Take another look at your cattle. Get out your records and take a deeper look. You think they're the right kind, but you may have plans to "improve" them through breeding and management.
What would constitute improvement? How do you know you're on the right track?
What informs you on matters of breed type and adaptability? What you do next is up to you of course, but what informs you?
Profit, you say. But your projected profit is filled with assumptions, both near- and long-term. How can you feel confident that your plan will really result in more profit? Or if lifestyle trumps profit in your view, how do you know your plan will really enhance your life? Some people subscribe to professional advisory services or hire consultants.
There is certainly a wealth of knowledge available, mostly free, through the government's Agriculture Research Service and Extension services. It's still the kind of knowledge that is founded on research and empirical evidence. And although neatly summarized, you are free to interpret and apply as you wish.
Much of this information is available online, along with research results and interpretations from thousands of commercial interests. Most of it is valuable, if you can properly apply the pinch of salt where bias may be involved.
No doubt, the information revolution of our time is the Internet. An estimated 2 million times each minute, somebody searches for an answer online via the giant Web presence that is Google.com. Oh, wait. That was a minute ago, and should be recalculated now to be more accurate.
One side-effect of surfing the Web for answers is that your request and the answers pass through various filters, some of which return answers that seem better suited to different questions than what you asked. That can help you think outside the box, but keep in mind that most potential answers are simply somebody else's opinion.
In fact, Internet user "consensus" often rivals peer-reviewed science in the collection of Google answers, especially in the "wiki" forums such as WikiAnswers and Wikipedia (which now rivals the legendary Encyclopedia Britannica as a reference).
Wiki comes from a Hawaiian word for quick, and is used online to denote a new kind of peer review: the Web-surfing public. The casual observer can interpret what is "chosen as best answer" or not currently "disputed" as hard facts, but many of these are a bit soft or may not serve as something to take to the bank.
If you find answers that don't hold water in your experience, join the Wiki community and propose a better answer. After all, what our society "knows for fact" will find its way into pop-culture, fiction and movies, until it might as well be true.
Make sure the wiki community doesn't lead you toward fads that are only based on average users who do not understand what is practical on the farm.
Web-based information has another emerging giant, besides Google and the wiki-info base, and that is the "social media" such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter.
If you have not kept up with developments online in the last couple of years, or are in the minority unfamiliar with this type of site, they are worth exploring to stay current with friends, family and, yes, news.
You can find the Black Ink trademark out there, too. For example, associate Laura Nelson coordinates and maintains the site at http://twitter.com/BlackInkBasics with "cattle management news, tips, ideas and experiences to profitably improve quality," in the spirit of this column, to which she also contributes.
Those cattle in your front pasture will evolve according to your informed opinions. The growing resources you can draw upon don't change where the buck stops. But they may not always include perspectives on where that dollar originates, on equal footing with practicality.
It's up to you to sort through the most valid results, answers and tweets.
Next time in Black Ink Miranda Reiman will look at beef production's healthy future. Questions? Call toll-free at (877) 241-0717 or e-mail Steve@CertifiedAngusBeef.com.


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Lene Revsbeck Jensen (* 17. März 1976) ist eine dänische Fußballspielerin. Die Stürmerin steht bei Brøndby IF unter Vertrag und spielt für die dänische Nationalmannschaft.

Jensen spielte bis 2002 für den Verein HEI Århus, mit dem sie 1997 und 1998 dänische Meisterin wurde. Danach wechselte sie zu IK Skovbakken, bevor sie 2005 zu Brøndby IF wechselte. Mit Brøndby gewann sie drei Mal in Folge die Meisterschaft und 2009 den Pokal.

Am 7. September 1996 debütierte sie in einem Spiel gegen Portugal in der Nationalmannschaft. Jensen nahm an der Weltmeisterschaft 1999 sowie an den Europameisterschaften 2001 und 2005 teil. In 104 Länderspielen erzielte sie 26 Tore.

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Q: Read each line of a text file and get the first split string I want to read a text file link123.txt from my python code. The text file contains 3 lines.
www.link1.com | linkname1
www.link2.com | linkname2
www.link3.com | linkname3

I need to assign the first portion(url) of the line in "target" variable & second portion(link name) to "name" variable(for further usage).
So far the code:
f = open("link123.txt")
target = [url.strip() for url in f.readlines()]
f.close()

My question is how can I get two value from a line which is split by (" | ")
Any guidance would be much appreciated.

A: You can use str.split to split string by delimiter:
>>> 'www.link1.com | linkname1'.split(' | ')
['www.link1.com', 'linkname1']

Then, use iterable-unpacking (or multiple assignment) to save to variables:
>>> target, name = 'www.link1.com | linkname1'.split(' | ')
>>> target
'www.link1.com'
>>> name
'linkname1'

with open("link123.txt") as f:
    for line in f:
        target, name = line.strip().split(' | ')
        # Do something with `target`, `name`

NOTE: Iterating file object will yield lines. You don't need to use file.readlines() which returns a list of all lines unless you need all lines at once.

UPDATE
If you want list of targets, names, you can use zip:
>>> rows = [['link1', 'name1'], ['link2', 'name2'], ['link3', 'name3']]
>>> zip(*rows)
[('link1', 'link2', 'link3'), ('name1', 'name2', 'name3')]
# In Python 3.x, zip will return `zip` object instead of list.

with open("link123.txt") as f:
    targets, names = zip(*[line.strip().split(' | ') for line in f])
    # targets, names = map(list, zip(...))   # if you want lists isntead of tuples

A: Instead of
target = [url.strip() for url in f.readlines()]

use
pairs  = [line.strip().split(' | ') for line in f.readlines()]

target = [pair[0] for pair in pairs]
name   = [pair[1] for pair in pairs]

A: Do you need all the names and all the targets in a different variables, e.g.:
In [1]:
with open("link123.txt") as f:
    targets, names = zip(*[url.strip().split(' | ') for url in f])
targets, names

Out[1]:
(('www.link1.com', 'www.link2.com', 'www.link3.com'),
 ('linkname1', 'linkname2', 'linkname3'))

But you may want to consider holding them in a dict:
In [2]
with open("link123.txt") as f:
    data = [dict(zip(['target', 'name'], url.strip().split(' | '))) for url in f]
data

Out[2]:
[{'name': 'linkname1', 'target': 'www.link1.com'},
 {'name': 'linkname2', 'target': 'www.link2.com'},
 {'name': 'linkname3', 'target': 'www.link3.com'}]

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Australian Citizenship Ceremony Speech
Speech delivered at
Australian Citizenship Ceremony,
Waverley Council area,
by Alex Ryvchin,
Public Affairs Director,
Firstly, I'd like to convey my sincere gratitude to Mayor Sally Betts for inviting me to speak today. I am deeply honoured and humbled to play some small part in today's proceedings. I'd also like to acknowledge the passionate and tireless Waverley councillors and staff who do such an outstanding job for the local community. But I am most thrilled to be in the presence of our newest Australians.
Twenty five years ago, I sat where you sit now. My family, it was the six of us, had arrived as refugees from the Soviet Union in January 1988 and we settled in this area.
We arrived to a land that was entirely strange and unfamiliar to us, where we had no friends or relations, no English language skills, no money, no possessions of any value. Just a few suitcases of clothing and some photo albums to remind us of long-dead relatives and the lives we left behind. We came with little more than the hope of a better life and asking to be given a fair go. Two years later, we became Australians in this very room.
I was only a boy of seven that day, so I can't tell you what I felt or what it meant to me at the time. Probably, not very much. And for my parents and grandparents, whose paramount concern was with working whatever odd jobs they could find to scrape together enough money to send my brother and me to school each day, clothed and fed, it probably didn't mean that much either. Life's urgent needs took precedence.
But when I reflect on that day, I know with absolute certainty and conviction that that occasion was one of the greatest blessings I have experienced. And to this day, being an Australian fills me with a sense of pride and fortune that I never take for granted.
You will have come to Australia from diverse lands and have sought a life here for a variety of reasons. For us, we sought refuge here. We came from a place where we were denied basic freedoms – the freedom to practise our religion, the freedom to enter certain professions and study at certain universities because of our ethnicity, and perhaps the cruellest injustice of all, for a long time, we were denied the freedom even to leave that country and seek a new life in a land where we could live with dignity and be free from persecution.
We found these freedoms in Australia. My brother and I were blessed with something that our ancestors could only have dreamed of – to be raised in a society where we were judged on what we said and what we did, on what we achieved, on the substance of our characters, rather than to be prejudged based on the ethnicity which was stamped into our identity papers.
While many of the freedoms that we found in this country are a feature of western liberal democracies generally, there are qualities to this society that are uniquely its own, that are uniquely Australian.
And there is no more Australian concept than the idea of a fair go.
If you come to this land and are willing to work hard and contribute to its welfare and its prosperity, you will be given a fair go. Skin colour, ethnic origins, country of birth, religious beliefs, none of these things will be a barrier to your success. You will be given a fair go. And the extent of your success will be determined only by how hard you're willing to work, the fortune that befalls you and the talents that you choose to develop. Do not underestimate the significance of being given a fair go. It is a priceless gift, and now it is yours.
Equally, by becoming Australians, we accept the duty to uphold the freedoms granted to us and to protect the values underpinning our society – values such as democracy, tolerance, mutual respect. And that wonderfully and uniquely Australian value, "mateship" – which captures the essence of the relationship between Australians. It denotes camaraderie, friendship, and most importantly, equality. Former Prime Minister John Howard said it holds a "hallowed place in the Australian language," while the historian, Nick Dyrenfurth calls it "our de facto religion."
My fellow Australians, my new mates, I offer my sincerest congratulations on this beautiful occasion. Just as its significance did not immediately dawn on me, perhaps it will pass you by today as well. But I hope that, as time goes on and you establish new lives in this great land of ours, you will cherish all that this nation has to offer, that you will seek to enhance it through your efforts, that you will discover and be mesmerised by its natural beauty and the beauty of its people and that you will feel the same pride and love for Australia that I do.
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Chuck, I do remember you! Don't remember the mukluks though!! I still have an old room picture of you with one of your favorite guns!!
Hi guys! I sent a post to the Chatter area (that has more details). I was in GEEIA from July 1967 - July 1970. My name is Frank Williams.
I would really enjoy hearing from some of you.
I joined the 2868 GEEIA team in July of 1967 and was discharged from Elmendorf in March of 1969 along with 2 other radar techs, John Reed and Bert Bremner from southeast AK. We all went to work for RCA out on the old White Alice system after our discharge. We worked in the Quonset hut out by the MAC terminal in the radar shop. Did a TDY to Korea in late 1967, working for one of the best bosses that I have ever work for, Tom Cotter. Anyone knowing what ever happened to Tom, I would appreciate knowing. My old room mate was George Dotin from Akron, OH. We did another TDY, Bert and I, to Neah Bay, WA and Fallon, NV in 1968 complementing a civilian GEEIA team out of Fairchild AFB in Spokane, WA.
Overall, it was great duty. Got to see most of Alaska, one AC&W site at a time. It's kind of funny that we made the round of the AC&W site working on the radar system while with the 2868th, than after discharge we went right back out to the sites as civilians maintaining the troposcater radio that they used for communications.


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Air Purifiers →
Dyson AM11 vs TP02 – A COMPLETE Comparison
Dyson's air purifiers are one of the most highly competitive in the market.
One can easily rely on Dyson's products! Saying this, a question might echo in your mind; why Dyson?
Well, Dyson has a proven track record and has been functioning for the past three decades now.
It is highly reputable among its customers and has internationally accepted certifications for its products.
Previously we have directly compared other purifiers in Dyson's TP range, which you can find here.
Here in this article, we will be diving deep for a comprehensive comparison of Dyson's Pure Cool™ and Pure Cool Link™ air purifiers: Dyson AM11 vs TP02.
Let's jump straight into it.
Room Coverage
Purifier Oscillation
Additional Operational Features
Dyson AM11 vs TP02
AM11 and TP02
Both AM11 and TP02 devices have the same design with nearly equal dimensions.
Just like any other Dyson air purifier, they have an oval amp and 3600 air intake, but with some minor differences.
TP02 has a height of 40 inches, making it the tallest purifier in whole Dyson's family of air purifiers and a width of 8 inches.
Dyson AM11 also has nearly the same dimensions as the TP02 model with height and width of 40.8 and 7.72 inches, respectively.
Just like Dyson's other purifiers, both units have 3600 air-intake through the bottom grills, which draws in more air at one time.
The sucked air is then passed through the layer of filters where germs and other unwanted substances are removed.
In the end, this purified air is recirculated back into the room from the perforated holes located at the front section of the upper part of the air purifier.
Conclusion: Having an oval amp means both units take up less space and are not spacious in comparison with round amp air purifiers.
Its 3600 air intake gives Dyson units an edge over other single intake air units, by making the purification process quicker.
With the same filtration power, both units are equipped with two pre-installed filters; True HEPA Filter and Activated Carbon Filter.
True HEPA filter removes small airborne particles, including pollen, bacteria, and pet dander, as low as the size of 0.3 microns in diameter.
Activated Carbon Filter serves to remove the odors, smoke, and gases from the air.
Conclusion: Both devices share the same number and type of filters, and are equally effective in the filtering process. In this case, other factors are decisive in selecting any unit.
Just like other Dyson purifiers, there is an in-built LCD in both units. For the TP02, it displays various parameters like airspeed control, auto-mode, timer settings, sleep mode, and WIFI Strength.
It is located at the bottom of the air purifier.
Using the remote control, you can change or turn on the above-mentioned parameters/functions in real-time by looking at this LCD.
As for the AM11, its display shows real-time fan speed level and timer settings as well.
However, as there is no WIFI, auto feature, and night-mode, you can't get many advantages with LCD.
Conclusion: Both purifiers have an LCD to display the above-mentioned features that you remotely control using a remote control or Dyson Link App.
With the TP02 however, you will have more features to play with, which are not present in the AM11.
Despite being tall in size, TP02 only weighs 8.4 lbs. But, it is so light that even your children can easily tip this unit over with their hands. So, do take care of them!
AM11 is even lighter than the TP02 unit, with an overall weight of 7.9 lbs.
Conclusion: Both units, having low weight, are portable and easy to move, but if you have naughty kids at your home, you will have to keep an eye on them continuously.
There will be no need to install casters under these purifier units as one can easily pick and place them single-handedly.
Dyson's TP02 air purifier will work fine in a 500 sq. ft. room.
There is no precise data about the exact room coverage for this unit, but sources suggest that it can cover up to an area of 200 sq. ft effectively.
Conclusion: Room coverage is one of the limiting factors which should be taken into consideration before buying any product.
Looking at the room coverage provided by both units, selecting TP02 will be a wiser decision as one can use it in a larger room in as compared to the Dyson AM11 air purifier, which covers half the space of TP02.
At 114 gallons per second, Dyson TP02 has higher airflow than most air purifiers in the Dyson family of air purifiers. It is nearly equal to 900 cfm.
No data about ACH and CADR ratings are provided by the Dyson for its products.
There is no information about the exact airflow of the Dyson AM11. Many retailers have mentioned that it is not provided by the manufacturer.
Conclusion: Airflow is one of the significant factors that contribute to improving the performance of any air purifier.
Faster the airflow into the air purifier means a lesser time taken to purify the room and vice versa.
As TP02 has higher airflow than most of the Dyson Air Purifiers, it beats the AM11 in this department as well.
As Dyson TP02 uses the same fan as Dyson's HP02 and HP04, the noise produced by this unit is unsurprisingly similar at 40 dB to 62 dB. The value is low at lower fan speeds and vice versa.
However, you can put this unit to work at Sleep mode at which it operates by making minimal noise.
On the other hand, the AM11 makes between 37 dB to 58 dB of noise at fan speed 1 to 10. As there is no night sleep mode, you will have to adjust the fan yourself at your desired level.
Conclusion: The noise produced by both units at maximum fan speed is not too irritating, so this should not be a major concern.
But, night mode is only present in only the TP02 unit, which gives this unit a comparative advantage over the AM11 unit!
Dyson TP02 consumes 56 watts of power at maximum fan speed, which is a bit higher than the AM11 unit.
Power consumption of Dyson AM11 is at 51 watts while operating at maximum fan speed setting. However, it will be less at lower fan speeds for both units.
Conclusion: With nearly the same power requirements, both units consume the same reasonable amount of power, and both are great in this department.
Regardless, to save on electricity bills, our recommendation for using the air purifier units for a specified time during the day is still valid for both units.
The timer feature in TP02 will be handy in this regard.
An important point to consider here is that you won't get this advantage with the AM11 unit.
This feature works just like a pedestal fan, which oscillates to a certain degree on its rigid base to blow the air in more than one direction.
Based on air multiplier technology, Dyson's bladeless fan is designed to give more focused exposure of cool air to more than one person sitting in a single room at one time.
Dyson is the only brand that designs its product to incorporate this feature.
TP02 has an oscillation of 180 degrees, and it is limited to front blowing only.
Online sources indicate this device has 180-degree oscillation as well, just like TP02.
Conclusion: As TP02 has defined the oscillation range and is far better in many other features in comparison with AM11, in our books, the TP02 unit is better in this regard.
Dyson has been continuously investing in the research and development to improve its products since 1991 when it started its operation.
With many upgrades over the past two decades, it has successfully shaped its purifier units and enhanced its capabilities.
The integration of smart sensors and WIFI/remote accessibility has made the overall control process more accessible and reliable.
Its advanced built-in sensors give this unit an edge over other brands.
Just like Dyson's 'HP' series air purifiers, Dyson TP02 also has a built-in quality control sensor.
This sensor automatically adjusts the fan speed after sensing the amount of pollution in the air. It controls the purification rate according to the requirement.
It saves energy and makes the air purification process more efficient.
TP02 can be remotely controlled using Dyson Link App or remote control, which is magnetic, allowing you to put it at the top of the air purifier to avoid misplacing it.
This unit is Alexa compatible, as well.
To let the unit work automatically, there is an auto mode functionality. With a single touch, you can quickly put the unit at night mode at which it dims all display, and the unit operates at minimal noise so that it may not annoy you.
You can set the timer from 15 minutes to 10 hours with the TP02 unit. This gives you the flexibility to use the device for a certain number of hours.
In comparison to TP02, Dyson AM11 lack most of the smart features.
There is no auto-mode or air quality sensor in this unit, so you will have to adjust the fan speed manually every time according to your requirements.
Secondly, there is no night mode in this unit. You can put the fan to operate at slow speed and dim all lights manually, but you won't find a single touch night mode activation feature in this unit.
However, there are some features that both devices share equally, like its magnetic remote control and compatibility with the Dyson Link App.
Just like TP02, the timer can be set for 15 minutes to 10 hours.
Conclusion: Without any doubt, TP02 is a better unit with a fully equipped air quality sensor, which is not available in the AM11.
Having no auto-mode and night-mode means the AM11 loses out to TP02.
Moreover, Alexa compatibility makes remote controlling of TP02 easier, which you won't find in the AM11 air purifier unit.
By looking at these additional features, TP02 has an edge for this category!
This category analyses the additional features that you should look for in air purifiers, such as variations in fan speeds and air quality sensors.
Multiple fan speeds allow you to adjust the airflow as desired. If you want more quick air purification, you set it at high and vice versa.
Built-in smart sensors allow automatic adjustments in fan speed according to air quality.
In this case, both units can shift between 10 different fan speed settings.
Dyson TP02 has both of the above-mentioned features. With multiple fan speeds and in-built smart sensors; the unit is flexible to use.
On the other hand, the AM11 can operate at multiple fan speed settings, but it doesn't have any auto-mode functionality.
You can set the timer with this unit, but fan speed is manually controlled for.
Conclusion: AM11 lacks essential features like auto-mode and air quality sensors.
In comparison with TP02, this unit is less reliable. Night mode and automatic fan speed control make TP02 is a go-to air purifier.
Both units come with two years of warranty that covers both labor and parts costs. Also, Dyson has a highly responsive customer support team which is quick in responding.
Conclusion: With more than three decades of operational history, Dyson is one of the trusted brands with quick response to warranty claims.
It has successfully expanded its operations worldwide and is now providing services outside the United States as well.
Having two years of warranty that covers the cost of both parts and labor, the verdict here is a win for Dyson.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America certifies Dyson TP02 to be ideal for Asthma and Allergy sufferers.
It has also got a PTPA seal of approval – which is given to few purifier units after in-depth testing.
Dyson AM11 has got 'Quiet Mark' accreditation to work during night effectively. This makes this product suitable for night-long purification.
However, there does not seem to be any data about its certification by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America or PTPA.
Conclusion: Looking at overall certifications, TP02 is backed by two internationally recognized certification organizations.
On the other hand, AM11 has got 'quiet mark' accreditation. However, this doesn't make it better than TP02 when used for sleeping.
While it may sound less noisy than the Dyson TP02, having no air quality sensor to control fan speeds automatically and no night mode make Dyson AM11 a little more troublesome in this domain.
Dyson is not like one of the few companies whose sole purpose is to sell products without providing excellent support during the warranty period.
Most companies will either not respond to your queries on time or will make excuses for delayed shipment of the replacement parts.
This is not the case with Dyson. You can contact their customer support at any time during the day and seven days a week.
You can discuss your queries with their customer support team, and they are prompt in the shipping of any replacement parts if needed.
Even, few buyers have praised their customer support that their team has answered their queries even after the warranty period is ended.
Now and then, Dyson offers special discounts on its replacement filters; you can contact customer support to discuss the offer to make a quick discounted purchase.
Dyson AM11 vs TP02: Which is the Best?
To this point, both the features and benefits of TP02 and AM11 should be more evident.
TP02 has the upper hand in not all, but most of the features including smart sensor, night-mode, auto-mode, Alexa compatibility, more room coverage, higher airflow, and WIFI-connectivity.
Most of the features mentioned above are either not available in the AM11 unit or not competitive to that of TP02.
Two areas where AM11 beats TP02 are in noise levels and power consumption, but these are not significant enough factors to consider it the best choice!
Although you can select any product from these two but choosing the Dyson TP02 Air Purifier would be the most logical decision.
You likely won't regret getting this product as you will get a top-notch product fully equipped with all modern-day sensors and features!
Regardless, choose any unit that best matches your requirements, and now you are in a better decision to decide on your own.
In the end, it is you who should be more concerned about your health and the health of your loved ones than anyone else!
Dyson TP02
Dyson AM11


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Dorret Boomsma (* 18. November 1957 in Huizen) ist eine niederländische Psychologin, bekannt für Zwillingsforschung.

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Boomsma erhielt 1983 ihren Diplomabschluss als Psychologin an der Freien Universität Amsterdam und im selben Jahr ihren Master-Abschluss an der University of Colorado. 1992 wurde sie an der Freien Universität Amsterdam promoviert. 1998 erhielt sie dort eine volle Professur für biologische Psychologie. 2014 wurde sie Akademie-Professorin.

Sie und ihr Vorgänger Orlebeke bauten eine Datenbank von 30.000 Zwillingspaaren in den Niederlanden auf und sie nutzte diese zu genetischen und psychologischen Studien. Beispielsweise untersuchte sie die Rolle genetischer und Umweltfaktoren beim Intelligenzquotienten (der relativ spät nach den ersten Schuljahren ansteigt) und Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen wie Hang zur Depression, Ängstlichkeit oder Hyperaktivität (die sich im Gegensatz zur Intelligenz relativ früh ausprägen). Sie untersuchte in gleicher Weise die Ausbildung von Suchtneigungen (Alkohol, Tabak), die Anteile genetischer und Umwelt-Faktoren bei verhaltensrelevanten Komponenten des EEG und bei kardiovaskulären Risiken. Boosma trug auch zur Weiterentwicklung statistischer Methoden bei.

2001 erhielt sie den Spinoza-Preis. 2008 erhielt sie einen ERC Advanced Grant. Sie ist Mitglied der Königlich Niederländischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2012 wurde sie zum ordentlichen Mitglied der Academia Europaea gewählt. Ebenfalls 2012 erhielt sie für ihre Zwillingsforschung eine Finanzierung in Höhe von 27,6 Millionen Euro von der niederländischen Forschungsorganisation NWO.

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 mit Andreas Busjahn und Leena Peltonen: Classical twin studies and beyond. Nature Reviews Genetics, Band 3, 2002; 872–882
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Greer SC. Oct 16-18 at the BMW Plant.
you guys didnt miss much. it was very cold and rainy. the eurofest committee announced the VW will be the marquee car for 2010 eurofest. so that being said this is going to be the must attend event for next season.
I better get my basket-o-parts together then.


Plenty of ideas rummaging through my head but I'm finding it really difficult to put virtual pen to paper. I am reading a lot of blogs mind you, and everyone seems to have something interesting going on.
Kids are enjoying the Retropie. There are nearly 2000 games on it right now, and browsing through the selection is a pain. How do you pick one of 700 NES games? So my kids found 1942, if only because it's alphabetical. They also like Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World (an oddly difficult game compared to memory) and PacMan.
I've played a bit of StarTropics, DKC, Illusion of Gaia, TMNT4…dabbing around here and there.
We also played a fair amount of Lego Star Wars Force Awakens together. The game feels like some quantifiable progress in the genre. I won't hit 100% because, why? 96% has unlocked everything of merit.
Aside from computer games, we've played a lot of Ticket to Ride:Europe (kid mod: remove destination tickets) and Fire Rescue (play family mode). TtR:E can be played with 2 players, but like Monopoly, it's more fun the longer you wait between turns. Long-played strategies are easy with 2 folks, but I can see them being derailed (yeah, I did that) with more players.
Fire Rescue is an interesting beast. I've never lost family mode, or really come that close. Hard mode, the closest to a win is missing my 1 marker. I don't think it's doable with 2 players, and even with 3 requires a tremendous amount of coordination. Lots of fun.
Both games are recommended for family play, and I have a 4 and 6 year old.
I built an ice rink in the backyard. Weather hasn't been terribly helpful. Kids enjoy it and have seen dramatic improvements in just a few days of use.
I'm working on an interesting project now that should dramatically change the way that the Canadian government does mobile work. Finally catching up to the rest of industry. It's a project that will impact about 400,000 people, so there's some kick in the risk/reward facet here.
Health-wise, I didn't really make any new year resolutions. I'm finding it very hard to play hockey multiple times a week and continue to strength train. I'm at the strongest yet, and my legs have grown a fair amount. Heck, I need to buy new weight plates. I also need to re-jig my nutrition – I can feel something is off, so time to strip away and go back to basics. I should be down to high school weight by the spring.
All of that to say that I am realizing that I need goals to function. I do not do well by just fluttering in the wind. I have, both luckily and not, achieved a fair set of my goals much earlier than I had anticipated. Some of which I didn't expect for many years. I need to sit down with my better half and do a rejiggering. Adulting, here I come!
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Have you tried Carb cycling yet? I'm about to embark on my first 90 days of eating that way. Supposedly, while training, will help get you into single digits fat %.
As a goalie I can't do legs anywhere near game days so I have heavily scaled back on the weights on/before those days and skipped legs altogether. I also need goals but habits too – got a 90 day program from an internet workout star that has everything spelled out daily. It's not much I didn't already know but having a program you don't have to think about is nice too, ESP with everything in mobile form split into days.
I've tried quite a few methods to drop the % down. Intermittent fasting seems to be the easiest on my body. I'm not a processed carb kind of person, in that I don't often have bread or pasta. I eat a lot of rice, quinoa and sweet potatoes instead. And beer.
I can only go about 70% of a regular workout the day before a game. Things feel like mush otherwise. With 3 games a week, I'm not making the progress I'd like. Just need to be smarter about it I guess.


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Peace and Peaceful Change
We express our grave disappointment over the breaches of international peace which have occurred in the past twelve months, especially but not limited to, the situation in the Falkland Islands-Islas Malvinas, and in Lebanon, Somalia, El Salvador and Afghanistan, among others.
We name our Christian commitment to Shalom and to a Kingdom of God perspective exposing social injustice and inviting change toward more justice as an alternative to violence and war. We pray that the world Baptist community will accept courageously its Christian calling as peacemakers (Matt. 5:9) and interpret the calling as a pro-active as well as a reactive stance. We recognize that the willful destruction of human life and human values must be opposed.
We are grateful that both the Baptists of the Argentine and of Great Britain and Ireland kept alive the oneness in Christ despite other differences they may hold and prayed for one another.
We voice a concern over acts of terrorism, assassinations, and the taking of hostages all of which have posed potential threats to peace and stability, as well as being unconscionable assaults upon the individuals concerned.
Original Source Bibliography: Claas, Gerhard, editor. Baptist World Alliance 1982 Yearbook: Minutes of the General Council Meeting and Directory. Washington, DC: Baptist World Alliance, 1982.
Original Source Footnote/Endnote: Gerhard Claas, ed., Baptist World Alliance 1982 Yearbook: Minutes of the General Council Meeting and Directory (Washington, DC: Baptist World Alliance, 1982), p. 75.
Online Document Full Citation: BWA General Council Resolution 1982.6 Peace and Peaceful Change; https://www.baptistworld.org/resolutions.
In-text Online Document Citation: (BWA General Council Resolution 1982.6).


Go Life International was established to leverage the strength of existing South African nutraceutical companies, Go Life Health Products and Gotha Health Products (collectively Go Life SA), and to drive the presence of the South African products and brands across the global nutraceutical market.
Grand Parade Investments Ltd. (GPI) was formed in 1997 to conduct business as an investment holding company with interests in the gaming and leisure industry. In June 2010 it acquired 100% ownership of its Limited Payout Slot Machine (LPM) operations and in so doing became an investor and operator. The company comprises a substantial shareholder base representing a broad spectrum of the population of the Western Cape and is an extremely proud, and truly Broad-based, Black Economic Empowerment enterprise.The company has been trading effectively since 2000 and has consistently grown its portfolio to the benefit of all of its shareholders on an annual basis.
Grindrod, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited (JSE), is based in South Africa and is represented by subsidiaries, joint ventures and associated companies in 31countries worldwide, employing more than 4 700 skilled and dedicated people. As a South African listed company, the Group?s vision is to create sustainable returns and long-term value for shareholders and other stakeholders. This is achieved through the contribution of its two divisions: Freight Services and Financial Services. Freight Services? vision is to leverage its existing strategic portfolio of port, terminals and logistics solutions, as well as intellectual property to further enhance its position as a leading freight and logistics infrastructure and services provider.
The company is the holding company which will acquire the international drybulk and tanker shipping group of Grindrod, whose origins date back to the formation of a shipping and related business in 1910 by Captain John Edward Grindrod. The Company was incorporated in Singapore on 2 November 2017 under the Singapore Companies Act. Grindrod has been involved in various sectors of the shipping and transport industry for more than 100 years. The drybulk business in its current form under the IVS brand dates back to 1976 and was acquired by Grindrod in 1999. The modern day tanker business under the Unicorn brand dates back to 1973 when Grindrod acquired a tanker of approximately 20,000 dwt.The separation from the Grindrod Group and separate listing of the Company is being pursued, among other reasons, because it will (i) allow shareholders to identify more clearly the different characteristics of the Grindrod Shipping Business from the other businesses within the Grindrod Group and to value them separately, (ii) allow management of each business to focus solely on that business and pursue their respective strategies, (iii) provide relevant employees of each business stock-based incentives linked solely to his or her employer and (iv) enable each company to elect an appropriately sized Board of Directors comprised of individuals with the skills and sector knowledge relevant to each business.
Grit Real Estate Income Group ("Grit" or "the Company"), is a multi-listed real estate income group operating in carefully selected African countries and is currently listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange ("LSE"), the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited ("JSE") and the Official Market of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius Limited ("SEM"). Grit has a robust property portfolio with diversification across sectors and geography, backed by comprehensive risk mitigation policies and procedures. The Company optimises its structural investments, underpinned by solid property fundamentals, to achieve compelling US Dollar returns. Its ability to sustain distribution is supported by predominantly US Dollar and EURO-denominated long-term leases with blue chip multinational tenants, eliminating currency risk and delivering strong sustainable income.Since listing on the JSE in 2014, Grit has grown its property portfolio from USD140 million to over USD796 million and has successfully delivered ten consecutive dividend distributions in line with Company guidance. Grit is a constituent of the SEM-10 index, the S-P Africa Frontier (Global) index as well as an underlying constituent of the JSE-listed Cloud Atlas AMI series BIG 50 ex-SA ETF.
Group Five Ltd. is an investment holding company with interests in the building, infrastructural and engineering sectors. The group operates in South Africa, rest of Africa, and Eastern Europe.
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd. ('Harmony') is a gold-mining and exploration company with operations in South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG), one of the world's premier new gold regions.
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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to cytomegalovirus ileal ulcers in an immunocompetent man.
S. W. Choi, J. P. Chung, Y. K. Song, Y. N. Park, J. K. Chu, D. J. Kim, J. H. Jung, C. H. Lee, S. J. Lee, H. J. Park, K. S. Lee, S. I. Lee, I. S. Park, S. K. Sohn
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are commonly reported in severely immunocompromised hosts and ulcers of the alimentary tract are frequently observed in systemic CMV infections. However, invasive and ulcerative disease of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract caused by CMV has also been reported in healthy adults. Many reports show that a CMV infection can produce localized ulcerations in the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colon in nonimmunocompromised individuals. The most common site of involvement by CMV infection in the GI tract is the colon followed by the upper GI tract and the least common site is the small intestine. Although GI bleeding is one of the major presenting symptoms of patients with CMV infections of the GI tract, lower GI bleeding due to CMV ileal ulcers in immunocompetent patients, to our knowledge, has not been reported in the English literature. Recently, we experienced a case of lower GI bleeding due to CMV ileal ulcers in a 57-year-old man who had no evidence of immunocompromise. This case suggests that small intestinal ulcers due to CMV infection should be included in the differential diagnosis of lower GI bleeding even in immunocompetent hosts.
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Choi, S. W., Chung, J. P., Song, Y. K., Park, Y. N., Chu, J. K., Kim, D. J., Jung, J. H., Lee, C. H., Lee, S. J., Park, H. J., Lee, K. S., Lee, S. I., Park, I. S., & Sohn, S. K. (2001). Lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to cytomegalovirus ileal ulcers in an immunocompetent man. Yonsei medical journal, 42(1), 147-151. https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2001.42.1.147
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That's Gilmore with a "G"
I was a little tired this morning as I went through various news sites for my daily infusion of political information, so I can probably be forgiven for thinking, if only for a second, that comedian, television host, and Colbert replacement Larry Wilmore was running for the GOP presidential nomination. After blinking a few times I realized the headline I had just read was actually "Gilmore Will Run for President." You can understand my confusion.
If you didn't know, there is a former governor of Virginia (1998-2002) by the name Jim Gilmore, and he told the Richmond Times-Dispatch he's joining the cast of thousands currently vying for the Republican nomination, a move only slightly less implausible than a Wilmore candidacy, and far less entertaining.
According to the Times-Dispatch story Gilmore said he's running because "he does not think any other Republican candidates have addressed what he considers the vital national security and economic concerns facing the nation."
Sure he doesn't, but he may have the shortest campaign in history as he is unlikely to make the cut for the first debate in August and therefore get left in the dust before anyone has a chance to figure out who he used to be.
It's been said that the GOP race is incredibly flat, which is supposed to mean there is no front-runner or group of leading candidates, but that's just not true. If it were true it might make sense for obscure no-hopers to jump in because, you know, what the heck.
Still, as long as the media reports the race like literally anything could happen, the Gilmores of the world will be tempted for one more moment in sun.
Just wondering what or who is next.
posted by Richard K. Barry at 8:00 AM
I think the debates are a mistake. They should have done them the old way with criteria to get in and no set number of participants. But the problem is that so many people are running. If the Republican base weren't such prime marks for grift, this wouldn't be a problem. As it is, at least two (and more like four) of the 7 major candidates aren't serious.
But Gilmore makes me think of this hilarious article from The Onion in January: Bobby Jindal Not Sure He Willing To Put Family Through 2-Month Presidential Campaign.
Donald Trump's diabolical plan to own centre stage...
Ted Nugent and cruelty to black bears
No path to socialism for America, but we can dream...
Meeting expectations in an irrational society is t...
No path for Christie
Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton's ideal opponent
Three reasons to be glad Sanders is in the race
What do you do with a problem like Donald?
Republicans secretly cheer survival of Obamacare


How much would I have been willing to pay for my house if the seller had imposed a condition that I could use it as long as I wanted but could never sell it again, or rent it out to someone else? Less than I paid for it, but still a positive amount. It yields a flow of services even if I can't sell that right.
How much would I have been willing to pay for the S20 note in my pocket if the seller had imposed a condition that I could use it as long as I wanted but could never sell it again, or rent it out to someone else? Nothing.
That's the same question a value investor asks before buying a stock.
The answer usually comes to something like, if I can pay $50 for a stock that is worth $100, then even though I can't resell it in the market I'll still buy it. Because the stock can't be resold, that $50 in value has to be realized through dividends. But if the stock is prohibited from ever paying a dividend, this value can still be realized by the firm repurchasing and canceling shares at higher prices.
I'd say roughly the same applies to central bank notes. If I can buy a note for far less than it's worth and hold it till the central bank begins to mop up the supply notes and cancel them, then I'll go ahead with the transaction. Since central banks are less opportunistic than firms and therefore less likely to announce buy backs, I'd only buy at a huge discount. A huge discount to what? The value of its bonds, bills, gold, buildings, and forex. In sum, the price I'd be willing to pay for non-transferable bank notes is not "nothing" but some number >0.
The store of value vs. medium of exchange argument is one of the oldest arguments in monetary economics. I don't think the answer is is binary, as in either/or. Rather, there is some sort of way to properly configure the two concepts into a logical whole. The answer would be a lot easier if the twin concepts medium of exchange and store of value were to be defined first in a microeconomic sense. In a sense, this sort of integration of monetary economics with microeconomics goes against the grain, since this would be making microeconomics more like monetary economics, and not vice versa, which has been the general approach taken by the whole microfoundations of money enterprise.
The argument about ECB Target2 imbalances, an argument which began in mid 2011 with this article, continues to be reignited in various arenas. One component of the argument is the comparison of Target2 to the Federal Reserve's mechanism for settling inter-Fed settlement imbalances; the Interdistrict Settlement Account.
Because the various debaters often have such diverging views on how the Interdistrict accounts are settled, I'm donating this post to the blogosphere with the goal of ensuring that the debate doesn't founder on faulty comparisons of Target2 to the Interdistrict Settlement Account. As such, I'm going to talk a bit about the history of Interdistrict settlement, how the process has changed over time, and how it works now. Once that's done I'll bring the discussion back to Target2 in order to pin down the comparison in a more robust way. I don't claim to know everything about these mechanisms; I've just spent a few weeks educating myself, so if I am wrong on any aspect leave me a comment.
Another thing that makes the Target2 and Interdistrict settlement mechanisms so fascinating is that, within the monetary architecture, they are "core". Take out the core and the whole structure disintegrates.
Yet despite their centrality to the superstructure, nobody (except for a few cloistered central bankers) really knows much these mechanisms. It is only now that imbalances are cropping up that we the public find the inclination to catch up on how these arcane but vital systems function.
All sorts of commentators have already explained how Target2 works and the imbalances that have arisen. I won't touch on these; just search Google for Target2. What follows is a discussion of the Federal Reserve Interdistrict Settlement Account.
A few thoughts on the IMF and SDRs over at the Money View.
As far as I know, the IMF doesn't run the SDR program on its own balance sheet, it just administers the SDR program. Using your example, the EU and the US issue promises to currency which are held in some mutual account managed by the IMF, and that account in turn issues SDRs back to the EU and US. So in effect, the IMF doesn't swap its own promises with the EU and the US. Rather, the US and EU are swapping promises with each other with the IMF as facilitator.
The last time I checked, the IMF was the largest owner of SDRs, all held on its own account.
Here is the current distribution of SDRs across nations and institutions.


Depending upon the grade level, students practice the following skills: ? Alphabet Knowledge ? Phonemic Awareness ? Inquiry ? Phonics ? Comprehension ? Spelling ? Vocabulary ? Writing ? Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage Two Skills Workbooks are available at each grade level, one for each half of the year. Each workbook has all the skill sheets conveniently organized by lesson. These skill sheets provide students the opportunity to practice and apply the skills they are learning. These workbooks are an integral part of instruction. Each Skills Workbook is available in three formats Workbook, Blackline Master (BLM), and Annotated Teacher s Edition (ATE).


Abstract: This paper explores the potential within hybrid courses for increasing student learning. It considers the benefits of hybrids. It acknowledges that the key to designing winning courses is familiarity with potential student needs and matching the pedagogies of face-to-face and online to their needs and the desired learning outcomes. At California State University, Bakersfield a continuing project is providing ways for busy people who also are students to participate in quality, effective courses. These courses blend face-to-face, online, and PalmOS handheld computers.
Curtis, L. & Swenson, P. (2003). Hybrid Courses Plus: Blending F2F, online and handheld computer for effective learning. In C. Crawford, N. Davis, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2003--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 520-523). Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 18, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/17953/.
Hawkes, M., & Romiszowski, A. (2001). Examining the reflective outcomes of asynchronous computer-mediated communication on inservice teacher development. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 9(2), 285-308.
Leh, A.S.C. (2002). What did we learn in the six hybrid courses? Information Technology& Teacher Education Annual: Proceedings of SITE 2002. 854-858.
Morrow, D. (2002). An examination of types of learner interactivity in an online professional development course. Information Technology& Teacher Education Annual: Proceedings of SITE 2002. 871-875.
Palloff, R.M., & Pratt, K. (1999). Building learning communities in cyberspace: effective strategies for the online classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Rosen, D., & Bloom, A. (2002). Structuring distance education programs to enhance preservice teacher preparation. Information Technology& Teacher Education Annual: Proceedings of SITE 2002. 297-298.
Willis, B. (2002). The guiding assumptions of successful distance education programs. Information Technology& Teacher Education Annual: Proceedings of SITE 2002. 326-329.


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1. Classic Cam - Classic Cam is a camera app that automatically "develops" photos to give them a "retro" look, much the same as those old 70's prints you have in your photo album.
2. AnComPass - It's meant to be a compass, where you can input coordinates to where you want to go. Then application would tell to you to which direction and how long you should go to. It will use GPS-signals on locating.
3. komikku - Komikku is a manga viewer for onemanga.com and mangafox.com.
4. Classic Print - Classic Print allows you to load any photo image then apply and tweak settings to give the photos a classic retro look, like those 1970's prints you have in your photo album.
5. Cute WakeOnLan - Simple Application to broadcast "magic packets" to local network and wake computers that support Wake On Lan.
6. MServiceManager - Aim for the project is to offer a service framework for implementing application state transfer between two terminal devices, offering seamless user experience in mobile computing.
7. StockPeeker - Stock Peeker is a mobile application currently in development. Its aim is to provide the user with a source of finantial information, such as stock quotes and charts, currency exchange rates, relevant news, etc.
9. BuLi Scores - BuLi scores is a Widget for the N900 displaying live scores of the "1. Bundesliga" (Germany's major football league). It's written in Qt.
10. mPrayerTime - A simple application to calculate the five daily prayer-times for Muslims around the world.
11. A widget for Lich Viet - Provide a widget for Maemo 5 hildon-desktop. This is a part of Lich Viet project (VietNamese Lunar Calendar).
12. Lich Viet (VietNamese Lunar Calendar) - Lich Viet (VietNamese Lunar Calendar) for Maemo 5 and Meego. Lịch Âm dành cho cộng đồng Maemo 5 và Meego Việt Nam.


This model is a small window cleaner equipment, which is composed of a davit and an electric gondolas. It is often arranged in the podium and the top part of the building. It is cheap. The window cleaner is a special equipment for high-rise building facades and lighting roof cleaning and maintenance operations.
g.Hoists will operate for a long period of time without the need for overhaul.
h.With professional research and development capabilities, strong manufacturing capabilities, and flexible marketing methods, its products have been successfully sold to major provinces and cities in the country and Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Chile, Vietnam, and Middle East countries. More than 50 countries and regions Area.
i.High-tech Product Certification, Jinqiao Engineering Award, Quality, Service, Reputation AAA Enterprise, CE Certification.


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Il ghiacciaio Tebenkof (Tebenkof Glacier) è un ghiacciaio situato nell'Alaska (Stati Uniti) nel Census Area di Valdez-Cordova.

Dati fisici
Il ghiacciaio, che ha un orientamento sud-ovest/nord-est, si trova all'estremità nord-occidentale della Foresta Nazionale di Chugach (Chugach National Forest). È lungo più o meno 13 km, largo al massimo un chilometro e mezzo ed ha una superficie di 28 km².  Nasce nel gruppo montuoso Chugach (estremità nord-occidentale). Il fronte termina nel braccio di mare Blackstone Bay che si apre sul passaggio di mare Port Wells che fa parte dello Stretto di Prince William (Prince William Sound). In realtà la fronte del ghiacciaio in questi ultimi tempi termina circa un chilometro prima di raggiungere il mare (a circa 200  di quota). La sorgente del ghiacciaio è a circa 1.000  di quota.

Altri ghiacciai vicini al Tebenkof sono:

Storia
Fino al secolo XIX probabilmente terminava in mare. Oggi dalla fronte del ghiacciaio al mare sono visibili alcuni laghi marini ghiacciati e una grande pianura di scolo glaciale solcata da diversi torrenti. Dalle prime osservazioni il ghiacciaio si è ritirato di oltre 3 km e si è assottigliato di diverse centinaia di metri. Come tutti gli altri ghiacciai della Blackstone Bay, continua a ritirarsi e ad assottigliarsi. Alcuni studi dimostrano che il ghiacciaio ha avuto diversi episodi di avanzamento-ritiro negli ultimi 1.500 anni. Questi rilevamenti sono stati possibili in base ad alcuni ceppi di alberi trovati a varie distanze rispetto alla fronte attuale del ghiacciaio.

Il ghiacciaio è stato nominato nel 1909, dai cartografi Ulysses Sherman Grant e Daniel F. Higgins, in ricordo dell'ultimo governatore russo dell'Alaska: Mikhail Demitrievich Tebenkof. Governò l'Alaska dal 1845 al 1850 e fu il primo cartografo a pubblicare una topografia delle acque del Pacifico settentrionale dalle isole Aleutine occidentali fino all'insediamento russo di Fort Ross del 1812, in California.

Accessi e turismo
Il ghiacciaio è visibile dal braccio di mare Passage Canal che è raggiungibile solamente via mare da Whittier (20 km circa) a da Valdez (150 km circa). Durante la stagione turistica sono programmate diverse escursioni via mare da Whittier per visitare il ghiacciaio e quelli vicini.

Alcune immagini

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Foresta Nazionale di Chugach
 Monti Chugach
 Whittier
 Valdez

Altri progetti

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Technology, Innovation Walled Off in US-China Spat
China has long limited what foreign tech companies can do; now, the U.S. and others are implementing their own restrictions.
Zen SooTali Arbel
Women wearing masks pass by the ByteDance headquarters in Beijing, Aug. 7, 2020.
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's bans on two popular Chinese social media apps — TikTok and WeChat — are the latest moves in an escalating U.S.-China rift, and point to a future where technology and innovation are increasingly walled behind political barriers.
In China, the Communist Party has long limited what foreign tech companies can do. It blocks access to major U.S. internet services, like Google and Facebook, along with thousands of websites operated by news organizations and human rights, pro-democracy and other activist groups.
Those restrictions have helped nurture homegrown tech giants that in recent years have started expanding, and even dominating, outside China.
Now the U.S. and other countries are putting their own limits on China.
The executive orders from the White House are vague. But experts said they appear intended to bar TikTok and WeChat from the app stores run by Apple and Google when the orders take effect in 45 days. That would make them more difficult to use in the U.S.
"This is a pretty broad and pretty quick expansion of the technology cold war between the U.S. and China," said Steven Weber, faculty director for the University of California, Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity.
The Trump administration has been hawkish against China. A big example is Huawei, the world's biggest maker of smartphones and network equipment, and China's first global tech brand. Washington has moved to cut off Huawei Technologies Ltd.'s access to chips and other technology, tried to push allies away from Huawei and barred U.S. government funds from being used to pay for Huawei equipment in U.S. networks, citing security concerns.
The Trump administration has also blocked Chinese buyers from acquiring U.S. companies.
Now it's going after popular services used by millions globally. The effort is driven not only by security concerns but also Trump's anger at Beijing, blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic and for hurting his re-election chances, according to two White House officials not authorized to speak publicly about private deliberations.
"We are entering an era of an increasingly bifurcated internet, where it may become more difficult for Chinese information companies to succeed outside of China," said Lindsay Gorman, a fellow specializing in emerging technologies at the Alliance for Securing Democracy.
China's so-called Great Firewall has allowed Chinese internet powerhouses like e-commerce giant Alibaba, social media company Baidu and WeChat owner Tencent, which makes most of its money from online games and entertainment in China, to amass hundreds of millions of users — in some cases over a billion. For context, Facebook says it has more than 3 billion users across its various apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp and Messenger.
But Bytedance's TikTok has run into obstacles outside China. In the U.S., where TikTok says it has 100 million users, it may have to sell to Microsoft because of the U.S. government's national-security concerns. China's authoritarian government can demand access to data from companies, a concern that has also dogged Huawei. TikTok maintains that it does not share user data with the Chinese government nor censor content at its request. It suggested it would sue to make sure it and its user were "treated fairly."
WeChat, which has more than 1 billion users, is less well-known than TikTok to Americans without a connection to China. Mobile research firm Sensor Tower estimates about 19 million U.S. downloads of the app. But it is crucial infrastructure for Chinese students and residents in the U.S. to connect with friends and family in China, as well as for anyone who does business with China.
Within China, WeChat is censored and expected to adhere to content restrictions set by authorities. The Citizen Lab internet watchdog group in Toronto says WeChat monitors files and images shared abroad to aid its censorship in China.
"A U.S. ban of on WeChat would deepen the split between the United States and China on a human level by removing the de facto channel of communication for the Chinese diaspora," said Gorman.
Tencent also owns Riot Games, publisher of hit video game League of Legends, and has a big stake in Epic Games, the company behind video game phenomenon Fortnite. It also has a streaming deal with the NBA.
It's not clear what will result from Trump's executive orders, how WeChat and TikTok users will be affected, whether Tencent's other operations are at risk, or whether there is legal authority for what Trump wants to do.
More actions against Chinese technology companies may be coming from the U.S. and other countries, analysts say. China has a reputation for economic espionage and China-backed hackers have been blamed for breaches of U.S. federal databases and the credit agency Equifax.
"I think we'll only see even further attempts by the U.S. to ban or prohibit Chinese products, services and investment," said Andy Mok, senior research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing. He noted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's statement this week of wanting a "clean" internet and networks free of Chinese influence.
India has also blocked a slew of Chinese services, citing privacy concerns, amid a border standoff. The U.K. reversed plans for Huawei in its new high-speed mobile phone network. It said U.S. sanctions made it impossible to ensure the security of equipment made by the Chinese company.
"You start wondering what will happen in terms of globalization, both economically and politically, if we have every country having completely separate networks, with completely different technology economies, access to information and social spheres," said Tiffany Li, a visiting professor at the Boston University School of Law.
The Chinese foreign ministry accused Washington of "political manipulation" but did not indicate how Beijing might respond. Still, the ruling party has used the entirely state-controlled press to encourage public anger at Trump's actions.
"I don't want to use American products any more," said Sun Fanyu, an insurance salesperson in Beijing. "I will support domestic substitute products."


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Q: Selenium TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'service' I'm refactoring my app from procedural code to OOP. I am trying to do this Driver class.
UPDATE: this works in Windows but not in Mac.
# IMPORTS
from sys import platform
import os
from os import system

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import Firefox, FirefoxOptions
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
# import Action chains
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service

class Driver():
    def __init__(self):
        #set executable path to driver
        self.dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
        if platform == "win32":
            self.executable_path = os.path.join(self.dirname, 'geckodriver.exe') #must save the gecko file to same directory where python is. path to geckodriver (firefox drive/motor) on your machine
            print("Gecko (Firefox) filepath is: ", self.executable_path)
        if platform == "darwin":
            self.executable_path = os.path.join(self.dirname, 'geckodriver') #must save the gecko file to same directory where python is. path to geckodriver (firefox drive/motor) on your machine
            print("Gecko (Firefox) filepath is: ", self.executable_path)

        self.service = Service(self.executable_path)

        self.opts = FirefoxOptions()
        #self.opts.add_argument(f"--width={int(screen_width/4)}")
        #self.opts.add_argument(f"--height={int(screen_height/2)}")

        self.driver = Firefox(service=self.service, options=self.opts)

        self.driver.set_window_position(-10, 0)

        self.driver.get("https://google.com/")

Driver()

This will give me the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/driverClass.py", line 72, in <module>
    Driver()
  File "/driverClass.py", line 66, in __init__
    self.driver = Firefox(service=self.service, options=self.opts)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'service'

Why is this? I'm refactoring my code to OOP. The code worked before when using procedural code.
This is from the working code:
# driver configs
service = Service(executable_path) #pass in path to geckodriver
opts = FirefoxOptions()
#opts.add_argument(f"--width={int(screen_width/4)}")
#opts.add_argument(f"--height={int(screen_height/2)}")
driver = Firefox(service=service, options=opts)

driver.set_window_position(-10, 0)
#driver.set_window_size(int(screen_width/4), int(screen_height))

driver.get("https://google.com/")

A: This error message...
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'service'

...implies that service is an unexpected keyword argument.
The possible reason, you are still using Selenium v3.x and the keyword argument service
wasn't supported.

Solution
Since Selenium 4.0 Beta 1:

Deprecate all but Options and Service arguments in driver instantiation. (#9125,#9128)

So you need to upgrade to Selenium 4.x

References
You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussion in:

*

*TypeError: init() got an unexpected keyword argument 'service' error using Python Selenium ChromeDriver with company pac file

A: self.driver = Firefox(service=self.service, options=self.opts)

The Firefox webdriver doesn't take a service keyword argument:
https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/api.html#module-selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver
It would be helpful to see the older working version.

A: I encountered the same error and fixed this problem by upgrading to Selenium 4.0
I am using Anaconda python.
To upgrade to Selenium 4.0 on Anaconda, run the following command;
$ conda install https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch::selenium

The following command also works fine.
$ conda install selenium --channel conda-forge/noarch

At this point of writing, you cannot upgrade Selenium using the normal conda command conda update selenium. Running this command will install selenium v3

You have to specify the installation on the noarch version which supports selenium v4.1
The link below teaches you how to do that.
Specify platform during package install

A: As you can see when you call
Firefox(service=self.service, options=self.opts)

it raises because Firefox class does not accept service kwarg
If you are trying to set up a Firefox web driver you can see similar question


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Myth and reality
Print edition : May 16, 2014 T+ T-
A Muslim resident walks past overflowing sewage in the Juhapura area of Ahmedabad where mainly victims of the 2002 communal riots live. Photo: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP
"VIJAY VISHWAS" is what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat calls its campaign. Broadly, it means confident of victory and victory for all. The party believes that its victory in all the Assembly elections in the past decade proves its capability to be in the Central government. The BJP's promise to the people of Gujarat is that if it has done so much for the people in the State, it will do even more from the Centre.
Yet, it would be a mistake for Chief Minister Narendra Modi to think that his party will take all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in the State. A trip to a few crucial constituencies in the State and conversations with political observers in Gujarat reveal that the Congress has several safe seats and cannot be dismissed that easily. Moreover, past general elections have shown that while the BJP may have won the majority of seats (2004: BJP-14, Congress-12; 2009: BJP-15, Congress-11), the difference in vote share between the two parties had reduced from 3.51 per centage points in 2004 to 3.14 per centage points in 2009.
Although Gujarat is a BJP stronghold, observers say the party is likely to face a few setbacks in this election. To begin with, master planners Modi and his former Minister Amit Shah, whose presence in electioneering is apparently crucial to mobilising votes, have not been campaigning actively in Gujarat. Shah is in Uttar Pradesh and Modi, being the party's prime ministerial candidate, has been campaigning across the country. Moreover, voters are sceptical about Modi's "development model" and his delivery on promises. Additionally, the minorities, Dalits and people in the tribal belt feel they have been neglected consistently. There has been virtually no development for these groups which form a significant section of the electorate. Ever since it became a State, Gujarat has had just two political parties: the Congress and the BJP. Unlike in other States, a third front has never emerged, and the few attempts by leaders at creating regional parties have had little success. This has been attributed to its cultural ethos and the homogeneity of the State's population. In 2014, again, it is a head-to-head battle between the two parties.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), while making inroads into other States, has put up a few token candidates in Gujarat. Its Kanubhai Kalsariya from Bhavnagar has the potential to win as he enjoys the goodwill of the people in the region because of his work among farmers.
The AAP did not give the dancer Mallika Sarabhai the party ticket. Informed sources say her style of questioning the party's internal policies made her lose out on her candidature. "They should have put her up as a candidate. She is a very popular and well-known figure in Ahmedabad, particularly among the minorities," one of the sources said.
The ordinary citizen appears to be divided on his opinion about sending Modi to Parliament to be the Prime Minister. "He will turn India into a Gujarat. He is an autocrat. Everyone in Gujarat knows that without him the State will not function. Modi only wants to please the rich industrialists. He has no time for the common man. He lied to us about employment and development, now he is lying to the nation," said Lalji Patel, a farmer in Dholera taluk.
"That isn't true. Modi has made Gujarat a showpiece. We are confident he can remove corruption and put the country on the right road," said Bhavesh Shah, a car dealer in Ahmedabad. "We need economic development, and a Modi government will do that."
Voting patterns
"Both issues and caste/community determine votes in Gujarat. The pattern essentially is more rural versus urban," said Achyut Yagnik of the Centre for Social Knowledge and Action, an Ahmedabad-based non-governmental organisation. For instance, according to him, the older generation in rural areas will vote according to caste and community. Their grandchildren or children, who have shifted to urban centres, will often vote on the basis of issues or political opinion, said Yagnik.
The Congress must not be dismissed that easily, said Yagnik. Among the 26 seats, invariably it will get two seats in the Saurashtra region, one from Anand district and the other from Sabarkantha, and a couple of seats from central and north Gujarat.
"These are traditional Congress strongholds, and in all likelihood will be won again by the party," he said.
The constituencies that are worth watching are Vadodara and Sabarkantha. Vadodara, from where Modi is contesting, is a safe seat for the BJP. The Congress has fielded its general secretary Madhusudhan Mistry against him. Also known as party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's right-hand man, Mistry has won the Sabarkantha seat twice and is known for his strong groundwork. Observers say that if nothing else, it will be an interesting election. Shankarsinh Vaghela, who is known for bringing down the BJP government in revolt in the 1990s, is contesting from Sabarkantha.
Communities such as Kolis and Patels play an important role in elections, and most parties spent a fair amount of energy wooing them, said Yagnik. Kolis, who constitute 20 per cent of the population, are part of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). They have in recent times become more aware through education and exposure. If they decide to back a party or a candidate it could be a game changer.
The Patel community, which forms about 15 per cent of the population, is split between Lueva Patels and Kadva Patels—lower- and upper-caste Patels who do not see eye to eye.
Kadva Patels have traditionally gone with the BJP, but in recent elections Luevas have also leaned towards it. Both have a huge voter base and it is usually given that the candidate they support will win. An area where Modi has failed is in developing the tribal belt and, of course, in making an impact among the minorities. The absolute lack of development that helped the tribal people, who constitute 15 per cent of the population, will go against the BJP. According to Yagnik, employment or the lack of it is a major factor in Gujarat, and Modi has done little to address the issue. "Gujaratis are a mercantile class. If business and income are good, they are satisfied. Otherwise, the government will pay the price," he said.
Polarisation complete
Even though Modi is trying hard to stay off the communal agenda, his foot soldiers appear determined to press on. When senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh said that "all those opposed to Narendra Modi should go to Pakistan as they have no place in India", not only did the Election Commission get upset but so did many Muslims, who believe that when you scratch the surface you will realise how communal the BJP continues to be.
"How can we believe they will not target us when these statements come out," said Rasheeda Ansari, a social worker in Ahmedabad's Juhapura area. "They will make us leave if they come to power."
The 9.5 per cent Muslim population of Gujarat is a significant vote bank. Yet because of the oppressive climate in the State, the community has never risen in politics. The last time a Muslim won a Lok Sabha election from Gujarat was in 1984. There are 67 Muslim candidates from the State standing for election, most of them contesting as independents. The Congress, in spite of being the recipient of Muslim votes, has fielded just one, from Navsari. The BJP has none.
In fact, there are three key constituencies that have a large percentage of Muslim voters: Kutch, Ahmedabad and Bharuch.
"We keep voting Congress for lack of an alternative. But they have also done nothing for us. Obviously, we cannot vote for the BJP. Their persecution may not be so blatant but it is still there," said Rasheeda Ansari. Modi has not apologised for the 2002 riots. In fact, very little has been done for the victims. Rasheeda Ansari said not only did they live in the worst possible conditions, but many believed justice had not been served. Many people who led the riots are free and, worse still, hold elected office.
"There is no question of tactical voting or minority consolidation in Gujarat. The Congress does not give us the ticket. It has not been in power for more than 10 years. Our votes are practically useless. By all accounts we are voiceless," said Irfan Amin, another social worker in Ahmedabad. "They have created a situation where Muslims do not have access to education, health care or employment. It's marginalisation at its best."
Ahmedabad is perhaps the best example of how successful the BJP has been in polarising the two communities. After the 2002 riots, the city has steadily and systematically become polarised. Muslims have virtually been hounded out of the new city and have had to re-establish themselves in the old city, which traditionally has a large Muslim population. Not many here will be convinced by Modi's secular-speak.
A report of the National Election Studies (NES) of Lokniti at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) says: "Politics in Gujarat is quite polarised where regional parties have not yet carved out a space for themselves. In this sense, the constituency-level configuration of party and candidate plays a more significant role for the Muslim electorate in Gujarat. Thus, Muslim voting to any particular party in States is not an outcome of any national strategy; rather, the voting preferences of Muslims, it seems, are constituted at the grassroots level."
Development mantra
"Development for whom and for what?" asked Vaibhav Jadeja, a cotton farmer in Jamnagar. "This area has seen hundreds of farmer suicides in the past few years and not a single Minister from Modi's Cabinet visited us. Instead they want our land to be given to big industrialists."
Jadeja believes that the people of the State are no longer convinced by the Gujarat model of development. "They said industry would give employment, which did not happen. We still face massive water shortages and electricity cuts. Schools are few and hospitals are badly equipped. This is no model for the country," he said.
Farmers in Dholera, who stand to lose their fertile land to a special economic zone, say they are disappointed with the Modi government for not protecting them. "He will appease big industry at the cost of agriculture, and this is finally sinking in with the farmers," said Sagar Rabari, a farmer and activist. "They will vote locally, not always for the party. They seem to have lost faith in Modi. Yet there are few alternatives."
Gujarat has a large and unique middle class, which consists largely of traders and merchants. They are the only people convinced by Modi's economics. However, even they are practical; if it stops working for them, he will have to answer. For instance, small- and medium-scale industries have been affected by big industry, and this will result in business going down. "We will wait and see how people react to this," said Rabari.
Experts say social indices are more accurate indicators of development. Modi has created such hype about Gujarat that when his detractors begin analysing the data, the State stands exposed.
Here is a sample of Gujarat's performance. According to UNICEF's 2012 report on children, every second child under the age of five in Gujarat is undernourished and three out of four are anaemic. The girl child ratio has worsened from 964 in 2001 to 890 in 2011. Infant mortality, one of the best indicators of the success of a government, is at a low ranking of 11, with 44 deaths per 1,000 live births. Census 2011 shows that 67 per cent of the rural households in the State have no access to toilets; 65 per cent defecate in the open.
The BJP also claims that Gujarat has achieved 100 per cent enrolment in primary schools; the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has ranked it at the 18th position among Indian States in keeping children in schools.
Economic performance is equally poor. The GDP growth under Modi has been 9 per cent, but it was 16 per cent during the regimes of Madhavsinh Solanki and Chimanbhai Patel of the Congress. It ranks fifth in foreign direct investment. The much-publicised Vibrant Gujarat summits have proved to be failures. In 2011, the summit supposedly secured Rs.20 lakh crore in investments in industry. Eventually, Rs.29,813 crore was invested, says the government's socio-economic review for 2011. Of the 8,300 memorandums of understanding signed, only 250 actually became a reality.
A political analyst points out that hard facts will prove that Gujarat is not the best example of either progress or development.
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