"honouring its commitments, the university wants to assume its full social role based on its training, research, integration and cultural dissemination missions. By learning French, student refugees or asylum seekers can avoid dropping out of the academic world and society as a whole."
This DU targets the acquisition of linguistic, cultural and methodological skills relating to level B2 of the CEFR, with the immediate goal of being able to get back into a study curriculum, for students aged between 18 and 28 years old holding a baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification.
Disciplinary content In addition to perfecting the language and learning about French culture, this 8 month long DU targets the acquisition of methodological university prerequisites and insertion into the university curriculum, allowing students who have had their studies interrupted due to migration to be reintegrated straight into a higher education and research course in France.
- 48 workshop hours organised by a Master 2 placement student in French as a foreign language (FLES) education science.
- 48 hours delivered by other departments: on the basis of voluntary work from departments, the students integrate 2 course units (2x24 hours) into the second term in the speciality of their choice, in agreement with the teachers of the host department.
- The students will benefit from tutoring ensured by students on the French as a foreign language (FLES) education science Masters.
Subject to application and interview from an admissions board made up of representatives from the CUEF of Grenoble.
Recruitment level Initial education for refugee students or asylum seekers, who have obtained the baccalaureate or any equivalent qualification justifying the pre-requisites required to join university. Students must have validated level A1 of the CEFR, in other words, at the least be in the process of acquiring level A2.
Any asylum seeker student who has obtained the refugee status, aged 18 to 28 years old.
A B2 level validation test will be incorporated into the final assessment in order to allow for integration into a course of study at the university.


Guest Post: Jennifer Fox "The Next 14 Things I Learned From Our Six-Figure Kickstarter Campaign"
Yesterday, Jennifer Fox shared with us six things she recommends doing BEFORE launching a Kickstarter campaign. Today she brings the list up to twenty. She's giving us a lot. She's got a few days left on her campaign. Perhaps you can give back?
I think the key to any creative producing is to turn your circumstances into strengths. In our case, we were really worried that the film was already screening on the festival circuit. I couldn't change that, so I used it as an excuse to make regular video updates for our website, eblasts and pitches. The other thing I started to do, which I would have never thought appropriate, was talk about our fundraising campaign during every MY REINCARNATIONfestival screening. Here is an example of one video (Part 2 of 2) we posted from the film festival in Singapore. We made postcards with the Kickstarter pitch on one side and the film's artwork on the other. I hand them out at every screening. I aso privately ask festival programmers to ask me a question on stage about financing during the Q & A, giving me an opportunity to talk about the campaign. I always try to have one of my postcards conveniently in my hand to wave at the audience to remind them! Most of you reading this will not have to raise funds for a completed film that is already touring. But wherever you are in the process, try to use that place to generate stories and images to support your campaign.
9. Evaluate Your Email List.
Thanks to Peter Broderick and many others, every filmmaker should know that you need to build a mailing list to survive as an independent in America. We already had a 7,000-person mailing list built during the theatrical campaign for my previous film, FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN. The problem was that it was not exactly the right list for a Buddhist film! So we had to work hard to broaden that list.
10. Build your mailing list.
Everyone tells you to have people sign up for your mailing list on your website. But I have found that very few people do this. Most people prefer to get film updates from our Facebook page (which we post to frequently). However, many people are not on Facebook, especially the older generation. Building an email list requires active, ongoing work. We ask people to sign up on our website, get names from festivals goers, and as with the NYC Sneak Preview Screening, gather all ticket buyers' emails addresses. (It is important when making deals with venues to try to get them to agree to this as the Rubin Museum of Art did prior to making a screening agreement.) In addition, we actively built our US mailing list by researching every Buddhist, spiritual, Tibetan, New Age, religious and family organization on the web. We are still building that email list now. When we have the time, we make phone calls to organizations to get them to personally connect with the film and share information about our Kickstarter site with their members.
The first tier we reached out to were listserves connected to the students of the film's protagonist, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Rinpoche has centers around the world, so we regularly write new, special updates to be blasted to their membership. These letters are less chatty than the ones I send to the general mailing list or post for our Kickstarter patrons. In these letters, we always try to have additional information – such as upcoming festivals or new video clips – so that it is not just another request to donate. We started a web series called OUTTAKES FROM THE FILM (O.F.F.) that we edit and post online and in our Buddhist eblasts to give those communities new video to enjoy and entice them to become more involved with the project. So far we have posted five O.F.F.'s. They have helped assuage Buddhist students around the world, who are anxiously waiting to see MY REINCARNATION and are not so happy that they have to wait for the distribution rollout. The other thing we did – but could only do with the Sneak Preview NYC Fundraising screening – was offer incentives to appropriate organizations to blast their membership on behalf of our campaign. We gave the heads of each organization a free ticket to the screening in exchange for sending out an announcement. And of course, this is laying the groundwork for establishing partners and building and audience for the film down the line.
This is absolutely obvious in today's world, but we are posting updates on social networking sites many times a week. We work hard to build up our Facebook and Twitter pages daily. We also post on other organizations' and individuals' pages and walls – searching for related topics like "Buddhism," "Tibet," "Spirituality," "Religion," and "Yoga" – with information about the Kickstarter campaign, new videos, incentives and screenings.
Get those eblasts out on Monday or Tuesday. Later in the week they get lost in people's over-loaded inboxes. It's important to keep up the pressure. It's hard to know what the "tipping point" is for someone to make a donation. It can be the first letter or the twentieth letter that brings them over to the Kickstarter site.
When I write my patrons back on Kickstarter, thanking them for their donations, I ask them where they heard about the campaign. I often get answers back proving the wide reach of the campaign. By asking questions you engage your patrons' participation. In a post to the entire group, I asked for advice on how to get the message out and I got several good solutions, one of which was to improve our web page and clarify some of the writing. Three of our patrons decided to make it their personal hobby to help get the word out and have been eblasting and working the web. One person wrote a letter on Kickstarter asking everyone to double their donations and several people responded by doing so. When I get an interesting letter, I often post it in an update. It takes a village and this is a community movement.
Since many people in the Buddhist Community do not have much disposable income, we wanted to make one of our incentives non-monetary. We created the first level incentive – "Outreach Partner" – at a donation level of $1 for people who want to get involved by spreading the word about the campaign and the film. By spreading the word, they get their name on our "Donor's Wall" on our website. In fact, every level of donation, large or small gets their name on our "Donor's Wall," giving an immediate level of gratification like having your name in the film's credits.
No one asked you to be an artist in the most expensive art form in history. Being a filmmaker is a privilege. Have perspective; some people have "real" jobs. Having to raise funds is a rite of passage. Try to find a way to frame the campaign as fun, playful, and joyous. This is where building a team (Tip #2) really helps. Laughter is key.
17. Stay Away From People Who Are Negative About Fundraising.
18. Be Aware Of Cultural Differences.
My motto is, "Never say die!" Despite years of experience facing rejection, it can still be hard to pick yourself up each time. Somehow we have to find a way not to take rejection personally and move on. Of course, with some potential funders, you just have to give up, back off, and try somewhere else. But I am often reminded of something my Father said when I was making my first film, BEIRUT: THE LAST HOME MOVIE, "No is never no, it's just maybe." A person, who says no today, may still say yes tomorrow. If you give them new evidence to change their mind, they often do.
20. Be ready – to be absorbed. It is a full-time job.
I couldn't have imagined how much work a Kickstarter campaign is. I have had many sleepless night thinking about how we could achieve our goal, but I have also felt enormous glee when a wave of donors contribute. It has been a huge learning experience that I suspect has changed me for the better. I've come to realize that time moves differently on the web. When we started, I thought 90 days would never be enough to achieve our goal. But then I noticed how many unique things could happen in 24 hours. Every day provided opportunities to reach out to people. Everyday people wrote us. Most days at least one person (and often more than one) joined the campaign from somewhere new. Even on Sundays. The campaign has shown me how a time limit can work for you. Today is day 84 in our campaign and it seems like I have been doing this for a lifetime.
In my next post, I'll talk about how Kickstarter Campaigns create communities that dovetail into distribution and outreach campaigns. I'll also share important information about the positive things people receive from participating in Kickstarter campaigns: a crucial thing to understand to properly craft a campaign.
Stay Tuned as we countdown towards D-Day… Our Campaign ends on May 28th and we are still hustling to get to those 6 figures!


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Define your "why?" and make it your mission.
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Life happens, and sometimes the best-laid plans change. So if you cannot fit in your fully scheduled workout, do a scaled back one. If you can't make it to the gym, walk around the block or do a short yoga stretch before bed. It's easier to stay on the wagon when you are active than to get back on after you've fallen off. Remember to keep moving! Remember, there are many ways to track progress besides losing weight; track your measurements, how your clothes fit, your endurance, and recovery.
Having a reliable training partner makes it harder to blow off your work out. Plus the camaraderie and little competition make it a lot more fun. Friends who sweat together stay together. We love being each other's accountability partner. When one of us hits a low moment, we help each other remember that a setback is not the end of the world and we have the power to make change happen.


Dan Franko in "The Recursion Theorem."
The inaugural Columbia Film Festival could also be called the Made-in-Maryland Film Festival.
They're calling it the inaugural Columbia Film Festival, but maybe a better name would be the Made-in-Maryland Film Festival.
"Oh, yes, it was a very conscious decision to have Maryland filmmakers in there," said Robert Neal Marshall, a filmmaker and the marketing and communications director for the Columbia Festival of the Arts, the parent organization for next weekend's festival, running June 24-25 at Howard Community College.
Though the program schedule incorporates films from outside the state, he notes, including some from Asia, this year's festival is envisioned as "a salute to Maryland filmmakers."
Matt Porterfield remembers sitting on the side of Federal Hill on a warm summer evening a few years back, watching with a few score of his new best pals as Stanley Kramer's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was projected onto the side of the American Visionary Art Museum.
Presented as part of the annual Columbia celebration of the arts, a Howard County staple since 1989, the film festival draws on several moviegoing experiences that have called Columbia home in recent years. Since 2013, the Festival of the Arts has been presenting a collection of short films from the Sundance Film Festival, Marshall says (a tradition that continued earlier this month). And last year, the arts festival helped support the first-ever Maryland Student Film Festival, showcasing the work of area high school and college students.
As arts festival organizers were brainstorming new possibilities, the idea of expanding on those events and creating a larger and more inclusive festival seemed like a natural, Marshall said.
"We talked about how successful film seems to be, how it's a topic of interest for our audiences," he said. "We showcase lots of different elements of the arts, so adding this one fit."
The Columbia festival's Maryland-centric focus should help set it apart from the competition.
Maryland has no shortage of film festivals. There's the Maryland Film Festival, Hopkins Film Festival, Baltimore Jewish Film Festival and LGBTQA Film Festival, all set in Baltimore, plus others in Annapolis, Easton (Chesapeake Film Festival), Hagerstown (Maryland International Film Festival), Bel Air and Silver Spring (the AFI Docs documentary festival).
Although Maryland-based films certainly find their way into each, none is as focused on the Free State as the Columbia festival.
Bringing together the Maryland films with movies from outside filmmakers, and showcasing them during the long-established Columbia arts festival, should give the new forum for film an identity it can build on, said Todd Olson, executive director of the Columbia Festival of the Arts.
"It seems a natural choice to include local Maryland filmmakers," he wrote in an email. "What will hopefully set us apart from other Maryland festivals will be the unique selection of films not seen elsewhere, plus the tie-in with a larger arts festival."
This year's inaugural festival includes several components. Next Friday's programming, which begins at 8 p.m., features seven short films, ranging in length from 3 1/2 minutes (Zoe Miller's "Le Couteau," a study in contrasts that marks the 16-year-old self-taught filmmaker's first narrative short) to 28 minutes (Ben Sledge's "Twilight Zone"-inspired "The Recursion Theorem"). Four of the films are from Maryland directors.
The programming on June 25 starts off with student films, 10 in all, ranging in length from 34 seconds (Tyler Hueffmeier's "11th Hour") to 13 1/2 minutes (Andrew Skidmore's "Jack of All Trades"). The festival's first feature-length offering, Maryland director Mike Finazzo's "Wits End," the story of a stand-up comedian struggling to make a name for himself, is set for 11:30 a.m. That will be followed at 1 p.m. by a program of four short films (including two that fit into the Columbia arts festival's Asian-influenced "Silk Road Stories" theme).
The festival wraps up with a pair of documentaries: Phil Furey's "Since the Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103," a look at how families have dealt with both the tragedy of that 1988 terrorist attack and its frustrating, bureaucracy-tangled aftermath, and Wayne Hepler's "Taking Back the Airwaves: The Story of the Radio Pirates," featuring interviews with the men and women who helped bring rock 'n' roll to a resistant Europe in the early '60s.
Here's a look at five films playing the inaugural Columbia Film Festival, and the Maryland-based filmmakers responsible for them.
A scene from "Lightyears," playing at the Columbia Film Festival.
Screens during the Maryland Student Film Festival shorts program, June 25, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
"Cordially Invited" was created during the 2013 Baltimore 48-Hour Film project and will be screened at the Columbia Film Festival.
Screens June 24, 8 p.m.-10 p.m.
"The Recursion Theorem" will be screened at the Columbia Film Festival.
Russell Yaffe, 27, is the writer-director-editor behind "My Brother is a Zombie," which is screening at the Columbia Film Festival.
A group of pirates stand on the Radio Caroline, a British radio station founded in 1964. From "Taking Back the Airwaves: The Story of the Radio Pirates," showing at the Columbia Film Festival.
Screens June 25, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
The inaugural Columbia Film Festival is set for June 24-25 at Howard Community College's Horowitz Visual & Performing Arts Center, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia. Tickets are $15 for a one-day pass, $25 for both days. An opening reception is set for 7 p.m. June 24, a closing reception for 6 p.m. June 25. columbiafilmfestival.org.


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Joe Stiglitz addresses Inequality and the slow U.S. recovery as part of Fordham's Nobel Lecture Series
March 13, 2016 by Rafia Zafar
"An economy that fails to serve a majority of its citizens is a failed economy. In that sense, ours is a failed economy," Stiglitz argued during a March 9th Flom Auditorium lecture. "The median income of a full-time male worker is lower than it was 40 years ago. We've been telling people every generation gets better. It's not true."
"Seventy years ago, we could afford four years, eight years at the most expensive schools in our country, for anybody" Stiglitz observed (referring to the benefits of the GI Bill). But when President Obama proposed two years of college education for our poorest, many people said 'We can't afford it.' "I think the answer is, we can't afford not to do it now," (see Patrick Verel for Inside Fordham ).
This was Professor Stiglitz 2nd visit to Fordham's Rosehill campus as part of the Nobel lecture series. Like his recent appearance at a January AEA session in San Francisco, Stiglitz focused on why the U.S. recovery has been so week. If growth had resumed at its 1990 to 2008 rate today's GDP would be 15% higher Stiglitz pointed out. Still the U.S. is doing well compared to Europe, Stiglitz conceded. He argued for more public spending on infrastructure as well as measures to get banks to resume lending to SMEs and greater investment in education.
Professor Stiglitz received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 and the John Bates Clark Medal in 1979. Stiglitz's Nobel Lecture follows that of Amartya Sen who focused on the impending election in India (he flew off to vote the next day). Stiglitz is a University Professor at Columbia University, Co-Chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD, and Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. A former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and chair of the US president's Council of Economic Advisers under Bill Clinton, in 2000 he founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. He has authored over 300 technical articles and 23 books. His most recent book is Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy. Stiglitz's received the Nobel prize for his work on asymmetric information as the key to understanding many observed market phenomena, including how credit markets work. He shared the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics "for laying the foundations for the theory of markets with asymmetric information" with George "market for lemons" Akerlof (husband of Janet Yellen) and Michael Spence who focused on how education for example sends a signal to employers.
At the Nobel Lecture Series, Stiglitz addressed the issue of equitable and sustainable economic growth in the United States. He also spoke on the underperformance of the US economy in the January 2nd session of AEA organized and moderated by Fordham Professor Dominick Salvatore.
Stiglitz identifies lack of aggregate demand as the underlying problem of this slow recovery. Some components of the aggregate demand are weak like the huge inflow of money from monetary easing (also QE) has not led to an increase in investment. One of the reasons of the slow recovery is the misdiagnosis of the global recession. There was insufficient attention paid to improving the credit channel; SME lending is very low and the mortgage and financial market is not fixed. This partly explains why monetary easing didn't work.
Joseph Stiglitz identifies the underlying problems with the US economy that need to be addressed. Foremost is the inequality, which has been rising. Unfortunately, the monetary policy and other factors (QE) have increased rather than reduce inequality. The government needs to orchestrate a structural transformation as it did after WWI when the U.S. radically reduced employment in Agriculture. Since the global manufacturing employment is declining and the U.S. share of that employment is declining, the United States needs to transform itself into a services based economy. The first item on Stiglitz's list of needed reforms was a carbon tax, then social security reforms and reforms in the education sector. There is an under-investment in technology, government support for basic research is lower and there is a dearth of innovation enhancing ideas, hence the current pause in productivity growth contributing to stagnating wages.
Stiglitz offered a seven point agenda to boost growth and speed recovery. There is a significant need to stimulate investment; one way is to impose environment taxes, another is for government to increase investment in infrastructure and technology. Since public and private investments are complements, this will increase private investment as well. Another way of increasing investment is to end austerity, if government borrows to improve infrastructure then the investment goes up. Also, the balanced budget multiplier means that increasing taxes (along with investment) increases GDP. Lastly, there is a need to fight inequality that will improve, both short term and long term, economic performance. He goes beyond the redistribution of wealth and stresses on the importance of more equitable distribution of market wealth. Instead of measuring economic performance using GDP we should measure the performance based on the living standards (especially of the bottom 50%). There is a need to address the fundamental problems with the economy to achieve a robust growth.
photo: Bruce Gilbert, Inside Fordham March 10th
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Andrew Jalil to speak on "Inflation Expectations and Recovery from the Great Depression"
March 1, 2016 by Nimrod Segev
On Tuesday March 8, Andrew Jalil will talk about "Inflation Expectations and Recovery from the Depression in the Spring of 1933: Evidence from the Narrative Record". Dr. Jalil is a professor of economics at Occidental College. He obtained his PhD from UC Berkeley. His main research interests are macroeconomics and economic history. His past research focuses on the causes and effects of financial crisis, macroeconomic policy during the great depression and effects of monetary and fiscal policy.
In their Federal Reserve Board paper "Inflation Expectations and Recovery from the Depression in the Spring of 1933: Evidence from the Narrative Record" Dr.Jalil and coauthor Gisela Rua use historical narrative records to help determine whether inflation expectation shifted during 1933. This narrative record may help us understand the role of monetary policy and expectations in the U.S. recovery from the great depression. Abandoning the Gold Standard may also have inflation expectations. But in a 2015 NBER paper Academics as Advisors: Gold, the 'Brains Trust,' and FDR Sebastian Edwards argues that when Roosevelt abandoned the gold standard in 1933 he had no idea what would happen since "neither Roosevelt nor his inner circle had a strong view on gold or the dollar. They did believe in the need to experiment with different policies in order to get the country out of the slump. Tinkering with the value of the currency was a possible area for experimentation; but it was an option with a relatively low priority…. Until inauguration day FDR's views on the gold standard were ambivalent and noncommittal; he was neither a diehard fan of the system, nor was he a severe critic." In another recent paper, "A New History of Banking Panics in the United States, 1825–1929: Construction and Implications" (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, July 2015), addresses the major problems in identifying the output effects of banking panics of the pre–Great Depression era. Dr. Jalil shows that banking panics were a primary source of business-cycle fluctuations throughout US history. He finds that downturns with major banking panics differed substantially from downturns without them, and that following banking panics, output does not rapidly revert back to its pre-panic trend path .
Department Seminar: Tuesday, 8st March, 4 – 5:15 pm
Economics Conference Room, Dealy Hall E-530
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Current EFA MEPs are Josep-Maria Terricabras (EFA Group President), of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Catalunya), Jill Evans (Vice President) of Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, Ian Hudghton (Vice President) of the Scottish National Party, Ana Miranda of Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Galicia), Jordi Solé of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Catalunya), Alyn Smith of the Scottish National Party and Miroslavs Mitrofanovs of Latvijas Krievu savienība (Latvia).
EFA MEPs have achieved greater recognition for Europe's stateless nations and have highlighted the discrimination faced by minority language speakers. The group are powerful advocates for Europe's disadvantaged regions, fighting for fair play when the EU decides how to spend its structural funds. Our group has also been particularly active in exposing human rights abuses across the world and in defending civil liberties.
As far as the European Free Alliance Political Party is concerned, it was established in Barcelona in March 2004. It was one of the first Europe wide political parties to be established and has its headquarters in Brussels. The President of the EFA Political Party is Jordi Solé from Catalonia.


Respiratory care at King's Daughters' Health (KDH) is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with registered or certified therapists. All of our staff members are state licensed. KDH follows national guidelines for its Lung Screening Program. These guidelines were developed by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
King's Daughters' Health offers a low-dose CT lung cancer screening (LDCT) program. Unlike a chest x-ray, a CT scan produces a 3-D image of the lungs that provides greater clarity and reveals more details. A CT is able to detect very small nodules or other abnormalities that could indicate lung cancer in its early—and most treatable—stages.
Be between the ages of 55 and 77 years of age.
Be a current smoker or have quit smoking within the past 15 years.
Have a 30 pack year or greater history of tobacco smoking.
Have no signs or symptoms of lung cancer.
For Medicare patients and those with commercial insurance, your provider's office will have the screening schedulers contact you to set up an exam date and time. If you are a self-pay patient (no insurance), you may register through the Direct Access Testing program at the hospital; the cost will be $88, due at the time of registration. Please note: As self-pay patients arriving for Direct Access Testing will have not have an appointment time, patients will be worked into the CT schedule at the earliest possible time.
Do I need my provider to order the screening, or can I request one myself?
Medicare or commercial insurance patients. If you have Medicare or commercial insurance, you must have a written order from your provider to complete the LDCT screening.
Self-pay (no insurance) patients. If you do not have medical insurance, you are not required to have a written order prior to registering for an LDCT screening (exam).
Is this free for Medicare patients?
Yes. If you meet the eligibility requirements, Medicare will cover the cost of the screening.
If you have commercial insurance, we will complete a precertification to be sure that your insurance will pay for the screening scan.
If you have commercial insurance, costs may vary depending upon your insurance plan and deductible. If you do not have medical insurance (self-pay), the cost of the screening will be $88.
One of our board-certified radiologists will review your CT exam. If something abnormal is found, you will be contacted by your primary care provider or referring physician/provider.
When arriving, plan on about 30 minutes to complete the registration process and another 15 minutes to complete a mandatory questionnaire. The CT scan itself should last only a few minutes.
How often can I have the screening test?
The LDCT screening exam may be repeated at 12-month (or greater) intervals if the previous scan was negative. Any suspicious finding removes the patient from eligibility for screening follow-ups.
A previous exam came back with abnormal results; can I have another screening?
Any suspicious finding in a previous scan removes the patient from eligibility for screening follow-ups. Follow-up CT scans for suspicious or abnormal finding are considered diagnostic and must be ordered by a provider. For self-pay patients, the $88 screening fee would no longer apply.
Additionally, the LDCT screening exam cannot be performed as a follow-up to an abnormal chest x-ray. If a chest x-ray has been done and it is abnormal, a follow-up CT would be considered diagnostic and must be ordered by a provider.
The LDCT screening exam is performed in the Medical Imaging Department at the hospital. Please call 812.801.0132 for additional information.


Relax in the sauna or steam room.
The lobby of Hotel Arnhem.
Van der Valk Hotel Arnhem has 100 hotel rooms in various luxury types, a restaurant, bar-brasserie 'West End', meeting, conference and banquet facilities, a fitness, wellness and private parking area.


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This powerful opening to the sūrah is followed with an outline of the foundation upon which the Islamic social system is built: mutual co-operation within the family and the community, care for the weak and vulnerable, protection and honour for women, looking after the property of the community, and the distribution of inheritance among heirs according to a system which ensures justice to individuals and prosperity to the community.
Guardians of orphans are commanded here to hand over to them all their property when they have attained the age associated with sound judgement. Moreover, they are commanded not to marry under-age orphan girls who are in their charge in the hope of absorbing their wealth. As for the weak-minded who, it is feared, will squander their wealth once it is given to them, they should not be handed their property, because it, in fact, belongs to the community which has an interest in it. Hence, it should not he given up to anyone who may use it improperly. Men are also ordered to maintain justice and fairness in their treatment of women generally.
The Muslims are ordered here to give to the orphans what belongs to them of property that is under their control. They must not exchange any good part of it for something inferior of their own, such as taking their good land, cattle, shares or cash — for even cash may differ a great deal in value — or any other property in which value differences occur. They must not absorb the wealth of the orphans, in whole or in part, by joining it to their own property. Any such action is a great sin which God here warns the Muslim community against.
All these practices were known in the first society to be addressed by this verse. Their mention suggests that at least some of the addressees practised some of these ways, inherited as they were from the days of ignorance. In every ignorant society such practices are committed. We even see examples of these in our present-day ignorance, in our cities, towns and villages. Orphans' property is often absorbed or squandered by their guardians in spite of all the legal precautions and safeguards and in spite of the official institutions which are specifically set up to protect the interests and the property of minors. This is a problem wherein legislation and official control cannot seem to make any great headway. Success depends on one element, namely, fear of God. It is this fear that watches over our minds and consciences, and this, in turn, gives to legislation its value and proper effect. This is exactly what happened after this verse was revealed. Guardians began to act with much greater caution, so much so that they separated the property of any orphan in their charge from their own property. Moreover, they even separated the orphans' food from their own; this to guard against any possibility of committing what God warned them of as a great crime.
God knows very well His servants, their nature and their psychology, since it is He who created them. For this reason, He has made the law and the code of living His own in order to impart to them of His own authority. Thus, they acquire respect that they cannot otherwise have. God is aware that no law is ever obeyed well unless it comes from the One who is genuinely feared, because people know that He is aware of all intentions and feelings. People may obey the law enacted by their fellow human beings when it is backed by force and authority and when there is some form of supervision to ensure the implementation of that law. That supervision, however, cannot monitor what is in people's minds. People will inevitably try to break the law whenever they have a chance or whenever the supervising authority cannot detect their violation. They will always feel unduly checked, and they will always try to break loose whenever a chance to do so presents itself to them.


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A Novel Automated Computational Method for Calculating Atomic Mappings for Chemical Reactions
Researchers at Chemical and Biological Engineering in Princeton University have developed a novel method for computing atomic mappings for chemical reactions.
Reaction mapping can be used to infer which bonds break and form and thus implies a possible chemical reaction mechanism. It is also important for the calculation of chemical kinetics and the generation of transition state structures. Reaction mapping methods have great importance for scientists interested in studying the kinetics of chemical reactions. To address this need, Princeton researchers have for the first time developed an automated computational method to generate stereochemically consistent reaction mappings.
This novel method is capable of identifying all distinct and chemically relevant reaction mechanisms for a chemical reaction, enabling researchers to consider multiple pathways. In addition to being applied to single reactions, this method can be used to process chemical reaction databases in an automated fashion. It is anticipated that this functionality is particularly important for biochemical pathways, which can involve networks of complex reactions. The resulting mappings can be used to cluster reactions, classify reactions, or to enhance the dissemination of data through the generation of atom rearrangement diagrams. Furthermore, this method enables the filtering of multiple reaction mappings to remove equivalent ones, and more generally to compare whether two reaction mappings correspond to the same reaction mechanism. The identification of molecular symmetries also has applications outside of reaction mapping, as it can be used to determine chirality and polarity and predict the results of diffraction patterns and various spectroscopic techniques. This method is completely novel and is invaluable to researchers investigating possible chemical pathways.
Method can be used:
· To identify distinct chemical reaction mechanisms;
· In networks of complex reactions such as biochemical pathways;
· Filter multiple reaction mappings;
· Determine chirality and polarity;
· Predict results of diffraction patterns and other spectroscopic techniques.
· Novel automatic computational method.
· Can solve multiple problems in one software package.
· Easy to apply.
Christodoulos A. Floudas is Stephen C. Macaleer '63 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University. Professor Floudas is a world-renowned authority in mathematical modeling and optimization of complex systems at the macroscopic and microscopic level. His research interests lie at the interface of chemical engineering, applied mathematics, and operations research, with principal areas of focus including chemical process synthesis and design, process control and operations, discrete-continuous nonlinear optimization, local and global optimization, and computational chemistry and molecular biology. Among Prof. Floudas¿ numerous honors and awards are Member of National Academy of Engineering (2011), Princeton University Graduate Mentoring Award (2007), AIChE Computing in Chemical Engineering Award (2006) and AIChE Professional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering (2001), to name a few.
First, E. L., Gounaris, C. E., and Floudas, C. A. Stereochemically Consistent Reaction Mapping and Identification of Multiple Reaction Mechanisms through Integer Linear Optimization. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 52(1):84¿92, 2012.
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Mary Shelley's monstrous creation lives on, some 200 years after she put pen to paper. This is Boris Karloff's depiction of the creature.
While vacationing at Lake Geneva in June of 1816, Mary Shelley, her husband, Percy, and their new friend, Lord Byron, indulged in tales of ghosts and horror. According to legend, Mary claims to have had a vivid dream that provided the inspiration for the gothic classic, "Frankenstein." Shari Zeck, associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Illinois State University said that it was debatable whether or not the idea really sprung from a dream, but that Mary's inspiration was likely fed by long conversations about life and death with many of the educated thinkers with whom she associated. Also, the horror works of E.T.A. Hoffman were gaining a greater audience at that time and could have been an influence.
"When people think of European Romanticism, they think of flowers and lying in the grass staring at the sky kind of stuff, but there's this whole other side to Romanticism that's really gothic and a precursor to the horror genre. The old idea of the overreach of Man trying to be God in some way, so in that way I think it's not a story that came out of nowhere. The gothic aspects of it were an active cultural element that they were interested in."
The book is, after 200 years, still very relevant, said Zeck. "We're asking the same questions today about overreaching science. One of the hot debates in our country now is the use of stem cells and cloning and when does science go too far in playing God."
Listen to the interview with Shari Zeck.
Listen to Shari Zeck talk about her favorite Frankenstein adaptation, "Frankenweenie."


Jeans, maglia in cachmere e seta di Banjo&Matilda, biker boots, pochette che avete visto anche ieri e giacca fucsia, giusto per dare un tocco di vivacità!
Vi auguro una buona giornata e a presto.
Jeans, cashmere and silk jumper by Banjo & Matilda, biker boots, pochette, that you have seen yesterday and fuchsia jacket, just to give a vivacity touch!
I hope you enjoy the result!
I wish you a good day and see you soon.
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Nice look. I love the necklace (key).
I was sitting here trying to decide if I liked the outfit better with or without the blazer, but I really can't decide! They both look so good.
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Roadmap

Below is a roadmap of everything I still want to do (list might not be 100% complete), which I am working on (might not be 100% up-to-date) and what I am done with.

Please take the whole roadmap with a grain of salt, it's just a small record for me to keep track of what I was doing and when i want it to be done.

		Function
		Status
		Goal
		Finished

		Make that footer thingy stick to the bottom of the page instead of browser
		<button class="btn btn-info" type="button">Stalled</button>
		2016.04.*-dev

		Automatic Page Updates
		<button class="btn btn-info" type="button">Stalled</button>
		N/A

		Write API Documentation
		<button class="btn btn-info" type="button">Stalled</button>
		2016.05.*-dev

		Add all texts to a language file
		<button class="btn btn-info" type="button">Stalled</button>
		N/A

		<button class="btn btn-warning" type="button">Urgent</button> Add check for weak/bad passwords (suggested by "R3boot" & "Sling")
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		<button class="btn btn-warning" type="button">Urgent</button> Add check for weak/bad usernames (suggested by "R3boot" & "Sling")
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		<button class="btn btn-warning" type="button">Urgent</button> Add user verification (suggested by "The I&I-Brothers")
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		Desktop Notifications on everypage (if user has enabled it)
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		2016.04.*-dev

		Virtual Host support (suggested by Sling)
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		Better redirection on user action (registration, adding server etc.)
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		2016.04.*-dev

		Finetune the layout
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		Automatic Page Updates
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		Port bundles (multiple ports per server)
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		Mail logs (send a mail with weekly statistics)
		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">Not Started</button>
		N/A

		Ability to turnoff the notifications (suggested by "R3boot")
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		N/A
		2016.04.28-dev

		Added ability to clear the lasterror (suggested by "The I&I-Brothers")
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		N/A
		2016.04.27-dev

		Check HTTPS certificate validity
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.04.27-dev
		2016.04.26-dev

		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">CRITICAL</button> Better Captcha (found by "Sling")
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		N/A
		2016.04.26-dev

		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">CRITICAL</button> Add limitations & Restrictions (found by "Sling")
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		N/A
		2016.04.26-dev

		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">CRITICAL</button> Secure cookies (found by "Sling")
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.04.27-dev
		2016.04.26-dev

		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">CRITICAL</button> Fix XSS (found by "Sling")
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		N/A
		2016.04.25-dev

		Manually select protocol/app
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		N/A
		2016.04.22-dev

		<button class="btn btn-danger" type="button">CRITICAL</button> Add check for already existing server (found by "frankie'")
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.04.20-dev
		2016.04.17-dev

		Send notifications for offline servers
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.04.20-dev
		2016.04.17-dev

		Add last offline time
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.08.*-dev
		2016.04.17-dev

		Create Github repo
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		N/A
		2016.04.15-dev

		Build an API (with authentication)
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.05.*-dev
		2016.04.15-dev

		Remove "Public Servers"
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.04.15-dev
		2016.04.15-dev

		Add Servernames
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.04.15-dev
		2016.04.15-dev

		Enable user registration
		<button class="btn btn-success" type="button">Complete</button>
		2016.04.09-dev
		2016.04.08-dev

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Non-toxic tick prevention for people which uses organic oils to ward off those stubborn pests. Castor, sesame, rosemary, citronella, and other oils work to keep ticks at bay without using any DEET, parabens, or harsh chemicals. Spray it on before you head outside. It works to help soothe bites and stings, too. Made in the USA.
The non-toxic repellents are all Made in the USA and are formulated with organic oils like castor, geranium, rosemary, thyme, and peppermint. Purposefully left out of the sprays are parabens, DEET, and harsh chemicals. The sprays are each specifically formulated for people, cats, and dogs. Give yourself (and the kids and pets) a spray-down before heading outside for a layer of natural protection. The natural ingredients can help soothe skin if you get bitten, too.


Applicant must be blind or visually impaired, be a U.S. citizen, and submit three letters of recommendation and a statement of educational and personal goals, work experience, extracurricular activities, and how the money will be used.
Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time student and be blind and/or have cancer or cerebral palsy.
Applicant must be a U.S. citizen who is legally blind, enrolled full-time, and is able to demonstrate financial need. Selection is based upon transcript, three recommendations, and personal statement.
Applicant must be legally blind (visual acuity of 20/200 or less in best corrected eye and/or a visual field of 20 degrees or less).


Belgian gas shipping group Exmar said on Thursday that the market for its very large and midsize gas carriers was at historically high levels in the third quarter and was expected to remain good in spite of new vessels being delivered in 2015.
The group said its LNG business unit generated $8.5 million in operating profit in the third quarter, up from $7.8 million last year, while its LPG fleet saw an earnings spike to $15.6 million from $5.2 million last year mainly due to the sale of a vessel.
Exmar said the sentiment in the midsize freight market remained firm and that the very large gas carrier business was also expected to be good in 2015.


Scalable, Flexible and Secure Cloud Storage and Hosting Solutions.
Fifosys have provided best cloud services in London since 2006. Fifosys recognised the trend for off premise IT infrastructure management solutions prior to the term 'cloud' being created. Fifosys were ahead of the curve in both the design and deployment of private cloud hosting, understanding the importance of infrastructure virtualisation in the event of a disaster.
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Asking "should I be in the cloud?" or "which cloud should I be in?" is missing the point. The question for many companies is how to integrate cloud computing and on-premise solutions to ensure smooth performance, improved usability and data security.


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The Sunday Magazine: HBO's True Detective
Posted on February 16, 2014 by mark behnke	in Mark Behnke, The Sunday Magazine and tagged cary joji fukunaga, colognoisseur, colognoisseur.com, hbo, leftside1, matthew mcconaughey, nic pizzolatto, true detective, woody harrelson.
I have often said we are living in a Golden Age of Perfumery because of the sheer breadth of artists working on making fragrance. When there are over 1300 new releases a year the chance for true artistry to exist within that large number is high. I also think we are living in a Golden Age of Television Drama for many of the same reasons. With 500 channels, and counting, to fill up with content; not including the streaming services like Netflix the chance for true artistry and vision to exist is high. Just before sitting down to write this I looked at my DVR to see the list of shows I record currently: The Walking Dead, The Good Wife, Masters of Sex, Homeland, Mad Men, Sherlock, House of Cards, Game of Thrones, The Americans, not to mention the recently completed Breaking Bad. Even with all of that I haven't caught up to others which have been highly praised like Orange is the New Black and Boardwalk Empire. It feels just like the effort I have to make to keep up with new perfume releases, there just isn't enough time to catch it all. If you are a fan of the great television currently going on I want to alert you to a fantastic new series on HBO called True Detective, it is among the best acting, writing, and directing on television I have ever seen.
Woddy Harrelson as Marty Hart (l.) and Matthew Mcconaughey as Rust Cohle in 1995
True Detective is meant to be a seasonal anthology series like American Horror Story with each season containing one complete story. For this first season writer and creator Nic Pizzolatto and director Cary Joji Fukunaga have created a story of two very different men and how the ritual murder of a woman affects them individually and as a team. The two actors at the heart of True Detective are giving stellar performances. Woody Harrelson as family man Marty Hart is about as far from his dim but lovable bartender on "Cheers" as can be. Matthew McConaughey is man with a past Rust Cohle newly assigned as Hart's partner which is about as far from his happy stoner in "Dazed and Confused" as can be. Both actors have turned in memorable dramatic performances in the past but together in True Detective they are truly stepping it up to new heights.
Nic Pizzolatto (Photo: Luis Sinco)
The story goes back and forth from Louisiana in 1995 as Hart and Cohle investigate the ritual murder of a young woman and 2012 where two new detectives interview them separately about the case. In 1995 both men are trying to find that common ground necessary to work together and having difficulty doing that. Hart is almost the clichéd family man detective having an affair but Mr. Pizzolatto has more to say about that as we see more of the underlying needs that make Hart tick. The reason that we see that is because Cohle unsettles him on multiple levels. He is smarter, is a better detective, and the only thing Hart has that Cohle doesn't is a family.
Mr. McConaughey as Cohle in 2012
The physical differences in Cohle as a younger man and older man are striking. As the 1995 Cohle Mr. McConaughey is gaunt and unrecognizable as the 2005 People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive. The 2012 version is a bit of Dazed and Confused Danny Wooderson, if viewed through a dark prism. The physical changes signal something different in the two time periods for Cohle. Woody Harrelson is physically unchanged but psychologically as different as Cohle looks physically. Mr. Harrelson lets that show in a wonderfully nuanced performance especially in the 2012 interview scenes.
Cary Joji Fukunaga (Photo: Reuters/ Gus Ruelas)
Halfway through the eight episodes True Detective has the atmosphere of the movie "Se7en" if it was seen as a Southern Gothic thriller. Mr. Fukunaga has used his framing to make some things uncomfortably close and other times the atmospherics seem as much a character as the protagonists. At the end of the fourth episode there is a six minute single take shot, called a tracking shot, of Cohle escaping a shootout that is as technically difficult to achieve as it sounds. One mistake and you have to go right back to the beginning; only the most skilled and confident attempt such a thing.
This group of four amazing artists are creating something memorable in this halcyon era of fantastic television. If you love great acting, writing, and directing add True Detective to your DVR or Netflix queue this is as good as it gets.
Editor's Note: I have been wearing a dab of Charna Ethier's Providence Perfume Company Moss Gown to give me a bit of an olfactory soundtrack to go with the visual.
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A certified nurse aide certification in New Mexico is needed before one can practice as a health care worker in the state. This particular career in healthcare is in-demand at the state having a high rate of citizens who require assisted living and personal care. One should undergo CNA training in a state-approved program as well as pass the criminal check and state license examinations. After passing the exams, one can now apply as a nurse aide in this state.
Training programs that are offered in the state should be approved by the New Mexico Human Services Department first. They should comply with the state's prescribed curriculum as well as with the federal requirements for nurse aide training. They should have both clinical trainings in a setting similar to nursing facilities or in nursing facilities themselves. They should also provide enough classroom training for students. They should also include courses in basic care, emergency procedures, mental health, and communication skills with impaired patients and maintaining patient's room.
One can take the state examinations for nursing aides within a year from completion of the training program. One should request for a schedule to take the examination first from Prometric NM and pay the corresponding fees. Important information regarding the exam can be had on their website. To apply for the exam, one needs to submit important documents such as a copy of the certificate of completion of nurse aide training, fingerprint cards, passport-size photos, social security card, a photo ID issued by a government entity, a negative TB test result, and proofs of immunizations. They should also pass both the state and federal background checks that will be conducted. The state advises that applicants should keep copies of the documents passed as well. The NACEP examination is conducted by Prometric and this is where applicants should submit the examination fees. The test is comprised of two parts – the practical and the written exams. Results of the test can be had within 48 hours.
Those who are also currently licensed from another state can also apply for reciprocity in this state. They should show proof of successfully completing a nurse aide training on that state as well as pass the competency exams. They should also have an active status from that state. They will need to submit documents such as a copy of their certificate, social security card copy, a valid photo ID, and a letter of application. They will be granted a temporary license to practice as nursing assistants valid for 30 days while they are waiting for confirmation from the other state.
The license is renewed every 24 months and the applicant should have had at least 8 hours of paid work as a nursing assistant. They should also have not been convicted of abuse, neglect of misappropriation of a resident's personal property or of any disqualifying crimes and felonies. They should also have at least 12 hours of in-service training for each year. Renewal forms are sent out by the state board before the expiration of the license. You can receive additional information about renewals as well as search to determine if an employee has a valid license by visiting the New Mexico Nursing Assistant Registry.
Click this link if you want to find out which CNA Classes in New Mexico are open for enrollment at this time.


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Robin Williams's suicide prompts most Google searches this year
BEVERLY HILLS — Happy Sunday, everybody, and God bless America.
The National Transportation Safety Board warned that local police will be conducting roadside sobriety tests throughout the holidays. You can easily test yourself. You know that you're drunk if while driving you swerve to avoid a tree and then realize it's only the air freshener hanging from your mirror.
Joe Biden emceed a Hanukkah ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday and he performed the first of eight nightly candle-lightings of the National Menorah. The ceremony is an ancient ritual. Hanukkah lasts for eight days, unlike Christmas, which lasts for three and a half months.
AMC's "Walking Dead" producers announced Friday they will spin off a new series called "Walking Dead: Los Angeles" in which the zombies roam the streets of LA. They will be very easy to spot in this town. The zombies will do two things that people in Los Angeles would never do, walk and eat meat.
Google announced Tuesday that Robin Williams's suicide in August produced the most Google searches and web activity of any event this past year. The online world can be hyper-sensitive and quick to react. Experts agree that if Bill Cosby were killed by a white cop, the Internet would eat itself.
President Obama lifted the ban on goods imported from Cuba on Wednesday in his announcement that normalized relations with the Castro regime. The lifting of the ban on imported goods from Cuba caused much sadness for liberals. It's the clearest indication yet that the president hasn't quit smoking.
The White House struck a deal with Cuba on Wednesday in which the U.S. traded three Cuba spies being held prisoner in the U.S. in exchange for one U.S. spy being held in Cuba. You can't make it up. The U.S. government cannot even pull off a spy swap without running up a 200 percent deficit.
The New York Jets announced that one of their top secret playbooks has been stolen and posted a reward for its return. The playbook contains all the offensive plays, trick plays and quarterback audibles that the Jets deploy. If by chance it's in the hands of ISIS, Iraq should be free in a few Sundays.
Sony Studio execs were shown in emails to be condescendingly insulting to the biggest movie stars in Hollywood. For years these stars survived the most brutally competitive talent selection process in the world just to become working actors. If the CIA needs ideas, they should try audition waiting rooms.
North Korea computer hackers stopped the movie "The Interview" from being released Christmas Day by threatening terror attacks on its theaters. The movie makes fun of Kim Jung Un. To celebrate on Wednesday, Kim Jung Un had himself promoted to North Korea's highest military rank, five-foot-two.
Donald Trump told Fox news Tuesday that he's very seriously considering running for the GOP nomination for president. Polling can be deceptive at this point. One poll shows Donald Trump with a 60 percent approval rating, but it's actually a 30 percent approval rating that he combed over.
The Bank of Russia increased interest rates to 17 percent Tuesday to protect the ruble due to plummeting oil prices. They're counter-attacking against U.S. sanctions. Russia just ordered McDonald's to post the calorie count on all menu items and they forced Cinnabon to post its death toll.
President Obama deivered remarks to the U.S. Export Council at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. He revealed plans to spend four hundred million to promote U.S. competitiveness abroad. President Obama assured the council that he remains focused upon Amercia's number-one export, jobs.
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Q: Topic consumption rate I want to know the rate at which a topic is being consumed. There are Messages in /sec in the Kafka-manager metric, but there is no Messages out /sec I want. What should I do?

A: Kafka brokers do not have Messages out /sec metrics because when batches are sent to consumers they are not decompressed hence brokers do not know the exact raw message count.
Kafka brokers have bytes out / sec metrics per topic. That usually gives a good idea of consuemr activity. If you know the average message size, you can deduce a rough estimate of the messages out / sec value. See http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#monitoring
On the other hand, Kafka Consumers do expose received messages rates: http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#consumer_fetch_monitoring


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Q: Non-integrability of random variable question Awhile ago I saw a post "Jumps and slow convergence of empirical mean" (unfortunately, I am unable to find site or author and googling is not helping either) and printed the proof to go through it later to check.
There is a part of the proof I don't quite understand.

Let $\{X_n\}$ be a sequence of iid integrable random variable. Suppose $\mathbb{E}\left[|X_1|^{1/(1-\epsilon)}\right] = \infty$ for every $ 0 < \epsilon < 1$. By the non-integrability of $|X_n|^{1/(1-\epsilon)}$, we have
  $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty P\left(|X_n| \ge n^{1-\epsilon}/2\right)=\infty.$$

I don't get how non-integrability could led to the result. And I am not sure where the author got term $n^{1-\epsilon}/2$ from. Did the author used some of sort of common knowledge results ?

A: It follows (nearly) directly from $\mathbb{E}|X| = \int_0^\infty P(|X| > t) dt$. (This is somewhat common knowledge that follows from Fubini's theorem (the ability to change the order of integration)).
Since $P(|X|>t)$ is a monotonically decreasing function in $t$, that integral is upper bounded by $\sum_{n=0}^\infty P(|X|>n)$, so if $|X|$ is not integrable, then that sum is also infinite. If you rewrite for $|X|^{1 / 1 - \epsilon}$, it should work out.
I do not know why the author divided the expression by 2, though of course, that sum is lower bounded by the sum $\sum_{n=0}^\infty P(|X|>n^{1 - \epsilon})$, so if this one is infinite, then so is the other one.


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Vitretz
ROSSDALE UKRAINIAN DANCE SCHOOL
Rossdale Ukrainian Dance School strives for excellence in Ukrainian dance education through passion and hard work in a fun and supportive environment.
Established in 1977 in Rossdale, Manitoba, the Rossdale Ukrainian Dance School sought to preserve Ukrainian culture for future generations through Ukrainian dance instruction. This was done by sharing the rich heritage of Ukraine and Ukrainian settlers to Canada. Although the school's beginnings were humble, the school quickly grew through the dedication of the dancers and their families. In the past 45+ years, the Rossdale Ukrainian Dance School and its performing ensemble, Vitretz, have performed locally and internationally, including at Canada's National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, Manitoba, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
The spirit that began in that small town still thrives today and is in each dancer — past, present, and future.
DANCE SCHOOL VITRETZ PERFORMING ENSEMBLE CLASS SCHEDULE CONTACT
© 2022 Rossdale Ukrainian Dance School


Jessie J has served a bit of everything this era. She relaunched as a raunchy urban-pop vixen with all-star anthem "Bang Bang" and followed it up with fellow nuclear-powered club-banger "Burnin' Up" (featuring 2 Chainz, no less). The Brit then showed us her softer side with stripped-back ballad "Personal" and finds mid-tempo terrain on the instantly endearing "Masterpiece".
Co-written by Emily Warren, Britt Burton (a bunch of songs on Jessica Mauboy's Beautiful album) and Josh Alexander (Demi Lovato's "Give Your Heart A Break"), "Masterpiece" is a throwback of sorts to Jessie's Who You Are album in that it's addressed to her haters and is a genuinely good pop song. "You haven't seen the best of me, I'm still working on my masterpiece," she sings/threatens in the chorus. Listen to the Sweet Talker gem after the jump.
Is this your favorite song on Sweet Talker? Let us know in the comments below.


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Q: Global Content Block in Grav CMS I'm using the Grav CMS and would like to have a block of global content present on each page. In other words, every page on the site will have this same block of content (near the footer). I'd like the content of this block to be editable similar to other pages, through a .md file. Instead of hardcoding the content of this block into the base.html.twig (or another) template the content should be editable through a .md file similar to other pages.
One option, use find() to pull the content of the page I want into each page. The downside to this is that I don't want this page to appear in the navigation. If there is a way to hide a page from the navigation this might work however.
What is the recommended way to accomplish this?

A: I solved this by creating a variable containing the page object from the page I wanted. Within the base.html.twig template I did the following:
{% set secondpage = page.find('/_page_url') %}
{{secondpage.content}

The _page_url is hidden due to the _, but still editable as a normal page.


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I am very happy to announce that Brothers and Betrayal finally has a publication date! Get ready, because the second installment of the Tales of Taelis series will be coming out March 28th!
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Hi, I'm Amanda - and that quote is exactly why I started the blog, All She Does Is Eat. I wanted to create positive change in the world, so I first started with myself.
Yes, I do love to eat - who doesn't? My motto is to eat lots of plant foods and to be kind to others (including animals). Here, you will find all of my favourite recipes, as well as tips on health, travel, self love and living sustainably.
Years ago I had a number of health issues that I no longer could ignore. I suffered from terrible digestion, eczema, acne, weight gain, poor sleep, stomach pain and bloating. After going to a number of doctors and one nutritionist, I decided to give up meat. I then watched the documentaries Cowspiracy, Earthlings and Forks Over Knives. I was shocked and saddened to learn how poorly animals are treated on modern farms and how detrimental raising animals for livestock is on the environment and wildlife. I continued researching about nutrition, animal welfare and environmentalism and came across veganism. I knew in my heart that I had to change the way I was living. It's been four years since I started living a vegan lifestyle and it's been a wild ride - I'm always learning new things! On top of feeling more connected to nature and learning to live more minimally, I've also seen a number of health benefits. I've lost 40 pounds; my skin is smoother and cleaner with only the occasional acne breakout happening around my time of the month; I sleep better and can wake up in the mornings easier with more energy; I recover faster from workouts; I can eat more without putting on weight; I no longer suffer from eczema; and my digestion has improved immensely.
I am from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador - a lovely place filled with the friendliest and most welcoming people you will ever meet! I went to school in Halifax, Nova Scotia and graduated with a Bachelor of Public Relations degree with distinction. Currently - I am living in Vancouver, British Columbia one of the most beautiful cities in the world.


Trees in an orchard will not bear fruit without the proper care. If they are without sunlight or water to feed them they will not be able to abundantly blossom and produce fruit.
We are the same. If we do not feed our faith consistently, and expose ourselves to the bright light of Christ's love, we will not be fruitful with our lives either.
Keeping our faith blooming and fed, will not only allow us tranquility, peace, harmony, security, and serenity; but can also radiate those blessings to those around us.
Let's look again at the verses above.
What a beautiful passage this is! It is positively accurate – Faith is the centerpiece of all happiness in life.
So, how do we find this serenity, if we do not already possess it? And how do we keep it, once it is found?
Through fertilizing our faith – by continuing to read and study the Word and praying fervently, our faith will produce the most beautiful fruit imaginable, for us and for those around us.
I can attest that as my faith has grown, through studying and learning more and more about God's grace and mercy, the relationships in my life have become clearly set apart by loyalty and compassion.
Isn't it beautiful, the way that we, as God's people, can blossom through faith? If we have Jesus in our lives, we radiate the fruit of the spirit to everyone around us. Our spirit will be so full of hope and love and kindness that we can't help but share the love.
Gracious Lord, may Your light shine on us every day. May we share compassion and peace with all Your people, and please continue to lead us in ways that produce the most fruit in our lives and for Your kingdom. Amen.
Angie is a Public Speaker at varied events, on a large array of topics. Angie & FromMyLifeToYourHeart also create and share encouraging social media images about life and faith, and FromMyLifeToYourHeart offers a line of highly functional, Faith Based Gift and home items.