Welcome to the first instalment of Tiny Thursdays, a column dedicated to exploring Tiny Leaders decks, with an emphasis on the financial side of the cards used in the deck.
Tiny Leaders is a fledging format. After the Cambrian-like explosion the format experienced early this year, the hype for the Tiny Leaders simmered down. However that does not mean the format was a flash in a pan. While the incredible momentum that propelled the format during the early part of the year died down, the format is still growing.
The Tiny Leaders subreddit and Facebook group today has double the number of subscribers compared to when I first wrote about them. Tiny Leaders even have their own official forum which launched early this month, but it has yet to achieve the activity level found in the subreddit and Facebook group.
More importantly, Tiny Leaders is still driving card prices, with the latest Tiny Leaders-related increase being Blasting Station. Tiny Thursdays aims to the contribute to the growing Tiny Leaders content out there, and explore the format from a financial perspective. This column will feature a Tiny Leaders brew each week and discuss financially relevant cards in the deck.
If there are any decks you would like to see featured, feel free to leave a comment below or catch me at Twitter @theguoheng. This week, we shall start with a leader I've always wanted to build around: Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest.
Shu Yun is most often compared to Geist of Saint Traft, one of the undisputed top tier decks in the format, with some arguing that it would be better to just cut the red and go Geist if you are gunning for a highly competitive build. After all, Geist decks are more streamlined and the majority of their card pool overlaps with those used in Shu Yun.
There are two reasons why I gravitated to Shu Yun rather than Geist. First off, having Red gives you more options for efficient removals like Lightning Bolt, Flame Slash, Fire/Ice and Lighting Helix rather than having to lean on enchantment-based removals like Oblivion Ring and Banishing Light to bolster the number of answers in the list.
Board presence king in Tiny Leaders and Red gives you a removal suite that does compromise your tempo, on top of access to much needed sweepers in the sideboard like Anger of the Gods and Pyroclasm to shore up the matchup against swarm decks like Ezuri Elfball, and the increasingly popular Grenzo Goblins.
The other impetus to run tricolor Shu Yun over bicolor Geist of Saint Traft is Dack Fayden. Dack Fayden is probably the best planeswalker you can run in Tiny Leaders due to the ubiquity of Swords in the format. An unanswered Sword steals games and nothing turns the tide like stealing an opponent's Sword and bashing him or her with it. From the playtesting I did with Shu Yun, I don't think I have lost a game in which I stole opposing Swords.
Dack's +1 was surprisingly useful even though it does not generates card advantage. Dack's Faithless Looting filters away those late game Mana Leak and unwanted lands. Dack's only downside is that he is already $27, and I could not list him as one of the pick-up targets in the next segment.
This Shu Yun list was designed based on the same philosophy Modern Jeskai ascribes to, that is to out-tempo and out-value your opponent. The deck switches gears at ease, depending on the matchup and draw and utilizes a suite of cheap, efficient removals to allow you to mount your offensive and control the board at the same time.
Young Pyromancer and Monastery Mentor fortify your board position while you cast answers to control the board, pulling you ahead both in the tempo and card advantage race. Stoneforge Mystic digs you the Sword for the occasion. Mantis Rider is a good tempo creature that plays the role of attacker and defender.
The removal suite consists of the usual Jeskai fare, a.k.a. the best one mana removals in the format. I've added a Condemn as an extra one mana answer because I realised that one mana removals were something I always love drawing while I was playtesting the deck. They always trade up and as a tempo deck, it's exactly what I want. The more expensive removals, Fire/Ice and Electrolyze usually net card advantage. Detention Sphere and Council's Judgment are necessary evils to answer opposing Swords.
Feel free to trade one-for-one in the early game. We have the ability to refuel with Ancestral Vision and to some extent, Dack Fayden. This build guns for the midrange game, which is why I've included Ancestral Visions in the list.
Now that let's take a look at the cards in the deck that are financially relevant.
The graph above depicts Shu Yun's foil price. I've always preferred to invest in foils for cards that are used as commanders or leaders. They tend to generate a larger return and more importantly, buffer better against reprints.
Shu Yun foils at $7.64 denotes a 13.6x multiplier on non-foil copies, which are going for a paltry $0.46, signifying his popularity both as a commander and leader. Shu Yun has been getting a lot of attention as a commander since he was spoiled, and rightfully so. Shu Yun is one of the most fun to build around commanders to come out from recent sets. There are multiple ways to build Shu Yun: you can either go voltron, or thread down the combo route. And Shu Yun is allegedly quite sick in 1v1.
Shu Yun is the only Jeskai leader in Tiny Leaders, which explains his tremendous popularity in the format. Jeskai has always been a competitive color combination in eternal formats and prior to the printing of Shu Yun, Tiny Leaders players have to resort to a generic 2/2 'legendary creature with a UWR casting cost' to play Jeskai.
Does Shu Yun's popularity in Commander and Tiny Leaders make foil copies a good pick-up? Certainly. Just not right now. For two reasons. First off there is something peculiar going on with Shu Yun's price. Shu Yun's foil buylist price dropped 24% from $3.12 to $2.51 two weeks back. However, two days ago Shu Yun saw his foil price hike as one major vendor increased their price for foil Shu Yun.
Whatever happens, it would be safer to wait until Fate Reforged hits peak supply at the end of May when DTK-DTK-FRF drafts are displaced by Modern Masters 2015.
Desolate Lighthouse, which also sees play in Modern Scapeshift and Modern Splinter Twin, besides being a good utility land in Commander and Tiny Leaders, is just a $0.54 card. And Desolate Lighthouse would not be reprinted in Modern Masters 2015.
I think non-foil Desolate Lighthouse is a great pick-up at its current price. Foils are at $6.08, which is a whooping 11.2x multiplier from the non-foils. Either the foil is overpriced, or the non-foil is underpriced, and with the Modern and Commander play it is seeing, I am compelled to think that it is the non-foil that is underpriced.
Detention Sphere is another card in the Shu Yun list above which I think is underpriced. Detention Sphere is also a mainstay in Geist of Saint Traft Tiny Leaders and is a strict upgrade to Oblivion Ring as it catches those pesky tokens on top of everything else. Token strategies are not insignificant in the format. There are spirit tokens from Teysa and Lingering Souls, Grenzo's goblin tokens, Thopter Foundry tokens, Bitterblossom tokens and the list goes on.
Detention Sphere is a decent buy in at under $1, but I would not go in too deep. It is a popular enchantment in Commander and could well be reprinted in the next Commander set.
That is all for this week's Tiny Leaders segment. If there are any decks you would like to see featured, let me know in the comments below or beam me at Twitter @theguoheng.


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They each participated in unique tours and met with notable executives, designers, and artists alike from leading companies in fashion and retail. CHI Haircare was hand chosen to represent as the top hair company because of its known reputation for being a thriving beauty industry business who also acts as a host to many talented CHI hair artists from across the globe.
During the CHI Haircare course, the girls were able to meet some of the top artists for CHI and were taught techniques and tricks that are often used when preparing for a photo shoot or runway show. Within the event, Seventeen sponsored a behind the scenes photo-shoot featuring hair styled by CHI artists. This portion of the event helped to illustrate the creative styling process, from concept to execution and showed how Seventeen chooses the right photographers, models, and stylists when creating a fashion spread before it hits the stands.


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Q: VB, get configuration from different configuration file In visual studio I have solution with 3 projects in it. Project 1 must use configuration file which belongs to project 2. Normally, to access current project configuration file, code below must be used:
Private ReadOnly appSettings As Object = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings
Console.WriteLine(appSettings("myValue"))

What if we need to access configuration file which belongs to different project? Example below:
For solution many thanks to "RBT" who gave his code:
Link to solution
I modified it a bit to make it work in VB:
Public Function CustomConfig(value As String, Optional ByVal CustomConfigName As String = "MyCustomSettings.exe.config")
    Dim configFileMap As ExeConfigurationFileMap = New ExeConfigurationFileMap()
    configFileMap.ExeConfigFilename = CustomConfigName
    Dim configFile = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
    Dim section As AppSettingsSection = CType(configFile.GetSection("appSettings"), AppSettingsSection)
    Dim keyValueConfigElement As String = section.Settings(value).Value

    Return keyValueConfigElement
End Function

Usage:
Console.WriteLine(CustomConfig("myValueInConfigFile"))

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Cherry Picked - Expert prescribes identification, empathy for better interracial communication
LAWRENCE – Dorthy Pennington has been writing and teaching about the difficulty of overcoming barriers to interracial and intercultural communication for decades at the University of Kansas. So this spring's explosion of sometimes violent street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis — and the subsequent Black Lives/All Lives Matter arguments on social media — hardly surprised her.
"America has peaks of intercultural or interracial communication where there are public displays of antagonism in a cyclical way, in the sense that there are hot moments," said Pennington, associate professor of communications studies. "There are moments when mass media – plural — are consumed with it, and then it fades from the media's attention until another precipitous moment occurs. So it goes back and forth. I would say that what we are going through now is another precipitous moment that is precipitated by some of the actions we've seen captured in mass media. So media play a great role in how the cycle is looked at, compared to similar events in history."
Pennington is co-author of one of the pioneering books in interracial communication, "Crossing Difference ... Interracial Communication," published in 1976 by Charles E. Merrill Publishing, which included the importance of understanding the power dynamics in interracial communication. Similar to the current precipitous dynamics in race relations, the book described the predominant form of power that African Americans have as being that of reactive power; that is, the power of agitation and protest for change.
Pennington wrote about her career in a 2018 article titled "Interiority as Epistemology: Situating Myself in the Central States Communication Association" in the journal Communication Studies. The article will be reprinted as a chapter in the new book "Connections and Inclusions: Intercultural Communication in Communication Studies Scholarship," (Routledge/Taylor and Francis Publishers, 2020) edited by Ahmet Atay and Alberto Gonzalez.
"I was referring specifically to the craft of writing or speaking or communicating, where a writer's sense of self — inner thoughts, feelings, based upon experiences — are related in such a way that he or she hopes the audience can at least identify with, if not experience it vicariously through empathy."
Identification with the other and empathy are at the root of Pennington's prescription for better interracial, intercultural communication. She said it is contained in a book manuscript she's been working on, in which she spells out some of the lessons she has learned while consulting with private industry over the years.
"People who are out there on the battlefront, so to speak, want practical answers that they can use in their organization, rather than something theoretical that needs to be further explained to them," Pennington said. "In my draft, I've got six of these things that I'm recognizing for better race relations. Number one is an identification with the other, where all racial barriers have been crossed. Number two is having a spirit of goodwill, a predisposition for good, genuine race relations. Number three is knowledge, education, awareness and information that helps you to understand the other person better ... their history, their cultural experiences, their worldview, so as to understand their perspectives and to not be offensive or insulting to them, being sensitive to other people's needs. Number four is an ethic of caring, being concerned about other people's welfare. Number five would be the need to have adequate skills. That is, knowing and doing what is necessary in order to enhance cordial race relations.
"And then number six would be a willingness to positively engage with the other, being action-oriented ... reaching out, taking the initiative in establishing and maintaining good race relations. Those are my ways of bringing the races together."
So what does she think of the current moment? Will it lead to long-lasting improvements in interracial communication?
"I think there's more consciousness of the need for it," Pennington said. "Part of that is based upon the goodwill of people who really do want to understand other people better. And then the other part of it is more mandated by the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), or places that require people to have training in diversity. Now, most major institutions, organizations and corporations are using the diversity, equity and inclusion language as a way of coming to grips with the fact that that's what the world will require in a global marketplace."
Photo: People in Dallas, protesting June 6 against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. Credit: Matthew T. Rader, via Wikimedia Commons
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THE Ugandan and Congolese armies are conducting joint operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in DR Congo and the Central African Republic.
Congolese troops fighting rebels from the Allied Defence Forces (ADF) in eastern DR Congo close to the Ugandan border are benefiting from Ugandan intelligence.
Ugandan Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga and his Congolese counterpart, Charles Mwando, who will meet again in November, agreed to do everything possible to neutralise the LRA and the ADF, a joint statement said.
In another recent sign of willingness to cooperate, the Ugandan government in June arrested a rebel chief operating in eastern DR Congo, Gadi Ngabo, the head of the Patriotic Front for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC).
KAMPALA — Uganda has offered to train troops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, its former foe, army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Felix Kulayigye said Tuesday.
"It is the first time that Uganda is offering her military academies to train Congolese government soldiers," Kulayigye told AFP, adding the offer followed a two-day bilateral meeting that ended Sunday in Kampala.
The meeting was between Ugandan Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga and his Congolese counterpart, Charles Mwando.
In recent years Kampala has trained a plethora of Congolese rebel groups that fought in DR Congo against the Kinshasa government, other proxy groups or amongst themselves.
Kulayigye said it was too early to talk about the training timetable or the number of troops who will participate.
"Uganda offered training space at its military academies to DRC forces. The timetable is to be done by the Congolese when they are able to implement the decision," he said, adding that troop numbers still need to be worked out.
The meeting at the weekend was a follow-up to the Ngurdoto agreement signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Congolese counterpart, Joseph Kabila, in Tanzania in 2007 to normalise relations between the two countries.
The two ministers, who will meet again in November, agreed to do everything possible to neutralise the LRA and the ADF, a joint statement said.
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Tweet Impact Predictor

Description
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A natural language processing pipeline for predicting the impact (reach
and popularity) of a tweet. Built as part of the PyCon 2016 Natural
Language Processing tutorial and workshop. For more information see the
`tutorial
repository <https://github.com/totalgood/pycon-2016-nlp-tutorial>`__.

Don't install the latest version from PyPi if you're working through the
tutorial yourself! Tagged version numbers will correspond to sections of
the tutorial and handout material so you can maintain pace even if you
miss a step along the way. Plus it'll be easier to set up your API keys
if you clone the repository.

GETTING STARTED
---------------

Rather than installing this module from the cheese shop, fork the
repository on GitHub and then clone it to your laptop (replacing
``totalgood`` with your account name:

::

    git clone git@github.com:totalgood/twip.git
    cd twip
    git checkout v0.1.0

If you don't already have one, sign up to get a twitter user account
(@username): `twitter.com/signup <https://twitter.com/signup>`__

Once you have a user account, sign into it, then set up a twitter App to
get an ``API_KEY``:
`apps.twitter.com/app/new <https://apps.twitter.com/app/new>`__

Copy and paste the *Consumer API Key* and *Consumer API Secret* into the
indicated places in the file called ``settings_template.py`` but don't
save it there. Instead save the file as a new file named
``settings_secret.py``. This file is ``.gitignore``\ d during pushes. Do
a ``git status`` to make sure you didn't accidentally save your secret
KEYs in the template file or misname your ``settings_secret.py`` file.
If you see that any tracked/added files have changes then you need to
undo them before you do a commit and push to your fork of twip.

To get ready for the first workshop you'll want to make sure you've
checked out v0.1.0:

::

    git checkout v0.1.0

If you want to skip the first session and move directly to the second
session you can checkout ``v0.2.0``. This with have all the code from
the first workshop session completed for you.

Credits
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-  `Hobson Lane <http://hobsonlane.com/>`__ -- Data Scientist for
   `Talentpair <http://talentpair.com/>`__
-  `Rob Ludwick <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rludwick>`__ --
   Co-Instructor, helped craft the proposal and suggested the tweet
   optimization application
-  `Jeremy Robin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyrobin>`__ --
   Co-Instructor, helped develop the material
-  `PyScaffold <http://pyscaffold.readthedocs.org/>`__ -- Python package
   setup done right (the one obvious way)

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With annual research expenditures exceeding $307 million, the UIC ranks among the top 50 of more than 650 universities in federal research funding. Its students reflect the global character of Chicago; more than a third speak English as a second language and 65 percent of undergraduates and 35 percent of graduate and professional students belong to ethnic minority groups.
Occupying more than 100 buildings on approximately 240 acres just west of downtown Chicago, the UIC offers 74 bachelors, 77 masters and 60 doctoral degree programs. The UIC medical campus resides in the Illinois Medical District, one of the world's largest concentrations of advanced public and private health care facilities in the country.
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The CCTS seeks to improve population health, particularly among minorities and underserved populations. As one of the few U.S. universities with the full range of health science colleges- including the largest medical college in the country - UIC has provided fertile ground for the establishment and growth of the CCTS. The CCTS also draws upon the broad expertise of its program directors whose academic appointments span multiple colleges, including Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Applied Health Sciences, Urban Planning and Public Affairs, and Public Health. Together, they are committed to UIC's mission to serve the city of Chicago as the premier urban-serving public research university in the United States.
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Duplicate the existing item, listed as a 1/6 text field. (Or create a 1/6 column and add a text field, modify the class so it's exactly "additionalAnchor").
Modify the text field inside the 1/6 column. Inside there, modify the HYPERLINK so that it would go to a corresponding section with a "#" in front of it. (Example, we have a "chief" section on the page, then it would make sense to have the hyperlink go to "#chief")
Then change the hyperlink TEXT to a appropriate label.
IMPORTANT: If not done already, go into that CONTAINER that corresponds to your anchor (i.e. Meet The Chiefs), and add an ID matching the anchor's HYPERLINK WITHOUT the "#", i.e. "chief".
(If using side bar widget box, then there's a saved copy of a widget box COLUMN, grab it in the column library, it should 1/6 of a length of a column.)
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FOOTBALL: Indonesia 3 Malaysia 0 - Stop making mockery out of country
As appeared in Malay Mail Afternoon E-Paper today
Stumbling, fumbling, bumbling Harimau Malaysia disappoint yet again. — AFP
Comment by Haresh Deol
ARE we not supposed to be angry? Are we not supposed to be bitter?
To concede three goals under 30 minutes is beyond embarrassment.
Yet, there are those who maintain we should look at Malaysia's performance in yesterday's football friendly against Indonesia optimistically.
Why, one may ask?
Because of the same excuses we often hear — that national coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee did not have enough time to train? The players are 'new'? That this was merely a friendly match?
It was a rubbish match, played by 11 footballers minus the defenders. Yes, the defenders hardly made an impression.
The strikers? They were nowhere to be seen.
It was a perfect start for Indonesia as they marked their return to the international scene since March last year following a Fifa ban.
Thailand lost 2-0 to Japan in the World Cup qualifiers on the same night — a respectable score for the sole representative of Southeast Asia in the competition.
My Thai journalist friends, have in the past, admitted they were envious of the football facilities in Malaysia.
I am envious of their achievements.
We have nothing to offer. Not when I started journalism 16 years ago, not today.
And winning a SEA Games title is not a big deal.
Boys, you suck. You really do. The sooner you understand it the better as we will be able to move on.
Too harsh?
Welcome to reality, especially when you're just not good enough.
It's sickening when those who take up responsibilities only do so to beef up their resumes.
It's nauseating when officials, coaches and footballers behave like politicians — disregarding the very essence of their responsibilities only to lambast those critical of them.
I blame such attitude on those who glorify these officials, coaches and players.
Fans and scribes alike are tired. The lame excuses, pathetic performances and arrogant reactions must come to an end.
National coaches and players, just like politicians, come and go. The fans are here to stay.
If there is a need to make radical changes, do it.
To those dying to be the next national coach or don the national jersey, think hard and make the right moves. Otherwise, do not make a mockery of the country.
football haresh deol Indonesia malay mail afternoon e-paper Malaysia Solo
Football in Malaysia has been dead since the 1980s. Blame it on the Junior development from the time they start playing in schools. The couches are not qualified and some indulge in racial politics and pick a certain race only to play dispite there being others who are more capable. This is the biggest problem for football development in Malaysia and it must be nipped in the bud. The other problem is political inteference in the adminstration of Football at the state level. Everyone wants to be apart of sucess but shy away or blames everyone else when the team fails.
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Q: Can I trigger an event in XAML when a control is less than a certain height? I have a grid with two rows, filled with an image and a label.  The label has a locked size, while the image above shrinks with the grid.  When the image becomes so small that it is not really visible, say < 30 pixels high, I want to set its visibility to collapsed, which I think should cause the label to move to the centre of the grid.
It would be nice if this was achieved purely in XAML with some sort of trigger looking for the height to be < x.
Is this possible? If not, what would be the most elegant solution in c# to check on the height of the image?

A: Here is one way.  First, you need a converter:
public class HeightToVisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        var gridHeight = System.Convert.ToDouble(value);

        return gridHeight < 200 ? Visibility.Collapsed : Visibility.Visible;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

And here is the xaml:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        Title="MainWindow"
        Width="525"
        Height="350"
        mc:Ignorable="d">
    <Grid Name="grid">
        <Grid.Resources>
            <local:HeightToVisibilityConverter x:Key="HeightToVisibilityConverter" />
        </Grid.Resources>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition />
            <RowDefinition />
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <Label Grid.Row="0"
               Content="Some Text" />
        <Image Grid.Row="1"
               Source="zeros.jpg"
               Visibility="{Binding ElementName=grid,
                                    Path=ActualHeight,
                                    Converter={StaticResource HeightToVisibilityConverter}}" />

    </Grid>
</Window>

Just for testing purposes, I set it to hide if the grid height was less than 200.  You can change it to whatever to suit your situation. I'm not saying this is the best or only solution, but hopefully it will get you started...


Memory is an important part of the whole computer system, and a lot of changes in this technology have been recorded in the last few decades. Read on to know how it works.
Computer memory consists of a system of devices, which store data or programs on an electronic digital computer. The storage may be temporary or permanent, depending on the frequency of data retrieval.
Each memory unit is made up of chips, which have a built-in fabrication of millions of transistors and capacitors. These tiny elements combine to store a single bit of data in its cell, in the form of binary digits (0 and 1).
The capacitor acts as a holding cell for the binary data, whereas the transistor allows the memory circuitry to read or change the value of the data held in the capacitor. When these elements are connected in its chip, the capacitor is able to receive and store data sent by the CPU.
In the early 1940s, its capacity was limited to a few bytes. Acoustic delay line memory was developed by J. Presper Eckert in the same decade, which proved to be a milestone in the field of this technology. However, it was also limited to a capacity of up to a few hundred thousand bits in order to remain efficient.
Later on, Williams tube and Selectron tube were developed in 1946, which used electron beams in glass tubes as a means of storage. The storage capacity of the latter was limited to 256 bits, whereas the former could store thousands of bits.
By the end of the decade, Jay Forrester, Jan A. Rajchman, and An Wang developed magnetic core memory, which allowed its recall even after power loss.
A computer consists of a physical memory, which is in the form of chips that are inserted into the sockets (or slots) of the motherboard. The maximum amount of memory that can be added to the system depends on the type of motherboard.
The second form is known as virtual memory, which is basically a small chunk of the hard drive. This part is used by the operating system when the available one is full, and can be increased or decreased using the System properties from the Control Panel.
The data is written on the memory by the CPU, which sends a signal to the transistor, allowing the writing of data to the capacitor by depositing it as a single bit.
The address of each memory location is represented in hexadecimal (base 16) number system. The CPU keeps track of these locations, and performs the task of reading to and writing data from them. The transistors and capacitors are organized in its chip in the form of rows and columns.
The most common type is RAM (Random Access Memory), which allows a much faster retrieval and storage of data. Because of its speed, it provides an optimal solution for storing data temporarily. However, it needs a constant flow of electricity to store data, and loses the data stored on its chip as soon as the computer is powered off.
When the computer is turned on, it loads BIOS (Basic Input Output System) from the ROM (Read-only Memory), and the memory controller checks all its addresses to ensure that there are no errors in them. The BIOS provides basic information about the boot sequence, storage devices, and various other components.
Next, the OS (Operating System) is loaded from the hard drive into the system's RAM, which allows the CPU to have immediate access to the operating system. Any application opened on the computer is loaded into RAM, which enhances the performance of the computer by making faster data transfers.
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Wendy Mass
Description - Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
In one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won't venture more than four blocks from his apartment if he can help it, and he definitely doesn't like surprises. On the other hand, his best friend, Lizzy, isn't afraid of anything, even if that might get her into trouble now and then. Jeremy's summer takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious wooden box arrives in the mail. According to the writing on the box, it holds the meaning of life! Jeremy is supposed to open it on his thirteenth birthday. The problem is, the keys are missing, and the box is made so that only the keys will open it without destroying what's inside. Jeremy and Lizzy set off to find the keys, but when one of their efforts goes very wrong, Jeremy starts to lose hope that he'll ever be able to open the box. But he soon discovers that when you're meeting people named Oswald Oswald and using a private limo to deliver unusual objects to strangers all over the city, there might be other ways of finding out the meaning of life.
Lively characters, surprising twists, and thought-provoking ideas make Wendy Mass's latest novel an unforgettable read.
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Publish Date: 1-Feb-2008
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You are here:HomeWindows uPVC vs Aluminum Windows – Who Wins?
When you are looking to fit new windows you not only have to think server things to think about. What type of glazing will you choose? Single, double or triple glazing. And the other consideration is the window frame itself.
Both styles have pros and cons. Let explore the long standing debate of Aluminum vs uPVC!
Aluminum is a highly durable material. If anything it will last much longer that uPVC as they don't seem to degrade as fast as uPVC does. A big pro for Aluminum windows is that you will get a good ten more years out of them. Aluminum does not rust so you don't have to worry about ugly looking window frames over the years.
But aluminum is not all praise and glory. One reason why aluminum is not considered to be as great as uPVC is due to the fact that it is less energy efficient.
However technology has come a long way over the last few decades. Some manufactures of aluminum windows build in certain features to increase the thermal efficiency of the frames by using Aerogel. Aerogel is the same insulator used in space craft and space suits.
What it comes down to is price and taste. Aluminum and uPVC are both good choices. You can get different styles of windows with aluminum you can't get in uPVC. So as long as the windows and frames you get have a high WER rating you should be good.
Both are very tough and provide good security. Otherwise they would not be the most widely used window types. and both are much more secure than something as simple as a wooded frame than can easily be broken.
Over all both as re about as secure as each other.
This is were things get a little different.
uPVC wins here. The difference is subtle but it's a big enough different to go with uPVC is soundproofing is a major concern for you. However, keep in mind that most of the soundproofing that you will get from double glazed windows actually comes from the glass itself. The frame only added a little extra soundproofing.
This is where things get very different.
Aluminum for the win here. uPVC windows are traditionally very big and bulky due to the inherit nature of their design.
While aluminum windows offer a slimmer look and fell. They can be installed into a modern home without you even knowing they are there. This is not possible with uPVC windows.
The other added benefit of aluminum windows being light weight ascetically is that they can be larger. So instead of looking out of your home through window panes you can have normal large glass panes.
So who wins the battle of uPVC vs Aluminum Windows? This really undecided.
Both are excellent and both win over having single glazed windows that provide no added benefits such as energy efficiency, security and soundproofing.
At the end of the day it comes down to what you needs are. If you want maximum security and energy efficiency that uPVC might be the choice for you.
If you are a more visually pleasing window then aluminum might be the winner for you.
The post was contributed by Phil of Abacus Glazing who runs a double glazing company in Bournemouth. Check them out on Facebook.


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Brooklyn On Demand, the only video streaming service created to showcase Brooklyn-centric indie film and media, took home the "Artist/Creative Group of the Year" trophy at the first annual Brooklyn Innovation Awards.
The award was given "For the most unique and inspiring use of software or other digital or technical tools." BKOD streams both Free and Premium titles online and on their Roku channel, which was built by NYC-based video content pros Zype.
"We're honored to be recognized by Brooklyn's tech community for pushing the boundaries of what a film festival can do by developing our own streaming channel Brooklyn On Demand," said Joseph Shahadi, Executive Director of the Art of Brooklyn.
Voting took place from Dec. 8-23 on Technical.ly Brooklyn and the winners were announced Thursday, Jan. 28 at the beautiful new WeWork space in Dumbo Heights.
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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn — The Storefront Art Walk (SAW) is now accepting artist applications for 2016. Fifteen Brooklyn artists will be chosen to create site-specific art installations in collaboration with merchants along the avenue from 68th Street to 84th Street. The storefronts along 5th Avenue will be the stage to display these works, offering Bay Ridge residents and visitors a unique opportunity to engage with the visual arts and explore the dialogue between commerce, art and community.
The artists will be selected by a jury of six, comprised of curators, arts administrators, and artists, based on artistic merit, feasibility, and an ability to successfully engage with the Bay Ridge community. Last year's jury included Anna Lise Jensen, a SAW 2013 Artist, Maureen Drennan, a SAW 2014 Artist, Jason Andrew, co-founder/director of Norte Maar and co-owner of OUTLET, Jillian Steinhauer, Senior Editor for Hyperallergic, and Leigh Holliday Brannan, owner of The Art Room Bay Ridge.
Each artist will eventually pair themselves with a 5th Avenue business and will create a unique installation with the particular business in mind. Beginning on May 14, 2016 each SAW artist will display in a storefront window so that Bay Ridge residents and visitors alike can enjoy the unique pieces while outside the establishment.
Artists will receive a stipend to create new work that will be installed for the duration of SAW. Interested artists are urged to send their application materials no later than 5PM on Monday, January 27, 2016 to info@bayridgesaw.org. More details are available at www.bayridgesaw.org.
SAW was created in 2010 by local business owners John Avelluto (The Owl's Head Wine Bar) and Heather Hamilton (Long's Wine & Liquors) as a way to showcase the diverse community of Bay Ridge and give it a unique platform for engagement and dialogue with the visual arts. While Bay Ridge is home to many artists, the neighborhood is under-served and underfunded in terms of public arts spending and grants. The SAW, now in its 7th year, is sponsored by the 5th Avenue Business Improvement District, Red Hook Winery, and SixPoint Brewery.
'While it still stood, the Broken Angel House was the strangest sight in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. It was a monument to nonsense, an absurd remnant of an era that never existed. It looked like an Industrial Age factory that had been fed LSD for years. The four-story building had the colorful glass panels of a Gothic cathedral, the bizarro, false-mirror architecture of a carnival funhouse, and a sort of cartoonish aura hanging about it. Years after its demise, it's still hard to describe it.
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Recently there has been a noticeable wave of mergers (especially in the banking sector) within the GCC. Just in 2017, there were 85 mergers in the UAE and over 400 mergers in the GCC. Many of those mergers were cross border mergers; for instance, in the UAE, over 50% of the mergers were of cross border nature. Many factors are attributable to this vibrant market, such as the locality, the resources and the seemingly endless liquidity. However, it is evident that the approach taken by the legislators and regulatory divisions form a fertile ground for these investments to flourish. It well established that commercial law in the UAE is specifically tailored to attract promising and prominent foreign investments, obviously while securing local concerns. Hence, you find various options with minor restrictions with regards to foreign direct investments and cross border mergers. Although the law regarding cross border merger is considered vague by some critics, many find in this an opportunity to create larger robust firms that contribute more to the economy. As a result, the UAE and other GCC nations continue to ease restrictions and create more opportunities for foreign investments.
The United Arab Emirates is composed of seven emirates joined together by a federal constitution which gives each emirate specific legislative authority, while retaining some at the federal level. All businesses in the UAE need to obtain licensing from their respective emirate to operate within their borders. Different licensing options are available according to several factors, such as the trading zone, the origin of the business activity and the formation of the business.
There are two types of zones available for businesses to operate within the UAE; those are mainland and free zones. There are various exemptions on Free Zones from the requirements on the mainland. For instance, a business does not need to be owned by a local majority or even have local shareholders. In addition to that, companies may benefit from zero-tax rates and relaxed custom duties. On the other hand, businesses on the free zones find it challenging to build a presence in the local market due to limited access and customs duties. Either way, companies need to consider the location of their business to determine the applicable law. Mergers are no different, for a merger to be successful on the mainland, companies need to fulfil the requirements of the Federal Law No.2 of 2015 on Commercial Companies; while mergers within the free zone need to consider and apply the provisions of Federal Law No. 8 of 2004 on the Financial Free Zones in the UAE.
The legislation does not impose a corporate tax; however, states impose a corporate tax on foreign banks and oil companies by local decrees. The taxes imposed on foreign oil companies extracting oil in the UAE can be as high as 80%.
Recently, the UAE introduced the VAT tax at a standard rate of 5%. Businesses are required to register for the VAT if their turnovers are over $100,000.
Merger process
There are two possible ways to merge in the UAE; those are absorption and combination. Companies that intend to form any merger in the UAE need to follow the prescribed procedure and fulfil the respective requirements.
As previously mentioned, the law regarding mergers is particularly vague; in fact, there isn't a specific article or part of legislation dedicated to cross border mergers. Instead, companies need to satisfy the general legal requirements of the concerned merger region(s). Some companies (such as Oil and Gas companies) are subject to certain exceptions.
In Practice, the acquiring and the target company need to verify each other; then the merger agreement needs to be drafted and accepted; it is the most significant part of the process. The relaxation of the merger laws in the UAE and the GCC makes the agreement a detrimental factor for the parties to secure their rights. The agreement shall specifically define the conditions and the method of the mergers and the process of the transfer of shares. Additionally, the merger agreement should determine the memorandum of association of the newly formed company and the particulars of the board members. The merger agreement like any contracts is subject to the Federal Law No. 5 of 1985 on Civil Transaction Laws.
Addition requirements for a successful merger include the approval of at least three-quarters of the shareholders within each company. Members who object to the merger may withdraw from the company and retrieve the full value of their shares. Those members will need to provide a written request within 15 days of the merger's decision, and the merger may not be finalised until those members are fully paid.
Merging companies will also need to notify their creditors as soon as ten days after the approval of the general assembly. Objections to the merger may dispute the issue in a competent court. Finally, a company will need to issue a declaration of incorporation in the registrar of companies. However, the merger shall be suspended for three months following the date of the declaration. In no valid objections were made during that period, then the companies are considered legally merged, and the newly formed company bears the liabilities of the former two.
For two (or more) limited liabilities companies to merge both the companies are dissolved, and their corporate personality is abolished. Subsequently, a new company shall be formed where it will bear all the liabilities and debt of the previous two companies. Shareholders in the target company may have their shares transferred as to the agreed upon transfer rate or bought by the acquiring company.
Once the companies are legally merged, then they may not raise any claims or objections against each other, since they have the same single corporate personality. Only the company may vindicate any wrong done against it, while it is responsible for the rights and obligation it agreed to uphold.
Merger clearance
In some cases, parties may need to apply to the Ministry of Economy for a Merger clearance pursuant to the competition law. Unless an exemption applies, a merger clearance form shall be submitted where there is an economic concentration. The Competition Law provide the definition of economic concentration as "any act resulting in a total or partial transfer (merger or acquisition) of property, usufruct rights, rights, stocks, shares or obligations from one establishment to another, empowering the establishment of a group of establishments to directly or indirectly control another establishment or another group of establishments".
Restriction on foreign ownership
The restriction on foreign ownership is considered the toughest restriction on foreign investors within the GCC. Traditionally all businesses in the UAE needed to be owned majorly by local entities; therefore, foreign investments may not constitute over 49% of the total shares in a company. As many investors found this impractical, a culture of side agreements was developed where the Local shareholder would limit their rights in profitability and management to an agreed extent. This practice was then outlawed, and those agreements were considered unenforceable. However, that law was deferred, but the enforceability of the agreement remains a grey area.
Recently, the UAE has announced certain changes that will be applied to the foreign ownership limitations which may allow companies (that are not part of the restricted sectors) to be 100% foreign owned even on the mainland. However, a list of (negative) industries has been drafted that won't be included in the waiver. Either way, such a change will definitely give rise to a new wave of cross border mergers that will hopefully drive the economy to set new records.
Following Articles 313, 314 and 316 of the Commercial Companies Law, any foreign company based outside the UAE may not operate within its borders unless it has acquired a permit from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce and the concerned authorities in the respective state. Noncompliance with these requirements will render the company's persona inexistent, and therefore the member will be personally liable for any breaches.
If the merger clearance is required and not obtained, the enterprise will be subject to a fine representing between 2 to 5 per cent of their total annual revenues, or a fine ranging between AED 5,000 and AED 5 million.
The UAE is currently the most targeted country in the whole of the MENA region for foreign investments and cross border mergers. The wave of mergers and cross border mergers seems to be continuous all the way through the first quarter of this century. The hosting of EXPO 2020 and the continuous modernisation of the region play a vital role. More significantly, the introduction of appealing legal reforms and the ease of restrictions is the key factor for the smooth flow of direct foreign investments. However, businesses and corporation need to exercise due diligence to fulfil and apply all the legal requirements to avoid hefty fines and penalties. The requirements imposed are merely used as a tool to effectively control the market while allowing as much freedom as possible for investors.
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A TEENAGER has been accused of faking terminal cancer by a charity who allege he told lies about having the illness.
The Clutha Trust charity has accused Eli Stewart, of Drumchapel, Glasgow, of pretending to have tumours in his lungs and stomach to get a free guitar.
The 19-year-old is said to have told the Trust – set up in the wake of the Glasgow helicopter crash - and other charities he was diagnosed with cancer two years ago.
Since then he has been handed a £1000 guitar by the charity and an all expenses paid trip to Belfast, The Daily Record reports.
Eli – who has been pictured with his head shaved in hospital - has also taken part on fundraising projects to help other young people.
But following officials say they are yet to receive money from a gig night at Ivory Blacks nightclub in Glasgow last December.
The Clutha Trust was founded after 10 people died at the Glasgow bar in 2013 when a police helicopter crashed through the roof.
Founder Alan Crossan became suspicious and challenged Stewart at the end of last year.
He said: "This wee guy appeared at the Clutha about a year ago and what we do is give kids a chance to play on a Sunday afternoon. He said he was terminally ill and had only six months to live.


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In the English language, terms for types of killing often end in the suffix -cide.

Killing of self
 Suicide, intentionally causing one's own death
 Altruistic suicide, suicide for the benefit of others
 Autocide, suicide by automobile
 Medicide, a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician
 Murder-suicide, a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders
 Self-immolation, suicide by fire, often as a form of protest
 Suicide by cop, acting in a threatening manner so as to provoke a lethal response from law

Killing of other people

All of these are considered types of homicide.

Killing of family
 Avunculicide – the act of killing an uncle ( "(maternal) uncle").
 Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain ( "family").
 Filicide – the act of a parent killing their child ( "son" and  "daughter").
 Fratricide – the act of killing a brother ( "brother"); also, in military context, death by friendly fire.
 Geronticide – the abandonment of the elderly to die, die by suicide or be killed.
 Honour killing – the act of murdering a family member perceived to have brought disgrace to the family.
 Infanticide – the act of killing a child within the first year of its life.
 Mariticide – the act of killing one's husband ( "husband").
 Matricide – the act of killing one's mother ( "mother").
 Neonaticide – the act of killing an infant within the first twenty-four hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of its life.
 Nepoticide – the act of killing one's nephew.
 Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative.
 Patricide – the act of killing of one's father ( "father").
 Prolicide – the act of killing one's own children.
 Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members when they can no longer work or they have become a burden ( "old man").
 Siblicide – the killing of an infant individual by their close relatives (full or half siblings).
 Sororicide – the act of killing one's sister ( "sister").
 Uxoricide – the act of killing one's wife ( "wife").

Killing of others

 Amicicide – the act of killing a friend ( "friend")
 Androcide – the systematic killing of men.
 Assassination – the act of killing a prominent person for either political, religious, or monetary reasons.
 Capital punishment – the judicial killing of a human being for crimes.
 Casualty – death (or injury) in wartime.
 Collateral damage – deaths during wartime due to imprecise or incorrect targeting or friendly fire.
 Democide or populicide – the murder of any person or people by a government.
 Eugenics – killing a portions of a population assessed to be inferior with the goal of improving the quality of the population as a whole
 Extrajudicial killing – killing by government forces without due process. See also Targeted killing.
 Euthanasia or mercy killing – the killing of any being with compassionate reasoning; e.g., significant injury or disease.
 Familiaricide in commutatione eius possessio – the act of killing a family for their property and/or possessions (from  "of a household";  "in exchange for"; and  "a possession or property").
 Femicide, gynecide, gynaecide, or gynocide – the systematic killing of women.
 Feticide – the act of killing a fetus.
 Fragging - the act of killing a fellow soldier.
 Gendercide – the systematic killing of members of a specific sex or gender.
 Genocide – the systematic extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.
 Homicide – the act of killing of a person ( "man").
 Justifiable homicide – a defense to culpable homicide (criminal or negligent homicide)
 Human sacrifice – the killing of a human for sacrificial, often religious, reasons.
 Massacre, mass murder or Spree killing – the killing of many people.
 Murder – the malicious and unlawful killing of a human by another human.
 Manslaughter – murder, but under legally mitigating circumstances.
 Omnicide – the act of killing all humans, to create intentional extinction of the human species ( "all, everyone").
 Pedicide – the act of killing a child.
 Senicide or geronticide –  the act of killing an elderly person
 Targeted killing – a form of assassination which is carried out by governments against their perceived enemies. See also Extrajudicial killing.
 Xenocide – the genocide of an entire alien species. Often used in science fiction, one famous example being the novel Xenocide by Orson Scott Card.

Killing of superiors
 Deicide – killing a god, divine being, or deity.
 Regicide – killing a ruler, a King/Queen ( gen.  "king").
 Tyrannicide – killing a tyrant.
 Papicide - killing of a pope. (Ancient Greek: πάππας (páppas) "father")

Killing of animals, disease, and pests
 Algaecide – a chemical agent that kills algae
 Acaricide – a chemical agent that kills mites
 Avicide – a chemical agent that kills birds
 Bactericide – a chemical agent that kills bacteria.
 Biocide – a chemical agent that kills a broad spectrum of living organisms.
 Fungicide – chemical agents or biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores.
 Germicide – an agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant
 Herbicide – an agent that kills unwanted plants, a weed killer.
 Insecticide – an agent that kills unwanted insects.
 Larvicide (also larvacide) – an insecticide targeted against the larval life stage of an insect.
 Microbicide – an agent used to kill or reduce the infectiousness of microorganisms.
 Miticide – a chemical to kill mites.
 Nemacide (also nematicide, nematocide) – a chemical to eradicate or kill nematodes.
 Parasiticide – a general term to describe an agent used to destroy parasites.
 Pediculicide – an agent that kills head lice.
 Pesticide – a general term to describe an agent used to destroy or repel a pest.
 Rodenticide - an agent that kills rodents (especially  rats and mice).
 Scabicide – a chemical agent for killing scabies.
 Spermicide – a contraceptive agent to render sperm inert and prevent fertilization.
 Teniacide (also taeniacide, tenicide) – a chemical agent that kills tape worms.
 Theriocide – the act of killing sentient animals, especially mammals (Ancient Greek: therion "wild animal, beast")
 Vermicide – an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms.
 Virucide (also viricide) – an agent capable of destroying or inhibiting viruses.
 Vulpicide (also vulpecide) – the killing of a fox by methods other than by hunting it with hounds.

Killing of intangibles or inanimates
 Ecocide – the destruction of the natural environment by such activity as war, overexploitation of resources, or pollution
 Famacide, defamation, or slander – the killing of another's reputation
 Linguicide – intentionally causing the death of a language
 Epistemicide – the systematic extermination of an entire knowledge system or intellectual heritage of a group, society or people.
 Mundicide – the destruction of a planet
 Urbicide – the destruction of a city or the stifling of urbanisation (urbs is Latin for "city")

See also
 Letting die
 Manner of death, a classification made after autopsy

References

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Facebook artist apps on the decline
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 4:13am
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According to AppData, more than 17 million artist profiles have dumped Bandpage, Reverbnation, and BandRx from their Facebook Page since switching to timeline. The main reason being that they can not set their artist profile page generated by a third party as the default page. Many artists have relied on these services for a while now as a way to showcase their music, tour dates, bio, and other critical info. Many artists have also used these pages as a way to 'fangate', or convert people into a 'like' by forcing them to like the page prior to listening to music.
The reality is that all the functionality is still there. All three of these platforms have reformatted their pages to account for the wider canvas page. The ONLY downside is that you may not use these as your default landing pages. Honestly, It's probably best. Timeline was created to showcase information to people that they will likely care about. If someone wants to listen to your band they will click on the listen tab these applications provide on the top of the page.
Only about 10% of your fans actually visit your page, and only 16% of the people that like your page actually see your posts. I would focus on fan engagement before you start obsessing over your fan page. If your engagement increases so will your edgerank, which will push your posts higher in peoples news feeds.. which is all that really matters with content marketing. It's kind of like focusing on the music, not the album artwork. Focus on the content, not the way it is displayed.


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