In the summer of 2016 I traveled to my home state of Alaska to study flower essences with Steve Johnson. The training was on some other level- it was on ALL the levels. I experienced total inclusion of who I was in that moment, what my past experiences and future dreams were. I learned to listen. Glacier, tide, plant, human, animal, rock, sky- listen.
I was blown away by the practicality of flower essence medicine. It's available at any moment simply by sitting and listening to the life all around and we don't have to engage any other "more" magical plants than the ones right in front of us- the potted plant on your desk, the rosemary in the grocery store parking lot, the bright pink flower that you don't know the name of yet.
That same summer I also went to the rodeo. My friend, J, of 15+ yr, had been wanting me to experience her home town rodeo for a long time. I drank the dollar beers, bought crystal jelly beads, admired quilts and crafts, cheered for the barrel racers, met Monk's Hood on a walk around a lake, ate rabbit that J shot and felt pretty cool in general hanging out in town with J, herself a former rodeo queen and barrel racing champ.
I asked J how I should select a name for my new flower essence practice and her suggestion was to choose a name that could also be indicated visually, a built in logo. As we circled around semiosis, I picked up my field guide to Alaskan wildflowers and thumbed to the glossary. A page jumped out at me. It contained several simple line drawings of leaf arrangements, in the center was the author's depiction of a whorl: an arrangement of leaves in a circle around the stem radiating from a node. I felt, immediately, certain that 'the whorl' would be the world that my practices would come to inhabit.
'Whorled' is a spectacular homophone of 'world'. The whorl is weaving, dancing, growing, concentric and eccentric movement, opposing currents meeting in the water and in the wind, our unique fingerprint and the sacred spiral of manifestation and liberation.
While integrating the whorl I made a strong connection between my practice and the World (or sometimes Universe) card in tarot. Simply put, the World or Universe card represents success in unifying all experiences.
I am card curious and I know many other tarot readers are as well. So I am looking forward to sharing posts on World/Universe cards from different tarot decks from my personal collection as part of an ongoing blog post series called "In the Cards".
For now I'll leave you with what Rachel Pollack has to say in her book "Tarot Wisdom" about the World/Whorled.
The number for the World is 21…. and 21 reduces to 3 (2+1=3). Card three, the Empress,, showed us Nature as the Great Mother. the words "mother" and "matter" both come from the Latin mater. In the World, we ourselves become a union of spirit and matter, Above and Below.
Put another way- with the Empress, we looked at the perception that the world, with all its billions of creatures, its rivers and mountains, sun and stars, was originally a goddess who in some ways was broken apart to form reality. This is not simply a story to explain the variety and complexity of nature. It comes from an unconscious awareness of unity. In the World, we might describe that original being as restored, but in fact the restoration occurs within us, when we can make what was unconscious fully conscious.


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Marinara offers saucy rock on "I Feel Like Dog," plays Footlight 2.16
Brooklyn-based indie rock quartet (and presumed tomato-enthusiasts) Marinara provide charismatic lofi indie rock on I Feel Like Dog, a fresh LP evocative of early-2010s college radio rock and their erstwhile 90s slacker compatriots. Tracks like "Desert Schtick" and "Ugly Sleeper" wouldn't be out of place on a Double Double Whammy compilation, with Nick Cortezi's plainspoken vocal performance interweaving between warm riffing and a progressive pace. This isn't to say the entirety of the album is a sunny romp — the band leaves space for downtempo moments of respite on "Marie," "The Orchid," and "The Wasp," the last of which characterized by an unpretentious, six-minute build to one of the record's best instrumental performances; Cortezi's season-spanning recollection and quiet vox leads to epic shreds and an energetic percussive breakdown. These various highs and lows help to make I Feel Like Dog the very, very good record that it is — listen to it below ahead of their show at the Footlight on February 16th. —Connor Beckett McInerney
I Feel Like Dog by Marinara
Published: February 12, 2020 |

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How do I create a new company?
How do I add people to a company?
How do I edit a company?
How do I create a new company that does not have a website?
How do I add a company to a person's profile?
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Q: Ada - How do you read an array from a single line of input? My question is pretty simple, I have input that looks like this...
0   0   0   1   1   1  -1  -1  -1   1

And I need to store these values into an array but I can't figure it out. This is what I have so far...
with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;

procedure Main is
    type arr is array(1..10) of Integer;
    Data : arr;
begin
    for I in 1..arr'Length loop
        Data(I) := Integer'Value(Get_Line);
    end loop;
end Main;

I know this wrong and it's pretty obvious why this isn't working. I'm trying to store multiple values into a single integer, I need a way to iterate over the input or load all the values at once. How would you do this in Ada?

A: You can use Get_Line to get the whole line as a string and then Ada.Integer_Text_IO to parse the string:
with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
with Ada.Integer_Text_IO; use Ada.Integer_Text_IO;

procedure Hello is
    Line : String := Get_Line;
    Value : Integer;
    Last : Positive := 1;
begin

    while Last < Line'Last loop
        Get(Line(Last..Line'Last),Value,Last);
        Put_Line(Value'Image);  -- Save the value to an array here instead
        Last := Last + 1;    -- Needed to move to the next part of the string
    end loop;

end Hello;

After that, you can load the values into an array in the loop or however you like.
Example output:
$gnatmake -o hello *.adb
gcc -c hello.adb
gnatbind -x hello.ali
gnatlink hello.ali -o hello
$hello
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 1
-1
-1
-1
 1

EDIT:  Adding a recursive option that is more general.  This will read a line from STDIN and recursively concatenate the values into an array.  It uses the secondary stack to do so in GNAT.
with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
with Ada.Integer_Text_IO; use Ada.Integer_Text_Io;

procedure Hello is

    -- Need an array return type
    type Integer_Array is array (Positive range <>) of Integer;

    -- Recursive function
    function Get_Ints return Integer_Array is

        Value : Integer;

    begin
        -- Read from STDIN using Integer_Text_IO;
        Get(Value);

        -- Concatinate recursively
        return Integer_Array'(1 => Value) & Get_Ints;

    exception
        -- I found different exceptions with different versions
        -- of GNAT, so using "others" to cover all versions
        when others =>
            -- Using Ada2012 syntax here.  If not using Ada2012
            -- then just declare the Empty variable somewhere
            -- and then return it here
            return Empty : Integer_Array(1..0);

    end Get_Ints;

    Result : Integer_Array := Get_Ints;

begin
  Put_Line("Hello, world!");
  Put_Line(Integer'Image(Result'Length));
  for E of Result loop
    Put(Integer'Image(E) & " ");
  end loop;
end Hello;

A: If you know that you have 10 elements to read, it can be done a little more simply like this:
with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
with Ada.Integer_Text_IO; use Ada.Integer_Text_IO;

procedure Hello is
   A: array (1..10) of Integer;
begin
   for V of A loop
      Get(V);
   end loop;
   for I in A'Range loop
      Put(I, 5);
      Put(": ");
      Put(A(I), 5);
      New_Line;
   end loop;
end Hello;

If you don't actually know how many elements to read in advance, please update the question.

A: Even though this already was answered, I'd like to add a couple improvements to Jere's answer.
It is more Ada-like to terminate the recursion using End_Of_File rather than an exception. Plus, it makes the program clearer.
Also, using tail-call recursion instead of normal recursion allows the compiler to perform some optimization.
function Get_Ints(input : in File_Type) return Integer_Array is
    function Get_Ints_Rec(accumulator : in Integer_Array) return Integer_Array is
        value : Integer;
    begin
        if End_Of_File(input) then
            return accumulator;
        else
            begin
               Get(input, value);
            exception
               when Data_Error => -- problem when reading
                  if not End_Of_Line(input) then
                     Skip_Line(input);
                  end if;
                  return Get_Ints_Rec(acc);
            end;
            return Get_Ints_Rec(accumulator & (1 => value));
        end if;
    end Get_Ints_Rec;

    acc : constant Integer_Array(1 .. 0) := (others => 0);
begin
    return Get_Ints_Rec(acc);
end Get_Ints;

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Flix Of Doom: Episode 9: 2012 & Avatar
By Vactor | August 31st, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Check out Episode 9 of the Flix of Doom podcast, the official movie podcast of Geeks of Doom, recorded August 29, 2010 with special guest Markus Seaberry from Geeks of Doom and The Seaberry Experience podcast!
In this episode we touch on Box Office results, talk movie news, live to tell about 2012, discuss Avatar sequels and theatrical re-releases, and finally, everyone gathers around the Home Tree to review the re-release of Avatar.
Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window.
Full Episode Guide is here below, along with player.
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Topics: Features, Flix of Doom, Movies, Podcasts
Tags: 2012, Avatar, Edgar Allan Poe, Flix of Doom, James McTeigue, John Cusack, Paul W. S. Anderson, Three Musketeers
Comic Con Movie Images: 'Iron Man 2,' 'Alice In Wonderland,' 'Prince Of Persia' & More!
By The Movie God | @ | July 18th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Just yesterday, we got our first look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2. The images came from this weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly, which is a preview to Comic Con special. The issue has now been officially released and as it turns out, there were many more great images inside!
To go with the pictures of Black Widow, a few more tiny peeks at Iron Man 2 were offered. Among them is a look a Don Cheadle — who is stepping in for Terrence Howard as James Rhodes — sitting in front of Sam Rockwell, who will be playing Tony Stark rival Justin Hammer. There's also a couple of new images of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark: One is of him taking part in some seemingly highly-competitive competition of sorts; the other shows him speaking to new CEO of Stark Industries: Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow).
It doesn't end there, either. A bunch of other big movies with previews featured in the issue as well, including Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass, Mike Newell's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Shane Acker's 9, Roland Emmerich's 2012, Ruben Fleischer's Zombieland, and Chan-Wook Park's Thirst.
Click over to check out all of these images, and head over to EW for even more.
Topics: Movies, News, Photos
Tags: 2012, 9, Alice in Wonderland, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Jon Favreau, Matthew Vaughn, Mike Newell, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Robert Downey Jr, Roland Emmerich, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Shane Acker, Tim Burton, Zombieland
Roland Emmerich's '2012' Gets Delayed
By The Movie God | @ | January 21st, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Sony Pictures has announced that they will pull 2012, their new disaster movie from Roland Emmerich, from its July release date and push is back to November 13, 2009.
Rory Bruer from Sony explained that their summer slate is already strong enough, offering The Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons with Tom Hanks as well as The Taking of Pelham One Two Three with Denzel Washington and John Travolta as examples. In its new November slot, 2012 will be up against Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes which stars Robert Downey Jr. with the Twilight sequel New Moon following the week after.
If you ask me, none of this makes any sense. Emmerich is the man behind most disaster movies such as The Day Aafter Tomorrow, which seem to be perfectly fitting to a summer release (or maybe Christmas day, because people love disaster during the holidays). Not that 2012 has the highest expectations, but seriously, to pull your summer blockbuster and put it up against that company with awards season approaching seems very odd. Maybe this is just I.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with 2012, details and the teaser trailer on the other side.
Topics: Movies, News, Videos
Tags: 2012, Roland Emmerich


If you're a person even vaguely aware of U.S. politics, you've likely had at least one conversation about Trump and/or Robert Mueller and/or Russia. It's been the hot topic for years–since Trump entered office, in fact. Now despite the fact that Mueller finished his investigation, the topic rages on. But just how much did this subsection of news dominate online discourse?
Those generated 245 million interactions (likes, comments, and shares) on Twitter and Facebook.
There were over half a million articles written about the subject in the last two years. And for good reason: The topic was engaged with nearly 250 million times on social media. Which is to say: Mueller and his investigation were an engagement machine.
It's an especially depressing thing to think about, as much of the discourse surrounding this subject was either overhyped or oversimplified–or both. We know now this is because of an infinite feedback loop created by the social internet: People online were endlessly discussing it, and the media fed the fire.
Makes you wonder what will dominate the conversation next.


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MSU Graduate Theses
Thesis Title
Moral Foundations of U.S. Political News Sources
William Edward Padfield, Missouri State UniversityFollow
Erin Buchanan
politics, morality, psycholinguistics, discourse, media
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The media ecosystem has grown, and political opinions have diverged such that there are competing conceptions of objective truth. Commentators often point to political biases in news coverage as a catalyst for this political divide. The Moral Foundations Dictionary (MFD) facilitates identification of ideological leanings in text through frequency of the occurrence of certain words. Through web scraping, the researcher extracted articles from popular news sources' websites, calculated MFD word frequencies, and identified words' respective valences. This process attempts to uncover news outlets' positive or negative endorsements of certain moral dimensions concomitant with a particular ideology. In Experiment 1, the researcher gathered political articles from four sources. The researcher was unable to reveal significant differences in moral or political endorsements, but they solidified the method to be employed in further research. In Experiment 2, the researcher expanded the number of sources to 10 and analyzed articles that pertain to two specific topics: the 2018 confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the partial U.S. Government Shutdown of 2018- 2019. Once again, no significant differences in moral or political endorsements were found.
© William Edward Padfield
Padfield, William Edward, "Moral Foundations of U.S. Political News Sources" (2019). MSU Graduate Theses. 3393.
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Arquivo para February, 2022
Covid: slight drop in deaths and protocols
After several highs and stability in the number of deaths, this weekend saw the first drop in "known cases" as data providers say, as there is no testing policy (in Brazil), so the numbers of infections have also been falling, but for lack of data they are less reliable.
Vaccination of children and the total number in Brazil the country is also advancing, exceeding 80%, with a significant number of booster doses (30%), but protocols continue to be poorly managed: distancing, crowding and correct use of masks cannot be abandoned. and the next measure announced will be the release of masks in "outdoor" environments.
The number of 722 deaths per day is still high, after all they are deaths and not complicated cases or just unvaccinated people, a phase of well-administered protocols would be reasonable to make this number drop quickly and just go to any event and see that there is no more real concern, and in a political year this is not an accepted measure, for example in commerce.
Long-term Covid is not yet clinically understood and the medical recommendation is to always test, it affects children in a special way (uol's website "viva bem" cites several cases in Brazil) and it is not present in the concerns of public environments, only masks and alcohol gel is the basic thing, there should be testing, in addition to the protocols that should be observed and are not (distancing, for example, is no longer observed in any public environment and there is no supervision).
It is expected that they will stick to the protocols in Brazil and that the moving average of deaths may drop faster than it has been so far.
Tomorrow we will talk about a second scourge of war, as we said at the beginning of the month, plagues, follow or precede wars and then hunger and social chaos will come, it is incredible that someone hopes or desires for a situation of such inhumanity, tomorrow let us return to the topic with the hope that the announced Russia-Ukraine dialogue will bear fruit.
Postado emEconomia, Politics, Security
Can the blind lead the blind?
In a conflict situation, the parties involved must be arbitrated by a third party that is neutral, but does not yet exist.
The escalation of the war between Ukraine and Russia continues this Friday morning, Russian tanks approach Kiev as Ukraine's defense troops resist as best they can with anti-tank attacks and bridge explosions, such as the one on the Teteriv River, that hamper the arrival of the Russians in Kiev, they also managed to hit some tanks with anti-tank batteries.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs that the Russian tanks would already be 32 km from the capital, and the objective is the fall of the government and the consequent Russian occupation of the country, the Eastern European allies that are part of NATO: Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia invoke Article 4. of the NATO treaty that any country affected implies a reaction from the 30 member states.
The entry of NATO would be the beginning of a world escalation of the War, certainly China would position itself in favor of Russia while the USA and its allies outside Europe would position themselves in favor of Ukraine, which is already happening, but Brazil remains in a complicated situation due to the visit of the President of the Republic at an inopportune time to Russia, but the vice president has already condemned the Russian action.
In the early hours of this Friday, the situation in Ukraine becomes dramatic with the possibility of an imminent assault by Russian forces on the Ukrainian capital Kiev, without a reaction from the allies, despite having ceded arms to the Ukrainian army, within hours of occupation of the country can be total.
The security council as we reported yesterday has already spoken out against the Russian advance, although Russian rhetoric says that it was only to keep the peace and previously that it would not invade Ukraine, it is already known that they are just war rhetoric.
Who would be the forces, countries and people capable of convening an emergency diplomatic meeting, the sanctions imposed on Russia's banks hit three of Putin's allies in this financial market: Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg and Igor Rotenberg.
Another sanction was the interruption of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that is ready and connects Russia with Germany, Putin accused the coup saying that this will make the price of gas soar and Europe depends on it.
But the central problem remains, who can give light to a dialogue between the blind, as the biblical reading says that alludes to the fact that a blind man cannot guide a blind man, and adds (Lk 6, 42): "how can you say to your brother?: brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, when you don't see the beam in your own eye? Hypocritical! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."
It's not about the supporters of a football match, but about human lives and the rights of peoples and nations that are at stake, there is no supporter that has light but the one that wants peace, the sides in conflict, that I allude to Biden and Putin, must accept some kind of moderation to avoid a world war, or the return of the cold war.
Postado emJornais on-line, Politics
Beyond geopolitics, a world view
The lack of global vision, the idea of a cosmovision that overcomes blindness has been addressed in several fields of philosophy, comes from the myth of the cave philosophy of Socrates and Plato, where here what men see without being in the light are just shadows of what is really the world, more modernly Heidegger expanded it to the "Weltanschauung" (a kind of worldview or worldview, but every translation is poor), a fundamental view because it stops seeing the world in a bipolar or unipolar way to see it as a everything that includes being, everything that exists beyond a particular way of seeing the world, including nature and the cosmos.
In terms of everyday life, this is fundamental both in the so-called "natural philosophy" (although it is vitiated by contemporary idealism), which includes so many fundamental values, those that already exist in international law (right to life, religious and cultural , etc.) expanding the world of mere ethics and morals to existential values, those where beyond the human condition are the rights of peoples and nations that have a certain way of being and living.
For this, a vision of the world is needed that goes beyond the limits of nationalism and the selfish desire for domination of peoples, decolonization, the limitation of the power of the superpowers and a truly effective role for the UN, which must go beyond the mere Union of Nations, in order to true unity and peace among peoples.
We quote the book The plague of Camus, when he worked clandestinely in the newspaper Combat in the fight against Nazism he wrote> "Letters to a German friend" (1945), which reads: "Letters to a German friend" (1945): there were feelings common issues such as separation or fear, but continued to put personal concerns at the forefront. Nobody had yet truly accepted the disease", in this case not a plague, but the war, we have already posted here the relationship between them, and now we relate it to the fear that is existential.
No one else but the Ukrainian people feels this today, but Germany and the UK are already involved, the president of Ukraine has already met with Lithuania and Poland, also the Russians, USA and China and all of Europe feel it in a way, but they will say It's not me, it's the neighbors, that's what Camus' Letter warns, it's not the neighbor, in addition to the economic sanctions that will already have an impact on the world economy, the expansion of the bipolarization of tension is already spreading little by little: the plague.
The relationship with the virus is similar, it gradually enters, one, two, dozens and then hundreds of contaminated people, until it becomes a war-cide, a general war if not in terms of war, it would be a disaster due to nuclear weapons, in existential and worldview terms, there are no limits to hate speech, a hate is a hate, a not peace.
That it is possible to see beyond conflicts, the existence and the right to life of peoples and nations, and that conflicts remain within the limit of diplomacy (in pictured UN Security Council meeting).
Postado emPolitics, Calm Technology
On War and Blindness
It is always blind or just egocentric that inability to look at the Other, they want your attention just to demand their gifts and accomplishments, so they are egocentric, but social and cultural blindness is broader, in it lies the inability to accept different cultures and peoples, they say they do not constitute a relevant group or do not have an advanced culture, where the issue of advancement depends only on the referential, the most common in both cases is to claim the other's gaze on themselves, without there being reciprocal.
The essay on blindness by José Saramago, which we have already posted here, talks about this social blindness seen as a virus that spreads and begins to blind everyone, and which was turned into a film by Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, with a screenplay by Don McKellar, and we call it our post-essay of Intermittencies of Death, another essay by Saramago.
Camus also described in his novel The Plague, about a disease that hit his native country (he was Algerian) and that saw that there comes a time when the truth seems to offend everyone, even the once sensible: "but there comes a time in the story in which anyone who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death" because it is "an idea that may make you laugh, but the only way to fight the plague is honesty", this forgotten and even ironic virtue nowadays.
Camus says that overcoming fear and pain "I understood that all the misfortune of men came from not having a clear language. So I decided to speak and act clearly, to put myself on the right path", this implies not only wisdom and courage, but also overcoming human blindness.
In a more forceful passage the author will say: "Men are more good than bad, and in fact that is not the point. But they are more or less ignorant, and this is what is called virtue or vice, the most desperate vice being that of ignorance, which thinks it knows everything and then authorizes itself to kill", but then there is hatred and war.
This seems to be a path of no return that we are walking, not just on the lit fuse in Ukraine and Russia, but in all humanity, the blindness of the time of the wars seems to have returned in full and everyone is pointing the finger at each other, and Karl Klaus warned journalists who were also riding the wave: "War, at first, is the hope that we will get along well; then there is the expectation that the other will get screwed; then, the satisfaction of seeing that the other did not do well; and finally, the surprise of seeing that everyone was screwed.
The Bible also does not lack this metaphor: the blind Bartimaeus who begs for sight, for the healing of the man born blind (incredible because he did not have a cognitive system to see) and went to wash himself in the pool of Siloam and the two blind men of Galilee, is It is clear to most theologians that this cure is to see the truth that men refuse to see: Love and Peace.
The regional and national polarizations are gradually becoming global and the feeling that the other is going to "get screwed" is the growing and pure blindness, we will all get screwed.
Postado emJornais on-line, Método e Verdade Científica, Politics
Possible agreements and impending conflict
Attacks that took place over the weekend in the separatist regions Donesk and Lugansk could undermine diplomatic possibilities around Ukraine, both Ukraine and Russia through the separatists want to establish territorial boundaries before a possible agreement, but tests carried out with rockets with nuclear charges in the border region are more provocative than they seem, while Russia recognizes the so-called People's Republic of Donetsk and People's Republic of Lugansk.
News agencies reported on Monday that "the president said he plans to sign the relevant decree in the near future", referring to the recognition of the breakaway regions and informed leaders Emmanuel Macron (France) and Olaf Sholz (Germany) of his intentions. .
With this, the Minsk protocol that established a balance of forces in the three lithium regions, as Crimea was also part of that agreement, seems to be broken and Moscow's expansionist objective is clear, now with defined objectives, Ukraine must give up part of its territory for the People's Republics, and Crimea is not even mentioned being therefore a region already considered annexed to Russia, the doubt now is whether the Kremlin's wishes stop there, the troops on the borders show no sign of limits.
The calculations of American intelligence analysts is that 75% of Russian military forces are dedicated to the conflict, everything suggests that it is not just about tactical support for the rebels of the republics in dispute, now what is expected is the recognition of the countries for this independence, unfortunately, is a sign for all nations and thus makes the conflict world, although the military involvement is still of the forces of NATO and Russia, besides Ukraine it is clear that it is not yet a member of NATO.
It is possible for diplomacy to act, it is always possible even on the verge of a war, what lies ahead with bombers in the Donesk and Logansk region is an internal civil war, if both NATO and Russian troops get involved in the fragile limits of pacification can quickly break apart.
Russia is not closed to diplomacy, but the announcement of a reconnaissance action is clearly a request for Ukraine to retreat, while there are military accusations from both sides.
It may seem like a local conflict, but let's remember how the conflicts of the first and second wars were born, which were for dominance in border regions and which seemed only local problems.
It will be with strong diplomacy in this region that a worldwide escalation can be avoided.
Covid-19 situation is undefined in Brazil
While bets on a fall in Covid-19 continue, we emphasize that it would be safer to think about a second semester in relation to protocols in particular for distancing, the death chart shows a blur this month (see chart), and the study on the new omicron variant BA.2 are still in their infancy, and the WHO is investigating other subvariants, although BA.2 has been the main one in the increase in new cases, in the state of São Paulo 3 cases have already been detected.
It is being called a "stealth omicron" (stealth) because it manages to escape vaccines, with lower severity, but the subvariants are still being studied, both the severity (which for now is lower, but still lethal), while if observes in this month of February the Ômicron is dominant and an increase of those of the subvariant BA.2.
While most studies point to less seriousness, scientists from Japan from the University of Tokyo, Kumamoto, Hokkaido and Kyoto point out that the subvariatne may be more aggressive than the original, because it affects the lungs more severely, and we already know that this has been the case. more serious factor, and therefore called SARS-Covid (SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
Kei Sato, a researcher at the University of Tokyo who conducted the study, argued that the most important thing at this point would be to monitor more closely and "establish a method to detect BA.2 specifically would be the first step" in many countries, as we had already posted. have a "new" testing policy in this case.
Many cases are not counted because there is no mass testing and many are asymptomatic.
If we look at the data from Denmark where BA.2 cases are very high (data from Our World in Data) we observe that the number of hospitalized (almost 1,500, 33 in ICU) and deaths (33), is a reference if not we take care to avoid a new generalized infection, once the omicron is spread, despite the authorities not reacting.
We continue to ask for a clearer protocol, with distance and a policy of avoiding agglomerations, but it seems that for political reasons this has been abandoned.
Love enemies and avoid wars
Last week we talked about how famine, pestilence and wars were closely correlated, in yesterday's post we showed how the "division" of Europe was in the post-war period, the first North African countries that were under France (Libya and Tunisia) and Spain (Morocco), and we discussed the wars that still take place there due to phosphate mining.
Virtually all of Africa was colonial, except for Liberia and Ethiopia, the latter, which is still the headline of famines and wars, is now joined by Somalia, which was an Italian colony, in the post-war period Russian influence in the liberation struggles increased. influence in several regions, such as Angola, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau, but practically all of Africa enters this boiling process, and the allied forces that had formed the United Nations, Japan defeated in the war had to recognize the independence of Korea (until then unified) and the concession of the Kuril Islands to the Soviet Union, but which have recently fueled tension between Russia and Japan.
So the United Nations was not able to promote independence without big and bloody wars in Africa, some still persist, decolonization is just a new way of dependence, just as in America dependence on ideological struggles, these cultural and internal, never allowed real peace and an end to the cold war.
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with several countries becoming independent and returning to their original culture, it is a mere illusion to think that they are buried by ideologies, it seemed to give rise to a world where political, cultural and religious diversity would be tolerated, although the Arab tension never happened, the Arab Spring was an encouragement, but the forces that are still alive within these nations are still operating vigorously, see tensions in Libya, Congo, Sahara and many others, too Latin America is experiencing a polarization sometimes to one side and sometimes to the other.
The economic and political strength that China has gained, the new geopolitical influences of Russia, the tension between the north and the poor south, the crises of the democracies all seem to accelerate a process of establishing a New World Order, some more fatalistic currents call it for the acronym NOM, but in fact all this is just the boiling of issues that the post-war period has not resolved, the United Nations is still not what it promised to be a real "concert of nations" that live in peace and negotiate conflicts.
So we live a bipolar tension in many ways, north-south (photo), colonies and colonizers, ideological tensions that act today more internally than externally, and a pandemic that accelerated this whole process, if the world could be polarized it could be unipolar, there is a positive perspective that would be the real "concert of nations" and a bad one that is the polarization in one of the perverse factors that have already acted on humanity.
How to live with such huge cultural and political differences, a principle of friendship or peace that is always threatened is not enough, it is necessary to accept and defend diversity, to overcome the concept of "enemy" in the form of hate and intolerance (we wrote several posts to explain this), what in terms of Christian culture is called "loving your enemy", says the reading Lk 6:27-28: "I say to you who hear me: Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you", in other words neither unipolar nor bipolar, but a multipolar world.
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Hate and Intolerance in History
It is necessary to know the historical process to understand the bases on which a world polarization and an alleged new world order, a very vague term and subject to many interpretations, which led to polarization in the period of the Cold War and which seems to return with new molds, where the leaven of hate can flourish.
The reasons that led to the formation of the Axis, an alliance with the Nazis in World War II, were: territorial expansion with the creation of empires based on military conquests and the overthrow of the post-First World War international order, and the destruction and neutralization of Soviet communism.
Germany and Italy signed 1st. November 1936, a week after announcing a friendship pact, the creation of the Rome-Berlin Axis and then on November 25, 1936 the Anti-International Communist Pact (Comintern) in opposition to the Soviet Union, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia joined the Axis in November 1940, later Croatia joined, Finland joined the USSR in 1941 and in April of that year Yugoslavia was invaded and dismembered by Axis forces and then the Soviet Union.
At the beginning of the war, in 1st. From September 1939, the allies were France, Poland and the United Kingdom, as well as the states dependent on the British Crown: India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, after the invasion of Belgium, in addition to the Netherlands and Greece joined the allies, the Soviet Union supported the invasion of Poland, but realizing that it would be betrayed by the Nazis, it also became an ally, the United States would fully enter the War after the attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941 ), supported with money and weapons until then, in December 1941 it became an allied member with troops and sending heavy weapons to Europe.
China has had a protracted war with Japan since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, which was an incident of the disappearance of a soldier and troops stationed on either side of this bridge that is close to Manchuria (the disputed region), so China officially joined the Allies in 1941.
With the Axis practically defeated, the Tehran Conference was held with the first territorial divisions of the occupation troops in each country, this is important to understand the Soviet advances constituting Eastern Europe, the D-Day of the disembarkation of the troops in Europe was held in December 7, 1941.
The Potsdam and Yalta conferences were held on July 17 and August 2, 1945, respectively, before the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima on August 6 and 9.
Two attitudes must be analyzed in the post-war agreements, one is the reintegration of German territory to the war in the limits before the first war, with the exception that the place where the former Königsberg was after Stalingrad and today Kaliningrad was taken by the USSR and the Germans. were expelled, the negative was the nuclear bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima when the war was practically over, and the effects of the bomb marked the history of mankind forever, dropped in August 1945.
In the next post, we will analyze the advance and the almost end of the cold war and what can cause an imbalance and create a New World Order, an acronym used in different ways.
Tolerance, War and Peace
It grew even more in the midst of the pandemic, which forced us into involuntary seclusion, a kind of intolerance to the Other, what in current philosophy has been called the exclusion of the Other, Habermas, Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Lévinas among others wrote about it, and more currently Byung Chul Han.
In the Enlightenment, Voltaire had already written something similar in his "Philosophical Dictionary": "What is tolerance? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all full of weaknesses and errors; let us mutually forgive each other our follies, such is the first law of nature." (VOLTAIRE, 1978, p. 290)
At the time the book was banned from circulation in France such was the intolerance between Catholics and Protestants, and it was this that led Voltaire to call them maniacs.
The Illuminist affirmed that "without tolerance" the world would continue to be disordered, as he continued, and radicalizes it by saying: "the best way to reduce the number of maniacs, if there are still any, is to entrust this disease of the spirit to the regime of reason, which slow, but infallibly enlightens men" (idem), he believed this because it was characteristic of the spirit of enlightenment and religion in his time, due to the division between the Christians of the Reformation and the Catholics, were intolerant, contrary to the gospel they preached about forgiveness. and mercy.
On the religious question, John Locke changes the argument to defend religious tolerance, starting precisely from the separation between State and Church and establishing different functions for each of these institutions, as well as their own powers to carry out their due functions, but it took two wars. for the concept to mature.
The issue of religious tolerance was established in the Westphalian Peace Treaty, historic for international relations, which were actually two treaties in the German cities of Münster and Osnabrück, in 1648, putting an end to the so-called Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) in which religious disputes led to inter-kingdom struggles.
The Declaration of Principles on Tolerance was adopted on November 16, 1995 by UNESCO Member States, it states that tolerance is neither indulgence nor indifference and suggests "respect and appreciation for the rich variety of cultures of the world". world and forms of expression", taking a different look at different cultures and religions.
Voltaire's maniacs can now be translated as fanatics, defenders of territories and power, motivations of the first and second world wars, where the territories led to tensions between the Triple Entente (also known as Allies: France, United Kingdom and Russia) and the Triple Alliance (which were the Central Powers: Germany, Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire), the reduced territories of Germany and the expanded territories of Russia and France, the region of Alsace-Lorraine will be disputed by Germany) will fuel the future second world war , and these poorly made treaties will lead to new territorial disputes, see the case of Finland (which was established as neutral towards Russia) as the case cited in Putin's recent conversation with Macron about the current Ukraine crisis, which could be a kind of "Finnish solution", in the last hours there was a small withdrawal of troops from Russia in frontiers.
Any treaty now needs to have secure foundations, the idea that a "new world order" is underway hides expansionist desires and political intolerance.
VOLTAIRE. (1978) Dicionário Filosófico. 2 ed. Trad. Marilena Chauí. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, (Collection: Os Pensadores, Thinkers).
LOCKE, J. (2019) Carta sobre a Tolerância (Edição bilíngue Latim-Português) Tradução Fábio Fortes e Wellington Ferreira Lima. Organização, introdução, notas e comentários Flavio Fontenelle Loque Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora.
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Tension hours for peace
The President of Ukraine Voldymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday (14/02) that he heard that Wednesday will be the fatal day for a possible Russian invasion, and called the people to "unity" and to demonstrate this day for Ukraine. and for peace, he tries to minimize the possibility of an attack and is willing to make concessions for peace.
On the other hand, Russia also claims to be ready for peace, but contrary to concessions reaffirming its demands, among them the non-inclusion of Ukraine in NATO, which would be a threat to Russian territory, Putin hides what everyone knows about expansionist desires, which in the Russian view is just the reintegration of their territories from the time of the USSR.
The war apparatus on the borders of Ukraine grows, not only to the north on the border with Russia and Belarus, but also to the south in the region of Moldova and in the territory of Crimea that is under Russian possession, but that is claimed by Ukraine, too. in these countries the American diplomatic delegations are being withdrawn.
The pattern of Russian speech is repetitive, just like that of the West (USA, Germany and UK mainly), only France and Ukraine itself admit concessions, on the Russian side there is a list of demands for a possible peace while making the rhetoric that they do not want war, in addition to Chinese support, Argentina as well as its ally Venezuela and the unexpected Brazilian support seems to give strength to Russian desires, Bolsonaro is visiting the country in troubled times.
There will be no peace without concessions, and both the Russian side, which says there is a chance for peace if their demands are accepted, and the Allied side, which says the response will be swift and severe, seem more to be preparing for war than willing to peace.
These are days of tensions, especially for the Ukrainian people, but also for a good part of Europe, Russia has a base of supersonic nuclear missiles Zircon, both in the exclave (discontinuous territory of Russia) and close to Crimea in the Black Sea, these missiles that were tested at the end of last year can reach European countries and are faster than international anti-aircraft batteries, in addition to the issue of carrying nuclear capsules.
Despite having a large army, the Ukrainian army is much inferior in technologies and weapons, NATO support is only strategic, but the people will resist (photo)
Beyond the concessions, it is necessary to understand the insecurities and visions of opposing sides, it is not possible to reach an agreement without the ability to see the "other side".
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Chamaeleo zeylanicus, le Caméléon de Ceylan est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Chamaeleonidae.

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Cette espèce se rencontre au Sri Lanka, en Inde et au Pakistan.

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 Laurenti, 1768 : Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, Vienna Joan Thomae,  (texte intégral).

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Saurien (nom scientifique)
Chamaeleonidae
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Q: how to make JnlpAgentEndpointResolver resolve for a specific endpoint out of two? I have my Jenkins server with reverse proxy. I want the slave agents to connect at the private IP of the master VM, but access Jenkins via reverse proxy url.
The Jenkins Url under "Jenkins/Manage/Configure" is holding the reverse proxy url for various good reasons.
When I execute the jar command in the agent with the private IP, the JnlpAgentEndpointResolver finds two endpoint in the list to resolve.
java -jar agent.jar -jnlpUrl http://172.17.0.4:8080/computer/agent-1/slave-agent.jnlp -secret 32487hdhkjhdskjhdhadhkjshd8y7dsjbdeud
INFO: Locating server among [https://my-reverse-proxy.url.com/, http://172.17.0.4:8080/]
Feb 14, 2020 4:25:36 PM org.jenkinsci.remoting.engine.JnlpAgentEndpointResolver resolve
INFO: Remoting server accepts the following protocols: [JNLP4-connect, Ping]
But, it selects endpoint: my-reverse-proxy.url.com over 172.17.0.4:8080, and for some reason it ends up with exception. However, it does successfully connect with private IP.
How can i make sure that the JnlpAgentEndpointResolver selects the specific endpoint over another?
Thanks in advance,


Abstract : [en] Normative systems are systems in the behavior of which norms play a role and which need normative concepts in order to be described or specified. A normative multi-agent system combines models for normative systems (dealing for example with obligations, permissions and prohibitions) with models for multi-agent systems. Norms have been proposed in multi-agent systems and computer science to deal with issues of coordination, security, electronic commerce and institutions, agent organization. However, due to the lack of a unified theory, many multi-agent system researchers are presently developing their own ad hoc concepts and applications. The aim of this Dagstuhl Seminar was to formulate a collective appraisal of the current perspectives in the field and the most promising venues for future activity. In particular, the seminar has been conceived for the writing of a volume titled "A Prospective view of Normative Multi Agent Systems" aimed to become a standard reference in the field and to provide guidelines for future research in normative multi-agent systems.


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Dad who tried to meet child for sex exposed on Facebook Live by 'paedo hunters'
"Sex addict" Mark Hoare was confronted in a clip watched by nearly 100,000 people
Neil DockingCrown Court Reporter
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A dad-of-one tried to meet a child for sex but ended up being exposed on Facebook Live by 'paedophile hunters'.
Self-confessed "sex addict" Mark Hoare, 30, thought he was chatting to a 14-year-old girl , who he sent a photo of his penis.
But he had actually been set up by group Hunting 4 Justice, who confronted him and broadcast the scenes online.
The clip went viral and has now been viewed some 95,000 times , shared by 1,500 people and 'liked' by 2,500 users on Facebook.
Hoare, of Calgarth Road, Huyton , entered into sexual chats with a person from the group, who posed as a teenager.
Neil Bisarya, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court these conversations took place over two days in February this year.
He spoke to the decoy on the online dating website Oasis and also sent two photos of a man and woman having sex.
When Hunting 4 Justice asked him about the conversations, Hoare replied: "I don't remember that" and "I'm not too sure".
He then pointed out that he had two online accounts, but did not respond when questioned about the damning messages.
A member of Hunting 4 Justice explained that police were on the way and asked whether he had a tattoo on his arm.
Mark Hoare, 30, of Calgarth Road, Huyton, jailed for 12 months after admitting arranging to meet a girl who he knew was under 16 for sexual intercourse and causing a child, aged 14, to look at an image of a person engaging in sexual activity
Hoare revealed tattoos on his arms, before being shown what appeared to be a photo he sent, showing the same tattoos.
In footage lasting nearly an hour, he then confirmed he knew what he was doing was wrong and said that he was "lonely".
Hoare, who has no previous convictions, admitted arranging to meet a girl who he knew was under 16 for sexual intercourse.
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He also pleaded guilty to causing a child, aged 14, to look at an image of a person engaging in sexual activity.
However, the court heard he later claimed to police that he did not intend to meet the teenager and was not attracted to her.
Hoare said he just wanted conversations and accepted talking to other girls online, but denied that he would have sex with a child.
Mr Bisarya said: "He says he's a sex addict addicted to all females regardless of age. He binge drinks and talks to girls online when he's drinking."
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Mark Lever, defending, said Hoare was a "lonely and isolated" individual with few friends, who lived with his mum and sister.
He said the warehouseman generally spent his money on alcohol and spent a lot of time on his own in his bedroom on his computer.
Mr Lever said Hoare drank lager which gave him "Dutch courage" and then "began behaving in a risky manner on the internet".
He said his client, who has a baby boy, could not go back to his home because of hostility from neighbours and has nowhere to live.
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Recorder Thomas Ryan said Hoare tried to get the supposed child to meet him and knew she was 14 and a virgin.
The judge said: "I don't accept that you would not have met her, although you may not have gone on to have sex."
Recorder Ryan said the case was so serious that only a custodial sentence could be imposed and jailed him for 12 months.
He handed Hoare a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and told him to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years.
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Angry Pakistani Army Says It Does Not Want US Aid
Saeed Shah,
Islamabad – Pakistan's army lashed out Thursday at its critics at home as well as in the United States in an angry statement that underscored just how deep a crisis the country's armed forces are suffering.
The statement rejected all American financial aid for the military, saying the money should go instead to the government to be spent on "the common man." It warned that it intended to "put an end" to domestic criticism of its actions.
It also tried to distance the military from the United States, saying that it had stopped U.S. training of the country's border guards and ordered the U.S. to "drastically" reduce the number of its troops in Pakistan.
Analysts here said the unusually detailed statement — at 1,032 words, it even provided an accounting of how U.S. aid had been spent — appeared to be an effort to garner flagging public support. Much of the statement was highlighted with bold lettering to emphasize its points.
Pakistan's military has been hit by a trio of calamities in the past month that have led to unprecedented censure at home, especially in the press but also from members of parliament: the May 2 U.S. special forces raid that found and killed Osama bin Laden in a town in northern Pakistan, a humiliating terrorist assault on a naval base in Karachi in mid-May and the kidnapping and beating death of a prominent journalist, which been widely and openly blamed on the military's spy agency.
For the military, which has dominated Pakistan since the nation's creation in 1947, the public criticism is the harshest since 1971, when half the country broke away to form Bangladesh, and it was clear from the tone of the statement that the criticism has stung.
"This is an effort to drive a wedge between the army, different organs of the state and more seriously, the people of Pakistan," according to the statement, which was issued after a meeting of top military figures with Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the army's chief of staff. "Any effort to create divisions between important institutions of the country is not in our national interest. The participants agreed that all of us should take cognizance of this unfortunate trend and put an end to it."
Western diplomats in Islamabad say Kayani is angry and depressed. The unilateral U.S. operation to eliminate bin Laden exposed the inadequacies of Pakistani air defenses and intelligence capabilities. The 16-hour assault on the naval base in Karachi by fewer than a dozen terrorists made the armed forces look amateurish. The military's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency denies killing journalist Saleem Shahzad, though few in Pakistan appear willing to believe it.
"In their world, everything they do, they do in the national interest. Any criticism of them, they would conflate as criticism of project Pakistan," said Cyril Almeida, a columnist for Pakistan's Dawn newspaper. "When under attack, by verbal criticism or whatever, the default reaction is to lash out and push back."
The statement made clear that the military thought it had been wronged, both by criticism at home and by the way the United States had treated it.
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"Paying tributes to the resilience and sacrifices of valiant people of Pakistan, the participants assured the nation that the army will do its utmost and continue to sacrifice for the security and well-being of the people," the statement said.
Noting that the United States had kept secret from Islamabad its plans to assault bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, just a few hundred yards from Pakistan's most prestigious military academy, the military said future sharing of intelligence would take place "strictly on the basis of reciprocity and complete transparency."
"It has been clearly put across to U.S. intelligence officials that no intelligence agency can be allowed to carry out independent operation on our soil," the statement said.
It also said the military wouldn't be pressured into attacking terrorist strongholds in North Waziristan, something U.S. officials have long sought. The army "was following a well thought out campaign plan and is under no pressure to carry out operations at a particular time," the statement said. "Future operations … will be with political consensus."
The army also sought to cool criticism of its receipt of billions from the United States. It said the oft-quoted figure that the military had received $13 billion to $15 billion over the last 10 years was "misplaced." It said it had received only $8.6 billion of the money and that the remainder — "approximately U.S. $6 billion" — had gone into Pakistan's general fund, "which ultimately means the people of Pakistan."
It pointedly noted that "the figures quoted here have been reconciled with the Ministry of Finance."
Those numbers are lower that the $20 billion the U.S. Congressional Research Service says Pakistan has received in U.S. aid since 2001. A large chunk of that was reimbursements for the cost of Pakistan's war-on-terrorism operations, under a plan known as Coalition Support Funds.
The military's statement said that "economic rather than military aid was more essential for Pakistan."
"In line with the position taken in Pak-U.S. strategic dialogue in March 2010, it is being recommended to the government that the U.S. funds meant for military assistance to the army be diverted towards economic aid to Pakistan," the statement said.
(Shah is a McClatchy special correspondent.)
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Denmark: Cecilie Alexandra tells us more about Hotel A
by Fernando Méndez February 6, 2015 6:34 pm 738 views
About to finish school, Cecilie Alexandra has undertaken an out-of-school activity. Not precisely sports… And talking to her you can see that she is not at all overwhelmed.
With a perennial smile on her face and a positive aura around her, Cecilie Alexandra speaks enthusiastically about her entry, school and her present life. And she gave some more details of the Hotel A…
Hotel A has been written by a very powerful team. How does it feel to have such strong names behind you?
I think it's so amazing. I'm so happy to have such a strong team with me. I couldn't be any happier with the song that I have. It's so much me… I can't wait to perform it.
Hotel A speaks of first love… Anything you want to share with us…? (picture a crafty smile here, as Cecilie cheerfully laughs).
Well… I have a boyfriend… And, for the song, it is inspired by the French movie Amélie. It's about a girl who experiences her first love and who also wants to make everybody happy.
It's a very cheerful song. How is that going to be supported on stage? A still performance, or maybe with some dancing…
I'm going to invite you all to a French universe. I can also say that I'll wear a big dress; and the last thing I'll tell is that I'm going to dance, yes. Not wildly, but something slow, while I enjoy the song…
Besides in the performance I'll be wearing my lucky necklace with me, with an A on it, which reminds me of Hotel A and hopefully it will bring me luck.
Quite a French story the one of Hotel A… Could the song have had some French language in it?
Actually in the last part that I sing, I'll be staying at the Hotel A…, Hotel A is pronounced in French at that point.
How are your studies going?
I'm still a student. I still have three months left.
How are you coping with your studies and the preparations for the Dansk MGP?
It's quite hard, because I'm so in love with the music and this competition. I'm putting all my heart and soul in this competition to do the best for the song and for the audience… It's hard, but I get a lot of support from my school.
Have you sung at school?
Yes, I visited my former kindergarten and sang my entry for the kids there. And they loved it!
Regardless of the result of the Dansk MGP, what are your plans for the future in the music industry?
I hope to make some more music with my Swedish songwriters, and maybe also in Sweden. Hopefully I'll be able to perform Hotel A in other countries and show the people there my universe and everything I have prepared for it.
Thank you for your time, Cecilie and good luck.
Cecilie Alexandra will invite the Dansk MGP audience to Hotel A on 7 February in her bid for the Danish entry in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.
This is not over. ESCToday.com will bring you all the news about Denmark, the DMGP 2015 and the Eurovision Song Contest.
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[Un1] Specification of Uncertainty
To represent the uncertainty of forecasting, cohort-component book-keeping was applied N = 3,000 times, with stochastically varying values for age-specific mortality, age-specific fertility, and net migration.
The method is based on the so-called scaled model for error (Journal of Official Statistics 13(1997), 203-225.) Within each country, the main characteristics of the model (as used in the forecast) are qualitatively as follows:
Uncertainty in age-specific mortality and age-specific fertility is treated in the relative (logarithmic) scale, for net-migration uncertainty is treated in the additive scale.
Uncertainty is assumed to increase with forecast year. Any increasing pattern of error variances can be represented by a suitable choice of the scales of the model.
Error increments of each age and sex group have a constant non-negative autocorrelation that can be chosen freely.
Cross-correlation of errors across age are represented by an AR(1) process, whose correlation at lag = 1 is non-negative but otherwise it can be chosen freely.
Correlation between error increments of males and females, in each age, can be chosen freely.
Correlation between errors in male and female net migration can be chosen freely.
Uncertainty in fertility, mortality, and migration were assumed to be independent of each other.
A normal distribution was used to represent error increments for each age- and sex-group.
For the purpose of combining country-specific forecasts to form a forecast for EU/EEA as a whole,
(a) the total number of net migrants were generated go that they are correlated across countries,
(b) cross-correlation in mortality and fertility across countries was induced via the use of seeds in simulation.
Scales for error increments were specified so they depended both on age and forecast year.
Same scales were used for all countries. The scales were estimated from long data series from Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K. The estimates were based on the median level of uncertainty in the past, averaged across countries.
Autocorrelation of error increments was 0.05.
Cross-correlation across age was 0.95. Cross-correlation across sexes was 0.85.
Scales for error increments were specified so they depended on forecast year but not on age. Total fertility rate was used to obtain the estimates.
Initial values for the scales were estimated, for each country, from the data in 1990-2000, by calculating the standard deviation of first differences (log-scale).
Eventual value for the scales was obtained from long data series for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Sweden. This value is 0.06 for the total fertility rate. Initial values were connected to the eventual values linearly.
Autocorrelation of error increments was 0.0.
The cross-correlation across age was 0.95. The scales estimated for total fertility rates were multiplied by 1.25 to account for less than perfect cross-correlation.
Uncertainty in net-migration was specified in terms of total net migration.
Scales were determined by connecting an estimate of past variability to a judgmentally chosen ultimate value. For countries relying on population registers as the source of population data (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) the uncertainty of net migration was set to zero for year t = 2003.
Autocorrelation of error increments varied by country, as follows:
Austria 0.21
Belgium 0.19
Denmark 0.18
Finland 0.34
Germany 0.20
Greece 0.17
Iceland 0.14
Italy 0.26
Luxembourg 0.22
Netherlands 0.29
Norway 0.56
Portugal 0.17
Spain 0.28
Sweden 0.43
Switzerland 0.43
United Kingdom 0.17
Cross-correlation in net migration error between males and females, each year, was assumed to be 0.9.
A schedule of empirically estimated gross migration levels by age and sex was estimated based on data from Denmark (1998-2002), Norway (2000, 2002) and Sweden (1998-2002). It was used as a multiplier to derive the proportional level of uncertainty by age and sex. Thus, the cross-correlation across age was 1.0.
Cross-Country Correlations
Contemporaneous correlations in mortality and fertility were implemented by the "method of seeds" that was developed for this purpose. This method produces a general level of correlation simultaneously for both vital processes.
The countries were divided into three groups: PS = Portugal and Spain, GI = Greece and Italy, and OTH = other 14 countries. Correlations between countries within each of the three groups, and across the groups, were specified as follows:
PS 0.70
GI 0.30 0.30
OTH 0.15 0.30 0.30
PS GI OTH
These correlations are relevant for the results published for the EU/EEA as a whole, not for the forecasts of the individual countries.
Contemporaneous correlations in net migration were implemented by generating net-migration uncertainty outside the single state program PEP.
For this purpose the countries were also divided into three groups: GER = Austria, Germany and Switzerland, MED = Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and OTH = other 11 countries. Correlation within each of the three groups, and across groups, were specified as follows:
GER 0.50
MED 0.25 0.50
GER MED OTH
These correlations are also relevant for the results published for the EU/EEA as a whole, not for the forecasts of the individual countries.
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Abstract: This paper discusses the suitability of Project-Based learning (PBL) in mechanical design education.
and review of existing assessment of the approach are discussed.
Key-Words: Project-Based Leaning, Mechanical Design Education, Design Curriculum.
are: to integrate knowledge and skills from a range It is generally agreed that PBL leads to of multidisciplinary modules; to acquire knowledge better skills in the areas of independent learning, through self-study; to enhance working in groups communication, and critical thinking. Students are and manage group projects; to develop problem more confident of their own abilities, better able to solving skills of students; to encourage self- work in a team, keener to learn and have a greater motivation, curiosity and thinking; and finally, to understanding of the practical aspects of make learning enjoyable . Also PBL helps in engineering. Although PBL imposes increase in enhancing the technical curiosity of students which work load, staff have found its implementation a has been diminished by the very little contact relatively rewarding experience. Due to much closer students have with machinery and devices that they contact with students, PBL gives instructors greater opportunity to respond to at risk students.
The word design comes from the Latin word designore which means to work out.
contrast to medical knowledge where Perrenet et al. Assessment and evaluation of PBL in design  describes the pertinent knowledge as having a education is important at every level, from project "rather encyclopaedic structure, so the order in selection, through project and course grading, to which various concepts are encountered is not curriculum monitoring and accreditation. Most of prescribed and further learning will hardly be the engineering associations or accreditation boards do not provide specific or quantitative measures for Another important factor is the nature of design evaluating a specific program or methodology. For and the engineering knowledge and its practice example, the professional engineering association in compared for example to medicine where problem- the United Kingdom defines a list of accreditation based learning has been widely adopted and topics (e.g., knowledge, design, and analysis) with successful. Practical engineering problems are no specific level of achievements. In the United inevitably different, more complex and needs longer States, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and time to solve from those handled in schools. Technology (ABET) lists outcomes for student Problems facing engineers always vary and have training with no quantitative measures. For new elements, uncertainties and many unknowns. example, one of the ABET outcomes that is related Engineers are always required to solve problems to PBL; "an ability to function in teams" doesn't outside of their experience and the knowledge they provide a level of expected proficiency. acquired. In addition, design and engineering In the above regard, Crawley  presents an problems normally have many solutions. In contrast, extensive effort for setting goals and competencies the medical field problems differ in that, there will for an engineering syllabus. Crawley's work was only be one correct diagnosis, it will usually be done in stages with interaction and input from stake- made relatively quickly and treatments after holders such as employers, ABET and alumni. The diagnosis may vary, but will generally be selected result was an extensive list of more than 270 from a range of well-defined options. Because of competency attributes with expressions representing these facts, Perrenet et al.  report that "findings the expected level of achievement in a qualitative  J.E. Mills and D.F Treagust, "Engineering sense. This list appears to be, however, very extensive and may be impractical for the purpose of assessment. The list was reduced by Malmqvist et based learning the answer?", Australasian al.  but still didn't gain popularity and J. of Engineering Education, online publication universality of application. It is important to note that this is an critical point that needs proper attention from researchers. As in the above discussion for general PBL assessment, proper  J. C. Wood and L. G. Mack, "Problem-Based measures and avenues for obtaining assessments are Learning and interdisciplinary instruction", required. Also, assessment of graduates in the work Proceedings of the 2001 American Society place is crucial to reach proper conclusion for this approach. Various methods of assessments may be Conference & Exposition, (2001). adopted from industry measures and procedures. It  J.C. Perrenet, P.A. Bouhuijs and J.G.M. may be constructive, for example, to consider Smits, "The suitability of problem-based methods of assessment such as quality and learning for engineering education: theory performance of the final product, presentations, portfolios, peer reviews, self-assessments, and and practice", Teaching in Higher Education, 5, 3 (2000) pp. 345-358.


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Пицу́ндская бу́хта (,  — Бичвинтская бухта) — бухта на кавказском побережье Чёрного моря. Одна из трёх крупнейших бухт Восточного Причерноморья (наряду с Сухумской и Батумской).

Глубина бухты у входа в западной части свыше 50 м, в северо-восточной части до 20 м. Дно бухты илистое, в восточной части бухты встречаются подводные камни. В бухту впадают реки Адзыду и Риапши. С запада бухту ограничивает мыс Пицунда. Восточный берег (мыс Пицунда) низменный с широким галечным пляжем; северный и северо-восточный берег возвышенный Мюссерскими холмами, которые круто обрываются в бухту.

Первые поселения рядом с бухтой появились ещё в IV веке до н. э., позднее греками на побережье был основан античный город и порт Питиунт (, «сосновый»). На мысе произрастает сосна пицундская. Участок реликтового соснового бора взят под охрану и является заповедником.

В начале XX века бухта являлась важнейшим центром . С 1966 года охота на дельфинов запрещена.

На берегу бухты расположены город Пицунда, сёла Лидзава Гагрского района и Амжикухуа Гудаутского района. В Пицунде организован причал, в самой бухте расположен рейд для судов. На западном побережье бухты в 1960-е годы построены 7 пансионатов: «Апсны», «Бзыбь», «Золотое руно», «Колхети» (ныне «Колхида»), «Амра», «Иверия» (ныне «Амзара») и «Маяк». Также на побережье бухты в сосновом бору располагалась дача Хрущёва и государственная дача президента Республики Абхазия.

Примечания

Литература
 Грузинская советская энциклопедия, Т. 2, Тбилиси, 1977, С. 424.
 Меншиков В. Л. Берег Пицунды: факты и гипотезы / Меншиков В. Л., Пешков В. М. — М.: Мысль, 1980. — 112 с.: ил.

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