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WO/2020/251647A1	 INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE LOW-VISIBILITY AID DEVICE
A low visibility aid device includes a main body having a front end, a back end, a middle section and an interior space. A mounting bracket extends outward from the main body for securing the device onto a manned aircraft for use during ...
WO/2020/247641A1	 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE ORIENTATION DETERMINATION
Systems and methods are directed toward determining a vehicle orientation based on sensor information. Sensors are positioned along a vehicle body that may be evaluated to determine corresponding values between matching sensor types. Whe...
WO/2020/245588A1	 AIRCRAFT WITH AIR DATA SENSOR
There is disclosed an aircraft configured to collect air data, the aircraft comprising: a wing structure; a forebody, forward of the wing structure; an afterbody, backward of the forebody; a skin covering the wing, the forebody and the a...
WO/2020/245587A1	 FLUID SENSOR
There is disclosed a fluid sensor for measuring the pressure of a fluid, the fluid sensor comprising: a surface; a recess formed at the surface, the recess being configured to affect the pressure of the fluid flowing at the recess, at le...
WO/2020/219112A1	 AIRCRAFT DEGRADED OPERATION CEILING INCREASE USING ELECTRIC POWER BOOST
An aircraft navigational system for a multiengine aircraft can include a flight planning module configured to receive two or more navigational points defining a route and determine if a first degraded operation ceiling is high enough to ...
WO/2020/219111A1	 CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC POWERPLANTS
A control system for a hybrid electric powerplant of an aircraft can include a master controller configured to receive one or more power settings and to output a heat engine setting and an electric motor setting and a heat engine control...
WO/2020/211919A1	 ALERTING SYSTEM FOR A LIGHT AIRCRAFT
This alerting system (10) for a light aircraft includes a reception unit (12) for receiving a piece of information to be released, a release unit (40) able to generate an alert for addressing a piece of information received by the recept...
WO/2020/184934A1	 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT USING HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft using a hybrid electric propulsion system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes: a first control step (S1) of changing a destination when an engine (10), a power generator...
WO/2020/179460A1	 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
This control device comprises: a receiving unit that receives a discretionary wind velocity vector, the vector being measured by at least one external anemometer; a wind force prediction unit that, on the basis of the received wind veloc...
WO/2020/180381A1	 INDICATORS FOR HYBRID ELECTRICAL POWERPLANTS
An indicator for a hybrid electric powerplant for an aircraft can be configured to indicate at least an amount or percentage of a total power and/or total torque, and an amount or percentage of an electric motor power and/or electric mot...
WO/2020/136408A2	 DRONES WITH CAPABILITY TO COUNTER AIR TURBULENCE
WO/2020/135796A1	 FAN ASSEMBLY, INERTIAL MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
A fan assembly (100), an inertial measurement assembly (200), and an unmanned aerial vehicle (400). The fan assembly (100) is mounted on a fuselage (300) of the unmanned aerial vehicle (400), and the fan assembly (100) comprises a suppor...
WO/2020/126451A1	 SYSTEM FOR SECURING A DASHBOARD OF AN AIRCRAFT COCKPIT
A cockpit (10) suitable for being installed in a pilot's cabin of an aircraft, the cockpit (10) comprising a floor (5), a plurality of interior furniture items (2, 3) and a dashboard (1) configured to receive a plurality of devices for c...
WO/2020/129394A1	 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL SYSTEM
[Problem] To provide a measurement system that makes it possible to quickly and highly accurately measure a physical quantity on the surface of an object without disturbing the flow over the surface. [Solution] A measurement system 1 com...
WO/2020/073798A1	 MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR FLIGHT CONTROL MODULE, FLIGHT CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
A mounting structure for a flight control module (20), a flight control assembly (10) and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The mounting structure for the flight control module (20) comprises a base plate (30) connected to the flight control m...
WO/2020/073755A1	 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND FLIGHT CONTROL COMPONENT THEREOF
An unmanned aerial vehicle (500) and a flight control component (400) thereof. The flight control component (400) comprises a flight control module (20) and a mounting plate (10) disposed on the unmanned aerial vehicle (500). The flight ...
WO/2020/060752A1	 EMERGENCY VISION SYSTEM WITH HAND-HELD ENCLOSURE
A hand-held emergency vision device includes a hand-held emergency vision device having an enclosed tubular housing with a first end and a second end. The enclosed tubular housing has an expanded shape memory form. First and second clear...
WO/2020/040899A1	 USER INTERFACES FOR MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL FLYING SPACES
Boundary information associated with a three-dimensional (3D) flying space is obtained, including a boundary of the 3D flying space. Location information associated with an aircraft is obtained, including a location of the aircraft. Info...
WO/2020/040827A1	 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING FLIGHT PHASE / MOTION STATUS OF AN AIRCRAFT
Systems for determining a flight stage of an aircraft are described in which a vibration sensor and a sensor for determining a pitch of the aircraft are utilized. A server receives signals from the vibration sensor and pitch sensor, and ...
WO/2020/032570A1	 HELICOPTER FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES
The present invention relates to a newly structured helicopter for effectively extinguishing fires such as forest fires. A helicopter for extinguishing fires according to the present invention comprises a discharging means (B) which is p...
WO/2020/023314A1	 EMERGENCY VISION SYSTEM WITH FIXED AND HAND-HELD ENCLOSURES
An emergency vision system includes a housing; an inflatable main enclosure having an inflated state and a deflated state, the main enclosure in the deflated state is disposed in the housing, the main enclosure in the inflated state is c...
WO/2019/246507A1	 AVIONICS IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD
An aircraft imaging apparatus (100) includes a thermal imaging camera (162), a control circuit (120), an image generating circuit and a display (130). The thermal imaging camera (162) includes an array of pixels and that senses thermal r...
WO/2019/242014A1	 RTK POSITIONING DEVICE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
Provided are an RTK positioning device and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The RTK positioning device (100) comprises a case (101) and a circuit board (130) accommodated inside of the case (101). The circuit board (130) comprises a board bod...
WO/2019/198768A1	 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
The objective of the present invention is to provide a device configuration, a method and the like for performing an imaging survey within a survey space using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Provided is an unmanned aerial vehicle provided w...
WO/2019/198767A1	 IMAGING INVESTIGATION SYSTEM AND IMAGING INVESTIGATION METHOD
Provided are a device configuration, method, etc. for performing imaging investigation in an investigation space using an unmanned aerial vehicle. This imaging investigation system comprises: a flight start platform on which an unmanned ...
WO/2019/198155A1	 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, FLIGHT CONTROL MECHANISM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND MECHANISM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flight control mechanism for controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle by controlling collision between the vehicle and a boundary surface, an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped w...
WO/2019/195512A1	 COCKPIT PRESSURIZATION AND OXYGEN WARNING SYSTEM
A cockpit pressurization and oxygen warning system (100) includes a cabin pressure input (146) and an aircraft pressure input (312). A pilot interface (200) includes a first visual indicator (210) having a first recognizable characterist...
WO/2019/183428A1	 ENGINE IGNITION TIMING AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
An internal combustion engine for an aircraft includes a crankshaft configured to drive a driven element; a camshaft coupled to the crankshaft; and an ignition controller coupled to the camshaft and including a visual indicator, the visu...
WO/2019/177830A1	 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING AND DETECTING HAZARDOUSLY MISLEADING INFORMATION ON SAFETY-CRITICAL DISPLAY
An object-based integrity verification method (330) for detecting hazardously misleading information contained in an output image of a graphics processing unit comprises steps of: identifying a plurality of safety-critical graphic object...
WO/2019/124686A1	 METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING TILT ANGLE OF MAIN ROTOR ON BASIS OF VERTICAL ATTITUDE CONTROL SIGNAL LOW-SPEED FLIGHT STATE, AND VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT
A flight controller of a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, according to one embodiment of the present invention, controls a tilt angle of a main rotor on the basis of a vertical posture control signal in a low-speed flight state. W...
WO/2019/099538A1	 PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY DETERMINATION FOR AIRCRAFT
Systems and aircraft are provided. An avionics system includes a storage device and one or more data processors. The storage device stores instructions for monitoring an actual performance of the aircraft. The one or more data processors...
WO/2019/089966A1	 IMPROVED ATMOSPHERIC THERMAL LOCATION ESTIMATION
A technique for finding and estimating the locations of atmospheric thermals for the purpose of exploiting the updraft energy to enable the aircraft to remain aloft while reducing or eliminating the need to expend fuel or energy and oper...
WO/2019/082063A1	 A CONTROL DEVICE WITH CONTROL PANEL FOR AIR VEHICLES
The present invention relates to a control device with control panel (1) for air vehicles and for controlling the suitability of inputs entered into the control panel (CP) by a pilot in order to operate air vehicle and to give automatic ...
WO/2019/061000A1	 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND GRAPHICAL INDICATOR FOR PROVIDING A LATERAL CENTER OF GRAVITY OF AN AIRCRAFT
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for providing a lateral center of gravity of an aircraft on an aircraft display. A fuel distribution in the aircraft fuel tanks is determined. A lateral center of gravity of the aircraf...
WO/2019/059889A1	 PORTABLE AIRCRAFT CONTROLLER DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
A portable computerized device for an aircraft control system includes an input system for inputting commands, a device display for displaying information on the computerized device, a processor, a wireless communication module, and a no...
WO/2019/053058A1	 AUTOGYRO HAVING AN INSTRUMENT PANEL
The invention relates to an autogyro (1), comprising a rotor (3), which can be set into autorotation, an instrument panel (9), which has at least one display unit (11) and/or at least one operating unit (12), the instrument panel (9) hav...
WO/2019/043645A1	 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATION OF AN ANEMOMETRIC PARAMETER IN AN AIRCRAFT
A method and a system are disclosed for determining an estimation of an anemometric parameter of an aircraft, the anemometric parameter selected from a group comprising at least one of an angle of attack, a sideslip angle and a calibrate...
WO/2019/016930A1	 DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DRIVE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
The present invention determines, with a high degree of accuracy, the magnitude of influence exerted by wind on a moving body from information acquired from the moving body. This data processing device is provided with: an acceleration a...
WO/2019/018805A1	 COMPUTING AND DISPLAYING CLIMB DRIVE MARKER ELEVATION
A method of calculating a climb-dive marker (CDM) that is visibly present on a display even as the aircraft approaches a roll angle of +/- 90° is provided. An exemplary CDM method comprises obtaining, an X-axis velocity, a Y-axis veloci...
WO/2019/000397A1	 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
Provided in the present invention is an unmanned aerial vehicle (100), comprising: a fuselage (10), a rotor assembly and a barometer (40); the rotor assembly is disposed on the fuselage (100), and the barometer (40) is disposed outside o...
WO/2018/236181A1	 MOBILE PLATFORM-BASED AHRS FLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS
The present invention relates to a mobile platform-based AHRS flight control apparatus and, more specifically, to a mobile platform-based AHRS flight control apparatus of an unmanned flying object comprising a drone frame (10) on which a...
WO/2018/217210A1	 ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT USING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING
A method for providing adaptive control to a fly-by-wire aircraft includes measuring via at least one first sensor a characteristic of at least one component of the aircraft and measuring via at least one second sensor a state of the air...
WO/2018/209770A1	 BAROMETER ASSEMBLY AND DRONE
A barometer assembly (10) and a drone (100). The barometer assembly (10) is used in the drone (100). The drone (100) comprises a central frame (20), an arm (30) extending outwards from the central frame (20), a power assembly (40) dispos...
WO/2018/167472A1	 AIRCRAFT STABILIZATION SYSTEM
The present subject matter relates to an aircraft stabilization system (200). The aircraft stabilization system (200), amongst other components, may include multiple sensors (202), a processing unit (206), and multiple stabilization unit...
WO/2018/102318A1	 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PLAN SYSTEMS
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a computer implemented method includes receiving imaging data from an imaging system of an aircraft, and creating a new flight plan or a modified flight plan of the aircraft base...
WO/2018/094824A1	 FIXING BUCKLE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE HAVING SAME
A fixing buckle (50) and an unmanned aerial vehicle (100) having same. The fixing buckle (50) is used for fixing a sensor (70) on a support, and comprises a buckle body (51) and a limiting part (511) provided on the surface of the buckle...
WO/2018/081559A1	 AIR DATA PROBE
An air data probe (10) and associated method of method of measuring air data is disclosed. The air data probe includes a plurality of air pressure sensors, and a body (14) that encloses a hollow interior cavity (16), where the body (14) ...
WO/2018/070103A1	 DETACHABLE UNIT AND SENSOR CALIBRATION METHOD USING SAME
Provided are a detachable unit that makes it possible to make work for calibrating the various sensors provided to an unmanned aerial vehicle more efficient and to unitize an unmanned aerial vehicle control function, and a sensor calibra...
WO/2018/060392A1	 AIRCRAFT HAVING COMPUTERS DISTRIBUTED IN THE FUSELAGE
Aircraft comprising a fuselage (1) divided by a floor (2) into an o upper volume (3) and a lower volume (4) through which joists (5) extend that support the floor and delimit, along with the fuselage and the floor, two side chambers (6),...
WO/2018/043988A1	 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FOR AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE, AND UNMANNED DEFENSE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SAME
Disclosed are an unmanned aerial vehicle for aerial reconnaissance, which performs object detection and object hitting on the basis of image information, and an unmanned defense system and method using the same. The unmanned aerial vehic...


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Islamic group sues Des Plaines for rejecting planned mosque
admin 19 September 2013 General 13 Comments Email This Post
Ahmed Rehab
Another federal court battle is brewing over a northwest suburb's refusal this summer to let a 160-member Islamic group open a mosque in a vacant building in an industrial area.
The lawsuit filed Monday against Des Plaines and five of its aldermen is the latest to take on a "knee-jerk reaction to something Islamic or Muslim," said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago.
His group helped win a $445,000 settlement from DuPage County in a similar case earlier this year. Now, it's backing the case brought by the American Islamic Center and its attorney, Tony Peraica.
"We believe this was done for discriminatory reasons," Peraica said.
Des Plaines officials either declined to comment Monday or failed to return calls from the Sun-Times.
Nearly all of the American Islamic Center's members are Bosnian refugees from the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to its lawsuit. It said it entered a contract in February to buy an empty office building on 1.8 acres of land at 1645 Birchwood Ave., for religious and educational activities.
Those activities included prayer services on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, and meetings for youth and women's groups, according to the lawsuit.
Three traffic studies were done in June, the lawsuit said, all of which found Birchwood Avenue carries a low volume of traffic and could handle the new mosque. Des Plaines' plan commission also recommended unanimously a zoning change in June that would let the group move forward with its plans, according to the lawsuit.
But the Des Plaines City Council voted 5-3 against the change on July 15.
The majority of the public comment that night was favorable toward the mosque, according to city council minutes found online. Nevertheless, aldermen James Brookman, Michael Charewicz, Patricia Haugeberg, Dick Sayad and Mark Walsten all voted no. Those aldermen also voted for a resolution again denying the zoning change Aug. 5.
All five are named in the lawsuit.
Now, the American Islamic Center says the current owner of the Birchwood property has terminated the contract and plans to turn the parcel into a parking lot.
"I can't tell you enough how much they are disappointed," Imam Senad Agic said of his Islamic group's members. "How much they are upset and how much they feel humiliated by this stubborn decision of the City Council of Des Plaines."
DuPage County announced in June it had reached a $445,000 settlement with the Irshad Learning Center, a group that sought a permit for an Islamic center just east of Naperville in the western suburbs.
The DuPage County Board voted in 2010 to deny that permit after neighbors complained it would hurt property values and increase traffic. But the group sued and U.S. Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer ruled in March the permit was improperly denied.
Kevin Vodak, of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago, represented the Irshad Learning Center in that case, and he's co-counsel for the American Islamic Center in its case against Des Plaines.
Rehab said both cases fit a pattern seen across the country.
"When it comes to mosques, there always seems to be this first reaction to deny," Rehab said.
Email: jseidel@suntimes.com
Twitter: @SeidelContent
Original post: Islamic group sues Des Plaines for rejecting planned mosque
Posted on 19 September 2013 in General | 13 Comments
Tags: Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, Chicago, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Des Plaines, DuPage County, Islam, Islamophobia
//Judith Robinson Levine via Facebook
I attended a similar hearing in San Jose. Some objections can be legitimate — is there an adequate water supply and parking for the facility? Some objections are a pretense — the objections would never have been raised against a new church of the same size. And some of the objectors just come out and say they don't want a Muslim facility in the area.
//Frank Langben via Facebook
I think they forgot this is America…
//Rebecca Black Haredy via Facebook
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//Brad King Lida via Facebook
Lol @Brad.
//Angie Emara via Facebook
SubhanAllah. Since when is it okay for elected officials to ignore the wishes of their constituents and vote based on their own agendas instead? I know that it happens, but this is quite blatant. I hope those five councilmen get a lot of angry letters and phone calls from all the people in their districts who supported the planned mosque. There was no legitimate reason to deny a permit for this mosque – they'd done their homework and made sure the area could handle additional traffic and had sufficient parking, which are usually the primary reasons people say they don't want a mosque in an area.
//Heather Swindell via Facebook
Mosques are breading grounds for terrorism and western hate. Pigs blood be upon them…
//Tony Woodcock via Facebook
America is a Christian country, period. Mosques do not belong in America. For all you say about how peaceful you are, there are too many incidents of "peaceful" muslims suddenly turned homicide bomber. It's enough, in God's name, leave our Country.
//Susan Rackley Newhouse via Facebook
Ahmed Rehab is an anti-American, Muslim Brotherhood supporting bitch who does nothing but play the Muslim victim card at every turn. Fuck you, Ahmed…bitch.
//Dan Goucho
Going to build me a church (or maybe a Hindu temple) in Iran,Yemen or Saudi Arabia.What are my chances ?
//Paul O'Callaghan via Facebook
Perhaps an Islamic country where you would be welcomed.
We don't want you muzzies in il. You may have these blind libtards fooled with your b.s. lies and early quotes from the book of hate you follow. If stupid people actually read your sick book they would be mortified by what they read. They would see your told to lie to the infidels. Religion of peace my ass. WAKE UP AND READ THE BOOK U BLIND IDIOTS…..
//Larry Hyc via Facebook
Heather Swindell you are a traitor to this country and should never had been let into the military!! Go back to afganiland and see how long you last. Being there should have shown you the true islam.

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Q: Removal of special characters in a txt file using spark I have a txt file which comprises of data like
3,3e,4,5
3,5s,4#,5
5,6,2,4
and so on

now what I have to do is to remove these characters and using spark and then add all the values into an aggregated sum.
How to get remove the special characters and sum all the values.
I have created a dataframe and used regexp_replace to remove the special characters.
But by using .withColumn clause I can only remove the special characters one by one and not as a whole which I believe is not optimized code.
Secondly, I have to add all the values into an aggregated sum. How to get the aggregate value.

A: If you have fixed number of column in input data then you can use below approach.
//Input Text file
scala> val rdd = sc.textFile("/spath/stack.txt")

scala> rdd.collect()
res108: Array[String] = Array("3,3e,4,5   ", "3,5s,4#,5   ", 5,6,2,4)

//remove special characters
scala> val rdd1 = rdd.map{x => x.replaceAll("[^,0-9]", "")}

scala> rdd1.collect
res109: Array[String] = Array(3,3,4,5, 3,5,4,5, 5,6,2,4)

//Conver RDD into DataFrame
scala> val df  = rdd1.map(_.split(",")).map(x => (x(0).toInt,x(1).toInt,x(2).toInt,x(3).toInt)).toDF

scala> df.show(false)
+---+---+---+---+
|_1 |_2 |_3 |_4 |
+---+---+---+---+
|3  |3  |4  |5  |
|3  |5  |4  |5  |
|5  |6  |2  |4  |
+---+---+---+---+

//local UDF to sum up value
scala> val sumUDF = udf((r:Row) => {
     | r.getAs("_1").toString.toInt + r.getAs("_2").toString.toInt + r.getAs("_3").toString.toInt + r.getAs("_4").toString.toInt
     | })

//Expected DataFrame
scala> val finaldf = df.withColumn("sumcol", sumUDF(struct(rdd2.columns map col: _*)))

scala> finaldf.show(false)
+---+---+---+---+------+
|_1 |_2 |_3 |_4 |sumcol|
+---+---+---+---+------+
|3  |3  |4  |5  |15    |
|3  |5  |4  |5  |17    |
|5  |6  |2  |4  |17    |
+---+---+---+---+------+

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Aphasia is an acquired disorder resulting from damage to the parts of the brain that contain language. This causes deficits in language expression and comprehension that are treated by speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Hallmark characteristics of aphasia include word retrieval deficits (being unable to recall the desired word) and difficulty reading and writing. Consequently, this affects communication between the person with aphasia (PWA) and their conversational partner. Several treatment strategies have been devised to facilitate conversation for the PWA, however they have been weakly researched. Research regarding the multimedia effect (use of visual supports to efficiently learn and get across information) and supported conversation with aphasia model has shown to improve comprehension in PWA by conveying information in multiple modalities. This approach has been especially helpful for retrieving nouns. Current research regarding verb-retrieval approaches has revealed the Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST)© as an effective approach with evidence of generalization to untrained verb stimuli. VNeST© was designed for PWA to improve verb retrieval by creating a network of words associated with the verb targeted. The protocol is based on the idea that creating a thematic role around a trained verb will consequently activate world and semantic knowledge using a basic sentence structure. However, the VNeST© protocol relies on written words, rather than pictures, to convey stimuli information. Based on the multimedia effect and supported conversation with aphasia model, the aim of this study is to determine the effects of verb retrieval with the incorporation of pictographic representations (i.e. non-detailed pictures) in the VNeST© protocol.
A randomized, controlled, experimental between and within group design will be conducted with persons with aphasia caused by stroke. Inclusion criteria for participants include: (a) diagnosis of aphasia based on the WAB–R (Kertesz, 2006), (b) monolingual English speaking, (c) right-handedness prior to stroke, and (d) negative history of diagnosed learning disorder or drug or alcohol addiction. Participants will be matched and randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. The control group will receive the traditional VNeST© treatment protocol and the experimental group will receive the modified VNeST© protocol. Participants will receive treatment biweekly for 10 weeks at the Loyola Clinical Center in Columbia, MD. Pretreatment and posttreatment measurement for lexical retrieval of verbs will be assessed with the Object and Action Naming Battery (OANB) (Druks & Masterson, 2000). Results and impressions will be discussed.
Kerstesz, A. (2006). Western Aphasia Battery–Revised. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.


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Ling Ying Wei (en chino: 魏玲瑩), más conocido como Sage es un personaje que pertenece al videojuego (creado por Riot Games), Valorant. Fue revelado oficialmente el 4 de abril de 2020 en la versión Beta del juego.

Historia
Ling Ying Wei es una monje radiante procedente de la meseta tibetana en China. Tras convertirse en agente del Protocolo VALORANT como su séptimo recluta, "Sage", Ling fue capaz de abrirse camino rápidamente en los rangos, y los superiores del Protocolo identificaron en ella cualidades naturales de liderazgo. En la actualidad, Sage participa activamente en el reclutamiento y la formación de agentes radiantes de VALORANT, interactuando con múltiples nuevos radiantes tras su reclutamiento y asumiendo el liderazgo de su programa de formación de radiantes.

Personalidad
Descrita como un baluarte, Sage es una agente que siempre mira por sus compañeros de equipo y les ofrece ayuda siempre que puede. Ha asumido plenamente sus poderes, que le otorgan el control de la vida, y desea utilizarlos para mantener a su equipo con vida el mayor tiempo posible. Más tranquila y serena que algunos de sus aliados más enérgicos, Sage siempre transmite palabras alentadoras para animar al equipo y guiarlo hacia la victoria.

Apariencia
Sage es una mujer de piel clara, aparentemente alta, con un pelo negro muy largo que le llega a las rodillas. Su ropa interior es negra y la exterior, más holgada, blanca. También viste de verde, como cuello, cinturón y diseño en su ropa exterior. Como accesorios, lleva sus orbes verdes alrededor de la parte inferior del cuerpo y otros más pequeños como pendientes.

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Why Netflix's investment in global shows is a potential game-changer
Widespread exposure to international content might change the way viewers think and feel about cultures they have never come into direct contact with.
Paolo Sigismondi, The Conversation
Apr 12, 2021 · 10:30 am
Madame Claude (2021) | Netflix
As a kid growing up in Italy, I remember watching the American TV series Happy Days, which chronicled the 1950s-era Midwestern adventures of the Fonz, Richie Cunningham and other local teenagers.
The show, combined with other American entertainment widely available in Italy in the 1970s and 1980s, shaped my perception of the United States long before I ever set foot in the country. Today, I call the United States home, and I have developed my own understanding of its complexities. I am able to see Happy Days as a nostalgic revival of an ideal, conflict-free American small town.
Happy Days was a product of Hollywood, which is arguably still the epicentre of the global entertainment industry. So recent news that the streaming service Netflix is opening an Italian office and will begin massively funding original local content with the intent of distributing it globally on its platform – following a strategy already launched in other European countries – struck me.
This could be a potentially game-changing move in global entertainment. And it might even change how the world perceives, well, the world.
Learning by watching
I have explored the global media landscape from the privileged vantage point of Los Angeles for the past 15 years.
TV and movies are one way that people, as we go through life, make sense of the world, building on the archive of our personal experiences and opinions of other places.
Absent direct experience with a people or nation, we speculate on what we do not know. This process involves a variety of sources, including reading, Googling and accounts from somebody we trust. But often it is media that expose people to other cultures, above and beyond our own.
TV and movies fill the knowledge gaps with powerful images and stories that inform the way we think about different cultures. If the media's messages have consistency over time, we may come to understand these as facts.
But media portrayals may well be inaccurate. Certainly, they are incomplete. That is because movies and TV series are not necessarily meant to depict reality. They are designed for entertainment.
As a result, they can be misleading, if not biased, based on and perpetuating stereotypes.
For example, there is no shortage of Italian and Italian American stereotypes in American entertainment. From the award-winning Godfather saga to the less critically acclaimed Jersey Shore TV series, Italians are often depicted as tasteless, uneducated, linked to organised crime – or all three.
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999).
But the way people are exposed to media entertainment is changing. Today streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and Disney+ collectively have 1 billion subscribers globally.
Being a relative newcomer in producing original content, Netflix cannot rely on a large library of proprietary content to feed its 204 million paid members in over 190 countries, as legacy Hollywood players can. So it is increasingly creating original productions, including a number of non-English language originals from places such as Mexico, France, Italy, Japan and Brazil.
We might call this an example of "glocalisation of entertainment" – a company operating globally, adapting its content to meet the expectations of locally situated audiences across the world.
This is already the modus operandi, for example, of many popular reality TV shows. American Idol is an American adaptation of Europe's Pop Idol. The X Factor, Big Brother and Dancing with the Stars have similarly international origins.
Now, however, glocalisation comes with a twist: Netflix intends to distribute its localised content internationally, beyond the local markets.
It is not the global reach of Netflix's platform per se that would break down old stereotypes. French critics panned the American-produced, internationally distributed Netflix series Emily in Paris for its cliched, romanticised portrayal of the city.
Emily in Paris (2020).
Foreign TV executives must create shows for Netflix that both appeal to local audiences and have international potential, while remaining authentic in their portrayal of their country. If Netflix's Italian team thinks The Godfather is what international audiences expect from Italy, international audiences may tune in – but Italians will not.
To become truly international, Netflix would also have to foster the development of original local ideas not only in European countries with well-developed cultural industries but also in smaller countries and those with emerging entertainment industries, such as African nations.
A side effect of this strategy could be that Netflix upends the traditional way that media informs our understanding of foreign people and lands by more accurately representing these places.
But that is a tall order, and it is not, of course, guaranteed.
Netflix's transformative potential comes from allowing local creatives to tell stories about their own cultures and then distributing them truly internationally. It will depend on the company's willingness to implement this strategy in a consistent, sustained, inclusive and thoughtful fashion.
Over time, widespread exposure to a diverse array of international media content might change the way people in the US and worldwide think and feel about other cultures they have never, and may never, come into direct contact with.
All it takes is one click – one choice to watch, perhaps even unknowingly, a foreign-produced series.
The way Netflix works, using algorithms to suggest content as viewers make selections, can prolong an initial exposure to and interest in foreign content. Artificial intelligence meant to feed us more of what we like may end up a surprising force for change, making us rethink what we thought we knew.
Paolo Sigismondi is a Clinical Professor of Communication at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
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Q: Why is Ruby on Rails controller variable null? My goal is to fill an html table in a view (schedule.html.haml):
 - if @plans != nil
   %p display this if plans is not null
 - if @plans == nil
   %p= action_name

with the data from @plans in a controller:
def schedule
 @plans = Order.all
end

I am sure Order.all returns data. Route file is:
get 'schedule', to: 'order_articles#schedule'
When I try to do this plans is null. The output is:
schedule

I tried to check if plans is null with the code in the view. What did I do wrong?

A: Ruby has a stricter and more sane type coercion scheme than other popular dynamic languages:
irb(main):001:0> !!nil
=> false
irb(main):002:0> !![]
=> true
irb(main):003:0> !!""
(irb):3: warning: string literal in condition
=> true
irb(main):004:0> !!0
=> true

Everything except nil and false evaluate to true. nil is only equal to nil.
Order.all will never return nil, if no records are found it returns an empty ActiveRecord::Collection object. It's an array like result object telling you there was nothing in the database.
So when dealing with collections you need to use the appropriate methods such as .any?, .none? etc:
- if @plans.any?
   %p display this if there are any plans.
- else
   %p= action_name

A: You should use present?, any? or none? instead of nil?.
If you evaluate with nil?, it will always return false because it always return empty array [] if the object does not have any record.
For example:
Your Order table doesn't have any record.
=> @plans = Order.all
=> @plans.nil?
=> false

=> @plans
=> []

And if it has any record?
=> @plans = Order.all
=> @plans.nil?
=> false

=> @plans
=> [#<Order:0x007fa2832c0308
 id: 1,
 your_field: 'value'>]

Suggestion #1

View (schedule.html.haml):
- if @plans.present?
  %p display this if plans is not null
- else
  %p= action_name

Suggestion #2

View (schedule.html.haml):
- if @plans.any?
  %p display this if plans is not null
- else
  %p= action_name

Suggestion #3

View (schedule.html.haml):
- if @plans.none?
  %p= action_name
- else
  %p display this if plans is not null


From "Honey Boo Boo" and "Toddlers and Tiaras" all of the way to "Miss Congeniality," we are exposed to many myths of beauty competitions. I am set to compete in the Miss Maryland USA pageant Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. Through preparation thus far, some of these myths couldn't be more far from the truth. On the other hand, there are some that are perfectly on point.
To start, not every woman competing is a spoiled brat who has everything at her fingertips. Most of the women I am competing against are typical young women who are going to college or a professional job daily. A lot of the women are competing for the experience and to make new life long friends, rather than the publicity and the perks that come with being Miss Maryland USA.
Another rumor is the stereotype physique of competitors. A lot of the women are not super tall or stick thin. The message of the Miss Maryland USA pageant and many other pageants, is to promote a healthy lifestyle not a perfect body. The pageant wants to see a woman who makes healthy food choices and exercises rather than someone who starves herself and tries to look fake. This to me is the greatest aspect of this pageant which drew me to this organization.
With those rumors being said there are a lot more truths. One of the most obvious ones would be the money shelled out for these pageants. To register for the Miss Maryland USA pageant I had to pay $195 out of pocket. The remaining money left to pay for the pageant was $995 and could be fundraised or sponsored money. This money goes towards hotel fees, meals, contestant packages, prizes, and the airfare and hotel fees for the woman who is crowned Miss Maryland USA 2015 to travel to the Miss USA pageant. I raised extra money to pay for my dress, shoes, hair, and makeup. I would say that the grand total probably came out to be close to $2,000. It's definitely not cheap to compete, but it is possible to get this money and it is most definitely worth the experience.
A second rumor that is true is the amount of preparation that goes into pageants. Being that this is a pageant based on a healthy lifestyle you must do whatever you can to be in your best shape possible and feel great about it. I have been going to the gym almost every day. I usually do a range of different workouts so I don't get bored. These include running on the elliptical, doing muscle targeting workouts, and my favorite, Irish dancing. Besides keeping your body in shape, you have to keep your other physical aspects up to your expectations so you are the most confident person when you are conducting your interview or walking on stage. To prepare for this I have gotten my hair dyed I purchased hair extensions and I have also been fake baking (my mother is not happy about that one). This specific process of the pageant world gives society the idea that all pageant girls are fake people, but in reality we do what we know will make us feel the most beautiful and likeable form of ourselves during competition.
Beauty pageants are becoming less about physical beauty and more about inner beauty. Rumors are fading away and society is starting to admire pageant contestants more. Yes, there are some crowned competitors who have brought shame to other competitors, but they should not be the ones to represent our group as a whole. We are all still people and we are trying to ultimately represent the country that we love so much.


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GSA's Office of Government-wide Policy, in conjunction with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council, just released the fifth episode of FAN IN A Minute video series.
Produced by GSA, these high speed FAN videos highlight and provide brief overviews of recently issued FAR changes. The video webpage also includes links to the appropriate FAN, so readers can take a deep dive into the details of the changes.
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Dating – Is It A Scam?
The 35-yr-old mannequin did say 'tomorrow there is going to be a rumor that I am dating my doorman, okay? Women and men sometimes need different things from dwell-in relationships, in accordance with Natubhai Patel, 71. He started his non-revenue dating service, Anubandh Foundation, after the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat. She makes lunch day-after-day for her stay-in companion Hiten Parekh, 70, to take when he goes to work in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Ladies in conventional Indian households usually depend on men to take care of their funds, together with handing over any money they make to their husband. From there, they make it to the white board in the "Black-ish" writers' room, where ideas are fleshed out and stories start to take form. MP Julian Lewis, a former chairman of the defence committee, recommended a 'reality recovery process' – a public inquiry with out the menace of prosecution to permit the households of these killed to find out what occurred. The correct to those property could end when a girl remarries, making it preferable to live with a new accomplice moderately than getting wed. Russian lady are nicely-known in the entire world for their unimaginable magnificence.
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Fixing Asylum Part 3: The Asylum Office
JDzubow started a blog post Fixing Asylum Part 3: The Asylum Office
According to the most recent data, as of "July 31, 2020, USCIS had 370,948 asylum applications, on behalf of 589,187 aliens, pending final adjudication." "Over 94% of these pending applications [about 348,691 cases] are awaiting an interview by an asylum officer." The remaining cases--approximately 22,257--have been interviewed and are waiting for a decision.
In terms of resources, the most recent information I could find is from May 2019. At that time, there were 763 Asylum Officers and 148 supervisory officers. While the majority of these staff members was devoted to interviewing affirmative asylum seekers, "over 200 officers" were assigned to conduct credible fear interviews at the border (a credible fear interview or CFI is an initial evaluation of asylum eligibility). Assuming everything remains the same (meaning that there are about 563 officers available for affirmative cases) and assuming each officer conducts eight interviews per week, it would take about 15 months to get through the entire backlog--if no new cases enter the system.
Realistically, though, new cases are continuously being filed, Asylum Officers probably can't adjudicate eight cases per week for 52 weeks a year, and--given the mess at the Southern border and President Elect Biden's plan to send more resources to that region--it is likely that many more than 200 officers will be assigned to CFIs (which will make them unavailable for "regular" affirmative asylum interviews). In short, even if the pandemic magically disappears, it seems unlikely that we can get through the backlog anytime soon. We are today facing the same problem that has dogged the asylum system since at least 2013: There are too many cases and not enough officers.
So what can be done?
Hire More Officers: One obvious solution is to hire more Asylum Officers. While the President Elect has not indicated whether or not he would hire more AOs, he has set forth an ambitious humanitarian agenda for the U.S.-Mexico border, and it seems impossible that he could fulfill that goal without hiring many more Asylum Officers. Of course, this would cost money, and it is unclear whether USCIS has the means to pay for more officers or whether Congress would be willing to increase the agency's budget.
More Efficient Scheduling and Shorter Interviews: The data I found (pre-pandemic) shows that roughly 8% of asylum applicants are "no shows" for their interviews and another 15% cancel their interviews (what percentage of these are rescheduled, I do not know). This makes sense, given the long gap between filing for asylum and attending an interview: People leave the U.S. or find other ways to obtain status here; others fail to update their address and so never receive notice of the interview. To mitigate this problem, Asylum Offices schedule more interviews than they have the capacity to conduct, with the expectation that some applicants will not appear. This seems to me a huge waste of energy. Why not call applicants a few weeks in advance to determine whether they intend to appear for their interview? This should be done after the interview notice is mailed out, and that notice should indicate that the applicant will receive a call from the Asylum Office. Applicants who fail to respond to the phone call can be rescheduled and sent a warning letter by mail. Those who still do not respond can then be referred directly to Immigration Court. Where possible, the calls and notices should be in the applicant's native language.
There are other benefits to calling applicants prior to the interview: They can be reminded to submit all evidence in advance, and can be queried about what language they will speak at the interview. They can also be told to review the I-589 form and determine in advance what updates and corrections are needed. Better yet, the asylum interview notice can include a form to update the I-589, which is often submitted years before the interview. While not all applicants will be able to complete such a form on their own, many can, and this will save significant time at the interview.
Another way to save time at the interview would be to include a copy of the "bar" questions along with the interview notice. The "bar" questions determine whether a person is barred from receiving asylum (because they are criminals or terrorists, for example). Why not require applicants to review these questions ahead of time, and then certify at the interview that they read and understood each question? Most people will answer "no" to all the bar questions, and if the officer has specific concerns, she can raise those at the interview. Also, while we're on the subject of bar questions, why do the officers need to ask these questions to children? I've seen officers question dependent children as young as three or four years old about whether they are terrorists. It's just plain silly (though it can be entertaining). We would save a lot of time and trouble if parents could answer these questions for their minor children, or at least for children under a certain age--say 14 or 15.
LIFO vs. FIFO: Another issue related to scheduling is The Great LIFO-FIFO Debate--whether cases should be interviewed in the order received (first-in, first-out or FIFO) or whether the newest cases should receive priority (last-in, first-out or LIFO). All Asylum Offices are currently operating under the LIFO system. The logic is that interviewing new cases first will deter fraudulent asylum seekers, since they won't be guaranteed a years-long wait for their interview (during which time they can live and work in the U.S.). The Asylum Division believes LIFO is working, as there was a 30% drop in new filings after it was implemented. However, I hope they will revisit this finding. My sense is that any decrease in filings was unrelated to the LIFO policy and instead came about for other reasons, such as fewer people arriving in the U.S. due to stricter visa requirements.
Also, from the perspective of asylum seekers, LIFO is very unfair. Old cases are given the lowest priority, meaning many people will (seemingly) never get to the front of the line. These applicants are facing severe hardships, including separation from family and endless uncertainty. At a minimum, a certain percentage of officers should be assigned to work on backlog cases, starting with the oldest. Better yet, we should return to FIFO and the Asylum Office Scheduling Bulletin, so we will have a more orderly and predictable process for scheduling interviews.
Create Rules for Expediting: One final point about scheduling interviews: We need a more formal system for expediting cases. Currently, it is possible to expedite, but there really are no rules about who is eligible to expedite or about what constitutes a valid reason to expedite. The predictable result is that many people try to expedite, which wastes Asylum Office staff time and also makes it more difficult for the most needy people to expedite their cases. There should be a national policy with publicized criteria about who is eligible for expedition. In my person opinion, the first priority should be people who are separated from their family members, especially minor children. For me, a distant second is a person with a documented mental or physical health issue. Until the Asylum Offices can expedite all the people in these two categories, I see no reason to allow for any other category of applicant to request expedited processing.
Premium Processing: A more radical idea to address the backlog--and one that I've been pushing for a while now--is premium processing for asylum seekers. Premium processing already exists for several USCIS forms, and allows an applicant to pay an additional fee (currently between $1,500 and $2,500) for faster processing of her case. Affirmative asylum seekers--in contrast to refugees--have paid their own way to the United States, and so presumably, many of them could afford an additional fee for premium processing. Also, while the idea of asylum seekers paying for their cases may seem unpalatable, the Trump Administration has already implemented a non-waivable $50 fee for all asylum applicants (as of now, that fee has been blocked by a federal court), and so the taboo of paying for humanitarian protection has already been broken. Thus, as I see it, there is no valid objection to implementing premium processing for asylum seekers, and--given the overwhelming humanitarian need--it is a solution whose time has come.
How would premium processing help? For those who pay, their cases would be interviewed more quickly. How quickly, I do not know, but premium processing for other USCIS forms is currently 15 days. I doubt that time frame would be realistic for an asylum case, but perhaps 60 or 90 days would be achievable. Even those who cannot pay would benefit, as the infusion of money into the system would benefit all applicants. An added benefit from the government's viewpoint would be that faster processing would--if we accept the LIFO logic--help discourage fraudulent applications. So premium processing is a win all around: For the applicants who pay, for those who do not pay, and for the U.S. government.
Eliminate the Asylum Office: A final idea--perhaps the most radical of all--is to eliminate the Asylum Office altogether, at least for most cases. Under the current system, an applicant files an asylum case, and if he loses, his case is usually referred to Immigration Court where an Immigration Judge reviews the case de novo and issues a brand new decision. As an advocate, I am grateful for a second chance to present my clients' cases. But in terms of "the system," this type of redundancy is not very efficient. One solution might be to shift all asylum cases where the applicant is out-of-status to the Immigration Court. Or maybe just leave vulnerable applicants--such as minors--at the Asylum Office. While this idea has been floating around for years, it is still unclear whether it would result in more or less efficiency. In any event, given the current mess, nothing should be off the table, and the idea of (mostly) eliminating the Asylum Office might warrant further study.
For the sake of asylum seekers and their families, and for the integrity of our humanitarian immigration system, we need major changes to the affirmative asylum system. Perhaps some of these ideas can contribute to that effort.
Originally posted on the Asylumist: www.Asylumist.com
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Select "I need to setup a profile". Each 4-H household will have a family profile.
You may now add the individuals in your household. Select "Adult" from the dropdown options and select "Add Member".
Now enter information for one specific individual in the household.
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