Henry Dyson, Prolepsis and Ennoia in the Early Stoa. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009. Pp. xxxiii, 265. ISBN 9783110212280. $99.95.
Henry Dyson's Prolepsis and Ennoia in the Early Stoa is a careful and thorough analysis of the theory of natural conceptions in Stoicism. The book examines the scholarly debate regarding the nature and function of preconception (πρόληψις), common conception (κοινὴ ἔννοια), and natural conception (φυσικὴ ἔννοια) and presents a novel theory of how these terms and mental entities operate in the Stoic theory of cognition. In the process of sorting out the fine distinctions in Stoic technical terminology and navigating a complex debate in the secondary literature, Dyson manages to unpack, analyze, and piece together again a whole host of related historical and philosophical issues in Stoic epistemology, psychology, metaphysics, action theory, logic, and philosophy of language. In short, this study is an example of how what seems to be a narrow philological problem can produce significant conclusions beyond the scope of the original problem by means of detailed, careful, and, in this case, nearly exhaustive analysis.
The author begins by asking, does the Stoic account of conceptual and intellectual development, as Cicero and Epictetus tell the story, represent a rationalist Academic distortion of the more empiricist early Stoic theory, or do they fairly represent a consistent Stoic doctrine beginning in the early Stoa? To answer this question Dyson takes the reader on a long and convoluted journey through, as far as I can tell, all the relevant texts and nearly every scholarly interpretations remotely dealing with conceptual development.
In the first chapter, Dyson seeks to establish the theoretical unity of πρόλεψις, κοινὴ ἔννοια, and φυσικὴ ἔννοια. In order to do this, he must first establish whether these three terms are technical or generic terms and if the terms represent different kinds of conceptions. Sandbach and others, representing the orthodox reading of πρόλεψις, argue that προλήψεις and common conceptions differ in meaning and scope. Dyson attempts to refute Sandbach's orthodox view and concludes that all three are "interchangeable terms referring to a single underlying doctrine in the early Stoa" (p. 1).
The second chapter, "Common Conceptions as Criteria of Truth," examines how προλήψεις and common conceptions are able to operate as criteria of truth. As in the former chapter, Dyson spends most of the chapter recounting and dismantling the major interpretations in the secondary literature. Gould, Frede, and Todd offer models of how προλήψεις function in the evaluation of sensory experience.1 While Dyson rejects the claim that προλήψεις are criteria for sensible presentations, he acknowledges that they do "form part of a background set of beliefs and conceptions that dispose the perceiver to react to presentations in certain ways" (p. 28). Next he turns to non-sensible presentations. Here Alexander of Aphrodisias' De Mixtione becomes the focus of the argument. Todd's interpretation (1973), which distinguishes between προλήψεις and natural conceptions on the one hand, and common conceptions on the other, becomes the foil to Dyson's central claim. The debate seems to center on the question, do common conceptions rest on conscious inferences? (p. 43) Dyson argues that they do not. Instead, common conceptions function unconsciously to structure experience conceptually (p. 54). In addition, epistemologically common conceptions, along with natural conceptions and προλήψεις, are naturally occurring and universal notions which "correspond to real divisions in the world" (p. 46) which in turn can be articulated in proofs. This correspondence claim, however, is not elaborated at this point and will require Dyson to explain how correspondence is possible given the problematic ontological status that the Stoics attribute to the ἐννοήματα.
The third chapter attempts to place the theory in the broader context of the development of rationality. First, Dyson seeks to secure the claim that common conceptions are tacit forms of belief universal to all human beings insofar as they are rational. Here Dyson's strong identity claim from chapter one is qualified. Πρόληψις and common conception no longer seem to be "interchangeable terms", since common conceptions are not identical with all προλήψεις but only with articulated προλήψεις (p. 50). Hence neither the sense nor the extension of the terms appears to be identical or interchangeable.
Dyson also makes the claim that προλήψεις can be criteria of truth since they are true and we can know that they are true because providential Nature would not have formed them otherwise. If this was the Stoic position it is hard to imagine that this escaped the notice of critics. For such a criterion seems to beg the question. For a criterion of truth (unlike an axiom) need not and probably should not be a true proposition. This assumption could use more discussion. The idea of the transparency and veracity of nature stands in contrast to the more traditional Heraclitean maxim that nature loves to hide.
Chapter three concludes with a set of interim conclusions which help transition the reader to the next chapter by introducing the problem of universals through the claim that Chrysippus used the doctrine of πρόληψις to solve Meno's Paradox.
In chapter four, Dyson finally turns to a problem that has been lurking in the background of the former discussions: How do the προλήψεις serve as criteria of truth for universal claims given the nominalist ontology of the Stoics? If there are no forms (immanent or transcendent), what are the conceptions conceptions of? What is the intentional object of a πρόληψις or common conception? The Stoics, in fact, are fully aware of the problem and offer a solution: the ἐννόημα. The ἐννοήματα, like the φαντάσματα, (intentional objects of thoughts about non-existing entities like centaurs) have problematic ontological status. Dyson suggests that the ἐννόημα may be "a generic mental image produced by association" (p. 91). But this is surely wrong. The generic mental image produced by association would be the ἐννοία itself. Suggesting that ἐννόημα is a mental image instead of a logical entity removes the ontological problem recognized by the Stoics and creates a redundant mental event. Dyson makes a similar claim about the intentional object of memory. He states that "memory takes as its intentional object the mental image of a particular object." (p. 91) Instead, I would argue that the intentional object of the memory is the past event itself, which no longer exists. That is what the memory is about and that is why memory is logically interesting.
Fortunately Dyson subsequently distances himself from this account and instead, drawing on Chrysippus' rejection of Cleanthes' literal/pictorial view of φαντασία, argues for a linguistic turn in the development of the Stoic theory of concept formation. Dyson suggests that Chrysippus handles ἐννοήματα by developing a theory that reduces or analyses conceptions in terms of either descriptions or definitions based on syntactical relations. In short, a universal can be explained in terms of an indefinite conditional proposition.
Next Dyson examines how the πρόληψις and common conception function in Chrysippus's moral psychology and dialectic. He argues that προλήψεις are formed through perceptual experience and adds that the content "is formed by conditionally linking together the appellative that names a certain kind with other appellatives that can be applied to an object falling under that kind" (p. 133). Such is the foundation of tacit knowledge. The primary job of the πρόληψις, over and above its criterial role, is "to make connections between present presentations and general beliefs and conceptions" (p. 110). Dyson returns to the question of the structure of the πρόληψις and re-examines the two most promising alternatives: description and definition. Both are presented as conditionals and both offer a model for applying appellatives. Dyson argues that the definitional account is the correct interpretation and that the application of the definitional condition of the πρόληψις normally occurs at the tacit level. He then explains the role of πρόληψις in demonstration and dialectic by contrasting human reasoning and the more limited correlate in animals.
In the final chapter, Dyson returns to the question of where to align the Stoics in terms of rationalism and empiricism. Dyson supports a version of rationalism or nativism, at least in terms of justification. While the Stoic theory of concept-formation is clearly empirical, he holds that if we distinguish psychological empiricism from epistemological empiricism, one could argue that Stoic dialectic draws on a priori principles giving them a limited claim to rationalism.
The final chapter is followed by a valuable set of tables and appendices. The appendices are a wonderful addition to the book, especially given the dense and detailed nature of the argument proper. Each appendix presents both the primary text in Greek or Latin (albeit without a critical apparatus) followed by a translation. The eight appendices are organized chronologically and thematically. The book concludes with a bibliography and an index locorum. There are, however, no subject or author indices.
Henry Dyson's Prolepsis and Ennoia in the Early Stoa is a careful, rigorous, and philosophically productive analysis of the problem of conceptual development in Stoic philosophy. It is also a difficult and dense book most suitable to graduate students and specialists. The work assumes a knowledge of Greek and Latin as well as a general understanding of the major doctrines and sources for Stoicism. The erudite approach, however, means that the book is able to engage the philosophical and philological debate at a far deeper and detailed level than more accessible works in the field. The book is valuable both for its own impressive solution to the problem as well as its ability to unpack and narrate the twists and turns of the complex and extensive secondary literature. There is one significant and unnecessary flaw to the book. The work is absolutely riddled with typographical errors of all sorts. I counted roughly one hundred errors not including footnotes or appendices. This was a regular distraction in an otherwise very careful piece of scholarship. Yet despite this mild irritant, the work merits a careful reading and signifies an important philosophical and philological contribution to the field.
1. Gould, J. B. The Philosophy of Chrysippus, Philosophia Antiqua. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970; Frede, Michael. "The Stoic Conception of Reason." In Hellenistic Philosophy, 50-63. Athens: International Center for Greek Philosophy and Culture, 1994; Todd, Robert B. "The Stoic Common Notions: A Re-Examination and Reinterpretation." Symbolae Osloenses 48 (1973): 47-75.


I am writing an essay and I have to have a complex sentence ,but can't figure out if I already have a complex sentence! Here is one of my sentences I think is a complex sentence : On rainy days you can find us curled up with a good book and a blanket, in a quiet little "nook."
PS if you need to know what a complex sentence is just look it up on google!
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A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.
To be a complex sentence your sentence will need a subordinate clause.


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We have seen an upsurge of high Value cars being stolen, many to order, by gangs that used to just smash and grab. With modern security devices they need the keys, easy to grab if they are in the hallway on a table or hall stand. Letterbox tools are now being used to open doors while the home is occupied and keys, maybe wallets taken.
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Euro-profile cylinder key lock (2 keys supplied).
The top loading A4 letter slot is fitted with a protective flap that effectively shields contents from rain (Pic1) and dust (Pic2) and post is easy to remove via a full height, side-hinged door (Pic3).
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The drop down door at the front secured with a standard camlock (Pic9).
It is thinner in the material used but in the right location (Maybe a porch) that should not be a problem it is still well made and would resist attempts to prise it open easy to retrieve mail (Pic10).
xt. Dimensions X 365 X 110 HxWxD (mm).
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Top loading A4 letter slot – with anti-rattle hinge.
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In the Keith/Six Drawing series, he repeats his black-and-white image in the same size, altering only the physical means of mark-making to either fill in grid squares or in the case of Keith/Random Fingerprint Version, eschewing the grid altogether. Yet the six images are very distinct from each other and the differences between them simply result from a variation in technique. Art critic Lisa Lyons points out, "an irrefutable sign of personal identity, the fingerprint for Close is just another easily repeated abstract shape" in this case, a development from the round dot paintings done with airbrush that Close had been making.  He filled in the grid square with his fingerprint, repeating as necessary to obtain the desired density of ink. Unlike pointillism, these fingerprint-dots still read singularly even as their aggregate forms the overall image. The slight off-registration of some of the subsequent inking of the individual fingerprint impressions activates and lends a shimmering quality to the overall image. Any detail of Keith/Round Fingerprint Versionis nearly impossible to understand as either flat or dimensional in the traditional sense of perspective drawing. The darks and lights oscillate in their well-ordered rows, as in a perfectly abstract arrangement.
 Lisa Lyons and Robert Storr, Chuck Close (New York: Rizzoli, 1987), 34.


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Temporal discretization is a mathematical technique applied to transient problems that occur in the fields of applied physics and engineering.

Transient problems are often solved by conducting simulations using computer-aided engineering (CAE) packages, which require discretizing the governing equations in both space and time. Such problems are unsteady (e.g. flow problems), and therefore require solutions in which position varies as a function of time. Temporal discretization involves the integration of every term in different equations over a time step ().

The spatial domain can be discretized to produce a semi-discrete form:

If the discretization is done using backward differences, the first-order temporal discretization is given as:

And the second-order discretization is given as:

where
  is a scalar quantity.
  is the value at the next time level, .
  is the value at the current time level, .
  is the value at the previous time level, .

The function  is evaluated using implicit- and explicit-time integration.

Description
The temporal discretization is done through integration over time on the general discretized equation. First, values at a given control volume  at time interval  are assumed and then value at time interval  is found. This method states that the time integral of a given variable is equal to a weighted average between current and future values. The integral form of the equation can be written as:

where  is a weight between 0 and 1.

  results in the fully explicit scheme.
  results in the fully implicit scheme.
  results in the Crank-Nicolson scheme.

For any control volume this integration holds true for any discretized variable. The following equation is obtained when applied to the governing equation including full discretized diffusion, convection, and source terms.

Methods for evaluating function F(φ)
After discretizing the time derivative, function  remains to be evaluated. The function is now evaluated using implicit and explicit-time integration.

Implicit-time integration
This methods evaluates the function  at a future time.

Formulation
The evaluation using implicit-time integration is given as:

This is called implicit integration as  in a given cell is related to   in neighboring cells through :

In case of implicit method, the setup is unconditionally stable and can handle large time step (). But, stability doesn't mean accuracy. Therefore, large  affects accuracy and defines time resolution. But, behavior may involve physical timescale that needs to be resolved.

Explicit-time integration
This methods evaluates the function  at a current time.

Formulation
The evaluation using explicit-time integration is given as:

And is referred as explicit integration since  can be expressed explicitly in the existing solution values, :

Here, the time step () is restricted by stability limit of the solver (i.e., time step is limited by the Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition. To be accurate with respect to time, same time step should be used in all the domain and to be stable, the time step must be the minimum of all the local time steps in the domain. This method is also referred to as "global time stepping".

Examples
Many schemes use explicit-time integration. Some of these are as follows:

 Lax–Wendroff method
 Runge–Kutta method

See also

 Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition.
 Von Neumann stability analysis.
 Finite element method
 Explicit and implicit methods
 Chi-Wang Shu

References

Computer-aided engineering

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Worlds Apart But Not Strangers: Learning From Holocaust & Native American Experience to Confront Extremism and Intolerance
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Worlds Apart But Not Strangers brought together 25 teachers from Montana and Idaho to learn about the Holocaust and mass persecution of Native Americans. The program included visits to North Cheyenne reservation, tribal sacred grounds (see photo above), and the Bighorn battlefield in southern Montana. The group also visited the Beth Aaron Synagogue and received an overview of Judaism from Rabbi Uriarte. Educators spent many intensive hours in collaboration with peers and focused on writing to absorb and transmit the lessons of the Holocaust to their students.
Ileah Bodily, a middle school teacher from Rigby, Idaho: "I intend to teach more about the land we live on, the genocide of Native American." She added, "The TOLI program has given me so many tools how to teach religious conflict and cultures" Referring to the attacks on synagogues in the US she added, "The students want to know 'why' these terrible events happened. This seminar gives us the tools to lead conversation."
Brett Nichols, a history teacher from Billings, Mt, and another participant in the program, "This seminar helps build a better world, a better human being. What we want from program like this is to understand humanity and pass it along to our students"

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Mohammadreza Nematollahi (Speaker), Philip Lucke (Contributor), Muharrem Bayraktar (Contributor), Kerstin Hild (Contributor), Toralf Gruner (Contributor), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor), A.J.H.M. Rijnders (Contributor), Eric Louis (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Damage processes in thin Ru films induced by single and multiple ultra-short XUV pulses
Igor A. Makhotkin (Speaker), Igor Milov (Contributor), Ryszard Sobierajski (Contributor), Jaromir Chalupský (Contributor), Kai Tiedtke (Contributor), Nikita Medvedev (Contributor), vladimir lipp (Contributor), B. Ziaja (Contributor), Frank Scholze (Contributor), V. Zhakhovsky (Contributor), N. Inogamov (Contributor), Hartmut Enkisch (Contributor), Gosse de Vries (Contributor), Frank Scholze (Contributor), Frank Siewert (Contributor), J.M. Sturm (Contributor), Konstantin Nikolaev (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), Eric Louis (Contributor), Iwanna Jacyna (Contributor), Marek Jurek (Contributor), Dorota Klinger (Contributor), Laurent Nittler (Contributor), Yevgen Syryanyy (Contributor), Libor Juha (Contributor), Věra Hájková (Contributor), Vojtěch Vozda (Contributor), Tomáš Burian (Contributor), Karel Saksl (Contributor), Bart Faatz (Contributor), Barbara Keitel (Contributor), Elke Plönjes (Contributor), Siegfried Schreiber (Contributor), Sven Toleikis (Contributor), R.A. Loch (Contributor), Martin Hermann (Contributor), Sebastian Strobel (Contributor), Han Kwang Nienhuys (Contributor), Rilpho Dunker (Contributor), Grzegorz Gwalt (Contributor), Tobias Mey (Contributor), Mark A. Smithers (Contributor), Hendricus A.G.M. van Wolferen (Contributor), Enrico G. Keim (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Correlated lateral density fluctuations in the Si layers of a W/Si multilayer revealed by GISAXS
Konstantin Nikolaev (Contributor), Sergey N. Yakunin (Contributor), Igor A. Makhotkin (Speaker), Joris de la Rie (Contributor), Roman Medvedev (Contributor), A.V. Rogachev (Contributor), C.P. Hendrikx (Contributor), M. Gateshki (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Damage processes in ruthenium thin films induced by XUV and x-ray free electron lasers
Igor Milov (Speaker), Igor A. Makhotkin (Contributor), Jaromir Chalupský (Contributor), Kai Tiedtke (Contributor), Frank Scholze (Contributor), F. Sievert (Contributor), Nikita Medvedev (Contributor), vladimir lipp (Contributor), V. Zhakhovsky (Contributor), N. Inogamov (Contributor), Hartmut Enkisch (Contributor), Gosse de Vries (Contributor) & Ryszard Sobierajski (Contributor)
Atomic oxygen diffusion in ultrathin transition metal oxide films at room temperature
Adaptive multilayer mirrors based on piezoelectric actuators for XUV lithography
Metal-on-metal interface formation laws of nanoscale thin films
Anirudhan Chandrasekaran (Speaker), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), J.M. Sturm (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Stress development of thin films monitored in-situ by cantilever laser deflection and low energy ion scattering
Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Speaker), Johan Reinink (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Single-shot damage of Ru thin film induced by XUV FEL fs pulses
Igor Milov (Speaker), Igor Alexandrovich Makhotkin (Contributor), R. Sobierajski (Contributor), H. Enkisch (Contributor), Jaromir Chalupsky (Contributor), K. Tiedtke (Contributor), Gosse de Vries (Contributor), M. Störmer (Contributor), Frank Scholze (Contributor), F. Siewert (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), R. Keim (Contributor), H.A.G.M. van Wolferen (Contributor), Eric Louis (Contributor), I. Yatsyna (Contributor), M. Jurek (Contributor), L. Juha (Contributor), V. Hájková (Contributor), V. Vozda (Contributor), T. Burian (Contributor), K. Saksl (Contributor), B. Faatz (Contributor), B. Keitel (Contributor), E. Ploenjes (Contributor), S. Schreiber (Contributor), S. Toleikis (Contributor), R. Loch (Contributor), M. Hermann (Contributor), S. Strobel (Contributor), H. Nienhuys (Contributor), G. Gwalt (Contributor), Tobias Mey (Contributor) & Klaus Man (Contributor)
Multilayer reflective optics for EUV Lithography
Eric Louis (Invited speaker), H. Enkisch (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor), J.M. Sturm (Contributor), Igor Alexandrovich Makhotkin (Contributor), Stephan Müllender (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
Model independent approach for the analysis of GIXR data from thin films
I.A. Makhotkin (Contributor), S.N. Yakunin (Speaker), J.F. Woitok (Contributor), R.W.E. van de Kruijs (Contributor), E. Reuvekamp (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Tailoring the spectral properties of extreme UV multilayer optics
V.V. Medvedev (Speaker), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Igor Alexandrovich Makhotkin (Invited speaker), H. Enkisch (Contributor), R. Sobierajski (Contributor), Jaromir Chalupsky (Contributor), K. Tiedtke (Contributor), Gosse de Vries (Contributor), M. Störmer (Contributor), F. Scholze (Contributor), F. Siewert (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), Igor Milov (Contributor), Eric Louis (Contributor), I. Yatsyna (Contributor), M. Jurek (Contributor), L. Juha (Contributor), V. Hájková (Contributor), V. Vozda (Contributor), T. Burian (Contributor), K. Saksl (Contributor), B. Faatz (Contributor), B. Keitel (Contributor), E. Ploenjes (Contributor), S. Schreiber (Contributor), S. Toleikis (Contributor), R.A. Loch (Contributor), M. Hermann (Contributor), S. Strobel (Contributor) & H. Nienhuys (Contributor)
Ruthenium growth on B, C and B4C studied by LEIS
Andrey Zameshin (Speaker), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor), J.M. Sturm (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
Status of multilayer reflective optics
Eric Louis (Speaker), H. Enkisch (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor), J.M. Sturm (Contributor), Igor A. Makhotkin (Contributor), Christopher James Lee (Contributor), Stephan Müllender (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Andrey Zameshin (Speaker), Andrey E. Yakshin (Contributor), Marko Sturm (Contributor) & Fred Bijkerk (Contributor)
X-ray Standing Wave Measurements at the Free-Electron Laser FLASH
G. Mercurio (Contributor), Igor Alexandrovich Makhotkin (Contributor), Igor Milov (Contributor), Y-Y. Kim (Contributor), I. Zaluzhnyy (Contributor), S. Dziarzhytski (Speaker), L. Wenthaus (Contributor), Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor), Ivan Vartaniants (Speaker) & W. Wurth (Contributor)
In vacuo low-energy ions scattering studies of ZrO2 growth by magnetron sputtering
J.M. Sturm (Speaker), Roger Coloma Ribera (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
EUVL optics for Free Electron Laser sources: damage threshold studies and the use of adjusted wavelengths
Eric Louis (Speaker), Andrey Zameshin (Contributor), Andrey Yakshin (Contributor), Igor Alexandrovich Makhotkin (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
Igor Alexandrovich Makhotkin (Speaker), Sergey N. Yakunin (Contributor), J.F. Woitok (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), E.J. Reuvekamp (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
Broadband spectral characterization of EUV light sources with a transmission grating spectrometer
Muharrem Bayraktar (Speaker), Fei Liu (Contributor), Hubertus M.J. Bastiaens (Contributor), Caspar Bruineman (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
Ruthenium growth on B, C and B4C: combining surface and in-depth information from LEIS
Capabilities of model free X-ray standing wave analysis of periodic multilayer structures
I.A. Makhotkin (Speaker), S.N. Yakunin (Contributor), C.P. Hendrikx (Contributor), A. Chandrasekaran (Contributor), Andrey Zameshin (Contributor), A. Zarkadas (Contributor), M. Gateshki (Contributor), R.W.E. van de Kruijs (Contributor), E. Reuvekamp (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Broadband spectroscopy of EUV light sources using a transmission grating spectrometer
Muharrem Bayraktar (Speaker), Francesco Torretti (Contributor), Ruben Schupp (Contributor), Oscar Versolato (Contributor), Fei Liu (Contributor), Caspar Bruineman (Contributor), Boris Vratzov (Contributor), Hubertus M.J. Bastiaens (Contributor) & F. Bijkerk (Contributor)
Igor Milov (Speaker), Igor Alexandrovich Makhotkin (Contributor), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor), R. Keim (Contributor), H.A.G.M. van Wolferen (Contributor), Eric Louis (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
Insitu Stress Measurement of Thin Film and Multilayer Deposition
Johan Reinink (Speaker), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Contributor) & Frederik Bijkerk (Contributor)
Ultra-wide super continuum generation in Si3N4/SiO2 waveguides
Petrus J.M. van der Slot (Speaker), J.P. Epping (Speaker), Christopher James Lee (Speaker), Klaus J. Boller (Speaker), T. Hellwig (Speaker), Carsten Fallnich (Speaker), Rene Heideman (Speaker), Arne Leinse (Speaker), A. van Rees (Speaker) & M. Hoekman (Speaker)
Ultra-broadband Supercontinuum Generation at Telecommunication Wavelengths in Dispersion Engineered Stoichiometric Si3N4 Waveguides
F. Schepers (Speaker), M.A. Porcel (Speaker), J.P. Epping (Speaker), T. Hellwig (Speaker), M. Hoekman (Speaker), R. Mateman (Speaker), Arne Leinse (Speaker), Rene Heideman (Speaker), A. van Rees (Speaker), Petrus J.M. van der Slot (Speaker), Christopher James Lee (Speaker), R. Schmidt (Speaker), R. Bratschitsch (Speaker), Klaus J. Boller (Speaker) & Carsten Fallnich (Speaker)
High efficiency multilayer coated blazed grating for tender X-rays
A. Sokolov (Speaker), F. Senf (Speaker), Frederik Bijkerk (Speaker), F. Eggenstein (Speaker), G. Gwalt (Speaker), Qiushi Huang (Speaker), Robbert Wilhelmus Elisabeth van de Kruijs (Speaker), O. Kutz (Speaker), S. Lemke (Speaker), Eric Louis (Speaker), M. Mertin (Speaker), I. Packe (Speaker), I. Rudolph (Speaker), F. Schafers (Speaker), F. Siewert (Speaker), Jacobus Marinus Sturm (Speaker), C. Waberski (Speaker), Z. Wang (Speaker), J. Wolf (Speaker), T. Zeschke (Speaker) & A. Erko (Speaker)


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The Jihadist Threat
Legalise Apostasy
Origins and Evolution
Alliance of Former Muslims
Supporting Ireland's Apostates, Without Reservation or Apology
Solidarity with Pakistani Sceptics
allianceofformermuslimsUncategorizedAlliance of Former Muslims, Atheist and Agnostic Alliance Pakistan, Ayaz Nizami, Blasphemy Pakistan, Constitution of Pakistan blasphemy, Ex-Muslims Ireland, Mashal Khan, Nawaz Sharif blasphemy, Pakistan atheism, Pakistan ex-MuslimsLeave a comment
"This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves."
Robert G. Ingersoll
In Islam, the penalty for apostasy is death. Thus, in the Muslim world, it is commonly held that those who leave or criticise Islam must be killed. In recent years, with increasing numbers of Muslims leaving the faith, there has been an accordant surge in the killing of atheists, blasphemers and other sceptics, not least in Pakistan. These murders, fuelled by the rabid certainty of religious conviction, have been enabled by the increasing fanaticism of the Pakistani government, as well as the tacit approval of the mainstream media and the police. Here are three examples of this disturbing trend:
'Pakistan: Another 'blasphemer' killed by murderous Islamists'
'Three sisters kill man booked for blasphemy in Sialkot'
'Pakistan police officer kills 'blasphemer' with axe'
Regarding the government, in March 2017, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared blasphemy to be an "unpardonable sin". Although he stopped short of calling for blasphemers to be executed, this is nonetheless an annihilatory judgement. In terms of the media and the police, witness their response to the lynching of Mashal Khan: not to condemn the act, but to deny that he had blasphemed at all. The implication here, of course, is that if he was a blasphemer, then he deserved to be killed. In this indirect manner, the Pakistani media lends its support to the mob's crusade against free-thinkers.
While no judicial execution for blasphemy has ever occurred in Pakistan, the mere charge of blasphemy is often sufficient as a death sentence. Indeed, from 1990 to 2014, over sixty people accused of blasphemy were murdered before their respective trials had concluded. Given the makeup of the Pakistani state, the perpetrators of these extra-judicial killings are rarely ever brought to justice. Prominent online activists against the blasphemy laws have also been detained – including the blogger Ayaz Nizami, vice-president of Atheist & Agnostic Alliance Pakistan, who joins the list of over 1,300 accused from 1987 to 2014.
The oppression of free-thinkers in Pakistan is a powerful argument for secularism: for just as it is with race, when religion is made the basis for a state, the persecution of minorities is inevitable. The Constitution of Pakistan designates Islam as the state religion, with Article 2 stating simply: "Islam shall be the State religion of Pakistan." This has acted as the foundation for the many harsh penalties for blasphemy introduced over the decades. One example of this would be Article §295C – 'Mandatory Death for defiling the name of the Prophet Muhammad'. Others can be found in the table below:
The Pakistani state is rooted in religious imperialism; it was explicitly founded to drive a wedge between Muslims and Hindus living in India. Since that time, Pakistan and India have engaged in four wars – including one undeclared war – as well as many border skirmishes and military stand-offs. These conflicts have claimed the lives of tens of thousands and displaced many more. Until Pakistan is dissolved, there is every reason to expect a fifth war in the near-future. To finish with a quote from the late Christopher Hitchens, who expertly deconstructs Pakistan as artifice for Islamic separatism:
The very name Pakistan inscribes the nature of the problem. It is not a real country or nation but an acronym devised in the 1930s by a Muslim propagandist for partition named Chaudhary Rahmat Ali. It stands for Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, and Indus-Sind. The stan suffix merely means "land". In the Urdu language, the resulting acronym means "land of the pure". It can be easily seen that this very name expresses expansionist tendencies and also conceals discriminatory ones. Kashmir, for example, is part of India. Interestingly, too, there is no B in this cobbled-together name, despite the fact that the country originally included the eastern part of Bengal (now Bangladesh, after fighting a war of independence against genocidal Pakistani repression) and still includes Baluchistan, a restive and neglected province that has been fighting a low-level secessionist struggle for decades. The P comes first only because Pakistan is essentially the property of the Punjabi military caste (which hated Benazir Bhutto, for example, because she came from Sind). As I once wrote, the country's name "might as easily be rendered as 'Akpistan' or 'Kapistan', depending on whether the battle to take over Afghanistan or Kashmir is to the fore."
University student Mashal Khan, brutally slain in April 2017 for alleged blasphemy.
This article was written by co-founder Kareem Muhssin, with support from other Alliance members.
Posted by allianceofformermuslims
Support network for Ex-Muslims in Ireland. Empowering apostates from Islam and raising awareness of the jihadist threat. Affiliate of Atheist Alliance International.
Standing Defiant with Manchester


My house is carbon's Big Foot. Built in 1912, it's a Portland bungalow that has never known the meaning of the word "efficiency." So setting out to conquer Chapter 7 of Graham Hill and Meaghan O'Neill's Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks To Modern Eco-Living seemed the biggest challenge of my eight week journey thus far.
I've been working on my house extensively this summer, but I don't feel as if my energy consumption, my water use or my building practices have improved very much. And the main reason is cost. This is still the major Achilles heel of home greening, in my opinion. A search for green deck materials at the beginning of the summer did not yield much of use - we ended up with Trex, which our local green house store, Eco-Haus, doesn't stock or list as a green alternative. I respect their choice, as Trex is downcycling, but what is a homeowner with a tight budget to do? FSC Cedar, I suppose, which is great, but with the sticky sap trees we have overhanging the majority of the deck, the maintenance and clean-up of the cedar made it prohibitive, and we used it only for framing and railings. For the number of people who build or re-build decks and porches, it feels like the green deck alternatives are few.As the deck construction has proceeded, my spirits regarding green construction have flagged further. Stooped to recycling construction workers' soda bottles, I tried to turn my attention to the inside of the house.
I instructed my partner to get only CFLs for the fixtures in our house that needed bulb changes. We had done an initial sweep with CFLs three years previously, but one by one many of the places we had switched to CFLs have gone back to incandescents. Personally, there's no question that CFLs have not lived up to their promise of longevity. Our light bulb store, Sunlan Lighting, advised us not to use CFLs for dimmers or motion detectors - that cut out around 8 of our 24 fixtures, or dimmable CFL bulbs at $12...each! In our three outdoor fixtures, CFLs have required as many bulb changes as regular bulbs, due, according to Sunlan, to the temperature changes that work the CFL tiny motor too strenuously. The store also did not recommend them for enclosed fixtures or those that were frequently turned on and off. We ended up with only a handful of new CFLs, and a decision to look at LEDs for all new or replacement lighting needs. I do love the Solatube lighting system, but its price puts it on the "wish list" for when the roof needs replacing in the next few years.
My two sons are shower phobic and shower only once a week under orders, so the sign I placed on our shower to please shower only five minutes is really just a reminder for my husband and I - 10 minute showers produce about 4 pounds of CO2 according to David Gershon's Low Carbon Diet. We do cold-water laundry, have never watered our lawn and have no water-thirsty plants. Still, the three toilets (with the old fashioned bricks), the five to six loads of laundry weekly and the dish washing all add up. We went on a mad chase around town (half on bikes, but the other half by car) to find cool clotheslines, in order to reduce our dryer use, and only Storables eventually satisfied us. We bought a laundry rack (and also repaired another old wooden one we had at home), an excellent retractable clothesline, and a pull-out shelf for clothes drying. We have a six-month goal to give us the dryer completely.
So perhaps all in all the results are not so bad, but the process feels so slow. Over these eight weeks we've cleaned our gas furnace filters, replaced a handful of bulbs, eschewed air conditioning for one ceiling fan and one plug-in fan, made a nighttime habit of checking and turning off power strips, and started to time our showers. Yet eight weeks doesn't feel like enough time for effective home greening, not with the extra cost of green materials. Eight years feels more realistic!


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Q: Windows Batch Scripting Issue - Quoting Variables containing spaces So here's my issue:
I want to use %cd% so a user can execute a script anywhere they want to place it, but if %cd% contains spaces, then it will fail (regardless of quotes).  If I hardcode the path, it will function with quotes, but if it is a variable, it will fail.
Fails: (if %cd% contains spaces)
"%cd%\Testing.bat"
Works:
"C:\Program Files\Testing.bat"
Any ideas?

A: %CD% is not the right way to do it, as it indicates the directory where the user was located when invoking the script, not the directory where the script resides.
Use %~dp0 instead to extract the drive and path information from %0:
REM C:\Program Files\test_caller.bat
@echo I am the caller and I reside in: "%~dp0"
@"%~dp0\test.bat"

...
REM C:\Program Files\test.bat
@echo Yippeee!

...
C:\>"\Program Files\test_caller.bat"
I am the caller and I reside in: "C:\Program Files\"
Yippeee!

C:\>e:

E:\>"C:\Program Files\test_caller.bat"
I am the caller and I reside in: "C:\Program Files\"
Yippeee!

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JUST EAT plc - JE.
Offer Update
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JUST EAT plc
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Just Eat plc ("Just Eat")
On 5 August 2019, the boards of Takeaway.com N.V. ("Takeaway.com") and Just Eat announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of Takeaway.com and Just Eat (the "Combination"), to be effected by means of a Court sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act (the "Scheme").
The Just Eat Board notes the announcement this morning by Takeaway.com that it now intends to implement the Combination by way of an offer for Just Eat (the "Takeaway.com Offer") with an acceptance threshold set at 75 per cent. of the voting rights in Just Eat's share capital rather than through the Scheme. The Just Eat Board unanimously recommends that Just Eat Shareholders accept the Takeaway.com Offer.
On 22 October 2019, a scheme document was published which set out the full terms and conditions of the Scheme and the Notice of Court Meeting and Notice of General Meeting which had been convened on 4 December 2019. Following the announcement of the switch from the Scheme to the Takeaway.com Offer by Takeaway.com, the Just Eat Board will adjourn these shareholder meetings indefinitely.
Takeaway.com intends to send an offer document, containing further details of the Combination and the Takeaway.com Offer, to Just Eat shareholders, other than Just Eat Shareholders located in Restricted Jurisdictions (as defined below) where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction, as soon as reasonably practicable (the "Takeaway.com Offer Document"). The new timetable for completion of the Combination will be set out in the Takeaway.com Offer Document.
Further announcements will be made as and when appropriate.
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About Just Eat
Just Eat plc (LSE: JE) operates a leading global hybrid marketplace for online food delivery. Headquartered in London, we use proprietary technology to offer a quick and efficient digital ordering service for over 26 million customers and more than 100,000 Restaurant Partners across the UK, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and Brazil.
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This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent document.
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Unless otherwise determined by Takeaway.com or required by the City Code, and permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Takeaway.com Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in, into or from the United States or any other Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction, and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance from or within the United States or any other Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and all documents relating to the Takeaway.com Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from the United States or any other Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, and persons receiving this announcement and all documents relating to the Takeaway.com Offer (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute or send them in, into or from such jurisdictions as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Takeaway.com Offer.
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July SUV sales: Toyota's good fortune, but tough drive for Tata
Overall, sales of SUVs in July grew 5% compared to June, with most carmakers reporting an improvement in sales. But the pinch can be felt lower down the price ladder as budget SUVs (between Rs. 5.5 lakh to Rs. 14 lakh) grew only 4%, while sales of premium SUVs (Rs. 15 lakh to Rs. 25 lakh) grew 12%. There are a few surprises.
Safari loses traction
Tata's Safari has begun to slip on the sales charts. It sold an average of 1,500 Safaris between January and June, but in July sales dropped 33% to just 823 units. A new, face-lifted Tata Safari is just around the corner, the Safari Merlin, which has been spied testing around the country.
Photo: The Tata Safari's sales dip may be since people are awaiting the new Safari Merlin
It is possible that buyers have been deferring purchases of the Safari in anticipation of the newer model (the Safari has been around since 1998).
July hasn't been a good month for Tata, with even its other MUV and SUV brands slipping. The Tata Aria has been having a jerky ride over the months, selling an average of 228 vehicles a month. In July, though sales were above average, month-on-month sales are down 8% to 328 units.
The Aria has been trying hard to find favor with buyers and now Tata has launched three cheaper 4×2 variants of the Aria priced between Rs. 11.61 lakh and Rs. 14.26 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi, which Tata hopes may add some volumes to the brand.
Lower down the price ladder, the Tata Sumo is still struggling to catch up with the Chevrolet Tavera, with sales of the Sumo falling 7% to 1,369 units, while the Tavera's sales fell only 2% to 1,707 units month on month.
The leader in this price segment (Rs. 5.5 to Rs. 7.5 lakh) is the Mahindra Bolero, which continues to grow on rural demand. Sales of the Bolero are up a further 3% month-on-month at 7,817 units, as it continues to stay India's largest-selling utility vehicle.
Fortuner's good fortune
Toyota's SUV and MUV offerings are leaders in their respective segments. Sales of the Toyota Fortuner, in fact, grew 7% in July to 1,060 units. The Fortuner, which costs twice as much as a Tata Safari, sells nearly 30% more than the Safari. And not only is the Fortuner the segment leader among premium SUVs, it now sells more than all its competitor's sales put together!
Photo: The Toyota Fortuner has seen a rise in sales leaving all its competition behind
The Toyota Innova continues to stay on top of its price segment (which includes the Mahindra Scorpio, Xylo and Tata Safari). Sales of the Innova grew 3% to 4,816 from the previous month to stay just ahead of the Mahindra Scorpio.
Scorpio sales grew 18% month-on-month to 4,308 units, way ahead of the Tata Safari, but still behind the Toyota Innova. Mahindra's Innova-rival, the Xylo, too grew about 3% to 2,652 units.
Minor gains for premium SUVs
All premium SUV brands, ranging from the Skoda Yeti up to the Honda CRV have shown growth, although on vastly different scales in July. Sales of the Yeti were up 49% to 197 units. Hyundai's Santa Fe sales were up from 100 units to 140 units. Ford Endeavour sales were up 9% at 271 units, retaining its No.2 spot among premium SUV sales.
It's a different matter that the No.1 spot ruled by the Toyota Fortuner seems virtually unreachable now.
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With Storm Freya blasting us today, I only managed an hour's stomp between rain bands but even that was difficult, trying to walk back up the hill from the marina into a 25mph head wind. My head was down, which was probably how I spotted these lovely bands of moss on top of a brick wall. It was interesting how the moss was only growing in strips where the mortar butted up against the terracotta bricks, not on the mortar or the bricks themselves. It sure looked pretty covered in rain drops.
Icicle: noun; a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water (Oxford Dictionary). The word comes from the Old English word gicel, which morphed into ikyl or ikel, and later ickle, a word which is still used in parts of Yorkshire.
My photos were taken on the Ely embankment in Cardiff Bay yesterday, as Britain shivers its way through a blast of chilly Siberian air. The combination of freezing temperatures and the constant lapping of the water on to the branches that litter the shoreline resulted in some beautiful icicles.


This year has seen a lot of magic in the air at Magicians.co.uk. Last weekend was no exception when we were thrilled to celebrate with our very own Zubair on the occasion of his long-awaited marriage to his beautiful bride Runouska. Congratulations to both of them on their Nikah!
A weekend with Derren Brown, David Blaine and Dynamo!
We Predict Success for Jermay!
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Campus life is busy; with many students and very few places to get food, there are often queues that have unpredictable length. This results in students walking across campus only to find that to get food they would have to spend their entire lunch waiting in line. A side effect of this is added frustration in students' lives. I set out to solve this problem: to be able to check the status of the queue without having to walk across campus.
The first step was to be able to measure the number of people standing in line. An earlier paper that attempted to correlate the signal strength to distance (Benkic et. al. 2008) proved unsuccessful, but gave me an idea to use similar technologies to estimate the number of people in an area.
The premise of the paper was that mobile devices constantly and consistently send out a broadcast to the immediate area in search of wireless networks (Probe Requests). This broadcast contains a way to identify the device as well as the signal strength (RSSI) of the broadcast. The paper found that there was a weak correlation between the signal strength of the broadcast and the distance between the mobile device and the receiver. The correlation was too weak for accurate tracking, however in my research I found that the correlation can be used as an estimate of whether the mobile device is within a certain distance. I found during my research that when listening to multiple probe requests simultaneously it was possible to configure the receiver to increase accuracy. These configurations depended on the number of mobile devices in the area, as many devices can congest the channel. The receiver also required configuration based the environment and the propagation of WIFI through the surrounding infrastructure.
I took these improvements to various places around campus and found that due to the building structure and layout I could estimate the number of people in the queue for Tim Hortons. These estimations were verified by logging the estimations and comparing the results to counts made by hand.


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Just Where Have Malaysia's Billion Dollar Vaccine Payments Ended Up?
In the animal fable we learn not to trust a scorpion because it is hardwired to sting us. Malaysians have every reason to feel the same way about the majority of practitioners of what is colloquially known as 'money politics' who are presently running the country (despite being voted out at the election).
Members of UMNO are disarmingly frank about the main reason why they go into politics since is it has long been regarded as the easiest and laziest way to make money in Malaysia.
The concepts of public service and upholding the sacred trust of the people have for years been limited to campaigners from the opposition, who were kept securely out of the picture thanks to the proceeds of plenty of easily available natural resources that could be scattered where necessary for as long as they lasted.
Meanwhile, the ruling politicians got down to the business of the gold rush around timber, oil, minerals, public contracts and the like, mainly through crony contracts, backhanders and blatant self serving of various forms.
The public are therefore rightly suspicious that even at this moment of national emergency, when the life and health of millions of people are at stake and depend on the honesty and efficiency of the leadership to prioritise the pandemic, opportunism and graft remain in the forefront of the minds of decision makers.
Think of the enormous sums of public money that need to be raised and spent on this pandemic after all. The reflex instinct, hardwired over decades of UMNO/BN rule for so many of Malaysia's leading politicians, is sadly to dive into the potential for hijacking, plundering and ultimately undermining the purpose of all the cash.
After all, these backdoor coup mongers know they have a limited window of opportunity with their fragile hold on power. Many have only just started to taste the fruits of federal office and to pile up their private bank accounts.
The public can only observe how this coalition of rebels and party-hoppers have so conveniently and deliberately ridded themselves of all forms of accountability and come to an obvious conclusion about where a considerable chunk of the vaccine money may have disappeared.
The issuing of angry denials and hurling of counter-accusations, at the same time as avoiding scrutiny and refusing to provide proof, are telling signs that most adults recognise.
An avalanche of statements, claims and pledges do not match up to transparency and sober, consistent purpose either. Malaysians have been deluged with confusing and conflicting information and ever changing figures, their Parliament has been suspended and requests for detailed information on how much of the huge emergency budget has actually been spent on paying the cost of vaccines have been met with claims about commercial secrecy.
Who believes that 'leakage', as it is politely termed, has not been an issue?
So, in the absence of openness let's look at the figures available. Despite promises dating back to last year about the mass procurement of vaccines at an enormous cost of some RM5 billion raised in emergency funds very little has yet to be rolled out. What vaccines that have been distributed have largely gone into the arms of Malaysia's political elite and their various agents, of whom pretty much 100% are now protected.
In December the main politician put in charge of this programme, Khairy Jamaluddin, (who admittedly is one of the few PN ministers who appears to be capable of more than simply grabbing cash and making ridiculous remarks) promised a target of having 80% of the population vaccinated this year. As we approach July less than 5% of the wider population have been immunised.
The 'direct procurement' costs cited by Khairy at that time pitched that the purchase cost for this exercise would total RM2.05 billion as most folk will recall. Other sums have been bandied about and raised since amounting to the present tally of RM5 billion now said by the government to have been spent so far on its minimal impact vaccine rollout.
However, even the original sum has raised concerns. 80% of Malaysia's population is some 25 million people, meaning that on average the procurement cost of these vaccines (which Khairy pledged were being obtained through direct procurement at factory price and not middlemen) amounts to RM78 per person or €16/$19.
Khairy also specified where these vaccines were being bought, although not the individual prices:
How the RM2.05 billion was announced as being distributed through various purchases of different brands
Thanks to information that has emerged despite much talk of non-disclosure, especially in Malaysia, it is possible to deduce where much of the money went. The Belgium health minister helpfully revealed, for example what the EU was paying per brand at around the same time that Khairy made his RM2.05 billion pledge:
What the EU is paying – double the price for cost of immunisation per person
From this Malaysians can deduce that for the 12.8 million vaccines they bought from Pfizer the cost ought to have been RM766.37 million
For the same number of far cheaper Astra Zeneca doses (provided at cost thanks to the British government subsidising its development) the cost ought to have been RM113,7million amounting to a total of RM880 million for 25.6 million vaccines (a little more than half of the total procurement designed to vaccinate 80% of Malaysia's population).
This leaves one to conclude that the other less than half of the procurement of 23.9 million doses from two Chinese manufactured and one Russian (Gamileya/Sputnik) source absorbed the rest of the considerably greater cost of RM 1.170 billion. That would amount to an average cost of RM 48.9 [€9.79/US$ 11.87] each dose for the three brands.*
This would rate the value of the Chinese and Russian drugs near the top of the market, despite them not having completed their trials at the time of purchase or been yet certified and licensed either by Malaysia or the WHO. The only alternative conclusion is that Malaysia was paying well over the going rate for Pfizer and Astra Zeneca, which would plainly be a scandal for the manufacturers in their own countries and ought therefore be called out by Malaysia.
Top Prices for Sputnik, Coronavac and Covax?
The pricing information available on the Russian and Chinese drugs indicates otherwise however. The Russians announced in November that they would market Sputnik for less than $10 (RM41/€8.25) whereas it has been indicated CanSinoBio will market Covax even more competitively at around $5. That would total expenditure for Malaysia of only $64 million (RM263m/€53m) for the Russian vaccine plus $17 (RM70m/€14m) for the CanSinoVio vaccine.
Sinovac's Coronavac on the other hand has been the subject of various accusations of enormous pricing differences. This week one Philippines senator claimed that whilst a dose was being marketed in Thailand for just $5, the cost in Manila he complains is far higher.
Continuing with the calculations based on the available data and presumed pricing above it would appear that more than RM834 million would have remained in the kitty to cover the that final order in November time of 14 million Sinovac doses – this would pitch the price of Sinovac to Malaysia at roughly RM60 (US$14.6/ €12) which is a high price indeed by comparison.
In short, there is considerable room for 'leakage' in these figures, as all Malaysians can see, and since no oversight has been permitted from either the mothballed Public Accounts Committee or any other independent body the country is entitled to fear that this has been the case.
That was November. Since that time there have been waves of further expenditure announced for the purchase of vaccines that have barely been distributed. With almost the entire population already accounted for in terms of procurement by November the costs have now more than doubled to a proclaimed RM5 billion.
By April Khairy was out explaining why the original RM2.05 billion plus an allocated further RM1 billion for distribution was not enough – he was further inflating the Covid immunisation budget by RM2 billion to RM5 billion citing increased procurement costs and storage and administration costs. Over RM350 million was cited as being for 'gifts to volunteers',
Intriguingly, the minister has expanded the vaccines purchased from the 80% initially considered sufficient to 'achieve herd immunity' for the nation to 110%. The procurement overkill is all the more galling given the deficiencies in delivery as the country wallows in extended lockdowns and continuing spikes despite the spending of such enormous sums.
Meanwhile, despite the claims there have been no middlemen involved, evidence is emerging of the role of intermediaries after all, most particularly with the politically connected Pharmaniaga which has been announced as the 'sole distributor' of Sinovac (at what would appear to be an uncompetitive price).
It is known that Pharmaniaga has already failed on the efficiency stakes having offered to take the role of re-packaging the doses which it was not properly equipped to do. There are unconfirmed reports that some 300,000 early doses were not only delayed but were spoilt completely owing to problems with unfinished production lines in Malaysia.
The cut for Pharmaniaga has not been disclosed for these dubious services. Meanwhile, private clinics and hospitals who have stepped forward to offer their expertise for free to help roll out the vaccination programme as a service to their country were for weeks rebuffed. What are Malaysians to make of that?
This week the Sarawak PKR MP Dr Michael Teo spoke out about his concerns that leakage was becoming as much the objective of Malaysia's eye-wateringly expensive vaccination programme as immunising the population. Indeed, many have pointed out the strong element of conflict of interest involved altogether with a government that remains in power solely thanks to the emergency situation on the grounds of the pandemic.
With the population safely vaccinated the various arguments for the continuing suspension of Parliament and the cancelling of elections (already thin) would become non-existent. So, the slower matters progress and the more money raised and spent the longer the present PN government calculates it can stay in place.
That is what most Malaysians certainly suspect, given the history and given the evidence. Only transparency could change most minds.
*these figures have been slightly altered owing to currency issues.


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When students return home for the holidays or the summer, it can be both an exciting and sometimes bumpy reentry. Here are some suggestions to help navigate the bumps and have a smoother break together.
The biggest trouble spot usually centers on how your student spends their time at home (e.g. sleep schedule, coming and going from the home, household responsibilities, finances, alcohol and other drug use, sexual and other risk taking behaviors, family gatherings). Before your student returns home, consider what clear, specific expectations are most important to you. Ask your student to think about the same. Then upon their return, discuss together each of your desires and expectations. Work to settle on some common ground. Clear, reciprocal communication and mutual understanding and agreement is crucial to a peaceful and enjoyable stay.
Consider what areas you can be more flexible about and which areas you must maintain. Your student will appreciate your flexibility and your consideration of their growth and change and will likely respond flexibly as well.
Time has passed. Students and family members have changed in some major ways. Recognize and openly share the positive ways in which you see your student has developed. Students often act like family opinions are unimportant but your affirmation of their growth is more vital to them than they might let on.
Give your student space. College students will continue to foster their own lives separate from family even when home. In turn, also savor the time with your students. Plan ahead for times that they can commit to spend with you and the family. Both space and time with family are important and necessary.
The break is a time for students to slow down and for everyone to take stock of their lives together and apart. If students are struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship, academic, or social challenges, encourage them to contact University and/or community resources for support. For instance, other than the week between Christmas and New Year's, our Counseling Center is open over the summer and other vacations.


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Old satirical video shared as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un executing corrupt official
A video of North Korean 'Supreme leader' Kim Jong-un, where he is accompanied by an unidentified person, is being shared on social media. Later in the video, the duo turns around and walks towards the other side, when suddenly an automated pit opens up and the person falls into it. The video was tweeted by one Gaurav Kr Mishra with the claim, "North Korean president Giving death punishment to one of his corrupt officer in presence of media".
North Korean president
Giving death punishment to one of his corrupt officer in presence of media pic.twitter.com/pMssvHD9jr
— Gaurav kr Mishra 🇮🇳 (@Gauravmtweet) August 31, 2019
Many other individuals on Twitter and Facebook have shared the video with an identical narrative.
Satirical video
Alt News found that the video shared as the public execution of a corrupt officer by Kim Jong-un is an edited version of a 2018 video. This edited video was posted on YouTube by a satirical channel Funmoments.nl in April 2018.
The original video (posted below) depicts a historic moment wherein South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean supremo Kim Jong-un were seen shaking hands during a meeting held at the Inter Korean Summit in April 2018. It was an iconic moment (from 1:16 mins onwards in the video posted below) for both countries and people across the world when the North Korean leader along with South Korean President had crossed the demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea in Panmunjom on April 26, 2018.
In conclusion, a video of the two world leaders meeting at the Inter Korean summit was edited by a satirical YouTube channel and later, it was falsely shared as North Korean Supremo Kim Jong-un executing a corrupt officer.
Photograph from 2013 shared as brutal crackdown by Indian govt in Kashmir


Rung in memory of Felicity Webster.
700th QP together : 5 and 6.
Last updated Thursday, 22 December 2016 at 17:45:48. First submitted Friday, 16 December 2016 at 19:12:45 by Ian Cresshull.
Sent for publication in The Ringing World on Friday, 16 December 2016 at 19:13:01.


Steve Zaloga is well known as a writer, as well as a frequent visitor to Missing-Lynx.com, with particualr regard to tank modelling and tank history. What is not so well know is that he's also an expert on missiles, and in fact edits a magazine about them. Here he turns to the first and most famous 20th-century rocket weapon, the V2.
This, actually designated A-4 originally, was intended to reach London. It stemmed from the1930s' German interest in rocketry which had led to thoughts of military use. Steve Zaloga gives us the story of the early experiments that led to the A-4 as well as that of the A-4 itself, from the first failed launches to full production. He also describes the missile itself and its production facilities, some even underground in tunnels dug by slave labour, and the launching arrangements. Finally, he gives us a look at post-war V-2 use by the US and the USSR, and how this fed into modern missile designs.
The A-4 was hardly a precision weapon – in fact its accuracy was abominable. But it arrived undetectably at supersonic speed, on a ballistic trajectory through the stratosphere after engine burnout, so there was no way to defend against it other than air or ground attack on the launcher sites. These attacks are described too and, as students of the fighting in Europe in 1944-45 know, all the launchers not knocked out from the air were overrun on the ground.
The photographs here are a great selection, including some very rare shots of A-4s being prepared for combat firing. The ground support vehicles including the notorious armoured feuerleitpanzer fire control halftrack are shown as well, and so is the firing platform. There's a description of the camouflage schemes used for the missiles, with photographs of each, and all are shown in the colour plates too.
Resin kits are available of the feuerleitpanzer and the meillerwagen transporter/erector trailer, and of course there's the DML/Revell kit of the V-2 itself. This book is just what anyone building them needs, and in any case belongs on your bookshelf if you have any interest in missiles.