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Airbus' A380 is awarded Best Aircraft Type in a major passenger survey
More than a decade after its maiden flight, the popularity of Airbus' A380 has never been higher among airline passengers around the world – evidenced in part by this game-changing jetliner's recent recognition as Best Aircraft Type by the U.S. publication Global Traveler.
The honour was voted by Global Traveler's travel-savvy readership as part of its 11th annual Tested Reader Survey Awards, which were presented last night during a ceremony held in Beverly Hills, California, USA. It marked the first time the Best Aircraft Type distinction was won by a non-Boeing airliner.
On hand to accept the award on 8 December was Airbus' Head of A380 Business Acquisition, Didier Nasarre – who in his speech explained how passenger preference increases brand value for airlines, citing the A380 as a primary example.
The A380 provides a typical capacity of 544 passengers in a 4-class configuration, seated on two spacious decks. Boosting the strong customer appeal is its unmatched passenger comfort and quietness, to the point where 65 per cent of passengers would take the extra effort to fly on an A380, according to recent studies.
Airbus knows how much passengers appreciate the A380, as well as how vocal they can be. It is for this reason the company launched its A380love.com website with a digital "social wall" that gathers and displays all the incredible feedback from A380 travellers worldwide.
The A380 love isn't exclusive to passengers, however, as airlines are quite smitten as well. This flagship Airbus jetliner is proven to attract high-revenue travellers day after day, stimulating demand and offering the best capacity to match requirements at peak hours. By combining the opportunity to capture growth, unmatched comfort and global accessibility, the A380 enables airlines to define new opportunities – and own the sky.
In addition, the A380 boosts branding sentiment – showing an average increase of 40 per cent, and clearly stands out as the most popular aircraft in an airline fleet.
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Q: Can't locate element by xpath in selenium? I am learning python and selenium right now by making a small script that posts birthday comments to my facebook friends. I am able to successfully login and navigate to the "friends' birthday" modal, but then I am unable to comment in the textbox.
Here is the error I am getting:
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException:
Message: no such element: Unable to locate element:
{"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[@id="u_i_6"]"}

I haven't had any issues finding other page elements via XPath so I am not sure what is causing the issue. I also tried finding the textbox to comment via classname, but had the same result. Can anyone offer some thoughts?

EDIT: forgot to paste code
from selenium import webdriver
from pynput.keyboard import Key, Controller
import time
import config
# fetch facebook password from separate file in the same directory
pw = config.secret['pw']
keyboard = Controller()

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-extensions')
options.add_argument('--disable-notifications')

# navigate to facebook url
driver.get('https://facebook.com')

# input email address
email_input = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="email"]')
email_input.send_keys(<omitted>)
# input pw
password_input = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="pass"]')
password_input.send_keys(pw)
# click login button element
login_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="u_0_b"]')
login_button.click()

home_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="u_0_c"]/a')
# wait 8 seconds for browser popup before pressing esc to get out
time.sleep(8)
keyboard.press(Key.esc)

# check if there are any birthdays today
birthday_section = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="home_birthdays"]/div/div/div/div/a/div/div/span/span[1]')
birthday_section.click()

first_comment = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="u_i_6"]')
first_comment.send_keys('happy birthday!')
# click post button to post comment

# close browser window after actions are complete
time.sleep(5)
driver.close()

A: It is hard to answer without the code, but here are a couple of ideas:

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*Make sure you are using some sort of Selenium wait, implicit or explicit, so your code does not search for an element before this element appears on the page. You can add this code after driver.get() for implicit wait:

driver.implicitly_wait(5)

*Also, it looks like IDs are dynamic on that page, I get a different one on my FB page. Try using this xpath to find the textarea:

"//form[contains(@action, 'birthday')]//textarea"

Hope this is helpful, good luck!

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Results for 'mechanism'
Bibliography: Mechanisms of Evolution in Philosophy of Biology
Bibliography: Quantum Mechanisms of Consciousness in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Bibliography: Mechanisms of Evolution, Misc in Philosophy of Biology
Bibliography: Locke: Mechanism in 17th/18th Century Philosophy
The Concept of Mechanism in Biology.Daniel J. Nicholson - 2012 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43 (1):152-163.details
The concept of mechanism in biology has three distinct meanings. It may refer to a philosophical thesis about the nature of life and biology ('mechanicism'), to the internal workings of a machine-like structure ('machine mechanism'), or to the causal explanation of a particular phenomenon ('causal mechanism'). In this paper I trace the conceptual evolution of 'mechanism' in the history of biology, and I examine how the three meanings of this term have come to be featured in (...) the philosophy of biology, situating the new 'mechanismic program' in this context. I argue that the leading advocates of the mechanismic program (i.e., Craver, Darden, Bechtel, etc.) inadvertently conflate the different senses of 'mechanism'. Specifically, they all inappropriately endow causal mechanisms with the ontic status of machine mechanisms, and this invariably results in problematic accounts of the role played by mechanism-talk in scientific practice. I suggest that for effective analyses of the concept of mechanism, causal mechanisms need to be distinguished from machine mechanisms, and the new mechanismic program in the philosophy of biology needs to be demarcated from the traditional concerns of mechanistic biology. (shrink)
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The Elusive Higgs Mechanism.Chris Smeenk - 2006 - Philosophy of Science 73 (5):487-499.details
The Higgs mechanism is an essential but elusive component of the Standard Model of particle physics. Without it Yang‐Mills gauge theories would have been little more than a warm‐up exercise in the attempt to quantize gravity rather than serving as the basis for the Standard Model. This article focuses on two problems related to the Higgs mechanism clearly posed in Earman's recent papers (Earman 2003, 2004a, 2004b): what is the gauge‐invariant content of the Higgs mechanism, and what (...) does it mean to break a local gauge symmetry? (shrink)
In Defense of Methodological Mechanism: The Case of Apoptosis.Stavros Ioannidis & Stathis Psillos - 2017 - Axiomathes 27 (6):601-619.details
This paper advances the thesis of methodological mechanism, the claim that to be committed to mechanism is to adopt a certain methodological postulate, i.e. to look for causal pathways for the phenomena of interest. We argue that methodological mechanism incorporates a minimal account of understanding mechanisms, according to which a mechanism just is a causal pathway described in the language of theory. In order to argue for this position we discuss a central example of a biological (...) mechanism, the mechanism of cell death, known as apoptosis. We argue that this example shows that our philosophically deflationary account is sufficient in order to have an illuminating account of mechanisms as the concept is used in biology. (shrink)
A Mechanism for Spatial Perception on Human Skin.Francesca Fardo, Brianna Beck, Tony Cheng & Patrick Haggard - 2018 - Cognition 178:236-243.details
Our perception of where touch occurs on our skin shapes our interactions with the world. Most accounts of cutaneous localisation emphasise spatial transformations from a skin-based reference frame into body-centred and external egocentric coordinates. We investigated another possible method of tactile localisation based on an intrinsic perception of 'skin space'. The arrangement of cutaneous receptive fields (RFs) could allow one to track a stimulus as it moves across the skin, similarly to the way animals navigate using path integration. We applied (...) curved tactile motions to the hands of human volunteers. Participants identified the location midway between the start and end points of each motion path. Their bisection judgements were systematically biased towards the integrated motion path, consistent with the characteristic inward error that occurs in navigation by path integration. We thus showed that integration of continuous sensory inputs across several tactile RFs provides an intrinsic mechanism for spatial perception. (shrink)
Three Kinds of New Mechanism.Arnon Levy - 2013 - Biology and Philosophy 28 (1):99-114.details
I distinguish three theses associated with the new mechanistic philosophy – concerning causation, explanation and scientific methodology. Advocates of each thesis are identified and relationships among them are outlined. I then look at some recent work on natural selection and mechanisms. There, attention to different kinds of New Mechanism significantly affects of what is at stake.
The Functional Sense of Mechanism.Justin Garson - 2013 - Philosophy of Science 80 (3):317-333.details
This article presents a distinct sense of 'mechanism', which I call the functional sense of mechanism. According to this sense, mechanisms serve functions, and this fact places substantive restrictions on the kinds of system activities 'for which' there can be a mechanism. On this view, there are no mechanisms for pathology; pathologies result from disrupting mechanisms for functions. Second, on this sense, natural selection is probably not a mechanism for evolution because it does not serve a (...) function. After distinguishing this sense fromsimilar explications of 'mechanism', I argue that it is ubiquitous in biology and has valuable epistemic benefits. (shrink)
Mechanism Schemas and the Relationship Between Biological Theories.Tudor M. Baetu - 2011 - In Phyllis McKay Illari Federica Russo (ed.), Causality in the Sciences. Oxford University Press.details
A Weakened Mechanism is Still a Mechanism: On the Causal Role of Absences in Mechanistic Explanation.Alexander Mebius - 2013 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 45 (1):43-48.details
Much contemporary debate on the nature of mechanisms centers on the issue of modulating negative causes. One type of negative causability, which I refer to as "causation by absence," appears difficult to incorporate into modern accounts of mechanistic explanation. This paper argues that a recent attempt to resolve this problem, proposed by Benjamin Barros, requires improvement as it overlooks the fact that not all absences qualify as sources of mechanism failure. I suggest that there are a number of additional (...) types of effects caused by absences that need to be incorporated to account for the diversity of causal connections in the biological sciences. Furthermore, it is argued that recognizing natural variability in mechanisms, such as attenuation, leads to some interesting line-drawing issues for contemporary philosophy of mechanisms. (shrink)
Mechanism and Essentialism in Locke's Thought.Lisa Downing - 2013 - In Stewart Duncan & Antonia LoLordo (eds.), Debates in Modern Philosophy: Essential Readings and Contemporary Responses. Routledge. pp. 159.details
The Status of Mechanism in Locke's Essay.Lisa Downing - 1998 - Philosophical Review 107 (3):381-414.details
The prominent place 0f corpuscularizm mechanism in L0ckc`s Essay is nowadays universally acknowledged} Certainly, L0ckc's discussions 0f the primary/secondary quality distinction and 0f real essences cannot be understood without reference to the corpuscularizm science 0f his day, which held that all macroscopic bodily phenomena should bc explained in terms 0f the motions and impacts 0f submicroscopic particles, 0r corpuscles, each of which can bc fully characterized in terms of 21 strictly limited range 0f (primary) properties: size, shape, motion (or (...) mobility), and, perhaps, solidity 0r impcnctrability.2 Indeed, L0ckc's lists 0f primary quali-. (shrink)
Hermann von Helmholtz's Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty. A Study on the Transition From Classical to Modern Philosophy of Nature.Gregor Schiemann & Brigitte Falkenburg - 2009 - Springer.details
Two seemingly contradictory tendencies have accompanied the development of the natural sciences in the past 150 years. On the one hand, the natural sciences have been instrumental in effecting a thoroughgoing transformation of social structures and have made a permanent impact on the conceptual world of human beings. This historical period has, on the other hand, also brought to light the merely hypothetical validity of scientific knowledge. As late as the middle of the 19th century the truth-pathos in the natural (...) sciences was still unbroken. Yet in the succeeding years these claims to certain knowledge underwent a fundamental crisis. For scientists today, of course, the fact that their knowledge can possess only relative validity is a matter of self-evidence. The present analysis investigates the early phase of this fundamental change in the concept of science through an examination of Hermann von Helmholtz's conception of science and his mechanistic interpretation of nature. Helmholtz (1821-1894) was one of the most important natural scientists in Germany. The development of this thoughts offers an impressive but, until now, relatively little considered report from the field of the experimental sciences chronicling the erosion of certainty. (shrink)
Pain is Mechanism.Simon van Rysewyk - 2013 - Dissertation, University of Tasmaniadetails
What is the relationship between pain and the body? I claim that pain is best explained as a type of personal experience and the bodily response during pain is best explained in terms of a type of mechanical neurophysiologic operation. I apply the radical philosophy of identity theory from philosophy of mind to the relationship between the personal experience of pain and specific neurophysiologic mechanism and argue that the relationship between them is best explained as one of type identity. (...) Specifically, pain is a specific type of personal experience identical to a specific type of allostatic stress response comprised of interdependent nervous, endocrine and immune mechanical operations. (shrink)
Occasionalism and Strict Mechanism: Malebranche, Berkeley, Fontenelle.Lisa Downing - 2005 - In Christia Mercer (ed.), Early Modern Philosophy: Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 206-230.details
The rich connections between metaphysics and natural philosophy in the early modern period have been widely acknowledged and productively mined, thanks in no small part to the work of Margaret Wilson, whose book, Descartes, served as an inspirational example for a generation of scholars. The task of this paper is to investigate one particular such connection, namely, the relation between occasionalist metaphysics and strict mechanism. My focus will be on the work of Nicholas Malebranche, the most influential Cartesian philosopher (...) after Descartes himself. I begin with two crucial facts about Malebranche's philosophy: (1) Malebranche was an occasionalist, that is, he held that God was the only true cause, that all modifications of bodies and of minds can be produced by God alone. (2) Malebranche adhered firmly to strict mechanism. By strict mechanism, I mean the view, found most prominently in Descartes and in Boyle's more ideological writings, that the qualities of bodies are exhausted by a very short list (size, shape, motion, and perhaps solidity) and that, most importantly, bodies interact only at contact by impact. Another way of describing this "contact action" requirement is as the thesis that the only fundamental laws of physics are laws of inertial motion and laws of the communication of motion at impact. In.. (shrink)
Problems for Natural Selection as a Mechanism.Joyce C. Havstad - 2011 - Philosophy of Science 78 (3):512-523.details
Skipper and Millstein analyze natural selection and mechanism, concluding that natural selection is not a mechanism in the sense of the new mechanistic philosophy. Barros disagrees and provides his own account of natural selection as a mechanism. This discussion identifies a missing piece of Barros's account, attempts to fill in that piece, and reconsiders the revised account. Two principal objections are developed: one, the account does not characterize natural selection; two, the account is not mechanistic. Extensive and (...) persistent variability causes both of these difficulties, so further attempts to describe natural selection as a mechanism are also unlikely to succeed. (shrink)
A Pressure-Reversible Cellular Mechanism of General Anesthetics Capable of Altering a Possible Mechanism of Consciousness.Kunjumon Vadakkan - 2015 - Springerplus 4:1-17.details
Different anesthetics are known to modulate different types of membrane-bound receptors. Their common mechanism of action is expected to alter the mechanism for consciousness. Consciousness is hypothesized as the integral of all the units of internal sensations induced by reactivation of inter-postsynaptic membrane functional LINKs during mechanisms that lead to oscillating potentials. The thermodynamics of the spontaneous lateral curvature of lipid membranes induced by lipophilic anesthetics can lead to the formation of non-specific inter-postsynaptic membrane functional LINKs by different (...) mechanisms. These include direct membrane contact by excluding the inter-membrane hydrophilic region and readily reversible partial membrane hemifusion. The constant reorganization of the lipid membranes at the lateral edges of the postsynaptic terminals (dendritic spines) resulting from AMPA receptor-subunit vesicle exocytosis and endocytosis can favor the effect of anesthetic molecules on lipid membranes at this location. Induction of a large number of non-specific LINKs can alter the conformation of the integral of the units of internal sensations that maintain consciousness. Anesthetic requirement is reduced in the presence of dopamine that causes enlargement of dendritic spines. Externally applied pressure can transduce from the middle ear through the perilymph, cerebrospinal fluid, and the recently discovered glymphatic pathway to the extracellular matrix space, and finally to the paravenular space. The pressure gradient reduce solubility and displace anesthetic molecules from the membranes into the paravenular space, explaining the pressure reversal of anesthesia. Changes in membrane composition and the conversion of membrane hemifusion to fusion due to defects in the checkpoint mechanisms can lead to cytoplasmic content mixing between neurons and cause neurodegenerative changes. The common mechanism of anesthetics presented here can operate along with the known specific actions of different anesthetics. (shrink)
Régis's Scholastic Mechanism.Walter Ott - 2008 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 39 (1):2-14.details
Unlike many of Descartes's other followers, Pierre-Sylvain Re´gis resists the temptations of occasionalism. By marrying the ontology of mechanism with the causal structure of concurrentism, Re´gis arrives at a novel view that both acknowledges God's role in natural events and preserves the causal powers of bodies. I set out Re´gis's position, focusing on his arguments against occasionalism and his responses to Malebranche's 'no necessary connection' and divine concursus arguments.
Mechanism and the Good.José A. Benardete - 1976 - Philosophical Forum 7 (3):294.details
Nietzsche and Mechanism. On the Use of History for Science.Pietro Gori - 2014 - In Helmut Heit & Lisa Heller (eds.), Handbuch Nietzsche und die Wissenschaften. de Gruyter. pp. 119-137.details
This paper is devoted to a comparison between Ernst Mach's and Friedrich Nietzsche's anti-metaphysical approach to scientific and philosophical concepts. By making reference to Mach's early essay on the conservation of energy (Die Geschichte und die Wurzel des Satzes von der Erhaltung der Arbeit, 1872), I argue that Nietzsche shares with him the idea that the concepts we adopt are only useful fictions developed during the history of humankind and its culture. This idea is fundamental for the development of modern (...) science, since Mach's epistemology contributed to give up the mechanistic (Newtonian) view of physics. (shrink)
The Feeling of Personal Ownership of One's Mental States: A Conceptual Argument and Empirical Evidence for an Essential, but Underappreciated, Mechanism of Mind.Stan Klein - 2015 - Psychology of Consciousness: Research, Practice, and Theory 2 (4):355-376.details
I argue that the feeling that one is the owner of his or her mental states is not an intrinsic property of those states. Rather, it consists in a contingent relation between consciousness and its intentional objects. As such, there are (a variety of) circumstances, varying in their interpretive clarity, in which this relation can come undone. When this happens, the content of consciousness still is apprehended, but the feeling that the content "belongs to me" no longer is secured. I (...) discuss the implications of a mechanism enabling personal ownership for understanding a variety of clinical syndromes as well normal mental function. (shrink)
Conscience: The Mechanism of Morality.Jeffrey White - manuscriptdetails
Conscience is oft-referred to yet not understood. This text develops a theory of cognition around a model of conscience, the ACTWith model. It represents a synthesis of results from contemporary neuroscience with traditional philosophy, building from Jamesian insights into the emergence of the self to narrative identity, all the while motivated by a single mechanism as represented in the ACTWith model. Emphasis is placed on clarifying historical expressions and demonstrations of conscience - Socrates, Heidegger, Kant, M.L. King - in (...) light of the ACTWith model, while at once turning these resources to developing the basic architecture. In the end, this text aims to enrich moral theory by improving our understanding of moral cognition, while at once providing a useful tool in everyday moral practice and self-development. (shrink)
Problems for the Purported Cognitive Penetration of Perceptual Color Experience and Macpherson's Proposed Mechanism.Steven Gross, Thitaporn Chaisilprungraung, Elizabeth Kaplan, Jorge Aurelio Menendez & Jonathan Flombaum - 2014 - Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication.details
Fiona Macpherson (2012) argues that various experimental results provide strong evidence in favor of the cognitive penetration of perceptual color experience. Moreover, she proposes a mechanism for how such cognitive penetration occurs. We argue, first, that the results on which Macpherson relies do not provide strong grounds for her claim of cognitive penetrability; and, second, that, if the results do reflect cognitive penetrability, then time-course considerations raise worries for her proposed mechanism. We base our arguments in part on (...) several of our own experiments, reported herein. (shrink)
Mechanism of Tantra in the Light of Buddhism: A Means to Enlightenment (Society for New Testament Studies).Shimi Cm & Rajiba Behera - 2018 - International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews 5 (3):1862 -1865.details
Tantra means knowledge of methodical and mechanical investigational-technique through which we develop our consciousness and faculties of consciousness. It is also a process through which we can able to be realized our inherent spiritual powers. The term "Tantra" has been derived from the Sanskrit term "Tan" which means to "Magnify" or to "Outspread". People use Tantra in a very mechanical way to transform their personality from animalhood to divinity. Basically, in the school of Buddhism, Tantra has developed a system of (...) thought which makes us see the universe as if it were within ourselves, and ourselves as if we were within the universe. In addition, we can argue that the forces governing the cosmos on the macro-level are believed to govern the individual in the micro-level. According to Tantra, there is a pyramid among individual being and universal being rather both sides are same. Thus all that exists in the universe must also exist in the individual body. It means we are all one under the umbrella of the sky. According to Buddhism, Tantra is the best way to salvation. Because, through the mechanism of Tantra, people can overcome to ignorance and affection towards the material world and can achieve wisdom. (shrink)
A Mechanism for Life After Death.Paul Merriam - manuscriptdetails
A mechanism for life after death is given.
Psychological Mechanism of Corruption: A Comprehensive Review. [REVIEW]Juneman Abraham, Julia Suleeman & Bagus Takwin - forthcoming - Asian Journal of Scientific Research.details
Corruption prevention can be more effective if it does not rely merely on legal enforcement. This theoretical review aimed to propose a hypothetical psychological model capable of explaining the behavior of corruption. Moral disengagement is a variable that is considered ontologically closest in "distance" to the variable of corruption behavior. Counterfeit self, implicit self-theory, ethical mindset and moral emotion are taken into account as the pivotal factors of the corruption behavior and its mechanism of moral disengagement. Counterfeit self along (...) with some moderating variables are regarded to "set" one's future corrupt behavior based on his/her past/prior ethical or unethical behavior and moral emotions. This review discovered a conjectural-theoretical model of the corruption psychology. It can be used to design a social intervention and training for individuals to manage the mindset and emotion that can buffer counterfeit self effect. In addition, the users of these research findings are recommended to be aware of the surroundings that consist of groups of people with particular ethical mindset, moral emotion proneness and self-theory. (shrink)
Towards Mechanism 2.1: A Dynamic Causal Approach.W. Fang - forthcoming - Philosophy of Science.details
I propose a dynamic causal approach to characterizing the notion of a mechanism. Levy and Bechtel, among others, have pointed out several critical limitations of the new mechanical philosophy, and pointed in a new direction to extend this philosophy. Nevertheless, they have not fully fleshed out what that extended philosophy would look like. Based on a closer look at neuroscientific practice, I propose that a mechanism is a dynamic causal system that involves various components interacting, typically nonlinearly, with (...) one another to produce a phenomenon of interest. (shrink)
On Nature and Normativity: Normativity, Teleology, and Mechanism in Biological Explanation.Lenny Moss & Daniel J. Nicholson - 2012 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43 (1):88-91.details
Hobbes's Materialism and Epicurean Mechanism.Patricia Springborg - 2016 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy 24 (5):814-835.details
ABSTRACT: Hobbes belonged to philosophical and scientific circles grappling with the big question at the dawn of modern physics: materialism and its consequences for morality. 'Matter in motion' may be a core principle of this materialism but it is certainly inadequate to capture the whole project. In wave after wave of this debate the Epicurean view of a fully determined universe governed by natural laws, that nevertheless allows to humans a sphere of libertas, but does not require a creator god (...) or teleology to explain it, comes up against monotheism and its insistence on the incoherence of an ordered world in the absence of a God and his purposes. The following questions were central to this debate: Can we understand the universe as law-governed in the absence of a god? If so, what room is there in a fully determined mechanical universe for human freedom? If humans do enjoy freedom, does the same hold for other animals? Is this freedom compatible with standard views of morality? (shrink)
Mechanism: Mathematical Laws.Tzuchien Tho - 2020 - Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences.details
A Mechanism for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.Rowan Grigg - unknowndetails
The Mechanism Behind Probability.Sydney Ernest Grimm - manuscriptdetails
Changes within observable reality at the lowest level of reality seem to occur in accordance with the probability theory in mathematics. It is quite remarkable that nature itself has chosen the probability theory to arrange all the changes within the structure of the basic quantum fields. This rises a question about the distribution of properties in space and time.
The Nobel Prize as a Reward Mechanism in the Genomics Era: Anonymous Researchers, Visible Managers and the Ethics of Excellence. [REVIEW]Hub Zwart - 2010 - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 7 (3):299-312.details
The Human Genome Project is regarded by many as one of the major scientific achievements in recent science history, a large-scale endeavour that is changing the way in which biomedical research is done and expected, moreover, to yield considerable benefit for society. Thus, since the completion of the human genome sequencing effort, a debate has emerged over the question whether this effort merits to be awarded a Nobel Prize and if so, who should be the one to receive it, as (...) no more than three individuals can be selected. In this article, the HGP is taken as a case study to consider the ethical question to what extent it is still possible, in an era of big science, of large-scale consortia and global team work, to acknowledge and reward individual contributions to important breakthroughs in biomedical fields. Is it still viable to single out individuals for their decisive contributions in order to reward them in a fair and convincing way? Whereas the concept of the Nobel prize as such seems to reflect an archetypical view of scientists as solitary researchers who, at a certain point in their careers, make their one decisive discovery, this vision has proven to be problematic from the very outset. Already during the first decade of the Nobel era, Ivan Pavlov was denied the Prize several times before finally receiving it, on the basis of the argument that he had been active as a research manager rather than as a researcher himself. The question then is whether, in the case of the HGP, a research effort that involved the contributions of hundreds or even thousands of researchers worldwide, it is still possible to "individualise" the Prize? The "HGP Nobel Prize problem" is regarded as an exemplary issue in current research ethics, highlighting a number of quandaries and trends involved in contemporary life science research practices more broadly. (shrink)
Organizational-Economic Mechanism of Management Innovative Development of Economic Entities: Collective Monograph.Maksym Bezpartochnyi (ed.) - 2019 - Wyższa Szkoła Społeczno Gospodarcza w Przeworsku.details
The authors of the book have come to the conclusion that it is necessary to effectively use modern approaches the management of innovative development the economic entities in order to increase the efficiency of activity, to ensure competitiveness, to intensify innovation activity. Basic research focuses on assessing the innovation processes, the fourth generation of new industrial revolution, diagnosis of sources of innovation financing, assessment of social innovations. The research results have been implemented in the different models of development innovation management, (...) renewable energy, introduction of start-up projects and lifelong learning. The results of the study can be used in decision-making at the level the economic entities in different areas of activity and organizational-legal forms of ownership, ministries and departments that promote of development the economic entities on an innovative basis. The results can also be used by students and young scientists in modern concepts and mechanisms for management of innovative development the economic entities in the context of efficient use the resource potential and improvement of innovation policy. (shrink)
The Uses of Mechanism: Corpuscularianism in Drafts a and B of Locke's Essay.Lisa Downing - 2001 - In William Newman, John Murdoch & Cristoph Lüthy (eds.), Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscularian Matter Theory. E.J. Brill. pp. 515-534.details
That corpuscularianism played a critical role in Locke's philosophical thought has perhaps now attained the status of a truism. In particular, it is universally acknowledged that the primary/secondary quality distinction and the conception of real essence found in the Essay Concerning Human Understanding cannot be understood apart from the corpuscularian science of Locke's time.1 When Locke provides lists of the primary qualities of bodies,2 the qualities that "are really in them whether we perceive them or no," those lists show strong (...) resemblances to Robert Boyle's views about the "primary affections" of matter, as expressed in such influential programmatic works as On the Origin of Forms and Qualities.3 Moreover, Locke's conception of the real essences of bodies, the inner constitutions which serve as the causal sources of all their properties, typically appears to be a corpuscularian one.4 Nevertheless, the question of the nature of Locke's philosophical allegiance to corpuscularianism remains a controversial one.5.. (shrink)
Intention Recognition as the Mechanism of Human Communication.Daniel W. Harris - 2019 - In Arthur Sullivan (ed.), Sensations, Thoughts, Language: Essays in Honor of Brian Loar.details
Intentionalism is a research program that seeks to explain facts about meaning and communication in psychological terms, with our capacity for intention recognition playing a starring role. My aim here is to recommend a methodological reorientation in this program. Instead of a focus on intuitive counterexamples to proposals about necessary-and-sufficient conditions, we should aim to investigate the psychological mechanisms whose activities and interactions explain our capacity to communicate. Taking this methodologi- cal reorientation to heart, I sketch a theory of the (...) cognitive architecture underlying language use that I have defended elsewhere. I then show how this theory can be used to give an account of non-communicative language use—a phenomenon that has long posed a challenge to intentionalism. (shrink)
Generosity And Mechanism In Descartes's Passions.Emer O'hagan - 2005 - Minerva 9:236-260.details
Descartes's mechanistic account of the passions is sometimes dismissed as one which lacks the resources toadequately explain the cognitive aspect of emotion. By some, he is taken to be "feeling theorist", reducing thepassions to a mere awareness of the physiological state of the soul-body union. If this reading of Descartes'spassions is correct, his theory fails not only because it cannot account for the intentional nature of the passions,but also because the passions cannot play the role in Descartes's moral theory they (...) are meant to play. I arguethat Descartes's account is not best read as a feeling theory. I defend a reading of the Cartesian passions whichacknowledges their mechanistic nature, arguing that for Descartes, passions are modes of the soul withcognitive significance, they are perceptions of relational axiological properties. Thus, Descartes's theory of thepassions has the resources to connect it with an account of good conduct. As a means of elaborating on thenormative nature of the passions I consider the role of generosity in Descartes's moral theory. (shrink)
Remarks on the Gödelian Anti-Mechanist Arguments.Panu Raatikainen - 2020 - Studia Semiotyczne 34 (1):267–278.details
Certain selected issues around the Gödelian anti-mechanist arguments which have received less attention are discussed.
The Challenges of Purely Mechanistic Models in Biology and the Minimum Need for a 'Mechanism-Plus-X' Framework.Sepehr Ehsani - 2018 - Dissertation, University College Londondetails
Ever since the advent of molecular biology in the 1970s, mechanical models have become the dogma in the field, where a "true" understanding of any subject is equated to a mechanistic description. This has been to the detriment of the biomedical sciences, where, barring some exceptions, notable new feats of understanding have arguably not been achieved in normal and disease biology, including neurodegenerative disease and cancer pathobiology. I argue for a "mechanism-plus-X" paradigm, where mainstay elements of mechanistic models such (...) as hierarchy and correlation are combined with nomological principles such as general operative rules and generative principles. Depending on the question at hand and the nature of the inquiry, X could range from proven physical laws to speculative biological generalizations, such as the notional principle of cellular synchrony. I argue that the "mechanism-plus-X" approach should ultimately aim to move biological inquiries out of the deadlock of oft-encountered mechanistic pitfalls and reposition biology to its former capacity of illuminating fundamental truths about the world. (shrink)
Human and Machine Consciousness as a Boundary Effect in the Concept Analysis Mechanism.Richard Loosemore - 2012 - In Pei Wang & Ben Goertzel (eds.), Theoretical Foundations of Artificial General Intelligence. Springer. pp. 283--304.details
To solve the hard problem of consciousness we observe that any cognitive system of suffi- cient power must get into difficulty when it tries to analyze consciousness concepts, because the mechanism that does the analysis will "bottom out" in such a way as to make the sys- tem declare these concepts to be both real and ineffable. Rather than use this observation to dismiss consciousness as an artifact, we propose a unifying interpretation that allows consciousness to be explicable at (...) a meta level, while at the same time being mysterious and inexplicable on its own terms. This implies that science must concede that there are some aspects of the world that deserve to be called "real", but which are beyond explanation. We conclude that some future thinking machines will, inevitably, have the same subjective consciousness that we do. Some testable predictions are derived from this theory. (shrink)
Hume on the Laws of Dynamics: The Tacit Assumption of Mechanism.Matias Slavov - 2016 - Hume Studies 42 (1-2):113-136.details
I shall argue that when Hume refers to the laws of dynamics, he tacitly assumes a mechanism. Nevertheless, he remains agnostic on whether the hidden micro-constitution of bodies is machinelike. Hence this article comes to the following conclusion. Hume is not a full-blown mechanical philosopher. Still his position on dynamic laws and his concept of causation instantiate a tacitly mechanical understanding of the interactions of bodies.
Review of S. Gaukroger, The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility. [REVIEW]Charles T. Wolfe & Christoffer Basse Eriksen - 2016 - Intellectual History Review 26 (4).details
Minds Everywhere: Margaret Cavendish's Anti-Mechanist Materialism.Stewart Duncan - manuscriptdetails
This paper considers Margaret Cavendish's distinctive anti-mechanist materialism, focusing on her 1664 Philosophical Letters, in which she discusses the views of Hobbes, Descartes, and More, among others. The paper examines Cavendish's views about natural, material souls: the soul of nature, the souls of finite individuals, and the relation between them. After briefly digressing to look at Cavendish's views about divine, supernatural souls, the paper then turns to the reasons for Cavendish's disagreement with mechanist accounts. There are disagreements over the explanation (...) of particular phenomena, but also a broader disagreement over what to take as one's most basic causal model. (shrink)
Moral Grandstanding in Public Discourse: Status-Seeking Motives as a Potential Explanatory Mechanism in Predicting Conflict.Joshua B. Grubbs, Brandon Warmke, Justin Tosi, A. Shanti James & W. Keith Campbell - 2019 - PLoS ONE 14 (10).details
Public discourse is often caustic and conflict-filled. This trend seems to be particularly evident when the content of such discourse is around moral issues (broadly defined) and when the discourse occurs on social media. Several explanatory mechanisms for such conflict have been explored in recent psychological and social-science literatures. The present work sought to examine a potentially novel explanatory mechanism defined in philosophical literature: Moral Grandstanding. According to philosophical accounts, Moral Grandstanding is the use of moral talk to seek (...) social status. For the present work, we conducted six studies, using two undergraduate samples (Study 1, N = 361; Study 2, N = 356); a sample matched to U.S. norms for age, gender, race, income, Census region (Study 3, N = 1,063); a YouGov sample matched to U.S. demographic norms (Study 4, N = 2,000); and a brief, one-month longitudinal study of Mechanical Turk workers in the U.S. (Study 5, Baseline N = 499, follow-up n = 296), and a large, one-week YouGov sample matched to U.S. demographic norms (Baseline N = 2,519, follow-up n = 1,776). Across studies, we found initial support for the validity of Moral Grandstanding as a construct. Specifically, moral grandstanding motivation was associated with status-seeking personality traits, as well as greater political and moral conflict in daily life. (shrink)
Plasma Brain Dynamics (PBD): A Mechanism for EEG Waves Under Human Consciousness.Z. G. ma - 2017 - Cosmos and History 13 (2):185-203.details
EEG signals are records of nonlinear solitary waves in human brains. The waves have several types (e.g., α, β, γ, θ, δ) in response to different levels of consciousness. They are classified into two groups: Group-1 consists of complex storm-like waves (α, β, and γ); Group-2 is composed of simple quasilinear waves (θ and δ). In order to elucidate the mechanism of EEG wave formation and propagation, this paper extends the Vlasov-Maxwell equations of Plasma Brain Dynamics (PBD) to a (...) set of two-fluid, self-similar, nonlinear solitary wave equations. Numerical simulations are performed for different EEG signals. Main results include: (1) The excitation and propagation of the EEG wave packets are dependent of electric and magnetic fields, brain aqua-ions, electron and ion temperatures, masses, and their initial fluid speeds; (2) Group-1 complex waves contain three ingredients: the high-frequency ion-acoustic (IA) mode, the intermediate-frequency lower-hybrid (LH) mode, and, the low-frequency ion-cyclotron (IC) mode; (3) Group-2 simple waves fall within the IA band, featured by one or a combination of the three envelopes: sinusoidal, sawtooth, and spiky/bipolar. The study proposes an alternative model to Quantum Brain Dynamics (QBD) by suggesting that the formation and propagation of the nonlinear solitary EEG waves in the brain have the same mechanism as that of the waves in space plasmas. (shrink)
Perception, Attention and Demonstrative Thought: In Defense of a Hybrid Metasemantic Mechanism.Felipe Nogueira de Carvalho - 2020 - Manuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 43 (2):16-53.details
Demonstrative thoughts are distinguished by the fact that their contents are determined relationally, via perception, rather than descriptively. Therefore, a fundamental task of a theory of demonstrative thought is to elucidate how facts about visual perception can explain how these thoughts come to have the contents that they do. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how cognitive psychology may help us solve this metasemantic question, through empirical models of visual processing. Although there is a dispute between attentional and (...) non-attentional models concerning the best metasemantic mechanism for demonstrative thoughts, in this paper I will argue in favor of a hybrid model, which combines both types of processes. In this picture, attentional and non-attentional mechanisms are not mutually exclusive, and each plays a specific role in determining the singular content of demonstrative thoughts. (shrink)
Cajal's Law of Dynamic Polarization: Mechanism and Design.Sergio Daniel Barberis - 2018 - Philosophies 3 (2):11-0.details
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the primary architect of the neuron doctrine and the law of dynamic polarization, is considered to be the founder of modern neuroscience. At the same time, many philosophers, historians, and neuroscientists agree that modern neuroscience embodies a mechanistic perspective on the explanation of the nervous system. In this paper, I review the extant mechanistic interpretation of Cajal's contribution to modern neuroscience. Then, I argue that the extant mechanistic interpretation fails to capture the explanatory import of Cajal's (...) law of dynamic polarization. My claim is that the definitive formulation of Cajal's law of dynamic polarization, despite its mechanistic inaccuracies, embodies a non-mechanistic pattern of reasoning that is an integral component of modern neuroscience. (shrink)
As a Stable Adaptive Strategy Homo Sapiens, Nbics Technology and Bioethics Became Evolution Mechanism (Anthropological and Biopolitical Essay).Valentin Cheshko - 2019 - Strategia Supraviețuirii Din Perspectiva Bioeticii, Antropologiei, Filosofiei Și Medicinei 25:20-23.details
The subject of the essay is the genesis of the evolutionary strategy of стратегииHomo sapiens(SESH)as a carrier element of the transformation of technology and ethics into the main factors of anthropogenesis and the evolution of complex, self-organizing human-dimension systems.
Situatedness and Embodiment of Computational Systems.Marcin Miłkowski - 2017 - Entropy 19 (4):162.details
In this paper, the role of the environment and physical embodiment of computational systems for explanatory purposes will be analyzed. In particular, the focus will be on cognitive computational systems, understood in terms of mechanisms that manipulate semantic information. It will be argued that the role of the environment has long been appreciated, in particular in the work of Herbert A. Simon, which has inspired the mechanistic view on explanation. From Simon's perspective, the embodied view on cognition seems natural but (...) it is nowhere near as critical as its proponents suggest. The only point of difference between Simon and embodied cognition is the significance of body-based off-line cognition; however, it will be argued that it is notoriously over-appreciated in the current debate. The new mechanistic view on explanation suggests that even if it is critical to situate a mechanism in its environment and study its physical composition, or realization, it is also stressed that not all detail counts, and that some bodily features of cognitive systems should be left out from explanations. (shrink)
The Ontic Account of Scientific Explanation.Carl F. Craver - 2014 - In Marie I. Kaiser, Oliver R. Scholz, Daniel Plenge & Andreas Hüttemann (eds.), Explanation in the Special Sciences: The Case of Biology and History. Springer Verlag. pp. 27-52.details
According to one large family of views, scientific explanations explain a phenomenon (such as an event or a regularity) by subsuming it under a general representation, model, prototype, or schema (see Bechtel, W., & Abrahamsen, A. (2005). Explanation: A mechanist alternative. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 36(2), 421–441; Churchland, P. M. (1989). A neurocomputational perspective: The nature of mind and the structure of science. Cambridge: MIT Press; Darden (2006); Hempel, C. G. (1965). Aspects of scientific (...) explanation. In C. G. Hempel (Ed.), Aspects of scientific explanation (pp. 331–496). New York: Free Press; Kitcher (1989); Machamer, P., Darden, L., & Craver, C. F. (2000). Thinking about mechanisms. Philosophy of Science, 67(1), 1–25). My concern is with the minimal suggestion that an adequate philosophical theory of scientific explanation can limit its attention to the format or structure with which theories are represented. The representational subsumption view is a plausible hypothesis about the psychology of understanding. It is also a plausible claim about how scientists present their knowledge to the world. However, one cannot address the central questions for a philosophical theory of scientific explanation without turning one's attention from the structure of representations to the basic commitments about the worldly structures that plausibly count as explanatory. A philosophical theory of scientific explanation should achieve two goals. The first is explanatory demarcation. It should show how explanation relates with other scientific achievements, such as control, description, measurement, prediction, and taxonomy. The second is explanatory normativity. It should say when putative explanations succeed and fail. One cannot achieve these goals without undertaking commitments about the kinds of ontic structures that plausibly count as explanatory. Representations convey explanatory information about a phenomenon when and only when they describe the ontic explanations for those phenomena. (shrink)
Empiricism Without Magic: Transformational Abstraction in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.Cameron Buckner - 2018 - Synthese (12):1-34.details
In artificial intelligence, recent research has demonstrated the remarkable potential of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs), which seem to exceed state-of-the-art performance in new domains weekly, especially on the sorts of very difficult perceptual discrimination tasks that skeptics thought would remain beyond the reach of artificial intelligence. However, it has proven difficult to explain why DCNNs perform so well. In philosophy of mind, empiricists have long suggested that complex cognition is based on information derived from sensory experience, often appealing to (...) a faculty of abstraction. Rationalists have frequently complained, however, that empiricists never adequately explained how this faculty of abstraction actually works. In this paper, I tie these two questions together, to the mutual benefit of both disciplines. I argue that the architectural features that distinguish DCNNs from earlier neural networks allow them to implement a form of hierarchical processing that I call "transformational abstraction". Transformational abstraction iteratively converts sensory-based representations of category exemplars into new formats that are increasingly tolerant to "nuisance variation" in input. Reflecting upon the way that DCNNs leverage a combination of linear and non-linear processing to efficiently accomplish this feat allows us to understand how the brain is capable of bi-directional travel between exemplars and abstractions, addressing longstanding problems in empiricist philosophy of mind. I end by considering the prospects for future research on DCNNs, arguing that rather than simply implementing 80s connectionism with more brute-force computation, transformational abstraction counts as a qualitatively distinct form of processing ripe with philosophical and psychological significance, because it is significantly better suited to depict the generic mechanism responsible for this important kind of psychological processing in the brain. (shrink)
Causality in Medicine with Particular Reference to the Viral Causation of Cancers.Brendan Clarke - 2011 - Dissertation, University College Londondetails
In this thesis, I give a metascientific account of causality in medicine. I begin with two historical cases of causal discovery. These are the discovery of the causation of Burkitt's lymphoma by the Epstein-Barr virus, and of the various viral causes suggested for cervical cancer. These historical cases then support a philosophical discussion of causality in medicine. This begins with an introduction to the Russo- Williamson thesis (RWT), and discussion of a range of counter-arguments against it. Despite these, I argue (...) that the RWT is historically workable, given a small number of modifications. I then expand Russo and Williamson's account. I first develop their suggestion that causal relationships in medicine require some kind of evidence of mechanism. I begin with a number of accounts of mechanisms and produce a range of consensus features of them. I then develop this consensus position by reference to the two historical case studies with an eye to their operational competence. In particular, I suggest that it is mechanistic models and their representations which we are concerned with in medicine, rather than the mechanism as it exists in the world. -/- I then employ these mechanistic models to give an account of the sorts of evidence used in formulating and evaluating causal claims. Again, I use the two human viral oncogenesis cases to give this account. I characterise and distinguish evidence of mechanism from evidence of difference-making, and relate this to mechanistic models. I then suggest the relationship between types of evidence presents us with a means of tackling the reference-class problem. This sets the scene for the final chapter. Here, I suggest the manner in which these two different classes of evidence become integrated is also reflected in the way that developing research programmes change as their associated causal claims develop. (shrink)
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Finding Mental Clarity, Physical Wellness Through Yoga
Tab's View was a great short-lived online 'zine headquartered in a restored historic storefront office in Germantown. Founder and publisher Tracy Beale created a resource for locals who were passionate about life. Nerissa Sparkman, an "artist, yogi, rebel, and activist with a gypsy heart" wrote the first-in-a-series of stories on fitness and yoga, Nerissa drilled down into the psyche of Victor Miller, to bring out the true untold story.
From a dysfunctional family as a child, then feeling the need to pursue "manly stuff" and getting a knee injury that required surgery, that later complicated itself, while changing his life in the process. The pain and suffering led Vic back to yoga, where he's finally feeling at peace within himself.
The now unavailable story "Finding Mental Clarity, Physical Wellness Through Yoga" documented what yoga has done for Vic.
Victor Miller and Bentley
photos: Nerissa Sparkman/Tab's View
A Hobby Run Amok
Victor Miller describes getting into the bike restoration business as "a hobby run amok" in this August 22, 2015 Louisville Courier-Journal article that outlines his business model.
When his son's bike's shifter broke Vic bought a used bike for $50 at a yard sale to get the part he needed –instead of buying a new $50 shifter. Then he bought some mountain bikes for he and his wife, Laura, and then a road bike, because he liked the Brooks saddle on it. Pretty soon he had a dozen bikes.
When the bikes started taking up space in the bedroom Laura asked him "What's up with all the bikes?" his response was "I'm in the used bike business", to which she responded "Shouldn't you be selling them as well as buying them?. That week he sold four bikes, and by the end of the first year he had sold 40. Then Vic opened his first shop on Preston St.
Vic's specialty is taking '60 and '70s steel-lugged frame bikes and completely dismantling them and replacing the worn-out parts, including the bearings –while adding a lot of pride. His level of restoration separates him from most others that sell used bikes.
His restorations are a total tear-down and restore. Plus, all of Vic's bikes come with a Lifetime Warranty of Free Tuneups and Service (his lifetime, not yours, of course).
One of Vic's more unusual restorations
Bikes start at $275 and can run as much as $2,500 for a rare Italian road bike. Vic is always on the hunt for the classics, and will be glad to give you his opinion about that bike you've got in the garage that you're thinking about parting with.
Few parts go to waste, what Vic can't use he donates to Fall City Community BikeWorks, a non-profit bike shop that lets aspiring mechanics learn to restore bikes –which in turn can become theirs in exchange for 'sweat equity'.
Vic is seldom alone at the shop, his best friend, Bentley, a Boston terrier, is usually by his side. Stop by and visit them at 3141 Preston Hwy. or call for an appointment.
Courier-Journal, Saturday, August 15, 2015
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Hot To Trot School of Equitation is a fully licensed and insured riding school run by Hannah Vincent set in the picturesque Tas Valley in Bunwell, Norfolk.
Th centre prides itself on a warm welcome and offers horse riding lessons for adults and children of all standards, from beginner to advanced.
As well as daily lessons, there is wonderful hacking out available along tranquil lanes of the Tas Valley. The informative 'Own A Pony Days', Picnic Rides and Fun Days are perfect for younger riders.
Hot To Trot also offer a comprehensive equine service for all ridden and handling issues encountered with problem horses and ponies including backing and breaking.


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package org.apache.derby.impl.store.access.btree.index;

import org.apache.derby.shared.common.sanity.SanityManager;

import org.apache.derby.shared.common.error.StandardException;

import org.apache.derby.iapi.store.access.ConglomerateController;

import org.apache.derby.iapi.store.raw.LockingPolicy;
import org.apache.derby.iapi.store.raw.Transaction;

import org.apache.derby.impl.store.access.btree.BTreeLockingPolicy;
import org.apache.derby.impl.store.access.btree.BTreeRowPosition;
import org.apache.derby.impl.store.access.btree.OpenBTree;

/**

The btree locking policy which implements read committed isolation level.

It inherits all functionality from B2IRowLockingRR (repeatable read) except
that it releases read locks after obtaining them.  It provides a single
implementation of unlockScanRecordAfterRead() which releases a read lock
after it has been locked and processed.

**/

class B2IRowLocking2 extends B2IRowLockingRR implements BTreeLockingPolicy
{

    /**************************************************************************
     * Constructors for This class:
     **************************************************************************
     */
    B2IRowLocking2(
    Transaction             rawtran,
    int                     lock_level,
    LockingPolicy           locking_policy,
    ConglomerateController  base_cc,
    OpenBTree               open_btree)
    {
        super(rawtran, lock_level, locking_policy, base_cc, open_btree);
    }

    /**************************************************************************
     * Public Methods of This class:
     **************************************************************************
     */

    /**
     * Release read lock on a row.
     *
     * @param forUpdate         Is the scan for update or for read only.
     *
     **/
    public void unlockScanRecordAfterRead(
    BTreeRowPosition        pos,
    boolean                 forUpdate)
		throws StandardException
    {
		if (SanityManager.DEBUG)
		{
			SanityManager.ASSERT(open_btree != null, "open_btree is null");

			SanityManager.ASSERT(
                pos.current_lock_row_loc != null ,
                "pos.current_lock_row_loc is null");

			SanityManager.ASSERT(
                !pos.current_lock_row_loc.isNull(),
                "pos.current_lock_row_loc isNull()");
		}

        // always unlock in read committed, so pass false for qualified arg.
        base_cc.unlockRowAfterRead(pos.current_lock_row_loc, forUpdate, false);
    }
}

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You have signed a construction contract but is that all you need? With many recent developments in the construction industry, our team has first hand experience with respect to how these changes are effecting construction projects.
During this series of presentations, our team will explain some of the issues and key points of interest relevant to contractors, principals and consultants who work in construction and development.
In a construction project context, when do you need to think about protecting your rights and interests and what are the various statutory and contractual mechanisms available for doing so?
Practical issues with enforceability - when to take steps to protect your rights and interests and how best to do so.
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A red flag with a small white border and a large white Maltese cross.
A Merchant Ensign was adopted on 12 November 1965, the design of which is based on the flag of the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, i.e. a red field with the Maltese Cross in white in the centre. In this however there is also a white border around all four sides of the flag.
The cross on the flag is known by several names, including the Maltese cross, the St John cross and the 8-pointed cross. It has some similarity to 4 arrowheads, in fact this is what it is thought to have originally been when it was the badge of the Republic of Amalfi. When the Order of St John was formed during the Crusades with the support of Amalfi, they also took it as their badge, and since the Order's occupation of Malta, it has also been known as the Maltese Cross.
The Merchant Flag of Malta introduced by the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234) consists of a red field bordered in white, with a white Maltese Cross at its centre. (...) Maltese civilian vessels shall fly the Merchant Flag of Malta as their ensign.
See also the flag of the Order of Saint Stephen (mistakenly reported as a Maltese flag in old charts).
The Maritime [i.e. civil] ensign is the same flag as that flown by the Knights of the Order of Saint John in Malta up to 1798 —this was a red field, with a white eight pointed Maltese cross in the centre— to which a white border has been added. All Maltese registered vessels fly this flag as an ensign.
As far as I am aware, there is no construction sheet issued in vexillological publications, so there is no strict regulation regarding the size of the border and size of the cross. Anyway, Album des Pavillons 2000 shows it with much wider border than Smith 1975 on which is based my image above.
Regarding the construction of the Maltese cross, it is worth nothing that the proper ('regular') Maltese cross might be defined with only one dimension, for example the diameter of the circumscribing circle. The outer eight vertexes form the shape of a regular octogon inscribed in it, and the indentations form the right angles, therefore are gained by inscribing a cricle though two neighbouring vertexes, with the center in the middle of the line connecting them.
(...) Furthermore, in terms of section 72 of the Act the flag as set out hereunder is declared as the proper national colours for all Maltese ships. The merchant flag of Malta consists of a red field bordered in white, with a Maltese Cross at its centre.
Thus, Malta appears to be an exception to the ordinary practice of using the nation's civil ensign as a courtesy flag.


"One reason I like writing by hand is it slows me down a little, but it also forces me to keep going: I'm never going to spend half a day noodling with a sentence to try and get it just right, if I'm using a pen. I'll do all that when I start typing.
(The main reason I like doing first drafts on paper though is it's somehow fooling myself into thinking it's not real, and I don't mean it, until it starts getting typed. On the other hand, all screenplays happen directly on the screen, and I'd feel almost silly trying to handwrite them first. It's why I'll use Final Draft -- I like to be able to get screenplay dialogue down without thinking or pausing, and then fix it later.)"


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This spring's outdoor drinking news has been dominated by beer garden announcements — we're looking at you, Trillium and Brewer's Alley — but City Winery is mixing it up with Boston's first open-air wine garden, scheduled to debut in May.
City Winery on The Greenway will open at Dewey Square across from South Station with its own local wine on tap, including reds, whites, and rosés. Beer fans won't be left out — the winery has partnered with Harpoon to offer beer and cider as well. A Mediterranean-influenced menu including charcuterie, cheeses, olives, and nuts will round out the food and drink lineup.
"City Winery is excited to enjoy our first summer outdoors on the Greenway," Avi Kent, chief growth officer for City Winery, said in a press release. "We can't wait to bring what we do at our existing Boston location with wine and food to the Greenway, reaching a whole new audience of locals, downtown workers, and visitors throughout the warmer months in Boston."
The West End winery, restaurant, and event space operates seven locations around the country, including a 30,000-square-foot space near TD Garden, but this is the first time a wine garden has been part of its repertoire.
Last year, Downeast Cider took up residency in Dewey Square for the inaugural Down East Back Porch on the Greenway pop-up, but the introduction of a winery is a notable change from the cider and beer gardens that will soon start populating this particular stretch of downtown.
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I know you have some crayons that are short, stubby, paper gone or in shreds. Perfect crayons don't last long for coloring. I have a solution for all of those left over and unwanted stubby crayons – Recycled Chunky Crayons! Here's my version of how to make this new recycled craft.
We're sharing a step-by-step video tutorial for instructions with making these fun and fancy recycled crayons. You can make these with almost any muffin tin, silicone works great too. And there are so many silly-shaped muffin tins out there to use and make these recycled crayons.
1. Get out your old crayons. Take off the paper (if it is still on). Kids love to help with this! Then break or chop them into smaller pieces about 1/2 – 1 inch pieces.
2. Spray your muffin tin with cooking spray and add some crayons into each spot. The more or less you put depends on what size you want for each chunky crayon. TIP: You can also group the crayons into colors that are fun together, red and blue for purple, pink tones or blue tones.
3. Place the muffin tin full of crayons into a preheated oven of 275 degrees F. I used both mini muffin tins and large muffin tins. Watch them carefully, they will melt fast. Bake them for about 7-8 minutes. When they look melted enough, carefully and slowly remove them from the oven.
5. Once cooled, the crayons can be popped out of the muffin tin, tap the back to help this process. Then get the paper out and your ready to color.
1: instead of using a muffin tin, use metal cookie cutters in whatever shapes you like, on a flat cookie sheet that's been lined with tin foil.
2: Put old crayon chunks into small paper cups, and place them in the microwave for about 4 – 6 minutes on 'high.' Pour the melted wax into candy molds, and then place them in the freezer for about 20 minutes. Once the wax has hardened, your new crayons will pop out of the molds.
Have fun making something old into something new with your recycled chunky crayons! Now get coloring!
27 Ways to Craft with Old Crayons – find all sorts of fun ways to use up those old broken crayons into something fun and new. I love the idea to add crayons to candles or lip gloss.
50 Earth Day Recycling Ideas – save those tin cans and egg cartons and turn them into a new craft project kids will love. Make stamps, drums, bracelets, and even flower vases.
Make Envelopes into Hand Puppets – save your old envelopes you receive in the mail and make them into darling creative puppets! Put on a puppet show with your new creations!
What a great idea! I have also seen a variation oh this where a mom did the same thing except she put the tin of crayons in the windshield of a hot car! the crayons were completely melted in a hour! She called them hot car crayons.
How do you clean the muffin tin after this project so we can bake food again?
I love this so much! We made these with our old crayons. You can also recycle the ones you made already when they get small by throwing them in with other ones. It's really cool!
Love this idea! I was researching this because I remember my aunt teaching me how to take all of those seemingly no good crayons and repurposing them as candles. We melted them down and at some point before the wax hardened we added a wick.
I don't know if I did something wrong, but the crayons don't want to color. They look beautiful, and the popped right out of the muffin tin (something I was worried about). But when my daughter and I went to color with them they were just like plastic disks, you had to push sooo hard to get any color to show up and the texture was grainy. Maybe I cooked them too long? After 8-9 mins some of the crayons weren't melted the entire way so I baked them another 3. Also I wonder if it's because I used different brands of crayons – the majority were Crayola but some were cheaper crayons. I'm bummed out, because my 2 yr old daughter was so excited with them and they look great, but just won't color.
I think this is a great idea ! Tip : Put the crayons in muffin cases so that it looks a bit more realistic , it saves you from scrubbing the remainders of the wax left in the tin ! Also if you are fussy like me then instead of doing different colours get the same coloured ones and make bold yellows and greens etc !!!!!
My daughter is trying this right now.
This kept the kids busy! It maybe worth mentioning that not all crayons melt the same. It is equally important to mention since this web is available to kids of all ages (husbands included) make certain to use mommy's OLD muffin tins! All the kids loved how their crayons turned out! Thanks!
We just made a ton of crayon hearts. It worked perfectly, thank you!
To remove the wrappers super easily, soak them in warm water!
We have them cooling in the freezer some turned out really cool looking while others just ended up a solid color and the big fat crayons didn't melt at all but waiting to see our out come!
This is a fun idea, but stick with the muffin tins.
I've made several batches of crayons with a silicone mini brownie pan and although they come out beatiful for some reason I keep getting a layer of nearly clear wax on the tops. Is there a way to avoid this? It makes the tops of the new crayons worthless. :( The bottoms still color well though.
I've had the same problem, I think it is to do with the type of crayons you use – in my case they were a cheap no-name brand. I've read that crayola's are the ones to use for melting and they come out really well, so I'll be trying that instead!
I did something similar today with my three year old. She loved peeling the paper so I didn't want to use a knife (which would have been so much easier). Instead, we soaked the crayons in warm water to help get the paper off a little easier. They are in the freezer cooling right now. I can't wait to get them out!
I love the way they look when u take them out of the oven and when you take them out of the freezer.
it was the best and i would try that at home too byebye!
This is a great craft project. My kids and I made these crayons today, and we had so much fun! The only problem was when we put the slightly cooled muffin tins in the freezer they cracked. So I just re-melted them and they were fine. Thanks for the idea.
DONT USE MICROWAVE. I tried the muffin cups and after 1 min mine exploded and resulted in blue dried wax all in my microwave!
I found you on pinterest and I made these for valentine gifts and they were so super simple.
Thanks for sharing. I have some of these from when I was a kid that I use with my kids for leaf rubbings. I think I will do this with my Girl Scout Troop as a fun "reuse" project as I have a ton of old crayons. I like the idea of how to get a variety of shapes.
Here is a tip to easily remove the paper on the crayons; use a sharp knife (like dad's pocket knife) to slice through in a straight line from top to bottom. Makes the paper come right off in a cylinder – saves, like, 5 minutes per crayon! The knife does score the crayon as well but since they are to be melted anyway…no worries!
Thank you so much for these great directions. My class just made some and them are gorgeous!
I really love these, and have included them in my post on the 101 coolest craft projects to make re-using items in your home. I suggest a cute twist -use a 9-muffin tin to make crayons that resemble the 9 planets in the solar system (or the 8 planets and the sun, if you are a pluto-hater).
What would be really kool is to get small magnets to put into the center of the muffin tin (if muffin tin is silicone) and make urself some fridge magnets… only problem would be they would probably leave a mess on your refrigerator lol but seems like a decent use of the wax if it's not being used for anything else.
im so pleased to joined the group and im amazed with these pretty and handy idea.
Using an exacto knife instead of peeling crayons works much faster!
Just want to let you know boys and I have made recycled chunky crayons. It worked! We all really enjoy it a lot even it kept boys busy to unwrapped the broken crayons without running or fighting around and they choose which colors to put in cupcakes pan. They loved it and they both thought it was cool how it worked. They are almost 8 and 4 years old. Thanks!
We made these over the last week – thanks for the great post!
I tried this today and the kids were super excited BUT I melted them in the microwave as instructed above and really bad things happened!! The microwave overheated, the paper cups nearly caught fire and the temp got so high that the glass in the microwave broke!!!
Thank you I have done this and it works great!! I have been purchasing the special crayons one esty (simlar to these http://www.etsy.com/listing/67348680/recycled-race-cars-crayons ) and using the leftovers for make one big block and it wonderful. The kids love the orginal fun shapes and when they are unusable they love seeing how they can become new crayons!!
I am almost sorry that I found the perfect crayons to last a long long time… Stockmar Beeswax Crayonblocks. I do use them to melt sometimes, on a iron, but not like this. I will have to ask around if others have left over crayons – I love this idea!
Thanks so much for this tutorial. My daughter is lovin this activity!!!!!!
Thanks for this. I have an 18 month old, and we recently bought some crayons for 25 cents because school supplies are on sale. She enjoys them, but they break too easily. I find broken pieces all over the carpet and who knows where else. :) I'm going to make some mini cupcake tin crayons tonight for her to use a little easier. Thanks again!
I'm excited to do this project with my 5 yr old son! I remember doing it as a child in daycare and now I can share it with him!! Thank you for the directions!!
What a fantastic idea, and I bet they don't break like regular ones!
Thank you! I was looking for something fun to do while babysitting and this is perfect! Thanks again!
I have a bunch of "old" jello molds that would work well with the microwave method. Thanks for sharing!
oops, forgot the link! You Rock! Great tutorial!
We made some in the shape of bugs and gave them out as favors at our "bug party". Thanks for the inspiration!!!
I just made some of these today. Love them!
Thanks for this awesome idea! I'm making them as Christmas gifts for my daughter's toddler time classmates. I used canola spray and they popped right out (albeit I need to wipe the spray off of the finished products). FYI for others–I used CraZArt crayons (got them for 10 cents a box in the back-to-school bins!). They melt very nicely, but the original paper is a bear to pull off since it's stuck pretty well to the crayons.
Can't wait to try it for my toddler!
We do this all the time. The kids love it!
I made these for Valentine's and they turned out so cute in heart shapes! Mine turned out a little powdery almost like oil pastels… does anyone know what I could do to prevent this? OR how to fix it? They are really messy to touch and I'm not sure my first graders need messy crayons on their hands and clothes..
What brand of crayon did you use? I find that the cheaper more waxy crayons do not work as well. They almost separate and get more greasy. Although I have never had mine get powdery. Still could be they type of crayon.
Crayola is definitely the best. I have also had success with Rose Art. The rule of thumb is that if the crayon does not color well before trying this project, it will not work well after. Even my 5-year-old will look through a bin of crayons trying to find the Crayolas because "those other ones don't work well" – and I have never once discouraged him from using any brand we have in the house.
Katie – Thanks for the tip! The oven seems to work just great for us!
DO NOT melt the crayons in the microwave! I almost broke my microwave doing this. It overheated and burned the dixie cups I was using. If you don't want to put crayons in your brand new muffin tin, try putting foil muffin cups on a cookie sheet and melting them in there. Then use those to pour into the candy molds. I tried this and it worked very well.
My older daughter did this with her old crayons and is giving them to my younger daughter for Christmas.
Thanks for sharing this. I have tons of crayons for this.
I just bought two silicone molds at Target (they were in the bins at the front-$2.50 each). They had one with snowmen and one with Christmas trees. I am going to make some for my kindergarten classroom (lots of used crayons there!) and if they turn out well I am going to give them as gifts to the class for Christmas.
Tried dipping them, candle style? Seems like it would work, maybe using wire instead of string so you could pull it out of the wax when you're done.
I loved this idea! I made some as gifts for my daughter's friends and they were a big hit. And all I did was recycle her unused crayons! Well done. Keep posting.
Wow! I really love this idea! Just made a batch of my own for my friends.
This is a great idea, but you should NEVER EVER put crayons in the microwave. Bad things can happen… just be patient and use the oven!
Thanks for this idea of recycling old crayons. I did this project with my 3 year old and loved it. I think I was as curious about the outcome as he was! I discovered that these big, chunky, multi-colored crayons are excellent for leaf rubbings. The rubbings look like works of art!
Whoa, this is so cool! Y'know, I used to have a Crayola Crayon Maker a couple years ago, whick does the same thing… Only it cost like 30 bucks. Wish I had done this instead!
I do, but I couldn't use it. It became burnt wax in a mold. So I did this instead. 10 times better.
I love this idea so much. I'm going to try it when I have some free time with my kids. My daughter loves to peal the paper off of crayons, so this will be the perfect thing to do with the old ones.
My daughter (almost 4) and I made these funky chunky crayons. We used the fluted cylicone cupcake molds. No spray needed. Coloring with these crayons was so much fun because we could draw 4 lines in 4 different colors, all at the same time, due to the fluted sides. Thanks for posting!
I did this with heart shaped muffin pans last year for my grandkids. They loved them! I forget where my daughter got the idea, but it was too cute!
i absolutely love this idea! i tried it and it turned out great. and my daughter loves to mix her favorite colors together. she made an orange and pink, green and pink and she wants to even hang them in her room– lol!– well anyways thank you!
I am only 11 but I LOVE doing crafts with my little brothers and this is perfect!!
my friends and i made this it was really fun we gave it to her kindergarden class they LOVED them.
Too much fun! Gonna do it!!
Fab! I'm going to try it right now!
What an awesome idea; Mack would love this! I love Lu Lu's art work – too funny!
We've done this before but ours didn't turn out as nice as yours. The colors are great!
I want to do this. thanks for sharing. I love to see what you come up with next.
This idea is great! Thanks for sharing. My little guy would love these! Please post anymore great ideas.


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Hanukkah Celebration: Part 1
ou've heard the Adam Sandler songs, and the rumors that there are eight nights of gift giving. So here is the Hanukkah primer you always wanted. From the history of the holiday to the best fat for frying potato latkes, we've got you covered in part one of our Hanukkah series.
Huh-nukkah?
Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is a Jewish holiday celebrated between November and late December. Because the Jewish calendar is lunar based, the first night of Hanukkah can fall on a different date each year.
Hanukkah, which lasts eight days, is also called the Festival of Lights. It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC, which took place after Greek-Syrian soldiers conquered it in the name of Zeus. Jewish rebels fought to gain control of their temple and the holiday marks their triumph over the invaders. In the temple, there stood a large candelabra, called a menorah, with eight branches and eight lights (plus one sentinel light that is used to light the others) that burned day and night. In those days, lights meant oil lamps, and this sacred menorah burned only the purest olive oil. When the dust had settled and the Jewish people wanted to light the menorah again, there was only enough consecrated oil to last one day. Runners were dispatched to get more olive oil, but it was an eight-day round trip journey.
A great miracle happened then! The small supply of oil burned for eight full days. Ever since the Jewish people have celebrated that miracle by lighting menorahs in their homes (the front window is the preferred place of honor) for eight days. On the first night of the holiday, one candle is lit, and each night another candle is added, until on the final night, each branch is burning with light.
Traditional Hanukkah Foods
Like every holiday, Hanukkah has its own traditional foods and activities. During the eight nights of Hanukkah, children are given chocolate coins and little sweets, and gifts are exchanged each night after the menorah is lit. A game centered on a spinning top, called a dreidel, is a traditional way to pass the time. But it's the food that we care about.
When talking about Jewish traditional food, one has to be aware that the Jewish people have lived all over the world, and adopted the foods of many lands. What in America is considered Jewish food usually comes from the Ashkenazi tradition, that is, the Jews who came from Eastern Europe. This is where bagels, borscht, brisket, smoked fish, stuffed cabbage and potato latkes originated.
The Jews who settled in Spain, Portugal, and Arab lands are called Sephardic, and their cuisine includes elements from these cultures. Thus, they end up eating a more spicy diet, using cumin, turmeric, cardamom, cilantro, fresh mint, saffron, and cinnamon, and rice takes the place of potatoes as the staple starch. You could say Sephardic food is the original Mediterranean fusion cuisine. The kosher laws also impact what Jews eat. There is no pork or shellfish allowed, and Jews will not mix meat and dairy in the same meal, so if a chicken is on the table, you won't find butter or cheese.
The Holiday Meal(s)
The nice part about Hanukkah is that it lasts eight days, so there are plenty of opportunities to eat family meals. Foods fried in oil are traditional and are eaten to commemorate the miracle of the oil. Perhaps the most famous fried item is the potato latke, aka, the potato pancake. We like to think of them as Hanukkah crepes because they can be dressed up with sweet or savory toppings. We love them smothered with traditional apple sauce or topped with apples and foie gras. And sour cream and chopped chives are a nice foil to the hot, oily latkes. Zucchini can be grated with the potatoes, or leeks can be shredded and folded into the potato pancake mix for a savory touch and hint of green. The oil we have found that makes the best latkes is duck fat, of course. In Eastern Europe, it was common for Jewish families to raise ducks, geese, and chickens, fattening them up to provide the very best cooking oil…which they called schmaltz. Incidentally, this fattening of ducks and geese also produced another of our favorite things: foie gras.
A perfect Hanukkah meal might start with matzoh ball soup, have a traditional brisket at the center and a stack of potato latkes on the side. If brisket is not your thing, a simple roasted chicken would serve very nicely, too. You can finish the meal with luxurious and savory duck fat doughnuts (perhaps stuffed with foie gras!?). Jelly filled doughnuts called sufganiyot are often eaten during Hanukkah, and nothing says "holiday" like a little foie gras.
And speaking of liver, who can resist a food culture that eats so much chopped liver? Try our mousse truffée as an upscale version of that venerated dish, and pay homage to the Jewish role in bringing foie gras from its birthplace in Egypt to the European continent.
See Part II for more holiday ideas...
Seared Foie Gras with Green Grapes
Foie Gras Toasts with Candied Hazelnuts
Roasted Chicken with Garlic Scapes, Croutons & Lemon
Potato Latkes with Foie Gras & Apples
Get Extra-Crispy Skin on Your Roast Chicken
Grade-A Duck Foie Gras Slices
Angus Beef Brisket Flat
Black Truffle Flavored Oil
Organic Chicken, Whole


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