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Bacteria-repelling catheters, and element 113
Chris Loose, Semprus Biosciences, Phillip Broadwith, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Rogers, University of Illinois, Ken Lukowiak, University of Calgary
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Bacteria-repelling catheters
Bacteria and other debris can become stuck to catheters inserted into the body, potentially causing infection and blood clots, also known as thrombis, to develop. Now a group of researchers across several American Universities and Semprus Biosciences, have developed a technology that could solve this problem. The team developed a catheter that creates a water barrier on its surface, which prevents blood platelets and bacteria sticking to the device. Co-author Chris Loose explained the importance of the technology.
Chris - This work is important because there's a whole host of medical devices that have complications in body, whether they're related to bacteria or related to blood clotting. So we see this as a really broad problem and this is really a first step we're showing technology has a nice long lasting performance benefits for reducing both this bacteria as well as thrombis over multiple months of blood product exposure, so a dual functionality and a long term. In laboratory trials, the new device had 99% less unwanted material attached to it than conventional catheters, even when left in place for 60 days. The work was published in Science Translational Medicine.
Element 113 found
The previously highly elusive element 113 has been discovered by Japanese scientists at the Riken laboratory, after 9 years of work.
The highly unstable and short-lived element was made by firing millions of atoms of a lighter element at a heavier one and observing the decay chains of the atoms created from the collision.
However, it's not certain that the Japanese team, publishing in the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, will be able to claim the discovery, as other groups in Russia and the US have also made claims to element 113, and any new discovery must be ratified by a working group of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Iupac, as Dr. Phillip Broadwith from the Royal Society of Chemistry, explained:
Phillip - There are other groups which may also have claims towards element 113, so it depends whose evidence the working group decides is the most convincing and which came first, as to who gets to name the element.
Dissolving electronics
A group of engineers have created implantable electrical devices that harmlessly dissolve after a pre-determined time period removing the need for further surgery to remove them.
The devices use materials that are already used in the body, such as magnesium, which is currently used in the form of stents to keep arteries open, and a form of silk, currently used for stitches. The thickness of a layer of magnesium oxide covering the implants controls how long they function for, as this substance dissolves at a known rate within the body.
Prof. John Rogers of the University of Illinois, an author of the paper in Science and a member of the multi-university team, explained the challenges the devices needed to solve:
John - In implantable devices, many cases, there's a finite time period where the function of the device has important utility and then beyond that period, the device is no longer needed. And so, if it's non-transient, that means you need long term biocompatibility or you need some kind of surgical procedure to remove the device after it's served its function. So, transience really provides a route around those 2 challenges - long term biocompatibility when long term operation is not needed, and avoidance of any kind of additional surgical procedure to remove previously implanted devices.
Improving snail memory...with chocolate
And finally...the memories of pond snails have been improved by giving them a chemical found in chocolate, green tea and blueberries.
Researchers at the University of Calgary, Canada, trained the water-dwelling snails to essentially, hold their breath while immersed in water, with or without the chemical epicatechin dissolved in it. They then tested the snails' ability to remember the training, at regular intervals, and found that those immersed in the chemical-containing water could remember the training, for days, instead of hours afterward.
Co-author Professor Ken Lukowiak explained what was happening:
Ken - What's interesting about this is, to get a memory that lasts longer than 6 or 12 hours, we have to actually have alter gene activity and new protein synthesis in the neurons where memory occurs. So, this drug, this epidrug, what it does is it somehow primes the neurons to have altered gene activity and make new protein synthesis, and that's why we get this long memory.
That work was published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
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Veranstaltungen der Max Planck Research Group "Ageing in a Time of Mobility" (in absteigender Reihenfolge)
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"Complexities of Elder Care: Migration Patterns, Housing, and Daily Needs of Elderly People in Three West African Villages"
Max Planck Research Group "Ageing in a Time of Mobility" Lecture Series 2018
Vortragende(r): Tabea Häberlein (Bayreuth University)
Tabea Häberlein holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Bayreuth International Graduate School for African Studies (BIGSAS), Bayreuth University. She currently works as a research associate at the Chair of Social Anthropology, University of Bayreuth in the DFG-funded research project "Inner family resource flows and intergenerational relationships in West Africa" Her main fields of interest cover intergenerational relationships, age class systems, lifecourse, age and ageing.
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"Elderscapes: Ageing in Urban South Asia"
Vortragende(r): Annika Mayer (Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf) and Jakob Gross
Jakob Gross studied cultural anthropology, psychology and religious studies. He taught at the film school Macromedia and has published an article on 'The habitus of the documentary field'. He worked for Documentary Campus Master School and DOK.fest Munich film festival. As an associate member of the Cluster of Excellence of Heidelberg University he worked on new forms of representation in visual anthropology. Since 2008 he has been producing his own documentary films and has been working as a cinematographer. Annika Mayer studied visual anthropology, political sciences and new German literature in Munich and Paris. After her studies, she worked as scientific assistant at the Institute for Indology and Anthropology at the LMU Munich. In 2017 she completed her PhD on ageing in the Indian middle-classes at Heidelberg University. Since 2013 Annika has been working as an editor, director and producer. She is currently pursuing her Master in film editing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.
"Aging and Migration: An Insight into the German-European Context"
Vortragende(r): Helen Baykara-Krumme (MPI-MMG)
Helen Baykara-Krumme works at MPI-MMG in the Department of Socio-Cultural Diversity in the project 'Civil Society Organizations and the Challenges of Migration and Diversity: Agents of Change (ZOMiDi)'. Her research focuses on the patterns and factors of change in civil society organizations in response to migration and diversity. Before joining the institute, Helen taught as an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology and in the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Integration and Migration (InZentIM) at the University Duisburg-Essen and at Chemnitz University of Technology. Helen holds a PhD in Sociology from the Free University of Berlin and was a fellow of the International Max Planck Research School LIFE at the MPI for Human Development in Berlin. In 2017, she completed her habilitation at Chemnitz University. Her research interests so far mainly included family change and aging processes in migration and minority contexts, migrant transnationalism, integration and dissimilation processes and methodological issues in migration research.
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Empire: Skyfall, the 23rd official Bond film, came out way back in October 2012. With over a billion dollars at the box office and Britain's finest espionage asset back in the hearts of minds of the world, the 24th Bond film can't come soon enough. So with "October 23, 2015" the all-important release date circled (with a thick black pen) in every 007 fan's calendar, Empire took one for the team and visited Eon's Pinewood set - and the snow-covered Austrian Alps to which Bond will be returning for the first time since The Spy Who Loved Me - to speak to Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the producers behind it all, as well as some of the new characters in Bond's life.


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The lost beer and breweries of Britain
Many beers have now gone, but they are not forgotten. They may have been swept away by a tide of takeovers and closures, their rich heritage casually spilt on the boardroom floor, but their powerful presence still lingers in the air. And some famous names have even risen from the dead to haunt the bars once more. Barnsley Bitter was a name to conjure with in Yorkshire and beyond for years. When Courage decided to close the Oakwell Brewery in 1973, thousands of protest marchers poured on to the streets and questions were asked in the House of Commons – all to no avail. But the beer's pulling power was so strong that a number of new breweries have tried to revive the revered recipe and two still trade on this liquid legend today. Brian Glover provides a nostalgic look at the breweries which have vanished, packed with colourful illustrations showing the fine art of selling beer. It's a rare chance to drink in the past.
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Duzza out. Averaged 101 to Hopp's 112.
The same big leagues he's already played in for months and won a title averaging exactly that over the course of the day??
Jose de Sousa playing well against Cross. I know Ive said it before but its pathetic that nations with TC holders such as Portugal are left out of the WCD whilst the likes of Italy, Switzerland and Gibraltar get in.
Presumably because there isn't another Portuguese player to make a team?
Wright, Suljovic, Darren Webster, Whitlock and Clayton all out. 5 of the Top 16 seeds gone 1st round.
Am I allowed to say Mensur loses early again given that's now 2 perhaps even 3 early loses in recent weeks??
Bennett with a 107 average on debut!!!
Was lucky that Evans doubles were awful in the final. Still 10k for him and a place at the ET finals sealed means he qualified for all the ranked majors already barring the GSOD.
Which is great news, good to watch for sure!!!
Gurney showing why he's still one of the top players, great win for him!!!
It's all subjective....there's something about Keegan that I can't take to.
He has a dreadful throw, arm is far too low.
Is that now two unique ways MvG has hit a 9 darter recently ??
is this where cross folds in a final again unlike ronnie is about to?
Was never ever gonna beat MvG let's be honest!
What a thrashing win for Gurney over Dvdb, lovely stuff.
Are you stating it's no big deal or being sarcastic??
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Should the left ally with Republicans in the fight against the alt-right?
Posted By Daniel Walters on Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 4:06 PM
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At a speech last month about understanding the alt-right, Lindsay Schubiner showcases a grid highlighting the nuances of different manifiestations of white supremacist groups.
In a lecture last month at Veradale United Church of Christ in Spokane Valley, California-based activist Lindsay Schubiner described different ways to fight against white supremacy.
For one lesson, she pointed to John Tanton, the founder of the modern organized anti-immigration movement. As time had gone on, Tanton's anti-immigration rhetoric had become increasingly racist, even supportive of eugenics.
"There was an organized effort to discredit him and push him out of the mainstream. When folks started going after him, other people said it was impossible. But what they did is really expose his beliefs and bring conservatives on board. Because he's working in Republican spaces," Schubiner said. "They built a coalition of folks who wanted to distance themselves from John Tanton and his influence. Once more conservative folks started going after John Tanton, other people felt they could voice their disagreement."
It all culminated in a New York Times article that resulted in Tanton being largely shunned from the movement.
It's a key lesson: If you want to stop the alt-right's quest to become part of the mainstream, recruit the mainstream right to isolate them and shun them.
Indeed, local Republicans have repeatedly distanced themselves from alt-right leader James Allsup, former WSU College Republicans president. When national news broke that he'd secured a precinct committee officer seat with the Whitman County Republicans, press releases were quickly issued.
"His past statements, affiliations and actions are deeply out-of-step with the values of the Republican Party," the Spokane County GOP chair Cecily Wright wrote.
"I don't have a relationship with him, but I know what he stands for. His actions and words do not reflect the values of the Republican party or Eastern Washington," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers wrote in a statement. "White supremacy, racism, and bigotry are never acceptable and have no place in America or Eastern Washington."
That isn't the first time that McMorris Rodgers has condemned Allsup either.
But for some on the left, allying with the right to fight white supremacy comes with a concern: Are they giving Republicans cover to say that they're not racist, obscuring what they see as racist Republican ideology?
Last week, Spokane Community Against Racism hosted a talk by Gonzaga lecturer Joan Braune titled "Countering the Alt-Right Threat to Spokane." Mariah McKay, former Inlander columnist and champion of various left-wing causes, reached out personally to some of her Republican friends — the sort she argues with on Facebook — and invited them to attend.
"I think it's positive that local Republican party leaders do not see James Allsup as part of their ranks," says McKay. "I would like to keep it that way."
McKay argues that Republican leaders have an obligation to recognize that they have a responsibility to prevent the growth of extremist movements within their ranks. And the lecture last week wasn't about an opportunity for Republicans to grandstand, she said, it was an opportunity to ask questions.
"I wanted to make sure that they've had access to the information I've been steeped in," McKay says.
She also says she hoped that they'd ask themselves why the alt-right identifies closer to Republicans.
"Why does James Allsup think he can infiltrate Republicans?" McKay asks. "Why does he think they can get a toehold in the community? Perhaps by learning more about the history of these extremist groups, they can be more self-reflective."
McKay says the event was great.
"People, our Republican friends included, left the room feeling empowered," McKay says. "There is historical precedent for beating these people back."
And when Braune was asked about including Republican allies in the fight, McKay says, she responded that of course conservatives are a crucial part of stopping the spread of that kind of ideology.
Spokane County Democrats vice-chair Jac Archer was fine with accepting Republicans who want to join the movement opposing the alt-right, but wasn't raring to actively recruit them.
"When I see anti-racist movements, I go to them," Archer said. "I don't have to be convinced. I don't have to be cajoled."
Wright, the Spokane County GOP chair, meanwhile, says she's not really a fan of pushing back against white supremacy through large "let's-embrace-everybody kind of get-togethers."
"That, to me, is phony," Wright says. She worries about giving the alt-right groups more attention. "It brings more attention to the people who want confirmation that we have racism."
She resents the idea that she had to issue such a statement against Allsup. That, to be clear, is not because she's anything close to a fan of Allsup's.
"I'd like to go punch the guy in the nose myself," Wright jokes.
But to her, the idea that Republicans don't support white supremacy is so obvious that it shouldn't even need to be said.
"The way I look at it is both parties absolutely abhor racism," says Wright.
She says she marched in civil right rallies back in the '60s and says the more people focus on racism, Wright argues, the more divided the country becomes.
Rallies can throw gasoline on the fire, she says.
"I don't really want to honor the nutjobs with something like that," Wright says.
That's one of the big challenges in forming a bi-partisan alliance against racism. Democrats and Republicans can't always agree on what racism even is.
To generalize, on the right, racism is something evil that a person believes in their heart and mind. But on the left, the definition goes much further: Racism is about power dynamics, a toxic ideology embedded deep within societal structures.
Shortly after Trump's election, the n-word was spray-painted on Spokane's Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center. U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers reached out to then-NAACP president Phil Tyler to figure out how to respond.
Together, they co-founded the "Peaceful Communities Roundtable," a group of community leaders from a variety of backgrounds aiming to combating racism and finding solutions. But for some on the left, it was an outrage.
"I remember people being pretty upset," McKay says, "For her to think that because she can shake hands with a black man and take a pretty picture that she's an ally of communities of color is very shallow."
McKay raises concerns that events like these can be more of a photo-op than productive, that it can mask the actual conversation that needs to happen.
"It's easy to demonize one boogeyman and then turn around and pass policies that disproportionately impact [people], and not bat an eyelash about it," McKay says.
But others have been more supportive. In May, Rodney McAuley, a black pastor with Youth For Christ, told the Inlander that he'd attended the roundtables with McMorris Rodgers, and believed that the events have been genuinely influential.
"I have had occasions to be in different settings and personally observed a journey of compassion and heart-shifting in Cathy," McAuley says. "I can state that unequivocally."
Even if they don't see eye to eye, McAuley argues, they can build relationships and combat division together.
Pastor Walter Kendricks wants to restart the Peaceful Communities Roundtables.
After the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville — attended by Allsup — Trump gave an " unequivocal boost" to the white supremacist movement, according to the New York Times.
White supremacist figures like David Duke and Richard Spencer praised Trump's comments that there are "very fine people on both sides."
And for some on the left, the president who spouts textbook racist comments; who launched his campaign accusing Mexican illegal immigrants of being rapists and criminals; who uses words like "infested" to describe migrants; and who refers to immigrants from Africa as coming from "shithole countries," doesn't just give aid and comfort to white supremacy, he embodies it.
"It is often said that Trump has no real ideology, which is not true — his ideology is white supremacy, in all its truculent and sanctimonious power," writes Pulitzer Prize finalist Ta-Nehisi Coates.
And that complicates any alliances between the left and the right to combat racism: One side supports Trump. The other thinks he's the embodiment of racism.
After the Charlottesville rally, McMorris Rodgers repeated her opposition to white supremacy. But local Unitarian Universalist minister Todd Eklof condemned McMorris Rodgers for being "complicit" in racist violence for not taking a stronger stand against Trump.
In several occasions, McMorris Rodgers has called out Trump on his offensive statements.
But that hasn't, say, stopped McMorris Rodgers from being jeered at by left-wing hecklers at Martin Luther King Jr. events two years in a row.
Pastor Walter Kendricks, the black pastor of Spokane's Morning Star Baptist Church, hosted the "Countering the Alt-Right" event. He considers McMorris Rodgers a friend and has been a part of the Peaceful Communities Roundtables. He says he appreciates the times when she has criticized Trump's offensive words.
"Is it helpful that she condemns the statements? Yes," Kendricks says. "The flipside to that: I think it was [black novelist] James Baldwin who said, 'I can't hear what you say because I see what you do.'"
In other words, Kendricks feels McMorris Rodgers still votes in a way that is not in the interest of the everyday working people. He wants her take a stronger stand, not just with her words, but with her actions.
Kendricks says the Peaceful Communities Roundtables have not been held since the Inlander reported on the long history of domestic violence allegations against Tyler, the Roundtable's co-founder.
He says he plans on reach out to McMorris Rodgers this week to restart the meetings.
"We have to reach out to the people of good will from every political party from left to right," Kendricks says.
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v0.6 adds support for reading and writing "no flux areas", known as strongbits protection for the Amiga, and NFA protection for the Atari ST.
Please note that this firmware update manipulates the bootloader pointers and an unsuccessful update of the 3rd step of the process CAN result in the bricking your board! If you receive a message saying there was a failure in Step 3, DO NOT power off your board - try flashing the board again. You can recover from a failure in steps 1 and 2. The only reason for a failure would be if the USB cable came unplugged in the middle of the update. But since the update takes less than 2 seconds, I don't think there should be an issue with that.
A new version of the firmware has been released.
V0.7 adds support for routines needed for the drive/disk utilities that were added with the v1.00 official release version.
See first post in this thread for info on updating the firmware.
V0.8 adds support for having a no flux area at the start of the revolution and the entire revolution.
V0.9 fixes a bug I introduced when the NFA support was added. Tracks were written too long with firmware v0.6 through v0.8!
V1.0 adds full support for both serial ports so that either can control the SCP board completely. Baud rates from 300 baud to 1.25 megabaud are supported. Many people have requested to have this finished so they could use microcontrollers to drive the SCP and make copy stations... it's done now and works great!
V1.1 has been released. When I fixed the write length issue in v.9 (writing a track 25ns too long), I broke the no flux area support completely! This version fixes that.
V1.2 has been released. I have been working on new firmware for several months and have been accidentally using the beta firmware for flashing boards that are being shipped! The code works fine as the experimental firmware portion has to do with an upcoming set of features, but it did change the bootloader. So, if you received a board since May 2015 that was v1.1, it will brick if you tried to use the v1.1 updater on it. Why you would update to the same version is a mystery to me, but somebody did and that is how I found this problem.
So... the v1.2 updater creates a method where the bootloader can be updated. The only actual change between v1.1 and v1.2 (beside the bootloader fix for future versions) was a table was cleared when using the serial ports for controlling the SCP.


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Q&A With Meet Market Adventures Founder Travis Hartley
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen for RD.caUpdated: Jan. 18, 2011
Travis Hartley founded Meet Market Adventures (MMA) in Toronto in June 2000. In 2007, he sold 10 franchises. Hartley now runs the Toronto and New York City offices.
What gave you the idea for this business?
I had several friends in their 20's and 30's who didn't want a dating service, but they did want to meet other singles. As we got older, people coupled up and we didn't have anyone to do stuff with.
Did you meet your wife through MMA?
No. I was the entertainment director on a cruise ship and she was a passenger.
How'd you come up with the name "Meet Market Adventures"?
I invited friends over after I'd brainstormed a lot of names. I didn't want this group to be a typical meat market or a sleazy bar scene. One of my friends suggested the play on words. MMA came out of that, and it's done well. People are captivated by the name – they remember it.
What does MMA cost?
There's no membership fees; you only pay for your event. It's a great deal because it's a one stop shop for your single life.
A "one stop shop for your single life"? What does that mean?
Everything is planned and organized for you. You pay online, and we call and tell you where you need to be. We give the cell phone of the MMA representative who's attending. We even arrange car pooling to events. Almost everyone gets a ride, either with staff or members.
Has anyone met and married through MMA?
We don't know. We don't track the marriages or relationships. When members hook up, they just stop coming to events.
What would people be surprised to learn about MMA?
Members are nervous because they don't want to go to events alone. But 98% of people come by themselves, so everyone is alone. Another surprising thing is that members aren't there out of desperation, nor are they the stereotypical "single losers." They're successful young professionals who earn an average of $60,000 a year.
Do equal numbers of men and women attend the events?
No. There's a 65 to 35 female-to-male ratio. This is because women are planners. They book ahead, and they bring their friends. Though some members have complained, we can't do much about it. We're not a dating service.
What are your future plans for MMA?
We are looking to add more events for single parents. We want single moms and dads to bring their kids out. We're also looking at the gay and lesbian market as well as organizing events for couples.
Originally Published: January 18, 2011
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EU Offers Farmers Aid, More Land To Grow Due To Ukraine War
March 23, 2022 2:53 PM By Donna Ahern
The European Union is set to distribute €500 million to help farmers and allow them to grow crops on fallow land as part of measures to mitigate food price spikes and potential shortages resulting from the conflict in Ukraine.
The European Commission proposals, published on Wednesday, also include assistance to Ukraine to help its farmers sow corn and sunflower seeds and tend to wheat.
Ukraine is a top global player in sunflower oil, with over 50% of world trade, and holds significant shares for wheat, barley and maize, which has already led to surges in prices and concerns about shortages.
'No Immediate Threat'
The EU executive stressed on Wednesday that there was no immediate threat to EU food security, given the bloc is a net exporter of cereals.
However, recognising farmers will face higher fuel and feed prices, the EU will distribute 500 million euros to the 27 EU members to aid farmers hardest hit by the crisis, particularly if they are engaged in more environmentally friendly production.
EU members can add a further €1 billion to the aid budget.
Temporary Solution
The EU executive will also let farmers temporarily grow crops on the almost 6% of EU agricultural land that is set aside to boost biodiversity.
The Commission believes this, along with record Indian exports, will help cover some of the 20 million tonnes of wheat which Ukraine normally exports.
The EU executive has proposed an emergency support programme of €330 million to Ukraine, some of which is designed to help farmers.
Ukraine's Agriculture Minister Roman Leshchenko told EU counterparts on Monday that his country wanted to remain in production, although he said the spring crop sowing area may more than halve this year.
The EU executive said its efforts would concentrate on ensuring availability of seeds and diesel, much of the latter requisitioned by the military, with Poland for example freeing up some of its strategic reserves.
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EU Farmers


The power of this manifesto resides in the voting power the democratic system has bestowed upon each one of us. Governments cannot exist unless people vote them into power and corporations could not influence them if they are not voted into power. That power is bestowed by the people and for the first time in our history the people are proposing a manifesto that will require political parties to honour, as a mainstay of mutual support and understanding between government and voters. Whilst 'Priority Issues' may be changed and adapted in the interests of mutual support and changing circumstances, the Core Beliefs are irrevocable.
This draft manifesto is available to every single person on this Planet to circulate to political parties, with the assurance that by publicly adopting, implementing and maintaining the Core Beliefs they will be fully supported by Voters.
These Core Beliefs and current Priority Issues are fundamental to Voter confidence in a transparent democracy and vision of the future world Society chooses to live in.
The Core Beliefs represent global values people are looking for all Governments to undertake.


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French Studies (2)
History of Ideology (3)
Migration Studies (5)
Peace and Conflict Studies (1)
Democratization Studies (3)
Mobility Studies (6)
Regional Studies (18)
Transportation Studies (2)
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Documentary Appendix
Valentina Sartori
This year's documentary appendix adopts a different approach. In a
change from previous volumes, demographic, social, and economic
data are not included, since this information is now easily available
through the Internet. However, electoral data are provided as usual.
In Italian Politics
A Review of "Networks of Outrage and Hope"
Jeffrey Butcher
Manuel Castells (2012) Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, pp. ix+306, ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6285-5.
If the purpose of Manuel Castells' book Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age is, as he says, "to suggest some hypotheses, grounded on observation, on the nature and perspectives of networked social movements, with the hope of identifying the new paths of social change in our time, and to stimulate a debate on the practical (and ultimately political) implications of these hypotheses" (p. 4), then he accomplishes his goal but sells himself short.
Blogging the Resistance
Testimony and Solidarity in Egyptian Women's Blogs
Sophia Brown
Much has been written about the role the internet played during the Arab uprisings of 2011, with particular attention paid to social media, whether Facebook, Twitter or blogging, and the extent to which it contributed to organizing the mass protests. Another recurring theme of the analysis of the uprisings was the role played by women, with Western media in particular emphasizing their contributions and debating whether this marked a pronounced increase in women's agency. My article seeks to respond to these issues through an analysis of two Egyptian women's blogs. Instead of contributing to the well-known debate about the internet's capabilities for facilitating action, I examine how blogs observe resistance, exploring this through notions of digital testimony and autobiography. I then consider the issue of solidarity and whether this is gendered, which is an important issue to consider in light of the focus placed on women's roles during the protests. Ultimately I aim to demonstrate that these Egyptian women's blogs offer us new and productive ways of thinking about the role the internet played during the Arab uprisings and the autobiographical act, leading us to acknowledge the complexities of both solidarity and articulations of selfhood.
Girlhood Studies in Post-Socialist Times
Olga Zdravomyslova and Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova
Girls born between the late 1990s and the early 2000s in the countries of the former USSR and Eastern Europe are fast entering into a particular kind of social life. In contrast to previous generations of girls born and bred under communist regimes, this post-socialist generation has access to the Internet, social networks, and global mass culture. They speak in a different voice, and they raise new issues and seek answers to them.
Girlhood practices
Claudia Mitchell and Jacqui Reid-Walsh
This issue of Girlhood Studies focuses on particular girlhood practices—the everyday activities in which some girls engage as part of their ordinary lives. In this issue we look at these girls engaging in these practices, sometimes on their own and sometimes in small groups, how and when they engage in them and where they do so. These include the long-standing practice of girls engaging in child care as babysitters, playing with dolls (in the case of younger girls) or reading fashion magazines (in the case of older girls). These activities take place in different locations, some of which have been associated historically with girlhood, such as a girl's bedroom or a school classroom, and others which have been more recently appropriated by girls as congenial spaces, such as shopping malls, movie theaters and the internet.
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[End] Users as Designers
The Internet in Everyday Life in Irish Households
Deirdre Hynes
This paper presents a study of Irish households, the internet and everyday life. Social studies of technology draw heavily from anthropology, not only in ethnographic methodologies but also in the ways in which such data can be understood and interpreted within the contexts of everyday life. To achieve this, the concept of the domestication of (media) technologies has been developed to describe and analyse the processes of technology's acceptance, rejection and use. Domestication is employed as a structural and analytical framework to achieve an empirical understanding of the domestic user. Based on a critical analysis from an anthropological perspective, the paper will revise the original domestication of the concept of technology. The notion of technological black boxes and I-methodology strategies are critiqued. This paper calls for users to be conceptualised as active agents in the overall design process and not as just end users who become active once the artefact has become commodified.
In Anthropology in Action
Adriana Zaharijević, Kristen Ghodsee, Efi Kanner, Árpád von Klimó, Matthew Stibbe, Tatiana Zhurzhenko, Žarka Svirčev, Agata Ignaciuk, Sophia Kuhnle, Ana Miškovska Kajevska, Chiara Bonfiglioli, Marina Hughson, Sanja Petrović Todosijević, Enriketa Papa-Pandelejmoni, Stanislava Barać, Ayşe Durakbaşa, Selin Çağatay, and Agnieszka Mrozik
. Agnieszka Kościańska, Zobaczyć łosia: Historia polskiej edukacji seksualnej od pierwszej lekcji do internetu (To see a moose: The history of Polish sex education from the first lesson to the internet), Wołowiec: Czarne, 2017, 424 pp., PLN 44.90 (hardback
In Aspasia
Telecom Italia: The Parallel Returns (1997–2006)
Massimo Florio
During 2006, Telecom Italia—the most important of Italy's entirely privatized
companies and one of the largest in the country in terms of market
capitalization, profit, employment, and technological wealth—ran into
political controversy. On 11 September, CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera
presented the company's board with a strategic plan that, breaking with
the course followed the previous year, foresaw the unbundling of three
divisions: Telecom Italia (TI, landline telephone services, Internet, and
media operations), Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM, mobile telephone services),
and Telecom Italia Rete (the network operator). In the days following
the announcement, the government claimed that it had been kept
in the dark about the proposal despite a series of meetings with the TI
board. The press nevertheless revealed that one of Romano Prodi's advisers
had sent Tronchetti an alternative plan that would have allowed the
purchase of the landline network by the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (Deposit
and Loans Fund), a holding group controlled by the Ministry of Finance.
Prodi denied any knowledge of this plan in Parliament (his adviser subsequently
resigned).
Thomas K. Hubbard
Adolescent sexuality has been at the forefront of the recent "Culture Wars," as is clear from the many news stories and political battles over issues such as sex education, teen pregnancy and STDs, Child Sexual Abuse, enhanced legal regulation of sex offenders, pedophiles on the internet, "sexting" and child pornography. On the one hand adolescents today are more sexually mature than at most historical periods: physical puberty occurs ever earlier (Moller, 1987), while children's capacity to access the same media as adults grows ever more sophisticated. Already in 1982, Neil Postman presciently observed that electronic media had obliterated the historical technological superiority of literate adults relative to not‐yet‐fully-literate children (Postman, 1982). At that point, he was thinking mainly of television, but his observation has become even more true in the digital age, when adolescents are often the ones teaching their parents and grandparents. 1982 had not yet grasped what would be the ubiquity of MTV or cheap, highly graphic visual pornography in many parents' closets, or if not there, on their kids' computer screens. Children have become the most clever at accessing media at precisely the time when popular media culture is more saturated with verbal, musical, and visual images of sexuality than ever before.
In Boyhood Studies
The Gift in Cyberspace
Denise Carter
With the continuing movement of social life into new types of places such as cyberspace the function and meaning of gift-exchange has emerged as being an important anthropological tool for the investigation of social relations online. In cyberspace several fascinating questions come into light, for example: what kinds of gifts are exchanged in cyberspace; how are these gifts exchanged there and what does the exchange of gifts in cyberspace signify? An analysis of the 'gift of time' is particularly pertinent when investigating friendship in virtual communities because gift exchange in cyberspace can be related to notions of reciprocity and trust. For example, my own ethnographic research in Cybertown, a virtual community on the Internet, suggests that one important concept for friendship in Cybertown is the exchange of the 'gift of time', and highlights its role in the creation of trust and reciprocity. In explaining this phenomenon, this paper examines the function and meaning of gift exchange in Cybertown in relation to contemporary theoretical notions of the gift, explains what kinds of obligations gifts engender and what role gift practices play in creating networks of friendship.


Negotiations between Liechtenstein and Austria on a tax deal aimed at resolving the issue of Austrian citizens' undeclared bank accounts in the Principality are said to be in full swing.
Despite a slow start, agreement on a treaty is expected by the end of January 2013.
Reports indicate that the bilateral tax accord between Austria and Liechtenstein will be based on a deal similar to that concluded between Austria and Switzerland earlier in the year.
Signed in April and due to enter into force from January 1, 2013, the Swiss-Austrian tax deal provides for a withholding tax to be levied on undisclosed assets held by Austrian residents in Swiss banks to regularize the accounts. The agreement also contains plans to impose an annual withholding tax on future investment income.
Unlike the treaty brokered with Switzerland, the accord being negotiated with Liechtenstein is expected to encompass undeclared assets held in both foundations and trusts in Liechtenstein. There are believed to be as many as 6,000 Austrians with assets in foundations in the Principality, and in many cases this money is untaxed.
Time is of the essence for both parties. Upcoming elections are due to take place in Liechtenstein in February next year and there are growing concerns in Austria that Austrian citizens with undeclared and untaxed wealth in Switzerland will simply relocate their wealth to Liechtenstein ahead of the entry into force date of the Swiss tax treaty.
Back in April, Director of Liechtenstein's Office of International Financial Affairs Katje Gey made known that the aim of any future talks would be to totally revise the existing double taxation agreement between the two countries, as well as to resolve the issue of how to legalize untaxed assets retrospectively and to tax the future income of Austrian residents with wealth deposited in the Principality.
Gey said at the time that one solution to legalize wealth managed in foundations could be to impose a withholding tax on income earned, at the same rate as Austria's capital gains tax.


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Tucumã-do-amazonas ou simplesmente Tucumã(Astrocaryum aculeatum Meyer) é pertencente à família Arecaceae. É amplamente utilizado no Amazonas como forma de alimento e matéria-prima para artesanato e outros fins.

Etimologia
Seu nome vem do tupi e significa "fruta de planta espinhosa".

Características

A árvore
A árvore é uma palmeira que pode atingir 15 metros de altura de estipe ereta com faixas de espinhos negros. Apresenta folhas pinadas e ascendentes de até 5 metros. Apresenta inflorescência do tipo panícula. São solitárias e geralmente encontradas em locais abertos como capoeiras e pastos abandonados, com solo pobre e degradado. Cada palmeira produz cerca de 50kg de tucumã ao ano.

A temporada de florescimento do tucumãzeiro vai de julho de um ano a janeiro de outro, frutificando no período do ano restante (fevereiro a agosto), porem, é comum que nos grandes mercados de Manaus se encontre o fruto em outros períodos. Cada palmeira produz em média de 3 a 4 cachos por ano, indo de 2 a 7 cachos, dependendo do indivíduo. Em média um cacho pode ter 240 frutos, mas pode varia entre 35 a até 700 frutos.

O fruto
A árvore começa a dar frutos por volta do seu sétimo ano, quando atinge entre 6 e 9 metros de altura. O fruto é redondo, composto de polpa alaranjada ou amarela de massa fibrosa, compacta e firme. Acima da polpa está a casca, podendo ser amarelo-claro ou escuro. Abaixo da polpa está um caroço negro lenhoso que ao ser partido apresenta amêndoa de massa branca, oleaginosa e dura. O caroço com a amêndoa corresponde a cerca de 60% do fruto.

Características gerais do fruto:
 Epicarpo - a casca corresponde a cerca de 17,2% do peso do fruto fresco, sendo verde-amarelado e fibroso. Este pode ser utilizado como parte da alimentação de aves, peixes e outros animais.
 Mesocarpo - a polpa é alaranjada e corresponde a cerca de 21,2% do peso do fruto fresco, é utilizada como produto alimentício humano.
 Endocarpo - o caroço rígido, preto, correspondendo a 60,5% do peso do fruto. O tegumento do caroço corresponde a 37,8% do peso dele desidratado e serve para a produção de carvão.
 Endosperma - amêndoa branca que corresponde a até 61% do peso do caroço desidratado, pode ser utilizada para produção de óleos, cosméticos e biodiesel.

Muitos animais silvestres utilizam o tucumã como fonte de alimento, sendo a cutia seu principal consumidor e dispersor, uma vez que costuma enterrar o fruto para consumir gradualmente e acaba os esquecendo, favorecendo assim a germinação.

Cultivo

Os agricultores trabalham no manejo principalmente de tucumãzeiros que nascem de forma natural, pois estes levam de dois a três anos para germinar, o que se tornou uma dificuldade enfrentada pelos produtores. Em 2012 a EMBRAPA desenvolveu uma técnica que tornaria o cultivo mais fácil, quebrando o "tempo de dormência" das sementes. O comércio de tucumã é importante nas feiras de Manaus, onde entre Maio de 2011 e Abril de 2012 foram comercializados 367,8 toneladas do fruto, com as vendas acontecendo por saca(até 41kg de frutos), dúzia de frutos íntegros (46,6%) e quilo de polpa (53,4%). Esses frutos são provenientes de todos os cantos do estado do Amazonas e também parte do oeste do Pará, baseando-se no extrativismo.

Uso humano
Os tucumãs são encontrados ao longo do ano e podem ser utilizados como forma de alimento, sendo consumidos em larga escala como parte de um sanduiche de pão e sua polpa, sendo também utilizados para produção de sorvetes, sucos, licores, doces e óleos. O seu caroço atende à demanda de artesãos para produzir anéis, brincos, pulseiras e colares. O caroço pode ainda servir de fonte energética sustentável, podendo substituir combustíveis fósseis. Além disso, 85% da composição do carvão de seus caroços é composta de magnésio, sódio, potássio e silício, podendo ser um potencial fertilizante do solo. Há ainda o uso da casca para produção de cosméticos e da sua palha para produção de cordas, redes de pesca e de descanso.

Valores para referência nutricional
Valores nutricionais correspondentes à 100 gramas de polpa do fruto:

Benefícios à saúde
A polpa do tucumã é fibrosa e por isso ajuda a prevenir a prisão de ventre e também diminui a absorção de carboidratos, atuando na prevenção do diabetes. A presença do ômega-3 atua ajudando a diminuir o nível de colesterol ruim. A presença de luteína e zeaxantina ajuda a proteger os olhos. Pela presença de vitaminas A e C e carotenoides, ajuda a fortalecer o sistema imunológico. Outros benefícios do consumo são a inibição do envelhecimento precoce e controle dos níveis de açúcar no sangue.

X-Caboquinho

Em Manaus e boa parte do Amazonas o tucumã é consumido como ingrediente principal de um sanduiche conhecido como "X-caboquinho" sendo considerado um dos "pratos típicos" do Amazonas. O X-Caboquinho consiste de um pão francês recheado principalmente com polpa de tucumã e queijo coalho, podendo ter outros ingredientes. A polpa de apenas um tucumã já seria o suficiente para suprir a demanda do organismo por Vitamina-A.

Biodiesel
Em 2012 o Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia(Inpa) e a Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) destacaram o tucumã como uma das espécies oleaginosas amazônicas com um dos maiores potenciais para produção de bioenergia. De acordo com o grupo de estudos "Cadeia Produtiva Sustentada do Tucumã do Amazonas" o fruto vinha sendo estudado para essa finalidade desde o ano de 2004 por sua amêndoa ser grande fornecedora de óleo. De 1kg de amêndoa é possível extrair 500ml de biodiesel.

Óleos
Dois tipos de óleos são produzidos por este fruto: o óleo da polpa externa e o óleo da amêndoa. O óleo encontra-se, no fruto, na seguinte proporção:

Industria cosmética

O óleo da polpa do tucumã é usado para a fabricação de sabão. Aliem disso, pelas suas propriedades ricas em ômega 3,6 e 9, o óleo é bastante empregado em produtos cosméticos para a hidratação da pele, loções corporais e produtos capilares para cabelos danificados.

Composição acido graxos do óleo de Tucumã (Polpa)

Dados fisico-quimico

Árvores
Óleos da Amazônia
Óleos vegetais
Flora da Amazônia

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1) A general reference model, Core SCORM, based on widely adopted, accredited learning technology standards that support basic interoperability.
2) Additional components that support broadly applicable LET functionality and instructional capabilities based on specifications that are not yet standards.
2011ASTD会议思考:Do You Have the Right e-Learning Culture?


On the 26th of April a bus of twenty-seven people, comprising of twenty-two students, two Salesian Brothers, the college chaplain, the Students Union President and Vice President departed from St. Catherine's Salesian House on the North Campus of the Maynooth University to Westport for the annual climb of Croagh Patrick. The sunshine and cloudless blue sky lifted already festive moods. The atmosphere on the bus was electric and before the bus had managed to leave the town of Maynooth laughter and chatter threw its lot in with the pilgrims.
The three hour journey seemed a blink of an eye (although the driver might disagree), and was made all the more enjoyable as a result of a wager that had been made to see who could guess the journey time to the closest minute. As the bus pulled in to the Westport Plaza Hotel there was much shouting and celebrating as a result of the wager which was guessed right to the very minute by one of the students. All onboard flooded into the hotel to check-in and get settled into their rooms to prepare for dinner.
Following dinner most headed to their beds in order to get an early night in preparation for the climb in the morning. Others took a stroll around the picturesque town while some of the more 'adventurous' of the students opted to partake in what the local social scene had to offer.
Despite a few sore heads in the morning everyone found himself or herself up early in the morning to fill up on breakfast before we departed for the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain the group gathered in the grotto for some reflection on what brought them to the mountain. Everyone offered up their own personal intentions and thanked God for the sunshine, which had kindly stuck with them on the second day of their trip despite weather warnings which were less than promising. After some introspective words from the chaplain the long ascent to the summit begun. The climb was at times arduous, however as is synonymous with most people's experience of the Croagh Patrick climb, all found the climb to be a disencumbering journey. The aching muscles seemed a more than just dowry in return for the splendid scenery and sense of serenity.
Upon reaching the top a mass was celebrated by one of the Salesian priests for the group yet many of the other pilgrims joined the service. Once again people had an opportunity to offer up their own private intentions and reflect upon the majesty of the stage they found themselves on.
Upon taking a last glance out at the beautiful Clew Bay the journey down begun.
The trip, which was organised by the Salesian community in Maynooth and the Chaplaincy service, was an outstanding success. In one way or another every person who partook in the climb seemed to experience God in some form on top of the reek. Whether it was just in the sheer beauty of the landscape, in the sense of peace and serenity which was found there or in some other spiritual encounter each person had their own personal experience. As a student of Maynooth University my sincerest thanks are owed, and I speak on behalf of all the students who journeyed to Westport, to the chaplaincy service and the Salesians of Don Bosco who facilitated the trip and made it such a success.


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Q: Остановка цикла при нажатии определённой клавиши Условия: происходит безостановочный цикл, при нажатии клавиши Enter(13) он останавливается.
Я думаю, задачка легчайшая, просто я не знаю необходимой функции. getch не подходит (как я понимаю), т.к. он требует обязательного нажатия после каждого цикла.
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Похожий вопрос - там.

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Action Strings contains more than 9 GB (uncompressed:> 14 GB) musical phrases of stringed instruments performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague, digitized by Dynamedion.
The orchestra includes High Ensemble, which consists of 22 violins, 8 violas and 6 cellos, as well as Low Ensemble – 10 violas, 8 cellos and 6 double basses. Phrases range from basic rhythmic patterns to complex melodies, each recorded live in all ways, on two dynamic levels.
ACTION STRINGS allows mixing between dynamic levels using the modulation wheel, as well as simple fret switching (minor / major) speed level. More than 150 phrases organized in 5 themes, 5 custom slots are additionally available. All slots can be assigned or modified through a phrasal browser, with each phrase can be played in all ways. Phrases are selected using a switch and can be played in trigger mode or synchronized with the first fraction of the size at a tempo specified by the software. Using the algorithm KONTAKT Time Machine Pro, you can adjust the tempo in real time, which allows you to creatively use such performance nuances as, for example, Rallentando or Ritardando.


In one of my Twitter exchanges, someone asked for a list of Open Source ITSM solutions. What I had available was a list I gathered over the years that targeted CMDB versus general ITSM.
I can't speak to how good/bad these sites are since I gathered most of these over the years when doing my initial research starting back in 2004/05. I checked to confirm they are still all live but not whether they are up-to-date with recent advancements or if they've gone off the deep end into skepticism or flying high in the sky over the lands of ITILtopia.
Read them yourself and make your own judgments.


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Eventos
 A cidade de Conímbriga acata a dominação árabe.
 Bracara Augusta é conquistada pelos árabes.

Falecimentos
 Ágila II, rei dos Visigodos
 Muça ibne Noçáir


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Q: SQL Group By and Lag function not giving correct output I have the following output:
 last_login                 | id  | type   | w_id
    11/9/2016  10:59:13 PM  | 123 | Thing1 | W1
    11/9/2016  10:59:15 PM  | 123 | Thing1 | W1
    11/9/2016  10:59:15 PM  | 123 | Thing1 | W3
    11/10/2016  10:59:13 PM | 123 | Thing2 | W2
    11/11/2016  10:59:13 PM | 123 | Thing1 | W1
    11/12/2016  10:59:13 PM | 123 | Thing1 | W1
    11/12/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing1 | W4
    11/13/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing1 | W1
    11/14/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing2 | W2
    11/15/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing2 | W5
    11/16/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing1 | W1
    11/16/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing1 | W1
    11/17/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing1 | W4
    11/17/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing1 | W4

for the below query:
select sa.last_login, ad.ID, sa.type, w_id,
from table1 dcc
join table2 AD
on AD.ID=DCC.id

JOIN table3 sa
ON AD.ID=sa.id
join table4 sc
on dcc.id=sc.id
where sic3='Something'
order by dcc.id, sa.last_login

I want an output of something like this:
last_login              | id | old_type | type | old_w_id | w_id
11/11/2016  10:59:13 PM | 123 | Thing2  | Thing1 | W2     | W1
11/17/2016  10:59:13 PM | 345 | Thing1  | Thing1 | W1     | W4

I'm trying to do it in the following way:
select

t.last_login, t.id, t.old_type, t.type , t.old_w_id, t.w_id

from

(select sa.last_login, ad.id, sa.type,
lag(sa.type, 1) over (partition by ad.id order by sa.last_login) as old_type, w_id,
lag(w_id, 1) over (partition by ad.ID order by sa.last_login) as old_w_id from table1 dcc

join table2 AD
on ad.id=DCC.id

JOIN table3 sa
ON AD.ID=sa.id

join table4 sc
on dcc.id=sc.id

where sc.si='Something'
order by dcc.id, sa.last_login) t

where t.old_type like 'THING1' and t.type like 'THING2'

group by t.id, t.id, t.old_type, t.type, t.w_id, t.old_w_id

But I'm getting an output of something like this:
last_login              | id | old_type | type | old_w_id | w_id
11/11/2016  10:59:13 PM | 123 | Thing1  | Thing2 | W1     | W2

How do I get the desired output and why is my query (lag function) not working correctly?

A: You don't need a subquery for this.  Just use lag():
select sa.last_login, ad.ID, sa.type, w_id,
       lag(sa.type) over (partition by ad.id order by sa.last_login) as prev_type,
       lag(sa.w_id) over (partition by ad.id order by sa.last_login) as prev_w_id
from table1 dcc join
     table2 AD
     on AD.ID = DCC.id join
     table3 sa
     on AD.ID = sa.id join
     table4 sc
     on dcc.id = sc.id
where sic3 = 'Something'
order by dcc.id, sa.last_login

If you just want the last row, you can use fetch first 1 row only or sometihng like:
select *
from (select sa.last_login, ad.ID, sa.type, w_id,
             lag(sa.type) over (partition by ad.id order by sa.last_login) as prev_type,
             lag(sa.w_id) over (partition by ad.id order by sa.last_login) as prev_w_id,
             row_number() over (partition by ad.id order by sa.last_login desc) as seqnum
      from table1 dcc join
           table2 AD
           on AD.ID = DCC.id join
           table3 sa
           on AD.ID = sa.id join
           table4 sc
           on dcc.id = sc.id
      where sic3 = 'Something'
     ) t
where seqnum = 1
order by id, last_login;

A: After doing a lag on the fields you want to check (TYPE and W_ID), you can just wrap that in another select statement with a where clause that gets rid of the rows where the last one equaled the current one. For example:
EDIT My first answer included all rows where it just changed, all I did was take that code and wrap it to grab the highest changes partitioned by the ID.
create table Testing
(
    last_login date,
    id number,
    type varchar2(50),
    w_id varchar2(2)
);

insert into Testing values(to_date('11/09/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),123,'Thing1','W1');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/09/2016 10:59:15 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),123,'Thing1','W1');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/09/2016 10:59:15 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),123,'Thing1','W3');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/10/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),123,'Thing2','W2');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/11/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),123,'Thing1','W1');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/12/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),123,'Thing1','W1');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/12/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing1','W4');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/13/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing1','W1');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/14/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing2','W2');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/15/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing2','W5');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/16/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing1','W1');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/16/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing1','W1');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/17/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing1','W4');
insert into Testing values(to_date('11/17/2016 10:59:13 PM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM'),345,'Thing1','W4');

select LAST_LOGIN, ID, TYPE, W_ID, TypeLag, W_IDLag
from(
select LAST_LOGIN, ID, TYPE, W_ID, TypeLag, W_IDLag,
       rank() over(partition by id order by last_login desc) RankOrder
from(
select Testing.*,
       lag(TYPE,1) over(partition by ID order by last_login) TypeLag,
       lag(W_ID,1) over(partition by ID order by last_login) W_IDLag
from Testing)
where (nvl(TypeLag,'X') <> TYPE
   or nvl(W_IDLag,'X') <> W_ID)
)
where RankOrder = 1

Output is:
LAST_LOGIN  ID      TYPE    W_ID    TYPELAG     W_IDLAG
11-NOV-16   123     Thing1  W1      Thing2      W2
17-NOV-16   345     Thing1  W4      Thing1      W1


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Pour the gin over the ice, then the tonic and squeeze in the lime juice.
Stir a few times to combine.
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I would have never thought to add peaches to gin and tonic when we get some peaches this would be a great new flavour to try out thanks for the new ideas.
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tags:
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La Lancia Ardea est la première automobile de petite cylindrée produite par le constructeur italien Lancia de Turin de 1939 à 1953.

Le contexte historique

En 1939, alors que les menaces du déclenchement imminent de la Seconde Guerre mondiale se faisaient pressantes, le constructeur turinois présente un nouveau modèle révolutionnaire, auquel le fameux ingénieur Vittorio Jano a largement contribué, alors qu'il était entré seulement en  chez Lancia, venant de son concurrent direct Alfa Romeo.

Le nom "Ardea" vient d'une très ancienne cité du Latium située au sud de Pomezia.

Même si l'idée à la base, de réaliser une voiture avec un moteur de petite cylindrée qui viendrait épauler la Lancia Aprilia venait de Vincenzo Lancia qui l'avait définie comme la voiture la plus populaire parmi celles que j'ai réalisées jusqu'à ce jour, le premier acte de ce qui deviendra l'Ardea sera un brevet, déposé environ deux mois après la disparition de Vincenzo Lancia, au printemps 1937, concernant une nouvelle distribution à soupapes en tête inclinées, commandées par un seul arbre de distribution via une chaîne silencieuse munie d'un tendeur automatique. Derrière cette simple définition se cache un mécanisme des plus ingénieux avec lequel un seul arbre à cames actionne, à travers huit poussoirs et tiges, les soupapes, qui sont inclinées par rapport à l'axe des cylindres : le système permet ainsi d'obtenir, sans devoir recourir à deux arbres à cames ou plus, les têtes hémisphériques, qui étaient considérées à l'époque, la solution idéale pour obtenir un rendement élevé.

Par contre, en ce qui concerne la carrosserie, madame Adele Lancia et ses collaborateurs n'ont eu aucun doute : elle devait se calquer précisément sur son ainée, avec un rapport de 9/, la Lancia Aprilia, qui avait été encensée par le public et les passionnés de la marque.

Ce modèle s'avèrera être un véritable joyau technique mais dont le lancement fut entaché par les tristes évènements du moment. Au mois de , lorsque la Lancia Ardea fut présentée au chef du Gouvernement italien, le Duce Benito Mussolini, le souffle de la guerre était déjà présent, deux mois auparavant, le  septembre, Hitler déclenchait la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et le Royaume d'Italie avait à peine instauré l'interdiction de circuler (le ), interdiction qui ne sera abrogée que le . À ce moment-là l'essence était rationnée, le climat n'était pas du tout celui qu'un constructeur automobile aurait pu espérer pour le lancement d'un nouveau modèle.

L'histoire de l'Ardea

La Lancia Ardea (type 250) est une petite voiture aux prestations brillantes, dont la carrosserie à quatre portes reprend les lignes de son ainée Aprilia.

Au vu de l'excellent accueil, du succès commercial rencontré par l'Aprilia dont les caractéristiques et surtout son comportement routier très sur, la direction Lancia a reconduit la structure sur ce nouveau modèle avec une carrosserie en acier autoporteuse.
L'Ardea dispose d'un moteur Lancia - tipo 100 - à 4 cylindres en V étroit de 19° 54', de  - alésage  x course  - qui développe une puissance de 28,8 HP au régime extraordinaire pour l'époque de .

Selon les principes édictés par Monsieur Lancia, le projet du moteur de l'Ardea – outre sa nouveauté technique de l'arbre à cames – prévoit un groupe très léger de  et de dimensions compactes, même avec un bloc moteur en fonte à parois fines pour éviter de devoir recourir à l'aluminium, au prix prohibitif et dont la fiabilité n'était pas encore avérée. Par contre, signalons une rareté dans le moteur : les bielles étaient en duralumin.

Les tests et essais de l'Ardea sont conduits par Luigi Gismondi, un expert en la matière, qui se servira, au début, de modèles Aprilia équipés du nouveau moteur Ardea.

En ce qui concerne les suspensions, malgré le concept traditionnel Lancia avec le train avant à roues indépendantes à ressorts hélicoïdaux et amortisseurs hydrauliques, nous trouvons un train arrière plus classique avec un essieu rigide.

Les dimensions de l'Ardea, comparées à celles de l'Aprilia seconde série, sont :
 empattement  - Aprilia 2750,
 voie avant  - 1262,
 voie arrière  - 1287,
 longueur  - 3930,
 largeur  - 1500,
 hauteur  - 1530.

Malgré ses dimensions plus contenues, l'habitacle de l'Ardea – dont l'accès est optimum grâce à ses portes antagonistes (les portières arrière ouvrant à l'envers et donc sans montant central), la position très avancée du moteur – pratiquement en porte-à-faux sur le train avant – offre une excellente habitabilité toute à l'avantage des places arrière.

Les prestations de la voiture ont fait de nombreux jaloux car la puissance de ce petit moteur alliée au faible poids () et à un coefficient aérodynamique sans pareil (0,38 Cx) permettaient des chiffres flatteurs pour l'époque. La vitesse maximale dépasse les  et la consommation est inférieure aux 8 l/.

L'évolution du modèle

L'Ardea berline a été présentée en avant première à Benito Mussolini, chef du Gouvernement italien, en , mais la production en série ne débutera qu'un mois plus tard, le  le premier exemplaire sortira de l'usine. Les premiers exemplaires seront livrés en .

Malgré la faible cylindrée du moteur, la direction de Lancia décide de commercialiser une version spéciale avec châssis non carrossé (type 350) destinée aux carrossiers. À cause de la guerre cette version ne sera pas très utilisée.

En fin d'année 1940, Lancia présente une version "Taxi" appelée type "450-Roma" ; durant les années 1940-1942, 501 exemplaires (511 selon certaines sources) verront le jour.

Bien que le conflit armé rende la vie des Italiens chaque jour plus difficile et les possibilités matérielles d'acquérir une automobile quasi nulles, le , après avoir construit  berlines, Lancia apporte une modification substantielle au coffre de son modèle Ardea, qui devient accessible directement de l'extérieur avec un couvercle de malle de grandes dimensions, comme sur l'Aprilia. Cette nouvelle Ardea est considérée comme étant une seconde série (alors que certains puristes attribuent la seconde série à la version alimentée sous  de ).

Entre la fin 1942 et le début 1943, toute la production Lancia est transférée à Bolzano, ville située à la frontière avec l'Autriche, en raison des bombardements répétés des usines de la plaine du Pô. La fabrication est même arrêtée durant les années 1943 et 1944. La production régulière ne reprend vraiment qu'au mois de .

À partir du second semestre 1945, en complément à la berline, Lancia ajoute au catalogue une version fourgonnette qui restera en fabrication jusqu'en 1953 et même une version camionnette à partir de 1948.

Fin , l'Ardea fait l'objet d'une série d'améliorations comme, l'adoption d'un circuit électrique sous  et des modifications au moteur (taux de compression, réglage carburateur).

La production de la troisième série, présentée officiellement au Salon de l'automobile de Turin le , débute le  et présente des nouveautés comme la boîte de vitesses à 5 rapports (encore une initiative mondiale Lancia) et quelques retouches à la carrosserie.

La quatrième et dernière série débute le  et comporte des modifications importantes au niveau moteur avec une nouvelle culasse en aluminium, un taux de compression plus élevé, un nouveau carburateur, une augmentation de la puissance portée à 30 HP et quelques retouches de carrosserie.

La production de l'Ardea berline prendra fin en 1952 pour céder sa place à la nouvelle Appia, tandis que la fourgonnette restera jusqu'au début 1953 ; les 320 derniers exemplaires seront produits en 1953.

La production totale est de  exemplaires de la berline, 511 exemplaires de la limousine « Taxi-Roma » et  de véhicules dérivés comme les fourgonnettes et camionnettes, soit un total de  hors châssis pour les carrossiers dont le nombre produit est inconnu.

La concurrence Fiat 1100

Présentée au pire moment, l'Ardea sera en concurrence directe avec la Fiat 1100, qui, malgré une cylindrée plus importante, offrait des caractéristiques semblables à un prix nettement inférieur.

Au début d'année 1940 : l'Ardea était vendue  Lires et la Fiat 1100,  Lires ; au lendemain de la guerre en 1948, l'Ardea était vendue  Lires et la Fiat 1100B,  Lires. En 1952, l'Ardea  Lires et la Fiat 1100E,  Lires.

La Lancia offrait une consommation inférieure due à son petit moteur, des dimensions inférieures, mais un meilleur confort et des finitions plus luxueuses.

Les chiffres de leur production respective donnent bien l'image du rapport des forces : entre 1940 et 1952, Lancia fabriquera   berlines Ardea (y compris la version Taxi), tandis que la Fiat 1100 sera fabriquée six fois plus, soit plus de  exemplaires.

Comparaisons sur le marché libre suisse de l'époque. Sur le marché suisse, pays neutre, le prix pratiqué par Lancia pour l'Ardea était peu compétitif. En  : la Lancia Ardea était vendue  FS - la Fiat 1100B,  FS et la Simca 8 (copie conforme de la Fiat 1100) 7100 FS - la Renault 4 CV,  FS - et la Fiat 500B Topolino Giardiniera,  FS.

Les modèles Ardea dérivés

Le premier modèle dérivé Ardea fut la version « Taxi Roma » (modèle 450 selon le code interne Lancia), qui remonte à 1940.

Au cours des années 1940-1942, période où cette version sera fabriquée, à peine 511 exemplaires seront produits.

C'est en pleine guerre, en 1941, que Lancia présentera la version fourgonnette et en vendra immédiatement 9 exemplaires mais son succès arrivera dès la fin de la guerre en 1945. La fourgonnette Ardea – dont le code usine était type 550 - restera en fabrication jusqu'en 1953. Sur la base de l'Ardea fourgonnette, on verra des carrossiers réaliser des versions ambulances, qui seront vendues directement par le réseau Lancia.

Au total, ce seront plus de  exemplaires de la Ardea versions utilitaires qui seront fabriquées,  fourgonnettes et  camionnettes.

Les Ardea fuoriserie
Les carrossiers spécialisés italiens et étrangers ont utilisé les châssis motorisé de l'Ardea, bien qu'en petite quantité par rapport aux modèles d'antan, en raison du coût souvent très élevé. C'est Pininfarina qui a réalisé le plus grand nombre de cabriolets suivi par Zagato.

L'Ardea et les courses

Vu la période durant laquelle la Lancia Ardea a été présentée, il est illusoire de vouloir y chercher sa participation à quelque compétition que ce soit. Son palmarès sportif ne débutera qu'en 1946, première année après la guerre où recommencèrent les courses automobiles.

Sa cylindrée de  l'obligera à courir dans la classe 751 - , et donc à affronter son éternelle rivale la Fiat 1100. L'Ardea ne sera utilisée que très rarement en compétition, même dans les courses nationales.

Tableau récapitulatif de la production Ardea, par version et par an

Sources

 Lancia - Tutti i modelli de novecento - RuoteClassiche / Quattroruote 2010
 Storia della Lancia — Impresa Tecnologie Mercati 1906–1969 - Fabbri Editori 1992

Ardea
Automobile des années 1930
Automobile des années 1940
Automobile des années 1950


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Myanmar is on track to be a major player in Asia's energy security. It has an abundance of untapped resources, a geographic location strategically sandwiched between two economic giants (China and India) and has recently opened itself to world markets. Yet the nation faces internal and external challenges in developing a competitive Myanmar energy sector.
To create an investment friendly environment Myanmar must first address internal security issues such as ethnic conflict while juggling its external relationships with China and the West.
Since 2011 the former quasi-civilian government under President Thein Sein has undertaken a number of economic and political reforms designed to stimulate Myanmar's economy. Addressing Myanmar's energy challenges was a part of these measures, with Myanmar's economy highly dependent on its energy sector.
In 2012 the president pledged to reduce government control of a number of industry sectors including Myanmar's energy sector. A few months later he approved the Foreign Investment Law, which aimed among other things, to develop infrastructure for energy production and electricity generation and ensure that the extraction and export of natural resources benefited Myanmar's people.
These reforms produced remarkable results. As Myanmar opened after a long period of isolation, international powers removed sanctions and re-established diplomatic relations.
Since the beginning of these reforms in 2011 the Myanmar economy has grown at about 6.5 per cent; Foreign direct investment into the country increased from US$900 million in 2010 to over $8 billion by March 2015.
This increase in FDI was especially significant in the oil and gas sectors, with 35 per cent of the country's FDI going into the Myanmar energy sector — the largest share for all.
Military Control of Myanmar's Natural Resources Persists
The Shweli I Dam in Shan State Myanmar. If Myanmar is to achieve energy security, the new government must not focus on Myanmar's Energy Sector sector alone Photo: Courtesy Burmese Wikipedia contributor Eiquay
Yet a number of challenges continue to hinder the quest to develop a competitive Myanmar energy sector. While some foreign energy companies have signed exploration contracts with national oil company, Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, military control of the natural resource sectors persists.
Myanmar's energy infrastructure also remains poor due to years of under-investment arising from sanctions and weak governance, while Myanmar's energy production does not necessarily benefit Myanmar's people as most production is exported to neighbouring countries such as China, India and Thailand.
Many people in Myanmar experience power outages due to poor infrastructure and inadequate energy supplies, while the country has the lowest electrification rates in Asia; only about a third of the population has access to electricity. Declining global oil prices and collapsing credit are now also slowing many oil and gas exploration projects, hurting the country's resource dependent economy.
Geopolitics And Myanmar's Energy Economy
An artist's rendition of the US$3.6 billion Myitsone hydroelectric dam project. Photo: Courtesy Wikipedia contributor NortyNort
The need to balance increasing economic interdependence with the rest of the world, while maintaining sound relations with China, has created another new dimension in the geopolitics of Myanmar's energy economy.
While the opening of Myanmar's economy has brought positive results to the domestic economy, it has increased tensions with China — historically the country's biggest neighbour and investor.
Today, China is still Myanmar's top investor with Chinese FDI totalling over $14 billion, the majority of it going into Myanmar's energy and mining industries. But as global firms enter Myanmar, China has expressed increasing dissatisfaction with the protection of Chinese companies' rights. This was seen in 2011 when Myanmar suspended construction of the $3.6 billion Myitsone hydroelectric dam project that the state-owned China Power Investment Corporation (CPIC) was to build in Kachin state.
At the same time the slowdown in China's economy has reduced the country's appetite for Myanmar's energy sources. For example, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) invested $1 billion in a pipeline in Myanmar's Shwe field in the Bay of Bengal, but the economic downturn has led to the pipeline operating under half its capacity.
Accordingly, the 2011 reforms meant increasing investment from nations other than China and decreasing dependence on China. Still, cutting ties with China would ignore Myanmar's economic and political realities. Although China's demand for Myanmar's energy sources may be declining, Myanmar will still need Chinese investment to sustain its economy.
Ethnic Conflict Peace & Human Rights Key to Myanmar's Energy Future
Aung Sung Suu Kyi may not be able to remain silent on the issue of the Rohingya people for long. Photo courtesy flickr user European Commission DG ECHO
The difficulty of Myanmar's geopolitical situation is compounded by the location of some energy projects in areas where there are frequent clashes with minority groups, especially along the Chinese border.
For decades, various minority groups have fought for greater political autonomy in Myanmar. Many conflicts were fought over control of natural resources that China has tried to exploit through its investments.
Since 2011, the government of Myanmar has called for a nationwide ceasefire, but peace talks have been slow and clashes have continued, especially in Kachin. As a stable Myanmar will benefit all countries trying to gain access to Myanmar's energy markets, China and the West have a shared interest in Myanmar's stability and peace.
In this sense, progress in Myanmar's peace process with its ethnic minorities will play a large part in improving the nation's international image and the strengthening of foreign ties.
Aung Sung Suu Kyi may not be able to remain silent on the issue of the Rohingya people for long. Without a physically secure environment foreign companies will find Myanmar too risky for investment. Multinational corporations have become increasingly sensitive to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and are increasingly wary of being seen as investing in a country that does not respect human rights.
If Myanmar is to achieve energy security, the new government under the National League for Democracy (NLD) must not focus on its energy sector alone. The NLD cannot foster an investment friendly climate through economic policy and regulatory reforms. It must also address the security issues that affect its ability to achieve this necessary investment. Myanmar's energy future is deeply tied to its security, and the new government must not separate these two spheres.
This article was written by Aiko Shimizu, who currently analyses Japan's renewable energy market at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the energy think tank of Bloomberg LP. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of the employer. This article first appeared on East Asia Forum under a Creative Commons Licence and is reproduced here with its permission. An earlier version was published on Pacific Forum CSIS.
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