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Review: Smartphones/Trap Door
July 30, 2012 at 6:24 pm by Monica Westin
by Monica Westin
July 30, 2012 August 3, 2012 Filed under:
Smart phones, dumb exchanges: the conceit of Emilio Williams' play, that new media technology, particularly "telepresent" interfaces, degrades the quality of real-world social interaction, is a familiar one. "Smartphones—A Pocket-Size Farce" is a parodic mash-up of "Waiting for Godot" meets "No Exit" (with plenty of textual references to both, in case you missed the connection) in which four characters wait at the house of a friend for him to arrive, but due to his spotty mobile coverage, have no idea if and when he will ever show up. In the meantime, the two couples bicker, become hysterical and occasionally have something like epileptic seizures during unexplained punctuations of static noise as they engage in farcical conversations about relationships and one another's shortcomings. Occasionally they are visited by a mysterious maid who acts as a sort of chorus and deus ex machina. There's real potential in this kind of setup to explore the claustrophobia and anxiety of life 2.0. However, Williams trades so wholly in cliché and in mocking the superficiality of the play's action that he misses the many opportunities to push the conversation of what we talk about when we complain about Facebook and Twitter; and with characters as two-dimensional as an online avatar, the result is both ham-handed and boring. In short, the play, intentionally or not, enacts the very hackneyed insubstantiality that it mocks. There are redeeming features of the production; the five actors, though ill-used here, bring a controlled fierceness that breathes some real life into the banality of the script, and the set embodies a funny bordello-esque version of hell whose shocking pink motif is equal parts T-Mobile advertisement and Schiaparelli surrealism. It's a pretty but fluffy ride. (Monica Westin)
Trap Door Theatre, 1655 West Cortland, (773)384-0494. Through August 18. (Half-Priced Tickets)
Close to the Bone: A Review of Naked at Trap Door Theatre Trap Door Theatre's staging of "Naked" by Luigi Pirandello is a little bit too close to reality to warrant production.
Engendered Intrique: A Review of Monsieur d'Eon is a Woman at Trap Door Theatre Trap Door Theatre's latest trades the company's hallmark expressionism for political farce.
Inert Energy: A Review of There is No Power for the Electric Chair at Trap Door Theatre Imported from the Balkans, this new play at Trap Door Theatre reflects the limitations of the company's Euro-centric model, both in terms of politics and stage craft.
Once Again And Better Than Ever: A Review of Once at Paramount Theatre The Tony Award-winning musical gets its regional premiere at Paramount Theatre in Aurora.
Them/Us/All: A Review of Self-Accusation at Theatre Y Beyond the window, the show is happening.
Toxic: A Review of Poison at The Plagiarists The real poison at work here isn't strychnine or hemlock, it's a dreary self-seriousness that leaches the play of any hint of wit, humor and humanity.
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Chris Popio
Emilio Williams
Geraldine Dulex
Jodi Kingsley
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import abc
from vse.error import NoImageError, DuplicatedImageError

class Index:
    def __init__(self, ranker):
        self.ranker = ranker
        self.vw_freq = []

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def find(self, query_hist, n):
        pass

    def __setitem__(self, image_id, hist):
        self._add(image_id, hist)
        self._update_freq_after_addition(hist)

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def _add(self, image_id, hist):
        pass

    def _update_freq_after_addition(self, hist):
        if not self.vw_freq:
            self.vw_freq = hist.copy()
        index_size = len(self)
        self.vw_freq = [(n_freq * (index_size - 1) + n) / index_size for n, n_freq in zip(hist, self.vw_freq)]

    def __delitem__(self, image_id):
        hist = self[image_id]
        self._remove(image_id)
        self._update_freq_after_deletion(hist)

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def _remove(self, image_id):
        pass

    def _update_freq_after_deletion(self, hist):
        index_size = len(self)
        if index_size == 0:
            self.vw_freq = []
        self.vw_freq = [(n_freq * (index_size + 1) - n) / index_size for n, n_freq in zip(hist, self.vw_freq)]

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def __getitem__(self, image_id):
        pass

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def __len__(self):
        pass

class ForwardIndex(Index):
    def __init__(self, ranker):
        Index.__init__(self, ranker)
        self.index = {}

    def find(self, query_hist, n):
        return self.ranker.rank(query_hist, self.index.items(), n, self.vw_freq)

    def _add(self, image_id, hist):
        if image_id in self.index:
            raise DuplicatedImageError(image_id)
        self.index[image_id] = hist

    def _remove(self, image_id):
        if image_id not in self.index:
            raise NoImageError(image_id)
        del self.index[image_id]

    def __getitem__(self, image_id):
        return self.index[image_id]

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.index)

class InvertedIndex(Index):
    def __init__(self, ranker, recognized_visual_words, cutoff=2.0):
        Index.__init__(self, ranker)
        self.index = [{} for i in range(recognized_visual_words)]
        self.cutoff = cutoff / recognized_visual_words

    def find(self, query_hist, n):
        return self.ranker.rank(query_hist, self._items(query_hist), n, self.vw_freq)

    def _items(self, query_hist):
        results = {}
        for visual_word_freq, subindex in zip(query_hist, self.index):
            if visual_word_freq > self.cutoff:
                results.update(subindex)
        return results.items()

    def _add(self, image_id, hist):
        for visual_word_freq, subindex in zip(hist, self.index):
            if visual_word_freq > self.cutoff:
                if image_id in subindex:
                    raise DuplicatedImageError(image_id)
                subindex[image_id] = hist

    def _remove(self, image_id):
        found = False
        for subindex in self.index:
            if image_id in subindex:
                found = True
                del subindex[image_id]
        if not found:
            raise NoImageError(image_id)

    def __getitem__(self, image_id):
        for subindex in self.index:
            if image_id in subindex:
                return subindex[image_id]
        raise KeyError(image_id)

    def __len__(self):
        return len(set(image_id for subindex in self.index for image_id in subindex))

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Q: extract bits from 32 bit float numbers in C 32 bits are represented in binary using the IEEE format. So how can I extract those bits?
Bitwise operations like & and | do not work on them!
what i basically want to do is extract the LSB from 32 bit float images in opencv
thanx in advance!

A: You can use a union to pull values out safely (demo):
union fi_t
{
    unsigned int i;
    float f;
};

fi_t fi;
fi.f = 1.5;
unsigned int i = fi.i;

(just never typecast, this will invoke dreaded ftol, which may use SSE2 to convert to integer form, or FISTP, which won't yield the IEEE bits you are after)

A: uint32_t get_float_bits(float f) {
    assert(sizeof(float) == sizeof(uint32_t)); // or static assert
    uint32_t bits;
    memcpy(&bits, &f, sizeof f);
    return bits;
}

As of C99, the standard guarantees that the union trick works (provided the sizes match), and implementations have generally guaranteed it even before they were required to. Personally I don't know what people see in it, I prefer this.
If you just want the LSB, and you know the endian-ness, you can access just one byte of the float directly, without any memcpy, or union, or violation of strict aliasing.
int lsb = ((unsigned char*)&f)[0] & 1; // little-endian
int lsb = ((unsigned char*)&f)[sizeof(float)-1] & 1; // big-endian

A: The old trick:
float num = 0.5;
uint32_t binary_representation = *(uint32_t *)#

A: #include<stdio.h>
union abc
{
    float fo;
    unsigned int no;
};
int main()
{
    union abc test;
    test.fo=36.5;
    unsigned int x=test.no;
    for( int i = 0; i < sizeof(float)*8; i++ )
    {
        printf("%d", x & 0x1);
        x = x >> 1;
    }

    return 0;
}

this was a way to extract the bits of the float!

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Province In China On Lockdown After Biggest Coronavirus Spike In Months
By Emily Feng • Jan 12, 2021
People queue up for nucleic acid testing at Hanzheng Street wholesale market on Tuesday, in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.
VCG / VCG via Getty Images
Eleven million people are under lockdown in Hebei province after a new cluster of coronavirus infections.
Since Jan. 2, Hebei has reported more than 600 new positive cases, 544 of which were from the capital city of Shijiazhuang. To identify all potential patients, health officials have completed one round of mass testing of all the city's residents, and a second one is being carried out this week.
The province also postponed its annual legislative meeting because of the flare-up. Liaoning province, which has had a small number of new virus cases this month, also postponed its meeting.
Hebei provincial authorities have doubled-down on travel restrictions and quarantine measures, hoping to contain the virus ahead of the Lunar New Year next month. Anyone leaving Hebei province must show a negative COVID test done no more than three days prior.
Public health officials blame lax regulations governing movement in the countryside and frequent visits among friends and family for the Hebei outbreak. On Monday, nearly 20,000 residents from twelve rural villages in the Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang were bussed to government quarantines.
The Hebei flare-up is the most severe outbreak China has seen in more than five months. Dr. Zhang Wenhong, a prominent doctor who directs the infectious diseases department at a Shanghai hospital, told Chinese media the outbreak would likely continue for another month before it is brought under control.
The Hebei cluster's first reported case was a man living in Shijiazhuang's Gaocheng district. Contact tracing revealed he attended a wedding days before being diagnosed on Jan. 2. As the case count climbed, Gaocheng announced a series of lockdown measures, from closing schools to shutting down train stations and taxi services. Ticket sales for trains from Shijiazhuang to Beijing were suspended last week.
Provincial CDC officials have yet to name the source of this outbreak, though they say genetic sequencing suggests the current strain came from the ones prevalent in Europe. Most early cases in Shijiazhuang were found in villages near an international airport. The Hebei CDC says it's working to determine whether the source was an asymptomatic carrier or contaminated cargo.
As of this week, three major cities in Hebei — Shijiazhuang, Xingtai and Langfang — are on lockdown, meaning residents must remain inside their residential complexes at all times.
The outbreak has alarmed China's leadership. Hebei directly borders the capital of Beijing on all sides and a large number of its residents commute to nearby cities, including the port city of Tianjin for work. Hebei commuters must now provide negative COVID test results as well as proof of employment in Beijing to enter the capital.
Amy Cheng contributed research in Beijing.

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In this, we found ourselves able to agree with Charon , but needing to distance ourselves from an over-arching description, by Weatherall, of modern medicine as a 'failure' .
Indeed, modern advances in medicine may accurately be described as a triumph – but a triumph of scientific and technological advance only, not a triumph represented by an increased excellence in clinical practice per se, if excellence (versus competence) is to be defined as the successful translation of such advances to patients within an overtly humanistic framework of care – the process which represents and causes contextualisation .
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Rare Silver Dollars | What are the Most Valuable Silver Dollars?
Jump to: Silver Dollar History | The Flowing Hair | The Draped Bust | The Seated Liberty | The Trade Dollar | The Morgan Dollar | The Peace Dollar | The Rarest and Most Valuable
The Silver Dollar has always been an iconic coin throughout American history. Ever since the first coin minted back in 1794, the United States Mint has released more than ten different designs for the Dollar coin, including proof versions, patterns, and special strikes. But only a few of those coins, minted before the ending of the silver standard and the beginning of the full-fiat currency era in the 1970s, are indeed made of silver.
Rare silver dollar coins continue to be constant objects of desire among coin collectors and silver investors.
In this article, we will cover the most important designs from Silver Dollar history and list the top 30 most expensive sales from public auctions.
History of Silver Dollar Designs
The Flowing Hair Dollar
One of the rarest silver dollars in existence. The Flowing Hair Silver Dollar was the first Dollar design. The United States Mint launched the coin in 1794 and minted only until 1795. Its size and weight were based on the Spanish Dollar, already largely at use in the US.
Its alloy had 90% silver and 10% copper. The design is a creation of Robert Scot, the 1st Chief Engraver of the United States Mint.
The obverse portrays a bust of Lady Liberty with her hair waving with the wind, hence the "Flowing Hair" moniker. The reverse shows an eagle. Both figures were required by the Coinage Act of 1792. Liberty's design is closely related to Scot's design for the cent, but with no Phrygian Cap. Also, Scot was instructed to add a wreath around the eagle on the reverse and to move the denomination to the edges.
The final version included fifteen six-pointed stars on the obverse, with the word "LIBERTY" on top and the mint year on the bottom. On the reverse, surrounding the eagle and the wreath are the words " UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
The most expensive silver dollar coin ever sold at an auction was a Special Strike Flowing Hair Silver Dollar for the astounding amount of $10,016,875.
The Draped Bust Dollar
The Draped Bust Silver Dollar is a dollar coin the United States Mint produced from 1795 to 1803. The composition was adjusted to 89.2% silver and 10.8% copper, as determined by the Coinage Act of 1792.
It is not entirely sure as to why the US Mint discontinued the original Flowing Hair design. It might be due to public disapproval, or because the newly appointed Mint Director Henry William the Saussure decided to redesign the American coinage.
The most notable change in design is obviously on the obverse. Lady Liberty's features and the wavy hair are much more detailed, and now her hair is tied on the back with a drape.
The Seated Liberty Dollar
From 1836 to 1839, the United States Mint released very small quantities of a Dollar coin which came to be known as the Gobrecht Dollar, named after US Mint Chief Engraver Christian Gobrecht. After a 30-year hiatus from silver dollar production, the Federal Government was testing the waters to see how the economy would react to the introduction of more dollar coins into circulation. In 1840, they released the Seated Liberty Dollar coin, which had basically the same obverse design of Lady Liberty seated on a rock, holding a pole with a Phrygian Cap on top, and resting a shield on the floor. Encircling the figure are thirteen 6-pointed stars representing the original colonies. The mint year is engraved on the bottom.
The reverse was completely changed for this version of the coin. Instead of the soaring eagle, present in the Gobrecht Dollar, it now showed a primitive version of the heraldic eagle used for the original American Silver Eagle reverse. The eagle has a shield on its chest and grasps olive branches and arrows on its talons, representing America's desire for peace, but readiness for war. The motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" was introduced in 1866. Encircling the design on the outer rim are the words "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and the denomination on the bottom, abbreviated to "ONE DOL."
After the California Gold Rush, silver prices and the U.S. Government had a hard time trying to regulate and stop the population from hoarding and melting silver coins. After a series of legislations on the matter, silver coin production was officially halted with the Coinage Act of 1873.
The Trade Dollar
Another one of the rarest silver dollars around. The Trade Dollar was a quasi bullion Dollar coin first struck in 1873. It served the purpose of international trade. The United States released it as a way to compete against other Trade coins already popular in East Asia. Business strike coins were halted and the coins were demonetized a few years after launch, but proof versions kept being struck until 1883. They were re-monetized with the Coinage Act of 1965. These silver dollar coins are quite popular among collectors.
William Barber, 5th Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint, designed both verses of the coin. The obverse features a seated Liberty offering an olive branch, symbolizing peace, with Her right hand. Thirteen six-pointed stars representing the original colonies encircle the figure with the mint year on the bottom. The reverse shows an eagle grasping arrows and olive branches on its talons. The words "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" are inscribed on top, and below the eagle are the words "420 GRAINS, 900 FINE." and "TRADE DOLLAR".
The Morgan Dollar
After the Coinage Act of 1873 which temporarily ended the silver standard in the U.S., silver miners lobbied for the return of the precious metal to legal tender status and the free coinage of silver. In 1878 large quantities of the Morgan Silver Dollars were minted. Production ran until 1904 and was minted again in 1921.
Since 2021, the U.S. Mint started minting 99.9% pure silver Morgan Dollar coins for investment and collection purposes.
George T. Morgan designed both verses of the coin. The obverse portrays a bust of Lady Liberty as modeled by Anna Willess Williams. The motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM" is inscribed on the outer rim, along with the mint year.
The reverse shows an eagle clasping arrows and olive branches. The motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" is on top, with the country's name and denomination around it: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE DOLLAR".
Morgan Silver Dollars are one of the most popular silver coins among collectors and silver investors.
The Peace Dollar
The United States Mint introduced the Peace Silver Dollars in December 1921 to celebrate the newfound peace after the World War. They chose the design via a competition. The winner of the event, Anthony de Francisci, won $1,500 in prize money. His design was unanimously chosen.
Francisci based the features on his portrayal of Goddes Liberty on his wife, Teresa de Francisci. It shows a bust of Liberty facing left, wearing a spiked crown, resembling the one on the Statue of Liberty. The obverse also includes the word "LIBERTY" on top, the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST", and the mint year on the bottom.
The reverse portrays a bald eagle, resting on top of a cliff. It gazes ahead as the sun rises on the horizon. The eagle clasps an olive branch on its talons, symbolizing the country's desire for peace. On the outer rim, on top, is written "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM". The bird is sculpted in between the denomination "ONE DOLLAR". On the outer rim, below, is the word "PEACE".
The US Mint produced the Peace Dollar silver coin from 1921 to 1928, and then again in 1934 and 1935. In 2021, the US Mint began producing a .999 fine silver version of the Peace Dollar for investment and collection purposes.
The Rarest and Most Valuable Silver Dollars
If you ever asked yourself "what are the most valuable silver dollars", or even "what are the rarest silver dollars" to add to your collection, in this section, we are going to attempt to answer those questions. We compiled the sales price records from the top 30 most valuable dollars in history based on coin catalogs, such as PCGS'. Check it out for yourself:
Auction Record
#1 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar Special Strike
01-01-2013 Stack's Bowers
#2 1804 Draped Bust Original - Class I BB-304 (Proof)
#3 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar
#4 1804 Draped Bust Restrike - Class III (Proof)
04-01-2009 Heritage Auctions
#5 1795 3 Leaves Flowing Hair Silver Dollar
V CH to GEM UNC
12-04-2005 Coinhunter
#6 1796 Small Date and Small Letters Draped Bust
#7 1795 Off-Center Dr Bust Draped Bust Special Strike
#8 1802 Draped Bust (Proof with Cameo)
#9 1795 Off-Center Bust Flowing Hair Silver Dollar
MS66+
#10 1889-CC Morgan Dollar
#11 1803 Draped Bust (Proof)
#12 1799 Draped Bust
#13 1884-S Morgan Dollar
05-21-2018 Sotheby's
#15 1803 Large 3 Draped Bust Silver Dollar
#17 1895-O Morgan Dollar
#18 1922 Matte Finish High Relief Peace Dollar (Proof)
06-02-2014 Goldberg Auctioneers
#19 1795 Centered Bust Flowing Hair
#20 1797 10x6 Stars Draped Bust Silver Dollar
#21 1802 Draped Bust Silver Dollar (Proof)
#22 1836 Pattern Dollar J-64 Restrike (Proof)
11-01-2008 Stack's
#23 1797 9x7 Stars, Small Letters Draped Bust Silver Dollar
#24 1922 Modified High Relief Production Trial J-2020 Peace Dollar
#25 1895-S Morgan Dollar DMPL
MS67DMPL
#26 1801 Draped Bust Silver Dollar
#28 1798 Wide Date Draped Bust Silver Dollar
10-08-2020 Legend Rare Coin Auctions
#29 1798 Small Eagle, 13 Stars Draped Bust
#30 1878-S Trade Dollar
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Thanks for the inclusion. I too am surprised that they would choose a white adoptive parent with children under 6.
You're welcome! And now I'm looking very much forward to hearing you on Weekend Edition.
Oh dear, the ignorance and the neglect of adoptees -business as usual!! Someone who has lived with adoption for just a few years knows one perspective slightly. Compare that to the depth of experience of an adult adoptee who can speak with authority on what it is to be raised by white adopters. Yet again those with the knowledge and skills have been overlooked because it is not comfortable or convenient.
I am really sorry they did not include the voices of the adoptees. My husband's niece has talked with me about being adopted by white parents (She is Native American). They were loving and the greatest people in the world. However, they did not understand many things about Native Americans. Things like the fact that most darker skinned people are lactose intolerant. So they would insist she drink milk, even when it gave her bad gas and an upset stomach, because "milk is good for you." And they truly did not understand prejudice and racism and how it affected their children. She believes that had they known, they would have done what they could to mitigate it, but they just expected them to be treated like all of their (white) friends' children. And they lived in an area that was very biased againsy Native people. There are just so many things that come up with transracial adoptions that I believe leaving adoptees out of the conversation is just plain wrong.


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Funeral services for Roy G. Harris, 85, of Portales, will be at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at University Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Portales Cemetery with Kyle Harris, Jeff Harris, Mark Walker, Nathan Walker, Chad Walker, Chance Walker, Chaney Hancock and Kent McMillan serving as pallbearers. All other friends and Family will serve as honorary pallbearers.
The family will receive guests at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 6 to 7 PM. Those desiring to make memorial contributions may send them to the New Mexico Baptist Children's Home, P O Box 629, Portales, NM 88130.
Roy Glen Harris was born May 14, 1933 in Roby, Texas to the home of Bessie Violet (Dunn) and Marcus Bedford Harris and died March 23, 2019 in Portales, NM. Roy graduated from Portales High School in 1951 and received his Bachelor's Degree from Eastern New Mexico University. On Sept. 5, 1953, in Fort Leonard Wood, MO he was married to the love of his life, Geraldine "Gerry" Fay Harris. Roy served in the United States Army and after moving several times due to his military stations, they moved to Portales. For a short time, they moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas to manage a small motel that family members had bought. Later they moved to Tripoli, Libya where he worked for Oasis Oil Company. They returned to Portales in 1970 where Roy worked as a parts manager at various automotive dealers. Roy was raised a Christian, and for the past several years had been attending University Baptist Church with his children. Roy loved to work outside in his garden as well as hunting and fishing. He was an avid reader especially Westerns. He had a soft heart for dogs and was a very faithful Dallas Cowboys fan.
He is survived by a son Steve Harris and wife Sandra of Portales; two daughters, Dawn Elyce Walker and husband Mark of Portales and Lori D'Anne Hancock of Portales; eight grandchildren, Kyle Harris and wife Amanda, Jeff Harris and wife Ashley, Stormi Hancock, Chaney Hancock, Nathan Walker and wife Sandra, Chad Walker, Chance Walker and wife Chamee and Stephanie McMillan and husband Kent; six great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Bobby Joe Harris and wife Judy of Chandler, AZ and Bedford Waylon Harris of Surprise, AZ.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years Gerry Harris; his parents and a brother Walter Wayne Harris.


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Irrespective of the true motivations of Mr. Trump and of any initial plan he had, the Syria situation, unsurprisingly perhaps, seems to have acquired a life of its own becoming a test for all players involved in the conflict, and not simply in regard to their intentions. It's their actual resolve and abilities that are now being publicly tested. How else could it really be when on the road to Damascus?
players to evaluate their particular roles and objectives.
Syria Conspiracy Theories Flourish, at Both Ends of the Spectrum. But the New York Times does a great job here dismantling them.
Still, if Russia is indeed 'furious' with Assad over gas attack, it's expressing its fury "Privately." Publicly, the Russians are covering up their partner-in-crime's war crime.
And doubling down: by using incendiary bombs: Shocking footage shows warplanes dropping incendiary bombs on Syrian rebel towns just days after Assad's deadly sarin gas attack.
But, why is Putin doubling down on Assad? Leon Aron explains: The road to Damascus runs through Moscow. "Having staked enormous political capital on the recovery of at least some of the main geopolitical assets lost in the Soviet Union's demise, Putin will defend Assad until the domestic political costs become too high to bear… When, despite the wide chasm between US and Russian objectives, Secretary of State John Kerry continued beating his head against the wall by insisting on "cooperation," I suggested that the US should arm itself with a very long spoon before sitting down to sup with Russia in Syria – and must learn to use it. The spoon is much longer today." In other words, Mr. Trump, and though your hands might be small, your spoon better be long.
So, gone are talks about proportionality: Spicer says U.S. strike on Syria was 'justified and proportional'.
Indeed, and as Haley escalates rhetoric on Russia over Syria. "In no way do we see peace in that area with Russia covering up for Assad. In no way do we see peace in that area with Assad as the head of the Syrian government. And we have to make sure that we're pushing that process." And speaks of regime change Haley: Regime change in Syria 'we think is going to happen'.
And Tillerson joins the fray: Tillerson issues ultimatum to Russia after meeting with top diplomats at G7 summit. "It is clear to all of us that the reign of the Assad family is coming to an end," he said. "But the question of how that ends and the transition itself could be very important in our view to the durability, the stability inside of a unified Syria."
Vladimir Putin, AKA Pouty Putin, is currently said to be reassessing his "aesthetic outlook" on the Syrian conflict a well as his wardrobe.
Putin ups the ante by accusing rebels of orchestrating the chemical attacks as "provocation," and of planning to do more in Damascus: Putin says U.S. preparing more strikes on Syria. Speaking at a press conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday, Putin told reporters Russia has information that Syrian militants are planning "provocations" using chemical weapons that would be blamed on the government of President Bashar Assad and used as a pretext for further U.S. strikes.
Still, not all commentators expect the Trump and Putin to have a major fallout over Assad: Russia Is Angry, but Don't Expect Putin to Fall Out With Trump Over Syria. "Economically, politically, Russia does not have the strength to mount an escalation of this conflict," says Konovalov. The Russian intervention has already dragged on for more than a year and a half, and Putin cannot afford to keep pouring the blood of his soldiers and the scarce resources of his economy into this war indefinitely. Nor can he afford to look weak by cutting his loses in Syria and letting the U.S. oust Assad. "The idea of retreat is not part of our President's constitution," says Konovalov. "So he will have to demonstrate toughness and decisiveness." That will not be easy when Tillerson arrives in Moscow on Tuesday. Though he and Putin are well acquainted – having negotiated numerous oil deals while Tillerson was at the helm of ExxonMobil — the Russian President's hand will not be as strong as he might like. For one thing, the fate of his ally in Syria will no longer seem so secure. Neither will Putin's position as a dominant player in the Middle East.
So, where from here? So Trump Attacked Assad. What Now? Bringing peace to Syria will undoubtedly necessitate a further strengthening of the U.S. posture toward the Syrian situation and toward Russia, Iran and other involved states. More military strikes and other assertive acts of diplomacy will be inevitable but if anything is now clear, it is that the U.S. has more freedom of action in Syria than the Obama administration was ever willing to admit.
Will there be more strikes? Why Trump's strikes on Syria are a good thing – and hardly enough. Trump's attacks ultimately look too much like a drop in the bucket: Not enough. Not even the minimum. After all, the world would be a better place without Bashar al-Assad.
Or is this a one-off thing meant to distract from Trump's growing problems at home. Is Trump Wagging the Dog in Syria? It is hard to avoid wondering whether the purpose of the strikes was less to defend a red line that Trump had never supported than yet another effort by the president to distract the media's attention and change the subject from his problems at home.
Who's testing whom now? Is Russia Testing Trump? While Mr. Putin must realize the Trump administration is unlikely to be able to roll back Western sanctions on Russia, as Mr. Putin originally hoped, he may think Mr. Trump's still unexplained infatuation with him will allow him to move aggressively, without American resistance.
Or, Trump testing Putin? Russia needs American help to seal the deal in Syria. Before Mr Trump put his finger on the scales, it had looked as if Mr Putin was facing a diplomatic stalemate, and that he was becoming a hostage to Mr Assad. This may now change.
Or is Syria testing us all? Trump's Syria Conundrum. It's Mr. Trump who now occupies the White House, and it's his responsibility to work with his cabinet members to formulate a more robust policy that can help end the suffering of the Syrian people.
We may not have to wait long for the answers.
Meanwhile, there will be consternations among some in the Trump Camp. Trump's Troll Army Isn't Ready for War in Syria. While foreign wars tend to boost presidents' popularity in the short term, Trump risks losing the segments of his base that flocked to his isolationist, "America First" message.
"Heartbroken and outraged" ever since she lost that Louboutin modeling contract to Asmaa Al-Assad, Ivanka Trump, according to a report by Russia Today, has been planning her revenge for close to ten years now. She might finally be about to have her way.
And some self-congratulations, to go along with the heartbreak ad outrage: Eric Trump Says Syria Strike Was Swayed By 'Heartbroken and Outraged' Ivanka. "If there was anything that [the strike on] Syria did, it was to validate the fact that there is no Russia tie."
While others look beyond the current moment: How Trump can help cripple the Iranian regime. The United States actually has the high ground against the mullahs. Our resources dwarf theirs. Our self-doubt is nothing compared with the insecurity that Khamenei has to suppress with the Revolutionary Guards. It is way past time for Washington to stoke the volcano under Tehran and to challenge the regime on the limes of its Shiite empire.
Sean Spicer Gobsmacks Press, Saying Hitler "Did Not Use Gas On His Own People". Well, in that sense, neither did Assad, after all, he's an Alawite while the victims of his chemical attacks are Sunnis. But Hitler's victims were Germans and Assad's victims are Syrians and targeting civilians is wrong, so why are making these stupid comparisons?
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Politics|Media Charged With Sexism in Clinton Coverage
Media Charged With Sexism in Clinton Coverage
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JULIE BOSMAN JUNE 13, 2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is interviewed on her campaign plane in March. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Angered by what they consider sexist news coverage of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, many women and erstwhile Clinton supporters are proposing boycotts of the cable networks, putting up videos on a "Media Hall of Shame," starting a national conversation about sexism and pushing Mrs. Clinton's rival, Senator Barack Obama, to address the matter.
But many in the news media — with a few exceptions, including Katie Couric, the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" — see little need for reconsidering their coverage or changing their approach going forward. Rather, they say, as the Clinton campaign fell behind, it exploited a few glaring examples of sexist coverage to whip up a backlash and to try to create momentum for Mrs. Clinton.
Phil Griffin, senior vice president of NBC News and the executive in charge of MSNBC, a particular target of criticism, said that although a few mistakes had been made, that they had been corrected quickly and that the network's overall coverage was fair.
"I get it, that in this 24-hour media world, you've got to be on your game and there's very little room for mistakes," Mr. Griffin said. "But the Clinton campaign saw an opportunity to use it for their advantage. They were trying to rally a certain demographic, and women were behind it."
His views were echoed by other news media figures. "She got some tough coverage at times, but she brought that on herself, whether it was the Bosnian snipers or not conceding on the night of the final primaries," said Rem Rieder, editor of American Journalism Review. "She had a long track record in public life as a serious person and a tough politician, and she was covered that way."
Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, said: "I have not had a lot of regretful conversations with high-ranking media types and political reporters about how unfair their coverage of the Hillary Clinton campaign was."
Among journalists, he added, the coverage "does not register as a mistake that must not be allowed to happen again."
Taking aim from the inside, though, was Ms. Couric, who herself has faced harsh criticism as the first woman to be the solo anchor of an evening news broadcast. Ms. Couric posted a video on the CBS Web site on Wednesday about the coverage of Mrs. Clinton.
"Like her or not, one of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued — and accepted — role of sexism in American life, particularly in the media," Ms. Couric said.
She went on to lament the silence of those who did not speak up against it.
Candy Crowley, covering the campaign for CNN, said that for the most part, she did not see a drumbeat of sexism in the daily reporting, "but I certainly did see it in the commentary." Still, Ms. Crowley said, "it was hard to know if these attacks were being made because she was a woman or because she was this woman or because, for a long time, she was the front-runner."
The perception that sexism tainted coverage of the Clinton campaign — a view expressed on Internet postings and in conversations among women — appears to be gaining ground more in political circles than in the mainstream news media.
Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic Party, who says he was slow to pick up on charges of sexism because he is not a regular viewer of cable television, is taking up the cause after hearing an outcry from what he described as a cross-section of women, from individual voters to powerful politicians and chief executives.
"The media took a very sexist approach to Senator Clinton's campaign," Mr. Dean said in a recent interview.
"It's pretty appalling," he said, adding that the issue resonates because Mrs. Clinton "got treated the way a lot of women got treated their whole lives."
Mr. Dean and others are now calling for a "national discussion" of sexism.
Mrs. Clinton may have begun that discussion in her concession speech on Saturday when she said that women deserve equal respect, along with equal pay, and that "there are no acceptable prejudices in the 21st century in our country." She was referring to what emerged as conventional wisdom during the campaign that racism is no longer tolerated in America, but sexism is.
Cable television has come under the most criticism. Chris Matthews, a host on MSNBC, called Mrs. Clinton a "she-devil" and said she had gotten as far as she had only because her husband had "messed around."
Mike Barnicle, a panelist on MSNBC, said that Mrs. Clinton was "looking like everyone's first wife standing outside a probate court." Tucker Carlson, also on MSNBC, said, "When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs."
The establishment news media were faulted too. The New York Times wrote about Mrs. Clinton's "cackle" and The Washington Post wrote about her cleavage.
From left, members of the news media, Keith Olbermann, Katie Couric and Chris Matthews. Credit From top, Anne Ryan/MSNBC; Molly Riley/Reuters; Carlos Osorio/Associated Press
Ken Rudin, an editor at National Public Radio, appeared on CNN, where he equated Mrs. Clinton with the actress Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction." "She's going to keep coming back, and they're not going to stop her," Mr. Rudin said. He later apologized.
The cable networks do not reach as many viewers as the broadcast networks — 2.6 million per night for prime-time news programs on cable compared with 23 million for broadcast — but their coverage runs in a continuous loop, is amplified by the Internet and is seen by many people involved in politics.
"Largely, the problem was on cable and in the blogosphere and on the Internet, and that's a relatively small audience," said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. "But while it was limited, it was limited to influential people."
Still, many in the news media say that sexist episodes had little effect on the outcome of the primaries. Instead, they said, Mrs. Clinton's problem was a flawed campaign.
Keith Olbermann, the host of "Countdown" on MSNBC, said that while there were "individual, sexist, mistakes," there was no overall sexism.
Any suggestion that MSNBC "was somehow out to 'get' Senator Clinton is false and unfair," Mr. Olbermann wrote in an e-mail message. "We became a whipping boy."
He said that after Feb. 5, when Mrs. Clinton went on a losing streak, her campaign strategy was to blame the news media, which he said was "its only fuel."
Still, he said, there was "constant reflection and analysis at MSNBC, and I must say there was constant good faith in trying to make certain Senator Clinton was not treated unfairly."
Many in the news media say it is important to look at the coverage of Mrs. Clinton in the context of the coverage of Mr. Obama. While hers was frequently positive, his was even more so — even "euphoric," said Mr. Rieder of American Journalism Review. That may have added to the impression that the Clinton coverage was negative, he said.
Starting in mid-December, 90 percent of comments about Mr. Obama on the three broadcast networks were positive, and 61 percent about Mrs. Clinton were positive, according to a study by Robert Lichter, a communications professor at George Mason University. But as Mr. Obama became the front-runner, things evened out. The study said that by the time Mrs. Clinton suspended her campaign on June 7, they were getting about the same amount of positive coverage, with Mr. Obama at 48 percent and Mrs. Clinton at 45 percent.
Jeff Greenfield, a political correspondent for CBS News, said that charges of sexism often came through a political prism. "Throughout this campaign, people's perception of the press has been in line with what they wanted to happen politically," Mr. Greenfield said. "If my person lost, the press did a bad job."
For many of Mrs. Clinton's supporters, the anger over her treatment has not subsided and they are trying to take steps to minimize sexism in the future. "It's volcanic," said Allida M. Black, the director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers at George Washington University and a founder of WomenCount PAC, a group that ran full-page newspaper advertisements last month urging Mrs. Clinton to stay in the race.
"How do we deal with the media who many, many people feel compounded the missteps by the campaign and robbed her of any shot she might have had at the nomination?" Ms. Black said.
Some are calling for boycotts against MSNBC and CNN, and many are urging Mr. Obama, who addressed racism in a major speech, to address sexism, too.
In response, the Obama campaign directed a reporter to Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat of Florida, who supported Mrs. Clinton but who is now speaking for the Obama campaign. She said Mr. Obama had no specific plans for a speech on sexism, partly because he already incorporates themes of discrimination as a societal problem into his speeches.
Both the National Organization for Women and Emily's List, which backs female candidates who support abortion rights, are generating e-mail campaigns to the cable channels when they see sexism. The networks have usually issued on-air apologies.
"We're certainly not going to take this lying down," said Ellen Malcolm, the president of Emily's List. She said her hope was for a national discussion to focus on "what is fair in the new political world of Internet, cable and traditional news coverage."
NOW is starting a campaign to highlight its "Media Hall of Shame," an online project in which it points to examples of sexist language.
NOW's president, Kim Gandy, said her members would remain alert: "We're going to keep watching because we think Michelle Obama will be the recipient of the same kind of attacks that Hillary was."
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We continue here our serialized review of Amy-Jill Levine's The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. Dr. Levine is an Orthodox Jew who teaches New Testament Theology at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. We here continue our examination of her second chapter, "From Jewish Sect to Gentile Church." In this section of the chapter she focuses on Saul of Tarsus, a.k.a. the Apostle Paul.
Perhaps he was concerned that members of the Way were seeking to replace Torah with Jesus, that the Torah was now somehow unimportant or marginal and replaced by Jesus. If so this would have gon against what Paul knew as the center of his life, and the divinely given center of Jewish communal loyalty to the God of Israel, apart from which only judgment and disaster could follow, for both Israel and the nations.
Perhaps he was worried about the safety of his fellow diaspora Jews? Perhaps the charismatic activity of these congregations seemed to be disorderly. Perhaps the fervent Jewish followers of this new group seemed to be abandoning or compromising family commitments. This too would have been a matter of grave concern.
Perhaps he was disturbed that these Yeshua believers had spoken against the temple. We should remember that this is one of the accusations made against Jesus for what he was crucified, and we read in Acts chapter seven that Paul was present at the stoning of Steven who himself was accused in these terms, "this man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us" (Acts 6:13-14). Although Levine doesn't draw this connections, there is a dual connection here that bears noting: speaking against the Temple and against Torah.
Perhaps Paul had heard that these Yeshua believers were praying to Jesus, something which may have truly offended his pharisaic convictions.
It is when she turns from examining his former objections towards summarizing the emphases Paul's ministry as an apostle, that Levine begins to lose my agreement although not my interest.
For Paul, the cross and the resurrection were more than an assurance that the messianic age was breaking in, and Jesus was more than a true prophet and righteous martyr. The payoff had to be greater, and it had to encompass not just Jerusalem, but Athens, Antioch, Alexandria as well. Since the sign of the messianic age inaugurated by Jesus was not, at least yet, the resurrection of the dead or the final judgment, Paul provided it a different, and his view even better, effect. He concluded that the cross could be understood as a sacrifice: it proved that Jesus had paid the penalty for all human sin.
It never occurred to me to think that Jesus' vicarious atonement was Paul's theological novum. It is one thing to say that Jesus was God's atoning sacrifice: it is quite another to suggest that Paul crafted the entire idea. I admit to being caught flatfooted by such a suggestion, which seems easy to refute.
In I Enoch and some Qumran texts, the teaching about the Isaianic Suffering Servant combined with Merkabah mysticism. 1 Enoch joined mainstream Judaism in announcing the afflictions of the righteous to be seen as mimetic atonement, especially at the culmination of messianic woes. In this context, the Son of Man as Messiah employs a representative role of suffering on behalf of the elect. That is, the heavenly Son of Man appropriate to himself the afflictions of the elect so that the elect on earth may enjoy in heaven the glory of Enochian Son of Man (2008:335).
In making her case, Dr. Levine offers an interpretation which seems rational when taken by itself, but which either fails to persuade when seen in the light of clear contrary evidence which she neither presents nor refutes.
It is in her version of Paul's advocacy of Gentile inclusion in the people of God that Dr. Levine opens areas of interest and insight, but also of controversy.
In Paul's day there were three options for Gentiles attracted to and seeking some kind of affiliation with the Jewish world: Gentiles could convert, which in the case of males involved b'rith millah [circumcision]; they could be God-fearers who reverenced the God of Israel and the Jewish way of life, but steered clear of being full converts, and they could simply maintain their status as righteous Gentiles who honored what are known as the Seven Laws of Noah: The prohibition of idolatry, murder; theft, sexual immorality, blasphemy, eating flesh taken from an animal while it is still alive and finally, the requirement of maintaining courts to provide legal recourse.
Paul's message offered Gentiles membership in the people of God simply through faith in Jesus Christ. Levine reminds us that thismessage was not entirely unprecedented, because Zechariah spoke of the same phenomenon promising that at the end of days, ten Gentiles will grasp the hem of the garment of one Jews and say, "Let us go with you for we have heard that God is with you" [8:13]. However, most miss how volatile, even seditious, was this idea of Gentiles forsaking idols to become co-heirs with Jews, in the first century Roman world.
Christians' claims that Jesus' was the "savior," the "son of God," put Paul and his followers at odds with the entire Roman system, where these titles rightly belonged to Caesar alone. This was treason.
Bidding Gentiles to forsake worshipping the God' of Rome, to forsake family deities and idolatrous feasts, to stop meeting meat sacrificed to idols, forsaking table fellowship with friends, family, and patrons, involved a shattering of the entire fabric of communal, familial, and civil life. Levine brings this to a head.
From the Gentile perspective, the claim that followers of Jesus must cease being followers of the gods was horrifically unpatriotic, for the gods of the city were it's protectors. Forsake the gods, and the gods will forsake you. No wonder Jews and local synagogues were upset, for the message about a Jewish Messiah, proclaimed by Jews, would impact them. Having Gentiles forsake their gods and their pagan practices in the messianic age is desirable; having them do it before the end has come is suicidal.
Levine gets it right that the original intent of the new Jesus movement was that Jews would continue living as Jews, and Gentiles would become part of the movement without becoming Jews or living by halachic standards. For example, Jews would be circumcised, Gentiles no, which was why Paul circumcised Timothy, but makes a point of saying that Titus was not compelled to be circumcised, because one did not have to be circumcised to become a bona fide part of this end-time movement. But as Levine notes, such a movement embodies tensions sure to create dissonance, trouble, and rifts.
Once the communities mixed, the defalt was no longer clear. Gentile Christians, at least in Paul's system, did not need circumcision, Jewish dietary regulations, specific Sabbath observance, and so forth. Jewish Christians, however, sought to follow the Way as ews, complete with the practices that had awlays distinqusihed their community from those of the gentile neighbors. The center could not hold.
Surely Levine misstates the case when she holds that this tension was eventually resolved around universal acceptance of "Paul's law free gospel." She knows that Paul held the Law to be "holy, just and good," and that he was Torah obedient to his dying day. Did Paul believe in a Law free gospel? Yes he did! But only for Gentiles. This truth, amply demonstrable from the Book of Acts and Letters of Paul, is neglected in Levine's tratement.
But let us give her credit for exposing well what was a problem not only in the First Century but also in our own: the fundamental instability of a movement composed of Jews and Gentiles, where the halachic expectations for both are necessarily different. There are covenantal obligations required of Jews which are not required of Gentiles, including provileges of access which belong to Jews in particular, such as functions connected with the Torah in the sbabbat morning services. Understanding, respecting, and maintaining these boundaries has become a battle line in the Messianic Jewish movement. One cannot generally speak of distinctions without being thought anti-Gentile. For some, the solution is to either ignore or redraw Jewish boundaries. For others it is to form congregations where such boundaries are preserved and where Gentiles who participate accept and respect such boundaries. For some, the solution lies in reserving certain obligations and privileges for Jewish people, while making a way whereby Gentiles who believe themselves especially called to do so may responsibly take up the yoke of Jewish covenantal responsibility: this involves conversion.
All of these options are hotly debated, and unworthy motives are widely attributed by almost everyone involved to almost everyone else. It was not a pretty picture 2,000 years ago. It is not pretty now.
One thing seems sure: legislating an approach to which all will be obliged to adhere is not going to work. It remains to be seen how the Spirit of God and the people of God will deal with these challenges.
This is fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing. I really hope to be a part of the familiarization and courting process between Gentiles and Jews.


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Difference Between Forward Contracts & Futures Contracts
Praveen Unnikrishnan — June 29, 2011 add comment
A derivative instrument is a contract whose value depends upon the price of underlying commodity, security or index. There are several kinds of derivative instruments like forward contracts, futures contracts, options, and swap agreements. All these helps in shifting the price risk associated with the holding and trading these kinds of assets.
Futures and forward are financial contracts between parties to buy and sell a commodity at some point in the future for a predetermined price. These contracts are used to trade securities, currencies and commodities, where the contracts are set to be settled at a future date. Although a Futures Contract is similar to a Forward Contract in that both are agreements to trade on a set future date, there are some significant differences.
A futures contract is a standardized contract traded on an official exchange (futures market), to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a specified price.
In other words, It is a contract between a buyer and seller which gives the buyer the obligation to accept delivery and the seller is obligated to provide delivery of a fixed amount of a commodity at a fixed price and at a specified location, which is specifically stated within the agreement. Both parties of a "futures contract" must have to fulfill the contract on the settlement date. Futures contracts are traded exclusively on regulated commodities exchanges and are settled daily based on their current value in the marketplace. Their terms remains the same; the only thing that changes is the price, which is determined usually through an auction system, called open-outcry trading, conducted on the floor of the exchange.
Forward Contract
A non-standardized transaction to buy or sell a specific financial instrument or asset at some period in the future at a specified price.
Forward contract is traded over the counter and all details of the contract are negotiated between the counterparties, or partners to the agreement. The price specified in the forward contract for foreign currency, government securities, or other commodities may be higher or lower than the actual market price at the time of delivery. But the participants have locked in a price early so they know what they will receive or pay for the product, eliminating market risk. Forward contracts are subject to the credit risk factors of the counterparty, or the person with whom the transaction is done, which is eliminated in the futures market because the clearinghouse guarantees payment.
Point Of Difference Between Futures Contract and Forward Contract
Futures are always traded on an exchange, whereas forwards always trade over-the-counter (OTC), or can simply be a signed contract between two parties
Futures contracts are exchange-traded and, therefore, are highly standardized contracts whereas Forward contracts are private agreements and are not as rigid in their stated terms and conditions.
Futures contracts have clearing houses that guarantee the transactions, which drastically lowers the probability of default whereas in Forward contracts there are chances of defaults as there is regulated committee in-between.
Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily, which means that gains/losses settled daily until the end of the contract whereas in Forward contracts, settlement of the contract occurs at the end of the contract.
Settlement for futures contracts can occur over a range of dates whereas Forward contracts only possess one settlement date.
Futures contract are mostly used by speculators and usually closed out prior to maturity and physical commodity transfer usually never happens whereas Forward contracts are mostly used by hedgers that want to eliminate the volatility of an asset's price, and delivery of the asset or cash settlement will usually take place.
if at anytime a participant in a futures contract wishes to transfer his obligation to another party, he can do so by selling it to another willing party in the futures market whereas there is essentially no secondary market for forward contracts.
In Futures contract both parties must deposit an initial deposit (margin) required whereas Forward contracts are customized to customers needs and usually no initial payment required.
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Q: how to generate possible combination of 1's and 0's in matrix? using java I have to generate reordered matrix representing all permutation of 1' & 0's in a matrix, how can i do it? any idea?

A: Ignoring the reordered constraint for a moment:
For a given number n for columns, count i from 0 to (2^(n)-1). For each i, add a row to your matrix where each cell is one digit of the binary representation of i. Then you'll have all possible combinations for a given number of binaries.
Result for n=3:
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 1 0
0 1 1
1 0 0
1 0 1
1 1 0
1 1 1


I know that this is a little late coming well into January, but better late than never right?!
Artificial sweeteners will always be a controversial topic. There has been a decline in diet sodas in favour of whole, natural, organic choices. Aspartame has a bad rap: "carcinogenic", "nuero-toxin" among many other allegations. According to the market research group Euromonitor, sales of diet soda drinks have dropped by nearly 20% since reaching a peak of $8.5 billion in 2009, and are expected to continue to slide. The bottom line is that aspartame is one of the most studied ingredients on the planet. With over 200 studies, there will most certainly be some contradiction and mixed opinions.
Aspartame is present in over 6000 products worldwide. Although this infographic was developed by coca-cola, it is worth a look to see the other side of the argument. Even if aspartame and other widely used artificial sweeteners such as sucralose or "Splenda" are considered safe, they are not inert substances and may have some negative impacts including potential hormonal and/or GI issues.
Regardless of the evidence (or lack there-of), artificial sweeteners are not the answer as they can keep people hooked on the "sweet-taste" in foods. Regardless whether this sweet craving is psychological or physical, it can be tough to kick the sugar-habit (or fake-sugar habit) altogether!
This WHO compilated a number of different studies and came to the conclusion that processed meats can cause cancer. This is a wake up call for frequent users. The risk is relative even though processed meats are a "class-1-carcinogen" placed alongside smoking as asbestos. These info-graphics illustrate the message much better than I can say it!
Forbes and CNN came out with bold headlines illustrating that "FAT IS BACK". The US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee suggested lifting the ban on total fat consumption. Both the US and Canada currently recommend consuming less than 35% of calories coming from fat. This change in thinking was based on an article out of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), rationalizing that fats, especially healthy plant-based fats are no longer the dietary devil. This may seem like a contradiction based on the above information….BUT….
There seems to be little doubt that diets higher in healthful fats coming from nuts, avocado, fish and vegetable oils and are superior to those that contain refined carbohydrates and highly processed foods.
Fats provide flavour and help us feel full and satiated. This is actually beneficial for those people that want to manage their weight and overall energy (basically everyone!). The trick is to get the quantity right and not smother everything in butter and whipping cream!!
Use the label and look for ingredient quality instead of just the number of fat grams.
When buying any "low fat" or "fat free" product, check to see what the carb and sugar content is like.
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Q: Proving a simple lemma... If a,b > o and a>b then 1/a < 1/b. What is the simple proof for this lemma? I think it involves something alone the lines of multiplying both sides of a>b by 1/a and 1/b...
Thank you for any responses.

A: $$\frac1a-\frac1b=\frac{b-a}{ab}<0$$ as $a,b>0$ and $a>b\iff b<a$


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Q: libgluezilla for Ubuntu 15.04 libgluezilla doesn't seem to be available anymore. This breaks a few Mono apps on Ubuntu.
Where can I get it? libmono-webbrowser4.0-cil is installed, but it doesn't install libgluezilla.

A: The latest version was for Lucid, but you can install the package also in Vivid with some aditionally packages.

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*Download the Lucid version of libgluezilla_2.4.3-2

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*32-bit
cd; wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gluezilla/libgluezilla_2.4.3-2_i386.deb

OR

*64-bit
cd; wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gluezilla/libgluezilla_2.4.3-2_amd64.deb

*Download xulrunner-1.9.2

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*32-bit
cd; wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xulrunner-1.9.2/xulrunner-1.9.2_1.9.2.28+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb

OR

*64-bit
cd; wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xulrunner-1.9.2/xulrunner-1.9.2_1.9.2.28+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb

*Download libhunspell-1.2-0

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*32-bit
cd; wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/h/hunspell/libhunspell-1.2-0_1.2.8-6ubuntu1_i386.deb

OR

*64-bit
cd; wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/h/hunspell/libhunspell-1.2-0_1.2.8-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb

*Install dependencies available in the repositories (perhaps more depends on your current installation)
sudo apt-get install libnspr4-0d libidl0 libnss3-1d

*Install

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*32-bit
sudo dpkg -i libgluezilla_2.4.3-2_i386.deb xulrunner-1.9.2_1.9.2.28+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb libhunspell-1.2-0_1.2.8-6ubuntu1_i386.deb

OR

*64-bit
sudo dpkg -i libgluezilla_2.4.3-2_amd64.deb xulrunner-1.9.2_1.9.2.28+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb libhunspell-1.2-0_1.2.8-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb

Tested in my Vivid system
% lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:    15.04
Codename:   vivid

% apt-cache policy libgluezilla
libgluezilla:
  Installed: 2.4.3-2
  Candidate: 2.4.3-2
  Version table:
 *** 2.4.3-2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

A: The solution provided by A.B. works fine for 16.04.2 but note that when installing the libidl0 using apt-get, it will require libidl-2-0. A solution to install libidl0 on Ubuntu 16.04 is here: Unable to install Kompozer in Ubuntu 16.04
After libidl0 is installed. Follow A.B.'s steps and it works!!
For 14.04, it seems it does not work as the xulrunner cannot be installed. Still figuring out how it can be done correctly.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release:    16.04
Codename:   xenial

$ apt-cache policy libgluezillalibgluezilla:
  Installed: 2.4.3-2
  Candidate: 2.4.3-2
  Version table:
 *** 2.4.3-2 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


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Q: Flutter - "requires SDK version >=2.18.0-271.2.beta <3.0.0, version solving failed." Error I am getting an error like this:
The current Dart SDK version is 2.17.5.

Because exampleapp requires SDK version >=2.18.0-271.2.beta <3.0.0, version solving failed.
pub get failed (1; Because keycehennemi requires SDK version >=2.18.0-271.2.beta <3.0.0, version solving failed.)

pubspec.yaml:
environment:
  sdk: '>=2.18.0-271.2.beta <3.0.0'

Exactly nek of the sdk? I do not understand. Thanks in advance for your help.

A: Run flutter --version to check your installed flutter and dart version
My case I am using stable version
Flutter 3.0.5 • channel stable • https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
Framework • revision f1875d570e (5 weeks ago) • 2022-07-13 11:24:16 -0700
Engine • revision e85ea0e79c
Tools • Dart 2.17.6 • DevTools 2.12.2

You can use
environment:
  sdk: ">=2.17.6 <3.0.0"

You can track the version from /sdk/releases


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After spending a winter trapped by ice in present-day Hudson Bay, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and sets him, his teenage son, and seven supporters adrift in a small, open boat. Hudson and the eight others were never seen again.
Two years earlier, in 1609, Hudson sailed to the Americas to find a northwest passage to Asia after repeatedly failing in his efforts to find a northeast ocean passage. Exploring the North American coast, he entered the present-day Chesapeake, Delaware, and New York bays, and then became the first European to ascend what is now called the Hudson River. His voyage, which was financed by the Dutch, was the basis of Holland's later claims to the region.
His fourth expedition, financed by adventurers from England, set out from London on April 17, 1610. Sailing back across the Atlantic, Hudson resumed his efforts to find the northwest passage. Between Greenland and Labrador he entered the present-day Hudson Strait and by it reached Hudson Bay. After three months of exploration, the Discovery was caught too far from open sea when winter set in, and in November Hudson's men were forced to haul it ashore and set up a winter camp. Lacking food or supplies, the expedition greatly suffered in the extreme cold. Many of the crew held Hudson responsible for their misfortune, and on June 22, 1611, with the coming of summer, they mutinied against him. The Discovery later returned to England, and its crew was arrested for the mutiny. Although Henry Hudson was never seen again, his discoveries gave England its claim to the rich Hudson Bay region.
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A soul/funk/jazz/blues/etc band that has been going in one form or another since the year 1968. An ensemble group, Tower of Power incorporates the basic rhythm section, along with lead vocals, guitars, saxes, and even a complete horn section (trumpets and trombones).
Some of the players that have remained constant over the years are bassist Francis Rocco Prestia, sax player Emilio Castillo, drummer David Garibaldi, lead vocalist Larry Braggs, and Jeff Tamelier on guitar.
Tower of Power has come up with some great original songs over the years, including What is Hip?, and Attitude Dance, two jazzy funk standby (often played) songs.
Tower of Power hails from the city of San Francisco, and aside from there long list of albums (live and otherwise), TOP tours up and down the West Coast constantly.
The Tower of Power is a term used to describe three arc-shaped tabs- Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces, that are sewn onto the left shoulder of a United States soldier's BDU blouse after he has completed a series of schools. The tabs are primarily for members of the Army, but airmen and sailors may also wear the Ranger and Special Forces tabs on their uniforms. Marines may only wear the tabs sewn on the underside flap of their left breast pocket.
To achieve the lowest level in the set, the Airborne tab, a soldier need not necessarily go through the United States Army Airborne School, but only be stationed with an Airborne unit. In fact many of the soldiers who wear the Airborne tab do not have jump wings since the school's drop-out rate is very high and only has so many training spaces available per cycle. The course is three weeks long during which the soldier learns how to exit an aircraft, gain and maintain canopy control and how to land.
The second level in the tower, the Ranger tab, requires the soldier to have actually gone through Airborne training, the Ranger Indoctrination Program, and Ranger School. 68 days long, Ranger training is broken up into three phases. Benning, Mountain, and Florida.
The first phase consists of physical fitness testing, land navigation and obstacle courses, nightime parachute deployment and also hand to hand combat drills. Ranger Trainees conduct patrols night and day with little food and less sleep to test endurance and stress management.
The second phase is a variation of the first, this time conducted in steep terrain and brutal weather. The Trainees learn principles of mountaineering and knot tying.
The third and final phase is ten days long and conducted in deep swampy marshes and is designed to test the Trainee's ability to maintain his equipment and military bearing in an extremely hostile environment. Trainees lose on average 16.3 pounds of body weight, and many have had their fingernails turn black and fall off, as well as had sporadic hair loss for the first few weeks after completion of the course due to malnutrition and stress. On average, 45% of students do not pass Ranger School.
The final tab, Special Forces, requires the most time and training of the three. Open to enlisted personnel E-1 to E-7, and comissioned officers O-1 to O-3, all aplicants must have completed Airborne training and be eligible for a Secret security clearance.
Special Forces training can be broken down into four phases. Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS), Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC), Special Forces Military Occupational Speciality Qualification (SFMOSQ), and finally, Robin Sage.
SFAS is 21 days long and is designed to assess the Candidate's land navigation skills as well as endurance of stress under severe sleep deprevation. Physical fitness tests and psycological evaluations, obstacle courses and ruck marches spanning distances of up to 120 kilometers, a swim test and team events such as carrying ammunition cans full of sand long distances and pushing disabled vehicles up and over sand dunes also take place. For SFAS alone there is a 70% voluntary withdrawal and of the remaining group usually 25% are not selected to continue.
SFQC is around 49 days long and reevaluates a Candidate's land navigation skills as well as leadership abilities during patrol scenarios. Before advancing to SFQC candidates must attain a Secret security clearance.
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18B - Weapons Sergeant - The 18B course lasts 26 weeks and consists of small unit tactics, anti-armor weapons, U.S. and foreign light weapons, indirect (mortar) fire operations, man portable air defense weapons, and weapons emplacement.
18C - Engineer Sergeant - 26 weeks long, the 18C course provides demolition, construction, and fortification training as well as familiarization with foreign, civilian, home-made and military explosives.
18D - Medical Sergeant - The longest of the Special Forces MOS courses, the 18D course last 59 weeks and is conducted at The Academy of Health Sciences at Ft. Bragg, NC. Severe trauma management and triage, surgical and dental procedures, sanitation and food preparation, and basic obstetrics and vetrinary skills are all covered in this course.
18E - Communications Sergeant - 18E training covers high frequency and burst communications equipment, antenna theory, radio wave propagation, and SF communication operations procedures and techniques.
Robin Sage, the final phase, usually lasting 14 days, assesses a team consisting solely of candidates on its ability to function in a guerilla warfare environment pitting it against enemies made up of usually retired Special Forces soldiers and difficult scenarios such as dealing with indigenous resistence forces reluctant to accept the team as a valuble asset. It is boasted that 97% of candidates fail to complete Special Forces training.
The Tower of Power is a symbol of a soldier's experience and skill, showing that he has not only survived training in which the attrition rates are exceedingly high, but has said: "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" and gone back for seconds.
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The city cut off power to Occupy Baltimore's portion of McKeldin Square at 5PM on Wednesday. Protesters gathered at the site on October 4 and many have been camping out continuously since. The city claimed that the extension cords running from the square's electrical outlets created a public safety hazard.
But in the world of political agitation, every ignored ultimatum from the establishment is one more exclamation point tacked on the end of your political statement. After camping through four weeks of almost no pushback from the city, who could really expect Baltimore's "Occupy" protesters to pull out now, just when they are getting the chance to really agitate?