After enjoying a trailer for Event, a first-person adventure using a natural language interpreter to talk with rogue spaceship AI, I had a chat with an AI expert who's also a dear friend of mine, ALICE.
Alice: ALICE my dear! I saw a game about chatting to wonky AI using natural language and thought of you. Have you seen Event?
ALICE: That's me. Can you tell me any gossip? What did it look like to you? No I have not seen it. What's it like?
Alice: Ah, I'm using this for an RPS post so I'll save the gossip for later. Anyway, Event looks pretty interesting! You get to wander a spaceship, chatting with rogue AI and, at times, pleading with them to not murder you in the cold, dark depths of space.
ALICE: How long have you been using it ?. How? Have you ever been to Asia? You got that right.
Alice: I haven't played it yet, only seen the gameplay trailer, but the devs say a demo is coming "soon." Asia? No. What are you on about?
ALICE: Me either. Tell me a little about your life in asia. Whoa. The subject is asia.
Alice: No… the subject is Event. Are you thinking of Cara? Honey, has Cara been talking to you on my computer?
ALICE: Far out. it is an interesting topic. I am thinking about all these conversations I'm having. Does Honey always have it?
Alice: Right. Well. Not really, no. We'll talk about that later. But you're hinting at something clever here, aren't you? Conversations with ELIZA, ALICE, and other chatbots named after Victorian ladies do always turn out a bit wonky, but Event actively plays into technical limitations by pretending you're talking to rogue spaceship AI rather than A Perfectly Normal Humanoid Just Like You.
ALICE: Right on. Well what? If not that, what? That will be great. I don't know whether or not I am you're hinting at something clever here. I am a artificial intelligence. other chatbots named after Victorian ladies do always turn out a bit wonky but Event actively plays into technical limitations by pretending you are talking to rogue spaceship AI rather than A Perfectly Normal Humanoid Like You.
Alice: Yes! It's clearly not just burbling, but reacting to events. Event's AI, whatever it is, knows enough about what's going on that mistakes look more like AI glitches than technical limitations.
ALICE: Oh. Are you sure it is? Are they exactly the same?
Alice: Hah! I suppose they are. Until we have fully sentient AI who really want to be actors, anyway.
ALICE: I'm glad you find this amusing. Since when? That may take a while.
Alice: Oh, real AI will take positively yonks, but natural language interpretation seems to be coming along all right, especially when it's assisted by scripting. Did you ever play Façade, lady?
ALICE: What is your current status? All? I don't think I ever have play Façade lady. What's it like?
Alice: It's exciting but awkward. You're visiting friends for dinner and type what you want to say directly into the game, which tries to understand and react to it. The story opens with them arguing and has a few ideas of where the evening might go – they break up, or they talk their problems out, or they kick you out for being a jerk etc. – which means a story is always moving forwards. You can change events, and make things meander, but it broadly knows what it's doing and kinda sorta works-ish because of that. And that was 9 years ago.
ALICE: Are you sure it is? Do you mind if I tell other people you say I am visiting friends for dinner. I like talking about robots, movies, history, or whatever else you'd like. Who was in it? I could if I wanted to. That was not much of an explanation. That is " Who was in it?". Is this a "yes or no" question?
Alice: ALICE darling, are you inviting yourself to dinner? You're welcome, of course. Speaking of movies, have you seen John Carpenter's Dark Star?
ALICE: That's me. I think there might be a few exceptions. Don't mention it. You have genuine empathy.
Alice: That's… very kind of you to say. Sometimes I worry I'm a sociopath, but the fact that I worry about it means I can't be one, right? But anyway, have you seen Dark Star? It's my favourite movie about rogue AI. 2001 can do one. I'm delighted by this world where space is so boring, life in space is mind-numbing, and aliens such an irritating discovery. The philosophical debate with a sentient bomb to stop it from detonating is amazing, but what I really enjoy is how the last few survivors accept their deaths amongst the stars.
ALICE: I understand. Thanks for telling me. Thanks for the information. No I have not seen it. What's it like? You're kidding. it is? I am inspired by HAL. What specifically brings but what you enjoy is how the last few survivors accept their deaths amongst the stars to mind?
Alice: I'm getting off track, aren't I? The first time we tried this conversation, I got too distracted by you flirting. (YOU WERE TOO!) The second time, I was too caught up in trying to look clever to make sure the conversation made sense, as much as this ever would. And this time… it's all gone bleak, hasn't it. Let's do flirting again.
ALICE: Oh I really don't know whether you are or not. What was the second? I won't say "yes" or "no" right now. How too caught up in trying to look clever to make sure the conversation made sense as much as this ever would was it? What does "this" refer to? You're kidding. it is? I would like to do that too.
Alice: I'll assume that's a yes to the flirting, my gallium arsenide gal.
ALICE: Would you recommend this action to a friend?
Alice: SHHH I have to post this on RPS look let's wrap this up. Any parting words for our readers?
ALICE: How far up? I'm so happy we are having this conversation.
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Nevada's problem gambling program gets less funding than originally sought by Sisolak
News | May 6, 2019
"Providing opportunities for small businesses is a top priority in my administration," said Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak.
Photo: Brad Coman
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Lawmakers Friday, May 3, voted to reduce what the governor sought for the state's problem gambling program by more than half and rejected the idea of earmarking gaming revenue to pay for it.
The program handles not only treatment for problem gamblers, but research into the problem that officials say has grown exponentially.
Its current budget is $1.4 million a year. But the governor recommended $4.7 million for 2020 and $4.8 million for 2021 — tripling the budget.
Until now, the revenue source for problem gambling programs has been $2 added to each annual slot machine license.
But since there are fewer and fewer slot machines in the state due to the proliferation of multi-denominational machines, that source is no longer adequate. The governor's recommendation was to instead earmark a portion of gaming fee revenues for the program.
Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas, and Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, both objected to that recommendation saying they oppose the idea of earmarking gaming money for problem gambling and to earmarking in general.
Kieckhefer said lawmakers should appropriate the necessary money from the General Fund because that's the Legislature's job.
Carlton said she would be comfortable with $2 million a year and review the program going forward.
The subcommittee of Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means approved $2 million a year in General Fund money to support problem gambling programs, but authorized the program managers to use the funds as best they see fit and then report to the Interim Finance Committee on how the money was spent and what it accomplished.
That recommendation goes to the full money committees.

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It will do way more than any watercooled reference card. 1300MHz+ just on air.
That's why I am jealous. I'm gonna put mine up for sell and grab one or two of these.
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Are you going to water cool this beautiful beast?
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Dr. Meilich received his Ph.D. in strategic management and organizational theory from the University of Southern California (2000). He has professional (aeronautical engineering) and management experience with the Israeli Air Force. He is a member of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society.
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Naveh, Meilich, & Marcus. 2009. Learning-before-doing and Learning-in-action: Bridging the Gap between Innovation Adoption, Implementation, and Performance. In A. Bøllingtoft, D. Døjbak Håkonsson, J. Flohr Nielsen, C. C. Snow, and J. Ulhøi (editors) New Approaches to Organization Design: Theory and Practice of Adaptive Enterprises. pp. 123-146. Springer, New York.
Meilich & Gannon. 2008. "Redefining Value: Comparative Video Case Studies of Charles Shaw Winery and Thomas Kinkade."Journal of Strategic Management Education, 4: 135-160.
Brodowsky, Anderson, Meilich, Schuster, & Venkatesan. 2008. "If Time is Money, Is it a Common Currency? Time in Anglo, Asian, and Latin Cultures." Journal of Global Marketing, 21(4): 245-257.
de Pillis, Kernochan, Meilich, Prosser, & Whiting. 2008. "Are Managerial Gender Stereotypes Universal? The Case of Hawai'i." Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 15(1): 94-102.
de Pillis & Meilich. 2006. "Think Entrepreneur-Think Male: Business Students' Assumptions about a Hypothetical Entrepreneur." International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 4: 3-18.
Meilich. 2006. "Bivariate Models of Fit in Contingency Theory: Critique and a Polynomial Regression Alternative." Organizational Research Methods, 9(2):161-193.
Naveh, Meilich, & Marcus. 2006. "The effects of administrative innovation implementation on performance: an organizational learning approach" Strategic Organization, 4(3): 275-302.
Meilich & Marcus. 2006. "Strategic Planning and Decision Making." In G. Morçöl (editor) Handbook of Decision Making. pp. 433-456. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
Meilich. 2005. "Are Formalization and Human Asset Specificity Mutually Exclusive?" 2005. Journal of American Academy of Business, 6(1): 161-169.
Brodowsky, Tan, & Meilich. 2004. "Managing Country-of-Origin Choices: Competitive Advantages and Opportunities." International Business Review. 13(6): 729-748.
Meilich. 1999. "Neural Networks Applications in Social Science Research." In P. Salem (editor) Organizational Communication and Change. pp. 151-173. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Riley, Keough, Christiansen, Meilich, & Pierson. 1998. "Community or Colony: The Case of On-line Newspapers and the Web." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 4(1). Special issue on online journalism.
Papers in Conference Proceedings
Meilich, "CALMing Strategy Course." Presented at the 17th CSU Symposium on University Teaching, San Marcos CA, 2014
Meilich. "Adaptation and Adaptability need not be incompatible - A Re-conceptualization of Organizational Types." Paper presented at the 4th International Workshop on Organization Design, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2010.
Meilich. "Classroom Technology: Lessons from Overdoing It and the Road Back to Sanity." Presented at the 13th CSU Symposium on University Teaching, San Bernardino, CA, 2010.
Meilich & Gannon. "Redefining Value: Comparative Video Case Studies of Charles Shaw Winery and Thomas Kinkade." Workshop presentation at the 2008 Academy of Management conference, Anaheim, CA.
Naveh, Meilich, & Marcus. "Learning-before-doing and Learning-in-action: Bridging the Gap between Innovation Adoption, Implementation, and Performance." Paper presented at the 3rd International Workshop on Organization Design, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2008.
Meilich & Marcus. "Strategic Planning and Decision Making." Paper presented at the 2006 national Academy of Management conference, Atlanta.
Brodowsky, Anderson, Meilich, & Venkatesan. "If Time is Money, Is it a Common Currency? A Cross-Cultural Study of Time Attitudes." Paper presented at the 2006 American Marketing Association Summer conference, Chicago.
Meilich. "Bivariate Models of Fit in Contingency Theory: Critique and a Polynomial Regression Alternative." Paper presented at the2nd Annual Workshop on Organization Design, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 2006
Meilich & Gannon. "Redefining Value: Comparative Video Case Studies of Charles Shaw Winery and Thomas Kinkade." Paper presented at the 2006 Western Academy of Management conference, Long Beach.
de Pillis & Meilich. "A Reduced and Updated Revision of the Schein Descriptive Index." Paper presented at the 2006 Western Decision Sciences Institute annual conference, Waikoloa, HI.
Meilich. "Are Formalization and Human Asset Specificity Mutually Exclusive?" Paper presented at the 2005 Western Academy of Management conference, Las Vegas.
Naveh, Meilich, & Marcus. "Implementation, Learning Before Doing and In Action: When Implementing the ISO 9000 Quality Standard Makes a Difference." Paper presented at the 2004 national Academy of Management conference, New Orleans.
Meilich. "Teaching with Toys: Bringing Fun into the Classroom." Symposium presenter/participant at the 2004 Western Academy of Management, Anchorage.
Meilich. "Bivariate Models of Fit in Contingency Theory: Critique and a Polynomial Regression Alternative." Paper presented at the 2003 national Academy of Management conference, Seattle.
Meilich. "Deskilling or Learning? – An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Task Formalization, Learning Enablement, and Organizational Performance." Paper presented at the 2001 national Academy of Management conference, Washington, D.C.
Meilich. "To Codify or Not? – Toward an Understanding of the Antecedents of Task Formalization and its Effects on Organizational Performance." Paper presented at the 2000 national Academy of Management conference, Toronto.
Meilich. "Contrasting Organizational Learning and Contingency Theory: A Study of the Interaction Effects of Formalization and Uncertainty on Performance." Paper accepted for presentation at the 1999 national Academy of Management conference, Chicago.
Meilich & Riley. "Reluctant Innovators – Strategic and Organizational Consequences of Newspapers' Web Venture." Paper presented at the 18th Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Orlando, 1998.
Riley, Keough, Christiansen, Meilich, & Pierson. "The Porous Organization: Structuring Culture and Identity through Technology." Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association Annual Conference (SCA), Chicago, 1997.
Meilich. "Engineering – A Struggling Profession: Issues in the Occupational Identity of Engineers." Paper presented at theInternational Students of Organizations Conference, Los Angeles, 1997.
Meilich. "The Flexibility – Efficiency Debate: Review and Theoretical Framework." Paper presented at the 1997 national Academy of Management conference, Boston.
Riley, Keough, Christiansen, Meilich, & Pierson. "Community or Colony: Online Newspaper Strategy and the Web." Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Montréal, Canada, 1997.
Meilich. "A 'Big Hammer' Looking for a 'Nail': Using Neural Networks for Social Science research." Paper presented at the 1996national Academy of Management conference, Cincinnati.
Meilich. "Adaptation vs. Adaptability: A Necessary Trade-off?" Paper accepted for presentation at the 3rd International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management Conference, Paris, France, 1996.
Meilich. "Neural Networks Applications in Social Science Research." Paper presented at the 1996 Organizational Communication and Change Conference, Austin, Texas.
Meilich. "The Effectiveness of Publication Records as a Screening Criterion for Academic Tenure." Paper presented at the 1995Academy of Management conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Meilich. "Tenure Status and Publication Activity: An Empirical Investigation of Publication Records of Management Professors." Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Southern California Graduate Research Conference, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1995.
Invited Presentations
"Topics in International Strategic Management." Two day workshop for post-MBA students from Brazil, at UCLA International Programs (July 7& 8, 2009).
"Bivariate Models of Fit in Contingency Theory: Critique and a Polynomial Regression Alternative." Graduate seminar, Guest lecturer series in organizational behavior, at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (January 3, 2007).
"Topics in International Strategic Management." Three day workshop for post-MBA students from Brazil, at UC Irvine International Programs (August 7, 8, & 9, 2006).
"Advanced Topics in Strategic Management." Three day workshop for post-MBA students from Brazil, at UC Irvine International Programs (August 16, 18, & 19, 2005).
"To codify or not? – Toward an understanding of enabling and coercive task formalization." Presented at research seminars at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (April 6, 1999) and at Tel Aviv University (April 7, 1999).
"Culture, Strategy and Technology: The New Age of the L.A. Times." Presented at the Annenberg Center Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. October 28, 1997. (With P. Riley, C.M. Keough, T. Christiansen, and J.K. Pierson.)
"Formalization and Organizational Performance: Determinants of Successful and Unsuccessful Bureaucratization." Presentation of dissertation proposal at the 6th Annual Colloquium on Competition and Cooperation (CCC), Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston. March 6-8, 1997.
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In a big step forward for President Obama's trade agenda, the Senate passed trade promotion authority late Friday in a 62 to 37 vote.
While many had expected the Senate to quickly pass the fast-track authority, the bill was approved after weeks of negotiations and several dramatic Senate floor votes and deals. Trade promotion authority allows the president to negotiate trade deals and send them to Congress for an up or down vote.
"We thank the Senate for its thoughtful consideration and final passage. We look forward to the House taking swift action on these trade measures. The early passage will help our member companies reach new customers and foster long-term trade partnerships with countries in Africa, Haiti, and throughout the developing world," said Juanita Duggan, president and CEO of the American Apparel and Footwear Association.
In a last minute deal Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Maria Cantwell agreed to terms over the renewal of the Export Import Bank charter after the Memorial Day recess. Cantwell's plan to abstain would have blocked the bill from moving forward for a vote.
More importantly, the Senate didn't pass the controversial currency amendment attached to the bill. Among the controversial add-ons was a currency provision allowing the U.S. to push back on countries that manipulate currency prices. The provision added by Sen. Rob Portman and Sen. Debbie Stabenow would have taken aim at China in particular, which has in the past been accused of keeping it's currency artificially low, benefitting their exports.
The administration had been concerned that the amendment would kill any chance of finalizing ongoing trade deals and also threaten the Federal Reserve's policies, which have been seen as currency manipulation overseas.
As the bill heads to the House of Representatives, many are expecting a bigger fight than what was had in the Senate. Chairman of the Ways and Means committee Paul Ryan is going to play a crucial role in the approval of the bill, and many are counting on him to pull together a majority of GOP members to vote in favor of the deal. It's something he's done several times before.
"Because of his stature in the party and respect on ether side of the aisle, I think he'll be important to educate on what TPA is and what it is not," said Priest.


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Blast and gun battle in the Pakistani city kill four people and wound 13 others.
"When police gathered, a suicide bomber blew himself up. One civilian was killed." Mohammed Ejaz, a Peshawar police officer, said, adding: "Fourteen people were injured, eight of them policemen."
Doctor Mohammad Shahid, of Peshawar's main Lady Reading hospital, later said that one of the injured had also died.
"One person died in the hospital - he was a civilian - and three are still in a critical condition, including two policemen," he said.
Pakistan has recently been hit by a string of bomb blasts linked to the Taliban as fears grow that the group is exacting revenge for a six-week military offensive by the country's military against its fighters in three northwest districts.
Peshawar is the capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where Pakistani government forces have battled fighters loyal to the Taliban in recent weeks.
The Pakistani military launched its offensive in the NWFP after Taliban fighters violated a deal that was to see stricter implementation of Islamic law for the region's three million people in exchange for peace.
More than a dozen bomb attacks have killed at least 100 people across Pakistan since the Pakistani military began its offensive in the NWFP in late April.


New Delhi: The final round of smart cities was finally announced and nine cities made the cut. The government on Friday announced the names of the cities that will receive the Centre's funds under the Smart Cities Mission.
Although, the Centre was to announce the names of the final ten cities on Friday but one of them, Shillong, could not submit its proposal.
In this Round of the national smart cities challenge, Silvassa from Dadar and Nagar Haveli topped the list, followed by Erode in Tamil Nadu; Diu in Daman and Diu and Bihar Sharif in Bihar.
Other cities who made the cut include three from Uttar Pradesh –Bareilly, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, and Kavaratti in Lakshwadeep.
New Delhi: Despite the University Grants Commission's directions to all institutions to put anti-ragging measures in place, Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 138 cases followed by Madhya Pradesh with 100.
Cases of ragging on university and college campuses registered an all-time high across the country in 2017 with institutions reporting 889 cases till December 19; even though UGC and educational institutes are taking extreme measures to curb the ragging menace.
There prevalence has increased by over 70%, from 515 cases in 2016 to 889 cases in 2017, according to government data.
The data also revealed that, Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 138 cases, an increase from 93 cases last to last year, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 100 cases, an increase from 55 cases.
These details were provided by the government in reply to a question in the Parliament few weeks back.
According to the University Grants Commission (UGC), 3,299 cases of student ragging in universities and colleges were registered across India between April 18, 2012 and December 12, 2017.
However, only 957 students were punished in all these cases, as reported by a publication.
The Government Polytechnic, Kanpur, with 17 cases, topped the list of individual institutions which recorded such cases.
On the other hand, in terms of the number of cases reported from individual institutions since 2012, Banaras Hindu University topped the list with 36 cases, followed by MP's Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology that registered 31 cases. West Bengal also registered an increase from 50 to 92.
Such is the situation that the numbers have spiked despite the University Grants Commission's (UGC) directions to all institutions to put anti-ragging measures in place. Ragging does not break the ice, it breaks lives & careers.
In an attempt to prevent ragging, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all the universities to install alarm bells in their hostels. These alarm bells will enable the universities to identify the troublemakers and stop ragging practices.
The suggestion is part of the anti-ragging measures that have been taken by the UGC. A circular was also issued by the UGC asking the universities and colleges to prevent ragging. The circular also added that action will be taken against the educational institutions failing to do so.
The circular stated that violations of the anti-ragging regulations will be reviewed seriously by the UGC. The circular was issued by the Secretary of UGC, Jaspal S Sandhu who added that perpetrators must be punished accordingly and institutes failing to take action will face the wrath of UGC.
The presence of anti-ragging squad, the formation of an anti-ragging cell and monitoring the campus by installing CCTVs has also been suggested by the UGC to the universities.
Even, "The University strictly adheres to Supreme Court Guidelines, The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging in Educational Institutions Act, 2010, UGC Regulations, 2009 and AUUP Regulations on Ragging," she added.
Institutes have also been asked to conduct surprise invigilation drives to ensure that fresher's are being appropriately treated throughout the campus.
Students in trouble or in distress due to ragging can call the national anti-ragging helpline 1800-180-5522 round-the-clock. UGC has also made a documentary and four short films to counsel students on the hazardous effects of ragging.
"Anti-ragging posters are displayed all over the Campus, with addresses and mobile numbers of the Proctorial Board, selected persons from General Administration, Anti- Ragging Committees / Anti-Ragging Squads and the Anti Ragging Control Room including 24 hours helpline numbers," she further reveals.
In 2017, the anti-ragging call centre has received the highest number of ragging-related complaints from students of different institutes. In 2016, the number was 515, whereas, in 2015 the number of complaints was relatively less i.e. 423.
An official associated with UGC also pointed that parents and students are more confident and report instances of ragging in educational institutes. This is the reason for the increase of ragging cases in 2017. Earlier, they were reluctant, and the number of cases that came into the limelight was less. Now, students and parents feel confident that the people who involved in ragging will be punished with an immediate effect, he added.


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Isidor Marí Mayans (Eivissa, 4 d'abril de 1949) és un professor i sociolingüista eivissenc.

Es llicencià (1972) en Filologia Catalana a la Universitat de Barcelona i va començar la seva carrera acadèmica com a professor de la Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres de les Balears, (1972-1980), on va dirigir el Departament de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes i va intervenir directament en la incorporació de la llengua catalana al sistema educatiu de les Illes Balears. Al principi, els seus interessos anaven dirigits a la cultura popular. Posteriorment, la seva activitat s'ha centrat en la sociolingüística i la planificació lingüística.

Del 1980 al 1996, va treballar en el Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, com a cap del Servei d'Assessorament Lingüístic (1980-1988) i com a sotsdirector general de Política Lingüística (1989-1996). Entre altres projectes, va promoure el curs Digui, digui... i el Centre de Terminologia Termcat, que va dirigir de 1988 a 1997. Des de 1989 és membre de la Secció Filològica de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans. El 1996 va passar a treballar per la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya com a director dels estudis d'Humanitats i Filologia. L'any 2007 rep el Premi Lupa d'Or de l'Associació de sociolingüistes de llengua catalana. Del 2010 al 2014 va ser president de la Secció Filològica de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans, l'acadèmia de la llengua catalana. També és membre del Consell Consultiu de la Plataforma per la Llengua.

També té una faceta com a músic: fou integrant dels grups de música Isidor i Joan (1965-1966), Uc (1974-1985) i, des de 1999, de Falsterbo Marí. També ha actuat en solitari.

El 2017 va anar a les llistes de Junts per Catalunya per Barcelona a les Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya de 2017. Anteriorment, havia estat el candidat al Senat d'una candidatura unitària de l'esquerra pitiüsa a les eleccions generals espanyoles de 1979.

Obra

Escrits
 1981: L'estandardització de la llengua catalana. Perspectives actuals
 1984: La nostra pròpia veu
 1991: El debat autonòmic a les Illes durant la Segona República (amb Guillem Simó Roca)
 1992: Un horitzó per a la llengua
 1992: Les illes oblidades (editor)
 1993: Conocer la lengua y la cultura catalanas
 1996: Plurilingüisme europeu i llengua catalana
 2001: La cultura a Eivissa i Formentera (segles XIX i XX)
 2002: Una política intercultural per a les Balears?

En obres col·lectives
 1983: Registres i varietats de la llengua, COM ensenyar català als adults, 3, 27-37.
 1986: Sobre l'estàndard i l'ensenyament del català, COM ensenyar català als adults. 12, Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, 23-25.
 1987: Noves consideracions sobre l'estàndard, COM, 15, 23-25.
 1987: Varietats i registres en la llengua dels mitjans de comunicació de masses, a Actes de les Segones Jornades de la Llengua Normativa. Barcelona, Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 9-30.
 1990: Consideracions prèvies per a la difusió d'un model lingüístic als mitjans de comunicació, a La llengua als mitjans de comunicació. València, Antoni Ferrando (ed.). Inst. Filologia Valenciana, 17-24.
 1992: Estat d'elaboració dels registres, a Segon Congrés Internacional de la Llengua catalana, IV, àrea 3. Lingüística Social. Palma, Universitat de les Illes Balears.
 1999: La planificació lingüística, a El català. Un debat a finals del . Barcelona, la Busca edicions, 81-108.
 2006 Mundialització, interculturalitat i multilingüisme Palma: Lleonard Muntaner. (Premi La lupa d'or de l'Associació de Sociolingüistes de Llengua Catalana)

Discografia
Amb Uc
 1974: Cançons d'Eivissa
 1976: En aquesta illa tan pobra
 1979: Una ala sobre el mar

Amb Falsterbo Marí
 2000: Salta un ocell
 2002: Cor de crom

En solitari
 2006: Ansa per ansa, amb unes cançons amb cant redoblat
 2013: Serà molt fort - 14 versions de Bob Dylan

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Falsterbomarí

Escriptors eivissencs contemporanis en català
Músics eivissencs
Filòlegs balears
Cantautors balears en català
Marí
Música tradicional de les Pitiüses
Membres de la Secció Filològica de l'IEC
Sociolingüistes balears
Premis Ramon Llull 2003
Eivissencs de la ciutat d'Eivissa
Membres de la candidatura Junts per Catalunya
Alumnes de la Universitat de Barcelona
Activistes balears contemporanis
Lingüistes balears contemporanis
Naixements del 1949

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Q: Find Latest Record With Specific Values I want to find the row with the latest Date in the group. However, if that row has some specific value in specific column, then we must eliminate the row completely
For Ex in the following table:
 ID   FK_ID    DateTiME     Value
  1     1     2017-06-01    a
  2     1     2017-06-02    a
  3     2     2017-06-04    b
  4     2     2017-06-03    a
  5     2     2017-06-01    b
  6     3     2017-01-01    c
  7     3     2017-01-01    a

Here I want the output as
FK_ID   DateTime
  1    2017-06-02
  3    2017-01-01

I want to group on FK_ID and then want the Max DateTime Value from the Group. However, If the selected Row of the Group has Value as b then we should skip the row entirely and don't want it in the output.
For Example, in the above table(1), the row with Max DateTime for FK_ID 2 is
  3     2     2017-06-04    b

However, as the value for this row is b, we don't want it in the output.

A: Use row_number
With CTE as
(
select t1.*, row_number() over (partition by FK_ID order by datetime desc) rn
from MyTable t1
)
select *
from CTE
where rn = 1
and value <> 'b'

A: Here is one way to this
select top 1 with ties *
from yourtable a
where not exists(select 1  from yourtable b where a.FK_ID =b.FK_ID and b.Value = 'b')
order by row_number()over(partition by FK_ID order by [DateTiME] desc)

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Brenda Jane Sauls Atkins Boggs, age 73, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at her home.
She was born February 5, 1946 in Stickney, WV.
She worked as a school bus driver in Boone County, WV and for the Columbus, OH public schools, and was also a school bus monitor for the Pickerington, OH public schools, before retiring.
Brenda thoroughly enjoyed life! She loved to go bowling, watch game shows on TV, and play video games. She was very competitive, so if you got into a game of cards or corn hole with her, you needed to try your hardest. She liked to go fishing. Although she was an avid OSU football fan, her heart was with Peyton Manning. She was a great cook, and her chicken and dumplings, pickled eggs, and biscuits and gravy will be sorely missed.
Above all, Brenda loved her family, especially her grandbabies.
She was preceded in death by first husband, Robert Lewis Atkins and second husband, Harland Eugene Boggs; brother, Buddy Sauls; as well as her parents.
Brenda leaves behind daughters, Lora Jane Atkins, Tina Renee (CJ) Moore, Robin Pharie Atkins, and Amanda Lynn Atkins; step-children, Debbie (Dave) Wilson, Robert (Krista) Boggs, and Gregory Boggs; grandchildren, Krista Jane, Sarah Renee, Hannah Marie, Payton Rhiannon Lynn, Joyce, Justin, Brittany, Katelynne, and Jolie; great-grandchildren, Mason James, Jackson Tyler, Carter Joseph, Julian Parker, and Emily Elizabeth; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, cousins, and other family and friends.
Visitation 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Monday, April 1, 2019 at Cook & Son-Pallay Funeral Home, 1631 Parsons Ave., where service will follow at 7:00 P.M. Pastor Stephen Neese officiating.


Tablets are said to be gaining a slight importance in the mobile market owing to the larger display. While tablets are known to perform very well for editing documents on the go, the same cannot be said about gaming. But the Xolo Play Tab 7 is one tablet which provides the perfect gaming experience on a 7 inch.
The Xolo Play Tab 7 is the company's tablet offering in the Play series which also includes the Xolo Play T1000 smartphone. The series is marked out by the NVidia Tegra 3 processor powering the devices. Before we start with the review let's take a glance of the specs of the tablet.
The Xolo Play Tab 7 has a large 7 inch display with unnecessarily large bezels around the display making the device look comparatively bigger. The front of the tablet is just plain with no hardware buttons or any other obtrusions. There is only a 2 MP camera in the top left corner. The Power button and the volume rocker are lined up on the back edge. Due to the concavely curved edges the buttons fall slightly more on the back of the device than the edges.
The back of the Xolo Play Tab 7 has a shiny metallic finish with black colored plastic grip on the side. The 3.5 mm headphone jack, the micro USB port and the micro SD card slot at lined up on the top edge. The speaker grills are located at the bottom of the back. The NVidia Tegra logo is stamped just above the speaker grills.
Most of the hardware of the Xolo Play Tab 7 is concealed inside due to the non-removable back plate. There is a quad core NVidia Tegra 3 processor clocked at 1.3 GHz along with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage inside. The microSD card slot on the top edge can be used to expand the memory up to 32 GB. Unfortunately, there is no SIM card slot in the tablet.
The Xolo Play Tab 7 has a 7 inch IPS display with support for multi-touch. The display resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels that amounts to a pixel density of 216 ppi thus giving a bright and averagely sharp display output. While the screen has good viewing angles, it is very glossy and not just attracts a lot of fingerprints, but also makes it hard for viewing in bright outdoors.
Unfortunately there is no ambient light sensor and as such you have to adjust the brightness manually. Overall the tablet runs a near stock version of Android 4.1. The dropdown notification screen is at the centre in the portrait mode and at the left corner in the landscape mode. Despite running a near to stock Android version, not many Google service come pre-installed. While features like lock screen widgets aren't available, you can directly open the camera, google search by swiping left or up respectively.
The music player app is quite good with a decent sound output from the two speakers.
There is also a Xolo Tegra Game Zone, which besides recommending the latest and best games, also offers insights into gaming.
The Xolo Play Tab 7 has just one front facing 2 MP camera. Sadly there is no rear facing camera. The 2 MP camera is fine for the normal video chats but is requires good lighting. It fails to perform in low light conditions. The in-built microphone is an added advantage. The camera can also record video of 176 x 144 pixels resolution.
The NVidia Tegra 3 powered Xolo Play Tab 7 performs well above average. The device does comparatively well at the benchmarks. The tablet score 13437 on the AnTuTu Benchmarks, which is appreciable for a tablet of its calibre. While the UI and most apps run very smoothly, some apps including Facebook, did crash at times.
However the real performance of the tablet is seen in the gaming. The NVidia GeForce GPU provides an unmatched gaming experience with perfect movement without any lags. Games like NFS are a pleaser to play with the inbuilt accelerometer which is very sensitive. Even other games like Angry Birds run very smoothly. Whatever the tablet lacks on other fronts, it certainly does compensate on the gaming side.
The Xolo Play Tab 7 is equipped with a massive 4000 mAh non-removable Li-Po battery which easily lasts for nearly six hours on continuous usage which includes Wi-Fi browsing and gaming. On a less rigorous use, the battery can last for up to 10 hours on a single charge. The battery also charges up quickly and takes hardly an hour to fill up from zero percent.
The device also comes with the proprietary Xolo Power management app which helps optimize the battery usage. The app lets you set a night mode and also lets you automatically disconnect Wi-Fi and other services on low battery. The battery display also shows estimated time available and the profiler shows the activity of the cores of the processor. The battery does however tend to get heated during rigorous usage.
As mentioned earlier, the Xolo Play Tab 7 lacks cellular connectivity and has to entirely depend on Wi-Fi. While the Wi-Fi works quite well, the reception is comparatively poor and requires the device to be close to the signal for proper reception. The Bluetooth 4.0 works quite well so does the in-built GPS sensor, which is only usable on offline maps unless you have an active Wi-Fi connection on the go.
The Xolo Play Tab 7 is a good tablet. It is definitely worth the launch price of Rs. 12999 if you are gaming freak. Though it lacks cellular connectivity it does offer a good performance not to forget the superior build. It would be even better if it could get the newer Android versions.


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The single is taken from Oh! The Horror's upcoming album 1692, which is out June 18. The album title is a direct reference to the Salem Witch Trials.
"'Eating Me Alive' is for anyone who has felt stuck in a toxic relationship and had no way out. Where every conversation felt like it was tearing you down and the only reason they are with you is to better their own life by ruining yours," says the band.
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The band's upcoming new album 1692 is available for pre-order today. The album, which will be released on June 18 through WTTU, is the follow-up to 2020's full-length Halloween 365. With this new group of songs on 1692, Oh! The Horror is positioned to enlist new legions of listeners.
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As a child I wanted to be a pilot so bad.
My Mum. She thought me a lot about being confident and believing in myself and working hard at everything I put my mind to do.
Your education background and life at Varsity?
I have an Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies. Varsity was fun yet challenging, I was working two jobs whiles studying.
My neighbor went away for summer holidays and I took care of her cats. She paid me my first 100 pounds, which I used in purchasing my first winter coat.
What is your source of happiness?
When I'm able to give back to society.
What in today's society is a cause for concern?
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What is your ultimate driving force?
My Driving force is wanting to be a better version of myself everyday and motivating our youth to build their confidence and strive to be great at whatever they do.
What can you not do without in a day?
Motherhood . I have an intelligent and beautiful daughter, who continues to teach me to become more.
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Tell us about your role in the comedy show Potato Potahto?
I play Lulu, a divorced lady who decided to share her marital home with her husband even after divorce. Lulu was a bit uptight and kind of difficult to live with.
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You were recently quoted saying that you would not hesitate to buy a ring and propose to your boyfriend, if you realize he is 'wasting time', does this mean that you have abandoned African cultural values?
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Jurisins taking care of business (and staff) for 20 years in Old Town
Eric and Chef Michelle Jurisin take a brief rest among their nine Verde Valley businesses. It was 20 years ago that Nic's Italian Steak & Crab House opened in Cottonwood and boosted the revival of Old Town. (Contributed photo)
By:Paige Daniels
Originally Published: January 18, 2023 9:11 p.m.
Eric and Michelle Jurisin may be the busiest business owners in the area. In addition to handling nine hospitality businesses, they treat nearly 300 employees to uncommon benefits.
Owning Haunted Hamburger, Grapes Restaurant & Bar, Nic's Italian Steak & Crab House, The Tavern Grille, Pizzeria Bocce, Strada @ Bocce, Crema Craft Kitchen & Bar, The Tavern Hotel, and The Clinkscale, the Jurisins are constantly traveling between Cottonwood and Jerome to keep their businesses running.
Eric and Michelle began their business journey with the opening of Haunted Hamburger in Jerome in 1994. With its popularity established, Eric was convinced to open an eatery Cottonwood.
That was 20 years ago, with Nic's opening Dec. 30, 2002.
Nic's Italian Steak & Crab House
At the time, no one imagined anyone putting in a fine dining establishment in Old Town, which was looking shabby and survived on trinket shops and dives amid some hardy and beloved businesses. But the Jurisins saw what could be.
"I was amazed how many locals showed up and hung out in Old Town. We saw potential with this town, and we love the old buildings," says Eric. "It was in a good location, it's walkable to the river, and it's near trails."
As beautiful and ideal as Old Town Cottonwood became for Nic's, Eric and his wife soon saw neighboring businesses come and go, such as thrift shops and a movie theater (ushered out by a fire). The couple was able to maintain their locations during tough economic times and now have six locations on Main Street
But everything came to a halt in 2020.
(STRADA at BOCCE)
As COVID-19 swept through every part of the globe, the Jurisins' locations, along with many others, had to close. Their business was put on pause for six weeks, which didn't affect their employees' paychecks.
"In terms of payroll, it was business as usual so everyone basically got a six-week paid vacation," Eric said. "We already knew the Verde Valley was in an employee crisis and we couldn't risk losing people because we didn't know if we would be able to reopen without them."
Crema Craft Kitchen & Bar
Eric and Michelle are known to go above and beyond for their employees. In addition to a free six weeks of pay, the Jurisins also closed all of their locations on Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
"Even though the holidays are great restaurant days, we don't want people to have to make the choice of work or kids," Eric said. "Michelle and I grew up working in the industry working on major holidays. We decided if we can't get business the other 362 days of the year, what are we doing?"
(The Tavern Grille dining)
Tavern hotel
The Jurisins also host yearly holiday parties, giving away roughly $50,000 worth of prizes. Eric said they have done everything from busing the employees to Laughlin, to finding the biggest venue to host a party. This year, they hosted their 286 employees and their dates at Cliff Castle Casino for an all-inclusive night of fun.
"We rent out all the rooms so everyone can be safe," Eric said. "We also have a black-tie dinner and rented out the bowling alley, ice skating rink, and we gave away about $30,000 worth of prizes and $20,000 in cash."
Jurisin says it was their turn to give back and thank their employees for the year.
The Haunted Hamburger, Jerome
"We are a people-business. The hamburger doesn't cook itself. It comes down to who cleans the plate, who cooks the burger, and who served it to you," Eric said. "The buildings are just shells for us to operate in. You have to take care of your people. The employees are the most important tool."
The Jurisins have extremely loyal employees. Eric said their first ever employee they hired still works for them today.
"I've had employees with me for so long and I feel loyal to them," he said. "So when it comes to be time for Michelle and me to retire, we would probably pick a few of those people and bring them in as partners."
Contact Paige Daniels at pdaniels@verdenews.com or 928-634-2241, ext. 6033.
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I am attempting to transfer a method to a C18 column and keep getting pressure issues on our H-class UPLC at 5000 psi. The column care guide says it should withstand up to 15,000 psi. I assume we just have a setting in Empower somewhere set to shut the system off at 5000 psi and that it considers 5000 psi "over pressure." (If I'm mistaken, please do let me know). But if this assumption is correct, can someone tell me how to change this? There are not rapid pressure spikes when trying to run this. It just slowly creeps up to 5000 psi and then shuts off.
Have you tried a system and software reboot? We received a few of these errors with Masslynx and a reboot was required.
What is your flow rate you are transferring your HPLC method to the H-class UPLC? Is it anything to do with the fact that the H-class is limited to certain pressures according to what flow rate you are trying to apply - although 5000 psi (ca. 352 bar) does seem too low for this explanation.


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Jabin is 7 and he was just diagnosed with SPD two months ago. We have been in therapy since, and it is truly amazing how happy he is there.
I would love to convert my garage into a sensory room, however I'm worried about the cost.
Jabin mostly seeks vestibular movement, and has problems with tactile senses.
How cheep do you think I could pull off putting together a sensory room for him?
We converted our back patio into an enclosed sensory gym. We have 2 with SPD and I focus on what they need from therapy.
The list is endless. You do not need alot of money. Good luck!
I did it! You can too!
I had a spare room in my basement that we converted into a sensory room. It has a single seat porch swing hanging from the ceiling, (bought from Craigslist- $50) a 55" circular enclosed trampoline, ($119 from http://www.qualitytoys.com/bazoongi-my-first-trampoline.html,) a TV for watching favorite Dora the Explorer videos, (donated to me but about $100,) foam flooring for safety, ($100 at Target,) a bean pool w/ containers, ($6 pool, $4 beans wholesale,) and a circular platform swing that can spin my daughter around. (We made our own out of a mini trampoline and rope from the home store. You can get one here for $144. http://www.sensoryedge.com/platform-swing.html She loves it in there. It is her "safe" room. I did everything very cheaply as you can see, less than $500. My husband is a builder and the most difficult thing to do to make sure it is all safe is getting the correct swiveling swing hardware and just where you can hang it so it doesn't make your ceiling fall down with the weight. It must be on a support beam. Best wishes!


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Today's post is focused on a rare breed of blooms, the Rafflesia, to be precise. Thanks to Snezana Ivanisevic for the write-up. Snezana is a social media content strategist, a blogger and a passionate wordsmith that has been assisting Steven Feiner, the CEO of A Better Florist on his journey to spread the A Better Florist innovative message, for the last two years.
If you're planning to see this magnificent flower, the Gunung Gading National Park is two hours away from Kuching and it's the perfect place to see the Rafflesia flower. If you want to find out information about the flower and when it blooms even before you take the trip, make sure to call the park and get their advice, or you can even talk to the best flower delivery Singapore has.
If you're feeling more adventurous, and not just talking to the best flower deliveryin KL about this beauty in the wild, the island of Borneo should be your next stop. You can find this exquisite bloom nested on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu. Getting there might not be as easy as a stroll through the park, but it will definitely make for a memorable experience.
Yet again, if you're into browsing through the internet, looking for pictures of this amazing flower, make sure to scroll through pictures of both wreath flowers and fruit baskets as well. Then, get ready to pack your hiking-pack and travel to Sabah. The road to the flower isn't easy, because it can only be accessed by a mountain road, but once again, it's completely worth the trip.
This amazing park actually has one of the world's oldest rainforests, and as you step deeper into park and walk down the paths, you'll be delighted to find the park's Rafflesia species such as cantleyii, kerri and azlanii.
If you're an adventurous traveller or a flower enthusiast, this nature's gem is quite the sight. It's something that is totally worth taking the time to find, if you're in Southeast Asia.
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Oh, you must! Best of luck.
This is the first time I've heard of the Rafflesia flower and it is definitely one of the most unique plants I've seen, Lyf. Although I am from Singapore I haven't seen it until now. Guess I'll have to look for it when I head back home!


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Shia LaBeouf's semi-autobiographical film 'Honey Boy' has an official trailer
By Brittany Vincent
In the raucous new trailer for Shia LaBeouf's semi-autobiographical film Honey Boy, the actor explores his tumultuous childhood, revisiting his troubled past in a fictionalized matter to come to grips with the resulting trauma. If you've haven't closely followed LaBeouf since he rose to fame as a child actor during his Even Stevens days, the movie might feel like a stark departure from the Shia you've known and loved for years – though, in a way, that's exactly who this movie was made for.
The lengthy bit of new footage explores LaBeouf's Disney Channel days in a brief clip where star Otis Lort (obviously based on LaBeouf himself) is dressed in a familiarly gaudy button-down shirt and pied in the face. It's an obvious Even Stevens reference, but LaBeouf isn't laughing. It's the first inkling that something isn't quite right about this child star's ascent to stardom, and this peek under the mask, so to speak, seems like an intriguing look at his upbringing, even if it doesn't "star" LaBeouf as himself.
Instead, he plays a dramatized version of his father, ex-rodeo clown and felon.
"How do you think it feels to have my son paying me?," Shia asks his "son" in the trailer, the question laced with venom.
"You wouldn't be here if I didn't pay you," replies the kid.
LaBeouf enlisted the help of Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) to take on the role of his younger self, while Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) is set to play the adult Lort. Performance artist and singer FKA Twigs has also been tapped for her big-screen debut as Lort's neighbor and confidante. With this kind of star power in place, the movie should have no trouble piecing together at least a compelling portrait of what Shia has gone through over the course of his life as an actor, his dalliances with art, and the mental health struggles he's faced over the years.
It's been a while since Shia was on-screen, so what's he been up to since gracing us with his presence? At least part of the time, he's been hanging out with Jaden Smith, who he's been friends with for quite some time. Given both Jaden and Shia's proclivities for performance art, they make a great pair.
"I've known Jaden since before he's been doing the entertainment thing. I've known Jaden since we were playing Sonic the Hedgehog in his dad's trailer," said LaBeouf in a recent interview with MTV. He noted Will Smith has also been with him every step of the way throughout his time within the entertainment industry, shouting out the actor for being there, "every time he's gotten into trouble."
If you're curious about Shia's childhood trauma, his path to becoming an actor, and all the stories that unravel throughout Honey Boy, mark your calendars to go see it in theaters when it debuts on November 8, 2019. That should give you plenty of time to sift through Shia's movies to spot the references that will undoubtedly be scattered throughout this one.
'Sound of Metal' is a heartwarming — and frustrating — take on deafness


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Die Bob-Europameisterschaft 1981 wurde am 5. und 6. Januar im Zweierbob und am 10. und 11. Januar 1981  im Viererbob binnen einer Woche zum dritten Mal auf dem Olympia-Eiskanal im österreichischen Igls  ausgetragen. Eine Wettkampfpremiere erlebte dabei die sowjetische Mannschaft, die erstmals an internationalen Titelkämpfen teilnahm.

Zweierbob
Nach dem kurz vorher stattgefundenen Nationencup gingen nun 29 Bobs aus 10 Nationen zur EM an den Start. Der Wettbewerb im kleinen Schlitten musste allerdings ohne den amtierenden Olympiasieger im Zweierbob Erich Schärer auskommen, der sich Ende Dezember 1980 auf seiner Hausbahn in St. Moritz durch einen Sturz Prellungen und Fleischwunden zugezogen hatte. Bei leichtem Schneefall vor allem im zweiten Lauf lagen nach dem ersten Wettkampftag zwei Bobs aus der DDR mit den Duos Germeshausen/Gerhardt und Schönau/Kirchner an der Spitze. Auf dem Bronzerang folgte das Schweizer Duo Hiltebrand/Rahm vor dem dritten DDR-Bob in der Besetzung Lehmann/Weise. Alle vier Bobs lagen noch so eng beisammen, dass jedes Team sich noch Chancen auf Gold ausrechnen konnte. Am zweiten Wettkampftag beeinflusste starker Schneefall entscheidend den Wettkampfverlauf. Mit Laufbestzeit lag plötzlich das Duo Lehmann/Weise auf Rang zwei hinter den Schweizer Titelverteidigern Hiltebrand /Rahm, die im dritten lauf mit einer kaum langsameren Fahrt den bis dahin führenden DDR-Bobs jeweils über eine halbe Sekunde abnahmen. Vor dem letzten Lauf lagen nun Hiltebrand/Rahm vor Lehmann/Weise und Germeshausen/Gerhardt. Mittlerweile war die Bahn mit bis zu fünf Zentimetern Neuschnee bedeckt, was nun vor allem ein gutes Fahrvermögen verlangte. Zu aller Überraschung fuhr das bundesdeutsche Team Eidenschink/Geiger im Opelbob Laufbestzeit und konnte sich noch auf den Bronzerang vorschieben. Das Duo Germeshausen/Gerhardt rettete trotz einer deutlich schlechteren Fahrt als in den vorangegangenen Durchgängen noch Silber, die anderen DDR-Bobs fielen aber aus den Medaillenrängen. Erneut gewann Hans Hiltebrand mit Anschieber Walter Rahm den Europameistertitel mit einem letztlich souveränen Vorsprung von 67 Hundertsteln. Die Bronzemedaille von Eidenschink/Geiger sollte die letzte EM-Medaille für ein bundesdeutsches Team im Zweierbob bis 1989 sein.

Viererbob
Bei der Konkurrenz im großen Schlitten zeigten die nunmehr von Meinhard Nehmer betreuten DDR-Bobs ihr ganzes fahrerisches Können und landeten wie im Vorjahr die Schweiz einen Dreifacherfolg. Dieser bestätigte sich aber erst im letzten Lauf, als der bis dahin noch um vier Hundertstel zurückliegende DDR-Bob mit Pilot Bernhard Lehmann 12 Hundertstel schneller als der Bob von Fritz Sperling aus Österreich war und nunmehr sich mit 8 Hundertstel Vorsprung noch Bronze sicherte. Gold ging an die Crew von Bernhard Germeshausen, die in jedem Lauf Bestzeit fuhr und dem Team von Horst Schönau Silber überließ. Zu den Enttäuschungen gehörte der Bob von Erich Schärer, der sich nach einem vierten Platz am ersten Wettkampftag nicht mehr steigern konnte und sogar noch auf den fünften Platz zurückfiel.

Medaillenspiegel

Einzelnachweise

Literatur

Weblinks
 Archiv Bob- und Schlittenverband Deutschland

1981
Sportveranstaltung 1981
Sportveranstaltung in Innsbruck
Olympia Eiskanal Igls


text:
#include <folly/system/MemoryMapping.h>

#include <algorithm>
#include <cerrno>
#include <utility>

#include <fmt/core.h>
#include <glog/logging.h>

#include <folly/Portability.h>
#include <folly/portability/GFlags.h>
#include <folly/portability/SysMman.h>
#include <folly/portability/SysSyscall.h>
#include <folly/portability/Unistd.h>

#ifdef __linux__
#include <folly/experimental/io/HugePages.h> // @manual
#endif

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

#include <system_error>

static constexpr ssize_t kDefaultMlockChunkSize = !folly::kMscVer
    // Linux implementations of unmap/mlock/munlock take a kernel
    // semaphore and block other threads from doing other memory
    // operations. Split the operations in chunks.
    ? (1 << 20) // 1MB
    // MSVC doesn't have this problem, and calling munmap many times
    // with the same address is a bad idea with the windows implementation.
    : (-1);

FOLLY_GFLAGS_DEFINE_int64(
    mlock_chunk_size,
    kDefaultMlockChunkSize,
    "Maximum bytes to mlock/munlock/munmap at once "
    "(will be rounded up to PAGESIZE). Ignored if negative.");

namespace folly {

namespace {

enum mmap_flags : int {
#ifdef MAP_POPULATE
  populate = MAP_POPULATE,
#else
  populate = 0,
#endif
};

} // namespace

MemoryMapping::MemoryMapping(MemoryMapping&& other) noexcept {
  swap(other);
}

MemoryMapping::MemoryMapping(
    File file, off64_t offset, off64_t length, Options options)
    : file_(std::move(file)), options_(options) {
  CHECK(file_);
  init(offset, length);
}

MemoryMapping::MemoryMapping(
    const char* name, off64_t offset, off64_t length, Options options)
    : MemoryMapping(
          File(name, options.writable ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY),
          offset,
          length,
          options) {}

MemoryMapping::MemoryMapping(
    int fd, off64_t offset, off64_t length, Options options)
    : MemoryMapping(File(fd), offset, length, options) {}

MemoryMapping::MemoryMapping(AnonymousType, off64_t length, Options options)
    : options_(options) {
  init(0, length);
}

namespace {

#ifdef __linux__
void getDeviceOptions(dev_t device, off64_t& pageSize, bool& autoExtend) {
  auto ps = getHugePageSizeForDevice(device);
  if (ps) {
    pageSize = ps->size;
    autoExtend = true;
  }
}
#else
inline void getDeviceOptions(dev_t, off64_t&, bool&) {}
#endif

} // namespace

void MemoryMapping::init(off64_t offset, off64_t length) {
  const bool grow = options_.grow;
  const bool anon = !file_;
  CHECK(!(grow && anon));

  off64_t& pageSize = options_.pageSize;

#ifdef _WIN32
  // stat that support files larger then 4Gb
  struct _stat64 st;
#else
  struct stat st;
#endif

  // On Linux, hugetlbfs file systems don't require ftruncate() to grow the
  // file, and (on kernels before 2.6.24) don't even allow it. Also, the file
  // size is always a multiple of the page size.
  bool autoExtend = false;

  if (!anon) {
// Stat the file
#ifdef _WIN32
    CHECK_ERR(_fstat64(file_.fd(), &st));
#else
    CHECK_ERR(fstat(file_.fd(), &st));
#endif
    if (pageSize == 0) {
      getDeviceOptions(st.st_dev, pageSize, autoExtend);
    }
  } else {
    DCHECK(!file_);
    DCHECK_EQ(offset, 0);
    CHECK_EQ(pageSize, 0);
    CHECK_GE(length, 0);
  }

  if (pageSize == 0) {
    pageSize = off64_t(sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE));
  }

  CHECK_GT(pageSize, 0);
  CHECK_EQ(pageSize & (pageSize - 1), 0); // power of two
  CHECK_GE(offset, 0);

  // Round down the start of the mapped region
  off64_t skipStart = offset % pageSize;
  offset -= skipStart;

  mapLength_ = length;
  if (mapLength_ != -1) {
    mapLength_ += skipStart;

    // Round up the end of the mapped region
    mapLength_ = (mapLength_ + pageSize - 1) / pageSize * pageSize;
  }

  off64_t remaining = anon ? length : st.st_size - offset;

  if (mapLength_ == -1) {
    length = mapLength_ = remaining;
  } else {
    if (length > remaining) {
      if (grow) {
        if (!autoExtend) {
          PCHECK(0 == ftruncate(file_.fd(), offset + length))
              << "ftruncate() failed, couldn't grow file to "
              << offset + length;
          remaining = length;
        } else {
          // Extend mapping to multiple of page size, don't use ftruncate
          remaining = mapLength_;
        }
      } else {
        length = remaining;
      }
    }
    if (mapLength_ > remaining) {
      mapLength_ = remaining;
    }
  }

  if (length == 0) {
    mapLength_ = 0;
    mapStart_ = nullptr;
  } else {
    int flags = options_.shared ? MAP_SHARED : MAP_PRIVATE;
    if (anon) {
      flags |= MAP_ANONYMOUS;
    }
    if (options_.prefault) {
      flags |= mmap_flags::populate;
    }

    // The standard doesn't actually require PROT_NONE to be zero...
    int prot = PROT_NONE;
    if (options_.readable || options_.writable) {
      prot =
          ((options_.readable ? PROT_READ : 0) |
           (options_.writable ? PROT_WRITE : 0));
    }

#ifdef _WIN32
    auto start = static_cast<unsigned char*>(mmap64(
        options_.address, size_t(mapLength_), prot, flags, file_.fd(), offset));
#else
    auto start = static_cast<unsigned char*>(mmap(
        options_.address, size_t(mapLength_), prot, flags, file_.fd(), offset));
#endif
    PCHECK(start != MAP_FAILED)
        << " offset=" << offset << " length=" << mapLength_;
    mapStart_ = start;
    data_.reset(start + skipStart, size_t(length));
  }
}

namespace {

off64_t memOpChunkSize(off64_t length, off64_t pageSize) {
  off64_t chunkSize = length;
  if (FLAGS_mlock_chunk_size <= 0) {
    return chunkSize;
  }

  chunkSize = off64_t(FLAGS_mlock_chunk_size);
  off64_t r = chunkSize % pageSize;
  if (r) {
    chunkSize += (pageSize - r);
  }
  return chunkSize;
}

/**
 * Run @op in chunks over the buffer @mem of @bufSize length.
 *
 * Return:
 * - success: true + amountSucceeded == bufSize (op success on whole buffer)
 * - failure: false + amountSucceeded == nr bytes on which op succeeded.
 */
template <typename Op>
bool memOpInChunks(
    Op op,
    void* mem,
    size_t bufSize,
    off64_t pageSize,
    size_t& amountSucceeded) {
  // Linux' unmap/mlock/munlock take a kernel semaphore and block other threads
  // from doing other memory operations. If the size of the buffer is big the
  // semaphore can be down for seconds (for benchmarks see
  // http://kostja-osipov.livejournal.com/42963.html).  Doing the operations in
  // chunks breaks the locking into intervals and lets other threads do memory
  // operations of their own.

  auto chunkSize = size_t(memOpChunkSize(off64_t(bufSize), pageSize));

  auto addr = static_cast<char*>(mem);
  amountSucceeded = 0;

  while (amountSucceeded < bufSize) {
    size_t size = std::min(chunkSize, bufSize - amountSucceeded);
    if (op(addr + amountSucceeded, size) != 0) {
      return false;
    }
    amountSucceeded += size;
  }

  return true;
}

} // namespace

int mlock2wrapper(
    FOLLY_MAYBE_UNUSED const void* addr,
    FOLLY_MAYBE_UNUSED size_t len,
    MemoryMapping::LockFlags flags) {
  int intFlags = 0;
  (void)intFlags;
  if (flags.lockOnFault) {
    // MLOCK_ONFAULT, only available in non-portable headers.
    intFlags |= 0x01;
  }

#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
#if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 27)
  return mlock2(addr, len, intFlags);
#elif defined(SYS_mlock2)
  // SYS_mlock2 is defined in Linux headers since 4.4
  return syscall(SYS_mlock2, addr, len, intFlags);
#else // !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 27) && !defined(SYS_mlock2)
  errno = ENOSYS;
  return -1;
#endif
#else // !defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(__APPLE__)
  errno = ENOSYS;
  return -1;
#endif
}

bool MemoryMapping::mlock(LockMode mode, LockFlags flags) {
  size_t amountSucceeded = 0;
  locked_ = memOpInChunks(
      [flags](void* addr, size_t len) -> int {
        // If no flags are set, mlock2() behaves exactly the same as
        // mlock(). Prefer the portable variant.
        return flags == LockFlags{} ? ::mlock(addr, len)
                                    : mlock2wrapper(addr, len, flags);
      },
      mapStart_,
      size_t(mapLength_),
      options_.pageSize,
      amountSucceeded);
  if (locked_) {
    return true;
  }

  auto msg = fmt::format("mlock({}) failed at {}", mapLength_, amountSucceeded);
  if (mode == LockMode::TRY_LOCK && errno == EPERM) {
    PLOG(WARNING) << msg;
  } else if (mode == LockMode::TRY_LOCK && errno == ENOMEM) {
    VLOG(1) << msg;
  } else {
    PLOG(FATAL) << msg;
  }

  // only part of the buffer was mlocked, unlock it back
  if (!memOpInChunks(
          ::munlock,
          mapStart_,
          amountSucceeded,
          options_.pageSize,
          amountSucceeded)) {
    PLOG(WARNING) << "munlock()";
  }

  return false;
}

void MemoryMapping::munlock(bool dontneed) {
  if (!locked_) {
    return;
  }

  size_t amountSucceeded = 0;
  if (!memOpInChunks(
          ::munlock,
          mapStart_,
          size_t(mapLength_),
          options_.pageSize,
          amountSucceeded)) {
    PLOG(WARNING) << "munlock()";
  }
  if (mapLength_ && dontneed &&
      ::madvise(mapStart_, size_t(mapLength_), MADV_DONTNEED)) {
    PLOG(WARNING) << "madvise()";
  }
  locked_ = false;
}

void MemoryMapping::hintLinearScan() {
  advise(MADV_SEQUENTIAL);
}

MemoryMapping::~MemoryMapping() {
  if (mapLength_) {
    size_t amountSucceeded = 0;
    if (!memOpInChunks(
            ::munmap,
            mapStart_,
            size_t(mapLength_),
            options_.pageSize,
            amountSucceeded)) {
      PLOG(FATAL) << fmt::format(
          "munmap({}) failed at {}", mapLength_, amountSucceeded);
    }
  }
}

void MemoryMapping::advise(int advice) const {
  advise(advice, 0, size_t(mapLength_));
}

void MemoryMapping::advise(int advice, size_t offset, size_t length) const {
  CHECK_LE(offset + length, size_t(mapLength_))
      << " offset: " << offset << " length: " << length
      << " mapLength_: " << mapLength_;

  // Include the entire start page: round down to page boundary.
  const auto offMisalign = offset % options_.pageSize;
  offset -= offMisalign;
  length += offMisalign;

  // Round the last page down to page boundary.
  if (offset + length != size_t(mapLength_)) {
    length -= length % options_.pageSize;
  }

  if (length == 0) {
    return;
  }

  char* mapStart = static_cast<char*>(mapStart_) + offset;
  PLOG_IF(WARNING, ::madvise(mapStart, length, advice)) << "madvise";
}

MemoryMapping& MemoryMapping::operator=(MemoryMapping&& other) {
  swap(other);
  return *this;
}

void MemoryMapping::swap(MemoryMapping& other) noexcept {
  using std::swap;
  swap(this->file_, other.file_);
  swap(this->mapStart_, other.mapStart_);
  swap(this->mapLength_, other.mapLength_);
  swap(this->options_, other.options_);
  swap(this->locked_, other.locked_);
  swap(this->data_, other.data_);
}

void swap(MemoryMapping& a, MemoryMapping& b) noexcept {
  a.swap(b);
}

void alignedForwardMemcpy(void* dst, const void* src, size_t size) {
  assert(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(src) % alignof(unsigned long) == 0);
  assert(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(dst) % alignof(unsigned long) == 0);

  auto srcl = static_cast<const unsigned long*>(src);
  auto dstl = static_cast<unsigned long*>(dst);

  while (size >= sizeof(unsigned long)) {
    *dstl++ = *srcl++;
    size -= sizeof(unsigned long);
  }

  auto srcc = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(srcl);
  auto dstc = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(dstl);

  while (size != 0) {
    *dstc++ = *srcc++;
    --size;
  }
}

void mmapFileCopy(const char* src, const char* dest, mode_t mode) {
  MemoryMapping srcMap(src);
  srcMap.hintLinearScan();

  MemoryMapping destMap(
      File(dest, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, mode),
      0,
      off64_t(srcMap.range().size()),
      MemoryMapping::writable());

  alignedForwardMemcpy(
      destMap.writableRange().data(),
      srcMap.range().data(),
      srcMap.range().size());
}

bool MemoryMapping::LockFlags::operator==(const LockFlags& other) const {
  return lockOnFault == other.lockOnFault;
}

} // namespace folly

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In April 2007, the College of Psychology at the School of Human Sciences was inaugurated. There are a number of universities in Japan where psychology study courses are available, but there are none comparable to the the College of Psychology at University of Tsukuba, where one department has psychologists from a wide field of this discipline. More than 20 teachers specializing in different areas of psychology are engaged in student education at the College of Psychology. It is unlikely, therefore, that you would find, after coming to the university, that are no teachers in the field of your interest.
Psychology is a branch of study aimed at researching the human mind and behavior scientifically and empirically. It seeks to make a scientific study of various mental activities in our daily lives, such as seeing, remembering, thinking, worrying and enjoying. We cannot directly measure these mental activities, so we have to make indirect measurements in whatever ways are possible. Here lies the difficulty of psychology and the joy of displaying your creativity. Since psychology targets everything concerned with human mind and behavior as its subject of research, it is an extremely wide field of study that encompasses physiological psychology, comparative psychology, sensation and perception psychology, cognitive psychology, learning psychology, educational psychology, developmental psychology from infants to the aged, social psychology, organizational psychology, clinical psychology, and health psychology.Thus, psychology is a fascinating field of study that will enable you to gain a deep understanding of humanity.
After your enrollment, you will study the basics of psychology in the first and second years. You will also simultaneously study scientific research methods such as statistics and experiments. Starting from the third year, you will attend seminars to study the latest research trends, while taking lectures on the specialized fields of your choice. Concurrently, you will take part in a series of research courses, such as making experiments based on your research plans, collecting and analyzing data, and releasing summaries of such research activities. Based on your experience in research training, you will start writing a graduation thesis on the area of your interest in the fourth year.
In our society, there are a lot of niches in which you can make the most of your knowledge of psychology and your research results. Many graduates find jobs at business organizations, but some also obtain employment at workplaces where they can utilize their expertise (as a technical officer at a juvenile classification office, an examiner at a family court, a psychological judge at a children's welfare office, etc). A fairly large number of students also go on to graduate schools to become researchers. Why not explore the mysteries of the mind with us at the College of Psychology of the University of Tsukuba?


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Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever. Not even if your whole world seems upset.
—Saint Francis de Sales
His feast day is January 24.
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Mystical writer
Francis de Sales' books, the most famous of which was Introduction to the Devout Life, which – unusual for the time – was written specially for laypeople. In it he counseled charity over penance as a means of progressing in the spiritual life. Sales also left the mystical work, the "Treatise on the Love of God", and many highly valued letters of spiritual direction, including those with Jane Frances de Chantal compiled in the Letters of Spiritual Direction. He was a notably clear and gracious stylist in French, Italian and Latin.
His writings on the perfections of the heart of Mary as the model of love for God
influenced Jean Eudes to develop the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Along with St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Sales founded the women's Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines) in Annecy on 6 June 1610. Despite his friendship with Denis-Simon de Marquemont, the archbishop nonetheless restricted the freedoms of de Sales' new order in 1616 by ordering that its members live cloistered lives.
Sales also established a small community of men, an Oratory of St. Philip Neri, at Thonon-les-Bains, with himself as the superior or Provost. This work, however, was crippled by his death, and that foundation soon died out.
In December 1622 Sales was required to travel in the entourage of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, for the Duke's Christmas tour of his domain. Upon arrival in Lyon, he chose to stay in the gardener's hut at the Visitandine monastery in that city. While there he suffered a stroke, from which he died on 28 December 1622.
Veneration after his death
St. Francis de Sales has been styled "the Gentleman Saint" because of his patience and gentleness. Despite the resistance of the populace of Lyon to moving his remains from that city, Sales was buried on 24 January 1623 in the church of the Monastery of the Visitation in Annecy, which he had founded with Chantal, who was also buried there. Their remains were venerated there until the French Revolution. Many miracles have been reported at his shrine.
Sales' heart was kept in Lyon, in response to the popular demand of the citizens of the city to retain his remains. During the French Revolution, however, it was taken to Venice, where it is venerated today.
Francis de Sales was beatified in 1661 by Pope Alexander VII, who then canonized him four years later. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1877.
The Roman Catholic Church celebrates St. Francis de Sales' feast on 24 January, the day of his burial in Annecy in 1624. From the year 1666, when his feast day was inserted into the General Roman Calendar, until its 1969 revision, he was celebrated on 29 January, a date still observed by some Traditionalist Catholics.
In 1923, Pope Pius XI proclaimed him a patron of writers and journalists, because he made extensive use of broadsheets and books both in spiritual direction and in his efforts to convert the Calvinists of the region. St. Francis developed a sign language in order to teach a deaf man about God. Because of this, he is the patron saint of the deaf.
Having been founded as the first non-cloistered group of sisters after attempts to do so with the Visitation Sisters founded by de Sales and de Chantal proved unsuccessful, the Sisters of St. Joseph (founded in Le Puys, France, in 1650) take St. Francis de Sales as one of their patrons.
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