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Make Some April Fools!
5 Antisocial Things to do on Halloween
Student struggles to find his 'Double Rainbow'
Daily Trojan Leads Way in Complaint Reporting
Bowling for Turkeys: Thanks from the USC Basement
Trying To Resolve A Fight With My Roommate (Who Is A Puppy)
USC Week in Review: News Happened!
Music Festival Lineups Announced, Everyone Turns into Douchebags
Week in Review: The proof is in the News
Article by Lia Woodward
Your second-best source for the past week's Daily Trojan headlines.
Cell phone security a concern as personal info storage increases
My phone and I get along pretty well when
we're together, but when I'm not around and my cell gets a little tipsy,
well I'm not sure how much I can trust it.
USC reports lower
number of sexual assaults each year
What are we doing wrong??
USC CalPIRG makes a
plastic bag display to spread awareness
Now we're all more aware of how CalPIRG wastes their plastic bags.
SCA to launch new comedy
intiative
Because the phrase "initiative" reminds everyone of laughter, right?
Fitness Centers encourage college students
to work out
Before this, the fitness centers actually went out of their way to discourage people. I think that's what it was.
Not enough nutritional info on campus
We need to know how many calories are in those squirrels before we make a decision.
USC Program board sponsors Cirque de 'SC
Don't laugh, because the first name idea was "USCirque de…..hmmmm"
USC Dornsife hosts forum to discuss finding
a new dean
This is what it takes to find guys with the first name Dean these days.
USC libraries increase number of E-books
books starting with the letter E is always good."- library
University launches 'We are considerate'
campaign to improve biker behavior
I guess shouting "I'M CONSIDERATE!" right before you run a pedestrian over is an improvement.
Female cadets of the USC Trojan Battalion
Army Reserve Office Training Corp feel they are equal to men
It's only a feeling at this point though because someone may have miscounted.
DPS urges safety over the weekend
But only
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Luckily my hubby as been home a few extra days over the holidays so that has allowed me a little more sewing time than during a "normal" week.
The first two baby quilts are from the shower I'm attending this weekend. I love how fast and easy Jeni Baker's Arithmetic pattern is for baby quilts. I was able to cut and piece these in about 2 days each!
I have been working on quilting them this week. I'm keeping the quilting nice and simple with wavy lines.
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That's what I'm currently working on, next up finishing up my mini quilts for a few swaps I'm participating in.
Plus quilts are so much fun to make! I love the colors in both of these. Good luck with finishing them up!
Thank you, I just love plus quilts! Just finished binding one this afternoon and one more to go before the weekend.
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Home›Teachers›Could the Flipped Learning Model be the Ticket to Increased Student Learning?
Instructors are constantly looking for ways to improve student performance—both traditionally and as part of so-called "twenty-first century skills," such as communication, collaboration, and the ability to problem-solve. In a recent study, National Faculty Perspectives on Flipped Classrooms, 81 percent of faculty surveyed said that improved mastery of information — including these "twenty-first century skills" — were the top student benefit of implementing the flipped classroom.
A few weeks ago, I gave a chemistry presentation to a fifth grade class, and was stunned by how excited and interested the students were about science in general, compared to my college students. For some reason, sometime between elementary school and college, students seem to lose the curiosity factor. In my experience, flipping the classroom provides an avenue to ask the "why" questions again, rather than just deliver content to students and have them spit it back out in their notes. In essence, it has reenergized my passion for teaching.
Before I moved to the flipped classroom model, I hated PowerPoint presentations, so I stuck with a traditional "chalk talk" lecture. This worked for some learners, but in a class of 300+ students, I would inevitably lose the attention of all but the most attentive. Now, I'm able to record my lectures for students to read or listen to in advance of class, and open up class time for polling and answering questions and to have more in-depth discussions.
I have to credit MasteringChemistry for helping to make my flipped classroom successful. MasteringChemistry has tutorial questions with hints that make the students study the basics, so that they have a good idea of what I'm going to talk about in class. Then if they make a mistake, Learning Catalytics provides me with the analytics to show me where in the class the students are struggling, as each student logs their answers on a laptop, tablet, smartphone, or other mobile device.
Research has shown that instant feedback as well as peer-to-peer engagement helps improve student comprehension. Learning Catalytics allows faculty to obtain real-time responses to open-ended or critical thinking questions, determine which areas require further explanation, and then automatically group students for further discussion and problem solving.
I have been using Learning Catalytics for over a year now and with over 1,400 students. By automatically grouping students for discussion and problem-solving based on their responses to interactive questions, it helps make my class of 300-400 students feel much smaller. It truly changes the mindset of the class. Eric Mazur, the Harvard physics professor who is one of the developers of the advanced, cloud-based learning analytics and assessment system, infused the system with the research-based peer instruction pedagogy that he developed. I don't see this in other programs that I use. It completely changes the dynamic of the classroom for the better.
Is the Flipped Learning Model Right for Me?
I think the biggest hurdle to adopting to the flipped teaching model is finding the time to put the most effective content together. Many instructors have been lecturing for years, and we have lecture and assignment materials that we are used to using. It's easy to get stuck going through the motions, "not thinking" about what you are really teaching, but you need to adjust and have the self-discipline to be effective at teaching in a digital format. Teachers need to reinvest their time into teaching well.
The more you want the flipped classroom model — or really any learning model — to be successful, the more work you need to put into it. Before any educator makes the move from traditional teaching, they must ask themselves a few questions. Am I looking for less work? Do I want a shortcut to teaching? If that is the case, you may not want to make the switch, because the goal of the flipped classroom is to empower students to work harder and not cut corners to increase achievement.
For students entering a flipped classroom for the first time, they should understand that just as with life, cutting corners doesn't result in improved outcomes. The same students that struggle because they do not do the work in the traditional model of teaching will also struggle in a flipped classroom model. Students that enter a flipped classroom for the first time should expect that just as they would in a traditional class, they will need to complete the assignments to do well in the class and not rely on Google for finding answers.
Flipping the classroom brings you back to being a first-year instructor; you must recreate lecture notes, and pick new pre- and post-lecture assignments. The easiest, but probably not the most effective, way to get started with dipping your toes into the flipped classroom is to just digitize your current lecture notes. That's how I got started a few years ago, but now I am working on figuring out how to make my content more engaging and interactive for my students.
The best way to get started is to start small. Start with the concepts that you know best and that students are struggling with and try to teach it a little differently; then just flip those concepts. This will allow you the time to adjust, review the effectiveness, and see if you like the flipped classroom model before designing (or redesigning) the whole class this way. If you find that it works well, you can start building year to year. It's really a long-term solution, not a fast fix. The most important thing is to make sure whatever teaching method you choose works well for your personality and your style of instruction.
At Ohio State, some instructors are slowly moving toward the flipped classroom model, but naturally have many questions and hesitancy before coming fully on board. This model of learning is gaining traction, though, so I think we'll see more instructors jumping on the bandwagon as it gains credibility and widespread adoption.
This method of teaching is growing at a time when technology keeps evolving. As a passionate educator, I can't wait to see how the way we teach will continue to change and improve to help make student learning more engaging and more successful.
I think my children would do alright under the flipped learning model, although they are succeeding as it is. I do realize, though, that this model may be better approach and increase student learning with the prompts to ask "why" questions.
I think teachers are going to really struggle to find time to rewrite lesson plans. Already, educators are expected to do so much, and have little "extra" time — and are underpaid. While this idea has some good to it, I just think that it may take awhile to really spread.
The teachers out there who are willing and excited to make the changes that the flipped model requires will probably find great success with the implementation of this model.
Flipped learning is something I am keen to explore, for the reasons you state; increasing student engagement and interest in the subject, taking control of their own learning and freeing up time in the classroom. I appreciate your advice to "start slowly". As per other comments, rewriting one's entire programme to fit a flipped learning approach is daunting.


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Member of the starry suite—modular functions for iterable objects.

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## Status

Applies to the whole suite.

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## Usage

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function concat<T = any>(
  ...iterables: Iterable<T>[]
  ): Iterable<T>
```

Returns an iterable that returns the elements of each iterable passed.

Parameters:
* ...iterables: `Iterable<T>[]`

Returns: `Iterable<T>`

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New Europe College-Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest (Romania) launches the annual competition for the 2022/2023 NEC Fellowships. Romanian and international scholars (at postdoctoral level) in all fields of the humanities and social sciences (including law and economics) are invited to apply.
What we offer: The Fellowship consists of: a monthly stipend of 850 Euros (tax free); accommodation in Bucharest, comprising living quarters and working space; reimbursement of travel costs from the home/residence country to Bucharest and back. Fellows who stay for the whole academic year are offered a one-month research trip to an institution of their choice. Fellows have free access to the NEC library and electronic resources.
What we expect: Fellows are expected to work on their projects and take part in the scientific events organized by NEC; presence at the weekly seminars discussing the work in progress of the Fellows is compulsory. At the end of their Fellowship, Fellows are expected to hand in a research paper, reflecting the results of their work over the duration of the Fellowship. The papers will be included in a NEC publication.
Eligibility: NEC Fellowships are open to postdoctoral level scholars, Romanian and international, in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Duration: For Romanian citizens: a full academic year (10 months, starting with October 2022); for non-Romanian citizens: a full academic year or one term (5 months, starting with October 2022 or March 2023).
How to apply: Applications (in English, French or German) will be submitted in electronic format only, using the on-line form available at applications.nec.ro. See the guidelines below to make sure you have all the needed documents to fill in the form. Please also note that English is the preferred language of communication during most NEC events.
If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to: applications@nec.ro
Selection process: Applications will be evaluated by NEC's academic staff, in consultation with external experts. Candidates will be notified on the results of the pre-selection in the first half of March 2022, by e-mail. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview, scheduled on April 7–8, 2022. Decisions to select the NEC Fellows will be taken by the members of NEC Academic Advisory Board. For selection criteria, please visit Guidelines below. Please note that NEC does not disclose to candidates the assessment reports on the applications.
The DEADLINE for submitting applications is JANUARY 10, 2022.
Incomplete or late applications will not be taken into consideration.
Please note that you need to upload several documents to the application platform:
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at least two original letters of reference (in English, French, or German) written explicitly to support your application for the NEC Fellowship. Referees will be invited to upload the letters themselves.
Please answer all the questions mentioned in the application form and do not exceed the allotted space. The project itself should not exceed 12,000 characters (with spaces), including bibliographical references. The project should describe the state of research in your particular area of interest and indicate your objectives.
High quality of the candidate's academic trajectory and publications, participation in international research;
Innovative fundamental research proposal with significant contribution to scholarship;
Interdisciplinary and/or comparative approaches are an advantage.
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NEC Fellowships (since 1994)
This is the core program, which awards Fellowships to scholars working on projects in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. Due to funding considerations, this program has been divided into two: International Fellowships, granted with the financial support of NEC's institutional sponsors, and the Ştefan Odobleja Fellowships, targeting Romanian researchers, with financial support from UEFISCDI (The Romanian Executive Agency for Funding Higher Education, Development and Innovation).
The Gerda Henkel Fellowships (since 2017)
This program, developed with the support of Gerda Henkel Stiftung (Germany), invites young researchers and academics working in the fields of humanities and social sciences (in particular archaeology, art history, historical Islamic studies, history, history of law, history of science, prehistory and early history) from Afghanistan, Belarus, China (only Tibet and Xinjiang Autonomous Regions), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, for a stay of one or two terms at the New Europe College, during which they have the opportunity to work on projects of their choice.
The Porticus N+N Fellowships (since 2020)
The 'Nations and Nationalisms' (N+N) program, developed with financial support from the Porticus Foundation, aims to approach one of the main challenges faced by societies around the globe, but mostly in Central and Eastern Europe: a growing tension between nationalizing and globalizing forces in a world dominated by migration, digitization and automation. The N+N Fellowships are open to international candidates working in all fields of the humanities and social sciences with an interest in the study of nations, nationalism and the effects of globalization on national identities.
The Ameropa Fellowships (since 2020)
Organized with financial support from Ameropa and its subsidiaries in Romania and with academic support from the Centre for Government and Culture at the University of St. Gallen, this program aims to investigate the conditions and prerequisites for democratic stability and economic prosperity in Romania and the neighboring region. The Ameropa Fellowship Program is open to early career Romanian researchers in political science, economics, anthropology or sociology. Their projects should focus on aspects relevant for the challenges to democratic consolidation, economic development and the strengthening of civil society in Romania and the region.
The Relevance of the Humanities in the Digital Age Fellowships (since 2021)
The program, proposed jointly by the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia and the New Europe College Bucharest and developed with the financial support of the Porticus Foundation, aims to underscore the cognitive functions of the humanities and their potential as critical disciplines by opening them up to issues relevant in/for the contemporary digital world – issues that are "practical", but also epistemological, ethical, philosophical, etc. The program is intended to accommodate a broadest range of themes pertaining to humanities and social sciences provided they link up to contemporary debates, or address major challenges to the human condition stemming from technological advances and 'digital modernity'. The program addresses international scholars.
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Le Automotrici ALe 803 sono una famiglia di rotabili ferroviari leggeri delle Ferrovie dello Stato a corrente continua costituite tra il 1961 ed il 1973, formate da tre elementi in composizione bloccata, entrate in servizio all'inizio degli anni sessanta e destinate al traffico suburbano e pendolare.

Storia

Il progetto dell'ALe 803 nacque nel 1957 per sopperire all'urgenza di potenziamento del servizio pendolare e vicinale attorno alle grandi aree metropolitane e venne sviluppato sulla base di quello delle ALe 601. L'ordinazione venne passata all'industria ferroviaria due anni dopo, nel 1959, prevedendo la costruzione di un lotto di 35 treni composti di motrice, carrozza intermedia e rimorchiata semipilota permanentemente accoppiate a costituire un elettrotreno vero e proprio. Le commesse vennero ripartite tra Officine di Savigliano (9 treni), Officine Meccaniche della Stanga, (9 treni) e Aerfer (in seguito Sofer) per 17 elettrotreni. Le consegne, iniziate nel 1961, si conclusero nel 1963. La costruzione venne differenziata nel tipo di accoppiamento in quanto le unità da 001 a 020 ebbero normali respingenti e ganci di trazione mentre le unità da 021 a 035, destinate al servizio metropolitano di Napoli, furono dotate di gancio automatico integrato.
Nel 1970 venne ordinato un ulteriore lotto di 18 elettrotreni che vennero costruiti sulla base dello stesso progetto ma con frontali dotati di finestrini di sicurezza più piccoli. Ebbero anche la frenatura elettrica ma per motivi di economia utilizzarono motori e carrelli dismessi provenienti dagli ETR 220 e ETR 300 (ai quali erano stati sostituiti con altrettanti nuovi gruppi in seguito al loro potenziamento). Un'ulteriore differenza, rispetto alla prima serie, fu la decisione di costruirne 8 a quattro elementi. Le unità dotate dei gruppi motori e dei carrelli dismessi accusarono tuttavia vari inconvenienti che portarono alla disattivazione della frenatura elettrica e, entro gli anni settanta, alla sostituzione dei carrelli con quelli delle nuove ALe 801, derivate anch'esse dallo stesso progetto nel 1973.

A partire dal 1982 i treni di 1ª serie iniziarono ad essere modificati nei frontali mediante sostituzione degli originali parabrezza ampi con quelli corazzati, più piccoli, della seconda serie.

Modelli derivati per le ferrovie in concessione
Sulla base delle ALe 803 FS furono realizzati nel biennio 1977-1978 sette convogli, composti da una motrice e da una rimorchiata, per la SEPSA.

Note

Bibliografia
 Giovanni Cornolò, Automotrici elettriche dalle origini al 1983, Duegi Editrice, 2011 (ristampa del 1983), pp. 235–249.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

FS ALe 803
Automotrici costruite dalle Officine Meccaniche della Stanga
Automotrici costruite dalla Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano
Sofer (azienda)

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How Science Relates to Religion
Scientists and Theologians are Talking
Factual Links between Science and Religion
This page gives a quick overview on how science relates to religion. I have created five general links between science and religion as discussed below.
This page permits you to quickly go through the science section before using ideas from Albert Einstein to analyze religion. To discover God is the ultimate discovery.
The Universe had a Beginning
The Universe will End (It's Dying)
The Universe is Incapable of Starting Again
The Universe Appears to be Designed
Albert Einstein's "Key" to Analyze Religion
Analyze Religious Beliefs Using Einstein's Key
Almost all scientists agree that the universe had a beginning. Support for the universe having a beginning continues to increase as scientific instruments evolve. With each advance in science, greater details and insights increase our confidence that the universe had a beginning. Based on factual evidence, Scientists came up the Big Bang theory to explain the universe. But a universe with a beginning implies that it was created. The beginning universe confirmed by science provides a direct link to ideas and concepts long held by various religions.
"I think there are clearly religious implications whenever you
start to discuss the origins of the universe. There must be
religious overtones."
Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
Hyper links to Discuss "The Universe had a Beginning"
The universe is not eternal
How did Light appear before Stars?
Getting too old to birth new stars?
Have You Seen Any New Galaxies?
Atoms Point to the Beginning
Almost all scientists agree that the universe is dying (it will not support life forever) For example, science has concluded that the sun will eventually die, which will be the end of life on planet earth as we know it. In the far distant future, every star in the universe will stop giving light. But a universe that had a beginning and is confirmed to be dying implies that it was created, which links back to religion. Scientists without spiritual viewpoints have difficulty accepting the universe:
"The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more
it also seems pointless...."
Steven Weinberg, U.S. Physicist
However, the fact that the universe had a beginning and is destined to end cannot prove that God(s) exists. Regardless of the inability to prove God(s) exists using science alone, the general tendency for all physical things to wear out gives credible support that an outside force or Supreme Being(s) created the universe.
Hyper links to Discuss "The Universe will End"
Why don't stars just burn forever?
Since the universe cannot sustain itself, "Is the Universe God?
The one and only universe that we know exists had a beginning and it will end. It appears that our universe has been created one time. In 1998, a new discovery made by two scientific teams supports these conclusions. They discovered that the universe is getting bigger and bigger at an ever faster pace (accelerating universe). In 2002, the NASA satellite called WMAP found additional scientific evidence to support these conclusions.
"For the theory that fits our data, the universe will expand forever."
NASA Scientific Team
Some people used to think that the universe would expand to a maximum size, then contract back to a small size and start all over again with another Big Bang (called the oscillating universe). However, since the universe will expand forever, it will never happen.
Since science confirms that the one and only universe we know exists cannot start all over again, the universe appears to have been created.
"This universe is weird. . . . It's creepy!"
Brian P. Schmidt, Team Lead, High Z-SuperNova Search Team
NOVA Documentary "Runaway Universe" pbs.org
Expresses his feelings about the accelerating universe..
Hyper links to Discuss "The Universe is Incapable of Starting Again"
The Universe will Expand Forever
The universe is highly ordered and appears to be designed. The very concept of design requires a Designer. Life appears to have been "fine-tuned" by God(s). Many scientists believe in the existence of God(s) due to "fine-tuning" ideas.
But some people do not like the idea that a Designer has designed the universe. In general, scientists will say that God cannot be accepted by science. Because of this, new ways of looking at the universe have evolved. To even begin to understand, you have to use your imagination. Are there unseen universes?
" . . . these appeals to invisible universes have a certain
unpersuasive quality to them: They are reminiscent of
medieval theologians' speculations about the number of
angels that could dance on the head of a pin"
Patrick Glynn, God the Evidence page 8.
Is the random generation of life in the universe credible?
No one will ever know if the random universe theory is true based on reason alone or mind-bending experiments. Once again, science relates directly to religion. To believe in the random universe theory requires that a person have "blind faith." There is minimal scientific support since it has been shown that the Big Bang theory requires fine-tuning on the order of at least 10 to the power of 1030.
Unseen Universes:
(quick pop-up links)
Before the Big Bang
Probability of Random Universes
(based on the universe appears to be designed)
The assumption that the Universe does NOT appear to be designed
...or is it designed?
Based on the idea of random universes as compared to a fine-tuned creation, we can only conclude that science by itself does not permit humans to know whether a Supreme Being(s) has created the universe or not. However, the evidence appears to support that the universe has been created based on the evidence for design.
Hyper links to Discuss "The Universe Appears to be Designed"
Are There Unseen Universes?
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
Albert Einstein, German-born US physicist
Since Einstein was a scientist, how do his ideas relate to studying religion?
Albert Einstein laid the scientific foundation for discussing "time-travel." According to Einstein, if you could travel faster than the speed of light, then you could go back in time. (In theory, you could visit your parents when they were children and play games with them). However, Einstein came to the conclusion that no one will ever be able to time travel to the past. Einstein came up with his ideas by using only his mind. He didn't have modern-day tools to test his ideas. Years later, scientists used tests to verify that Einstein was correct.
The entire physical creation is locked Inside time-space. No one will ever be able to time travel to the past. In contrast, if there is a Creator who exists Outside time-space, then the Creator is not controlled by time-space. The Creator could potentially be present in the past, the present, and the distant future.
From the distant future, God may choose to reveal what is going to happen through a person called a prophet, who is locked inside time. Just as important, the foretold events would have to be consistently accurate (100% of the time) since they come from a Super-Being(s) existing outside time-space. The following graphic shows that information from outside time-space must be consistently accurate about the future.
We conclude that our inability to time-travel appears to be the "key" to finding out if there is a Super-Being(s). This principle permits us to find out whether God has actually revealed spiritual truth through a world religion or all religions.
Hyper links to Discuss "Albert Einstein's "Key" to Analyze Religion"
Einstein's "Key" for Studying Religion.
Applying Special Relativity to Religion.
The Tools for Measuring Religious Beliefs.
I have chosen to analyze Islam and Christianity based on several common facts between them.
Both faiths claim to have a similar method of receiving revelation from outside time-space (from God). Both faiths claim to have a prophet that received God's word from the same angel, the "Archangel Gabriel."
Both faiths claim to foretell the future, which is required to use Einstein's key.
These common links permit an in-depth and acceptable comparison.
Hyper links to Discuss "Islam and Christianity: Common Foundations"
The Archangel Gabriel
Worst Case view of the Book of Daniel
Words Beyond Time-Space: Gabriel's words to Daniel?
Six files analyze Gabriel's words to Daniel based on using the Dead Sea Scrolls. These files should be read in sequence
Did Gabriel deliver words from outside time-space to Daniel (Calculations based on Evidence)?
Analyze Christian Beliefs Using Einstein's Key
If Jesus is indeed the Messiah, then it is certain that Jesus will be the ultimate prophet. This section looks into Jesus' words related to Jerusalem and the Jewish people. These prophecies appear to be coming true in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Hyper links to Discuss "Is Jesus the Messiah"
The Messiah will be the ultimate prophet
Jesus' Words in the New Testament
Six files analyze Jesus' words about the future based on the New Testament. These files should be read in sequence.
Do Jesus' words recorded in the New Testament come from outside time-space (Calculations based on Evidence)?
Analyze Muslim Beliefs Using Einstein's Key
If Muhammad is indeed the final prophet of Allah, then it is certain that Muhammad's words will be superior. This section looks into Muhammad's words in the Qur'an. Of special interest are Muhammad's words about the Jewish people.
Hyper links to Discuss "Gabriel's Words to Muhammad"
Gabriel's Words to Muhammad
Six files analyze Gabriel's words to Muhammad based on using the Uthmanic Codex of the Qur'an. These files should be read in sequence.
Did Gabriel deliver words from outside time-space to Muhammad (Calculations based on Evidence)?
FAQs (Questions) asked by Muslims?
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Result: Which loanees do you…
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Result: Which loanees do you want at the club next season?
Alex Turk
@ALEXCTURK
West Ham are set for another summer of investment as the club look set for another mid-table finish in the Premier League.
The Hammers will definitely dive into the market if star players like Felipe Anderson and Declan Rice are swiped away by the European giants rumoured to be interested in their services.
Amidst all the transfer talk, however, there are a number of talented young players currently out on loan which could potentially offer Manuel Pellegrini some good options for his 2019-20 squad.
West Ham have five games left and currently sit in 11th, including trips to Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Watford so it looks like they'll miss out on European football in Pellegrini's first season in charge.
The club's aspirations are clear though and with fresh faces arriving in the form of loanees and new signings next season, improvements will be expected.
Last week we asked you which loanees you'd like to see return next season… check out who you voted for below.
5. Moses Makasi
The 23-year-old is yet to make a first-team appearance for West Ham but has featured for Chelmsford, Plymouth and most recently Stevenage on loan. He gained 405 of your votes but time is admittedly running out for him.
4. Sead Haksabanovic
He'll be on loan at IFK Norrkoping but it looks like many Hammers fans would like to see his succeed at the club after earning 50% of the vote.
3. Reece Oxford
Oxford was once destined for a long career as West Ham's main defender but quiet loan spells in Germany have seemed to stifle his development. Many of you want him back with the club next season though as he gets 57% of the vote.
2. Josh Cullen
Currently on his fourth season as a loanee following stints at Bradford and Bolton, Cullen is impressing at Charlton and earns 68% of the vote.
1. Edimilson Fernandes
A narrow winner with 73% of the vote. He's one of the club's most talented youngsters and will return this summer with more first-team experience under his belt from his time in Italy.
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First up, let's acknowledge that the average person has only negligible interest in horse racing, if that. The public's indifference about the sport is a part of the premise of the show. (Notice that the stands are nearly empty for most of the races on Luck; they filmed at a real racetrack and reportedly didn't have to fake this.) The racetrack is dying, representing a very different era of America, and the people left tend to have complex psychological motivations for hanging on to the sport.
While Milch was indeed "fortunate" enough to have HBO green-light his passion project, the network did have reservations about letting him go wild with another series. Michael Mann was tasked with producing Luck, and a rule established from the beginning banned Milch from penning any of his famous last-minute rewrites. Deadwood was often written the day before, and the days of shooting, and Milch spent his final few years on NYPD Blue literally inventing the episodes after he'd arrived on set.
According to people involved with the productions, this was intensely frustrating at times, but it also generated some of Milch's finest work. More than a few of the most legendary Deadwood moments, like Doc Cochran's monologues about God, were conceived by Milch on the set and fed to the actor right before shooting.
If Luck is remembered for anything today, it's the death of three horses during the series' production. Two horses died during the filming of Season One's racing scenes, and during the aborted second season, one horse died in a freak accident that likely couldn't have been prevented under any circumstance. (It was spooked while being led from its stable, flipped over on its back, and soon died.) The harsh reality is that horses die easily, and while Luck actually enforced stricter rules than the ones used in the horseracing industry, and had a much lower fatality rate for horses than real racing, HBO was terrified of the negative publicity. Luck was also an expensive show to produce, one with meager ratings (even by pay cable standards), and there's a theory the public concern for horse safety masked the network's desire to drop a costly, unproductive series.
As much as Milch is a notorious gambler, he's also famous for his love of horses. Luck is actually a celebration of the animals; a tribute to their beauty, their unknowable connection with humans, and a horse's ability to elicit softness from even the most hardened of hearts.
It's also a show steeped in the minutia of professional gambling, white-collar crime, and the politics of horseracing, which makes it nearly impossible to get into.
The starting place of Luck, the hook of the series, is Dustin Hoffman's character of Chester "Ace" Bernstein. Ace is both a legitimate and an illegitimate businessman, and some of his shadier associates conspired years earlier to send him to prison. (Ultimately, Ace was incarcerated to spare his grandson a serious drug charge, and because he refused to give the authorities any information on his criminal business associates.) Ace is out on parole, living with the restrictions of his release. He can't be directly involved with his business affairs, and can't make a few seemingly mundane purchases…such as racehorses.
His longtime driver Gus Demitriou (Dennis Farina) becomes his beard, the nominal owner of a stunning horse he's purchased known as Pint of Plain. Ace has a vaguely defined plan to screw over the people who set him up years ago, and while the horse is involved somehow, the series also makes it clear that Ace loves Pint of Plain, that the beauty represents a new life away from the graft and violence of the underworld.
One frustrating aspect of the series is its refusal to explain just what Ace is planning to do, even by the end of the season finale. Eventually, if you play close enough attention, the outlines of a plan emerge, but nothing is stated outright, and the series ended with no payoff for the, oh, two hundred or so minutes dedicated to this plot that's allegedly at the center of the show.
Apparently, Ace's plan is to ingratiate himself with his enemies, claim all is forgiven and let them in on his latest venture -- lobbying the California legislature to allow casino gambling on racetracks, a sure-win proposition since California is desperate for tax money, while racetracks are desperate to even stay open. What Ace is actually doing is offering his main rival Michael (Michael Gambon) a poisoned chalice that will somehow land Michael in trouble with either the law or the mob.
Also here for star power is Nick Nolte, playing grizzled horse trainer/owner Walter Smith. The show obstinately refuses to pair Nolte and Hoffman in the same scenes, allowing the Ace plotline to always run parallel to the more specific racing aspects of Luck. It's another move that hobbled the series, undermining whatever star power HBO thought it was getting.
Nolte made the decision to play Walter Smith as so grizzled, it's nearly impossible to understand a word he says. (Honestly, I had to resort to using Closed Captioning on Luck, thanks to the characters of Walter and Turo Escalante, who intentionally speaks in an exaggerated Spanish accent.) The story of Walter, still mourning the loss of his horse's father, killed by relatives of his former boss who were desperate for insurance money, is touching in a way…but it's marred by Nolte's decision to deliver all of his lines through what sounds like a hole in his neck.
The true heart of Luck resides in the bit players, chiefly among them the Foray Stables crew. Kevin Dunn plays Marcus, the unofficial leader of a band of losers who manage to win big in the first episode. Dunn is a character actor who's been in everything, but unfortunately, he's probably best known for playing Shia LaBeouf's father in the cringiest moments of the Transformers films. His portrayal of Marcus is the real showcase of his talents, stealing the spotlight from Hoffman in almost every episode. Not that they're ever in the same scene, of course, since the show's adamant about keeping Hoffman's character at a distance from all of the subplots.
This is the kind of thing you only realize in hindsight, but Luck probably would've had a better shot at succeeding without Hoffman at all. The scenes with Marcus and the "railbirds" (people who spend all day betting at the track) are far more engaging than anything relating to Ace's opaque revenge plot, providing Luck with almost all of its heart and humor. Marcus is the closest Milch has come to recreating the Andy Sipowicz character; both carry scars from childhood (Marcus fell out of a tree as a kid and has been in a wheelchair ever since), both use sarcasm as a defense, both harbor a deep longing to connect with others, but don't understand how to express their emotions. Not that Marcus is derivative of Sipowicz, he just represents the kind of internal loathing/sharp cynicism that made Milch's most famous character so endearing.
I hate to evoke Entourage, but a series set at the track following a similar premise of a few friends who've come into sudden money could've appealed to the same audience that kept that show on the air for so long. People enjoy series about friendship, watching bonds form between likeable characters, and checking in on their favorites each week. Watching even great actors sit in meetings, discussing the lobbying of state legislatures or ambiguously hinting at unknown schemes to take out rivals, isn't nearly as engaging.
So, How Many Headlines Read "HBO's LUCK Has Run Out"?
There are other aspects of the track that Luck touches upon that add a sense of verisimilitude to the proceedings, such as the internal politics between owners, jockeys, and agents, the weight struggles of jockeys, and other minor details only Milch would know, like the social status of riding in the morning versus the afternoon, or a jockey's deliberations over taking a whip to a horse during a race. All of the jockey characters (most of them played by actual jockeys) have potential, but their storylines consistently take a backseat to Ace and his methodical, visually dull, achingly slow revenge against vaguely defined mob people, over vaguely explained past transgressions.
After it ended, Milch lamented that Luck didn't quite work because the focus wasn't on its characters trying to reconcile themselves to God, something he apparently believes is essential to storytelling. ("God" perhaps not in a religious sense, but probably more in the Alcoholics Anonymous sense of the higher power you have to humble yourself before.) I'm going to assume most of the potential audience tapped out by the second episode, which is a shame because the series does start to pick up some momentum from episode four onward.
I don't know if HBO is still on the kick of s-l-o-w starts to its series, meticulously building a world before any real plotting begins, but Luck suffered from this arrogant storytelling fad of the early "prestige TV" years. If it had gotten to its point quicker, discovered which characters were the real stars, and perhaps entertained Milch's beliefs about connecting to something greater than yourself, instead of wallowing in minutia and abusing its star power, Luck could've served as a credible series for Milch's later television years. Regrettably, it's very likely to go down as the final series Milch will ever get on the air.
Next time...see above. Unless the Deadwood movie happens soon, this will have to be the final installment of the series. If you're interested in more from me, I'd encourage you to check out my G. I. Joe novel over at Kindle Worlds. (I cannot confirm or deny a certain Irish detective makes an appearance in the book.) Thanks, folks!
"Next time...see above. Unless the Deadwood movie happens soon, this will have to be the final installment of the series."
Might I suggest Murder One? At least the first season. Somewhat groundbreaking, somewhat ahead of it's time, and critically acclaimed (if only the first season).
Milch did write the pilot to Murder One, so I might consider it. I have no idea if Milch is really working on Season Three of True Detective, but if he is, I'll check it out whenever it's added to Amazon Prime.


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Welcome to the 2016-17 Leeds Lieder Concert Season
23 Jun, 2016 | News
Welcome to our 2016-17 Season!
Amongst these events you will find a veritable selection of treats to tempt you along to join the warm, inquisitive and knowledgable audiences at Leeds Lieder as we share together some of the most remarkable poetry and music written. Some of the greatest Lieder singers have been programmed, many making rare appearances in the North of England.
Buoyed up by the success of the 2016 Festival (ticket sales were up 36% on 2013 and the critical reception was nothing short of glowing) we have decided to make the Leeds Lieder Festival an annual event, which this year will take place on 21st-23rd April 2017. To complement the Festival we are thrilled to present another rich series of recitals.
Following on from our exploration of the songs of Strauss last year, this season we turn to Mahler and place his works alongside those of his contemporaries. Ruby Hughes and Jennifer Johnston will be familiar to audiences who tune in to Radio 3 as two of the brightest talents to emerge from the UK in recent years. Thanks to the support of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, it is with great pleasure that we will also bring two recent winners of the competition, Gemma Lois Summerfield and James Newby, to Leeds for the final concert in this series. This series will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for broadcast at a later date.
Our successful partnerships with the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds University, Leeds International Concert Series and Leeds College of Music have allowed us to invite legends of the song world to the region. Recitals by Ian Bostridge, Sarah Connolly, Anne Schwanewilms and Malcolm Martineau are red-letter days amongst song aficionados and I'm delighted that they have found space in their diaries share their love of this repertoire with us. As in previous seasons we offer pre-concert talks, masterclasses for students and great deals for young people wanting to experience the visceral thrill of live music. I hope you'll join us to celebrate this remarkable art-form.
Joseph Middleton – Director


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ACE Parking Pty Ltd and others - Court action
The Victorian Supreme Court has ordered private car park operators who issued unlawful parking 'fines' to stop using misleading tactics.
The court's decision confirms that private parking operators cannot levy fines or prosecute motorists who stay overtime or do not display a ticket.
After investigating consumer complaints between 2008 and 2010, the Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria issued proceedings against:
car park operator, ACE Parking Pty Ltd
Parking Patrols (Vic) Pty Ltd (formerly Parking Infringements Victoria Pty Ltd)
Ace Parking officers, Kevin John English and James John English.
In September 2011, the Director alleged that they breached the Fair Trading Act 1999 by:
issuing `fines' to consumers with no legal authority
harassing consumers who failed to pay
illegally threatening legal action, including illegally threatening legal action or `prosecution.'
On 13 April 2012, the court upheld the Director's case and ordered:
declarations that one or more of the parties contravened the Fair Trading Act 1999
injunctions to restrain further contravening conduct
publication of an adverse publicity order within the first 30 pages of the Herald Sun and The Age newspapers
a total of $2500 in compensation for seven complainants ($300-$457.50 per person)
payment of $12,000 as a contribution to Consumer Affairs Victoria's costs.
The court found that terminology on ACE Parking's tickets misled consumers about their rights. The companies and individuals had contravened Part 2 of the Fair Trading Act 1999 by engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct, making false and misleading representations, and engaging in undue harassment and coercion.
The court also found that requests for payments issued by ACE Parking mimicked fines issued by official agencies such as councils and government, using terminology such as 'offence', 'breach' and 'fines.'
In his decision, Associate Justice Gardiner said that the defendants' illegal demands for payment had also caused inconvenience and anxiety to the recipients.
"Otherwise law abiding citizens were accused, without any legal basis, that they had committed 'offences' for which they were liable to pay 'penalties'," Justice Gardiner said.
ACE Parking operates about 24 car parks in and near Melbourne. It engages Parking Patrols (Vic) Pty Ltd (formerly Parking Infringements Victoria Pty Ltd), to patrol its car parks.
View the full judgment
Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Parking Patrols Vic Pty Ltd & Another - Austlii website


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EntertainmentHollywood
Tyrese Gibson opens up on how Paul Walker's family feels about the continuation of the franchise, check it out!
Clout NewsApril 25, 20200 Comment0476
The Fast & Furious franchise has kept its foot on the gas and become one of the most recognizable film series in the world. However, for the past several years, it's been without one of its key stars – Paul Walker.
Some may still wonder how Walker's family feels about Fast & Furious moving on from Walker and his character but, according to Tyrese Gibson, they've been more than supportive.
In an interview, Tyree said, " People will say Paul is not in it so why are you guys continuing? That's exactly why we're continuing cause we made the shift in my mind saying we have to do this for Paul. But the biggest decision came from us talking to Paul's family and them giving us their blessing. The last movie that Paul did was 7, and then to see Paul's father, mother and brothers at the premiere of [The Fate of the Furious], it just sends the message that they're fully supporting us every step of the way."
Paul Walker was instrumental in building the Fast & Furious franchise into what it is today. In his loved one's eyes, halting that would likely be a disservice to his memory.
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Q: python linklist pointer and size I am a rookie python programmer. I see the leetcode's definition of a linked list below. I got 2 questions for this concept, any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode(object):
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.next = None

Q1 Just wonder what is the type of the "self.next", I know in C++, it should be a pointer that represents the address of the next node. But python does not have that type, so I am confused what type "next" is.
Q2 Some tell me next is just a name. If that is the case, I run the code below,
head =ListNode(1)
print sys.getsizeof(head)
head.next = ListNode(2)
print sys.getsizeof(head)

first the head.next is 'None', and then it is assigned to another ListNode type,
but I get the same size of head before and after this change, which I think the size of head should be larger since one of its member (next) is changed from None type to ListNode type.  I am just confused about this, thank you so much!
PS. In my understanding, if I keep adding new nodes to the linklist, the head will be larger and larger since there are more and more 'nested' member 'next', just point out where I get wrong, thanks.

A: Question 1:
Python variables are dynamically typed. (i.e. a variable could hold an int, and then hold a list, and then any other arbitrary object, etc).
In your case, Head.next starts by referencing, None a NoneType object.
After you assign it a different value (ListNode(2)), the Head.next now references the newly created ListNode object.
Question 2:
Why doesn't the size change.
I'm not an expert on how python's sys.getsizeof works, but from what I can gather, is that List.next in both cases is a reference variable (i.e. a variable that references some other object). The size doesn't change because sys.getsizeof finds the size of the object's variables. Where Head.next is just a reference to some other object in both cases.
See, How do I determine the size of an object in Python?, for more complete answers on how sys.getsizeof works.

A: My interpretation of a linked list.
class LinkedList(object):
    class Node(object):
        def __init__(self, val=None, next=None, previous=None):
            self.val = val
            self.next = next
            self.last = previous

    def __init__(self):
        self.length = 0
        self.start = None
        self.end = None

    def append(self, value):
        self.length += 1
        if not self.start:
            self.start = self.Node(value)
        else:
            if not self.end:
                self.end = self.Node(value)
                self.end.previous = self.start
                self.end.next = self.start
                self.start.next = self.end
            else:
                end = self.Node(value)
                self.end.next = end
                end.previous = self.end
                self.end = end
                self.end.next = self.start

    def prepend(self, value):
        self.length += 1
        if not self.start:
            self.start = self.Node(value)
        else:
            n = self.Node(value, self.start, self.end)
            self.start.previous = n
            self.start = n

    def __len__(self):
        return self.length

    def __iter__(self):
        self.position = 0
        return self

    def next(self):
        self.position += 1
        if self.position-1 >= len(self):
            raise StopIteration
        if self.position-1 == 0:
            return self.start
        cnt = 0
        n = self.start
        while cnt<self.position-1:
            n = n.next
            cnt += 1
        return n

    def __getitem__(self, index):
        if index == 0:
            return self.start

        if index == -1:
            return self.end

        cnt = 0
        n = self.start
        while cnt<index+1:
            n = n.next
            cnt += 1
        return n.val

    def __repr__(self):
        return repr(tuple(x.val for x in self))

l = LinkedList()
l.append(4)
l.append(5)
l.append(3)
l.prepend(0)
print l
print l[1]

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Sample of a blank character in the full version of Dicecord.
In addition, I have used a tab system to switch between sheet and inventory, changed the mana section to incorporate mana stored in enchanted items and added a "notes" tab for users to take down notes about the game that the character is involved in. Finally, I renamed the Dicecord.py version that does not display a character sheet to "Dicecord-Lite.py" and will release this as a standalone app too. As always, the latest code can be found here on my github repo.
The sheetUI object now uses a QTTabwidget as its central widget. This allows for multiple UI objects to be stored as tabbed pages, cutting down on window spam. For the release candidate this shows the main character sheet, the inventory and a general notes page. For gamelines like werewolf and demon I can use this to store stats for alternate forms.
The inventory sheet is the 2nd tab and contains a mix of actual inventory and other forms of character assets/knowledge. Most of these are like the Obsessions, etc from the character sheet: labels with hover text that explain what they are. I also have more complex widget forms that will show important attributes of the asset and calculate relevant dicepools. The weapons item is a basically the same as the hover label widgets only it has multiple fields.
Rotes and Praxes are ways that a mage locks in knowledge to cast an improvised spell. In the case of a praxis they use their normal spell casting pool but the spell had additional effects, while for rotes the mage incorporates a specific skill's rating into the case pool. In addition, if they are using a skill with a rote specialty their pool is one larger.
The Rotes and Praxes widgets in the inventory will calculate the pool based on your current stats, and will update that pool if the underlying stats are changed.
Enchanted items are a type of item that has a spell locked into it. These take the form of imbued items (mundane items that a mage puts a spell in) and Artifacts (legendary items taken from the supernal realms of magic). They both share the concept of an item that casts a spell, but the dicepools used to cast the spells are different for each case. The widget allows a player to enter in the name of the object, give a tooltip explaining its effects and calculates the dicepool for using it. One notable difference is that for imbued items you are locked into using the pool given, but for artifacts a player can choose between using their own stats or stats generated by the item. To keep the widget simple, I incorporated a tooltip for artifacts that show the calculation for the pool so players can easily identify if its worth substituting their own stats.
In addition to casting spells, these items serves as storage for mana, but each have different rules for the amount of mana they store and when it an be accessed. In order to properly display this I decided to link this widget to the mana widget on the character sheet. Now that widget will display a row for each artifact/imbued item, allowing a user to track how much mana is in each object.
One downside of this approach is that the main sheet object won't redraw when content is added to it from another tab. This results in the mana widget not resizing when each new object is added. For now, as a workaround a user can export they character sheet and re-import it to have it resized.
I decided to save character details as XML files. Originally I was just going to do a text file, but I felt that stats that take the form of lists or dictionaries would be difficult to implement with this method. For the save action, it goes over the character.stats object and creates appropriate leafs for each stat. For reading, it looks for specific leafs and then parses them into the stats dictionary object. It will then use a class method to generate a character using that stats object as an input.
The general save/open methods were implemented into the character object itself. In the Dicecord object, I implemented methods to allow for saving, saving as and discarding changes made to a character. The app will also detect changes on quit and offer to save the details if anything has been changed.
I had some extra time so I decided to implement a notes tab to the character sheet. Right now it is just a window that you enter text in. This is saved as its own attribute in the character object rather than part of the overall stats attribute. In addition, this will be saved along with the character details.
Later on I plan to have a project dedicated to implement rich text formatting to the notes object, effectively building a word processor of sorts.
I decided to make my code a bit cleaner by moving the inventory, sheet UI and basic UI building blocks to their own .py files. This way it should be easier to read the code as each file contains the main widgets shown in their tab. In addition, I changed how edit mode works to pretty much everything that requires XP to change is locked behind edit mode. This means that modifiers, health, damage, willpower spending, xp, beats, weapons and active spells can be edited at all times but everything else can only be changed in edit mode.
I now have what I consider the feature complete version of Dicecord 1.0. This is a full Mage character sheet along with the Discord connected diceroller. My current plan is to gather feedback from my gaming group for any minor changes, put together an installer, write a read me and generally get the app ready for public distribution.
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