This article is the continuation of our interview with Yahki published last month.
Can you give us any statics on the number of users?
Yahki has average of 2500 daily page views.
Why do think people will use Yahki?
As I said earlier, Stories are what makes us Human, The Story is the thing. Yahki is a very easy to use storytelling social network that enables it's users to make awesome stories to inform, persuade, motivate, entertain.
To elaborate, this tool allows you to build a narrative around a theme, story, event, or issue. Your building blocks are online articles, curated from all social networks. If it's on the web, it can be in your story. Plus, you weave in your own touch and magic to add context.
Once you've published your story on Yahki, you can easily share it with your friends on almost all popular social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+). More over if you used and items in the story from other social networks – say twitter – the story is shared as well with the author of the tweet informing him that his opinion was used in a story by you. and thus opens a new channel for knowing and connecting to new friends. A Great conversation starter and a unique channel to discover and connect with new people based on true interests.
Yahki stories are fun and fascinating. The combination of photos, links, and social media conversation can be serious or light-hearted and as rich and diverse as you make it.
Storytelling is about Sharing and Engaging, and Yahki is great if you want to do that.
What is your favorite feature on the website?
If you sign up, you have two main pages of your own. "My Stories" where you manage all your created stories and "My Media" that's where you mange your different social accounts to bring your own content from them into Yahki.
"My Media" is really cool and is what I love using all the time in Yahki. In "My Media" the user has the ability to link to his different social accounts – currently Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Youtube (and we are always adding more networks) – and be able to look at all his social media contributions and favorites from one place. Not only that, he also has a classification tool (similar to Tagging) we call "Labels" that enables him to assign Labels to different content across his different accounts. This gives the user a genuine view of his various posts on his different accounts in one place, gathered and classified at his will and further simplifies his story making.
What do you plan to achieve with Yahki?
How are you getting the word out? Have you carried out any marketing campaigns?
We leverage social media and word of mouth for the vast majority of our marketing, using platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Youtube because they are widely used by the customers in our demographic market. This strategy is key to lower customer acquisition costs and achieve a quicker break-even point.
We did not carry out any Marketing campaigns.
Inbound marketing and content creation.
What advice do you have for entrepreneurs in the MENA region?
The first one is the belief that an Entrepreneur is a Natual Risk Seekers / Taker and so they rush into a venture. This is a falacy. Any Business Venture includes risk, but taking risk is not what characterizes Entrepreneurs.
True Entrepreneurs are not gamblers, they are Visionaries. They see what other do not. They follow their hearts to make dreams realities and to add true value to their users. They Innovate and deliver. When it come to risk, they calculate it and do their best to minimize it.
The second mistake, which is very much derived from the first, is assuming that when innovating the hardest part is coming up with a good idea. That's actually the easy part. No matter how much work you have done, no matter how careful your analysis, the only thing you can be sure of is that your first idea is wrong in some meaningful way.
Ask any successful entrepreneur, they will tell you the gap between the first idea and the right idea can be very wide.
Best innovators design and execute smart strategic experiments to address their biggest risks, which brings us back to the first mistake.
So my advice would be very simple, follow your vision, your dream and your heart. Iterate on your idea and simplify it as much as you can. Simplify it to the extent that it can't be simpler. When done, execute carefully and in experimental chunks to validate your hypothesis and minimize your risk and exposure. And finally never be afraid – no matter what phase you are at – to go back to the drawing board.
Finally, here's another video I took at Arabnet with the guys from Yahki showcasing their new live editing feature they were working on at the time. To be quite honest the platform is very interesting but until you use it (or see it in action) you don't realize what you can do with it, that's why I took out my phone and starting filming right away as they were showing it to me.
I'd like to thank the Yahki team for their time in answering our questions and wish them the best of luck. If you would like to stay informed on more news from startups in the MENA region signup to receive our newsletter.


Siemens has developed two new communication modules for connecting RFID (radio frequency identification) read/write devices to Profinet networks. The Simatic RF180C module connects the devices directly to Profinet, while the RF170C establishes a connection via the company`s Simatic ET 200pro distributed I/O device. The main application areas are expected to be in mechanical equipment manufacturing, conveyors, and assembly lines.
Read/write devices for any RFID system can be operated via the modules (shown above), which are IP67-protected, allowing them to be installed outside of control cabinets.
• Omron has announced that it is investing $20m in its RFID business over a two-year period, and boosting its production of RFID inlays, initially to 250 million a year, and to more than 350 million within 12 months. The company has also developed a new UHF reader technology that, it claims, will extend RFID reading ranges and improve performance.


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Who better to demonstrate the wonderful skills of the top motocross rider than six-times world 500cc Motocross Champion Roger de Coster? Roger took time out at the Suzuka test circuit in Japan to show novices and experts alike how to ride motocross bikes competently, safely for enjoyment and fast! How to get off the start line before the rest, how to ride the berm, how to take off and land from jumps, drifting ...it's all here. Filming from the ground, from the helicopter and in slow motion makes great viewing. Roger de Coster riding a works Honda is the same as ever - impressive!


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Q: Commonly used alias for sqlalchemy module when using import module_name as module_alias For some libraries such as numpy and pandas we usually import them with the np and pd aliases.
I am asking whether there is a widely known alias for the sqlalchemy module in python as in
import module_name as module_alias

I have already searched in google without great success:
site:docs.sqlalchemy.org "import sqlalchemy as"

So far, I have seen some people are using these two:
import sqlalchemy as sa
import sqlalchemy as db

A: In example on Pandas website:
import pandas as pd

That is the same with numpy.
Other aspects: PyQt5, PySide2 often use:
from PySide2.xxx import Yyy.

Back to sqlalchemy:The example is usually written as:
from sqlalchemy import Abc
from sqlalchemy.xxx import Yyy

Why are you worried about that.If you insist on searching then I think this will work for you.
"import sqlalchemy as sa" site:https://*.sqlalchemy.org

A: Despite in sqlalchemy they do not use it, in the alembic documentation it's often used import sqlalchemy as sa for importing sqlalchemy.
Alembic is a lightweight database migration tool for usage with the SQLAlchemy Database Toolkit for Python.

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Q: Why is this Julia snippet so much slower than the Python equivalent? (with dictionaries) I have the following code in Python Jupyter:
n = 10**7
d = {}

%timeit for i in range(n): d[i] = i

%timeit for i in range(n): _ = d[i]

%timeit d[10]

with the following times:
763 ms ± 19.1 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)
692 ms ± 3.74 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)
39.5 ns ± 0.186 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000000 loops each)

and this on Julia
using BenchmarkTools
d = Dict{Int64, Int64}()
n = 10^7
r = 1:n

@btime begin
    for i in r
        d[i] = i
    end
end

@btime begin
    for i in r
        _ = d[i]
    end
end

@btime d[10]

with times:
  2.951 s (29999490 allocations: 610.34 MiB)
  3.327 s (39998979 allocations: 762.92 MiB)
  20.163 ns (0 allocations: 0 bytes)

What I am not quite able to understand is why the Julia one seems to be so much slower in dictionary value assignation and retrieval in a loop (first two tests), but at the same time is so much faster in single key retrieval (last test). It seems to be 4 times slower when in a loop, but twice as fast if not in a loop. I'm new to Julia, so I am not sure if I am doing something un-optimal or if this is somehow expected.

A: Since you are benchmarking in a top-level scope you have to interpolate variables in @btime with $ so the way to benchmark your code is:
julia> using BenchmarkTools

julia> d = Dict{Int64, Int64}()
Dict{Int64, Int64}()

julia> n = 10^7
10000000

julia> r = 1:n
1:10000000

julia> @btime begin
           for i in $r
               $d[i] = i
           end
       end
  842.891 ms (0 allocations: 0 bytes)

julia> @btime begin
           for i in $r
               _ = $d[i]
           end
       end
  618.808 ms (0 allocations: 0 bytes)

julia> @btime $d[10]
  6.300 ns (0 allocations: 0 bytes)
10

Timing for Python 3 on the same machine in Jupyter Notebook is:
n = int(10.0**7)
d = {}
%timeit for i in range(n): d[i] = i
913 ms ± 87.7 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)
%timeit for i in range(n): _ = d[i]
816 ms ± 92.7 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)
%timeit d[10]
50.2 ns ± 2.97 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000000 loops each)

However, for the first operation I assume you rather wanted to benchmark this:
julia> function f(n)
           d = Dict{Int64, Int64}()
           for i in 1:n
               d[i] = i
           end
       end
f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> @btime f($n)
  1.069 s (72 allocations: 541.17 MiB)

against this:
def f(n):
    d = {}
    for i in range(n):
        d[i] = i
%timeit f(n)
1.18 s ± 65.7 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)

It should also be noted that using a specific value of n can be misleading as Julia and Python are not guaranteed to resize their collections at the same moments and to the same new sizes (in order to store a dictionary you normally allocate more memory than needed to avoid hash collisions and here actually a specific value of tested n might matter).
EDIT
Note that if I declare global variables as const all is fast, as then the compiler can optimize the code (it knows the types of the values bound to global variables cannot change); therefore then using $ is not needed:
julia> using BenchmarkTools

julia> const d = Dict{Int64, Int64}()
Dict{Int64, Int64}()

julia> const n = 10^7
10000000

julia> const r = 1:n
1:10000000

julia> @btime begin
           for i in r
               d[i] = i
           end
       end
  895.788 ms (0 allocations: 0 bytes)

julia> @btime begin
           for i in $r
               _ = $d[i]
           end
       end
  582.214 ms (0 allocations: 0 bytes)

julia> @btime $d[10]
  6.800 ns (0 allocations: 0 bytes)
10

If you are curious what are the benefits of having a native support for threading here is a simple benchmark (this functionality is a part of the language):
julia> Threads.nthreads()
4

julia> @btime begin
           Threads.@threads for i in $r
               _ = $d[i]
           end
       end
  215.461 ms (23 allocations: 2.17 KiB)


Why Should You Outsource Your Accounting And Tax Services?
Singapore is well known as an international business hub. This is evident through the progressive nature of Singapore's corporate taxation, which is one of the lowest in the world, thus attracting foreign and local entrepreneurs into investing. The growth of businesses has led to the increase in demand for accounting services in Singapore.
Higher business profits and ROI are the core goals of any business regardless of type or size. Every business is working hard daily basis to generate as much profit as possible. In order to achieve these core goals, you need to have a well-guarded management system and proper internal control. Accounting and taxation are among the major elements that any business needs to take care of carefully.
In Singapore, various accounting firms offer a wide variety of services like accounting, taxation and bookkeeping services that are focused on taking care of a business's financial matters.
Outsourcing accounting services to professional firms ensure that your finances are managed by experts with an acute understanding of Singapore's accounting standards. This means to say that these firms can deliver their work efficiently in accordance with all statutory requirements by GAAP, SFRS and ACRA.
Outsourcing to professional accounting firms ensure error-free calculation of tax and accounting entries and records. It is critical to ensure minimal or no errors in such crucial aspects of your business to avoid any financial issues or legal complications.
Another advantage for outsourcing accounting services to a professional firm is that it can save you time and money. Remember, professionals working with these firms are experts who will get the tasks done in a competent and meticulous manner.
Lastly, it is worth considering that outsourcing is cost-effective compared to hiring, training and maintaining an expert accountant in your organization. These expenses can be spent on expanding your marketing or production budget.
Accounting firms offer you the best opportunity to get your accounts settled without any problem and also assuring you of compliance with the IRAS regulations. You will never have to worry about non-compliance and other related problems that may include heavy penalties and court summons for those that do not comply with the law.
Many advantages come along with outsourcing your accounting services to a recognized firm that can value add to your operations and enhance your ROI. The improved efficiency in your business will definitely be beneficial in the long run.


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BOOS FOR HILLARY PROVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A HUGE ISSUE - AND ONE THAT HELPS THE GOP
Hillary Rodham Clinton got a reminder in Iowa today of just how divisive the issue of immigration is –- on both sides of the ideological spectrum. She drew a lusty chorus of boos from advocates of laws permitting illegal immigrants to become citizens as she spoke at the Heartland Forum, a Democratic presidential forum organized by a collection of community groups here.
It happened as Mrs. Clinton was pressed on whether she was prepared, within the first 100 days of her presidency, to push through legislation that would give undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. The question drew applause.
"I have been in favor of a path to citizenship for years," Mrs. Clinton said, according to a transcript provided by Radio Iowa. "I voted it in the Senate and, as president, comprehensive immigration reform will be a high priority for me."
She drew a scattering of applause but her questioner pressed Mrs. Clinton about whether she would do that in her first 100 days.
MSNBC:
The Democratic presidential candidates braved the ice and snow covering the streets of Des Moines to attend the Heartland Presidential Forum in Des Moines Saturday afternoon. Edwards, Kucinich, Dodd and Obama spoke at the forum. Clinton spoke to the crowd via phone. She had initially canceled her appearance yesterday during the hostage crisis at her field office in Rochester, NH.
The forum, organized by three non-profits, brought together groups of community leaders from Iowa and several other states who worked on issues like farming, immigration and urban poverty. Assembled on the stage were groups of three individuals who told personal stories and asking pointed questions like, "Do you think corporate America has too much power?" But most significantly, it gave a voice to the group of individuals at the crux of one of the most heated political debates in this election cycle -- illegal immigration.
Mayte, a young woman who immigrated with her mother from Mexico when she was 6, made a fiery and teary plea for immigration reform to allow young women like her who had been educated in the United States and were contributing to American society a chance to fully integrate by becoming legal residents. Clinton, in responding to the young woman's story, was booed loudly several times for her answers on immigration reform.
ABC:
The senator was asked if she would "make a decision to give undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship" during her first 100 days in office. Clinton responded saying, "I have been favoring a plan to citizenship for years. I voted for it in the Senate, I have spoke out about it around Iowa and the country and in my campaign. And as president comprehensive immigration reform will be a high priority for me."
Soft booing could be heard from the audience. The man repeated his question about the first 100 days. Clinton replied, "Well you've to get congress to pass the legislation and the president to do as much as possible, which I will do." Louder boos came from the crowd.
Clinton was thanked for her appearance and the moderator expressed sympathies for the ordeal she suffered yesterday. Clinton thanked the moderator. More booing could be heard from the crowd again after she hung up the line.
The Iowans at this forum are different than Iowans elsewhere - THEY ARE THE HARD LEFT OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY. AND THEY CALL THE SHOTS NOW.
Meanwhile, the Vast majority of Americans of both major parties and independents DON'T WANT THE FEDS TO PRETEND TO MAKE THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM GO AWAY BY MAKING THE ILLEGALS LEGAL.
THE PROBLEM ISN'T THAT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IS ILLEGAL. (THOUGH THAT'S WHAT THE LIBS THINK!) THAT'S THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS PROBLEM.
OUR PROBLEM IS THAT THEY'RE HERE, AND STILL STREAMING IN, UNCHECKED.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THE 2008 ELECTION - AND IT BREAKS WELL FOR CONSERVATIVES.
THE SECOND BIGGEST ISSUE IS ENERGY COSTS, AND INCREASING ENERGY SUPPLIES. WHICH ALSO BREAKS WELL FOR THE GOP.
POLTICIANS WHO CARE MORE ABOUT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT THAN THE HARD-WORKING, TAX-PAYING CITIZENS OF THE USA WILL LOSE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
ADDENDUM: THE DEBATE WAS HELD DESPITE THE TERRIBLE WINTER STORM WHICH STRUCK IOWA AND THE ENTIRE MID-WEST. GEE: I WONDER IF GLOBAL WARMING CAME UP!?
COMPLETE ROUND UP HERE AT MEMEORANDUM.
Posted by Reliapundit at 9:31 PM
Labels: 2008 election, IMMIGRATION
tired said...
The way to put a end to this is simple. Cut all benefits to the illegle immigrant, like welfare,housing,social security and medicare.This is costing tax payers about 333 Billion dollars a year,and buy law they shoulded be receving them. Fine all employers that hire them. When there is nothing left to keep them here illegle they will go home on there own.

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Garden City High School
#1Herd
Last Sugar Beet issue printed in Garden City
September 6, 2018 September 7, 2018 ~ Garden City High School
Kayla Nguyen
Sugar beet staff reporter
Over the years the Garden City Telegram has given numerous copies of newspaper. The bundle of pages wrapped in one too many rubber bands, and the fresh smell of ink. The telegram has supplied the community with what's going on. But, the beloved newspaper will be shutting down printing in Garden City and move to Hutchinson, starting with the Sunday 2 edition will be printed from Hutchinson. It has become a long-standing tradition that the Garden City Paper be printed in it's home town, but that's coming to an end. Not only has this affected the Telegram, but has effected the Garden City High School Sugar Beet as well. The Sugar Beet has used the telegram as a source to print it's newspaper for decades.
"It's kinda breaking the tradition of the Sugar Beet being printed in Garden City during the course of 108 years", said Sugar Beet advisor, Brian Nelson.
The Telegram is now printing in Hutchinson because the newsprint tariffs and trade wars, causing the news print tariffs to raise prices up to 30 percent higher than normal, causing many newspaper businesses to join in printing at one place.
Dena Sattler, Publisher of Garden City Telegram, said, "This was a business decision to basically utilize our resources in Hutchinson, they have newer equipment and it's just a way to consolidate services."
Sattler has made sure the publishing of the Telegram is a well-oiled machine, and keeps these expectations for the change to Hutchinson. She's said there has been a couple of occasions that the Telegram has printed in Hutchinson before and knows that this will work out in a positive way. Due to the newer printing equipment over there, it'll sort of be an upgrade in color and quality.
This year the Sugar Beet will be publishing their newspaper every other week instead of weekly. Also, the paper will be eight pages instead of the six pages as printed last year.
"I think everyone will have to adjust a little bit having to have work night earlier in the week and be ready sooner. But other than that it shouldn't be too big of a deal.", said Chloe Hanigan, health senior, said.
The move to Hutchinson shouldn't effect the Sugar Beet or Garden City Telegram too much. It should be unnoticeable to readers.
Kayla Nguyen is a health sophomore. Contact her at nguyenk3@student.gckschools.com
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Mother Nature tried her best to prevent the race with tons of rain delays, but the NMCA staff was patient and eventually the storms passed and cars were able to get down the track at the 16th Annual NMCA QuickFuel Technology Bluegrass Nationals featuring the Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. A monumental effort was made by all to get the race in before the weather turned once again, and, incredibly, all was said and done just before 4:00pm on Sunday as winners headed to the Aerospace Components Winners' Circle.
The three power adders of the VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod category were all well represented, but it was Steve Summers whose twin-turbocharged '16 Camaro took top honors after qualifying on a 3.810 at 214.45 mph hit. Daniel Pharris of Sikeston, Missouri, had a few minor issues with his gorgeous new Mustang during the weekend, but it wasn't enough to keep him from squaring off against Billy Harper in the finals. There, Harper fouled at the start and opened the door for Pharris to take the win; Pharris had problems getting down the track, but got it done and made the victory official.
In Dart Pro Stock, Kevin Lawrence was the number-one qualifier on a 7.125-second hit in his '10 Cobalt. Several highly-competitive drivers all gave it their best shot in eliminations, and Kevin Lawrence and Rob Pearce were ready to run in the finals, but the two men mutually decided to pack it up early and finish the race that the 12th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing in Joliet, Illinois in late July instead.
Josh Klugger of Fiscus/Klugger Racing had the field covered in qualifying and rocketed to the front of the Mickey Thompson Radial Wars field with his turbocharged '93 Mustang. The class featured many of the nation's quickest and fastest radial-tire entries, but it was Marty Stinnett of Kuttawa, Kentucky, and Dave Adkins in the all-small-block final round as the last men standing. Ultimately, it was Stinnett who got to the finish first, and he picked up his first win of the season behind the wheel of his '93 Mustang.
Meanwhile, VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw had a tight field take on qualifying and it was Charlie Cooper who came out ahead when he ran 4.466 at 172.67 mph in his '91 Mustang. By the end of the weekend, only Nathan Stinson and Rob Goss were still in the game. During the last round, Goss had the holeshot advantage, but Stinson of Greenbrier, Tennessee, was far quicker in his '74 Nova and picked up his first win, as well as a new personal best 4.57 elapsed time along the way.
Watson Racing's Chuck Watson was the number-one qualifier in Holley EFI Factory Super Cars when his '16 Cobra Jet went 8.211 at 165.15 mph. Watson worked his way to the last pairing of the weekend, but Scott Libersher of Wilmington, Illinois, and his '15 Camaro got to the finish first on a holeshot victory, despite a slightly slower elapsed time of 8.317 at 164.81 mph to Watson's 8.265 at 165.23 mph.
The exciting nitrous oxide powered action of ARP Nitrous Pro Street had five drivers battling it out for bragging rights, and Jeff Rudolf led the group thanks to a 7.331 at 186.07 mph run from his '69 Nova. Rudolf rode it out through eliminations all the way to the finals, but Don Baskin of Covington, Tennessee, and his '10 Camaro wound up taking the win with a quick 7.462 at 188.28 mph pass.
The Edelbrock Xtreme Street class is always hotly contested, but Jessie Coulter made it look easy when he ran 7.502 at 186.30 mph and had the lead in qualifying by two-tenths of a second. Bart Tobener of Winder, Georgia, and his S550 Mustang were also giving it their all, and Tobener's efforts were rewarded with a trip to the final round where he defeated Louie Filippides by nearly a full second.
All-motor power is the name of the game in Boninfante Racing NA 10.5 and Leonard Long had his '95 Mustang set on hill when he clicked off an 8.000 at 172.06 mph hit during qualifying to earn the number-one position. It wound up being Dwight Ausmus against T.J. Strange in the finals, and LaFollette, Tennessee-based Ausmus took the win light with an 8.080 at 168.56 mph run from his '72 Firebird.
The big stocker Fastest Street Car Stock/Super Stock Combo class saw 24 entries take to the track in hopes of winning it big, but ultimately it was Rick Pennington and Mike Morris who stuck it out to the end. A -0.004 light for Morris meant he headed back to the trailer, while Pennington detoured to the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle before heading back to Mt. Olive, Alabama, with his '81 Malibu.
With a massive field of 51 car and driver pairs entered for the ATI Nostalgia Super Stock category, it was anyone's guess as to who would take the win. In qualifying, though, Joe Ewing ran closest to his dial in when he ran just 0.005-seconds over with a 10.505-second hit. The last pairing of the weekend saw Brent Wheeler take on Jim Netherland, and both men dialed 10.50 for their rides. A double break-out situation ensued, but Wheeler of Watkinsville, Georgia, had the lesser of two evils and turned the win lights on in his lane courtesy of his '66 Coronet.
The classic muscle cars were out in force for the Detroit True Trac Nostalgia Muscle Car category, but the number-one qualifying run belong to the '66 Mustang of Mike Roup when it put down a 13.502-second hit on a 13.50 dial in. Only Jerry Stamps and Andy Warren were able to get to the incredible final round, though, and it was one of the closest races of the weekend. Stamps cut a 0.046-second light to Warren's 0.048-second one, and Stamps ran dead on his dial with a 12.000 at 110.75 mph trip to take the win over Warren's 10.008 at 132.17 mph effort on his 10.00 dial.
With an absolutely perfect 0.000-second reaction time in MagnaFuel Open Comp qualifying, Norman Crane and his '93 Mustang were the number one to beat going into eliminations. For the finals, it was Donnie Bowles of Madisonville, Kentucky, and his '05 Mustang against Kurt Neighbor. The two heavy hitters duked it out with a close race, but were a little too eager as the double break-out situation worked out in Bowles' favor.
Gear Vendors True Street was filled with a wide variety of wicked street cars. After the requisite cruise and three hits on the drag strip, it was hometown hero Doug Flynn whose 8.538-second average earned him the overall win with his '72 Nova. Randy Thomas was the runner up as he averaged 8.952-seconds between his three hits, and Kevin McCotter took the win in the 9-second category. For the 10-second group, Richard Doyle was deemed a winner while Jeff Brady did the deed in the 11-second group. Andy Warren won the 12-second showdown, and Jason Stephenson earned top honors in the 13-second section.
Don't miss the next stop in the NMCA E3 Spark Plugs Drag Racing Series, the 12th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois on July 27-30, 2016!


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Modern Farmer i — Summer 2015, #8
There has been a movement afoot in recent years to make connections between what we eat, how we live and the planet. Modern Farmer exists for people who want to be a part of that movement—it is for window-herb growers, career farmers, people who have chickens, people who want to have chickens and anyone who wants to know more about how food reaches their plate.
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We decided to publish two different duck covers: a Magpie fronts subscriber and Modern Farm shop copies, while the playful Pekin will pop up on newsstands starting June 16th.
Inside, an eight-page feature details both breeds—along with 10 others—and delivers advice on everything from ordering hatchlings to feeding and housing your flock. Also in the summer issue: how to save tomato seeds and build a compost bin, recipes from America's most farm-friendly chefs, an in-depth look at the environmental hazards of fertilizer run-off, and much, much more.
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"Learn to Knit" was on my on 2014 New Year's Resolution list, staring at me all year long. In 2015 that goal is now a stern glare. Or is that a look of jealousy as I play faithfully each day with my crochet hooks?
The beautiful, wood knitting needles that were given to me have sat in a perfectly sized, zip bag that held my Uniqlo Room Shoes, keeping company with the instruction book, lavender yarn, and a small scarf pattern I'd like to try as a first project.
Otherwise, it has a been a very successful year for me. Many of my resolutions have come to fruition; saving money, applying to artist calls, completing various art projects such as the Electric Butterflies installation, and an artist residency.
Some items have been such a spectacular success that I no longer have time to complete others. My dream to create a wire crocheted immersive butterfly garden art installation is finally happening and consumes most every hour of each day. In Mar/Apr I am to be an Artist Residence in Australia to do research on the Rainforest Butterflies and their preferred fauna in Far North Queensland!
Some resolutions came out differently than expected. For the Tokyo Art Book Fair I had originally planned to put together the cookbook I had been working on but then I came up with a completely different idea using a maps and embroidery work. Love the end results but alas, my plans to put together that cookbook has been set aside for now and I have no idea when I might get to it.


My ideal day in Kilkenny is to walk around the Castle gardens, then to get a coffee on Kieran's Street and go to the food market on a Thursday.
Who has made the greatest contribution to Kilkenny in your lifetime — and why?
Henry Shefflin, Brian Cody and the Kilkenny hurling team. They're the best hurlers in Ireland and they've had a huge influence on young people and they inspire them. They're great role models as well. I'm a student in WIT studying recreation and sport management.
My first memory of Kilkenny is seeing St Canice's Cathedral for the first time. It's beautiful and a wonderful piece of infrastructure to have in the town. I always enjoy seeing it.
My favourite part of the county is Kells. It's a wonderful place. When all of us are together as a family that's where we go. We climb and explore together and it's great.
My favourite writer is Carol Ann Treacy. She writes kids' books.
I would have to say the walk behind Kilkenny Castle. It's scenic and it's incredibly relaxing. It's one of my favourite places to go.
Kilkenny is made unique by its vibrant atmosphere, the people and the historical sites to see. It's a wonderful county and it's a pleasure to be working at its heart.
Anti-social behaviour is a problem. I'd also like to see fewer stags and hens coming to the town.
As a knight, I think I should be able to ride my horse up and down High Street and avail of free parking.


Saturday afternoon May 13,2000 a major fireworks incident occurred at the company S.E. Fireworks in the city of Enschede, the Netherlands. Twenty - two people were killed and more than seven hundred were injured. Within a radius of hundreds of meters houses were destroyed by the blast and debris generated by the explosions and burnt because of the scattered fireworks.
The possible causes, safety regulations and safety control were investigated. By order of the Public Prosecutor the Netherlands Forensic Science Institute (NFI) and TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory (TNO - PML) performed the forensic and technical investigations into the reconstruction and the cause of this disaster.
Within an hour the incident developed from a moderate fire and some initiated fireworks in one of the buildings into a series of three explosions of increasing violence. Many people witnessed the accident (at distance) and numerous video recordings from different angles were made. After the disaster an extensive investigation was started. The observed explosion effects, the inventory of the damage in the area and all the forensic evidence were analysed. They form the basis for the reconstruction of the disaster. This will be presented in the first paper. Scenarios for possible causes of each of the events were developed and analysed. The second paper on the firework disaster in Enschede focuses on the chain of events and the lessons that have to be learned from this disaster, Weerheijm and De Bruyn7).
Explosion ; fire ; accident ; damage analysis ; forensics ; fireworks ; safety regulations ; bulk storage ; dangerous goods ; transport classification.


Join me for an extra special edition of my fifth Yoga Brunch series hosted at the beautiful Mortimer House on Saturday 23rd June 2018. Spend your Saturday in the best way with an hour on your yoga mat accompanied by a surprise live musician by Sweat & Sound. The class will be co-hosted by Souljourn Yoga, a nonprofit organization raising funds and awareness for girls' education in lesser developing countries through global yoga retreats and local events. After the class, tuck into a gorgeous brunch spread followed by a panel with Souljourn's founder and other guests to be announced.


Our perfect Mona Passage crossing landed us on the Southern coast of Puerto Rico, in La Parguera, around 8am the morning of May 6th. We spent two nights resting at anchor near the mangroves just outside the town.
We didn't find La Parguera to be "cruiser friendly" at all. There was no dinghy dock but a few of the local shops on the water let us tie up to their docks while we took a look around. On a second trip to shore, we found it was much easier and more welcoming to buzz up to the deserted boat ramp and tie up to the mangroves wading in to shore. No one was there to give us funny looks and it was off the beaten path which also seemed a bit safer. The town felt dirty, and not much nicer than some of the places we saw in the DR. We hoped to find some cheap authentic and tasty Puerto Rican food but our tastebuds were completely underwhelmed. Other cruisers we met along the way told us they loved La Parguera… maybe they visited other parts of town?
The remainder of our time here was spent resting on the boat. There was much sleep to catch up on after the last week of night crossings. It's amazing how turned around your body can get sleeping during the day and staying up all night, then trying to switch back to nighttime sleeping.
On the second night, we finally began to feel a little more adventurous and took the dinghy two miles east to the Bioluminescence Bay as recommended by several locals and our Active Captain overlay in our Garmin App. As the darkness surrounded us, we sat and waited. The water was still and all was quiet. We were the only ones there. Soon, splashing our hands in the water generated small glowing streaks of blue light. We zipped in circles around the bay while huge balls of light shot out from behind the dinghy like fireballs in Super Mario Brothers. It was a pretty cool sight to see. About an hour later, we cruised back to our boat between the mangrove islands following the tracks on our iPhone Garmin app. The charts aren't completely accurate here, placing safe water where shoals and islands reside, but we trusted our tracks in the pitch black.
A good habit to get into when arriving in a new anchorage is to stop by and meet the neighbors. We like to meet other cruisers anchored nearby and check in to see if they have any local knowledge – good, bad or otherwise. SV Rainbow was the only boat there with us. We had heard of Mark and Tina in the news several months back after they were brutally attacked on Rainbow down island. Tina was away from the boat at the time but we got to talk to Mark for awhile. The cruising community is a small world and the farther we travel the more we are meeting people with mutual friends. We learn so much from stories we hear and the experiences of others. Mark had some great tips for us on a few of the places we planned on visiting.
Mark also had a current weather report and our magic window appeared to hold up for just one more day before turning nasty. We pulled up anchor that afternoon, hoping to sweep under the nearly non-existent Puerto-Rican night lees. The wind and waves we faced on the Southern Coast of Puerto Rico were just as rough as the North Coast of the DR. The current swept us back while our 80hp Ford Lehman engine chugged along beating straight into the wind. We tacked off shore and back in again several times trying to make forward progress.
We motor-sailed our little hearts out. It was a last minute decision to skip Ponce and push on for Salinas. We had read such bad reviews about the anchorage at Ponce and after our less than enjoyable experience at La Parguera, we opted for a warm welcome in a "cruiser friendly" and safe anchorage. The journey there was rough, but we made it. We watched another gorgeous sunrise and took down the sails in the early hours of the morning. We both had a huge sigh of relief as we motored slowly into the harbor where the seas instantly turned to glass. We knew we'd be safe when the winds picked up in just a few short hours.
Stay tuned for a few highlights from our time in Salinas! We're in St. Lucia now and have so much to share with you about all our adventures!!


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About the Rag Factory
When the Rag Factory was first set up in February 2006, the objective was fairly simple: to provide affordable rehearsal space for people to use, because experience of working with actors had shown that many projects fell at the first hurdle for want of an affordable space in which to rehearse, let alone perform.
A lovely building that had previously been in use as artists' studios by two prominent Turner prize nominees was found, the doors were opened... and - hugely encouragingly! - people entered and started adopting the space for their own purposes.
'Supporting the creative fabric of London'
This was the strapline from the day the Rag Factory opened, and we're proud to say it applies as much today as it did then. The Rag Factory is not run to make a profit, it's run in such a way that it covers its costs and can be self-sustaining. This means we have to charge something, but it's not as much as many commercial operations might be charging.
How we support the people who come here depends on the individual or group concerned. For some, it's sufficient that we exist and provide affordable rehearsal space in a central location. For others, it's been about getting advice or having a sounding board, or even using the various props and furniture we have on site to create film and theatre sets, on-site or off. The important thing, as far as we're concerned, is that even people starting out in the different industries know that we won't think they're daft for asking a question. If we can help, we will, and have done ever since we started up. The difference, these days, is that we've also learnt a great deal from the process, and can share that increased knowledge with people if they wish.
Yes, but, really - what's the point?
Here it is in a nutshell: finding a drafty church hall or a high-priced studio isn't hard. Finding a community is a little harder. We're developing a space where people from the entire creative fabric of London can come to work, train, rehearse & meet... & ultimately work together to create projects that are significantly more than the sum of their parts. A space where people support each other. A space where you never know who you'll meet, you never know what idea you'll form or where it will take you. And the creative fabric? Think of it more as a trampoline than just a parachute.
Affordable rehearsal space
We have a fair range of productions that come here to rehearse. Some are fully commercial, others funded by bodies like the Arts Council, while others are either charity projects or completely unfunded productions. For this reason, we have a two tier pricing strategy: given our objectives, we feel it's only right that those with bigger budgets should contribute more than those who are starting out - we think of it as our Robin Hood pricing strategy.
Prices can start from as little as £40 per day (10am-6pm) for a small room to hold one-to-one auditions, or less than £70 per day to rehearse in a room with a playing area equivalent to, say, the stage of Arcola 2, the King's Head, Courtyard Theatre, Hen and Chickens or the Old Red Lion. We offer a 10% discount for a 3 week rehearsal run (15 sessions or more) passing along the cost saving of not needing to seek multiple bookings for that period straight back to you, and we're always ready, willing and able to explore alternative deals to keep the burden lower.
Affordable exhibition space
Perhaps surprisingly, given the building's artistic heritage, there wasn't really an intention to make the Rag Factory an exhibition space: it's not an area in which those involved were particularly well-versed, and felt they couldn't offer as much as other venues with properly qualified curators.
There's an extent to which that is still true: we don't pretend to be experts in fine art, but we are good at running a space, one of the co-founders of the project has a background in engineering that has made the difference to a few installations over the years, while the other has a background in marketing that has also been of service to the groups and individuals choosing to exhibit their work in our galleries.
We now have so many exhibitions coming here that we have started an email list for people who would like to be kept informed of new shows taking place at the Rag Factory, which means we can provide a very practical means of helping people promote their show.
But we still try to keep our prices as low as we possibly can.
Affordable performance space
Becoming a performance venue in our own right was never something that was actively considered, either, but, once again, it has become something that has happened from time-to-time. Performance events here have ranged from theatre and dance to classical music and decidedly avant-garde promenade performances.
We don't have a public entertainment licence, but Temporary Event Notices (TENs) cost very little from our local council.
Performance is an area which excites us, but every project is very specific, so you really need to contact us if you'd like to explore the options.
The future of the Rag Factory
The Rag Factory wasn't set up because the founders were rich - far from it! - or because somebody cut a blank cheque to renovate the space - they didn't! Everything done here to date has been out of operating revenue or the personal investment of the founders; changes and improvements continue. While most of the wall demolition has probably finished, we think there's still a couple that might need building, and the spaces are regularly redecorated, not least because of the number of exhibitions coming through the buildings.
Ultimately, the future of the project will be determined by the needs of the majority. We don't feel we want to impose solutions on people if we can learn and make things better. Also, while the Rag Factory was the brain-child of just 2 or 3 people, there's now the basis of a new management structure to enable things to move forward. There will soon be a board of trustees with expertise spanning the full range of art forms we host here (if you'd like to be involved in that, and think you can help, please do get in touch). It's an exciting time, and we look forward to making the journey with like-minded people.
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Top-10 Worst Soccer Injuries Of All-Time
SportyTell Editors Updated September 8, 2022 Soccer No Comments
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What are the most gruesome soccer injuries ever? Read on.
Being one of the most followed sports worldwide, the intensity of world football is one that may resonate. As competition in the sport gets more stringent, the game becomes more physical, making soccer injuries an inevitable occurrence.
Many who have suffered heart-wrenching injuries have gone through rehabilitation to return to the pitch. For others, injuries have forced them out of a seemingly glamorous career. But in some instances, the worst soccer injuries have not been the end of an injured player career.
In our latest piece of sports facts, we take you through history as we relive some of the most painful, gruesome, and worst soccer injuries of all time.
The Worst Soccer Injuries Of All-Time
10. Kieron Dyer Injury
9. Gary Mabbutt Injury
8. Bert Trautmann Injury
7. Eduardo da Silva Injury
6. Federico Mattiello Injury
5. Petr Cech Injury
4. Luc Nilis Injury
3. Juan Arango Injury
2. Patrick Battiston Injury
1. Dave Busst Injury
Bonus: Preston Burpo Injury
How to try and prevent soccer injuries
Most common soccer injury types
The most common soccer injuries are ones called Acute or Cumulative
Kieron Dyer injury (Image credit: Sky News / MSN)
Bristol Rovers vs. WestHam, 18 Aug. 2007
An English footballer who was having a good career, Kieron Dyer played for Ipswich Town and Newcastle United before moving to West Ham United in 2007. Ten days after he made his first appearance for the club, Kieron Dyer suffered a harrowing injury against the Bristol Rovers in a Carabao Cup match. Kieron Dyer's injury was so severe that his right leg broke in two places.
Seventeen months after his injury, the damage continued to plague his career. He later went on to play for Queen Park Rangers and Middleborough, before he retired. In a 2018 article published on the Daily Mail, he said retiring was a relief to him.
Gary Mabbutt injury
Wimbledon vs Tottenham, Nov. 1993
Hailed, as a versatile player, Gary Mabbutt, who played for Tottenham Hotspurs, had one of the most gruesome injuries in soccer. It didn't involve his leg but his face. In November 1993, Gary Mabbutt's injury occurred in a high tackle with Wimbledon striker, John Fashanu, who smashed his elbow into his face. The injury left him with a fractured skull and almost cost his eye.
Gary Mabbutt had to undergo surgery for two hours to treat his damaged eye socket and a broken cheekbone. Mabbutt had to wear a plastic mask after a metal plate was inserted under his skin.
Bert Trautmann Injury
Manchester City vs Birmingham, 5 May 1956
An exceptional goalkeeper, Bert Trautmann, did what was necessary to keep the ball out of his goal. The Manchester City former goalkeeper who played for the club between 1949–1964 was involved in a neck injury in the 1955/56 season. Bert Trautmann's injury occurred when he dived to catch an incoming ball but collided his neck against one of Birmingham players, Peter Murphy.
He continued to play for the remainder of the match. But after checking with doctors concerning pains in his neck, an x-ray revealed he had dislocated five vertebrae, and the second vertebrae cracked in two.
Eduardo da Silva Injury
Arsenal vs Birmingham, 23 Feb. 2008
Known as Dudu, Eduardo da Silva's injury is one that fans will never forget in a hurry. In February 2008, Birmingham player Martin Taylor, tackled Silva who was playing for Arsenal then, which resulted in Silva dislocating his left ankle and a broken left fibula. The tackle was so bad that he had to be taken to the hospital immediately. However, he recovered from the injury and continued playing.
Federico Mattiello Injury (Image credit: VENEZIA FILIPPO/EPA)
Chievo vs Roma, 8 Mar. 2015
19 years at the time and on loan to Chievo from Juventus, Federico Mattiello got involved in a tackle in a match against Roma that kept him in a really awful state. After colliding with Roma player, Radja Nainggolan, in an Italian Serie A match on 8 March 2015, he had a fractured leg which required immediate medical attention. He was immediately taken to the hospital.
Petr Cech Injury. (Image credit: News Group Newspapers via The Sun)
Reading vs Chelsea, 14 Oct. 2006
Petr Cech is famous for his excellent goalkeeping and mask, which protects his head and face. The incident that made that mask an accessory Petr Cech is renowned for is one every soccer fan remembers. In October 2006, in a match against Reading, Petr Cech injury occurred when his head collided against one of the Reading players, Stephen Hunt.
Cech had to undergo surgery for a depressed skull fracture, and it was revealed that the injury nearly cost his life. He recovered from the injury and continued playing, but this time with his mask.
Luc Nilis Injury
Aston Villa vs Ipswich, 9 Sep. 2000
Luc Nilis was an excellent striker, who played for Aston Villa. Football legend Ronaldo listed him as one of the greatest strikers he loves playing. But that promising career was cut short when he crashed against Ipswich Town goalkeeper, Richard Wright, in September 2000. The crash left him with two compound fractures in his right shin. Luc Nilis' injury was the end of his career. There were speculations that his injury was infected and may have to be amputated. Fortunately, that didn't happen.
Juan Arango Injury. (Image credit: elpais.com)
RCD Mallorca vs Seville FC, 20 Mar. 2005
A Venezuelan footballer, Juan Arango, played for the La Liga club, RCD Mallorca. In March 2005, in a match against Seville, Juan Arango's injury occurred when he collided against Seville player, Javi Bavaro, in which his cheekbone broke. He also swallowed his tongue and became unconscious. He recovered and returned to action a month after his injury.
Patrick Battiston injury
France vs West Germany, 8 Jul. 1982
A French footballer, Patrick Battiston, is most famous for the 1982 semifinal World Cup, which clouded the World Cup. In a high tackle, West Germany goalkeeper, Harald Schumacher hip hit Battison. Battison thus fell to the ground unconscious, knocking out his teeth as well as breaking his vertebra in the process. Patrick Battiston's injury was so gruesome that oxygen was administered on the French man right there on the pitch.
Dave Busst injury. (Image Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd)
Manchester United vs Coventry City, 8 Apr. 1996
An English defender, David Busst's injury brought his career to an abrupt end. An unfortunate incident occurred in April 1996 in a match against Manchester United while playing for Coventry. Till today, Dave Busst's injury has been rated as the worst soccer injury ever. After moving forward following a corner his team won, he collided against Manchester United players, Brian McClair and Denis Irwin.
The collision led to a broken tibia and fibula in his right knee. That match was delayed for nine minutes, and blood had to be removed from the pitch. His injured tissue contracted MRSA. Busst had a total of 22 surgeries. He retired in 1996 after receiving medical advice.
Preston Burpo Injury. (Image credit: goal.com)
New England vs New York, Feb. 2010
A goalkeeper for the New England Revolution of the Major League Soccer, Preston Burpo's injury brought his career to an end in 2010. The incident occurred after he collided against New York Red Bulls player, Dane Richards, in a challenge. The challenge left his tibia and fibula snapped.
Early detection and early preparation can help reduce or straight prevent soccer related injuries on and off the field. The best way to protect yourself from the most common soccer injuries is to be aware what causes them.
Here's how you can minimize the risk of an injury
1. Warm up before the game
This is common sense, but it's best to warm up about 30 minutes before the match starts, try and focus on your leg muscles mostly as obviously these are the main muscles being used in a soccer match.
Pay close attention to your Achilles tendons and quads
2. Recover fully before playing – don't play injured
Taking anti inflammatory medications and not giving your body enough time to heal or rest after an injury is risking a more serious injury down the road. It's best to sit one match instead of missing many because of a serious injury.
3. Wear the right gear
I can't stress this enough, there is a reason pro soccer players wear shields on their legs and sometimes more, you get hurt on the soccer field, you need to protect yourself. At a minimum, wear these:
Knee an elbo pads
4. Hydration
Even if your body is slightly dehydrated, you risk the chance of more injury, a well hydrated body is more protected against injuries in any sport, and in soccer too.
The difference between the two is that Acute is a blunt injury like breaking a leg while a cumulative injury is usually caused by wear and tear over time such as groin pulls.
What are your thoughts about these worst soccer injuries ever? Which gruesome soccer injury do you think should be on this list? Please share it with us in the comment section below.
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Теорема Па́риса — Ха́ррингтона (или Пэ́риса — Ха́ррингтона) — теорема в математической логике, ставшая первым в истории математики естественным и относительно несложным примером утверждения о натуральных числах, которое истинно, но недоказуемо в аксиоматике Пеано.
Существование недоказуемых теорем арифметики прямо вытекает из первой теоремы Гёделя о неполноте (1930 год). Кроме того, вторая теорема Гёделя, (опубликованная вместе с первой), даёт конкретный пример такого утверждения: а именно утверждение о непротиворечивости арифметики. Однако долгое время не было известно «естественных» примеров таких утверждений, то есть таких утверждений, которые бы возникали не из утверждений о некоторой логике, а были бы естественными математическими утверждениями о числах.

Данная теорема и её доказательство были опубликованы в 1977 году Джеффри Парисом (Великобритания) и Лео Харрингтоном (США).

Усиленная теорема Рамсея
Результат Париса—Харрингтона опирается на несколько модифицированную комбинаторную теорему Рамсея:

Для любых натуральных чисел  можно указать натуральное  со следующим свойством: если мы окрасим каждое из -элементных подмножеств  в один из  цветов, то в  существует подмножество  содержащее не менее  элементов таких, что все -элементные подмножества  имеют один и тот же цвет, а количество элементов  не меньше, чем наименьший элемент
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Без условия «количество элементов  не меньше, чем наименьший элемент » это утверждение вытекает из конечной теоремы Рамсея. Отметим, что усиленный вариант теоремы Рамсея может быть записан на языке логики первого порядка.

Формулировка
Теорема Париса-Харрингтона утверждает:

Сформулированная выше усиленная теорема Рамсея не доказуема в аксиоматике Пеано.
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В своей статье Парис и Харрингтон показали, что из этой теоремы вытекает непротиворечивость аксиоматики Пеано; однако, как показал Гёдель, арифметика Пеано не в состоянии доказать свою собственную непротиворечивость, поэтому теорема Париса-Харрингтона в ней недоказуема. С другой стороны, используя логику второго порядка или аксиоматику теории множеств ZF, несложно доказать, что усиленная теорема Рамсея истинна.

Другие примеры недоказуемых теорем арифметики
 Теорема Гудстейна

Примечания

Литература
  (первая авторская публикация теоремы)

Ссылки

  на сайте MathWorld.
 Bovykin, Andrey. Brief introduction to unprovability (содержит доказательство теоремы).

Основания математики
Теоремы математической логики

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Sex discrimination in the workplace is legally defined as the unfavorable, negative, or unwanted treatment of any employee based on their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy status. To help you better understand this form of discrimination and how it can affect employees, this article will review the four types of sex discrimination in the workplace.
Discrimination Based on Sex
Sex is described as the physical and psychological differences between females and males, including primary and secondary sex characteristics such as chromosomes, genitals, height, and muscle mass. In general, it is how our current society categorizes one another at first glance, and assigned female at birth (AFAB) women are considered vulnerable to sexual discrimination in the workplace. They can be regarded as too weak, emotional, or unfit to lead and, at times, paid less than their male counterparts simply based on their sexual characteristics and the stereotypes that come with it.
Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
Sexual orientation is an individual's desire to have romantic, physical, or emotional relationships with a particular gender or genders, such as homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, and so forth. Like sex, sexual orientations also come with certain stereotypes that make a person more or less vulnerable to workplace discrimination. For example, heterosexuality is widely considered "normal" and most often will not be the subject of sexual orientation discrimination. Conversely, homosexual relationships are still considered to be the minority, and there are many harmful stereotypes associated with homosexual and other LGBTQIA+ relationships that make them the target of sexual orientation workplace discrimination.
If a cis-man is considered "effeminate" or a cis-woman is acting "too masculine," they may be pinned as homosexuals and thus the subject of discrimination by homophobic employees or employers. People of differing sexual orientations can be subject to hiring discrimination, losing out on promotions, pay discrimination, and even violence.
Discrimination Based on Gender Identity
Gender identity is the gender with which a person identifies and can be different from their assigned sex at birth. There are many gender identities to which a person can relate, and these identities can change at any given time. Those not considered the "norm" or cis-passing may be subject to the same workplace discrimination as those of differing sexual orientations. Particularly, trans men and women across the globe are more subject to violence. In the workplace, a person who doesn't appear to fit in the boxes of cis-male or cis-female may be disproportionately rejected or punished, let go, harassed, and harshly reviewed by their employers.
Discrimination Based on Pregnancy Status
Pregnancy status is one of the most common types of sex discrimination in the workplace. Often, employers don't want to give time off to pregnant or looking to become pregnant workers. This often leads back to sex discrimination, as cis-females are often the most likely to be subject to pregnancy status discrimination. To an employer, a non-pregnant person who can do more work can easily replace a pregnant person.
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All Bilibid inmates safe from Taal ashfall: BuCor
Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 2020 12:56 PM
MANILA – The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Tuesday said all inmates in the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa are safe following Sunday's eruption of Taal Volcano.
"Like in other places in Metro Manila [Sunday], the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City experienced an ashfall. Thankfully, it was only light and manageable," BuCor Director General Gerald Bantag said in a report to the Justice Department.
Bantag said he ordered BuCor superintendents and staff to be on standby 24/7, upon learning of the imminent volcanic activity.
"The persons deprived of liberty (PDL) have adequate accommodation inside the camps to protect them from such elements. If needed, partnerships with local hospitals may provide needed medical attention for worst case scenarios," it added.
More than 28,000 inmates are currently serving their prison sentences in Bilibid, based on BuCor statistics as of November 2019. It was built to house only 6,435 prisoners.
This figure includes 410 returnees who were initially released on good conduct time allowance (GCTA) but whom the President ordered to surrender following a change in the interpretation of the GCTA provision.
"Returnees are safely accommodated under a covered court with enough beddings including mosquito nets and blankets," said Bantag's report.
In November last year, some Bilibid returnees complained of "subhuman" conditions inside the national penitentiary.
Senator Leila de Lima, who is detained on drug charges at a separate detention facility inside Camp Crame, claimed 29 NBP prisoners died in October last year due to various illnesses like pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis.
BuCor has not confirmed the figures but the chief of the NBP Hospital said that, on average, 1 inmate dies everyday, calling the situation "critical."
Bilibid hospital chief: 1 inmate dies every day, jail mortality rate in 'critical condition'
But Justice Undersecretary Deo Marco said Tuesday there are no reports of any problems or health-related issues as of now.
"I asked if they need any help but for now they just need to do a lot of cleaning," he said.
Taal Volcano's steam-driven eruption Sunday reached all the way to Northern Luzon due to 111-kph southerlies blowing northward, based on data from the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
Flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City were immediately cancelled and work in government offices and classes in schools were suspended Monday amidst concerns of hazards caused by the ash fall.
It also led to scarce supplies and a surge of prices of face masks in Metro Manila and neighboring areas.
But scientists from the University of the Philippines clarified Tuesday there is no need to buy face masks for people living in Metro Manila.
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