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Take Care (Prendre soin).
Bernard Stiegler.
Presentation at the conference "To take care." Colloquium: "On nature as culture?"
The Bible appears as a discourse on farmers [agriculteurs]—shepherds [pasteurs] and cultivators: agriculture is a new mode of being of culture, which is no longer that of the hunter-gatherers, but more that of the farmer who takes care of the living.
He takes care of the living with a view to providing subsistence, and thus to cultivating life, taking good care of existence so that it is not reduced to subsistence: it is thus in this sense of taking care of living that he makes sacrifices.
This sacrifice is called a cult—and this cultivator is thus also the one who consecrates a cult.
This cult is thus on an other plane than that which merely subsists and which exists: it is a plane which consists in that, as consistence, it exceeds subsistence and existence. "Consistents" are what, while not themselves existing, nevertheless constitute the condition of what does exist.
For example, justice does not exist. But life is led according to a desire for a justice which overcomes the injustice of what is.
Consistence is that which confers the unity of ends (which Kant named "the rule of ends"), and it was mono-theism that during more than two millennia so constituted agriculture in cult and in culture.
Then these times came to an end.
Inasmuch as it is the age of culture, and the origin of civilisation as sedentarisation, agriculture is a care taken of the world: it is a therapeutic. It must take care of the world because to produce it, to cultivate it, is also to do violence to it: to throw it out of balance [le déséquilibrer].
Taking care in Greek is called therapeuma. The farmer cares for the living at the same time as he does it violence: he works with his knife which is at once a plough or the knife with which he cuts the cord tying the lamb to its mother, and with which he cuts the throat of this mother or this lamb.
The farmer has, therefore, his tools and his technical knowledge: he cultivates an art of working the land [terre] which is also a violence against the land [terre].
This violence must temper and sublimate itself in a taking care of this earth [terre]. The farmer causes nature to suffer, but while making nature suffer, he makes of it a culture—insofar, however, as he dedicates to it a cult. This cult is a sublimation, in the sense Freud gives to the word: the sublimation of that violence by which the farmer throws nature into disequilibrium.
If agriculture is therefore a part of culture, it is a very singular part: in one way or another, it is the very origin of that which we call culture, and insofar as when we speak of culture, we hear civilisation, sedentarisation and urbanisation: cities. It is a very limited view of history or of protohistory that opposes "town" and "country." There are only towns insofar as farmlands formed. And, giving the gift of civilisation—that is to say, of civility and elevation—nascent agriculture, as the raising of the living, and through this, the elevation of man himself, inaugurates a new modality of what I call, after Simondon, the process of psychic and collective individuation.
This modality consists in territorialisation—and takes form as an ensemble of territorial systems which are at once biological, geographical (physical geography and human geography), technical, economic, political, linguistic, religious and cultural.
Thus appear, then, the farmer, the artisan, the priest, and the soldier, and between them a common base develops, which is the technical system.
The technical system is that which, appearing in the history of life, constitutes the beginning of "hominisation" around three million years ago. Sedentarisation is thus a very late arrival, and constitutes the exit from prehistory.
With the concept of "epiphylogenesis" I have theorised technics as a system of memory which transforms the history of the living, and which also totally changes the conditions of evolution, making selection proceed intrinsically from this technicity. The farmer who takes care selects—and is thus not content simply to reproduce, but produces, that is to say, trans-forms. This trans-formation, insofar as it forms a world, is what must therefore take care of the world, and not just nature. This is what agri-culture is.
We live today in an extremely singular moment, a moment of rupture in relation to the epiphylogenetic base which has formed technics for several million years—and a rupture which very probably constitutes an exit from that which was opened in the epoch of sedentarisation. I want to speak about the appearance of what no longer constitutes techniques of life, what one could call the arts of living, but rather technologies of life.
Agriculture raises [élève] animals and plants, for which it takes care, and one must relate this "raising" [élevage] to the question of elevation and even of an education in the interior of which it takes shape and place, that is, what one calls culture.
Culture is that which cultivates. What is cultivated is that which is worthy of being taken care of by the raising of a cult. Culture is what supposes not simply a rupture with nature, but a transformation of the process of vital individuation through a process of psychic and collective individuation which causes a third process of individuation to appear, which is the technical system.
The process of psychic and collective (that is to say, social) individuation, is technical: it rests on a physiological, technical and social organology which deploys systems concretising this evolution, which is an incessant trans-formation and which one calls human history. This process constitutes the threads [trames] from which are woven the motifs of psychic and collective individuation, but such that these threads are overdetermined by the techniques and technologies of threading [trames].
This is the domain of agriculture insofar as it carefully arranges different types of systems, but where the geographic and biological systems each play a very specific role in a territoriality which brings to its environment a subsistence base which, most often, is not simply a matter of subsistence, but also of modes of existence and consistence.
Now, when people are tempted to set fire to American flags or to cut down the fields of transgenic plants, they are casting blame for the destruction of ways of life and of savoirs vivre for which are substituted modes of employment: they feel dispossessed, expropriated, deprived of the right to exist. These reactions are then combined with the rejection of technoscientific becoming and scientific-industrial becoming, and with the rejection of globalisation. It has, however, always been this way, since the origin of civilisation, the process of deterritorialisation which at the same time contradicts and is the cause of the dynamism of territorialisation, in which civilisation consists and which is the principal factor destroying existing ways of life, that is to say, ways of existence: it is thus also what has produced the trans-formation of the world, and to such an extent that farmers ceased to be the only actors.
But in the case of what is these days called globalisation, this is concerned with substituting modes of employment [modes d'emploi] for modes of life, and this is an immense change. The question is no longer simply that of the spread of the Greek way of life into Egypt and across Alexandria, but rather of replacing a mode of life with "directions for use" [mode d'emploi]: this is the destruction, in other words, of a mode of existence and of consistence through which life is elevated above mere subsistence.
The farmer takes care in that, from out of the reproduction of which he is in charge, he develops ways of life, the knowledge of how to live in a territory [savoir vivre territorialisés], and this territorialisation might seem to oppose the deterritorialisation engendered when technique becomes technological; at the same time, the farmer has a technical relation to life—the stock-breeder [l'éleveur] who selects transforms the living. Now, the technological evolution of the relation to life, across the biotechnologies, prepares the way for the dispossession [dessaisie] of this responsibility. Is this dispossession ineluctable? Whatever the answer, the question today is what, in this context, culturally seizes the farmer as a new form of responsibility, and what remains of the responsibility of society toward the living, given the fact that some of this responsibility must be delegated to technicians, insofar as these technicians take care of what is entrusted to them.
The cult is that which from the beginning cultivates the feeling of responsibility. I must take care of something for which I am responsible and, obviously, the farmer has a responsibility: this is the meaning [sens] of the place he occupies in the Old Testament. It is clear that he does not necessarily perceive this responsibility, but that through his savoir vivre and his savoir faire, he exercises this responsibility which is also his existence, and it is in this sense that his existence is in relation with his consistence. The farmer has a very original relation to the original question of the articulation between life, technique, and the symbolic, one which maintains the feeling of a responsibility for the living which he does not want to lose, for example, through what biotechnology permits imagining as the expropriation of his knowledge, and which constitutes in the strict sense a proletarianisation of that knowledge.
Simondon claimed that the worker, losing his knowledge as it passes into the machine, was condemned to the status of proletarian in the sense that he was thereby deprived of the capacity to become an individual, and the present transgenic techniques are part of this same process of disengagement.
The whole question here is to not make the refusal of this state of affairs a comportment consisting in the refusal of biotechnological evolution itself.
I would not claim to be qualified to offer any judgment on the necessity or not of genetically modified organisms [OGM]: I have not done the work which could authorise such a judgment—insofar as it is ever possible to settle such questions in a clear manner. Today, then, I do not have a firm opinion on this subject; but I am however inclined to think that the future of humanity passes through OGM or comparable technologies. I also think, however, that the putting to work of these technologies must be accomplished through a socialisation which cultivates a care and a trust [confiance]—and which constitutes a new culture, and a new agriculture.
Today, this trust is fundamentally absent because society has wanted to socialise all-out what it calls innovation, and to do so without having constituted the fabric of trust, of fidelity, of belief, of socialisation and of individuation. Ever since, the agricultural world, or a large part of the agricultural world, but also a large part of consumers in general, that is to say, the whole of the population, have lost confidence and rejected technologies which have not been correctly socialised because they require the invention of a new process of psychic, collective and technological (that is to say, industrial) individuation.
Here, then, is a task of political economy which echoes similar questions found throughout the rest of society. A lack of political thought about these questions means we are seeing the development of situations of conflict, where those who wish to enter into the service of this cult which is culture, including agriculture, those who would like to take care, set about rejecting the techniques which are precisely, however, the therapeutics of such a care.
Translated by Suzanne Arnold, Patrick Crogan, and Daniel Ross.


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Q: Move value from row below to adjacent column in SQL I would need some help with below case:
My data contains dates of order arrival in one column.

I want to add second column what would use date from one row below:

A: Use lead():
select t.dept, t.date as arrival, t.next_arrival
from (select t.*, lead(date) over (partition by dept order by date) as next_arrival
      from t
     ) t
where t.next_arrival is not null;

If you are happy with all rows in the result set and the next_arrival being NULL, then you don't need the subquery.

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The meta ethics of regulation and guidance
Snelling, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9781-0784 (2015) The meta ethics of regulation and guidance. In: 1st International ICE Observatory Future of Ethics in Care and 16th Nursing Ethics Conference, 17-18 July 2015, University of Surrey. (Unpublished)
Snelling-2015-9278-The-meta-ethics-of-regulation-and-guidance.pdf - Presentation
The UK professional Code for nursing has recently undergone further iteration and has grown significantly since it first appeared in 1983. Unlike the previous version the new Code does not have the word 'ethics' in its title and only once in its text, in relation to advertisements. This is correct because the code it is not an ethical code but a quasi-legal one, separating unacceptable practice from the just acceptable. The code makes it clear that the values and principles set out are neither negotiable nor discretionary, and yet also states that 'The code contains a series of statements that taken together signify what good nursing and midwifery practice looks like'. These statements demonstrate conceptual confusion about what the code and associated standards are and what they are for, because they suggest that a nurse acting within the code is a good nurse. I argue that a good nurse is much more than that.
Wording in code and associated standards documentation demonstrate the difference between quasi-legal and ethical injunctions. The NMC website makes it clear that standards use the forceful 'must' while guidance uses the normative 'should'. The distinction is set out much more overtly in corresponding documents from the General medical Council.
This presentation examines the use of the words 'must' and 'should' in regulatory documents from the NMC and argues that the distinction between them is important for practitioners and educators because they help explain what is required of all nurses and how nurses can aspire to become good nurses. The misuse of these words impedes this function, offering, in places, contradictory, unrealistic and virtually meaningless injunctions likely to result in the standards failing to meet their regulatory and educative function.
Presentation delivered at the 1st International ICE Observatory Future of Ethics in Care and 16th Nursing Ethics Conference, 17-18 July 2015, University of Surrey.
nursing ethics, nursing care, NMC Code, nursing and midwifery practice, professional standards
College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Nursing and Midwifery
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/international-c...
Paul Snelling

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Q: Determining the serialized size of a .NET type and unmanaged memory efficiency My question is whether it is possible to determine the serialized size (in bytes) of a reference type.
Heres the situation:
I am using the BinaryFormatter class to serialize basic .NET types, ie for instance:
[Serializable]
public class Foo
{
    public string Foo1 { get; set; }
    public string Foo2 { get; set; }
}

I am serializing each item to a byte[], then adding that segment to the end of an existing byte[] and additionally adding a carriage return at the end of each segment to delimit the objects.
In order to deserialize I use Marshal.ReadByte() as follows:
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>();

for (int i = 0; i < MapSize; i++)
{
    byte b = Marshal.ReadByte(readPtr , i);

    if (b != delim)  // read until encounter a carriage return
        buffer.Add(b);
    else
        break;
}

readPtr = readPtr + buffer.Count + 1; // incrementing the pointer for the next object

return buffer.ToArray();

I believe that using Marshal.Copy() would be more efficient but I need to know the length of the serialized byte segment in advance. Is there a way I can reliably compute this from the type thats being serialized, or an overall more efficient method I can use?
Also, the use of a carriage return won't be reliable, ultimately. So I am wondering if there is a more standard way to delimit the objects, either through customizing my BinaryFormatter or using some other standardized best practice? For instance is there a specific way that the BinaryFormatter delimits objects if its serializing say, a generic List<>?

A: There isn't a terribly good way to determine the serialized length beforehand. The specification for the BinaryFormatter protocol is available here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc236844(v=prot.10).aspx
I'll save you the trouble of reading it for your purposes:

*

*It's built to be an extensible format. This allows you to add fields later and still maintain some compatibility with earlier implementations. For your purposes, this means that the length of the serialized form is not fixed in time.

*It's extremely fragile. The binary format actually encodes the names of the fields in it. If you ever rename a field, the length of the serialized form will change.

*The binary format actually encompasses a many-to-one relationship between serialized encodings and object data. The same object could potentially be encoded in a number of different ways, with a number of different byte counts for the output (I won't get into why it's written that way).

If you want an easy way to do things, just create an array that contains all the objects and serialize that single array. This solves most of your problems. All the issues of delimiting the different objects are handled by the BinaryFormatter. You won't have excessive memory copying. The final output will be more compact because the BinaryFormatter only has to specify the field names once per invocation.
Finally, I can tell you that the extra memory copy is not the main source of inefficiency in your current implementation. You're getting far more inefficiency from the BinaryFormatter's use of reflection, and the fact that it encodes the field names in the serialized output.
If efficiency is paramount, then I would suggest writing some custom code that encodes the contents of your structures in "plain old data" format. Then you'll have control over how much gets written and how.

A: Using a byte as delimiter for binary serialized data is awful idea - 13 is perfectly valid value that can be part of serialized data, not just your "delimiter".
Prefix each block with size in bytes instead and read it in blocks.

A: You can use Marshal.SizeOf to get a struct's native size. This only works for structs and I advise you to set the StructLayout attribute.
I'll pull up some information from the comments because it is surprising yet important:
The CLR has metadata facilities for making the native layout of a struct or class fixed. In C#  this is only possible for structs. But classes can be used that way too.
You can bit-blit a managed type into bytes iff you specify SequentialLayout. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.interopservices.structlayoutattribute.aspx This facility is not well known but it exists, is specified and supported. Quote: "The class layout attributes (AutoLayout, SequentialLayout and ExplicitLayout) define how the fields of the class instance are laid out in memory."
Look at the System.Reflection.TypeAttributes enum. It defines other CLR-level attributes as well. C# does not give access to them but ilasm.exe does.

A: I could find the cause of not serializing at all using this code from https://bytes.com/topic/c-sharp/answers/238927-object-size-memory
var m = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
var b = new
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter();
b.Serialize(m, Obj);
var size = Convert.ToDouble(m.Length);


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package org.apache.solr.common.cloud;

import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
import org.junit.Test;

public class ZkDynamicConfigTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
  @Test
  public void parseLines() {
    ZkDynamicConfig parsed =
        ZkDynamicConfig.parseLines(
            "ignored-line\n"
                + "server.1=zoo1:2780:2783:participant;0.0.0.0:2181\n"
                + "server.2=zoo2:2781:2784:participant|zoo3:2783;2181\n"
                + "server.3=zoo3:2782:2785;zoo3-client:2181\n"
                + "server.4=zoo4:2783:2786:participant\n"
                + // this assumes clientPort specified in static config
                "version=400000003");
    assertEquals(4, parsed.size());

    assertEquals("zoo1", parsed.getServers().get(0).address);
    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(2780), parsed.getServers().get(0).leaderPort);
    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(2783), parsed.getServers().get(0).leaderElectionPort);
    assertEquals("participant", parsed.getServers().get(0).role);
    assertEquals("0.0.0.0", parsed.getServers().get(0).clientPortAddress);
    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(2181), parsed.getServers().get(0).clientPort);
    assertEquals("zoo1", parsed.getServers().get(0).resolveClientPortAddress());

    // |<host2> is ignored
    assertEquals("participant", parsed.getServers().get(1).role);
    assertNull(parsed.getServers().get(1).clientPortAddress);
    assertEquals("zoo2", parsed.getServers().get(1).resolveClientPortAddress());
    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(2181), parsed.getServers().get(1).clientPort);

    // role optional
    assertNull(parsed.getServers().get(2).role);
    assertEquals("zoo3-client", parsed.getServers().get(2).clientPortAddress);
    assertEquals("zoo3-client", parsed.getServers().get(2).resolveClientPortAddress());

    // client address/port optional if clientPort specified in static config file (back-compat mode)
    assertEquals("participant", parsed.getServers().get(3).role);
    assertNull(parsed.getServers().get(3).clientPortAddress);
    assertEquals("zoo4", parsed.getServers().get(3).resolveClientPortAddress());
    assertNull(parsed.getServers().get(3).clientPort);
  }

  @Test(expected = SolrException.class)
  public void parseLinesInvalid() {
    ZkDynamicConfig.parseLines(
        "server.1=zoo2:2781:2784:participant|zoo3:2783;0.0.0.0:2181\n"
            + "server.2=zoo3:2782\n"
            + // This line fails as it lacks mandatory parts
            "version=400000003");
  }
}

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Emma Raducanu gets advice on how to handle the spotlight from Lewis Hamilton
Andy Sims, PA
28 November 2021, 0:00 pm ·3-min read
British professional tennis player
British racing driver
Emma Raducanu has been taking advice from Lewis Hamilton on how to cope with life in the spotlight.
US Open champion Raducanu made a winning return to Britain at the ATP Champions Tour event at London's Royal Albert Hall, beating Elena-Gabriela Ruse in a not-entirely-serious exhibition match.
The 19-year-old was playing on home soil for the first time since her historic Flushing Meadows triumph in September.
Emma Raducanu won at the Royal Albert Hall (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Afterwards Raducanu revealed Formula One world champion Hamilton has been mentoring her, and even said she was rooting for him to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, for which she is a huge favourite, next month.
Asked if she had already prepared her winners' speech, Raducanu replied: "No, definitely not. I am rooting for Lewis.
"He has been such a good role model for me, in terms of just helping me through these next stages. He is a really cool person.
"I don't even think about Sports Personality. For me it's just something so far from the realms of possibility.
Emma Raducanu steps onto a British court for the first time since her US Open win pic.twitter.com/0DPPBl5is0
— Andy Sims (@AndyCSims) November 28, 2021
"He's just been really cool in helping me. He said be patient, ride the wave, good reassurance. He's a really cool guy."
Raducanu's knockabout with world number 85 Ruse, her friend and training partner, was a far cry from the tension and drama of the US Open final 79 days ago – or indeed her last appearance in this country when she retired from her Wimbledon fourth-round match against Ajla Tomljanovic with breathing difficulties.
Nevertheless, Britain's first female grand slam winner in 44 years won the match 6-3 7-6 (3) in front of a delighted crowd of around 4,000 people.
Among the joking between points, the marriage proposal from a spectator and the inevitable rallies with ball kids, Raducanu occasionally unleashed her powerful groundstrokes and effortlessly moved her opponent all around the court, just as she had during that glorious fortnight in New York.
Despite being about to embark on her first full year on the WTA Tour, Raducanu is already certain to be a big scalp for her opponents
Emma Raducanu stunned the sporting world with her US Open success (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via PA)
"I'm not sure of other people's opinions of me," she said. "It's going to happen, pressure is a privilege. I thrive under the adrenaline, I hope.
"So for me I don't really think about other people's opinions or expectations. The only ones I have are that of myself, to improve and get better."
Raducanu remains determined to stay grounded despite her stunning success, the Bromley teenager adding: "For me, I am just going about my business.
"I take the train sometimes. I am doing the same journeys I used to. I feel like I am the exact same person.
"I will go about everything I used to do. I don't see why should I change the things that got me that title. I am still enjoying it."
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Wearing rubber gloves while shopping may not protect you from COVID-19
The coronavirus is spread by human contact. Many health experts across the country recommend wearing Personal Protective equipment while at the grocery store to help slow the spread. But wearing gloves at the store causes cross-contamination unwillingly exposing your germs. <br />(WSAZ)
Published: Apr. 23, 2020 at 12:36 PM EDT
The CDC continues to recommend wearing a cloth face cover when you're in public, to protect other people in case you are infected, but the CDC is not recommending wearing rubber gloves while shopping.
Some people are littering and throwing the used gloves on the ground of a parking lot instead of throwing them away properly.
handwashing is the better prevention method.
"The rubber gloves should be spared for the medical professionals at this point," said Kate Beer, the health officer and administrator for the Western U.P. Health Department. "Hand washing is a better practice to get into rather than wearing the gloves. People need to understand that there's a protocol with PPE. There's a protocol with transferring infections."
Research shows the virus primarily spreads through our mouth, not our hands. There's no evidence that gloves do anything to protect you from picking up the illness.
The risk is when people touch their faces, which they do with and without gloves.
The CDC says you should use gloves or disinfecting wipes when pumping gas
, but please don't litter, as the waste from the gloves could end up in sewers and eventually bodies of water.


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Q: .NET Core HttpClient - avoid auto redirect? I'm using .NET Core 2.1 to consume some APIs. In my Startup.cs I configure a named HttpClient like this:
services.AddHttpClient("MyApi", client =>
{
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://foo.com");
});

I would like to disable the automatic redirect following. I know you can do that when creating a new HttpClient by passing in a SocketsHttpHandler with AllowAutoRedirect = false. But when using the above factory pattern, I'm not seeing where I can configure this as I don't have access to the HttpClient's construction.

A: The AllowAutoRedirect property belongs to the HttpMessageHandler. When using the AddHttpClient approach, you can configure the HttpMessageHandler itself using ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler. Here's an example of how to use this:
services
    .AddHttpClient("MyApi", client =>
    {
        client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://foo.com");
    })
    .ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() =>
    {
        return new HttpClientHandler()
        {
            AllowAutoRedirect = false
        };
    });

This is covered in the official docs: Configure the HttpMessageHandler

A: Like this you can configure httpClient as you wish
    public interface ITwitterApiClient
{
    Task<List<string>> GetTweets();
}

public class TwitterApiClient : ITwitterApiClient
{
        public async Task<List<string>> GetTweets()
        {
            using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
            {
                //Blah blah do everything here I want to do.
                //var result = await client.GetAsync("/tweets");

                return new List<string> { "Tweet tweet" };
            }
        }
}

In service definition
services.AddTransient<ITwitterApiClient, TwitterApiClient>();

In controller
[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class TweetController : Controller
{
    private readonly ITwitterApiClient _twitterApiClient;

    public TweetController(ITwitterApiClient twitterApiClient)
    {
        _twitterApiClient = twitterApiClient;
    }

    [HttpGet]
    public async Task<IEnumerable<string>> Get()
    {
        return await _twitterApiClient.GetTweets();
    }
}

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Attention to detail is one thing you get with handmade leather sofas and this makes them ideal. Customizing the sofas to a design and shape and size that you like is important with attention to detail accorded to handmade sofas. With attention to detail, you get specialized products that help you get unique furniture if you especially enjoy having furniture that is not common.
Should you have odd shaped rooms, then handmade leather furniture can be great sofas from such rooms. Some rooms in the house may be too big or small for standardized furniture that is available at the store. If you want sofas that fit perfectly, you should consider handmaking such furniture so that you have furniture that have the right dimensions and are comfortable.
Handmade furniture is furniture that you can easily get emotional attachment to. With sofas being made with materials you bought from scratch helps you to get emotional attachment to them. Taking care of your sofas is easy when you have an emotional attachment to them.
When you purchase handmade furniture, you are able to keep the industry alive as well as support it. A lot of skill and talent goes into making handmade furniture and by investing in handmade leather furniture you support and invest in such talent. Customized items are also priceless to have since they have sentimental value and that is why you should consider investing in handmade leather sofas.
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Maria Skyllas-Kazacos (Calímnos, ) é uma química australiana. É conhecida pelo desenvolvimento da bateria redox de vanádio.

Maria Skyllas-Kazacos chegou em 1954 com sua família na Austrália e frequentou a escola em Sydney. Estudou engenharia química na Universidade de Nova Gales do Sul, obtendo o diploma em 1974. Obteve um doutorado em 1978 orientada por Barry Welch, com uma tese sobre eletroquímica do sal fundido. No pós-doutorado esteve durante um ano no Bell Labs, onde trabalhou com células solares e obteve uma patente para a produção eletroquímica de filmes finos de seleneto de cádmio. Além disso trabalhou com baterias de chumbo-ácido e descobriu íons de chumbo tetravalente em solução. Por esta descoberta recebeu o Prêmio Bloom Gutmann. Foi Rainha Elizabeth II fellow na Universidade de Nova Gales do Sul e 1982 professor de engenharia química.

Na década de 1980 ela e sua equipe da Universidade de Nova Gales do Sul desenvolveram o acumulador de redox de vanádio, patenteado em 1988. É usado na indústria, por exemplo, como armazenador de energia em turbinas eólicas.

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Biden plots inflation fight with Fed chair
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Focused on relentlessly rising prices, President Joe Biden plotted inflation-fighting strategy Tuesday with the chairman of the Federal Reserve, with the fate of the economy and his own political prospects increasingly dependent on the actions of the government's central bank.
Biden hoped to demonstrate to voters that he was attuned to their worries about higher gasoline, grocery and other prices whiles still insisting an independent Fed will act free from political pressure.
Like Biden, the Fed wants to slow inflation without knocking the U.S. economy into recession, a highly sensitive mission that is to include increasing benchmark interest rates this summer. The president said he would not attempt to direct that course as some previous presidents have tried.
"My plan to address inflation starts with simple proposition: Respect the Fed, respect the Fed's independence," Biden said.
The sit-down on a heat-drenched late-spring day was Biden's latest effort to show his dedication to containing the 8.3% leap in consumer prices over the past year. Rising gas and food costs have angered many Americans heading into the midterm elections, putting Democrats' control of the House and Senate at risk.
Biden is running out of options on his own. His past attempts – oil releases from the strategic reserve, improving port operations and calls to investigate price-gouging – have fallen short of satisfactory results. High prices have undermined his efforts to highlight the low 3.6% unemployment rate, leaving a growing sense of pessimism among Americans.
Tuesday's meeting was the first since Jerome Powell was renominated in November by Biden to lead the central bank and came two weeks after his confirmation for a second term by the Senate.
It also represented something of a reversal by Biden as inflation weighs heavily on voters' minds. The president asserted in April 2021 that he was "very fastidious about not talking" with the independent Fed and wanted to avoid being seen as "telling them what they should and shouldn't do."
The White House, along with the Fed, initially portrayed the inflation surge as a temporary side effect caused by supply chain issues as the U.S. emerged from the pandemic. Republican lawmakers were fast to criticize Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package from last year as pumping too much money into the economy and causing more inflation. That narrative also has held some sway with leading economists who say the financial support was excessive even though it helped the job market roar back.
Inflation has shown signs of moderating but is likely to remain far above the Fed's 2% target through the end of this year. Gas prices are expected to keep rising, particularly now that the European Union has agreed to cut off 90% of its oil purchases from Russia. That will force the EU to buy more oil from elsewhere, and it drove oil prices to $115 a barrel Tuesday.
This was only the fourth meeting between the president and the Federal Reserve chair, though Powell breakfasts as often as once a week with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who also attended Tuesday's meeting along with Brian Deese, the White House National Economic Council director.
Ahead of the meeting, Biden suggested that he and Powell were aligned on addressing inflation.
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English 2: Western Literature I
Western Civilization 1
What was Horace's concept of personal ethical cause and effect?
On March 14, 2018 March 14, 2018 By purplefrog01In English 2: Western Literature I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 BC, known in English as Horace, was a Roman poet during the time of Augustus. He aspired to deliver his idea to the individual, in a way that it would stick mentally with the individual. Horace's basic concept of ethical cause and effect poses that the individual should remain in the golden mean. He or she should expect no more, and no less than the healthy medium.
In his odes, Horace ultimately provides that the only major thing in life, is death. Death comes to everyone. With this inescapable end, all men will be equal during and after their last breath, and thus they are equal throughout their lives. The amount of wealth an individual possesses will not mean anything after that person is deceased. A person can work really hard to obtain riches, however, ultimately, this doesn't change their position. However, he points out that a person does not want to find himself in poverty, because this will lead to material suffering. What is the solution? Live in the healthy medium; the golden mean.
Horace discusses this Stoic idea, and his reasoning behind it. There is not a substantial need to overwork yourself to obtain excessive riches, however, you must avoid poverty. In a nutshell, Horace says to live a balanced life, don't allow less, and don't do any more. You should make an effort, but don't go too far out of your way.
Another reason he provides for living in the "golden mean," is simply that of avoiding disappointment. If you make significant plans for yourself, you are enlarging the possibility of disappointment. Why? Horace says the fates have plan for every individual. The plans the fates have may or may not coordinate with those of the individual. If individuals position themselves in a middle class type of lifestyle, that is adjustable, then they will not encounter major disappointment.
Horace provides the example of the ant. She consumes what she gathers, and lays up only when she needs to. He says that people should follow this example. He poses the question, what is the point in having piles of gold? You cannot take your wealth with you when you die, it will be taken by friends and family, and your effort will be forgotten. Throughout his writing, he points to the golden mean, not too hot, not too cold; just right. In his first satire, he explains that individuals should not equate wealth with who they are; it does not define them. Rather, they should seek a balanced lifestyle, in which they can imitate the life of the ant.
Death is certain, no one can escape it, but living in the golden mean as Horace says to do, according to Horace, will provide satisfaction. Horace describes what we call today, the middle-class lifestyle. You do not have to depend on other people, and other people do not have to depend on you. This medium will give individuals a balance. Ultimately, the middle-class will be equal to the wealthy, because both WILL encounter death.
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Q: How do I replace all error values in a column I have a column which is populated using Index and Match functions and it results in a N/A value when the value is not found. I want to be able to replace all such error values from the column by a special value. I want to do this in VBA code. Any help?
I do not want to rewrite the function with an IF logic.

A: You really could do this without VBA, by the following:
IFERROR(myIndexMatchFormula,"special value")
If you really need a VBA solution, try something like the below. It will find all the error cells in your range and replace with something of your choice. No If statements, no loops!
Option Explicit

Sub replaceErrors()

Dim rng As Range

On Error Resume Next

Set rng = Range("A1:A10").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas, 16) ' -> replace with your specific range

rng.Value = "special values" '-> place what you want here

On Error GoTo 0

End Sub

A: Columns("E").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas, xlErrors).Value = ""
can replace all errors in column E, as an example.
However, unfortunately, specialcells always throws an error if it finds nothing, so you must catch this error via some on error ...

A: If r is the range which needs to be examined, you can always use the following to identify if the value in the cell is "N/A"
If r.Value = CVErr(xlErrNA) Then
    ... ' do something
Else
    ... ' do something else
Endif


HEY MR MAN, i know you cant see this, you cant even hear me pray. but God does! little guy youve been in my thoughts and prayers for quite some time now. If god wants you then, im sure you will have tons of fun playing with porter. I wish you could and would stay, and im praying for a miracle. you are one tough little guy and I'm so honored to "know" you. even if you go, you'll always be in my thoughts and your parents will be to, and my prayers! love you little guy!
There is not a minute where I don´t have you in my thoughts little one. Keep fighting, we all need you here.
I just got home from the hospital about 20 minutes ago, and this is the first thing I see on myspace! This is beautiful you guys, and of course you made me cry again! I will be updating Jackson's journal next, including some pictures from tonight! I did get to hold him, and gave him lots of hugs and kisses. I will also be adding this prayer chain to the livejournal site, since bulletins on here disapear after a while. (I have Porter's saved there too) Jake and Sara are staying at a hotel near the hospital so unfortunately will most likely not have internet access until they go home, but I will do my best to get them your messages, I'll probably just print out a bunch before the next time I head up there. wow, this show of support is amazing. Well before I write too much here, I'm going to switch over to livejournal and get down all my thoughts. I'll post the link as soon as I'm done!
Jackson...wow "lil buddy" I really didn't see this coming...but I know that is what God wants, and needs for you...I don't know why you are needed so early but it's not for me to decide....just know that I love you so much...and please if any Angel is listening have mercy and beg God for a miracle...a true miracle...Jackson's strong willed enough to do it...and fight for it...so if there is any way he can stay here for a little bit longer...please...Jackson...I have missed you since I left you sweetheart, and I'm so glad even though I didn't get to see your precious smile...I saw the twinkle of your eyes that let me know you knew I was there with you...I loved talking to you and even though you couldn't speak your heart did the talking for you...I was sad to leave you Jackson...but I was happy and blessed to get to meet and "speak" with you for a while, I enjoyed your company and I honestly am praying so hard that I will have it again. Jackson, this is a hard thing for me to except...and I know either way you will be alright, and that the many CHD Angels will surround you in their love and you will become another one of our sweethearts in Heaven...and that is so hurtful for me...I don't want them to surround you...I want US to surround you...but again that isn't up for me to decide....Jackson I don't know which way the wind will blow you my lil buddy but please have a peaceful journey...you have truly proved to me why I am here...Thank you more than you'll ever know....I love you so much!!
It was an honor to meet such a loving and wonderful family, and I truly hope you know that I feel apart of your family as well. I feel you welcomed me into your home, hearts, and community and I am so grateful for the oppurtunity to spend time with you and Mr. Jackson. I am blessed to have been able to be a part of it, and honestly I am blessed to have met you all...thank you for allowing me to be a part of your life. Many Millions prayers to you and a Trillon Billon Miracles for Mr. Jackson...I love you all and I will see you soon!!
From: CHD H.E.A.R.T.~Hope for MORE tomorrows!
I wanted to introduce you all to another baby with a congenital heart defect (Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome). This is the same CHD that my daughter has. Jackson was born on September 12, 2006. He had his first open heart surgery on September 19, 2006 He had a second open heart surgery on December 13, 2006. He FINALLY went home for the FIRST time on January 4, 2007!! Sadly, Jackson had some ups and downs and eventually was hospitalized again on several occasions. He has been hospitalized for some time now and after some unfortunate updates (fluid retention, septic-blood infection, new diagnosis of CHARGE syndrome)...his parents, Jake & Sara, have decided to make one of the most difficult decisions of a lifetime...they have decided to provide Jackson with Comfort Care (Comfort Care refers to care that is designed to provide comfort and dignity when curative therapy is no longer appropriate. It includes the process of relieving pain and suffering, and controlling debilitating symptoms, while not preventing the patient from dying.) Even more difficult, they are unable to take him home, and therefore he will be kept comfortable at the hospital.
This family is in need of many thoughts and prayers.
If anyone is able to send cards, pre-paid phone cards, gas cards, restaurant cards, word puzzles, disposable cameras, something special for Jackson's sister Molly (she is 5)...just anything you think might be helpful to the family during this very difficult time....please send it to the address below. Thank you.
Many of you know Jackson...but for those who do not, please watch these videos.
Jackson & his family (including a little 5 y-o sister) are in need of many thoughts and prayers. His parents had to make a very difficult decision to start Comfort Care. Making decisions for your ill children are never easy...but this must be one of the most difficult.
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Google opens a new physical retail store!
According to a press release, Google announced it is opening a new retail store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as the first of its upcoming neighborhood stores that pay homage to their surrounding communities. It is the company's second store in New York City, following the opening of a flagship store in Chelsea last year.
The Brooklyn location will open on June 16, and customers can test out products in stores, pick up items from the Grab & Go wall or get assistance at its Here to Help desk.
Google store, a place to relax?
Google is pursuing an unconventional approach for its first retail store, the internet titan wants its Brooklyn store to be a place where shoppers "kick back and relax" on its couches and try out its products.
This idea came from the feedback received from its Chelsea store, where customers requested the company - among other things - to add support services, including Pixel phone repairs, more resting areas, more time to test the products in store, and more employees to explain the ins-and-outs of Google tech products for your home or office.
Google took this feedback to heart and decided that they wanted their customers to "Get the chance to picture everyday life with our products through interactive displays that show how our hardware and services work together," David Williams, director of retail operations at Google, said in a statement. "For example, you can explore Google Fi phone plans, discover which Pixel color best suits your personality, or learn what goes into making our phone cases more sustainable."
Meta is also "going physical"
Google's Williamsburg store announcement follows Meta's debut of its first store in Burlingame, California, which opened last month. Much like Google wants to highlight its tech product integrations in its storefronts, the Meta store aims to showcase its gadgets, such as virtual reality headsets and smart glasses that customers can use in the metaverse.
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The triannual Greek Play 2019 will be Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, directed by Daniel Goldman and performed in ancient Greek with surtitles. It will be a modern adaptation of the drama and a gender-, age- and colour-blind production. Exact performance dates in October 2019 to be confirmed.
It is the second play in Sophocles' "Theban trilogy" about the last days of Oedipus, now blind and exiled and is one of the greatest plays about old age, the bearing of life's horror, and the transcendence of the ordinary.
The tradition of performing a Greek play in Cambridge goes back to 1882 and has profoundly influenced the very idea of the performability of ancient drama over the last century. Some of the best acting talent in the country was first showcased in the Cambridge Greek Play, most recently Tom Hiddleston (Orestes in Sophocles' Electra, 2001). This is a chance to be part of a great historical and theatrical tradition, to experiment with performing in another language and to work with a professional directorial and creative team.


The Sanus Premium Series VMF518 makes it easy to wall-mount and precisely position your mid-sized TV.
The Sanus Premium Series VMF518 makes it easy to wall-mount and precisely position your mid-sized TV. This full-motion bracket can support TVs with screen sizes from 40" to 50" and weighing up to 75 lbs. The articulated arm extends your TV up to 18-3/4" out from the wall. The mount lets you swivel your TV from side to side, and you can also tilt it up or down for optimal viewing. You can also rotate the bracket 90° for either landscape or portrait viewing.
The mount can hold your TV 18-3/4" out from the wall with the arm fully extended.
Sanus' tools-free assembly makes setup simple. Once you've secured the brace to the wall, the arm just slides into position. A safety lock that closes with an audible click lets you know the arm is securely in place.
The arm assembly can also be shifted slightly left or right on the wall plate so the TV is centered, even if your wall studs are off-center. Finally, channels in the mount's arm lets you thread cables through it, keeping them free from tangles.
Excellent Product. Super-easy to install!
How close to the wall can the TV be in its most retracted position?
The back of the TV sits about 3.5" from the wall.
Full-Motion Design: The Sanus Premium Series VMF518 full-motion, wall-mount bracket provides a 4-points of movement for an optimal viewing position. The VMF518 extends from the wall (3.25"-18.75"), tilts up/down (+/-12°), and swivels left or right (+/-55°) for easy viewing anywhere in the room. The bracket can also be rotated 90° to the left or right for landscape or portrait viewing.
TV Capacity: The Sanus Premium Series VMF518 wall-mount bracket is designed to support flat-panel TVs from 40" to 50", weighing up to 75 lbs.
Safety Tab: A safety tab provides a safe and easy connection you can hear.
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Fairbanks Morse Defense Becomes Exclusive Naval Field Service Provider for Ideal Electric Motors & Generators
Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), has finalized an agreement with The Ideal Electric Company (IDEAL), an American manufacturer of high-power, specialty electric motors, generators, and related equipment, to serve as IDEAL's exclusive naval field service provider. FMD will provide maintenance and global field services for The Ideal Electric Company's motors and generators that are already installed or will be installed on naval ships worldwide.
"Fairbanks Morse Defense is constantly seeking new opportunities to expand the range of turnkey services that we can offer our marine defense customers and teaming up with The Ideal Electric Company to service their motors and generators while we're already on board servicing our engines and other equipment makes this a great value add for the Navy," said Jamie McMullin, President of FMD Services.
The agreement reinforces FMD's ability to build, maintain, and service naval power and propulsion systems worldwide through six strategically located domestic centers and resources deployed globally.
"Fairbanks Morse Defense's extensive field service network and focus on supporting naval customers coupled with The Ideal Electric Company's legacy of rotating electric expertise and American-made product range is a perfect match for us. We are excited to leverage this in-place capability and provide unparalleled support to our customers when and where they need it," said Nic Phillips, Vice President of IDEAL. "We see this as a great fit with two American manufacturers coming together, strengthening the domestic defense industrial base, and we feel confident that our customers will be well-served by FMD."
For more than 100 years, FMD has provided products and services to the Navy. Today, the defense contractor powers more than 80% of the Navy's ships with medium-speed applications. Similarly, Ideal Electric, a 119-year-old company, has installed generators that are connected to FMD's backup power engines on many Navy ship classes.
In recent years, FMD has expanded its array of best-in-class marine technologies, OEM parts, and turnkey services through expansion and the acquisitions of companies that include Federal Equipment Company (FEC), Hunt Valve, Maxim Watermakers, Research Tool & Die (RT&D), Ward Leonard, and Welin Lambie.


Our Silver Hall of Fame initiative is to honour inspiring senior citizens or organisations working with them. It's our small way of recognizing those who defy their age in many ways and those who work towards bringing about a change in a much neglected area. This month we chose Pankajam Balasundaram, a feisty septuagenerian who has never let odds dampen her spirit, be it her thoracic cancer or eighty percent loss of vision in her one eye. Her zeal for life is infectious and inspiring. When we met her in 2011 she was learning freezing techniques and tailoring. Today she is giving lessons on bonsai craft art through her Facebook pagePankaj Creative Crafts where she has a loyal following and students. You too can learn the art from her by watching the vidoes on her page. She became the poster girl of our event Anandam last year with her energetic Zumba moves.
I want to join and want to know more details.please give any number. am parameswari 59 yrs living near chennai.I need urgent help.


Over the weekend I treated myself to lunch so I went to check out Grub Burger Bar which is a fairly new restaurant in East Texas and let's just say I wasn't disappointed with my lunch or the menu options. I ended up getting the Bacon Love #9 which includes Applewood smoked bacon, American, pickles, lettuce, tomato & secret sauce #9 and when they brought it out to me I just knew it was going to taste just as good as it looked. However, there was something else on the menu that really got my attention.
Introducing the Grub Burger Peach Pie Shake and mark my words everything is just "Peachy" when you taste this shake. You have peaches, crust, ice cream and whipped cream and it is great especially as the weather breaks. Thinking about trying it? Well, you better hurry because this is a "Market Item" which makes it available until the end of June.
I had the honor to speak to the Manager, Amanda, and she also told me what makes Grub Burger Bar different from the rest.
Our meals are prepared daily in house! The buns are baked fresh every hour, our meat is ground in-house daily, and so are our homemade sauces and dressings. Plus, we provide vegetarian options. Also, we invite you to our "Happy Hour" where we have select menu items specially priced between 3p-6p Monday - Sunday.
So after my experience with Grub Burger Bar I can tell you already I will be a regular at this happening spot! Now, I know you're wondering if they have a secret menu? Well, the answer is "NO", but I was informed that if you download their "Grub Burger Bar" App on your phone you gain access to featured items that aren't on the menu and earn rewards pts. Grub Burger Bar is located at 6421 S. Broadway so next time you're looking to have lunch, a date or a night out with the family I suggest "Grub Burger Bar" you won't be disappointed.


FAQ: What is a Prenuptial Agreement and Should I Sign One?
What is a Prenuptial Agreement and Should I Sign One?
If marriage is in your near future, you may be wondering: what is a prenuptial agreement and should I sign one? A prenuptial agreement (or "prenup") is a contract that a couple enters before marriage. It contains details about assets and property rights of each person should the marriage end in divorce. While each state has either equitable distribution or community property laws, a prenuptial agreement can override these laws in the event that the couple looking to marry ever gets divorced.
Prenuptial agreements are often seen as unromantic or even cruel, carrying with them the weight of divorce before even entering into the social contract of marriage. However, a prenuptial agreement can certainly be helpful in the event of a separation. In modern society, a large number of marriages end in divorce as either spouse can change or make terrible decisions, and as such, prenuptial agreements can be useful for many people who enter into a marriage and yet are still interested in protecting their assets.
If you're coming into a marriage with children, a business or a significant amount of assets, you should consider a prenuptial agreement. It protects your financial future and the future of loved ones, especially if you are getting married at an older age. Should you get divorced, you could end up with nothing in retirement. Everything that you worked so hard to achieve could be gone in the event of a divorce. A prenuptial agreement protects your assets while avoiding surprises.
Prenuptial agreements have requirements and limitations, however. You will be required to disclose all your assets. If you hide any, the prenuptial agreement could be deemed null and void. You must also give your significant other time to review the prenuptial agreement. He or she may want to discuss it with a lawyer. You should never force your future spouse to sign an agreement hours before the wedding, as this situation could provide grounds for the prenuptial agreement to be void or at least coerced.
Prenuptial agreements protect assets in a variety of ways, but there are things they cannot do. They cannot be used to avoid child support or hash out custody arrangements. They also cannot promote divorce. A prenup (prenuptial agreement) with any of these details will be thrown out in court.
Who Does Not Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
A prenup offers many benefits, but it is not needed in all marriages. In reality, it does not always make sense for a young couple getting married for the first time to get one, as they may not have many possessions yet that require protection. In addition, those fresh out of school typically do not have much and don't need to protect any assets. However, if there is an unequal balance of assets, then a prenup may be ideal. If someone comes into a marriage with an inheritance, for example, or children from a previous relationship, it may be wise to discuss a prenuptial agreement, regardless of the person's age.
If you are about to get married, you may want to consider a prenuptial agreement. Such an agreement can be beneficial for many parties, but if you don't consider one, you could be losing out in the event of a divorce. Let the team at Mitchell & Crunk help you understand your options and make sure your rights are protected. Contact us today at (770) 809-3757 for a free phone consultation.


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HomeFootballMajor eventsNewsNumber-crunched: the rise and rise of the Women's World Cup
Number-crunched: the rise and rise of the Women's World Cup
By Nick Harris
The 2015 Women's World Cup (WWC) kicks off this coming weekend in Canada, and it will be the seventh edition of a tournament that has come a long way in short time.
At the first tournament the games were 80 minutes long, there was a single sponsor, the final wasn't shown on TV in the winning nation's country, and there was no prize money. That was in 1991.
Prize money wasn't actually introduced to the WWC until the fifth tournament, in 2007, when the total prize fund was $5.8m, rising to $7.6m in 2011.
The prize money in 2011 was equivalent to 2% of the men's 2010 World Cup prize fund of $380m the year before. The women's game is closing the gap but still has some way to go to parity. The 2015 WWC prize fund of $13.6m is 3.3% of last year's 2014 World Cup prize fund of $406m.
The WWC is expanding though, to 24 nations this year. The first graphic shows how the event has grown over time, by participants. It's designed to be read either by column (for participants in any given year, read vertically) or by row (if you want to track the progress of any one nation over time).
Nations in bold are making their debuts. Winners, runners-up, third-placed and fourth-placed teams are noted. Summaries of all-time appearances by teams from each confederation are on the left; for example there were five European teams in 1991, and that has grown to eight in 2015, and there have been 11 different European teams altogether.
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The next graphic includes more detailed performance statistics for every nation to have competed in a WWC to date. The nations are ranked by the total number of people who have watched each of them at WWC matches live, most to least. Click to enlarge. It is appropriate that the USA is the leading nation in this respect because they are the leading WWC nation in many respects.
i: The USA played in the best attended women's football match of all time, the 1999 WWC final v China, attendance 90,185. The USA won that 1999 final, having also won in 1991, so they have won the WWC the joint most times, twice, the same as Germany. But the USA have also been runners-up once (2011) and third three times (1995, 2003 and 2007) so the USA are unique in never finishing off the podium.
ii: The USA have been hosts of the tournament joint most (twice 1999 and 2003). China have also hosted twice. The USA have the best average 'finishing' position of any nation, 2.17, which is the total ranking of their six tournaments to date (1+1+2+3+3+3) divided by six. Germany are next best in this regard on 3.67. (This and other stattery in the graphic below, which you can click on to see properly).
iii: The player with the most matches in WWC history is an American (Kristine Lilly, 30 matches between 1991 and 2007). Four of the top five players with most matches at the WWC are Americans. After Lilly: 24 matches Julie Foudy (USA) & Birgit Prinz (GER); 23 matches Joy Fawcett (USA); Mia Hamm (USA). The USA as a nation has played most WWC games (36), and has also won the most (27) and won the highest percentage (75%).
iv: The oldest player ever at a WWC was American, Christie Rampone, aged 36 years and 23 days in 2011.
v: The player with the most goals scored by one player at one WWC finals was American, Michelle Akers, who scored 10 goals at the 1991 WWC. Akers also holds the record for most goals by one player in one WWC match: five vs Taiwan in 1991. The USA have most all-time WWC goals, 98, and have conceded the fewest per game (0.89), all-time.
vi: The goalkeeper with the most clean sheets in WWC history is American, Briana Scurry, who had 10 WWC shutouts between 1995 and 2007. The USA have the most clean sheets in WWC history 1991-2011 (18 clean sheets).
vii: The nation with the most goals in one WWC tournament: the USA in joint first place (25 goals in 1991) with Germany (25 goals in 2003). The USA leads the way in scoring 3+ goals in a game at WWC tournaments; they have done this 20 times, or in 56% of their WWC games. Next best Germany have only done it 15 times (47%).
viii: Americans have even refereed more matches than any other nationality. Of 180 WWC matches in total, the referee has been American on 14 occasions. Most common nationality of WWC referees: American, 14 games; Canadian: 12; Australian: 11; Swiss: 10.
Women's World Cup becoming more competitive
In a mature, competitive football league or competition, you would expect roughly one game in three to four to be a draw; and about one in 10 games to involve one side scoring 4+ goals in a single match. Using all-time data from the English Premier League, for example, 27 per cent of all games have been draws and 11 per cent have had 4+ goals for one team in a single game.
How has the women's World Cup compared over time?
In 1991, there was just one draw from 26 matches, or 3.85% and 11 of 26 games were thrashings as defined (42%). That is the hallmark of a tournament awash with uncompetitive one-sided matches.
Over time, as the graphic below shows, the draw rate grew to 18.75 per cent for the last two tournaments as it became more competitive; and the thrashings decreased to 'normal' levels. The women's World Cup is becoming more competitive.
The growth of the Women's World Cup in numbers
80 Minutes played per match. It wasn't until the 1995 event women played 90 like the men.
1 Sponsor for the tournament: M&M's. The teams played for the M&M's Cup.
Zero The number of TV channels in America screening the final, featuring USA beating Norway. Mia Hamm, then 19 and a rising star, said: 'When we came home, we thought we'd just conquered the world. And there was one media person there.'
8 The number of teams from the 1995 World Cup who became the participants in the inaugural Olympic women's soccer tournament, at the Atlanta 1996 Games. The best eight teams at the WWC qualified, showing how the WWC's status was accepted as global 'currency'.
6 The number of matches from the 1995 tournament screened in the USA.
2 The number of minutes allowed per team per half for an experimental 'time-out'. The tournament was now viewed significant enough to be a test ground. The idea did not take off.
90,185 The biggest attendance at any women's sports event in history. For the final, USA v China at the Rose Bowl.
4 The number of different continents represented in the top four: USA (N Am) beating China (Asia) in the final, and Brazil (S Am) beating Norway (Europe) in third-place play-off.
41.7% The proportion of girls and women of the total people in the USA playing soccer (7.5m of 18m), a 34% increase since 1991.
1 The number of winning World Cup teams coached by a woman, after Tina Theune-Meyer of Germany became the first at this WWC.
4 The number of participant nations with at least one professional player contracted in the USA at the time of the tournament, a record.
18 Matches out of 32 showed on US TV.
23,181,126 Page views on the FIFA WWC website during the tournament. This metric was not significant enough to measure in 2003. (By 2011 it was 125,741,477).
200 The number of different countries showing at least one game on TV, a record, and an increase of 25% on 2003.
15% Percent of the total $67m 'development funding' spent by world governing body FIFA on women's football. A rise from 10% previously.
7,196 Tweets per second during the closing minutes of the 2011 WWC final. This set a new Twitter record for any event of any genre, not just sports let alone women's sports. That eclipsed events including the death of Osama Bin Laden, the wedding of William and Kate, and any Super Bowl to that date.
12 Major sponsors affiliated to the event, a record, six global and six national, with the entire sponsorship programme 'sold out' 18 months before kick-off, a record.
407.8 million The number of different people around the world who saw at least three minutes of any World Cup match during the tournament live on TV, a record, and a rise of 3% on 2007. The average live TV audience per match globally was 13.2 million (+17% on 2007).
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Mid-City Charter Schools' Meeting with NACSA
January 23, 2007 | Author: MCNO | Categories: News
Today the new non-profit entity Mid-City Charter Schools met with four persons hired by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers to review our application. The interview went very well in my opinion. We should hear about their decision February 13th, and then the BESE board votes on February 15th.
To recount briefly what transpired before this point, MCNO applied to charter Dibert Elementary in March of 2006. NACSA granted MCNO provisional approval but in the meantime the Recovery School District opened Dibert. We were told by Robin Jarvis, the president of the RSD that the RSD and NACSA would help us with our application, and we might be able to take over Dibert in January of 2007, but none of that materialized. In October of 2006 NACSA removed the provisional status for MCNO and declined their application to charter a school. We received the rubrics used by the earlier reviewers on October 20th. We then had three weeks to get the first part of our new application together, and just over a month for the entire packet. It all came together in a hurry thanks to many of the residents of Mid-City.
Reading over the rubrics, it seemed that the previous reviewers didn't understand how a neighborhood organization like MCNO that does so much could run a school. To clarify this we formed a new non-profit, Mid-City Charter Schools, that will have one responsibility: running a great school. The current board of Mid-City Charter Schools consists of myself, Rick LoRusso, Jo Ann LoRusso, Mary Jane Parker, Ken Abney, Ron Andry, Linda Swindle, and Beverly Andry. The second perceived weakness in the first application was that our partnering management company, Education Design Management, lacked experience. So in this application we were very clear that EDM is a new company but the people who make up EDM have over 300 years of experience in education and 100 years in business. In fact, the Education Director for EDM, Jeanne Monte, opened and ran the first charter school in Louisiana. Let me add that the president of EDM, Dianna Dyer, has worked very hard on both applications and I am very grateful to her for this. I very much look forward to working with her if we get the charter. The third perceived weakness in our previous application related to our budget, so now on our board we have Ken Abney who is a CPA and a partner with Ericksen, Krentel & LaPorte, LLP at 4227 Canal Street in Mid-City. In short, the previous application was great and I am still shocked it was turned down, but this one was even better. More important, the reviewers today actually seemed to have read our application.
So what school might we have if we're granted the charter? We were told that schools currently being run by the RSD were off limits, and they specifically mentioned that we could not apply to charter Dibert. So we chose the three schools that were listed as available in Mid-City. Our first preference was Thurgood Marshall, which will be 100 years old next year. One reviewer today mentioned that Thurgood Marshall is the "darling" of facilities. We've heard that at least five groups have applied to charter Thurgood Marshall. Our second choice was Crossman, and our third choice was Fisk-Howard. But Fisk-Howard pretty much looks the same as it did the day the flood waters left, except that now it is missing all of its copper pipes and wires.
Thanks to all of you who have helped thus far with the application. I especially want to thank Keith Bartlett, who is currently the principal at Dibert, and who we would want to be our principal. His presence today at the interview helped immensely in my opinion. I continue to believe that public education will play a major role in deciding the future of New Orleans, and Mid-City. Our charter, if granted, would be for five years. Hopefully in that time the Orleans Parish School Board could get its act together and after five years we could hand control back with confidence that the children who attend public schools in Mid-City are getting a first rate education. They deserve it more than anyone of whom I can think.