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Sensible California
Suddenly, America's weirdest state is sending messages worth hearing
BOTH geographically and culturally, California has always seemed on the extreme edge of the United States. This is where the crazy fashions start, from oat bran to surfing shorts to New Age crystal-gazing; it is where a black mayor can appear in Chinese robes on a cat-walk, and his rival can be photographed naked in the shower; it is where anything goes, morally, spiritually or gastronomically, except the lighting up of a cigarette in a bar. Small wonder that many Americans have often dreamed of seeing California, like some extravagant growth, painlessly removed from the body politic.
Anti-money, anti-special treatment
But California has shown surprising thoughtfulness of late, and never more so than in June 2nd's primary election. There, a millionaire candidate, Al Checchi, who had spent around $40m on his campaign (a record, even for America) was soundly beaten in the Democratic primary for the governorship; and another millionaire, Darrell Issa, was beaten in the Republican primary for the Senate. Voters had more sense than to be swayed by these men's money, which was a poor cover for the fact that they had no political experience and the vaguest ideological convictions. Instead, they opted for candidates whose careers commended them (see article).
It was not a flawless choice: Gray Davis, the relatively impoverished victor over Mr Checchi, now owes a lot of money to the special interests who helped him. But the result adds a hopeful note to the endless debate about the proper role of money in American elections. Mr Checchi's appearance on the scene was not, as some feared, pernicious: he challenged the establishment at his own expense, which was a good thing, but then found his millions did not sway the voters, which was just as encouraging. Mr Checchi's ads swamped the airwaves but did not work, suggesting there may be a natural limit to the usefulness of spending money on commercials (the tactic which most inflates the cost of political campaigning in America). Above all, California has shown that voters can usually be trusted: in all the agonising over campaign-finance reform, perhaps the only vital rule is that they should know where a candidate's money comes from.
Also on Tuesday, Californians voted to end the state's programme of bilingual education, by which non-English-speaking children are taught in their own language for several years. This costly programme, the largest of its kind in the country, had patently failed to reduce the drop-out rate of Latino high-school children. Nonetheless, it still had the backing of the education establishment and many politicians; and again, it says much for the common sense of California's voters that they chose to scrap it, opting instead to give children a year of "sheltered immersion" in English. Latino parents supported the proposal almost as heartily as Anglos, and for a simple reason: in America, despite the currency of Spanish, English is the language of advancement.
There was another, equally sensible, reason for this vote. In recent years, California has turned against any kind of preferential treatment for minorities. In 1996, it became the first state to bar racial preferences in state hiring and contracting and in admissions to state universities, a bold move that deserved more imitators on the national scene. The bilingual vote is an extension of this policy. California's voters now believe that after many years of trying to assist blacks and Latinos by applying admissions quotas or easier standards, the proper approach is to spend more money on education at earlier stages and across the board. With a booming economy and a $4 billion budget surplus, there is money at last for improving the state's lagging schools; and, with it, the confidence to defy entrenched bodies, such as the teachers' unions, that stand in the way of colour-blind reforms.
Not everything went smoothly on election day. Californians turned down a proposal that union members should give their approval before their dues are spent for political purposes: a victory for labour that will have national implications. Turnout, at less than 40%, showed that relentless campaigning-by-television has dulled the taste for taking part in politics. There was still far too much money around, even if it proved ineffectual. And promised for November's ballot are propositions to ban fluoride in water, to forbid the "recreational diplay" of dolphins, and to stop drunk-drivers losing the use of their cars. But hey, this is California; too much good sense all at once may be hazardous to your health.
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As is customary, following the South East Wales Contest, the band held their AGM.
This year the Director of Music, Alan Bourne, reflected on another year passing for the band and the successful completion of 65 engagements. Alan also took the opportunity to welcome our new players and to recognise the service of players that have left the band. Particular mention was made of our connection with the band's new neighbours, The Prince of Wales Band of the British Army and in particular Chris Jones and Brian Cleworth who have been regular members of our band. Alan also mentioned how much the band missed the support and friendship of Ian Tomlinson who had been with the band since coming to St. Athan as an apprentice. Ian left to take a promotion and work for the MOD Head Office in London. We wish him all the best with his new endeavours. Alan also acknowledged the sad passing of Derrick White MBE who, for so many years, was a permanent fixture at the back of the band on kit. He is sadly missed.
Discussions were then held on the way ahead for the band. With support likely to continue for the band it was important to look to the future and, as many bands are finding, it is difficult to recruit new players at the grass roots level. It is very encouraging to see our young players in the Youth band take to the contest stage for the first time along with members of the Vale of Glamorgan Youth Band. The enthusiasm and excitement shown by these young players is fantastic to witness. However, it will be a little while before we can see them joining the main band. It was agreed that recruitment would be a priority.
Looking at the changing requirements of the band's customers and also the difficulty some players have making two rehearsals a week, the band has decided to trial a restructuring of rehearsals. Whilst rehearsals will remain on Mondays and Thursdays 19.30 to 21.30, Monday rehearsals will now focus on small ensemble playing (quintet and 10 piece) for those that attend and full band will take place on Thursdays. This restructuring will make the band far more flexible and allow our players to experience playing in different ensembles and those with other commitments can prioritise full band rehearsals on Thursdays. In the run up to major concerts or contests more full band rehearsals can then be scheduled. This will be reviewed in January.
With another full year of engagements and contests to fulfil the band are looking forward to the year ahead.
On Saturday at the South East Wales Brass Band Festival five members of the band were recognised for their contributions to brass banding in South Wales. The band's conductor Alan Bourne, Euphonium player Jayne Smith, Trombonist Chris Lednor, Bass player Steve Davis and Flugel player Chris Painter were given Life Membership of the South East Wales Brass Band Association. Each player was recognised after serving brass banding in Wales for at least 40 years each, an accumulated total of some 207 playing years between them! We congratulate them on receiving their awards and are very pleased that they will continue to give excellent service to band for the future.
On Saturday's South East Wales Brass Band Festival held at Merthyr Tydfil the band's Youth Band made their contesting debut. Teaming up with our younger friends over at the Vale of Glamorgan Brass Band the two youth bands amalgamated to impress both the audience and judge with their 15 minute performance. It's the first ever contest that the youngsters have attended throughout their 26 year history and if they felt any nerves then it was well hidden from the audience.
Opening up in the traditional way with a lively march, then performed a slow melody featuring soloist Tia Weston on Flugel playing Edelweiss. There was then some super drum kit work by Charlotte Murray, music from the tudor period with Pastime for Good Company. All in all the band presented an exciting and diverse programme.
The judge, Nigel Seaman, was certainly well impressed with the band's performance and slick presentation even making comment on how smart the band looked. Many positive comments about the band's playing show the dedication and hard work undertaken throughout the Spring by both of the bands' musical directors Alan Bourne and Dave Weston and ensuring that the next generation of players are gaining some fantastic experience. The band was rewarded with their exciting performance with a very well deserved Bronze Award. Well done to you all.
The band has been busy over the past few weeks preparing for this year's Regional Qualifier in the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. The band are very pleased to welcome back Nigel Seaman who will again take over the conductor's baton while Alan joins the playing ranks.
After a couple of intensive weekends and lots of 'metronome practice' there is just enough time left to add a few finishing touches before we take to the stage on Saturday. Hopefully all the hard work will pay off and, whatever the result, we put on a good show.
Good luck to all the bands competing on the weekend and we will see you in the bar!
The Band held their Annual Dinner and Awards at the end of December. This year was a little subdued as Alan's Father sadly passed away that morning so he had to miss the event to be with his mother in Pembroke. He did not want to let anyone down so insisted the meal went ahead and made sure the awards and decorations were all at the venue.
This, as always was a hotly contested award however, the winner was Alan Bourne. Alan took the decision to return to playing when the Band was unable to secure a Soprano for the Eisteddfod. It was only meant to be for the one event but he played so well that he also played in the last two contests of the year as well. For stepping in when the Band needed it (risking a ribbing from the banding community if it went wrong in the process) meant he was a deserving winner of the award.
This is always an interesting award, with some recipients finding it odd that they can improve so much after multiple years of playing and often this goes to someone who has made a move in the year – well, the recipient can certainly say they fall into the later category (as well as the first). The winner this year was Alan Bourne. After years of saying he had never been even nominated for an award, Alan was in danger of a clean sweep!
This was the most hotly contended category resulting in a four-was tie. Normally when there is a tie Alan will cast the deciding vote. However, in his absence, it was decided all three could share the award. This year the award went to Lewis Hindley, Charlie Lewis, Chris Painter and, despite leaving for a new job in London in October, Ian Tomlinson.
As Alan had won two awards, Claire decided to phone him before the final award, Alan's choice of Section of the Year. Alan was able to join us by speaker phone and, as well as being very pleased with his awards, announced the winners as the Front Row Cornets – Claire Bourne, Carly Griffiths and Chris Painter as worthy recipients of the Section of the Year.
Last year was probably one of the toughest the band has seen for a long time.
We have had to say emotional farewells to a number of people with connections to the band that have sadly passed away in the year including Derrick White MBE, who was a permanent feature at the back of the band for so many years. We hope they all rest in peace and our thoughts are with their families at this time.
We have also said goodbye to players who have moved to pastures new which has meant it has been a struggle to fill the seats at times. However, we have been able to meet all our engagements and compete at all the year's contests.
Alan took the decision to pick up his mouthpiece and play soprano in the later contests when it become difficult to secure a player for the seat. Despite the risk to reputation, Alan showed he was more than up to the challenge and walked away with a number of good comments in the adjudications and two players awards!
The year started in disappointment with a poor result in the Areas despite the good preparation on an enjoyable piece. The change of venue to North Wales made a nice change, but the band are looking forward to returning to Swansea this year.
Contest results were mixed. The best being the results at this years Eisteddfod with the band picking up podium places in both the 3rd and 2nd Sections against some very strong bands.
With a busy Christmas behind us, it is now back to the band room to start the preparation for the Area contest. This year is going to be a challenge, with the need to fill seats and firm up the band's line up. However, we are enjoying our connection with the Prince of Wales Army Band and are pleased that a number of players have joined us in both rehearsals and events throughout the year. We look forward to this continuing and meeting the challenges of the year to come.


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A dish bursting with the flavour of roasted Mediterranean vegetables, this recipe from Mary Berry's TV show, Classic, makes for a perfect vegetarian main course.
Roasted vegetables have become a classic over the last few decades as people see that Mediterranean vegetables are now easy to buy or grow.
1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/Gas 7 and line two large baking sheets with baking paper (see tip).
2. Place the vegetables in a large bowl, then add the olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toss until coated. Arrange in a single layer on the lined baking sheets.
3. Roast in the oven for 30–40 minutes until golden and a little charred, turning them halfway through if needed. The vegetables will be all be cooked when the squash is tender. Leave to cool on the baking sheets.
4. Place all of the dressing ingredients in a jug, then mix well and season with salt and pepper.
5. Put the roasted vegetables on a serving platter or in a bowl, pour over the dressing and check the seasoning. Scatter with the chopped herbs and the feta (if using).


WINONA LAKE – Grace's women's soccer team was honored with five players receiving All-American awards from the NAIA and NCCAA.
Cassidy Wasson was also recognized when she was named to the NCCAA All-Tournament Team.
Nine players were named Scholar-Athletes by the NAIA or NCCAA, including Shelby Fort, Clair Snodgrass, Feipel, Vroon, Liz Van Wormer, Flavia Faria, Hannah Tkacz, McKenna Cruz and Kristen Bellinger.


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U.S. Route 319 (US 319) is a spur of US 19. It runs for  from the foot of the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge across from downtown Apalachicola, Florida to US 1/SR 4 in Wadley, Georgia, through the Panhandle of Florida and the southern portion of Georgia.

Route description

Florida

The route starts as a two-lane highway at the eastern end of US 98's bridge over the Apalachicola River near the John Gorrie Bridge in Apalachicola, Florida, and is concurrent with US 98 from its starting point.  After crossing the East Bay portion of Apalachicola Bay via the John Gorrie Bridge, US 319 runs along the Gulf coast of Florida's Panhandle to Carabelle in Franklin County, and departs the coast, and its concurrency with US 98, about halfway between Carrabelle and Bald Point State Park, in a north direction through Sopchoppy in Wakulla County.

In Sopchoppy, the route angles east, briefly meets up with US 98 once more, before parting ways again and running north through Crawfordville, where it receives the FDOT maintenance designation of State Road 369, into Tallahassee in Leon County.  US 319 meets SR 61 just south of Tallahassee, marking the northern end of SR 369, where it becomes a 4-lane divided highway, which turns into 6 lanes as the route meets SR 263 and forms part of the southern and eastern portion of the Capital Circle around Tallahassee. US 319 has the unsigned SR 261 designation between State Road 363/Woodville Highway and Capital Circle's eastern terminus at State Road 61/Thomasville Road. US 319/SR 61 has a complex interchange with I-10 at exit 203 before heading northeast out of the Tallahassee area.  US 319 again becomes a 4-lane divided highway at its intersection with County Road 0342 about  from I-10, and runs to the state line with Georgia.

Georgia

The route enters Georgia's Grady County co-signed with SR 35, and travels northeast in the direction of Thomasville in Thomas County, where the route forms the western and northern perimeter around Thomasville.  US 319 then continues northeast, passes through Coolidge, and crosses into Colquitt County, running as a bypass around the east of Moultrie.  The route crosses into Tift County and intersects with I-75 just before running through Tifton.

In Ocilla, SR 35 comes to its northern terminus at an intersection with SR 32, which now becomes concurrent with US 319. Past Ocilla, the route, now co-signed with US 129, turns north and heads into Ben Hill County and through Fitzgerald, where it splits from US 129 and first heads east, and then north through the northwestern corner of Coffee County, where it meets up and is co-signed with US 441, and crosses the Ocmulgee River into Telfair County, Georgia at Jacksonville, Georgia and on into  McRae-Helena.  After briefly traversing the western corner of Wheeler County and eastern corner of Dodge County, US 319 continues north through Laurens County, crossing I-16 just before heading into and through Dublin and East Dublin, where US 441 splits off.

Continuing northeast, the route heads into Johnson County, runs through Wrightsville, and heads into southern Jefferson County, where it turns east in Bartow, before meeting its northern terminus at US 1 and SR 4 in Wadley.

US 319 from Tifton to the Florida State Line is a GRIP corridor.

National Highway System
The following portions of US 319 and SR 35 are part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense:
US 319/SR 35:
From its southern terminus in Apalachicola to just north of the concurrency with US 82/SR 520 just east of Tifton
US 319 only:
From the southern end of the SR 32 concurrency in Ocilla to about Fitzgerald
The entire length of the US 441 concurrency, from south of Jacksonville to Dublin.

History

Florida
The entire length of US 319 in Franklin County was designated as "Blue Star Memorial Highway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1957.

The section of US 319 that is co-signed with US 98 and SR 30 in Medart in Wakulla County was designated as "Agnes Morrison Memorial Highway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1961.

From Kinhega Drive, about  north of its intersection with I-10 in Leon County, to the Georgia state line, US 319 and SR 61 were designated as "Kate Ireland Parkway" by the Florida State Legislature in 1992.

Georgia
US 319 does not make an appearance on Georgia road maps until October 1937, when the spur from the Florida state line to Thomasville is shown, co-signed with SR 3.  Prior to October 1937, US 19 appears as the designation of this section of the route.

In July 1941, US 319 was extended from Thomasville, and ran through Moultrie, following what was signed as SR 35 at the time, to Cordele, co-signed with the current route taken by SR 33 from Moultrie.  Since late in 1946, US 319 follows its current route.

The section of US 319 that forms the Thomasville Bypass was designated as "Will Watt Parkway" in 1996 after a prominent resident of Thomasville.

The section of US 319 that forms the east bypass around Moultrie in Colquitt County was designated as "Veterans Parkway" in 2002.

Major intersections

Special routes

Thomasville connector

State Route 35 Connector (SR 35 Conn.) is a  connector route for SR 35 in the northeastern part of the Thomasville area. Its southern terminus is at US 19, US 84, SR 3, SR 38, and SR 300 in the northeastern part of Thomasville. Its northern terminus is at US 319/SR 35 northeast of the city. This highway used to be US 319 Bus./SR 35 Bus. in the city.

Thomasville business loop

State Route 35 Business (SR 35 Bus.) was a business route for SR 35 that served the downtown area of Thomasville. The route was decommissioned in 2007.

Moultrie business loop

U.S. Route 319 Business (US 319 Bus.) is a  business route for US 319 that travels through the central portion of Moultrie. It is concurrent with SR 33 for its entire length.

US 319 Bus. begins at an intersection with US 319/SR 35 (Veterans Parkway) and SR 33 (Pavo Road) in the south-central part of Moultrie. US 319 Bus. and SR 33 travel concurrently as South Main Street to the north-northwest and immediately curve to the north-northeast. An intersection with 32nd Avenue SE leads to Colquitt Regional Medical Center. One block later, an intersection with 31st Avenue leads to the hospital, as well. Just past an intersection with the eastern terminus of Hugh Bannister Drive, they begin a curve back to the north-northwest. Just south of an intersection with the northern terminus of Lower Meigs Road, the highways curve back to the north-northeast. An intersection with 11th Avenue leads to the Jim Buck Goff Recreation Complex. At 4th Avenue, the northbound lanes of US 319 and SR 33 turn right and travel to the east, while the southbound lanes stay on South Main Street. South Main Street remains a two-way street until 2nd Avenue SE. One block later, they turn left onto 1st Street SE and continue their northern direction. On the southeastern corner of the intersection with 2nd Avenue SE lies the main office for Southwest Georgia Bank.

One block later, at 1st Avenue SE, they intersect the eastbound lanes of SR 37. Just north of this intersection, they pass the Colquitt County Courthouse. One block later, they intersect the westbound lanes of SR 37 (East Central Avenue). On the northeastern corner of this intersection lies the annex for the county courthouse. Here, 1st Street SE changes to 1st Street NE. At this same point, South Main Street changes back to a two-way street. At an intersection with 1st Avenue NE, 1st Street NE becomes a two-way street. On the southwestern corner of an intersection with 2nd Avenue NE lies the municipal building. On the northeaster corner lies the annex for the municipal building. Just north of 9th Avenue NE, they travel on a bridge over some railroad tracks of Norfolk Southern Railway (NS). North of Sylvester Drive, they have a roundabout with Sylvester Highway and the southbound lanes of US 319 Bus./SR 33. Just south of this roundabout is a sign for SR 33 south, even though it is actually still on Main Street. In fact, there is a directional sign in the roundabout that says that 1st Street NE is SR 33 south. The reunited lanes travel to the northeast. They cross over Okapilco Creek before they meet their northern terminus, an intersection with US 319/SR 35/SR 133 (Veterans Parkway/Tifton Highway). Here, SR 33 turns left onto East Bypass, concurrent with SR 133.

Between 2nd Avenue NE and 4th Avenue NW, they pass the U.S. post office for the city. Whereas the northbound lanes travel on a bridge over the NS line, the southbound lanes actually meet them at a railroad crossing. Just south of Sylvester Drive, the southbound lanes have an intersection with SR 111 (West Bypass NW). SR 111 does not meet the northbound lanes, or vice versa. Just north of Sylvester Drive, northbound Main Street has signage that indicates that it is northbound US 319 Bus./SR 33, although they are actually on 1st Street NE.

The entire length of US 319 Bus., and the portion of SR 33 concurrent with it, is part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense.

Tifton loop route

State Route 35 Loop (SR 35 Loop) is a  loop route for SR 35 that exists on the southwestern edge of the city limits of Tifton. It actually functions more like a connector, since it connects US 319/SR 35 to Interstate 75 (I-75). This interchange with I-75 is on the Tifton–Phillipsburg line. SR 35 Loop is known as Old Omega Road for its entire length.

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Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber & Volvo Cars form Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, which will advocate for safe, self-driving technology in U.S.
Washington, D.C. - Five of the world's most innovative technology, ridesharing and automotive companies announced on Tuesday the formation of the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets.
Founding members Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber, and Volvo Cars established the Coalition to work with lawmakers, regulators, and the public to realize the safety and societal benefits of self-driving vehicles. One of the first tasks of the Coalition will be to work with civic organizations, municipalities and businesses to bring the vision of self-driving vehicles to America's roads and highways.
David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) from 2010-2014, will serve as the Coalition's counsel and spokesperson. At NHTSA, Strickland issued the first-ever automated vehicle policy and served as a leader in the campaigns to fight impaired and distracted driving.
"Self-driving vehicle technology will make America's roadways safer and less congested. The best path for this innovation is to have one clear set of federal standards, and the Coalition will work with policymakers to find the right solutions that will facilitate the deployment of self-driving vehicles," said Strickland.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has projected that self-driving vehicles could help to significantly reduce the severity and frequency of crashes. Last year, there were 33,000 fatalities on America's roads. An estimated 94% of road accidents are caused by human error, and motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among young people, aged 15-29 years.
Self-driving technology will enhance public safety and mobility for the elderly and disabled, reduce traffic congestion, improve environmental quality, and advance transportation efficiency.


E. Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Audre Lorde, and Cherríe Moraga, for example.
queer departures from the limits of form, history, and epistemology.
histories forgotten in the linear narratives of gay progress?
took place across CUNY, the NYPL, and Kilroy Metal Ceiling in May of 2016.


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Dubai : An Ideal City For VCs
MAGNiTT News khaleejtimes.com - 2 years ago - Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 6:46 AM
By Sandhya D'Mello / Khaleej Times
SOURCE : Khaleej Times - Dubai is best place for venture capitalists
Dubai could be seen as a bridge to the MENA region for global VCs who try to expand their activities in Middle East, thanks to an evident rapid growth of the UAE startup industry.
The local community too has witnessed layers of growth. Local venture capitalists have not only consolidated their position here but are open to tie-ups with global VCs offering the new generation of entrepreneurs the right platform for their innovative ideas.
"It's obvious that the UAE technology investment community is becoming a place where traditional and non-traditional capital converges, which is a benefit for all stakeholders - especially entrepreneurs. We are seeing international founders and professionally seasoned entrepreneurs express interest in what is happening in the UAE, and in particular Dubai. That is partially due to the excitement and opportunity that Dubai is projecting on a global level but also the confidence founders have in global investors investing locally," said Ramzy Ismail, director, Techstars Dubai.
Techstars Dubai, in partnership with Ginco, is the first US accelerator and venture capital fund to establish an office in the UAE. It has invested in over 1,300 startups globally alongside top global companies such as Sony, Barclays, Amazon and now Ginco.
The UAE investors and those deploying capital in the country have begun to come in all shapes and sizes - from family offices to MNCs to growth stage capital getting involved in earlier stages. Again, that has a net positive effect on the ecosystem. From word of mouth, it seems that a few of the well-known VC funds in the UAE should be closing new funds in the second and third quarters of this year, which is another positive sign for the community.
"I think the next step of maturity is the transparency that comes with investment disclosure, data availability and fund managers beginning to lead the way in creating the next layer of data that groups like Arabnet, MENAPEA, and startups like Magnitt are building. Diversity of investors would be the next step as well," added Ismail.
Some of the top trends expected in the second quarter is mergence of new family offices playing in the VC space and existing VCs in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE actively looking for opportunities to invest. The highlights would be TechStars Demo Day, ArabNet competition and MiT Finals taking place in Q2, according to the latest Q1 report released by Magnitt.
From previous years' reporting, we see a general lag in funding announcements since the beginning of the year. "Q2 is generally the most active quarter of the year. We have seen VCs closing funds, new VCs and family offices entering the market. With Ramadan and an extended summer period, I anticipate there will be a rush of announcements leading up to the summer months with a strong Q2 period similar to previous years. How to create an environment where founders are able to cost effectively startup, go through the possibility of failing while still be incentivise to startup again. Entrepreneurs and founders learn a lot from their journey, being able to share this experience and be incentivise to do so is key," said Philip Bahoshy, CEO and founder, Magnitt. "There need to be more access to early stage funding to help fuel early stage ideas and to create a framework for individuals, angels and family offices to make early stage investments within a legal framework that is a win win for all parties."
The second quarter will see an uptick in investments leading up to and during Ramadan before the summer lull with increase in activity in number of deals and amount invested across the Mena region.
The Magnitt report states that the market is awaiting confirmation of VCs to close their new funds to start deploying with several deals that have been closed but yet to be publicly disclosed. There has been discussions that Careem is doing a $500 million late stage fund raising; this would put Mena firmly on course for a record year of funding.
Magnitt's first-quarter report for 2018 shows a total of 62 deals and the disclosed amount invested is $35.54 million. The fourth quarter recorded 74 deals with disclosed investment of $69 million. However, year-on-year figures show a surge in deals and decline in value.
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

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Thesis - Masters
Dynamic pupillometry in a cohort of individuals with type II diabetes mellitus and establishing a relationship between pupillary dysfunction and the severity of diabetic retinopathy.
Karki, Samyukta Bista
Cite this item: Karki, S. B. (2017). Dynamic pupillometry in a cohort of individuals with type II diabetes mellitus and establishing a relationship between pupillary dysfunction and the severity of diabetic retinopathy. (Thesis, Master of Ophthalmology). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7578
Background: Six hundred and forty-two million people will be living with diabetes mellitus (DM) by 2040. (1) Diabetic retinopathy (DR) accounts for 4.8% of the thirty seven million cases of blindness worldwide. Autonomic dysfunction can precede the microvascular changes in DR. Early detection and timely management of DR is of paramount importance to prevent loss of vision. We used the technique of "dynamic pupillometry" to study the pattern of autonomic dysfunction in different grades of DR, and to determine if there was a correlation between pupillary autonomic dysfunction and the severity of DR.
Study design: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.
Subjects: Adults aged 45-80 years (inclusive) with type II DM, and age-matched control participants were recruited from the Dunedin Hospital Eye Department, and the general public, respectively. Two hundred and eleven participants with type II DM (109 male and 102 female) and seventy age-matched controls (19 male and 51 female) were included in the study.
Methods: Dynamic pupillometry was performed using a hand held monocular infrared pupillometer (Neuroptics PLR 2000). Outcome measures were the indices of pupillary parasympathetic function: maximum constriction velocity (MCV); average constriction velocity (ACV); absolute constriction amplitude (ACA) and relative reflex amplitude (RRA), and the indices of pupillary sympathetic function: average dilation velocity (ADV); and 75% re-dilation (recovery) time (T75). These indices were compared across the four study groups: Controls; no DR; mild + moderate non proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR); and severe NPDR + proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).
Data analysis: Graph Pad Prism version 7.02 and Microsoft Excel were used for the statistical analysis of the data. Demographic characteristics of the participants were analysed. One-way ANOVA statistical test was used to compare the pupillometry indices across the study groups for normally distributed data and Kruskal Wallis Test was used for non-Gaussian distribution. Comparison of the indices between the two groups was performed using unpaired t-test or Mann Whitney U test.
Results: There were significant differences between the groups with mild to moderate NPDR and the group without any visible signs of DR compared to those with severe NPDR + PDR with regard to the indices of parasympathetic pupillary function i.e. ACA (p<0.01) and RRA (p < 0.01). With regard to the indices of sympathetic pupillary function, ADV was found to be significantly decreased in the severe NPDR + PDR group, compared to the control group, no DR group and mild + moderate NPDR group (p<0.0001 in all the three groups). The recovery time was delayed in the severe NPDR + PDR group as compared to the controls (p = 0.0011) and in those with no DR (p = 0.01).
Conclusion: The indices of parasympathetic pupillary function were more significantly affected than the indices of sympathetic pupillary function for all grades of DR, suggesting that the autonomic dysfunction in type II DM more significantly affects the parasympathetic innervation than sympathetic innervation. Another significant finding was that all of the dynamic pupillometry indices were either similar or more affected in the group with no visible signs of DR as compared to that of the mild to moderate NPDR group. This finding suggests that, in general, the pupillary autonomic dysfunction precedes detectable microvascular damage in type II DM. This research provides a framework for the exploration of the pattern of autonomic dysfunction in DR. Further research needs to be carried out to validate the utility of dynamic pupillometry in DR screening.
Key words: Diabetic retinopathy, dynamic pupillometry, diabetic autonomic neuropathy, pupillary light reflex.
Advisor: Ogbuehi, Kelechi; Mitchell, Logan; Coppell, Kirsten
Degree Name: Master of Ophthalmology
Degree Discipline: Medicine
Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, dynamic pupillometry, diabetic autonomic neuropathy, pupillary light reflex
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THE HEPBURNS (feat. Estella Rosa) "Five Miles Of Line" Digital Single
While we are still waiting for the incredible "Architecture Of The Ages", the collaboration THE HEPBURNS and Estella Rosa (NAH) worked on during confinement, and which will be their full-length debut on Elefant Records, we have a new advance for you in the form of a Digital Single. "Five Miles Of Line" is an example of their trademark excellent work: sunny melodies, delicious harmonies, echoes of sixties and lounge music, and the outpouring of C86 flooding the room. The trumpet and the parapapas. Pop in its purest, most precious state. And for the occasion, a previously unreleased track for the B-side. "See You Around" is a farewell to confinement, all the characters that accompany Matt Jones, Mike Thomas and Les Mun in that period. A song that came about the days before streets were opened again, and that revelry seeps into all of this song's marvelous choruses that reminds us of vocal groups from the sixties like THE FREE DESIGN and THE 5TH DIMENSION.
And to go with the launch, a delicious video filmed by James Owen and directed by Daniel Cuenca following trains, tracing the coast, leaving Cardiff, reaching the sea. At the same time, we can see Matt, Mike and Les playing, connecting with Estella in the choruses. Two new objects of tremendously detailed work that leave us craving that imminent album more than before.
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Tutorial objective: Get comfortable using the User DB data to understand user lifecycle.
Study the lifecycle of your users with the User Properties Database. Advanced users may also wish to import event data in addition to user property data. This article explores how you can determine user lifecycle for a typical app.
What is my average user lifetime?
The first step to exploring user behavior is finding out how long they stick around in your app. This helps you decide when to message them and when to A/B test them.
Use this simple query to determine how long the average user remains active in your app.
Different apps have different lifespans. If your users have shorter lifetimes than expected though, we suggest a recurring push notification to users at risk of churning. For example, a push notification to all users who haven't used the app in the last seven days can offer updates. Also, if a large number of your users appear to have trouble using your app, you can message them with specific help for their problem. For instance, target users who have fired media.record, but not media.share, with information on how to share their media.
For more information, see Intro to push notifications.
What is my lifetime breakdown?
Now that you've learned what the average lifespan of your users is, you can look deeper into your data. The below query shows how many of your users are active for one day, two days, less than a day, and so forth.
This query shows the distribution of users with different lifetimes. Some apps are sustained by a small core of highly dedicated users, whereas others have a large audience of casual users.
This can reveal the difference between users who are engaged with your app and those who merely tried it out and didn't give it further thought. If you're losing users early on, ensure your app's benefits are immediately apparent, and test different onboarding strategies with a Swrve A/B test.
For more information, see Intro to resource A/B testing.
Now that you have a sense of a user's lifetime, look at points where they might be dropping off. Funnels are a great way to show how different users are moving through your app at different times, and where users might be reaching pain points causing them to leave the app. If you have a funnel consisting of event_01, event_02, and so forth, you can see how many users completed each step in the funnel with the below. Be sure to use your own event names in place of event_##, and add as many events as you like. Remember that funnels are useful for store flow, tutorials and general app progression.
A substantial drop at any point in the funnel is a clear sign that something is wrong. Fortunately, an A/B test of your store, tutorial or any other part of your app can get things back in shape.
For more information, see Intro to resource A/B testing and Funnels report.
The above example indicates that lifetime is noticeably stronger for users on London time—something worth investigating! Your app might benefit from localization to other regions. You can target Swrve push notifications and in-app messages by multiple properties, so you can deliver tailored content to a very specific set of users who may need different calls to action or special information.
For more information, see Intro to push notifications and Intro to in-app messages.
A lot of work goes into increasing user engagement, with the idea being that users who use the app more will stick around longer. Do people who've started five sessions spread them over several days, or use the app heavily in the first day or two? This query reveals whether that's actually the case.
Since all combinations of user lifetime and sessions are considered, it can be helpful to chart this along three axes by putting the data in a spreadsheet. The resulting chart might look like this—keep in mind that only users with at least two sessions will have a lifetime to report.
The results in this example indicate that most of this app's users have a lifetime of a few days or less. Interestingly, longer lifetimes are only loosely correlated with greater engagement. This app clearly needs to accomplish its goals quickly, so marketing campaigns early in the user lifecycle and a recurring push re-engagement campaign are called for.


This is a wonderful time to experience the arts in Los Angeles. The arts scene is burgeoning like never before and all roads lead to Grand Avenue—home to several arts organizations, including LA Opera. With many arts destinations within walking distance of each other, Angelenos have never had simpler access to such a cross-section of art. From classical to contemporary, symphony to jazz, and of course grand opera, there's something for every art palette.
Thanks to Metro, traveling to Grand Avenue will only get easier.
In just a few years, Metro will open a new station at the corner of Hope and Second streets. This is an incredible gift to the community and will increase accessibility to the city's ever-evolving arts culture in downtown Los Angeles.
Metro is looking to name this station and is asking for public input for its naming and the naming of others in the Regional Connector line. As supporters of our art, you likely frequent our house and we'd like to ask for your help.


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If Zika concern gets more serious, Henderson could skip Olympics
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Jun 08, 2016 • June 8, 2016 • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
As things stand now, Brooke and Brittany Henderson are still committed to representing Canada when golf returns to the Olympic Summer Games in Rio Aug. 17-20. Photo by Scott Halleran /Getty Images
SAMMAMISH, Wash. — As things stand now, Brooke and Brittany Henderson are still committed to representing Canada when golf returns to the Olympic Summer Games in Rio Aug. 17-20.
Brooke, the fourth-ranked women's player in the world, and sister Brittany, who is working as her caddie this season, are monitoring the situation with the Zika virus. Brooke said she will continue to gather information before making a final commitment to travel to Rio.
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"The Zika virus is definitely something that is concerning. Every day it seems like they are coming up with something new and something they didn't know about it," the Smiths Falls native said as she prepares for the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, which begins here Thursday.
"Right now I'm just waiting and hearing all the updates and everything from the Olympic committee and just trying to gather all the knowledge I can and then make the best decision when it comes.
"If things got worse, to a severe point, then I would consider not going, but as of right now it looks like things are a go."
Australia's Jason Day, the No. 1-ranked male golfer in the world, said he is reconsidering his participation because of the threat of contracting the virus.
The Olympic golf teams will be named July 11. It's expected Henderson and Alena Sharp of Hamilton will represent Canada.
The Hendersons asked for and received a significant modification to the uniforms the female golfers will wear. The original uniform had the women wearing shorts, but Henderson said they will now wear pants, which should provide more protection from mosquitoes.
"We switched that. A special request," said Henderson. "We ordered long clothing. We already have a whole bunch of bug spray. We'll just wait and see what happens."
Henderson is debating the threat of the Zika virus against the chance to defend Canada's honour in Olympic golf (George S. Lyon won gold for Canada in 1904, the last time golf was included in the Olympics).
"It's an amazing opportunity with only 60-some players and lots of the top-ranked people won't qualify," said Henderson. "It will be a good chance to win gold."
World No. 1 Lydia Ko of New Zealand said she remains committed to playing.
"All the girls that I've talked to, that's kind of the response, we're all excited to go to Brazil and represent our countries and be there amongst the other Olympians," said Ko. "It's unfortunate what's happening with the Zika. We all trust the people that are taking care of it. We've just got to trust them and it's in their hands now."


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Our upcoming season really does have something for everyone — from Carl Orff's raucous Carmina Burana (with the acclaimed New Haven Symphony Orchestra to kick off Maestro Boughton's final season in New Haven), to Mendelssohn's iconic Elijah, and everything in between. We hope you'll join us! Details and tickets here.
Kate Remington from WSHU interviewed our music director David Rosenmeyer on the unique challenges of performing the B minor. Take a listen!
We conclude our 55th season with J.S. Bach's sacred masterwork, Mass in B Minor. His towering masterpiece will take you through mighty fugues, delicate duets, and poetic choruses and arias. A performance of the B Minor is a transformative experience — don't miss this memorable evening! Tickets here.


Stat retracted the story, but for the wrong reasons and without addressing the real problem.
"Independent" experts have been drafted into becoming sock puppets for Big Pharma.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Thinkstock and Pinkypills/Thinkstock.
The ghosts struck again last week. This time it was in Boston.
There's no question that it was them. Once you've seen enough of these shadowy figures, you can spot them from a distance. You learn to smell the faint aroma of tobacco that always surrounds them—after all, tobacco companies were the first to conjure them.
Industrial ghostwriters started appearing in the 1960s, when people were figuring out that cigarettes cause cancer, and later, in the 1980s and 1990s, when scientists began to probe the effects of secondhand smoke. In response, tobacco executives started to summon legions of ghostwriters, called by the ritual sacrifice of stacks of little green pieces of paper. In return, they tried to sway public opinion by putting soothing, tobacco-friendly words in the mouths of seemingly unaffiliated scientists.
But the haunting in Boston was something different.
Last week, Stat, the health and science website affiliated with the Boston Globe, was the subject of a particularly embarrassing haunting. It came in the form of an editorial defending the much-maligned pharmaceutical industry representative, purportedly written by a North Carolina neurologist but later revealed to have been written by a public-relations firm—a firm that is apparently linked to a set of shady nonprofit organizations that churn out relentlessly pharma-friendly messages.
There's been a lot of work done to expose ghostwriting in the peer-reviewed literature, but few have spent any effort trying to find it lurking in the popular press. Nevertheless, it's endemic. Since the heyday of Big Tobacco, "independent" experts have been drafted into becoming sock puppets—cheerfully putting their names on ghostwritten op-eds and letters to the editor, typically in return for nice checks from their corporate masters. They're so prevalent that even an outlet as reputable as Stat can wind up being possessed by ghosts—without them, or anybody else, even noticing.
It was only after readers of the column (including yours truly) spotted inconsistencies in the editorial that Stat initially posted a correction and then retracted the article. Rather than reassuring readers, though, the retraction should disturb them. For the article was retracted not because the article was ghostwritten, but because the ghostwriter happened to fabricate a key anecdote.
Stat was likely aware that the article had been ghostwritten; at the very least, the editor of the opinion section, Pat Skerrett, let slip that he knew that a PR agency was involved in the shaping of the piece. In fact, many opinion sections have a grudging acceptance of some degree of ghostwriting in their pages; after all, high officials and A-list celebrities have entire staffs hired to meticulously shape each public utterance. But even if you accept that kind of ghostwriting, the industrial version of ghosting is an entirely different beast. Instead of putting the words of an unknown in the mouths of the powerful, it does just the opposite—it disseminates the words of the powerful by putting them in the mouth of the unknown. Indeed, in this case, it used the trusted institution of a friendly doctor to spread the gospel of the pharmaceutical industry. It's not the sheep in wolf's clothing that's to be feared, but the reverse.
That Stat found a big fat lie in its opinion section is a graphic demonstration that ghosting of articles by industry is not just a problem of the peer-reviewed journals, but of the media as well—and not just outlets devoted to covering health and medicine. Just as medical journals started tightening rules about conflicts of interest, forcing more disclosure of the hidden motives behind certain research articles, media outlets have to have a reckoning as well. They must learn to stop amplifying the messages of front groups and winking at practices like ghostwriting in their editorial pages. In short, the media must realize that every time they repeat a sock puppet's message, it directly undermines to the outlet's credibility. And they must take such tobacco-scented challenges to their authenticity seriously, lest they begin to earn the cries of "fake news" that enemies of the press like to fling at them.
It may be a losing battle; the wealthy industries using these tactics are adept at harnessing the forces of capitalism to defeat any attempt at transparency. After all, it's nigh impossible to see who's really pulling the strings when the invisible hand gets involved.


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The power of your words and actions can create a lasting influence on others.
I travel frequently and the Bellingham airport has become a regular stop for me en route to various business meetings. Last week, I took an early morning flight to Portland. Admittedly, I was hardly awake at 5 a.m. and really needed some coffee as I waited my turn at the security line.
After looking up in surprise at her enthusiastic response, I looked down at the bin. Although it didn't really look any different than other times, I thought, "Wow, that was a nice compliment. I did a great job." I said, "Thank you." and gave her a warm smile back. I think my chest may have puffed a bit. I walked a little lighter on my feet through the metal detectors. No setting off any alarms today!
Before you think I did anything too extraordinary, I heard her tell the next passenger the very same thing as I went through to pick up my things on the other side. There is such power in our words and actions.
Every interaction we have with others is an opportunity to build someone up or tear them down. Words can leave a lasting impact.
Despite the majority of the crowd being tired and not at their best at this early hour, this woman made the decision to be friendly and encouraging to everyone she encountered. This small gesture made all the difference in my day, and the day of many others. It started with a choice that this employee made long before my encounter with her.
Everyone has relationships in which they serve as a leader in some degree or another. Whatever job you hold, you are in a position of leadership when it comes to influencing others. Leadership is influence and our behaviors influence others every day in a positive or negative way. You have the choice to be a powerful influence at work, at home, and in your community. Your leadership is a gift to others.
Sometimes it is important to remind ourselves that we can't control what others say or do. We can only control our own response to it. We are responsible for our own behavior and our words, and those words can have a profoundly positive or negative impact on those around us.
Take some time to look back over your interactions with others over the last week. Have your conversations with your family, friends, and coworkers been positive?
Even when it is our job to correct a behavior, I think we all would agree that affirmation beats condemnation, especially when it comes to motivating transformation. Any time we can catch someone doing something positive and affirm a behavior, it creates motivation in that individual to do it again. Adversely, when we see someone acting out negatively, for us to continually criticize them may just result in that person giving up changing their behavior entirely.
Your words have power. Choose them wisely. You can choose to be positive and uplifting to those you interact with, or you can choose to have a negative attitude and a complaining spirit. It is pretty easy for us to answer what type of energy we would rather be around. Even in times of challenge, you can make the choice to have a positive attitude and let your words bless others.
Your positive influence makes a difference. Make a "kindness" deposit into the lives of everyone you meet, and watch how others will react positively and pay it forward.


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Light is a form of energy that causes a sensation of vision in the eyes and allows us to see things. Have you ever wondered how we can see various beautiful objects around us?
As already stated, light is a form of energy that causes a sensation of vision in the eyes and allows us to see things. The study of light in physics is known as Optics, and it is an essential concept for advanced physics. Light causes a sensation of vision in the eyes. For example, light from a torch and motorcycles causes a sensation of sight in the eyes. Light always travels in a straight line unless the direction of light is changed using reflection and refraction concepts.
Reflection of Light
Reflection is a phenomenon when the light bounces back to the emitting medium after striking a surface. Different surfaces react differently when the light strikes:
Opaque surface: In the case of opaque surfaces, the whole light beam gets reflected. So, opaque surfaces help in the reflection process.
Translucent surface: In fine characters, a portion of the light beam is reflected while the rest is transmitted through the surface. So, translucent surfaces partially help in the reflection process.
Transparent surface: In the case of transparent surfaces, the whole light beam gets transmitted through the surface, and reflection does not take place. So, transparent surfaces do not help in the reflection process of light.
Laws of Reflection
This law states that when a light beam is reflected upon a smooth opaque surface, the angle formed by the reflected ray is equal to the angle formed by the incident ray with respect to the perpendicular formed from the point of contact on the surface.
It also states that the incidence ray, the perpendicular, and the reflected ray lie in the surface's same plane.
Formula: Angle of reflection = Angle of incidence
Properties of Mirror Images formed by a Pair of Parallel And Perpendicular Plane Mirrors
Following are the properties of images formed by the mirrors:
The image formed is virtually erect.
The size of the source and the image formed is precisely the same.
The distance between the images formed and the mirror is the same as the distance between the source and the mirror.
The image formed in the mirror is inverted.
Types of Mirrors
There are two broad types of mirrors:
Plane mirrors
Spherical mirrors
Concave mirror
Uses of Spherical Mirrors
Spherical mirrors are of 2 types:
Concave Mirror and Uses
Spherical mirrors with a reflected surface curved inwards are known as concave mirrors. They are also referred to as converging mirrors.
Uses of Concave Mirror:
It is used as shaving mirrors in salons.
Dentists use it to focus light on teeth by diagnosis.
They are used as headlights of cars to create a powerful source of light.
It is used in satellite dishes to concentrate weaker signals together.
Convex Mirror and Uses
Spherical mirrors with a reflected surface curved outwards are known as concave mirrors. They are also referred to as diverging mirrors.
Uses of Convex Mirror:
Convex mirrors are used as rear view mirrors in cars, which helps drivers look at the vehicles coming from behind.
It is even used as security mirrors in ATMs, allowing the customer to see their image behind them.
Characteristics of Images Formed in a Pair of Mirrors
The object's image is formed in both the mirrors as the image in the first mirror becomes the object for the second mirror. The following are the characteristics of images included in a pair of mirrors:
All the images are virtually erect.
The size of the source object and the images formed are the same.
The image formed in mirror 1 is inverted, while the image formed in mirror 2 is similar to the object.
Location of Images Formed in the Plane Mirror
According to the law of reflection, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence, which means that the distance between the mirrors and the object is the same as the distance between the mirrors and the image formed. Using this concept, the image's location created in the plane mirror can be calculated as the distance is the same but in opposite directions.
Images Formed By a Pair of Parallel and Perpendicular Plane Mirrors
A total of three images are formed when an object is placed between two perpendicular plane mirrors.
When an object is placed between a pair of parallel plane mirrors, an infinite number of images are formed.
Light is a straight line electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength visible to human eyes that can be deviated using reflection and refraction concepts. The chapter 'Light' is not only an essential topic for class 9th physics, but it is also a necessary concept for advanced physics. This chapter's thorough knowledge will smoothen your journey through the upcoming physics and science chapters.
What is the angle of reflection?
The angle of reflection is the angle formed between the reflected ray and the perpendicular at the reflection point.
What is the angle of incidence?
The angle of incidence is the angle formed between the incident ray and the perpendicular at the reflection point.
How many images are formed when an object is placed between a pair of parallel mirrors?
How many images are formed when an object is placed between mutually perpendicular mirrors?
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Q: Calculating mean and SD from a stream of numbers I'm sure this has been asked, but my stats knowledge is not good enough to know the terms to looks for, so apologies if this is really basic.
I'm collecting a sample of numbers for which I want to have the current average and standard deviation, but I don't want to keep the entire sequence, just recalculate these values for each new sample.
If my sample is currently: 4, 9, 15, 400, 0, 0 then Excel reports the mean (the 'Average' function) as 71.3333, the Std Dev (via 'STDEV.P') as 147.0778 and the variance (VAR.P) as 21631.8888
If I add '9999' to my sample, then mean, stdev & var change to 1489.5714, 3476.6273 and 12086937.39 respectively.
Using this algorithm from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_for_calculating_variance#Two-pass_algorithm
# for a new value newValue, compute the new count, new mean, the new M2.
# mean accumulates the mean of the entire dataset
# M2 aggregates the squared distance from the mean
# count aggregates the number of samples seen so far
def update(existingAggregate, newValue):
    (count, mean, M2) = existingAggregate
    count = count + 1
    delta = newValue - mean
    mean = mean + delta / count
    delta2 = newValue - mean
    M2 = M2 + delta * delta2

    return existingAggregate

I use 6 as my count (from the original sample), 71.3333 as my mean and 21611.8888 as M2 (the Variance).
I walk through the algorithm using 9999 as my newValue:
count = 6 + 1 = 7
delta = 9999 - 71.3333 = 9927.6667
mean = 71.3333 + 9927.6667/7 = 1489.5714 (Agrees with Excel)
delta2 = 9999 - 1489.5714 = 8509.4286
M2 = 21611.8888 + 9927.6667 * 8509.4286 = 84,500,382.8 (Excel says 12,086,937.39)

Can someone please show me what I've done wrong or misunderstood?

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Sara Mingardo (née le  à Venise) est une contralto italienne de renommée internationale.

Biographie
Sara Mingardo a fait ses études musicales au Conservatoire Benedetto Marcello de Venise avec Paolo Ghitti, puis travaille à l'Académie musicale Chigiana de Sienne. Elle remporte plusieurs prix dans des concours internationaux, à Conegliano, Barcelone (dont le Prix Giulietta Simionato), à Trévise (le Concours Toti Dal Monte). En 1987 elle remporte le Concours d'Avezzano et débute à Trévise l'année suivante dans le rôle-titre de La Cenerentola.

Dès 1989 elle se produit sur les plus grandes scènes d'opéra et dans les grands festivals européens : Scala de Milan, Fenice, Mai musical florentin (Le Couronnement de Poppée), San Carlo, Arènes de Vérone, La Monnaie de Bruxelles, Théâtre royal de Madrid (L'Orfeo de Monteverdi), Festival de Salzbourg, etc. À Paris elle chante Giulio Cesare  sous la direction de Christophe Rousset ; à Ferrare elle incarne Mrs Quickly dans Falstaff sous la baguette de Claudio Abbado.

Sara Mingardo a notamment interprété l'opéra Les Troyens d'Hector Berlioz dont l'enregistrement remporta en 2001 les Grammy Awards du meilleur enregistrement d'opéra et du meilleur album classique.

« Aussi à l'aise dans le répertoire baroque que dans le bel canto, les opéras de Verdi ou ceux de Britten, elle s'impose comme l'une des grandes rossiniennes de sa génération. »

Discographie sélective
 Mozart, Requiem, Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin, direction Claudio Abbado, Deutsche Grammophon, 1999.
 Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict, Orchestre symphonique de Londres, direction Colin Davis, 2000.
 Berlioz, Les Troyens, Orchestre symphonique de Londres, direction Colin Davis, live, 2002.
 Haendel, Vivaldi, Pergolèse, Monteverdi, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve), 2002.
 Beethoven, Messe en ut majeur, Orchestre symphonique de Londres, direction Colin Davis, 2008.
 Georg Friedrich Haendel : Aci, Galatea e Polifemo - (Serenata a tre), Teatro Carignano Torino, direction Antonio Florio, live DVD, Dynamic, 2009.
 Rossini : Petite messe solennelle, direction Antonio Pappano (EMI), 2013.
 Alessandro Scarlatti et Pergolèse : Stabat Mater, Concerto Italiano, direction Rinaldo Alessandrini, (Naïve), 2014.
 Vivaldi : Concerti e Cantate, Concerto Italiano, direction Rinaldo Alessandrini, (Naïve), 2017.

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Naissance à Venise
Personnalité italienne du XXe siècle
Personnalité italienne du XXIe siècle
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Kennedy One-Name Study
The etymology of 'cenn&eacutetig': an historical perspective.
Copyright Iain Kennedy June 27th 2012
Although several Irish language scholars handed down etymologies for the cenn&eacutetig/Kennedy name in the early twentieth century, they were beaten to it by Dr. Alexander MacBain. He was a native Scottish Gaelic speaker from the Badenoch district of Invernessshire. His 1895 lecture to Comunn G&aacuteidhlig Inbhir Nis 'The old Gaelic system of personal names', included in Transactions vol. XX, included the following:
Cenn-, head. Cenn-&eacuteitig, "ugly head" (whence Kennedy)
In the following decade three Irish language scholars were at work on the same subject matter. In Co. Limerick the Rev. Patrick Woulfe was already at work compiling his research on the correct Irish spellings and meanings of surnames, later to appear in his landmark work Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall. He can be seen as a bilingual Irish/English speaker in the 1911 Kilmallock census from where he wrote the preface to his book.
Just 40km to the north, an English farmer originally named Edgeworth Lysaght was at work on his farm at Raheen, Co. Clare - just 10km away from the claimed ancestral home of the Kennedys at Killaloe. At this stage Lysaght was still learning to speak Irish and so didn't even record himself as an Irish speaker on his 1911 census return but as Edward MacLysaght he would later become famous as a genealogist and heraldist.
Whatever the modern language skills of the above two, at this time they were unlikely to have the knowledge of Old and Middle Irish possessed by Hamburg scholar Kuno Meyer, who at the same time was working on 'Contributions to Irish Lexicography' and (with Whitley Stokes) 'Archiv fur Celtische Lexicographie'. The first of these was essentially the beginning of an Irish language dictionary and covered the letters A-C (and part of 'D'). Meyer took over production of the dictionary project in 1907 from his main academic base in Liverpool.
Woulfe and Meyer first published their remarks on the name Kennedy almost simultaneously in 1906. Woulfe added this important caveat about the state of knowledge of Old and Middle Irish:
"in the case of Irish names the task is rendered well nigh impossible for want of a dictionary of Old and Middle Irish. To deal adequately with this portion of the work would require another volume as large as the present, but it cannot be satisfactorily undertaken until the publication of the Royal Irish Academy dictionary is complete"
He gave this entry:
'descendant of Cinneidig (helmeted-head)'
Whilst Meyer said this, citing an example from the Book of Leinster:
cend-&eacutetig ugly-headed mac Cend&eacutetig LL. 150 b 30
The long gap between the surname works of Woulfe and MacLysaght was filled by the emergence of the crucial sections of the RIA Dictionary and by Scot George F. Black's book on surnames. The letters of the RIA dictionary emerged in a rather haphazard order: letter 'E' which is the critical one for the compound Kennedy name with its comparative entries for '&eacutetig' and '&eacuteidigthe' was published in 1932 but 'C' containing the entry for 'cenn' was deferred until 1968 since the letter had already been covered by Meyer. Curiously though, by then the RIA elected to drop Meyer's 'ugly head' etymology reference, merely noting the common use of cenn&eacutetig as a name (it is said President Kennedy wasn't gripped to have the moniker 'ugly head'!).
George F. Black spent over 30 years working in the New York public library and his 1945 work 'Surnames of Scotland' is a tour de force even though he was probably not a Gaelic scholar himself. He was however the only author of the three to cite a source for his Kennedy etymology:
'The modern G. form of the name is Ceannaideach, Ir. Cinneididh, from earlier Cinneide or Cinneidigh, Mid. Ir. Cendetig (Book of Leinster), literally 'ugly headed' (Kuno Meyer) or 'grim headed' (Watson). cf the Gaelic name of Loch Etive, Loch Eitigh, 'ugly, horrid loch'. '
It is curious that Black doesn't credit the etymology back to MacBain rather than Meyer since Black quotes from the MacBain essay when discussing the Kennedy name, specifically when discussing their Gaelic alias MacUalraig (see Black sub 'MacWalrick').
MacLysaght damned both his predecessors with faint praise, accusing Black of relying on Woulfe 'without exception' for Irish surnames - strange since Black clearly did nothing of the sort for the Kennedy entry. But by citing Black as a source there can be little doubt that he would have examined the Kennedy entry with its Kuno Meyer etymology and so it is unsurprising that he followed the derivation (but without being specific about his source):
'ceann head, eidigh ugly'
Since the time of Black and MacLysaght almost all authors and scholars have followed the MacBain/Meyer etymology rather than Woulfe. It was this derivation that was given by Professor Roibeard O Maolalaigh at his talk on Gaelic names at the POMS launch in 2010.
A major academic project is underway to explain all the common surnames in the UK including significant Irish ones. The project is led by Professor Richard Coates at the Bristol Centre of Linguistics at UWE and as well as utilising experts on Irish names will be taking contributions from organisations including the Guild of One-Name Studies. Whether or not this database can be more definitive than its printed predecessors remains to be seen but I am hopeful and planning to contribute.
Black, George F. Surnames of Scotland. New York, 1945.
MacBain, Alexander. The old Gaelic system of personal names; Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness XX, 1896.
MacLysaght, Edward. Surnames of Ireland. Blackrock, 1969.
Meyer, Kuno. Contributions to Irish lexicography, A-C. 1906.
National Library of Ireland. Bibliography of Irish philology and of printed Irish literature. Dublin, 1913.
Ní Dheirg, &Iacuteosold. Vade Mecum na Gaeilge: a guide to sources of information on the Irish language. Dublin, 2006.
Ó Luing, Sean. Kuno Meyer, a biography. Dublin, 1991.
Royal Irish Academy. Dictionary of the Irish language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish materials. 'E', Dublin 1932; 'C', Dublin 1968.
Woulfe, Patrick. Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall. Dublin, 1906.


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In July 1943, the Allies invaded Sicily, opening a new front. After the capture of Sicily and the surrender of the Italians, they chased the Germans north through Italy, facing stiff resistance with every yard gained. The plan was to advance up the Adriatic coast to Ortona, then strike inland to Rome.
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Q: Possibly a dying hard drive, but reads, writes work - unsure about log entries I recently received a Linux box having problems with Samba share - first off, couldn't connect, second ls -la showed some I/O error (close to what can be seen below) with no listing.
Now, I've fully updated the box, and after the update, the RAID is OK, all the data accessible and Samba worked like a charm. Apparently, I didn't save the previous logs.
Now, even if everything works, from time to time this pops up in my journalctl:
kernel: ata4: EH complete
kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 2839546656
kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 a9 40 0b 20 00 00 f0 00
kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
kernel: ASC=0x47 ASCQ=0x0
kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc]
kernel:         a9 40 0b a0
kernel:         72 0b 47 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
kernel: Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc]
kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc]
kernel: ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
kernel: ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 330)
kernel: ata4: hard resetting link
kernel: ata4.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }
kernel: ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
kernel: [145B blob data]
kernel: ata4.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
kernel: ata4: SError: { UnrecovData 10B8B BadCRC }
kernel: ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x26
kernel: ata4.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x280100 action 0x6

smartctl -t extended (S.M.A.R.T. long (maximum) scan) says nothing three times already.
By "everything works", I mean:
// Read from drive, write to drive.
find > files.txt

// Another read->write.
du -bc > sizes.txt

// 100 GB random writer
dd if=/dev/urandom of=fillerd bs=512 count=209715200

The files end up uncorrupt, fully readable.
What does the error depict? Should I be worried? How do I fix it?

A: The salient log entries are:

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*kernel: ata4.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }

*kernel: ata4: SError: { UnrecovData 10B8B BadCRC }

These log entries indicate an error is occurring on the SATA interface between the PC and HDD.
The SATA interface carries ATAPI packets for data, commands and status reports that are verified using CRC, Cyclic Redundancy Check, code.
The ICRC ABRT message indicates an "Interface CRC error" event and that the "Command aborted".  The other log entries are ancillary information relating to the command that was aborted.
This is not reporting an error relating to the R/W heads or platters of the HDD, since sectors are verified using ECC, not weaker CRC.
More detailed information about these messages is at this libata wiki page

See this similar question on "SATA drives or chipset throwing DRDY ERR and ICRC ABRT", where the source of the problem was attributed to the host side of the SATA interface and not the HDD.
Note that an occasional SATA interface error is not considered problematic:
   For SATA drives, occasional transmission problems are expected even on
   otherwise pretty healthy systems. No need to worry about it too much
   unless the problem repeats itself a lot.

quoted from this Linux post.

smartctl -t extended (S.M.A.R.T. long (maximum) scan) says nothing three times already.

The Extended S.M.A.R.T. test is a self-test that is performed local to the drive, and apparently does not stress the SATA interface. Hence it doesn't help resolve the issue, but does reinforce the notion that the issue is on the interface rather than the media.
You need to look for a disk diagnostic or exerciser that executes from the host PC.
Since the Extended S.M.A.R.T. test can evidently read every sector without error, a near-identical test to read every sector and transfer that sector to the PC over the SATA bus is:
dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/null

There would be three sources of hardware failure on the SATA interface:

*

*the SATA cable. e.g. Is my drive dying?
Simple test: replace the cable.

*the motherboard's SATA interface.
Test: use a different SATA port, or install an alternate interface, such as a PCI or USB to SATA adapter with a new cable.

*the drive's SATA interface.
Test: install the HDD in another PC with a new cable, and see if errors follow the drive.

But besides a hardware fault for this issue, there have been reports that implicated the Linux kernel as the cause of SATA errors:

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*[SOLVED] DRDY ERR and ICRC ABRT in dmesg and console

*Repeated DRDY ERR / ICRC ABRT msgs on 2.6.31-19-server

Bottom Line
If you're only seeing these ICRC ABRT entries in the log at an infrequent "time to time" rate, then you may no longer have a problem.  Perhaps the original issues may be attributable to some kernel issues that were eliminated when you updated the system.
Try using the system, and backup diligently.

A: Regardless of OS, I always find that after anything strange like this starts to happen with a given HDD, it almost certainly will break within the next few months. If possible, I would recommend you to replace the HDD with a new one. Other symptoms with a broken HDD will be unusable files that you can still copy and move around, and programs that have some quirks all of a sudden.
In one of my laptop computers, the HDD was on it's way out. What happened was that I could boot to the OS just fine, but suddenly error messages started to appear about the strangest processes of the OS when doing actions that worked just fine a minute before - one of the OS system files was semi-corrupt due to the breaking HDD. After replacing the HDD, this stopped completely, and the system has run fine for 4 years to date.
You can also try to run a full S.M.A.R.T. scan of the HDD. You can find those from the manufacturer's website. Seagate and Western Digital, at least, have one, but I'm not sure if they are available for Linux. Sometimes the full scan will reveal a broken drive, that a quick scan during POST will not catch.
Edit:
I found this one for Linux, but I have no personal experience with it: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki

A: Your hard drive is on its way out (smart result notwithstanding).  It is possible that its the controller, but the hard drive is much more likely.


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