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#include "config.h"
#include "V8ArrayBufferView.h"

#include "bindings/core/v8/ExceptionState.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8ArrayBuffer.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8DOMConfiguration.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8DataView.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Float32Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Float64Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8HiddenValue.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Int16Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Int32Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Int8Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8ObjectConstructor.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Uint16Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Uint32Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Uint8Array.h"
#include "bindings/core/v8/V8Uint8ClampedArray.h"
#include "core/dom/ContextFeatures.h"
#include "core/dom/Document.h"
#include "platform/RuntimeEnabledFeatures.h"
#include "platform/TraceEvent.h"
#include "wtf/GetPtr.h"
#include "wtf/RefPtr.h"

namespace blink {

// Suppress warning: global constructors, because struct WrapperTypeInfo is trivial
// and does not depend on another global objects.
#if defined(COMPONENT_BUILD) && defined(WIN32) && COMPILER(CLANG)
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wglobal-constructors"
#endif
const WrapperTypeInfo V8ArrayBufferView::wrapperTypeInfo = { gin::kEmbedderBlink, 0, V8ArrayBufferView::refObject, V8ArrayBufferView::derefObject, V8ArrayBufferView::trace, 0, 0, V8ArrayBufferView::preparePrototypeObject, V8ArrayBufferView::installConditionallyEnabledProperties, "ArrayBufferView", 0, WrapperTypeInfo::WrapperTypeObjectPrototype, WrapperTypeInfo::ObjectClassId, WrapperTypeInfo::NotInheritFromEventTarget, WrapperTypeInfo::Independent, WrapperTypeInfo::RefCountedObject };
#if defined(COMPONENT_BUILD) && defined(WIN32) && COMPILER(CLANG)
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#endif

// This static member must be declared by DEFINE_WRAPPERTYPEINFO in DOMArrayBufferView.h.
// For details, see the comment of DEFINE_WRAPPERTYPEINFO in
// bindings/core/v8/ScriptWrappable.h.
const WrapperTypeInfo& DOMArrayBufferView::s_wrapperTypeInfo = V8ArrayBufferView::wrapperTypeInfo;

bool V8ArrayBufferView::hasInstance(v8::Local<v8::Value> v8Value, v8::Isolate* isolate)
{
    return v8Value->IsArrayBufferView();
}

DOMArrayBufferView* V8ArrayBufferView::toImpl(v8::Local<v8::Object> object)
{
    ASSERT(object->IsArrayBufferView());
    ScriptWrappable* scriptWrappable = toScriptWrappable(object);
    if (scriptWrappable)
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    if (object->IsInt8Array())
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    if (object->IsInt16Array())
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    if (object->IsInt32Array())
        return V8Int32Array::toImpl(object);
    if (object->IsUint8Array())
        return V8Uint8Array::toImpl(object);
    if (object->IsUint8ClampedArray())
        return V8Uint8ClampedArray::toImpl(object);
    if (object->IsUint16Array())
        return V8Uint16Array::toImpl(object);
    if (object->IsUint32Array())
        return V8Uint32Array::toImpl(object);
    if (object->IsFloat32Array())
        return V8Float32Array::toImpl(object);
    if (object->IsFloat64Array())
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    if (object->IsDataView())
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    ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
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DOMArrayBufferView* V8ArrayBufferView::toImplWithTypeCheck(v8::Isolate* isolate, v8::Local<v8::Value> value)
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{
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}

void V8ArrayBufferView::derefObject(ScriptWrappable* scriptWrappable)
{
    scriptWrappable->toImpl<DOMArrayBufferView>()->deref();
}

} // namespace blink

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Friday's Old Fashioned: The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Midway through "The Prizefighter and the Lady", when the aspiring heavyweight champion of the world Steve Morgan (Max Baer) is at peak fame, he joins a stage revue. And for almost six minutes, director W.S. Van Dyke stops the movie in its tracks to join this revue too, watching Steve and a dozen or so dancers as they sing and rollick their way through a variety of moving sets. It's not hard to tell how much fun Baer the actor has during this sequence, and as I watched it, I thought about "Cinderella Man" (2005). After all, "The Prizefighter and the Lady" was released in 1933 and in 1934 the real Baer beat the real Primo Carnera (also starring in the film as a version of himself) for the Heavyweight Championship and in 1935 Baer lost the Heavyweight Championship to underdog James J. Braddock, "Cinderella Man" himself. And while The Depression was very much present in the latter, casting Braddock in the appropriate underdog light, you hardly feel The Depression at all in "The Prizefighter and the Lady", which transforms its own fictional underdog story into a cautionary tale of excess.
"The Prizefighter and the Lady" opens with a broken down ex-boxing manager, The Professor (Walter Huston), drunkenly reminiscing about the past only to see the future right in front of his eyes when Morgan, a bar bouncer, demonstrates his right hook in ridding the place of some lout. The Professor convinces Steve to enter pugilism on the spot which the bouncer blithely rolls with, an attitude that Bear embodies with great aplomb. Even upon discovering before his first fight that his guiding hand might be throwing him to the wolves, Baer counteracts his initial malice by throwing his enomormous arm around The Professor with a distinct jocularity, rendering his imposing physicality in the name of humor. He's not taking it that seriously, and he doesn't take it that seriously inside the ring, clowning and boxin in equal measure, a reflection of the real Baer's fighting style.
He takes boxing only slightly less seriously than he seems to take his (brief) relationship and subsequent marriage to nightclub singer Belle (Myrna Loy), who he rescues from a car wreck and falls in love with instantly, though she is already the squeeze of ganster Willie Ryan (Otto Kruger). She spurns Steve's advances but he keeps at it, not so much winning her over as just sort of mystically marrying her. I say mystically because their marriage happens offscreen after, like, a day or two of pseudo-dating. That offscreen ceremony might yearn to drum up suspense involving the incensed Willie Ryan, still stung from Belle breaking up with him for this boxer, but aesthetically it seems to stem from the movie moving so fast narratively it doesn't have enough time to render it believable. Even Loy, whose gloom when her character's heart is broken moves the needle, struggles in these moments of falling in love, not least because Baer struggles as a scene partner, too stiff where romance is called upon, his lines sounding as if they are coming right off a script.
This makes the push and pull of Steve and Belle's marriage a little less than credible, which makes the aforementioned cautionary tale, as Steve's dalliances with other women threatens to break up their union, resonate far less. If you might think the real Baer would have read this script and come away thinking that between his bouts with Carnera and Braddock, he should not take his eyes off what really mattered, well, the way Baer goes through the marital motions but lights up in that stage revue foreshadows precisely what was to come.
Legend has it – or at least, Myrna Loy has it, according to an interview she apparently once gave – that Baer defeated Carnera on the strength of tips he acquired during filming of "The Prizefighter and the Lady." Who knows if it's true. But it does make for a good story. And the fight makes for a good piece of filming that is sort of staged half au naturale. That is to say, Van Dyke does not go straight into the boxing. No, if he cedes the film for six minutes to a song and dance, here he cedes the film for a few more minutes to the ring referee, who goes through a long list of special guest introductions, including former heavyweight champions Jack Dempsey and James Jeffries. These are not cameos with any kind of creative purpose; these are cameos for the crowd. And even if the fictional fight between Steve and Carnera, which concludes in the manner of "Rocky", is tightly edited, it reminds you of the original purpose of the movies. Nowadays you can pull up a Baer right on YouTube, but back then if you couldn't get a ticket to Baer vs. Carnerna, well, you could go see them fight in "The Prizefighter and the Lady" instead.
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Der 3000-Meter-Hindernislauf der Männer bei den Leichtathletik-Europameisterschaften 1938 wurde am 5. September 1938 im Stade Olympique der französischen Hauptstadt Paris ausgetragen.

Der Wettbewerb hatte 1934 nicht auf dem EM-Programm gestanden und war damit erstmals Teil der Europameisterschaften.

Europameister wurde der Schwede Lars Larsson. Den zweiten Rang belegte der Deutsche Ludwig Kaindl. Bronze ging an den Finnen Alf Lindblad.

Inoffizielle Bestleistungen / Rekorde

Bestehende Inoffizielle Bestleistungen / Rekorde
Weltrekorde wurden über 3000 Meter Hindernis mit Ausnahme von Meisterschaftsrekorden wegen der noch nicht standardisierten Hindernisaufstellungen erst ab 1953 geführt.

Erster Meisterschaftsrekord
Im Rennen am 4. September wurde der folgende erste Meisterschaftsrekord aufgestellt:
9:16,2 min – Lars Larsson (Schweden)

Finale

4. September 1938, 16.15 Uhr

Weblinks
 Paris European Championships 1938, European Athletics, european-athletics.com, abgerufen am 18. Juni 2022
 Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA), todor66.com, abgerufen am 18. Juni 2022
 II European Championship, Paris 1938, trackfield.brinkster.net, abgerufen am 18. Juni 2022
 2. Leichtathletik-Europameisterschaften der Männer 1938 in Paris, Frankreich, ifosta.de, abgerufen am 18. Juni 2022

Einzelnachweise

3000 m Hindernis der Manner
Europameisterschaften 1938
Laufveranstaltung in Frankreich

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Q: Stability analysis, or, Can we prove this limit to be zero? Let's think about this ODE
$$
\dot{y}(t) = \gamma \left(g(t) - y(t)\right),\quad \gamma > 0,
$$
where $g(t)$ is a Lipschitz continuous function. It can be seen that the value of $y(\cdot)$ goes with the value of $g(\cdot)$. And increasing the value of $\gamma$ make this more sensitive (or to say, make this reaction faster). We can see from intuition that when $\gamma$ is large enough and this system has run for a while, $y(t)$ should be very close to $g(t)$. And now, I have two request.
1. Please give a stability analysis of this system for when $\gamma$ goes to infinity.
2. Or furthermore, can you prove that when $\gamma$ goes to infinity, the error $E(t) = g(t) - y(t)$ goes to zero? (i.e., if $t_1 > 0$, can you prove $\lim_{\gamma \rightarrow \infty}E(t_1) = 0$?)
If we solve the ODE directly, we obtain
$$
y(t) = y(0)e^{-\gamma t} + \gamma e^{-\gamma t} \int_{0}^{t}g(t)e^{\gamma t'}\text{d}t'.
$$
Then, we have
$$
\lim_{\gamma \rightarrow \infty}E(t_1) = \lim_{\gamma \rightarrow \infty} \left(g(t_1) - y(t_1)\right) = \lim_{\gamma\rightarrow\infty}\left[g(t_{1})-\gamma e^{-\gamma t}\int_{0}^{t_{1}}g(t)e^{\gamma t'}\text{d}t'\right].
$$
I can't see how this limit can be proved zero. Please give some stability analysis of the ODE for when $\gamma$ goes to infinity. Or if you could and if the conjecture is right, please prove the limit to be zero.
Any help is appreciated.

A: I think i have a proof, here $M$ is the Lipschitz constant for $g$.
Write $E(t)=g(t)-\gamma e^{-\gamma t}\int_0^t e^{\gamma \tau} g(\tau) d\tau$
$lim_{\gamma->\infty} ||E(t)|| = lim_{\gamma->\infty} ||\gamma e^{-\gamma t}\int_0^t e^{\gamma \tau} g(t)d\tau-\gamma e^{-\gamma t}\int_0^t e^{\gamma \tau} g(\tau)d\tau$||
=>
R.H.S=$lim_{\gamma->\infty} ||\gamma e^{-\gamma t}\int_0^t e^{\gamma \tau} [g(t)-g(\tau)]d\tau ||$
Now by Lipschitz, $||g(t)-g(\tau)||<M|t-\tau|$
=>
R.H.S $\leq lim_{\gamma->\infty} ||\gamma e^{-\gamma t}\int_0^t e^{\gamma \tau}M |t-\tau|d\tau|| $
Remember $t>\tau$=>
R.H.S $\leq lim_{\gamma->\infty} ||M\gamma e^{-\gamma t}[\int_0^t te^{\gamma \tau}d\tau-\int_0^t\tau e^{\gamma \tau}d\tau]|| $
Integrate first integral and apply integration by parts on the second integral to obtain
$lim_{\gamma->\infty} ||M\gamma e^{-\gamma t}[(t/\gamma)e^{\gamma t}-(t/\gamma)e^{\gamma t}-\int_0^t (1/\gamma)e^{\gamma \tau}d\tau]|| $
=>
$lim_{\gamma->\infty} ||M\gamma e^{-\gamma t}[ (1/\gamma^2)e^{\gamma t}]|| $
R.H.S $= 0$
Note: In the last two steps, I have only kept the slowest decaying term (as $\gamma->\infty$). There are two other terms but they die fast exponentially with factor $\gamma t$.

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Q: OpenGL, How to create a "bumpy Polygon"? I am unsure of how to describe what I'm after, so I drew a picture to help:

My question, is it possible within OpenGL to create the illusion of those pixel looking bumps on a single polygon, without having to resort to using many polygons?  And if it is, what's the method?

A: Of the techniques mentioned in other people's answers:

*

*Bump mapping is the easiest to achieve, but doesn't do any occlusion.

*Parallax mapping is probably the most complex to achieve, and doesn't work well in all cases.

*Displacement mapping requires high-end hardware and drivers, and creates additional geometry.

*Actually modeling the polygons is always an option.

It really depends on how close you expect the viewer to be and how prominent the bumps are. If you're flying down the Death Star trench, you'll need to model the bumps or use displacement mapping. If you're a few hundred meters up, bumpmapping should suffice.

A: If you have DX11 class hardware then you could tessellate the polygon and then apply displacement mapping. See http://developer.nvidia.com/node/24. But then it gets a little complicated to get it running and develop something on top of it.

A: I think what your looking for is actually Parallax mapping (Or Parallax Occlusion mapping).
Demos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01owTezYC-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcAsJdo7dME&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njKdLvmBl88
Parralax mapping basically works by using the height map to alter the texture UV coordinate being used.
The main disadvantage to parallax is that anything that appears to be 'outside' the polygon will be clipped (think of looking at an image on a 3D tv), so it's best for things indented in a surface rather than sticking out of it (although you can reduce this by making the polygon lager than the visible texture area). It's also fairly complex and would need to be combined with other shader techniques for a good effect.
Bump mapping works by using a texture for normal's, this makes the light's shading appear to be 3D however it does not change 3D data depending on the position of the viewer only the shading. Bump mapping would also be fairly useless for the OP's sample image since the surface is all the same angle just at different heights, bump mapping relies on the changes in the surfaces angles. You would have to slope the edges like this.
Displacement mapping/tessellation uses a texture to generate more polygons rather than just being 1 polygon.
There's a video comparing all 3 here
EDIT: There is also Relief mapping, which is a similar to parallax. See demo. There's a comparison video too (it's a bit lowquality but relief looks like it gives better depth).

A: I think what you're after is bump mapping. The link goes to a simple tutorial.

A: You may also be thinking of displacement mapping.


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In this day of watered down comedy Nick Di Paolo's brutally honest performances remind us of what great stand up should be - funny, socially relevant and a little bit reckless. His strong political opinions and razor wit make him a perfect fit for talk radio. He hosted his own shows on New York's 92.3 Free FM, co-hosted "The Nick & Artie Show" and "The Nick Di Paolo Show" on SiriusXM. Catch Nick on "The Nick Di Paolo Show" now streaming LIVE M-Th 11:00am ET. He has performed on The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Conan O' Brien. He was twice nominated for an Emmy for his writing on HBO's The Chris Rock Show. He has also had three half hour standup specials on Comedy Central, a Showtime Special "Raw Nerve", a self released special "Another Senseless Killing" "Inflammatory" and his newest and most controversial release "A Breath of Fresh Air" in 2019. He was one of the stars on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and a stand out on many Comedy Central Roasts. Not limited to stand-up, radio and writing, he has had acting roles on FX's Louie, Inside Amy Schumer, The Sopranos, Cop Show and CK's critically acclaimed Horace and Pete as well as many other sitcoms.Read more »
In this day of watered down comedy Nick Di Paolo's brutally honest performances remind us of what great stand up should be - funny, socially relevant and a little bit reckless. His strong political opinions and razor wit make him a perfect fit for talk radio. He hosted his own shows on New York's 92.3 Free FM, co-hosted "The Nick & Artie Show" and "The Nick Di Paolo Show" on SiriusXM. Catch Nick on "The Nick Di Paolo Show" now streaming LIVE M-Th 11:00am ET. He has performed on The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Conan O' Brien. He was twice nominated for an Emmy for his writing on HBO's The Chris Rock Show. He has also had three half hour standup specials on Comedy Central, a Showtime Special "Raw Nerve", a self released special "Another Senseless Killing" "Inflammatory" and his newest and most controversial release "A Breath of Fresh Air" in 2019. He was one of the stars on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and a stand out on many Comedy Central Roasts. Not limited to stand-up, radio and writing, he has had acting roles on FX's Louie, Inside Amy Schumer, The Sopranos, Cop Show and CK's critically acclaimed Horace and Pete as well as many other sitcoms.
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2015 TIGI World Release a 'Visual Feast of Creativity'
2015 TIGI World Release featured dramatic haircolor, high-fashion styles, innovative techniques, signature Bed Head looks and, of course, world-class education from one of the most cutting-edge brands in the industry. But at the heart of it all was family. Not just the Mascolo family (who was brought together again on stage for the first time in years), but the family of more than 2,000 hairdressers who gathered at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Monday to witness the unveiling of the brand's 2016 collections.
Click here to watch the finale and pre-show webcast,
hosted by Mary Rector-Gable!
"World Release is the culmination of all things education, production, creativity and passion," said Elisa Fischer, TIGI General Manager, Americas. "And those are all the things that are part of the D.N.A of TIGI."
The unforgettable event was the result of months of prep and 17-hour workdays in the weeks leading up to the big day. But it all paid off with the release of the Bed Head, Catwalk, Copyright ©olour and S Factor campaigns, each showcasing the true creativity of the brand.
First up on the World Release stage was the brand's Bed Head campaign, which marked the official launch (finally!) of Joyride, a "texturizing powder balm" three years in the making. Joyride is being touted as the most iconic TIGI product since the Bed Head Stick; perfect for creating that sexy, effortless, next-day hair—the ultimate Bed Head look.
During this presentation, the International Creative Team took the stage to introduce the new collection, which features on-trend cuts (mostly shaggy variations of the mullet, which the team says will continue to remain popular this season) and color (the lived-in look reigns supreme, but gold shades are also coming into fashion). The team demonstrated four original color techniques: Abstract Shading, Two-Tier Glazing, Base Shading and Marble Shading to achieve lived-in color effects using the new Copyright ©olour shades.
At the front of the stage, Anthony Mascolo, TIGI Creative Director, shocked the audience by cutting and styling one of his signature undercuts…and then shaving it all off! "We've seen this in fashion magazines a lot recently, and every now and then someone has the guts to get it done on them," Anthony said on stage as he buzzed his model's platinum locks. Zak Mascolo, TONI&GUY Creative Director of the Americas, joined his uncle on stage during the Bed Head presentation, giving his model a disconnected, layered shag.
The crowd also saw looks from the Bed Head for Men collection—which featured everything from smooth skin fades and sleek undercuts to '90s-inspired grunge. The men's presentation brought Josh Mascolo, TIGI Academy Assistant, to the stage, who demonstrated a sexy, surfer-inspired cut. "We want to make it look like he just stepped out of the ocean and ran his fingers through his hair," Josh said on stage.
Next up was Catwalk, which showcased the best looks seen on the runways of New York, London and Paris fashion weeks. These styles were high fashion, no doubt, but the TIGI educators demonstrated how to make them look salon-ready. Still, Anthony and U.S. Session Director Adriana Papaleo both emphasized that fashion hair is not necessarily meant to be "wearable"—it's meant to inspire. "It grows your repertoire of work," Anthony notes.
Before the finale of the education segment, Anthony brought hairdressing icon Robert Lobetta to the stage. The two styling legends told the story of their "friendly rivalry" to the crowd. "Without Anthony to compete with, I probably wouldn't be here today," Robert said. Robert was also a guest artist for the grand finale that would take place later in the evening.
TIGI's glamorous, S Factor collection closed out part one of the show with a celebrity/paparazzi-inspired theme and a (we're not kidding!) steamy, bathtub strip-tease.
Finally, it was time for the grand finale—a spectacle that can only be described (by Anthony himself) as a "visual feast of creativity." Snakes, spiders, blood and fire served as inspiration for the unforgettable, nightmare-themed opening, which transitioned into a tribute to "Fifty Shades of Grey" and an eye-popping color finale.
As confetti fell from the ceiling following the incredible finish, Anthony said, "What happens now is the show is not finished. The show continues, and you are the show."
*Photography courtesy of Alex Barron-Hough
Missed the finale? Catch it again here, preceded by exclusive interviews with Mary!
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We expect any doctor we visit to have the solutions we want for our health problems. That is natural. We as patients go to a doctor to get help. With oral health conditions we are going to need the help of a doctor as there is no oral health condition we can manage on our own. Sure, we may sometimes be able to find a way to reduce the pain of a toothache at home. However, we need to go to a doctor to fix the toothache completely.
It is always good to know what kind of a dentist Mackay we should trust with. You might have heard of people who have had some bad experience with doctors. Well, that usually happens when those doctors lack at least one of the qualities a good doctor should have.
A doctor for oral health is never going to be the best one you can have if he or she lacks knowledge about the work they do. Usually, they get this knowledge when they study their subject which is oral health care. A good doctor keeps on improving his or her knowledge even after they have gained their first qualifications as a doctor. Improving knowledge over the years helps him or her to serve more patients in a more efficient way.
Of course, experience always plays a huge role with the status of oral health services a good doctor can provide. We all know the theoretical knowledge we gain of a subject has to be applied practically for us to learn about using the knowledge we have properly. Since this is true even for an oral health care doctor we get to see more experienced doctors showing more of a skill in providing their services to patients.
Receiving oral health treatments can be quite unpleasant. For starters we have to keep our mouth open the whole time of the procedure. When the procedure is something such as inserting an implant that is going to take time and it can be a little painful. That is why you need to need to have a kind doctor too. A kind doctor with patience can make any hard procedure bearable for the patient.
People are going to feel much at ease when the fees they have to pay are reasonable. That is an important factor to consider when we are selecting a doctor for oral health treatments.
A doctor with these qualities is the perfect medical professional for our oral health needs.


Figuring out a furnace-related problem might feel like an intimidating task when your heat won't work. But it doesn't have to be like that.
There are several fast, reasonable fixes you can do on your own to avoid a furnace repair call.
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If you need a new heating system, we also provide furnace replacement in Cape Coral.
While you're chatting with us, consider a regular furnace maintenance plan from Comfort Zone Inc that could help you avoid repairs in the future. We can tell you how regularly your furnace should be checked by one of our NATE-certified experts.
To start, make sure your thermostat is telling your furnace to start.
Ensure the program is set to the appropriate day and time and is set to "run." If you're having trouble overriding the program, set the temperature by using the up/down arrows and press the "hold" button. This will cause the furnace to turn on if thermostat programming is causing trouble.
If your furnace hasn't started within several minutes, make sure it has power by toggling the fan switch from "auto" to "on." If the fan doesn't run, your furnace might not have power.
Look for your house's main electrical panel. If you aren't sure where it is, search for a gray metal box in your basement, garage or closet.
Using one hand, firmly switch the breaker to the "on" position. If the breaker immediately trips and pops back to "off," don't touch it and get in touch with a professional from Comfort Zone Inc at 239-214-0411 right away.
When it comes to furnace breakdowns, a filthy, clogged air filter is frequently the top offender.
Your furnace could stop working prematurely because a dirty filter causes it to work harder.
Your furnace can lose power if an overly dirty filter causes the breaker to trip.
Depending on what make of furnace you have, your air filter will be inside the blower compartment of your furnace, an attached filter case or wall-mounted return air grille.
Take out the filter and angle it toward the light. If you can't see light through it, get a new one.
Flat filters should be replaced once a month, while pleated filters should last about three months. You can also buy a washable filter that will last about 10 years. If you have children or pets, you may have to change your filter sooner.
To make the process go more quickly in the future, use a permanent marker on your furnace housing or ductwork to indicate the airflow direction and filter size.
Commonly known as drain pans, condensate pans catch water your furnace removes from the air.
If your pan contains a pump, take a look at the float switch. If the switch is stuck "up" with liquid in the pan, contact Comfort Zone Inc at 239-214-0411, because you will probably need a new pump.
If malfunctions persist, take a look inside your furnace's plastic window to check the status of the blower motor. Depending on the model, the light could also be attached on the outside of your furnace.
If you see anything else besides a steady, colored light or blinking green light, call Comfort Zone Inc at 239-214-0411. Your furnace may be emitting an error code that needs professional help.
If your furnace tries to start but shuts off without putting out heat, a dirty flame sensor could be at fault. When this happens, your furnace will make an attempt to turn on three times before a safety feature turns it off for about an hour.
If you feel comfortable with opening up your furnace, cleaning your flame sensor is something you can do on your own. Or, one of our HVAC experts at Comfort Zone Inc can do it for you.
Turn the furnace's power back on. It could run through a sequence of checks before resuming regular operation. If your furnace doesn't ignite, the sensor may need to be replaced or something else may be wrong. If this happens, get in touch with Comfort Zone Inc at 239-214-0411 for assistance.
If you are using an older furnace, the pilot light could be out. To relight it, find the instructions on a label on your furnace, or follow these steps.
If you have followed the instructions twice and the pilot light still won't light or stay lit, contact Comfort Zone Inc at 239-214-0411.
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After backlash from the public and Congress alike, industry trade group PhRMA is joining the chorus of frustrated voices about Marathon Pharmaceutical's high pricetag for an old steroid.
PhRMA put out a statement Wednesday evening praising Marathon's latest decision to hold off on the launch of its recently approved Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug.
The trade group also said it is currently reviewing the status of Marathon as a member of the industry group. "Their recent actions are not consistent with the mission of our organization," PhRMA president and CEO Stephen Ubl said.
Marathon Pharmaceuticals added to still-raging firestorm over drug pricing by setting the list price of Emflaza (deflazacort), an old steroid, at the steep price of $89,000 per year.
The drug, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last week for DMD, has long been available in other countries for less than a $1,000 per year and is frequently used off-label to treat the muscle-wasting disease. Deflazacort had never been approved in the U.S., though, nor approved to treat DMD in any jurisdiction before last week.
Marathon has contended that patients would never pay the list price of $89,000 due to insurance, rebates and discounts, as well as patient assistance program.
The company also drew on the standard pharma playbook for defending prices, pointing to its R&D costs it paid to gain FDA approval.
Yet, the work Marathon did was far from innovative. The biotech licensed rights to old data and carried out an array of preclinical and clinical studies testing drug-drug interactions and other side effects, but did not conduct any more pivotal trials.
Marathon's move does not fit with the innovative, science-driven image that PhRMA has been trying to project over the last several months, eventually triggering a response from the group.
"The leadership of the PhRMA Board of Directors has begun a comprehensive review of our membership criteria to ensure we are focused on representing research-based biopharmaceutical companies who take significant risks to bring new treatments and cures to patients," said Ubl in an emailed statement.
PhRMA has been combating a poor image problem for the last year or so. The pricing issue blew up when Martin Shkreli's Turing Pharmaceuticals hiked the price of an older AIDS drug it acquired. New controversies over business moves by other companies like Mylan and Valeant have only dialed up the scrutiny on the industry.
Meanwhile, innovative drugs like Gilead's Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) have taken on some of the backlash. While the drug has a high price — $1,000 per pill — it was a new, innovative discovery that actually cures patients with hepatitis C, saving them from needing a liver transplant.


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Tracking Long Term Impacts of STEM for Girls | Twitter Chat
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Dr. Linda Kekelis is an advisor for STEM Next Opportunity Fund with a lifelong passion for ensuring that all youth, particularly girls and underrepresented youth, have access to opportunities in STEM. As the Founder and former CEO of Techbridge Girls, she made out-of-school STEM programs, role models, and family engagement vital elements of her work and research. Linda advises organizations and programs including the National Academy of Engineering's EngineerGirl on empowering girls in STEM. Her expertise in research and practice supports parents, educators, and role models. Linda has a master's degree in Linguistics from the University of Southern California and a doctorate in Special Education from the University of California, Berkeley.
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As Discovery Center at Murfree Spring's (DCMS) Vice President of Audience and Community Engagement, Dale McCreedy draws upon her historical commitment to supporting and studying girls in science, and experiences engaging underrepresented and underserved audiences in STEM learning. She serves in the unique position of being partially funded by Middle Tennessee State University in a role designed to build connection and integration in support of collaborative STEM learning and teaching across and within institutions and the community. She is co-author of Cascading Influences: Long-Term Impacts of Informal STEM Experiences for Girls.
The STEM Effect project is a collaboration between the Intrepid Museum, the Education Development Center, and the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP), funded by the National Science Foundation.
The STEM Effect project aims to gain a better understanding of the long-term impacts of STEM programs for middle- and high-school age girls. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. #1811155 (Division of Research on Learning).


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A Brazilian Football Player Still on the Pitch After 10 Years of Parkinson's Disease with Severe Freezing of Gait
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Authors: Thiago Cardoso Vale MD, MS, José Luiz Pedroso MD, PhD, Orlando Graziani Barsottini MD, PhD and Andrew John Lees MD, FRCP, FMedSci
Article first published online: 6 DEC 2014 | DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12110
Freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is a difficult problem to manage pharmacologically, but has been known to respond favorably to sensory tricks and cues that can be auditory, visual, or even tactile (sensory/proprioceptive), such as kicking a football,[1, 2] as presented here, in a 63-year-old former professional football player. At the age of 16, the patient was scouted for the Palmeiras Sport Club and then played football in the national league until the age of 21, when he suffered a serious contusion to his tibia, preventing him from training or playing for the next 3 years and eventually forcing him to retire. He was still playing football when he was diagnosed with PD at the age of 54. At the age of 60, he developed debilitating FOG, during which he would develop incapacitating motor blocks lasting up to a minute and an inability to take more than a few shuffling steps. He had no motor fluctuations, dyskinesia, or cognitive impairment (Mini–Mental State Examination of 30/30). His medication was levodopa/benserazide 800 mg/day, pramipexole 03 mg/day, amantadine 200 mg/day, and entacapone 800 mg/day. Higher doses of l-dopa (1,200 mg/day) and pramipexole (4.5 mg/day) did not lead to any significant change in the severity of the FOG. Episodes of FOG were neither related to OFF period or wearing-off phenomenon, but related to lack of adequate response to dopamine therapy. However, he discovered that when he threw a football onto the floor and kicked it, he could override his start hesitation. He could still participate fully in kickarounds and was able to run fluently with the football (see Video 1).
Gait freezing is a poorly understood phenomenon commonly observed in PD after 5- to 10-year disease duration. Recent brain activation studies have suggested that circuits involving the medial frontoparietal cortex, including the supplementary motor area, may be involved in its causation.[3] Targeted attention alone or in combination with visual, auditory, and proprioceptive cues are strategies that can be used to improve steppage and reduce freezing. Canning[4] studied patients who were instructed to pay specific attention to the act of walking at confortable speed and showed that they walked faster and with longer strides, when compared to those who did not receive similar instructions. Another study using parallel laser lines projected in front of PD patients with FOG showed that the mean duration of freezing was reduced by up to 69%, and up to 43% of the patients had fewer episodes of FOQ.[5]
Running to catch or guide a football acts simultaneously as an attentional task with sensory and visual cues and activates the dorsolateral premotor control system (voluntary), which bypasses the supplementary motor area's deficit (automatic movement).[6] It is possible that the exhilaration of a football game leads to an additional surge of catecholamines in the brain that could temporarily improve performance analogous to that described as kinesia paradoxica in earlier literature. One of us (A.J.L.) has also seen a patient who uses a football on an elastic string to improve kinetic melody and avoid freezing. It is possible that the cueing and rewarding sight of a football may also partly explain why Ray Kennedy was able to continue playing top-level professional football after his PD had begun but had not yet been diagnosed.[7]


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Q: How can I customize the SOLine InventoryID selector? I would like to customize the SOLine InventoryID selector to filter out certain inventory items based on the value of the class they are part of.  I've read about the [PXRestrictor] attribute and how it can be used to filter selectors.  This seems like it would work, except that the Item Class name is not available in that DAC, so I tried this:
[PXRestrictor(typeof(SelectFrom<InventoryItem>.
    InnerJoin<INItemClass>.On<INItemClass.itemClassID.IsEqual<InventoryItem.itemClassID>>.
    Where<INItemClass.itemClassCD.IsEqual<itemClassValue>>), "Custom items")]

but this is apparently not allowed.
It seems like I would need to override the selector itself, but the existing selector is rather convoluted and hidden beneath layers of attributes and I am not sure how to replicate even that, not to mention that option seeming rather near-sighted.
How could I go about this, or is this simply not a good option?

A: PXRestrictor is used with a where clause to specify how to restrict.
[PXRestrictor(typeof(
    Where<Current<InventoryItem.itemClassID>, Equal<itemClassValue>>
    ), "Custom Items")]

In the example above, itemClassValue must be a type of the classID.
You can Merge with current attributes on the field where the selector is defined as a DAC extension if it needs to exist everywhere or with CacheAttached if only within a specific graph.
Update
As you indicated that you need to allow an entire tree of item classes in the comments, you might try this approach which worked for me in a case where I needed to only allow certain values on a condition.
Add a PXInt field onto SOLine for your BASE item class.  Use the RowSelecting event to set it, and then use it in your restrictor.
Sample Base Item Class ID field:
#region BaseItemClassID
[PXInt]
public virtual int? BaseItemClassID { get; set; }
public abstract class baseItemClassID : PX.Data.BQL.BqlInt.Field<baseItemClassID> { }
#endregion

Restrictor to use in CacheAttached to limit to only items of your base item class:
[PXRestrictor(typeof(Where<InventoryItem.baseItemClassID, Equal<myBaseItemClassType>>), "")]

If this is applied to all SOLine records, you will need to add your "when to allow only my specific item class tree" to the restrictor.  Remember that the restrictor must return True to give results, so it might need to be "Where NOT my condition OR BaseItemClassID == myBaseItemClassID".
In my case, I needed a simple condition to allow using standard locations where I have some locations configured as special use for segregating certain inventory.  I just set a PXBool field to true when I want to allow use of standard locations, and the restrictor flips the allowed selection.  I think this concept might work in your case as well as outlined above.


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Królewska Akademia Muzyczna (ang. Royal Academy of Music) – brytyjska organizacja artystyczna powstała w Londynie w 1720 roku. Patronował jej Jerzy I, król Wielkiej Brytanii, a nad jej tworzeniem pracowali kompozytorzy Georg Friedrich Händel, Attilio Ariosti, Giovanni Battista Bononcini. W tamtym czasie miała formę przedsiębiorstwa rozrywkowego.

W początkach XIX wieku powstała uczelnia o tej samej nazwie. Jest ona obecnie jedną z kilku najbardziej prestiżowych uczelni muzycznych na świecie, funkcjonująca w ramach Uniwersytetu Londyńskiego (jako tak zwany constituent college). Prowadzi także badania muzykologiczne (zwłaszcza w oparciu o zbiory kolekcji York Gate) oraz działalność koncertową.

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Looking at current market demand for renewable electricity documented with Guarantees of Origin in Europe 2017, customer demand is showing impressive signs, with Q2 numbers surging well above comparable figures for 2016, growing a staggering 39%.
"European households and businesses continue to show they are dead serious about the renewable energy transition," says Tom Lindberg, Managing Director in ECOHZ, based on statistics from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB).
Looking at current market demand for renewable electricity documented with Guarantees of Origin in Europe 2017, customer demand is showing impressive signs, with Q2 numbers surging well above comparable figures for 2016, growing a staggering 39%. "The YTD figure of 377 TWh is already exceeding the total volume for all of last year with 11 TWh. Given that this development continues at the same pace, total demand for 2017 will likely reach nearly 500 TWh," says Lindberg.
"Europeans – consumer and corporates alike - show their green energy intentions in numerous ways. Some prefer building their clean power production capacity – exemplified by households' solar installation now appearing across the whole continent, while others sign long-term power delivery contracts (PPAs) with new wind or solar parks. But still, a majority of Europeans purchase their power from the European grid – from their preferred power supplier," says Lindberg.
Most Europeans can choose who they buy their power from. They can also choose to purchase power from renewable power plants – instead of accepting a "grey default" power offer. More and more consumers prefer to secure clean energy from solar, wind, hydro, geothermal or bio. These purchases are documented using the system of Guarantees of Origin (GOs) – a system and standard established by the EU in 2001. Guarantees of Origin are used to track power production all across Europe, thus allowing power consumers – small or large – a real choice. This growing collective "voice of the market" is sending a strong signal to the power companies in Europe, that consumers are impatient and willing to pay extra to pave the way for the clean energy transition.
Businesses are increasingly demanding renewable energy for their operations and many of the world's most influential companies have committed to using 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020 under RE100. Guarantees of Origin meet the robust criteria from RE100 - The Climate Group and CDP's global initiative for influential businesses committed to 100% renewable power.
In 2016 Germany experienced its first year of non-growth in demand for clean energy. In 2017, Germans have already purchased renewable power documented with Guarantees of Origin for more than 77 TWh, well ahead of the volumes for 2016. "If the trend continues Germany is likely to break the 100 TWh barrier for the first time!" says Lindberg.
Spain is latest of the large renewable producing countries to join in – contributing to growing an ever-larger European marketplace. Spain contributes access to more hydro power, but especially to large volumes of wind and solar.
Spain's entrance to the Guarantees of Origin market contributed directly to available solar power soaring to new heights – from 1.9 TWh in 2015 to 21.4 TWh in 2016.
The total available market in Europe grew in 2016 to more than 500 TWh for the first time. This number only includes renewable power documented using the European standard EECS GOs, and not national GOs coming from countries like the UK, Poland among others. Adding renewable volumes from these markets would add another 120-180 TWh to the EECS volumes.
The market for renewable power in Europe documented with Guarantees of Origin has at earlier intervals showed signs of strain, when experiencing a surge of new supply coming with new participating countries joining the system and market. "This trend has now been reversed as the price for purchasing renewable energy shows few signs of wavering, with large supply of new solar, wind, bio and hydro entering the market," says Lindberg.
"Interestingly the market is showing the exact opposite reaction – with prices for most renewable technologies and geographic origins showing an upward tendency. In some instances, 2017 has brought record prices for certain "qualities" – with prices at EUR 2.50 to 4.00 per MWh not uncommon," says Lindberg.
"The total demand for green power continues to grow – both in more "mature" markets like Germany and Sweden, as well as in newly established markets like Spain," says Lindberg.
The above is a commentary based on figures published by AIB (Association of Issuing Bodies).


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On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery
Manchester Tiara
Cartier (retailer)
Paris (made)
The Manchester Tiara was made by Cartier, Paris, in 1903 to the order of Consuelo, Dowager Duchess of Manchester. Cartier's records note that she supplied over a thousand brilliant-cut diamonds and more than 400 rose-cut diamonds, while Cartier supplied further rose-cut diamonds and the paste stones which make up the scrolls at the end of each side.
This tiara of graduated flaming hearts and C scrolls was inspired by a vision of France before the Revolution. Louis Cartier encouraged his designers to sketch 18th-century ironwork and architectural ornament in Paris and Versailles, and to study engraved jewellery designs.
Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester (1858-1909), was the daughter of Antonio Yznaga del Valle, of Ravenswood, Louisiana, New York and Cuba. Consuelo was taken by her mother to Paris where her American friends included Jennie Jerome, later to be the mother of Winston Churchill and Alva Smith, later to be Alva Vanderbilt. Consuelo married George Victor Drogo Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, the future 8th Duke of Manchester, in 1876. The Duke of Portland recorded that she 'took Society completely by storm by her beauty, wit and vivacity and it was soon at her very pretty feet'. She became a friend of Queen Alexandra to whom she bequeathed a bracelet on her death in 1909. A letter to the Times described her as 'one of the first of the American ladies who married into the great English families, and who brought to this country that rare combination of high intelligence, a sunny nature and uncommon personal charm'.
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Gold and silver with diamonds; the C-scroll at each end is set with paste (glass)
'The Manchester Tiara', gold and silver set with diamonds and pastes (glass). Cartier, Paris, 1903.
Diamond tiara composed of seven graduated heart-shaped openwork motifs with 'C' scroll ends, with detachable collet and scroll surmounts, each centre suspending three diamond drops. The smallest heart motif and the 'C' scrolls at each end are set with paste, except the three collet diamonds at the centre of each heart and their two outer borders.
Depth: 19.0cm
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007
The tiara was commissioned by Consuelo, Dowager Duchess of Manchester, in 1903 from Cartier, Paris, primarily using diamonds which she had supplied.
M.6:1-2007
record created April 21, 2008
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O152938/manchester-tiara-tiara-cartier/


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Home Gaming Toki Remake Edition to be Released Nov 22
Toki Remake Edition to be Released Nov 22
Mario Bertrand
Toki – A Primitive Return
Keep rejoicing Nintendo Switch owners cause another retro title is coming. The Toki remake edition is coming on November 22, 2018. First released in 1989, Toki left its mark on an entire generation of players. It's unique because of its characters and arcade difficulty.
Toki is a remake of the original game with the help of Phillippe Dessoly, the original artist of the game. Pierre Adane lead developer for the Toki remake is so enthusiastic that he states "I'm very proud to be able to be bringing Toki back to life. There is an immense amount of pleasure in working on a project like this. For some time now Philippe and I have felt like working together again, and I'm happy that that's coming together with Toki."
Toki takes place during the first era of humankind where the main character, Toki and his wife Miho, live peacefully in a jungle. However, peace is soon to be gone when the witch doctor Doctor Vookimedlo lays on the beauty of Mihos and kidnaps her. On top of everything mentioned the witch doctor turns Toki into an ape to make his life a living hell. Toki will not give up without a fight and will do everything in his power to get back his lovely wife and his human appearance. Toki will not use conventional means to get Miho back along his journey he will get strange items like a football helmet, a pair of ferns and a Tuba.
The Toki remake will be a bundle with a few extra goodies which include
The box version of the Toki game.
An exclusive 16 – page Toki comic, with an original story illustrated by Philippe Dessoly.
A mini arcade machine with the game's colors to house the Nintendo Switch™ screen!
Toki Retrollector Edition will be available on November 22, 2018 for the Nintendo Switch.
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This is the third of sixteen parts of a "book club" reading and discussion of Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz's Never Eat Alone, where this book on building a lifelong community of colleagues, contacts, friends, and mentors is teased apart and looked at in detail. This entry covers the fifth and sixth chapters, "The Genius of Audacity" and "The Networking Jerk," which appear on pages 48 through 66.
Let's face it, I'm an introvert.
The idea of interacting with people, particularly people I don't know well, makes me uneasy. My natural disposition is to just get quiet in a room full of people and just wait for people I know well or wait for the situation to be over.
It took me a long time to learn that such behavior is a fast route to failure.
It takes a lot of courage for me to do anything else. I have to focus on it carefully. I have to psychologically prepare myself. But, every time I do it, I find myself building relationships. And I also find that it becomes just a little bit easier to do it.
My father simply couldn't be embarrassed when it came to fulfilling his family's needs. I remember once we were driving down the road to our home when Dad spotted a broken Big Wheel tricycle in someone's trash. He stopped the car, picked it up, and knocked on the door of the home where the discarded toy lay waiting to be picked up.
What guts! Can you imagine such a proud, working-class guy approaching that woman and, essentially, admitting he's so poor that he'd like to have her garbage?
Oh, but that's not the half of it. Imagine how that woman felt, having been given an opportunity to give such a gift to another person. It surely made her day.
So we drove on. I had a "new" Big Wheel to ride on and a bike to grow into. She had a smile and a fluttering heart that only benevolence breeds. And Dad had taught me that there is genius, even kindness, in being bold.
I couldn't help but think of my own childhood when I read this story. I grew up poor, probably at a level similar to Ferrazzi. I saw my father do similar things, picking through other's junk to find things that were usable for us.
For a long time in my life, I saw it as sad. I saw it as something I should be trying to escape from. I didn't want to be a parent that scavenged through junk for stuff for my kids.
Now, I see it as smart and resourceful and audacious and courageous. I'm perfectly happy to do that sort of digging if there's something worth digging for.
What changed? I think the biggest switch was actually courage. It takes courage to do the unexpected.
We're predisposed to seek out people like us – shy people tend to congregate with other shy people, and outgoing people congregate with outgoing people – because they unconsciously affirm our own behaviors. But everyone knows that one person in their group of friends and associates who seems to engage others with little or no fear. If you're not yet ready to take the big leap of addressing new people on your own, let these people help you and show you the way. Take them with you, when appropriate, to social outings and observe their behaviors. Pay attention to their actions. Over time, you'll adopt some of their techniques. Slowly, you'll build up the courage to reach out by yourself.
A while ago, I used to think that I had little to say to other people. I didn't think I had much in common with them, that my interests were very different.
What I found, actually, is that my lifetime history of reading almost everything I could get my hands on really paid off. I can converse about anything, allowing others to more or less choose the topic. I can talk about sports, art, popular culture, politics, or anything else that comes up. I might not be an expert, but I know something about it.
Sure, I have key interests, things that really light my fire. But when I realized that I could just hone in on what interests other people and at least be able to follow the conversation, it made it much easier to get to know people at least a little. Even better, I often would find that I had more in common with people than I would have thought, because everyone has a diversity of interests (even if they don't come out at first).
This makes it easier for me to approach people that I don't know. I usually just go up to them and try to figure out (as quickly as I can) something they're passionate about. If I don't know, I ask them to tell me about their hobbies and how they spend their free time, then I just hone in on the most promising thing. This almost always works.
This is a great habit to get into, actually. If you make it your goal to talk to someone new every week – or, even better, every day – you're forcing yourself to at least attempt to build new relationships.
Sure, some of these will amount to nothing. I'd argue that most will amount to nothing. But that's fine. Even if they don't, you've become a little bit more comfortable approaching people and striking up conversations.
And, every once in a while, you'll connect really well with someone, enough to exchange contact info with them. Those connections you do make will make the courage to try and the failures well worth it.
He is the man or she is the woman with a martini in one hand, business cards in the other, and a prerehearsed elevator pitch always at the ready. He or she is a schmooze artist, eyes darting at every event in a constant search for a bigger fish to fry. He or she is the insincere, ruthlessly ambitious glad-handler you don't want to become.
The networking jerk is the image that many people have when they hear the word "networking." But in my book, this breed of hyper-Rolodex-builder and card-counte fails to grasp the nuance of authentic connecting. Their shtick doesn't work because they don't know the first thing about creating meaningful relationships.
When Never Eat Alone was first recommended to me, I had an extremely negative view of networking. I had attended several meetings and conferences where a handful of people spent all their time "networking," which meant that they just went from person to person, made pointless small talk, pushed their business cards into your hand, slapped you on the back, and moved on.
Though my opinion on the behavior that those people exhibited hasn't changed at all, over time, I have started to "network" – just not in their way.
For example, if I go to a meeting, I make a conscious effort to have as many worthwhile conversations as possible. I talk to speakers if I'm interested in what they're talking about. I talk to people who are asking interesting questions.
Sometimes, I click with the people I talk to – sometimes I don't. When I do click, I make sure to exchange contact info with them and often I'll try to have dinner or lunch or breakfast or a drink with them during the conference later on. Then, when I get home, I follow up by Googling them, finding out more about them, and continuing the conversation over email.
The last thing I want to do is be the kind of sleazebag that goes from person to person, jamming unwanted business cards in their hands.
Have something to say, and say it with passion. Make sure you have something to offer when you speak, and offer it with sincerity. Most people haven't figured out that it's better to spend more time with fewer people at a one-hour get together and have one or two meaningful dialogues than engage in the wandering-eye routine and lose the respect of most of the people you meet.
If you have nothing to say to a person, don't say anything at all. Don't even bother unless you have something of value to contribute or to ask.
I think this is where most of the networking "sliminess" comes from. People attempt to make small talk out of the blue, just walking up to you and saying words that really have no value in an effort to just get a business card shoved in your hand.
That's terrible. It's not useful to either person. The person schmoozing wastes time and a business card. The person schmoozed wastes time and has to throw away a business card.
Instead, just focus on talking to people to which you actually have something useful to say. Have a question in mind that you'd actually like to know the answer to, or have some sort of information in mind that the person will obviously find useful. Without that, what are you doing, really? Just schmoozing.
Nothing comes off as less sincere than receiving a mass e-mail addressed to a long list of recipients. Reaching out to others is not a numbers game. Your goal is to make genuine connections with people you can count on.
Unless I've opted in for that email (like a mailing list I've chosen myself to sign up for), I find mass emails and auto-responses to be a massive turnoff. Nothing says "you're just another entry in my address book" like an automatic email or an email with fifty recipients.
If you have a message you want to communicate to a lot of people, use a service where people have chosen to follow you, like Twitter or Facebook, or write individual emails. Otherwise, you're just sending them spam, and most of the time, they won't like it.
Even worse are automatic responses, like when I send an email to someone and I get an automatic response telling me that they may or may not actually respond to my email. You know, I expect that already. All your auto-reply did is waste my time and tell me that you're likely far too busy to bother with me.


Twitter's Vice President for Trust and Safety Del Harvey said in an interview this week the company is changing the calculus between promoting public discourse and preserving safety. She added that Twitter only recently was able to dedicate the resources and develop the technical capabilities to target malicious behavior in this way.
Twitter's growing campaign against bots and trolls is part of Silicon Valley's efforts to more effectively combat disinformation than it did in 2016, when Russia used some of America's most prominent technology platforms to deceive voters on a mass scale and exacerbate social and political tensions. Google, Facebook and several other companies also have redoubled efforts against coordinated manipulation campaigns by foreign governments and other unseen forces.


Paula and I met at a women's event. We became good friends. We talked on the phone about lots of topics, and I visited her home several times to meet her family and wind down after a busy week.
I was married at the time while Paula was divorced. Her profession was selling beauty supplies to salons, and she was good at it. She did, however, realize that sales were starting to slow down and knew she'd have to begin searching for another profession to make money.
I admired her tenacity and foresight to begin looking into new businesses rather than bury her head in the sand and hope that sales would increase.
We were into our second year of friendship when she called me by phone.
She never called me again for which I was thankful. That conversation marked the end of our friendship.
Friends don't ask you to put your livelihood in jeopardy for them. They don't call you only when they need favors, and they don't knock on your door to borrow things that are never returned.
Friends are open minded about what each other wants to achieve unless that achievement is harmful to others. That accomplishment may pave the way for great and positive things, which is why your own patience during this phase is commendable.
You and I know that announcing something that's considered different than the status quo can be rattling. We like our comfort zones. However, friends understand that life changes, and so do aspirations brought on by outside influences.
I believe it was the popular speaker, Les Brown, whom I first heard express in his audio, Live Your Dreams, that friends last for a season. That's so true. Whether you are friends with a person for a month, a year, or until you expire, friendships end at some point.
Paula and I enjoyed each other's company for two years. Then, it was over. Once I stopped saying to myself, "I can't believe she asked me to do that" (you know I was shocked!), I was free to explore new friendships, and I made many.
It's not that I couldn't make new friends while Paula and I were buddies. Sometimes you stick mainly with one person versus with others who are casual acquaintances. That's what I did, and it worked for my lifestyle.
The past relationship was an education into recognizing the meaning of friendship.
Today, I have a handful of friends, good friends, women who truly care about my well being. I feel the same about them, too.
She failed the first test of friendship; loyalty. Some people think it means you'll do anything for another person. I believe it means that you'll really do anything for another person, which includes not putting them into a compromising position in the first place. You did well, and your point is a solid one.
You're so right, Mitch, and I appreciate your candor about this event. Thankfully, I didn't get wrapped up in this drama.


The Applied AKT-PX family of PECVD systems deposits highly-uniform low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) films on glass substrates from 1.6 to 5.7m2 (Gen 5 to Gen 8.5). LTPS technology is a proven method for the fabrication of high-performance transistor arrays in active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) and ultra-high resolution thin film transistor - liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD).
Applied's LTPS systems for large-area glass sizes enable manufacturers to produce more displays per substrate or to produce larger displays, helping to accelerate the transition to larger screen sizes for mbile devices and televisions.
AMOLED and advanced TFT-LCD displays use polysilicon for the transistors instead of amorphous silicon which is used in conventional LCD displays. The higher electron mobility of polysilicon allows the transistors that control each pixel to be smaller and switch more quickly. This results in brighter, sharper displays that use less energy - highly desirable characteristics in mobile applications where image quality and battery life are critical.


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Home Article THE VISION THAT LED TO OUR DESTINATION – PAKISTAN
THE VISION THAT LED TO OUR DESTINATION – PAKISTAN
23rd March 1940, is a landmark in our history. Teams of journalists had arrived from all over the world to cover the event; and an estimated 100,000 Muslims had gathered from all parts of India, such was its magnitude. A short while after the meeting had ended, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah turned to Matlub ul Hasan Syed, and said "Iqbal is no more amongst us, but had he been alive he would have been happy to know that we did exactly what he wanted us to do."
This statement reinforces the fact that Allama Iqbal was the driving force behind not only Lahore Resolution, but the concept of the state we today call "Pakistan". Influenced by Sir Syed Ahmed's two-nation theory, deeply studying the teachings of great Indian Muslim thinkers and politicians and after analyzing the ongoing situation of the subcontinent, he knew what should be done and he wrote a letter to Quaid-e-Azam dated 11th August 1937, saying:
My dear Mr. Jinnah,
"Events have made it abundantly clear that the League ought to concentrate all its activities on the North-West Indian Musalmans. The League office of Delhi informed Mr. Ghulam Rasool that the dates of the sessions of the Muslim League have not been fixed as yet.
This being so, I fear it will not be possible to hold the sessions in August and September. I, therefore, repeat my request that the League sessions may be held in Lahore in the middle or end of October. The enthusiasm for the League is rapidly increasing in the Punjab, and I have no doubt that the holding of the session in Lahore will be a turning point in the history of the League and an important step towards mass contact."
He also knew that it was only under Quaid-i Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's leadership that the Muslims of India could attain their desired goal; for he said:
"I know you are a busy man but I do hope you won't mind my writing to you often, as you are the only Muslim in India today to whom the community has right to look up for safe guidance through the storm which is coming to North-West India, and perhaps to the whole of India". And three months before his death he had stated:
"There is only one way out. Muslims should strengthen Jinnah's hands. They should join the Muslim League. Indian question, as is now being solved, can be countered by our united front against both the Hindus and the English. Without it our demands are not going to be accepted. People say our demands smack of communalism. This is sheer propaganda. These demands relate to the defense of our national existence. The united front can be formed under the leadership of the Muslim League. And the Muslim League can succeed only on account of Jinnah. Now none but Jinnah is capable of leading the Muslims."
Actually it was some years earlier, that Allama Iqbal had observed the steadfast Hindu, Sikh prejudice and the psyche of the British Government very closely during the 2nd Round Table Conference. Thus in his Presidential address at the annual session of the All-India Muslim Conference, on 21st March. 1932, he said:
"In the present address I propose, among other things, to help you, in the first place, in arriving at a correct view of the situation as it emerged from a rather hesitating behavior of our delegation the final stages of the Round-Table Conference. In the second place, I shall try, according to my lights to show how far it is desirable to construct a fresh policy now that the Premier's announcement at the last London Conference has again necessitated a careful survey of the whole situation."
He was then invited to speak in the Third Round Table Conference where the audience consisted of the Muslim delegates, foreign diplomats, members of the House of Commons, Members of the House of Lords etc. He stressed on the fact that 'Provincial autonomy' was imperative in order to protect the cultural and religious rights of Muslim majority provinces, which under the central Government, would not be possible. He made reference to his Allahabad address, and hoped that people would try and understand his viewpoint.
Yet when Nehru made a statement saying that the attitude of the Muslim delegation was based on "reactionarism", Iqbal gave a reply which concluded as follows:
"In conclusion I must put a straight question to punadit Jawhar Lal, how is India's problem to be solved if the majority community will neither concede the minimum safeguards necessary for the protection of a minority of 80 million people, nor accept the award of a third party; but continue to talk of a kind of nationalism which works out only to its own benefit? This position can admit of only two alternatives. Either the Indian majority community will have to accept for itself the permanent position of an agent of British imperialism in the East, or the country will have to be redistributed on a basis of religious, historical and cultural affinities so as to do away with the question of electorates and the communal problem in its present form."
In the light of all this, it becomes very clear that it was mainly Allama Iqbal's vision that made others see what needed to be done for the Muslims and what ultimately convinced Quaid-e-Azam to return from his self-imposed exile (1930-34) in England, which had been due to the discouraging circumstances in India, and to take a certain course of action which he admitted in the following words:
"His views were substantially in consonance with my own and had finally led me to the same conclusions as a result of careful examination and study of the constitutional problems facing India and found expression in due course in the united will of Muslim India as adumbrated in the Lahore Resolution of the All-India Muslim League, known as the "Pakistan Resolution" passed on 23rd March, 1940."
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On February 16, a court in Istanbul ordered the release of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel after 366 days of pre-trial detention. Yücel's release, following months of lobbying by the German government, marks rare good news for jailed journalists in Turkey, which is now ranked the world's worst jailer of journalists, with around 160 held in detention according to the Turkish Journalists' Association. What can we learn about German-Turkish relations from Yücel's release? What was at stake for each country? Under what conditions does a jailed journalist become a bargaining chip between two key regional players? In this week's MENA Salon, we will reflect on these larger questions using Yücel's story as a case-study.
The MENA Salon is a weekly guided discussion of current events in the Middle East and North Africa, open to all and free of charge.