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I've never had a full feed myself before...so does anyone have any tips for me when I dig into it? Is there a method of unboxing the whole thing that works better than others, or is just complete crazy booster pack mayhem the best approach? Should I do any prep before hand...ya know...crunches and squats to keep me limber..or something else to prep myself for the experience? Anyone else have a fun or interesting Gravity Feed related story to share?
I went three weeks thinking I had every common, all but one uncommon, and over half the rares. Turns out my girlfriend forgot to mark down the one uncommon we got.
I try to go in without having too many hopes, otherwise I might get greedy/disappointed. Last time I really wanted "Nasty Boy", and he was one of the final ones we opened. I do expect to get all common, most uncommon and some rares in the DC set, and I am trying REALLY hard not to get too psyched about Constantine, but we'll see.
I am going to also buy some cardstock so I can proxy some of the cards I don't get. I spend a LOT of money on the game, and I'd still be able to use certain ones in a home game even if they won't be "national legal". Depending on eBay cost though, I may still try and pick some up.
...Did that answer your question? Haha.
I sort them out by character on the table. That's it. No real science to it for me. I'm sure some have their preferred methods. Perhaps traditions? A shirt they wear because they pulled a Red Dragon or Tsarina?
Oh, yeah. Gotta go by character.
DRAFT YOUR FEED, don't open it.
Get 5 friends, and do a rainbow draft. Make it clear that they are your cards, and you're having a gravity feed unboxing event, but that you want to have fun with ALL of your cards. You'll be surprised what it teaches you about the set and what a difference people not having to draft for rarity does to the draft scene.
or, you could kid in a candy shop it, but honestly, most bang for your buck is to draft the first 72 cards and use the other 18 cards to treat yourself if you can't get the draft going immediately.
Psht, let them spend some money. Kid in a candy store ALL DAY.
Yeah, that's why Lauren and I at least do sealed when we get a feed.
I sort the cards in stacks by card number by 10s. So all the 40s go in one pile, the 50s in another, etc. Then When I'm done I put them in numerical order. Then I sleeve them and put them in the binder. The dice I just sort by colors later on. I have set up boxes, so I keep 5 of each dice, and try and organize them by color (ROYGBIV).
I just opened an AVX feed the other day (my second). I didn't pull a rare until pack number 40. Ended up with 10 rares in those last 20 packs. I got excited a couple times. I Open the packs, and dump the dice out. I saw 2 Green Goblin dice fall out. Sadly, no Gobby. I had a couple other double packs. I had a Deadpool which gave me his rare and uncommon, and a Professor X rare and uncommon.
I usually sort my cards by character, then I put proxies in a different colored sleeve so at a glance I know what's missing. I separate dice by character as I'm going, bag up whatever the highest max number is on a die, then throw the rest in the community dice bucket for when I'm giving stuff away.
Thanks folks for all the input. Much appreciated!
Shadow...I love the draft idea. I would probably consider that if I had a few other trustworthy people who knew about DM in my area. Unfortunately there isn't really any community I've been able to plug into yet around here. I'm working on it though...playing in my first Rainbow next weekend. I may save 24 boosters from my feed in order to do a 2 person draft with my usual opponent...that would be fun.
Firefly, I'll probably do something like what you do. I have my current sets arranged in binders in numerical order leaving spaces for any missing cards, so your method I think fits best with what I've been doing.
For the limited format you're describing, I recommend just opening 12 packs each and building teams out of them. Not drafting. It works, and like Dave said, he does that every feed.
I held to my guns and got 4 people together, taught one how to play, had the 4 of us draft, and just played games. It is one of the best ways to teach people how to deck build because your team is only slightly constructed, and you can help them build their team after the cards have been drafted. PLUS, it helps grow the scene you are talking about because you're drafting out where people can see the game.
I did a 2 person sealed with my son when we got a D&D Gravity feed. It was a lot of fun!
I should also be getting my DC Justice League gravity feed in a week or so. I'd be interested in doing some online sealed games if anyone is interested.
I will also be getting my first gravity feed when DC releases. I plan on clearing off the coffee table and laying them out by character alphabetically. I'm pretty excited. My empty bead holder and trading card pages are just waiting to be filled.
This is my first Gravity Feed where I know what I'm looking for, so I am also excited. Should be a BLAST.
"I'll give you $20 if you just let me play a few games with SR Constantine......."
I was thikning of rolling around in the opened packs, but yeah, that works too. LOL.
I like you. You're good people.
After reading a few posts and such, I'm contemplating looking at a second Gravity Feed. I'd really only be able to do this for one of the sets this year, and I'm not sure if it will be JL or AOU. I guess it all depends on my pulls. If I get Constantine, I'm good. If I get 2 or the 4 SRs... I'm probably good.
Just found out my store won't get their orders until AFTER the set gets released. Aka, the company is shipping it out the day it gets released, and it won't arrive until next week. Not what I understood when I ordered the sets.
Hmmm...Interesting. I was in a few different stores at the end of last week and both told me they were expecting to recieve them on Tuesday or Wednesday this week. I ordered mine online from a store that is kinda local to me...so I assume I would get my feed at the end of this week earliest, assuming the store I ordered it from sends it out to me immidiately. I'm trying to condition myself to expect next week so that I don't get my hopes to high for this week...but it is up in the air at this point.


I made a vow to myself that I would experience U2's first Nashville show in three decades through the highest-res image processors I possess...my own two eyes. OK, yes, I did have my crappily trusty Nikon point-and-shoot, but other than that, I was bound and determined not to tweet the show away, to live in the moment that was in front of me.
I maintained radio silence. I reveled in the event taking place. I sweated my posterior off. And I was reminded of the simple power of rock 'n' roll, and the humanity of people who do it really, really well.
Best part of the #U2VU run-up for me? Reconnecting with "Achtung Baby," a record that bridged two eras, and I'd never really been a fan.
Again, hoping the support acts on this tour realize the respect they're given by the band, because Florence + The Machine sounded amazing.
Gotta think the sweaty denizens of The Circle were thinking this thought as Florence sang "Dog Days Are Over": "Um...no. No, they're not."
The main thing F+TM's set did was make me want to see them @TheRyman. That voice in that room? Would be nothing short of spectacular.
The other thing Florence's set did for was a little more visceral. I mean, come on...a statuesque redhead in a diaphanous emerald dress?
On to the headliners. "Space Oddity"? Check. Walk-up shot of the band? Check. Launching with "Even Better Than The Real Thing"? OH HELL YEAH.
After the Anaheim audience and twittersphere both exploded two weeks ago, they had to have thought, "Yeah, let's keep this opening sequence."
"EBTTRT" -> "The Fly" -> "Mysterious Ways" -> "Until The End Of The World -> "I Will Follow." That's a potent first act, people.
And to have "Mysterious Ways" and "UTEOTW" back-to-back? They coulda said "thank you and good night" right then and I'da gone home happy.
When Bono yelled "Music City!" it generated the biggest hometown pop I've ever heard. And a big stupid grin from me. I love my town.
That's not to say there weren't moments when "music industry Nashville" showed up. But I'm going to attribute most of that to the heat.
It was, by far, the cleanest sounding stadium show I've ever heard. They've got that sucker dialed in, which you'd expect after 100 shows.
...yet it never seems egregious. Every cue, song treatment, concept piece vs. straight video of the band...every decision is the right one.
Thrilled to hear seven people I know and respect get name-checked from the stage, even if one got his quasi-iconic middle initial mangled.
You knew they were going to tip their caps to Johnny Cash. I mean, you just *knew* it. And by god, they broke out "The Wanderer."
For. The. First. Time. EVER.
Best part was watching Bono huddle with Edge to cue it up, and then struggle over doing it a la Cash vs. finding it in his own voice.
The perils of a three-decade career and a much-beloved catalog of songs? Something you adore is gonna get left out of the setlist.
For me, it's usually "Desire" and "Angel of Harlem." I am an unabashed sucker for the stuff off "Rattle And Hum."
For others, it might have been reaching the tour-long closer "Moment of Surrender" without hearing "All I Want Is You." Little did they know.
In the moment, sans any other information, I thought, "Wow, he's drunk. Why did he get pulled up?" Then he played, and the script flipped.
The thought then became, "Only in Nashville can you pull a random guy up out of the pit and have him competently and confidently play that."
Then you get the real story, which we heard from a reliable source on the way out of the stadium. Getting teary just thinking about it.
For all the flak these guys take about what they do (Bono especially), we've consistently seen these kinds of humanizing acts for decades.
From pulling that girl out of the crush at Live Aid in 1985 to Saturday night, you can draw a thread of them doing stuff like this all along.
This band made this guy's LIFE last night. And the rest of us get a little more human by extension. Not a bad gig if you can get it.
Pleased to see so many people I like, love, admire and am challenged by have such a transformative experience with this show. Hope it lingers.
UPDATED: The Gigapixel Fan Cam shot from Vandy is up. And the shot of me couldn't be any more meta if it tried. I swear on all that is holy...I didn't know they were shooting the picture at that very moment.
Nice review, felt like I was there! There's one song I've never heard them perform live that I've wanted to hear: Two Hearts Beat As One. Never heard them do that one. Did they do it? Cool video.


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The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history rocked the country on October 1, 2017. Now an Arizona man is claiming that he sold ammunition to Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock.
Concertgoers were having the time of their life on the last night of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival when Stephen Paddock sprayed bullets at them with an automatic gun from his hotel room.
Many were injured and 58 people were killed. Paddock committed suicide moments after the shooting.
Although it has been months since the shooting, an investigation is still looking into persons of interest, says the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Now one of those persons of interest, 55-year-old Douglas Haig of Mesa, Arizona, has stepped forward to say that he sold ammunition to Paddock.
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Haig said he had met Paddock at gun shows and supplied him with tracer ammunition. These are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that burn brightly when they are shot and help the shooter aim accurately.
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Danley was Paddock's girlfriend. Neither she nor Haig is charged with a crime.


Children will approach maths with confidence and a belief that they can be a mathematician with effort and resilience. They will know that making errors and finding things difficult are what they learn from. They will know how their learning impacts on their everyday life. The will work with mathematical fluency and will be able to reason and solve problems.
Staff will share their genuine love of maths, modelling that anyone can be a mathematician with effort and resilience. They will make sure learning is meaningful and ensure that children can see the purpose to it. They will plan for effective learning that teaches for mastery; developing children's mathematical fluency and their ability to reason and solve problems. They will have a deep understanding of their year group's end of year expectations and will be confident in assessing progress towards these using the school's tracking system effectively. They will actively engage in continual professional development opportunities and utilise the many resources made available to them, including the National Centre for the Excellence in Teaching of Maths website.
Parents know that anyone can be a mathematician with effort and resilience. They will know that their attitude towards Maths influences that of their children and therefore will talk positively about Maths to them. They will understand how well their children are achieving in relation to the expectations for their year group and the progress they are making. They will be clear what they need to do in order to support their child in achieving these expectations. They will take advantage of the opportunities offered to develop their knowledge and understanding of what their children are learning and how.
At Orgill Primary School we use a mastery approach to teaching the National Curriculum. We have adopted a programme called Maths- No Problem!
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In our Early Years Unit children will be provided with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and in describing shapes, spaces, and measures.
Maths is taught through the use of continuous provision and focussed interactions based on children's interests and informed by observations. A large team of highly skilled practitioners work in our busy Early Years Unit.
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in Key Stage 1 is to ensure that children develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. This will involve working with numerals, words and the 4 operations, including with practical resources [for example, concrete objects and measuring tools].
At this stage, children will develop their ability to recognise, describe, draw, compare and sort different shapes and use the related vocabulary. Teaching will also involve using a range of measures to describe and compare different quantities such as length, mass, capacity/volume, time and money.
By the end of year 2, children should know the number bonds to 20 and be precise in using and understanding place value. We place an emphasis on practice at this early stage as it aids fluency.
Children will be taught to read and spell mathematical vocabulary, at a level consistent with their increasing word reading and spelling knowledge.
Children are taught Maths daily in year groups by three teachers with the support of two Senior Teaching Assistants and an NVQ Apprentice Teaching Assistant.
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in lower key stage 2 is to ensure that children become increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the 4 operations, including number facts and the concept of place value. This should ensure that children develop efficient written and mental methods and perform calculations accurately with increasingly large whole numbers.
At this stage, children will develop their ability to solve a range of problems, including with simple fractions and decimal place value. Teaching will also ensure that children draw with increasing accuracy and develop mathematical reasoning so they can analyse shapes and their properties, and confidently describe the relationships between them. It will ensure that they can use measuring instruments with accuracy and make connections between measure and number.
Children will be taught to read and spell mathematical vocabulary correctly and confidently, using their growing word-reading knowledge and their knowledge of spelling.
Children are taught Maths daily in year groups by two teachers with the support of a Higher Level Teaching Assistant and a Senior Teaching Assistant.
At this stage, children will develop their ability to solve a wider range of problems, including increasingly complex properties of numbers and arithmetic, and problems demanding efficient written and mental methods of calculation. With this foundation in arithmetic, children are introduced to the language of algebra as a means for solving a variety of problems. Teaching in geometry and measures will consolidate and extend knowledge developed in number. Teaching will also ensure that children classify shapes with increasingly complex geometric properties and that they learn the vocabulary they need to describe them.
By the end of year 6, children should be fluent in written methods for all 4 operations, including long multiplication and division, and in working with fractions, decimals and percentages.
Children will be taught to read, spell and pronounce mathematical vocabulary correctly.
Children are taught Maths daily in year groups by two teachers with the support of two Senior Teaching Assistants.
Teachers use their knowledge and expertise to assess children against age related expectations on an ongoing basis in order to inform their planning.
School leaders use a moment in time snapshot of this information half termly to monitor the progress children are making towards age related expectation and expected progress.
Formal tests are sometimes used throughout the year to assist teachers in making judgements but primarily to ensure our children are familiar with the formal format of Statutory Assessments and Tasks (SATs) at the end of Year 2 and 6. Children in Year 3, 4 and 5 will be given more formal tests at the end of the academic year. At the present time we Rising Star PUMA assessments.
In 2017, 72% of KS1 pupils were assessed to have met the expected standard compared to 75% nationally. 36% of pupils achieved a greater depth of learning compare to only 21% nationally.
By the end of KS2, 88% of children met the extended standard compared to a national average of 75%. 21% of pupils reached the higher standard compared to a national average of 23%.
We are committed to further improving our standards in maths so that they more closely match our outstanding results in English. School data shows that good progress is being made towards this target and we expect to improve on our 2017 results this summer.


"We rode like the wind, to infinity and beyond."
So, obviously you know that we're being blessed with Toy Story 4 this summer.
The movie, which comes out on June 21, follows "a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends [that] will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy."
Well, in a new Instagram post, Tom Hanks — who voices Woody — said goodbye to our favorite rootinest tootinest cowboy and I'm...extremely emotional.
He wrote, "Final line, final session as Woody of Toy Story 4. We rode like the wind, to infinity and beyond. Hanx."
But, just how final are we talking?? Like, is he done with Woody for this movie or...forever??
And here I thought nothing would make me cry as hard as the ending to Toy Story 3. Jokes on me, I guess!


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While often criticized, Electronic Arts remains at the top of the food chain among game publishers and developers for PC and console games. For this reason it is interesting to note what the company forecasts sales will be like in 2008 for the different game consoles. While the dominance of the Nintendo Wii among newer generation consoles has rarely been disputed, Microsoft has generally played the number two contender position lagging considerably behind Nintendo, leaving the PS3 following closely but usually in third position nevertheless.
Now, if EA figures for this year are to be believed, Nintendo will remain unchallenged with Wii sales in the range of 12-14 million worldwide. Then the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 will be close tie in North America, however in Europe, Sony's console is expected to get a considerable edge that will put them in the range of 9.5-11.5 million console sales worldwide versus only 6-8 million expected for the Xbox 360. Also interesting to watch are the PS2 declining sales that are still expected to be in the range of 4-5 million consoles, pretty impressive.
While these are only estimates, EA does play an important role in the gaming market. It remains to be seen how close these figures are to reality by the end of the year, and also how much of a factor the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war plays in the mind of new buyers.


This MCG allows you to create gear rotation based on a Master object that has Euler RotationController. Note: this is found in the Motion Panel.
Ver 1.01: changed Axis spinners to radio buttons X, Y, Z. Pls note: if you prefer to use this version, your current gears will have their Axis off by 1, ie. you'll have to reassign them to Z most likely.


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Zambian Chronicle's African President of the Year (2007) Award Goes To President Ben Ali of Tunisia …
Posted by microplus under Africa's President of Year (2007) Award, Constitution Debate, democracy, Dr. Festus Mogae, Emerging Middle Class, FDI, financial markets, financial success, Global Competitive Index, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, people-driven constitution, Person Of The Year, President Armando Guebuza, President John Agyekum Kufuor, President Mamaduo Tandia, President Nifikepunye Pohamba, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was born on September 3, 1936 in Hammam-Sousse, to a family of moderate means, which brought him up to respect tradition and imbued him with a sense of dignity, patriotism and respect for others.
From these values he developed a propensity for simplicity, hard work and rigor, as well as a sense of moderation and tolerance. While still in the Sousse secondary school, Ben Ali responded to the call of patriotic duty.
Outraged by colonial oppression, he became active in the nationalist movement, acting as liaison between the regional structures of the Neo-Destour Party and the armed struggle. As a result, he was imprisoned and excluded from all educational establishments in Tunisia.
Yet he did not give up his studies and soon resumed them with enough energy and determination to persevere into tertiary education after completing high school. Recognizing Ben Ali's outstanding qualities, the party sent him abroad to pursue his higher training as part of a group that was to form the nucleus of the future national army.
He first graduated from the Special Interservice School in Saint-Cyr (France), then from equally prestigious schools: the Artillery School in Châlons-sur-Marne (France), the Senior Intelligence School (Maryland, USA) and the School of Anti-Aircraft Field Artillery (Texas, USA).
He also holds a degree in electronic engineering."My interest in computer science," he was later to say, "has had a considerable impact on the way I work, giving me a definite taste for Iogic, rigorous analysis and long-term planning which shuns improvisation."
The second stage in Ben Ali's career was marked by a steady increase in responsibilities, due to his sense of duty, his readiness to Iisten to others and his capacity for rigorous analysis. Prior to making any decision, he would carefully consider available information, analyze situations and compare results.
Once the decision is made, he personally sees it through to a successful conclusion thanks to diligent action and close follow-up.Summarizing this process to an American newspaper, he said in a nutshell: "I listen, I ponder, I act."
In 1964, while still a young staff officer, he created the Military Security Department which he directed for 10 years. ln 1974, he was appointed military attaché to Morocco and Spain. He was then assigned to the office of the Defense Minister before becoming Director General of National Security (December 1977).
In April 1980, he was appointed Ambassador to Warsaw. At the end of his tour of duty in Poland, he returned to Tunisia in 1984, to serve, first, as Director General, then as Secretary of State (October 29, 1984), then as Minister of National Security (October 23, 1985). On April 28, 1986, he became Minister of the Interior, and in June of the same year a Member of the Political Bureau of the Socialist Destourian Party (PSD).
He was soon appointed Assistant Secretary General of the PSD. Promoted to the rank of Minister of State in charge of the Interior in May 1987, he was appointed as Prime Minister on October 2, 1987, at the age of 51, while keeping the Interior portfolio.
By the same token, he became Secretary General of the PSD.President Habib Bourguiba at the time was weakened by old age and illness, and was surrounded by seraglio intrigues. Ben Ali, however, remained above rivalries, and acted rather to ease the political climate, to promote openness to organizations such as the Tunisian League of Human Rights and to establish contacts with opposition parties.
This won him the sympathy and respect of the entire political class, which considered him a man of dialogue and openness.As Prime Minister, Ben Ali took charge of a country in crisis. He confronted the situation with determination, foiled intrigues and took endless calming measures.
He strove to restore confidence, advocated logical and realistic solutions, and invariably made the higher interests of Tunisia prevail. During that disturbing period, President Bourguiba was increasingly subject to frequent lapses and was eventually disconnected from the realities of the country.
On the strength of a medical report drawn up by seven specialists treating President Bourguiba, attesting to the latter's incapacity, and by virtue of Article 57 of the Constitution, Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumed the highest executive office on November 7, 1987.
The ensuing transition went smoothly and in full respect of constitutional legality, and the former president was treated with all due respect.From the moment of his investiture, President Ben Ali has made every effort to honor the commitments contained in his Declaration of November 7th: rule of law, sovereignty of the people, national reconciliation, respect for fundamental freedoms, democracy, pluralism, social justice, solidarity, hard work, openness and modernity.
This program received the support of the overwhelming majority of Tunisians as it met their expectations.First of all, Ben Ali restored the vitality and credibility of the old Socialist Destourian Party (PSD), which had fallen into lethargy.
Renaming it the Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD), he renovated its structures, modernized its action methods and reformulated its discourse. The RCD opened up to the young, renewed its cadres, and restored free debate and a sense of initiative for the rank-and-file. This reinforced its credibility and its grassroots outreach, and widely enlarged its constituency.
On the political plane, a climate of détente and national concord set in and numerous measures were taken to establish true democracy and lay the groundwork for the rule of law. The Constitution was amended to do away with lite presidency and automatic succession.
The Economic and Social Council was re-structured, its prerogatives extended and its representation broadened to promote national consensus on major development options. A Constitutional Council was created soon after the Change of November 7th to guarantee, in both letter and spirit, the constitutionality of the laws.
In 1998, a constitutional law provided that the opinions of the Constitutional Council be binding on all powers and all authorities.Freedom of expression was guaranteed, and the Press Code amended three times to modernize and liberalize public reporting conventions, and to provide journalists with adequate conditions to exercise their profession.
Specific measures were taken in favor of the opinion press. A new reform of the Press Code was announced in 1999.A new law on parties was adopted in 1988. It redefined the procedure governing the establishment of political groups, giving pluralism a new impetus and an irreversible character. The early presidential and general elections of April 2, 1989 were the first in the country's history to take place in absolute transparency and perfect conformity with the law.
As a candidate of all Tunisians, across party fines, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was elected that year President of the Republic. The consensus in support of President Ben Ali was confirmed by his re-election on March 20, 1994, and on October 24, 1999, with a very large majority.
The amended Electoral Code also promoted the multi-party system in the 1994 general elections, as it enabled, for the first time since Tunisia's independence, the entry of the opposition into the Chamber of Deputies.
The introduction in 1998 of new amendments into the Electoral Code allowed the opposition to win 20% of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies after the legislative elections held on October 24, 1999. The opposition won the same proportion of seats in the municipal elections held in the year 2000.
Other amendments lowered the minimum age of candidates for the office of Deputy and guaranteed the right to run for office for all electors born of a Tunisian mother while, previously, only the elector born of a Tunisian father could be a candidate.
The Constitution was also amended to allow for several candidates to run in the country's presidential elections. For the first time in Tunisia's history, the incumbent president was challenged by opposition candidates, during the elections held on October 24, 1999.
President Ben Ali made Tunisia a pioneer country in the protection of human rights, seeing to the implementation of a comprehensive policy combining economic, social and cultural rights with civil and political rights.Just two weeks after the Change, a bill laying down the rules for pre-trial custody and preventive detention was adopted.
The State Security Court and the office of State Prosecutor were abolished and so was hard labor.The 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Punishments or Treatments was ratified without reservation. The rights of the child are now protected by law, and the culture of human rights is promoted and widely disseminated.
A new law was enacted in 1999 with the aim of reducing the period of pre-trial custody, instituting public service work as a sentence instead of imprisonment (provided that the convicted person accepts it freely); and defining torture according to international standards.
The purpose of the law was to harmonize national legislation with the relevant United Nations Convention which Tunisia had ratified unreservedly. Moreover, a bill was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies to establish the rule of dual jurisdiction in criminal cases and to create the position of magistrate in charge of the implementation of sentences.
Authority over detention facilities and their administration were also transferred to the Ministry of Justice. Since November 7, 1987, President Ben Ali has expressed his unwavering commitment to the emancipation of women and his determination to further women's rights.
The National Pact, a culmination of the national reconciliation drive engineered by Ben Ali, was endorsed by all the country's political and social tendencies and currents, thus sanctioning national consensus. A general amnesty law was decreed.
President Ben Ali announced, on February 13, 2002, the introduction of a major constitutional reform bill aimed at consolidating the bases of the republican system of government, further anchoring democracy and promoting human rights and public freedoms. The proposed reform is considered the broadest and most far-reaching in the history of post-independence Tunisia.
The reform bill gives a high profile to human rights and freedoms within the body of the Constitution, consecrates pluralism in presidential elections, and introduces a greater role of Parliament in the oversight of government activity, while preserving the characteristics of the presidential system of government.
Among the other provisions of the reform bill is the creation of a second legislative body beside the Chamber of Deputies. The reform bill broadens the role of the Constitutional Council, consolidates its independence and entrusts it with the task of monitoring presidential and legislative elections at all stages.
Based on his deep belief in the will of people as an over-riding imperative, President Ben Ali decided to submit the bill, after its adoption by Parliament, to a popular referendum, so as to make sure that the intended reform truly reflects the people's choices and aspirations.
To put the country back to work, President Ben Ali succeeded in clearing the social climate by rehabilitating the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), instituting dialogue between management and labor, and making labor a cardinal value.
This was done out of the conviction that there cannot be any social justice or progress without the creation of wealth and without a concerted effort to ensure production and creativity.The economic reforms introduced against this background have enabled the country to achieve a sustained economic growth rate of about 5 percent and to lower the inflation rate to 2.7 percent.
A national program for modernization and upgrading of the industrial fabric has been developed in collaboration with the European Union, with which Tunisia signed an association and free-trade agreement in 1995.
The country's modern infrastructure, favorable legislation and climate of stability and growth have attracted an increasing number of foreign investors. The economic success of the Tunisian model is recognized all over the world and some observers have even called it "the Tunisian miracle.
"In June 2000, Tunisia was ranked as the most competitive country in Africa by the World Economic Forum 2000-2001 Report. in 2006, it reiterated the,feat by being ranci ed.as the most competitive country in Africa and in the Arab world by the same WEF. For period 2007-2008 Tunisia still took first place in Africa.
No doubt the humanistic approach to social realities will prove to be one of the dominant features of President Ben Ali's personality and record. A man of the people, he constantly listens to citizens, and espouses their concerns and expectations. What he has accomplished in this respect is based on a genuine sympathy with the underprivileged and a rejection of exclusion, together with investing in disadvantaged regions and creating equal opportunities for all.
As a result, the poverty rate has been lowered to 4.2 percent and the middle classes now account for 80 percent of the population. Thus it is deep appreciation, even affection, that Tunisians feel when they see their president making impromptu visits to deprived districts, steep mountain areas or social, educational and economic institutions.
Ben Ali strives to give concrete expression to the concept of national solidarity, which is the foundation of his social policy. His visits are invariably followed with immediate action, sometimes in the form of a cabinet meeting the same day, which he chairs in person, to make appropriate decisions.
It was after such a visit to one of the remote areas of the country in December 1992 that the president decided to create the National Solidarity Fund, commonly known as "26-26 Fund" after its bank account number.
This decision was warmly welcomed by Tunisians, who demonstrated their solidarity by responding to the appeal of the president with generous donations to the fund.The mission of the "26-26 Fund" is to end isolation, improve living conditions in deprived areas and enable their inhabitants to undertake income-generating projects.
Building on the exceptional success of this fund in fighting poverty, a new fund, the National Employment Fund, also known as the "21-21 Fund", has been launched for the purpose of creating job opportunities.In addition, the creation of the Tunisian Solidarity Bank and the establishment of a micro-credit system have made it possible to finance thousands of small projects every year, create jobs for young graduates and promote enterprise.
The educational reform which made school attendance compulsory until the age of 16, has raised the schooling rate for 6 year-old children to more than 99 percent, fostered openness, tolerance and innovation, and has further promoted equality between men and women.
Such equality has been reinforced by a host of avant-garde measures taken by Ben Ali. The Code of Personal Status, one of the most advanced in the world with respect to women, has been strengthened and gender equality is now a feature of daily life. After the 1999 legislative elections, the number of women in the Chamber of Deputies has virtually doubled.
As a result of the numerous presidential initiatives in favor of women, and particularly the measures of August 13, 1992, Tunisian women, more than just having their gains and basic rights guaranteed, became full partners to men in all fields of development.On the foreign plane, President Ben Ali has instituted an active and dynamic diplomacy.
Working for the integration of the entire Maghreb, the establishment of an inter-Arab consensus and the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean area of co-development, Ben Ali is actively contributing to the search for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. His chairmanship of the Organization of African Unity highlighted his commitment to seeking negotiated solutions to the conflicts afflicting the continent and to preventing new ones.
In September 2000, the UN General assembly adopted this humanitarian project, paying tribute to this initiative which aims at establishing a mechanism for the consecration of universal values and ensuring a better future for the whole mankind.
UNESCO's designation of Tunis as Regional Cultural Capital in 1997 marked Tunisia's growing cultural influence and its ability to contribute to dialogue among civilizations. At the instigation of its president, Tunisia's entry into the arena of new communication technologies has been facilitated by numerous government incentives.
All universities and high schools are connected to the Internet. A program has been launched to connect public libraries to the worldwide web.In 1998, upon an initiative of Tunisia's President, the International Union of Telecommunications( ITU), an organization affiliated to the United Nations, decides to hold a World Summit on the Information Society.
The Summit took place in two distinct phases, being hosted by Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in November 2005. By many accounts, the Tunis Summit which is also known as the " Summit of solutions" was a tremendous success both at the organizational and the conceptual levels. It will be crowned by the adoption of two major texts: the " Tunis commitment" and the " Tunis Agenda".
President Ben Ali is married and is the father of six children. His wife, Mrs Leila Ben Ali, is active in a number of Tunisian and international charities, working to promote the causes of women, families and children.
The other presidents in the running included Zambian President and current Chairperson for SADC nations, Dr. Levy P Mwanawasa, SC. who came in second, Namibian President Nifikepunye Pohamba in third place, President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique in fourth place, President Mamaduo Tandia of Niger for fifth place, President of Botswana Dr. Festus Mogae in sixth and President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana as seventh …
Special thanks go to our friends at Tunisia Online, the World Economic Forum, The Global Peace Index Group, Global Competitive Index Group, Economic Times, Time Magazine, Financial Times, CBS, WSJ Online and many others too numerous to mention … thanks a trillion. Brainwave R Mumba, Sr.


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University graphene pioneers are knighted
Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, who demonstrated the remarkable properties of wonder material graphene, have been knighted in the New Year Honours list.
Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov with Chancellor George Osborne
The scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 and graphene – the world's thinnest, strongest and most conductive material – is considered as having the potential to revolutionise materials science.
Graphene is a novel two-dimensional material which can be seen as a monolayer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice.
Its remarkable properties could lead to bendy, touch screen phones and computers, lighter aircraft, wallpaper-thin HD TV sets, the next generation of computers and superfast internet connections, to name but a few.
Since the discovery, in 2004, Professors Geim and Novoselov have continued to carry out world-class research, including into the potential applications of graphene.
The latest honour, awarded to both for 'Services to Science', is a reflection of their growing stature in the scientific world.
Professor Novoselov first worked with Professor Geim as a PhD-student in the Netherlands. He subsequently joined Geim in the United Kingdom.
Professor Geim said: "In my life, I have got used to being called four-letter names. Going down to three is a completely new experience which I will hopefully enjoy."
Professor Novoselov said: "This is a fantastic recognition and a great honour. It is pleasing to see that science is not completely separated from the state, and gaining the acknowledgement it deserves."
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice Chancellor of The University of Manchester, added: "I was thrilled to hear that Andre and Kostya have been knighted in the New Year Honours list. The honours are fantastic recognition for their outstanding contribution to science.
"I am hugely proud to have such eminent academics at The University of Manchester and I look forward to many years of their continuing excellence in scientific research."
Elsewhere at the University, Professor Mel Ainscow, co-Director of the Centre for Equity in Education in the School of Education, was awarded a CBE for services to Education.
Previously a head teacher and local education authority inspector, Professor Ainscow's work explores connections between inclusion, teacher development and school improvement.
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Preservation of the unique 14th century Barn and promotion of knowledge of the history of its architecture, agricultural landscape and people.
Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust (WMBT) is busy working in partnership with the owners to revitalise the whole complex into a community-led project based on heritage and food and farming education.
Click on the links and begin to uncover the history of this spectacular medieval building. We think it is a pretty special barn and hope you agree!
Thank you for visiting this site. Please tell your friends about our work and contact us with offers of support and encouragement.
Winterbourne Medieval Barn is a building of national importance. Built in 1342, just a few years before the great plagues swept across England, the barn is a unique survival of the medieval agrarian economy. It was commissioned by Thomas de Bradeston, who was Lord of the Manor of Winterbourne from 1328 until his death in 1360. Records suggest that he 'dined with friends at Winterbourne in 1353'.
Sitting on a finger of fertile agricultural land in the north Bristol fringe in the South West of England, this great agricultural storehouse was in danger of collapse through neglect until it was purchased by South Gloucestershire Council, its current owner, in 1998. A programme of restoration on the Main Barn and the South Range began in 2002, jointly financed by the South Gloucestershire Council and English Heritage.
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Pruning – an insight into the general principles, to get the most from our shrubs. This illustrated talk will cover the basic principles, help you avoid some common mistakes and hopefully clarify some confusions.
Is your purse bulging with loose change? Are coppers weighing your pockets down? Fed up with carrying around small change?
Then, we've got the ideal solution.
Get yourself WMBT home money box and use your loose change to help save the Barn. Simply pop the box on the shelf and then everyday you can clear out those coins that clutter up your wallet.


These celebrities could be termed bad dressers. Their fashion sense is way out of this world, and are perceive has bad and weird sense of fashion or very abysmal sense of fashion. The list is actually longer but I decided to limit it to these ones. You can add others.
The Area Father often dresses in a Scarry manner. He always wears rings all over his fingers, nose. His dress sense is not only weird but outrageous. Veteran entertainer, Charly Boy Oputa certainly knows how to raise smoke without fire, at least he hasn't hurt anyone with his way of life, regardless of anyone's perception. He took to the Instagram again on Monday to release some photo shoots with his partner. As they say, pictures speak louder than words.
Everybody knows Denrele as a weird dresser. He always looks like a pop star on red carpets. You know I am wearing this Igbo native attire, isi-agu, and of course when (the Igbos) wear it they always have this red cap on their head. In my own case, my head is small which is weird so I just decided to do the red hair to complement the attire. Actually it was not because of the outfit; I have always and will authentically love red. It's my favorite colour so I just said to myself I have done red hair but in very short forms so I wanted it in a very long form only for me to realize that the hair extension in a packet is very small.
A times she gets her dressing right but would not get the make up right and vice versa. She also loves wearing very revealing outfits.
Emeka has all it takes to always dress in an admirable manner but he doesn't. He often wears oversized suits/coats.
Cossy is a bad dresser any day, any time, on red carpets and off red carpets. If she doesn't wear dresses that would pop out her oversized "watermelons", she hasn't started.
Rukky has a penchant for wearing very revealing outfits. On one occasion she used her hands to cover her breasts due to the highly revealing gown that almost showed the tips of her breasts.


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La fotosensibilidad es una respuesta exagerada a la luz, generalmente luz solar, que se manifiesta minutos, horas o días después de la exposición y puede persistir durante un tiempo variable. La reacción aparece solo en las regiones expuestas a la luz. Se produce por sustancias que, previamente, han de haber sufrido fotoactivación, por absorción de la energía fotónica. Las reacciones de fotosensibilidad pueden ser causadas por agentes endógenos o exógenos:

Características
 Agentes endógenos: moléculas del organismo, habituales en la piel, o bien que se acumulen en ella como consecuencia de una alteración metabólica, como ocurre en el caso de las porfirias, trastornos que cursan con un acúmulo de porfirinas, agentes endógenos fototóxicos.
 Agentes exógenos: medicamentos y otros productos químicos. Pueden acceder a la piel por vía tópica o sistémica.
Las reacciones de fotosensibilidad pueden ser fototóxicas o fotoalérgicas.

Fototoxicidad

Reacción adversa que se produce cuando el agente fotosensibilizante localizado en la piel, absorbe la radiación luminosa y desencadena un daño tóxico.

Mecanismos de acción
Las reacciones de fototoxicidad se clasifican en fotodinámicas y no fotodinámicas, según requieran o no la presencia de oxígeno.
 Reacción fotodinámica: el agente fotosensibilizante absorbe energía y pasa de su estado basal a un estado excitado. Estas moléculas excitadas al recuperar su situación basal, transfieren la energía al oxígeno, formando oxígeno singlete, o se reducen y forman otras especies reactivas de oxígeno (peróxidos, anión superóxido). Estos productos reactivos son los que van a causar el daño tóxico, alterando los componentes celulares, y desencadenando la muerte celular.
 Reacción no fotodinámica: el agente fotosensibilizante activado por la luz interacciona de forma directa con los componentes celulares. Así, la molécula en estado excitado, se une de forma covalente a proteínas y ácidos nucleicos. Un ejemplo es la unión covalente de los psoralenos a las bases pirimidínicas del DNA.

Manifestaciones clínicas
Estas reacciones adversas pueden aparecer en cualquier individuo tras la administración por cualquier vía de una dosis suficiente del agente fototóxico y la posterior exposición a la luz (radiaciones UVA, UVB y visible). En función de la vía de administración del agente causal, distinguimos entre fototoxicidad sistémica (se produce en todas las áreas expuestas a la luz) y fotoxicidad tópica (aparece sólo en el lugar de contacto con la sustancia).

Las manifestaciones pueden observarse en cuestión de minutos u horas, observándose eritema con edema y formación ocasional de ampollas. Se resuelven con hiperpigmentación y descamación, de forma parecida a la quemadura solar. También es característico quemazón y prurito.
Algunas sustancias afectan a las uñas produciendo hemorragias subunguales y fotoonicolísis.

Sustancias químicas fototóxicas
Existen numerosas sustancias químicas capaces de producir reacciones de fototoxicidad. Entre ellas, encontramos diversos fármacos utilizados en terapéutica.

Psoralenos

Los psoralenos son furanocumarinas fototóxicas presentes en especies vegetales de la familia de las umbelíferas. Se utilizan en perfumes y cosméticos (como el aceite de bergamota) y en fototerapia tópica.

El mecanismo de fototoxicidad (figura 1) es de tipo no fotodinámico. Cuando los psoralenos penetran en las células, acceden al núcleo donde se intercalan con el ADN y forman lo que se denomina "complejos oscuros". La absorción de energía forma un monoaducto 3,4 o 4,5 ciclobutano con bases pirimidínicas (citosina y timina) del ADN. Así, se forma un complejo de inclusión cíclico que enlaza el psoraleno con el ADN. La absorción de un segundo fotón determina un aducto bifuncional que forma un enlace covalente cruzado con un resto de base pirimidínica de cada una de las hebras de ADN. Esto conduce a la inhibición de la reparación y la síntesis de ADN y desencadena la reacción fototóxica, pudiendo producir la muerte celular.

El efecto fototóxico inducido por los psoralenos se puede emplear de forma controlada con fines terapéuticos. Así, los psoralenos aplicados en la piel y administrados por vía oral se utilizan para potenciar los efectos de la exposición controlada a la radiación UVA. Esta terapia se conoce como PUVA (de psoralenos + UVA) y es una modalidad de lo que se conoce como fotoquimioterapia. Ha demostrado su eficacia en el tratamiento de la psoriasis, el eccema y otras alteraciones cutáneas que cursan con una proliferación excesiva de queratinocitos y de linfocitos.

Fototoxicidad de fármacos

Numerosos fármacos son capaces de producir reacciones de fototoxicidad. Es el caso, por ejemplo, de los derivados del antibacteriano sulfanilamida (p-aminobencensulfonamida), entre los que destacan los antidiabéticos orales glibenclamida, glicazida y tolbutamida, que pertenecen a la familia de las sulfonilureas; los antibacterianos sulfametoxazol, sulfasalazina y sulfadiazina; y los diuréticos furosemida, hidroclorotiazida o acetazolamida (figura 2). Se han detectado reacciones de fototoxicidad con estos fármacos, de intensidad variable atendiendo a las diferencias estructurales.

Así, se ha visto que la glibenclamida conduce a la muerte de células cervicales en cultivo, tras la irradiación con luz UV y visible y tiene la capacidad de oxidar al ADN cuando es expuesto a la luz. El hecho de que este efecto sea inhibido por antioxidantes, sugiere la participación de especies reactivas de oxígeno en el desarrollo de la reacción fototóxica. Por ello, el mecanismo de fototoxicidad es de tipo fotodinámico; conduce a la formación de oxígeno singlete, responsable del daño tóxico.

Fotoalergia
Reacción adversa que se produce cuando el agente fotosensibilizante localizado en la piel, absorbe la radiación luminosa y adquiere capacidad inmunogénica.

Mecanismo de acción
Se trata de una reacción de hipersensibilidad tipo IV. Generalmente las sustancias activadas por la luz se comportan como haptenos, que al unirse a macromoléculas del organismo forma un antígeno, que desencadena la reacción inmunitaria tipo IV. El mecanismo es idéntico al de la dermatitis de contacto, mediado por linfocitos T.

Manifestaciones clínicas
Estas reacciones adversas aparecen en los individuos que han sufrido una sensibilización previa al fotoalérgeno. Pueden producirse tras la administración de la sustancia fotosensibilizante por vía sistémica o tópica, siendo más frecuente esta última. Las radiaciones responsables de estos son las UVA.

Las manifestaciones aparecen en 24-48 horas, observándose una sintomatología análoga a la dermatitis de contacto: pápulas y vesículas con descamación y costras e intenso prurito. Hay una intensa reacción inflamatoria con participación de linfocitos y eosinófilos. La fotoalergía inducida por algunos fármacos se puede cronificar, apareciendo descamación, liquenificación e intenso prurito, de forma análoga a la dermatitis atópica o a la dermatitis por contacto crónica.

La distribución de las lesiones está limitada fundamentalmente a las regiones expuestas a la luz, pero puede extenderse hacia regiones adyacentes no expuestas; por tanto, no presenta una delimitación tan clara como la que ocurre en la fototoxicidad.

Sustancias químicas fotoalérgicas
Algunas sustancias capaces de producir reacciones de fotoalergia se presentan en la siguiente tabla:

Diferencias entre fototoxicidad y fotoalergia

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In our scripture story this morning, Jesus is visiting Lazarus and his sisters, Mary and Martha. Jesus has invested in his relationship with Lazarus and his sisters. Earlier in the gospel, John tells us that Jesus received news that Lazarus was ill, but in slowing his travel Jesus arrived after Lazarus was dead and buried. We expect Lazarus' family to ask Jesus "Why wasn't it possible for you to get here earlier?" Instead, Martha meets Jesus and says "If you had been here, I know Lazarus would not have died." When Jesus meets Mary in her grief, Jesus is moved to tears, and Lazarus is called out of the grave to live anew.
Now, the relationship has not only been repaired, it is flourishing. These are followers of Jesus – not part of the travelling band surrounding Jesus, but followers all the same. Lazarus and Jesus are sitting at a table chatting. Martha is in the kitchen preparing a meal. Mary kneels at Jesus' feet and anoints them with a perfume. Why wasn't Mary in the kitchen helping Martha? Why wasn't Mary sitting at the table with the guys?
It was common courtesy in that desert culture to offer a guest a basin to wash their feet. In our culture, a lot of people have an aversion to feet. Similar aversions may have existed in Jesus' culture. In wealthier households, a servant or slave would perform this task.
Mary is taking the role of servant. Her actions are described as anointing. This is the same word used to describe the priestly ceremony for crowning a king, and we should hear the echoes: Messiah is literally "the anointed one" and the Greek translation of Messiah is Christ. This is no ordinary foot washing.
Mary's anointing is extremely intimate: she's kneeling in front of Jesus, using her hair to spread the nard. This kind of perfume is probably more like a thick lotion: the oil from the spikenard plant was mixed into beeswax or olive oil. The Romans sometimes used this plant as palliative care, the kind of pain management used when a patient is near death. In Jewish culture, spikenard perfume was used to prepare a body for burial. Spikenard is one of those perfumes set aside for the specific events of dying and death. Mary's act resembles the anointing of a King but she is using the ritual of burial. And John tells us that Mary's gift filled the entire house with the perfume's fragrance.
John is contrasting two different followers: one who does not count the cost, who is willing to take a slave's status in service to Christ, and the other who measures everything in quantity: while John turns us against Judas with accusations of embezzlement, Judas is equally guilty of commodifying human life. What's the dollar amount? How much of a regular paycheck does that amount represent? How many hours would it take raise that amount of money? Judas reduces everything to numbers. Judas tries to hide behind the practice Jesus uses to organize his followers: the care for the poor. But Judas misunderstood that commitment.
Judas says the money could have been given to the poor: Judas is not suggesting any kind of interaction with the poor. He has missed that the ministry to the poor is not about money but about human dignity. Judas wants to throw money at the problem but doesn't really want to get involved. For Judas, people in need are a means to an end – it's a good public relations strategy while it builds up the grassroots movement Jesus is starting. Judas has missed that meeting the needs of people is an end unto itself: it's the person that is important, not the mechanics of distributing stuff.
Meanwhile, Mary sits at the feet of Jesus, the place where students sit; she sits in the posture of a slave welcoming a guest into a house; her act is one of recognizing both a king and one who is dead, dead like her brother was recently.
Jesus quotes scripture to Judas to help Judas grow in a faith as a called servant: "You will always have the poor." Ironically, this phrase is sometimes used as justification to do nothing for the poor. I've heard it said, "What's the use of trying to help the poor. Even Jesus said you will always have them in your midst." When someone uses that kind of rationale they are usually trying to also show how well they know the bible. Instead what they have done is demonstrated that they read the bible selectively and missed how scripture, especially the Christian Scriptures, quotes other scriptures.
Since you will have the poor always, then open your hands to those in need. These are the rivers and highways in the desert This is the new thing Christ calls us to as we allow the old ways to depart: as Christ's followers we are called to serve others without calculating how much money, how many hours, or how much we get in return.
Judas and Jesus; Mary, Martha, and Lazarus; Isaiah and Deuteronomy: we have a lot of voices in this passages describing what values we should apply to our relationships with one another.
After worship we are going downstairs to explore some of the values that hold us together as a congregation. The Transition Team and I have no conclusions we are trying to get you to agree with. We're not trying to get you to agree with something we already decided. This is a time for open discussion about being a congregation together, a conversation about what holds you together as a congregation, a time to share visions of how Lyonsville can thrive. I pray this will be a time like sitting at Jesus' feet so we may better understand our faith.
This entry was posted in Sermons on March 14, 2016 by lyonsvillechurch.


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Lists are perhaps the fundamental data structure in code. There's virtually no program that doesn't use lists. Interviewers love asking questions that involve lists, either intentionally, or just because almost everything uses a list. To help you prepare for an interview, an keeping with our theme, I've created a list. It describes all the operations you should know how to perform on lists. This will make you comfortable when asked a question, and save you valuable time while coding.
Lists come in many forms, under the names "array", "vector", "queue", "stack" and more. In this article, we're looking at the general notion of a list: a collection of elements that have a specific order. Find the most general purpose list in your language and learn that one thoroughly.
Use this reference when preparing for an interview. Don't assume you can do each item, take the time and code it. You'd be surprised at how seemingly simple things can turn out hard, or how a momentary thought blip can derail you. Honestly, I don't think there's any language where I could sit down and do all of this from memory. Going into an interview, I need to prepare and freshen my knowledge. Making these operations part of your natural coding vocabulary helps tremendously when in a pressure situation.
Some languages implement lists as immutable data structures. However, the wording in this article assumes you're using a mutable list. You'll still need all these operations, but how your code structure will differ significantly. Focus on what is to be accomplished, rather than the specific wording.
If you jump between languages a lot, it's possible to have a blank on basic operations. This also happens when facing a blank screen, as opposed to existing source files. When you have nothing within view for reference, it's easy to forget simple syntax.
Create a list: Your primary list should where all of the operations listed here are possible. There are specialty lists, but the most generic one is the best place to start.
Add an element to the front or back: This is the primary way to get elements into the list. Back insertion almost always has a particular function, such as append or add. Front insertion often has a special function, but sometimes not.
Pop element off front or back: This is the basic way to get elements out of the list.
Forward iterate over elements: Stepping over the items in the list, from the first to the last, is the basic way of doing something with those items.
Get the length of list: The syntax is different in virtually all languages; thus it's worthwhile to remind yourself.
Test if empty: Most languages have a particular function, or syntax, to test if a list is empty. You can instead compare the length to zero, but knowing language specific functionality can often leave a good impression on the interviewer.
Get item at location: Random access allows you to work with elements in the list in any order.
Insert an item at location: Adding to the front or back is not enough, you need to know how to insert at an arbitrary position. In some languages, this is the only way to add at the front.
Remove an item from location: Popping from the front or back is not enough, sometimes we need to remove from an arbitrary position.
Replace/Assign item at location: Assigning an item is not the same as inserting. You replace the item with a new one, and the list length stays the same.
Searching and sorting are extremely common in interviews. You'll find that by knowing how to do this well, you'll use it a lot more than you expected.
Find an item: Don't worry about it being efficient, just know how to find an item, matching a value, in a list.
Find and remove an item: Like finding, but also remove that item.
Find last matching item: Find usually starts from the front, but sometimes we want to start looking from the back of a list instead.
Sort by natural order: The basic sort function will order a list by the natural ordering of the items. This is useful for fundamental types, like integers or strings, or for classes that define an order.
Sort with custom comparator: A lot of algorithm questions require you to order a list with an arbitrary comparison.
It's not enough to work with individual elements of a list. Often you'll want to work with segments, or slices, of lists. Knowing how to do this segment manipulation saves a lot of time and makes your code cleaner.
Split the list at arbitrary location: Know how to make two lists from one.
Multiple splits based on a match: Know how to create multiple lists by splitting on matching elements, such as a particular character.
Clear the list: Remove all the elements from a list.
Remove segment: Remove a range of elements from a list.
Concatenate lists: Combine two lists into one by adding one to the end of the other.
Insert list at location: Combine two lists into one by inserting the contents of one list into another.
Get a sublist: Create a new list from a segment of an existing list. Be aware whether you're getting a view on the source list, or a true copy. If it's a view, also learn how to get a copy.
There are multiple ways to iterate over the items in a list. These can be done with basic for loops, but many languages offer extra features.
Backward: Iterate over the items starting at the last and going towards the front.
Partial segment iteration: Iterate only over a range of items in the list, that is, start in the middle and iterate an arbitrary number of items.
Skipping elements: Iterate over every second or third element.
These patterns come up often enough that they often have custom syntax. You can always fall back to a for-loop and add items manually, but it consumes more of your time. Plus, using an advanced syntax can often demonstrate your language skills and impress the interviewer.
Create from a static list of items: Given a known list of items, existing variables, create a list that contains them in a specific order.
Create a range of numbers: Create a list of numbers ranging from a minimum to a maximum. This is a powerful ability when combined with the following data manipulation features.
Some languages have high-level data manipulation functions, others do not. If you don't know the specialized syntax, then at least know how to do the following using the basic operations.
Mapping: Mapping calls a function for all elements in a list, either producing a new list or modifying in place.
Filtering: Removes all elements matching a filter function, either generating a new list or modifying in place.
Fold / Reduce: Combines all the elements in the list together, such as joining strings or summing the values.
Zip: Combine two or more lists together by alternating the elements.
The following are operations that come in handy if you've been given an algorithmic question. Many of those algorithms can be expressed as combinations of these operations or at least benefit from knowing this.
Swap elements at two locations: There may or may not be a special syntax for this, but it comes up often enough to know either way.
Reserve capacity: If your language offers lists with reserved capacity, you should know how to use it. Even if not exposed, you should know the difference between capacity and size.
Replace content in a list: Instead of swapping out a list with a new one, can you update an existing list with entirely new content.
Compare two lists: Determine if two lists contain the same items or comparable items.
Search a sorted list: A sorted list can use binary search to find items. Many languages offer this as a standard library feature.
Iterators: Know the difference between indexes and iterators. Be able to use a basic iterator manually, not just in a standard loop. Not all languages have iterators, in which case, learn how to use indexes as iterators.
Multiple iterators at the same time: A lot of iteration syntax doesn't work when dealing with multiple lists. You need to know how to work with multiple lists at a time.
Knowing all of those operations will give you a significant boost during a coding interview. While I'm okay with people checking syntax during an interview, it costs valuable time. You want to make the part of your natural vocabulary. This will give you more time to dedicate to solving the actual problem. Additionally, the smoother this type of code flows from your fingertips, the stronger the impression you'll make on the interviewer.
Now, as a bonus, learn these same operations with strings, at least up to the "More iteration" section. If a language exposes a string the same way as a list, great! You don't need to learn more. Knowing how to do these operations with strings is primarily for interviews. Silly string questions are popular, even if they don't come up during daily coding. Indeed, a lot of the common ways to manipulate strings are wrong, but I digress and will get back to that.
While this list of operations may seem long, many of them share a common syntax. I've roughly ordered them from basics to advanced. Learning them in that order maximizes the usefulness for an interview, and for coding in general.
Now, learn them, and master that next interview. Be sure to let me know how it goes.
I find that some of these kinds of things I tend to do infrequently enough that I will just look up how to do it for a given language, even if I work in that language quite a bit. It takes very little time to look up the best practice on stackoverflow these days.
Writing a utility function signature and moving on is a solid interview tip. It's one of the tips I give during an interview if the candidate isn't sure how to do something. I tell them to think at a higher level, create a function signature, and leave the body blank.
There's a difference between what you do infrequently at work, and what comes up during an interview. It's all about time during an interview. I would never punish somebody for not knowing the advanced stuff, or even forgetting the basics, it happens. However, every slip costs valuable time. I find that knowing this type of info is what is helping candidates make it through interviews -- since they spend all of their time thinking at a high-level on the important parts of the problem.


Join in the Christmas Spirit Saturday, December 8th from 1 pm to 6 pm for the Southport Historical Society's Annual Christmas Tour of Homes. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend time in one of the very special homes within the historic district of Southport.
There will be several beautiful homes in this year's Southport Historical Society's annual Christmas Tour of Homes.
Tickets go on sale at the Fort Johnston-Southport Museum Visitors Center and the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce (4433 Long Beach Road, Southport) on November 21st.
Ticket prices are $15.00 per in advance. $20.00 per on day of the tour. A limited number of tickets sold. This event is part of the Southport Winterfest.
You may order your tickets by phone using your credit card by calling 910.457-7927. Please note that a surcharge and postage will apply.
A fundraising event of the Southport Historical Society to raise funds for scholarships to local high school students and other Southport Historical Society activities.


The icon shows the Southern open cluster NGC 3293.
Open clusters are physically related groups of stars held together by mutual gravitational attraction. Therefore, they populate a limited region of space, typically much smaller than their distance from us, so that they are all roughly at the same distance. They are believed to originate from large cosmic gas and dust clouds (star-forming diffuse nebulae, or star-forming regions) in the Milky Way (or other parent galaxy), and to continue to orbit the galaxy within or near their parent galaxy's disk. In many clouds visible as bright diffuse nebulae, star formation still takes place at this moment, so that we can observe the formation of new young star clusters. The process of formation takes only a considerably short time compared to the lifetime of the cluster, so that all member stars are of similar age. Also, as all the stars in a cluster formed from the same diffuse nebula, they are all of similar initial chemical composition.
the stars have different masses, ranging from about 80-100 solar masses for the most massive stars in very young clusters to less than about 0.08 solar masses.
Therefore, they represent samples of stars of constant age and/or constant chemical composition, suited for study with respect to stellar structure and evolution, and to fix lines or loci in many state diagrams such as the color-magnitude diagram (CMD), or Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD). Comparing the "standard" HRD, derived from nearby stars with sufficiently wellknown distances, or the theory of stellar evolution, with the measured CMD of star clusters, provides a considerably good method to determine the distance of star clusters. Comparing their HRD with stellar theory provides a reasonable way to estimate the age of star clusters. The result that all the cluster HRDs can be explained by the theory of stellar evolution gives convincing evidence for this theory, and moreover for the underlying physics including nuclear and atomic physics, quantum physics and thermodynamics.
Over 1100 open clusters are known in our Milky Way Galaxy, and this is probably only a small percentage of the total population which is probably some factor higher; estimates of as many as about 100,000 Milky Way open clusters have been given.
Most open clusters have only a short life as stellar swarms. As they drift along their orbits, some of their members escape the cluster, due to velocity changes in mutual closer encounters, tidal forces in the galactic gravitational field, and encounters with field stars and interstellar clouds crossing their way. An average open cluster has spread most of its member stars along its path after several 100 million years; only few of them have an age counted by billions of years. The escaped individual stars continue to orbit the Galaxy on their own as field stars: All field stars in our and the external galaxies are thought to have their origin in clusters quite probably.
The first open clusters have been known since prehistoric times: The Pleiades (M45), the Hyades and the Beehive or Praesepe (M44) are the most prominent examples, but Ptolemy had also mentioned M7 and the Coma Star Cluster (Mel 111) as early as 138 AD. First thought to be nebulae, it was Galileo who in 1609 discovered that they are composed of stars, when observing M44. As open clusters are often bright and easily observable with small telescopes, many of them have been discovered with the earliest telescopes: As seen in the list below, there are 33 in Messier's Catalog, and another 33 others were also known in summer 1782. Note that all these early known clusters belong to our Milky Way Galaxy. Note that this counting includes the star-forming nebulae, as they contain clusters of recently formed stars.
In 1767, Reverend John Michell (Michell 1767) derived that clusters were most probable physically related groups rather than chance collections of stars, by calculating that it would be extremely improbable (1/496,000) to find even one cluster like the Pleiades anywhere in the sky, not to speak of the number of then-known open clusters; moreover he presumed that all or at least most then-known nebulous objects actually were composed of stars. The finding of common proper motion by Mädler for the Pleiades and other stellar groups, including the Ursa Major Moving Cluster by Richard A. Proctor (Proctor 1869), further established the physical relationship between cluster stars. Finally, spectroscopy was needed to show the common radial motion (velocity) of the cluster stars, and to show that the stars perfectly match in a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD), indicating that they all lie at roughly the same distance. The final confirmation of the roughly common distance came only from the direct measurement of parallaxes for a number of nearby clusters, both from Earth-bound observatories and from ESA's astrometric satellite Hipparcos.
Eventually, the theoretical study of stellar evolution has provided convincing evidence that the stars of a cluster are all roughly of the same age, and thus have formed within a short period of time on the cosmic time scale, i.e. their HRDs represent isochrones, or pictures of stars of all the same age.
A "n" following the Trumpler class indicates that there is nebulosity associated with the cluster.
Messier's open clusters: M6, M7, M8, M11, M16, M17, M18, M20, M21, M23, M25, M26, M29, M34, M35, M36, M37, M38, M39, M41, M42, M43, M44, M45, M46, M47, M48, M50, M52, M67, M78, M93, M103.
Moreover, the Milky Way starcloud M24 contains the open star cluster NGC 6603 (and several other, less conspicuous open clusters). Note that the preceding list includes all star-forming nebulae in Messier's catalog, as each of them contains a very young open clusters, which have formed from the nebula's material in (astronomically) very recent times, and are still formed today in at least most cases.
Other early known open clusters: 752, 869 (h Per), 884 (Chi Per), 2070 (Tarantula Nebula Cluster), 2244, 2362, 2451, 2477, 2516, 2546, 2547, 3228, 3293, 3372 (Carina Nebula Cluster), 3532, 3766, 4755 (Kappa Cru), 5281, 5662, 6025, 6124, 6231, 6242, 6633, I2391 (Omicron Vel), I2488, I2602, I4665, Brocchi's Cluster (Cr 399), Alpha Persei Cluster (Mel 20), Hyades (Mel 25), Coma Star Cluster (Mel 111), Ursa Major Moving Cluster (Cr 285).
Note that also here, we have included the star-forming nebulae NGC 2070 and NGC 3372.
John Michell, 1767. An Inquiry into the probable Parallax, and Magnitude, of the Fixed Stars, from the Quantity of Light which they afford us, and the particular Circumstances of their Situation. Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 57, p. 234-264 [ADS: 1767RSPT...57..234M].
Richard A. Proctor, 1869. Preliminary Paper on certain Drifting Motions of the Stars. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 18, p. 169-171 [ADS: 1869RSPS...18..169P].
Harlow Shapley, 1930. Star Clusters. Harvard Observatory Monographs, No. 2. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, London.


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That View contains a Tab Container. My problem is that if I come in on the editing piece of the page, Select a record, then switch to the View with the TabContainer, the styling for the buttons does not show up for the TabContainer, just the Header text.
I'm assuming that this is a problem of the View being not visible when I come into the page because I'm working with the other view initially. Is there any way around this?
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A: I was able to solve this by doing a workaround. I simply added an empty TabContainer outside the UpdatePanel and set it Visible=True to render the CSS. This is essentially the same workaround for the MaskedEdit problems with styling

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