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Oakland, CA: KPIX 5 news crew robbed and security guard shot while covering a teachers strike.
A news crew from CBS affiliate KPIX Channel 5 was robbed of a camera and tripod on Sunday, February 24th, 2019 well they were covering the teachers strike in Oakland, California
At around 5:00 p.m. PT, KPIX 5 News Reporter Joe Vasquez and KPIX 5 Photographer John Anglin were gathering interviews for the teachers strike at the Oakland Library near 81st Avenue.
As the KPIX 5 news crew were outside their news van, a car pulled up near them, two suspects got out of the car and one of the suspects pulled a gun on the KPIX 5 news crew demanding their camera.
The KPIX 5 news crew surrendered the equipment and the KPIX 5 news crew began walking back to the news van.
Thank you, friends, for your well wishes. Our guard was shot today in Oakland while we were on assignment covering the Oakland teachers strike. We believe his wounds are not life threatening, thank God. Photographer John Anglin was robbed at gunpoint. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/TP225CUJNQ
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019
** Video from Joe Vazquez: **
The suspect then shot the security guard in the leg, but the security guard returned fire on the suspects.
The suspects fleet the scene as emergency crews and law enforcement arrived to the scene.
The security guard was transported to Highland Hospital and was listed in stable condition.
The security guard is a retired Berkeley Police Department Officer hired by KPIX 5.
** Picture from Joe Vazquez and CBS affiliate KPIX Channel 5: **
At 6:56 p.m. PT, officers with the Oakland Police Department engaged in a pursuit of a champagne-colored Lexus sedan in connection with the shooting.
The driver crashed the vehicle into several cars before stopping between Fairfax and Vicksburg Avenue.
The driver was detained by officers with the Oakland Police Department.
According to the Oakland Police Department, the department has detained several other individuals in connection with the armed robbery and shooting.
The Oakland Police Department also said that the stolen KPIX 5 camera was recovered.
According to the Alameda County Sheriff Office, a 21 year old man walked into Highland Hospital, seeking treatment of several gunshot wounds.
Deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff Office detained the man and officers with the Oakland Police Department arrested him in connection with the shooting.
KPIX 5 is reporting that Joe Vasquez and John Anglin said to be OK, but understandably shaken up, and that the Oakland Police Department will give a public update on the incident sometime on Monday.
** ZachNews sends our thoughts and prayers for a full recovery to the security guard and give thanks to the security guard who went after these robbery suspects. ZachNews sends our well wishes to KPIX 5 News Reporter Joe Vasquez and KPIX 5 Photographer John Anglin. ZachNews also would like to give thanks to the Oakland Police Department and Alameda County Sheriff Office for going after and arresting these robbery suspects. **
** Picture Above from Joe Vazquez and CBS affiliate KPIX Channel 5: **
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The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 116th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 June 2012.

Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the third year in succession, and the seventh time in eight years, defeating first-time Roland Garros finalist Novak Djokovic. His seventh title broke Björn Borg's record of six French Open Men's Singles titles, and equalled Chris Evert's record for most French Open titles won by a man or woman. Li Na was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the fourth round by Yaroslava Shvedova. Maria Sharapova defeated 21st seed Sara Errani in the final to win her first French Open title, to complete a career Grand Slam, and to return to the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in four years.

This championship was the second time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Mahesh Bhupathi won his first multiple slam in Mixed Doubles, and Esther Vergeer won her second multiple slam set in Women's Wheelchair Doubles. At the 1969 US Open, Rod Laver won his first multiple slam set in Men's Singles, and his fellow countryman Ken Rosewall did in Men's Doubles for the first time. This would occur again for the third time at the 2013 French Open.

Tournament

The 2012 French Open was the one hundred and eleventh edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The Men's Singles Final was won by Rafael Nadal by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. By winning his seventh title at Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful tennis player in French Open history.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2012 ATP World Tour and the 2012 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There was a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Prize money and ranking points
For 2012, the prize money purse was increased to €18,718,000 from €17,520,000 in 2011. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Points

Seniors

Junior
Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play.

Wheelchair

Prize money

* per team

Singles players
Men's singles

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

 Rafael Nadal defeated  Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
*It was Nadal's eleventh career Grand Slam title and his 7th title at French Open. It was his 4th title of the year, 50th title overall.

Women's singles

 Maria Sharapova defeated  Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–2
*It was Sharapova's fourth career Grand Slam title and her 1st title at French Open.

Men's doubles

 Max Mirnyi /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4
*It was Mirnyi's sixth career Grand Slam doubles title and his 4th title at French Open.
*It was Nestor's eighth career Grand Slam doubles title and his 4th title at French Open.

Women's doubles

 Sara Errani /  Roberta Vinci defeated  Maria Kirilenko /  Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
*It was Errani and Vinci's first career Grand Slam doubles title.

Mixed doubles

 Sania Mirza /  Mahesh Bhupathi defeated  Klaudia Jans-Ignacik /  Santiago González, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
*It was Mirza's second career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 1st title at French Open.
*It was Bhupathi's eight career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 3rd title at French Open.

Juniors

Boys' singles

 Kimmer Coppejans defeated  Filip Peliwo 6–1, 6–4

Girls' singles

 Annika Beck defeated  Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Boys' doubles

 Andrew Harris /  Nick Kyrgios defeated  Adam Pavlásek /  Václav Šafránek, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]

Girls' doubles

 Daria Gavrilova /  Irina Khromacheva defeated  Montserrat González /  Beatriz Haddad Maia, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

 Stéphane Houdet defeated  Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)

Wheelchair women's singles

 Esther Vergeer defeated  Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair men's doubles

 Frédéric Cattanéo /  Shingo Kunieda defeated  Michaël Jérémiasz /  Stefan Olsson, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]

Wheelchair women's doubles

 Marjolein Buis /  Esther Vergeer defeated  Sabine Ellerbrock /  Yui Kamiji, 6–0, 6–1

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

 Albert Costa /  Carlos Moyá defeated  Thomas Enqvist /  Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 6–1

Legends over 45 doubles

 John McEnroe /  Patrick McEnroe defeated  Guy Forget /  Henri Leconte, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Women's legends doubles

 Lindsay Davenport /  Martina Hingis defeated  Martina Navratilova /  Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–4

Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings are as of 21 May 2012, Rankings and Points are as of 28 May 2012.

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2011, points defending includes results from both the 2011 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2011 (Halle and London for men; Birmingham and Copenhagen for women).

Men's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.

Women's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the tournament.

Main draw wildcard entries

Men's singles
  Brian Baker
  Arnaud Clément
  Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy
  Lleyton Hewitt
  Adrian Mannarino
  Paul-Henri Mathieu
  Éric Prodon
  Guillaume Rufin

Women's singles
  Ashleigh Barty
  Claire Feuerstein
  Caroline Garcia
  Victoria Larrière
  Kristina Mladenovic
  Melanie Oudin
  Irena Pavlovic
  Aravane Rezaï

Men's doubles
  Arnaud Clément /  Kenny de Schepper
  Olivier Charroin /  Stéphane Robert
  Paul-Henri Mathieu /  Florent Serra
  Marc Gicquel /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  Adrian Mannarino /  Benoît Paire
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert /  Albano Olivetti
  Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy /  Nicolas Renavand

Women's doubles
  Irena Pavlovic /  Aravane Rezaï
  Alizé Cornet /  Virginie Razzano
  Caroline Garcia /  Mathilde Johansson
  Claire Feuerstein /  Victoria Larrière
  Iryna Brémond /  Sophie Lefèvre
  Séverine Beltrame /  Laura Thorpe
  Julie Coin /  Pauline Parmentier

Mixed doubles
  Mathilde Johansson /  Marc Gicquel
  Stéphanie Foretz Gacon /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  Julie Coin /  Nicolas Mahut
  Amandine Hesse /  Michaël Llodra
  Virginie Razzano /  Nicolas Devilder
  Pauline Parmentier /  Benoît Paire

Qualifiers

Men's singles qualifiers

  Jesse Levine
  Eduardo Schwank
  Jürgen Zopp
  Andreas Haider-Maurer
  Filip Krajinović
  Andrey Kuznetsov
  Igor Sijsling
  Horacio Zeballos
  João Sousa
  Florent Serra
  Tommy Haas
  Michael Berrer
  Mischa Zverev
  Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
  Nicolas Devilder
  Rogério Dutra Silva

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  David Goffin

Women's singles qualifiers

  Kiki Bertens
  Chan Yung-jan
  Yaroslava Shvedova
  Alexa Glatch
  Heather Watson
  Eva Birnerová
  Dinah Pfizenmaier
  Heidi El Tabakh
  Lauren Davis
  Lara Arruabarrena
  Karolína Plíšková
  Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry as a lucky losers:
  Laura Robson
  Sesil Karatantcheva

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
 Men's Singles
  Benjamin Becker

Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.

Men's singles
  Pablo Cuevas → replaced by  Blaž Kavčič
  Mardy Fish → replaced by  Frank Dancevic
  Gaël Monfils → replaced by  David Goffin
  Kei Nishikori → replaced by  Karol Beck
  Pere Riba → replaced by  Simone Bolelli
  Robin Söderling → replaced by  Daniel Gimeno Traver

Women's singles
  Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by  Paula Ormaechea
  Kim Clijsters → replaced by  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
  Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by  Nina Bratchikova
  Daniela Hantuchová → replaced by  Laura Pous Tió
  Andrea Petkovic → replaced by  Lesia Tsurenko
  Sílvia Soler Espinosa → replaced by  Laura Robson
  Ágnes Szávay → replaced by  Mathilde Johansson
  Vera Zvonareva → replaced by  Sesil Karatantcheva

References

External links

 Official website

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Q: How to calculate mulitple rolling windows on one column in pandas quickly I am currently trying to calculate the rolling average of one column in my pandas dataframe over many rolling periods.  My dataframe has one column of interest where I wish to calculate a rolling average from 2-40 periods and have the same dataframe and indexes know these values.  This has proven a bit to slow as my dataframe has ~6,000,000 rows these windows are calculated over.
I've provided some sample data at the bottom that can be copy/pasted into the pd.DataFrame method.  That is what my variable "df" stores
Current solution
df = pd.DataFrame(*dictionary at thebottom*)
for i in range(2, 41):
    df[f'roll_{i}'] = df['col1'].rolling(i).mean()

Other methods:
I've tried giving .mean the engine='pyarrow' parameter, but that doesn't seem to do much.  Can someone help point me to speeding this calculation up?
The Data
{Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:10:00'): 18.1065,
  Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:11:00'): 18.120449999999998,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:12:00'): 18.1293,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:13:00'): 18.13035,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:14:00'): 18.1245,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:15:00'): 18.1049,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:16:00'): 18.1014,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:17:00'): 18.103499999999997,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:18:00'): 18.09375,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:19:00'): 18.0906,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:20:00'): 18.092699999999997,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:21:00'): 18.0855,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:22:00'): 18.055349999999997,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:23:00'): 18.05745,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:24:00'): 18.06645,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:25:00'): 18.06945,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:26:00'): 18.06465,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:27:00'): 18.062549999999998,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:28:00'): 18.06645,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:29:00'): 18.060449999999996,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:30:00'): 18.042675,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:31:00'): 18.046349999999997,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:32:00'): 18.0456,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:33:00'): 18.0444,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:34:00'): 18.039150000000003,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:35:00'): 18.040200000000002,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:36:00'): 18.039675000000003,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:37:00'): 18.0423,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:38:00'): 18.044249999999998,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:39:00'): 18.044249999999998,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:40:00'): 18.04035,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:41:00'): 18.0414,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:42:00'): 18.040499999999998,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:43:00'): 18.037349999999996,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:44:00'): 18.0213,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:45:00'): 18.01455,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:46:00'): 18.031200000000002,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:47:00'): 18.03225,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:48:00'): 18.02055,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:49:00'): 18.001875000000002,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:50:00'): 18.01735,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:51:00'): 18.02295,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:52:00'): 18.024,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:53:00'): 18.028200000000002,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:54:00'): 18.02295,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:55:00'): 18.02505,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:56:00'): 18.0219,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:57:00'): 18.0177,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:58:00'): 18.03225,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:59:00'): 18.0375}
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:57:00'): 18.0177,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:58:00'): 18.03225,
 Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:59:00'): 18.0375}

A: I got 4-5x speed improvement using bottleneck package
import bottleneck

@profile
def main():
    df = pd.DataFrame(pd.Series(data), columns=["col1"])
    df = df.loc[df.index.repeat(10000)]
    df2 = df.copy(deep=True)
    fasterMethod(df2)
    standardMethod(df)

def standardMethod(df):
    for i in range(2, 41):
        df[f'roll_{i}'] = df['col1'].rolling(i).mean()

def fasterMethod(df):
    values = df['col1'].values
    for i in range(2, 41):
        df[f'roll_{i}'] = bottleneck.move_mean(values, i)

There are differences between results at numerical precision level (10^-14 or so).
In case someone wanted to improve on my answer, here is full code:
import pandas as pd
from line_profiler_pycharm import profile
import bottleneck

data = {
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:10:00'): 18.1065,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:11:00'): 18.120449999999998,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:12:00'): 18.1293,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:13:00'): 18.13035,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:14:00'): 18.1245,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:15:00'): 18.1049,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:16:00'): 18.1014,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:17:00'): 18.103499999999997,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:18:00'): 18.09375,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:19:00'): 18.0906,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:20:00'): 18.092699999999997,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:21:00'): 18.0855,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:22:00'): 18.055349999999997,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:23:00'): 18.05745,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:24:00'): 18.06645,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:25:00'): 18.06945,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:26:00'): 18.06465,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:27:00'): 18.062549999999998,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:28:00'): 18.06645,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:29:00'): 18.060449999999996,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:30:00'): 18.042675,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:31:00'): 18.046349999999997,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:32:00'): 18.0456,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:33:00'): 18.0444,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:34:00'): 18.039150000000003,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:35:00'): 18.040200000000002,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:36:00'): 18.039675000000003,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:37:00'): 18.0423,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:38:00'): 18.044249999999998,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:39:00'): 18.044249999999998,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:40:00'): 18.04035,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:41:00'): 18.0414,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:42:00'): 18.040499999999998,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:43:00'): 18.037349999999996,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:44:00'): 18.0213,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:45:00'): 18.01455,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:46:00'): 18.031200000000002,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:47:00'): 18.03225,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:48:00'): 18.02055,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:49:00'): 18.001875000000002,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:50:00'): 18.01735,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:51:00'): 18.02295,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:52:00'): 18.024,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:53:00'): 18.028200000000002,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:54:00'): 18.02295,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:55:00'): 18.02505,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:56:00'): 18.0219,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:57:00'): 18.0177,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:58:00'): 18.03225,
    pd.Timestamp('2022-10-18 16:59:00'): 18.0375}

@profile
def main():
    df = pd.DataFrame(pd.Series(data), columns=["col1"])
    df = df.loc[df.index.repeat(10000)]
    df2 = df.copy(deep=True)
    fasterMethod(df2)
    standardMethod(df)

def standardMethod(df):
    for i in range(2, 41):
        df[f'roll_{i}'] = df['col1'].rolling(i).mean()

def fasterMethod(df):
    values = df['col1'].values
    for i in range(2, 41):
        df[f'roll_{i}'] = bottleneck.move_mean(values, i)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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Liverpool university lecturers to hold protest rally as part of 48-hour strike over pay
Talks fail to resolve pay dispute
Alan Weston
Liverpool University's Victoria Building
A rally is due to take place in Liverpool today (Wednesday) as part of a national 48-hour strike by lecturers at UK universities over pay.
The protest is one of a number expected to take place at cities around the UK after talks failed to resolve a pay row.
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will also refuse to work overtime, set additional work, or undertake any voluntary duties like covering timetabled classes for absent colleagues.
If the dispute is not resolved in the coming weeks, members have agreed to further strike action which could affect open days, graduation ceremonies and the clearing process.
The union is also beginning preparations for a boycott of the setting and marking of students' work to begin in the autumn.
The union has rejected a 1.1% pay offer from employers, arguing that universities could afford to pay more after the pay and benefits of university leaders went up by 5.1% last year.
UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: "A 1.1% pay offer is an insult to hardworking staff, especially in light of the 5% pay rise vice-chancellors have enjoyed while holding down staff pay. Members have made it clear that they won't tolerate a continued squeeze on their income, pay inequality and the increasing job insecurity blighting the sector.
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"It's time to invest properly in the teachers, researchers and administrators who are the backbone of our universities. Industrial action which impacts on students is never taken lightly, but members feel that they have been left with no alternative. If the employers wish to see a swift end to this dispute, and avoid further disruption, they need to come back to the table with a much-improved offer."
Unite, which has around 12,000 members in the higher education sector, said it was consulting on the possibility of joining the action. A ballot closes on June 6.
National officer Mike McCartney said: "We are calling on Unite members to reject the offer on the table. They have seen their pay slashed over recent years, while many university bosses are raking in more than the Prime Minister.
"Clearly there is unfairness in the pay system and that hurts our members who are mainly technicians, porters and cleaning staff without whom universities would not function. These are the workers who are the key to providing a good student experience.
"If the results of our consultative ballot are positive, as we expect they will be, then we will then move to a ballot for industrial action.
"Sadly, the employers have been totally intransigent and continue to refuse to increase their pay offer. This 1.1% offer is pretty paltry. Higher education staff are dedicated, hard-working professionals, they feel insulted by the offer.
"We are advising our members to support UCU members locally before work, during lunch time and at recognised breaks in their action this week."
A spokesman for the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) said that "no to low impact" was expected as a result of the strike, adding: "
This industrial action is naturally disappointing given the very good pay offer, plus the joint work on gender pay and casual employment that is on the table."
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What has been the biggest achievement in the evolution of the human race till now ... we won't be far off the truth, if we say 'advancement of technology'. And, what is the biggest hinderance? Probably, there could be different answers, as per... What has been the biggest achievement in the evolution of the human race till now ... we won't be far off the truth, if we say 'advancement of technology'. And, what is the biggest hinderance? Probably, there could be different answers, as per what one's viewpoint is - 'Incessant Destruction of the Nature leading to rising Global Warming', 'Fanatism and Terrorism', 'Excessive Greed of materialism and loss of ethics and humanity' etc. As for me, out of that 'etc.', there's one danger that rises over and above everything else - 'Fatal illnesses which are often boosted by new and constantly evolving mutations in different viruses'. Half a million people die every year from seasonal influenza only. And, if you add the more sinister or infamous killers - Cancer, TB, Ebola, HIV and other terminal illnesses - needless to say the fatality is tens of millions .. every year!!
And, I always find myself asking this question - where is the advancement of science if we are still having millions of cohabitants of this planet losing their lives to various illnesses every year, every month, every week, every hour, every moment?? When will we be able to maximise our technology and innovation to stunt the growth of viruses, kill the bacteria and make the humanity relatively disease-free??
Needless to say, millions of people all across the world have the same question and expectation from the potential of technology and innovation. And, several hundreds of thousands of innovators are constantly researching and working to find out the answers to these questions and more. Even better, it seems there has been a break through recently .. in the form of computer generated 'designer anti-viral protein'. It's better than even the human anti-bodies which can be dodged by the mutations in the virus. But this designer anti-viral protein effectively captures the viral bodies effortlessly either as a cure or as a preventive vaccine. Seems like the path to a continuous wellness of humanity has started to be paved out .. but, there are miles to go before we sleep, miles to go before we sleep.
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This antivirus software protects health, not computers. Researchers are beginning to combat deadly infections using computer-generated antiviral proteins – a valuable tool to fight a future pandemic.
Innovation has no age bar as we have mentioned before too. And, children can be successful innovators with their inquisitive minds and creative application of resources to find cost-effective solutions to problems/challenges in our daily lives.... Innovation has no age bar as we have mentioned before too. And, children can be successful innovators with their inquisitive minds and creative application of resources to find cost-effective solutions to problems/challenges in our daily lives.
The link below showcases two fine examples of young minds innovating solutions for two crucial challenges in our lives - lack of eco-friendly electricity and movement restriction at old age.
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What Are Kids in Bihar Doing? Making Electricity from Banana Stems & Walkers That Help Climb!
http://www.thebetterindia.com/103355/bihar-teens-gopal-jee-shalini-kumari-innovation-banana-stem-electricity-walker-climb
Having seen his father's entire farm destroyed in 2008's monsoon, Gopal wishes to use his idea to utilise all the waste to create green energy.
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It gives me great pleasure to welcome our newest members Yashdeep, Ankur and Arpan to the platform of Zonopact Innovation Lab. You've joined a global incubator for innovators. Well done and congratulations to each of you! Our platform is... It gives me great pleasure to welcome our newest members Yashdeep, Ankur and Arpan to the platform of Zonopact Innovation Lab. You've joined a global incubator for innovators. Well done and congratulations to each of you! Our platform is constantly developing, so you'll find several more interactive sections added on as the time progresses - all of which will be enriching your experience on the platform. In the meanwhile, if you have any queries, please let us know. Wishing you the very best! More
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Technology is synonymous with Innovation .. but is Innovation synonymous with technology? The answer is a resounding 'no'. Innovation can and does happen in each and any field of life. It can happen in art .. it can happen in behaviour science ..... Technology is synonymous with Innovation .. but is Innovation synonymous with technology? The answer is a resounding 'no'. Innovation can and does happen in each and any field of life. It can happen in art .. it can happen in behaviour science .. it can happen in philosophy ..it can happen in lifestyle management .. in fact anything.
One area of innovation has been in the business model of 'subscriptions'. It simply means instead of trying to sell specific things to customers, just get them to pay in advance and then cut bulk purchase deals with suppliers in order to improve costs. A lot of retailers have adopted this model quickly.
An example of this business model is 'Loot Crate'. They work with Vloggers and make affiliate deals to showcase their merchandise offer, growing their market and sales.
Then there's another high profile example of innovation in non-tech area is from Skype - if you have a post having too many words/ details, just add the 'Summarize bot' to your contacts, and, you can send it the URL of the post and get back a summary.
And, in the world of gaming, who can deny 'Pokémon GO' the award for the best out of the box thinking to revive an old forgotten game. Yes, technology was used to recreate it, but not before the actual innovative thinking of how to do it.
Now, an innovation in the way you dress up daily - have you heard about the 'S-Holder' ? The S-Holder is an innovative shirt holder, which will keep your shirt perfectly tucked in even when you move! Yes, it has got straps - that go around your thighs and clips to pull your shirt tied down always. No technology used here - just innovative thinking.
So, no matter what we do - anything and everything can be innovative. And, it has only one source - our innovative mind. More
Make no mistake .. the race for becoming 'the smartest city' in the world is getting hotter every year .. probably every month.Close on the heels of the success stories of self-driving cars comes the news that actually it would probably be one of... Make no mistake .. the race for becoming 'the smartest city' in the world is getting hotter every year .. probably every month.Close on the heels of the success stories of self-driving cars comes the news that actually it would probably be one of the innovations which will change our concepts of how we live on this planet .. suddenly, some of those 'special effects cars' in our favourite sci-fi movies feels possible to be owned one day .. in the near future.
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World's First Self-Driving Tesla Taxis Will Hit the Road in Dubai
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The first self-driving taxis may hit the road in Dubai, which has purchased 200 Teslas fitted with hardware for fully-autonomous driving.
Innovation is not just a skill and trait of an individual but, also, very very crucially, in today's world, the winning formula for corporates of all sizes - from start-ups to multi-national conglomerates. So, how does one innovate? Is there a... Innovation is not just a skill and trait of an individual but, also, very very crucially, in today's world, the winning formula for corporates of all sizes - from start-ups to multi-national conglomerates. So, how does one innovate? Is there a sure and pre-defined way to innovate? Is there a science behind innovation? Why do so many innovations fail? Is there a structured process that results in a successful innovation?
Found a fantastic article by Mr Srini Pillay, MD, Founder & CEO of NeuroBusiness Group - which answers the above questions, especially in relevance to innovations in organisations. He is a pioneer in brain-based executive coaching who is dedicated to collaborating with experts to help people unleash their full potential. He also serves as a part-time assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and teaches in the executive education programs at Harvard Business School and Duke Corporate Education.
"Time and again, Tesla continues to prove it's a company that dares to imagine the unimaginable. From electric cars to autonomous vehicles and now -- thanks to its recent acquisition of SolarCity -- solar energy, Tesla has challenged conventional thinking at every step and produced products that once seemed impossible.
But isn't that the goal every entrepreneur has for his or her start-up? After all, innovative firms are known for growing more quickly and achieving higher profits.
As sexy as 'imagining the unimaginable' sounds, the reality is really quite daunting. Sixty-six percent of products fail within their first two years, and a remarkable 96 percent of innovations don't make back their costs. Suffice it to say, innovation is a tough sell.
So, why can certain companies see things that others can't, and what gives them the fortitude to invest in the seemingly impossible? Surprisingly, the answers to these questions may call for more introspective thinking than you'd think. Start-ups, after all, are made up of people, and people have brains.
If you want to imagine the unimaginable, then, leverage the following three brain-based strategies:
1. Use imagery.
Observation alone is insufficient. Start-ups should deliberately add imagination and imagery to their tool kits. This is how companies such as Amazon are able to see into the future; they constantly ask, 'What if?' while pairing futuristic tech trends with wild imaginations.
Making a mental movie of a desired outcome aids execution because imagery warms up the action brain. Multiple studies confirm that training stroke patients to imagine moving slowed or paralyzed parts of their bodies can actually improve movement in those areas, especially when the patients concentrate intensely on those images.
So, for your business, start by imagining what problem your start-up will solve; then, fill in the details of how that will happen. Note that each detail should be an image -- not just a narrative. The more vivid the image, the more likely you are to stimulate your 'action brain' to start working.
2. Question 'reality'.
Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, explained in his book that innovation is often stunted by hidden forces. For start-ups, an overreliance on data can easily become one of these roadblocks. Data may accurately reflect historical trends, but it does not always represent the present moment, nor does it necessarily predict the future.
Consider this example from the medical realm: When radiologists, in a study, were asked to analyse a routine chest x-ray, 60 percent failed to realize a collarbone was missing. Why? Because the data they were familiar with had subconsciously trained them to expect to see one.
Interesting fact: A mere 1 in 1 million humans have the condition that can cause the absence of a collarbone.
Given that humans are prone to misunderstanding or misusing data, then, why rely on it? Instead, avoid prematurely anchoring your start-up's sailboat of innovation because you've embraced the fallacy of 'reality'. Appraise all existing data with initial skepticism, and always test vital assumptions before putting them into practice.
3. De-stress.
Stress cements bad habits in the brain and prevents people from embracing new patterns of thinking. Throughout history, it's been known to cause even the most prolific business leaders to make unwise decisions on behalf of their companies.
This is why it's crucial that start-ups learn how to de-stress. The same way you would set aside time to refuel your car or eat your lunch, set aside time for companywide relaxation and mental refuelling.
You could consider something as simple as meditation classes for your employees -- similar to what companies like Google and Apple do -- or you could get creative and host monthly 'anything goes' parties.
At such parties, workers may dress as they wish (within reason, of course) and unwind in a designated 'safe zone' that allows them to identify, explore and dispel the stressors that often derail the brain.
Imagining the unimaginable is clearly within your biological reach. Data and trends can tell you only so much about innovation and success. Harnessing the brainpower of your entire team, however, may help you unlock the true potential of your start-up and create unbridled growth and prosperity."
That we are living in a fast paced constantly dynamic world is no doubt .. that we are surrounded by fantastic possibilities of changes through technology in our life styles & way of living is no doubt .. that we are increasingly seeing now... That we are living in a fast paced constantly dynamic world is no doubt .. that we are surrounded by fantastic possibilities of changes through technology in our life styles & way of living is no doubt .. that we are increasingly seeing now discovery of solutions which were already existing in the local environment is no doubt .. however, doubts do exist .. they exist in the very starting point of an innovative idea - the human mind. So many amazing thoughts and ideas die 'un-naturally' even before they grow and are born fully. We must, therefore, consciously avoid this self-inflicted death trap. Let the ideas flow .. let there be no bars .. let your minds be creative without any fear of failure .. because, failure is an important part of success .. failure is critical for our learning .. failure is a catalyst to find another way to success.
How many times we come across an innovation or an innovative idea that makes us feel - why didn't we or someone think of it before? As, the idea or the solution was present around us all the time. We think it happens quite frequently, especially these days. Following is a great example of an innovative idea to help spread your locally produced specialities all across the world. The potential of this idea is limitless - because it can include so many concepts or creations produced locally. We all have it but never thought about introducing it to the world this way.
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/your-airport-vending-machine-just-got-major-upgrade-n696901 More
Get art, fresh salad or a charge from airport vending machines
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/your-airport-vending-machine-just-got-major-upgrade-n696901
Airport vending machines have had an upgrade, offering far more interesting items than the stale candy and cigarettes of days gone by.
As they say, the proof of the pudding (is in the eating) .. Innovation is only considered successful, if it actually helps us in a practical situation. And, we admire all such innovations which help save discomfort, time, injuries, disasters &... As they say, the proof of the pudding (is in the eating) .. Innovation is only considered successful, if it actually helps us in a practical situation. And, we admire all such innovations which help save discomfort, time, injuries, disasters & lives. Following is a fantastic example, where innovation can help save human lives from avalanches.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/watch-the-moment-this-snowboarders-high-tech-backpack-saved-this-life_uk_587cabc9e4b04a8bfe6ad626?utm_hp_ref=uk-innovation More
Watch The Moment A High-Tech Backpack Saves This Snowboarder's Life
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About 19 months ago, Logitech acquired LifeSize. That seemed strange at the time, as Logitech purveys fine mice and keyboards, not telepresence solutions. But perhaps I was too quick to judge. The company has been upping its UC story and just announced a partnership with Jabra. More on that below.
I must say I do like my keyboard and mouse. Evidently they make a few other things too. They are a leader in webcams which are a good business to be in these days. Frost recently reported that Videoconferencing and telepresence endpoints grew 17.8 percent year over year, and Infonetics recently predicted videoconferencing spending is to double by 2015.
Logitech did power the video calling feature of Microsoft's MSN until last April. That service will likely now be integrated with Skype – but Logitech's LifeSize division is the only room system vendor to have integrated with Skype. The company has a thriving webcam business, and now a partnership with Jabra.
Jabra makes both headsets and USB audio devices. The new relationship will grow to include joint marketing and even R&D; efforts providing Logitech a more complete UC story, particularly at the desktop. Logitech wil begin selling Jabra products next month under the brand "Logitech powered by Jabra." The first three products will be a USB speaker, a DECT and a bluetooth headset. All will be certified to work with technologies from Avaya, Microsoft, Cisco and Polycom.
Logitech has a few more interesting clubs in its bag. Last October the company announced a thin client solution. The announcement brings high-definition (HD) video communications to virtual desktops. The solution involves a Logitech webcam with H.264 onboard encoding. Positioning Logitech for the upcoming wave of VDI desktops.
Last July, Logitech acquired Paradial, a firm that specializes in firewall and NAT traversal. This pesky area poses a significant barrier to widespread Internet video adoption. Paradial products were available through LifeSize before, but now Logitech can tightly integrate the technology into its video products directly – still to come.
Logitech appears ready to take on the UC space with video and UC peripherials. Oddly, there are no phones in the line-up. I asked Eric Kintz, the GM of Logitech's new Business division and Michael Helbrecht, VP of Product Marketing, about this and they are convinced softphones are the future. I beg to differ.
Logitech powered by Jabra USB devices will be compatible with "technologies" from Avaya, Microsoft, Cisco and Polycom – but every major maker of enterprise telephony (except Microsoft) supports SIP endpoints. Softphones are an important and growing part of the solution, as are hard phones.
The big phone makers – Avaya, Cisco, Mitel, NEC, SEN, ShoreTel are all shifting more and more being software focused firms. As propritary solutions fade, so do the economies of scale of producing them. Mass market SIP phone makers server a much broader market. Cisco, mostly by happenstance, seems to be gaining some traction in 3rd party hosted space – but Polycom, Aastra, and Snom seem to be the kings of quality SIP phones. Logitech appears to be ignoring an opportunity to complete its endpoint story with desktop phones – potentially video enabled deskphones. Logitech has channels into the enterprise. Perhaps Logitech could be the outsider that re-invents the phone.
Snom might be a good acquisition candidate for Logitech. Snom has a SIP phone product line, could use some assistance with enterprise penetration, and even managed to get their products to work with Microsoft Lync. It fills a nice hole for Logitech and improves their endpoint UC story.


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Piotr Aleksandrowicz Czujkiewicz (według innych źródeł Piotr Andriejewicz) (; ur. 1783, zm. 17 sierpnia 1831) – generał-major Imperium Rosyjskiego od 12 grudnia 1823.

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Podpułkownik, pochodził z rodziny szlacheckiej zamieszkałej w guberni połtawskiej. Ukończył Szlachecki Korpus Kadecki Wojsk Lądowych. W służbie wojskowej od 1797. Dowódca plutonu Kronsztadzkiego Pułku Garnizonowego. W Świcie Jego Imperatorskiej Wysokości do spraw kwatermistrzowskich (1804–1807). Uczestnik kampanii francuskiej (1807) i tureckiej (1807–1809). 21 marca 1809 odszedł do rezerwy.

W 1810 został przyjęty do służby w Tajnej Ekspedycji Ministerstwa Wojskowego, zajmował się analizą napływających informacji wywiadowczych. W styczniu 1812 stworzył mapę dyslokacji wojsk francuskich, w kwietniu 1812 przedstawił końcowe zalecenia rosyjskiemu dowództwu. W tym samym roku od kwietnia do lipca przebywał w misji wojskowo-dyplomatycznej w Prusach. W czasie Wojny Ojczyźnianej 1812 — ober-kwatermajster korpusu Matwieja Płatowa.

W latach 1813–1815 zarządzał Kancelarią Specjalną przy Ministerstwie Wojskowym.

29 listopada 1816 odszedł do rezerwy w mundurze. 21 października 1820 po raz kolejny powrócił do służby i został przydzielony do kancelarii Sztabu Głównego.

Od 25 października 1829 do śmierci był szefem sztabu Samodzielnego Korpusu Orenburskiego.

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Q: Equality of modulus at the boundary of a bounded domain Let $G$ be a bounded domain, $f$ and $g$ holomorphic and continuous functions on whole $\overline{G}$ and let $|f(z)|=|g(z)|$ for all $z\in \partial G$. What can we say about $f$ and $g$?
Define: $h(z) = \frac{f(z)}{g(z)}$, if g has zero-points, then we cant say much because of the singularities. If g has no zero points, then with the maximum principle for bounded domains it follows that h takes its maximum on the edge. Because |f(z)|=|g(z)| for all $z\in \partial G$ it follows that the modulus is 1. If now f has zero points, then we cant say anything more about it. If f has no zero points, then we can use the minimum principle for bounded domains. With that it follows that also the modulus of the minimum must be 1.
From that we can conclude that : $|h(z)|=\frac{|f(z)|}{|g(z)|}=1$ for all $z\in G$. So if f and g have no zero points, $f(z)=\lambda g(z)$
Is this correct?

A: If $f$ and $g$ doesn't have any $0$ in $G$ we can conclude, by maximum modulus principle, that $|f(z)|=|g(z)|$ for all $z\in G$.
We can't get that when there is a zero. For example, $G$ is the open unit disk and $f(z)=z$, $g(z)=z^2$. Then $|g(z)|=|f(z)|(=1)$ on $\partial G$, but of course not on $g$.

A: In general, we cannot say much about $f$ and $g$. For example, suppose that $G$ is a Jordan domain. Then $G$ is simply connected, so there is a conformal map $f$ of $G$ onto the unit disk. Moreover, it is a well known theorem that in this case, $f$ extends to a homeomorphism of $\overline{G}$ onto the closed unit disk, mapping the boundary of $G$ onto the unit circle. Hence $|f(z)|=|g(z)|$ on $\partial G$, where $g \equiv 1$...

A: If $G$ is a Jordan domain (that is, $\partial G$ is a simple closed curve), we can reduce the problem to the case when $G$ is the unit disk $D=\{z:|z|<1\}$ by a conformal change of variable. Then the Schwarz reflection principle applies, allowing us to extend $f/g$ (originally a meromorphic function on $D$) to a meromorphic function on $\overline{\mathbb C}$. It follows that $f/g$ is a rational function, more precisely the ratio of two finite Blaschke products.
The argument does not seem to work in multiply connected domains. I don't know how bad $f/g$ can be in general.

A: Define: $h(z) = \frac{f(z)}{g(z)}$, if g has zero-points, then we cant say much because of the singularities. If g has no zero points, then with the maximum principle for bounded domains it follows that h takes its maximum on the edge. Because |f(z)|=|g(z)| for all $z\in \partial G$ it follows that the modulus is 1. If now f has zero points, then we cant say anything more about it. If f has no zero points, then we can use the minimum principle for bounded domains. With that it follows that also the modulus of the minimum must be 1.
From that we can conclude that : $|h(z)|=\frac{|f(z)|}{|g(z)|}=1$ for all $z\in G$. So if f and g have no zero points, $f(z)=\lambda g(z)$
Is this correct?


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Although much of Europe is still closed to tourists, the vaccination that has been launched gives hope that travel will recover during the warm season. If you are looking for interesting short-term trips and want to get to know the Old Continent better, it is worth visiting the northern German city of Kiel. This city is famous for its port city, shipping and impressive 13th century history. Kiel is one of the first Hanseatic, trade and political union cities to attract thousands of merchants from all over Europe.
Unfortunately, Kiel did not preserve the architectural heritage of the Middle Ages - during World War II, the port city was destroyed to its foundations, but the rebuilt Kiel did not lose its vibrant spirit and invites travelers to visit one of the most famous industrial cities in Germany today.
When you arrive in the city, you can admire not only the ports and impressive architecture, but also the well-groomed parks, areas and events. So our focus is on Kiel, who cherishes centuries-old traditions.
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Kiel hosts one of the largest sailing events in the world, lasting almost 140 years, attracting up to 5,000 sailors, 2,000 ships and 3 million visitors from all over Europe each year. It is surprising that Lithuanians go to this regatta not only to observe the competition, but also to actively participate in it and achieve good results.
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Kiel has long been Germany's main naval base, so during the Second World War the city suffered far more bombings than most other cities in the country. However, Kiel can be found in the 17th century. A residence built for Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, where you can admire sandstone arches, beautiful ceilings, silk wallpaper, exclusive frescoes.
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At the beginning of 2018, Lagos Prophet, Dr Faleyimu Olagoroye, the founder of Mountain of Blessing and Miracle Church of Christ delivered his annual prophecy in an interview with YorubaMovieGist and at that time predicted that 5 Nollywood stars will die in 2018.
Already two Nollywood stars Aisha Abimbola and Motunrayo Adeoye have been buried in 2018 so far which brings us to the prophecy of Faleyimu Olagoroye.
According to him, "the Nollywood industry should be prayerful, so that they won't lose 5 stars among them this year. Alot of Actors will face hardship especially the women among them. Rich men will decieve them to leave their marriage and at the end, they go back to square one. Why this will happen is because some of them don't believe in God, they belong to many secret societies. Those who are for God would not witness the hardship. The identities of the 5 who will die weren't revealed to me".
May the souls of the departed continue to rest in peace.


Sunday afternoon 11 December the past was brought to live at Centre Lambahoany. No less than eight groups of young rockers performed. It was a surprise that this music has so many followers in Toamasina, who with boundless energy sang, played, danced and jumped. The large crowd was young and just as enthusiastic. When the group NOCTURNAL was on stage they tried to besiege the stage, as if the sixties revived at Centre Lambahoany. A marvellous afternoon made possible by the organisation of young artists of Sylvain Rakoto.
The tenrec, another remarkable mammal.


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Navajo museum's presentations preserving culture
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By Karen Francis
Window Rock, Arizona (AP) March 2010
The staff at the Navajo Nation Museum is on a mission to preserve Navajo language and culture. Part of the effort includes monthly cultural presentations that have now been going on for more than a year.
For many of the participants, the information from the presentations is something they had once known.
"It's good. It's something that comes back to you," said Nellie Beno of Tselani-Cottonwood. "When you're small, you don't think about it."
Beno was at the Four Sacred Foods presentation last week with her husband.
Also at that presentation was Marlene Price of Fort Defiance.
"It's something I'm very interested in. It goes back to my grandmother who used to work for Dine College. Grandma is pulling me back over there," she said.
The museum has presented on a variety of topics since the series started at the beginning of 2009. The subjects are usually chosen based on the seasons since certain teachings are shared during specific Navajo seasons.
The wintertime presentations brought presentations on Coyote stories and string games, for example. Spring is the season for planting, which is why the museum has held presentations on sacred plants and sacred foods in recent weeks.
"We thought, let's get this information out to our people so they can take it back to their cornfields," said Char Tullie, museum education curator. "We want to bring planting back to our people."
Those teachings could be a lifeline for the Dine people even in today's times.
Robert Johnson, museum cultural specialist, spoke about how Navajo people would prepare for the winter season by storing food underground. His own family still does that, he said.
"If we still do that today and stored this, we wouldn't have this Navajo Nation Operation Haashliish," Johnson said referring to the winter emergencies in the past couple years. "We kind of just look to the government. We forgot about our cornfields."
Besides the recent plant and food presentations, the museum has hosted gatherings on how to make blue corn mush, the stick game, identifying animal parts, the Treaty of 1868, the Long Walk, Navajo Code Talkers, counting in the Navajo language, weaving, and identifying one's self through the Navajo clan system, which was a particular highlight for Tullie.
Tullie said people still come up to her to thank her for the teachings on the clan system.
"I had several of the ladies come up to me and shook my hand and said, 'Thank you so much for teaching us.' These were ladies older than me. They broke those ties when they were off to boarding schools or they were forbidden to learn the language," she said.
Johnson said that a study done by the Navajo Nation Rural Systemic Initiative on schoolchildren in the early part of the millennium found that the use of the Navajo language was decreasing among them.
The initiative took the findings back to the Education Committee with a recommendation to re-educate the people on the Navajo language.
When the museum started the program, staff met with the Dine Medicine Men Association and the medicine men stressed teachings according to the season.
Tullie said she doesn't believe the Navajo people are losing their language and culture.
"It's there. We wake up to it every single day and it's up to us to take the initiative to want to learn it. Our four sacred mountains, our songs, our ceremonies were already set in place for us," she said.
Since starting the educational presentations series, Tullie said she has found more and more people getting involved. While there are only up to 10 people at some presentations, there are up to 50 at others and hundreds turn out for the museum's annual New Year's Eve shoe game.
Another aspect of the museum's program is the Walk In Beauty Book Club that meets about twice a month. Readers choose a book that is available at the museum gift shop and get together to discuss it. The book club is growing and several members come from as far as Shiprock and Farmington to participate, Tullie said.
Another presentation coming up on March 31 is focused on the Navajo Nation flag and seal.
Tullie said she is hoping that the men who designed the flag and seal, respectively, will be at the museum to talk to people about their creations.
She is currently searching for John Claw Jr. from Many Farms, who designed the tribal seal, and Jay R. DeGroat from Mariano Lake, who designed the Navajo flag, so they can speak about their work.


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To Securing An Android App, Code Signing Certificate Is A must!
Last Updated on: 22 December 2022 by suraj tiwari
Various activities have been streamlined as a result of switching to multiple applications. Customers must, therefore, confirm that the software they intend to install is reliable before installing it.
The app developer should have adequate mechanisms for users to check the safety of the application they download. To safeguard the applications, hashing is used. For security purposes, the code signing will come in helpful in this situation.
Code Signature Certificate: – Meaning And Functioning?
Categorization Of Code Signing Certificate
Why Is It Necessary For Android Developers To Use A Code Signing Certificate To Secure Their Apps?
Code signing is the procedure through which a certificate authority verifies the software code integrity and signs the app with strong hashing and encryption. The exe, application, software update, or file is digitally signed. The certificate verifies that the software has now no longer been tampered with, permitting the developer to distribute it securely.
The code signature certificates of the code guarantee that the person who uploads the software comes from the authentic author. In addition, the certificates check the legitimacy and quality of the publisher's code. It also lets customers believe in any upgrade because the code signing is supported by all major browsers and platforms.
Use case: When releasing any software, caution is needed to make certain that the software being downloaded is secure.
Certificates permit the client to know the app's developer.
It also ensures that the software a consumer is trying to load is not published by an anonymous intruder.
It boosts software downloads while also improving the developer's brand image.
– Code signing certificates are divided into two categories
Standard code signing certificates: – The method includes verification of the identity of the developer, initials, personal details, and mobile phone number. The certificate is issued to the company once it has been accepted. On the server, the secret key can be kept.
Certificates for EV code signing:-The CA conducts a more thorough examination of the company or organization. The check is done in accordance with the regulations of the CA/Browser Forum. The usual protocol for the OV certificate is part of the documents required. An organization registration document, an organization profile evolved through a good firm, and authentication from a central authority frame or a Chartered Public Accountant also are covered within side the software.
The following are some of the advantages of having a Code Signing Certificate for Android application developers:
Android provides a number of applications that have received a genuinely authentic 'stamp of certification' from licensed groups to illustrate their legitimacy to all of its customers. This framework heavily relies on signature certificate code to prevent malware from infiltrating apps and propagating to various Android apps.
The code's integrity is at stake.
The authenticity of the underlying code is ensured by the certificate. The alert may create legitimate fears about tampering with the software. The authenticity of the software is checked using a hash function. The hash function will be used by the web browser to confirm the legitimacy of the software. The alert is no longer displayed once it has been confirmed.
It boosts user confidence.
Users quit installing the software when they see the alert. It results in a lack of income and a loss of user trust. Users can be assured that their software has not been altered if there is a presence of standard or EV code signing certificates.
The honesty of the developer can be verified, and the consumer can download and install the software in complete safety. It also improves the software developer's brand image. Checkout our review of best developer hosting.
It rules out the possibility of forgery
The code signing certificate verifies the authenticity of the downloaded code. Therefore, no harmful software is available for download. A timestamp is also required to guarantee that the certificate remains authentic when the software is certified. It also ensures that the code is perform well after the certificate's validity date has passed.
Get the app highlighted on Google Play.
If people don't sign their software digitally, they won't be able to get it released on the Android platform.
Code signing certificates have gained a lot of attention as a technique to certify that any particular software is safe to use and that the information reaches the end-user with no security vulnerabilities or modifications.
Encrypted apps have long been featured on Android, Apple, and other software platforms.
Malware Attacks on Android Apps:- Only a few years ago, few people had heard of the Android operating system. It is now used by nearly every smartphone and tablet everywhere across the world.
– The Android software store, called "Play Store,' has eclipsed the 'Apple App Store in terms of "open source applications. The Play Store has gained so much popularity, so it has become one of the largest stores that offer free applications.
– However, this expanding fame has regrettably attracted negative attention. Even though Android has a large developer community, including small and medium-sized companies, there have been multiple malware attacks against Android apps.
– Thousands of users around the world have been harmed by the inability of some developers to keep applications confidential.
– In addition, the frequency and seriousness of some assaults have increased significantly over the years. Users frequently overlook the long rights offered before downloading the application, falling victim to a malware-infected software's trick of clicking 'I accept.' This makes the download of malicious code with the app extremely easy.
Certificate for the Android code signature: Android, as a platform that offers a wide range of applications to its customers, is well aware of the obligation it carries in terms of providing secure apps.
– Even just a single malware-infected app can harm the developer's image as well as the operating system that distributes the apps to consumers.
– EV Code signing certificate, on the other hand, enables an app to verify that it is authentic to its consumers.
– The code signature procedure depends on open key encryption, with the confidential key used to ensure the code. Android has shrewdly fabricated its engineering to require the utilization of code marking authentication for applications to be appropriate in its store.
Consumers and developers can use code signing to protect themselves. Code signing, from the developer's perspective, not only safeguards the code but also improves the brand and its reputation.
As a result, the number of downloads increases.
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Plans for Boutique Hotel for 3rd Ave. in the Works
By: Rich Hosford
A boutique hotel will join the restaurants and shops at 3rd Ave.
Nordblom Company, which owns the development park, informed the board it had reached an agreement with LodgeWorks Partners, L.P., out of Kansas, for one of its Archer Hotels to be located at the corner of 3rd Ave. and Middlesex Turnpike. A hotel is allowed at the park under the Planned Development District agreement approved by Town Meeting in 2007.
Nordblom's Senior Vice President and Director of Mixed-Use Projects, Todd Fremont-Smith, said the Archer Hotel fit with the theme of 3rd Ave., which has been filled with more unique and high-end restaurants and stores. He said Nordblom has tried to avoid large chains when selecting which businesses to locate there.
Vice President of Development at LodgeWorks Bob Mannon said his company has been creating hospital brands for 30 years, and past projects include Residence Inn and Summerfield Suites, which were eventually sold to larger companies including Marriott and Hyatt. The Archer Hotels, he explained, is a newer concept focused on providing a personal, boutique experience.
He said the first was built three years ago in New York City and since the company has built two more in Austin, Texas and Napa, California.
"The brand is built around this person, Archer, who is welcoming you into his home," Mannon said. "He has a grand home and it is an interesting destination you want to go into."
He said each room has a different design and a lot of personal amenities and gifts are provided to the guests. He added he thought the brand will fit in perfectly at 3rd Ave.
The hotel will have 147 rooms. Fremont-Smith said the site plan is currently being made and he expects the application to be filed by the end of the month. He hopes to get the permit this winter and for construction to start in the spring.


Today, I bring you ... dum dum dum-dumm ... my Tidepool Sweater. From Weekend Knits by Wenlan Chia.
Like I mentioned a couple of days ago, this sweater started out as six hanks of Twinkle Soft Chunky, in icy blue and kelly green. I spent two and a half days knitting it and here's how it turned out.
Taa-daa! Blue and green super chunky horizontal stripes may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I truly do love this sweater. And finishing it in a weekend motivated me to knit more sweaters. Especially in this gauge ... they go pretty fast.


Sheetmetal is 18 Ga. on these cars to my knowledge.
Ty John is correct, 18 Guage and is very difficult to bend unless you use a medal brake.
Any place the sells steel products to industry ( angle iron,pipe, channel iron) ect will sell you a sheet. Usuall comes in 4X10 but they might sell you a smaller piece but you will pay a premium for a cut piece. Just look in your yellow pages.


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Pixel Scroll 4/23/17 Scroll White And The Seven Pixels
(1) BORN ON THE SEVENTH OF JULY. In "Spinning a high-tech web", the LA Times provides an elaborate, photo-illustrated preview of Tony Stark's upgrade to the new Spider-Man suit that will be seen in Spider-Man: Homecoming, due in theaters July 7.
(2) FILK HALL OF FAME. The 2017 inductees to the Filk Halll of Fame were announced at FilkOntario this weekend:
Gary Hanak
Judi Miller
Jeff and Maya Bonhoff
(3) FAHRENHEIT 451 TO SMALL SCREEN? The Bradbury novel is on the road to development once more. "HBO to Adapt Fahrenheit 451, starring Michael B. Jordan" — BookRiot has the story.
Now, HBO is "moving toward a production commitment" (via Variety) on a feature-length adaptation of Bradbury's 1953 novel starring Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Chronicle, Fantastic Four) as the protagonist Guy Montag and Michael Shannon (Man of Steel, Boardwalk Empire) as Montag's boss, Captain Beatty.
The film will be directed by Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes, At Any Price), who is co-writing with Amir Naderi (99 Homes, The Runner). David Coatsworth (production manager on Underworld: Evolution, Ender's Game, My Big Fat Greek Wedding) will serve as producer.
(4) THEY'RE HUUGE! "Black Holes Are Bigger Than You Thought" accuses Yahoo! News. (Just how big did you think they were? How did Yahoo! News find out?)
Now meet S5 0014+81.
It's the largest black hole ever discovered and is heavier than our Sun by 40 billion times (40, 000, 000, 000) in the last observation.
If you plug in the equation above, you'll find that this black hole has a Schwarzschild radius of about… 119 billion kilometers, along with a said diameter of about 236,39 billion km.
(5) THE TOUGHEST AROUND. Let Den of Geek point you at "17 really difficult LEGO sets".
The Tower Of Orthanc
It may look simple enough on the box, but The Lord Of The Rings' Tower Of Orthanc is actually a real tough cookie. Because most of its 2,359 pieces are jet black and slim, working out which bit goes where is the stuff of nightmares (in, um, a good way). The Treebeard that comes with it will make the struggle worth it… honest.
Buy The Tower Of Orthanc now for £348.07.
(6) TODAY'S DAY
April 23 — World Book and Copyright Day
Pays tribute to authors and books and their social and cultural contribution to the world
(7) DID YOU KNOW? Last year the International Costumers' Guild participated in a "friend of the court" brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, joining Public Knowledge, the American Library Association, and others, asking the Court to protect the rights of clothing designers and costumers to freely practice their craft.
(8) AT HOME. The Verge's Andrew Liptak reports "Netflix will invest billions to shoot its original content in California":
Netflix is betting that filming closer to home will produce better content. In 2015, the streaming giant has announced that it would be doubling its output of original content, and it is aiming to have original productions make up half of its of its streaming catalog in the coming years. The goal is to entice users to come to the service by providing content that can't be found elsewhere, but that goal is proving to be a strain on the existing film studio infrastructure. To cope, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos announced that the company would be investing $6 billion to expand infrastructure in California, rather than chase tax incentives offered by states.
Sarandos explained to The Wrap that the company determined that going after the incentives leads to diminishing returns when it comes to their final products. Filming out of state is hard on the actors and crew of a project, and the move will help bring projects back home to California. That could prove to be costly for the company, even as California has increased its own tax incentive program in recent years. While remaining in the state will likely cost Netflix more, Sarandos seems to think that the extra cost will be worth spending.
(9) SQUEAK UP. YouTube's TheBackyardScientist set up 10 megaphones end-to-end to see how loud a noise he could make.
The video, posted to YouTube by TheBackyardScientist, features Kevin Kohler explaining he was inspired by Bart Simpson's prank in the season 8 Simpsons episode The Secret War of Lisa Simpson to place 10 megaphones end-to-end and test the results.
Bart's experiment led to a shock wave that shattered all of the windows in town — as well as Homer's fridge full of beer — but Kohler quickly ran into a problem Bart didn't face: a feedback loop.
(10) BITE ON. The number of people who give their smartphones to dogs as chew toys is probably smaller than the number of men who have walked on the moon, but for them — "There's an anti-dog label inside the Galaxy S8 — here's what it means". Let The Verge explain it to you.
Basically, you don't want Fido in a situation where a battery could hiss and explode in its mouth. It's obviously possible that a child could bite through the battery as well, but the likelihood of him / her piercing through the battery is lower.
(11) ARTIFICIAL DOG INTELLIGENCE. Amazing. How is it mine doesn't do that?
You know you've been writing about the Hugo Awards too much when your autocorrect capitalises "puppy" by default.
— Doris V Sutherland (@DorVSutherland) April 23, 2017
(12) FIX THE SLATING PROBLEM FOREVER. That's what Greg Hullender would like to do. At Rocket Stack Rank he summarizes his views about the effectiveness of 3SV, EPH(+) and their combination. He says, "I think it makes it really clear that we need both 3SV and either EPH or EPH+. Otherwise, even small slates (100 to 200 people) will be able to control a significant amount of the final ballot, including adding embarrassing nominees."
For each year, we produced two theoretical maximum graphs. A "finalist graph," which shows what percentage of finalists a slate could have captured for a given number of slate voters, and a "sweeps" graph, which shows what percentage of entire categories a slate could have captured.
Looking at those four pairs of graphs (2.1-2.4 below), we will draw the following conclusions;
Std (5/6) by itself is far too weak.
EPH doesn't protect enough finalists, but it is excellent at preventing sweeps.
EPH+ is an improvement on EPH, but it's still not enough by itself.
3SV is much stronger for protecting finalists, especially for modest numbers of slate voters, but it's vulnerable to sweeps, and it breaks down for slates above about 300 people.
The 3SV/EPH and 3SV/EPH+ combinations are far, far stronger than either component alone. Either combination is probably sufficient, but the second one is stronger.
Accordingly, we conclude that the Business Meeting should ratify both EPH+ and 3SV. That should protect the Hugos from slating interference for the nonce.
(13) DREAM CASTING. Enjoy "Miles To Go" hosted at Archive of Our Own. Note – Password = Vorkosigan (as it says at the post).
There once was a man who dreamt of the stars…
A fanvid based on the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold.
…Obviously, it's not so easy to make a feast for a fandom with no existing visual source. But where there's a will, or in my case an enormous and driving folly, there's a way. It was always going to be an ensemble vid, with Miles as the star, but the question was how to cast it. I did eventually solve that problem, and I won't discuss my solution in detail here because… spoilers.
[Thanks to Carl Slaughter, Cat Eldridge, Robin Reid, JJ, Doctor Science, Greg Hullender, and John King Tarpinian for some of these stories, Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day Kurt Busiek.]
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Workers' Chamber Book: Chapter Breakdown
As I mentioned in my last post, a year or so ago I wrote a pamphlet, about 22,000 words long, arguing that as parliament was filled with the extremely rich, who passed legislation solely to benefit the wealthy like themselves and the owners and management of business, parliament should have an elected chamber occupied by working people, elected by working people. So far, and perhaps unsurprisingly, I haven't found a publisher for it. I put up a brief overview of the book's contents in my last post. And here's a chapter by chapter breakdown, so you can see for yourselves what it's about and some of the arguments involved.
For a Workers' Parliamentary Chamber
This is an introduction, briefly outlining the purpose of the book, discussing the current domination of parliament by powerful corporate interests, and the working class movements that have attempted to replacement parliamentary democracy with governmental or administrative organs set up by the workers themselves to represent them.
Parliamentary Democracy and Its Drawbacks
This discusses the origins of modern, representative parliamentary democracy in the writings of John Locke, showing how it was tied up with property rights to the exclusion of working people and women. It also discusses the Marxist view of the state as in the instrument of class rule and the demands of working people for the vote. Marx, Engels, Ferdinand Lassalle and Karl Kautsky also supported democracy and free speech as a way of politicising and transferring power to the working class. It also shows how parliament is now dominated by big business. These have sent their company directors to parliament since the Second World War, and the number has massively expanded since the election of Margaret Thatcher. Universal suffrage on its own has not brought the working class to power.
Alternative Working Class Political Assemblies
This describes the alternative forms of government that working people and trade unionists have advocated to work for them in place of a parliamentary system that excludes them. This includes the Trades Parliament advocated by Owen's Grand Consolidated Trade Union, the Chartists' 'Convention of the Industrious Classes', the Russian soviets and their counterparts in Germany and Austria during the council revolution, the emergence and spread of Anarcho-Syndicalism, and its aims, as described by Rudolf Rocker.
Guild Socialism in Britain
This describes the spread of Syndicalist ideas in Britain, and the influence of American Syndicalist movements, such as the I.W.W. It then discusses the formation and political and social theories of Guild Socialism, put forward by Arthur Penty, S.G. Hobson and G.D.H. Cole. This was a British version of Syndicalism, which also included elements of state socialism and the co-operative movement. This chapter also discusses Cole's critique of capitalist, representative democracy in his Guild Socialism Restated.
Saint-Simon, Fascism and the Corporative State
This traces the origins and development of these two systems of government. Saint-Simon was a French nobleman, who wished to replace the nascent French parliamentary system of the early 19th century with an assembly consisting of three chambers. These would be composed of leading scientists, artists and writers, and industrialists, who would cooperate to administer the state through economic planning and a programme of public works.
The Fascist Corporative State
This describes the development of the Fascist corporative state under Mussolini. This had its origins in the ideas of radical nationalist Syndicalists, such as Michele Bianchi, Livio Ciardi and Edmondo Rossoni, and the Nationalists under Alfredo Rocco. It was also influenced by Alceste De Ambris' constitution for D'Annunzio's short-lived regime in Fiume. It traces the process by which the Fascists established the new system, in which the parliamentary state was gradually replaced by government by the corporations, industrial organisations which included both the Fascist trade unions and the employers' associations, and which culminated in the creation of Mussolini's Chamber of Fasci and Corporations. It shows how this was used to crush the working class and suppress autonomous trade union activism in favour of the interests of the corporations and the state. The system was a failure, designed to give a veneer of ideological respectability to Mussolini's personal dictatorship, and the system was criticised by the radical Fascists Sergio Panunzio and Angelo Olivetti, though they continued to support this brutal dictatorship.
Non-Fascist Corporativism
This discusses the way the British state also tried to include representatives of the trade unions and the employers in government, economic planning and industrial policies, and suppress strikes and industrial unrest from Lloyd George's administration during the First World War. This included the establishment of the Whitley Councils and industrial courts. From 1929 onwards the government also embarked on a policy of industrial diplomacy, the system of industrial control set up by Ernest Bevin during the Second World War under Defence Regulation 58a. It also discusses the corporative policies pursued by successive British governments from 1959 to Mrs Thatcher's election victory in 1979. During these two decades, governments pursued a policy of economic planning administered through the National Economic Development Council and a prices and incomes policy. This system became increasingly authoritarian as governments attempted to curtail industrial militancy and strike action. The Social Contract, the policy of co-operation between the Labour government and the trade unions, finally collapsed in 1979 during the 'Winter of Discontent'.
Workers' Control and Producers' Chambers in Communist Yugoslavia
This discusses the system of industrial democracy, and workers councils in Communist Yugoslavia. This included a bicameral constitution for local councils. These consisted of a chamber elected by universal suffrage, and a producers' chamber elected by the works' councils.
Partial Nationalisation to End Corporate Influence in Parliament
This suggests that the undue influence on parliament of private corporations could be countered, if only partly, if the policy recommended by Italian liberisti before the establishment of the Fascist dictatorship. Those firms which acts as organs of government through welfare contracts, outsourcing or private healthcare contractors should be partially nationalised, as the liberisti believed should be done with the arms industries.
Drawbacks and Criticism
This discusses the criticisms of separate workers' governmental organs, such as the Russian soviets, by Karl Kautsky. It shows how working class political interests have been undermined through a press dominated by the right. It also shows how some of the theorists of the Council Revolution in Germany, such as Kurt Eisner, saw workers', peasants' and soldiers' councils as an extension of democracy, not a replacement. It also strongly and definitively rejects the corporative systems of Saint-Simon and Mussolini. This part of the book recommends that a workers' chamber in parliament should be organised according to industry, following the example of the TUC and the GNC Trades' Parliament. It should also include representatives of the unemployed and disabled, groups that are increasingly disenfranchised and vilified by the Conservatives and right-wing press. Members should be delegates, in order to prevent the emergence of a distinct governing class. It also shows how the working class members of such a chamber would have more interest in expanding and promoting industry, than the elite business people pursuing their own interests in neoliberal economics. It also recommends that the chamber should not be composed of a single party. Additionally, a workers' chamber may in time form part of a system of workers' representation in industry, similar to the Yugoslav system. The chapter concludes that while the need for such a chamber may be removed by a genuine working class Labour party, this has been seriously weakened by Tony Blair's turn to the right and partial abandonment of working class interests. Establishing a chamber to represent Britain's working people will be immensely difficult, but it may be a valuable bulwark against the domination of parliament by the corporate elite.
I'm considering publishing it myself in some form or another, possibly through the print on demand publisher, Lulu. In the meantime, if anyone wants to read a sample chapter, just let me know by leaving a comment.
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