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Ode to Kirihito
March 16, 2010 Joseph Luster
If I remember correctly, the original 2006 Vertical edition of Ode to Kirihito was my first true exposure to a dark, somewhat self-contained Osamu Tezuka tale. It also may have been the largest bulk volume of manga I consumed prior to Drawn & Quarterly's release …Read more »
November 30, 2010 Joseph Luster
Ayako brings us another massive single-volume tale from the manga master, Osamu Tezuka. Like some of Vertical's previous long-form Tezuka releases— MW and Ode to Kirihito in particular— Ayako isn't afraid to get dark and dreary. In fact, Ayako may be one of the bleakest …Read more »
Vertical's Free Black Jack Manga Preview
July 9, 2008 Joseph Luster
In the wide world of manga, there are a lot of titles to look forward to this fall. It should be no surprise that a good deal of those hot properties are coming from the fine folks at Vertical , a publisher that continues to …Read more »
If you've been following Vertical's deluxe releases of Osamu Tezuka's work, then you already know that there are many, many different sides to the prolific creator, most of which are far separated from the cutesy and fun trappings of titles like Astro Boy . Heck, …Read more »
The Book of Human Insects
October 4, 2011 Joseph Luster
If The Book of Human Insects happened to be a manga by Hideshi Hino or Kazuo Umezu, one might find the title more indicative of the book's contents on a surface level. Instead we're treated to another layered story by the master, Osamu Tezuka, and …Read more »
2009: A Good Year for…
Before you get too excited, this is not a top 10, 5, or even 3 list. I enjoy skimming those as much as the next, but if I haven't been cataloging every single thing I touched over the course of a year, it …Read more »
Pluto Volume 6
December 14, 2009 Joseph Luster
The tension is palpable in Pluto at this point, but somewhere in the thick miasma of suspense is a subtle hint of disappointment that it's all barreling toward a close. There may be two volumes left, but never before has the light at the end …Read more »


What exactly is a catch-all e-mail account? How does one work? How can you configure such an account?
A catch-all e-mailbox is one that captures all the emails sent to non-existent email addresses. For example, if your email address is info@domain.com, but someone miswrites it and sends a message to inof@domain.com, it will still be received in the catch-all mailbox that you have created. Just one single mailbox per domain can have this feature enabled and thus you will never miss emails because the other side has an outdated email address or has made a spelling error. The downside of having a catch-all mailbox is that you may begin receiving lots of spam messages, but this issue can be fixed using anti-spam protection software. It's also essential to remember that a mailbox with an active catch-all functionality cannot redirect incoming emails to a third-party email address.
You will be able to set up a catch-all e-mailbox without any difficulty in case you've got a shared hosting plan with our company. The Email Manager tool in our custom-created Hepsia hosting Control Panel is full-featured, yet very intuitive, and it will enable you to activate various features, including the catch-all one, with no more than several clicks of the mouse. All the email addresses that you have set up will be enumerated in alphabetical order in this section and next to each one of them you will find a small-size "Catch-all" icon. Clicking it once will activate this feature, clicking it again will deactivate it. As you can have just one such mailbox per domain, our system will notify you if you've already got a different one with this option activated or if you've got activated email forwarding.
The custom-created Hepsia hosting Control Panel that is included with every semi-dedicated server package that we are offering will permit you to create a catch-all mailbox without any effort even in case you don't have much email/web hosting experience. All it takes to do that is to click on the catch-all icon, which will be on the right-hand side of each email address that you have created with your domain names in the Control Panel's Email Manager section. As you can have just one mailbox with this feature per domain, our system will notify you if you have already created a different catch-all mailbox or if the one that you want to use has email forwarding activated. In case you decide that you don't want the feature any longer, you can disable it by clicking again on the very same icon. The Email Manager will also permit you to see your catch-all mailboxes at a glance.


For over ten years, locating a Bone Marrow Organization specifically directed towards assisting Indigenous People, Native Americans, or Alaskan Natives, in this Country has eluded me.
Much needed media attention, hype and hyperbole, was showered on the various Blood Cancer and Bone Marrow Groups, by the recent airing on GMA of Robin Robert's illness, treatment and eventual Bone Marrow transplant.
She put a public face on a relentless, vicious, killer disease and gave those also suffering from it, hope!
Robin was one of the lucky ones, as her sister turned out to be a perfect match, but for millions of Americans in this Country, there is/was no happy ending, no perfect match for them.
Many Native People on remote Reservations in America, have two factors that can delay or detract from them getting the treatment that they so desperately need, a local Doctor to recommend them and just basic everyday, ordinary access to them.
Often Native Elders have no access to transportation, or a local Doctor who is able to refer them to the next level of care, or treatment, on their particular Reservation.
This can make getting the help that they need, nearly impossible.
Right now, there are Native People who are suffering in silence and dying, without ever getting to the help that they need and that is available to them.
According to a graph on the site below, once Native Americans do get to the Bone Marrow Organizations, their chance of finding a match is right at 90%.
While this number appears to be quite impressive, please remember that this is, if and when they get there!
After contacting a National Bone Marrow Organization, yes the exact same one that was so vital to Ms. Robert's recovery, a phone conversation yesterday with their extremely helpful and dedicated, Marketing Director, yielded much valuable information, that I am now passing along to you.
If you, or anyone you know, is in need, won't you please forward this on them, so that they may have a fighting chance against an insidious disease, that does not discern between its victims, blood cancer, otherwise known as, Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma.
"Every four minutes someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukemia or lymphoma. They desperately hope for a marrow donor who could give them a cure.
Be The Match® connects patients with life-saving donors. And right now, an American Indian or Alaska Native patient in your community likely needs a hero just like you, willing to give a small part of yourself to give someone a cure.
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Patients are most likely to match someone who shares their ancestry, and American Indians and Alaska Natives combined comprise only 1 percent of the registry.
American Indian and Alaska Native marrow donors are urgently needed to save patients everywhere.
The cure for blood cancer is in the hands of ordinary peopleSM. BeTheMatch.org.


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Max Payne è un film d'azione del 2008, diretto da John Moore ed interpretato da Mark Wahlberg.

La sceneggiatura è ispirata al videogioco per PC e console Max Payne, pubblicato il 25 luglio del 2001.

Trama
Una sera, dopo aver seguito una pista apparentemente infruttuosa che lo ha portato ad interrogare un tossicodipendente nella stazione di Roscoe Street, il detective della NYPD Max Payne conosce un'avvenente ragazza, Natasha Sax, che la mattina seguente viene ritrovata morta proprio nei pressi dell'abitazione di Max.

Il caso è fortuitamente affidato ad Alex Balder, ex compagno del detective Payne alla sezione omicidi. Nel corso di quest'indagine Payne, sospettato dai suoi stessi colleghi dell'omicidio della Sax a causa del fatto che la donna ha con sé il distintivo di Payne, rubato precedentemente, accusa Balder di non lavorare abbastanza per scoprire chi ha assassinato la sua famiglia: Balder, riapre il caso dell'omicidio della famiglia di Payne e, lavorando sul caso Sax, scopre alcuni elementi che potrebbero collegare i casi. I due decidono di incontrarsi a casa di Payne per parlarne, ma al suo rientro a casa, Balder è già morto e poco dopo, anche il detective Payne viene violentemente percosso fino a perdere i sensi. Ma, essendo stato rinvenuto accanto al cadavere del collega Balder, Payne inizia ad essere sospettato dagli affari interni e ritenuto colpevole dai colleghi di Balder degli omicidi di Natasha Sax e del collega Alex Balder. Per lui non rimane altro che proseguire le indagini da solo, con l'aiuto occasionale di Mona Sax, che cerca vendetta per la morte della sorella Natasha.

Payne e la Sax raccolgono una serie di indizi che li portano a ricollegare gli omicidi con una particolare droga sintetica chiamata Valchiria, creata a scopi militari dalla Aesir Corporation, industria farmaceutica per cui lavorava anche la moglie del detective Payne. Sicuro delle proprie indagini, Payne va ad affrontare Jack Lupino, un ex militare ora principale spacciatore di Valchiria, ed uno dei pochi ad essere sopravvissuto alla sostanza. Durante il duello corpo a corpo, però, il detective si trova in difficoltà e, quando sta per essere sopraffatto, viene salvato dal provvidenziale intervento di BB Hensley, suo ex collega, ora capo della sicurezza per la Aesir Corporation. Poco dopo, però, Max si ritrova stordito e ammanettato, e BB si rivela: è lui il vero assassino della famiglia Payne, pronto ad uccidere nuovamente per tenere sotto controllo i suoi affari illeciti collegati alla droga. Nonostante ciò, il detective Payne riesce a fuggire tuffandosi nell'acqua gelata del fiume. Riemerso, per sopravvivere all'ipotermia, ha come unica opzione quella di assumere due dosi di Valchiria.

Spinto dalla vendetta e dagli effetti della droga, si reca nella sede della Aesir Corporation, dove, anche con l'aiuto della Sax, si fa strada tra le guardie armate piano per piano, fino a raggiungere il tetto. Lì, sulla piattaforma per gli elicotteri, incontra finalmente il suo ex amico BB e può compiere la sua vendetta con un colpo secco al cuore. Payne, ferito, si abbandona al ricordo della famiglia, ma, come già successo nelle fredde acque del fiume, viene risvegliato dal torpore della morte ed è salvo.

Subito dopo si vede Max, che è stato rilasciato, e Mona in un bar. La donna tira fuori un giornale in cui è presente in prima pagina la foto di Nicole Horne, capo dell'Aesir Corporation. I due si scambiano uno sguardo, come a significare che il lavoro non è ancora finito.

Produzione
La 20th Century Fox acquisì i diritti di distribuzione cinematografica dei videogiochi Max Payne a fine 2003.

Tra le società che hanno finanziato l'adattamento vi sono la Collision Entertainment e la Firm Films.

Una volta cominciato il casting vennero scritturati in primis gli attori Mark Wahlberg e Mila Kunis per le parti di Max Payne e Mona Sax.

Riprese
Le riprese sono iniziate il 2 marzo 2008 e si sono concluse il 9 maggio dello stesso anno.

Le ambientazioni sono state filmate nelle città canadesi di Hamilton e Toronto. Per filmare una scena che si svolgeva nella stazione metropolitana di Bay Station, si è dovuta aspettare l'accettazione della Toronto Transit Commission.

Distribuzione
Il film è stato distribuito nel circuito cinematografico statunitense il 17 ottobre 2008, mentre nelle sale italiane è stato distribuito il 28 novembre successivo. Il 7 maggio 2009, Max Payne è uscito in Italia nel nuovo formato Blu-ray + DVD in un unico cofanetto, mentre il solo DVD è stato pubblicato il 21 maggio. Il doppio formato contiene – solamente nel formato Blu-ray – contenuti speciali e la versione estesa del film. Contenuti speciali e versione estesa sono presenti anche nel DVD singolo, disponibile al pubblico dal 21 maggio 2009.

Accoglienza
Negli Stati Uniti Max Payne ha
incassato $40.689.393 mentre nel resto del mondo $47.085.657	per un totale di $87.775.050, a fronte di un budget di 35 milioni di dollari.

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Voci correlate
 Max Payne

Collegamenti esterni

Max Payne
Film d'azione drammatici
Film thriller
Film basati su videogiochi
Film 20th Century Fox
Film diretti da John Moore

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Un ascenseur incliné est un mode de transport guidé qui utilise une cabine unique circulant sur une voie sur rails en pente (généralement de longueur modeste), tractée par un ou plusieurs câbles depuis la station terminale amont.

Technique

Funiculaire, ascenseur incliné ou ascenseur ?
L'ascenseur incliné se distingue techniquement du funiculaire par le fait qu'il ne dispose que d'une seule cabine pouvant fonctionner indépendamment de façon automatique, comme un ascenseur. Le funiculaire dispose par contre généralement de deux convois circulant en va-et-vient reliés par un câble : Pendant qu'un convoi monte, l'autre descend, contribuant ainsi à équilibrer la charge. Le funiculaire fait appel à du matériel ferroviaire nécessitant pour une longue distance la présence d'un conducteur.

Il convient de noter que dans plusieurs pays, l'ascenseur incliné n'est pas considéré comme remontée mécanique. C'est par exemple le cas en France depuis la parution de la norme NF P82-400 « ascenseurs inclinés » en 1996.

Quant aux ascenseurs traditionnels, ceux-ci sont purement verticaux de pente 90°.

Les ascenseurs des piliers de la Tour Eiffel étant inclinés à 54° du rez-de chaussée au premier étage, puis 74° jusqu'au deuxième étage, pourraient presque s'apparenter à des ascenseurs très inclinés.

À l'inverse, le funiculaire de Montmartre à Paris (France) illustré ci-joint a conservé par facilité son appellation commerciale de « funiculaire », mais depuis sa rénovation de 1991, aurait dû se renommer ascenseur incliné, car il est composé de deux lignes d'ascenseurs inclinés parallèles indépendantes.

Typologies d'entraînement

L'ascenseur incliné à adhérence
 Ceux-ci se trouvent en extrémité haute, ou basse de la gaine (dans ce cas, en partie haute sera placé un « local poulies »). L'étrier est suspendu à plusieurs câbles et est contrebalancé par un contrepoids. Ce contrepoids, dont la charge égale à la masse de la cabine à vide et de la demi-charge de la cabine, sert à équilibrer la charge, et à augmenter l'adhérence des câbles sur la poulie. Il permet, par ailleurs de diminuer la puissance nécessaire à l'entraînement de la cabine. Comme le véhicule, le contrepoids circule au niveau de la voie, mais sous les rails principaux.

L'ascenseur incliné avec treuil à tambour
Les ascenseurs inclinés avec treuil à tambour sont mus par un câble qui s'enroule ou se déroule sur un treuil à tambour motorisé situé en station amont. L'intérêt de ce système est la suppression du contrepoids, autorisant une conception plus simple, mais les performances s'en trouvent limitées notamment en charge utile et la puissance de la motorisation nécessitée est supérieure à celle d'un ascenseur incliné à adhérence, à capacité et ligne équivalente et ce du fait de l'absence du contrepoids.

Exploitation

L'ascenseur incliné est généralement utilisé comme transport en commun.

On le trouve dans les stations de ski pour assurer de petites liaisons, comme à Zermatt (Suisse) où le Leisee-Shuttle dessert le secteur pour débutants de domaine du Rothorn.

Il sert également de transport urbain, tel que celui de Montmartre.

En  sont inaugurés deux ascenseurs inclinés à Contes (Alpes-Maritimes) permettant de relier les deux secteurs du village au bord du Paillon et sur la colline.

Notes et références

Transports connexes

 Funiculaire
 Ascenseur valléen
 Transport par câble
 Plan incliné (chemin de fer)


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?What Will Happen to my Social Security if the Government Shuts Down?
?Should a Witness Testify at my Social Security Disability Hearing?
?How Much Does a Disability Attorney Cost in Louisiana?
"He gave me a lot of information that we didn't even know, like what's important to tell the doctors." Amanda Thomas, Destrehan, LA
"I was worried about getting an attorney that would work for me, instead of just getting a paycheck, and he made me feel he cared more about the situation than just a paycheck. He cared about me, and I felt that and that's what made me very comfortable with him." Gabriel Guerrero, Paradis, LA
"And I was really worried because I had been fighting for years. Every question I've asked he has explained it. If I didn't understand it, he would break it down where it really made sense." Sharon Bazajou, Kenner, LA
49-Year-Old Des Allemands Man with Cervical Stenosis and Tremors Awarded Benefits $150,000
49-year-old with Mental Health Problems Granted Benefits on Initial Application $225,000
SSDI benefits won on appeal for client with Multiple Sclerosis $250,000
Kendra is a 55-year-old former business owner with vision loss who recently sought my assistance for her Social Security Disability Claim.
Kendra is a nice lady who describes herself as a people person and as one who likes to talk. We enjoy working with her.
On multiple occasions, she has told my team that she does not understand why SSA did not just approve her claim as she is "legally blind."
When I asked her who told her she was "legally blind" and what did they mean – she said her eye doctor.
When discussing the case with her eye doctor, a very respected ophthalmologist in Metairie, Louisiana – I figured out the issue.
He was referring to "legally blind" as the legal vision requirements to obtain or keep a Louisiana driver's license.
Those requirements are different than the legal requirements for blindness under SSA rules.
What is the Requirement to get Disability for Vision?
Under Social Security Rules for Legal Blindness, a person meets the listing for vision impairment if the following is true:
Remaining vision in the better eye after best correction is 20/200 or less;
If a person has contraction of the visual field in the better eye with: (a) widest diameter subtending an angle around point of fixation no greater than 20 degrees; OR (b) an MD of 22 or greater; OR (c) visual field efficiency of 20 percent or less; OR
Have a visual efficiency percentage of 20 percent or less after best correction OR a visual impairment value of 1.00 or greater after best correction.
Kendra's visual acuity was bad – very bad – so bad in fact that her doctor said under Louisiana law she could not drive.
But her vision with glasses or contacts was not quite bad enough to meet the legal requirements for a vision impairment under Social Security Disability Insurance rules.
So while Kendra was legally blind according to the Louisiana DMV, she was not according to the Social Security Administration.
Please note: Names are changed and details from multiple cases may be combined for dramatic effect.
If you have a vision impairment and are fighting for Social Security Disability Benefits, you may need a disability attorney.
The team at Louisiana Disability Law stands ready to help. Give us a call at 985-240-9773 today!
If you're preparing to apply for Social Security disability or appeal a claim denial, I've written a book 9 Mistakes that Can Disable Your Social Security Disability Claim.
This is a helpful and informative guide that will guide you through some of the common mistakes and errors that lead to unfavorable Social Security Disability decisions.
Don't make a costly mistake that could cause you to lose the benefits that you need to survive! I'd love to send you a copy.
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I like to sleep in a hammock when I camp. Finding the most comfortable set-up adds to the fun of camping and trying out new gear. Recently, I had an opportunity to use the Inertia X Wave pad on a camping trip when I would be sleeping in my hammock.
It was a very light pad and rolled up quite small. It is a ¾ pad. If you are used to full length it will take some getting used to. It stopped on me about where my legs started; I'm over 6 feet tall.
After inflating it and installing it in my hammock I found that it was quite comfortable. I really liked the small air pump ball that was provided. It made slight adjustments very easy. The pad was quite easy to use and packed very small. I found it to be comfortable in my hammock.
The only down side to me was that I am not a fan of the open spaces. This trip was a bit cold and I found the slots to be a chilly spot. This is something that I could address with an under quilt on the hammock, another piece of gear to test! All in all, the small light weight size is a real plus when space is limited. It is worth looking into.


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Home/Business/Industry throws weight behind the 29er
Larger wheel size may one day become 'standard' suggests Mark Lynskey
Industry throws weight behind the 29er
"Any UK rider that travels around to different trails is going to end up having both a 26 and 29-inch wheeled bike in his or her garage."
That's the belief of Lynskey founder Mark Lynskey, whose firm is this year to produce two full suspension frames for each wheel size.
"In the UK we have seen acceptance of 29ers grow significantly in the past two years. However, the UK with its widely varied terrain is the perfect example of a region where both wheel sizes will always have benefits," added Lynskey, who is convinced that, in certain territories, the three-inch larger wheel could become dominant in the long run.
"This is based upon the reality that most riders are out for recreation, fitness, and enjoyment of the outdoors. Larger wheels do offer a smoother ride. The larger contact patch offers better braking and better overall traction, and they are much more forgiving when it comes to that unexpected rock, or ditch."
Though still early days for the big-wheeler in the UK, sales are beginning to accelerate. Dickon Hepworth, MD of Jungle Products, which carries Santa Cruz bikes in the UK told BikeBiz: "We have seen a huge increase in our 29er sales over the last 12 months, and in particular the last four-month period. The Santa Cruz Tallboy has been outselling the Blur XC consistently over the last year, and the uptake among dealers over the last three months has been astonishing – even the sceptics are now admitting that the volume of customers asking for 29-inch product is too large to ignore."
Availability of product is without doubt becoming greater, with many of the UK's larger distributors dipping a toe into the water with at least one complete bike and back-up bits.
Juergen Falke, head of design at Merida, told BikeBiz that his firm is taking the market very seriously: "Some of our 29-inch bikes are among the most anticipated and sought after bikes in Merida's history. Dealer response has been fantastic throughout the world, with the 29er in our current range selling out within weeks of becoming available. These bikes flatter the rider in every sense and make it easier for the amateur and professional to enjoy off-road riding."
Santa Cruz's engineering and quality director Joe Graney, though "not as bullish on 29ers as saying it's going to take over other wheel sizes", anticipates great things from the market. He told BikeBiz: "The US and UK have been more broadly accepting of our one 29-inch wheel offering, the carbon tallboy (100mm travel). This bike will soon also come in aluminium in order to broaden its reach. However, we just introduced two new 29-inch wheel models, a lightweight carbon hardtail and aluminium tallboy frame. We expect strong sales of these in North America and UK, and for other markets to start welcoming the larger wheels as they become more ubiquitous."
It's been a manic month of news on the 29-inch wheel front with the web awash with product news of prototypes and builds for production. Rumour has it that both Ragley and Merida are currently in the process of building full suspension 29-inch wheel builds. Rock Shox is also said to be working on a 'SID like' 29-inch suspension fork.
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Justin Bieber Brings "Sorry" To The Tonight Show
Purpose is expected to debut at No. 1.
By Elias Leight
According to Billboard, Justin Bieber's Purpose is currently predicted to debut at No. 1 and sell roughly 525,000 copies its first week (450,000 in real album sales). But the singer isn't taking any chances: he dropped by Jimmy Fallon last night to perform "Sorry," his latest single, with The Roots.
Bieber co-wrote "Sorry" with Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter; it's produced by Skrillex and Blood Diamond, who had a large impact on the direction of Purpose. Live, he started it out as a mournful piano ballad, before the reggaeton-inflected beat kicked in and several dancers joined him on stage. Watch above, and catch up on 11 Bieber deep cuts.
Read Next: Justin Bieber steps in for Drake on DJ Khaled's "Popstar" video
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5 Huge Updates Coming to Android Devices
By Robert Zak – Posted on Feb 6, 2017 Feb 5, 2017 in Android
You can't imagine there ever being a dull day within the playground offices of Google, as some of the brightest minds in tech discuss the future of the Internet giant while playing on swings and knocking back NutriBullets. Even though 2017 has just begun, Google has wasted no time in experimenting with new features for all things Android-based, and there are so many things they've already revealed that they warrant a whole list unto themselves. So here they are!
1. No More Now Launcher
We had some wild times with the Now Launcher; I'll never forget the day when I swiped right from my homescreen and it told me all the football scores when I didn't actually want to know them until I watched the highlights later on …
But with the fancy new Pixel Launcher basically doing the same job with a slicker look, the Now Launcher will soon be no more. This will be a little frustrating for non-Pixel/Nougat users in the meantime, as the Pixel Launcher isn't ubiquitous just yet, but in the long run, switching over to it probably makes the most sense.
2. Offline Reading in Chrome
How has it taken us this long to get here? No matter, we're here now (hopefully in one piece), and for that I guess we should be grateful. From Chrome 56 onwards, you will be able to save pages for offline reading by tapping the Chrome menu icon at the top right, then selecting the down arrow (or Download button). The page will then be saved in the Downloads section of Chrome for your offline reading leisure.
3. Useful New Tab Page on Chrome
Another new feature that you'll see from Chrome 56 onwards is a nifty New Tab page, which now shows your downloads (including pages saved for offline reading), recent bookmarks, and favorite websites. It's a marked improvement on the pretty barebones New Tab page that existed before and makes everything on Chrome that much more interclickable.
4. Progressive Web Apps
Progressive Web Apps have been a thing in Chrome since 2015, allowing users to add their favorite websites to their Android homescreen, provided the site in question meets certain usability criteria.
Google is now introducing the next stage of this which will integrate your favorite websites deeper into Android. If a site develops one of these web apps, and someone adds it to their home screen, it will now also appear in the user's app drawer (with fully customizeable icons) and be treated by Android just like an app, allowing users to access its App Info page, control its permissions, and have it interact with other apps.
5. Update to My Apps Screen
If you've owned an Android device for years, then it's safe to assume that you've built up a stockpile of apps linked to your account over the years. But the current way the "My Apps" section of the Play Store is designed fails to reflect that, as the only modicum of organization in it is to toggle between lists of installed and owned apps.
That's all changing with Play Store 7.4, and it looks like Google will now have three over-arching categories in the "My apps" section – Updates, Installed and Library. More importantly, you'll now be able to organize your lists of apps alphabetically, by size, by Last Used and by Last Update. You'll also be able to open them directly from the list, as well as see their size.
The pace of change at Google is always impressive, and realistically there could be an article like this every month covering all the big updates to look forward to on your Android device and computer. Who knows? If people appreciate this list enough, then we may just do that!
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Q: Java ProcessBuilder doesn't work within a Thread I am using Java ProcessBuilder to execute two shell scripts. I want to have a 10 seconds time gap between two executions. So that's why I am using Threads. But following code doesn't execute shell scripts( without threads they execute).
public void execute() {

    new Thread(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            Process process_1;
            try {

                List<String> cmdList_1 = new ArrayList<String>();

                cmdList_1.add("sh");
                cmdList_1.add("command_1.sh");
                ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmdList_1);
                process_1 = pb.start();
                process_1.waitFor();

            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }).start();

    new Thread(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            Process process_2;
            try {
                Thread.sleep(10000);

                List<String> cmdList_2 = new ArrayList<String>();

                cmdList_2.add("sh");
                cmdList_2.add("command_2.sh");
                ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmdList_2);
                process_2 = pb.start();
                process_2.waitFor();

            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }).start();
}

How can I fix my code ? or are there any better way to fulfill my ambition?
Thanks in advance

A: Try consuming the output from the process, something like this:
ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
Process process = processBuilder.start();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader((new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
    System.out.println(line);
}

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Government of Zimbabwe supports forestry sector practitioners to develop low carbon emission initiatives
By Wallace Mawire
Lawrence Mashungu
The Government of Zimbabwe in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from the Russian Trust Fund has began an initiative on the harmonization of the tertiary education curriculum for Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) and Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) Training in Zimbabwe's Forestry Sector.
According to Mr Lawrence Mashungu from the Climate Change Management Department speaking on behalf of Mr Washington Zhakata, Director for the Climate Change Management Department in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement at a workshop on the harmonization of curriculum for low emission development strategy and measurement reporting and verification training in Zimbabwe's forestry sector held in Harare on 17 to 18 July, 2019, the government of Zimbabwe is implementing a programme, Support Towards Implementing Zimbabwe's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement on climate change (STIZ-NDC) with support from the UNDP-Russian Trust Fund which aims to develop the Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) in order to provide clear direction for low emission development and to build a functional, effective and sustainable domestic Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for tracking low emission development in Zimbabwe.
"To facilitate effective and sustainable implementation of the Low Emission Development Strategy in Zimbabwe, capacity building for developing viable low emission development projects and MRV systems of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions is necessary. This can only be achieved through a well-structured forestry education curriculum that clearly articulates climate change mitigation issues and the Low Emission Development Strategy," Mr Mashungu said.
Following a training on improved Tools and Methodologies for Measurement Reporting and Verification Systems based on International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodologies conducted on the 5h to the 9th of November 2018 at the Zimbabwe Institute for Public Administration and Management (ZIPAM), the need to develop a tertiary education curriculum that will ensure that future forestry practitioners have skills, knowledge, and attitudes to sustain the objectives of the LEDS and MRV for GHGs in the forestry sector was identified.
It is reported that inclusion of aspects of Low Emission Development Strategy and Measurement Reporting and Verification for Green House Gas (GHG) emission in the forestry curriculum will enhance capacity for sector institutions to effectively implement the Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) including Measurement Reporting and Verification for Green House Gas emissions.
"This will also enhance work under the National Communications Office reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)," Mr Mashungu said.
Mr Mashungu said that the project also aims at facilitating partnerships with investors and companies including Russian business actors and the academic institutions in order to open up investments, collaborations and technological exchange for low emission development.
The training workshop was attended by practitioners and students from universities in Zimbabwe and forestry sector institutions.
The training focused on review of the curricula offered in institutions awarding forestry qualifications based on guidelines for developing training materials, identifying information gaps in view of low emission development strategy and green house gas emissions accounting concepts and the designing of an appropriate curriculum outline that addresses identified gaps for low emission development strategy and green house gas emissions accounting concepts.
Following the training, w workshop report is expected to be produced itemizing gaps in the tertiary forestry curriculum, capacity requirements for low emission development strategy and green house gas accounting and a detailed curriculum outline that addresses the identified gaps.
There are also plans for the production of a draft curriculum for circulation and adoption of the curriculum in the institutions and implementations time frames.
It is reported that the process will take about a year comprising a series of meetings initiated by respective forestry departments at the academic institutions with involvement of the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE), the coordinating body of all universities in the country.


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Home Pro Sports MLB This Week in the Mets Season: Matt Harvey
MLB, Pro Sports
This Week in the Mets Season: Matt Harvey
By John Newell April 23, 2018 April 24, 2018
This past week in the Mets season was not as exciting as previous weeks. The had an underwhelming 2-4 record this week with the bullpen faltering in high leverage situations twice and the team lost two consecutive series.
The biggest news of the week was not the Mets struggles but their decision to move Matt Harvey to the bullpen. Harvey is heading to the bullpen because Jason Vargas will be coming off the disabled list soon and will be able to start this upcoming week. The move was both surprising and something fans could see coming from a mile away.
The former Dark Knight was not expected to return to his peak form but was supposed to be an average major league pitcher. After an encouraging 5 shutout innings to start the season Harvey simply stunk. In his next three starts, he went 16 innings and allowed 14 runs and 25 hits.
His last start was the last straw. he went 6 innings, his longest outing of the season, but he also got absolutely hammered, allowing 6 runs and 8 hits. Harvey did have a strong final three innings and probably could've gone out for another if Callaway wanted him to but the damage was done.
The day after that 6 inning, 6 run start was made the Mets decided to move the former Cy Young contender to the bullpen, not to stay but to help him become an effective starter again down the road. When asked about how he felt after being moved to the bullpen he said: "Out of a scale of 1-10 I am obviously at a 10 of being pissed off."
Harvey felt that the final 3 innings of that start when he retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced showed that when things click he can be one of the best in the game. In response to that notion, Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland said: "the game starts in the first inning, not the fourth." The most important thing I took away from that statement was that the Matt Harvey favoritism has officially ended.
Throughout his career, Matt Harvey has both expected and received treatment better than his teammates simply because of his ability on the field. Well, that elite ability as a starter is long gone and will never return which makes me think of this scene from The Dark Knight Rises:
Harvey wants to go out and pitch like he did in 2012, 2013, and 2015 but he can't. In this situation Callaway and Eiland are Alfred. They are trying to show him he can't overpower hitters like he used to, he has to be more like a Paul Sewald or Bartolo Colon and make the right pitches to succeed.
Harvey might actually be a more effective reliever at this point in his career than he would be a starter. Matt Harvey needs to reinvent himself, to do this he has two options. One is to work on his secondary pitches and become an average to above average major league starter. The second option is to realize as a reliever he only needs his fastball and slider, plus he will be able to turn his 93-94 mph fastball back into 95-96 because he can use all of his energy in short spurts rather than spread it out throughout a game.
In my opinion, Matt Harvey should realize how successful he can be out of the bullpen. Both Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo have reinvented themselves as long relievers and they have been great, Harvey can jump on that train as well. Going into free agency Harvey has to pitch well this season to get any attention from teams around the league and he has a better shot at getting paid as a reliever than as a starter.
No matter what his decision is there will be two outcomes for Harvey and his major league career. One, failure:
Two, success:
Now, I know we aren't supposed to refer to Matt Harvey as the Dark Knight anymore, but I can't help but realize how much these scenes actually coincide with Matt Harvey's baseball career. The scene in which Bane beats Batman it is because Batman wants to fight him like he fought people in his prime, use his strengths to win. In their second meeting, he realizes he needs to exploit Banes weakness, which is his mask.
Every at-bat in the major leagues is a fight and Matt Harvey needs to realize his strengths will not overpower the strengths of his opponents. He needs to find each batter's mask in order to succeed.
The Magic Number Update:
As I said last week, throughout the season I will keep you updated on how close the Mets are to winning 87 games. Their poor 2-4 record this week did not help them out too much, but they are still 14-6. The Mets need to win 73 more games and can lose 69 more, that is only a .514 winning percentage the rest of the season. That is a bit harder than the .506 I outlined last week but not by much.
This upcoming week the Mets are facing the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Padres and they are going to try to get back on the hot streak they started the season with.
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Absolute Pressure The sum of the gauge and the atmospheric pressure. For instance, if the steam gauge on the boiler shows 50 pounds the absolute pressure of the steam is 64.7 pounds.
Actuator, Linear An electric or pnematic device that sets a valve, damper or linkage a straight line motion.
Actuator, Rotary An electric or pnematic device that sets a valve, damper or linkage a circular motion.
Actuator, Differential An electric or pnematic device that creates differential motion between two shafts.
Analog Input / Output A continuous or numerical value signal. Typically, provided in 4-20mA or 1-5 Vdc signals.
Annunciator A device that shows the source of events. Annunciators typically provide the date and time of plant alarms and events.
Assured Low Fire Cutoff Modulates the boiler to Low Fire before shutting the boiler down.
Atmospheric Pressure The pressure due to the weight of the atmosphere. It is expressed in pounds per sq. in. or inches of mercury column. One inch of mercury is equivalent to .49 lbs. per sq. in. atmospheric pressure at sea level is 14.7 lbs. per sq. in. or 30 in. mercury column.
Automatic Atomizer Post Purge This term refers to a Burner Management System (Flame Safeguard System) feature that enables the oil atomizer's oil tube to be purged with atomizing medium as part of a normal automatic shutdown. The shutdown sequence requires starting the igniter to ensure all unburned fuel is combusted. This feature requires an automated atomizing media valve and atomizer arrangement. This feature leaves the gun clean and ready for the next start request.
Blockware The PCC-III uses a "Blockware" configuration language. Functions (AIN, PID, LOALM, F(x).) are simply copied into a configuration, and then the control signals are "wired" from block to block.
Consider all energies leaving the system. Boiler efficiency ordinarily means the combined efficiency of boiler, furnace and burners and is arrived at by determining the ratio between the heat actually absorbed by the water and the total heat of the fuel released in the boiler furnace.
British Thermal Unit (BTU): The quantity of heat necessary to raise one lb. of water one degree Fahrenheit.
Burner Management System Or Flame Safeguard System, is a Control System that is dedicated to boiler safety, operator assistance in the starting and stopping of fuel preparation and burning equipment, and the prevention of mis-operation of and damage to fuel preparation and fuel burning equipment.
Building Automation System General term used to describe a system that is used to monitor and control individual room temperatures, lighting and/or security. These systems may include boiler room monitoring over a communication interface.
Calorific Or Heat Value The total heat, in BTU generated per lb. of liquid or solid fuel, or per cu. ft. of gas at the standard temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and pressure of 30 in. mercury. Fuels containing hydrogen have two heat values, the gross (higher heating value), and net (lower heating value). The gross heat value is the heat produced by complete combustion when the water vapor formed is condensed and gives up its latent heat. The net heat value is the heat produced when the water formed by combustion escapes without being condensed.
Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) Carbon Dioxide is the product of complete combustion of Carbon and Oxygen.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Produced from any source that burns fuel.. .causes chest pain in heart patients, headaches, reduced mental alertness.
Characterizer Curve, F(x) Function block that generates a block output based on a user generated Output vs. Input profile (i.e., y=f(x)).
Combustion Combustion, in its most basic sense, is the process whereby the hydrogen and carbon in fuels is combined with oxygen from the air to release heat. The chemical union of the combustible material with oxygen, with the resultant generation of light and heat. In the combustion of fuel, each particle of fuel, previously heated to kindling temperature, is brought into contact with the proper amount of oxygen causing the fuel to oxidize as completely as possible.
Combustion, Complete The complete oxidation of the fuel, regardless of whether it is accomplished with an excess amount of oxygen or air, or just the theoretical amount required for perfect combustion.
Combustion Control, Jackshaft (single point positioning) Air control dampers and fuel flow metering valves are mechanically linked. One actuator simultaneously moves both fuel and air in order to maintain the desired system temperature or pressure. It is assumed that a given position will always provide a particular fuel flow and air flow.
Combustion Control, Parallel Positioning The fuel control valves are positioned by one actuator while the air control damper is positioned by a second actuator. For every particular firing rate, there is one and only one position for the fuel valves and a corresponding position for the air damper. For digital controllers, the fuel-air ratio is varied by creating a digital curve of fuel position vs. air position.
Combustion Control, Fully Metered Both the fuel flow and the air flow are accurately measured. For every particular firing rate, there is one and only one setpoint value for fuel flow, and there is only one corresponding setpoint for air flow. Generally, the air flow setpoint is generated as a characterized function of the fuel flow rate. Cross Limiting prevents the measured fuel flow from exceeding the value corresponding to the measured air flow. Separate closed loop controllers are used for both fuel and air flow control.
Combustion, Perfect The complete oxidation of the fuel, with the exact theoretical (stoichiometric) amount of oxygen (air) required.
Combustion Rate Or Heat Release The number of BTU per hour released per cu. ft. of combustion space or furnace volume.
Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 ) Produced from any source that burns ash containing fuels. Also formed from reaction of other pollutants (acid rain, NO X , SO X , organics).. causes: i ncreased respiratory disease, lung damage, cancer, and premature death; reduced visibility; surface soiling.
Flue Gas Monitoring, Safety High stack temperature switch indicates rising stack temperature. High stack temperature can be an indicator of low water level, excessive tube fouling or short circuiting. High stack oxygen switch indicates poor combustion conditions.
Heat Capacity The ability of a body to absorb heat. Heat capacity is measured by the number of BTU that may be stored in a unit volume of a substance at a specific temperature. It is a function of the substance's weight, specific heat, and temperature difference.
Heat, Sensible Sensible Heat is defined as the heat energy stored in a substance as a result of an increase in its temperature.
Heat, Specific The quantity of heat for any substance (expressed in BTU) required to raise a unit of weight or volume of that substance one degree F. at a given temperature. For example, the specific heat of water is 1.0. meaning that 1 BTU is required to raise the temperature of 1 lb. of water 1 degree F. This term "Heat, Specific" is most important to anyone using heat generating equipment, for knowing the specific heat of a substance to be heated, knowing the temperature to which the substance must be raised and knowing approximately the thermal efficiency of the heating equipment, you can calculate the amount of fuel consumption for the operation. This, of course, is important in selecting the proper sized burner for the job.
Heat, Temperature: Heat is a form of energy. Temperature indicates a result of heat energy, namely, the intensity, or the pressure of heat on a particular substance. For example, take two different substances, such as fuel oil and water. Suppose each is at a temperature of 60° F. Now, if the temperature of each is raised to 100° F. , each has undergone a rise of 40° but the amount of heat in each is vastly different. Illustration: for water (100° - 60°) x 1 (specific heat of water) = 40 BTU per lb. = the amount of heat in the water above 60° F. for oil (100° - 60°) x .5 (specific heat of oil) = 20 BTU per lb. = the amount of heat in the oil above 60° F.
Heat Transfer The term employed in describing qualitatively or quantitatively, the transfer of heat from a relatively hot substance to a cooler substance. The actual transfer of heat from one substance to another, such as from flame to work being heated, is accomplished by radiation, conduction or convection. Any one or a combination of these means may accomplish the transfer of heat.
CONDUCTION: the flow of heat from one part of a body to another part of the same body, or from one body to another in physical contact with it without displacement of the particles of the body. For example: the passage of heat along an iron bar one end of which is held in a fire.
CONVECTION: the process of beating a substance by the motion of warmer fluids or gases, in contact with the substance. Thus water tubes in a boiler may be heated by means of the hot products of combustion sweeping over them. The surfaces of the boiler tubes are thus heated by convection, then conduct the beat through the metal of the tubes to the inner surface in contact with the water where the heat is transferred by a combination of conduction and convection to the water.
RADIATION: the transfer of heat between bodies separated from each other by an appreciable distance. Radiation of beat takes place between bodies of different temperatures at all distances apart and follows the laws for the radiation of light. The heat rays proceed in straight lines and the intensity of the rays radiated from any one source varied inversely as the square of their distances from the source.
Lead Boiler The lead boiler is the first boiler to start and the last boiler to stop.
AUTOMATIC ROTATION- "Automatic Rotation" changes the boiler selected as the "lead" based on time.
CUSTOM SELECTION- Using "Custom Selection" the operator can select any boiler lead / lag sequence desired. The sequence can be set 1,2,3,4 or 2,3,1,4 or 4,1,3,2 etc. . Useful for Plants with un-equal size boilers.
MANUAL SELECTION- Under "Manual Selection" the operator selects an individual boiler to start or stop.
Lead / Lag Modulation Burner lights at low fire and can drive to any firing rate between low and high fire.
SERIES MODULATION- The lead boiler is modulated according to load and the lag boilers are base loaded at a pre-determined value for peak efficiency.
UNISON (PARALLEL) MODULATION- All boilers fire at the same firing rate. This mode is required for most hot water boilers in order to achieve the Supply Header Setpoint Temperature. Assuming that the water gpm is proportioned among the boilers, unequal firing rates would cause unequal boiler outlet temperatures, and would result in a "blended" water Supply temperature.
BASE LOAD AUTO-SHIFT - Also called "Helper Mode". The objective is to minimize cycling boilers on and off due to short term load swings while maintaining peak Boiler Base Load Efficiency whenever possible. When the load increases and lead boiler modulates up to high fire, the lag boilers will automatically increase their Base Load firing rate to "Help" maintain setpoint without starting up another Lag boiler. When the load decreases, the Lag boilers will resume firing at the Normal Base Load for peak Plant Efficiency. If the load increase is long term, another lag boiler will be started. The control logic works similarly as the plant load drives the lead boiler to minimum load.
Lag Boiler The lag boiler is the next boiler to start and first to stop.
Low Fire Shutdown Boilers are brought to minimum fire position prior to shutting off.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) NFPA is dedicated to protecting people and their property from the devastating effects of fire. In some way, virtually every building, process, service, design, and installation in society today is affected by codes and standards developed through NFPA's true consensus system. Through NFPA's National Fire Codes®, as well as its education and community outreach programs, NFPA is a worldwide advisor on fire safety and protection. Boiler firing systems in the USA follow the guidelines of the NFPA's 85 (previously 8501 & 8502) code.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO 2 ) Produced from any source that burns fuel.. causes lung irritation and damage and reacts in the atmosphere to form ozone and acid rain.
NRTL UL is an example of a product safety organization known generically as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). NRTLs provide independent evaluation, testing, and certification of the safety of electrical products. The term NRTL and the requirements for recognition are established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 29 CFR1910, which requires that all electrical equipment used in employee workplaces be NRTL-approved where such approval is available.
Outdoor Reset For heating plants, the hot water setpoint can be adjusted based on the outside temperature. This is called "Outdoor Reset".
Oxygen Trim A sensor measures flue gas oxygen and a closed loop controller compares the actual oxygen level to the desired oxygen level. The air (or fuel) flow is trimmed by the controller until the oxygen level is corrected. The desired oxygen level for each firing rate must be entered into a characterized setpoint curve generator. For dual fuel burners, independent curves must be entered. The control strategy must include variable gain (ratio trimming) and setpoint lead/lag logic to prevent control oscillation. Oxygen Trim maintains the lowest possible burner excess air level from low to high fire. Burners that don't have Oxygen Trim must run with Extra Excess Air to allow safe operation during variations in weather, fuel, and linkage. Extra fuel is burned to heat the Extra Excess Air and it leaves the stack as lost energy. Oxygen Trim minimizes Excess air and saves fuel.
"Pulser AI" The PWC has Pulse inputs, 0.6 ppm - 4000 Hz, 0-15 Vdc. These inputs allow PWC to receive inputs from pulse output devices that are low cost flow meter and KW meter options. Typically, existing meters can be retro-fitted with pulsers.
PID Control "Proportional + Integral + Derivative" Control algorithms continuously change the output signal until the setpoint equals the process (or desired) variable. Most Accurate Control Logic available.
SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition; also referred to as a remote control and monitoring system.
Setback The hot water setpoint can be changed depending on the time of day, day of week or week of year. Reducing the heater temperature (or "Setback") during unoccupied times saves energy.
Steam, Saturated Saturated steam is water vapor at the temperature of the boiling point corresponding to pressure.
Steam, Wet either saturated or superheated steam which contains moisture.
Steam, Dry either saturated or superheated steam containing no moisture.
Steam, Superheated steam heated to a temperature above that corresponding to its pressure.
Therm A unit originally adopted by many gas companies for measuring and billing the gas to customers. One therm is equivalent to 100,000 BTU.
Thermal Expansion Is the temporary increase in volume or linear dimensions of materials when heated. The material returns to its original dimensions when cooled. This is not to be confused with permanent volume changes or growth which many materials undergo when heated.
Thermal Shock is the strain produced in a material due to sudden changes in temperature.
Thermal Spalling the result of thermal shock, is defined as a fracture of the refractory material and occurs as the breaking off of pieces from the hot surfaces of the refractory.
UL-508 UL-508 is the Industrial Control Equipment Standard. UL-508 is an assembly standard, i.e. in addition to requiring that all components be approved, the standard addresses enclosure construction, wiring methods, overcurrent protection, and other aspects of how the components are applied and assembled in a control panel.
Dampers substantially increase Fan Hp and Fan kW Consumption.
Inlet Vortex Dampers waste less Hp than any type of inlet and outlet Blade Dampers.
Variable Speed Fans Control air flow with minimum fan shaft Hp.
Variable Speed Fans have been field proven in thousands of HVAC air handler applications.
Vortex Dampers Vortex dampers or Inlet control vanes give an initial spin (or vortex) to air entering a centrifugal fan. By adjusting angle of vanes the degree of spin and volumetric output are regulated.


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Home > United Arab Emirates > Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman > Al Diyafah High School
Al Diyafah High School
The English College Dubai
Kings' School Al Barsha
PACE British School
Do you know Al Diyafah High School?
Address: 7 A Street,Al nahda 2,Al Qusais industrial Area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
0,2% local : 99,8% international
French, Hindi, Arabic
Every classroom at Diyafah is installed with an interactive board, an assistive technology tool used to enhance the teaching-learning process. It has helped to transform instruction and has lead to an increase in student participation.
Interview and entrance exam
Brief description of entry evaluation required
Students will be assessed for English and Math.
IGCSE, AS and A Level
Learning Support Program
Learning support offered
The ADHS Learning Support Programme is committed to supporting the individual educational needs of all students. Students experiencing difficulties in accessing the curriculum and learning are referred by teachers to the Student Services Team. The counsellor, special educator, teachers & parents together draw up an individual education plan for each student based upon their observations & results of the psycho-educational assessment administered by external professionals. This team ensures that students receive the intervention and accommodations that they need. Student's participation and performance in weekly and term exams act as indicators of progress. Student progress is also tracked based on their achievement of the 'I CAN' targets. The individual educational plan is then reviewed to set new goals.
Based on the learning needs of the referred student, in-class and one to one intervention sessions are provided by the counsellor, special educator & LSA. The LSAs work with an individual student or small group of students to provide intervention strategies to be implemented within the classroom. Shadow teacher facility is also permitted.
The school supports gifted, able and talented students
ADHS also meets the unique educational needs of students through its gifted and talented services. ADHS recognizes that learners thrive best in an environment that challenges and nurtures individual strength. Some learners have academic skills, cognitive abilities, leadership abilities and creative talents that differ in degree and dimension from their peers; The CAT4 online assessment is administered to identify the gifted students. ADHS challenges the gifted & talented students through its acceleration & enrichment programme. This includes subject acceleration & opportunities to lead the literacy, sports, music etc. clubs in school. The identified students represent the school in various events & competitions such as ADPIQ, Dubai Scholars Cup, write for the school newsletter, concert scripts and more. Students are also encouraged to sign up for the Massive Open Online Courses and take additional IGCSE subjects.
Computing, CV writing, block busters, needle craft, making best out of waste, general knowledge, public speaking, drama, Arabic culture, music, personality development, dress designing, different forms of art, cooking, video editing, blogging, community service, advertising and many more.
The Canteen is clean and well stocked with healthy snacks, drinks and juices, as permitted by the Ministry.
A spacious and well maintained play ground for basketball, football and other games exists.
Al Diyafah High School was founded 34 years ago, in September 1982, by Late Mrs. Winnie D'Cunha. It started as a Nursery with only 2 children in a small villa located on Al Diyafah Street, in Dubai. That's how it got its name. To accommodate the growing numbers, the school moved to a new campus in 2001, where it is presently located.
The students are offered a wide range of subjects from the Science, Commerce and Humanities streams. The primary section has progressed to a very competent senior school and as the vision continues to take flight, it now moves on to greater heights.
The school's objective is best expressed through its mission statement of attempting to create competent, caring and confident students through its holistic based education. The students actively support social issues like environment, literacy, relief and endeavor to become leaders in their own right. Such an all-rounded system of education has helped Diyafah produce an ever- increasing list of alumni who have gained admissions in several Universities in Canada, USA, Australia and the sub-continent.
The school's curriculum is modelled on the Early Years Foundation Stage in the FS1 and FS2 section. The adapted English National Curriculum is applied in the Primary and Middle school years. From Years 11 – 13, the Senior Phase, the students are prepared for the internationally recognised qualifications from the University of Cambridge and Edexcel at the IGCSE, AS and A Level.
In addition to this, the exclusive Personal Enrichment programme together with the strong Social Responsibility initiatives, the curriculum design and the outstanding links with the parent community, have culminated in the school creating global citizens of the 21st Century.
Get in contact with Al Diyafah High School


"Where days ago I only saw smoke, I now see some hope. We applaud the ongoing efforts by firefighters to contain this devastating wildfire and commend all of the first responders and community groups working together to help those in the Gorge who have been displaced.
"We have a long journey ahead but the Gorge is a resilient place. We will rebuild, wild areas affected will rebound and Friends is committed to ensuring that community voices are taken into account when the restoration process for this national treasure begins.
"We continue to urge members of the public to stay out of the Gorge and keep the roads clear for firefighters, first responders and evacuating Gorge residents. The federal government must make any and all resources available to state and local first responders on the front lines of this effort."
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Remembering George Floyd, Diversifying Campus Communities, and COVID-19 Responses – An Interview with Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., UNCG's Chancellor
We invite Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), to join us as we reflect on the killing of George Floyd, one year after his passing. Hosted by David Pluviose, this episode takes a deep dive into the Black Lives Matter movement, diversity, equity, and inclusion work in the higher ed landscape, and other insights around racial equity. Dr. Gilliam also discusses the campus responses to COVID-19 and the George Floyd case, as well as his plans for diversifying the pipeline for leadership on campus.
KEY POINTS / MAIN TAKEAWAYS:
The campus response to the George Floyd case.
What makes the case of George Floyd different from others?
Dr. Gilliam's approach to tackling racial inequality on campus.
UNCG's COVID response and plans for the fall.
Thoughts and advice on implementing the DEI model.
QUOTABLES:
"I've seen a lot of diversity initiatives. And I am convinced now more than ever, unless we embed these things and embed the expectations that this is what great universities do, we'll never change anything."
PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:
A message from University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG) Chancellor Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.: https://news.uncg.edu/a-message-from-the-chancellor-on-racial-equity/
RACIAL EQUITY AT UNCG: https://racialequity.uncg.edu/
A Year Later, Institutions Reflect on Systemic Changes Following the Murder of George Floyd https://diverseeducation.com/article/215804/
Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website,
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The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the 21st Century with Dr. Peniel E. Joseph
Salibury University


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Yes, true, fusion reactors don't work quite yet, but, er, maybe AI can help us stop our experiments from imploding
No neural networks here, though, only decision tree algos
Katyanna Quach Wed 18 Mar 2020 // 18:30 UTC
Machine-learning algorithms may help scientists develop a warning system capable of preventing fusion reactor meltdowns in the future.
Scientists have attempted to harness the power of nuclear fusion for decades in the hopes of providing clean energy. Clouds of plasma made up of positively and negatively charged ions are placed in a donut-shaped chamber and controlled with superconducting electromagnets in tokamak constructions. As the strength of the magnetic field is cranked up, the ions whiz around the reaction chamber coming into close contact with one another to fuse. Thermal energy is released in the process.
Tokamaks, however, are temperamental. A lack of control can lead to a sudden release of the heat generated. Disruptions like these can melt the surface of the reaction chamber. Now, researchers led by Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), a fusion research lab working under the US Department of Energy (DoE), are attempting to build a control system that monitors and predicts the likelihood of disruption events unfolding during the operation of tokomaks using machine-learning software.
Specifically, a paper published in the American Institute of Physics's Physics of Plasma journal describes using decision-tree algorithms. Details from various fusion reactors, such as their plasma current, plasma energy, radiation power, strength of radial magnetic field, and more are taken into account and used as inputs into the algorithm.
"Using 10 signals at different time moments, we made use of a broader range of signals and calculated the mean, trend, and variance within a specific time window," the paper said.
If the value of each signal is above a certain threshold, it increases the chance of a meltdown. All these different scenarios for each input are run through the decision-tree algorithm until it reaches the last two branches that predict whether there will be a disruption event or not within the next 250 milliseconds.
That's an incredibly short amount of time, so the results from the algorithm will probably have to be fed into a wider diagnostic system that automatically controls the tokamak rather than relying on human intervention. "In the real-time experiments we did, the algorithms successfully predicted the disruption," Yichen Fu, a graduate student, and Egemen Kolemen, an assistant professor at Princeton University, who both work at PPPL and are co-authors of the study, told The Register. "We used the prediction of our algorithm as a control input to dynamically adjust neutral beam power so that we could reach the best performance while avoiding instabilities."
The researchers took data from thousands of experiments run on the DoE's DIII-D National Fusion Facility operated by General Atomics, an energy and defense biz in San Diego, to train their algorithms. After they tested their methods, they found it was generally accurate approximately 80 per cent of the time.
Although the algorithms are promising, the study is more of a proof of concept and won't be used for real tokomaks anytime soon. "This work represents significant progress in the use of machine learning to develop a disruption prediction and avoidance method in fusion devices," said Raffi Nazikian, who heads the ITER and Tokamaks Department at PPPL. ®
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Also, Flipkart is offering an additional 5 per cent off on all debit and credit cards on purchase of the iPhone 6.
Apple iPhone 7 (128GB) Jet Black gets 7 per cent off and is available for Rs 65,000 on Flipkart. There's no cost EMI available for the smartphone and users will get Rs 5,000 off + extra 3,000 off on exchange. Flipkart is offering up to Rs 23,000 off on exchange. Axis Bank Buzz credit card users get an additional 5 per cent off.
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Apple iPhone 7 (128GB) Rose Gold variant gets 7 per cent off and is now available at Rs 65,000. Rest of the offers remain same as iPhone 7 (32GB) Rose Gold variant. Apple iPhone 7 (256GB) Jet Black option can be bought at Rs 75,000 (6 per cent off).
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One Picture/One Paragraph
The Sevens
Rosa Verhoeve
by	Mark Alice Durant
Rosa Verhoeve, from Paysage Particulier
For many years, the Dutch photographer Rosa Verhoeve lived an idyllic life in rural France, reading, writing, walking, chopping wood, and photographing. That period of contemplative observation seems to have set the tone for all of her future projects, whether she photographed the ritual celebrations in small towns and villages in the Netherlands, or the amazing troupe of Ethiopian dancers, all of whom had been living on the streets of Addis Ababa, abandoned by families, who now found community, hope, and joy in the discipline and structure of modern dance. Although Verhoeve has worked primarily with a medium format camera, her images are not characterized by the isolation that shape can sometime convey, instead I am reminded of the mysteries of Kertesz.
Rosa Verhoeve, from Salto Vitale
Her project Salto Vitale (Vital Leap), documents another recent Ethiopian phenomenon, the training of poor and homeless children to perform acrobatics for small circuses. Initiated in 1991 by a Canadian performer to get kids off the street and give them something rigorous and meaningful to do with their time, the idea has spread and now circuses have become very popular, often performing in soccer fields and village squares around the country. Not content with simple entertainment, the events have become expressions of civic engagement, as opportunities to spread information about AIDS, female genital mutilation, and children's rights. Verhoeve's photographs are elegant and precise, evocative of the lure and legend of the circus yet alive with youthful abandon. We see children contorting their bodies, juggling impossible numbers of balls, spinning though the air as if dancing among the clouds while the faces of rapt audiences glow with wonder. If nothing else, privation sweeps away distractions and superficialities to reveal what is essential, the images in Verhoeve's Salto Vitale capture and burnish the irreducible miracle of human vitality.
Rosa Verhoeve, Kopi Susu
Her recent book, Kopi Susu, is a more personal meditation exploring her family's history and the echoes of colonialism as it manifests in the memories and blood of her Dutch / Indonesian heritage. Verhoeve begins the short introduction to her book with the story of traveling on a crowded bus in Indonesia when an old woman approached, touching her gently on the nose, asking "Kopi Susu?" The term means 'coffee with milk', in other words, was she mixed-race? Other passengers on the bus become interested in how Verhoeve might answer this question—which of her ancestors was Kopi? She tells them about her Javanese grandmother and Dutch grandfather, how they and her mother nearly starved to death in prison camps during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. A generation later, Verhoeve was born in a barren and antiseptic suburban neighborhood in the Netherlands, yet the interior of her home was filled with decorative artifacts from Indonesia—statues of bare-breasted Javanese women, her mother's batik skirts, teak furniture.
Rosa Verhoeve, from Kopi Susu
As might be expected, the colors of Dutch subjects are muted, cool, and ordered, while the Indonesian images are looser, warmer, fecund. Yet Verhoeve does not rely on a simple binary comparison—she understands that relationships, be they cultural or temporal, are more complicated than that. Among the pages, distant atmospheres and gestures signal to one another, as if the past and the present might communicate through her images. Particular page spreads stand out, for example, in one image a large group of women in white burqas face away from the camera, among them a single figure is sheathed in pink, they occupy a public space in ways that are sculptural and theatrical as well as religious. The image on the opposing page shows an old stone statue leaning against a white wall, potted plants and other detritus, inexplicably co-inhabit the frame. This diptych evokes unexpected symmetries between the animate and the inanimate, between the religious and the secular, the individual and the group, the choreographed and the improvised. Further on in the book, another diptych makes compositional and chromatic correspondences— a red bucket glows in angled sunlight while thirty or so turtle hatchlings scamper in an inch of water, in the second image, another red bucket sits on tiled counter while a pair of hands prepare red peppers and tomatoes for a recipe.
The center of the book contains a sequence of old snapshots, printed on a different paper stock that is lighter, whiter, almost transparent. The scalloped edges of the photographs tell us the images have traveled in time, from perhaps a half-century ago, to appear again like ghosts, in our present moment. Verhoeve is a visual archeologist, digging through photographic fragments from another time, presenting them in a new context, among contemporary images, to suggest that the past is incomplete, a story never fully told. With one foot in the Netherlands and the other in Indonesia, Verhoeve's subtle and nuanced color photographs toggle between continents and cultures, giving us glimpses of rooms, landscapes, and people that are thousands of miles apart yet are connected in large and small-scale ways. Kopi Susu is modest in scale but not in ambition, it is not a manifesto or a critique, its power is to be found in the contemplative and the quietly suggestive, it whispers its secrets.
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Frightened Rabbit's new album, Pedestrian Verse is due out in February 2013.
Check out the awesome new video for Frightened Rabbit's latest single, 'The Woodpile'.
The track is taken the the bands up-and-coming album Pedestrian Verse, which is due to be released in February 2013.


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Imposter 'Grandchild' Gets 4 Years in Phone Scam of Seniors
August 21, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
Fraud, senior citizens, sentencing
LOS ANGELES (CN) – A Canadian phone scammer who targeted elderly victims by pretending to be their grandchildren in desperate need of money after an accident in a foreign country will spend just over four years in prison.
The upsetting phone calls came from purported grandchildren in faraway countries claiming to have just been in an accident or needing to be bailed out of jail. Other times the phone scammers pretended to be lawyers representing their grandchildren.
One victim wired $4,300 to an imposter grandchild, said prosecutors Wednesday in announcing the sentencing of one of the suspects.
Kelen Buchan, 27, of Nova Scotia was sentenced in Los Angeles federal court to a little more than 4 years in federal prison for wire fraud. Buchan was extradited to the United States this past January with several other men involved in the telemarketing ring.
He admitted in a plea agreement that elderly victims were targeted and he posed as their grandchildren while he asked them to wire money via Western Union or MoneyGram. The purported grandchildren were stranded in Canada, Mexico, Bolivia or the Dominican Republic.
Boldly, the phone scammers would follow up with some of their victims, claiming more money was needed for legal fees or other issues. Evidence of a victim's contact information was found at Buchan's home in Canada and investigators say they also found transaction information on Buchan's phone.
In total, a federal grand jury indicted four Canadian nationals from the Montreal area in July 2013 on 25 courts.
Agiyl Kamaldin, 32, pleaded guilty May 23 to one count of wire fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney next month. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
Meanwhile, co-defendants Clifford Kirstein, 29, and Mark El Bernachawy, 33, will go on trial Dec. 3. Peter Iacino, 29, also was charged in the indictment and is a fugitive believed to be in Canada.
During Buchan's sentencing, Carney said he may not have seen a fraud case "so cruel and heartless" in design.
A recent study from researchers at Rush University's Alzheimer's disease center said that before memory problems manifest there are subtle changes in thinking and judgment, and some elderly patients in the study were found to be more susceptible to scams. But one victim in the study who gave money to a scammer said it was just too hard to hang up on the polite caller.
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Though the Cottonwood campus saw a 2-percent dip in its students passing of the reading testing, Evans and Becker have worked "to find instructional resources that would create a foundational learning experience for students at AHA Cottonwood," Becker said.
Originally Published: August 18, 2018 2:15 p.m.
Is a few days' worth of testing an accurate reflection of a school's culture, and by extension, how it educates students?
Though it's important to hold schools accountable as they endeavor to educate, testing such as AzMERIT is "not the only measure of a school's overall success," according to Tamara Becker, assistant superintendent of Instructional Support at Edkey, Inc. Sequoia Schools, the parent company of American Heritage Academy's K-12 Cottonwood and K-8 Camp Verde campuses.
At the program's Camp Verde campus, growth was 12 percent in both reading and mathematics.
The focus this year at the Clarkdale-Jerome School District is to align its programs with the state's College and Career-ready standards, said Danny Brown, the district's superintendent.
"And we are assessing the progress students make towards mastering those standards," he said.
For the school's 2017-2018 year, Clarkdale-Jerome saw a 6-percent increase in the percentage of students who passed AzMERIT's English Language Arts component, a 9-percent increase in mathematics.
Clarkdale-Jerome teachers spend at least 90 minutes each day for core instruction in reading, at least 60 minutes each day in mathematics.
Clarkdale-Jerome also provides after-school tutoring.
Jamie Woodward is "far more concerned with student growth" than with AzMERIT scores.
"AzMERIT is not everything we focus on," said Woodward, Cottonwood-Oak Creek's curriculum coordinator.
Data is important at Cottonwood-Oak Creek, as it helps "inform, but not to drive" the district's decisions on how to best educate its students," Woodward said.
Five years ago, the district first implemented the Reading Street program for its K-2 students. A year ago, the district expanded Reading Street to include grades K-5. This year, the program is K-6. Woodward said that just last year, she could see "the growth, slowly" with the expanded program.
For grades 7-8 this year, the district is piloting the follow-up program to Reading Street, known as My Perspectives.
That's why Cottonwood-Oak Creek is beginning to expand its Math In Focus program district-wide.
The program, which the district piloted in 2016-2017 for grades K-5, is being piloted this year for grades 6-8.
Despite the programs, there are "an incredible amount of variables" that go into education, District Superintendent Steve King said.
At Mingus Union High School, student achievement and relationship building "are the source of all decision-making," said Genie Gee, the school's principal.
It's no surprise that high school students learn differently than their elementary and middle school counterparts.
At Mingus Union, the programs aren't so new as much as the technology, Gee said.
A year ago, Mingus Union invested in Chromebooks for its English classrooms. One benefit, Gee said, is to make testing easier.
"In the past, our AzMERIT testing schedule was spread over three weeks. With more computers available and in a hope to reduce testing fatigue, we opted to try for a smaller testing window with school-wide testing administered over fewer days," Gee said.
Mingus Union High School earned a B-grade in the A-to-F grades earlier this year, but it also saw a 7-percent decrease in the percentage of students who passed the AzMERIT's English Language Arts component, and a 13-percent decrease for the mathematics component.