Many state exchanges will not be operational until 2015.
All insurance reform provisions will remain in effect.
The premium subsidy will move forward uninhibited.


The respondent-Atlas Construction Company's May 26, 1993 request for modification of the Compensation Review Board's May 7, 1993 Order was based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision, District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Board of Trade, ___ U.S. ___, 113 S.Ct. 580, L.Ed.2d (1992) and the Connecticut Supreme court order in Luis v. Frito-Lay, Inc., et al Almeida v. Frito-Lay, Inc., et al; Turcotta v. Frito-Lay, Inc., et al (S.C. 14536) of April 27, 1993. The United States and the Connecticut Supreme Court decisions held that Connecticut was preempted by the federal government's E.R.I.S.A. legislation from enacting Sec. 31-284b. Therefore there is no jurisdiction in the Workers' Compensation Commission to make Sec. 31-284b orders. A jurisdictional objection may be made at any time.


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Phenomenological-Existentialist Critical Humanism and the Commonweal
Christian is a Philosopher that comes from Belgium. What identifies him the most and above all is simplicity, for everything is better with "vanilla flavour." Perhaps, for this reason, his intellectual passion is criticism and irony, in the sense of trying to reveal what "hides behind the mask," and give birth to the true. For him, ignorance and knowledge never "cross paths." What he likes the most in his leisure time, is to go for a walk with his wife.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is a phenomenological-existentialist philosophy in more common terms?
Christian Sorensen: The "phenomenological-existentialist" philosophy, is one that pretends to integrate "three elements," respectively the being, existence and behaviour, where the purpose is "to objectify" the "consciousness act," through a "descriptive observation" of the "being's existential behaviour."
Jacobsen: How is no one indispensable?
Sorensen: Since there will always "be another" who can take "someone's place," and if is not someone who does it, then it will "be oblivion" who will take that place, when that one "will never" be there again.
Jacobsen: With everyone, even the old, as potentially dispensable at any given time, what does this mean for the ways in which the societies existing now value the young and the old?
Sorensen: In my opinion generally within existing societies a "consumerist" and "light" culture prevails, where "the image is everything," and people are usually valued for "what they have," and not for "what they are," therefore from this premise, it is deductible to suppose that "age and value," are two "inversely proportional terms." Since if the "image deteriorates," and "people have less and less" of everything as they get older, then what is expected, is that a greater "social dilemma and problematic" are going to be caused by these, and then a major "disposability" of the older will be triggered, due to the fact that societies feel that they are called "to resolve" their "cognitive dissonances" and "psychic conflicts," by efficiently fulfilling the "deontological social mission," of developing a "garbage collector profession."
Jacobsen: What does this mean for the continuance of thrift, gratitude, humility, hard work, and proper application of meritocratic principles as in not the smartest or the strongest but the correct person for the suitable position in the society across the board?
Sorensen: It means that "the opposite" of this, is what should be expected in order to achieve the continuity of all that. In this sense, I think that to the extent that "common benefit," is put before and understood as the "supreme benefit," what in turn and in "pragmatic" terms, means to generously subordinate "individual interests," placing them at the disposal of a "group synergy," the humility, gratitude and the principle of meritocracy "will prevail" above all and along the time.
Jacobsen: What do you make of most of the leaders of the world today from the genuinely altruistic to the outright psychopathic insatiably power-hungry?
Sorensen: I feel they have "a speech" about "what should be," and about "the ideal good," which "is sticky" like "chewing gum," and "it's worn" as the "bones of a menopausal woman," so it should be advisable that once and for all, they modify "the lyrics," and the "musical composition" of it.
Jacobsen: How are humanistic forces shaping the modern global culture and the various sub-sets, parts, of the global culture found within the multipolar world with various spheres of geopolitical-economic influence?
Sorensen: Through a "propositional criticism," and by "re-signifying" the "development space" that occurs between a "current and a proximal" end, they have been able "to integrate," the various multipolarities of global culture, in order to form what I will denominate as a "superior synthesis" and a "new gestalt" of "the worldview."
Jacobsen: How should the young humanists keep in mind the limitations of the philosophy and the ways in which the world is changing so as to optimize their talents and temperaments for betterment of the situation for themselves and their expanded selves in the world?
Sorensen: In order "never to be confused," or "get lost on the road," they should always keep in mind the " concept of change," and "the sense" of it, which from my point of view are the most fundamental of all. In this regard, and according to what I think, this has a "double form" and a "double bottom," therefore in one case, it represents "a simple adaptation" in order to guarantee "the viability" of something, so it is "a change," but the structure actually "continue to be" the same, while in the other it is "a change in itself," since there literally "is a twist" in the "rule set" of something, and therefore a "profound modification" within a sort of its essence.
Jacobsen: How can a Critical Humanism and a phenomenological existentialist philosophy provide a framework for this comprehension of trajectory?
Sorensen: Through a "renewable marriage" contract, with "separation of assets."
Jacobsen: Thank you, Christian, pleasure!
Sorensen: You are welcome Scott, cheers!
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I'm a moderately experienced tarot reader, but I mostly I use the cards for myself rather than for other people. I was therefore really interested in a new book called Heart Vision: Tarot's Inner Path, by Michael Orlando Yaccarino, which is specifically aimed at solitary readers.
The mystical deck has fascinated both nonprofessional and paranormal scholar alike since its early development in the 15th century. Today, a myriad of books on using the cards to read for others is readily available. However, few works focus exclusively on the process of self-reading. Heart Vision: Tarot's Inner Path is your in-depth, hands-on guide for a balanced path of discovery through the art of the solitary reading.
I found the book thought-provoking and original. As you would expect with a book about tarot, it offers meanings for all the cards. However, they are not necessarily the traditional interpretations, which I found refreshing.
In fact, the Micheal doesn't even recommend taking his interpretations as gospel. He supports using an intuitive approach when looking at cards drawn each time, but in a dialogue with book learning and previous knowledge.
The interpretations in Heart Vision also don't offer upright and reverse meanings. Instead, Michael writes about revealed and veiled aspects. All cards have these and they should be considered depending on the position or, indeed, for each card drawn.
At the end of the book there is a selection of spreads, but again these differ from the usual one-card, three-card or Celtic Cross suggestions. Although Michael does offer spreads using single cards, pairs, three or four cards and cross patterns, he emphasises looking for imbalances, trends and flows.
Another technique I really like is that of visualising the borders between the cards dissolving, to view the combined images as a full picture. This can offer a wider perspective than just regarding each card in turn.
I tried out the techniques suggested, considered the interpretations offered in the book and was very pleased with the results. I have learnt things that will improve my readings for myself - and also for others.
You can view Heart Vision on Amazon or order it through Mandrake.


Is Cal State Long Beach changing its mascot to the Squirrels? Photo courtesy of Instagram.
The school has had two color schemes: its original brown and gold, and the black and gold worn by teams today.
In the 69 years the school has been around, it's averaged a name change every 11 and a half years or so and a mascot change every 14 years. So Manfredi can be forgiven for thinking he might soon be watching the Squirrels play in the Pyramid.
In the history of the school, there's arguably never been more confusion around branding than there is at this specific moment. The college currently refers to itself as both CSULB and Long Beach State. The school's official instagram handle is CSUlongbeach, but the display name for that page is Long Beach State University.
Respectfully, that doesn't make any sense. Marketing and branding are about simplicity and recognizability. Nike: one logo, one name. Apple: one logo, one name. That's not Marketing 101, that's the information that the professor assumes you already know when you walk into the Marketing 101 class. The university already has tons going for it: a great history, a great city, and an "LB" logo that's known worldwide. It just needs to figure out how to put the confusion to bed and forge ahead behind one identity.
So with that said, we took a crack at answering the biggest questions facing our shared alma mater—whatever its name may be.
Great question. The kind of thing you'd ideally like to be sure of before writing a tuition check or buying season tickets.
We are strong believers that the school should be Long Beach State, in any and all branding—for sports and academics, on the diplomas and the signs leading into school. The reasons are simple: there is an enormous amount of pride in the city of Long Beach, and virtually no pride in the CSU system from anyone that isn't employed by it.
Former president F. King Alexander often told us that the school's professors were the stumbling block in switching from CSULB to Long Beach State, as they felt that California was a better brand to be associated with than Long Beach.
A few notes: a Google Trends analysis shows that CSULB is the most popular search result out of CSULB, Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, and LBSU. That makes sense given that it's currently the official name of the school. But if you look at a geographic analysis, almost literally no one outside of California has searched CSULB. The school's national brand is already Long Beach State—it's by far the leading search result in every area besides Southern California.
Google Trends analysis of branding.
Google search trends by state.
Putting the school's best foot forward with "Long Beach" instead of "CSU" (the second-best public university system in California!) would also take a big step towards unifying the school with the city, something programs like the Long Beach College Promise have sought to do. Alexander and current president Jane Close Conoley have both talked about the need to bridge the "Atherton divide" between the school and the rest of the city. Becoming Long Beach State would help.
Similar moves have already paid big dividends for schools like San Diego State and Fresno State, who have much more recognizable brands nationwide and locally than they did when they were CSUSD and CSUF.
Hoo boy. Here we go.
The university recently posted a mock-obituary for Prospector Pete and Conoley has confirmed that the iconic lower-campus statue of Pete is being removed and relocated. Where is it going? To a building that hasn't been built yet. We're taking that as a pretty strong sign that Pete is gone for good, and we're starting from that assumption. We'd love to see a tree where the statue was—alums who are pissed about its removal can stop there to pay their respects.
The CSU system has requested that schools move away from using people as mascots. Fortunately, numbers aren't people. We've been referring to the school's teams as the 49ers even over the last few years when university releases started referring to them as "the Beach," and we'll continue to do so until we stop seeing "Long Beach State 49ers" on ESPN when the school plays televised games.
With campus sentiment aligned against the gold rush and prospectors generally, there's no reason that "49ers" can't simply represent 1949, the year the school was founded. That is, after all, why that name was originally chosen anyway. We aren't in favor of actually referring to teams as the 1949'rs, which has been suggested, for the aforementioned marketing reasons—shorter and simpler is better.
We also aren't in favor of the path the school has forged, referring to its sports teams as "the Beach." The reason for that is simple: We are writers, and "the Long Beach State 49ers beach volleyball team" is a lot easier on the brain than "the Long Beach State Beach beach volleyball team." Reversing course from the Beach to the 49ers would require a shift in direction from the athletic department, but as we've already discussed, naming shifts happen pretty regularly anyway.
Even though "Dirtbags" are technically human mascots, we're not in favor of changing the name of the school's best-known sports team.
If "49ers" is to be erased from campus as it's been erased from the school's jerseys, we'd prefer choosing a completely new mascot, as opposed to using the "Beach" moniker. Nugget the Donkey is likely still available, or the school could pick an entirely new animal. We'd suggest the Japanese Garden's Koi fish as an original and somewhat unique option—better than squirrels anyway, which inhabit every college campus and park in the country.
Keeping the 49ers would also save the school some effort. A change to that name campus-wide would require renaming the Daily 49er newspaper, the 49er Shops, the Nugget, the Outpost, the Gold Mine Gym, the school's famous and beloved 49er Camps, and the school's 49er Foundation.
For one thing, the university needs to get on the same page. That's easier said than done given that the campus is really a series of interlocking fiefdoms with occasionally overlapping interests. Conoley's executive committee regularly gets the main players together and should make it easier to get everyone saying the same thing.
It appears that the school is three years or so into a four- or five-year process of renaming itself Long Beach State. Let's not wait, and just do it today. Spend the money to change the signs, the website names, and the email addresses—we've been a part of corporate restructuring that included all of those things, and it's easier than it sounds. It will be worth it to not log onto www.csulb.edu and see references to both names all over the place, or to see high school athletes announce that they're going to attend CSULB to play basketball at Long Beach State.
Almost more important than what the school does is how it does it. The message should be articulated clearly and strongly. At the start of the spring semester this year, every student on campus should know what school they go to and what its mascot is. No shadow transitions, no subtlety.
It's worth remembering that whether the school is the Long Beach State Beach or the Cal State Long Beach 49ers, somebody's going to be mad. Hell, some people still long for the return of the brown and gold color scheme, which has always been reminiscent to us of midnight diaper changes.
The biggest constant in the school's history is change. Beloved traditions have frequently come about on a whim. "Go Beach!" is echoed all over campus, but it's literally just a phrase former president Bob Maxson started saying one day. Students wear shirts saying they Bleed Black & Gold, but that color scheme exists because football coach George Allen walked on campus and said, "Brown and gold's ugly, make it black and gold instead" and wiped away 40 years of history.
Change is inevitable, it's always happening. We say speed it up, and make the next change at least feel like a final decision. Then communicate it clearly to students, professors, and fans. That way even if they don't like whatever the decision is, they'll know they've been dealt with fairly.
As for us? When people ask, we say we went to Long Beach State, and that we cover the 49ers.


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Q: How to filter data from mongo collection subarray with subarray data of other collection Baiscally making a node.js, mongodb add friends functionality where having the option of list user to add in friends list, sent friends request, accept friends request, delete friends request, block friends request.
Register Collection
const mongoose = require('mongoose');

const Schema = mongoose.Schema;

let Register = new Schema(
    First_Name:{
        type: String,
        required: true
    },
    Last_Name: {
        type: String
    },
    Email: {
        type: String,
        unique: true,
        lowercase: true,
        required: true
    },
    Friends:[{type: String}],
});

module.exports = mongoose.model('Register', Register);

Friends Collection
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
let Friends = new Schema({
    Requester: {
        type: ObjectId,
        required: true
    },
    Recipients: [{Recipient:{type:ObjectId},Status:{type:Number}}],

});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Friends', Friends);

Inside Node.js Post API
var Register = require('../models/register.model');
var Friends =require('../models/friends.model');

router.post('/getdata',function(req,res)
{
let Email="example@example.com";

Register.findOne({ Email : Emails }, function(err, user) {

Friends.findOne({ Requester :user._id  }, function(err, user1) {

Register.find({$and:[{Friends:{$nin:[user._id]}},{_id:{$ne:user1.Recipients.Recipient}}]},function(err, user2) {

console.log("user2",user2);

//Here User2 data is not coming

//How to get data so can able to list user that is not added yet in FriendList

//Mainly user1.Recipients.Recipient this is not working because //Recipients is array so how can match all data with array, if i am //using loop then find return data scope ends on inside find closing //braces only.

//Any suggestion

 });

 });
});

A: So if I have it correct, you want to do the following:

*

*Find a registration based on a given email

*Find the friends related to this user

*Find registrations that are not yet in the friend list of the user

Also, given what you've typed, I'm assuming A can be the friend of B, but that doesn't mean B is the friend of A.
While the data structure you currently have may not be optimal for this, I'll show you the proper queries for this:
var Register = require('../models/register.model');
var Friends =require('../models/friends.model');

router.post('/getdata',function(req,res) {
    const email = "example@example.com";

    Register.findOne({ Email: email }, function(err, user) {
        if (err) {
             console.error(err);
             return;
        }

        Friends.findOne({ Requester: user._id }, function(err, friend) {
            if (err) {
                console.error(err);
                return;
            }

            const reciptientIds = friend.Recipients.map(function (recipient) {
                return recipient.Recipient.toString();
            });

            Register.find({Friends: { $ne: user._id }, {_id: { $nin: recipientIds }}, function(err, notFriendedUsers) {
                if (err) {
                    console.error(err);
                    return;
                }

                console.log(notFriendedUsers);
            });
        });
    });
});

P.S. This "callback hell" can be easily reduced using promises or await/defer

A: Finally able to solve it, below is the solution
var Register = require('../models/register.model');
var Friends =require('../models/friends.model');

router.post('/getdata',function(req,res)
{
let Emails="example@example.com";

 Register.findOne({$and:[{ Email : Emails}] }, function(err, user) {
              if (err) {
                   console.error(err);
                   return;
              }

              Friends
              .findOne({ Requester: user._id },
                    { _id: 0} )
              .sort({ Recipients: 1 })
              .select( 'Recipients' )
              .exec(function(err, docs){
                  docs = docs.Recipients.map(function(doc) {
                    return doc.Recipient; });
                  if(err){
                      res.json(err)
                  } else {
                    console.log(docs,"docs");
                      Register.find({$and:[{Friends: { $ne: user._id }},{_id: { $nin: docs }},{_id:{$ne:user._id}}]}, function(err, notFriendedUsers) {
                        if (err) {
                            console.error(err);
                            return;
                        }

                        console.log(notFriendedUsers);
                    });

                  }
              })
            });

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text:
<?php

namespace Devtrw\Bundle\GoogleMapsBundle\Service;

use Devtrw\Bundle\GoogleMapsBundle\Entity\Directions\Request;
use Devtrw\Bundle\GoogleMapsBundle\Entity\Directions\Response;

/**
 * This service is exposed to provide a simple interface with the Google Maps API
 *
 * @author Steven Nance <steven@devtrw.com>
 */
class Directions extends MapsService
{
    /**
     * Make a request against the Google Maps API for directions
     *
     * @param Request $request
     *
     * @return Response
     */
    public function getDirections(Request $request)
    {
        $response = $this->client->getDirections($request);

        return $this->assembleDirectionsResponse($response);
    }

    /**
     * @param array $response
     *
     * @return Response
     */
    private function assembleDirectionsResponse($response)
    {
        $directionsResponse = new Response();

        return $directionsResponse::assembleFromArray($response);
    }
}


It's been a relatively easy couple of days here. That has given me some time to work on a small project for the corps chaplain's office. There are two chaplain's assistants who are headed to a meeting to discuss ethics issues in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters, and I have been asked to provide some background material for them. I think that most of the discussion about ethical lapses in the current war miss an important point. We tend to overstimate the degree to which our internal character states influence our behavior, and understimate the degree to which the situation influences our behavior. There are several interesting experiments that show that, in particular situations, ordinary people can easily do things apparently incompatible with their values. Unfortunately, the relevant features of these situations are all found in combat.
In future posts, I'll try to talk about the experiments and what they show.
Posted on August 29, 2007 by Randy Ridenour	This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Army, Iraq. Bookmark the permalink.
Have you read Philip Zimbardo's book that came out in March, "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil"? It's a very painstaking (painful!) description of the Stanford Prison Experiments. Zimbardo says that we're all capable of great evil in certain situations, but he also thinks that we can learn to resist the influence of those situations.
Thanks for letting me know about the book. I do talk a little about Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment. The conclusion sounds right to me. I'll have to order a copy.


Compared to New York, Monroe has a very low population density. Monroe is perfect for those who like a quiet city.
Monroe, LA is a great place to live. It has its pros and cons like any city, but with a quality of life rating of 8/10 and an overall value of 7/10, it's no surprise why so many people choose to live here.
Population density is a way of determining how crowded an area is. Monroe has a population density of 1,772, with 50,811 current residents.
Out of the 50,811 current residents, 46% are male and 54% are female. 43% of the residents are married and 57% are single.
As for living in Monroe, the air quality is 63% and the weather, on average, is 58% sunny, 52% rainy, and 1% snowy. The average temperature is 64°F.
Whether you're looking to buy or rent a home in Monroe, you should know that 44.3% of homes are owned while 44.8% of homes are rented, and 10.9% of homes are vacant. The median price of a home is $108,400, the median age of homes is 40 years, the annual home appreciation is 2.24% and the annual property tax is 2.49%.
When looking at the community of Monroe, it's important to determine the crime rate. Monroe's crime rate is 6 total number of crimes reported per 100,000 total population. The average age of residents in Monroe is 31 years and the breakdown of political affiliations is 36.90% Democratic, 62.07% Republican, and 1.03% Independent.
When looking at Monroe, it's important to understand employment statistics. 7.80% of residents are unemployed in Monroe (which does not include the percentage of residents who are no longer in the labor force). Of the employed Monroe residents: 11.3% of employed residents work in the management and business field, 21.62% are in the arts and sciences field, 22.1% are in the customer service field, 28.9% are in the sales field, 0.11% work in farming, fishing, and forestry, 6.4% of employed residents work in the construction field, and 9.6% work in production. When it comes to education, the ratio of teachers to students is 1:15. The percentage of residents who have graduated high school is 74.89%, 3.06% of residents have an associate's degree, 16.85% of residents have a bachelor's degree, and 10.63% have a master's degree.
If you plan on commuting to work in Monroe, you should be aware that the average commute time is 19 minutes, compared to the national average commute time of 26 minutes. When it comes to commuting, residents of Monroe have a few different options. 76% of commuters use their own cars, 15% of commuters carpool, 3% of commuters use the transit system, and 1% of residents work from home.
I am looking for a bid to paint my mothers house and shed. Please let me know when you will be going there and I will call my mom.
Found mold on wooden bed frame underneath my bed. There appears to be some on the rug below as well. I am worried about my mattress getting infested/hoping my mattress is completely fine.


text:
Rififi: the Grand-Père of Heist Movies Returns
Many think writer Auguste Le Breton joined the French Resistance out of opposition to Vichy's gambling prohibition. He would survive to become a French Elmore Leonard, known for his gritty action and affinity for slang. As it happened, his source novel was too coarse for genteel American blacklisted director Jules Dassin, who joined the Communist Party in the mid-1930s, right around the time of the Great Purge and the Moscow Show Trials. In order to lose the parts that offended his sensibilities, Dassin expanded the heist scene into half an hour's worth of wordless action. At one time banned by several countries for its purported criminal instructional value, Dassin's French noir classic Rififi (trailer here) returns to New York for a special one-week engagement starting this Wednesday at Film Forum.
Tony "le Stéphanois" (from Saint-Étienne) is decidedly the worse for wear after his recent prison stint. He willingly took the rap for Jo "le Suédois (the Swede), whose son Tonio (Tony's godson and namesake) he dotes on, but his health and finances are in sad shape. To make matters worse, his ex-lover Mado took up with his nemesis, gangster-night club owner Pierre Grutter. After explaining his disappointment to her, Tony will commence planning his next and potentially last big score.
Jo and their mutual crony Mario Ferrati originally conceived of the jewelry store job as a simple smash-and-grab, but Tony wants the prime cuts in the safe. Recruiting Italian safecracker César "le Milanais," they methodically case the joint and craft their elaborate timetable. The actual half-hour of heist operations is indeed a masterwork of noir filmmaking. However, it somewhat unbalances the film. While there is plenty of good hardboiled stuff in the third act, as the Grutter gang schemes to appropriate the hot ice for themselves, but it necessarily lacks the same hushed intensity of the celebrated centerpiece.
Regardless, Rififi (which very roughly translates as "trouble") has long been recognized as a noir classic for good reason. Like Le Breton's books, it has a street smart persona and a street level perspective. It captures the workaday milieu of postwar Paris, especially during the odd hours of the day and night when respectable folks were off the streets. Jean Servais also creates the template for the older, world-weary noir mentor, dealing with the business end of his bad karma. He slow burns like a crock pot with dangerously faulty wiring. Just looking at his lined face makes you want to pop an Advil.
Carl Möhner (probably next most often remembered for She Devils of the SS, which is pretty much what it sounds like), is rather under-heralded for his steady, proletarian work as Jo. However, Dassin himself (billed as Perlo Vita) indulges in a bit of broad ethnic stereotyping, for supposed comic effect, as César.
On heist movie listicals with any sense of history, Rififi inevitably ranks somewhere around number one. It is a film any noir fan has to see to consider themselves literate in the genre. Very highly recommended, Rififi opens this Wednesday (9/2) at Film Forum.
Labels: French Cinema, Heist Movies, Jules Dassin
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text:
Q: How to make Eigensystem in version 10 produce the same results as version 9 The Eigensystem in version 10 seems to give slightly different results as in version 9:
Hmtx={{12.375, -0.06250000000000006 - 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 + 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 - 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I, -1.2338675571278232*^-17 - 2.208718528794109*^-18*I, -4.6634340043469916*^-18 - 1.1043592643970545*^-18*I, 5.9846202809437726*^-18 - 1.8774107494749925*^-17*I, -5.0917886236526596*^-17 - 3.6443855725102797*^-17*I, -1.7364763179227213*^-17 + 5.2457065058860084*^-17*I}, {-0.06250000000000006 + 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, 7.875, -0.06250000000000006 - 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 + 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 - 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I, -1.2338675571278232*^-17 - 2.208718528794109*^-18*I, -4.6634340043469916*^-18 - 1.1043592643970545*^-18*I, 5.9846202809437726*^-18 - 1.8774107494749925*^-17*I, -5.0917886236526596*^-17 - 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4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 - 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I}, {-1.2338675571278232*^-17 + 2.208718528794109*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 + 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 - 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, -0.06250000000000006 + 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, 0.3749999999999999, -0.06250000000000006 - 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 + 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I}, {-4.6634340043469916*^-18 + 1.1043592643970545*^-18*I, -1.2338675571278232*^-17 + 2.208718528794109*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 + 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 - 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, -0.06250000000000006 + 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, 1.8749999999999998, -0.06250000000000006 - 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 + 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I}, {5.9846202809437726*^-18 + 1.8774107494749925*^-17*I, -4.6634340043469916*^-18 + 1.1043592643970545*^-18*I, -1.2338675571278232*^-17 + 2.208718528794109*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 + 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 - 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, -0.06250000000000006 + 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, 4.375, -0.06250000000000006 - 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 - 4.417437057588218*^-18*I}, {-5.0917886236526596*^-17 + 3.6443855725102797*^-17*I, 5.9846202809437726*^-18 + 1.8774107494749925*^-17*I, -4.6634340043469916*^-18 + 1.1043592643970545*^-18*I, -1.2338675571278232*^-17 + 2.208718528794109*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 + 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 - 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, -0.06250000000000006 + 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, 7.875, -0.06250000000000006 - 8.834874115176436*^-18*I}, {-1.7364763179227213*^-17 - 5.2457065058860084*^-17*I, -5.0917886236526596*^-17 + 3.6443855725102797*^-17*I, 5.9846202809437726*^-18 + 1.8774107494749925*^-17*I, -4.6634340043469916*^-18 + 1.1043592643970545*^-18*I, -1.2338675571278232*^-17 + 2.208718528794109*^-18*I, 6.284659706684547*^-19 + 2.6504622345529306*^-17*I, 3.5296840598063115*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, 7.507272729062478*^-19 - 2.4295903816735198*^-17*I, -1.1548235516929313*^-17 + 4.417437057588218*^-18*I, -0.06250000000000006 + 8.834874115176436*^-18*I, 12.375}};

{vals, vecs} = Eigensystem[Hmtx];
vals
vecs[[1]]

in version 9 I get:
eigenvalue
(*
{12.3759, 12.3759, 7.87525, 7.87525, 4.37545, 4.37545, 1.87605, 1.87604, 0.387613, 0.372399, -0.140221}
*)

first eigenvector
(*
{-0.000534641 + 0.00179264 I, 7.42495*10^-6 - 0.0000248957 I, -5.80038*10^-8 + 1.94486*10^-7 I,  3.45242*10^-10 - 1.15759*10^-9 I, -1.71049*10^-12 +  6.02886*10^-12 I, -1.68042*10^-11 - 3.01451*10^-14 I,  3.36278*10^-9 + 1.56589*10^-16 I, -6.45683*10^-7 + 1.38957*10^-18 I, 0.00010848 - 5.32021*10^-19 I, -0.0138864 -  1.97975*10^-18 I, 0.999902}
*)

in version 10 I get:
eigenvalue
(*
{12.3759 - 1.02031*10^-15 I, 12.3759 - 9.91618*10^-29 I, 7.87525 - 8.85813*10^-16 I, 7.87525 - 4.21836*10^-20 I,  4.37545 + 8.4819*10^-17 I, 4.37545 + 8.48193*10^-17 I, 1.87605 - 9.81335*10^-20 I, 1.87604 - 9.81346*10^-20 I,  0.387613 - 1.396*10^-22 I,  0.372399 - 1.40297*10^-22 I, -0.140221 - 1.24838*10^-24 I}
*)

first eigenvector
(*
{-0.00639256 + 0.0131895 I,  0.0000887781 - 0.000183172 I, -6.93536*10^-7 + 1.43094*10^-6 I,  4.12798*10^-9 - 8.51706*10^-9 I, -2.14113*10^-11 +   4.43576*10^-11 I, -1.67039*10^-11 - 2.21781*10^-13 I,  3.36242*10^-9 + 1.15472*10^-15 I, -6.45615*10^-7 + 1.42743*10^-17 I,  0.000108469 - 7.67751*10^-17 I, -0.0138849 - 4.92661*10^-16 I,  0.999796 + 0. I}
*)

How can I make version 10 produce the same results as version 9? How can I know which method is used in version 9? I tried to set the Method options in version 10 but still unable to get an agreement.
Edit
I agree that the comments are all right, that they are both correct results. I'm curious what's the change in the "internal mechanism", method, etc, so that it produce different correct results. I use this Eigensystem in calculating some quantum mechanic problem called high harmonic generation, which is very sensitive to small errors in the results. In theory , an overall phase change should not effect my results, but after upgrading to version 10, the noise floor in my results increase more then one order of magnitude. I'm trying to see why that happens, and this is my first stop.
Mathematica is now a language, I guess I would expect to have exactly the same results if I update the "compiler", or at least I should know why the results are different.


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Q: HTML form validation - filtering unicode (Persian) characters in PHP without using preg_match() I have HTML form input to be validated. The input should only use Unicode (Persian) letters and numeric nothing else. I used the preg_match like this:
preg_match('/^[آإأابپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنهۀةوؤیيئءًٌٍَُِّ\s]+$/u',$input);

and it works fine on localhost, but as my hosting does not have PCRE with Unicode support installed and I am not going to ask them to install it for me, I am looking for another working way to accomplish this.
Are there any ways in which I can validate unicode input, without using preg_match() function?
Duplicate Flag
Accrding to the duplicate flag, I am not after a PCRE, 'preg_match' way. The linked question is a PCRE 'preg_match' way.

A: There are some specific multi-byte functions that you may benefit from when PCRE is not compiled with PCRE_UTF8 flag:
mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
var_dump(mb_ereg('^[آ-یء\s]+$', "سلام پارسی تست می کنیم آإأابپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنهۀةوؤیيئًٌٍَُِّ"));
// int(1)

Here آ-ی character range includes more characters than Persian has (actually U+0622 - U+06CC, look at corresponding Unicode table) also note that no delimiters are specified.


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Current shader code:
Shader "Mobile/Particles/BallShader" {
Properties {
    _Color("Main Color", Color) = (1,1,1,.1)
}

Category {
    Tags { "Queue"="Transparent" "RenderType"="Transparent" }
    Blend OneMinusDstColor One // Soft Additive
    Lighting Off ZWrite On
    ZTest LEqual

    SubShader {
        Color [_Color]
        Pass {
        }
    }
}
}

edit: Just got closer to solving things but without a real understanding of how. Unity's built in particles/additive already deals with this problem.


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"Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2008
"Stories for Men" by John Kessel, published by Asimov's Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2003
"Ninety Percent of Everything" by Jonathan Lethem, James Patrick Kelly, and John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2000
"The Miracle of Ivar Avenue" by John Kessel. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1997
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Interview: Between The Buried & Me
The band's vocalist talks film scores and space exploration.
Posted By Jonty Czuchwicki 4 years ago
Between The Buried & Me recently released their stunning (and seventh) full length studio album entitled Coma Ecliptic. The North Carolina progressive metal outfit have spanned an utterly diverse array of genres, sounds and ideas in their near 15 year tenure and are revered as technical and compositional masters. In the little downtime while on tour with fellow prog heavyweights Animals As Leaders and The Contortionist I spoke extensively with vocalist Tommy Giles Rogers about everything from musical influences to scoring films and playing gigs in space. Here's what went down:
Hey Tommy, what's going on?
Nothing much. I'm on tour right now... Ah we're in Salt Lake City, in the US.
Awesome, what time of day is it?
It's about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Oh great, it's 7 in the morning over in Australia.
*Laughs* Good morning.
First off do you have an Australian tour in the works?
Yeah… I know we're talking about it, I know we're trying to figure out sometime next year so we'll definitely make it over there for sure.
Is it going to be for Soundwave by any chance?
Not that I have heard no.
What do you want to talk about in regards to the new record?
What do I want to talk about?!
Well yeah, I always ask the artists what they want to talk about because the interview is about them.
I don't know man. Unfortunately I'm going to leave that up to you.
Luckily I've got a few questions armed up. The new record, it's kind of got a Wizard Of Oz vibe to it, have you ever drawn this comparison before?
No, I know a few years ago someone made some sort of connection, we've always had a lot of connection made between Pink Floyd records and stuff. I don't know, it's definitely a journey and it definitely kind of represents a trip going through a kind of fantasy land, so to speak. That's the theme behind it.
The first big riff also has a big likening to Bohemian Rhapsody. There have also been many comparisons to Broadway. What are some of the more obscure influences to Coma Ecliptic that people might not know about?
Influences come from a variety of different places. When you write music you write in the moment it's not like I listen to something and go, 'Oh I'm going to write something like that'. I think your influences are just ingrained into you by the music you listen to. We're all huge fans of all types of music. Influences can come from a TV show or something you read or something that you've dealt with in life. To say that a certain band influences you is pretty hard just because when we write we don't write off of influences we write off of what naturally comes to us so I guess it's something of a coincidence, it's never on purpose.
So you would say it's as if snippets of your subconscious experiences have influenced you throughout your entire life?
Yeah! I think writing in general is like that. If it's not like that I think you're just writing weird. I think it's weird if someone is writing to sound like somebody else. With us we start with a clean slate and even though our band is very technical and very precise it's still very organic and natural what we come up with.
Now I know that the story follows a person in a coma as they are given the opportunity to travel to a further dimensions or remain in the dimension they are in, whether people have read about the ending or not can you break down some of the different dimensions and which songs describe them?
He's travelling to different past lives and then at the end he realises that none of it has actually happened as he's been in a coma. The whole record is pretty much him in a coma and he's dreaming. The reason I kind of want to tell everybody the end is because the meat of the story is all the different past lives he lived and I want the fans to be able to really dive into the songs and analyse that and figure it out. There's a lot of different worlds. I'm not going to go through the songs and explain where each world is taken but some of the worlds are very sad and very bizarre, some are very dark and creepy and almost terrifying at times. He goes to all these different places and all these different worlds that I created and I thought it was interesting for him to be interacting with these situations that we as people don't interact with ever.
Can you describe any of these dimensions visually or are they more conceptual or theoretical?
I don't exactly want to give up what every song is about. I'm going to leave it at that. The record tells the whole story of what happened so I want to let the fans figure it out what worlds they actually go into.
In your studio live videos you guys have utilised many strings and other kind of instruments, The Coma Ecliptic seems rather fitting for it, could we ever see BTBAM play the record backed by a symphony orchestra or a large choir?
It's not something that we have honestly talked about. It could be cool. There's not a whole lot of that kind of stuff with this record. Most of it is instruments that we play, it's all just keyboards, guitars, bass, and drums. But it could be cool, maybe if I were in the future to rearrange some things for a whole symphony but who knows. Anything is possible.
Do you know anyone who has been in a coma, or have any real life experiences relating to this record?
No I do not, I do not.
Okay. Now Tesseract have played on an ice stage as I'm sure you know, but I've always thought it would be awesome to perform in space, what do you think? There'd be a lot of Velcro involved!
I would love to do it! The details sound very dangerous and like it would be a headache to organise but if somehow it can happen I would do it. As long as I don't have to deal with figuring out how to do it.
The beginning of Dim Ignition immediately screams sci-fi film scores to me, have you guys every been approached about writing a film score? Is this something you would be interested in?
I personally wrote a film score last year for a movie called Dotch Book and I loved doing it. I would love to do more work like that but as a band we've talked about how it would be cool to do it but the opportunity has never arose. It would be tough honestly, after doing one myself it would be tough to do it with a band because you would have a director plus five other people trying to figure out what music should go with what scene. I feel like it would get kind of overcrowded at times. I think if we got an opportunity then I'd do it.
Let's talk a little bit about your solo effort. How is your sophomore release doing?
It's doing great. Our fans respond really well to the solo stuff. I personally really like writing that music. It's a nice thing to do on the side. Right now I'm starting to slowly write a little bit for the next one. I try to write when I'm on the road with the band just to fill in my day a little bit and give me a little more purpose and it's a good therapy for me and I think the fans are being able to undo it more so that's exciting on my end.
Will there be any solo touring and stuff like that?
Not as of now. Time and money is always a problem. I have a three year old so I don't like to be gone more than I have to. In the future maybe something will happen. I've played a few shows a couple of years ago which was fun but it was a lot of work getting the band together and all that stuff is always kind of tough and especially when the money is not really there, then it's all out of our personal pockets so it's always tough.
Where to next after America?
We're doing Europe for a little bit and then we're doing another American tour later this year and then next year we're slowly starting to figure out what the plan is but we should be going to a lot of different places.
Do you collect any vinyl?
A little bit. I hold back because I know that I shouldn't spend money on that stuff. I have more important things and I have a tendency to get obsessed with things like that so I definitely try to buy the records I really love. I think Dan is probably the biggest collector in the band.
Speaking of vinyl and obsessions you're sure to be obsessed with the new Between the Buried and Me Record entitled Coma Ecliptic. The record is available on a beautiful deluxe 2LP double gatefold vinyl and is available now at all good record stores and head to the band's FACEBOOK for more info on where to get it online and upcoming tour dates.
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package de.martinreinhardt.jee.controller;

import java.util.logging.Logger;

import javax.annotation.security.PermitAll;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.enterprise.event.Event;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

import de.martinreinhardt.jee.domain.Member;

/**
 * Controller for the member registration process.
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 * By using the stateless annotation the transaction is automatically ended
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@Stateless
@PermitAll
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	@Inject
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	@Inject
	private EntityManager em;

	@Inject
	private Event<Member> memberEventSrc;

	public void register(Member member) throws Exception {
		log.info("Registering " + member.getName());
		em.persist(member);
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At the start of the year, employers across the country declared diversity and inclusion (D&I) a priority for 2018. It was such a popular goal that LinkedIn's 2018 Global Recruiting Trends report named diversity as "the biggest game-changer and most embraced trend" in hiring.
We've finally reached a threshold of awareness though, it seems, and now nearly everyone has launched their own D&I initiative.
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Marc Kinchen, aka MK, delivers a solid mix of deep chunky goodness with his recent Essential Mix for BBC's Radio 1.
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Q: Dissolve using ogr2ogr gives 'no such function: ST_union' I am trying to dissolve a shapefile using ogr2ogr but I am getting error no such function: ST_union:
Command:

C:\ms4w>ogr2ogr "C:\output\test-dissolved.sh p" "C:\input\test.shp"
  -dialect sqlite -sql "SELECT ST_union(geometry) FROM test "

Error:

ERROR 1: In ExecuteSQL(): sqlite3_prepare(SELECT ST_union(geometry) FROM test ):   no such function: ST_union

A: I should use GUnion instead of ST_Union, I tried it and it worked.
below is a list of all spatialite functions where it shows the ST & GEOS functions:
https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/spatialite-sql-4.3.0.html


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UAW Cries Foul at Moment of Reckoning
Posted on March 11, 2014 by jon in Business // 0 Comments
By Dave Bego, Special for USDR
Friday, February 14, 2014 must have felt more like a "Friday the 13th" to the UAW An aggressive campaign supported by the powerful I.G. Metall German Union, Volkswagen corporate offices in Germany, and reminiscent of the SEIU's Death by a Thousand Cuts campaign against my company and our employees, was defeated as Volkswagen Workers in Chattanooga Reject Auto Workers Union!
Facing its day of reckoning, the UAW Asks Labor Board to Weigh New Vote at Tennessee VW Plant. The UAW is crying foul, asserting that comments made by a Tennessee Republican Senator, Caused Workers to Vote Against the UAW. Senator Bob Corker publicly stated that the UAW was in "a death spiral," and suggested that Volkswagen would move future work to other plants instead of Chattanooga if the union prevailed. Hypocritically, the UAW made no mention of the fact that on the day of the election, its "Defender In Chief," President Obama, blasted Corker and other local conservatives for "interfering." The President Stated in an Address that everyone was in favor of the UAW representing Volkswagen except for local politicians who were more concerned about German shareholders than American workers.
One would think if the UAW wanted to challenge the election results, surely it must consider that President Obama's comments would carry more weight than Senator Corker, and that both comments are Outside the Jurisdiction of the NLRA and Subsequently the NLRB's Power. Ironically, according to sources close to the election, Senator Corker's remarks and President Obama's counter comments came after 1,200 of the approximate 1,300 VW employees had already voted, obviously having no effect on the outcome of the election. However, desperate people do desperate things, and there is little doubt that the UAW is Becoming Desperate. The truth is, this is just another failed attempt in The Long History of the UAW's Failed Southern Strategy.
That fact that this was another attempt at forced unionization is clear, as the UAW would never have engaged the German union and Volkswagon Germany, or pressured Volkswagen in Chattanooga into signing a Neutrality Agreement unless they were concerned that they did not have enough employee votes to win. Unnamed sources have reported that a large percentage of the election cards from employees coerced by the UAW were actually signed by vendor employees in an attempt to over-inflate employee interest!
Furthermore, this was not the typical Neutrality Agreement often utilized by big labor in the United States, this was the UAW Neutrality Agreement. It does not demand the secret ballot election be bypassed in favor of Card Check, but actually repetitively asserts that a secret ballot election would occur under the supervision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In fact, it seemed to be over emphasized to distract employees and others from the real intent which was an Ambush Election (see NLRB Flexes Muscles). The agreement was signed around February 2, 2014 under protest from the VW Plant Manager, who intentionally scribbled his name so as to remain anonymous. It required election dates of February 12, 13, and 14, providing management and employees a mere 10 days to evaluate and prepare. This compared to the normal 42-day period, as stipulated in the National Labor Relations Act. Simultaneously, the UAW was provided an office in the plant, while 20 UAW organizers roamed the plant in black shirts coercing the workers to join the union with promise of much higher pay rates, similar to "Legacy Wages" offered in UAW organized facilities throughout Michigan.
Volkswagen employees, determined not to be intimidated, hired persuaders to assist them in combatting the UAW tactics. They established their own website, www.no2uaw.com, to counter the coercion and educate fellow employees. This group of employees did a tremendous job of putting videos, t-shirts and fliers together to expose typical UAW propaganda and misinformation, as chronicled in Unprecedented Union Corruption, and it was instrumental in carrying the election for the Volkswagen employees. Exploring this website and watching the videos is well worth one's time to understand how these brave employees banded together to stave off the UAW's "Quickie Election".
Even more concerning, in this UAW Neutrality Agreement, there is language that appears to allow the UAW, with consent from Volkswagen, to circumvent the year cooling off period until organizing and another election can be undertaken. In discussion with people close to the situation, there is concern that this would allow the UAW to use Death by a Thousand Cuts tactics to force Volkswagen into signing a traditional Neutrality Agreement and achieve forced unionization of the employees through Card Check! It is evident that the UAW, facing its moment of reckoning, has no intention of allowing the employees' desire to remain non-union get in its way of establishing Volkswagen as its Southern Union Foothold in the Right-to-Work State of Tennessee. The UAW Gasping Dinosaurs understand that organizing foreign automakers in the South is its only hope of survival.


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Blockchain and football, the next frontier
August 22, 2019 Neil Fredrik Jensen
DURING the 2018 World Cup, TV advertisements started appearing talking about a financial services company using "Blockchain". Most people scratched their head in bemusement, for the concept of Blockchain has yet to reach the broader general public.
This was a classic case of advertisers of a little-known product taking advantage of TV's huge captive audience watching the world's biggest broadcasting event in order to spread a message. It wasn't exactly effective, for the majority of viewers were probably still no wiser about Blockchain.
Blockchain – the great disruptor
Yet Blockchain has been around for a while and was, initially, seen as a systemic threat to the financial industry. Banks, for example, have been confronted by the rise of financial technology for some years and are only now coming to terms with the way their industry will change, thanks to dynamic and nimble young fintech companies that offer an alternative to traditional banking methods. Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology are at the forefront of change, and they're not confined to financial services – they can also influence the future of football and other spectator sports.
In a nutshell, Blockchain is a growing and highly scalable list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. These blockchains are widely used by another new technology that promises to transform global commerce, cryptocurrencies. Blockchain is considered to be secure by design, and in an age when cybercrime and corporate security are becoming very real and increasing concerns, this is often seen as a big selling point for the technology. Given the sport's broad appeal, it is only a matter of time before Blockchain and football become linked.
Furthermore, as big data and directives like the recent Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) become firmly embedded in the global economy – including football – Blockchain is very much representative of the new, fast-moving post-financial crisis world. GDPR compels companies within the European Union to better manage records and maintain greater levels of transparency. It also allows consumers the chance to make preferences around their personal data. Anything which produces records and customer information, such as football clubs, can use Blockchain as a method of storage.
Blockchain, a new game
Football, in recent years, has become more and more technical and football data has become a sub-industry of its own. VAR, as used in the World Cup, is a good example of how technology can improve decision-making. Naturally, and as we saw in Russia, fine-tuning needs to be carried out, but VAR is here to stay and in a sport that generates so much money and worldwide spectator interest, surely this is the logical way ahead? Not everyone would agree with that sentiment, but fans will undoubtedly wish for an easier and more seamless user experience at stadiums. Cash, to some extent, can be a hindrance for people.
Industry experts believe the marriage of Blockchain and football can manifest itself in a number of ways, not least in the form of stadium ticketing processes. The use of Blockchain can enable big clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich to keep track of records related to ticket purchases, enabling clubs to better market and target their offerings. At the same time, it will enable consumers to control their data, as promoted by GDPR.
The time when all football stadiums become cashless is probably not so far away. In Austria, FK Austria Wien, who have recently refurbished their home, eradicated the use of hard currency, from ticketing to vending within the stadium. The question is, will new forms of money also become commonplace as part of the game?
Blockchain is the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies and football clubs and big-name players have more than dipped their toes into this emerging asset class. Indeed, the crypto sector appears to have targeted footballers to win their endorsements.
Blockchain, clubs and players
In January 2018, Arsenal signed a sponsorship deal with CashBet, a US cryptocurrency firm. Arsenal were promoting the company's Initial Coin Offering. Similarly, the London Football Exchange has launched its own cryptocurrency, aimed at building a "fan-driven football community" that permits members to take part in various club and fan experiences.
Top players have identified the opportunity in these new instruments. Lionel Messi signed an endorsement deal to represent SIRIN LABS, a company creating Blockchain-based hardware for the crypto currency. Colombia's James Rodriguez has also launched his own version, JR10, that can be used to buy James souvenirs.
And as the World Cup was drawing to a close, former Brazilian international Ronaldinho announced he was launching his own crypto-coin, the RSC, built on a Blockchain platform. These examples arguably represent an alternative investment scenario for clubs and players with plenty of liquidity, rather than a passion for new technology, but they do underline that the tech world is eyeing football as a mass market with great potential.
It has, tentatively, now extended to the transfer market. Earlier this year, a small Turkish club, Harunustaspor, became the first to sign a player using Bitcoin. The fee itself wasn't paid in the cryptocurrency, but a portion of the player's signing-on fee was delivered in Bitcoin.
Away from cryptocurrency, Blockchain has a significant appeal to the football betting industry. Market watchers see the technology providing a more secure, tamper-proof, betting system that also provides evidence of bet legitimacy. It can also remove monopolies, create peer-to-peer networks, retain anonymity and move free of government involvement. It's not all simple, however, for the latter does raise issues over regulation and there have been many concerns over, for instance, cryptocurrency's lack of regulatory control.
Regulatory questions
Currently, regulators are not totally comfortable with either Blockchain or cryptocurrencies. Hackers have exposed some shortcomings – an illegal crypto gambling ring was uncovered during the World Cup – and governments and regulatory organisations are still uncertain of the best path to follow. A recent G20 meeting failed to reach consensus but later this year, there should be more guidance on the subject. The football industry and the companies that sit on the periphery will be well advised to keep a close eye on developments.
Nevertheless, Blockchain and cryptocurrency are here to stay and will continue to reshape the way business is conducted, the way personal data is managed and how the customer experience evolves. Football, as they say, is nothing without the fans, and it is the game's future clientbase that will be most affected by new technologies. The key will be to avoid becoming over-fascinated by the technology and to ensure it is harnessed appropriately for the good of football and its customers.
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