Language: The Chattering of Chimps or Babble from Babel?
Both options seem strange. Since Darwin's The Origin of Species (1859) science assumes that, after millions of years of evolving mutations, some grunting apes became the gesturing Neanderthals, which led to Shakespearean sonnets. Happily, the floating, uniquely human hyoid throat bone also appeared, helping this species survive by lying, crooning, yodeling and rapping. (The world's oldest hyoid bone was unearthed in Haifa).
Secularists have always considered it mythic that a Divine Engineer would factory-install a language program at Eden, creating the first modern humans. And that multi-national history was then to have been neurolinguistically kickstarted at the Tower of Babel, with 70 spin-offs which have since de-evolved into our 6,000 tongues.
Linguist Noam Chomsky proved that the human brain is hard-wired for language. He suggested that some super-intelligent alien engineered language. And recent linguists DO conclude that all Earth languages came from one universal language. But NOT that "recent West-Semitic language" called Hebrew.
The establishment Eurocentrists still support "origin unknown" for LAD (boy), even though Hebrew yeled and Arabic walid mean "boy," and the root of birthing is Lamed-Daled. Genesis 11:1 has "kol aretz saphah echat" – coincidentally like WHOLE, EARTH, SPEECH… one (source of EACH). The new science of Edenics now has over 23,000 such "coincidences." Edenics works with a Proto-Semitic, "Edenic" vocabulary where each root letter has the "genes" for the wide diversity of the world's words.
Edenics doesn't use kabbalistic formulae, only bread-and-butter stuff already used to link, say, French with Italian. So, Daled-Resh-Kahf, derekh (way, road) is echoed in the words for "road" in Russian (doroga), Australian Aborigine (turingas) and 40 other languages in the "DIRECTION" entry of our e-word CD dictionary. Moreover, the Gimel of garon (throat) can shift harder to a hard C or softer to an H. This is why EGRETS, CRANES and HERONS are all long-throated birds.
There are only a few hundred English-Edenic links as easy as rageel (usual) and ReGuLar. If one shifts the position of a letter instead of its sound, one knows why ReLiGion is about a spiritual path becoming a ReGuLar routine.
From the Language of Eden To Our Babble After Babel (winter 2005).
Modern Hebrew has some bone-headed new animal names. When the guardians of Modern Hebrew had to coin a word for that crustacean, the CRAB, they went to the Old High German krebitz. This word is thought to mean "scratching," even though crabs don't scratch. The Academy then named the crab sartan, for scratching. (Samekh-Resh-Tet is the source of SERRATED). The scholars should have noted other creatures with exoskeletons, like the aqrab (scorpion). From qeren (horn) and Aramaic karpafta (skull) they should have seen a KR subroot of hardness. Koof-Resh-Bhet means battle and encroachment. So, nature's lumbering, armored tank, the CRAB, should have been called a qarebet.
It was an animal, a little birdie, that whispered the whole Edenic concept into my ear back in 1978. I was a doctoral literature student, a published poet, stuck with a boring linguistics requirement at New York University. The professor demonstrated the genius behind reconstructing the so-called "Indo-European root" for the generic bird word. This never-spoken laboratory reconstruction was to show how Aryans emerged from a separate troop of well-groomed apes, without any (shudder) relationship to the "inferior" races, peoples and languages.
That theoretical, generic bird word was SPER. In second grade I knew a similar generic word for bird... tsipor. At the "SPARROW" entry one sees the Tsadi-Pey behind bird-related words for floating, spying, being covered (as in feathers), a talon, and chirping.
In Edenics every two consonants make a sound. Sound is energy. This is a science now, no more Humanities myths. Every sound carries sense. Therefore, if we examine the simple three-letter word for flower, Pey-Resh-Het or perakh, we can see that it is a combination of 1) P-R (botanical things, as in perot / FRUIT) and 2) the R-K element of fragrance, seen in reyakh (smell) or English REEK.
Here are two examples from the upcoming Japanese book. The SAMURAI, a storied warrior, was a royal guardsman. A guardian in Hebrew is a shomer. More often, the Japanese reverses the Hebrew. KARATE is an unarmed martial art. Therefore, kara means empty and te (pronounced tay) means hand. Reverse Hebrew raik (empty) and yad (hand) to get kara-te.
Are we naked but gabby gibbons, or have we divinely enhanced brains (Genesis 2:7) above an ape's body? Were we engineered for speech, for literacy, perhaps even for Revealed moral instruction (G-d forbid)? Stay tuned. In our 21st Century culture wars, we will weigh in with the new science of Edenics.
After millions of years of evolving mutations, some grunting apes became the gesturing Neanderthals that eventually led to Shakespearean sonnets.
and rapping. The world¹s oldest hyoid bone was unearthed in Haifa.
divine engineer would factory-install a language program at Eden, creating the first modern humans; and that multinational history would have been neurolinguistically kick-started at the Tower of Babel, with 70 spin-offs that have since de-evolved into our 6,000 tongues.
Language and suggested that some super-intelligent alien engineered language.
And recent linguists have concluded that all Earth languages came from one universal language. But, they add, it wasn¹t that 'recent West-Semitic language' Hebrew.
Hebrew root of birthing is lamed-daled.
one' (achat (one) is the source of 'each').
already used to link, say, French with Italian.
'Direction' entry in our e-word CD dictionary).
(usual) and 'regular.' Shift the letters around and 'religion' is about a spiritual path becoming a 'regular' routine.
Speeches: From the Language of Eden to our Babble after Babel.
ear, back in 1978. I was a doctoral literature student, a published poet, stuck with a boring linguistics requirement at New York University. The professor was demonstrating the genius behind reconstructing the so-called 'Indo-European root' for the generic bird word. This never-spoken laboratory reconstruction was to show how Aryans emerged from a separate troop of well-groomed apes.
Many foreign words become familiar. Most require simple letter shifts or reversals, but some are strikingly unchanged. For example, the samurai, a storied Japanese warrior, was a royal guardsman. In Hebrew, guard(ian)is shomer. A famous Hawaiian dance is the hula. Miriam danced a mahol at the Red Sea while beating a tamborine. The root is Het-Lamed, shaking. Like a waving hula, or a Middle Eastern belly dance in modest clothing.
This are mere coincidences, cry the skeptics, but Edenicists have 2,000 Japanese "coincidences" so far. The data is piling up from Amazonian Brazil, Lapland, and even Basque.
brains above an ape¹s body? Were we engineered for speech, for literacy, perhaps even for revealed moral instruction, G-d forbid.
Stay tuned for the new science of Edenics.
To qualify as a science, Edenics would need to switch from trying to prove your hypothesis, to trying to disprove it, and failing. That's how science, done properly, works. In other words, you'd have to set up other competing hypotheses, other proto-languages, and look for coincidental links with the same methodology and degree of assiduity. If there were (say) only one fifth or one tenth as many coincidences for the best of the competing hypotheses, you could be onto something.
I've seen this concept applied to Chinese writing where each symbol in a word forms something else.
What would be the origin of the word "corn", "tower", "water", "love", "God", "divine"?
Complicated to state that language origin is hebrew if the aboriginal australians speak it too - they have been isolated for 10.000s of years!! Does not exactly fit into your timescale of Abraham, Ham, Babylon, Nimrod. However, clearly it does seem that their speech reveals a connection. Could this mean a much more distant origin?


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West Ossipee is an unincorporated community in the town of Ossipee in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located near the northern boundary of the town, along New Hampshire Route 16, leading north towards Conway and south towards Rochester.  Route 41 departs from the village, heading northeast to Silver Lake and Madison.  Route 25 leads west towards Tamworth and Moultonborough.  The Bearcamp River runs along the southwest side of the village. The Whittier Bridge is a historic covered bridge that crosses the river just west of the village.

West Ossipee has a separate ZIP code (03890) from the rest of Ossipee.

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Q: How to get ComponentDataFromEntity to a parallel job in Unity ECS? I am trying to acces entity component data in a parallel job. The component data is of type PheromoneComponent. The struct that defines the job looks like this:
[UpdateBefore(typeof(PheromoneTrailsSystem))]
public class MovementSystem : JobComponentSystem
{
private EndSimulationEntityCommandBufferSystem endSimulationEntityCommandBuffer;

protected override void OnCreate()
{
    endSimulationEntityCommandBuffer = World.GetOrCreateSystem<EndSimulationEntityCommandBufferSystem>();
    base.OnCreate();
}

[BurstCompile]
struct MovementSpeedJob : IJobForEachWithEntity<Translation,Rotation, MovementComponent, QuadrantEntity, AntComponent>
{
    [ReadOnly] public float dT;
    [ReadOnly] public Unity.Mathematics.Random randGenerator;
    [ReadOnly] public long currentTimestamp;
    [ReadOnly] public int mapSizeHeight;
    [ReadOnly] public int mapSizeWidth;
    [ReadOnly] public NativeMultiHashMap<int, QuadrantData> quadrantMultiHashMap;
    [ReadOnly] public ComponentDataFromEntity<PheromoneComponent> pheromoneDataArray;
    //[NativeDisableParallelForRestriction] ComponentDataFromEntity<PheromoneComponent>
    pheromoneDataArray;

    public EntityCommandBuffer.Concurrent entityCommandBuffer;

    public void Execute(Entity entity, int index, ref Translation translation, ref Rotation
    rotation, ref MovementComponent movementComponent, ref QuadrantEntity quadrantEntity,
    ref AntComponent antComponent){......}

The job is executed with the following instantiations:
protected override JobHandle OnUpdate(JobHandle inputDeps)
{
    var job = new MovementSpeedJob()
    {
        dT = Time.deltaTime,
        randGenerator = new
        Unity.Mathematics.Random((uint)UnityEngine.Random.Range(1,100000)),
        currentTimestamp = DateTime.Now.Ticks,
        mapSizeHeight = GameState.GetMapSizeHeight(),
        mapSizeWidth = GameState.GetMapSizeWidth(),
        quadrantMultiHashMap = QuadrantSystem.quadrantMultiHashMap,
        entityCommandBuffer =
        endSimulationEntityCommandBuffer.CreateCommandBuffer().ToConcurrent(),
        pheromoneDataArray = GetComponentDataFromEntity<PheromoneComponent>(true)

    };

    JobHandle jobHandle = job.Schedule(this, inputDeps);

    endSimulationEntityCommandBuffer.AddJobHandleForProducer(jobHandle);

    return jobHandle;

The code runs but I am getting the following error messages everytime update is called:
InvalidOperationException: The native container has been declared as [WriteOnly] in the job,
but you are reading from it.
Unity.Collections.LowLevel.Unsafe.AtomicSafetyHandle.CheckReadAndThrowNoEarlyOut (Unity.Collections.LowLevel.Unsafe.AtomicSafetyHandle handle) <0x1ba8eccc0 + 0x00052> in <85963591c1a04aad836445db604e7807>:0
Unity.Collections.LowLevel.Unsafe.AtomicSafetyHandle.CheckReadAndThrow (Unity.Collections.LowLevel.Unsafe.AtomicSafetyHandle handle) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Runtime/Export/Jobs/AtomicSafetyHandle.bindings.cs:148)
Unity.Entities.ComponentJobSafetyManager.CompleteWriteDependency (System.Int32 type) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.entities@0.1.1-preview/Unity.Entities/ComponentJobManager.cs:386)
Unity.Entities.EntityManager.GetComponentData[T] (Unity.Entities.Entity entity) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.entities@0.1.1-preview/Unity.Entities/EntityManagerAccessComponentData.cs:42)
AntBehaviourSystem+ExcretionJob.Execute (Unity.Transforms.Translation& translation, Unity.Transforms.Rotation& rotation, QuadrantEntity& quadrantEntity, AntComponent& antComponent) (at Assets/Scripts/Ant/Systems/AntBehaviourSystem.cs:39)
Unity.Entities.JobForEachExtensions+JobStruct_Process_CCCC`5[T,T0,T1,T2,T3].ExecuteChunk (Unity.Entities.JobForEachExtensions+JobStruct_Process_CCCC`5[T,T0,T1,T2,T3]& jobData, System.IntPtr bufferRangePatchData, System.Int32 begin, System.Int32 end, Unity.Entities.ArchetypeChunk* chunks, System.Int32* entityIndices) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.entities@0.1.1-preview/Unity.Entities/IJobForEach.gen.cs:3576)
Unity.Entities.JobForEachExtensions+JobStruct_Process_CCCC`5[T,T0,T1,T2,T3].Execute (Unity.Entities.JobForEachExtensions+JobStruct_Process_CCCC`5[T,T0,T1,T2,T3]& jobData, System.IntPtr additionalPtr, System.IntPtr bufferRangePatchData, Unity.Jobs.LowLevel.Unsafe.JobRanges& ranges, System.Int32 jobIndex) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.entities@0.1.1-preview/Unity.Entities/IJobForEach.gen.cs:3541)

Since I never explicitly define the ComponentDataFromEntity as [WriteOnly] this error seems to say that there are some conflicts in the paralel job.
Am I even passing ComponentDataFromEntity correctly?
Are there any other pitfalls that I am not aware of?
I have some other jobs that operate on PheromoneComponent but i have tried disabeling them and the error persist. Also I guess the ECS job system should take care that all job dependancies are completed before executing another job.
I have also tried with [NativeDisableParallelForRestriction] ComponentDataFromEntity<PheromoneComponent> instead of [ReadOnly] public ComponentDataFromEntity<PheromoneComponent> pheromoneDataArray; but no change.
Any help or explanation will be greatly appreciated!

A: Edit (Solution): In my case, the issue was a conflict with a custom ReadOnly attribute I had in my project. I got rid of my custom attribute and everything works now.
I'm having the same issue and started a Unity forum thread, which has received as much attention as this question, sadly.
https://forum.unity.com/threads/readonly-errors-when-trying-to-use-componentdatafromentity.824799/
I'm starting to suspect that ComponentDataFromEntity just isn't supported inside ForEach jobs, but can't confirm it personally and don't know who can.

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The light has been manufactured with a super-high luminosity 10 W LEDs. The light wavelength of LEDEXTM WL-090+ is between 390-480nm and the intensity is up to 1800mW/cm2. It can cure the composite over 2mm in 3 seconds. These characteristics especially enable to phenyl propanedione (PPD) and Lucirine TPO photoinitiator.
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JNB executive Paulette Simpson enters '10 most influential Black Britons' list
It has been announced that JN Bank UK deputy CEO, Paulette Simpson, has been ranked among Britain's top 10 most influential people of African or Caribbean heritage. An executive director of the UK's only Black national newspaper, the Voice, which is also owned by The Jamaica National Group, was ranked at number eight on the Powerlist 2023.
This is Simpson's fourth inclusion on the Powerlist, with her previously being ranked on the list in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. The list is a celebration of the achievements of the 100 most influential Black Britons and the most influential people of African, African-Caribbean and African-American heritage in the UK.
Born in Manchester, in Jamaica, Simpson, the deputy chair of the Windrush Commemoration Committee in the UK, was recognised with a CBE by the late Queen Elizabeth II and also received a Certificate of Commendation from the UK Home Secretary for outstanding contribution in the field of Home Affairs.
Jamaica National Group's chief executive officer, Earl Jarrett, was also named on the Powerlist, after being recognised for the Group's presence in the UK and the establishment of JN Bank UK. The most influential Black Briton on the list was Dame Sharon White, chair of the John Lewis Partnership.
The Powerlist is an annual publication that was first published in 2007 in a bid to provide professional role models for young people of African and African Caribbean heritage. Others on the list include entrepreneur and Dragon's Den dragon, Steven Bartlett, TV presenter, historian and joint creative director of Uplands Television Ltd., David Olusoga and Group General Counsel, and a management team member at Standard Chartered Bank Dr Sandie Okoro.
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$4 billion is being spent on this 2010 mid-term election cycle. This is just $1.3 billion less than the record amount spent during the 2008 presidential elections and is up $1.4 billion or 50% over the $2.8 billion spent in the 2006 mid-term cycle.
This kind of money will only be spent by those who believe that they will achieve some kind of return on their money. This belief will either constitute protection of their assets and income by preventing government programs, creation of assets or income by seeing government programs enacted, or controlling the enactment of government programs and achieving power, fame, or wealth through that device.
Accurate Reality: It will only be a reduction in the resources confiscated by the federal government for its programs and therefore allocated by it that we will see any meaningful reduction in the level of resources devoted to electing representatives and petitioning the government.


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For nearly three decades, Mike Rogers continues to be an exceptional leader in politics, national security, global affairs, the digital economy, cybersecurity and counterterrorism, shaping policies that affect every business and citizen in the United States.
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For nearly three decades, Mike Rogers continues to be an exceptional leader in politics, national security, global affairs, the digital economy and cybersecurity, and counterterrorism, shaping policies that affect every business and citizen in the United States.
As the former chairman of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Rogers spent more than a decade overseeing all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, shaping critical cybersecurity, counterterrorism and national security policies. Rogers delves into essential debates as CNN national security contributor, and he raises thought-provoking issues to millions every week as the host of Westwood One's nationally syndicated radio commentary Something to Think About with Mike Rogers. His conversation offers unique and experienced insight on politics, security and American life.
Rogers remains uniquely positioned to influence national discussions and offer expert analysis on America's most pressing and diverse issues—whether it is national security, foreign policy, the digital economy or politics. With his engaging, captivating style, candid wit and stories, he offers audiences a true insider's perspective on current events and global trends.
Cutting through to the truth by addressing the facts, Rogers bares light on the juxtaposition of what is shown on TV and what is reality. Even on the most politically charged issues, he offers a concise perspective, offering solutions to the challenges facing America today. As a result, he is widely respected by both Republicans and Democrats for his leadership. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius called him "a rare example of bipartisanship."
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With over 30 years' experience in the public sector, Mike Rogers brings unique insights into how things work—and don't work—in Washington. From his time in the U.S. Army and the FBI, to starting as a freshman representative through his chairmanship of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, Rogers has seen it all, interacting with world leaders, intelligence officials, military officers, CEOs, presidents, and everyone in between. Today, he is at the forefront of technological innovation and cybersecurity, working with boards and C-suite executives to craft policies and investments to ensure the protection of company assets and profitability in turbulent markets.
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Cybersecurity is a concept that is thrown around without much consideration of what it means to individuals or organizations. The reality is that cybersecurity is everyone's security. Today, nearly everyone banks online, orders products from Amazon and other online vendors, and drives cars that rely on GPS and sensors to navigate the roads.But most don't appreciate the unique risks that exist today and are going to emerge in the future. Autonomous vehicles, implantable medical devices, the Internet of Things, and other technological advancements will change the way we live our lives. As one of the leading experts on the nexus between cybersecurity and policy, Mike Rogers shares his incomparable perspective on how our world is changing and how technology, cybersecurity, and the digital economy must come together to build a prosperous and secure future.
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What's Wrong with Grapefruit Juice?
What is it about grapefruit and grapefruit juice that interferes with the effect of some drugs?
Andrew Weil, M.D. |November 3, 2006
Actually, grapefruit juice more than grapefruit itself seems to be the problem – something it contains interferes with the absorption and metabolism of a number of drugs (although there is increasing concern that eating grapefruit might do the same). The affected drugs include calcium channel blockers used to treat high blood pressure, non-sedating antihistamines such as Hismanal (astemizole), certain tranquilizers including Valium (diazepam), Xanax (alprazolam), Halcion (triazolam), and others, a number of cholesterol-lowering drugs, including Lipitor (atorvastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin) and other statins, and the immunosuppressive drugs used to prevent rejection of transplanted tissues organs and the antiviral agents used to treat HIV/AIDS.
If you take any of these drugs with grapefruit juice, you may feel a difference. With calcium channel blockers you might notice flushing, headache, an increased heart rate, or blood pressure which is lower than intended. With the tranquilizers, you may notice increased sedation. More dangerous side effects including kidney toxicity; increased susceptibility to infections could develop among those taking immunosuppressive drugs. Grapefruit juice can even enhance your response to caffeine, resulting in nervousness and over-stimulation.
Orange juice doesn't appear to have these effects and neither do any other types of juice made from citrus fruits.
The compounds believed responsible for the effect of grapefruit juice are furanocoumarins, which interfere with an intestinal enzyme, CYP3A. Normally, CYP3A partially metabolizes and eliminates drugs as they are absorbed, but the furanocoumarins in grapefruit juice inhibit this process, allowing more of the drugs to enter into the bloodstream. Researchers say that it should be possible to remove furanocoumarins from grapefruit juice to produce a product that patients on affected medications can enjoy.
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If there was a watchmaker who truly epitomised reaching for the stars, RJ-Romain Jerome would be it. After all, there aren't many who can attest to using moon dust and materials from the Apollo 11 space shuttle in their timepieces. But it doesn't stop there. They've also incorporated lava from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano and steel from the Titanic in their showstopping watches.
The man behind this revolutionary manufacturer is CEO Manuel Emch. Hailing from a family of watchmakers in his hometown of Grenchen, Emch has lived and breathed watches all his life. In 2001, he joined Jaquet Droz and was credited with turning the brand around. He's also an award-winning watch designer and, during his time at Jaquet Droz, designed the iconic "Grande Seconde" watch.
Under Emch's watch (excuse the pun), RJ-Romain Jerome continues to innovate with the launch of the new Skylab 48 Skull collection with a 48mm case, skeleton dial, horizontal and vertical bridges and skull applique in anodised aluminium. Available in 12 colours with nine pieces each, this collection is quite a sight to behold.
In a remake of its popular Moon Orbiter range, RJ-Romain Jerome's new Moon Orbiter GMT sees an additional complication at 12 o'clock—a fully-integrated jumping hour retrograde GMT developed exclusively for this model.
And in the case of Batman v Superman, the Dark Knight clearly wins here with this collectible Batman-DNA Gotham City piece. A 3D effect appears to make Gotham City come out of the dial and when night falls, blue Superluminova lights up the Batman applique. Here, he shares his thoughts on creativity and what the watch industry needs to change.
It will probably surprise you, but creativity does not mean anything to me. Creation, on the other hand, is vital. Creation is not a mere possibility, it is the realisation of a deep calling; the very personal and therefore unique expression of one's mind, one's heart, one's soul.
This is why I love RJ. The brand gives me the freedom to express my passion. I can experiment with new ideas, new materials, new ways of thinking, new associations. Such an environment brings the best out of people as it gives them the opportunity to create, to drive and thrive.
When you look at a brand new RJ watch, what do you see?
RJ is based on story telling. The concept of the brand does not evolve around a person but around a story, a universe of emotions that echoes a person's very personal path and specific memories. This is especially true for our collaborations: They go from historical icons to artistic icons to horological icons. We hope for them to be aspirational. When you wear an RJ watch, you wear a piece of history on your wrist!
As the CEO of an independent brand, I have the creative freedom and autonomy to design objects of art that combine contemporary concepts, state of the art technology and innovative materials. My greatest motivation is therefore my autonomy, which allows me to have a limitless creative scope. This gives me the possibility to create bold and emotional timepieces that communicate RJ-Romain Jerome's vision.
On the downside, you sometimes feel alone because you would like for everyone around you to believe in it and be invested as much you are. Being an entrepreneur is not a hierarchical position; it is a state of mind.
You mentioned at the recent press lunch in Singapore that you have always worked with small players. Is that a blessing in disguise?
Is that the impression I gave? (laughs) Not at all! I love smaller-scale companies because they represent a larger-scale challenge. Everything must be built. You have to try and fail before you can start seeing the light out of the tunnel. It requires you to be very thick-skinned and resilient, because at times, it seems you are only faced with obstacles. However, it brings a unique excitement and the opportunity to constantly navigate between the macro and micro aspects of business.
What is the most precious lesson you have learnt from being in this business?
Without a doubt: "Believing is achieving". And this is not a matter of industry. For any business to survive or to become successful, this is a golden rule. I remember when we launched our first Games-DNA collection, Space Invaders, in 2012, no one believed in it. We were mocked and discouraged. We did not listen and went for it anyway. Today, not only does it remain our bestseller, but we are approached by video games companies seeking a collaboration. So, it pays to take risks.
If you could change one thing about the watch industry, what would it be?
The watch industry thrives in a world of innovation and creation. It allows many to dream and find pleasure in handcrafted timepieces that exhibit unique value. However the watch industry has difficulty adjusting to change and refuses sometimes to challenge itself. It can only make headway by being more self-critical and less "comfortable". In my opinion, today's industry needs a larger "multi-field" vision and more creation to respond to an ever-changing world.


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The Role of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase in the Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products
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The widespread occurrence of bromine- and chlorine-containing marine natural products has prompted investigations into the biosynthesis of halogenated marine metabolites. Halogenating enzymes, such as haloperoxidases, have long been thought to be involved in the biogenesis of halogenated marine natural products. Vanadium bromoperoxidases (V-BrPO) have been identified and isolated from all major classes of marine algae, and catalyze the two-electron oxidation of bromide by hydrogen peroxide.
To investigate V-BrPO in marine algae that produce halogenated natural products of interest, V-BrPO was cloned from four different red algae (Corallina officinalis, Plocamium cartilagineum, Delisea pulchra and Laurencia pacifica) using nucleotide probes based on a highly conserved sequence motif, P[S/A]YPSGHAT, for the class of vanadium haloperoxidases. Design of a bacterial expression system and subsequent kinetic characterization of recombinant and mutant forms of V-BrPO from C. officinalis were performed. In addition, steady state kinetics analysis of azide inhibition of V-BrPO from C. officinalis was completed.
V-BrPO was subsequently used to explore the biosynthesis ofbrominated terpene marine natural products. V-BrPO directed the bromination and cyclization of monoterpenes, including derivatives of geraniol to 5-, 6-, and 8-membered bromoether structures and brominated cyclized polyenes. In addition, V-BrPOre ctions with the sesquiterpene (+)-nerolidol resulted in the production of previously reported marine natural products a-and -snyderol, y-snyderol, and (+)- 3 -bromo-8-epicaparrapi oxide. V-BrPO catalyzed the asymmetric bromination of (+)-nerolidol to produce single diastereomers of brominated marine natural products.
V-BrPO identified at the surface of the marine red alga Delisea pulchra was shown to brominate 3-oxo-acyl homoserine lactones, thereby interrupting quorum sensing in Agrobacterium tumefaciens bioassays. V-BrPO isolated from D. pulchra was also shown to mediate the bromolactonization of 4-pentynoic acid in the biosynthesis of synthetic halogenated furanones.
The structures of siderophores, produced by the coastal marine bacterial isolate Vibrio sp. Roatan-10, were completed and membrane partitioning into large unilamellar phosphatidylcholine vesicles evaluated. Membrane partitioning coefficients for the physiological mixture of amphibactins was compared to previously reported data for marinobactin siderophores.
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Leave Serbia, Montenegro to do their homework, says Belgrade's human rights minister – EURACTIV.com
The European Union should move on outstanding promises of enlarging the bloc while leaving the two frontrunners in the waiting room, Serbia and Montenegro, to 'do their homework', Serbia's Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue Gordana Čomić told EURACTIV.
"What can the European Union do nowadays? You can be brave and do what you don't really have to do," the head of the newest ministry in Belgrade said on the sidelines of an online event.
Calling on Brussels to move on long-delayed issues like visa liberalisation and opening negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, she said "it costs nothing, except that you send a message: 'we are remembering that the peace project is the basic idea the European Union is built on'.
"And leave Montenegro and Serbia to do the homework. That's what we are doing. As of Serbia, we only ask for the benefit of the doubt," added Čomić, who is not a member of any political party after being excluded from the opposition Democratic Party in 2020.
One of those homework assignments for the EU hopeful was put forward by the European Commission, which said in its 2021 report on Belgrade's reforms progress that "inflammatory language against political opponents … was still used during parliamentary debates."
"All politicians should counter hate speech and contribute to a political dialogue on EU-related reforms, particularly on the fundamentals of democracy and the rule of law," the European executive added.
Čomić said that "when you are a developing democracy, and an institution-building state like Serbia is, then lacking trust is lacking the glue of society. So sometimes you're more like a population, not just structured society".
Ethnically motivated hate speech continues to be an endemic problem of public discourse in demographically diverse Serbia. Just last week, one of the opposition leaders, Marinika Tepic, was insulted by film director and politician Dragoslav Bokan on TV because of her Romanian origin.
Asked if there's even interest in the kind of dialogue her ministry is pushing, Čomić said: "If there is no interest, then you create an interest."
"And the hate speech you mentioned is a matter of criminal code of Serbia. That's article 387 and should be punished by prison. There is no other alternative," she said.
"So it's not about 'will there be people enjoying their hate speech?' but about 'will there be a prosecutor to take the action [for which] he or she is paid from the budget'?"
"Serbia has good laws, but they are very rarely implemented," the minister said.
"There is always the remark that 'there is no political will.' If you are a prosecutor, there is no political will for you to choose. Political will is needed until we adopt a criminal code, for example, Article 387. After that, you can't choose."
"Rule of law is not a kind of buffet where you can choose, 'I like this meal, but I don't like the other one'", she added.
Čomić's young ministry is accused by its critics of being an attempt by President Aleksandar Vučić's ruling SNS party of placating those concerned by the democratic backsliding of Serbia.
Since its creation following the 2020 parliamentary elections, which were boycotted by numerous parties for allegedly not being free and fair, the ministry has risen to prominence for its push on the same-sex unions law, opposed by Vučić.
Since initial promises to have it ready by spring this year, Čomić said the law is now ready and the ruling coalition needs to adopt it before sending it to the legislative.
Čomić told EURACTIV: "it is not about if it will be adopted. It is just about when it will be adopted."
"We owe that to those people who are in our society," she added.
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Welcome, former DBCo / CDT members!
In 1987, City Dance Theater was formed by Brent and Judy Klopfenstein as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to provide pre-professional dancers the opportunity to perform in high-quality, professional productions, such as the Nutcracker. In 2003, the company's name was changed to "Dallas Ballet Company,"to reflect a home city, as the company was beginning to perform outside the metroplex in New York, as well as internationally in Europe.
To help celebrate our 30 years of dancing, we are forming the official Alumni Association to encourage and foster relationships among former and current CDT/DBCo dancers. This is done by providing a source of fellowship among alumni as well as opportunities to network with current dancers.
Please fill out the form below to add your name to the Alumni Association!


Tackling residual cardiovascular risk: a case for targeting postprandial triglycerides?
Inadequate management of elevated triglycerides, a marker for apolipoprotein B-containing triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRL) and their remnants, is a key contributor to lipid-related residual cardiovascular risk. There is accumulating evidence from both observational and genetic studies that remnant cholesterol levels in TRL are causal in ischaemic heart disease, supported by mechanistic studies which show remnant cholesterol accumulation in the arterial wall.5-7 Elevated remnant cholesterol not only contributes to lipid-related cardiovascular risk, but is also associated with low-grade inflammation, in contrast to elevated LDL-C, and is therefore implicated in the underlying pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.7 During the postprandial setting, TRL and remnants are increased and hypertriglyceridaemia protracted; plasma triglycerides usually return to baseline levels >6-8 hours after eating. Consequently, most individuals spend most of the waking period in a nonfasting or postprandial state. Evidence that nonfasting triglycerides are predictive of coronary heart disease,8 provides a strong rationale for targeting this parameter to reduce residual cardiovascular risk.
Despite this, effective management may be a conundrum for clinicians given current options, beyond lifestyle intervention and statins. Ezetimibe, fibrates (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha [PPAR?] agonists), and omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to reduce elevated triglycerides with some evidence of cardiovascular benefit, and warrant consideration. However, the benefits of ezetimibe on top of statin in IMPROVE-IT (Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial) and PRECISE-IVUS (Plaque Regression With Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor or Synthesis Inhibitor Evaluated by Intravascular Ultrasound) are predominantly ascribed to its LDL-C lowering effect.9.10 The benefit of combination treatment with fenofibrate plus simvastatin in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Lipid study was limited to the subgroup of patients with atherogenic dyslipidaemia (elevated triglycerides and low plasma concentration of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol); while a meta-analysis of the major fibrate trials confirmed this, but was exploratory and not definitive.11,12 Novel approaches are definitely needed, and ongoing development from 2015 suggests promise for those targeting apolipoprotein C-III, as well as selective PPAR? modulators (SPPARM? agents).
This first perspective for 2016 emphasises that undertreatment of elevated triglycerides in statin-treated patients is still a key issue, warranting a further need to raise awareness among clinicians. This is an ongoing mission of the Residual Risk Reduction Initiative (R3i). There is a clear case for considering nonfasting triglycerides as a contributor to lipid-related residual cardiovascular risk and thus a preferable index for monitoring of treatment efficacy given that this is a truer physiological representation of the normal state. And finally, while there are available options for tackling residual hypertriglyceridaemia, 2015 has offered tantalising insights about possibilities for the future.
1. Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaboration, Baigent C, Blackwell L, Emberson J et al. Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol: a meta-analysis of data from 170,000 participants in 26 randomised trials. Lancet 2010;376:1670-81.
2. Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaborators, Mihaylova B, Emberson J et al. The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease: meta-analysis of individual data from 27 randomised trials. Lancet 2012;380:581-90.
3. Reiner Ž, De Bacquer D, Kotseva K et al. Treatment potential for dyslipidaemia management in patients with coronary heart disease across Europe: findings from the EUROASPIRE III survey. Atherosclerosis 2013;231300-7.
5. Varbo A, Nordestgaard BG. Remnant cholesterol and ischemic heart disease. Curr Opin Lipidol 2014;25:266-73.
6. Varbo A, Benn M, Tybjærg-Hansen A et al. Remnant cholesterol as a causal risk factor for ischemic heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;61:427-36.
7. Varbo A, Benn M, Tybjærg-Hansen A, Nordestgaard BG. Elevated remnant cholesterol causes both low-grade inflammation and ischemic heart disease, whereas elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol causes ischemic heart disease without inflammation. Circulation 2013;128:1298-309.
8. Nordestgaard BG, Benn M, Schnohr P, Tybjaerg-Hansen A. Nonfasting triglycerides and risk of myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, and death in men and women. JAMA 2007;298:299–308.
9. Cannon CP, Blazing MA, Giugliano RP et al. Ezetimibe added to statin therapy after acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med 2015;372:2387–97.
10. Tsujita K, Sugiyama S, Sumida H et al. Impact of dual lipid-lowering strategy with Ezetimibe and Atorvastatin on coronary plaque regression in patients with percutaneous coronary intervention: the Multicenter Randomized Controlled PRECISE-IVUS Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015;66:495–507.
11. Ginsberg HN. The ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) Lipid trial: what we learn from subgroup analyses. Diabetes Care 2011;34 Suppl 2:S107-8.
12. Sacks FM, Carey VJ, Fruchart JC. Combination lipid therapy in type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med 2010;363:692-4.


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The Fundraising Feasibility Study: It's Not About the Money (AFP Fund Development Series)
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18 excerpts
The Fundraising Feasibility Study
It's Not About the Money
"This in-depth and accessible collection of essays by fundraising experts goes a long way in demystifying the capital campaign feasibility study. . . . It is a must read for administrators and trustees of any charitable organization considering embarking on a capital campaign."
-John Bloom, Director-Advisory Services
RSF Innovations in Social Finance
"At last, a book that tells all about a pre-campaign development planning study (aka feasibility study). From the role of the organization and its board to the role of the consultant and development staff, this book documents how readiness is the path to success . . . . If you've always wondered how conclusions are drawn, findings explained, and recommendations developed, read this book. It's all here."
-James M. Greenfield, ACFRE, FHP,
author, Fund Raising: Evaluating and Managing the Fund Development Process and Fundraising Fundamentals and editor, The Nonprofit Handbook: Fund Raising, Third Edition
"The Fundraising Feasibility Study provides fundamental information on one of the most important, if little understood, elements of successful fundraising. Written by a cadre of the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the field, it offers insights and useful information that will be valuable to practitioners and scholars alike."
-James P. Gelatt, PHD,
Professor, Graduate School of Management & Technology
University of Maryland University College
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The AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series
Fired-Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion Into Action (AFP Fund Development Series)
Perry, Gail
Nonprofit Essentials: The Development Plan
Lysakowski, Linda
A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members
Walker, Julia I.
Fundraising Fundamentals: A Guide to Annual Giving for Professionals and Volunteers (AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series)
Greenfield, James M.
Special Events: Proven Strategies for Nonprofit Fundraising
Wendroff, Alan L.
Fundraising Consultants: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations (AFP Fund Development Series)
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From Grantmaker to Leader : Emerging Strategies for Twenty-First Century Foundations
Ellsworth, Frank L.


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The 2V is terminated with yellow RCA connectors. The wires are soldered to solid gold-plated brass RCA connectors. The connection is protected with a crimped strain relief and low profile aluminum connector covers that are painted black and have colored rings for signal identification.


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The W1
Residential redevelopment scheme at the former BBC London building at 35 Marylebone High Street
The W1 London is a residential development in Marylebone, London W1. The development comprises 3 penthouses, 15 apartments and 5 townhouses in the rear mews. The project replaces a 1960s office building and will retain and restore a 1930s facade.
The collaboration between Darling Associates and Dixon Jones was formed in 2012 for this project. Dixon Jones were instructed to prepare a planning application for the former BBC site at 35 Marylebone High Street and Darling Associates were responsible for the interior spatial planning and finishes. This included a façade retention to Marylebone High Street to create three stunning penthouses, fifteen exceptionally appointed apartments and five contemporary townhouses of impeccable specification.
In 2014, after planning consent was granted, the site was sold to The Royalton Group and after some rigorous interviews, Royalton decided to stick with the original design team to carry out some amendments to the scheme to suit the new client's needs.
The residential apartments offer contemporary living with an abundance of light and space throughout the development.
The townhouses feature a beautiful, bespoke oak front door that opens into an impressive double-height entrance lobby. As you enter the main living space, you are bathed in light from the central atrium, which features a retractable glass roof. Three levels with living rooms and bedrooms face into this central space and a 'sky bridge', located on the top floor, links the two separate sides of the townhouse.
Client W-One International
Architect Darling Associates/Dixon Jones
Contractor Walter Lilly
Date 2012-
Sector Residential
Size 94,000 sqft.
Thomas Bartram
Silvia Lopes
Bunmi Shekoni


Vaseline, called petroleum jelly in some cases, comes from petroleum (i.e. oil).
It's a goopy substance that's often used as lip balm (although there are better vegan lip balms) and generally for lubrication.
Many people claim that Vaseline is not vegan, but I find their arguments lackluster. I'll explain why in this post.
Why Do Some People Say Vaseline is Not Vegan?
Let's start with what most people who claim Vaseline is not vegan say.
Vaseline is owned by Unilever, a giant company who owns brands like Axe and Dove who test on animals.
Vaseline comes from oil products which are not vegan.
From an environmental point of view, I agree that we should limit our oil consumption. But I've never seen oil considered not vegan until researching this post. I think the vast majority of vegans drive a car that uses gasoline, are they not vegan?
Instead, the first argument is more interested to look at.
Does Vaseline Test on Animals?
While reading everything on Vaseline that I could find this same argument kept coming up.
I cannot be 100% sure, but I couldn't find a single claim that Vaseline itself is tested on animals.
Instead, bloggers and community members referred back to Vaseline's parent company Unilever.
Unilever owns several large companies, many of which do test on animals.
But why would that fact make Vaseline not vegan?
You can say that Unilever as a company is not vegan, but that doesn't mean that each individual product should not be evaluated on its own.
By all means, you can boycott the company if you'd like.
As part of our commitment to ending animal testing, we have a growing number of brands that ensure that neither their products,nor the ingredients they use are subject to animal testing by suppliers or by regulatory authorities. These brands commitment to no animal testing is certified by animal welfare groups.
So, Vaseline itself doesn't test on animals for sure.
However, some of its suppliers might.
That's not exactly definite, but I think we can be fairly confident that your standard Vaseline tub is not tested on animals.
Where I Stand: Is Vaseline Vegan?
To me, Vaseline is very likely vegan-friendly, although not a product I personally use.
If you're still on the fence, and only want to use Vaseline as a lip balm, you have many alternatives. Here's a summary of the best 100% vegan and cruelty-free lip balms.
Until the product bear the Vegan certified logo I go with it isn't Vegan so I stay clear.
That's certainly up to you and a reasonable position.
Is Dial Soap or Body Wash Vegan?


Supergroup Prophets Of Rage is already set to continue its crusade to bring down Donald Trump with another album of political rock music, but Prophets Of Rage' Tom Morello is also ready to drop a new solo album later this year. As reported by Consequence Of Sound, the album is called The Atlas Underground and it'll feature a whole bunch of famous musicians alongside Morello including Portugal. The Man, Gary Clark Jr., Marcus Mumford, Killer Mike, Big Boi, Vic Mensa, RZA, Steve Aoki, Bassnectar, and Knife Party.
Morello says he wants the album to be like the "Hendrix of now" with "guitar playing that is outside of the norm and is extraordinary." He also had some high-minded things to say about how the badass talents of his collaborators will hopefully "open people's eyes to changing the status quo in society." The album will be available on October 12, and you can hear "We Don't Need You" with Vic Mensa below.


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// OrthogonalHints.java
//
// (c) 2006-     JEBL development team
//
// based on LGPL code from the Phylogenetic Analysis Library (PAL),
// http://www.cebl.auckland.ac.nz/pal-project/
// which is (c) 1999-2001 PAL Development Core Team
//
// This package may be distributed under the
// terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License (LGPL)

package jebl.math;

/**
 * Provides a means for giving an Orthogonal base optimiser (IE, OrthognalMinimum)
 * hints about the function that may alow it to optimise better.
 *
 * @version $Id: OrthogonalHints.java 258 2006-03-16 23:45:00Z twobeers $
 *
 * @author Matthew Goode
 */

public interface OrthogonalHints {
	/**
	 * If there is a "best" ordering to use it can be specified here,
	 * if not should return null
	 * @param defaultOrdering The ordering suggested by the optimiser, may be null!
	 * @return null, or default ordering if no known best ordering
	 */
	public OrderEnumerator getSuggestedOrdering(OrderEnumerator defaultOrdering);
	/**
	 * A boundary is a value of a parameter for which values lower than the boundary and values
	 * higher than the boundary are better treated as two separate functions (IE, they
	 * are only piecewise connected), and minimisation should be performed over both ranges
	 * individually (and then the true minimum taken as the minimuma of the ranges)
	 * @return the number of boundary locations stored in storage, or -1 if not enough
	 * room, or 0 if there are no boundaries (other than the normal parameter range)
	 */
	public int getInternalParameterBoundaries(int parameter, double[] storage);

//=====================================================================================================
//================================= Utilities, and hidden classes =====================================
//=====================================================================================================

	public static class Utils {
		/**
		 * @return a new OrthogonalHints object base on toAdjust that works with parameters from adjustmentFactor + what toAdjust worked with
		 * That is if the value x is the parameter will be passed toAdjust as x-adjustmentFactor, and
		 * the suggested OrderEnumerator adjusts input x by adding adjustment factor before returning to
		 * the sub toAdjust Enumerator (if you know what I mean)
		 */
		public final static OrthogonalHints getAdjusted(OrthogonalHints toAdjust, int adjustmentFactor) {
			return new Adjusted(toAdjust,adjustmentFactor);
		}
		/**
		 * @return a new OrthogonalHints object that combines two sub OrthogonalHints objects so that
		 * all parameter information between 0 upto (but not including) numberOfFirstParameters is
		 * passed to first, and everything else is passed to second
		 * note: automatically adjusts second so assumes both first and second handle parameters in
		 * range 0..whatever (do not do preadjusment on second!)
		 */
		public final static OrthogonalHints getCombined(OrthogonalHints first, int numberOfFirstParameters, OrthogonalHints second, int numberOfSecondParameters) {
			return new Combined(first,numberOfFirstParameters,second,numberOfSecondParameters);
		}

		public final static double[] getInternalParameterBoundaries(OrthogonalHints base, int parameter) {
			double[] store = new double[100];

			int numberReturned = base.getInternalParameterBoundaries(parameter,store);
			while(numberReturned<0) {
				store = new double[store.length+10];
				numberReturned = base.getInternalParameterBoundaries(parameter,store);
			}
			double[] result = new double[numberReturned];
			System.arraycopy(store,0,result,0,numberReturned);
			return result;
		}

		/**
		 * @return an OrthogonalHints object that doesn't provide any hints
		 */
		public final static OrthogonalHints getNull() {
			return Null.INSTANCE;
		}

	// =======================================================================
		/**
		 * Implements a means for adjusting an orthogonal hints (that is introduce a simple
		 * mapping between given parameter indexes and used parameter indexes)
		 */
		private final static class Adjusted implements OrthogonalHints {
			OrthogonalHints toAdjust_;
			int adjustmentFactor_;
			public Adjusted(OrthogonalHints toAdjust, int adjustmentFactor) {
				this.toAdjust_ = toAdjust;
				this.adjustmentFactor_ = adjustmentFactor;
			}
			public OrderEnumerator getSuggestedOrdering(OrderEnumerator defaultOrdering) {
				OrderEnumerator sub = toAdjust_.getSuggestedOrdering(defaultOrdering);
				if(sub==null||sub==defaultOrdering) {
					return defaultOrdering;
				}
				return OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAdjusted(sub,adjustmentFactor_);
			}
			public int getInternalParameterBoundaries(int parameter, double[] storage) {
				return toAdjust_.getInternalParameterBoundaries(parameter-adjustmentFactor_,storage);
			}
		} //End of Adjusted

	// =======================================================================
		/**
		 * An OrthogonalHints object that provides no hints!
		 */
		private final static class Null implements OrthogonalHints {
			public static final Null INSTANCE = new Null();
			public Null() {	}
			public OrderEnumerator getSuggestedOrdering(OrderEnumerator defaultOrdering) {
				return defaultOrdering;
			}
			public int getInternalParameterBoundaries(int parameter, double[] storage) {
				return 0;
			}
		} //End of Null

	// =======================================================================
		/**
		 * Implements a means for combining two OrthogonalHints objects
		 */
		private final static class Combined implements OrthogonalHints {
			OrthogonalHints hintsOne_,hintsTwo_;
			int hintOneParameterCount_, hintTwoParameterCount_ ;
			/**
			 * @param hintOneParameterCount The number of parameters handled by hintsOne
			 * @param hintTwoParameterCount The number of parameters handled by hintsTwo
			 *
			 */
			public Combined(OrthogonalHints hintsOne, int hintOneParameterCount, OrthogonalHints hintsTwo, int hintTwoParameterCount) {
				this.hintsOne_ = hintsOne;
				this.hintOneParameterCount_ = hintOneParameterCount;
				this.hintTwoParameterCount_ = hintTwoParameterCount;

				this.hintsTwo_ = hintsTwo;
			}
			/**
			 * if no suggested ordering from either sub hints returns null, if only
			 * one hint has suggested ordering, creates an ordering where those parameters belonging to
			 * the respecitive hint are given by the given ordering and the remaining ordering information
			 * is shuffled.
			 */
			public OrderEnumerator getSuggestedOrdering(OrderEnumerator defaultOrdering) {
				OrderEnumerator oe1 = hintsOne_.getSuggestedOrdering(null);
				OrderEnumerator oe2 = hintsTwo_.getSuggestedOrdering(null);
				if(oe1==null&&oe2==null) {
					return defaultOrdering;
				}
				if(oe1==null&&oe2!=null) {
					if(defaultOrdering!=null) {
						return OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAlternating(
								OrderEnumerator.Utils.getRestricted(defaultOrdering,0,hintOneParameterCount_),
								OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAdjusted(oe2,hintOneParameterCount_)
							);

					}
					return OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAlternating(
						OrderEnumerator.Utils.getShuffled(hintOneParameterCount_),
						OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAdjusted(oe2,hintOneParameterCount_)
						);
				}
				if(oe2==null) {
					if(defaultOrdering!=null) {
						return OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAlternating(
							oe1,
							OrderEnumerator.Utils.getRestricted(
								defaultOrdering,
								hintOneParameterCount_,hintOneParameterCount_+hintTwoParameterCount_
							)
						);
					}
				 return OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAlternating(
						oe1,
						OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAdjusted(
							OrderEnumerator.Utils.getShuffled(hintTwoParameterCount_),
							hintOneParameterCount_
						)
					);
				}
				return OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAlternating(oe1,OrderEnumerator.Utils.getAdjusted(oe2,hintOneParameterCount_));
			}
			/**

			 */
			public int getInternalParameterBoundaries(int parameter, double[] storage) {
				if(parameter<hintOneParameterCount_) {
					return hintsOne_.getInternalParameterBoundaries(parameter,storage);
				}
				return hintsTwo_.getInternalParameterBoundaries(parameter-hintOneParameterCount_,storage);
			}
		} //End of Combined
	} //End of Utils

}

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A guide for parents to help with their child's upbringing. You'll learn about the hidden and motivational aspects of your child.
This is a useful tool to assist you in managing your child's personality as s/he is growing to maturity.
Between 15 and 20 pages of detailed information on your special little person.


The sister of a vulnerable man who has been missing for five days has said she is "worried sick".
Tyrone Sean Adams, from Yeovil, has been missing since Thursday, June 1, when he was last seen in Crewkerne, and hasn't been taking his vital medication.
The 48-year-old man suffers from mental health issues including paranoia, and his sister has said today that the family is "very upset".
Sister Beverley Lewis said: "He was only wearing a grey t-shirt, jeans and flip flops when he went missing.
"He is very vulnerable, and has paranoia, and hasn't been taking his medication.
"He's got no medication, no food, and no money, and as far as we are aware he hasn't eaten since Thursday.
Mr Adams was last seen near The George Hotel in Crewkerne on Thursday, and although he has been missing for nearly five days, police are treating the case as "medium risk".
He is described as 6'3 tall, very broad, with short hair and a "beer belly".


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Category: National Water Ways
Impacts of Ganga Waterways Plan on its ecology and the people
Dams · National Water Ways
Guest Blog by Debadityo Sinha
It has been two years since the Union Minister for Shipping and Transport, Mr. Nitin Gadkari, announced the Government's ambitious plan to revive the National Waterways-1 (Ganga Waterway) between Haldia and Allahabad, justifying it on the grounds that India's waterway potential remains highly underutilized, although six times cheaper than road transport. In a letter dated 18th June, 2014 forwarded by Mr. Gadkari to the Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley, a proposal for financial assistance to four navigational barrages was also made.
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In the Pits: the Ganga River, dredged to death
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Guest Blog by Nachiket Kelkar (rainmaker.nsk@gmail.com)
When human beings fall into manholes or die in traffic accidents on a highway they are all over the news. We pity and fear such news, and feel sad for the deceased, just because the whole event is so unfortunate. We are angered by the condition of traffic – that continues to remain appalling despite having six-lane highways that look deceptively magnificent. We wonder if these cases could have been avoided. It is therefore even more disturbing that not a single news item has covered a series of major accidents that have happened right in the middle of the Ganga River National 'Waterway' (India's National Waterway No. 1; see Dams, Rivers & People: Feb-March 2016 issue: p. 1-7, 2016 for details[i]) in the last six months.
Over twenty people have died by drowning at the Barari Ghat (Image 1) at Bhagalpur in Bihar in this period. Offering prayers, taking dips, or lunging in for a calm swim, these people have slipped away as their feet have lost the ground all of a sudden. The river, scouring off the silt from under the concrete, has been catapulting their bodies into the deepening abyss on the fringes of the ghats. Many bodies have not even been found. Family members of many, whose bodies were found, must have never suspected that they would have to carry back their kin's corpses. What made the same Barari Ghat, which people traditionally visited for years, so dangerous suddenly?
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With over 14 million Americans currently out of work and millions more on the prowl for a more marketable career path, job hunting skills are practically up there with shelter, food and water in terms of survival necessities. An impeccable resume, the well-chosen interview outfit and ability to graciously answer the toughest of interview questions seem to be all that stands between you and your dream job (or just your next steady paycheck).
But when days of sending resumes turn into weeks and months without a phone call or interview, it might be time to turn to a professional. Executive recruiters, or headhunters, have one mission: matching very specific, top-level talent with very specific, top-level job openings. They are the match-makers of the business world and they're masters of their trade.
For the top echelon of business people in the country, headhunters are already on their trail, poised to alert them when an opportunity arises. For the rest of us, though, there are valuable tricks of the professional job-hunting trade that can be applied to our own career searches to maximize our prospects.
Forever! stresses that understanding a company's motivation for hiring employees is paramount to landing a job in this tight market. "Companies hire people for two reasons: to make money or to save money." The take-away for job hunters is to position themselves to do one or both.
How? By quantifying your work experience.
" Quantifiable data that show money saved or revenues produced, are what get the attention of both headhunters and hiring managers.
"A lot of people don't understand how the dynamic of headhunting works," says Polachi, whose firm, Polachi, has placed executives at NorthBridge Venture Capital, atg and Segway, among others. When it comes to the jobs market, you've got supply and demand. On the demand side of the market, a company needs to fill an executive position. On the supply side of the market, most job hunters will be willing to fill whatever position they can get.
However, if job-seekers adopt the mindset of a headhunter, her goal is first to identify a company's demand--and once she is sure she can meet that demand, supply herself as a candidate.
Another way of looking at this golden rule of recruiting is to understand that a recruiter works for the company and not the job seeker. Although they may be in the business of matching employees to corporations, the headhunter is paid by the hiring company, their job is not to present just qualified candidates who could be groomed to perfection, but the absolute best-qualified candidates who could do the job today.
Executive recruiter Freeman likens himself to an investigative reporter in his capacity to identify the exact specifications his client is looking for in a candidate--and then going out and finding that person.
"No one is looking for a square peg in a round hole," says Matthew Rothenberg of career listing site TheLadders. For a job-seeker, this mindset translates to scouring job listings for opportunities that aren't simply "OK fits" but positions where you are an excellent candidate and know you could hit the ground running upon being hired.
Freeman says that most candidates are guilty of "shotgunning" their job hunt. "They sit in front of a computer responding to posting after posting to get a hit." His recruiting advice? Take a tip from the professionals and develop a plan of attack to target your job search and the hiring managers you want to reach.
With prior planning, Freeman says, job hunters at any level may land an interview--in six proactive steps.
Step One: Determine your value proposition. How can you make money or save money for a company?
Step Two: Recognize that companies are looking for people who can hit the ground running. Identify companies, departments and positions where your value proposition would have immediate impact. This will help you target prospects by identifying the demand.
Step Three: Use your own personal network as well as networking tools like ZoomInfo and LinkedIn to find people in your targeted companies. Call them. Introduce yourself and learn about company culture through casual conversation.
Step Five: Call at the appointed time to follow up.
Step Six: Make contact once a week over the course of 10 weeks--to send a relevant news link or other piece of valuable information. This will keep your name--and value--to the hiring manager.
These six steps are Freeman's outline for getting his top-notch candidates into the interview chair.
During the interview, it's your responsibility to communicate your value proposition to the hiring manager. Finally, You must communicate three things: you can do the job, you want the job and you are a cultural fit for the job.


So the key to the ultimate evolutionary destiny of our planet lies in our body. But before coming to the path and process of transformation, we have to be clear about the meaning of physical transformation as it is conceived by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
First of all we must know what it is not. It is not a supraphysical or subtle body made of some ethereal substance; it is not the power for "materialising" or "dematerializing" the body at will or the disappearance of body in a blaze of light; it is also not the realization of perfect health or prolonging the life of body at will or mastery over the body achieved through physical means like hatha-yoga. A supra-physical body made of the substance of some supraphysical world can possibly be projected or precipitated into the earth by occult mean but it will be a temporary phenomenon and such a body cannot be fixed in the earthly life. Other achievements like dematerialization or prolongation of the bodily life is the result of a spiritual, mental or vital power and will over the body, imposing its higher law on the body, and mastering or manipulating it by the personal askesis, will and powers of an exceptional individual. All these "masteries" do not constitute physical transformation because they do not change the essential nature or dharma of the body and its substance.
But what Sri Aurobindo and Mother mean by physical transformation is not a manipulative mastery of the inner being over the body but a change or transformation in the very nature of the substance of the body, leading to a new body and a new matter with a new dharma. This new body made of new matter will spontaneously, effortless and consciously obey the law and will of the divine Nature of the Spirit within it in the same way a flower blooms instinctively and subconsicously in obedience to the laws of physical Nature within it. When Mother was asked for a message for the new Man she said "we would say: return to instinct and impulses, but they will be divine impulses". Thus, what a flower does with an instinctive and subconscious spontaneity under the impulsion of physical Nature, the transformed body will do with a fully conscious spontaneity under the impulsion of the divine nature of the spirit.


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Dating back to 1640, the Manor House at Fleuret has been lovingly restored, retaining many original features, and offers an extremely spacious home for 12-14 people. Originally a small hamlet, home to 12 families, the magnificent red sandstone buildings are set in acres of meadow and woodlands. With spectacular views all around us, the most memorable is that of the medieval village of Curemonte directly opposite Fleuret on the other side of the valley. Larger groups can also rent the cottage at Fleuret, giving a maximum occupancy of 18 people.
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Tony and Ilana have been dancing tango together for more than 18 years. The beauty of their movement comes from their maturity in the dance, strong connection and deep respect for the music.
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USA Second suspect arrested by FBI
AUTHORITIES have arrested a second man in connection with the terrorist attacks last week, as the Bush administration said it would ask Congress for enhanced wiretap authority and other powers aimed at stopping terrorism.
Stressing the need for swift action, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller were talking to congressional leaders by phone and in person at FBI headquarters.
Meetings cancelled
THE International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have cancelled their annual meetings due to be held in Washington later this month. They said the move was taken to allow security agents to focus on issues raised by last week's terrorist attacks.
In a joint statement, officials of the two multinational lending agencies said that their normal operations would not be impacted by the cancellation.
Stock suspicions
GERMANY'S stock market regulator is investigating claims of suspicious short-selling ahead of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington last week, but said it was too early to say what shares might be involved.
The German statement came amid market rumours that Osama bin Laden may have tried to profit from stock trading ahead of the attacks.
War games go ahead
BRITAIN'S war games in Oman next month will go ahead despite increased tensions following the US terror attacks, an official has said.
Brigadier Saud bin Sulieman al-Habasi, assistant chief of staff of the Omani armed forces, said the exercise Swift Sword 2, was "not directed at any nation in the region," and has invited other countries to observe the exercise.
Fashion week starts
LONDON Fashion Week has started despite the absence of six top designers who pulled out following the terrorist attacks in the US.
Nicole Farhi, Paul Smith, Katharine Hamnett, Clements Ribeiro, Burberry and Justin Oh announced they would not be taking part in the glittering event as a mark of respect to the thousands of victims of the New York and Washington terrorist atrocities.
Pop star's fund raiser
POP stars including Michael Jackson and Britney Spears plan to record a song to raise millions for the survivors and families of those killed in Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the US.
Others committed to the project include Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake of `N Sync, and Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, according to a spokesman for Jackson, who is also set to produce the single, titled What More Can I Give, which it is hoped will raise more than £30m.
Kuwait donation
KUWAIT'S Red Crescent Society is donating £350,000 to the families of the victims of the terror attacks on New York and Washington in an effort "to alleviate their suffering"
The small oil-rich emirate is still grateful to the United States for leading an international coalition in the 1991 Gulf War that liberated it from a seven-month Iraqi occupation


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Hong Kong government reportedly set to suspend China extradition bill after mass protests
Categories:	International, POLITICS
Hong Kong media are reporting that the government is set to suspend controversial legislation that would allow extraditions to mainland China.
The government has announced in a statement on Saturday afternoon that Lam will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. HK/SIN the same day.
The plan has generated widespread opposition in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory of 7.4 million people, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets on June 9.
The Hong Kong government is set to suspend a contentious proposal to allow extraditions to mainland China after mass protests and street clashes shook the Asian financial hub in the past week, local media reported on Saturday.
The proposed bill, calling for Hong Kong to make legal amendments to allow accused criminals to be extradited to jurisdictions with which it has no such arrangement — including China — has led to widespread opposition in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory of 7.4 million people.
Public service broadcaster RTHK cited an unidentified source as saying the the government has decided to "suspend" the plan, adding that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory's top official, would meet Saturday with pro-government legislators before holding the press briefing. The South China Morning Post carried a similar report that a pause was likely to be decided as early as Saturday.
The government announced in a statement on Saturday afternoon that Lam will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. HK/SIN the same day.
Shirley Lee, a government spokesperson, could not confirm the reports when contacted by CNBC for comment.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in protest on June 9 and another mass rally has been planned for Sunday.
'Blatant, organized riot'
On Wednesday police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who gathered near the local legislature where lawmakers were supposed to debate the plan with scores suffering injuries.
Lam, the territory's top official, has been defiant, vowing that the plan must proceed and condemning Wednesday's demonstrations, calling them a "blatant, organized riot, and in no way an act of loving Hong Kong."
Hong Kong citizens, who enjoy a legal system independent from the rest of China, fear the plan could threaten those judicial protections and their broader autonomy — legacies of its time as a British colony.
Hong Kong has for nearly 22 years been a semi-autonomous region of the People's Republic of China with its own legal system and currency.
While the territory was guaranteed a high degree of control over its own affairs for at least 50 years under a "one country, two systems arrangement" after Britain ceded sovereignty to China on July 1, 1997, local unease over increasing mainland influence has steadily grown.
Foreign business groups and governments have come out against the plan amid concerns that any erosion to Hong Kong's legal system could make it a less attractive place for banks and companies to operate.
It is not clear whether a suspension or delay in the plan would satisfy opponents, who have demanded it be scrapped and that Lam resign.
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Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor,(Right) Hong Kong's new Chief Executive and her new cabinet are sworn in by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an inauguration ceremony in Hong Kong
The government says the legislation is necessary to close a legal "gap" that prevents it from extraditing a local man to Taiwan for allegedly killing his girlfriend while on a visit there last year.
It wants to amend the law to that effect, but the focus of concern is that it would also apply to China. The government insists there are strong safeguards, including those that will prevent human rights abuses, and says no one would be extradited for political purposes.
Lam categorically denied Monday in remarks to reporters the idea that the legal changes were proposed by the central government in Beijing. China is on record as backing the plan, though it has dismissed concerns it wants to water down Hong Kong's autonomy.
"Hong Kong people's rights and freedoms have been fully guaranteed," Geng Shuang, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said at a regular briefing Wednesday in Beijing.
— CNBC's Vivian Kam contributed to this report.
Source: cbnc
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