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Guimaraes A.P. — Magnetism and Magnetic Resonance in Solids 95, 266
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Stanley H.E. — Introduction to phase transitions, and critical phenomena 33, 61, 261
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Kubo R. — Statistical Mechanics: An Advanced Course with Problems and Solutions 17, 23, 30, 133, 224, 269, 403 (see also "Fermi potential", "Bose gas", "Photon gas")
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Deák P. — Computer Simulation of Materials at Atomic Level 480
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Bohr A., Mottelson B.R. — Nuclear Structure (Vol. 1): Single-Particle Motion 288
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HomeFeaturesWhy Bilic was right to dump the 'trouble-maker' Amalfitano
Why Bilic was right to dump the 'trouble-maker' Amalfitano
West Ham can afford to have no bad apples in their in-form squad
November 13, 2015 DANNY RUST Features 0
Slaven Bilic wasted no time in stamping his authority at West Ham United, as he banished Morgan Amalfitano from Chadwell Heath due to a falling out, and this has since led to the winger leaving the club by mutual consent. Amalfitano fell out with Bilic aft er he missed a team meeting in August. As a result, Bilic ordered the ex-France international to stay away from the club's training ground and instead train with the Development Squad at Rush Green. Th e winger had appeared four times for the Hammers in the Europa League since Bilic's appointment, but the fall out resulted in Amalfitano failing to appear in claret and blue again.
Since the incident, some have questioned whether Bilic was too quick to dismiss Amalfitano and if the new manager perhaps struggles to deal with egos. But Bilic got it spot on as recent history would seem to suggest that the former Marseille winger has attitude problems. Bilic's predecessor Sam Allardyce labeled Amalfitano an 'unprofessional' player aft er he was sent off for lashing out at Chris Brunt in the embarrassing FA Cup defeat to West Bromwich Albion last season.
He also forced through a loan move to the Hawthorns, from Marseille, by handing in a transfer request after the French giants failed to qualify for the Uefa Champions League in the previous campaign. Amalfitano did show glimpses of what he can do last term. His best performance came in the 2-1 home win over Manchester City, where he grabbed the opening goal.
He did, however, seem to be disinterested at times when the Hammers were not in possession, and he could be slow to track back. The termination of Amalfitano's contract has hardly made much of an impact at the club, as it is clear that he would not have been in the Hammers' starting XI, whether there was a bust-up or not. Dimitri Payet's displays have shown why Bilic made him the club's number one transfer target in the summer. The France international has been involved in the majority of the East London club's goals since his arrival and there is no way that Amalfitano could have displaced him.
Also, Manuel Lanzini has been a welcome surprise. Many were expecting the Argentinian to struggle in the Premier League, but he has settled in well and scored important goals in wins at Liverpool and, more recently, Crystal Palace. Victor Moses has often been on the left wing since the club secured his services (until the end of the season) on transfer deadline day. All three of them are versatile and are able to switch wings or even move in behind Sakho.
Amalfitano was not as versatile as those currently at Bilic's disposal. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that he would have started ahead of any of the trio regardless of a bust-up. Moving Amalfitano on removed the possibility of his attitude bogging his teammates down. With the Hammers flying high, the club wants no distractions, and he could have been a big distraction for Bilic's men. The Hammers need everyone to be on the same page and if one player is not then it is probably best for the club if they leave.
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Q: KendoUI DataSource binding to MVVM grid in durandal (using hottowel template) doesn't seem to work I am using Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 hottowel template with updated durandal and jquery nuget packages...
Here is my code:
Durandal main.js:
require.config({
    paths: { "text": "durandal/amd/text" }
});

define(['durandal/app', 'durandal/viewLocator', 'durandal/viewModelBinder', 'durandal/system', 'durandal/plugins/router', 'services/logger'],
    function (app, viewLocator, viewModelBinder, system, router, logger) {

    // Enable debug message to show in the console
    system.debug(true);

    app.start().then(function () {
        toastr.options.positionClass = 'toast-bottom-right';
        toastr.options.backgroundpositionClass = 'toast-bottom-right';

        router.handleInvalidRoute = function (route, params) {
            logger.logError('No Route Found', route, 'main', true);
        };

        // When finding a viewmodel module, replace the viewmodel string
        // with view to find it partner view.
        router.useConvention();
        viewLocator.useConvention();

        // Adapt to touch devices
        app.adaptToDevice();

        kendo.ns = "kendo-";
        viewModelBinder.beforeBind = function (obj, view) {
            kendo.bind(view, obj.viewModel || obj);
        };
        //Show the app by setting the root view model for our application.
        app.setRoot('viewmodels/shell', 'entrance');
    });
});

Durandal viewmodel:
define(['services/datacontext', 'durandal/plugins/router'],
    function (datacontext, router) {

        var activate = function () {
            //yes yes - I will separate this out to a datacontext - it is here for debugging simplicity
            var service = $data.initService("https://open.jaystack.net/c72e6c4b-27ba-49bb-9321-e167ed03d00b/6494690e-1d5f-418d-adca-0ac515b7b742/api/mydatabase/");
            //return promise as durandal seems to want...
            return service.then(function (db) {
                vm.set("airports", db.Airport.asKendoDataSource());
            });

        };

        var deactivate = function () {
        };

        var viewAttached = function (view) {
            //kendo.init($("#airportGrid"));
            //kendo.bind(view, vm);
            //kendo.bind($("#airportGrid"), vm);
        };

        var vm = new kendo.data.ObservableObject({
            activate: activate,
            deactivate: deactivate,
            airports: [],
            title: 'Airports',
            viewAttached: viewAttached
        });

        return vm;
    });

Durandal view:

I see the call being made to jaystack in Chrome's network monitor:
https://open.jaystack.net/c72e6c4b-27ba-49bb-9321-e167ed03d00b/6494690e-1d5f-418d-adca-0ac515b7b742/api/mydatabase//Airport?$inlinecount=allpages&$top=25
And I see data coming back.
The kendoui grid is created nicely but there is no data in it (I think this means kendoui is happy and the MVVM bindings are being bound to, however the created kendoui grid doesn't seem to want to understand the kendoui datasource created from jaydata)
Without durandal this works just nicely as demonstrated in:
http://jsfiddle.net/t316/4n62B/29/
I have been trying and trying for 2 days now - can someone please help me out?
Thanks
TJ

A: Sounds like everything is working now after removing the parts that are only required by breeze.
Nevertheless I'd suggest restructuring the working dFiddle code slightly to ensure that a) vm is defined before setting vm.airports in activate and b) there's no need to create a dummy vm.airports kendo.data.DataSource() that gets overwritten in activate anyway.
define(function( ) {

    var vm = new kendo.data.ObservableObject({
      activate: activate,
      deactivate: deactivate,
      // airports: new kendo.data.DataSource(),
      title: 'Airports',
      viewAttached: viewAttached
    });

    return vm;

    function activate () {
      var service = $data.initService("https://open.jaystack.net/c72e6c4b-27ba-49bb-9321-e167ed03d00b/6494690e-1d5f-418d-adca-0ac515b7b742/api/mydatabase/");
      return service.then(function( db ) {
          vm.airports = db.Airport.asKendoDataSource();
      });

    }

    function deactivate () {
    }

    function viewAttached ( view ) {
      //kendo.init($("#airportGrid"));
      //kendo.bind(view, vm);
      //kendo.bind($("#airportGrid"), vm);
    }

});

A: Which version on jQuery do you use? Try with 1.8.3 or 1.9 + Migration.
In Chrome switch the stop sign to purple (two clicks) to catch uncaught exceptions and see if there is any.

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No Doubt: U.S. Remains 'Tremendously Influential'
Published February 3, 2012 at 2:14 AM PST
President Obama's recent State of the Union message contained an answer to Republicans who claim he believes American is in decline.
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Anyone who tells you that American is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn't know what they're talking about.
MONTAGNE: That same day, the president spoke at length about an article he said underscores exactly the message he's trying to make. In a briefing with TV anchors, Mr. Obama discussed a Robert Kagan essay in the New Republic called "The Myth of American Decline." That means the president was quoting a neoconservative writer, who is also an advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
As the lives of foreign policy writers go, Mr. Kagan has hit the jackpot, just as he prepares for publication of a new book, "The World America Made." And he's in our studios.
Mr. Kagan, welcome.
ROBERT KAGAN: Thanks for having me.
INSKEEP: Ok. Why aren't we in decline?
KAGAN: Well, a lot of what people think is decline is based on a very faulty memory of what things used to be like. People have a sense that America used to call the shots, used to be able to dominate the world, get everyone to do what we wanted them to do. And of course that's ludicrous.
Anyone who remembers even the early Cold War years knows that we couldn't do anything about the revolution in China. We couldn't do anything about the Soviets getting a nuclear weapon, etcetera, etcetera. So we're making a bad comparison.
And if you look at the fundamentals of power, on the economic side, the United States produces 25 percent of the world's GDP, and has for the past 40 years. That hasn't changed. People note the rise of China and Asia, which is true, but most of that has come at the expense of Europe's declining GDP.
In terms of military power, even with defense budget cuts that I think are unfortunate, the United States is still by far the most powerful nation in the world. So I think the United States remains tremendously influential.
INSKEEP: Although you make a point, that when we have a lousy economy, like we have had the last several years, Americans get kind of anxious about their place in the world.
KAGAN: Well, in a way, it's one of the good things about our country, we are constantly nervous that some one is about to take us overtake us. Not so many years ago, it was Japan that was going to rule the world, while the United States sank into obscurity. Before that, it was the Soviet Union.
What's interesting about these economic difficulties we've gone through, if you look at the great economic crises in American history - in the 1890s when we had a great depression, in the 1930s, in the 1970s with the oil crisis - in the very next decade, the United States rebounded, and in a way, outstripped other countries in the world even more than before. So we do have a great capacity to recover.
INSKEEP: Let me mention a few things that cause people to worry about the future of the United States. I couldn't have this conversation without mentioning the war in Iraq; which is now seen by many people as a great mistake that cost trillions of dollars and costs a lot of Americans influence, and maybe suggest a deeper problems in our system. Does it suggest those problems to you? This is a war you supported.
KAGAN: It is a war I supported. I think it was fought very badly and unintelligently, with far too few troops. I think we could've handled the problem with greater ease, although it certainly was costly. I think that we will recover. And, in fact, already have recovered in a way.
Who would've imagined that just a few years after the Iraq War, the Arab League, Europeans, and others around the world would be calling for the United States to use force again, as they did in Libya? I mean that is pretty astonishing and it shows resilience of the American leadership.
INSKEEP: This is a hard question for you, because you are an adviser to Mitt Romney, the leading Republican presidential candidate at the moment. But your analysis suggests that perhaps Republicans have been mis-describing the last couple of years. Because actually they have a narrative of decline, that president Obama's foreign policy has dragged the United States down. You're suggesting that actually there's been a rebound in the last couple of years.
KAGAN: I actually think that's what Republicans are arguing, and certainly what Governor Romney is arguing, is that some of the policies that the administration is undertaking could lead the United States into decline; certainly the defense budget cuts, the shift in defense strategy. There are things to worry about and things can go in the wrong direction.
What I am trying to push back against is this notion that we need to manage American decline - that it's inevitable. I think that can lead us to take some very unfortunate actions. And I'll be perfectly honest. I'm delighted that the president liked my essay because it suggests that he doesn't believe in American decline. And he does believe in American leadership.
And I would like to have a campaign where both the candidates believe in restoring and strengthening American leadership. I happen to think that Governor Romney is going to be better at that.
INSKEEP: So what do you make of the fact that the leading Republican presidential candidate likes your thinking enough to have named you an adviser, and the president of the United States likes your thinking enough to have gone on and on about it to a gathering of network anchors?
KAGAN: I'm delighted.
KAGAN: And I'm flattered and I appreciate it.
INSKEEP: Does it suggest that the differences on foreign policy between the two political parties in this country are not quite as large as their rhetoric would suggest?
KAGAN: Well, I've always believed that there is a much more bipartisan consensus than people think there is on foreign policy. And when you get into campaigns, people try to sharpen the differences. But I think that you don't get nearly as much change, from one president to another, as people think there's going to be. Look at how many people think there hasn't been even that much change between George W. Bush and Barack Obama on a lot of issues.
There was a broad view in the United States, that the United States has a vital role to play. And I would like to see both parties supporting that position.
INSKEEP: Robert Kagan is the author of "The World America Made." Thanks very much.
KAGAN: Thank you.
INSKEEP: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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NASA's Orion spacecraft back in Florida after test flight
Dec 18, 2014 at 2:58 PM Dec 18, 2014 at 2:58 PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's experimental Orion spacecraft left Florida by rocket and returned by truck.
The capsule arrived back at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. It rocketed into orbit Dec. 5, traveling 3,600 miles into space on an unmanned test flight that proved to be a great success. NASA plans to use future models to help get astronauts to Mars in coming decades.
Orion parachuted into the Pacific. After coming ashore at San Diego, the spacecraft was hauled by truck across the country.
Engineers will now begin the lengthy process of inspecting the vessel and reviewing all the data collected by sensors. The capsule was struck by micrometeoroids, but that was anticipated.
It will be 2018 before another Orion flies. This one will be reused in a launch abort test.
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Galina Averina
Galina Averina's recent and upcoming engagements Atalanta in Serse, Iphise in Rameau's Dardanus, Ilia in Idomeneo, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi for the English Touring Opera, Partenope in Partenope for Iford Arts, Adele in Die Fledermaus Diva Opera, Pamina in Magic Flute for Mid Wales Opera and Oscar in Un ballo in maschera for West Green Opera, Mozart Residency at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.
She made her international debut in 2013 as Despina in Così fan tutte at Dubrovnik Summer Festival, took part in the 2013 Les Azuriales Opera Festival in Nice and won the Haidee Saretski Prize at their Young Artists' Competition.
She continued her studies at the Wales International Academy of Voice, mentored by Dennis O'Neill, supported by Les Azuriales Opera Trust. After masterclasses with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, she appeared in a recital next to her at Cadogan Hall in London.
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Galina Averina is a member of Samling Artist Programme. She generously acknowledges the support of Kiri Te Kanawa UK Foundation and Independent Opera Voice Scholarship.
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Gorilla Radio blog: Sacked Head of German Secret Service Denounces Proof of Neo-Nazi Sympathies as "Fake Reporting"
Sacked Head of German Secret Service Denounces Proof of Neo-Nazi Sympathies as "Fake Reporting"
The latest development in the case of Hans-Georg Maassen, (left) demonstrates that Germany's domestic intelligence service has been run by an outright right-wing extremist for the past six and a half years.
Maassen was due to be dismissed two months ago as head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz), after backing a neo-Nazi demonstration in the East German city of Chemnitz.
At the time the government decided to entrust him with a leading position at the Interior Ministry, but he continued to remain at his previous post. Now, the German Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, has sent him into retirement.
In a farewell speech to leaders of European intelligence services in Warsaw on 18 October, he described himself as the victim of a conspiracy by "left-wing radical forces" inside the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The speech was then posted in the BfV intranet to be read by Verfassungsschutz employees.
Despite proof to the contrary—there is overwhelming evidence that neo-Nazis attacked immigrants, showed the Hitler salute and vandalized a Jewish restaurant—Maassen maintained his version of the Chemnitz events at the meeting in Warsaw.
The claim that neo-Nazis had "chased" foreigners in Chemnitz was "fictitious", he said.
No political organization besides the SGP protested against this report, which places all opposition to capitalism and its consequences—war, social inequality, right-wing extremism, and nationalism—into the murky category of "hostility to the constitution," and threatens it with legal prohibition. Now it is clear that Maassen, who had met with leading representatives of the AfD and drew up the report with them, himself supports the political line of the AfD.
The Greens and the Left Party have also supported Maassen. In 2013 the Left Party invited him to address a public meeting, where Left Party politicians cheerfully chatted with the head of the German secret service on a couch.
Little information has emerged from the gathering of European intelligence chiefs in Warsaw but one can assume, based on Maassen's own words, that his right-wing course had their support. He had "enjoyed listening to this circle" and had experienced "a high degree of collegiality and solidarity," he said.
Maassen also hinted to the gathering of senior intelligence officials that he was considering going into politics himself, but did not indicate for which party.
For its part the AfD was jubilant.
"He is an outstanding official committed to a high work ethic and has the courage to pronounce even uncomfortable truths," declared AfD leader Jörg Meuthen.


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In conversation: Jean Liu, general counsel, Seattle Genetics
Former molecular biologist Jean Liu tells GC about the challenges and rewards of working for a biotech company at the forefront of innovation in cancer treatment.
GC: Could you tell me about your background and how you came to be working in-house for Seattle Genetics?
Jean Liu (JL): I started out as a scientist, not a lawyer. I went to grad school to study molecular biology, but when I started my PhD programme, I realised that I didn't have the temperament to focus on very specific, minute details – I preferred to have a broader vision.
I ended up in law school more or less by chance, interned at several large law firms and essentially gave up the notion of working in science. But when I started working in law, my technical background meant that I was assigned primarily cases relating to technology – particularly biotech.
After four years, I made a choice to move away from litigation. I spent time working in Silicon Valley for the Venture Law Group, a boutique firm that specialises in startups, and while there, a pharmaceutical spin-off company offered me a job as one of their in-house counsel. I spent 13 years there, before progressing to bigger and bigger companies.
GC: What is Seattle Genetics and what does the company do?
JL: We are a public biotechnology company focused on oncology, and our purpose is to develop therapies for cancer. The company's mission is to provide better options for people with cancer alongside traditional therapeutic drugs, and we are particularly known for developing an antibody-drug treatment that targets just the cancer cells, hopefully sparing the rest of the patient.
GC: How has the company changed since you came on board in 2014?
JL: We are on a really tremendous growth trajectory. We are about a thousand employees now, whereas when I joined, we were roughly 600. We are looking to put many more development-stage drugs into our pipeline and, in addition, we are trying to expand internationally.
GC: How big is your legal team?
JL: I have about 27 people in my legal team, many of which work in general legal, handling corporate affairs, and which comprise only a handful of lawyers with several more paralegals. I've got an equivalent-sized intellectual property group, which handles all the patents and the proprietary rights law for the company. Then I've got a smallish-but-growing compliance group, which mainly focuses on healthcare compliance because, as you may know, selling and developing pharmaceutical drugs is covered by a lot of restrictions and regulations.
GC: Do you envision the compliance team growing in the near future?
JL: Very much so. We've recently added a key person to do compliance for Europe, because that's the first international area that we are heading into. There are many areas of similarity between the US and European rules, but there are also many areas of difference, and so we need to make sure that we hire people who have local understanding of the laws applicable to those areas and the areas where there's great divergence. We need to avail ourselves of the right kind of talent.
GC: What are the components of your own role?
JL: As a member of the senior management team, I would say that over 50% of my time is probably spent understanding and guiding the company's business. I sit on the executive committee and various different research and development committees, which focus on the core of the company's business: how do we develop our drugs and what kind of strategic choices do we make?
Probably the majority of my time is not spent on legal matters, but my deep understanding of the company business and where it's going allows me to spend the rest making sure that the company's legal function is fully supportive, and is managing the risk appropriately. I have very senior lawyers who handle most of the complex work of implementing the company's strategic initiatives – for example, making sure that we have the appropriate agreements in place with partners who are commercialising drugs with us, or that we have the right operational agreements with all our vendors throughout the world as we do research and development and conduct clinical trials. We spend a lot of time implementing appropriate intellectual property protection to cover the innovations that our scientists invent, and then ensuring we comply with the applicable regulations when we market our products.
GC: What are the benefits of being corporate secretary as well as general counsel?
JL: Being a corporate secretary, there's a lot of work supporting our board of directors, which I share with our chief operating officer and our CEO, as well as the rest of the senior management team. Making sure that the board has a very comprehensive understanding of what's going on in the company at all levels is critical.
The role of board secretary has its own specific functional roles, but one really important aspect is that you sit in board meetings and, as a result, you have a very good understanding of the board's strategy for the company. That allows you to see around corners, because you understand exactly where they are trying to target the company's trajectory, which allows you to push those initiatives down further in the organisation and confirm that the proper tactics are in place for where we want to go.
GC: How important is your own background as a scientist to being able to operate effectively as a general counsel in a company like Seattle Genetics?
JL: Our current chief operating officer doesn't have a scientific degree, but he was able to do my job extremely well, and he is very adept at all things scientific and clinical. But although not essential, my technical background is extraordinarily helpful because it gives me a leg up and a common vocabulary to understand many things – there are a lot of basics that I can lean on. Having said that, there is very specific industry and company knowledge that is required. One thing I tell my people about the role of general counsel is that you cease to become a specialist in any area of the law, but you become a specialist in your company and your company's business. So even if you have a scientific background, you still have to do a lot of learning, and tailor it very specifically to your company.
GC: Could it almost be advantageous to not have a scientific background in some cases?
JL: Yes, and I think this is why it's important for every functional area, including legal, to have a real diversity of talent – people who come from engineering, from technical fields, or frankly people who are psychology majors and so on. There's a real strength in having diversity of thinking, because I do think that scientists have a common training, and we all go down the same pathway to diagnosing problems. Sometimes solutions are presented in a way that isn't necessarily problem solving but brainstorming, or looking at it from a broader picture of: what is the real essence of the issue here? I have several people in my legal group who aren't scientists by training.
GC: What are the biggest things that the legal department has been dealing with for Seattle Genetics over the past 12 to 18 months?
JL: As I mentioned earlier, there's been exponential growth in our company and we are transitioning from having a smaller company's legal problems to a larger company's legal problems. As a result, there's been an increase in deal work arising from collaborations and transactions.
There's also been a lot of activity on the dispute resolution / litigation side. We've added some new personnel with expertise in that area because of how much work it represents.
GC: What is the achievement that you are most proud of from your time at Seattle Genetics?
JL: What I am really most proud of is that I have recruited and built a great group. The people that I managed to bring in to the company have been stellar, top-notch lawyers who are really experienced and have a thoughtful way of providing great service to the company, as well as a balance of smartness, ethics, and interest in being efficient and moving the company's business along.
I think I'll come full circle and say one of the great things about being a general counsel is that you have a huge purview into the business in addition to solving legal problems, so it's a very fun job.
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I have spent the last week hacking my way through the Search Engine Jungle trying to sort through the overwhelming amount of advice and drivel connected with improving website rankings.
The game has changed folks. No longer can you slap a few keywords in the header and hope for the best. Nowadays, you need more than content- you need exposure! Get on the social networking bandwagon and join some groups- facebook, linkedin (my current favorite) yahoo directory, zoominfo to name a few. The more the better. These create opportunities to receive "inbound links" to your site.
There seems to be a huge industry that has sprung up almost overnight populated with fiery young hotshots jostling to sell you advice on the social networking phenom. To those of us with real lives however, so much of this Twitter sounds like Twaddle. What's really useful is an updated view of the web. Take what's really working and don't exhaust yourself with fads. It's just good old-fashioned back-scratching with a new method. More to come.
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New report hails UAE's leadership in green economy
RE100, States & Regions
LONDON: A new report published today says the UAE is providing an exemplary model of leadership in the green economy regionally and nationally, and has the potential to be at the 'hub' of a new global energy revolution.
The UAE: Hub of the next energy revolution? is written by The Climate Group and launched to coincide with the World Green Economy Summit in Dubai, which The Climate Group's CEO Mark Kenber is addressing during the closing plenary.
The report calls for the UAE to "be recognized for its low carbon leadership. Its green growth plan to create 160,000 new jobs by 2030 and boost GDP up to 5% clearly shows how clean energy benefits people".
It also says that "the UAE is strategically located to take advantage of a rapid increase in demand for renewable power and clean technology" which is expected to happen after the international climate treaty talks at the Paris COP later this year.
"Clean technology innovation and international collaboration is earning the UAE a reputation as a leading clean energy innovation hub as the world looks – once again – to the region to help drive the next global energy revolution," the report adds.
Mark Kenber said the UAE could become a 'global green energy power' after the climate talks: "There's an extraordinarily ambitious strategy of investment and innovation that is paying dividends now, and positions the UAE to maximize the economic and business benefits of the expected boom in the green economy following the climate treaty summit.
"The Climate Group currently works with some of the world's leading brands and also government agencies responsible for energy and authorities. We have recently started to work on a new initiative called 'RE100', which helps companies to adopt and benefit from using renewable energy in its operations. There are many UAE businesses that belong in this global vanguard.
"We also want to connect government authorities with members of our global network of state and regional partners in order to help promote the two-way exchange of expertise and opportunities for collaboration in areas such as energy efficiency and demand side management. There is clearly much which government entities here in the UAE have to contribute in this area."
RE100 was launched at Climate Week NYC in September, 2014. Sixteen companies have now joined the campaign and made a public commitment to going 100% renewable. In addition to IKEA and Nestlé, RE100 brings together BT Group, Commerzbank, Elion Resources Group, Formula E, H&M, KPN, Mars, Philips, Reed Elsevier Group, J. Sara Sarasin Bank, SAP, SGS, Swiss Re and YOOX Group.
The Climate Group's States & Regions Alliance comprises government entities in Europe, the Americas, South Asia, Australia and Africa, representing 313 million people and 11% of global GDP. The alliance members work together to develop innovative policies, phase out coal, invest in clean tech infrastructure and start-ups, linking up emissions trading systems, and developing new finance mechanisms.
Mark Kenber will be speaking at the WGES Closing Plenary of which the focus is 'Dubai the Capital of the Green Economy and the Road to Paris - Taking stock of the insights and outcomes of WGES 2015 and the way forward for the green economy'.
Eduardo Goncalves, International Communications Director, egoncalves@theclimategroup.org
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IU Football: Quarterback Michael Penix Out For The Season
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A rash of injuries finally caught up with Indiana quarterback Michael Penix.
The IU football program announced today that the redshirt freshman left hander from Tampa will miss the remainder of the 2019 season after suffering a right sternoclavicular joint injury. Penix had surgery on Monday.
Backup Peyton Ramsey will now permanently assume the starting job after filling in for Penix in seven games this year.
Ramsey is 113-of-157 (72 percent) on the season with 1,302 yards, 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. The Ohio native has played in 27 games over the course of his Indiana career.
Below is the full release from IU Athletics via iuhoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will miss the remainder of the 2019 regular season and the postseason with a right sternoclavicular joint injury. Penix underwent surgery on Monday and it was determined following the surgery that he will not return for the remainder of the year.
"We feel really bad for Mike," Indiana head coach Tom Allen said. "He's worked extremely hard and had a great season. He'll recover from this and get bigger and stronger this offseason. Mike has a very bright future with the Hoosiers."
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Boxing Day review: Aml Ameen revives festive rom-coms with a fun celebration of Black British culture
Aml Ameen has taken on a genre that's not easy to master for his directorial debut Boxing Day.
With Hollywood taken over by blockbuster superhero movies, it's meant some genres such as rom-coms, which were previously the big money-makers, have been forced to slowly fade into oblivion. Honestly, when was the last great rom-com you can think of?
Well, Boxing Day might just be the next.
Releasing a festive rom-com isn't, of course, a new idea but Boxing Day is immediately set apart from its predecessors being the first Black British Christmas movie. The timing couldn't be more perfect as, you might remember, it was this time last year that a certain supermarket chain's Christmas advert – ahem, Sainsbury's – sparked such outrage among some because it simply featured a Black family having their Christmas lunch.
Yes, Black people do the normal family thing at this time of year too, and Boxing Day is just a snapshot into how much fun it can be.
It follows Melvin (Ameen), an author who lives in LA but is returning home to London to promote his new book alongside his new fiancee Lisa (Aja Naomi King). However, he's less keen on attending his family's annual Boxing Day bonanza after shocking events in a previous year.
Ameen's festive rom-com is a feel-good ride (Picture: Warner Bros.)
Alongside all of that, Lisa's hiding a secret and Melvin is reacquainted with his ex Georgia (Leigh-Anne Pinnock), who is now a global superstar singer and clearly still harbours some feelings and unfinished business with him.
From the offset, Boxing Day is warm, festive and keeps the pace at full tilt as it introduces us to each area of Melvin's life, both in LA and London. Aside from the obviously predominantly Black cast, the soundtrack perfectly supports the focus on Black British and Caribbean culture with an assortment of reggae classics to stir nostalgia of our own family celebrations.
It skillfully weaves in the narrative of Caribbean culture versus African with Melvin's family hailing from the islands and Georgia's dad, a proud Nigerian man, but also how in London, both cultures have blended together over the years in a melting pot.
Boxing Day beautifully celebrates Black British culture (Picture: Warner Bros.)
Melvin (Ameen) has unfinished business with ex Georgia (Pinnock) (Picture: Warner Bros.)
Scenes of the older African and West Indian generations bantering about their heritage around the dining table is something many of us can relate to whether we've seen – or partaken in ourselves – with friends and family from different Black British cultures.
Overall, there's a lot going on in Melvin's world; a love triangle being just one of the issues keeping him busy, and Ameen does well in giving most of the subplots room to breathe. However, having so many arcs to entertain only falters perhaps when it comes to fleshing out some of the supporting characters; Melvin's younger brother for instance, who is used well as comic relief but sometimes gets lost in the brilliant chaos of the main plot.
The nods to Love Actually are perfectly unsubtle (Picture: Warner Bros.)
Boxing Day is out now (Picture: Warner Bros.)
The nods to Richard Curtis' Love Actually, which arguably set the bar for British Christmas movies, are intentionally unsubtle with Melvin trying to win Lisa back with romantic cue cards. It's this kind of humour which makes Boxing Day a winner; it's pretentious-free and somehow manages to avoid overdoing it on the cheese.
Ameen's direction is well-considered, capturing both the opulence and realness of London whether it's a five-star hotel or council estate, and making it fit together seamlessly. His script also draws brilliant performances out of himself, but also newcomer Pinnock who makes her acting debut as Georgia and does a surprisingly convincing job.
Marianne Jean Baptiste, who stars as Melvin's mother Shirley, is both warm and fun to watch as she takes the chaos of the holiday in her stride while hilariously trying to keep her white boyfriend a secret.
Boxing Day is a complete breath of fresh air for British cinema and offers the feel-good, fuzzy type of rom-com we all need at this time of year.
Boxing Day is out in cinemas now.
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I used to cycle to work. Back in England I rode from the bottom of a hill to the top of the city. I was a confident and competent rider. I wore my helmet, had my flashing lights, was constantly aware of the cars and obeyed all the rules. I enjoyed it. Nay, I loved it. I got good exercise, felt like an ecologically aware citizen and was able to do things – quite literally – at my own speed.
So, when OnzO bikes snuck up on us this past weekend I was super excited to give it a go. Admittedly, I haven't been on a bike for a couple of years and my osteopath warned me to be careful (!) but I got tingles all the way to my toes when I spied one of the yellow beauties the other day. I downloaded the app. I never download apps. This was momentous.
I felt superhuman unlocking my freedom. Scan the QR code and pop! There it is. Ready. I grinned. Helmet on, route calculations done. I would take it easy on the waterfront, go to a quick meeting and then run (ride) my errands.
The waterfront was gorgeous. It's always gorgeous. I snapped a selfie and immediately posted it to every social media outlet at my disposal.
Yes, a friend did comment on the jaunty angle of the helmet.
I dodged wild toddlers, slowed down for snail's pace walkers (the ones who annoy me when I'm on foot) – but with the wind in my hair, I just didn't care. I smiled at every single person looking vaguely in my direction and got to Te Papa in record time.
I was impressed with myself and the bike. Comfortable and easy to ride (yes, they're one speed, yes, the waterfront is flat, so perhaps I'm easily impressed) and I was ready to rock the socks off my errands.
Until. I turned onto a real road. Just the one real road. Taranaki Street. Oh sh*t.
The traffic lights next to Circa were fine. The traffic lights beyond were not. I was terrified. There were cars! I shouldn't have been surprised, but the car behind me at the lights could clearly see the fear. Thankfully the driver was patient. I did what I was supposed to and got myself into the middle of the road to indicate right into Luke's Lane. I dismounted, shaking. How on earth was I going to do all of the things I wanted to do today?
I made it to the work meeting, quaking in my boots. My boss cycles every day and is fearless. I feel like a coward. But she reassures me: Of course I'm scared. That's a natural response. It's only natural to not want to be feeling in danger of being bounced off a bus or crushed by a car (I quite like being whole, it works for me).
Cycling through the city shouldn't be scary, should it? Cycling through the city should be way easier and it should be encouraged.
The centre of Wellington is perfect for these one-speed OnzO wonders. If the new bike-share service survives in Welly beyond its six month pilot (fingers crossed) will we see anything change to make getting about easier? Could vehicular access in the city be restricted so more people get on their bikes and ride? Could bikes and buses live together in harmony? Mass-transit and pedal power side by side, not jostling for space.
I will try again. I don't give up. If you see me on an OnzO in town, please know that I'm probably still terrified but I'm feeling the fear and doing it anyway. I definitely want to ride a bicycle, just like Mr. Mercury.
How could we encourage more people to bike? What's your experience of OnzO?
the lack of cycleways will continue to restrict cycling but there are some laneways I find useful for getting thru the cbd away from entitled motorists.
My ebike is being upgraded so tried Onzos – agree that they are great for waterfront not so great on the road unless you have a good tail wind. We should allow slow travel on footpaths and malls – Onzos excellent for that.


I spend some of the funds I have available on hardware, here follows a quick overview of my boxen. My aim is to combine the functionality of SARA and a power plant in a single house.
Deepthought is colocated at BIT and runs various KVM instances.
Ford routes my home dsl, relays mail to/from Zaphod, and also runs powerdns, ntpd, and dhcpd.
This laptop replaces my previous workstation, the onboard dual-link dvi drives an 30" TFT.
Zaphod is my fileserver with four 750GB disks in RAID 5. Serving nfs, smb, ftp and tftp.
Just to prove that I do run OpenBSD.
A nice serial port server, very useful to manage all the unix boxen at home. Managed via ethernet, not sure how I'll control it when the switch is down.


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Sooryavanshi: How Akshay Kumar and Rohit Shetty helped Abhimanyu Singh during high octane action scenes
Created: Jul 10, 2019 - 11:19 am IST
Rohit Shetty is expanding his cop universe and this time, it's Akshay Kumar leading the way. After successful cop films with Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh – Singham franchise and Simmba – the filmmaker has already completed major portions of his next project, Sooryavanshi starring Akshay Kumar. The Hyderabad schedule was wrapped up earlier this month with major high octane action sequences which also included the villain Abhimanyu Singh.
Abhimanyu Singh, who debuted in Bollywood with Aks, said that Rohit Shetty and Akshay Kumar guided him during the action sequences. He said the action scenes stretched upto 13-15 days and that he was jumping from one building to another for the elaborate sequences. The actor said that he was a bit nervous in the beginning but Rohit Shetty made him comfortable and Akshay Kumar guided him well. Akshay even rehearsed scenes with him and he was prepared before the camera rolled.
In Sooryavanshi, Akshay Kumar is essaying the role of an ATS officer. The film will be jointly produced by Rohit Shetty Picturez, Cape Of Good Films and Dharma Productions. The film is produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Rohit Shetty. It is scheduled for March 27, 2020 release.
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Q: Unfamiliar C Syntax in the Declaration of Function Currently looking at some C code that doesn't make any sense to me. What is (elementSize)? How am supposed to pass arguments to this static function? What is the name of this syntax style so I can learn more abour it?
static int torch_Tensor_(elementSize)(lua_State *L)
{
  luaT_pushinteger(L, THStorage_(elementSize)());
  return 1;
}

https://github.com/torch/torch7/blob/master/generic/Tensor.c
This is the file I am trying to understand for reference.

A: Normally
static int torch_Tensor_(elementSize)(lua_State *L)

would mean torch_Tensor_ is a function that takes a single parameter called elementSize that has no type (?! - syntax error) and returns a function that takes a pointer to lua_State and returns an int. This is blatantly invalid (functions cannot return other functions).
But what's actually going on here is that torch_Tensor_ is defined as a function-like macro, so before the compiler even sees this declaration, torch_Tensor_(elementSize) is replaced by something else.
In https://github.com/torch/torch7/blob/master/Tensor.c there is
#include "general.h"

#define torch_Storage_(NAME) TH_CONCAT_4(torch_,Real,Storage_,NAME)
#define torch_Storage TH_CONCAT_STRING_3(torch.,Real,Storage)
#define torch_Tensor_(NAME) TH_CONCAT_4(torch_,Real,Tensor_,NAME)
#define torch_Tensor TH_CONCAT_STRING_3(torch.,Real,Tensor)

#include "generic/Tensor.c"
#include "THGenerateAllTypes.h"

#include "generic/Tensor.c"
#include "THGenerateHalfType.h"

with TH_CONCAT_... defined in lib/TH/THGeneral.h.in:
#define TH_CONCAT_STRING_3(x,y,z) TH_CONCAT_STRING_3_EXPAND(x,y,z)
#define TH_CONCAT_STRING_3_EXPAND(x,y,z) #x #y #z

#define TH_CONCAT_4_EXPAND(x,y,z,w) x ## y ## z ## w
#define TH_CONCAT_4(x,y,z,w) TH_CONCAT_4_EXPAND(x,y,z,w)

So torch_Tensor_ is defined as a macro before generic/Tensor.c is included.
torch_Tensor_(elementSize)

expands to
TH_CONCAT_4(torch_,Real,Tensor_,elementSize)

which expands to
TH_CONCAT_4_EXPAND(torch_,...,Tensor_,elementSize)

... is a placeholder, not real code. Real is defined as a macro in the various THGenerate*Type.h files, so this line actually becomes
TH_CONCAT_4_EXPAND(torch_,char,Tensor_,elementSize)
TH_CONCAT_4_EXPAND(torch_,int,Tensor_,elementSize)
TH_CONCAT_4_EXPAND(torch_,float,Tensor_,elementSize)
...

depending on context. Anyway, the end result is a single identifier of the form
torch_charTensor_elementSize
torch_intTensor_elementSize
torch_floatTensor_elementSize
...

(one token).
The resulting function definition thus looks like e.g.
static int torch_charTensor_elementSize(lua_State *L)
{
    ...
}

depending on which context generic/Tensor.c was included in.
The reason things are done this way is to have what amounts to the same code, but for multiple different types. In C++ you would write a function template:
namespace torch {
    template<typename Real>
    static int Tensor_elementSize(lua_State *L) { ... }
}

But C has no templates (nor namespaces), so the only way to get "generic" code like this is to do it manually with macros and preprocessing tricks (and manually "decorating" names; e.g. the elementSize function for floats is really called torch_floatTensor_elementSize).
All we're really trying to do is abstract over a type parameter, here called Real.


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Michael pines for a life of normalcy and to see a world beyond that of West Virginia. In the nearby town of Dahlia, Michael meets Alice, a pretty girl working at a record shop. He is immediately smitten, but his family is all too eager to remind him of the monster he is.
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NBA: The 3 Most Dangerous Player Nightclub Fights
by Jason Alsher on December 3, 2015
Remember when Thabo Sefolosha had his foot broken by the police outside a bar back in April? What about when the Indiana Pacers learned that forward Chris Copeland had been stabbed outside a Manhattan nightclub at the end of the regular season? Did you remember that it happened at the same spot?
"We are aware that Chris Copeland was injured early this morning in New York City," Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird said at the time. "We are still gathering information and will update when we know more. Our thoughts are with Chris and those injured."
Copeland sustained knife wounds to both his left elbow and abdomen, while Pero Antic and Thabo Sefolosha both ended up being arrested for blocking police officers from getting to the crime scene.
Needless to say, this was an unfortunate situation, and we're sad to say that it's not an uncommon occurrence. There has been a history of NBA players getting into trouble while spending their nights out on the town. That's not to say that we should frown upon athletes enjoying themselves when they're not on the court — we're merely pointing out a trend. We certainly wish Copeland and everyone else who was involved a speedy recovery. With that being said, here's a look at the three most notorious NBA player nightclub incidents.
1. Paul Pierce stabbed at a Boston nightclub in 2000
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In 2000, while still a member of the Boston Celtics, Paul Pierce was stabbed at a Boston nightclub. According to the police, Pierce was stabbed more than five times during the incident while attending a private party at the Buzz Club. The altercation left him with wounds to his face, neck, and back. Pierce would need to undergo surgery to deal with the injuries. The future All-Star was set to enter his his third season in the NBA when the situation occurred. Fortunately, it didn't derail him from having a Hall of Fame-caliber career.
2. Tony Parker suffers an eye injury in 2012
Tony Parker was extremely lucky that he only sustained a scratched cornea from a brawl that took place at a New York City nightclub. The San Antonio Spurs point guard was hanging out with friends when he got caught in the middle of a different kind of hip-hop battle. Said Parker, "I was with my friend Chris Brown and me and my friends took some punches, so I'll be missing the start of the French team because I can't do anything for a week except keep the lens in and then take drops." Not to worry: Brown and Drake have since squashed their beef, and Parker was fine enough to lead the Spurs to an NBA championship in 2014.
3. Stephen Jackson chokes out Steve Francis in 2013
Stephen Jackson has been involved in his fair share of incidents, but none of his off-the-court moments have stood out quite like his altercation with former NBA player Steve Francis. Both players happened to be at Club Roxy in Houston on the same night, and Jackson didn't appreciate it when Francis interrupted his rap performance in the DJ booth. From there, a verbal fight ensued, which eventually led to Jackson choking Francis. We'd like to think there is a moral to this particular story, but we can't seem to come up with anything. Perhaps, maybe, steer clear of Jackson when he has a microphone in his hand?


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