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Disasters offer unique lessons in resilience and innovation
We need a bold new transportation innovation in the 21st century that will reinvent all-weather transportation and introduce intermodal ports systems across the country to resilient transportation.
By DANE EGLI
Published: SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 21:49
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During this respite between Hurricane Harvey's disastrous landfall on the Gulf Coast and looming approach of Hurricane Irma off the Southeast US, what lessons can we apply along coastal regions that face extreme weather? FEMA administrator Brock Long recently exclaimed that Hurricane Harvey provides a "wake-up call" yet the actual records show that over the past 10 years disasters in the form of wild fires, flooding, droughts and tornadoes have increased in frequency and intensity, with no end in sight, so should it really be a wake-up call? Perhaps the hurricanes of 2017 should be less of a wakeup call and more of a clarion call for old reminders and bold new innovations in an era of angry weather patterns and disruptive new technologies? Here are some factors for our collective consideration: 1 – Preparedness outweighs response in the macro fight against disasters. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, for ever dollar invested in resilience before a disaster, there is a four-dollar savings in cost of recovery response in the wake of the crisis. While the impressive community response to the storm in Texas inspires us all, and the local, state and federal governments are working well together, the investment in response and recovery needs to be refocused on anticipatory prevention, knowing this will happen again in the future.
For example, the greatest return on investment for the 23 oil refineries along the pivotal 21-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel is not just in restoring operations now to distribute fuel across the region, but in preventing, protecting and mitigating the adverse impact of inevitable future flooding. Some 80% of the nation's fuel pipelines come and go from Houston and Texas City, so this is not just an issue for the local economy, but a strategic imperative for the country.
2 – We live in a system of interconnected networks. Complex interdependent critical infrastructure is our greatest strength, and greatest weakness. The global supply chain, our local economies, and flow of vital commodities depend upon the sustainability of electricity, communications, water and transportation – the "lifeline" critical infrastructures.
As we have seen in Houston – the third largest city in America – the intermodal system of systems that connect our maritime ports to the region, and the nation, is robust yet fragile in the face of extreme weather, flooding and storm surge. We must find ways to invest more effectively in proactive efforts (before the storm) in addition to reactionary emergency responses after the event has occurred, because shutting down the flow of goods, fuel, shipping and freight mobility is harmful to the work force, local economy, regional stability... and national security.
3 – Strategic national security requirements are involved.
All national security and global influence begins "at home" and the homeland depends on economic resilience. If the sine qua non – essential ingredient – of our society is a stable and vibrant economy, then our maritime ports and shipping providers represent the vital ligaments of our national security.
Across the nation we depend upon the continuous flow of domestic and international trade to and from our ports of entry. An average of 1,200 to 1,500 cargo freighters enter our 361 ports every day. This intersection of trade is the center of gravity for the nation's exports and imports because strategic ports such as Miami, New York, Los Angeles and Houston are moving goods every day and sustaining the US economy.
We must ensure the unique intermodal transportation infrastructure of our ports is able to withstand and recover quickly after a disaster – the essence of resilience. When a major port closes (anywhere in the nation) the related economy stops, and when that happens, especially in that vital location, we are vulnerable financially as well as from a security perspective.
4 – Science and technology offer transformative solutions.
Too often we rely upon 20th-century solutions to address 21st-century threats or breakthrough opportunities.
At the heart of our transportation infrastructure system is the ability to move people, freight and utilities from sources to destinations and ensure access to homes and workplaces, especially during a natural or man-made disaster.
One clear lesson that emerges during major disasters is that we are solely dependent upon our highways, runways, railways and maritime waterways, and when they are flooded or congested, our communities, businesses and personal lives are seriously impacted.
We need a bold new transportation innovation in the 21st century that will reinvent all-weather transportation and introduce intermodal ports systems across the country to resilient transportation networks. For example, we recently held a symposium at the University of Houston to introduce the idea of high-speed tube transportation called the hyperloop, which was attended by transportation planners, local government officials and port authority leaders, as well as academic researchers.
Hyperloop is a self-contained, clean, fast, economical answer to this vexing transportation challenge that offers a next-generation solution to thinking – and acting differently – beyond the next severe flooding or disruptive crisis.
For example, tube transportation could ensure sustained flow of cargo and commodities from offshore platforms to inland freight distribution centers, and reinforce existing systems by moving essential humanitarian aid and first responders after the storm passes.
Further, the growing pressure on existing transportation systems due to port congestion and demands for greater access by deep-draft post-Panamax vessels could also be relieved by futuristic terminal infrastructure afforded by hyperloop technology. And it would complement and reinforce existing conveyances where transportation systems could be integrated.
Resilience is disaster-agnostic. It raises the level of preparedness by strengthening our efforts before, during, and after the crisis. Hyperloop is relevant because it is a harbinger for the reinvention of transportation.
The science, engineering and technology are in place, but the political will, private investment and public support will require more than a wake-up call to commercialize the future of transportation – and ensure we are poised to respond and recover quickly from future disasters.
The writer is a former director on the White House National Security Council staff, current president of Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership (HARP), and author of Beyond the Storms-Strengthening Homeland Security & Disaster Management to Achieve Resilience.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jack Nunge is a numbers guy.
"I really excel in math," said Iowa's 6-foot, 11-inch freshman forward. Nunge scored a perfect 36 on the math portion of the ACT. That's a first for University of Iowa men's basketball head coach Fran McCaffery.
"And I've had some smart guys," McCaffery said. "I coached two Academic All-Americans of the Year in Pat Garrity (at Notre Dame) and Jarrod Uthoff."
A pre-med major, Nunge wants to follow his father's footsteps into the medical profession.
Dr. Mark Nunge is an emergency medicine specialist at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was also an emergency specialist at University Hospitals in Iowa City before taking a new job in Indiana.
Jack was in fifth grade at the time. As the Nunges were preparing to leave, a new family had just bought a house in the neighborhood. McCaffery had just changed jobs, too, leaving Siena to become Iowa's new coach.
As McCaffery rebuilt the Hawkeye basketball program, Nunge was starting to grow and develop some impressive basketball skills. He stood 6-foot as a freshman, then 6-3 as a sophomore, 6-7 as a sophomore, 6-9 as a junior, and 6-11 as a senior.
"I didn't even make the junior varsity team as a freshman," Nunge said. "But I ended up starting (on the varsity) as a sophomore."
Nunge's basketball skills are a family trait. His father played at the University of Rochester (New York). His mom, Beth, played at Central College in Pella. Beth, whose maiden name is Poppens, is from Aplington. Jack's cousin, Chelsea Poppens, was a 1,400-point scorer at Iowa State. Jack's oldest sister, Rebecca, is a junior and a 6-2 outside hitter on Notre Dame's volleyball team.
Nunge was a sophomore at Castle High School when Iowa assistant coach Sherman Dillard first saw him play. Dillard told McCaffery to check him out over the summer, and then reminded the Iowa coach of his connection to Nunge.
"Sherm said, 'He used to live right down the street from you,'" McCaffery said.
So McCaffery checked Nunge out on the AAU summer circuit, and two words came to his mind as he watched: Jarrod Uthoff. Iowa became the first Division I power five school to offer him a scholarship, and there were some more Iowa cards to play in the recruiting process. One, his mom's Iowa roots. And two, Nunge left the state as a Hawkeye fan and never changed his allegiance.
"I was always a Hawkeye fan, even when I lived (in Indiana)," Nunge said.
Nunge averaged a double-double as a junior for a 19-6 team. He returned to his roots, making three trips to Iowa City before committing to the Hawkeye program his senior year.
"I think it's going to be fun, and I'm looking forward to playing in the best conference in the country," Nunge said.
Nunge piled up plenty of honors during a 24-4 senior season that ended with a crushing loss. Playing to reach the state championship game, Castle lost to Indianapolis Ben Davis on a last second 3-pointer. Ben Davis went on to win the state title.
Nunge averaged 22.8 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 3.5 blocked shots as a senior. He was one of four finalists for Indiana's Mr. Basketball and became his school's first Associated Press first-team all-state selection in history. Nunge finished with 1,376 career points.
Now, back to the Uthoff comparison. Nunge's heard it a lot.
"There are a lot of people who think I'm like him," Nunge said of a guy who cracked the Dallas Mavericks' roster last season as an NBA rookie. "Coaches, too."
McCaffery said those comparisons are fair.
"Because they're both long, they both defend, shoot 3s, and put it on the deck," McCaffery said. "(Nunge's) a little different in the fact that he's 6-11 (Uthoff was 6-9). He's a terrific rebounder and has a good feel for the game. They're similar personality-wise, quietly competitive, and they react and compete."
Nunge's skillset seems tailor-made for McCaffery's up-tempo system, as does his ability to score from the perimeter and in the paint. Having a 6-11 player who can run like Nunge is another plus. He said his running ability is in his genes.
"My dad is a huge runner and I've always had good endurance," Nunge said. "Running the floor and taking off as soon as I see we have the ball, that's something I've always tried to do."
When Nunge watched Iowa play last season, it gave him confidence he made the right college choice.
"Some of my best aspects correlate to the system well," Nunge said.
As far as the comparison to Uthoff, time will tell if it is a good one. Uthoff had a unique skill set, showing an ability to score inside, get to the basketball off the bounce, and pepper defenses with his 3-point shot.
"I see a few comparisons, especially in their shooting," junior forward Nicholas Baer said. "Nunge is a good 3-point shooter. That's something I've been impressed with. I don't think any incoming freshman is going to be as polished as a senior All-American like Jarrod Uthoff, but I can tell he's going to be a good player. He has a similar game to Jarrod, but he's also Jack Nunge."
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Now, with the teenaged powerhouse Cyborg at their side, this group of individual heroes must somehow put their differences aside to face the terror of Darkseid!
This issue is also offered as a special combo pack edition, polybagged with a redemption code for a digital download of the issue.
Pretty cool! Aquaman on the JL cover 2 issues in a row...AND featured more prominently than Supes or GL (or Flash or Batman). I know it seems silly, but this rarely (never?) happened in past iterations of the Justice League, so I want to give props to DC and the creative team for continuing to keep our man front and center — literally!
LOVING Jim Lee's take on the younger Sea King!
NOT loving Diana using a knife/dagger...a sword is cool but I "wonder" why DC seems to be playing down the lasso in the New 52?
DC is really doing a great job so far of selling the Sea King. Keep up the great work DC!
"Now, with the teenaged powerhouse Cyborg at their side....."
At first I thought that was Rob being facetious, but I guess that is the actual solicit. It's still hard to think of Cyborg as one of the big seven.
The flag is a great touch!
Am I crazy or does it look like Aquaman is about to sucker punch Diana?
Jim Lee still has no idea how to draw Aquaman's gloves, apparently, but it's still a very cool cover.
LOL, Joe! I actually thought Diana was patterned here after Padma on 'Top Chef'! "Hola, aliens! Pack up your knives and go!"
@rob! I had the same thought the second I saw it. The shadow hatches on Aquaman's glove and fist are a little flat and all in one direction, so they come across as speed lines.That and the thrust of his pose make it look like he's ready to pop her in the ear.
Agreed with Kenn on the Padma Lakshmi resemblance.
Also: Darkseid? Really, DC? You lost me again.
@Richard--It was revealed in issue 1 they were up against Darkseid. Who doesn't love Darkseid?
@David: Oops, I totally forgot that!
I certainly thought Darkseid was the most awesome thing ever in 1971...but much like Galactus, continually being brought back as an easily defeated lightweight ruined his mystique. I thought that's why they'd agreed to put him back on the shelf and not use him for a good long while.


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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31
All Themes Good, Evil, and Human Dignity Prejudice Growing Up Courage Small Town Southern Life
All Characters Jean Louise Finch (Scout) Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) Atticus Finch Charles Baker Harris (Dill) Arthur Radley (Boo) Bob Ewell Miss Maudie Atkinson Calpurnia Aunt Alexandra Tom Robinson Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose Mr. Dolphus Raymond Mayella Ewell Uncle Jack Mr. Underwood Mr. Avery Heck Tate Judge Taylor Mr. Radley Nathan Radley Reverend Sykes Walter Cunningham Mr. Cunningham Miss Stephanie Crawford Miss Rachel Haverford Mr. Gilmer Mrs. Grace Merriweather Link Deas
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Jean Louise Finch (Scout)
Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)
Charles Baker Harris (Dill)
Arthur Radley (Boo)
Bob Ewell
Miss Maudie Atkinson
Calpurnia
Aunt Alexandra
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose
Mr. Dolphus Raymond
Mayella Ewell
Mr. Underwood
Mr. Avery
Heck Tate
Judge Taylor
Mr. Radley
Nathan Radley
Walter Cunningham
Mr. Cunningham
Miss Stephanie Crawford
Miss Rachel Haverford
Mr. Gilmer
Mrs. Grace Merriweather
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The Mockingbird
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Maycomb is a small town with all the stereotypical characteristics of small-town life. Most notably everyone knows everyone else's business, which leads mostly to endless and generally harmless gossip—but more importantly, it makes the community extremely intimate and close-knit. Throughout the first part of the novel, these qualities cause Scout and Jem to believe that Maycomb is nothing more than an insular, safe, intimate community. While they're not entirely wrong about the truth of this, as the novel progresses, it goes to great lengths to encourage both the reader and its young protagonists to understand that Maycomb is composed of a variety of individuals. Thus, the town should not be idealized as a picturesque small town, but considered more like the individuals who live in it: something that contains both good and bad.
In many ways, Scout isn't wrong about her perceptions of Maycomb. It is intimate, tight-knit, and for the most part, safe. In part, this is because of Maycomb's specific history. Because of some questionable dealings during attempts to establish the county seat, Maycomb became the county seat for no good reason—indeed, it was far away from any rivers, the only real mode of transportation at the time, and so it became an island of civilization in a sea of wilderness and agriculture. Being an isolated community, in addition to being the county seat, led to the development of a number of eccentricities and of an extremely insular community. In this sense, there's a degree of truth to the idea that each family in Maycomb has a "streak" of some sort, or some defining quality that separates it from other families (though Atticus also notes that most people in Maycomb are somehow related to each other, muddying this assessment). This also leads to the development of, an open-door community in the town, in which everyone spends time on their porch and visiting with their neighbors, thereby building community through this essentially required element of social engagement. For these reasons, Scout always knows what to expect when she encounters someone and feels safe playing in her neighborhood and around town. In her experience, everyone would look out for her if a threat of some sort were to arise.
Until the novel begins, Scout doesn't see anything wrong with the way that Maycomb is, and indeed, doesn't believe that there's anything negative about it. She, like many in the community, finds the Radley family odd because they don't socialize or attend church—a way of thinking ultimately exposes a variety of other ways in which Maycomb may be safe and close-knit, but also vehemently punishes those who violate social codes and Maycomb traditions. This can be as benign as local children taking advantage of a set of adult sisters' insistence on having a cellar, a peculiarity in Maycomb, by moving all their furniture into it one Halloween as a prank. More sinister is the way in which many in Maycomb, adults and children alike, take issue with Atticus's choice to take defending Tom Robinson seriously. Maycomb is a segregated town and, Scout discovers, cares little for its black residents, especially when someone like Atticus demands that white residents treat their black neighbors with the same kind of compassion and civility shown to white people in Maycomb. This is why, especially on the day of Robinson's trial and in the weeks after, Scout and Jem begin to think that Maycomb is uglier than they thought, as their friends, neighbors, and even their teachers show themselves to be shockingly racist and callous.
However, both Atticus and Miss Maudie encourage Scout and Jem to understand that Robinson's trial does represent the beginning of positive change, as the jury—made up of Maycomb's rural population—did take hours to reach their verdict, rather than just a few minutes. Atticus suggests that this indicates there's hope for Maycomb to improve in the future, and in doing so, extend its good qualities and sense of care to all of its residents, regardless of skin color. Meanwhile, Miss Maudie asks Scout and Jem to think of and acknowledge all the people in Maycomb who did everything in their power to give Tom Robinson a fair trial in spite of efforts on the contrary, including Judge Taylor, Mr. Tate, and Atticus himself. With this, Miss Maudie and Atticus truly encourage Jem, Scout, and the reader to understand that Maycomb has the potential to undergo the exact same kind of improvement that the novel suggests individuals can. Maycomb's residents can grow, develop, and put aside harmful ideas in favor of those that respect the humanity, dignity, and right to life of all people. It may not be there yet, but just as with Scout herself, who still has a long way to go in terms of coming of age and maturing, Maycomb is nevertheless on the right path and beginning to change for the better.
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Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it
There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.
Related Characters: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) (speaker)
Page Number and Citation: 5-6
"If you shouldn't be defendin' him, then why are you doin' it?"
"For a number of reasons," said Atticus. "The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again."
"Atticus, are we going to win it?"
"No, honey."
"Then why—"
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win," Atticus said.
Related Characters: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) (speaker), Atticus Finch (speaker), Tom Robinson
Page Number and Citation: 86-87
"Atticus, you must be wrong…"
"How's that?"
"Well, most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong…"
Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?"
When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people.
One of them stepped from the crowd. It was Zeebo, the garbage collector. "Mister Jem," he said, "we're mighty glad to have you all here. Don't pay no 'tention to Lula, she's contentious because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She's a troublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an' haughty ways—we're mighty glad to have you all."
Related Characters: Zeebo (speaker), Lula (speaker), Jean Louise Finch (Scout), Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem), Calpurnia, Reverend Sykes
Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was.
Related Characters: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) (speaker), Aunt Alexandra
"Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?"
"Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament."
"Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter."
"That's what I thought," said Jem, "but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black."
Related Characters: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) (speaker), Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) (speaker), Uncle Jack
"If you had a clear conscience, why were you scared?"
"Like I says before, it weren't safe for any nigger to be in a—fix like that."
"But you weren't in a fix—you testified that you were resisting Miss Ewell. Were you so scared that she'd hurt you, you ran, a big buck like you?"
"No suh, I's scared I'd be in court, just like I am now."
"Scared of arrest, scared you'd have to face up to what you did?"
"No suh, scared I'd hafta face up to what I didn't do."
Related Characters: Tom Robinson (speaker), Mr. Gilmer (speaker), Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell
Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.
Related Characters: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) (speaker), Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, Mr. Underwood
Related Symbols: The Mockingbird
Page Number and Citation: 275-76


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The sovereign's repayment capacity will be supported by the city state's countercyclical approach to budget management, which will ensure fiscal sustainability. This will help to provide buffers to cope with any external shocks, such as a marked slowdown in external demand.
The Economist Intelligence Unit believes that currency risk is limited, as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (the central bank) retains a strong capacity to manage the exchange rate tightly, owing to its large foreign-exchange reserves. Exchange-rate management is the central bank's primary tool for guiding monetary policy.
The quality of financial regulation is high and banks are well capitalised, with low levels of non-performing loans.
Political risk is low and will remain so in 2019-20. A leadership transition is likely to take place before the next election, which is due in 2021. We expect the transition process to be smooth and to have little impact on either stability within the ruling People's Action Party or the government's policymaking.
A large and vibrant manufacturing sector, in addition to a dominant services industry, makes Singapore's economy well balanced from a sectoral point of view. However, its reliance on exports to drive GDP growth means that it is vulnerable to a downturn in global demand.


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Q: Does Ubuntu only work on Desktop PCs? On the download page for Ubuntu it says "Download Ubuntu for your desktop". Is ubuntu 12.10 only compatible with desktops? Or does it work with notebooks as well?

A: It works for both laptops and desktops.

A: You can use it on a desktop.
The "desktop" is actually a misnomer. It will work on laptops quite well. In fact, I'm using it on a laptop right now.
The term "desktop" is only to distinguish it from "server" edition where it has no GUI and only a terminal. That will work but it is not useful for a non-server-class user.
You can look in the official resources to know if your hardware is fully supported and avoid any surprises. Look in the wiki page or the certified hardware page. You should note graphics cards, and wireless, especially.
After this, download the file, burn it, and boot it!
I hope you'll enjoy Ubuntu.
Remember that if your processor is 32-bit, you'll need the i386 (32-bit) edition of Ubuntu.
I also want to note that Ubuntu will work on tablets, thanks to Paddy Landau's comment:

In addition to the helpful answers, Ubuntu also works (with the right hardware) on touch-screen tablets. There are even Ubuntu TV and Ubuntu for Android[to install on Android devices, not referring to what kernel and system libraries power the OS] but  in development.

A: Desktop here is a synonym for GUI that you can see in your laptop or pc.Unlike desktop there is a another version which primarily can be used for server,it does not contain any GUI.
p.s: rightly explained by @neon_overload

A: Desktop is basically a computer with a display, keyboard, and mouse (or equivalent).  This is the same paradigm that
I use the same distribution on my desktop and laptops.
The server edition is the same but it has different tools installed.  The netbook version is also the same but with fewer installed goodies.
Tablets are a bit different, but Ubuntu interface seems to be moving toward tablet/surface type interface and away from focus on supporting the legacy desktop paradigm, but that is just my opinion.

A: No.
The reason that edition of Ubuntu is called "desktop" is because it comes with a graphical desktop (by default).  A "graphical desktop" is what you are familiar with if you have used most modern operating systems such as Windows or Mac OS.  It means that there are windows, icons, menus, buttons etc all sitting in a virtual "desktop" on the screen, and that you use a mouse or other pointing device:

This is to distinguish it from the "server" edition which does not come with a graphical desktop by default.  Instead, on a server you typically interact with it via a text console:

So the "desktop" refers to the desktop you see on-screen when you boot the OS, not to the fact that it runs on a desktop computer.  The desktop edition is the same edition you should use for desktop computers, laptop computers, notebooks, netbooks, and so on as long as they're compatible (and if they run Windows 7, they probably are).
I can see how this confusion occurred, and possibly Ubuntu might need to think about how they convey this to people new to Ubuntu, and whether they need to reconsider the names for their editions.  For example, if instead of calling their editions "desktop" and "server", they could call them "Ubuntu for users" and "Ubuntu for servers".

A: No, Ubuntu can work on a desktop, laptop, and netbook. If you have a netbook it may run a bit slower, and you must be up to date with your netbook. But, any laptop or desktop should work.

A: Ubuntu work on any IBM PC (anything that is called PC whether "Desktop", "Notebook", "Netbook", with Intel CPU or with ARM CPU's).
There are Ubuntu versions prepared for running on Android phones too.
And if you have know-how you can run Ubuntu on some tablets too.
There are also Ubuntu version for servers and for cloud too.

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The Battle of the Braes: How it led to Crofter's Rights!
In the early 1890's there was widespread discontentment amongst Highland crofters. They had little security of tenure. Few had written leases and many were dependent entirely on the goodwill of their landlords. All too often crofters were still moved off less fertile holdings to make way for sheep, grazing or for shooting. Many crofters also faced crippling poverty. Plots were too small to support families. But crofters were frequently prevented from increasing their holdings to a size that was sufficient and sustainable. Eventually matters did boil over. In April 1882 there was the Battle of the Braes on Skye at the foot of Ben Lee. Lord MacDonald tried to deprive crofters of some pasturage to which they claimed a right. Crofters then refused to pay rent. On 7th April an attempt was made to serve a "summonds of ejection" on them. The crofters responded by burning the "summonds" and by chasing off a sheriff's assistant. On 17th April some 50 Glasgow police officers were sent to effect the arrest of six ringleaders. They too were set upon by the crofters. The Government was worried. So much so that at one stage a gunboat appeared in Portree Harbour! Eventually, in March 1883, a Royal Commission was set up in response to the unrest. And in 1885 two Highland Land League candidates and three "independent Crofters" won seats in the North West of Scotland in that year's General Election. In 1886 the Crofters Act was passed as a result. It gave security of tenure to most smallholders in crofting communities. It also established a Crofting Commission to hear appeals and determine fair rents. Rents fell by 30% as a result. Arrears fell by 60%.
Battle of the Standard
Recently I was in North Yorkshire and by the A167 near Northallerton I came across a monument to a battle fought in 1138 that was called the "Battle of the Standard." The Battle had been the first major clash between England and Scotland for some 200 years. Yet it had been an "unusual" clash which had more to do with "internal English politics" than any "enmity between the two kingdoms" (Matthews 2003). In 1135 King Henry I of England had died. The Crown was left to his daughter Matilda. But in the event power was seized by King Henry's nephew, Count Stephen of Blois. Matilda had support though, including from her maternal uncle, King David I of Scotland. In 1138 King David decided to launch a full scale invasion with up to 25,000 men. Stephen was preoccupied with rebel barons in the south. So it was left to Archbishop Thurston of York and his priests to raise local militias in the north. Thurston revelled in this task. To fight the Scottish was "to do God's work" he said. Thurston also organised the construction of THE STANDARD. It consisted of a "large wagon pulled by an oxen on which was mounted a ship's mast." This would be used as a rallying point and it would give its' name to the Battle (Matthews 2003). The battle itself took place on 22 August 1138 at Cowton Moor, just north of Northallerton. There the English took up position on the crest of a hill. The Scots, attacking uphill, came under the withering fire of English archers. Thousands died. David, conceding defeat, had to withdraw. Back in Carlisle he regrouped and -despite having lost the battle- was able, within a month, to negotiate a "very favourable truce" (Ibbotson 2009).
Sir Walter Scott isn't everyone's cup of tea! Yet he does have some admirers on the left..Marxist George Luckas being one! Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771 and went to the Royal High School and then on to University. After studying law he became an Advocate in 1792 and in 1799 was appointed Sheriff of Selkirk (be became a Clerk of Session in 1806). Increasingly however he was turning his hand to writing --poetry, ballads, novels. LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL (1805) was an early narrative poem. And WQVERLEY, published anonymously in 1814, was his first novel. Thereafter Scott had a prodigious literary output. He had to pay for his lifestyle as a border laird based at Abbottsford. Plus Donnachie (2001) notes that he was a partner in Constable and Ballantyne, Edinburgh printers and publishers, who collapsed in 1826. He undertook to repay creditors a debt of £100,000. Worth a read is ROB ROY (1818) and A LEGEND OF MONTROSE (1819). But his best novel is perhaps REDGAUNTLET (1824) and it has a Jacobite theme exploring as it does tensions and divisions that divided Scotland in 1745!


Speak on Air Force 1, Trump is talking tariffs.
"China, right now, is a far bigger problem", Trump said. "And I hate to say this, but behind that is another $267 billion ready to go on short notice if I want. That totally changes the equation".
US President Donald Trump called for Apple to make its products in the US instead of China to avoid suffering the consequences of his trade war with Beijing. Additional U.S. tariffs are certain to trigger Chinese retaliation, though China's smaller volume of American imports means that it can't match Trump's tariffs on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Kudlow, who heads the National Economic Council, told CNBC the administration was still talking with China about trade issues but so far China had not met USA requests.
Levying duties on all Chinese purchases would hit "every aspect of our American lifestyle - so the clothes that we put on our back, the food that we eat, the cars that we drive, theshoes that we wear", Hun Quach, vice president of worldwide trade for the Retail Industry Leaders Association, said by phone.
The U.S. already imposes a 25 percent tariff on around $50 billion of Chinese goods, principally technology imports. But Beijing will struggle to keep responding in kind as it imports less than United States dollars 200 billion in U.S. goods per year.
"Tariffs increase the cost of our US operations, divert our resources and disadvantage Apple foreign competitors", the company said. Still, disagreements between the two major economic powers run deeper than just the trade balance and tensions remain over limits on US firms' access to Chinese markets, intellectual property protection, technology transfers and investment.
Wu Baiyi, director of the Institute of American Studies at the state-run China Academy of Social Sciences, downplayed any impact of a new NAFTA deal on U.S. The company said on its website that it spent over $50 billion for goods purchased from USA suppliers a year ago. The tariffs would pressure China to stop that behaviour, the administration has said. "It's just another indication we're not out of the woods yet", she said.


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Q: Python + boost: Mixing a dll boost library with a static runtime is a really bad idea Вот пытаюсь прикрутить к свей проге (С++) питоновый интерпретатор с блекджеком и доступными девушками, но буст упорно не собирается пишет

..\boost_1_51_0\boost\config\auto_link.hpp|354|fatal error C1189: #error :  "Mixing a dll boost library with a static runtime is a really bad idea...

Как быть?
A: На windows XP сталкивался с такой же проблемой, когда пытался собирать из под VisualStudio 2008   решение таится имено в этом сообщении:

Changing to Dynamic Runtime Linking (/MD and /MDd) is not feasible since static linking was chosen (1) due to security considerations, and (2) another library uses static linking.

суть проблемы кроется в multithreaded build сейчас уже точно не вспомню всех подробностей, но толи буст не дружит с /MD (надо /MT) толи наоборот подавай ему /MD и соответственно при заупске рядом с проектом (или в libs) должны лежать python.dll и boost****.dll   /MD, /MT, /LD   возможно это или в google вам помогут.. мне однажды помогло)


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Greatest Hits – album amerykańskiej kompilacyjny grupy bluesrockowej ZZ Top z 1992 roku. Viva Las Vegas i Gun Love to dwa nowe utwory. Wszystkie utwory z lat 70. i początku 80. z wyjątkiem "Cheap Sunglasses" i "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" są remiksami, które znajdują się w wydanym w roku 1987 boksie The ZZ Top Six Pack.

Lista utworów
Wszystkie utwory napisali Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill i Frank Beard, z wyjątkiem zanotowanych.

 "Gimme All Your Lovin'" - 3:59
 "Sharp Dressed Man" - 4:14
 "Rough Boy" - 4:50
 "Tush" - 2:15
 "My Head's in Mississippi" - 4:21
 "Pearl Necklace" - 4:01
 "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" - 4:46
 "Viva Las Vegas" - 4:47 (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
 "Doubleback" - 3:53
 "Gun Love" - 3:43
 "Got Me Under Pressure" - 4:00
 "Give It Up" - 3:32
 "Cheap Sunglasses" - 4:47
 "Sleeping Bag" - 4:02
 "Planet of Women" - 4:04
 "La Grange" - 3:52
 "Tube Snake Boogie" - 3:02
 "Legs" - 4:31

Twórcy
 Billy Gibbons - śpiew, gitara elektryczna, harmonijka ustna
 Dusty Hill - śpiew, gitara basowa
 Frank Beard - perkusja

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Okładka

Albumy ZZ Top
Albumy kompilacyjne
Albumy Warner Bros. Records
Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 1992

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Q: What commands to provide for zipping files based on Date range and also include timestamp I am creating a zip file of some files (image files), but need to limit it such that only the latest files are added to the zip file. I need files that are more than 2 days old. Exact time is not relevant.
This is what I have been doing, but how do I limit it based on date? This is Linux and is run from a batch .sh file..
zip -r /destination_path/media_backup.zip /from_path/media

A: Use find in conjunction with zip.
As indicated in man zip, use option -@.
find . -mtime +2 -print | zip source -@

A single - can also be used instead of -@.
-x and -i can be used to read the files in include form a list file as well.
See man for other details.


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Rhamphomyia pseudogibba is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is include in the subgenus Amydroneura of the genus Rhamphomyia.

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Asilomorph flies of Europe
Insects described in 1910


SAN FRANCISCO, Ca., June 14, 2017 — Sojern, travel's direct demand engine, today announced the appointment of Carl Livadas as Vice President of Data Science and revealed that the company has delivered $10BN in direct bookings for customers since it began tracking the metric in 2014.
Livadas comes to Sojern to help the company accelerate the automation of its optimization methods, refined over years of managing direct demand campaigns for thousands of clients around the globe. The company's goal is twofold: To maximize the value of its real-time traveler profiles and across multiple channels; and to enhance performance by further automating pattern identification and optimization decisions.
Prior to Sojern, Livadas led the real-time machine learning and bid evaluation team at Nanigans and held data science and engineering leadership roles at Kayak. He holds five degrees from MIT, including a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Livadas is joining Sojern as the appetite for travel data and travel marketing is accelerating, with the US leisure travel market expected to reach $381 billion by the end of 2017, according to Deloitte, and travel and tourism expected to outperform the global economy throughout the next decade. In particular, as new trends in consumer search and booking behaviors emerge, travel brands are putting more emphasis on building direct relationships with customers and using data to deliver the best possible experiences for customers all the way through the purchase funnel.
Sojern is travel's direct demand engine, delivering $10B in direct bookings for thousands of brands — from global enterprises to boutique operators — across industries including hotel, airline, cruise, transportation, tourism and more. Specializing in traveler path-to-purchase data for over a decade, Sojern activates multi-channel branding and performance solutions by combining billions of search and booking intent signals with proprietary data science methods to analyze the world's travelers in real-time. Recognized on the Top Company Cultures list by Entrepreneur Magazine, Sojern is headquartered in San Francisco, with teams based in Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Mexico City, New York, Omaha, Paris, Singapore, and Sydney. For more information, visit www.sojern.com.


This booklet gives you the explanation and step-by-step of the Cosmic Inner Smile Practices with the benefits of the Inner Smile and the Practice that are supported by Inner Smile (Tao Yin, Lotus Meditation and Lotus Energy Meditation. There are 39 pages with over 30 color illustrations and images.
The Inner Smile is a powerful internal healing and relaxation meditation. Deep relaxation dissolves physical and mental tensions that can cause energy blockages and unhealthy Chi. The Inner Smile enhances the energy of the organs and glands, our life force in general, and stills and focuses the heart and mind (Hsien). It makes us more aware of our body and inner being, because we learn to communicate with our organs, glands, spine and other specific parts of our body, as well as our soul. Taoist discovered that consciousness is rooted not only in the brain, but also in the vital organs and in a more subtle sense, in each of the cells. Smiling to the organs and thanking them for the work they do will reawaken the intelligence of the body. We are often so out of touch with the body and emotions that we do not notice inner disharmony developing until it finally manifest itself as a serious illness. You will learn how to generate your own love internally never needing any other love from others and your internal love will over flow to others. Practicing the Inner Smile daily lets us look inside to keep in touch with the state of our inner organs, our Chi, our breath and emotions. We can spot problems at their inception, making it easier to balance the emotions and virtues.


I'm adding Mitch McConnell to the list of the Top 10 Creepiest Ventriloquist Dummies of all time.
After watching Trump and Mitch hold a duel press conference yesterday to prove they can still work together, I was surprised that Mitch just didn't sit on Donny's lap.
At first he just parroted what Donny said and swiveled his thin neck around like a turtle trying to escape it's shell. Try to imagine how creepy that looked.
You could tell it was uncomfortable for Mitch who never stopped blinking his eyes like a startled owl at high noon.
When Trump couldn't answer a question he turned to Mitch who gave short passionate responses that he thought Donny would like to hear.
I have to hand it to Donny, for a moron he does a pretty good imitation of a ventriloquist. Then again when you have a natural dummy like Mitch, it isn't all that hard.
Unlike in the movie "The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1945)" where Hugo the dummy watched his handler get carted away to the booby hatch in the end, Mitch hasn't gotten the pleasure of seeing his handler trotted off to an insane asylum...yet.
That doesn't mean we can't hope.
As for future performances by these two dummies it's just too hard to say.
Donny's moods change like a pregnant woman's craving for sardines on ice cream one day, and Buffalo Burgers with soy sauce, the next.
Let me also add that it wouldn't hurt the argument they both needed to be locked up if they would perform wearing the same outfit, and Mitch got a hair implant just like Donny's!


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Missing Auburn student's car, human remains found in creek after 45 years
Kyle Clinkscales, a student at Auburn University, was last seen on the night of January 27, 1976, when he left his hometown of LaGrange, Georgia, to drive to back to campus in his 1974 Ford Pinto, said Troup County, Georgia, Sheriff James Woodruff at a Wednesday news conference, a day after the discovery.
The 22-year-old never arrived at the Alabama school and neither he nor the car were seen again — until, perhaps, now.
"For 45 years, we have searched for Kyle and his car. We have followed hundreds of leads and never really had anything substantial develop from those leads," Woodruff said.
He said they've drained lakes and conducted numerous searches in hopes of finding Clinkscales.
LaGrange is north of Columbus in West Georgia and is about 20 miles from the Alabama state line.
On Tuesday, someone called 911 to report seeing what appeared to be a car in a creek off County Road 83, about a mile from County Road 388, said Maj. Terry Wood with the Chambers County, Alabama, Sheriff's Department.
When authorities arrived, they saw the partially submerged vehicle, which Wood said was visible from the two-lane road that runs over the creek.
Chambers County Sheriff Sid Lockhart said the car was found about three miles away from what would have been Clinkscales' normal route back to school. Lockhart said he did not know if the area was searched when Clinkscales initially went missing.
The car's hatchback was open, but Lockhart said he doesn't know if it came open after years in the water, or if the water level in the creek has gone down.
After removing the vehicle from the water, local law enforcement determined it was a white Pinto with a Troup County license plate.
Local officials then contacted the Troup County Sheriff's Office, which ran the tag number through its system and determined that it was Clinkscales' car, Woodruff said.
Woodruff said that top of the car "is completely" rusted away but authorities did discover a wallet, credit cards, Clinkscales' ID, and several bones.
"We believe those to be human in nature. We've called in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. They are currently at our facility taking that car apart and if they can, looking at what's in it to determine how many bones are in there and if they are indeed his bones," Woodruff said.
Woodruff said he hopes a cause of death can be determined "but we may never know."
"Just the fact that we have hopefully found him and the car brings me a big sigh of relief," Woodruff said, adding that Clinkscales' mother passed away earlier this year still hoping her son would come home.
Clinkscales' father died in 2007, Woodruff said. Clinkscales was an only child.
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