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Sub-monthly gravity field recovery from simulated multi-GRACE mission yype
Posted on 1 stycznia, 2014	in2014 Acta Geophysica Vol. 62, no. 1
Czasopismo : Acta Geophysica
Tytuł artykułu : Sub-monthly gravity field recovery from simulated multi-GRACE mission yype
Saenger, E. ETH Zurich Geological Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, erik.saenger@erdw.ethz.ch,
Madonna, C. ETH Zurich Geological Institute, Zurich, Switzerland,
Almqvist, B. ETH Zurich Geological Institute, Zurich, Switzerland,
Montahaei, M. Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, mmontaha@ut.ac.ir,
Oskooi, B. Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, boskooi@ut.ac.ir,
Pal, P. Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, pcpal_ism@yahoo.co.in,
Mandal, D. Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, dinbandhumandal@gmail.com,
Tsapanos, T. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Geophysical Laboratory, Thessaloniki, Greece, tsapanos@geo.auth.gr,
Bayrak, Y. Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Geophysics, Trabzon, Turkey, bayrak@ktu.edu.tr,
Cinar, H. Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Geophysics, Trabzon, Turkey, cinar@ktu.edu.tr,
Koravos, G. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Geology, Geophysical Laboratory, Thessaloniki, Greece, gkoravos@sch.gr,
Bayrak, E. Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Geophysics, Trabzon, Turkey, bayrak@ktu.edu.tr,
Marzec, P. AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environment Protection, Kraków, Poland, marzec@agh.edu.pl,
Niepsuj, M. AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environment Protection, Kraków, Poland, magdalena.niepsuj@gmail.com,
Bała, M. AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environment Protection, Kraków, Poland, bala@geol.agh.edu.pl,
Pietsch, K. AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environment Protection, Kraków, Poland, pietsch@agh.edu.pl,
Xiao, L. Key Laboratory of Geo-detection (China University of Geosciences), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China, xiaoliang@cugb.edu.cn,
Liu, X.-P. Geological Exploration and Development Research Institute Sichuan-Changqing Drilling and Exploration Engineering Co., Chengdu, China,
Zou, C.-C. Key Laboratory of Geo-detection (China University of Geosciences), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China,
Hu, X.-X. Geological Exploration and Development Research Institute Sichuan-Changqing Drilling and Exploration Engineering Co., Chengdu, China,
Mao, Z. Q. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China,
Shi, Y.-J. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Changqing Oilfield, PetroChina, Xi'an, China,
Guo, H.-P. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Changqing Oilfield, PetroChina, Xi'an, China,
Li, G.-R. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Changqing Oilfield, PetroChina, Xi'an, China,
Alam, K. Geophysics Division, Geological Survey of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan, khurshaidalam@yahoo.com,
Ahmad, N. Institute of Geology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, envrnet@brain.net.pk,
Shaban, A. Conseil National des Recherches Scientifiques, Beirut, Lebanon,
Telesca, L. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale Tito, Italy, luciano.telesca@imaa.cnr.it,
Darwich, T. Conseil National des Recherches Scientifiques, Beirut, Lebanon,
Amacha, N. Litani River Authority, Beirut, Lebanon,
Gac, J. Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warszawa Poland, J.Gac@ichip.pw.edu.pl,
Acharya, N. Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India;, nachiketaacharya@gmail.com,
Kulkarni, M. Statistical-Research, Skymet Weather Services Pvt. Ltd., Noida, India,
Mohanty, U. Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India,
Singh, A. Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India,
Suparta, W. Institute of Space Science (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, wayan@ukm.my,
Fraser, G. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand,
Elsaka, B. Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany, elsaka@geod.uni-bonn.de,
Abstrakty : Monthly solutions of the current GRACE mission are affected by the aliasing problem. In fact, sub-monthly temporal sampling may reduce the temporal aliasing errors but this will be done at the cost of reduced spatial sampling. Reducing the effects of temporal aliasing can be achieved by setting two pairs of satellites in different orbital planes. In this paper, we investigate the so-called Multi-GRACE constellation to improve temporal and spatial resolution for the GRACE-type mission without deteriorating accuracy. We investigate two scenarios: the Multi-GRACE ΔM that improves the temporal sampling only and the Multi-GRACE ΔΩ that improves the spatial sampling besides the temporal one in time span of only 12 days for the hydrological signal as a time-varying gravity field component. Our findings indicate that the hydrological signal can be submonthly recovered and the aliasing errors can be reduced as well by increasing temporal resolution (sub-month) via the Multi-GRACE ΔΩ constellations.
Słowa kluczowe : odzysk pola grawitacyjnego, hydrologiczne odzyskiwanie sygnału, gravity field recovery, Multi-GRACE constellation, hydrological signal recovery, aliasing effects,
Wydawnictwo : Instytut Geofizyki PAN
Rocznik : 2014
Numer : Vol. 62, no. 1
Strony : 241 – 258
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Cytuj : Saenger, E. ,Madonna, C. ,Almqvist, B. ,Montahaei, M. ,Oskooi, B. ,Pal, P. ,Mandal, D. ,Tsapanos, T. ,Bayrak, Y. ,Cinar, H. ,Koravos, G. ,Bayrak, E. ,Marzec, P. ,Niepsuj, M. ,Bała, M. ,Pietsch, K. ,Xiao, L. ,Liu, X.-P. ,Zou, C.-C. ,Hu, X.-X. ,Mao, Z. Q. ,Shi, Y.-J. ,Guo, H.-P. ,Li, G.-R. ,Alam, K. ,Ahmad, N. ,Shaban, A. ,Telesca, L. ,Darwich, T. ,Amacha, N. ,Gac, J. ,Acharya, N. ,Kulkarni, M. ,Mohanty, U. ,Singh, A. ,Suparta, W. ,Fraser, G. ,Elsaka, B. , Sub-monthly gravity field recovery from simulated multi-GRACE mission yype. Acta Geophysica Vol. 62, no. 1/2014


25 Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them, 26 "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.' 31 Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace. 33 So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Jesus imposed three conditions, in a very straightforward manner, with no beating about the bush. It is worth noting that all three conditions were formulated in the negative. Nobody can be my disciple if they do not put me before everybody else (Lk 14,26), if they do not take up their own cross (Lk 14,27), and if they do not renounce all they possess (Lk 14,33). Anyone who is not able to accept all three conditions should not even dream of being a disciple, even if they are already following him.
Many of those who accompanied Jesus on the way to Jerusalem had no idea what was ahead of them. Jesus stops along the way to warn them. From now on, not everyone who wants to can accompany him, and not even all those he has called, but only those who are ready to pay the price involved. It comes as a surprise that he says this to a crowd of people who are already following him and not just to the few who are his closest disciples. As he makes his demands more radical, he opts for a wider audience, but because his demand is so drastic, he makes it optional. From now on, only those can follow him who are so free as to be able to renounce the best of what they have, their families and all their possessions, everything. We should thank Jesus that he did not impose these superhuman conditions. When he asked us to free ourselves from everything that is dear to us, he left us free. When he announced how much it would cost, Jesus left following him optional. Jesus extended to everyone the possibility of following him, when he stated the conditions for doing so. Anyone who is not capable of renouncing everything – one's family and all one possesses – cannot follow the Lord.
If any doubt remained, and so that no one would have any excuse, he goes on to add that anyone who does not take up the cross and follow him is not worthy to be his follower. If they want to be followers of the master who is journeying towards the cross in Jerusalem, the disciples must take up their own cross. Jesus had already said so many times (Lk 9,22-23.44). Jesus does not just expect of his disciples that they be faithful when the time of suffering comes. He asks them to journey with him carrying their own cross. It is not enough, then, that they do not get scandalized at the cross of Christ, and abandon him. Only those who carry their own cross can be his companions. If they want to follow the master who is to be crucified, they must carry their own cross. Unless they can carry their own cross, they will not be able to follow him all the way to Calvary. Anyone who chooses to follow a master who is going to be crucified, cannot expect to escape unscathed. If we refuse the suffering that goes with the cross, we cannot follow Jesus.
It may seem to us very harsh, but the claim makes sense. The disciple is not greater than the master. The Christian cannot expect to escape better than Christ. The life of the disciple must follow the road trod by the Master. Anyone who finds the cross repulsive and refuses it, or is unwilling to accept it and to bear the weight of it, may be a very fine person but will not be a good disciple. We do not have to carry Christ's cross, but our own. Maybe we already carry a small image of Christ's cross, but we do not feel the weight of it. We have to carry our own cross, the one that causes us so much suffering, because it is ours and ours alone. Jesus reduces the whole of his teaching to taking up our cross. Anyone who bears the weight of the cross can be his disciple.
Jesus has set down two stages in the journey of discipleship. The first is the initial "follow me". The second is "if anyone comes to me, if anyone wants to be my follower". Personal attraction and curiosity are enough to sustain someone at the first stage. At the second stage, only those remain who are willing to give up everything in order not to lose him. Where do I find myself? Am I still following Jesus because I am fascinated by him and what he says and does? Or do I follow him because I have left everything that I possessed? Can I honestly say that it costs me something to follow him, that I am renouncing something in order to be with him? I will know how precious my following of Jesus is only when I know the price I am paying to follow him.
More serious is the example of the king who went to war without stopping to think that his enemy might be better prepared for battle. He was defeated, not because he did not have sufficient forces, but because he did foresee that the enemy might have just as much or more. He lost his kingdom because he was not prudent and did not make good use of the resources he had. Jesus wants to spare his followers the shame of having to leave their work only half done, and the disaster of losing the decisive battle. For this reason he warns us that following him will not be easy. He wants us to know if we have all that is needed to finish what we begin, when we decide to follow him. Jesus is not happy just because we follow him. He asks us if we are able to follow him, or better still, he wants us to ask ourselves that question.
We cannot deny that the conditions put by Jesus, when he made following him optional, are almost inhuman. But when they get over this surprise, the disciples know that they can count on their Master as their only good and all they need for the journey, if other things and other people count as nothing compared to him. We need to think twice before we say we are ready to follow him at all costs. But there is no doubt that it will be worth all the pain – and the cross – to have Jesus as our companion and guide on our journey in life. Jesus wants those who follow him to love him more than they love their family, and to be more attached to him than to any of the other good things we possess. He does not ask us the hate the people we love, nor to get rid of the good things we have but only – if we can say only – to love nobody more than him and to consider good nothing other than him.


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A stepparent adoption occurs when a stepparent petitions the court for adoption of his/her spouse's child (current spouse of stepparent) from a former marriage/relationship. In order to petition the court for a stepparent adoption, you must be married and living together as a family for a minimum of one year. The rights of the non-custodial parent must be terminated before the minor can be adopted. Termination of parental rights can be achieved through various methods, one of those is consent. Consents are signed before a county clerk, a probation officer or, if designated by the county board of supervisors, or an employee of the county welfare department.
Adoption is the permanent legal assumption of all parental rights and responsibilities for a child. Adoptive parents have the same legal rights and responsibilities as parents whose children are born to them. Guardianship establishes responsibility, which is not permanent, for caring for and financially supporting a child and may be subject to ongoing supervision of the court. For information on non-relative guardianships, contact San Bernardino County Adoption Services at (909) 891-3300 and ask for the Guardianship Worker or Program Supervisor.
YES. You don't have to own a house to give a home. You can rent or own as long as your home is safe and has enough room for family members. What is most important is the love, understanding and guidance you can offer a child.
Contact San Bernardino County Adoption and Foster Care for an orientation schedule. After you attend the orientation and pick-up an application, you will be invited to the P.R.I.D.E. Training and your homestudy will begin. A homestudy is a series of meetings with a social worker to provide more in-depth information about adoption and help prepare an applicant for parenting an adopted child. The homestudy process consists of individual and joint interviews with both members of a couple or individual interviews with a single person. Applicants will be asked to provide written information about themselves and their life experiences.
Certain documents will also be required: a marriage license, birth certificate, medical report, criminal check and child abuse clearance. Personal character references are also required. The homestudy includes at least one visit to your home by your social worker. The time it takes to complete the homestudy will vary but families who are interested in children with special needs are usually given prompt attention.
At the County of San Bernardino, there is no fee to adopt. Adoptive families may qualify for the Non-recurring Adoption Expense Program. The program reimburses families for adoption related expenses that they incur during the adoption process. The amount of reimbursement is limited to $400 per child.
Adoptive parents may also qualify for a federal tax credit for certain expenses paid to adopt an eligible child with special needs and a State tax credit for adopting a child who was in the custody of a California public child welfare agency. For further information about the federal adoption tax benefit, contact the Internal Revenue Services at www.irs.gov or 1-800-829-1040 and request Publication 968. For further information about the State tax benefit, contact the California Franchise Tax Board at www.ftb.ca.gov or 1-800-852-5711 and request information on Credit for Child Adoption Costs - Tax Credit Code 197.
The time it takes to complete the homestudy will vary between six to nine months but families who are interested in children with special needs are usually given prompt attention and will be placed with adoptive children in a matter of months.
CDSS or the licensed public or private adoption agency which handled the adoption can give birth parents some information on the status of the adoption and general non-identifying background information regarding the adoptive parents including information on the progress of the child at the time of the adoption. This service is only for adoptions finalized in California. You must request this information by writing to the below address. This service is not available through email requests.
or, by writing directly to the licensed adoption agency (if known). Your letter must include the name you used at the time of the adoption, and the child's name (if named) and date of birth. Your signature must be notarized by a notary public. If you do not know the name of the licensed adoption agency, you may request the name from the CDSS at the above address.


This recipe has been my favorite way to use up the extra tomatoes from my CSA.
Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, cook, stirring until onions are translucent. Add wine, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cook until tomatoes fall apart. Stir in basil if desired.
Allow to cool slightly. Use an immersion blender to puree mixture. Add cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.


Dr Vanessa Bowden is a sociologist at Newcastle Business School investigating the interface between our understandings of the environment with science, policy and social justice.
While we might often think of environmental issues as directed by scientific understandings, issues such as climate change reveal the complexities around our trust in science, politics and concern for the economy. Understanding the ways in which these issues intersect is a key focus of Dr Bowden's research.
Dr Bowden is currently working with Professor Daniel Nyberg on two research projects; looking at the social dynamics of climate adaptation in Lake Macquarie, Australia and a three year ARC funded project on Energy Transitions in Australia.
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. India has undergone a considerable epidemiological transition in the past few decades. The rise of cancer and other chronic illnesses has, and will continue to have, a substantial impact on the overall burden of disease, as well as the lived experiences of illness in India. Little is known about the cultural inflection of cancer in the Indian medical, historical and religious/spiritual landscape, which is both highly varied and rapidly changing. Here, we explore some of the issues emergent from individuals¿ experiences of illness including their understandings of cancer, its ¿origins¿, its meanings and subsequent everyday experiences. Drawing on interviews with 40 people with cancer in Hyderabad, we focus on the cultural ontologies of cancer in India, the social moralities and evolving individual responsibilisation around cancer, and some of the affective dimensions of these interpretations of illness.
© 2016 The Royal Society for Public Health Objectives The 2014¿15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa highlighted the challenges many hospitals face when preparing for the potential emergence of highly contagious diseases. This study examined the experiences of frontline health care professionals in an Australian hospital during the outbreak, with a focus on participant views on information, training and preparedness, to inform future outbreak preparedness planning. Study design Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 healthcare professionals involved in Ebola preparedness planning, at a hospital in Australia. Methods The data were systematically coded to discover key themes in participants' accounts of Ebola preparedness. Results Three key themes identified were: 1) the impact of high volumes of¿often inconsistent¿information, which shaped participants' trust in authority; 2) barriers to engagement in training, including the perceived relative risk Ebola presented; and finally, 3) practical and environmental impediments to preparedness. Conclusions These clinicians' accounts of Ebola preparedness reveal a range of important factors which may influence the relative success of outbreak preparedness and provide guidance for future responses. In particular, they illustrate the critical importance of clear communication and guidelines for staff engagement with, and implementation of training. An important outcome of this study was how individual assessments of risk and trust are produced via, and overlap with, the dynamics of communication, training and environmental logistics. Consideration of the dynamic ways in which these issues intersect is crucial for fostering an environment that is suitable for managing an infectious threat such as Ebola.
© The Author(s) 2016. Social science scholarship on cancer has been almost exclusively focused on Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, despite a significant epidemiological transition taking place in many non OECD contexts, with cancer emerging as a prominent, and strongly feared, illness experience. With cancer gaining an increasingly high profile in India, there is an urgent need to explore how experiences of cancer may be socially and culturally embedded, and in turn, how localized practices may shape the therapeutic encounter. Here, drawing on interviews with 40 people living with cancer in Hyderabad, India, we focus on some specific components of their therapeutic journeys, including diagnostic and prognostic disclosure, collective versus individual decision making, the dynamics of medical authority, and the reception of cancer within their social milieu. These participants' accounts provide insight into a range of cultural sensibilities around illness and care, and reinforce the importance of understanding the cultural inflections of communication, decisions, and illness experiences.
© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd Aim: Medical consultations focused on managing the transition to palliative care are interpersonally challenging and require high levels of communicative competence. In the context of non-English speaking patients, communication challenges are further complicated due to the requirement of interpreting; a process with the potential to add intense layers of complexity in the clinical encounter, such as misunderstanding, misrepresentation and power imbalances. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences and perspectives of professional interpreters in supporting the transition of culturally and linguistically diverse patients to specialist palliative care. Methods: Qualitative, semistructured interviews with 20 professional interpreters working in oncology and palliative care settings in two metropolitan hospitals in Queensland, Australia. Results: Four key themes emerged from the thematic analysis: the challenges of translating the meaning of ¿palliative care¿; managing interpreting in the presence of family care-givers; communicating and expressing sensitivity while remaining professional and interpreters¿ own emotional burden of difficult clinic encounters between doctor and patient negotiations. Conclusion: The results suggest that interpreters face a range of often concealed interpersonal and interprofessional challenges and recognition of such dynamics will help provide necessary support for these key stakeholders in the transition to palliative care. Enriched understanding of interpreters¿ experiences has clinical implications on improving how health professionals interact and work with interpreters in this sensitive setting.
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are popular amongst cancer patients in the Brazilian context, however little is known about oncology health professionals' attitudes toward the role of CAM and their perspectives on the potential for integration into oncological care. In this study, drawing on a series of interviews with oncology professionals (i.e. doctors, nurses, nutritionists, pharmacologists and psychologists), we provide insight into their views on the rise, validity, and role of CAM in cancer care. The results reveal two key dynamics in relation to CAM in cancer care in Brazil. First, that doctors, nurses and other allied professionals hold considerably different views on the value and place of CAM, and in turn ascribe it varying levels of legitimacy potentially limiting integration. Second, that while some health professionals may articulate a degree of support for CAM, this is limited by perceptions of CAM as lacking efficacy and intruding on their respective jurisdictional claims. Further research is needed in the Brazilian context to explore patient and professional perspectives on experiences on CAM in cancer care, including how oncology professionals' varying positions on CAM may influence what patients are prepared to use, or discuss, in the context of cancer care.


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Q: is there a scripting solution for determining the default application path for a file on the Mac? For a given extension, for example ".psd", I'd like to be able to determine the default application path for opening this file, for example "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS4.app".
I've looked into the Launch Services API, and there are clearly programmatic ways to get this information.  Unfortunately for my particular scenario, only a scripting solution (Applescript or shell script) will do.
I've also looked at "lsregister -dump".  It seems to be unwise to rely on parsing this information, since there are no guarantees as to the stability of the output format.
I've been solving this problem in the past with Creator Codes, but since Apple seems to be phasing them out since Snow Leopard I'm trying to eliminate dependence on Creator Codes.
thanks

A: Launch Services is the one and only place to get that information. You can write a scripting addition that will expose its functionality to AppleScript, but then you have to install that on whatever machine you plan to run on.
System Events does give you this in Leopard
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Metros Mumbai 06 Sep 2018 Dilip Kumar in hospital due to chest infection
Metros, Mumbai
Dilip Kumar in hospital due to chest infection
THE ASIAN AGE.
Published : Sep 6, 2018, 1:42 am IST
Updated : Sep 6, 2018, 1:42 am IST
According to the hospital sources, he has come for a routine check-up and will be here for few days, as long as the doctors are conducting tests.
Mumbai: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar has been admitted to Mumbai's private-run Lilavati Hospital due to chest infection, said Saira Banu on Wednesday.
Veteran actor Mr Kumar's update is being tweeted by his family friend Faisal Farooqui, who is usually in charge of Dilip Kumar's Twitter account. "Saab has been admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital as he was bit uneasy due to chest infection. He's recuperating. Requesting your duas and prayers," read his tweet. Mr Kumar, who will celebrate his 96th birthday in December this year, has been in and out of the hospital for the past few years.
According to the hospital sources, he has come for a routine check-up and will be here for few days, as long as the doctors are conducting tests. The tests are being conducted under Dr Nitin Gokhale.
Ajaykumar Pandey, vice president, Lilavati Hospital, said, "The actor was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon. There is nothing to worry about. He is doing well. It is difficult to say how long he will stay in the hospital."
Last year, Mr Kumar was in the hospital for a brief because of a kidney related ailment. Few mo-nths after he returned home from the hospital, he was yet again advised rest as he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Where-as in 2016 — he was being treated for leg swelling.
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The Northern Territory (NT) is a vast federal territory in Australia famed for its Outback desert landscapes. In the arid Red Centre lie the iconic sandstone monolith Uluru (Ayers Rock), the red-rock domes of Kata Tjuta and the sculpted cliffs of Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park. Remote Alice Springs, the gateway town to the Red Centre desert, offers Aboriginal art galleries.
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Q: Is there a way to lookup a jsonb column by its values I have a table, test, in postgres 12 with a jsonb column, data_col, that has many different keys and values.
My requirement is to select * from that table where value matches a string.
for example, the table has data as below
id   some_value  data_col
---------------------------------------------------------------
11   2018        {"a": "Old Farm"}
12   2019        {"b": "My house is old", "c": "See you tomorrow"}
13   2020        {"d": "The old house", "a": "Very Green", "e": "Olden days"}

As you can see, there are many different keys and so its not practical to lookup like the examples on the web suggests i.e col_name->>'Key'
I am looking to write a sql with a where clause to give me all rows that have the string "old" in it.
something like:
select * from test where data_col ILIKE '%old%'

should give me
11, 2018, Old Farm
12, 2019, My house is old
13, 2020, Olden days

A: One option uses jsonb_each():
select t.*, x.*
from test t
cross join lateral jsonb_each(t.data_col) x
where x.value ilike '%old%'

Note that this multiplies the rows if an object contains "old" more than once. To avoid that, you can use exists instead:
select t.*
from test t
where exists (
    select 1
    from jsonb_each(t.data_col) x
    where x.val ilike '%old%'
)

Or if you want to aggregate all the matched values in one column:
select t.*, x.*
from test t
cross join lateral (
    select string_agg(x.val, ',') as vals
    from jsonb_each(t.data_col) x
    where x.val ilike '%old%'
) x
where x.vals is not null

A: As you are using Postgres 12, you can use a SQL/JSON path function:
select id, some_value,
       jsonb_path_query_first(data_col, '$.* ? (@ like_regex "old" flag "i")') #>> '{}'
from data

The #>> operator is only there to convert the scalar JSON value into text (as there is no direct cast from jsonb to text that would remove the double quotes)
If there are potentially more values with the substring, you can use jsonb_path_query_array() to all of them as an array (obviously you need to remove the #>> then)


They also drew a cup of hot tea as a useful reminder that, sometimes, it's good to step back from the issue, have a break and return to it with fresh energy if needed. I loved the idea of using these visual symbols as simple prompts. What prompts have you found useful?
Imagine over 2 billion people. It's enough to make me feel dizzy, roughly a third of the world's total population, Christians all over the globe marking a very significant event this weekend. Easter. But what does Easter mean for Christians? Why is it so important? How is it different to a colourful, pagan, fertility festival marked by chocolate, rabbits and eggs?
At the heart of the Christian Easter is a cross, a symbol used by Christians to highlight the centre-point of their faith. The cross is a reminder of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago. It's a shocking symbol, an instrument of Roman torture and agonising death. It draws our attention to a God-man-saviour, prepared to give his life for us.
That's where it gets hard. What if the biblical account is true? Can I dare myself to believe it? What if Jesus really was the Son of God? Could he really love someone as messed up as me? I can only draw one conclusion. If this story is true, the cross cries out in the starkest possible terms that no matter who we are or what we have done, we really matter to God.
And there is more hope. Easter Sunday marks an equally remarkable event. This Jesus who died is raised by God. Miraculously, he is brought back to life and, what is more, promises us life over death by trusting in him. He offers us light, life and hope in the midst and beyond the dark deaths and despair we may face in life, psychological, emotional and physical.
So that's where I place my faith. Not in my weak and inconsistent efforts to be a good person, a clever person, an interesting or adventurous person. I know what I'm really like inside. Amazingly, God is never disillusioned with me because he never had any illusions in the first place. I place my faith in Jesus. If the Bible is true, he truly deserves my life.
*Organisations do not exist but people do.
*Every action is an intervention.
*Actions have symbolic as well as rational meaning.
*What's important is not what happens but what it means.
*The same event has different meanings for different people.
*People get trapped in their own psychological and cultural constructs.
*What passes for rationality is often irrationality in disguise.
These statements, taken as a whole, create a metaphorical lens through which I often view, analyse or interpret a situation or experience. They help me to consider an underlying question, 'What is really going on here?' before attempting to work with a client or organisation to devise a way forward. What maxims or principles do you use to guide your practice?
I have a dream, a crazy drama played out in the subconscious which seems to make sense at the time but leaves me with a strange feeling, a feeling of loss, even as the images fade away. The drama was based loosely on something I had experienced a long time ago, virtually forgotten about, and yet reappeared with fresh dynamism and vividness. What's that all about?
Some dream therapists try to analyse the images, at least the dreamer's recollection of them, to explore and interpret what they could represent in the real world. It's a tricky business, especially as it's often hard to retain a clear memory of them. It assumes a symbolic significance to the dream and the images within it, a rare opportunity to explore the hidden unconscious.
I'm not sure. It strikes me that one significant aspect is the feeling, what a person experiences emotionally in the dream. Is it possible that the feeling points to something the dreamer is experiencing in the conscious present but that lies out of awareness? What is the loss I'm experiencing now, the loss that lies unacknowledged or that I'm not paying attention to?
I'm really interested in this idea of representation. The dream example suggests that something we experience at face value within the dream could represent and reveal something else in reality. It's a sign that points beyond itself. I think it could the same in waking experiences too. The challenging part is knowing how to distinguish representation from reality.
So we meet this person. We talk, laugh, do stuff together. The person starts to feel like a friend, a lover, whatever he or she means to us. And we wonder what this person, this experience, this relationship, represents for us. Is it really the person per se, or something he or she evokes – an idea, an aspiration, an unfulfilled dream, a substitute for something we're missing elsewhere?
I don't know, perhaps it's both. I can enjoy the new person, relationship, encounter, experience and I can inquire of myself what it may point to in other aspects of my life that lie unacknowledged or that I need to pay attention to. At times it can serve as a wake-up call, an opportunity for raised awareness, a chance to step back from the normal to examine things in a fresh light.
It's about discernment. We risk projecting our hopes and expectations onto another, creating of them what we subconsciously need and yearn for rather than seeing them for who they really are. We risk projecting the same onto new experiences, a new job, a new home that prevent us experiencing them afresh for what they really are and for the potential they may hold.
And I think about my belief in God, my relationship with him. I think about the language he uses to communicate, a human language. I think about the many different analogies he uses to reveal himself. I'm aware of how I can confuse the representation with the reality, to naiively assume that God is confined to the limits of my own language, knowledge, experience and imagination.
So, the challenge lies here. It's about distinguishing the signpost, the symbol from the actual. It's about recognising that new encounters, relationships and experiences can carry meaning for us at multiple levels. It's about trying our best to face reality with eyes wide open, open to see ourselves, people and situations, even God for who and what they truly are and can be.


Supply and demand has staffing providers ramping up production.
he big story in staffing this year is the lack of qualified talent.
16% THINK THEY COULD HURT IT; 63% ARE UNSURE.
One trend to emerge from these dual pressures is an in-vestment in training programs to upskill candidates for hard-to-fill roles.
"There is a huge opportunity for clients and staffing firms to close the last miles of the education system through train-ing programs," Asin said.


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Researchers in the Building Technology & Urban Systems Division (BTUS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory develop data and technologies that increase energy efficiency and improve the health, safety and comfort of building occupants, in the United States and worldwide.
We work closely with industry partners, academics and government officials to achieve these goals, and share our research widely.
We are at the forefront of cutting-edge research that redefines building technology and explores all areas of urban systems.
We have been leaders for decades in developing energy-efficient windows, improving indoor air quality, coming up with new ideas to fix the nation's electricity grid, and so much more.
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Energy Performance Analysis of Fenestration in a Single-Family Residence
Robert Sullivan, Stephen E Selkowitz
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This paper presents the results of a parametric study of a prototypical single-family ranch-style house. The DOE-2.1B energy analysis simulation program was used to analyze the variation in heating, cooling, and total energy requirements and resultant energy costs due to changes in the following building characteristics: fenestration orientation, size, conductance, and shading coefficient; and levels of internal heat gain, infiltration, and natural ventilation. Climate sensitivity was established by considering results from Madison, Wisconsin, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. To facilitate simplification of the analysis, multiple regression techniques were used to generate a simplified algebraic expression that relates energy use to the parameters varied. This simplified representation of the performance data could form the technical basis for simplified design tools to define optimal fenestration configuration parameters.
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One of the identified weaknesses of Coach Education in the past was that there was only one stream of courses available, whether you were coaching a social team of amateurs once a week or Head Coach of a State Premier League team.
The courses were also far too short to deliver enough long-term learning or produce enough elite Australian coaches.
It was clear that two pathways were required, especially when one accepts that players can generally be divided into two streams: those that play for Participation, and those considered Performance players.
Community Pathway courses are specifically designed for the coaches who look after Participation players: the courses are short, easily-accessible and low-cost.
Because of the nature of the coach and the player in the Community context, these courses focus almost exclusively on the 'Training' pillar of the Coaching Expertise Model.
Advanced Pathway courses are specifically designed for the coaches who work with Performance players: the courses are longer and much more intensive. The course fees reflect the length and quality of the training program delivered. Because of the nature of the coach and the player in the Advanced context, these courses progressively develop all the elements of the Coaching Expertise Model. Graduates from the Advanced Pathway are the pool of coaches that are to be considered for full and part-time employment as football coaches.
A key culture shift has had to occur as the Advanced Pathway has been introduced: we have had to accept that, in the same way that it takes a long time and a lot of effort to become a professional football player, it also takes a long time and a lot of effort to become a professional football coach.


Our country is in dire need of unity. We truly have no time to waste: our birth rate is exceedingly low, our education system is broken, the unemployment rate has risen while wages have fallen, our industries have lagged behind, and our elderly have been ignored by the government. We are being challenged on virtually every aspect, be it the economy, education, housing, food safety, or inequality. The current administration, far from being the problem solver, has been the troublemaker. Ruling party infightings have left the government stuck in neutral and our country in shatters. Is this the country we want? Is this the society we once dreamed of? We must change and we must change now.
Reform is painful. Because of this pain, we dare not reform, but that constitutes a dereliction of duty by leaders. This country has too many problems that demand reform. But if the nation's leaders only think of power, their reforms will be weakened by "discounts" before they are implemented.
I don't want to be someone who makes such discounts. I want to do things, do them well, and do them thoroughly. I want my reforms to be great achievements.
I want to win people's hearts with reforms. Even if I offend some vested interests, I will persist until the end and not give up. I will take responsibility for the future of the whole country, not of vested interests.
So today, here before everyone in Kaohsiung, I want to explain to everyone my concrete governmental reform plan. If I am elected president in 2016, I will promote these five major reforms.
During the 2012 presidential election campaign, we called for fairness and justice, because we already saw a severe problem: Young people were in direr and direr straits, and they were losing hope for the future.
Young people can't find work and don't have good salaries. They can't afford to buy a house. The cost of taking care of their elders and children is a heavy burden. The national treasury is overdrafting, which means it is borrowing money from future generations. The national debt is rising, and the national pension system faces bankruptcy. The older generation spent money without restraint and left a heavy burden on the younger one. This society has lost generational justice.
This problem is worsening. I have to say something very serious: If the nation's young people don't have hope for the future, this country has no hope either.
Four years ago, I proposed taxing real estate at its actual value and building social housing. At that time many people doubted me, but now housing justice is a mainstream value. Time has told us that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) team saw where Taiwan's problems were before the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) did, and it thought of solutions earlier as well.
There is no single elixir that heals generational injustice. A comprehensive set of medicines is needed. The first action that must be taken is to sweep away the obstacles to young people getting jobs and starting businesses.
I believe that the problems that young Taiwanese are facing came neither from a lack of intelligence nor from a lack of ability. Rather, their problems come from their government not building a good environment for them. I guarantee to everyone that our new economic development model will create a good environment for innovation and attracting investment, which will create high-quality employment opportunities and higher salaries for young people.
The government must also do its utmost to help young families bear the burdens of housing and caring for family members. Social housing is a helping hand that pulls young people up so they need not gasp under the heavy weight of mortgage payments.
A home is a place to live, not a tool for financial speculation. Home ownership should not be an impossible dream for our citizens.
We will also plan sources of revenue and establish fair-priced and excellent long-term and childcare systems for citizens. Our government will share responsibilities with families, not drop problems on them.
We guarantee to everyone that DPP governance will give fiscal restraint the utmost importance. We will block the sources of waste in the government's budget.
We will promote pension reform and make retirement funds fiscally sound. We will make the retirement system fairer and bring all of society together to face and solve its problems together. Young people will be able to avoid drowning in the pension system's red ink, and we will make it possible for them too to receive pensions when they grow old and retire some day.
This is the first reform I will carry out.
The government pushes many things, yet it doesn't budge. The real problem is that it never communicates with citizens. Why have there been so many protests these past years? Why do students take to the streets every year? The answer is very simple. It's because this government is not democratic, and it locks citizens out while it decides policies.
So my government will communicate with citizens better than any that have come before it. Executive ability is very important for government officials, but so is communication ability. I will demand that before deciding policy, my team communicates fully with society so that citizens know our reasons, the necessity, and the effects of our policies.
The most important thing to communicate is how many people will benefit as well as how many people will be hurt by our policies. A balance must be struck between the two, and those who are harmed must be provided with appropriate compensation.
My government will not just communicate. I will also demand it to be transparent. The future administration will make its data open. I am willing to share data with the opposition parties and get rid of "black boxes," because I firmly believe that the more transparent information is, the closer policy decisions will be to citizens.
Besides communication and transparency, I want my government to be effective. My government will serve the people, and when it provides them services it will not fear that doing so is too much trouble. I will open all-in-one service windows on pressing issues and establish horizontal and vertical relationships between agencies in order to speed up services.
The government will also need to thoroughly review whether certain control systems can be done away with in order to lower social and administrative costs. Finally, in order to get all agencies moving, there must be a comprehensive review of the ossified personnel and organizational systems that make the government akin to an old car that can't run anymore.
Taiwan has a democratically elected president as well as a democratically elected legislature. These are the two engines leading its democratic politics. Hence, besides executive reform, there must be legislative reform for its democracy to progress forward.
This reform must firstly be achieved through a constitutional amendment that makes the Legislature more representative. In our legislative election system, some votes count more than others, so seat apportionment cannot fully reflect the will of society. I will promote constitutional reform to establish a mixed-member proportional representation system while lowering the threshold for parties to win seats in order to allow a wider range of political parties that represent public opinion to enter the Legislative Yuan. At the same time, we must increase the number of legislators apportioned by proportional representation in order to increase the overall level of professional cultivation and representativeness among legislators.
Another major point of reform is that the speaker should be neutral. The handling of legislative affairs can only be neutral if the speaker is neutral. This is not just a demand that should be made of the speaker; it is a guarantee that must be made by the system.
Moreover, all the legislature's staffing agencies — from those dedicated to budget to those dedicated to law — should, like their counterparts in the U.S. Congress, possess strong research capabilities and the ability to maintain professionalism and nonpartisanship. Only this can increase the legislature's ability to inquire about administrative affairs and serve as an effective balance to the executive branch.
The DPP will not reject legislative checks and balances on account of having the opportunity to govern. Legislative oversight of executive agencies absolutely must be powerful and professional so that the democratic balance between the two branches can be mutually beneficial.
The legislature should be a mirror for the president. The opposition parties should not see the ruling party as the enemy. If I become president, I will absolutely not fear legislative oversight, because I will not be a president who acts alone and heedless of the opinions of others. Nor will I be a president who rejects public opinion. And I will absolutely not be a president who selfishly seeks to maintain one-party government.
Weeks ago, while speaking about indigenous peoples policy, I said that after becoming president I will offer an official apology to Aborigines on behalf of the government. The oppression and exploitation suffered by Taiwan's Aborigines throughout history is a part of our history that cannot be whitewashed. Although history is the past, its influence persists today.
This is why we must reasonably make up for the injustices that history has left behind, in order to mitigate the injury it has caused.
Broadly speaking, this is transitional justice. We will not neglect errors because they are in the past. Likewise, because past rulers used national violence to hurt and bully the citizens, we have the historical wounds of [the] 228 [Massacre] and the White Terror. We can forgive, but we cannot forget. We must face up to it, and we cannot allow this history to be tampered with.
I guarantee to everyone that the government I lead will bravely face the past. It will do everything it can to restore historical truth. Only if the truth of history is known can it be understood. The government I lead will absolutely not use black-box methods to force controversial history and consciousness upon students. Our future educational content must be diverse and enlightened, and it must honestly face history.
The damage left behind by the authoritarian era must be wiped out bit by bit. Because of the Martial Law era and one-party rule, even today we have a political party that possesses massive, inappropriate assets. This is the greatest defect in Taiwanese democracy, and it prevents fair competition between parties.
In the future, if progressive forces can win a legislative majority, we must correct these faults one by one. Only in this way can the sunshine of democracy truly light up Taiwanese politics.
Over the past 16 years, Taiwan has gone through a period of painful democratic transition. Though it has already established a democratic system, it does not have rules of mature political interaction. Nor does its society have sufficient consensus on the value of democracy and freedom. No matter what one side does, there will always be another side that jumps up to oppose it. Thus many people believe that over the past 16 years, Taiwanese politics has been tedious. Everyone hopes for change.
I believe that the nation's leader has the greatest responsibility for putting an end to this political atmosphere.
I guarantee to everyone that DPP governance absolutely will not become a source of malicious fighting between political parties. Even if the DPP manages to attain a legislative majority in its own right, we will absolutely not "keep the whole bowl for ourselves." We will still bring together all forces that support progress on reform to create a Reform Alliance, allowing a stable majority to provide the rearguard for administration. Talents from everywhere will be able to participate in governance and contribute to reform.
Because there are so many reforms in my administrative blueprint, a stable majority is needed to support them and allow them to be implemented smoothly. During my term, I absolutely will not sit and watch Taiwanese society be continuously torn apart by fighting between political parties. I will bring together the entire country, because only with internal solidarity can we have external unity.
I do not believe in recklessness, the iron fist, antagonism, and conflict. I believe in consensus and communication. These will provide the chief momentum for Taiwan's reform. In 2016, we want not just to govern, but much more importantly, to be the force leading the nation stably forward.
Taiwan's politics must change. It needs these five major reforms. Only by giving our all to advance reform can we face the past, undertake the present, and challenge the future. I believe we can do that.


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Deadliest Medical Malpractice: Remembering Those Lost
League Staff September 13, 2013
Chicago, Sept. 13, 2013—Losing a child is a terrible thing. Losing a child at the hands of a doctor is incomprehensible. And that's what makes the National Day of Remembrance for September 14, 2013 necessary.
This solemn event will memorialize tens of thousands of children killed by abortionists and buried at gravesites around the nation—a tiny fraction of the 55 million children killed by abortion since it was legalized in 1973. Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Priests for Life, and the Pro-Life Action League are coordinating this day to heighten awareness that every abortion results in the death of an innocent child, create an appropriate outlet for both personal and national grief, and pray for an end to abortion. Details on the event are available at AbortionMemorials.com.
The National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children is set for September 14 to mark the 25th anniversary of the burial of several hundred abortion victims in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Solemn prayer vigils will be conducted at the Milwaukee gravesite, as well as 34 other burial sites, as well as dozens of other memorial sites dedicated to the unborn victims of abortion. There are hundreds of such sites across the country.
"The graves of these victims are scattered across America—graves of sorrow and graves of indictment on a nation that permitted the killing of the innocent," observed Monica Miller, Co-Director of National Day of Remembrance and Director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society. The gravesites stretch across the country from Riverside, California, to Wilmington, Delaware—including a grave in Los Angeles containing the remains of 16,000 aborted babies.
Eric Scheidler, Co-Director of National Day of Remembrance and Executive Director of the Pro-Life Action League, lives near the Chicago-area Queen of Heaven Cemetery where 2,000 tiny abortion victims were buried in 1988 by Cardinal Joseph Bernadin, then prelate of the Archdiocese of Chicago. "It's sobering to realize that these grave markers for the unborn victims of abortion list only a date of burial," Scheidler remarked, "They have no birthdays because they were never allowed to be born."
In a time when thousands of abortions are legally performed each year on children of the same gestational age that neonatal surgeons work to save, National Day of Remembrance coordinators look to this project to emphasize the humanity of unborn children. Fr. Frank Pavone, Co-Director of National Day of Remembrance and National Director of Priests for Life, declared, "Having a memorial service where these babies are buried reminds us that abortion is not merely about beliefs, but about bloodshed; not just about viewpoints, but victims."
For more information about the National Day of Remembrance or to locate September 14 events at burial sites or other memorial sites, visit AbortionMemorials.com.


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Lotterer joins Jani at Porsche for season six
17/07/2019 Drivers, Formula E, News, Teams
Andre Lotterer has signed to drive for Porsche in season six joining the already signed Neel Jani, who he competed alongside at the German marque in the World Endurance Championship.
Lotterer will depart DS Techeetah after two seasons alongside two-time champion Jean-Eric Vergne, having taken four podiums.
The German is no stranger to Porsche having competed for the squad in the 2017 World Endurance Championship and that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.
"I'm really looking forward to competing for Porsche in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in the 2019/2020 season. I have been part of the Porsche family since 2017 and have lots of great memories of joint successes – particularly when working with Neel," said Lotterer.
"We drove together in the Porsche LMP1 Team in 2017, and drove for Rebellion Racing in the WEC these past two years.
"It's great that we will now be the driver pairing for the Porsche Formula E Team. I'm looking forward to the new task and to the future collaboration with the team."
The 37-year-old was welcomed to the team by Fritz Enzinger, Vice President of Porsche Motorsport, citing his experience of the all-electric series and his familiarity to the Porsche family as the main motivation behind the decision to acquire Lotterer's services.
"Signing Andre for the second Porsche Formula E cockpit is definitely the right choice," said Enzinger. "He has been a Porsche works driver for three years and knows the team and Neel really well. And we can only benefit from the experience that André will bring from the past two Formula E seasons.
"Neel and Andre make the perfect driver pairing for Porsche's works entry into Formula E. We are looking forward to entering our maiden season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship for the 2019/2020 season with this strong driver pairing."
With Vergne already on a multi-year deal with DS Techeetah, just the one seat remains at what will be a highly coveted drive with the reigning champion team.
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KARACHI: The Searle Company Ltd posted 1QFY19 profit after tax (PAT) at Rs729.79 million, down 5.56 per cent, from Rs772.83m in same period last year. Earnings per share (EPS) came out at Rs3.95, decreasing from Rs4.18 in corresponding quarter last year.
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Come join your child in a fun filled hour of discovery through music and movement. This class is the first step in our "stepping stones" program for children ages 18 months to 3. Parents should wear comfortable clothing for movement purposes.
Class focus: Parent/child group stretching and movement for warm up to develop balance and coordination. Learn rhythms through musical instruments, song and dance. Develop listening skills and socialization. Parent and child bonding.
This class is a great way to prepare your child for pre-school and love of the arts!


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O T T O N I U M C O M I C S
When / Where:
12 - 21 Dec | 10:00 - 22:00
Suntec Singapore Halls 401 - 405
Otto Fong presents his two series of books, 'Sir Fong's Adventures In Science' and 'The Black Peony' at the Popular BookFest@Singapore, held at the Singapore Suntec Convention Hall.
The talk is located at the English Section. Our young and enthusiastic readers are extremely delighted and amused by Otto Fong, who gave a very lively, animated and 'why you should read more local books' talk!
BookFest@Singapore 2014
Black Peony Series
Sir Fong's Adventures In Science Series
Heavenly Home, Mae Sot, Thailand
Hence, Sir Fong was more than delighted when Project LOVE, a non-profit initiative started by Mr Jose Tay asked for comic books to be donated to the orphanages and migrant learning centres in Thailand.
Since Book 3 and 4 both featured a Thai hospital museum (Siriraj Forensic Museum) and a Bangkok fashion designer (Tawn C), Sir Fong feels glad that these kids will read about good science being practiced in their own country!
Pioneer JC Book Fair School Invitation
Summer Komikon Manila 2013
"We were waiting for a group of Singaporeans to finish taking a photo with this tarp when one of them volunteered to take a photo of us. Little did we know that it was sir Otto Fong an uber cool science teacher/writer/comic artist from Singapore! Thanks sir! You just gained fans from the Philippines specially my son Malachai Knowl Celario :) — with Nestor Celario, Malachai Knowl Celario and Otto Fong at Bayanihan Center, Pioneer St., Pasig City."
~Diadem Joy Batilo~
"Hi, Sir Fong! I and Nikoy did not have the chance to take a picture with you right after your awesome talk 'coz you've got a lot of fans who had eagerly taken your time to share their ideas, experiences and whatnots with you. We just want to thank you for that fun and yet very informative talk. If you were my teacher, I would not have hated Science as much as I hated it when I was still a student. Hehehe!"
~Nickoy~
"Sir Fong, thank you for the very educational and motivating discussion at Summer Komikon 2013. We here in Philippines are greatly to have met and learned from you!"
"One of the many things I'll take from your talk at Komikon, is that you have to find what motivates you yourself. It was awesome meeting you and I hope you'll be back here soon!"
Representing Singapore In The Annual IASL International Book Exhibit
The International Book Exhibit is an activity of the IASL Children's and Young Adult Literature Special Interest Group. Each year at the International Association of School Librarianship conference, the Children's and Young Adult Literature Special Interest Group collects and displays books that represent the countries and regions of IASL membership. These books are donated by members and others to give to the host country to share with the children and youth of that community. At the close of the conference the books are distributed to the most appropriate libraries in the host country.
ISS Literacy Week
Whether it's conducting a workshop, or sharing a seminar session, or going to schools to promote my comic book, or working with someone on a new comic project, I see a lot of my fellow country men and women.
I am present to an abundance of beauty. Singaporeans are beautiful, and I am still in awe that I did not realise that sooner. I still cannot believe that I am a part of you!
Recently, I conducted a series of workshops for people from different government bodies. As we worked together on their comic ideas, I am amazed at their creativity and sense of humour.
They may not know how to draw at first, but they are willing to give it a good try.
They may seemed reserved and quiet at first, but they come through with their ideas.
They may have limited resources (I deliberately allowed only two types of markers), but they create and communicated effectively with their artworks!
Look at their drawings and you will see we have much in common.
I was brought up to be afraid to look at people in their eyes. Maybe because I heard too much about fights that broke out during staring incidents amongst gangsters in the distant past.
But when I do, and open myself up to their worlds, I find so much in common (I know, this sounds so hippie!).
Yet, if you sit down with a fellow Singaporean, and look around at all that we have achieved in such short decades, you can truly feel proud to be a part of this country (ok, now I'm sounding very National Education!).
So, what's the secret of being happy? I urge you to look fellow Singaporeans in the eyes more. If someone clears your tray at a coffee shop, look him or her in the eyes and say 'thanks'. If someone smiles at your dog, smile back on your dog's behalf. If someone stops for you at the zebra-crossing, give him or her a wave of thanks.
Our Great Hosts at The Summer Komikon! Thank You All!
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Q: linear independence in GF(3) I have a question regarding linear independence in finite fields, more specifically the GF(3)-field.
My textbook claims that
$
(1,2,0)^T,(2,1,0)^T,(0,0,1)^T,
$
are linearly independent wrt. the field $\mathbb{R}$, but not wrt. GF(3). I've googled myself to death on the definition of finite fields, but I can't seem to find an answer. Obviously the three vectors are lienarly independent wrt. $\mathbb{R}$, but why this doesn't mean that they are wrt. GF(3) I don't understand, GF(3) is a subfield of $\mathbb{R}$? I guess the definition of inner products on GF(3) are different somehow, but I can't find anything sensible online.
Thank

A: First you really need to google the field $GF(2)$ with two elements. It is sometimes defined by $\mathbb{Z}/2$, and then $(1,2,0)$ just denotes the class modulo $2$, i.e., the vector $(1,0,0)$. You may say, $2=0$ in $GF(2)$. Obviously we then just have the standard basis. If you also google the characteristic of a field, it will be clear that $GF(2)$ cannot be a subfield of the real numbers.
Edit: For the new question: also for $K=GF(3)$ you can use the result that the vectors $x_1,x_2,x_3$ are linearly independent over $K$ if and only if the determinant of the matrix $A=(x_1,x_2,x_3)$ with colums vectors has nonzero determinant over $K$. Now $\det(A)=-3=0$ over $K$, and hence this vectors do not form a basis.

A: GF($2$) is not a subfield of $\mathbb{R}$, it's the two element field $\{0,1\}$ with multiplication mod $2$. Arithmetic  with $1$ and $0$ works as you'd expect except for the fact that $1+1 = 0$.
If you do all your scalar computations with that arithmetic you'll see the answer to your question.
Edit:
The OP changed the question, asking about GF($3$) instead of GF($3$). The answer above needs the appropriate generalization, which will work for any prime $p$. His comment below suggests that he now understands everything he needs to.

A: It is obvious if you write the elements of $\mathbf F_3$ as $\{0,1, -1\}$. In this case the three vectors are
$$\begin{bmatrix}\phantom-1\\-1\\\phantom-0\end{bmatrix},\begin{bmatrix}-1\\\phantom-1\\\phantom-0\end{bmatrix},\begin{bmatrix}0\\0\\1\end{bmatrix}.$$


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Hounds of Love è il quinto album in studio della cantautrice britannica Kate Bush, pubblicato il 16 settembre 1985 dalla EMI.

Descrizione
Pubblicato nel settembre del 1985, è il quinto album di Kate Bush. Prodotto nuovamente dalla cantautrice, venne registrato presso il suo studio privato. L'album è stato accolto molto calorosamente da fan e critica, specialmente grazie al successo planetario ottenuto dal singolo Running Up That Hill. Viene considerato dalla maggior parte dei fan il suo miglior album. Grande popolarità ha anche avuto il video del secondo singolo Cloudbusting  che raggiunge la seconda posizione massima, ispirato alla vita di Wilhelm Reich e interpretato da Donald Sutherland; per il video viene ingaggiato il personale tecnico che lavorò al film Alien e la Bush venne premiata ai Music Video Awards come miglior interprete femminile.

L'album è diviso in due parti, Hounds of Love e The Ninth Wave. La seconda parte è un concept ed è una narrazione musicale di una storia con diverse interpretazioni. Quella più accreditata (avvalorata inoltre dalle parole della stessa artista) è che riguardi una donna che si ritrova a galleggiare in mare osservando le stelle e che perde poco a poco lucidità. I singoli prodotti furono quattro: Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting, Hounds of Love, The Big Sky. Tra i brani non inclusi nell'album la splendida Not this time inspiegabilmente rilasciata solo come bside. Oltre a quest'ultima The Handsome Cabin Boy fu il retro del singolo Hounds of love ed anch'esso non fu incluso nell'album.

Nel 1992 il disco fu ristampato con l'inserimento di alcune canzoni come il singolo Be Kind To My Mistakes uscito nell'87, alcuni remix, la canzone Under The Ivy b-side di Running up thet hill, Burning Bridge e My Lagan Love, in cui Kate Bush canta senza nessun accompagnamento musicale.

Tracce

 Parte uno Hounds of Love
 Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) - 5:03
 Hounds of Love - 3:02
 The Big Sky - 4:41
 Mother Stands for Comfort - 3:07
 Cloudbusting - 5:10
 Parte due The Ninth Wave
 And Dream of Sheep - 2:45
 Under Ice - 2:21
 Waking the Witch - 4:18
 Watching You Without Me - 4:06
 Jig of Life - 4:04
 Hello Earth - 6:13
 The Morning Fog - 2:34

Versione 1997
Nel 1997 è uscita una versione ristampata del cd contenente diverse tracce aggiuntive:
 The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)
 Running Up That Hill (12" Mix)
 Be Kind To My Mistakes
 Under The Ivy
 Burning Bridge
 My Lagan Love

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Former UE coach leads Toledo to 'Big Dance'
Daniel Allar
daniel.allar@courierpress.com
After 17 mostly successful seasons as a head women's basketball coach at Evansville and Toledo, Tricia Cullop is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time.
Her favorite part: she's going with what may be her least-celebrated collection of individual players. The balanced Rockets (25-8) boast four double-figure scorers but their most prolific one, senior forward Janice Monakana, averages a modest 12.4 points per game.
Cullop, 45, couldn't recall another season in which none of her players received a conference player of the week award.
"We have several kids who are capable of a 20-point night," said Cullop, who coached at Evansville from 2000-08. "The fun thing about this team is they're humble and they don't really care who scores what. The only stat they care about is the win-loss column. When you coach a group that thinks in that line of thinking, it makes a coach's job that much easier."
The Rockets have won 11 of their last 12 games, including a 4-0 run through the Mid-American Conference Tournament. A No. 10 seed, they'll play seventh-seeded Creighton (23-7) in the first round Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Corvallis, Oregon.
The game, which will be televised on ESPN2, will be the revival of an old Missouri Valley Conference coaching rivalry. Veteran Creighton coach Jim Flanery led the Bluejays when they competed in the MVC against Cullop's UE teams.
"We're just looking forward to our first opportunity in the NCAA tournament," Cullop said. "It's been 16 years since the school has made the NCAA tournament and it's been longer since we've made the second round, so we'd like to make history for that as well."
An NCAA appearance is perhaps overdue for Cullop, who boasts a 325-205 career record. In 2007-08, her final season at Evansville, she led the Aces to a share of the MVC regular-season championship and a WNIT appearance.
After she left for Toledo, first-year coach Misty Murphy took some of those same Aces players on a surprise run to the MVC Tournament title and a spot in the Big Dance.
In eight years with the Rockets, Cullop has posted a 202-95 record, finishing .500 or better in conference play each year and making five WNIT appearances.
"Something every coach will tell you is you're only as good as your players," Cullop said. "I think the important thing is we've recruited well, we've brought in a lot of talent that has helped us achieve the success that we have. I just continually try to put them in positions to take advantage of the talent we have. The thing that I'm very proud of is we're not only successful on the court, but we have a 100 percent graduation rate."
Cullop said she remains "eternally grateful" to UE for giving her a head coaching position at age 29. It was an ideal setup for her at the time. She was only 70 miles away from her hometown of Bicknell, Indiana, learned the ins and outs of the profession and racked up 123 wins – the second most in program history.
"I'm very grateful because I had the opportunity to learn a lot of things around a very talented athletic department at that time," Cullop said. "(Men's basketball coach) Jim Crews was there, Fred Schmalz was one of the top soccer coaches in the country. … Every sport I turned to helped grow me into the coach I am because they all helped me."


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