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Q: Spice3 NMOS Model interface with standard Modelica models I'm experiencing an issue in Open Modelica when trying to use NMOS model of the library Spice3  coupled with a standard Modelica voltage source model. With reference to the example of a simple half-bridge configuration with an RL load, I've simulated the following cases:
a) using a Spice3 pulse voltage source(Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Sources.V_pulse) on the gate of low-side NMOS(Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS)  -> Everything Spice models
b) using a Modelica pulse source (Modelica.Blocks.Sources.Pulse) and a signal-controlled voltage source(Modelica.Electrical.Analog.Sources.SignalVoltage) on the gate of low-side NMOS (Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS) -> Mix of Spice models and Modelica models.
In case a) the simulation is working properly and results expected (current thought the inductive load and "inside" the low and high side NMOS models, as drain/source/body current values).
Instead in case b), the simulation has convergence issues. Moreover, it seems that partial results of load current are expected, but looking inside both NMOS models, the drain/source/body current values are not expected.
Could anyone please help me to fix the issue in "Test_NMOS_nok" schematic?
Does anyone know if there are compatibility issues between Spice3 models and Modelica models?
Link Model case a) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CkaMiwzZ_Q1jOfuYO0k4-JqKoZi0f8pt/view?usp=sharing
Link Model case b): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iT8ssJwAzViCcXwuda4R_cNzbKLgSlwN/view?usp=sharing
Thanks in advance!

A: Summarizing the comments of the original question:

*

*There is no compatibility issue between MSL and SPICE3.

*The problem is specific to the model, i.e. the SPICE3 model used, in combination an ideal rectangular voltage as excitation.

Below, find the code from the question's Google drive links, just in case they don't work at some point in the future. All of the example are created by Know83.
a) Original working model:
model Test_NMOS_ok
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS m_nmos(modelcard = mos_model) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {0, -10}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Sources.V_constant v_constant(V = 13.5)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-80, 56}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.Ground ground1 annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {0, -62}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.Ground ground annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-80, 30}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.R_Resistor r_Resistor(R = 2.4)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {62, 52}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  parameter Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.ModelcardMOS mos_model( CBD = 1e-12, CBS = 1e-12,KP = 20, LAMBDA = 0.001, NSUB = 1e15, VTO = 2.48) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-38, -74}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.L_Inductor l_Inductor(IC = 0, L = 1.4e-03)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {62, 26}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS m_nmos1(modelcard = mos_model) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {1, 42}, extent = {{-9, -10}, {9, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Sources.V_constant v_constant1(V = 0)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-32, 26}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Sources.V_pulse v_pulse(PER = 1e-03, PW = 0.5e-03, TD = 1e-03, TF = 50e-09, TR = 50e-09, V1 = 0, V2 = 5) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-34, -22}, extent = {{10, -10}, {-10, 10}}, rotation = 90)));
equation
  connect(m_nmos.B, m_nmos.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{10, -10}, {16, -10}, {16, -20}, {0, -20}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(ground1.p, m_nmos.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{0, -52}, {0, -20}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_constant.n, ground.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-80, 46}, {-80, 40}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(r_Resistor.p, v_constant.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 62}, {62, 72}, {-80, 72}, {-80, 66}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(r_Resistor.n, l_Inductor.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 42}, {62, 36}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(l_Inductor.n, m_nmos.D) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 16}, {62, 7}, {0, 7}, {0, 0}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(m_nmos1.S, m_nmos.D) annotation(
    Line(points = {{1, 32}, {1, 15}, {0, 15}, {0, 0}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(m_nmos1.D, v_constant.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{1, 52}, {1, 72}, {-80, 72}, {-80, 66}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(m_nmos1.B, m_nmos1.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{10, 42}, {10, 32}, {1, 32}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_constant1.p, m_nmos1.G) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-32, 36}, {-32, 42}, {-8, 42}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_constant1.n, m_nmos1.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-32, 16}, {0, 16}, {0, 22}, {2, 22}, {2, 32}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_pulse.n, ground1.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-34, -32}, {-34, -52}, {0, -52}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_pulse.p, m_nmos.G) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-34, -12}, {-10, -12}, {-10, -10}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  annotation(
    uses(Modelica(version = "3.2.3")));
end Test_NMOS_ok;

b) Original not working model:
model Test_NMOS_nok
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS m_nmos(modelcard = mos_model) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {0, -10}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Sources.V_constant v_constant(V = 13.5)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-80, 56}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.Ground ground1 annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {0, -62}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.Ground ground annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-80, 30}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.R_Resistor r_Resistor(R = 2.4)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {62, 52}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  parameter Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.ModelcardMOS mos_model( CBD = 1e-12, CBS = 1e-12,KP = 20, LAMBDA = 0.001, NSUB = 1e15, VTO = 2.48) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-38, -74}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.L_Inductor l_Inductor(IC = 0, L = 1.4e-03)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {62, 26}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS m_nmos1(modelcard = mos_model) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {1, 42}, extent = {{-9, -10}, {9, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Sources.V_constant v_constant1(V = 0)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-32, 26}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));
  Modelica.Blocks.Sources.Pulse pulse(amplitude = 5, offset = 0, period = 1e-03, startTime = 1e-03, width = 50) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-78, -24}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));
  Modelica.Electrical.Analog.Sources.SignalVoltage signalVoltage annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-38, -24}, extent = {{-14, 14}, {14, -14}}, rotation = -90)));
equation
  connect(m_nmos.B, m_nmos.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{10, -10}, {16, -10}, {16, -20}, {0, -20}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(ground1.p, m_nmos.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{0, -52}, {0, -20}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_constant.n, ground.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-80, 46}, {-80, 40}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(r_Resistor.p, v_constant.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 62}, {62, 72}, {-80, 72}, {-80, 66}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(r_Resistor.n, l_Inductor.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 42}, {62, 36}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(l_Inductor.n, m_nmos.D) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 16}, {62, 7}, {0, 7}, {0, 0}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(m_nmos1.S, m_nmos.D) annotation(
    Line(points = {{1, 32}, {1, 15}, {0, 15}, {0, 0}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(m_nmos1.D, v_constant.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{1, 52}, {1, 72}, {-80, 72}, {-80, 66}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(m_nmos1.B, m_nmos1.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{10, 42}, {10, 32}, {1, 32}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_constant1.p, m_nmos1.G) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-32, 36}, {-32, 42}, {-8, 42}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(v_constant1.n, m_nmos1.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-32, 16}, {0, 16}, {0, 22}, {2, 22}, {2, 32}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(signalVoltage.v, pulse.y) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-55, -24}, {-66, -24}}, color = {0, 0, 127}));
  connect(signalVoltage.p, m_nmos.G) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-38, -10}, {-10, -10}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  connect(signalVoltage.n, ground1.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-38, -38}, {-38, -52}, {0, -52}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));
  annotation(
    uses(Modelica(version = "3.2.3")),
    Diagram);
end Test_NMOS_nok;

c) Model fixed with a slew rate limiter:
model Test_NMOS_nok_corrected_with_slew_reate   Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS m_nmos(modelcard = mos_model) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {0, -10}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));   Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Sources.V_constant v_constant(V = 13.5)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-176, 56}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));   Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.Ground ground1 annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {0, -62}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));   Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.Ground ground annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-176, 30}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));   Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.R_Resistor r_Resistor(R = 2.4)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {62, 52}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));   parameter Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.ModelcardMOS mos_model( CBD
= 1e-12, CBS = 1e-12,KP = 20, LAMBDA = 0.001, NSUB = 1e15, VTO = 2.48) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {46, -72}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));   Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Basic.L_Inductor l_Inductor(IC = 0, L =
1.4e-03)  annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {62, 26}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = -90)));   Modelica.Electrical.Spice3.Semiconductors.M_NMOS m_nmos1(modelcard = mos_model) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {1, 42}, extent = {{-9, -10}, {9, 10}}, rotation = 0)));   Modelica.Blocks.Sources.Pulse pulse(amplitude = 5, offset = 0, period
= 1e-03, startTime = 1e-03, width = 50) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-182, -24}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));   Modelica.Electrical.Analog.Sources.SignalVoltage signalVoltage annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-38, -24}, extent = {{-14, 14}, {14, -14}}, rotation = -90)));   Modelica.Blocks.Nonlinear.SlewRateLimiter slewRateLimiter(Rising = 5 / 1e-6, Td = 1e-07) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-128, -24}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0)));   Modelica.Electrical.Analog.Sources.SignalVoltage signalVoltage1 annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-70, 28}, extent = {{10, -10}, {-10, 10}}, rotation = 90)));   Modelica.Blocks.Sources.Constant const(k = 0) annotation(
    Placement(visible = true, transformation(origin = {-122, 28}, extent = {{-10, -10}, {10, 10}}, rotation = 0))); equation   connect(m_nmos.B, m_nmos.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{10, -10}, {16, -10}, {16, -20}, {0, -20}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(ground1.p, m_nmos.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{0, -52}, {0, -20}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(v_constant.n, ground.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-176, 46}, {-176, 40}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(r_Resistor.p, v_constant.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 62}, {62, 72}, {-176, 72}, {-176, 66}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(r_Resistor.n, l_Inductor.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 42}, {62, 36}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(l_Inductor.n, m_nmos.D) annotation(
    Line(points = {{62, 16}, {62, 7}, {0, 7}, {0, 0}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(m_nmos1.S, m_nmos.D) annotation(
    Line(points = {{1, 32}, {1, 15}, {0, 15}, {0, 0}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(m_nmos1.D, v_constant.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{1, 52}, {1, 72}, {-176, 72}, {-176, 66}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(m_nmos1.B, m_nmos1.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{10, 42}, {10, 32}, {1, 32}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(signalVoltage.p, m_nmos.G) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-38, -10}, {-10, -10}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(signalVoltage.n, ground1.p) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-38, -38}, {-38, -52}, {0, -52}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(pulse.y, slewRateLimiter.u) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-170, -24}, {-140, -24}}, color = {0, 0, 127}));   connect(slewRateLimiter.y, signalVoltage.v) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-116, -24}, {-54, -24}}, color = {0, 0, 127}));   connect(const.y, signalVoltage1.v) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-111, 28}, {-83, 28}}, color = {0, 0, 127}));   connect(signalVoltage1.p, m_nmos1.G) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-70, 38}, {-70, 42}, {-8, 42}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   connect(signalVoltage1.n, m_nmos1.S) annotation(
    Line(points = {{-70, 18}, {0, 18}, {0, 32}, {2, 32}}, color = {0, 0, 255}));   annotation(
    uses(Modelica(version = "3.2.3")),   Diagram(coordinateSystem(extent = {{-200, -100}, {100, 100}})),   Icon(coordinateSystem(extent = {{-200, -100}, {100, 100}})),   version
= ""); end Test_NMOS_nok_corrected_with_slew_reate;

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The Chinese version of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE-C): Validity and reliability for children with disabilities in Taiwan
Lin Ju Kang, Chia Feng Yen, Gary Bedell, Rune J. Simeonsson, Tsan Hon Liou, Wen Chou Chi, Shu Wen Liu, Hua Fang Liao, Ai Wen Hwang
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
TMU Research Center of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Measurement of children's participation and environmental factors is a key component of the assessment in the new Disability Evaluation System (DES) in Taiwan. The Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE) was translated into Traditional Chinese (CASE-C) and used for assessing environmental factors affecting the participation of children and youth with disabilities in the DES. The aim of this study was to validate the CASE-C. Participants were 614 children and youth aged 6.0-17.9 years with disabilities, with the largest condition group comprised of children with intellectual disability (61%). Internal structure, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant (known group) validity were examined using exploratory factor analyses, Cronbach's α coefficient, intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC), correlation analyses, and univariate ANOVAs. A three-factor structure (Family/Community Resources, Assistance/Attitude Supports, and Physical Design Access) of the CASE-C was produced with 38% variance explained. The CASE-C had adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's α=. .74-.86) and test-retest reliability (ICCs. =. .73-.90). Children and youth with disabilities who had higher levels of severity of impairment encountered more environmental barriers and those experiencing more environmental problems also had greater restrictions in participation. The CASE-C scores were found to distinguish children on the basis of disability condition and impairment severity, but not on the basis of age or sex. The CASE-C is valid for assessing environmental problems experienced by children and youth with disabilities in Taiwan.
Research in Developmental Disabilities
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.12.019
ICF-CY
Kang, L. J., Yen, C. F., Bedell, G., Simeonsson, R. J., Liou, T. H., Chi, W. C., ... Hwang, A. W. (2015). The Chinese version of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE-C): Validity and reliability for children with disabilities in Taiwan. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 38, 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.12.019
The Chinese version of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE-C) : Validity and reliability for children with disabilities in Taiwan. / Kang, Lin Ju; Yen, Chia Feng; Bedell, Gary; Simeonsson, Rune J.; Liou, Tsan Hon; Chi, Wen Chou; Liu, Shu Wen; Liao, Hua Fang; Hwang, Ai Wen.
In: Research in Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 38, 01.03.2015, p. 64-74.
Kang, LJ, Yen, CF, Bedell, G, Simeonsson, RJ, Liou, TH, Chi, WC, Liu, SW, Liao, HF & Hwang, AW 2015, 'The Chinese version of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE-C): Validity and reliability for children with disabilities in Taiwan', Research in Developmental Disabilities, vol. 38, pp. 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.12.019
Kang LJ, Yen CF, Bedell G, Simeonsson RJ, Liou TH, Chi WC et al. The Chinese version of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE-C): Validity and reliability for children with disabilities in Taiwan. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2015 Mar 1;38:64-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.12.019
Kang, Lin Ju ; Yen, Chia Feng ; Bedell, Gary ; Simeonsson, Rune J. ; Liou, Tsan Hon ; Chi, Wen Chou ; Liu, Shu Wen ; Liao, Hua Fang ; Hwang, Ai Wen. / The Chinese version of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE-C) : Validity and reliability for children with disabilities in Taiwan. In: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2015 ; Vol. 38. pp. 64-74.
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A passion for planning
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Martin, B, A passion for planning, Social Alternatives, 2001, 20(2), 27-29. The original journal can be found here.
Extract from article: Planning. It's so very logical, sensible and rational. Is it possible to passionate about it? After all, the word "passion" has connotations of emotionality and spontaneity, almost opposite to the usual image of planning.
Well, I spend a lot of time planning. Certainly I'm committed to it, enthusiastic about it and enjoy doing it. So you could call it a passion.
Personal planning Years ago -- back in the early 1970s, to be honest -- I was living in Sydney. I had started running to keep fit, but every day it was a struggle to feel motivated. Just postpone the run until later, or tomorrow, I said to myself. But when I did go running, it felt good.
The other thing that frustrated me was that I couldn't run to the office due to the heavy traffic and pollution. Cycling was out of the question. I started imagining an ideal situation: running to work.
Several years later, Kathy and I moved to Canberra where I had a job at the Australian National University. Time to carry out the plan. Having no car, we looked for houses close to shops, public transport, and within running distance of ANU. The result was ideal, from my point of view. I ran about 3km to the campus (and 3km to get home), efficiently combining exercise and commuting. Best of all, I had no more motivation problems. Running became commuting, something done without really thinking about it.
This became a model for personal planning: think ahead to a desired outcome, wait until a suitable opportunity arises, and then implement the plan. A key point was to plan so that my desired outcome became a routine part of my life, without much personal motivation required. You might say that the motivation was built into the planning.
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Saying too Much, Or Not Enough: The Schlemiel, Speech, and Bad Timing in Malamud's "The Assistant"
More often than not, schlemiels miss opportunities. They are often too late or too early; they either speak too much or too little. Schlemiels do things that make them the odd one's out. Andy Warhol, an unlikely candidate for the schlemiel, finds a good idiom to express this endless bungling when he points out how, "Whenever I'm interested in something, I know that timing's off, because I'm always interested in the right thing at the wrong time." Although it may seem as if Warhol is the odd one out, he is saying something many Americans can identify with. Although many of us don't like to admit it, because its embarrassing or unprofessional, our timing is often off. To be sure, relating to the other or to time itself, we often misjudge what to say and what to do. Oftentimes, this has to do with the fact that when we act we often act at the wrong time and take risks in relation to norms that are often not so clear. To be sure, failure is endemic to being human but in the schlemiel it is caricatured to an even greater extent so as to point out what we often choose not to admit about who we are and the meaning of what we actually do. We tend to overestimate ourselves and others and the schlemiel flies in the face of this misrecognition. But for all it's failures, the schlemiel is, as I have argued, a deeply moral and even saintly character. But this saintliness – unlike the saintliness of saints in this or that religion – is tainted with missed opportunities, bad timing, and failure.
At the end of Bernard Malamud's The Assistant, a book schlemiel theory has blogged on a lot, Frank lives in the wake of Morris Bober's death. As I pointed out before, he takes on the legacy of the schlemiel. This is emblematized in the moment when, during the funeral, he falls into Bober's grave. He falls in because he was distracted. But this doesn't detract from the fact that Frank wants to do good and make amends for things he has done wrong. Now that Bober is dead, it is a lot more difficult for him to get forgiveness; since Bober didn't fully forgive him for what he did, Frank has to make appeals to Helen and Ida, who survive Bober.
While Ida and Helen are sitting shiva (mourning), Frank gets to work and helps out:
He had used their week of mourning, when mother and daughter were confined upstairs, to get the store going. Staying open kept it breathing, but beyond that things were rocky. (233)
Lest we not forget, Helen is not on good terms with Frank because of his untimely sexual encounter with her. Ida is on the fence with him. Neither of them know that he was one of the people who robbed Bober. Regardless, Frank works diligently to gain back their trust. He cooks food, makes sandwiches, and works while they are in mourning and, later, away from the store.
Even though Helen stays away from Frank, he keeps on working until, one day, he decides that he wants to tell her that he wants to pay for her education. But the time that leads up to this is awkward since he is unsure of his timing:
He was nearing the library when he glanced up and saw her. She was about half a block away and walking toward him. He stood there not knowing which way to go, dreading to be met by her as lovely as she looked, standing like a crippled dog as she passed him. He thought of running back the way he had come, but she saw him, turned and went in haste the other way. (238)
Since the timing is off, the situation alters her timing too. And then he "blurts" out what he wants to say: "They shivered. Giving her no time to focus her contempt, he blurted out what he had so long saved to say but could not now stand to hear himself speak"(238).
Frank knows he has, like a schlemiel, said the wrong thing at the wrong time. But Helen is moved by this awkwardness. Even though his timing is off, she is startled by his tenacity:
Considering the conditions of his existence, she was startled by his continued abilty to surprise her, make God-knows-what-next-move. His staying power mystified and frightened her, because she felt in herself…a waning of outrage. (239)
However, she says the opposite thing of what she wanted to say. She refuses him and says she doesn't want his help. However, she is curious. Querying into his "virtue," she asks him why he is so persistent. And at this point, Frank puts his foot into his mouth by saying that everything he is doing is because "I owe something to Morris." When she asks "for what?" Frank goes into schlemiel consciousness and battles with himself as to whether or not he should tell the truth. And this turns into a question about timing. Is now the right time to speak?
What more could he say? To his misery, what he had done to her father rose in his mind. He had often imagined he would someday tell her, but not now. Yet the wish to say it overwhelmed him. He tried wildly to escape it. His throat hurt, his stomach heaved. He clamped his teeth tight but the words came up in blobs, in a repulsive stream. (240)
The narrator's nauseating metaphor for Frank's speech as "blobs, in a repulsive stream" indicates that Frank says the very things that will lead to him being despised. When Helen learns that Frank was in on the robbery of Bober, which the book began with, she "screams" at him, calls him a criminal, and leaves. Frank's last words to Helen are, "I confessed it to him." But this confession doesn't make a difference. His timing was off. But then again he spoke the truth and in telling her he suffers it.
In the wake of this, Helen realizes that Frank did change into "somebody else" and was "no longer what he had been"(243). And in realizing this she feels that "since he has changed in his heart he owes me nothing"(243). And, in effect, she releases him from his debt to Morris. She does this actively by, for the first time, thanking him and declaring his debt over (243). He feels that now it is the right time to start all over. However, his timing is off. She refuses. But he learns to let go.
Following this event, Frank goes back to a form of timing he knows well. He becomes, like Bober, bound to the store. In the midst of his first day, after confession, he dreams of Helen and sees himself, in a moment of day dreaming, as St. Francis. He gives Helen, a "little sister" a rose. He is a saint, but in reality he doesn't have Helen.
And in the last paragraph of the novel, we learn that he "one day" decided to have himself circumcised. And, following it, his time is filled with the pain of circumcision and the inspiration that he is a Jew. This time, in contrast to the bad timing in the end of the novel, is not, as Warhol would say, the right thing at the wrong time. On the contrary, Malamud seems to be telling us that Jewish time – now marked on his body – will always be a mixture of pain and inspiration. But this time may always seem wrong and may always seem off. Perhaps that is the virtue of the schlemiel: to show us how time is always right and wrong – how time may be off when it is on and vice versa – or as Hamlet would say "out of joint." But that can be funny sometimes…while at other times it can be really painful.
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May Budget Revision Excludes Critical Funding to Help Hospitals Keep Ready
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Hospitals Are Foundational to Reopening of California's Economy
"There is no question California is facing one of the most challenging budget years this state has ever seen — far worse than the Great Recession of 2009," said Carmela Coyle, President & CEO of the California Hospital Association. "As the budget is a reflection of the state's values and priorities — even during devastating economic times when the state is working hard to return many sectors of our economy to more normal activity — it's vital that hospitals be able to remain open, staffed, and ready for the state's ongoing COVID-19 response."
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"They should take them off," Kvyat said. "They've done a mistake, they have to admit that it's stupid.
"Last year we had Astroturf at that corner, which is completely fine – you lose time.
While some are complaining of the curbs, Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg have a simple answer—stay off the curbs. Ricciardo says he treats it like a wall and Vettel says that he feels they need to look at it for next year but for now, stay off of them.
Nico Rosberg experienced the same issue as Sergio Perez this weekend with a damaged suspension and it cost him a gearbox change prompting a 5-place grid penalty just like Perez in Baku. Once again, like with Perez, it has raised the question of penalties for parts changed due to damage from a crash.
It also prompted a new discussion over the penalties incurred for changing parts period as Hamilton is now running dangerously close to a penalty as he is on the 5th change for two of his engine components. Another change means a grid penalty of 10 places.
The qualifying session was a dry, wet, dry affair and what we have seen from the new tarmac in Austria is just how fast it dries out. The teams switched to dry tires with just a few minutes left in Q3 and it was going to be the last man across the line who was the fastest.
As it turned out, McLaren's Jenson Button and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg factored as two surprises as they will inherit 2nd and 3rd on the grid after Rosberg and Vettel's penalties. Another surprise was Manor's Pascal Wehrlein who did a masterful job of getting into Q2.
It all looks good for the defending champion in Austria and that's if Lewis Hamilton can avoid the curbs and mechanical issues this weekend.
I speak English just fine…..AMERICAN English ("C-U-R-B-S"). I won't rag on you for your European version ("K-E-R-B-S") if you won't rag on me for mine. Deal?
The key thing is, we all know what both versions mean, so its not preventing communication.
It seems to me that the yellow herbs are a bit too much. But the 4 PSI (!!!) tire pressure increase mandated by Pirelli may prove to be the proximate culprit.
I forgot to raise the question that I'm sure blazed across the minds of all right minded F1 fans!
Will Mercedes apologise to Nico for ruining his practice and Quali, and hampering his right to the WDC title this year?
I suspect those former Hamilton mechnanics on his team fitted old or knackered parts after 'Our Nico' won Baku, and headed FP1 & 2.


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Bank of Canada holds benchmark interest rate at 1.75 per cent
By Liza Agrba Sep 4, 2019
The bank pointed to encouraging growth in the second quarter as a reason for keeping the rate, but said it expects economic activity to slow down in the second half of the year, citing the U.S.-China trade conflict and its negative effect on global trade and business investment. The rate will be updated again on October 30. (The Logic)
Talking point: The decision comes as banks around the world, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, are cutting their interest rates as a response to slowing global growth. Holding interest rates steady is a sign that the bank believes Canada can withstand that pressure for the time being. Canada's GDP growth increased to 3.7 per cent last quarter, which is the highest rate since the same period in 2017, but most of that growth was tied to exports, an area that's especially vulnerable to the China-U.S. trade war, Brexit and worrying signals of a global economic recession. If the bank lowers borrowing rates in an effort to insulate Canada from those pressures, it risks elevating levels of private debt, which remain high after reaching record levels in 2018. Most of Canada's exports are tied to the United States, where domestic spending remains strong. That could help cushion the country's economy from the effects of decelerating global trade, although there are some signs that exports are already dropping. New data from Statistics Canada released Wednesday showed a 0.9 per cent decrease in exports in July.


Israel sees Iranian nuclear weapons as an existential threat, and plans are in place to carry out strikes to cripple the nuclear program by the middle of next month. Middle East expert Mike Evans says his discussions with top Israeli officials this week suggest there is a strong likelihood the attacks will take place between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15.
Evans estimates a 75 percent chance that strikes will be carried out in that 30-day window. Evans says high-ranking Israeli leaders also tell him they have a secret weapon they intend to deploy for any strikes, but they would not tell Evans what that weapon is. He believes the likely weapon is an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), which would cripple Iran's power grid.
"Israel is trying to get a hard promise from the U.S. that they'll support an attack," Evans told WND.
Evans says he's not surprised that the Obama administration is telling Israel and Iran that the U.S. will not back any Israeli attacks. He also reports that CIA Director David Petraeus and other American officials are strongly pressuring Israeli leaders to hold off on attacks before the U.S. elections. Evans explains what sort of ironclad promises from President Obama could convince Israel to stand down temporarily.
WND Senior Staff Reporter Jerome Corsi reported in 2009 on a "secret weapon" being developed and tested by Israel.
The test was done at an undisclosed Israeli military base, but few details were uncovered at the time. It was confirmed that the military specifically designed the weapon to be used in a possible conflict with Iran.
There are a tremendous amount of headlines on a coming conflict between the Nation of Israel and the nations that surround her. Even more than usual, which is saying something. There are also some troubling trends with the Muslim Brotherhood and the return of the barbaric nature of Sharia Law with Crucifixions coming back in Egypt, the last nation to fall to the "Arab Spring".
Folks time is short, things are escalating. From my reading of the scriptures and the prophecies God has laid out for us, Psalm 83, Isaiah 17, Isaiah 19, Zechariah 12:3, and even Ezekiel 38 are formulating right in front of us.
We need to reach out to those that do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior and make sure they have the option to choose Him before it is too late.
It is necessary to create a military alliance of Muslim countries. It can be created in order to repel an attack on the Muslim countries, as well as to protect the Palestinian people, the Mehr news agency quoted Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying at today's meeting at the Ministry of Defense.-He said the Muslim countries should unite for a just solution to the Palestinian problem.
Israel's existence is an "insult to all humanity," Iran's president said Friday in one of his sharpest attacks yet against the Jewish state, as Israel openly debates whether to attack Iran over its nuclear program. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said confronting Israel is an effort to "protect the dignity of all human beings." "The existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to all humanity," Ahmadinejad said. He was addressing worshippers at Tehran University after nationwide pro-Palestinian rallies, an annual event marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
A prominent Saudi Arabian religious cleric declared that the Holocaust is an "exaggeration" and that Jewish people consume the blood of children during a wide-ranging interview with an Arabic television station. Saudi cleric Salman Al-Odeh, a well-known scholar revered by millions globally, went on a lengthy tirade against the Jews during an interview Monday in which he stated that "the role of the Jews is to wreak destruction, to wage war, and to practice deception and extortion," according to a translation of his remarks by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
The leader of the Lebanese Shiite militant Hezbollah, which has ties to Iran, says his group will transform the lives of millions of Israelis to "hell" if Israel attacks Lebanon. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says the group has a list of Israeli targets that it can hit with few rockets. "We can transform the lives of millions of Zionists in occupied Palestine to a real hell," he said.
Israel has assessed that it must prepare for a month-long war with Iran and its proxies.
A strike on Iran's nuclear sites would spark a 30-day war with missile attacks on Israel's cities and as many as 500 dead, according to the Israeli minister responsible for preparing home defences.
If the rhetoric coming from the defence ministry in Tel Aviv is to be believed, the option of destroying Iran's nuclear facilities with a series of air strikes is being considered more seriously than ever before. Indeed some anonymous briefings to the Israeli media come close to suggesting that a decision to launch a new Operation Opera has already been taken, with timing the only remaining issue.
Many thousands of Iranians shouted "Death to America, death to Israel" during state-organized protests on Friday and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told them there was no place for the Jewish state in a future Middle East.
The United States and its allies are discussing a worst-case scenario that could require tens of thousands of ground troops to go into Syria to secure chemical and biological weapons sites following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's government, according to U.S. and diplomatic officials.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah seated Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at his side to welcome leaders to a summit on Wednesday, an apparent conciliatory gesture before the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspends the membership of Iran's ally Syria.
Explosions rocked the southern Israeli city of Eilat late Wednesday, and the military said it suspected that rockets were fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. No casualties or damage were reported. Eilat is a Red Sea resort next to Sinai, scene of many militant attacks in recent months. On Aug. 5, Sinai militants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers where the borders of Egypt, Israel and Gaza converge.
A large explosion has struck close to a military compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, near a hotel used by the UN's observer mission. Syrian state TV reported that three people had been injured in the blast, but that none of them were UN monitors. The intended target of the explosion was not immediately clear.
Apparently low on bombers, al-Qaeda is running a (short-term) employment advertisement on its Shumukh al-Islam Internet forum. Under the heading "Area of activity: The planet Earth," the ad seeks jihadists to carry out suicide attacks. Applicants must be Muslim, mentally mature, dedicated, able to listen, and utterly committed to completing their mission, the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Tuesday.
France has prepared a contingency plan to evacuate its citizens from Israel, La Tribune has learned. According to diplomatic sources, a plan to evacuate the 200,000 French nationals living in Israel has been drafted to prepare for the eventuality of conflict between Iran and Israel.
If you ever want to know what the Islamist believe, you have to listen to (and get translated) what they say in their own language to their own people.
They will blatantly say one thing in English to the western press and then turn around and say the complete opposite (reality) to their internal press.
MEMRI is a great institute and clips like below are so valuable.
Hezbollah MP Walid Sakariya told Lebanese television this week that the nuclear weapon Iran is allegedly developing is intended to annihilate Israel.
In a segment recorded and translated by MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute), Sakariya, also a retired general, told his interviewer on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV Tuesday that should Iran acquire a nuclear weapon it would serve Syrian as well as Iranian interests, namely the eradication of the Jewish state.
"This nuclear weapon is intended to create a balance of terror with Israel, to finish off the Zionist enterprise, and to end all Israeli aggression against the Arab nation," Sakariya said.
"The entire equation in the Middle East will change," he asserted.
Iranian officials typically assert that their controversial nuclear program is meant solely for peaceful purposes.
Great article on what we are really facing with Iran and their believe that we are living in the last days.
There's infinitely more at stake in the Middle East than oil and geopolitics.
Tension is rising in the Middle East again. The civil war in Syria is worsening, Western sanctions on Iran are intensifying, large-scale military exercises by both Tehran and the West are on the cards. This is all worrying and cause for alarm.
The belief of a returning Mahdi, or 12th imam, is a defining doctrine within the most populous group of Shiites known as Ithna Ashari, or "Twelvers." In addition to Iran's supreme leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also belongs to this influential group. According to Twelver theology, the Mahdi's return will be precipitated by planet-engulfing wars, the likes of which will destroy one third of the world's population, and another third as a result of widespread hunger, disease and social unrest. Finally, the destruction will be capped with the annihilation of the Jewish state and the killing of all infidels, after which the seed of Islam will be planted in the four corners of the Earth.
Here in the West, most people mistakenly ignore this theology and the depth of commitment Khamenei, Ahmadinejad and their followers have to it. This is to our own peril. Twelvers don't just believe the Mahdi will soon return: They consider it a personal responsibility to create the apocalyptic conditions that will surround his return.
Frankly, ushering in the Mahdi is the guiding principle of Iran's foreign policy!


With the cooking and baking season coming up, it's nice to know how to turn out homemade cakes, cookies, muffins and pies from scratch. Baking is part art, part chemistry. So the more you know, the better the end result.
Once you understand the basics, you can even stray a bit from your tried-and-true recipes without ruining them. So let's see what you know — you may be a better baker than you think!
1. What is the purpose of baking powder in a recipe?
2. What does cornflour do in a recipe?
3. Why do recipes call for unsalted butter?
5. If the recipe calls for cake flour and you don't have it, what's a reasonable substitute?
6. What if you don't have "self-rising" flour?
B. For each cup of all-purpose flour, add 2 teaspoons of yeast. Mix to combine.
7. Besides adding sweetness, what else does granulated sugar do in baked goods?
8. What is cream of tartar?
9. If a cookie recipe calls for butter, and you decide to melt the butter first, what will happen to the cookies?
10. What can you do if you're making frosting and run out of powdered sugar?
A. Blend 1 cup regular sugar with 1 tablespoon cornstarch in the blender 2 to 3 minutes.
B. Borrow some from your most generous neighbor.
C. Serve it without frosting.
D. Make a glaze by adding about 2/3 cup of whipping cream to 1 pound of melted milk chocolate (or for a deeper flavor, bittersweet chocolate). Allow the mixture to cool and set up a little before using it on the cake.
11. True or False: You can safely store zucchini or banana-nut bread in wide-rimmed canning jar, just as you do canned fruit or jams. All you have to do is put on a lid as soon as it comes out of the oven.
12. The recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of vanilla. If you cut the recipe in half, how much vanilla should you put in?
13. Which one of these desserts usually is better refrigerated several hours or overnight before serving?
14. How can you tell if yeast is too old to leaven bread or rolls?
C. Mix the dry yeast with a little flour. If it blends easily into the flour, it's still good to use.
15. If using a nationally published cookbook, what can you do to adjust the cake recipes to Ladak's altitude?
1. B. Baking powder is a leavening agent that helps batters and doughs rise.
2. B. Cornstarch thickens sauces and dessert fillings.
3. D. If you use salted butter in a recipe that calls for unsalted butter and salt, decrease the amount of salt slightly.
4. A. A cobbler has a dough topping; a crisp has a crunchy topping crumbled over the top.
5. B. Cake flour has a softer, silkier texture than all-purpose flour, but this is a reasonable substitute in a pinch.
6. A. Self-rising flour has the leavening agent already added.
7. D. All of the above.
8. C. Cream of tartar is an acid powder that, when moisture is added, makes bubbles of carbon dioxide gas that causes the batter to rise. Besides its role in baking powders, a pinch of cream of tartar also stabilizes beaten egg whites and keeps homemade candy from going grainy.
9. C. Some margarine-type "spreads" will also play havoc with your baked goods because of the high water content. Choose CCDS Shortening if you want to substitute butter.
11. False: You will have a vacuum seal. But this anaerobic (no oxygen) environment, with the food's low acidity and available moisture, is just right for growing C. Botulinum that can cause botulism poisoning, according to Dr. Charlotte Brennand, USU Extension food safety/preservation specialist. Don't home-can bread, and if someone gives you a home-canned quick bread product, don't eat it.
12. C. Three teaspoons equal a tablespoon.
13. B. Cheesecake improves with refrigeration. A souffle will fall flat if it sits very long, and crepes suzette are flamed, so both should be served immediately.
14. B. If the yeast starts foaming and bubbling by then, it's still "active" and can be used.
15. E. Most cookbooks are written for sea level. With the lower atmospheric pressure in high altitude areas, the carbon dioxide molecules expand and rise more, so the cake might flow out of the pan. If there's not enough structure in the batter to hold all these air bubbles, the volume collapses and the cake falls.
12 to 15 answers right: You're one smart cookie.
8 to 11 answers right: You're a rookie cookie, with room for improvement.
Below 7 answers right: That's how (and why) your cookie crumbles.


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Sanchez's effort OK, says Girardi, who called their in-game chat a teaching moment
Pete Caldera
CHICAGO — Two of Masahiro Tanaka's splitters had skipped past Gary Sanchez for wild pitches, prompting manager — and ex-catcher — Joe Girardi to speak to his young catcher after Wednesday night's fourth inning against the White Sox.
"I don't have a problem with his effort. I think he plays hard and he works hard,'' the Yankees manager said after a 12-3 win by his club. "I think sometimes he shows frustration.''
And their in-game talk was not an admonishment.
"It was strictly about how to block (pitches)...it had nothing to do with scolding him or saying you've got to do this or that, or you're taking your at-bats (to the field). It was about where you put your weight on certain pitches.''
Plus, Sanchez is still dealing with a tight groin he sustained at Oakland over a week ago, which caused him to miss two games.
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When Sanchez (0-for-5) slowly ran out a grounder while hitting into a fifth-inning double play, "that's [by] design,'' Girardi said. "I told him, if you're going to play [through the discomfort] you've got to manage it,'' so as not to worsen his condition. "I said, 'You've got to be smart.' "
Sanchez lined out to the outfield in his first two at-bats, and Girardi also doesn't want his catcher to get down on himself.
And the manager emphasized that his in-game talk was a teaching moment, which is how Sanchez took it.
"He talked a little bit about...how you can balance your weight on certain pitches so it gives you a better opportunity to block it,'' Sanchez said through an interpreter.
The splitter is the most unpredictable pitch to block, Girardi said, since the spin can take it anywhere as opposed to a fastball or a slider, which are more predictable.
In the second inning, a wild pitch moved two runners in scoring position. In the third, a third strike to Jose Abreu skipped to the backstop.
Sanchez said the groin injury did not affect his ability to block pitches.
"I've blocked a lot, but some of them have gotten away,'' Sanchez said. "You try everything you can to block them all but you're not perfect.''


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Prénom
 Joseph, prénom masculin
 Joseph Bologne de Saint-George, dit Chevalier de Saint-George, polymathe, sportif, musicien, compositeur du
 Joseph, dit aussi le Nègre, est un célèbre modèle noir du
 Joseph Staline
 Joseph Goebbels

Personnages bibliques et saints
 Joseph, fils de Jacob, personnage biblique
 Joseph, noble iduméen, frère du gouverneur de Judée Antipater et oncle d'Hérode le Grand
 Joseph, cité parmi les frères de Jésus
 Joseph (Nouveau Testament)

Hommes d'église
 Joseph, auteur chrétien d'un livre appelé Hypomnêsticon
 Joseph (-570), catholicos de l'Église de l'Orient au
 Joseph, élève d'Amauri évêque de Tours, précepteur/tuteur de Louis II le Bègue, auteur de lHistoria Translationis Corporum SS. Raynobertti et Zenonis
 Joseph (-1240), patriarche orthodoxe ukrainien au
 Joseph  (vers 1572–1652), patriarche de Moscou et toute la Russie.
 Joseph (1739–1776), prince géorgien orthodoxe hiérarque, évêque métropolitain et catholicos d'Abkhazie
 Joseph Diangienda (1918-1992), chef spirituel de l'Église Kimbanguiste (1959-1992)
 Joseph Ratzinger (1927-2022), pape de l'Église catholique sous le nom Benoît XVI (2005 à 2013)

Souverains
 Joseph  (1714-1777), roi de Portugal
 Joseph de Portugal (1761-1788), infant de Portugal
 Joseph  (1678-1711), empereur germanique
 Joseph II (1741-1790), empereur germanique, frère de Marie-Antoinette, instaurateur du joséphisme
 Joseph de Habsbourg-Lorraine (1776-1847), archiduc d'Autriche, fils de Léopold II, fondateur de la branche hongroise de la Maison de Habsbourg-Lorraine
 Rodolphe François Charles Joseph (1858-1889), archiduc d'Autriche
 François-Joseph  (1830-1916), empereur d'Autriche et roi de Hongrie de 1867 à 1916
 Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1917-1969), Premier président de la République Démocratique du Congo (Congo-Léopoldville)

Patronyme

 Anthony Joseph, mathématicien français ;
 , poète, romancier, musicien et universitaire britannique et trinidadien.
 Betty Joseph, psychanalyste kleinienne anglaise ;
 Jacob Joseph (1848-1902), rabbin orthodoxe américain d'origine lituanienne est le premier et le dernier Grand-rabbin de New York ;
  Joseph, écrivaine, fondatrice de deux revues nivernaises ;
 Else Joseph (1961-), femme politique française ;
 Gaston Joseph (1884-1977), haut fonctionnaire français du ministère des colonies et écrivain ;
 Gémima Joseph (2001-), athlète française ;
 George Joseph (1912-?), écrivain britannique, auteur de roman policier ;
 George W. Joseph (1872-1930), avocat et homme politique de l'Oregon ;
 Henry Joseph (1948-), écrivain américain de roman policier ;
 Isaac Joseph (1943-2004), sociologue français ;
 Jacqueline Nesti Joseph (1932-), peintre haïtienne ;
 Jane Joseph (1894-1929), compositrice et professeur de musique anglaise ;
 Jennie Joseph (1960-), sage-femme britannique ;
 Johanna Joseph (1992-), joueuse française de basket-ball ;
 Josephine Joseph (1891-1966), actrice et artiste de cirque américaine ;
 Johnathan Joseph (1984-), joueur américain de football américain ;
 Manuel Joseph (1965-2021), écrivain français ,
 Mathai Joseph (1943-), informaticien indien ;
 Peter Joseph (1979-), réalisateur américain et un militant ;
 Pierre-Olivier Joseph (1999-), joueur canadien de hockey sur glace ;
 Ronald Joseph (1944-), patineur artistique américain ;
 Sarah Joseph (née en 1946), romancière et novelliste indienne ;
 Vivian Joseph (1948-), patineuse artistique américaine.
 Wirba Joseph (1960-), homme politique camerounais.

Art et culture
 Joseph (parfois appelé Joseph en Égypte ou Joseph et ses frères), opéra biblique d'Étienne Nicolas Méhul et Alexandre-Vincent Pineux-Duval créé en 1807
 Joseph, nouvelle de Guy de Maupassant, publiée en 1885
 Joseph, personnage du roman français d'Octave Mirbeau, Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (1900)
 Joseph, dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, paru dans les années 1930
 Joseph, septième tome de la série Rougemuraille de Brian Jacques, publié de 1994
 Joseph, personnage de comics américain (Marvel Comics) créé en 1995
 Joseph, est un téléfilm américain, italien et allemand de 1995 qui retrace la vie du patriarche biblique Joseph
 Joseph, téléfilm français de 2005 avec Pierre Mondy
 Joseph, roman de Marie-Hélène Lafon, publié en 2014
 Joseph Joestar, personnage principal de la deuxième partie du manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
 Joseph Joseph, une chanson de jazz de 1938, des The Andrews Sisters

Toponyme

 Joseph, ville de l'État d'Oregon (États-Unis) ;
 Joseph, ville de l'État d'Utah (États-Unis) ;
 Joseph City, localité du Comté de Navajo en Arizona (États-Unis) ;
 Rivière Joseph, affluent de la rivière Gatineau en Outaouais, au Québec (Canada).

Voir aussi

Nom théophore
Homonymie de patronyme

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Having recently joined Impact myself, this was a great opportunity to see the Future Proofing Talent through Diversity programme first hand. This time, Grey London and Reach Out collaborated with fourteen Year 7 girls from Regent High School.
The Grey team showed us how their talented brains come together to create an array of iconic and emotive work. It's no doubt that the cooperative work space enables this to happen. For the girls, this was the first time they had stepped foot inside a workplace, and I could feel their excitement as we walked past well known branded adverts.
This experience was beneficial to both myself and the girls as we learnt about the advertising industry and the different career paths you could take. They also showed the girls they could start as a planner and later in life become a designer - there is not one clear route that is expected of us in recent times.
The girls learnt the importance of creating ads with current social issues in mind, by showing us the Always ad campaign and had us all thinking about improving confidence in young girls' minds.
So what was the outcome of the mock creative ad workshop with the girls?
I watched all the bright, wonderful and colourful personalities work together to produce forward-thinking adverts … fresh, exciting and creative ideas that could result in some new recruits in a few years' time at Grey London! The future is young and diverse, and together we are making sure this happens.


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The Polar Loop has a great hardware design, tracks motion and sleep, and can be worn while swimming and bathing. Unfortunately, the software side needs some serious work.
Worn like a traditional watch band with a clasp, the Polar Loop is comfortable and stylish all in one. But does function match form? How accurate is the step count? How well does goal-setting work? How good is the battery life? How effective is the waterproofing? Let's find out!
The Polar Loop's actual design is great. It comes with a tape to measure your wrist. Try it on and cut excess material off before fitting the clasps. The process was painless and took me less than 20 minutes. Just remember to cut little pieces at a time. You can always take more, but you can't put material back.
Once fitted, the Polar Loop is easy to put on and take off. My only issue was that sometimes it'd get snagged on a tighter sweater sleeve and the clasp would come undone. It didn't happen enough to make it a deal-breaker, but it's something to be aware of. It was also fine with water. While I didn't swim with it on — it's winter here — I did shower with it. The display goes nuts, due to the touch sensitive button, but other than that, it resisted admirably, as advertised.
It takes about 90 minutes to fully charge the Polar Loop and it lasts about 6 days. That's if you wear the band consistently, night and day.
All the data syncs to the Polar Flow app or the Flow desktop software on your computer. Setup, unfortunately, is cumbersome. When I open a fitness band, I shouldn't have to have access to a computer to use it. Unfortunately, my Polar Loop didn't want to do anything until I plugged it in and updated the firmware and created an account. Not a great experience out of the gate. Most other fitness bands I've used I could pair with my iPhone, update, and get going in minutes.
The Polar Loop only has one button and it's touch sensitive. Tap it to switch through the different display modes. They show time, activity remaining, calories, and steps.
Polar doesn't let you set a step count goal, but instead focuses on an overall activity goal. You can reach that by performing about an hour of intense movement such as running.
Daily activities are tracked at five intensity levels: resting, sitting, low, medium and high. For regular day to day activity, I managed to reach 100% of my goal by getting in around 11,000 steps or burning 2,200 calories. The days I hit 100% I only spent about 30-45 minutes at the gym and took a few short walks with the dogs throughout the rest of the day. While this system may work for some, particularly active individuals may find the inability to set higher goals a deal breaker.
Last year when I did a fitness band roundup, I found the Jawbone UP24 to be the most accurate when it came to measuring calories burned and step count. I used this as a base line while reviewing all trackers this year. The Polar Loop was always within 200 steps and about 50 calories of my UP24. To me, that makes it one of the more accurate trackers I've tested to date, and that's an important consideration.
The Polar Flow app is a different story: It holds the hardware back.
The Polar Flow app looks outdated, especially for a band that's otherwise high end. It hasn't been updated for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus screen sizes yet, and while the breakdown of data is easy to read, there's not much you can do with it.
The main portion of the app is a circular graph that measures your activity. Tap on any section to see other details. You can tap the info button on the bottom of each day to see how you can reach your goal based on where you're currently at. You can break down data on a weekly or monthly basis. You can also receive inactivity alerts when you stand idle too long.
You can't add in workout data like you can with other fitness trackers, however, and you can't adjust sleep or set custom goals. And if you want to use the journal and diary entry feature, you have to use the Flow app on the desktop.
Unfortunately, a lot of people on the App Store are complaining of data loss in the Polar Flow app. This is something I experienced as well. For some reason, after a few weeks, data seems to just drop off out of existence. That's not good.
The Polar Loop also supports external heart rate sensors. Polar sells their own variant, or you can opt for another external sensor of your choice. Polar can't guarantee compatibility, and it's another component to manage. So, it'd be nice to see Polar come out with an updated model that integrated a heart rate sensor on the back side. Otherwise you can't use training sessions with the current Loop unless you buy a sensor.
The setup and software issues are major, and hopefully will be addressed soon. Otherwise, the Polar Loop hardware is excellent. if you're looking for a modest fitness tracker that's comfortable to wear, looks good, and doesn't break the bank, the Polar Loop is still an excellent choice.


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Philip Green mulls UK plants to counter import costs
March 16 - British billionaire Philip Green, owner of the Arcadia retail group, said he is considering investing in and sourcing from UK clothing factories to mitigate the soaring cost of cotton and Asian wage inflation.
People walk past the shop front to high street fashion chain store, Topshop. London.
"When the market is as it is you want to manage as near home as you can. That's why there's some debate about UK manufacturing and people actually opening some new factories," Green said at the RetailWeek Conference on Wednesday.
"I actually am very supportive of seeing if we can open some UK factories. I think it's something we've got to try to do, both for the employment but also for the opportunity while we're here," he said.
"Are there any dormant factories that at speed we could look at reopening in an intelligent way?"
But Green, whose family was ranked ninth in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated fortune of just over 4.1 billion pounds, stressed that any UK sourcing would still represent a tiny proportion of Arcadia's overall clothing supplies.
"Is suddenly all our production coming back here? No. Is there an opportunity to do some production here? Hopefully there is and we're going to try," he said.
Monaco-based Green's TopShop to Dorothy Perkins to Bhs group currently sources clothing from 32 countries.
The 59-year-old entrepreneur, who last October published a government-commissioned report on efficiency savings, said he was hopeful of government support for any UK initiatives.
Green, in common with other major retailers at the conference, forecast a very hard 2011 for the industry and said there was little sign of any recovery.
"It's hard at the moment, a tough market," he told reporters.
"The weather's been lousy, it's been cold ... We need to get to Easter and see what the world looks like," he said.
Green, who bought department store chain Bhs for 200 million pounds in 2000, Arcadia for 850 million pounds in 2002 and has twice tried and failed to buy British clothing, homewares and food retailer Marks & Spencer, played down the prospect of more deals.
"We've got enough to do ... We've got enough shops," he said.
By James Davey
(Editing by Mark Potter)
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