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Shifting Perceptions in Sport
Universally united
By Adam Panayi | Sport
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Cartoon released by Chapecoense. Credit @tumblr.com.
Recently, Brazilian side Chapecoense reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana, the South American equivalent of Europe's Europa League. Yet, the team seems now known due to the events which occurred during their travels to the final; the plane, flying to Colombia for the first leg, seemed to run out of fuel, ultimately resulting in the passing of the majority of Chapecoense's players and staff. Yet, on request of their opposing finalists, the Brazilian club were awarded the trophy, seeming to provide the club with the silverware the players may have warranted. Additionally, the tournament prize money, combined with the offers of assistance from fellow Brazilian clubs, and veteran players, seems to ensure a rebuild may occur, whilst perhaps more pivotally showcasing the unity of the football world.
En route to the final, Chapecoense bypassed multiple teams who may have been the favourites for victory, and ultimately the trophy; in their opening fixture, they faced Argentinian side, and sixteen-time league winners, Independiente, and after two 0-0 results the match went to penalties, with victory ensured after an 100% success rate from the spot. In the quarter-finals, they faced Junior and, even with the superior ranking, it was ultimately the Colombian side who ended the first leg with the advantage. Yet, a 3-0 victory in the reverse fixture seemed to enable Chapecoense to advance to the semi-finals, and it seemed to be at this stage where the team may have showcased the quality they possessed. Resolution at the back seemed to act as the catalyst in their surge to the final, and ultimately the tournament seemed to showcase their motivation to succeed, seemingly playing at the peak abilities under the manager's philosophy.
Whilst the events of the flight ultimately resulted in the passing of the majority of the club's core, it may have highlighted the determination, and desire, of the football world to offer assistance and support. Multiple Brazilian sides seem to have offered the services of some of their players for free, with some seeming to take the initiative a step further, by requesting the maintenance of their top tier status for three seasons. Seemingly, this seems to display the unity of the Brazilian clubs, who may have put footballing rivalries aside in order to contribute to the rebuilding of the club, an act which may only result in productive consequences.
Certain players, such as centre-half Neto, may be pivotal in the rebuild of the club, as these players seem to bridge the gap between the previous players and any new signings; as such, they may be able to hold on to the previous philosophy, utilised by the manager, whilst simultaneously using the former player's legacies and traits to instigate a new beginning for the club. Yet, other clubs, and players, seem to have also joined the cause; Icelandic utility player Eidur Gudjohnsen, along with veterans Ronaldinho and Juan Riquelme, seem to have been rumoured to join, and English clubs seemingly respectfully observed a minute's silence before each match the weekend prior. With the world seeming to unite under the circumstances, all members of the community seem to be conducting themselves with the upmost respect, although most important perhaps, may be the remembrance of the players, manager, and staff, in a productive light, as they reached the final, and ultimately ensured both they, and the club, secured a place in history.
Whilst the potential result of the final may have been put into perspective, it seems clear Chapecoense's players were motivated, and possessed a desire to succeed in the game. Additionally, the history of teams in similar situations, such as the Busby Babes in 1958, may provide the club with motivation to ensure their player's legacies are remembered further, and act as the catalyst in rebuilding the club in their honour. Ultimately, although the event may have resulted in a lasting impact for the club, and the families of the players, the communal unity, and desire to offer vast levels of assistance from across the globe, may have surely proved football bypasses any barriers, geographically or otherwise, to support fellow players, fans, and families of the game.
How may the footballing world provide assistance to the club, whilst also ensuring Chapecoense's players are remembered?
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I think weekly is true for an extended, involved campaign.
That beign said, my last group gamed monthly for about 5 years.For us, I would write them as one shots, but link them with a 5 minute flavor text summarizing what happened before, where they are now and why. That gives them a short term goal and still a feeling of a long term campaign. If players took a wrote a synopsis or journal entry from their character's point of view,they received 1000 XP, 2000 if they read it to everyone.
How often did the monthly group miss sessions or need to move the date? The only way that could work (in my experience) is to have people with a strong ability to block days on their calendars.
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'''
Created on Apr 4, 2012

@author: lanquarden
'''

# @author: Ahmed Nassar
# This code builds on "lanquarden" code from:
# https://github.com/lanquarden/pyScrcClient
# by adding mapping capabilities based on
# guidelines and code snippets from this presentation:
# "Virtual robotic car racing with Python and TORCS"
# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGOtqXA_y1E

import sys
import argparse
import socket
import driver

import time
import math
import threading
from threading import Thread
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
from collections import deque

def main():
    arguments = parseArguments()
    try:
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    except socket.error, msg:
        print '*** Could not make a socket.'
        sys.exit(-1)
    # one second timeout
    sock.settimeout(1.0)

    d = driver.Driver(arguments.stage)

    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    view = TorcsTrackView()
    thr1 = Thread(target = repaintTrack, args = (view, ))
    thr2 = Thread(target = launchClient, args = (view, arguments, d, sock, ))

    try:
        thr1.start()
        thr2.start()
    except:
        print "Error: unable to start thread"
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

###########################################################
class RangeFinderRay:
    def __init__(self, x1, y1, x2, y2):
        self.x1 = x1
        self.y1 = y1
        self.x2 = x2
        self.y2 = y2

###########################################################
class TorcsTrackView(QtGui.QWidget):

    def __init__(self):
        super(TorcsTrackView, self).__init__()
        self.offsetX     = 700;
        self.offsetY     = 500;
        self.trackLength = 1908.32;
        self.standardTrackLength = 1908.32; # Length of oval A-Speedway track
        self.mult       = 0.5 * (self.standardTrackLength/self.trackLength);
        self.curX       = 0;
        self.curY       = 0;
        self.curTheta   = 0;
        self.curLapTime = 0;
        self.CAR_LENGTH = 0.135;
        self.count      = 0;
        self.rays       = deque([], 10000);
        self.ranges     = deque([], 20);
        self.cx     = 200;
        self.cy     = 400;
        self.mDash  = 0.75;
        self.rDash  = 150;
        self.lock = threading.Lock();
        self.initUI();

    def initUI(self):
        self.setGeometry(50, 50, 800, 400)
        self.setWindowTitle('Torcs Track View')
        self.show()

    def paintEvent(self, e):
        qp = QtGui.QPainter()
        qp.begin(self)
        p = self.palette()
        p.setColor(self.backgroundRole(), QtCore.Qt.blue)
        self.setPalette(p)
        self.drawTrack(qp)
        self.drawDashBoard(qp);
        qp.end()

    def drawTrack(self, qp):
        pen = QtGui.QPen(QtCore.Qt.white, 3, QtCore.Qt.SolidLine)
        qp.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(0, 200, 0))
        qp.setPen(pen)
        qp.setOpacity(0.9)
        qp.setRenderHint( QtGui.QPainter.Antialiasing )

        # Draw rays
        dx = self.offsetX;
        dy = self.offsetY;
        m  = self.mult;
        with self.lock:
            #print len(self.rays);
            for r in self.rays:
                #line = QtCore.QLineF(dx + m*r.x1, dy + m*r.y1, dx + m*r.x2, dy + m*r.y2)
                #qp.drawLine(line);
                qp.drawPoint(dx + m*r.x2, dy + m*r.y2);

    def drawDashBoard(self, qp):
        pen = QtGui.QPen(QtCore.Qt.black, 2, QtCore.Qt.SolidLine)
        qp.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(0, 200, 0))
        qp.setPen(pen)
        qp.setOpacity(0.5)
        qp.setRenderHint( QtGui.QPainter.Antialiasing )

        center = QtCore.QPoint(self.cx, self.cy);
        qp.setBrush(QtCore.Qt.yellow);
        qp.drawEllipse(center, self.rDash, self.rDash);
        qp.setOpacity(0.95)

        # Draw ranges
        with self.lock:
            i = 0;
            for r in self.ranges:
                line = QtCore.QLineF(self.cx, self.cy, 0, 0);
                line.setAngle(10*i - 90);
                line.setLength( self.mDash * r );
                qp.drawLine(line);
                i += 1;

    ##############################################
    # Bicycle Model
    ##############################################
    # Define the path as a function of its length s.
    # Theta is the angle between the path tangent at s and the global x axis.
    def updateLocation( self, speed, dt, steeringAngle ):
        ds = speed * dt; # Distance traveled in one time step dt.
        #turnAngle = ds * math.tan( steeringAngle );
        #if ( abs( turnAngle ) < 0.00000001 ):
        steeringAngle = steeringAngle * math.pi / 180.0;
        if ( abs( steeringAngle ) < 0.000001 ):
            nextX = self.curX + ds * math.cos( self.curTheta );
            nextY = self.curY + ds * math.sin( self.curTheta );
            self.curX     = nextX;
            self.curY     = nextY;
            self.curTheta = self.curTheta;
            #print 'curX={0:.3f}, curY={1:.3f}, curTheta={2:.3f}'.format( self.curX, self.curY, self.curTheta );
        else:
            radius = self.CAR_LENGTH / math.tan( steeringAngle );
            beta = ds / radius;
            #print 'radius={0:.3f}, speed={1:.3f}, dt={2:.3f}, ds={3:.3f}, beta={4:.6f}'.format(
            #    radius, speed, dt, ds, beta );
            cx = self.curX - radius * math.sin( self.curTheta );
            cy = self.curY + radius * math.cos( self.curTheta );
            nextTheta = self.curTheta + beta;
            nextX = cx + radius * math.sin( nextTheta );
            nextY = cy - radius * math.cos( nextTheta );
            self.curX     = nextX;
            self.curY     = nextY;
            self.curTheta = nextTheta;

    def updateTrack(self, driver):
        with self.lock:
            sx = driver.state.speedX;
            sy = driver.state.speedY;
            trackSpeed = sx * math.cos( driver.state.angle ) + sy * math.sin( driver.state.angle );
            trackSpeed = (1.0/3.6) * trackSpeed; # km/h to m/s
            dt = (driver.state.curLapTime - self.curLapTime);
            ds = trackSpeed * dt;

            steeringAngle = - driver.steeringAngle;
            self.updateLocation( trackSpeed, dt, steeringAngle );
            #print self.curTheta;

            self.curLapTime = driver.state.curLapTime;

            N = len(driver.state.track);
            for i in range( 0, N ):
                self.ranges.append( driver.state.track[i] );

            self.count += 1;
            if ( self.count < 10 ):
                return;
            self.count = 0;
            for i in range( 0, N ):
                x2 = self.curX + driver.state.track[i] * math.cos( self.curTheta + i*math.pi/N - math.pi/2 );
                y2 = self.curY + driver.state.track[i] * math.sin( self.curTheta + i*math.pi/N - math.pi/2 );
                self.rays.append( RangeFinderRay( self.curX, self.curY, x2, y2 ) );

def repaintTrack( view ):
    while(True):
        time.sleep(0.05)
        view.update()

###########################################################
def parseArguments():
	# Configure the argument parser
	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = 'Python client to connect to the TORCS SCRC server.')

	parser.add_argument('--host', action='store', dest='host_ip', default='localhost',
						help='Host IP address (default: localhost)')
	parser.add_argument('--port', action='store', type=int, dest='host_port', default=3001,
						help='Host port number (default: 3001)')
	parser.add_argument('--id', action='store', dest='id', default='SCR',
						help='Bot ID (default: SCR)')
	parser.add_argument('--maxEpisodes', action='store', dest='max_episodes', type=int, default=1,
						help='Maximum number of learning episodes (default: 1)')
	parser.add_argument('--maxSteps', action='store', dest='max_steps', type=int, default=0,
						help='Maximum number of steps (default: 0)')
	parser.add_argument('--track', action='store', dest='track', default=None,
						help='Name of the track')
	parser.add_argument('--stage', action='store', dest='stage', type=int, default=3,
						help='Stage (0 - Warm-Up, 1 - Qualifying, 2 - Race, 3 - Unknown)')
	arguments = parser.parse_args()

	# Print summary
	print 'Connecting to server host ip:', arguments.host_ip, '@ port:', arguments.host_port
	print 'Bot ID:', arguments.id
	print 'Maximum episodes:', arguments.max_episodes
	print 'Maximum steps:', arguments.max_steps
	print 'Track:', arguments.track
	print 'Stage:', arguments.stage
	print '*********************************************'
	return arguments;
###########################################################

def launchClient(view, arguments, d, sock):
	shutdownClient = False
	curEpisode     = 0
	verbose        = False

	while not shutdownClient:
		while True:
			print 'Sending id to server: ', arguments.id
			buf = arguments.id + d.init()
			print 'Sending init string to server:', buf

			try:
				sock.sendto(buf, (arguments.host_ip, arguments.host_port))
			except socket.error, msg:
				print "Failed to send data...Exiting..."
				sys.exit(-1)

			try:
				buf, addr = sock.recvfrom(1000)
			except socket.error, msg:
				print "didn't get response from server..."

			if buf.find('***identified***') >= 0:
				print 'Received: ', buf
				break

		currentStep = 0

		while True:
			# wait for an answer from server
			buf = None
			try:
				buf, addr = sock.recvfrom(1000)
			except socket.error, msg:
				print "didn't get response from server..."

			if verbose:
				print 'Received: ', buf

			if buf != None and buf.find('***shutdown***') >= 0:
				d.onShutDown()
				shutdownClient = True
				print 'Client Shutdown'
				break

			if buf != None and buf.find('***restart***') >= 0:
				d.onRestart()
				print 'Client Restart'
				break

			currentStep += 1
			if currentStep != arguments.max_steps:
				if buf != None:
					buf = d.drive(buf)
					view.updateTrack( d );
			else:
				buf = '(meta 1)'

			if verbose:
				print 'Sending: ', buf

			if buf != None:
				try:
					sock.sendto(buf, (arguments.host_ip, arguments.host_port))
				except socket.error, msg:
					print "Failed to send data...Exiting..."
					sys.exit(-1)

		curEpisode += 1

		if curEpisode == arguments.max_episodes:
			shutdownClient = True

	sock.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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Q: Explain how to obtain a field with $125$ elements using polynomials by using concrete example provided by a polynomial I have this problem and don't know how to solve it. Any one can help? Thanks

A: Take $\mathbb{F}_5[x] / (p(x))$ where $p(x)$ is an irreducible polynomial of degree $3$.
One example of an irreducible polynomial of degree $3$ in $\mathbb{F}_5[x]$ is $x^3 + x + 1$. We can check this by evaluating that $x^3 + x + 1$ has no roots.
$\mathbb{F}_5 [x]$ is a PID since $\mathbb{F}_5$ is a field. Since $p(x)$ is irreducible in $\mathbb{F}_5[x]$, $\mathbb{F}_5[x] / (p(x))$ is a field.

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text:
import DS from 'ember-data';
import Ember from 'ember';

export default DS.JSONAPIAdapter.extend({
    namespace : '',
    host: 'localhost:8000',

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There is no statistical difference in the MMSE performance between either sexes (p>0.
The MMSE score of group A after 2 weeks of ECT was reduced to 20-25 and mean score is 24.
Para las simulaciones, particularmente para los detectores lineales de referencia ZF y MMSE normales y con SIC que se tomaron para comparacion de desempeno y complejidad, se considero el ejemplo de multiplexacion espacial MIMO que trae el Communications System Toolbox de Matlab[R] (The MathWorks, Inc.
El MMSE fue significativamente diferente entre todas las categoria del Global Deterioration Scale (ANOVA de una via, F=135,11; P=0,0001) evidenciando una correcta clasificacion de severidad del mismo.
The normal and altered MMSE groups were compared to the results of audiometry and SRS using the Mann-Whitney test and the results were presented in figures format (Box plot).
Since our sample size was small, the Mann-Whitney test was used to test data related to age, age of onset, history of illness, MMSE score, and concentration of tau protein.
For the sake of comparison, the performances of RS modulo MMSE successive interference cancellation (RM-MMSE-SIC)  is also shown.
In subtests that evaluate calculation and memory in the Pesotest and the MMSE, as well as in the totals of each of these tests, statistically significant differences between clinical and non-clinical samples (tables 1 and 2) were found.
To the best of the authors' knowledge there are few studies comparing results between the MMSE and MoCA in screening for cognitive impairment in schizophrenia.
MMSE-RISIC equalization is on the base of MMSE equalization, which is a new kind of decision feedback equalizer.
MMSE scores assessing frequency and degree of cognitive impairment in stroke patients and control subjects without neurological damage Sum Damage patients n (%) Stroke Control subjects n (%) 24-30 Without cognitive impairment 11 (22) *** 50 (100) 18-23 Mild cognitive impairment 36 (72) *** 0 (0) 0-17 Severe cognitive impairment 3 (6) *** 0 (0) Total 50 (100) 50 (100) *** p < .
The MMSE measures the cognitive level of elders in terms of orientation (10 points), short-term memory and recall (6 points), attention (5 points), phonic fluency (2 points), following verbal commands (4 points), judgment (2 points) and copying a double pentagon (1 point) (Folsterin et al.


I've been playing through Banished and trying to slowly build out a city. My ultimate goal is to create a self-sustaining template (centered around the Market, of course) that could be repeated and will generate enough food to support the housing, contain basic buildings (such as blacksmith, tailor, etc). That way I can build out the town modularly, and slowly grow to fill in an open field. Has anyone played around with this?
Also, I never manage to get everyone educated so I usually place smaller crop fields and orchards. I still try to figure out how to get food faster.
I can make you tons of different templates that all work.
I generally would not recommend trying to make a singular template because terrain is often so varied. How much flat open ground is there? How much water is there? Do you want to use Farming or Gathering? Do you want to use Fishing Docks? Do you want to use trading? Mines and Quarries are finite, inefficient, big, kill citizens, non-removable and most importantly ugly. Do you plan on using them?
You need to consider all of these things if you are making a singular modular system.
Personally, I would recommend simplifying it. Always place a home and storage next to any production job. Only place a home with job. Don't build useless homes just for the sake of building homes.
Doing that method, I can easily build towns of any size and type I want at any speed I want.
the layout is superb !
Red! This is from our Market Radius challenge back when the forum was new and there were NO mods!


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Rupert Murdoch, Closet Liberal
Fox News President Roger Ailes outs his boss as a Republican-hater.
By Jack Shafer
Oct 08, 20076:26 PM
Evidence of Murdoch's hidden Bush hatred
Who is responsible for the glut of books criticizing President George W. Bush?
Roger Ailes provides the answer in today's (Oct. 8) Wall Street Journal. Ailes, who is chairman and CEO of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel and the soon-to-launch Fox Business Network, is asked his opinion of Alan Greenspan's recent criticisms of President Bush. (The Bush criticisms to which the Journal refers appeared in Greenspan's book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World.)
Responds Ailes:
You can't sell a book in America if you don't dump on Bush. That's the cheapest shot in the world. You cannot get an advance, and you can't sell a book because the publishers are all people who hate Bush and hate Republicans.
If Ailes is right about the publishers being Bush- and Republican-haters—and I'm not saying he isn't—then what do the anti-Bush books published by HarperCollins, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., say about Rupe? Is Murdoch among the haters? As everybody knows, Murdoch is the consummate micromanager. Nothing happens in his company that he doesn't know about.
Consider the 2004 HarperCollins title Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, which the HarperCollins catalog describes in these strong words:
At once a compelling portrait of George W. Bush and a damning indictment of his policies, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on an administration whose record of violence and cruelty seems increasingly dependent on the unstable psyche of the man at its center.
Or what about The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time from 2006, published by the HarperCollins imprint William Morrow? The catalog calls it "the first book to expose the Bush Administration's radical economic agenda for global domination, a plan more extreme, unilateral and audacious than any of his predecessors, a plan that has created the greatest level of violent opposition to America and Americans in recent history." The Bush "takeover" of the world economy is designed to benefit "such corporations as Bechtel, Lockheed Martin, ChevronTexaco, Halliburton, and many others."
Nobody hates Bush more than Andrew Sullivan, whose book, The Conservative Soul, was published by HarperCollins in 2006, and which is scheduled for release as a paperback by the publisher tomorrow. In his New York Times review of the book, David Brooks writes:
[D]uring 2004 Sullivan grew disenchanted with the Bush administration. He had always been inflamed by the Republican Party's opposition to gay marriage (like most bloggers, Sullivan gets inflamed on a daily basis), but now his criticism spread to other issues.Sullivan grew incensed by the rise in federal spending, the incompetence displayed after Katrina, the conduct of the postwar occupation in Iraq and, most of all, the Bush administration's stand on interrogations. He ended up endorsing John Kerry and now he is contemptuous of almost all things Bush.
Murdoch's Republican-haters at HarperCollins don't stop at George W. Bush. Last summer the firm published an assault on Republican Rudy Giuliani. The catalog entry for Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 reads:
Turning the mythology on its head, Grand Illusion reveals how Giuliani has revised his own history, casting himself as prescient terror hawk when in fact he ran his administration as if terrorist threats simply did not exist, too distracted by pet projects and turf wars to attend to vital precautions.
Given the behavior of Murdoch's book companies, Ailes would have to concede at the very least that his boss subsidizes hatred of Bush and Republicans. At least we know Murdoch loves Jesus, otherwise he wouldn't have purchased Zondervan, the Christian publishing house, in 1988. Or could it be that Murdoch is a closet Satanist in addition to being a closet liberal? I call Ailes' attention to The Satanic Bibleby Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey, which is published by Avon, a HarperCollins paperback imprint.
Has Murdoch succeeded in business because he made a pact with the devil—or because he is the devil? Drop me a line at slate.pressbox@gmail.com. (E-mail may be quoted by name in "The Fray," Slate's readers' forum, in a future article, or elsewhere unless the writer stipulates otherwise. Permanent disclosure: Slate is owned by the Washington Post Co.)

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Various Artists with Jean (Hans) Arp, Giacomo Balla, Robert Delaunay, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Albert Gleizes, Auguste Herbin, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, František Kupka, Fernand Léger, Alberto Magnelli, Piet Mondrian, Francis Picabia, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Theo van Doesburg, Jacques Villon Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I 1953
with introduction by Léon Degand
Collaborating artist
after Jean (Hans) Arp, after Giacomo Balla, after Robert Delaunay, after Sonia Delaunay-Terk, after Albert Gleizes, after Auguste Herbin, after Vasily Kandinsky, after Paul Klee, after František Kupka, after Fernand Léger, after Alberto Magnelli, after Piet Mondrian, after Francis Picabia, after Sophie Taeuber-Arp, after Theo van Doesburg, after Jacques Villon
Portfolio of sixteen screenprint reproductions
composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 25 3/16 × 19 5/16" (64 × 49 cm)
Édition Art d'Aujourd'hui, Boulogne
The Louis E. Stern Collection
1106.1964.1-16
There are 16 works in this portfolio online.
Jean (Hans) Arp has 173 works online.
Giacomo Balla has 13 works online.
Robert Delaunay has 49 works online.
Sonia Delaunay-Terk has 52 works online.
Theo van Doesburg has 49 works online.
Albert Gleizes has 12 works online.
Auguste Herbin has 12 works online.
Vasily Kandinsky has 152 works online.
Paul Klee has 145 works online.
František Kupka has 51 works online.
Fernand Léger has 212 works online.
Alberto Magnelli has 12 works online.
Piet Mondrian has 26 works online.
Francis Picabia has 76 works online.
Sophie Taeuber-Arp has 25 works online.
Various Artists has 399 works online.
Jacques Villon has 112 works online.


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Q: Webdriver in Java: couldn't fill a text box I'm using Webdriver in Java to login into Instagram:
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

//open instagram.com:

driver.get("https://www.instagram.com");

//type my_username in the user text box

WebElement user = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"loginForm\"]/div/div[1]/div/label/input"));

user.sendKeys("my_username");

Webdriver opens instagram but I receive this error (and the text field is not filled):
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Command: [12eccee1a2fd0dbabc426dca6651ef75, findElement {using=xpath, value=//*[@id="loginForm"]/div/div[1]/div/label/input}]
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 101.0.4951.54, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 101.0.4951.41 (93c720db8323..., userDataDir: /var/folders/_y/x_dzvzfj1vs...}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:53345}, javascriptEnabled: true, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: MAC, platformName: MAC, proxy: Proxy(), se:cdp: ws://localhost:53345/devtoo..., se:cdpVersion: 101.0.4951.54, setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify, webauthn:extension:credBlob: true, webauthn:extension:largeBlob: true, webauthn:virtualAuthenticators: true}
Session ID: 12eccee1a2fd0dbabc426dca6651ef75
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.codec.w3c.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:200)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.codec.w3c.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:133)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.codec.w3c.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:53)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:184)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.invokeExecute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:167)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:142)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:567)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ElementLocation$ElementFinder$2.findElement(ElementLocation.java:162)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ElementLocation.findElement(ElementLocation.java:60)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:385)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:377)

Thanks!

A: Try to change double quotes for single quotes on loginForm xpath:
WebElement user = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='loginForm']/div/div[1]/div/label/input"));

user.sendKeys("my_username");

If you want you can simplify this code, not using the variable user:
string XPath = "//*[@id='loginForm']/div/div[1]/div/label/input";
driver.findElement(By.xpath(XPath)).sendKeys("my_username");

A: Problem was that I was sending the text to fast, before the text box was even available. Some check and wait mechanism should be used before accesing an element.


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British-American author of The Age of Reason, Common Sense, Rights of Man and Crisis, Thomas Paine (1737/01/29 - 1809/06/08) has not been proven to have been a freemason. A brilliant pamphleteer, his theory about the origins of Freemasonry is only of interest as an historical curiosity.
NOTE: This essay appeared in New York, 1818, with an anonymous preface of which I quote the opening paragraph: "This tract is a chapter belonging to the Third Part of the Age of Reason, as will be seen by the references made in it to preceding articles, as forming part of the same work. It was culled from the writings of Mr. Paine after his death, and published in a mutilated state by Mrs. Bonneville, his executrix. Passages having a reference to the Christian religion she erased, with a view no doubt of accommodating the work to the prejudices of bigotry. These, however, have been restored from the original manuscript, except a few lines which were rendered illegible." Madame Bonneville published this fragment in New York, 1810 (with the omissions I point out) as a pamphlet. — Dr. Robinet (Danton - Emigre, p. 7) says erroneously that Paine was a Freemason; but an eminent member of that Fraternity in London, Mr. George Briggs, after reading this essay, which I submitted to him, tells me that "his general outline, remarks, and comments, are fairly true." Paine's intimacy in Paris with Nicolas de Bonneville and Charles Frangois Dupuis, whose writings are replete with masonic speculations, sufficiently explain his interest in the subject. — Moncure Daniel Conway The Writings of Thomas Paine 1896 G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
IT is always understood that Free-Masons have a secret which they carefully conceal; but from every thing that can be collected from their own accounts of Masonry, their real secret is no other than their origin, which but few of them understand; and those who do, envelope it in mystery.
The Entered Apprentice knows but little more of Masonry than the use of signs and tokens, and certain steps and words by which Masons can recognize each other without being discovered by a person who is not a Mason. The Fellow Craft is not much better instructed in Masonry, than the Entered Apprentice. It is only in the Master Mason's Lodge, that whatever knowledge remains of the origin of Masonry is preserved and concealed.
In his introduction he says, the original institution of Masonry consisted in the foundation of the liberal arts and sciences, but more especially in Geometry, for at the building of the tower of Babel, the art and mystery of Masonry was first introduced, and from thence handed down by Euclid, a worthy and excellent mathematician of the Egyptians; and he communicated it to Hiram, the Master Mason concerned in building Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem."
Solomon's Temple was built and dedicated 1004 years before the christian era; and Euclid, as may be seen in the tables of chronology, lived 277 before the same era. It was therefore impossible that Euclid could communicate any thing to Hiram, since Euclid did not live till 700 years after the time of Hiram.
The learned, but unfortunate Doctor Dodd, Grand Chaplain of Masonry, in his oration at the dedication of Free-Mason's Hall, London, traces Masonry through a variety of stages. Masons, says he, are well informed from their own private and interior records that the building of Solomon's Temple is an important era, from whence they derive many mysteries of their art. "Now (says he,) be it remembered that this great event took place above 1000 years before the Christian era, and consequently more than a century before Homer, the first of the Grecian Poets, wrote; and above five centuries before Pythagoras brought from the east his sublime system of truly masonic instruction to illuminate our western world. But, remote as this period is, we date not from thence the commencement of our art. For though it might owe to the wise and glorious King of Israel some of its many mystic forms and hieroglyphic ceremonies, yet certainly the art itself is coeval with man, the great subject of it. "We trace," continues he, "its footsteps in the most distant, the most remote ages and nations of the world. We find it among the first and most celebrated civilizers of the East. We deduce it regularly from the first astronomers on the plains of Chaldea, to the wise and mystic kings and priests of Egypt, the sages of Greece, and the philosophers of Rome."
A: Because all churches and chapels are, or ought to be so.
A: As the Sun sets in the West to close the day, so the Wardens stand in the West, (with their right hands upon their left breasts, being a sign, and the level and plumb rule about their necks,) to close the Lodge, and dismiss the men from labor, paying them their wages.
A: Because the Sun darts no rays from thence.
The high festival of the Masons is on the day they call St. John's day; but every enlightened Mason must know that holding their festival on this day has no reference to the person called St. John, and that it is only to disguise the true cause of holding it on this day, that they call the day by that name. As there were Masons, or at least Druids, many centuries before the time of St. John, if such person ever existed, the holding their festival on this day must refer to some cause totally unconnected with John.
The case is, that the day called St. John's day, is the 24th of June, and is what is called Midsummer-day. The sun is then arrived at the summer solstice; and, with respect to his meridional altitude, or height at high noon, appears for some days to be of the same height. The astronomical longest day, like the shortest day, is not every year, on account of leap year, on the same numerical day, and therefore the 24th of June is always taken for Midsummer-day; and it is in honor of the sun, which has then arrived at his greatest height in our hemisphere, and not any thing with respect to St. John, that this annual festival of the Masons, taken from the Druids, is celebrated on Midsummer-day.
Customs will often outlive the remembrance of their origin, and this is the case with respect to a custom still practiced in Ireland, where the Druids flourished at the time they flourished in Britain. On the eve of Saint John's day, that is, on the eve of Midsummer-day, the Irish light fires on the tops of the hills. This can have no reference to St. John; but it has emblematical reference to the sun, which on that day is at his highest summer elevation, and might in common language be said to have arrived at the top of the hill.
As to what Masons, and books of Masonry, tell us of Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem, it is no wise improbable that some Masonic ceremonies may have been derived from the building of that temple, for the worship of the Sun was in practice many centuries before the Temple existed, or before the Israelites came out of Egypt. And we learn from the history of the Jewish Kings, 2 Kings xxii. xxiii. that the worship of the Sun was performed by the Jews in that Temple. It is, however, much to be doubted if it was done with the same scientific purity and religious morality with which it was performed by the Druids, who, by all accounts that historically remain of them, were a wise, learned, and moral class of men. The Jews, on the contrary, were ignorant of astronomy, and of science in general, and if a religion founded upon astronomy fell into their hands, it is almost certain it would be corrupted. We do not read in the history of the Jews, whether in the Bible or elsewhere, that they were the inventors or the improvers of any one art or science. Even in the building of this temple, the Jews did not know how to square and frame the timber for beginning and carrying on the work, and Solomon was obliged to send to Hiram, King of Tyre (Zidon) to procure workmen; "for thou knowest, (says Solomon to Hiram, i Kings v. 6.) that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Zidonians." This temple was more properly Hiram's Temple than Solomon's, and if the Masons derive any thing from the building of it, they owe it to the Zidonians and not to the Jews. — But to return to the worship of the Sun in this Temple.
Besides these things, the description that Josephus gives of the decorations of this Temple, resembles on a large scale those of a Mason's Lodge. He says that the distribution of the several parts of the Temple of the Jews represented all nature, particularly the parts most apparent of it, as the sun, the moon, the planets, the zodiac, the earth, the elements; and that the system of the world was retraced there by numerous ingenious emblems. These, in all probability, are, what Josiah, in his ignorance, calls the abominations of the Zidonians. [NOTE by PAINE: Smith, in speaking of a Lodge, says, when the Lodge is revealed to an entering Mason, it discovers to him a representation of the World; in which, from the wonders of nature, we are led to contemplate her great original, and worship him from his mighty works; and we are thereby also moved to exercise those moral and social virtues which become mankind as the servants of the great Architect of the world. — Author.] Every thing, however, drawn from this Temple [NOTE by PAINE: It may not be improper here to observe, that the law called the law of Moses could not have been in existence at the time of building this Temple. Here is the likeness of things in heaven above and in earth beneath. And we read in I Kings vi., vii., that Solomon made cherubs and cherubims, that he carved all the walls of the house round about with cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers, and that he made a molten sea, placed on twelve oxen, and the ledges of it were ornamented with lions, oxen, and cherubims: all this is contrary to the law called the law of Moses. — Author.] and applied to Masonry, still refers to the worship of the Sun, however corrupted or misunderstood by the Jews, and consequently to the religion of the Druids.
Another circumstance, which shows that Masonry is derived from some ancient system, prior to and unconnected with the christian religion, is the chronology, or method of counting time, used by the Masons in the records of their Lodges. They make no use of what is called the christian era; and they reckon their months numerically, as the ancient Egyptians did, and as the Quakers do now. I have by me, a record of a French Lodge, at the time the late Duke of Orleans, then Duke de Chartres, was Grand Master of Masonry in France. It begins as follows: "Le trentieme jour du sixieme mois de l'an de la V.L. cinq mille sept cent soixante treize;" that is, the thirteenth day of the sixth month of the year of the Venerable Lodge, five thousand seven hundred and seventy-three. By what I observe in English books of Masonry, the English Masons use the initials A.L. and not V.L. By A.L. they mean in the year of Light, as the Christians by A.D. mean in the year of our Lord. But A.L. like V.L. refers to the same chronological era, that is, to the supposed time of the creation. [NOTE: V.L. are the initials of Vraie Lumiere, true light; and A.L. of Anne Lucis, in the year of light. This and the three preceding sentences (of the text) are suppressed in Madame Bonneville's pamphlet, 1810. — Editor.] In the chapter on the origin of the Christian religion, I have shown that the Cosmogony, that is, the account of the creation with which the book of Genesis opens, has been taken and mutilated from the Zend-Avesta of Zoroaster, and was fixed as a preface to the Bible after the Jews returned from captivity in Babylon, and that the Robbins of the Jews do not hold their account in Genesis to be a fact, but mere allegory. The six thousand years in the Zend-Avesta, is changed or interpolated into six days in the account of Genesis. The Masons appear to have chosen the same period, and perhaps to avoid the suspicion and persecution of the Church, have adopted the era of the world, as the era of Masonry. The V.L. of the French, and A.L. of the English Mason, answer to the A.M. Anno Mundi, or year of the world.
The religion of the Druids, as before said, was the same as the religion of the ancient Egyptians. The priests of Egypt were the professors and teachers of science, and were styled priests of Heliopolis, that is, of the City of the Sun. The Druids in Europe, who were the same order of men, have their name from the Teutonic or ancient German language; the German being anciently called Teutones. The word Druid signifies a wise man. [NOTE: German drud, wizard. Cf. Milton's line: "The star-led wizards haste with odours sweet." The word Druid has also been derived from Greek ####;, an oak; Celtic 'deru,' an oak and 'ndd,' lord; British 'deruidhon,' very wise men; Heb. 'derussim,' contemplators; etc. — Editor.] In Persia they were called Magi, which signifies the same thing.


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SAN MARINO, Calif. (FOX11) - Two minors are behind bars for their involvement in an alleged street-race that killed a man and his dog in San Marino.
The accident happened around 10:35 a.m. Thursday on Huntington Drive near Kenilworth Avenue.
The man was jogging with his dog and girlfriend when he was struck by a vehicle. The pedestrian and his dog were pronounced dead at the scene.
Friends have identified him as 49-year-old Gabriel Crispo, a professor at Pasadena City College.
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Police say the two vehicles were seen traveling at a high rate of speed westbound on Huntington Drive approaching Kenilworth Avenue when the crash happened.
"Witnesses stated the two vehicles appeared to be racing. The two vehicles collided, causing one of them to lose control, striking the pedestrian and his dog in the center median,'' said San Marino Police Detective Vince Wilson.
Anyone with information on the accident was urged to call Wilson at 626-300-0728 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
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It started with pizza delivery pranks and turned into much more serious jokes a Stevenson Ranch family does not think are funny.
Thursday, SWAT officers surrounded the family's home in the 25800 block of Anderson Lane. Santa Clarita Valley deputies got a 911 call about a hostage situation involving an assault rifle, that again turned out to be a prank.
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Man (23) charged with causing unnecessary suffering after death of puppy
16-year-old freed on bail pending further enquiries
Police have charged a 23-year-old man with causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
He is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates' Court tomorrow, (Wednesday), February 7.
As is normal procedure all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.
It is understood the charges follow the death of an 11-week-old puppy in Co Armagh.
Police had earlier appeal for information after it was reported the pet dog, named Sparky, had suffered an "horrendous death".
A 16-year-old youth has been released on bail pending further police enquiries.
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Corça, Casavells, Matajudaica
Just outside La Bisbal d'Emporda on the main road towards Flaça and Girona is the village of Corça. As is common with Catalan villages around the Costa Brava the main road skirts past the village so it's possible just to see the traffic lights and miss the rest of the village. Though from the Flaça direction, you would see the Castle of Alberca to your left as you come towards the village, a castle that looks more like a gentile country house than the rougher older romanic castles of other Catalan villages (but it looks as if it is in private hands, with much restoration work still to be done).
Parking on the main road we walked towards Corça village itself crossing a small stream to be greeted by an open plaça shaded by plane trees. The houses for the village started on the far side of the plaça, built in the customary catalan stone. To orientate ourselves we walked through the narrow streets around the centre to find the church and the old village walls. Like many of the villages around La Bisbal, the village heart is unspoilt and retains its medieval and period charm.
After exploring the centre, we head out to the north. The path is marked by a bikeway sign in the direction of Casavells and we head out into the country side. The initial part of the walk is on road, but at the first junction, the tarmac road turns to the left and we continue on a track through the fields (the signpost was missing when we walked - good to have a map).
Mid-April means the wheat is growing quickly in the fields and with about one day of rain a week through spring, the fields are lushious verdant green. Along the path are the bright yellow flowers of rapeseed that escaped from a previously year's harvest, interspersed by the red of poppies. Many of the plants and flowers in Catalonia are a few weeks ahead of the UK. There are also swallows and swifts skimming across grass playing in the sun.
The path reaches a T-junction and we turn to the right with a view across the plain in all directions. The rain from the previous day has cleared the air and there are clear views to Els Angels on the Gavarres, out to the castle of Montgri and even as far as the villages in the hills behind Roses to the north. We cross the main road (take care cars drive very quickly on this road).
Casavells is just a couple of hundred metres off the main road and as the name suggests, it's a collection of old houses around a small church. It doesn't take more than a four or five minutes to circumnavigate to have a look around.
The road between Casavells and Matajudaica is tarmac again, but as we walk to the left suddenly we're greeted by the site of the mountains standing clearly in the bright spring light, their majestic white sides standing out against the vivacious greens of the plain.
We reach Matajudaica, another hamlet similar in size to Casavells. The name is particularly intriguing since Matajudaica seems to suggest some dark past history (mata=kill and judaica suggests jews?). We're not far from Ultramort or from Verges (known for it's dance of the dead). Unfortunately, Wikipedia and Google give no further clues or reasons for the etymology, so it will have to remain interesting speculation.
From Matajudaica, we walk to the river Riussec. As the name would imply, this is often a dry river, but at the point the path meets the river, there's water rushing over a small weir. As we follow the river upstream, the water level slowly drops, and when the path crosses the river further upstream, the bed is dry. Crossing the river though means we can see Castell d'Emporda sitting on it's outcrop above the plain, with tractors tending to the fields below.
We continue by the side of the river. We ignore the first signpost back to Corça and carry on, following the footprints of sheep along the path then down and along the river bed. About 150m along the riverbed, a path can be seen to the right and we follow it out past a farm. The sheep are fenced in to one of the barns, with dull khaki-brown looking fleeces they look quite dirty.
We walk across another small stream - this one with water and stepping stones, then take the walk through underneath the busy road we crossed before and head back into Corça itself. Families are starting to gather in the restaurant and bar by the plaça at the village entrance.
Neighbouring walks: Canapost, Poblet Iberic and Ullastret - Cruilles, Monells and Sant Sadurni de l'Heura - La Bisbal, Vulpellac, Castell d'Emporda, Fonteta - Serra de Daro, Fonolleres, Sant Iscle d'Emporda - Rupia and Foixa
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What is THAT? – Oddities from the MT mailbox
By Brett Callwood on Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:27 am
Here's the deal. Every day here at the Metro Times, our mail delivery includes CDs, books and all sorts of other promotional items. A lot of it we can use and review – local-interest music, DVDs, etc. But we also get a lot of weird and whacky items that just kinda build up. So that's where this idea came from. Each week (or at least most weeks) I'll gather up some of the more interesting, freaky and brow-furrowing promo pieces and offer them up here for you. I could be about to show you anything. On that note, feel free to send us anything to Brett Callwood, 733 St Antoine, Detroit MI 48226.
Ian F. Svenonius of the band Chain & the Gang has written what I assume to be a tongue-in-cheek book (though I kinda hope it isn't too) called Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group (Akashic), in which he claims to spell out the secrets to creating a successful rock band – secrets that other rock bands have held close to their chests for fear of extra competition. So he holds a séance and interviews Hendrix, Brian Jones of the Stones, Buddy Holly, Mary Wells and others, and gets the lowdown from a few souls (pardon the pun) who are no longer concerned with their careers. Highlights of the book includes the bit where he talks about successful bands like Led Zeppelin and the 1910 Fruitgum Company, and the chapter called "Sex" in which the author tries to tell us that musicians must abstain completely from sex if they are to perform at their best onstage, because performance is a "replacement for erotic conquest." Good luck with that.
The Petraeus Files (St. Martin's Griffin) is a collection of the correspondence sent between Gen. David Patraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell during their much-publicized affair. The fact that there's enough to fill a book nearly tells you all you need to know. Nearly, but not quite because there are some truly awesome lines in here. "Weapon loaded and prepared to fire," said Patraeus, along with a picture of his knob. He also sent her a sketch of two donkeys fucking, explaining that he found that to be beautiful. My favorite line – "Sorry about the fisting thing. I certainly wouldn't do it without asking first." At least he has manners.
Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a superb collection of essays by Minneapolis writer Andy Sturdevant, which kicks off with a beauty – Sturdevant is upset because the all-ages punk club that he used to frequent is now a Buffalo Wild Wings. He said as much through social media, and so began a chain of emails between himself and the then-marketing dude at B-Dubs. "Don't you think it's extremely arrogant to presume that because I enjoy the music of Wayne County & the Electric Chairs I am somehow obligated to share your worldview?" said the B-Dubs guys. The book is chock-full of similarly amusing anecdotes.
With new album 9ine (Shanichie), artists Musiq Soulchild and Syleena Johnson have attempted to meld contemporary American R&B with reggae, but have actually created music that sounds like it would be at home being played on a cruise ship stage to a bunch of drunken, elderly vacationers.
Also of note – we received an advance copy of the series premier of a new show called Trust Me I'm a Game Show Host, which sees hosts pitted against each other. Mildly amusing, but don't rush to DVR it. That show starts on Tuesday, October 22.
Finally, we received The Newer Yorker Book III, edited by Joshua S. Raab. It's tough to know where to start, but this short collection features art, poetry and all manner of weird little entries. The listed definition of comedy in here is, "Tragedy you laugh at." Pretty much says it all.
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USCIS issues final guidance on when to file an amended H-1B petition
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued final guidance regarding when an amended H-1B petition must be filed, after USCIS' Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) issued the precedent decision, Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC.
Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC concerns the H-1B visa classification, a nonimmigrant category which permits a U.S. employer to employ a foreign national worker temporarily in a specialty occupation in the United States. The precedent decision stated that a U.S. employer must file an amended petition when a change in an H-1B worker's worksite location requires a new Labor Condition Application (LCA). USCIS guidance released in May, 2015, made that process retroactive, requiring a new LCA and an amended H-1B petition for each worker whose location changed prior to the decision. USCIS set August 19, 2015, as the amended petition deadline for compliance.
In its final guidance issued July 21, 2015, USCIS changed that position. USCIS now states that it will generally not pursue adverse actions, solely based on an employer's failure to file an amended petition, against employers whose H-1B employees moved to a new area of employment on or before April 9, 2015 (the date that Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC was decided). Thus, a new LCA application and an amended petition is only required for a location change occurring after April 9, 2015.
In addition, the deadline of August 19, 2015, was moved to January 15, 2016. USCIS will consider an amended H-1B petition filed by the amended deadline to be timely. The precedent decision and policy guidance demonstrate the importance and complexity of this issue. Employers employing foreign workers in H-1B status should work with an experienced immigration attorney to ensure compliance.
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University of Adelaide scientists make multiple sclerosis progression breakthrough
The researchers successfully halted the autoimmune disease in mice.
They hold great hope the same results can be reproduced among humans. MS Research Australia research development manager Dr Lisa Melton said the study results were "extremely exciting".
MS is a progressive disease where the body attacks its own central nervous system, causing nerve inflammation and scarring. It results in the impairment of motor, sensory and cognitive function.
Dr Melton said it provided fresh hope for the 23,000 MS sufferers in Australia.
"It won't be a cure but it's another avenue by which we can reduce the inflammation which damages the brain and spinal cord," she said.
"If this approach works in humans, it would stop the inflammation," she said.
"But it won't undo any damage to the nerves which has already occurred."
In animal trials, Dr Iain Comerford and colleagues at the university successfully prevented the progression of MS by inhibiting the molecule, known as PI3Kgamma, which activates the cells that cause the immune system to attack itself and cause the nerve damage.
The same molecule has been successful in other autoimmune disorder trials.
Human trials were underway in other labs around the world, but any drug would be at least five years away, Dr Comerford said.
"In the animal model, it was preventive and also we could reverse the disease, but it remains to be seen whether that also happens in human beings," he said.


What are the two islands in the Byzantine Empire?
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Question: What are the two islands in the Byzantine Empire!?
"In in the enormous "lake" of Roman Empire, the Mediterranean, Thira is nothing more than an insignificant island!. "
Depends on what time frame you are looking at!.


Introducing the following article about the story of "Rethinking First Foods." Followed by projects. Assigned one project per session.
Recently, Time magazine ran a story called "Rethinking First Foods." It was a great summary of the latest information on the importance of feeding your baby healthy foods in the first two years of their life. The article had some very frightening statistics and comments from experts in the pediatric field who paint a doom and gloom story that confirms our kids are getting fatter. The problem with the story was it left us, as parents, feeling defeated.
We'd like to pick up where the story left off by offering tips that can make a difference when it comes to developing your child's eating habits. One of the points brought up in the story is that parents tend to feed their baby's and toddlers "kid food." We all know what this is. Its pizza, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, chips, etc. and we know this stuff is not healthy. So if it is just as easy to open a bag of baby carrots as it is a bag of chips why do are many parents reaching for chips over carrots? Many parents say it is because they have a "picky eater" and these are the only foods the child will eat.
What most parents don't realize is that all toddlers are picky eaters. And it's perfectly normal, even expected developmental behavior. It may surprise you to find out that this behavior has very little to do with the taste of food and is mostly about wanting control of a situation. Most toddlers learn very early that eating is very easy to control and it is likely to get a response out of you. This makes it fun (for your kid, not you)!
Children are more likely to eat something that they have helped make, so get your children involved in preparing meals. You can also take them shopping and teach them how to find and select foods. Involving your kids in making decisions reinforces that you care about their opinion and want to make things that they like. Never ask "Do you want broccoli for dinner?" offer choices like "Do you want broccoli or cauliflower for dinner?" Simple choices make your child feel like they are the ones in control.
Be realistic about setting goals. It is not realistic to try to force your child to eat a whole serving of food that they claim not to like. Instead start off with small expectations, like one bite of the new food, and work your way up from there.
It is quite likely that your child is a slow eater, and this is a good habit to encourage. Offer your child plenty of time to eat a meal.
Even if it is just one nibble, congratulate your child. For a picky eater – this little nibble is a big deal. Ask them if they thought it was tasty. If the say "no," tell them it may take a few bites to notice the delicious flavor or suggest maybe it would taste better with ketchup on it. The point being, don't let them shutdown the thought that this food may actually taste good someday.
It is plain and simple. You cannot expect to raise children that eat a good variety of healthy foods if you do not. This fact goes for all adults who sit at the table with your children. Your toddler learns from watching and mimicking you. You may have to venture out of your own comfort zone of eating and try new foods yourself. Remember, you are being watched.
Above all, don't scold your child or get mad if they don't eat new things right away. Some kids just need a little more time to try new foods. Eating should be a pleasurable experience.
your family's healthy eating habits!