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The German Finance Minister Needs To Confront Investment Banks
Wolfgang Schauble, German finance minister, has a surprisingly sensible op ed in today's Financial Times. As we suggested yesterday, first the relevant Europeans should decide if they want to keep the euro – more precisely, who stays in and who leaves the currency union – then policy must be adjusted accordingly.
Mr Schauble is obviously correct that existing economic self-policing mechanisms are badly broken; the eurozone can only survive if there are effective monitors and appropriate penalties for fiscal and financial transgression. He is also right to fear that involving the IMF in Greece would necessarily give the Fund greater rights to kibbitz on European Central Bank monetary policy. Given the fear and loathing expressed for the IMF's "4 percent inflation solution" (or is it 6 percent?) in eurozone policy circles, you can see why this gives the Greek prime minister some bargaining power – the Germans will do whatever it takes to keep him away from the IMF in the short-term.
But Schauble misses (or holds back for now) on a potentially important point vis-a-vis investment banks.
He is tough, towards the end of his piece, on countries that "intentionally breached European economic and monetary law." But what about banks that aid and abet countries that are trying to break the rules?
Of course, governments can always massage their statistics unassisted. But when international banks help countries to disguise their true debt levels, through off-balance sheet transactions, what is the difference between that and what Merrill Lynch did for Enron regarding "Nigerian oil barges" (and more)?
Technically, Greece's (and potentially other country's) debt deals may not have broken any laws – because the international space for these transactions is so anarchic.
But Mr Schauble would be well within his rights to call for rogue investment banks – i.e., those that help break European rules in any fashion – to be banned from the highly lucrative market for European government new issues.
Of course, if he is afraid to do this because the banks in question have great market power and a fearsome reputation for sharp elbows and exacting revenge, perhaps Mr. Schauble should consider referring the broader investment banking market (including over-the-counter derivatives) to the relevant anti-monopoly authorities within the European Commission.
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34 thoughts on "The German Finance Minister Needs To Confront Investment Banks"
The German finance minister says "Greater calm is needed." That is for sure (in light of the recent social unrest being reported). I would not be surprised if either Greece voluntarily or is indirectly nudged out of the euro zone, or at least the current crop of politicians may not be around by the next national elections.
Serge says:
If Greece is dropped from the eurozone, would that mean they would have to recreate their own domestic currency? Wouldn't a move like that ruin the sense of stability in Europe? That has to be more damaging to Europe's economy and attractiveness to investors than a bit of inflation or direct debt payments by Germany, doesn't it?
SARose says:
"Mr Schauble is obviously correct that existing economic self-policing mechanisms are badly broken…"
ANY self-policing mechanisms for any entity, from financial to personal, is unworkable. Self-regulation relies on both commitment and willpower, which inevitably flags in the face of reward. Allowing financial institutions to police and regulate themselves, just like polluting industries or dope addicts, is a recipe for repeated failure, invariably resulting in fallout which snares the innocent.
SARose: "ANY self-policing mechanisms for any entity, from financial to personal, is unworkable."
Don't the military do a good job of self-policing?
1 Kings says:
True. Dead man tell no tales.
A view from Europe: Now the rumorology has it that a 55 bn Euros bail-out could be in the works for Greece ???
http://www.eurointelligence.com/article.581+M53b52e4d5c3.0.html
Your piece yesterday was great view of the current shameful state of European politics, Mr Schauble at the beginning of the week was advocating for the EMF, quickly rebuffed, it seems like they really want to wreck the ship recklessly, imho the solution of creating a "Euro-bond" to deck the ship would be the
only one effective to prevent a "double-dip" and the
blow up of the Eurozone
Just to add that Mr Noyer ( Banque de France ) was
nominated this week as new chairman of the B.I.S, a
convenient way to keep the "cooking of the books " at
banks such as BNP-Paribas going
Kilgore T. says:
I hate to subscribe to conspiracy theories; however, Greece's acceleration of the financial collapse contagion in the EU is a great way to thwart the region's productivity and shift some demand to the U.S.A.
hermanas says:
Military policing, is "Don't embarass your superior." Like military intelligence, an oxymoron. One reason we're always at war.
M.G. in Progress says:
Considering that German banks hold a big share of Greek bonds one could wonder if those banks have done any due diligence on the country before investing in it… Bankers cannot do their job properly and then they turn to governments for help. The Ponzi scheme continues…
Uncle Billy Cunctator says:
After the MP's in this story helped cover up the murder, they were transferred out — far far away.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/03/03/forensic-evidence-supports-marine-murder/
Observer says:
Thought the Lehman 105 Repo news was interesting today. The article on the BBC site said Lehman got a legal opinion from a London law firm that helped them hide borrowing transactions and the legal opinion was one they could not get from a US law firm due to tighter laws, rules, regs in the US. What was most interesting was the implications to the bigger picture of global finance.
Time and time again news articles point out how large financial corporations shift their operations from country to country to take advantage of weaker legal, accounting and regulatory frameworks. Until there is a global financial framework about what is allowed along with serioius penalties for breaking rules, regs, laws, etc. then global financial corporations will just dance from country to country to game the system. CEO's playing the role of modern day Nero's fiddling from country to country while the global economy burns.
Along these lines it's also entertaining to see large global financial corp's threaten to move their operations from country to country as a threat to prevent tougher rules, regs, laws, etc. Economic blackmail played out at the highest level. As I recall that was a tactic used by some large financial corps. when Great Britain was considering new taxes on their bonus structures.
Until Europe and the US unite to regulate large financial corps. they will never be able to control the levels of risk that these large financial corps take leaving the global economy holding it's collective breath for the next global economic meltdown.
JerryJ says:
Keep in mind what actually happens in a 105 % Repo. Lehman "sold" $105 of asset to receive $100 of cash. Thus, they would be expected to book a loss of $5. Presumably, the asset is bought back at $100 less any discount for interest. If the asset is worth $105 at the end of the transaction, Lehman would book the gain back of $5. Presumably, E&Y did not object to the foregoing general outline. If the accounting pronouncements anticipate such a result E&Y had no reason to object. Mighty thin it seems. But the tenor of accounting rules has been to try to eliminate discretion for a very long time. OK, elimination of discretion works two ways. After all, one uses rules to achieve an unintended result of the rule. Our system is adversarial. The other side of a rule interaction does the same just as Mr. Valukas is trying to do in his report. He spent $38 million to secure a much greater return to the bankrupt estate. He is charged with that duty. Mr. Valukas gambled $38 million of Lehman Estate funds to put together his report. What could be more adversarial. He wants to collect a lot of D&O insurance or he wasted a lot of money.
In the end survival requires creative uses of discretion in any business. Fuld claims he had no knowledge of the 105 Repo transaction and I suspect he was telling the truth. I have seen similar ignorances among big wigs for most of my adult life. As a tax manager, I had to understand the business as well as the real doers in the business and ran into the ignorant big wig quite often doing deals. The general rule. After all, these people tend to crow " Just give me the bottom line". This is illustrated a number of times in Andrew Ross Sorkin's Too Big To Fail.
The big " investment banks" got careless using Repos. Look at drunks who drive for a very long time before being arrested.
JR Max Wheel says:
Few would argue with Herr Schauble's call to arms – since no one else seems to have the remotest idea of how to tackle the problems of deeply indebted Eurozone members. There is however some flawed logic here: it is not Greece that is at the crossroads, but the Eurozone itself- especially Germany as the largest economy – whose policy of export led growth and modest domestic demand have contributed to the internal EU imbalances. Greeks of course hold a far better hand of cards than appreciated- they can collpase this € construct through contagion, which Eurocrats were very slow to pick up on. Trumpeting the "anchor of stability" that the € has been through this crisis rings pretty hollow too. Creating an EMF would take time and that commodity is not on their side. No one would dispute that some mechanism is required to allow inter-country fiscal adjustment. Fair enough but if that really means a new treaty to endorse harmonised taxtion and subsuming national Teasuries to Eurozone administrations then you are looking at real political union. This is regrettably fantasy at the momemnt, as the tortured process of passage of the Lisbon treaty testified. These countries are wildly different in culture, economic capacity, and it is just totally impractical, the EMF is an thinly veiled mechanism for avoiding the embarassment of an IMF inspired fix for a € member or members that could not be fixed by the institutions set up to run the currency. Nice idea but hidden agendas abound in the fractious Eurozone
John C. Médaille says:
Abolish the Euro. Let the drachma float (might get a dollar for 5,000 of them). What's the problem? They'd be paying pensions in worthless drachmas, but Greece would have a hell of an export advantage. And who wouldn't want to see the Acropolis on $5/day? Tourism would explode. Greeks would be somewhat poorer, but that's how it works. Until you get things working again.
menomnon says:
There's a way in which we could replace 'self-regulation' by 'self-organization' (or at least homeostasis). In which case it's not simply politically correct but correct in the broader sense.
That's not what you meant but it pays to be careful.
Actually I believe that in addition to Germany and France's being Greece's two largest creditors, Germany and France (or the banks thereof) are also the largest holders of credit default swaps against Greece.
They're trying to hedge their bets (and minimize their losses in the event of a default). But the more they buy CDSes the harder things become for Greece. Kind of, um, ironic.
I think much of the speculative component of a bubble needs a fundamental story on which to piggyback itself. So the fundamental story here would be a) Germany and France's being Greece's largest creditors then b) Germany and France buy CDSes to protect themselves.
c) is when vampire squids hop on the bandwagon (sorry for the not quite mixing of metaphors).
I could go into my division of the 2008 oil price spike into fundamental story and speculative parasites, but enough already.
Richard Hoogesteger says:
Sure investigating the possibility of civil and criminal liability for the big investment banks involved in shady transactions is a good idea but so far governments have been reluctant to do it. There have been a number of cases from Enron to Parmalatte where banks appear to have engaged in illegal activity but government does very little.
It's not enough that our bloated military has engendered a never ending wave of state and non-state sponsored terrorists, but now our investment bankers are threatening the world's financial stability by engaging in the same deception and obfuscation vis a vis foreign treasuries that it foisted upon our own citizens. And one might ask why greed is in the list of the seven deadly sins — not now, it has become more than obvious.
BRUCE E. WOYCH says:
Simon: This is great information and perhaps a model for the types of new questions and directives that need to be raised and pushed forward. The media "acceptable market rhetoric" is not only stale byt mis directed. The deeper questions are not even being raised. Perhaps it takes the direct approach of the Germans to break the ice, but I am sure glad your leading it into our mainstream!
Valerie Curl says:
"…perhaps Mr. Schauble should consider referring the broader investment banking market (including over-the-counter derivatives) to the relevant anti-monopoly authorities within the European Commission."
Do you think that would work? Would doing so change the business practices of huge banking firms like Goldman Sachs? And how would Germany and the rest of the Eurozone get the U.S. on board?
egominumus says:
Mr. M, there are two sides to the riddle, and since debts are in euro's, the de-euronization of one side of this ledger will simply result in massive increases in interest payments, leading to a debt default. The key question for Greece will become how to finance it's huge and ever growing deficits…. there are no easy answers..thats why you aren't hearing any.
If this story was coming out of an Asian finance minister, I would give it some respect, but for European officials to be frustrated by the actions of big global financial players, when Frankfurt, London and Paris based organizations have been vying with NY at the heart and soul of the game.
Remember the Asian financial crises, Ruble crises, LTCM etc. all these events featured all the usual suspects from those four centers of global finance. And, wasn't the whole CDO game at AIG built around regulatory arbitrage for the European banks who are behemoths of global finance….but now that Greece and the Euro is on the menu…HOUSTON WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM!!!! give me a break…
I think Observer hit it on the head
Alan McConnell says:
Gracious! How is Greece going to be "thrown out" of
the Euro system? Will all passengers on all flights,
trains, boats to Greece be searched and Euros
confiscated. Will Greece be invaded and all Euros
taken from the populace? will whatever printing/
coining facilities exist in Greece be bombed?
I suppose it is thinkable that a country now presently
on the Euro could reinstate some kind of original
currency and hope that Gresham's law would work in
its favor(e.g. that the new home currency is _worse_
than the Euro!!!!)
Also, while I'm still seized by a fit of practicality,
why would taking Greece off the Euro — even supposing
it to be possible — help the problems of Greek
indebtedness?
Best wishes to all,
Alan McConnell in Silver Spring MD
True, but do you think they are not going to default? A bailout kicks the can down the road, but doesn't solve the problem.
aloa5 says:
There is no way "confronting the investment banks" with Schäuble. The "man at work" here is imho Jörg Asmussen wich I think is not likely to do so.
PatR says:
I am confused: When your next door neighbor can't pay his bills, does that mean you have to pay his bills for him instead of letting him dig himself out of his own situation? Will it help if he switches to his own currency, "Neighbor Bucks", or is that just trying to avoid dealing with the underlying problems?
All these assumptions that just because the Germans share their currency with the Greeks means that they must pay the Greeks' bills strikes me as nonsense. Certain institutions in charge of economic management may be very embarrassed by the naked unfolding of a sovereign default, but it must be allowed to happen when the sovereign nation doesn't pay its bills.
If that results in losses for German banks and bankers who loaned large proportions of their capital carelessly to Greek debtors, then that is the right outcome. In the future, German bankers will be more careful. If you don't accept this outcome, then you are simply saying that sovereign lending should be unmanaged and unlimited.
Rickk says:
Nassim Taleb wrote on Twitter 7:13 AM Mar 9th via web
"The differences between Goldman Sachs & the mafia: GS has a better legal-regulatory expertise; but the mafia understands public opinion."
http://twitter.com/nntaleb/
I was astonished by the article, not because it was not right, but because I have rarely lately read something sounding so very German. "Achtung! Some very strict Euro condizionalities seem on their way!
If we did not have a crisis before we most definitely must have one now as the room for middle-of the road adjustments seems to have disappeared. The Euro will either shoot up like a DM, or dissolve like an Argentinean peso. What will the markets believe?
Whatever, if I was a Greek living in Greece I would probably start packing!
JCH says:
What investment bank broke a rule? Or, are we now backdating rules?
PatR wrote:
"I am confused: When your next door neighbor can't pay his bills, does that mean you have to pay his bills for him instead of letting him dig himself out of his own situation?"
March 13, 2010 – Toronto Star – excerpts
Germany seeks to oust debt-flouting EU states
Finance minister's idea rebuked as `radical step'
"While saying his proposals were not specifically geared to Greece, Schaeuble offered backing for an EU emergency lending mechanism that would reduce the risk of defaults. He opposed euro members appealing to the IMF.
"Strict conditions and a prohibitive price tag must be attached so that aid is only drawn in the case of emergencies that present a threat to the financial stability of the whole euro area," Schaeuble wrote.
Countries that repeatedly breach the deficit limit of 3 per cent of gross domestic product should be denied EU "cohesion funds" for economic development and barred from voting on euro-region policies, Schaeuble said."
http://tinyurl.com/y9u2oe3
You don´t "have to". But the question is if you loose more money yourself then it would cost to help the neighbour out.
And – one of the Banks lending Money is the Hypo Real Estate (10 bn) wich is (after a "rescue") owned by the state. An who rescued the Bank? Jörg Asmussen. There will be a bad bank for the HRE but it is not known if the 10bn für Greece and the 21bn for Spain are included.
And this is not the only Bank wich would cause (monetary and political) trouble for the gouvernment in case of not helping Greece.
egominimus says:
true words my friend, true words!
And compound the above with the fact that, courtesy of the financial regulators, banks hold little or no capital at all against these sovereign exposures… and surprisingly few seem to find this an extraordinary way of our bank regulators betting our banks. Can you imagine how much bank-equity has to be found in order to come up with some more reasonable to the eyes leverage?
Bank capital-requirement on sovereign risks.
Rating AAA to AA- = Cap-Req of 0%
Rating A+ to A- = Cap-Req of 1.6%
Rating BBB+ to BBB- = Cap-Req of 4%
Rating BB+ to BB- = Cap-Req of 8%
Rating Under B- = Cap-Req of 12%
Unrated = Cap-Req of 8%
Our financial regulators went mad! Imagine if the banker gave some surely modest loans to a BB+ rated sovereign at most certainly a very interest rate spread then it was required to hold 8 percent in equity but, if it was a copious loan to an AA- sovereign on which the bank was making an extremely low spread, it is allowed to do that with zero bank equity.
If we do not free ourselves completely from this unfortunate regulatory mindset we are doomed.
For a starter the German Finance Minister should be asking his own colleagues… how on earth did you allow our German Banks lend to Greece with no capital at all?


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Q: VBA hide cells based on value I've written the following where I want the row 6:10 to be hidden if the value in cell e3 is not DWW, if it is DWW then I went the cells to reappear.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Not Intersect(Target, Range("E3")) Is Nothing Then
        If LCase$(Range("E3").Value) = "DWW" Then
            'if "DWW" is entered in E3, rows are Visible
            Rows("6:10").EntireRow.Hidden = False
        Else
            'if E3=blank or anything other than "DWW", hide rows
            Rows("6:10").EntireRow.Hidden = True
        End If
    End If
End Sub

My formula doesn't get the cells to reappear could anyone please help with this?
Thanks in advance.

A: LCase will change the value to lower case.
Either use Ucase:
If UCase$(Range("E3").Value) = "DWW" Then

Or match to the lower case:
If LCase$(Range("E3").Value) = "dww" Then

A: You can been given a far more efficient answer already but you could use regex
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Not Intersect(Target, Range("E3")) Is Nothing Then
        Rows("6:10").EntireRow.Hidden = True
        With CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
            .Global = True
            .MultiLine = True
            .Pattern = "DWW"
            If .test(Target) And Len(Target) = 3 Then Rows("6:10").EntireRow.Hidden = False
        End With
    End If
End Sub

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Tech giant Apple have announced that they will be ditching their plan to build data center worth USD 1 billion in Ireland. This decision has been taken by Apple as a result of delays in the approval process at higher stages, stalling the project for almost three years.
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Q: SwiftUI onAppear: Animation duration is ignored I have found that this trim animation here animate path stroke drawing in SwiftUI works as expected if the MyLines view appears in the ContentView (root view) of the app or when it appears as destination of a navigation link. However, SwiftUI seems to ignore the animation duration if the view appears inside of a custom view - I created an overlay view that transitions in from the right.
I only took that line trimming animation as an example - this bug (if it is one) also seems to occur with other animations, e.g. some view changing its height on appear.
I tried changing the duration. if I double it (e.g. from 2 seconds to 4), the actual animation duration does not seem to change...

struct ContentView: View {
@State var showOverlay: Bool = false

var body: some View {
    NavigationView {
        VStack {
            NavigationLink("My Lines (Nav Link)", destination: MyLines(height: 200, width: 250))

            Button(action: {
                self.showOverlay.toggle()
            }, label: {
                Text("My Lines (overlay)")
            })
        }

    }.overlayView(content: {
        VStack {
            HStack{
                Button(action: { self.showOverlay = false}, label: {
                    Text("Back")
                })
                Spacer()
            }.padding(.top, 40).padding(.horizontal, 15)

            MyLines(height: 200, width: 250)

            Spacer()
        }

    }, background: {
        Color(.systemBackground)
    }, show: $showOverlay, size: nil, transition: AnyTransition.move(edge: .trailing).animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.3)))

}

}
Here is the code of MyLine again - I deliberately delay the animation by 1 second so that it becomes clear that the problem is not caused by a too long transition of the overlay view in which the Line view exists.
import SwiftUI
struct MyLines: View {
var height: CGFloat
var width: CGFloat
@State private var percentage: CGFloat = .zero
var body: some View {

        Path { path in
            path.move(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: height/2))
            path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width/2, y: height))
            path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width, y: 0))
        }
        .trim(from: 0, to: percentage) // << breaks path by parts, animatable
        .stroke(Color.black, style: StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 5, lineCap: .round, lineJoin: .round))
        .onAppear {
            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1, execute: {
                withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 2.0)) {
                    self.percentage = 1.0
                }
            })

        }.padding()

}

}
I have set up a complete project here that should illustrate the problem and also includes the overlay view:
https://github.com/DominikButz/TrimAnimationBug
By the way, this duration problem does not disappear after removing NavigationView and only use the overlay view.
You might wonder, why use the custom overlay instead of the boiler plate navigation? I found that NavigationView causes a lot of problems:

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*difficult to change the background colour

*does not support custom transitions, e.g. with a matched geometry effect (the overlay view I created can appear with any type of transition)

*causes weird crashes (e.g. related to matchedGeometryEffect)

*prevents the .hideStatusBar modifier to work properly
etc. etc.

A: Sorry, just found the culprit. I had left an animation(.spring()) modifier on the Overlay View. that seems to confuse SwiftUI somehow. after removing the modifier, it works as expected. Seems it helps writing down the problem to see the solution more easily...


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Life cycle inventory dataset review criteria—a new proposal
Ciroth, Andreas
GreenDelta GmbH, Germany.
Foster, Chris
EuGeos Ltd., UK.
Hildenbrand, Jutta
RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden, Materials and Production, IVF.
Zamagni, Alessandra
Ecoinnovazione srl, Italy.
2019 (English)In: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, ISSN 0948-3349, E-ISSN 1614-7502Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Purpose: A review of LCA process datasets is an important element of quality assurance for databases and for other systems to provide LCA datasets. Somewhat surprisingly, a broadly accepted and applicable set of criteria for a review of LCA process datasets was lacking so far. Different LCA databases and frameworks are proposing and using different criteria for reviewing datasets. To close this gap, a set of criteria for reviewing LCA dataset has been developed within the Life Cycle Initiative. Methods: Previous contributions to LCA dataset review have been analysed for a start, from ISO and various LCA databases. To avoid somewhat arbitrary review criteria, four basic rules are proposed which are to be fulfilled by any dataset. Further, concepts for assessing representativeness and relevance are introduced into the criteria set from established practices in statistics and materiality. To better structure the criteria and to ease their application, they are grouped into clusters. A first version of the developed review criteria was presented in two workshops with database providers and users on different levels of experience, and draft versions of the criteria were shared within the initiative. The current version of the criteria reflects feedback received from various stakeholders and has been applied and tested in a review for newly developed datasets in Brazil, Malaysia and Thailand. Results and discussion: Overall, 14 criteria are proposed, which are organised in clusters. The clusters are goal, model, value, relevance and procedure. For several criteria, a more science-based definition and evaluation is proposed in comparison to 'traditional' LCA. While most of the criteria depend on the goal and scope of dataset development, a core set of criteria are seen as essential and independent from specific LCA modelling. For all the criteria, value scales are developed, typically using an ordinal scale, following the pedigree approach. Conclusions: Review criteria for LCI datasets are now defined based on a stringent approach. They aim to be globally acceptable, considering also database interoperability and database management aspects, as well as feedback received from various stakeholders, and thus close an important gap in LCA dataset quality assurance. The criteria take many elements of already existing criteria but are the first to fully reflect the implications of the ISO data quality definition, and add new concepts for representativeness and relevance with the idea to better reflect scientific practice outside of the LCA domain. A first application in a review showed to be feasible, with a level of effort similar to applying other review criteria. Aspects not addressed yet are the review procedure and the mutual recognition of dataset reviews, and their application for a very high number of datasets
Springer , 2019.
Critical review, Data quality, Datasets, Quality assurance, Representativeness, article, Brazil, data interoperability, life cycle, Malaysia, pedigree, quality control, Thailand
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-42369DOI: 10.1007/s11367-019-01712-9Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85076095295OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-42369DiVA, id: diva2:1380977
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment


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Another Brick in the Mall is a shopping center simulator. Here is a large-scale economic sandbox in which you will start your way from a small store and try to grow into a huge shopping center. Your main task is profit! The higher it is, the more you can invest in a business. The more your business becomes, the more difficult it will be to manage it. Even a small defect can lead to serious financial problems. Try to think through everything carefully, and if you make mistakes, analyze them carefully and avoid them later.
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Realm of Rulers is a first-person town-planning simulator in the fantasy Middle Ages with sandbox and survival elements. Start with the construction of a small village, take wanderers, giving them different professions of all three main professions: woodcutter, miner and farmer. This will effectively distribute responsibilities and bring maximum benefit to your developing settlement. In the game, wood, stone and iron are the main resources — adjust the prey so that your village can grow and develop. New and promising sandbox simulator, offering to take on the role of the founder of a small medieval town.
This game has been updated 8-03-2019, 10:23 to the latest version v0.20.1 (upd.08.03.2019).
The Stillness of the Wind is not just an adventure game, it is a philosophical view of life and loss. Play for no longer young Talma — the last inhabitant of a long-deserted village. Take care of the goats, cook cheese from their milk, grow vegetables, water the garden — lead an ordinary measured and calm life. Your only connection with the outside world is a wandering merchant who not only brings you letters from his relatives from the city, but also sells various goods with you. Slightly depressing, but at the same time perfectly playing the essence of life and loss game. Play for Talma — no longer the young and last woman in the village. Get up in the morning, care for goats, chickens. Cook cheese from milk, grow vegetables — lead a normal, quiet country life. All that connects you with the outside world is a merchant. He brings you letters from his family, and also trades with you in various goods.
Insanus Express you will work in a mental hospital with insane staff. The game consists of overcoming various scenarios, trying to keep everything under control. You can always screw it up and get all crazy. Insanus Express has its key features, here all of its characters are crazy, and they have only four possible states: Doctor, Sane, Madman and Insanus. The madness of these funny madmen is passionate about humor, inspired by old and nostalgic cartoons and their funny animations. Each scenario or level has different tasks for working with psychos. Each level determines which jobs you have and where they will be located.


Welcome to Shimba Hills National Reserve, as one of the largest coastal forests in East Africa after Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, this reserve is rich in flora and fauna and hosts the highest density of African elephant in Kenya. Other animal species found in the area are Sable antelope, elephant shrew, bushy tailed mongoose and other small mammals like fruit bats. The Shimba Hills National Reserve 60km from Mombasa, is ideal for a day visit. It contains one of the largest coastal forests in East Africa and is where a great diversity of Kenya's plant species are found, many of which are endangered. The forest is an important bird area and is endowed with forest birdlife while the grasslands hold localized species such as red-necked-Spur fowl, Croaking Cisticola and Zanzibar Red Bishop.The scenic Sheldrick Falls and the dense Mwaluganje Forest are also found here along with four campsites.
Wildlife: Include Endangered Sable Antelope, Elephants, Giraffes, Leopard, Genet, Civet cat, Hyenas, Waterbuck, Bush pig, Buffalo, African Bush Baby, Bushbuck, Coastal Black and white Colobus, Blue Duiker, Bush Duiker, Red Duiker, Greater Galago,Black-faced Vervet Monkey, Sykes Monkey, Serval cat, Black and Red Shrew, and Knob-bristled Suni Shrew. Birds: 111 bird species have been recorded, of which 22 are coastal endemic among them are: Ostrich Eagle, African Hawk; Falcon, Cuckoo; Guinea-fowl, Kenya Crested; Honey guide, Greater; Hornbill, Crowned; Quail, Blue; Sunbird, Uluguru. Reptiles: Python, Cobra, Lizard, and Gecko.
The Kenya Wildlife Service offers guided walks to the Sheldrick Falls – a great opportunity to see the birdlife in the forest. Game drives are more adventurous than on the savannahs as animals are harder to spot. You can also go for sundowners on Pengo Hill, which faces west and watch the sun drop down below the horizon. On a clear day you can see the Tsavo Plains and Mt Kilimanjaro.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — One day after becoming North Dakota State's first individual Division I champion in any sport, Payton Otterdahl added a second title.
Otterdahl threw a career best toss of 79 feet, 1.25 inches Saturday to win the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama.
Otterdahl won the shot put on Friday night. His toss of 71 feet, 2.75 inches on his first throw was good enough to win by a margin of nearly 27 inches. He came within 1 inch of the NCAA meet record.
The senior from Rosemount, Minnesota became only the second athlete to win both NCAA indoor throwing events, joining Ohio State's Dan Taylor in 2004.
Otterdahl called it a "perfect ending" to his indoor season.


I've been hovering on the edges of "gamification" in the realm of education for a while now, sort of constantly on the verge of deep diving into the literature and the projects, but then I seem to be constantly getting dragged away by a million other things. I've wanted to be able to say more about it, because it feels very close to my own drives when it comes to tech in higher ed, but it's markedly different in interesting ways.
I've been of two minds about the gamification movement from the start, though I feel under-qualified to actually state an opinion. My feeling about it, from the casual reading I've done so far, is that the concept has its heart in the right place in trying to replicate the engagement games engender in a formal learning environment, but that I'm not convinced we're entirely clear on why games engender that engagement the way they do, or even that it's one single thing that's the same factor from game to game. But what do I know; maybe I'm just over-complicating things. I'm not a gamer myself, really, but I've been engaged in a pretty significant number of online communities that also exhibit the level of determined commitment that gamers do. If you can remove the game and still see the same behaviour, maybe the key to what we're looking for isn't strictly inside the game.
You may be tempted to jump on board and trade your grades in for badges and call it a game. But this simple act doesn't dramatically change the learner's experience. Take some time to really understand what makes a good game great. Create a compelling narrative to pull your students through the course. Set up mentoring and collaboration opportunities such as those you encounter in games to enable learners to share what they know. And frequently chime in with feedback. Use those badges to chart progress, but meaningful instructor feedback is what will truly propel the learner forward.
On some level, higher education is already a game. The points are grades, and students are expected to gain as many of them as they can to level up and win. Many games have elements of grinding (where you do dull and not very challenging or inspiring tasks over and over in order to gain a level, set of skills, or gold that will unlock the next segment of the game experience); I suspect grinding is the part of gaming we have most successfully adopted at this point. We give students lots of activities they aren't particularly engaged in and expect performance on them. That's how education has worked for a long tim. We have a general motivation problem.
We attribute that motivation problem to all kinds of things; the classes are too large, faculty teaching loads are too high, too many students enter higher education simply for the certification of it rather than any desire to learn. I'm sure all of these things are true, but there are assignments that work in spite of all that, and students who get engaged even if there are 1000 students in the class with them.
Any work in examining motivation in any learning environment, formal, informal, gaming, affinity group of any kind, is valuable in the end to the end, I think. I don't think there's one answer here; I suspect there are a million answers.
I should schedule that deep dive now, shouldn't I.
As a preface: I can get lost anywhere. I have no sense of cardinal points, I am a daydreamer and don't pay attention to where I'm going most of the time, I can't follow directions very well, and I struggle to make a visual connection between what I see on a map and what I see in front of me. I still regularly get lost in cities I've lived in for years. Being lost is a kind of default state for me. So, as you can imagine, visiting foreign city comes along with a bit anxiety for me. I know I will get lost. I do what I can ahead of time to avoid the worst of it, but it's bound to happen. It always does.
So I was extremely surprised, and delighted, to discover that the one place I never once felt lost inside of was London's underground transit system.
The London Underground is a rabbit warren of tunnels, and not just the ones that carry the trains. Because each line was originally built privately by a separate company, designed to work independently and sometimes in competition with each other, they were never meant to interact particularly smoothly or efficiently. At points, switching from one line to another, you might walk 10-15 minutes underground, turning this way and that with the crowd, going up and down stairs, and generally getting utterly spun around. If I were to get lost and feel anxious anywhere, you would think, it would be there. But never: not even once.
The degree to which I felt no anxiety in a tube station became a notable thing. Once I saw the roundel of the Underground anywhere, I immediately relaxed, because I knew it would easily and gently take me where I meant to go. So I started to pay attention to why I felt so confident anywhere near the Tube.
This is what the experience is like: you walk into a station, and you make your first decision: which line are you looking for? My home station was Victoria, which has three lines to choose from. Left for the Victoria line, or right Circle or District? That's the one bit that's easy to remember! I want the Victoria line today, so I go left. I don't pause to think about it; the directions are clear. A few feet down, I get a confirmation: yep, this is the right way to the Victoria line. Keep walking. And stick to the right if you're not going stand on the escalator, btw. Phew! Great! I can do that! I didn't take a wrong turn! At the bottom of the escalator, the signs continue to direct me: yep, this way to Victoria line. Great! Still not lost!
At this point, feeling confident about decision one, I start thinking about my next steps. I want to go north on the Victoria line. I want to go up to Euston to switch lines. I follow the signs up and down stairs. I follow the signs left and right. Do you want to go this way? the signs ask me. Then go left up here. Yes, there. Well done, you! Go left! Look at that, there's Euston on the sign! I'm in the right place!
Once I'm on the platform, I can see from every direction that I've done everything right. Even though I'm a tourist with no sense of direction, and only the bare minimum of understanding where my journey will take me, I have managed to get from the front doors of the station all the way down to the platform without pausing to check a map, without stalling with hesitation or sudden panic that I've taken a wrong turn, and without making it obvious to anyone that I've never been inside this station before. The London Underground only gives you the information you need at any given point to make a single decision. It guides you all the way to your landing place so gently you barely notice it's happening.
Arriving at a new stop on the Tube, they make the experience of getting out very, very simple. The signage tells you there's only one way out.
This may or may not actually be the case, but having only one way out means you just follow the arrows. This way will take you out. Just follow me. It entire experience was so easy, so simple, so clear, it was practically instant: I was in love.
When I got home I looked up the documentation about Tube signage. Obviously nothing like that could happen by accident. Someone was doing this on purpose, they were pacing out these spaces, simplifying complicated underground walkways and intersections, and looking for points of confusion, then adding the signage required to keep people anxiety-free and moving forward. London Transport calls these "decision points".
Decision points are the places inside the station where you need to decide what your next step in your journey needs to be. These decisions are so small and discreet, so absolute, that you can make while walking. London Tube stations are busy places, and people stopping to hesitate would create pedestrian traffic jams and angry commuters. They need passengers to make quick, accurate, confident decisions so that their journey is smooth and confusion-free. So they break down the process of the journey, and plot every decision required in every station and every corridor, tunnel, and stairwell, wonky passage, corner, and escalator, and then add the information to the walls to make those decisions happen quickly and easily. They are outrageously successful at this.
The Underground administrators have no idea what my journey is, but they know I have one, and that I need help along the way. Rather than try to give me advice about specifically how to get to Euston station, they just guide me there step by step, decision by decision.
Librarians have a tendency to behave as if patrons walk through the door needing to know practically everything about their journey before they take their first step. We haul out the maps, give advice about the weather and what footwear they need for the first half, and trace the entire experience out before they get past the turnstile. We may never see that patron again; we'd better make sure they're well-prepared. For each and every leg of the journey. Then we leave them to their own devices, unless they want to seek us out again. What if we didn't do that? What if we focused on reducing confusion and anxiety if all of our patron interactions by guiding their decisions in small pieces, manageable ones, rather than infodumping right at the start?
A research process is very much like a journey, with decision points along the way. What if all we focused on at any given point (on a website, in a reference interview, in a physical library, inside a database) is getting to the next decision point? We don't know what every research process is going to lead to, but everyone hits roughly the same points along the way, regardless of their final destination. If we hold back, and guide people through gently, one decision at a time, maybe patrons will look up at the end of the journey and say, "Well, that was easy." That, it seems to me, would be ideal.


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 Tom Phillips, joueur de hockey sur glace ;
 Tom Phillips, militaire.
 Tom Phillips, musicien


Jonathan Colvin preached on "Entering the Heart of God" on February 26, 2017.
Cameron Holland preached on "Prayer as a Thanksgiving" on February 19, 2017.
Cameron Holland preached on "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work, Part 2" on January 29, 2017.
B. Chris Simpson preached on "About the Opposition" on January 22, 2017.
Cameron Holland preached on "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work" on January 15, 2017.
B. Chris Simpson preached on "Joints and Knuckles" on January 8, 2016.
Andrew Taylor spoke on "The Year of God's Will" on January 1, 2016.
B. Chris Simpson preached on "Strong Shoulders" on December 25, 2016.


With up to 24 x 2 A outputs the ICCS 48P CAN Interface can cover a wide range of possibilities and is particularly suitable for mobile applications. The high number of configurable inputs and outputs also makes it the perfect module for extension to the existing CAN network. These graphically programmable controllers allow the use as a standalone solution that can be mounted on circuit boards.
Digital information and analogue voltages can be detected and processed.
Programming the ICCS 48P CAN Interface is carried out using ICCS SDK Plus software.


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Q: Read current gunicorn worker connections Gunicorn has a setting called worker connections, which is:

The maximum number of simultaneous clients.

Is there any way to read or track this value on a gunicorn server? I'm wondering if my server ever gets close to the 1000 connection limit. If so, I may consider increasing the worker or worker connection count.
I don't see any way to do this in the documentation.


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namespace NilPortugues\Tests\SchemaOrg\Classes;

use NilPortugues\SchemaOrg\Classes\AuthorizeAction;
use NilPortugues\SchemaOrg\Mapping;

/**
 * Classes AuthorizeActionTest
 * @package NilPortugues\Tests\SchemaOrg\Classes
 */
class AuthorizeActionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function testSchemaUrlReturnsExpectedUrl()
    {
        $this->assertEquals(AuthorizeAction::schemaUrl(), "http://schema.org/AuthorizeAction");
    }

    public function testActionStatusWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::actionStatus());
    }

    public function testAdditionalTypeWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::additionalType());
    }

    public function testAgentWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::agent());
    }

    public function testAlternateNameWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::alternateName());
    }

    public function testDescriptionWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::description());
    }

    public function testEndTimeWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::endTime());
    }

    public function testErrorWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::error());
    }

    public function testImageWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::image());
    }

    public function testInstrumentWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::instrument());
    }

    public function testLocationWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::location());
    }

    public function testMainEntityOfPageWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::mainEntityOfPage());
    }

    public function testNameWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::name());
    }

    public function testObjectTypeWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::objectType());
    }

    public function testParticipantWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::participant());
    }

    public function testPotentialActionWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::potentialAction());
    }

    public function testPurposeWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::purpose());
    }

    public function testRecipientWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::recipient());
    }

    public function testResultWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::result());
    }

    public function testSameAsWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::sameAs());
    }

    public function testStartTimeWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::startTime());
    }

    public function testTargetWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::target());
    }

    public function testUrlWillReturnMappingObject()
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Mapping::class, AuthorizeAction::url());
    }
}

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Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are performance-based contracts where private or philanthropic investors loan funds to accomplish a specific objective and are repaid based on whether the program achieves its goals. Denver's SIB initiative will use funds from investors to provide housing and supportive case management services to at least 250 homeless individuals who frequently use the city's emergency services.
Repayment to investors is contingent upon the achievement of the program's outcome targets for housing stability and a reduction in jail bed days. This report details the independent evaluation designed by the Urban Institute to determine whether the program achieves the outcome targets.


Following on from the previous post stating my intentions, I have been messing about with GNS3, the graphical front-end to Dynamips and Dynagen. GNS3 is great for simulating Cisco routers, however it cannot easily do the same for switches, as much of the functionality of switches is performed in custom silicon.
I did all of my routing lab preparation for the CCNP using GNS3, and am looking to do the same for the CCIE. However, what to do about switches? Well, I'll have to buy some. Which means I'll need to connect the simulated routers to the real world. There are many posts elsewhere about how to do it, so I am going to just put up a quick post about Q-in-Q, and connecting GNS3 to a set of real-word switches and extending layer 2 between them.
First, connecting GNS3 to the real world. I am running GNS3 on Ubuntu in a VMWare Workstation guest OS. So, first, I bridged the eth0 of the VM to the ethernet interface on my laptop. The only limitation I can see going forward here is that I can't seem to increase the MTU of the guest OS eth0. Any VMWare/Linux gurus out there, let me know, but when I search, it appears it can be done in VMWare Workstation. It shouldn't be a problem unless I start punting around large packets.
with a value of "1".
If you have a different ethernet chipset, you may need to sort this out, too. Anyhow, next I connected my laptop ethernet to a 3560 switch, which is connected to a 2960 switch where my target test PC is located. The 2960 has a VLAN for the PC, VLAN 5. This is the "client" VLAN to be tunnelled to the router.
Now, in GNS3, I connected a generic switch to the real ethernet interface with an 802.1q trunk. Then a router, connected to an access port, VLAN 7. VLAN 7 is going to be the host VLAN carrying the tunneled client VLAN(s) for this router (R3 in the diagram; R1 and R2 are shut down).
The PC sends a frame and it arrives on the 2960. This is on an access port, VLAN 5.
The 2960 forwards the frame to the 3560 via the dot1q trunk, adding the VLAN 5 tag.
The 3560 recieves this frame on its Q-in-Q interface. A second VLAN tag is added to the existing frame, VLAN 7. This frame is then forwarded to the GNS3 virtual switch.
The GNS3 ethernet switch receives the frame on the dot1q trunk, and strips the VLAN 7 tag from the frame. This leaves a dot1q frame tagged with VLAN 5. This is forwarded to the router, which accepts it on the subinterface.
The router sends a frame, tagged with VLAN 5 to the GNS3 ethernet switch. The switch adds the VLAN 7 tag and forwards it to the 3560.
The 3560 receives the frame, strips the VLAN 7 tag and forwards it to the 2960.
The 2960 strips the VLAN 5 tag and forwards the frame to the PC.
In a proper Q-in-Q tunnel situation, switches at either end of a provider cloud would add and remove tages, but here, essentially the GNS3 router and switch are doing a VLAN hopping-type thing. Security admins everywhere are having palpitations.
And there you have it. In addition, som l2protocol-tunnel commands allow the router and switch to seem adjacent. In some cases, especially with GNS3 this does not hold, but it seems to work OK. So, here is the topology of the GNS3, and the configuration (click to enlarge).
So there you have it a Q-in-Q connection from GNS3 to some real switches. And to prove (although you still need to take my word for it) that I actually have switches, here there are.
BTW, you can also use 2600 router with NM-16ESW module for switching.


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Policy Brief #29: Obama's New Engagement Policy Is Costing the U.S. Allies and Risking National Security
Julie Gunlock
President Barack Obama began his term with a grand, more affable vision for U.S. relations with the world. The United States would no longer refuse to speak to rogue nations and the heretofore forbidden practice of negotiating without preconditions would be accepted policy. This new U.S. posture was certainly different. No other U.S. President had so publicly stated his intentions to engage the world's worst actors, but Obama viewed the policy of isolating rogue nations as "ridiculous"-an arcane policy much in need of revision.
In his short 12 months in office, Obama has fulfilled this promise to engage: beginning talks in Iran, bowing to Russian pressure on missile defense, chatting personally with Venezuelan President Chavez, and sending high-level delegations to North Korea and Burma. At the same time, the Obama Administration has shown a clear discomfort with declaring support for America's allies: abandoning Poland and the Czech Republic on missile defense, rigorously defending ousted Honduran President Zelaya over the Honduran officials working to preserve their democracy, staying silent after Iran's brutal crackdown on reform demonstrators, and publicly snubbing the Dalai Lama in favor of the Chinese.
As a result of these actions, the Obama Administration is alienating our allies, depressing opposition groups working for freedom in the world's most oppressive nations, and emboldening our adversaries to continue their provocative and dangerous activities.
The United States must maintain its role in the world as a voice for freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. If it doesn't, the world may forever view Obama as having a preference for dictators over democrats, which is hardly the legacy Obama hopes to leave.


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Q: Pure CSS Hover Box Moving Page Text Using strictly CSS, am trying to make a description box. So far, so good, it looks great. But one problem. When hovering over, it moves the rest of the page around to make space for the initial would be placement of the box. How can I get all of the text on the page to stay static when hovering over the trigger text?
Also, I'm using Drupal, Danland theme, not that I believe that would make any difference under the given circumstances.

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat central complex

This text should not move on hover.

A: The problem is the position:relative of the spam. I changed the position to absolute and it works.
position: absolute;

A: You need to change your css
span {position:relative}

needs to be set to absolute
span {position: absolute}

then it won't affect the layout of the rest of the elements in the page. You'll have to modify the position to show the element where you want it.


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STAR-EC works closely with facility staff, providing training and mentoring in quality improvement principles such as implementing action plans, improving data collection and use, and reporting. Service provision undergoes routine analysis and results are used to engage facilities in competitive improvement activities to correct program weaknesses. STAR-EC facilitates regular district-based collaborative learning sessions that allow quality improvement teams from each facility to share best practices.
STAR-EC supports a network of village health teams (VHTs) that extends services, including PMTCT of HIV; HTC; VMMC; condom promotion; HIV prevention messaging; and care referrals, to communities. STAR-EC gives VHTs training and supplies, conducts regular performance reviews, and promotes linkages and referrals between the community and clinic. In collaboration with a network of civil society organizations, STAR-EC strengthens the care coordination structures for people living with HIV and helps expand services such as psychosocial support and livelihood development programs. STAR-EC supports CSOs by providing technical assistance and mentoring to improve their organizational capacity and fill service gaps.
STAR-EC employs a range of targeted behavior change communication activities to increase public awareness and demand for HIV & AIDS and TB prevention and treatment services. Activities include the broadcast of a one-hour interactive radio show that promotes HIV prevention and dispels misinformation and stigma. STAR-EC distributes information, education, and communication materials and job aides to clients and health workers, respectively, to reinforce prevention and treatment messages. STAR-EC also organizes community awareness-raising events.


What makes a city age friendly or a community livable? It is a comprehensive mix of innovations that address improvements in housing, mobility, and the environment. And they're not just about improvements aimed at older adults but those that also benefit parents with small children and individuals with disabling conditions. It's about making the environment in which we live, work, and play the most accessible to all with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life across the ages.
Having recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act, it is interesting to reflect on something like a curb cut in a sidewalk. It not only helps an older adult using a wheelchair to safely cross the street but also enables a mother pushing a stroller to easily do the same thing. Making sure the curb cut has a different texture to enable a blind person using a cane to determine it exists and is different from the sidewalk surface is another dimension of factors to be considered factors when designing universal access.
And just as it's essential to consider mobility, convenience, and safety issues that make function and navigation easier in outdoor settings, it's equally important to exercise the same considerations in developing or adapting interior environments.
Have you ever entered a restaurant on a bright sunny day and discovered it to be very dimly lit? For a brief interlude, you could not see much. After the impatient host showed you to your table, having waited for your eyes to adjust to the changing light level, you are handed a menu printed in elegant italic font with gray lettering on light gray paper. You reach for the candle to provide more light so you can decipher the menu.
The adjustment to changing levels of light, whether going from dark to light or light to dark, is called accommodation. As we age, beginning with each decade of adulthood, the accommodation process takes a little longer. In addition, as we age, we need more light to accomplish the same tasks we could previously accomplish with less. This isn't serious; it's just the normal processes of the aging eye, just as presbyopia (which means "aging eye") manifests itself some time in our middle years, resulting in the need for glasses to read or do computer work.
Despite a restaurant's ambience or allure, subdued lighting can make reading the menu and even walking across the room challenging in poorly lit establishments. Thoughtful consideration could make such an environment significantly easier to navigate, particularly for older adults with failing eye sight.
In 2007, the World Health Organization challenged cities around the world to make urban centers models where older adults could live longer, healthier, and better lives. In New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's administration joined with the City Council and the New York Academy of Medicine to launch the Age-Friendly New York City project. I was fortunate to serve on the steering committee to address issues of aging and those of individuals with vision loss. New York City has identified 59 initiatives involving city agencies and community partners to address enhancements to community and civic participation, housing, public spaces and transportation, and health and social services. One initiative, for example, involves utilizing school buses during the day to transport older adults for shopping, and another links struggling artists with studio space in existing senior centers in exchange for art instruction.
Wouldn't it be nice if the restaurant mentioned above, when redesigning its menu, used a sans-serif font in 12-point type and were educated on the use of good color contrast for aging eyes?
As the late Robert N. Butler, MD, quoted the fifth-century Greek poet Pindar in the foreward of his book The Longevity Revolution, "Do not yearn after immortality, but exhaust the limits of the possible." It is possible with innovation, technology, and environmental and behavioral approaches to create age-friendly cities and communities that benefit all ages. What an opportunity for aging well in the 21st century.
— Cynthia Stuen, PhD, LCSW, is senior vice president for policy and education at Lighthouse International and immediate past chair of the American Society on Aging.


A quick turnoff onto Grindstone Road takes you on a journey through five subdivisions all connected by scenic walking trails that are guaranteed to offer exhilarating wildlife experiences for all ages. Grindstone Park is surrounded by many Islands including Black Island, Goose Island, Deer Island, Punk and Little Punk Island and is a 20 minute boat ride to Hecla Provincial Park (offering a beautiful 18 hole golf course). Grindstone Park offers three sandy beaches, two boat launching sights, and the Grindstone General Store is close, just down the road on Highway 8.
Grindstone Park Beach is a place of mystery - there are many legends and tales from Anishinabe (Ojibwe) medicine men surrounding the area. Explore the park and its history on trails or relax on the sandy beach. Berry picking is a popular activity in summer months. The park has many amenties, like washrooms, wi-fi, a boat launch, picnic tables, and a playground. There are different options to stay at with campgrounds, RV sites, year round bed and breakfast and a motel available.


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"Don't hang out with those kids. They're bad seeds." We all can see the classic clique play out, preached by parents, teachers and family sitcoms. Then a few episodes later the innocent student is corrupted by the rough crowd, addicted to drugs and alcohol. Cliques are called cliques for a purpose, the obvious truth they hold. Recently, some researchers decided to put these cliques to the clinical test.
Examining data from over 12,000 adults, researchers found that if a person smokes, others up to three degrees of separation away from them are more likely to smoke. Meaning, if your friend has a friend that smokes, you're more likely to smoke. To break it down further, if you smoke, it is 61% more likely that your friends smoke, 29% more likely that your friends-of-friends smoke, and 11% more likely that your friends-of-friends-of-friends smoke.
The question of what exactly causes us to be so similar to our friends cannot be answered by simple patterns of association. To help disentangle the causes of these similarities, we turn to a twin study. A study of over 800 pairs of British teenage twins revealed that the proportion of best friends a twin had who drank was about 28% heritable. The extent to which the twins' best friends drank was also a fairly good predictor of the twins' own drinking patterns.
By estimating the heritability of friends' drinking patterns along with the heritability of the twins' own drinking patterns, researchers established that this relationship was due to both overlapping genetic and environmental influences. Genetic influences on the twins' and their friends' drinking overlapped about 40%, while shared environmental influences (those that tend to make twins similar to one another, regardless of whether they are identical or fraternal) overlapped more than 80%.
At the end of the day this information means a lot. It tells us that the people we choose to interact with have a large affect on triggering our addictions.Equally our genetics play a large role in who we choose to surround ourselves with. Hopefully this research and nature vs. nurture gives us the awareness needed to make healthy decisions on who we keep in our company.


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The SAME Frutteto CVT ActiveSteer wins "Machine of the Year" 2019.
SAME innovation leads again at the SIMA 2019 international trade fair for mechanised agriculture in Paris: the Frutteto CVT ActiveSteer wins the "Machine of the Year" prize in the specialist tractors category.
The much-coveted accolade, which was awarded by an international jury of journalists, represents further recognition of SAME's leading position in the vineyard and orchard tractor sector. This achievement comes after the company won "Machine of the Year" award in 2015 for the Frutteto ActiveDrive, the first specialist tractor equipped with a front axle with independent wheel suspension.
The new Frutteto CVT ActiveSteer is the first specialist vineyard and orchard tractor with four-wheel steering. This new technology allows work to be carried out in tight areas, ensuring manoeuvrability, steering quality and a significantly better turning circle than a traditional machine, but with the same track and wheelbase as standard rear axle versions.
"The Frutteto CVT ActiveSteer is the latest in a series of innovations that have been developed internally in recently years by SDF for the specialist tractor sector", explains Lodovico Bussolati, CEO of SDF. "Using key components completely designed and produced in SDF on the ActiveSteer - i.e. engine, transmission, front axle – makes us even more proud of this recognition."


Spacious living room with fireplace and large flat screen TV Dining table with seating for 6. Enjoy the view here as well! View from Ceci`s condo. No pool access. Pool belongs to the building next door. Fully equipped kitchen for all your home cooking needs Master bedroom with king bed Master bedroom with flat screen TV. Master bathroom with dual sinks. Master bathroom with tub and shower combo. Queen bed in the second bedroom. Second bathroom with tub/shower combo. Third bedroom with bunk beds, single on top and double on the bottom Riviera Villas Interior Building Riviera Villas Outside View of Building Riviera Villas Condos. Lay out, enjoy the sun, build a sand castle, play volleyball, throw a football, play in the water!!! Boardwalk wraps around the bay and the ocean is just a half mile away! Children`s playground on the bay - just 200 feet away! Grassy area 200 ft away!
We are so excited to add this newly remodeled 3 bedroom/2 bath condo to our very popular collection of one bedrooms in this small bay front condo complex. Great for families. There is a young children's playground just 200 yards away, right on the bay. Stroll on the sand along the shore or ride our 4 provided beach cruiser bicycles on the miles and miles of boardwalk along the bay and ocean.
Sip wine on the balcony as you watch the sunset or walk around the bay ten minutes to the ocean to watch for the green flash. At night you will see the two big paddle-wheel boats all lit up cruising in the bay, moonlight and lights of the strand across the bay reflecting off the water.
The Master bedroom has a king bed and a large flat screen, Cable TV and the master bathroom features dual sinks and an extra large exquisite tumbled travertine-tiled bath/shower area with a large oval soaking tub and extra large shower head. The second bathroom also has tumbled travertine tile in the sink area and a full bath/shower. High quality 500 thread count Egyptian cotton linens and fluffy towels provided for your comfort.. There is a queen in the 2nd bedroom, bunk beds with a full on the bottom and a single on the top in the third bedroom and a TV and DVD player. A queen sofa bed in the living room gives extra sleeping room and there is an easy to use gas log fireplace for ambiance in the comfortable living room.
You can enjoy the view and sunset while cooking in the open California-style kitchen with all new appliances. Prepare meals in, if you like, as everything you need for cooking your own meals is provided. Trader Joes is only a mile away and offers a wide variety of ready-to-heat-and-eat meals and gourmet salads, not to mention a fine selection of wines! Henry's (Sprouts) Market, Vons and Ralphs are also close by as are a plethora of American, seafood and ethnic restaurants on the ocean and on the main street of Pacific Beach.
The downtown Gas Lamp area with it's wonderful upscale restaurants is only about 12 minutes away and Little Italy is about 10 minutes away. Sea World is 1 mile, Old Town where San Diego began, is about 3 miles, the famous San Diego Zoo and the Embarcadero with all it's floating museums and the ferry to Coronado Island are about 7 miles away. You can enjoy it all with your family on beautiful Sail Bay (the part of Mission Bay that is right next to the ocean).
Whether you spend your days enjoying all that makes San Diego a world-renowned vacation destination, just relaxing with a book on the balcony, or strolling on the sand, you will enjoy the casual atmosphere and perfect weather that makes San Diego so delightful. We strive to make your stay not only one you will long remember, but one you will long to return to, time and time again!


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TOWN HALL MEETING: TUESDAY, MAY 7, 7:30 P.M.
No formal action will be taken at this meeting.
At a Town Hall meeting held on December 11, 2018, the owners of the downtown river front property presented concept plans for a potential development project along the river. At the meeting, Trip Brooks, Developer and Representative for the property owners, agreed to make the plans available online for members of the community.
Click "More" to find a link to the developer's website.
Bring out your inner poet. This month join us to celebrate National Poetry Month. Participate in Sea Bright Library's 2019 Children's Poetry Contest. Children and teens in grades K-9th are eligible to participate in this year's Sea Bright Library Poetry Contest. Winning entries will receive prizes and be recognized on the library's website. Click "More" to find Entry Form.
Badges are available at Borough Hall, 1167 Ocean Avenue, Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Single stream co-mingled bottles, cans, plastic, newspaper, and cardboard are to be left loose in your recycling bins. Items to be recycled will NOT be collected if placed in plastic bags. Recycling is collected on Wednesday mornings and should be placed curbside after 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening. Thank you.
Progress of our major projects: Three of these projects are moving toward completion, and the fourth has been started.
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Read and discuss poetry written by writers who have called our section of Jersey "home," try your hand at poetry, and if you like, share what you've written with others. Workshop led by Nancy Noe, English professor at Brookdale Community College.
Storytime and crafts for little ones and families.
Today:Read to a Dog!Come practice your reading skills with lovable, certified four-legged friends from the Monmouth County SPCA.
Regular Council Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
TOWN HALL MEETING, 7:30 P.M. "Open to the Public"
This week Book Club will be discussing Homer & Langley by EL Doctorow.
Planning Board Meeting - 7:30 p.m.
Council Workshop Meeting - 8:30 a.m.
Regular Council Meeting - 7:00 p.m.


Phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) are cell membrane components and strongly influence its fluidity and receptor functions; phosphatidylcholine accounts for about 50% of membrane lipids, while phosphatidylethanolamine is usually about half that.
The recent clinical study "Skeletal muscle phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine respond to exercise and influence insulin sensitivity in men", published in Nature's Scientific Report, shows that the ratio between these two phospholipids within skeletal muscle is modulated by physical activity and may affect glucose metabolism and mitochondrial energy. In men who do physical-motor activity of resistance and strength, glucose and insulin levels are improved and the mitochondrial area of skeletal muscle is increased, triggering greater expression of the gene that encodes for PGC-1 (PPAR-gamma coactivator-1), which regulates the creation of mitochondria.
Physical exercise intervenes, increasing, the muscle levels of both phospholipids, but the increase in PE is double that of PC, resulting in a reduced PC:PE ration. The PC:PE ratio was negatively correlated to a measure of body-wide insulin sensitivity.
This research has underlined the importance of physical-motor activity in relation to mitochondria, with a view to improving the way cellular resources are used and/or stored. This mechanism has, in turn, an impact on the state and aging of cells.


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Pinpointing vehicles with high precision under adverse weather conditions
MIT Lincoln Laboratory radar system achieves centimeter-level localization; could help driverless cars stay in lane when road markings are obscured.
Dorothy Ryan | Lincoln Laboratory
Dorothy Ryan
Email: dryan@ll.mit.edu
A localizing ground-penetrating radar system from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory complements existing technology, with the goal of achieving safe autonomous vehicles.
Photo courtesy of the researchers.
A localizing ground-penetrating radar system mounted beneath this SUV demonstrated centimeter-level localization on snow-covered roads during daytime and nighttime snowstorms.
During a mid-March snowstorm, researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory achieved real-time, nighttime, centimeter-level vehicle localization while driving a test vehicle at highway speeds over roads whose lane markings were hidden by the snow. The sport utility vehicle used in the demonstration was equipped with a system that employs a novel ground-penetrating radar technique to localize the vehicle to within centimeters of the boundaries of its lane. The technique could solve one of the problems limiting the development and adoption of self-driving vehicles: How can a vehicle navigate to stay within its lane when bad weather obscures road markings?
"Most self-localizing vehicles use optical systems to determine their position," explains Byron Stanley, the lead researcher on Lincoln Laboratory's localizing ground-penetrating radar (LGPR) program. "They rely on optics to 'see' lane markings, road surface maps, and surrounding infrastructure to orient themselves. Optical systems work well in fair weather conditions, but it is challenging, even impossible, for them to work when snow covers the markings and surfaces or precipitation obscures points of reference."
The MIT Lincoln Laboratory localizing ground-penetrating radar demonstrated centimeter-level localization on snow-covered roads during daytime and nighttime snowstorms. This system enhances an autonomous vehicle's ability to know its position on a roadway even when other approaches fail.
The laboratory has developed a sensor that uses very high frequency (VHF) radar reflections of underground features to generate a baseline map of a road's subsurface. This map is generated during an LGPR-equipped vehicle's drive along a roadway and becomes the reference for future travels over that stretch of road. On a revisit, the LGPR mounted beneath the vehicle measures the current reflections of the road's subsurface features, and its algorithm estimates the vehicle's location by comparing those current GPR readings to the baseline map stored in the system's memory. An article titled "Localizing Ground Penetrating RADAR: A Step Toward Robust Autonomous Ground Vehicle Localization" in a recent issue of the Journal of Field Robotics describes Lincoln Laboratory's demonstration of the use of LGPR to achieve 4-cm (1.6-inch) in-lane localization accuracy at speeds up to 60 miles per hour.
"The LGPR uses relatively deep subsurface features as points of reference because these features are inherently stable and less susceptible to the dynamics of the world above," Stanley says. Surface characteristics, such as lane striping, signs, trees, or the landscape, are dynamic; they are changed or change over time. The natural inhomogeneity in the highly static subterranean geology — for example, differences in soil layers or rock beds — dominates the GPR reflection profiles. The GPR-produced map of the subsurface environment is a fairly complete picture, capturing every distinct object and soil feature that is not significantly smaller than a quarter of a wavelength.
The LGPR's main component is a waterproof, closely spaced 12-element antenna array that uses a very high frequency, stepped-frequency continuous wave to penetrate deeper beneath the ground than can typical GPR systems. This deeper look allows the LGPR to map the most stable, thus reliable, subsurface characteristics. "The GPR array is designed so that measurements from each element look similar and thus can be compared with others on subsequent passes," Stanley says. A single-board computer is used to correlate the GPR data into a three-dimensional GPS-tagged GPR map and extract a corrected GPS position estimate.
The researchers who conducted the March test runs — Stanley, Jeffrey Koechling, and Henry Wegiel — alternated driving over a route in the Boston area during a snowstorm from midnight to 9 a.m. Correlation and overlap estimates demonstrated that the LGPR technique could accurately, and repeatedly, determine the vehicle's position as it traveled. Post-processing methods on a sensor suite were then used to provide estimates of the accuracy of the system. "We thought the radar would see through snow, but it was wonderful to finally get the data proving it," Koechling says.
The reliance on static underground features is LGPR's advantage as a complement to other localization methods, even in fair weather conditions. The use of a subsurface map reduces the need for continual modifications to high-resolution road maps. Fusing GPS, lidar, camera, and LGPR results yields a system that can accurately localize even when one of the sensing modes fails. This "fail-safe" capability will be necessary to the development of dependable autonomous vehicles that can handle demanding ground environments. Autonomous vehicles are outfitted with a range of sensors, such as cameras, radar, and lidar systems, that collect data to enable necessary capabilities — for example, localizing, judging distances, and detecting obstacles. The inclusion of an LGPR system to the sensor suite increases the ability of the vehicle to reliably know its position even when lane markings are hidden by snow, signs and landmarks have moved, and GPS signals are unavailable.
Currently, Lincoln Laboratory is working to explore all-weather, GPS-denied, and mapping capabilities. LGPR maps may be useful in helping federal, state, and local governments know when roads and bridges are in need of maintenance. Uses of LGPR for indoor and underground navigation, such as in mining, also remain to be explored. Because of LGPR's wide range of uses and demonstrated accurate localization in snowstorms, it's likely that your self-driving car of the future will be equipped with a ground-penetrating radar.
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Q: Let xdotool type some text using a different keyboard layout My situation: I have a notebook with German keyboard layout running Ubuntu 16.04. It hosts an Android VM through QEmu/KVM, which is configured for German keyboard layout as well.
When I'm typing something in the VM using the real hardware keyboard, it works perfectly fine. However, as the guest system doesn't support a shared clipboard (or I am just too stupid to set it up), I wanted to use xclip and xdotool on the host to simulate typing the host's clipboard content into the VM.
The command I have bound to a keyboard shortcut is:
bash -c 'sleep 0.5 ; xdotool type --clearmodifiers "$(xsel -b)"'

This does its job and types whatever is in the host's clipboard buffer. Unfortunately, there seems to be some keyboard layout confusion when I use it to type something into my VM. For example, https://youtube.com becomes httpsÖ//zoutube.com in the VM.
To me this looks like xdotool is using the English QWERTZ keyboard layout to type, instead of the German layout I configured everywhere, as the German key Ö is used for `: in the English layout, and the keys Y and Z are swapped too (among other differences).
How can I teach xdotool or my VM or whatever component is responsible for the confusion to type using the correct keyboard layout?

A: It might not be the cleanest solution but this works for me.
Use setxkbmap before your xdotool command :
$ xdotool type azerty
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$ setxkbmap fr && xdotool type azerty
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You can avoid having to change the keyboard layout in your script by including your current layout in the config file .xinitrc. Create the file if it does not exist.
setxkbmap fr


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