The proposal of Pier Vittorio Aureli, located in the area of Spina in Turin, is a remarkable example of how to combine the XXL urban scale with a domestic proposal for the users. The projects is shaped by three main elements: the urban park and the train station that divides it into two different parts; the thirteen towers connected among them by a plinth and bridges to different levels; and the courtyard housing that have the same scale as the neighbourhood. Although the appearance of the projects looks massive, both the plans and the interior collage show a domestic space. Moreover, the position of the cores allow a extreme functionality of the internal spaces.


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I don't know much about horses. Or ponies.
I grew up in the city. The only horse I ever saw walked down Bruce Avenue one day, led by a guy with a camera around his neck. I was probably around six years old or so. At any rate, he went from door to door, and our parents could pay the man. Then, he would take our photo while sitting on the horse. Our Mom gave way. But in truth, I think she swindled the guy. You see, I got to wear the cowboy hat, AND sit on the horse. My two older sisters were allowed to stand next to the horse. So, somehow, I think we got a three-for-one.
So my Equine Experience is limited. I never had a horse as a kid, and I haven't had one as an adult either.
One time, I had to do an interview for a newspaper with a horse jumper. I don't know what else to call them. They jump horses over obstacles in a ring. Horse Jumpers. Anyway, I did the interview out on her farm and took photos of her jumping her horse over stuff. The horse was "Mister." The person had to go into the house at one point, and she said to me, "Here. Hold Mister while I run inside," as she handed me the reigns. I looked at me — 100 lbs. wet — and looked at the 1,500 pound horse. I was positive that I could not hold Mister if he decided he would like to go anywhere. At all. So, at that point, I introduced myself to Mister and kindly asked him if he'd like to stand there with me, pretty please, and eat some grass. He obliged. Thankfully.
But even though I don't know about horses, I sure do like them. Whenever I see one, I love to have a moment of quiet time with them. Just to check in and see how they are doing. Asking them if they have a life they enjoy, or a difficult life.
That might be why the Pony Express always bothered me. It seems like that was awfully hard on the horses. I'm writing about all this because today marks the day that the very first Pony Express reached Sacramento, California.
I can't get a straight answer about my burning-est question. Were there any ponies on the Pony Express? I've found out that there were no Shetland or Welsh ponies — which I suppose are smaller in size. But they say they did use ponies in the sense of a "cow pony" or a "polo pony." This only confused the matter more for me. Remember, I am a City Girl from the upbringing. At this point, I have conjured horrible images of Cow Ponies in my head. With big udders, making them unable to jump over things. Except the moon. From time to time.
Regardless, this is a Pony Express Anniversary. They didn't stick around very long. Only 18 months. But, they did a lot of traveling in that short time. They made a total of 308 complete runs. And, they covered almost 700,000 miles. That is like circling the earth about more than 35 times, so I am told. The Express delivered about 40,000 letters.
They just couldn't turn a profit. The idea was nifty, not just very feasible when it came to the bottom line. Imagine the expense. And, the riders had it rough. The guys in the outposts had it bad. A total of 16 employees were killed in that year and a half. And then there were the horses. I imagine it was a pretty thankless job for them, not to mention, extremely dangerous.
The Telegraph put them out of business for good. All of that in 1861.
Carrying a message can be a challenge, sometimes. I am actually surprised they stayed in business as long as they did. And it was a good thing they never had to speak their messages. That Pony Express. It was always a little horse.


Testing of your faith is not to set you up for failure, but success.
As a programmer, I write just as much if not more test code than functional code. Why is that? I need to prove to myself, my teammates, and our bosses that what I'm delivering performs exactly what was requested.
Now, imagine that if my test failed the first time I ran it against my functional code and I threw up my hands, gave up on it, and left it orphaned and abandoned for all of eternity. That would be absurd. It would be in my best interest to make whatever slight adjustments were necessary to correct the mistake rather than discard the whole thing.
So it is with our faith as well.
Let the test do its thing.
The best teachers utilize tests to show us what we don't know so we can improve. Not only that, but they also serve to show us what we do know. Armed with such information, we can then know our strengths and weaknesses to build upon. Without it, we're stuck exactly the way we were before.
None of this is comfortable. None of this is easy. But that's exactly why we need to do it.
Musings, ramblings, and various other manifestations of self reflection.


Does anyone like failure? Although I can't think of anyone I know that enjoys it, some of my acquaintances seem to handle it better than I do. My dislike for it was on clear display last week when I went to retrieve a bowl I had fashioned a week earlier and found the bottom contained a large crack. I turned the bowl over hoping to relieve some of my frustration by finding was only a superficial crack; seeing the fault on the underside I knew this might be a problem. After a consultation with our teacher I disgustingly placed the defective "bowl" in the container for recyclable clay and a friendly disagreement ensued between me and the class leader. I was sure defective clay led to the failure while she assured me that it was operator error.
The lesson for today comes from a comment made during the discussions on the bowl. The teacher told me the piece could not be placed into the kiln, "because a small crack like that will open up under the intense heat and the glazing compound will leak out." This is the problem with the tests and trials that show up in our life. Sometimes we can look back and see those little character flaws we don't want to address open up and cause us huge issues when the pressure from our circumstances increases. And while we wonder what happened, we remain aware that we should have addressed the small cracks before they became a gaping hole.
Some of the people I meet through counseling are saying the same thing. The text conversation that turned "flirty" ended up wounding a marriage deeply. The unhealthy thoughts towards someone else resulted in criminal charges and court dates. A hard and angry heart grew into a sharp tongue which caused great hurt. Each of these began as a small crack that ended up hurting others. Let me encourage you to not ignore the "cracks" in our character. Peter gives a standard in 1 Peter 1:13-16 and Paul issues a challenge in Romans 12:9. Commit to evaluating the voids in your life. When you do, you'll never regret it.


The White House announced on Friday afternoon that Donald Trump will extend waivers on sanctions against Iran for another 120 days, under the terms of the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA). However, in its announcement the administration made it clear that this is the "last time" Trump will issue these waivers unless the deal is substantially renegotiated, something that neither Iran nor the other parties to the deal (Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia) have shown any inclination of doing.
There was a real chance that Trump might have opted not to extend the waivers this time around. In October, when he refused to certify the JCPOA under the 2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA)—despite Iran's compliance with its terms—Trump said that the agreement would "be terminated" if Congress and the other parties to the deal fail to alter its terms. So far, at least, the deal remains unaltered. Trump's threat to alter the deal on his own—to scrap it, really, which would be the likely effect of restoring U.S. sanctions in full—may spur some movement toward changing it, but that very much remains to be seen.
I am open to working with Congress on bipartisan legislation regarding Iran. But any bill I sign must include four critical components.
Fourth, the legislation must explicitly state in United States law—for the first time—that long-range missile and nuclear weapons programs are inseparable, and that Iran's development and testing of missiles should be subject to severe sanctions.
Iran has allowed inspections at all sites requested by inspectors—if this were not the case, then the International Atomic Energy Agency wouldn't keep certifying Iran's technical compliance with the JCPOA. As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran is prohibited, in perpetuity, from possessing nuclear weapons. By requiring Iran to adopt the IAEA's "Additional Protocol," the JCPOA imposes strict inspections and monitoring requirements on Iran's nuclear program that do not go away so long as Iran remains party to the NPT. These provisions have no "expiration date." Iran has already met these conditions under the existing terms of the deal, yet Trump is either unaware of that or simply doesn't care.
Trump's fourth condition is likely to raise Iranian ire. In October, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said that Iran has limited its ballistic missiles to a maximum range of 2,000 kilometers, which is defined as medium-range. However, that is a self-imposed limit that Jafari himself suggested could be lifted if needed. Iranian officials have chafed at past Western criticism of their country's ballistic missile program, which they regard as a national defense priority, though media reports in the past few months have suggested that Iran might be open to talks about the program. At any rate, though, the United States has continued to sanction Iranian officials and entities over its missile program without violating the deal, so it's unclear why Trump would suddenly feel the need to link that issue so explicitly to the nuclear one.
Also troubling is the statement's explicit exclusion of Russia, China, and Iran itself from any planned renegotiation. It is unrealistic in the extreme to expect to renegotiate the terms of a seven-party deal among only, at most, four of the parties. Indeed, Trump's statement should raise questions about whether he honestly has any intention of salvaging the deal, or if he's laid out such an impossible scenario on purpose to allow him to scrap the deal in 120 days while retaining the illusion of good faith.
Of course, Trump is nothing if not mercurial. It's anybody's guess what he's actually going to do when the next waiver deadline arrives in May.
The heart [of the JCPOA] is the verification regime, and the verification regime does not sunset. All this discussion of sunsets refers, of course, to some of the nuclear constraints—the most important of which, by the way, is the constraint for 15 years [during which Iran is permitted to stockpile] no more than 300 kilograms of very low enriched uranium. But even [when that restriction sunsets], what remains is something that was not in place before and will not be in place if we do not stay the course, and that is the verification regime, which is what provides the international community with the confidence that there is, verifiably, no nuclear weapons program in Iran.
There's no need to create an unnecessary crisis on the one issue that actually seems to be working, not just in relations between the U.S. and Iran but in the Middle East as a whole. This is an agreement that is actually being implemented by Iran—President Trump and his administration have not denied that. It's working, so why create an artificial crisis and the kind of uncertainty that we don't need?
[Trump] is setting up conditions, in order for him to agree to waive the sanctions next time, that are inconsistent with the deal. They're asking to extend in perpetuity conditions that Iran is not going to agree to extend and that are not provided for in the JCPOA. So in some ways what he's setting up is a choice: either he's going to withdraw from the deal or he's going to get a supplemental agreement that is in violation of the deal. In a nutshell what he's saying is, either kill the deal with me or I'll kill it alone.
At the time that we worked so hard on the Iran nuclear agreement, we all said to each other—and to the Iranian government—that the deal would only be durable depending on the strength of its details and of the compliance to the deal. What has really sustained this deal is that everyone is complying with it—in particular, of course, Iran…I think this is a durable agreement—but the United States has to stand by it.
This has nothing to do with nuclear fears and is a US counterattack for Iran's success in the recent US military defeat in Syria. Meanwhile it looks like the US will also suffer a defeat in the financial arena.
Russia and China are especially interested in the possibility of selling oil in Chinese yuan as a way to avoid new sanctions which will probably couched as a reaction to Iran's "terrorism," as any military force which resists US aggression is a "terrorist" force, and Iran is the "world's largest state supporter of terrorism" according to the US.
There's no point discussing whether Iran is in compliance with the JCPOA or not; that's not the issue. In fact "Iranian nukes" were never the issue at all, ever. The entire "Iranian nuclear weapons threat" was just another cooked-up pretext for a policy of imposing regime-change in Iran, just like "WMDs in Iraq" was just a lie and pretext. As long as the regime-change agenda is alive, they'll keep finding reasons to justify it, even if they have to blatantly lie. After all, they blatantly lied about WMDs in Iraq…and no one was ever held accountable, not the media that so gullibly promoted and further embellished those lies, and certainly not the politicians who lied people to their deaths.
The whole menacing behavior would be a joke if not so serious.
Only one nation has used nukes to destroy whole cities, has refused to keep to the "no first use" agreed to by the five "legal nuclear powers", has supplied material and advice to the belligerent state of Israel as well as helping India-neither has signed the NPT. The USA is the most dangerous and interfering of all the UN members, yet is allowed to dictate rules for others which are law-abiding.


This is another too-cute-not-to-share video. I've always had a bit of fun with the strong air stream of a hairdryer, but not as much fun as this cat seems to be having. Cats are funny creatures, aren't they?
Seems to be having fun with that hairdryer.
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8 must-see spring films
By Andrea HonakerThe Gaston Gazette
Mar 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM Mar 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM
With the buzz from the 2015 Oscar films fading, it�s time to turn the focus to the new season ahead. Some movies with great potential are coming to theaters this spring. There�s something for every genre, whether you�re into tales of romance, friendship or the apocalypse. Here are eight action, science fiction, drama and comedy films to look forward to before the start of summer.
�Avengers: Age of Ultron� (May 1)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
Plot: The Avengers must work together to put an end to Ultron, an artificial intelligence peacekeeping program that has gone haywire.
Why it�s worth watching: What�s better than a superhero movie? A movie with multiple superheroes. Just like the last �Avengers,� this will be a fun, action-packed film that�s perfect for escaping everyday realities.
�Mad Max: Fury Road� (May 15)
Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult
Plot: George Miller�s fourth �Mad Max� film is an accounting of the road war that ensues as Max Rockatansky and a group led by Imperator Furiosa attempt to cross the desert.
Why it�s worth watching: The post-apocalyptic franchise resumes 30 years after �Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.� Just watching the trailer, you can tell it�s going to be weird yet inventive and epic.
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�Insurgent� (March 20)
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts
Plot: In the follow-up to 2014�s �Divergent,� Tris and Four search for answers as they flee the hostile forces that threaten their society.
Why it�s worth watching: The first installment was exciting and intriguing, and the sequel will bring even more action and drama as the plot thickens and secrets unfold.
�Jurassic World� (June 12)
Cast: Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins
Plot: The �Jurassic World� dinosaur theme park is in decline after 10 years, and the park�s geneticists create a hybrid dinosaur in hopes of gaining more visitors.
Why it�s worth watching: Everyone loves films with dinosaurs, especially dinosaurs gone bad. It will be interesting to see what the latest �Jurassic Park� film brings to the table.
�Get Hard� (March 27)
Cast: Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart
Plot: Millionaire James King asks Darnell Lewis � who he assumes has a criminal past � for a crash-course in jail life after he�s convicted of tax evasion.
Why it�s worth watching: If you need some laughs, this is your movie. With leading funnyman Ferrell paired with the outrageous Hart, memorable scenes are guaranteed.
�Pitch Perfect 2� (May 15)
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow
Plot: College a cappella group the Barden Bellas aims to make history when it enters an international competition that has never before won by a United States team.
Why it�s worth watching: 2012�s �Pitch Perfect� was a smash hit, and the sequel promises even more hilarious moments from the lovable characters as they find themselves in unknown territory.
�The Age of Adaline� (April 24)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman
Plot: A woman who doesn�t age keeps private to guard her secret, until a chance meeting with a man causes her to rethink her immortal life.
Why it�s worth watching: This film looks like a crowd pleaser that romance fans will love and watch over and over again for its timeless qualities.
�Far from the Madding Crowd� (May 1)
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Tom Sturridge, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen
Plot: This film adaptation of the Thomas Hardy classic tells the story of Bathsheba Everdene, who must question her heart and her future when she is pursued by three men.
Why it�s worth watching: Fans of period films will find everything they�re looking for in �Far from the Madding Crowd.� Don�t forget your tissues.
Andrea Honaker is a reporter for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. You can reach her at ahonaker@gastongazette.com.
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"The NACCOM network is a beacon of hope" – reflections from our outgoing National Director, Renae Mann
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Renae Mann, our outgoing National Director, reflects on her time at NACCOM:
It's been my huge privilege to lead NACCOM for the last seven months, and to see how a dedicated group of people can come together to create the change they want to see in their communities and the UK immigration system.
NACCOM is a community of people bound in solidarity by a shared commitment to defend our most precious human rights – to create a just and humane immigration system where people can stay safe, warm, clean, and dry, access justice, and rebuild their lives.
Relationships drive NACCOM, something that campaigner Iona Lawrence spoke about this week. Relationships built over 16 years underpin NACCOM's now 130+ network of charities and over 10,000 staff and volunteers. Together last year they accommodated 3,373 people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants who were homeless, and alongside colleagues across the homelessness and migration sector, NACCOM members were instrumental in ensuring that Everyone In included people in the immigration system.
NACCOM members' work happens quietly in towns and cities across the UK, where men, women and children are made homeless by Government hostile environment policies and practices. In community halls, churches and around kitchen tables, local people are saying yes to strangers whose only request is safety and dignity. They open their homes and communities, and work in partnership to develop solutions. Up and down the country the response is the same: "We can do something about this together."
The NACCOM network stands together to dismantle the policies and practices denying people in the UK immigration system safety, dignity, and justice. And they do so from a place of abundance, knowing that shifting power to people in the immigration system creates a better UK for us all.
As the UK faces the greatest challenge to human rights for people in the immigration system in recent history, the NACCOM network is a beacon of hope. A community where people turn towards each other to defend those rights and demand a more just and humane UK. I feel fortunate to have briefly contributed to this powerful network, and hope their story inspires you to engage with NACCOM's work.
~ In solidarity, Renae
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Audra McDonald will take the stage in New York City Center's virtual gala concert, An Evening With Audra McDonald'', streaming December 9 at 7:30pm ET through December 16. Michael Urie hosts.
Below, you can watch clips of the six-time Tony winner singing Stephen Sondheim's "The Glamorous Life" and Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's "It Never Was You." The concert is produced by New York City Center and Nel Shelby Productions, and McDonald is joined by musical director Andy Einhorn.
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Belinda Brooks-Gordon represents the East of England on the ALDE Congress. She's asked us to share the report she gave out to members in her region. Please note the looming deadline of this Thursday for amendments to motions to be discussed at the Congress in November.
The post of President and five, possibly six Vice-Presidents are to be voted on at the ALDE Congress in Budapest from 19th – 21st November. ALDE is now the fourth group in the European Parliament, and unable to do accomplish as much as it was able to do when it was the third party (don't we just know how that feels in Westminster too). The new President certainly has their work cut out.
Read more by The Voice or more about ALDE, ALDE congress or belinda brooks-gordon.
I am the FE representative to the ALDE Congress in Budapest next month and I would be happy to know any views you may have on the resolutions that have been submitted (see link in Belinda's post).
Thanks Mick, it is really helpful to have input from all parts of the party for us to take to Budapest with us. I am grateful to all who have contacted me so far.


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Posted: Tuesday 2 April 2019, 1:57 pm
First there was The Shard. Then came The Scalpel. Now plans have been submitted for a new skyscraper that would be the tallest building in the City of London – and it's called The Tulip.
Architects Foster + Partners have already left their mark on the City with 30 St Mary Axe, known by literally everyone as The Gherkin. Now they're aiming to construct a 1,000-foot-tall Gherkin-on-a-stick right next door.
There's one big difference between this and London's glut of new residential and office towers: The Tulip is intended to be a visitor attraction. The designs include viewing galleries, bars and restaurants, internal 'sky bridges' and external rotating pods, plus a high-tech educational facility that state schools can use for free and spaces for cultural, educational and tech events.
If plans are approved, construction of the tower could be finished by 2025 – by which time Londoners will no doubt have come up with a sillier name for it. How about The Wizard's Staff?
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Belks Comps Rise in 2013
11 Apr Belks Comps Rise in 2013
Posted at 07:01h in Home, Latest News by Andy Polk
Belk, Inc., the nation's largest family owned and operated fashion department store company, today announced operating results for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014.
Tim Belk, chairman and chief executive officer of Belk, Inc., said, "Despite significant headwinds during the latter part of the year, we are pleased to report our fourth consecutive year of positive comparable store sales. Compared to recent years, fiscal 2014 was a challenging year with a shorter holiday selling season, and our earnings were impacted by additional expense associated with key strategic initiatives, such as expanded Omnichannel and eCommerce capabilities. We spent time last year testing ways to drive incremental sales through item locator and store fulfillment of digital orders, and we plan to expand those efforts this year."
Net sales for the 52 weeks of fiscal 2014 totaled $4.04 billion, an increase of 2.1 percent, compared with net sales of $3.96 billion in the 53 weeks of fiscal 2013. On a comparable store basis, which included comparable 52-week periods this year and last, net sales for fiscal 2014 were up 2.9 percent.
Merchandise categories achieving the highest growth rate for the year include activewear; ladies contemporary, resort and bridge fashions; ladies suits; men's better sportswear and clothing; and kids apparel and shoes.
The company's online sales from belk.com increased 42.5 percent for fiscal 2014. Online sales positively affected the company's comparable store sales by 1.5 percent for the period.
Net income for the period totaled $158.5 million compared to $188.4 million in the prior year. The decrease was primarily the result of a lower margin rate and higher expenses associated with the company's investments in strategic initiatives during the period, including the launch of a new information technology (IT) platform that included a new merchandising system and the replacement of much of the company's previous IT infrastructure. Net income excluding non-comparable items totaled $161.0 million in fiscal 2014 compared to $185.5 million in the prior year period. A reconciliation of net income to net income excluding non-comparable items is provided at the end of this release. (See attached PDF file.)
Belk Dividend
The company's board of directors declared a regular dividend of $.80 per share for stockholders of record on March 26, 2014.
Belk Announces Stock Buyback
The board of directors announced approval of an offer to repurchase up to 2,080,000 shares of the company's common stock at a price of $48.10 per share. The company expects to launch the repurchase offer on or about April 24, 2014.
Investments in Strategic Initiatives
Belk has planned investments totaling more than $700 million over a three-year period that began in fiscal 2014 for key strategic initiatives focused on:
A comprehensive Omnichannel initiative that will enable Belk to connect seamlessly with customers regardless of where they are, offer multiple ways to provide what they want, enhance their in-store shopping experience, and create more personalized customer interactions;
Creating compelling shopping environments and driving sales by investing in a flagship strategy, opening stores in existing and new markets, and expanding and remodeling existing stores and key merchandise departments;
Supply chain initiatives that align distribution capabilities to maximize sales and service;
Information technology that delivers new business capabilities for growth and profitability; and
Excelling in customer service.
New Stores, Store Expansions and Remodels
Belk invested nearly $88 million in store expansion and remodeling projects last year, including the opening of a new store in New Braunfels, Texas, and relocations of stores in Salisbury and Morganton, N.C. to new centers. Store expansions and remodels were completed in Flowood, Miss., Rock Hill, S.C., Morehead City, N.C., Paragould, Ark., Tifton, Ga., Stuttgart, Ark., Brunswick, Ga., and Mount Pleasant, S.C. (phase 1 – new men's store). Stores completing remodels included Fredericksburg, Va., Gainesville, Fla., Monroe, La., Bainbridge, Ga., Danville, Va., Elizabeth City, N.C., Griffin, Ga., Natchez, Miss. and Greenville, Miss.
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Q: Arithmetic fixed point theorem I want to understand the idea of the proof of the artihmetic fixed point theorem. The theorem is crucial in the proof of Gödel's first Incompletness theorem.
First some notation: We work in $NT$, the usual number theory, it has implemented all primitve recursive functions. Every term or formula $F$ has a unique Gödel number $[F]$, which encodes $F$. If $n$ is a natural number, the corresponding term in $NT$ is denoted by $\underline{n}$. The function $num(n):=[\underline{n}]$ is primitive recursive. Also, there is a primitive recursive function $sub$ of two variables, such that $sub([F],[t])=[F_v(t)]$, where $v$ is a free variable of $F$ which is replaced by a term $t$.
Now the theorem assertions the following:

Let $F$ be a formula with only one free variable $v$. Then there is a sentence $A$ such that $NT$ proves $A \Leftrightarrow F_v(\underline{[A]})$.

This may be interpreted as a self-referential definition of $A$, which is, as I said, crucial in Gödel's work. I understand the proof, I just repeat it, but I don't get the idea behind it:
Let $H(v)=F_v(sub(v,num(v)))$ and $A = H_v(\underline{[H]})$. Then we have
$A \Leftrightarrow H_v(\underline{[H]})$
$\Leftrightarrow F_v(sub(v,num(v)))_v(\underline{[H]})$
$\Leftrightarrow F_v(sub_1(\underline{[H]},num(\underline{[H]})))$
$\Leftrightarrow F_v(sub_1(\underline{[H]},\underline{[\underline{[H]}]}))$
$\Leftrightarrow F_v(\underline{[H_v(\underline{[H]})]})$
$\Leftrightarrow F_v(\underline{[A]}), qed.$
But why did we choose $H$ and $A$ like above?

A: In the end, the reason to choose things in that way is because it works, but in this case it's possible to explain what's going on.
For a warm-up, you can get some intuition for the method by looking at an easier English example of the same phenomenon:

", when preceded by itself in quotation marks, yields a true sentence.", when preceded by itself in quotation marks, yields a true sentence.

To explain the proof you gave, I will use $|n|$ to denote the formula that has Gödel number $n$. In the proof above, $H(n)$ should be read as asserting $F([|n|(n)])$, that is:

$H(n)$ says: $F$ holds of the number of the formula obtained by substituting $n$ into $|n|$

Thus $H([H])$ says,

$F$ holds of the number of the formula obtained by substituting $[H]$ into $|[H]|$

that is,

$F$ holds of the number of the formula obtained by substituting $[H]$ into $H$

So $H([H])$ asserts $F([H([H])])$.
(For informal clarity, I have intensionally not used underlines here.)

Addendum. It's impossible in general to construct a formula $J$ such that $J$ is literally the same formula as $F([J])$. Any typical Gödel numbering has the property that $n < [F(\underline n)]$ for every formula $F(x)$ and number $n$. But if $J = F([\underline J])$ then $[J] = [F(\underline {[J]})]$.
So, if our proof method is going to work with an arbitrary Gödel numbering, is has to be more indirect. The proof gives a formula $H$ so that $H([H])$ is provably equivalent to $F([H([H])])$, but not literally the same formula.  This may help explain why proof proceeds the way it does.

A: The fixed point lemma is profound because it reveals a
surprisingly deep capacity in mathematics for
self-reference: when a statement $A$ is equivalent to
$F(A)$, it effectively asserts "$F$ holds of me". How
shocking it is to find that self-reference, the stuff of
paradox and nonsense, is fundamentally embedded in our
beautiful number theory! The fixed point lemma shows that
every elementary property $F$ admits a statement of
arithmetic asserting "this statement has property $F$".
Such self-reference, of course, is precisely how Goedel
proved the Incompleteness Theorem, by forming the famous
"this statement is not provable" assertion, obtaining it
simply as a fixed point $A$ asserting "$A$ is not
provable". Once you have this statement, it is easy to see
that it must be true but unprovable: it cannot be provable,
since otherwise we will have proved something false, and
therefore it is both true and unprovable.
But I have shared your apprehension at the proof of the
fixed point lemma, which although short and simple, can
nevertheless appear mysteriously impenetrable, like an
ancient mystical rune that we have memorized. We can verify
it step-by-step, but where did it come from?
So let me try to explain how one could derive this
argument, or at least arrive at it by small steps.
We want to find a statement $A$ that is equivalent to
$F(A)$. If we could expect a strong version of this, then
we would seek an $A$ that is equivalent to $F(A)$, and to
$F(F(A))$, and so on, expanding from the inside. Such a
process leads naturally to the infinitary expression

*

*$F(F(F(\cdots)))$

Furthermore, this infinitary expression is itself a fixed
point, in a naive formal way, since if $A$ is that
expression, then applying one more $F$ results in an
expression with the same form, as desired. This infinitary
expression doesn't count as a solution, of course, since we
seek a finite well-formed expression, but it suggests an
approach.
Namely, what we want to do is to capture in a single finite
expression the self-expanding nature of that infinitary
solution. The desired statement $A$ should be equivalent to
the assertion that $F$ holds when substituted at $A$
itself. So we introduce an auxiliary variable $v$ and
consider the assertion $H(v)$ that asserts that $v$ is as
desired, namely, that $F$ holds of the statement $v$ codes,
when substituted at $v$. This last self-substitution part,
about substituting $v$ at $v$, is what allows one
substitution to self-expand into two, and then three and so
on, in effect curling the self-expanding infinite tail of
the infinitary expression around onto itself.
Namely, if $n$ is the code of $H(v)$, then we perform the
substitution, obtaining the statement $H(n)$, which
asserts exactly that $F$ holds of the statement $n$ codes
when substituted at $n$. But since $n$ codes $H(v)$, this
means that $H(n)$ asserts that $F(H(n))$, and we have the
desired fixed point.
Allow me to mention a few other things. First, it is
interesting to consider whether all fixed points of $F$ are
equivalent to each other. This is true after all when $F$
is tautological, for example, since any fixed point will
also be logically valid. Similarly, Goedel's "I am not
provable" statements are all equivalent to the assertion
that the theory is consistent, and this is how one can
prove the Second incompleteness theorem. But are fixed
points for a given $F$ always equivalent? The answer is no.
Fix any statements $A$ and $B$, and let $F(v)$ be the
statement, "if $v=[A]$, then $A$, otherwise $B$". Note that
$F([A])$ is equivalent to $A$ and $F([B])$ is equivalent to
$B$, so they are both fixed points.
Andreas raised the very interesting question in the
comments below whether the fixed point $A$ has $F([A])$
also as a fixed point. This is what we might expect from the infinitary example above.
 The example of the previous paragraph shows, however, that
not every fixed point has this feature, since in that
example, $A$ is equivalent to $F([A])$, but $F([F([A])])$
is equivalent to $B$. But in this example, other fixed
points do have the feature. I am unsure in general about whether there must always be a fixed point $A$ such that
$F([A])$ is also a fixed point.
Lastly, I would like to mention that essentially the same
argument for the fixed point lemma has been used to prove
other fixed point theorems in logic. For example, the
Recursion
Theorem
asserts that for any computable function $f$, acting on
programs, there is a program $e$ such that $e$ and $f(e)$
compute exactly the same function.
One can prove this in a very similar way to the fixed point
lemma. Namely, define H(v,x)={f({v}(v))}(x), where {e}(x)
means the output of program e on input x. Note that H is
running program v on itself, and then applying f, just as
the H in your argument. Now, let s be the function that on
input v, produces a program to compute H(v,x), so that
{s(v)}(x)=H(v,x). Let d be the program computing s, and let
e=s(d). Putting this together, we have

*

*{e}(x) = {s(d)}(x)= H(d,x) = {f({d}(d))}(x)
= {f(s(d))}(x) = {f(e)}(x).

So program e and f(e) compute the same function.

A: A wonderful book about the general pattern is Smullyan's Diagonalization and Self-reference (but it also goes more specifically into arithmetic). I also just found this recent article which contains an exposition of Lawvere's diagonalisation argument, which makes sense in cartesian closed categories...
Smullyan's page 17, adapted to Lawvere's setting seems to give a very general formal description of diagonalisation.

A: I think that the best way to capture the idea beyond the proof of the
fixed point theorem is to mirror it in an ordinary language
formulation and then translate it back to the first order language of
arithmetic (cf. J.N. Findlay, Goedelian Sentences: A Non-numerical
Approach}, Mind, Vol. 51, 1942, pp. 259-65.). Clearly,
what we seek is a sentence asserting that it has a given property,
that is, a sentence that says "I have the property p". But,
in order for it to be formalizable, our sentence should consist of
components with easily identifiable formal first-order
counterparts. Therefore we cannot use such indexicals as `I'.
In order to circumvent the need for indexicals, we reformulate
Grelling's paradox applying it to open sentences instead of
adjectives:
(1)      "x is heterological" is heterological,
where an open sentence is called autological if the property it
attributes to x possessed by the sentence itself, otherwise it is called
heterological. For example, "x consists of five words", "x is
English", are autological, while "x is long", "x is German", are
heterological. On the other hand, both in formal languages and in informal
ones, the fact that an object has a property is expressed by a
substitution of the name of the object into the open sentence
expressing that property. Consequently,
(2)    x is heterological just in case the sentence obtained by
       substituting the name of x for the variable in it is false.
Now (using the convention that he name of linguistic objects are the
object itself between quotation marks), if we replace "being false" by
"having property p", (1) and (2) together yield:
(3)      the sentence obtained by substituting the name of
         "the sentence obtained by substituting the name of
         x for the variable in it has property p"
         for the variable in it has property p.
This is the sentence we need. On the one hand, it does not use indexicals, on the other, it indeed says of itself
that it has property p (and says nothing else), since it is built up in
such a way that if we perform the substitution described in it, then
we obtain the sentence itself, which is stated to have property p.
Now, let s denote the open sentence between the quotation marks
in (3), that is, let s be:
(4)  the sentence obtained by substituting the name of
     x for the variable in it has property p.
Then, clearly, the whole sentence (3) is s("s"). In order to obtain
the fix point lemma, we should translate it into the language of formal
arithmetic. Clearly, the formalization process consists of two main steps.  In the first step, we have to find the formal version $\eta$ of s, and then the second step is obvious: the desired sentence $\lambda$ will simply be $\eta(g(\eta))$ (where $g(\varphi)$ is the G\"odel number of $\varphi$ and plays, of course, the formal counterpart of name of $\varphi$, and, for simplicity, I leave out of consideration the difference between numbers and their formal counterparts in the language).
Now, that is all. That is the essence of the proof. What remains to do
is simply translate the ordinary language argument into
the formal language of arithmetic. That is a completely mechanical task.
Let us recall that what we should show is that,
for any arithmetical formula $\varphi$ with at most one free
variable (this fact will be denoted by $\varphi=\varphi(x)$), there is a sentence $\lambda$ such that
$Q\vdash \lambda \longleftrightarrow
\varphi(g(\lambda)),$
where $Q$ is Robinson arithmetic (essentially Peano arithmetic without induction).
Now, let the formula corresponding to the property p be $\varphi=\varphi(x)$.  Then, obviously, the formal version of s is
$\varphi(g[x(g(x)])$.  In order to continue the formalization process,
we should find a formula that can play the role of
$\varphi(g[x(g(x))])$, that is, a formula $\eta=\eta(x)$ such that
$\eta(g(\psi))$ is provably equivalent to $\varphi(g[\psi(g(\psi))])$
for every $\psi=\psi(x)$, or equivalently (denoting the inverse of $g$
by $g^{-1}$), for any $n \in N$,
$Q\vdash  \eta(n)\longleftrightarrow\varphi(g[g^{-1}(n)(n)]). $
In order to find the appropriate formula $\eta$,
let us consider the expression
substituted into the formula $\varphi$,
and define the function $f:\omega\longrightarrow \omega$ accordingly:
$f(n)=g[g^{-1}(n)(n)]$  if  $n \in N$ and $f(n)=0$ otherwise.
Since this function is obviously recursive and hence representable,
and, up to provable equivalence, the result of substituting a
representable function into a formula can also be expressed by a
formula, there is a formula $\eta$ such that, for any $n\in N$,
(5)
$Q\vdash\eta(n)\longleftrightarrow\varphi(f(n))$
Thus we have obtained what we need, we have shown that there exists an
$\eta$ that can be considered to be the formal version
of s. Now, all that remains to do is straightforward:
it follows from (5) that, for every $\psi$,
$Q\vdash \eta(g(\psi))\longleftrightarrow
 \varphi\big(g[\psi(g(\psi))])$,
which, in turn, choosing $\psi$ to be $\eta$, yields
$Q\vdash \eta(g(\eta))\longleftrightarrow
\varphi(g[\eta(g(\eta))])$,
showing that the sentence
$\lambda =\eta(g(\eta))$ indeed  has the desired
property.

A: Another approach, I suppose, is to consider this as a kind of Cantor's diagonal argument.
If you write a table with rows correspond to formula and columns correspond to integers then $sub([F],[t])=[F_v(t)]$ is just a formulae in $[F]$ row and $t$ column.
Now, following Cantor's diagonal argument, you might want to consider diagonal of this table, which is $sub(v,num(v))$ and augment it somehow. Here is there $F$ comes in - you apply it to the diagonal and get $H(v)=F_v(sub(v,num(v)))$. Why should you? I don't know exactly. But it's similar to standard Cantor's argument.
Hence, $H(v)$ is a formulae with the following property: for every formulae $T(v)$ there exist $n$ such that $H(n) \Leftrightarrow F(T(n))$ (because of diagonal argument --- take row number $[T]$ and intersect it with diagonal). That's why we can take $n = [T]$.
Hence, if we take $T = H$, and $n = [T] = [H]$ we would get what we need.

A: For a unified account which subsumes the First Incompleteness theorem, Russell's paradox and Cantor's theorem, try Yanofsky's paper A Universal Approach to Self-Referential Paradoxes, Incompleteness and Fixed Points.

A: Let's start out with the observation that there can be no formula $D$ with the property that for all $\varphi$, $$D([\varphi]) \iff \varphi([\varphi]).$$
For if such a $D$ existed, then defining the formula $E$ by $E(\underline{n}) = \neg D(\underline{n})$, we would have $$D([E]) \iff E([E]) \iff \neg D([E]),$$ a contradiction.
Now, the task is to show that given a formula $F$ of one variable, there is another formula $A$ such that $A\iff F([A])$.  Well, if that's not true, then an improbable-looking thing would happen: for every sentence $A$, we would have $$\neg F([A])\iff A.$$
The reason this looks improbable is that the formula $\neg F$ looks fairly similar to the forbidden formula $D$ above.  In fact, if I want to juice the similarity for all it's worth, I would explore what happens when $A$ is of the form $A = \varphi([\varphi])$ for some $\varphi$; then we would have $$\neg F([\varphi([\varphi])]) \iff \varphi([\varphi]).$$
But if this holds for all $\varphi$, we can define the forbidden $D$ by $D([\varphi]) = \neg F([\varphi([\varphi])])$.  Contradiction.
Now out of this argument, let's extract the specific formula $A$ that we originally wanted.  We are looking for an $A$ of the form $\varphi([\varphi])$.  Our hint is to use the same formula $E([E])$ which destroyed our hopes about $D$ above.  The context is new, but we define $E$ in the same way: $E([\varphi]) = \neg D([\varphi])$. That is $$E([\varphi]) = F([\varphi([\varphi])).$$
Now the only step that remains is the one you've already seen: checking that $A=E([E])$ in fact works.

A: You could have discovered the fixed point theorem yourself! You'd just need the problem to be motivated the right way. For example, let's look at it as a kind of programming challenge...
Suppose you wanted to write a program that referred to its own source code at some point.
You could try to write it in BASIC (or Java or Haskell or English or Peano Arithmetic or whatever your favorite programming language is). But, you might find that to be too tricky at first. So nevermind BASIC; you decide to instead simply invent a hypothetical new programming language BASIC++, which is just like BASIC, but augmented with built-in support for programs to be able to access their own source code: this language has a basic keyword "myOwnSourceCode" within it, which is to be interpreted as just what you'd think from the name.
How does one actually run a BASIC++ program? Well, one thing you might do with a BASIC++ program (let's call it P) is compile it into an ordinary BASIC program, by going through its source code and replacing every instance of the keyword "myOwnSourceCode" with, of course, the expression of the actual source code for P.
So now we know how to write BASIC++ programs which refer to their own source code (it's trivial by the design of the BASIC++ language), and we also know how to compile BASIC++ programs into ordinary BASIC programs.
Of course, by combining those two, this means you can write BASIC++ programs which refer to the compilation of their own source code into BASIC.
And then, by actually compiling such a program into BASIC, you're left with, in fact, an ordinary BASIC program which refers to (which is to say, does whatever the programmer wants it to do with) its own source code.
This is precisely the structure of the fixed point theorem: $F$ is some BASIC-definable function, the free variable $v$ (in a BASIC++ program) is the "myOwnSourceCode" keyword, $sub(P, num(P))$ compiles a BASIC++ program $P$ into ordinary BASIC, $H$ is the BASIC++ program which applies $F$ to the compilation of its own source code into BASIC, and $A$ is the compilation of $H$ into BASIC; thus, as an instance of the pattern above, $A$ is an ordinary BASIC program which applies $F$ to its own source code. [The fact that the free variable of $F$ was also chosen to be named $v$ in the presentation given in the question is, incidentally, an unnecessary and irrelevant distraction]
(Of course, in the arithmetic fixed point theorem, "BASIC" is instead "Peano Arithmetic", but it's the same fundamental construction, whatever the particular context it is to be interpreted in)

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Yorkshire and the Humber (1.97%)
North West (1.92%)
South West (1.97%)
Wales (2.05%)
South East (2.11%)
East (2.17%)
East Midlands (2.21%)
North East (2.42%)
West Midlands (2.75%)
London (2.91%)
Interestingly, boilers in Scotland are the most resilient against breakdowns, in spite of the fact that average temperatures across Scotland are decidedly lower when compared than the rest of the UK mainland. In 2019, the average temperature north of the border was just 7.9 °C, compared to England (10.4 °C) and Wales (9.7 °C), suggesting that: either Scottish boilers are more resilient to the colder conditions or residents are more reluctant to turn them on when it gets cold.
London properties are shown to have experienced the largest number of boiler-related problems over the course of last year. In general, Northern regions fared better than the rest of the UK when it came to reliability.
Just behind Scotland in the rankings are North West (1.92%) and Yorkshire and the Humber (1.97%) – also the areas with the softest water in the country.
There is also a link between home ownership and the percentage of boilers breaking down, according to the study, with areas dominated by rental properties (such as London, the North East and the West Midlands) experiencing more frequent breakdowns. This is likely due to tenants not keeping a close eye on the condition of their boiler or not living in a property for a long enough time to notice any changes.
David Holmes, the founder of Boiler Guide, says: "…when looking at areas towards the other end of the scale, London is synonymous with having an abundance of 'older' residential and commercial properties, with many containing older heating systems that are in dire need of repair. Coupled with the higher occupancy rates and the dense population of the region, the strain put on boilers and other home heating systems is hard to ignore."
It's imperative that boilers are serviced at least once a year by a Gas Safe engineer so that irregularities can be picked up and fixed before any major breakdown occurs. Whether you're a home owner or managing a commercial property; maintaining your boiler will ensure that it works efficiently, effectively and safely.
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Rav Berland puts the final touches to a very special mezuzah.
While many of those who have come to daven and pray with the Rav at his home on Ido HaNavi have recently seen some enormous things moving in their lives via their connection to such a holy Tzaddik, not everyone can come and pray with the Rav in Jerusalem.
So Rav Berland has been searching for other routes to benefit Am Yisrael, in a way that's easier for everyone to grasp. To that end, he's taken it upon himself to write the last letter in a limited number of very special mezuzot, to bring down more blessings and miracles for Am Yisrael.
"All the mezuzahs to be sold under the supervision of the Rav (Rav Eliezer Berland, shlita), the Rav is supervising each and every single apostrophe, and each and every single letter. The Rav will write the final letter [of each mezuzah parchment].
Thus the handwritten note from Rav Eliezer Berland, shlita, concludes.
If you would like to participate in the rare opportunity to buy one of these very special mezuzot, please contact (if dialling from outside Israel, add +972): 050-418-7241.
You can also hear Rav Berland talking about these mezuzahs directly by going HERE.


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Dear CAHNR Alumni and Friends,
Happy New Year! In my last message, I encouraged you to take a look back at all that the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources accomplished in 2021. Today's message is also one of reflection and celebration.
In honor of Black History Month, we are telling the story of one of UConn's most important alumni, Alan T. Busby. The first Black student and graduate of the Connecticut College of Agriculture, which would later become the University of Connecticut, Mr. Busby embodied the spirit of UConn and CAHNR. Please take a moment to hear his story.
The legacy of excellence exemplified by Mr. Busby lives on in CAHNR today. On March 10, we will celebrate student scholarship recipients and the generous donors who make these scholarships possible. These two groups are the heart and soul of our College. I am so thrilled to come together virtually to recognize the tremendous work of our students and the continued commitment from our community to keep education accessible for CAHNR families.
We'll also come together March 31 to recognize many faculty, staff, students, and donors at our annual Awards & Honors event. While every member of the CAHNR community contributes to our mission, this event provides an opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of a select few. Several new awards will be given this year, including Spirit of the Land Grant; Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; and Excellent in Early Career Research.
While we come together for this event, the third annual UConn Gives campaign will also be wrapping up. I am proud to say that CAHNR has always excelled in this 36-hour event, and I hope 2022 will be no different. Participation and community support are the foundation of our College, so let's show off our CAHNR pride during UConn Gives March 30-31, 2022.
On behalf of all of us at CAHNR and the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, thank you for your continued support of our mission and our students.
Go Huskies.
Indrajeet Chaubey, Dean and Director
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Paper: Project VRC: Phase VI – Best practices and impact of Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 in VDI
June 26, 2013 by virtualization.info Editors
Project Virtual Reality Check has released a new paper titled: "Phase VI – Best practices and impact of Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 in VDI". The paper which can be downloaded after registration on the Project VRC website contains 56 pages and covers the impact of deploying and using Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Environments. This paper is the follow up of the paper: Project Virtual Reality Check phase V, which covered the impact of Anti Virus solutions on VDI environments.
For testing the Login Virtual Session Indexer benchmarking tool was used.
The paper contains the following chapters:
The Login VSI benchmark
The Project VRC Platform
Office 2007 v.s. Office 2010 v.s. Office 2013
Office 2013 Performance Tuning
Win 7 x86 Office 2010 x86 v.s. Win 7 x64 Office 2010 x86
Office 2010 Indexing On vs. Off
One of the conclusions:
Comparing both Microsoft Office 2010 and 2013 with Office 2007 there is a negligible capacity impact of 1% with Office 2010, but there is a very substantial difference of 20% with Office 2013. As a result, upgrading to Office 2013 requires 20% more VDI capacity in comparison to Office 2007 and Office 2010.
Release: Citrix XenServer 6.2
Microsoft releases betas of App-V 5.0 SP2 and UE-V 2.0


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Q: IE-11 Popup issue When I am click on logoff hyperlink in my application, it returns me a popup.
There is a normal code of asp.net which redirect to logoff page and clear session.!
Popup message is: "Do you want to allow this website to open an app on your computer?"
Click here to see popup
I do not want this popup.
For this, I have tried to change few settings of IE, but it doesn't work for me.
It will be Appreciate if anyone can suggest the cause of the issue and possible resolution?
Thanks in advance!


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HTML5 can be used for both marketing and enterprise apps. Whether you'd like to reach the entire market of operating systems and devices, or if you'd like to take advantage of a Bring Your Own Device policy and develop a single app for your entire staff, HTML5 is the way to go. To help you choose the best development consultant for your HTML5 app, we have compiled this list of top 10 HTML5 app development consultants for the month of May 2017.
AMBR Detroit is a local development team that specializes in: building mobile applications, website design and development, and print design. We do all of our development in-house (no outsourcing), and can help bring your ideas to life from strategy to completion, and beyond.
Established in 2007 by senior IT business professionals with many years of intensive experience in the IT industry, today Intelligent Software is a strategic software development vendor and partner to many companies in the USA and Europe with its main development center in Ukraine.
Rainmaker Labs is undoubtedly one of the best Mobile app development firms existing in Singapore at the moment. It services a wide range of clients ranging from retail businesses to large enterprises. It has garnered huge recommendations from big Global enterprises since their commencement in 2011.
Inoutput is a full stack software development company. We produce inventive solutions to challenging problems using creative thinking and by producing expertly crafted software. We specialise in web and mobile applications, business automation software and systems development.
Trantor is a leading software services company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. We deliver innovative technology solutions which enable our clients to achieve their business objectives at a reduced cost. We excel in internalizing our client's business processes and objectives. We create and/or deploy solutions which are focused, solve business problem(s) and achieve measurable results. Our commitment to excellence has led to extremely positive long-term working relationships with our clients and solution partners.
JustCoded is a PHP and frontend web development company for startups and design/marketing agencies that creates pixel-perfect and mobile optimized web solutions since 2007 by using open source PHP frameworks (Laravel, Yii framework, Symfony) and CMS/ERP/E-commerce solutions (Drupal, WordPress, Magento). We also create native and cross-platform iOS and Android mobile applications.
Radiansys Inc ( Established 2007 ) is a technology company based in San Francisco Bay Area. We provide technical expertise to Start-Ups, SMEs and Fortune 500 companies in United States. Radiansys offers onsite, near-shore & offshore development models and have flexibility to provide a wide range of solutions, from small projects to large and complex offshore/onshore cooperation with a team of full-time employees. We are currently the primary software implementation partner of leading Banking, Insurance & Retail companies across united states.
MarketGoal is a full service digital technology company delivering customized web, mobile and enterprise solutions. Since 2006, we've delivered hundreds of digital solutions for all types of clients, including Fortune 500, small and medium size business, government and education providers.
Social Cubix is a global expert in mobile strategy, design & development. We create highly polished products and games for startups and enterprise clients that cut across different platforms including iOS, Android and the web.


To submit a paper, you are requested to register yourself and provide some information about the paper and authors. You may just register and submit only an abstract in the first phase. PDF or Postscript file can be uploaded later. Until the deadline, you can still update your information or transmit a revised file.
If you have already registered for another conference in EasyChair system after January 9, 2007, you can use the same username and password. You could easily switch among conferences.
An e-mail will be sent to you to confirm the receipt of your submission within 24 hours. If you have any problems/questions on submissions, please contact Jan Holub (ciaa2007@stringology.org).
The extended abstract should provide sufficient details to allow the Program Committee to evaluate its validity, quality, and relevance to the conference. The extended abstract should be at most ten (10) pages long using 11-point font with ample margins. If appropriate, proof details omitted in the paper may be added in an appendix.
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by May 10, 2007.
Final copies of accepted papers must be submitted by June 1, 2007 for publication in preproceedings published by Publishing House of Czech Technical University in Prague.
Extended versions of selected papers from the proceedings of the conference series will be solicited for publication in a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) and International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (IJFCS), alternating each year with the CIAA 2007 special issue appearing in TCS.
There will be a Best Paper Award for CIAA. The award is sponsored by the University of California at Santa Barbara.


Samsung has finally announced its first 2014 product i.e, Galaxy Camera 2. The new Samsung Galaxy Camera Two comes with improved features. The comapany has included many new things to make it more approachable than its predecessor. It features a 16.3MP 1/2.3 inch BSI CMOS sensor and 21 X optical zoom with optical image stabilization ( OIS ).
It packs with a 720p HD Display at 308 ppi and gains the strength from 1.6 GHz quad core processor. It also offers WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC connectivity, but sacrifices on 4G and 3G support. The company also gives you 50GB dropbox storage.
The price of the camera is not announced yet. Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 would be showcased at CES staring from January 7th 2014.
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Tune into the groove of the moment with the pre-installed music player. Dance to the beats that make you move. Let your heart beat to the music and groove to all your favorite songs whenever you like! Unwind anytime, anywhere with the built-in video player that plays all your videos, movies and more. Carry all your favorite movies and watch the action come alive with its video player.
Store music, videos, images, files and all your files on its expandable memory up to 4GB and carry all your entertainment with you. Never spend a dull moment again with all your entertainment in your phone.
Tune into chart-topping numbers on the FM anytime, anywhere you like. With a built in radio, now you can listen to all the latest tracks through your phone.
Balance your work and play, easily with its DUAL SIM (GSM+GSM) connectivity that lets you insert 2 SIM cards at the same time. Multi-task is now possible with ease and experience dual connectivity!


While many might easily find cause to disagree with Theresa May politically, few can deny the caliber of her character. The embattled PM has fought over many long, arduous months and is now in the crucial stages of passing her Brexit deal.
However, just ahead of the "final meaningful vote" which was to be held in Parliament this week, the PM postponed the vote to embark on a last-ditch blitz around Brussels, meeting with European leader to seek "extra reassurances" on issues such as the Irish backstop. Reassurances will make the difference when it comes to returning the vote to parliament before the January 21st deadline.
However, May's painstaking campaign has now come under further attacks as news came through yesterday of a "vote of no confidence" being presented to the PM.
The leadership bid which was launched against May some weeks ago finally crossed the threshold yesterday of receiving letters from 48 MP's backing the move.
With the 48 letters now received, Conservative MP's will vote on whether the PM should retain her position as head of the Conservative party or be replaced. The vote will take place today between 6pm and 8pm GMT with results likely to come in an hour or so after.
GBP has actually traded slightly higher today in response to news of the vote as traders sense that if May is replaced as PM, Brexit will at the least be postponed and potentially not go through at all.
GBPUSD continues to trade within the bearish channel from 2018 highs. To the topside, the key resistance level to watch is a retest of the broken 1.2699 level which was the prior 2018 low. Until this level is meaningfully broken, focus remains on further downside.


Shaun Murphy survived a Ronnie O'Sullivan fightback to win the 188BET Champion of Champions at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.
Murphy had led the best of 19 final 9-5 before an O'Sullivan surge took the score to 9-8, and he looked set to level until he missed the green, allowing Murphy to finally complete his victory, and claim the title and £100,000 winner's prize.
O'Sullivan led early in the match at 0-2 but four consecutive frames saw Murphy gain a two-frame advantage. The Rocket fought back but, with the scores tied at 4-4, the final frame of the afternoon session saw a dramatic conclusion.
Murphy, four points behind, missed the black to the bottom right pocket, seemingly setting up the five-time World Champion to take a lead into the evening session. But he also missed to the same pocket allowing Murphy to make a long but straight-forward pocket to lead 5-4.
The Magician then came out firing in the evening, taking the first three frames for a commanding 8-4 advantage and he looked set to move to within one of the title before he went in off with just the colours remaining. O'Sullivan made no mistake in punishing the Gibraltar Masters champion.
Murphy moved a step closer to the title with a 71 clearance for 9-5, but then O'Sullivan mounted his comeback. First, he took a scrappy 15th frame 31-76 and then the final's only century, a 108, put The Rocket just two behind Murphy. An outrageous fluke helped O'Sullivan to 9-8, but the fluked red aside he was now playing much more confident snooker.
O'Sullivan looked set to force the decider until be missed the green at, allowing Murphy to the table to finish the match.
"These are the moments you live for as a snooker player," said Murphy. "Ronnie is the best player of all time, the best player we have seen and the ultimate test. To play him in a big, big final and get to ten first – because I very nearly didn't – is an amazing feeling.
"We call it dead-man syndrome – people play like they have got nothing to lose and he started going for shots which we all know he can get, and they started going in.
Murphy becomes the first player to qualify for the next Champion of Champions, which will be staged at Ricoh Arena, Coventry from November 5-11 2018 with tickets on sale Monday, November 13.


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Death of a Traitor (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery) (Hardcover)
By M. C. Beaton, R.W. Green (With)
This is book number 35 in the A Hamish Macbeth Mystery series.
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Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick witted but unambitious policeman—is back to investigate the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she seems, in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series.
Kate Hibbert is all too eager to lend a hand to her neighbors. Although she has been a resident of the sleepy village of Lochdubh for only a year, in that time Kate has alienated one too many of its residents with her interfering—and not entirely well-intentioned—ways. When Kate's neighbor sees her lugging a heavy suitcase to the bus stop, he hopes that the prying woman is leaving for good. But two weeks later, Kate's cousin arrives in town with the news that Kate has gone missing—and she demands that the local police step in.
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is called in to investigate the disappearance, and soon he is befuddled by a storm of lies, intrigue, and scandal . . . and the sneaking suspicion that Kate was someone much more sinister than she claimed. Torn between loyalty to Lochdubh and his job, Hamish begins threading his way through a maze of deceit, quickly finding himself on the trail of a ruthless, treacherous murderer. If he catches the killer, peace can return to the village. If he fails, he will lose everything: his job, his home, and the life he so loves in Lochdubh.
M. C. Beaton, hailed as the "Queen of Crime" by the Globe and Mail, was the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Agatha Raisin novels—the basis for the hit series on Acorn TV and public television—as well as the Hamish Macbeth series. Born in Scotland, Beaton started her career writing historical romances under several pseudonyms as well as her maiden name, Marion Chesney. Her books have sold more than twenty-two million copies worldwide.
A long-time friend of M. C. Beaton, R. W. Green has written numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. He lives in Surrey with his family and a black Labrador called Flynn.
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Series: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery
"Another pitch-perfect entry in the long-running Hamish Macbeth series . . . capturing
Beaton's deft plotting, shrewd characterizations, and loving depictions of the Scottish Highlands. . . The plot builds and twists nicely . . . Raise a glass of Hamish's favored Famous Grouse to this new addition in a worthy series."—Booklist
"Longing for escape? Tired of waiting for Brigadoon to materialize? Time for a trip to Lochdubh, the scenic, if somnolent, village in the Scottish Highlands where M. C. Beaton sets her beguiling whodunits featuring Constable Hamish Macbeth."—New York Times Book Review
"Beaton, the grand dame of the cozy mystery genre, passed away in late 2019. Beaton chose her friend and fellow writer Green to continue her Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mystery series . . . and he delivers the charge most admirably. [Death of a Green-Eyed Monster] maintains Beaton's distinctive voice and includes the usual village eccentrics, loads of Scottish lore, and the light humor that Beaton fans have loved through the years. Most important, the book ends with a teaser that seems to promise more and even wilder adventures for Hamish."—Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Pays fine tribute to Beaton . . . Beaton and Green do a superb job keeping the red herrings coming and the plot twists jumping out at you until the finale. You'll just have to strap on your favorite kilt and visit scenic Lochdubh to find out exactly what is going on."—Bookreporter on Death of a Green-Eyed Monster
"Some terrific comic moments (reminiscent of All Creatures Great and Small) . . . Long live Macbeth, Sergeant of Scotland!"—Booklist on Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Starred Review)
"This is R. W. Green's first outings as the successor to Marion Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series, and he captures [Macbeth's] charm . . . As in the previous Macbeth books, [Death of a Green-Eyed Monster] deals with human failings. Thanks to the gentle touch of R. W. Green, readers will look forward to spending more time in the future with Hamish as he protects the land and people he loves dearly."—New York Journal of Books


Proper rehydration after experiencing diarrhea or vomiting will be essential, especially if your child has had a severe episode that led to significant loss of fluids.
Pedialyte is one option, but I can recommend a much better, DIY alternative. The concept of Pedialyte is a great one, but this commercial drink is too rich in artificial ingredients to be 100 percent beneficial.
First off, what is Pedialyte and why do we drink it?
Pedialyte is a commercially-produced electrolyte solution designed to help a person overcome fluid loss after experiencing diarrhea and/or vomiting.
Pedialyte is suitable for usage by both children and adults, according to manufacturer information. This drink can be used to prevent dehydration caused by a stomach bug or food poisoning.
The main ingredients of Pedialyte include dextrose, sodium chloride, citric acid, potassium citrate, zinc gluconate, water and sucralose.
The problem with Pedialyte is that it contains sugar, artificial colorants, flavors and synthetic minerals. You can achieve the exact same result in a much more natural way.
Here is my recipe for a homemade Pedialyte alternative.
You are going to love this recipe because it is exceptionally simple. When you open up a coconut, you have the meat, milk, and water. The water is the highest in natural sugars and minerals, which are the most important to replenish after you've been sick.
The ingredients that you are going to need are one cup of organic coconut water and 1/8 to a quarter of a teaspoon of sea salt. Stir the salt into the coconut water until it gets fully dissolved. This is it – your homemade rehydration drink is ready.
Interesting to Note: Coconut water's composition is very similar to human plasma. So much so that, in wartime, coconut water has been used in blood transfusions! (Source: Campbell-Falck, Darilyn et al.
And it's loaded with nutrition.
Coconut water is the liquid found in the middle of the coconut. This water contains natural sugars, as well as a medley of minerals that can restore the balance of bodily fluids after severe dehydration.
Pedialyte contains 25 milligrams of calcium, 2.5 milligrams of magnesium, 25 milligrams of phosphorus, 192 milligrams of potassium and 253 grams of sodium.
In comparison, coconut water contains nearly 58 milligrams of calcium, 60 milligrams of magnesium, 48 milligrams of phosphorus, 600 milligrams of potassium and 252 milligrams of sodium.
Also, it is a wonderful source of iron, zinc, copper, manganese and selenium.
Because of the significant amount of potassium that coconut water contains, you will need to add a bit of sea salt to get a one to one sodium to potassium ratio.
Just mix the ingredients and drink. Doesn't get much simpler than that?
This recipe is much easier and much more natural than Pedialyte. You will be getting sugar but from a natural source and you will be freeing your body from the effects of synthetic minerals.
The drink is suitable for kids, even for the youngest ones. If you find it difficult to make your child drink coconut water, you can add some apple juice to it and make the mix a bit more familiar and palatable.
Disclaimer: This recipe is recommended for children who are older than 1, generally healthy with properly functioning kidneys, and not experiencing severe dehydration or high fever (which would probably require direct medical attention anyhow). And, as always, follow your own doctor's advice over anything you find on the internet.
I'm not sure if you've heard that about "we are what we eat" cliche. Indeed, we are what we eat and it shows in our skin. if you keep eating unhealthy food, your skin will show the effects of it. Try changing your lifestyle or eating habits and hydrate yourself by drinking lots of water everyday (8-10 glasses a day). Also, you can detox your body by drinking warm lemon water after you wake up in the morning and before you sleep at night.
and follow the lemon toner and see how it works for you.
thanks fo the good InformatIon but the adds on thIs sIte follow you around and get In your way as you try to read It makes It very hard to read i almost left the page before i was able to read any thing..
Are you using your cellphone? If so, it's the phone itself showing the ads. I'm not really sure why there are some pop ads in my site but I normally use my PC and see nothing about pop ads.