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Petroleum Authority of Uganda Personal Secretary - Jobs in Uganda
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) is a statutory body established
under Section 9 of the Petroleum (Exploration,Development and Production)
Act 2013, and in line with the National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda which was approved in 2008.
The mandate of the PAU is to monitor and regulate the exploration, development and production, together with the refining, gas
conversion, transportation and storage of petroleum in Uganda.
This includes ensuring that petroleum operations in Uganda are carried out in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, guidelines, statutes and in line with international best practice for the petroleum industry.
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda now invites applications from qualified Ugandans who fully meet the required job specifications and with the right
personal attributes to occupy the following positions in the Authority's established structure.
The Personal Secretary will provide professional, secretarial and administrative
and office management support to the Director.
He / She will ensure efficient and
effective planning, directing, managing and coordination of the day-to-day activities
of the office.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Organize facilities for meetings/workshops or official events in support of the Director's activities including booking venues, planning for and providing logistics like equipment, stationery, refreshments, and other facilitation for all
Develop and maintain an up-to-date contact list for the Director's business engagements.
Act as first point of contact for the Director's visitors and ensure provision of
good service to them.
Requisitioning for and managing the Director's office stationery and equipment.
Manage all front desk requirements in the office of the Director courteously and
responding to their inquiries professionally.
Ensuring cleanliness and orderliness of the Director's office
Responsible for secretarial services in the office of the Director and take dictation, transcribing, editing and presenting accurate work.
Attending to callers either in person or on telephone and ensure that incoming emails and outgoing emails are adequately managed.
Ensure that all correspondences in the Director's office are appropriately filed.
Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
A Bachelor's degree (Hons) in Office Management or Secretarial Studies from an
internationally recognized institution.
Computer proficiency in MS
Office applications like MS. Word, Power point and Excel.
Minimum of five (5) years' related experience three of which shall be in a busy working environment in a similar or related position.
Added Advantage
Knowledge of, and experience in the oil and gas sector.
Evidence of additional training and experience in office management and Secretarial work.
Character and Competencies;
Innovative and with a proven high level of integrity.
Ability to work independently and in a team.
Ability and willingness to work late and during weekends.
Proven track record of outstanding performance.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Courteousness and customer care skills.
Should have a typing speed of at least 60 words per minute
Proven record of completing tasks to a high standard and meeting deadlines.
Ability to work under pressure and adapt to varying situations with a high degree of attention to detail and initiative.
PAU will only consider online applications submitted through her website.
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 18th March 2019
Only online applications will be considered.
Applications submitted by e-mail will not be accepted
Applicants are required to scan and attach certified copies of the required academic documents only e.g. Degree, Transcript, Diploma, A-level and O-level certificates and PLE results slip.
Academic documents for the successful candidates will be vetted and background
checks conducted before they are considered for appointment into the Authority.
Only short listed and successful candidates will be contacted
Please forward any enquires regarding this advert to recruitment@pau.go.ug or call
telephone number 0414231924.
PAU is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge any money to any applicant for employment in its Service
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The reelection campaign of Gov. Peter Shumlin has added a lengthy disclaimer to its emails in response to claims it illegally solicited money from registered lobbyists during the legislative biennium.
The disclaimer first appeared last week at the bottom of an email titled "Getting Tough Things Done," which touted three of the governor's legislative accomplishments, including progress in reforming the state's health care system.
The warning is sandwiched between Shumlin's signature and a giant "DONATE" button.
You've heard the phrase "burn after reading," right?
No word yet on whether any lobbyists received this latest Shumlin solicitation. Jesse Bragg, the Vermont Democratic Party's executive director, said the Shumlin email list has been scrubbed of all known lobbyists.
Shumlin has said he will not accept money from any lobbyist who responds to one of his campaign emails, even though Shumlin continues to — wink, wink — claim there really isn't a reelection campaign going on. Tell that to the folks shelling out big bucks to attend an in-state Shumlin fundraiser hosted by environmentalist and Democratic donor Crea Lintilhac on Thursday night.
Vermont law forbids lawmakers and the governor from soliciting and accepting money from lobbyists, or their employers, during the legislative biennium. State law does allow Shumlin to accept donations from lobbyists as long as they are unsolicited — a caveat that doesn't apply to lawmakers.
Earlier this year, an unknown number of lobbyists received two separate fundraising emails issued by Shumlin's campaign. That prompted Vermont Republican chairwoman Pat McDonald to file a complaint with Attorney General Bill Sorrell, a Democrat, to investigate whether Shumlin violated the law in doing so.
Within days of McDonald's complaint, the Vermont Democrats filed a similar complaint about former Republican Gov. Jim Douglas, who solicited lobbyists via snail mail during the 2009 legislative session.
Deputy Attorney General Mike McShane tells "Fair Game" that the AG's office received the complaints, but wouldn't say how long the office will take to investigate the concerns.
For her part, McDonald told "Fair Game" she's happy the governor's campaign staff put the disclaimer in the email.
Secretary of State Jim Condos, a Democrat, agrees with McDonald that the "do not read" line might be better placed at the beginning of the letter — or struck entirely.
Perhaps Lt. Gov. Phil Scott should take note.
On April 25 — the same day that McDonald sounded the alarm about Shumlin's emails — Scott sent out a letter on campaign letterhead inviting people, including lobbyists, to a special event at the Wayside Restaurant in Berlin.
Scott, too, had a disclaimer at the bottom of the letter noting that Vermont law prohibited him from accepting contributions at the event because the legislature was still in session. He neglected to note that he can't solicit money, either.
And once Shumlin's letter became a news item, Scott took a closer look at his own mailing list and determined — lo and behold — his was also sent to lobbyists. Whoops!
So he issued a second letter informing folks that this was not a campaign event and to ignore the previous missive.
"We shouldn't have sent it," said Scott. The irony, of course, is that Scott's campaign manager last year was … Pat McDonald. Small state, eh?
Condos said he's not sure why so many Vermont pols are running afoul of the law.
Historically, the AG's office hasn't fined in-state campaigns for violations. Maybe more memories would be jogged if it did.
Gov. Peter Shumlin isn't just sending emails about his legislative victories. He's putting a lot of miles on the gubernatorial cruiser, making personal appearances all across the state.
His victory tour caught Vermont Republicans flat-footed — until House Minority Leader Don Turner (R-Milton) called a Monday press conference to announce the GOP response. Legislative Republicans plan to launch a statewide tour this summer to drum up public support for their own budget-cutting ideas. As a bonus they hope to inspire a new crop of candidates to run in 2012, in an effort to chip away at the super majority currently enjoyed by legislative Democrats.
Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, a fellow Republican, hosted the Republican Party-sponsored presser in his Statehouse office. He and other GOP leaders dissed Dems for their reliance on raising taxes and shifting general-fund dollars away from the education fund and increasing the statewide property tax by a penny — moves they warn could lead to property-tax increases down the road.
As "Fair Game" noted last week, Scott doesn't see his role as the GOP voice of opposition. On Monday, Scott told reporters that, despite his public silence, in cabinet meetings he regularly spoke out against health care reform and medical marijuana dispensaries.
But Scott said he agrees with Shumlin on many issues, especially the gov's opposition to raising income taxes.
"When I hear about the possible increase in the income tax or increase in the sugar tax or other consumption taxes, I think it's a dangerous path to go down," said Scott.
Scott said he would do all he could to help the GOP recruit candidates to run for office, adding that he believes one-party rule isn't good for government — no matter which political party is in charge.
One party has pretty much been the "rule," not the exception, in Vermont.
According to State Archivist Gregory Sanford, a single political party has ruled both the legislative and executive branches 128 times since 1854. Since 1963, when a Democrat was elected governor for the first time in more than a century, Republicans have controlled both chambers and the governor's office 12 times; the Democrats, seven.
A new name has emerged as a possible candidate in the 2012 Burlington mayor's race: Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan.
Donovan isn't the source of the rumors; rather, it's a group of Democrats who are anxious to find a candidate who can recapture the mayor's office after almost 30 years of Progressive rule. Donovan, a hometown boy, is respected across the political spectrum.
Democratic Reps. Mark Larson and Jason Lorber are exploring mayoral bids, as is Councilor Joan Shannon (D-Ward 5).
Though Donovan has statewide political ambitions — he's toyed with runs for lieutenant governor and attorney general — being the mayor of Burlington would give him decent exposure in the state's largest media market. It certainly worked out well for former mayor and now U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
If Donovan enters the race, he'd likely knock out all the other Dems and possibly Republican Kurt Wright, too. Donovan's tough-on-crime reputation would likely take votes away from Wright.
Progressive Mayor Bob Kiss still hasn't said he won't run. And if he does, he'll likely have to survive a caucus challenge. City Progs expect to pick their mayoral and city council candidates by early fall.
Donovan's chances will have a lot to do with how the public responds to the results of his long-awaited criminal probe of Burlington Telecom.
With or without indictments, Donovan's digging is believed to have forced the resignation of Chief Administrative Officer Jonathan Leopold. The "man behind the curtain" is resigning at the end of June.
It's no secret the Burlington Free Press has it in for Mayor Bob Kiss. As "Fair Game" has noted, the Freeps tends to write about Kiss only when it's bad news and ignores the mayor when he's calling attention to some city success.
Now City Progressive Party Chairwoman Abby Russell is intimating — in an op-ed on VTDigger.org — that the city's paper of record is refusing to publish her "My Turn" op-ed defending Progressive management of city hall and many city programs.
Russell penned the "My Turn" in response to an op-ed by Rep. Jason Lorber, in which he called on voters to "clean house" in the next mayoral election. She submitted the piece three weeks ago.
No word yet from the Freeps on whether it plans to run Russell's op-ed.
If it's anything like her Digger piece, the Burlington daily should have no problem slapping it on the page. While Russell lauds a variety of Progressive-led programs, she never mentions Kiss by name.


67th Independence Day celebrated in Gulbarga | Qamar-ul-Islam, DC Prasanna Kumar, SP Amit Singh, ZP CEO Pallavi Akurarti were present.
Minister for Municipal Administration, Local Bodies, Public Enterprises, Minority Welfare, Haj,Wakf and also district in-charge minister Qamar-ul-Islam hoisted the tricolor at the Police Parade Ground here on Thursday (15th Aug 2013), MLC Allamprabhu Patil, IGP Wazir Ahmed, DC Prasanna Kumar, SP Amit Singh, ZP CEO Pallavi Akurarti and officials were present.
Speaking after hoisting the national flag on the occasion of 67th Independence Day organised by the district administration at the Police Parade Ground here on Thursday, he said that the relaxation in norms for consideration of tandas for conversion in to village has helped so many tandas to see the light of the day.The relaxation is that the criteria of 100 houses in tanda has been brought down to 50 or the population criteria of 500 of a tanda has been brought down to 250. Under these new relaxed criteria 328 Lambani tandas which have remained deprived of village facilities have been converted into revenue villages he added.The order for relaxation of norms for conversion of tandas into villages has been issued on July 27.


In the beginning for february lot of new products and boats were displayed on three different stands during biggest carp show in Europe, Carp Zwolle. On stand of World Carp Classic, Carp Crossing and Jarocells, visitors could see new platforms for boats. This new product offers to customer option to enlarge his fishing space and also put a bivvy, stretcher or many more products on his boat. After great success on this show, where we will have stand also next year we will very soon move to another show, Carp Reims in France.


A new lime works was established at Miranda c1931 with Mr. Herbie Tait as the managing Director of the new company formed to utilise the abundant shell beds adjacent to the Pukorokoro Stream.
At its peak the works operated around the clock with lime being carried by truck to the rail at Pokeno for distribution further afield. Lime also travelled by sea with a scow taking 78 ton to Clevedon in February 1932 and scows and barges also travelling to Thames.
Besides a managers residence there were a number of workers houses as the enterprise attracted a large work force.
Tom Perry and his wife Doris, previously of Onehunga were early workers with Tom going on to establish his own carrying company which carted lime for 21 Years.
Charles Hodge, a local carrying contractor was also part of the original management. Bill Wallace was an early manager, followed by Arthur Whittlestone. John Wentworth was also an early employee who specialised in heavy machinery and quarry equipment.
The lime works had its share of disasters as it caught fire on two occasions. A constant threat when there is a large furnace operating.
A fortunate spin off of having the lime works was the reticulation of electricity throughout the district. Mr. George Stubbs of Mangatangi lobbied to get power to the people of Kaiaua and other settlements. The establishment of the lime works, with its heavy demand for electricity was enough to convince the Franklin Power Board to reticulate the area.
At a meeting in the new hall at Whakatiwai in 1931, the chairman Mr. John Dean was invited by Mr. Stubbs to throw the switch thus turning the power on for the district.
Electricity brought with it all the modern conveniences, including power for milking machinery.
Unfortunately dwindling stocks of shell forced the lime works to close in about 1950. Some foundations of the works can still be seen near the bridge over the Pῡkorokoro Stream.


Chapter 6: How to Write an Email?
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6. How to Write an Email?
Now that you know about email marketing, types of emails and a mailing list, we reach the step where you will proceed with writing your email. There are many things to think about here, and many factors to have in mind to make sure the email is created in a way that will maximize open and click-through rates.
Email design refers to the entire layout of your email. It includes everything from font size to images. You have a couple of seconds to attract the attention of the email recipients once they open your email, and the best way to do so is with a stunning email design. You should focus on each element of the email and make sure you optimize it in a way to get the most out of it.
To help you design your first email, let us start with analyzing each element of an email, and how those can be improved and optimized in a way that the campaign yields the best results for your business.
It all starts with a subject line. This is the first thing that users see, and as the statistics show, a significant number of recipients (more than 30%) will open the email based on the subject line. This shows that the power of those couple of words is tremendous. A subject line can literally determine the success of your campaign. In fact, some words in the subject line can even predestine your email to the spam box.
Get straight to the point with the subject line. You have only a couple of words to attract the attention of the user, so make good use out of them. Also, have in mind that a large percent of your subscribers will be reading the email on their mobile devices, where the preview features between three to six words on average. This is another reason to be concise.
Use the subject line to describe what is in the message. Provide a sort of a glimpse of what the subscribers can find in the email, regardless if it is a discount code, the link to the new article, etc. You should make sure that the title is also relevant to the message, so avoid using vague phrases and metaphors. If your message is time-sensitive, due to an offer that expires soon, you could include this information in the subject line.
Personalizing the subject line enables subscribers to identify with it. Some ways to personalize the subject line include using subscriber's' name, addressing them directly using you and your, adding localization attribute (e.g. See you at London meetup), etc.
The subject line should encourage the recipient to open the email. You will create an engaging subject line by combining the above suggestions. Also, try to add some sort of a call to action, or a question to encourage more opened emails.
Finally, to make sure how efficient a certain subject line is, test it. The best way to do so is with A/B testing, which provides details about different variations of a subject line.
Try to directly address your subscribers. Imagine you are writing to one person, instead of the entire list. They are your target group, which means you should be able to understand the way they communicate, the needs they might have, the problems they have to resolve. Addressing them personally, helps you establish a better relationship, which eventually increases conversion rate.
You should send an email when you have something to say. Having this in mind, you do not want to waste any words and beat around the bush. Get straight to the point. A concise and relevant message is something your subscribers will appreciate, especially now when their inbox is swamped with emails each day.
Not every email is the same. Nor is the message you are trying to convey. This is why you need a custom layout for each email. This includes formatting, but it also includes adding images, adding a logo, etc. All of this grabs the attention of the recipients, and what is more important, makes your message recognizable.
Email marketing tools come with plenty of customization options, ready-made templates, features to help you design your own templates, etc. If you want to get a full potential from email marketing, you will need one of the tools to help you. With custom email design, your email messages will look much more professional and engaging.
A CTA (call to action) should be the central point of your email. It is the most important thing in your email if you want recipients to take an action. For example, if the goal of your campaign is to get subscribers to read your latest blog article, you will feature a CTA that invites them to do that, with a clickable CTA that leads to the article you want to promote. In case you want to promote a product in your online store, your CTA will be linked to that specific product.
You should consider a CTA as a sort of a bridge between the email recipient and your final goal. The purpose of the CTA is to invite subscribers to go beyond the email, to interact with you by watching your video, downloading a free guide, or simply visiting your website.
Email buttons are designed in two ways. You could either use HTML or insert predesigned images. The good thing about HTML is that the button will be shown even if the recipient has disabled images to be shown in the emails, which is something most email services do by default. HTML buttons are also loaded faster. On the other hand, image buttons offer more opportunity for customization, as you get access to a much wider range of visual elements.
Links are usually a part of the email in the email marketing campaign. They can be placed in two ways, as a button or as a link.
Since links tend to be less effective in grabbing attention than CTAs, instead of one word, your link can feature a longer anchor text, which will make it more eye-catching. It will also be easier to click on a longer link than on a single word, especially when it comes to mobile users.
Unsubscribe link is usually included at the end of the email message. There is no need to highlight it or make it prominent. In fact, unsubscribe link is usually rather small and in a lighter color. However, it is still necessary to have one, because you need to allow people to make a choice. It still is their own personal inbox, and for some reason, at one point, people may just want to stop receiving your emails, and you need to make this possible for them. Otherwise, they will most probably report your email in order to stop them coming.
Having people unsubscribe willingly can also benefit you because you will stop wasting time and effort on subscribers that simply will not be engaged or converted by your campaign.
How to write a high-performing email?
When you create an email campaign, you design an email template. Even though it is a template is should be an email that is completely personal. Adding a personal touch to the email will have a positive influence on your email campaign. When writing, try to have your target group in mind. How would you address them if they were standing right there in a room with you?
For starters, when you want to personalize your emails, it is advisable to use segmentation to separate subscribers in different groups. This is especially important if you have a lot of subscribers. Having a narrower target group allows you to be more focused as you are able to understand the subscribers better. As a result, your communication will be more on point.
Another great way to personalize an email is to address your subscribers by their name. Using a tool for an email campaign can be very helpful in this case because you can use HTML option to directly take the subscriber's name from the database and add it to the email template.
It is also important to sign the email off with your full name, a job title in the company, and contact details. This also improves the personalization level.
More than 70 percent of the internet users are not native English speakers (Source). Apart from the language barrier, the location may also be a relevant part of your email campaign. For example, you might offer a discount in one city, while the same discount is not available in the other cities. When it comes to product prices, they might vary in different countries, or you might feature entirely different websites adjusted to targeting different regions. What it all means is that thinking about location, as well as other cultural aspects, will have a positive influence on your email marketing, allowing you to create a fully custom campaign.
Having your end users in mind is always a good approach to use when building a strategy because your goal is to connect with those users. And the best way to do so is by knowing their interest, needs, etc.
One way you could localize is to use a salutation in a subscriber's native language, even if the rest of the email is English. Also, try to segment the mailing list based on the location criteria (country, region, city, etc.) to target only the relevant users. This is especially important for local businesses.
The type of email will influence the way you approach the writing process because different types require a different kind of language to be used as their focus is different. While you will get all "salesy" in an email offering a special discount, which is completely natural because the goal is to increase sales, this kind of style and language will not work for a regular newsletter. On the contrary, when writing a newsletter, you will have other goals in mind which will help you define both the tone and the content. For example, if you want to invite the subscribers to read your latest posts, your newsletter content could be a sort of a summary of what they could expect to find on your blog. If you want to encourage them to listen to your latest podcast, try telling a bit more about the topic, what inspired you to choose this topic, will you be joined by a special guest, etc.
Regardless the type, regardless the language, you always have to have a goal in mind. Guided by this goal, you will be able to write a message that encourages actions that will fulfill that goal. This kind of thinking will help you write an email that converts.
Ultimately, you are writing your email for the readers. There is no specific word count, no must-use words or phrases, no mandatory sections. You write for your readers, and as long as you understand the way they think, you will be able to write a message that addresses them directly. They need to be able to identify with the content, they need to recognize it as an opportunity to benefit from it in a certain way, regardless if they get a free coupon, or simply an advice that will help them in life or business. Provide value for the readers with each message. Not only will this approach help you obtain loyal subscribers, but you will gain diligent readers who are most likely to respond in a way you encourage them to, such as by visiting a website, leaving a comment, buying, etc.
All of this together helps you create better emails, emails that are read, emails that convert.
When you first design these elements, you will rely on your prior experience (if you have any) and on the best practices. In both cases, you should always look for ways to be even better, to reach for higher conversion rate. This can be done by meticulous analysis of the performance, detection of the potential issues and corrective actions.


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Q: I'm trying to solve a non linear mixed integer problem with gekko and im getting into a loop The error that im getting is the following "@error: Inequality Definition".  I think that I'm getting into a loop.  I'm also not pretty confident about my way that i set my parameters.  I'm new in gekko and i can't find my fault on my code.  The error occurs in the line of "m.solve()".
m=GEKKO()
#create variables
demand = m.Array(m.Param,5)
t=0
for v in [1150,2320,3200,4100,5400]:
    demand[t].value = v
    t=t+1

A=m.Array(m.Param,(2,5))
t=0
g=0

for v in [2,2,4,6,2.3,1,1.55,3.85,2,5.5]:
    A[g][t].value = v
    t=t+1
    if t==5:
        t=0
        g=1

t=0
g=0
Start=m.Array(m.Param,(2,5))
for v in [180,220,300,70,150,100,120,150,20,200]:
    Start[g][t].value = v
    t=t+1
    if t==5:
        t=0
        g=1
t=0
g=0
C=m.Array(m.Param,(2,5))
for v in [15,25,45,40,25,3,16.2,42,3,60]:
    C[g][t].value = v
    t=t+1
    if t==5:
        t=0
        g=1
 #create variables
ni = 2; nj = 5;
y = m.Array(m.Var,(ni,nj),lb=0,ub=1, integer=True)
x = m.Array(m.Var,(ni,nj),lb=0,integer=True)
# add limitations to model
m.Equation(y[i][j] * Start[i][j] - x[i][j] <= 0 for i in range(ni)  for j in range(nj))
m.Equation(demand[j] <=m.sum([m.sum([x[i][j] for i in range(ni) ])])for j in range(nj))
#add optimization equation

m.Minimize(m.sum([m.sum([A[i][j] * x[i][j] - C[i][j] * y[i][j] * x[i][j]**0.5 for i in range(ni)])  for j in range(nj)]))

m.options.IMODE=3
m.options.Solver=1
m.solve()
print(x)
print(y)
print(m.options.OBJFCNVAL)

A: Try using m.Equations() and generate a list of equations with square brackets. I re-wrote your Objective so that it is easier to understand. You can have multiple objectives and Gekko adds them together so it is already doing the summation.
from gekko import GEKKO
m=GEKKO()
#create variables
demand = m.Array(m.Param,5)
for i,v in enumerate([1150,2320,3200,4100,5400]):
    demand[i].value = v

A=m.Array(m.Param,(2,5))
t=0; g=0
for v in [2,2,4,6,2.3,1,1.55,3.85,2,5.5]:
    A[g][t].value = v
    t=t+1
    if t==5:
        t=0; g=1

t=0; g=0
Start=m.Array(m.Param,(2,5))
for v in [180,220,300,70,150,100,120,150,20,200]:
    Start[g][t].value = v
    t=t+1
    if t==5:
        t=0; g=1
t=0; g=0
C=m.Array(m.Param,(2,5))
for v in [15,25,45,40,25,3,16.2,42,3,60]:
    C[g][t].value = v
    t=t+1
    if t==5:
        t=0; g=1
#create variables
ni = 2; nj = 5;
y = m.Array(m.Var,(ni,nj),lb=0,ub=1, integer=True)
x = m.Array(m.Var,(ni,nj),lb=0,integer=True)
# add limitations to model
m.Equations([[y[i][j] * Start[i][j] - x[i][j] <= 0 \
              for i in range(ni)] \
                for j in range(nj)])
m.Equations([demand[j] <=m.sum([m.sum([x[i][j] \
              for i in range(ni) ])])
                for j in range(nj)])

#add optimization equation
for i in range(ni):
    for j in range(nj):
        m.Minimize(A[i][j]*x[i][j] - C[i][j]*y[i][j] * x[i][j]**0.5)

m.options.IMODE=3
m.options.Solver=1
m.solve()
print(x)
print(y)
print(m.options.OBJFCNVAL)

This gives a solution that looks suspiciously easy to solve so you may want to check your equations one more time.
 --------- APM Model Size ------------
 Each time step contains
   Objects      :           10
   Constants    :            0
   Variables    :           80
   Intermediates:            0
   Connections  :           25
   Equations    :           25
   Residuals    :           25

 Number of state variables:             45
 Number of total equations: -           25
 Number of slack variables: -           15
 ---------------------------------------
 Degrees of freedom       :              5

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 Steady State Optimization with APOPT Solver
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Iter:     1 I:  0 Tm:      0.00 NLPi:    2 Dpth:    0 Lvs:    0 Obj:  5.68E+04 Gap:  0.00E+00
 Successful solution

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 Solver         :  APOPT (v1.0)
 Solution time  :   1.529999999911524E-002 sec
 Objective      :    56760.0000000000
 Successful solution
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ENDORSEMENTS OF THE TIBETAN POLICY ACT
"As Americans, we are compelled to support the Tibetan Policy Act of 2001. Religious freedom is at the core of our national identity. To overlook the Chinese government's relentless persecution of the Tibetan Buddhists, their religion, their culture and their way of life would be to betray our own deepest values. Lip service to abstract ideals of religious freedom is not enough. We must forge a clear and specific policy of standing with the Tibetan people. We must pass the Tibetan Policy Act without delay."
– Nina Shea, Director, Freedom House Center for Religious Freedom
"I hope this legislation will help send a message to a new generation of Chinese leaders that the tired anti-Tibet rhetoric of China's founders is woefully outdated, and the Tibet people must be granted their freedom."
– Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA)
"I believe that the time has come for the United States government to increase our attention to enhanced Tibetan cultural and religious autonomy. My intent in introducing the Tibetan Policy Act is to place the full faith of the United States government behind efforts to preserve the distinct identity and the cultural, religious and ethnic autonomy of the Tibetan People."
– Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
"It's critical to our nation's response to China's continued illegal occupation [of Tibet]."
– Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY)
"It is my hope that the US Government will support the 'Tibet Policy Act of 2001' and in so doing take a courageous step towards the fulfilment of human rights for Tibetan people. His Holiness the Dalai Lama continues to inspire us with his wisdom and compassion in all human affairs, and his efforts to maintain peace within the world. It is right and appropriate that where possible, we support his determination to achieve a negotiated political solution for Tibet and safeguard the Tibetan people's national identity. The 'Tibet Policy Act of 2001' is an important step in that direction, and deserves the active support of everyone.
– Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel Laureate
"This is an important initiative and should be supported widely."
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate
"Over the years the Tibetan issue has received tremendous support from the American public and we believe that this proposed legislation aptly symbolizes that support. This legislation will enable the Tibetan people to undertake steps for the continued preservation and promotion of our distinct identity, culture and way of life as we attempt to find a negotiated solution to our issue. We hope the legislation will make the Chinese government realize that the only viable and stable solution to the Tibetan problem is through negotiations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan leadership in exile."
– Kalon T.C. Tethong, Minister of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala, India
"This legislation transforms America's belief in religious and cultural freedom in Tibet into a solid, comprehensive program. Its passage would help guarantee a reliable and permanent American commitment to the human rights of the Tibetan people. Just as we never abandoned the right of the 'captive nations' of Eastern Europe to determine their own fate, even under 75 years of seemingly invincible Soviet power, so we must now be faithful to the commitment to Tibet and its people – and that is the admirable purpose of the Tibetan Policy Act."
– Elliot Abrams, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
"I desire to express my strong and sincere support for the Tibetan Policy Act of 2001…The Tibetan people have suffered deeply and long. Their country and their religion have been devastated by the policies of the government of China…I hope and pray the Congress will affirm its commitment and that of the U.S. government to ameliorating the misery under which Tibet and the Tibetan people live and suffer. Implementation of the recommendations in this bill will make a significant contribution to this end."
– Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
On Tibet
"I have always maintained that ultimately the Tibetan people must be able to decide about the future of Tibet."
– His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"It's a very difficult situation right now with the Chinese sending more and more Han Chinese in to settle Tibet; what seems to be a policy that might well destroy that society. I think we have to reenergize our discussions with the Chinese to let them know that this is another example of the kind of behavior that will affect our entire relationship. And [we will] show our interest in solidarity with the Dalai Lama and the people of Tibet."
– Secretary of State Colin Powell at his confirmation hearing, January 17, 2001
"I agree that Tibet is an autonomous region of China. And I can understand why the acknowledgement of that would be a precondition of dialogue with the Dalai Lama. But I also believe that many, many Tibetans still revere the Dalai Lama and view him as their spiritual leader…but for us, the question in not fundamentally religious. It is political. That is, we believe that other people should have the right to fully practice their religious beliefs and that if he [the Dalai Lama], in good faith, presents himself on those terms, it is a legitimate thing for China to engage him in dialogue."
– President Bill Clinton, June 17, 1998, Beijing
"The Tibetan people are powerless to prevent Chinese officials from destroying the ecology of their homeland because of China's armed subjugation of Tibet for the last forty years."
– Al Gore, Earth in the Balance, 1992
"The Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1949 was a conquest every bit as clear as the conquest of the Baltic States during World War II or Iraq's invasion and temporary conquest of Kuwait. It does not become less criminal because it has remained in place over a long period of time…The Chinese have been brutal and have made no bones about it and have made no apologies for it."
– Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, April 1991
"Few people have endured as prolonged a persecution as the people of Tibet. For more than four decades they have seen their monasteries destroyed; their beliefs banned, their way of life threatened with extinction. The high mountain vastness of the Himalayas is no longer a refuge from the people of Tibet. Instead it has become in a truly way their prison."
– Senator George Mitchell, April 18, 1991
"As His Holiness and the people of Tibet go forward on their own great journey, we are with them. We, the people of the United States, the Congress of the United States – we stand with them, and we want the People's Republic of China to hear this message. We stand with them!"
– Senator Robert Dole, April 18, 1991
"Why are we silent when Tibet needs our voices? This is especially poignant to some of us who believe in non-violence, of which Tibet is an inspiring symbol…If to be free is the most important goal of all, then to help someone else to become free must be the most sublime and rewarding of human endeavors."
– Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate
"I certainly would want…to say with all the vehemence that I can command that what has happened is unacceptable, totally unacceptable. We want to do all we can to support initiatives for bringing about the liberation of Tibet…You long for someone to arise in China and say, you know freedom is cheaper than oppression. It seems so obvious."
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1997
Tibetan Policy Act
Tibetan Policy Act Talking Points


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Everything that this beautiful world has to offer.
Thoughts on living a full life.
When founding a (somewhat) bootstrapped company you suddenly begin to experience life in dog years. Time seems to fly by seven times faster than it used to. Combine that with being born at the end of Generation X and you get an individual who begins to question their own life choices quickly. How can you survive in your late thirties in a world that is ruled by the young?
Several days ago I stumbled upon a post on reddit titled: "When I was hired by Apple in early 2004, these 'rules for success' were attached to the back of my employee badge. I left Apple years ago, but these really stuck with me ever since." It got me thinking about what our company stands for.


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ARPT new Headquarters (Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télécommunications)
Mario Cucinella Architects S.r.l
Algiers, Algeria
Project Year
MIR, Engram Studio
Mario Cucinella Architects S.r.l as Architects
MIR, Engram Studio View Gallery
The building has been conceived as an icon where tradition and modernity are melted, both in form (which arises from a pointed arch typical of Mediterranean architecture and the inclination of the solar diagram) as well as in the treatment of the surface of the body.
The project is inspired by the Algerian desert landscape where the dunes of seem natural buildings, manufactured by wind and sand. Analysing the urban fabric, the location of the lot along a highway of great importance and especially the proximity to the new urban park Bab Ezzouar, offer the possibility to create a building highly visible and representative. An institutional building as the new ARPT headquarters should be the reference point within a neighborhood and a city where tradition and modernity merge each other to create new symbolic and cultural scenarios. For this reason the project proposal draws a highly iconic building far from the predominant aesthetics of the area and which exploits the direct contact with the new park. The desire to create a building that would work according to the principles of bioclimatic architecture and in particular by the natural cooling techniques of the past, such as the tu'rat, suggested an aerodynamic shape, convex on the North side to divert the hot winds, and concave on the South side to capture the cool breezes during the night, and thus to promote the natural ventilation of the building.
Form, energy and tradition are transformed then into a new building that will become a symbol of the development of Algeria.
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One thing is certain, whatever the Chancellor of the Exchequer says, the British economy is being deprived of the investment it needs to grow and flourish, and that our society is being denied the funding it needs to ensure the health, welfare and happiness of its citizens.
It has always struck me as appalling that the government can find money for nuclear weapons and war when it denies that money is available to meet these very real social and human needs. Quite simply, our government's priorities are wrong.
Over the past ten years, since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent financial crisis, every government has pursued brutal austerity policies that have attacked the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Their narrative has been that we can't afford to properly fund the NHS or provide proper living levels of welfare payments, yet at the same time the rich continue to get richer. The 'super-rich' are the blight of our time, and it is to the eternal shame of our government that they put these people's interests above those of the British people. Clearly, the money is there, it is just going to the wrong place.
For a really shocking example of this, look no further than our government's spending on nuclear weapons. In 2016, one of Mrs May's first actions as prime minister was to push Trident replacement through parliament – thus allocating £205 billion of tax payers' money to building and sustaining the Dreadnought class of nuclear submarines and their attendant missiles, warheads and paraphernalia. In short, £205 billion on weapons of mass destruction and not on our NHS, jobs, education and welfare. This spending is now under way.
In spite of these vast amounts of money, it appears they still can't make ends meet. Recently the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee revealed the latest catalogue of Ministry of Defence incompetence and negligence. It warned that the infrastructure supporting the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet is no longer 'fit for purpose' and that MoD decisions to delay maintenance at its 13 nuclear sites had created a 'ticking time bomb'.
This is just a disaster waiting to happen. But what we don't want is yet more money being poured into this bottomless pit. It really is time for government to step away from nuclear weapons and release the funds to meet the needs of our society and all our communities. No one must be left behind in 21st century Britain. We call on our government to come clean on the economic reality facing our country and to prioritise the lives and wellbeing of all its citizens. It's time for our government to recognise: People not Trident.


Since 1946 Porte Brown has been assisting clients at their place of business because there is no better way to understand how a client operates than to jump right in and see for oneself.
We prefer to get our hands dirty because it enables us to foresee any problems that may arise and fix them before they get out of control. Our approach might not be the norm, but it enables us to quickly and promptly deliver unbeatable service when so many other companies are moving away from this personal style.
From day one the employees of Porte Brown are given the tools and resources to succeed independently because they will be the ones closest to the issues that matter the most to the client. This is why Porte Brown places so much importance on continuing one's education and putting in time outside of work to achieve these goals. It allows us to be the go-to resource when clients need help with a variety of issues.
Porte Brown wants to provide more than just a service to its clients, it wants to deliver a service that puts their minds at ease.


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package com.blastedstudios.freeboot.ai.bt.actions;

/** ModelAction class created from MMPM action Land. */
public class Land extends jbt.model.task.leaf.action.ModelAction {

	/** Constructor. Constructs an instance of Land. */
	public Land(jbt.model.core.ModelTask guard) {
		super(guard);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a com.blastedstudios.freeboot.ai.bt.actions.execution.Land task that
	 * is able to run this task.
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			jbt.execution.core.BTExecutor executor,
			jbt.execution.core.ExecutionTask parent) {
		return new com.blastedstudios.freeboot.ai.bt.actions.execution.Land(this,
				executor, parent);
	}
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אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > BGU Security Researchers discover Vulnerability in Samsung'€™s Secure Software on the Company'€™s Flagship Device Galaxy S4
BGU Security Researchers discover Vulnerability in Samsung'€™s Secure Software on the Company'€™s Flagship Device Galaxy S4
Security researchers at BGU's Cyber Security Labs have identified a critical vulnerability in highly secure Samsung mobile devices which are based on the Knox architecture. Samsung Knox, which is currently undergoing the US Department of Defense approval review process, features the most advanced security-driven infrastructure for mobile phones. The breach, researchers believe, enables easy interception of data communications between the secure container and the external world including file transfers, emails and browser activity.
The vulnerability was uncovered by Ph.D. student Mordechai Guri during an unrelated research task. Guri is part of a wider research team at the cyber security labs which focuses on mobile and other cyber related research topics. "To us, Knox symbolizes state-of-the-art in terms of secure mobile architectures and I was surprised to find that such a big 'hole' exists and was left untouched. The Knox has been widely adopted by many organizations and government agencies and this weakness has to be addressed immediately before it falls into the wrong hands," he said. "We are also contacting Samsung in order to provide them with the full technical details of the breach so it can be fixed immediately."
The vulnerability was first reported by The Wall Street Journal late Monday evening.
The Knox architecture features a regular phone environment as well as a secure container that is supposed to add security protection to the phone. All data and communications that take place within the secure container are protected and even if a malicious application should attack the non-secure part all the protected data should be inaccessible under all circumstances. However, the newly found breach can be used to bypass all Knox security measures. By simply installing an "innocent" app on the regular phone (in the non-secure container) all communications from the phone can be captured and exposed.
The Samsung Knox is based on TrustZone's mobile virtualization platform which serves as the underlying infrastructure for the available protective measures.
"To solve this weakness, Samsung may need to recall their devices or at least publish an over the air software fix immediately. The weakness found may require Samsung to re-think a few aspects of their secure architecture in future models" said Dudu Mimran the Chief Technology Officer of the BGU labs.
The Cyber Security Labs part of BGU's Homeland Security Institute are located in the Advanced Technologies Park adjacent to the University in Beer-Sheva. They are headed by Prof. Yuval Elovici of the Department of Information Systems Engineering, who is also director of Telekom Innovation Laboratories at BGU. The labs are a pioneer in Israel's cyber security powerhouse - actively researching the topic of mobile device security as well as network security for seven years both independently and as part of the existing tight collaboration with Telekom Innovation Laboratories.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Cyber Researchers Demonstrate Malware That Covertly Turns PCs into Eavesdropping Devices 🎥
Dangerous and Costly New Cyber Threat: Hacking 3D Manufacturing Systems Demonstrated by BGU Researchers 🎥
BGU Researchers Demonstrate How Data Can Be Stolen From Isolated €œ"Air-Gapped"€ Computers Through a Typical USB Flash Drive 🎥


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Someone Threw This Tiny Kitten Onto A Busy Highway And Left Him There
Two people stopped traffic in order to rescue him.
By Caitlin Jill Anders
A woman was driving along a Los Angeles freeway when she noticed something furry huddled up in the carpool lane — and was horrified when she realized it was a tiny kitten. Unable to go back or pull over without causing an accident, the woman quickly contacted Hope for Paws, hoping that they could get to the poor kitten before it was too late.
As soon as they got the text, Hope for Paws rescuers Eldad Hagar and Loreta Frankonyte, who were on their way back from another rescue, quickly drove out to the spot on the freeway that the woman had described. They spotted the kitten as they were passing him, and were able to safely pull over next to an exit. They knew they had to act quickly in order to rescue the kitten, as traffic was zooming by all around him.
Hope for Paws
"Once we were ready, Loreta Frankonyte and I broke into the freeway and stopped traffic completely," Hagar wrote in a video about the rescue. "Not knowing the kitten's state of mind, I told Loreta I will approach from the front so he can see me, and she will surprise him from behind."
Following the plan, Frankonyte quickly came up behind the kitten …
… and was able to grab him before he even realized what was happening.
"The plan worked perfectly, and people were really happy to see us save little Napoleon," Hagar said.
They quickly got him back to the car, where he snuggled up in Frankonyte's lap almost immediately, so happy to finally be safe. Hagar called the woman who had alerted them to Napoleon to thank her for helping save his life, and then they drove straight to the vet to get the little guy checked out.
Once at the vet, Napoleon's rescuers offered him some food and he ate it eagerly, and it was clear that he had gone hungry for some time. The tiny kitten was so sick and weak, there was absolutely no way he could have made it onto the freeway on his own — which meant that someone had probably tossed him out of a car like a piece of trash.
"The little guy was sick, had an eye infection, he was so skinny, and I just have no idea how he could have made it to that side of the freeway," Hagar said. "He was too weak to move, and there is just no way he could have crossed six lanes of traffic alone … someone must have done it to him."
Napoleon was treated for his eye infection and for fleas, and was given a much-needed bath. Once he was all cleaned up, he was given some space and another kitten friend to run around and play with, and before long he already appeared to be feeling so much better.
The woman who spotted Napoleon could have just kept driving and forgotten about him. Instead, she made a move that saved his life, and now the tiny kitten is getting a second chance at life.
Watch the full video of Napoleon's rescue below:


Many myths surround bipolar disorder — what it is, what it means, and how it's treated. Here's to busting a few of the most common ones.
1. Bipolar disorder means I'm really "crazy." While bipolar disorder is a serious mental disorder, it is no more serious than most other mental disorders. Having a mental disorder doesn't mean you're "crazy," it just means you have a concern that is negatively impacting how you live your life. Left unaddressed, this concern can cause a person significant distress and problems in their relationships and life.
2. Bipolar disorder is a medical disease, just like diabetes. While some marketing propaganda might simplify bipolar disorder into a medical disease, bipolar disorder is not — according to our knowledge and science at this time — a medical disease. It is a complex disorder (called a mental disorder or mental illness ) that reflects its basis in psychological, social, and biological roots.
While it has significant neurobiological and genetic components, it is no more of a pure medical disease than ADHD or any other mental disorder. Treatment of bipolar disorder that focuses solely on its "medical" components often results in failure.
3. Manic depression is different than bipolar disorder. Manic depression is simply the old name for bipolar disorder. The name was changed to more accurately describe the type of mood disorder it is — someone who experiences swings between two poles of mood (or emotion). Those two poles are mania and depression.
I'll have to be on medications for the rest of my life. While the default assumption by most mental health professionals is that most people with bipolar disorder will need to be on medications for the rest of your life, nobody can predict how exactly you, as an individual, will react to such medications or what the future holds for your specific needs.
So it is a myth to say that all people with bipolar disorder will absolutely be on medications for the rest of their lives. As many people age with this disorder, they find their swings between mania and depression lessen significantly, and the need for medication may decrease, and may even be discontinued without any harmful repercussions.
This is just a fancy way of saying that a person needs to continue taking their medication as prescribed, no matter how good they may be feeling. It is perhaps one of the most insidious issues in the treatment of bipolar disorder, and leads many people to greater distress than if they just kept taking their medications.
6. There's no need for psychotherapy in bipolar disorder. This varies from person to person (just as the need for taking medications does), but this is a myth insomuch that many people and professionals believe that psychotherapy doesn't help much in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Psychotherapy can be very helpful and effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder, since medications alone can't teach a person new coping skills or how to deal with feelings of an impending manic or depressive episode. Psychotherapy can help a person with bipolar disorder learn to live with the disorder in their lives without as much stress or upset. While many people with bipolar disorder forgo psychotherapy, it is usually a helpful treatment to consider when first diagnosed.
7. Atypical antipsychotics are only for schizophrenia. In the U.S. in 1990, a new class of medications was introduced called "atypical antipsychotics." These newer medications are not used to treat only psychosis (such as that found in schizophrenia), but also a wider range of psychiatric symptoms.
One of their approved uses is in the treatment of bipolar disorder in adults. They may also be approved in short time for use in teenagers and children 10 years and older (although they are already sometimes prescribed by doctors for "off label use" in teens and children). So don't let the name of the class of medications fool you — they treat far more than just psychosis.
8. Atypical antipsychotics have little to no side effects. Atypical antipsychotics are often the primary drug doctors use to treat bipolar disorder. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration has determined that such drugs are both safe and effective for this use. However, like all medications, atypical antipsychotics have their own set of risks and side effects.
9. I may just have depression. Bipolar disorder often mimics clinical depression, because one of the primary symptoms of bipolar disorder is clinical depression. Up to 25 percent of people who have bipolar disorder are initially misdiagnosed with depression. Why does this occur? Because many people first go to their primary doctor for a diagnosis, and primary doctors do not always ask enough questions to make the proper diagnosis.
This can occur with mental health professionals who also fail to probe enough when a person presents with clinical depression in their office. An incorrect initial diagnosis can lead to incorrect treatment, such as the prescription of antidepressants. Generally, antidepressants are not used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, and in fact, can make the disorder worse in the person. So if you've ever had an episode of increased energy for no particular reason (not because you just drank a litre of Coke), make sure you share that information with your mental health professional.
A study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder – or manic-depressive disorder – does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse.
The public debate on violent crime usually assumes that violence in the mentally ill is a direct result of the perpetrator's illness. Previous research has also suggested that patients with bipolar disorder – also known as manic-depressive disorder – are more likely to behave violently. However, it has been unclear if the violence is due to the bipolar disorder per se, or caused by other aspects of the individual's personality or lifestyle.
The new study, carried out by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Oxford University, is presented in the scientific journal Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers compared the rate of violent crime in over 3,700 patients with bipolar disorder cared for in Swedish hospitals between 1973 and 2004 with that of 37,000 control individuals from the general public. 21% of patients with bipolar disorder and a concurrent diagnosis of severe substance abuse (alcohol or illegal drugs) were convicted of violent crimes, compared to 5% of those with bipolar disorder but without substance abuse, and 3% among general public control individuals.
The differences remained when accounting for age, gender, immigrant background, socio-economic status, and whether the most recent presentation of the bipolar disorder was manic or depressed. "Interestingly, this concurs with our group's previous findings in schizophrenia, another serious psychiatric disorder, which found that individuals with schizophrenia are not more violent than members of the general public, provided there is no substance abuse," says professor Niklas Långström, head of the Centre for Violence Prevention at Karolinska Institutet, and one of the researchers behind the study.
According to the researchers, the findings support the need for initiatives to prevent, identify and treat substance abuse when fighting violent crime. Additionally, Långström hopes that the results will help challenge overly simplistic explanations of the causes of violent crime. "Unwarranted fear and stigmatisation of mental illness increases the alienation of people with psychiatric disorder and makes them less inclined to seek the care they need", Långström comments.
Publication: Bipolar disorder and violent crime: new evidence from population-based longitudinal studies and systematic review. 2010.


International Dyslexia Association - NY State Branch- The New York Branch of The International Dyslexia Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to the study and treatment of the learning disability, dyslexia. This Branch was formed to increase public awareness of dyslexia in New York State, excluding Buffalo and Suffolk County. We have been serving individuals with dyslexia, their families, and professionals in the field in this community for over 28 years.
International Dyslexia Association - Long Island Branch- The Suffolk Branch of The International Dyslexia Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, scientific and educational organization which was formed to increase public awareness of dyslexia in the Long Island area of New York. We have been serving individuals with dyslexia, their families, and professionals in the field in this community for over 25 years.


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Laktaldehyd, systematický název 2-hydroxypropanal, je organická sloučenina ze skupiny hydroxyaldehydů (aldehydů s hydroxylovou skupinou).

Vznik
Laktaldehyd (pravotočivý; méně toxický) vzniká metabolicky z toxického methylglyoxalu působením enzymu glyceroldehydrogenázy (gldA). Následně je oxidován aldehyddehydrogenázou na kyselinu mléčnou.

Struktura
Laktaldehyd se vyskytuje, podobně jako monosacharidy, v acyklické formě (otevřený uhlíkový řetězec), v roztoku přecházející do hemiacetalové formy. V krystalické formě se vyskytuje jako monomer a dimer.

Stereochemie
Laktaldehyd obsahuje centrum chirality (na 2. uhlíku), proto je opticky aktivní a vyskytuje se ve dvou formách. Z L-mléčné kyseliny formálně odvozený L-laktaldehyd neboli (S)-laktaldehyd je pravotočivý, tj. (+)-laktaldehyd). D-Laktaldehyd neboli (R)-laktaldehyd je levotočivý ((−)-laktaldehyd)).

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Exposure to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder in affected offspring
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Curran, Eileen A.; O'Keeffe, Gerard W.; Looney, Ann Marie; Moloney, Gerard M.; Hegarty, Shane V.; Murray, Deirdre M.; Khashan, Ali S.; Kenny, Louise C.
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Citation: Curran, E. A., O'Keeffe, G. W., Looney, A. M., Moloney, G., Hegarty, S. V., Murray, D. M., Khashan, A. S. and Kenny, L. C. (2017) 'Exposure to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder in affected offspring', Molecular Neurobiology. doi:10.1007/s12035-017-0794-x
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There is growing awareness that prenatal adversity may increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, we examined the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and ASD risk at 7 years of age using the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), a representative cohort of 13,192 children born in the UK from 2000 to 2001. We also sought to examine cytokine expression in the serum of women with pre-eclampsia, which is the most common HDP, and whether exposure of foetal neurons to this serum could change patterns of neuronal growth. HDP were reported by mothers 9 months post-delivery. ASD was parent reported at age seven, based on a doctor or health care professional's diagnosis. Weighted logistic regression was used for data analysis, adjusting for several potential confounders including maternal alcohol consumption, education, depression, age, and poverty status. Sensitivity analyses were performed excluding pre-term births, small for gestational age (SGA), and pre-pregnancy hypertension and depression. There was a significant association between HDP and a twofold increased risk of ASD (AOR = 2.10 [95% CI 1.20–3.70]). Excluding preterm births, SGA births, and offspring of women who had pre-pregnancy hypertension or over the age of 40 did not change the results materially. At the cellular level, exposure of foetal cortical neurons to 3% serum isolated from women with an established HDP increased neuronal growth and branching in vitro. These findings indicate that HDP exposure may increase the risk of ASD in the offspring.
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Prominent U.S. Physicists Ask Congress
to Forbid Use of Nuclear Weapons Against
Non-Nuclear States
By Kim McDonald
Twenty-two of the nation's most prominent physicists asked Congress today to restrict the authority of President Bush to order nuclear strikes against non-nuclear-weapon states.
The physicists include twelve Nobel laureates, the current and three past presidents of the American Physical Society, the nation's preeminent professional society for physicists, and the chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The physicists said their letter was prompted by "the rising tensions with Iran and the potential for military confrontation, as well as the public statement by President Bush on April 18, 2006 , that a nuclear strike against Iran is an option 'on the table'."
It was initiated by Jorge Hirsch, a professor of physics at the University of California , San Diego , who last year put together a petition signed by more than 2,000 physicists that repudiated new U.S. nuclear weapons policies that include preemptive use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear adversaries (http://physics.ucsd.edu/petition/).
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Physicists' Petition
"The very fact that nuclear weapon use is not being ruled out as an option—against a state that does not have nuclear weapons and does not represent a direct or imminent threat to the United States—illustrates the extent to which the Bush administration has changed U.S. nuclear weapons policy," said Kurt Gottfried, chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists. "The use of such a weapon against deeply buried targets would create massive clouds of radioactive fallout that could spread far from the site of the attack, including to other nations."
The physicists said in their letter that they " are firmly convinced that Congress should have a say on which course of action would best serve the American people on the use of the terrible weapons our profession helped create."
"Under present law, the President has sole authority to order the use of nuclear weapons," said Hirsch. "We could wake up tomorrow to learn that he has ordered preemptive tactical nuclear strikes against Iran 's underground facilities. By not legislating on this issue, Congress is implicitly condoning and even abetting such a potential action by the Executive."
The letter, which is available at http://physics.ucsd.edu/petition/physicistslettercongress.html, points out that "in the case of non-nuclear adversaries there is no extreme urgency associated with response or preemption of nuclear attack against our country or our allies."
"Leaving such a fundamental decision to the executive branch of our government alone, in the absence of imminent danger of nuclear attack, defies common sense," added Douglas Osheroff, a physics professor at Stanford University and Nobel laureate who signed the letter.
The letter echoes the main objection of last fall's physicists' petition to the changes in U.S. nuclear weapons policies, as well as last year's statement by the American Physical Society expressing "deep concern" about the "possible use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states and for pre-emptive counterproliferation purposes."
It stresses that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will be irreversibly damaged by the use of nuclear weapons by a nuclear nation against a non-nuclear one, "with disastrous consequences for the security of the United States and the world."
"Crossing the nuclear threshold, even with a low-yield weapon, would erase the 60-year old taboo against the use of nuclear weapons and make their use by others more likely," the physicists pointed out. " There are no sharp lines between small 'tactical' nuclear weapons and large ones, nor between nuclear weapons targeting facilities and those targeting armies or cities."
"Presumably, Congress would not authorize the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon countries unless under extraordinarily exceptional circumstances," said Andrew Sessler, a former director of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and former president of the American Physical Society who signed the letter. "The passing of such legislation would have a very positive effect in encouraging non-nuclear countries that presently may be considering the development of nuclear weapons to not do so, as well as encouraging nuclear weapons countries with small arsenals to disarm."
The letter concludes: " A decision that would have a major impact on the course of history and could ultimately threaten the survival of civilization should not be in the sole hands of the President unless absolutely unavoidable. We urge Congress to pass binding legislation to forbid the use of nuclear weapons by the United States against countries which do not possess nuclear weapons, except with explicit prior Congressional authorization for such action."
The 22 physicists who coauthored the letter are: Philip Anderson, professor of physics at Princeton University and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Michael Fisher, professor of physics at the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland and Wolf Laureate in Physics; Jerome Friedman, professor of physics at MIT and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Kurt Gottfried, emeritus professor of physics at Cornell University and Chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists; David Gross, professor of theoretical physics and director of the Kavli Institute of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Nobel Laureate in Physics; John Hall, NIST senior fellow at University of Colorado, Boulder and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Jorge Hirsch, professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego; Leo Kadanoff, professor of physics and mathematics at the University of Chicago and National Medal of Science recipient, Physical Sciences; Wolfgang Ketterle, professor of physics at MIT and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Daniel Kleppner, professor of physics at MIT and Wolf Laureate in Physics; Walter Kohn, emeritus professor of physics at University of California Santa Barbara and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; Joel Lebowitz, professor of mathematics and physics at Rutgers University and Boltzmann Medalist; Anthony Leggett, professor of physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Eugen Merzbacher, emeritus professor of physics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and former president, of the American Physical Society; Douglas Osheroff, professor of physics and applied physics at Stanford University and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Norman Ramsey, emeritus professor of physics at Harvard University and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Edwin Salpeter, emeritus professor of physics at Cornell University and Dirac Medalist; Andrew Sessler, former director of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and former president of the American Physical Society; Jack Steinberg er, member of the European Center for Nuclear Research and Nobel Laureate in Physics; George Trilling, emeritus professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley, and former president of the American Physical Society; Steven Weinberg, professor of physics at University of Texas at Austin and Nobel Laureate in Physics; Frank Wilczek, professor of physics at MIT and Nobel Laureate in Physics.
The physicists are submitting their letter to each of the 535 members of the 110th Congress.
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Hathras è una suddivisione dell'India, classificata come municipal board, di 123.243 abitanti, capoluogo del distretto di Hathras, nello stato federato dell'Uttar Pradesh. In base al numero di abitanti la città rientra nella classe I (da 100.000 persone in su).

Geografia fisica
La città è situata a 27° 36' 0 N e 78° 2' 60 E e ha un'altitudine di 184 .

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Evoluzione demografica
Al censimento del 2001 la popolazione di Hathras assommava a 123.243 persone, delle quali 65.908 maschi e 57.335 femmine. I bambini di età inferiore o uguale ai sei anni assommavano a 17.630, dei quali 9.418 maschi e 8.212 femmine. Infine, coloro che erano in grado di saper almeno leggere e scrivere erano 73.595, dei quali 43.176 maschi e 30.419 femmine.

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Review: Of Mice and Men (Unit 102 Actors Co.)
May 2, 2016 Dana Ewachow	1 Comment
Toronto's Unit 102 Actors Co. presents an intimate production of John Steinbeck classic
The doorway of the Unit 102 theatre was jammed with guests when I arrived. We were all clustered together, eagerly waiting to pile into our seats for the production of Of Mice and Men. After a quick announcement, the doors were opened and the guests flooded inside. I sat in the second row and took in the view. I felt utterly transported. I had somehow traveled space and time, or jumped into the pages of a book, because I was no longer in Toronto. I was somewhere else entirely.
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by the famous author John Steinbeck, who also wrote The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. The novella is considered a classic story, and some could even say mandatory reading. The novella has been adapted for film and for the stage, and has been heavily referenced in pop culture since its publication. This version was directed by David LaFontaine, who is also the artistic director of the Unit 102 Actors Co, along with assistant director/producer Jesse Ryder Hughes.
Of Mice and Men is about two men, Lennie and George, who depend on each others' company during the Great Depression. Lennie and George travel from ranch to ranch as contract workers, who hope to make enough money to survive and lift themselves out of poverty. Lennie is an enormous man, with incredible strength and capabilities for ranch work. However, his mental capabilities and child-like sense of consequence often get him into trouble. George is the man who tries to keep Lennie out of trouble's way, even if he is exhausted from it. The play explores their friendship and their dream for something more.
The actors were fantastic, especially the two lead roles of Lennie played by Marc Paci and George played by Brandon Thomas. Paci played Lennie as innocent and hopelessly eager, but did so expertly enough to not insult the nature of the character. Lennie was frustrating and childish, but his mental state never veered into mockery. I felt like Paci found the perfect balance between making me love him for his sweetness, but also shake him for his carelessness. I knew that Paci completely threw himself into the role, because at the end of the play when all the actors lined up to bow, his mannerisms were shockingly different. He was a completely different person.
Brandon Thomas as George carried the weight of the story. He captured the essence of the story: the posturing male ego for the sake of preservation, and the vulnerability that lies beneath that surface. All of the characters, beyond Lennie and Curley's wife played by Miranda MacDougall, contested with their masculine pride, but Thomas showed the biggest struggle with fragility. His vulnerability was so present, he acted as if something could shatter at any moment. Thomas had the look of a man who knew his heart would break, and he was just waiting for the moment to happen.
I was astounded by the set which converted the small Unit 102 theatre into a masterpiece. At first, the set was a field with a painted horizon of hills and a sunset. There was dirt and sand covering the stage. In the corner, there was a brush filled with plants with a small pool of water at the bottom. Then, when George and Lennie had to meet at a ranch, the lights dimmed and the actors filed on stage to change the scenery like they were working on a farm. They pulled down the sunset painted, to reveal wooden panels that turned into a farmhouse's floor.
The closeness and the set made the play seem to real to me. I taste the dirt in the air as the actors kicked at it with their shoes. I could smell smoke as they puffed at their cigarettes. Their clothes had sweat and dirt stains, so I could sense the stink on them. Set designer Adam Belanger, costume designer Lindsay Dagger Junkin, and assistant costume designer Jordana Schaefer made me fall for the illusion.
The play was so enjoyable, I couldn't find anything to complain about. The subjects are serious and will weigh down your soul. At the end of it, you will probably want to hug a friend, but it's worth watching. It absolutely blew me away. I found myself thinking: This is what theatre is Toronto is like.
Of Mice and Men is playing until Saturday May 14th at Unit 102 Theatre (376 Dufferin Street).
Shows are at 8:00pm from Tuesday to Saturday. Doors are at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $25. They can be reserved by emailing unit102tix@gmail.com. Tickets can also be purchased online.
Photo credit: Unit 102 Actors Co. (From left: Thom Zimerle, Marc Paci)
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Great Cabin with amazing views. Loved watching the storm last night and the sunrise in the mornings. We love Baine's Mountain and can't come back.
Me and my friends drove here to have a great time and we definitely did. Many memories were made.
We had an amazing week here at Northern Sky! We enjoyed hiking Deep Creek. Our 2.5 year old caught her first fish at Cooper Creek Trout Farm, and cooked her first hot dog at the fire pit. Our 7 month enjoyed the hiking as well, even though he was cutting a tooth. It was a great vacation we can't wait to come back.
We had an amazing time! The cabin was perfect and the view stunning! Can't wait to visit again.


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For week 2, we rowed "All Those Secrets of the World" by Jane Yolen. While I didn't love this book initially, I couldn't help but enjoy it more and more as I read it throughout the week. I don't think T was a big fan of the book either, but he did sit and listen to me read it. We also continued with All About Spelling, while adding in McRuffy Science and Math U See Alpha.
The book begins with four year old Janie watching her father sail off to war. While away for two years, her "five-year-old [cousin] Michael teaches her a "secret of the world''--as he moves further away from her, he gets smaller. When father returns and tells his daughter that she is ``lots bigger than I remembered,'' Janie explains, ``Now you are here, so I am big."
The FIAR manual actually suggests the setting is in Virginia, but I neglected to look at my manual before heading to the library. *Oops!* While looking up books for Chesapeake Bay at the library, Massachusetts popped up so I grabbed a book on there instead. I traced the Eastern Coast surrounding the Chesapeake Bay in T's Notebook and we worked together to label different states, Atlantic Ocean, and the bay.
I briefly touched on what a "bay" is-- part of an ocean or lake that forms an "indent" in the shoreline & pointed out the Ungava Bay in Northern Canada that we had mapped while rowing Very Last First Time last winter.
I had several books in mind to expand on the topic of "war" should it come up, but it didn't. I focused War on being something that men and women "do" to protect our Country and/ or our friends. We looked through "H is for Honor," but didn't make it to the end.
The book ends with a series of contrasts, so we thought of our own and then played "Go Fish" with some opposite puzzle cards we have. This was a great game to play to reinforce opposites!
T learned the meaning of: jimmies, perch, horizon, sycamore, and dock; I introduced these vocabulary words the same way I did for when we rowed Make Way for Ducklings, except this time I placed the definition on the page of the vocab word.
The manual suggested subtracting four-digit numbers, but we stuck to one or two digit numbers. T dug for shells and completed the subtraction problem that was written on the shell.
I grabbed a ball and smaller object to make a connection with the observation Columbus made many years ago: the earth is round! I slowly moved an object over the top of the ball to depict the horizon, and just like you look out on the water... you may only see a tip of a sail at first, but then slowly you see more and more of it.
I added some oil to a container of water to show T that once oil spills into the water, it floats on it's surface. If you look closely, we had a MAJOR oil spill! We also read Oil Spill!: A Let's Read & Find Out Science book.
Because the illustrations were done in watercolor, we had our own watercolor fun by painting the American flag.
Does this remind you of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?!" Ha! To illustrate the secret Michael told Janie, we did an activity called, "How Tall is it Really?" that my blogger friend, Amy, came up with; it was the perfect activity to illustrate that big things look smaller when they are farther away.
This row was much more conversational so I apologize for the lack of pictures. Pick up the book if you have a chance! Hope you enjoy it!
Next up is "Gramma's Walk".


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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election for a second successive term, as President of Nigeria.
President Akufo-Addo, said that his re-election is a renewal of the confidence Nigerians have in his programme of governance, which had job creation, diversification of the economy, the revival Nigeria's agriculture and the fight against corruption as its priority.
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President Akufo-Addo also congratulated the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), for maintaining control, in an emphatic manner, over the Senate and the House of Representatives.
"It is my sincere hope that President Buhari will continue on the path of delivering unity, security, progress and prosperity to the Nigerian people. It is also my overriding hope that, during his second term, the already strong relations between Ghana and Nigeria will be deepened even further, on a shared agenda of stability, security, development and prosperity," he added.
President Akufo-Addo encouraged President Buhari to continue on the path of delivering unity, security, progress and prosperity to the Nigerian people.
"It is also my overriding hope that, during his second term, the already strong relations between Ghana and Nigeria will be deepened even further, on a shared agenda of stability, security, development and prosperity," he said.
Below is a copy of President Akufo-Addo's congratulatory message
PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON HIS RE-ELECTION
The Ghanaian people, their government and I extend warm congratulations to His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election, for a second successive term, as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the elections of Saturday 23rd February, 2019.
His re-election is a renewal of the confidence the Nigerian people have in his programme of governance, which is hinged on job creation, diversification of the economy, particularly the strong revival of Nigeria's agriculture, and the fight against corruption.
I congratulate also the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), for maintaining control, in an emphatic manner, over the Senate and the House of Representatives.
It is my sincere hope that President Buhari will continue on the path of delivering unity, security, progress and prosperity to the Nigerian people. It is also my overriding hope that, during his second term, the already strong relations between Ghana and Nigeria will be deepened even further, on a shared agenda of stability, security, development and prosperity.
I commend the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for a vigorous, well-fought campaign, and applaud his decision to ventilate his dissatisfaction with the results of the election through a constitutional process. It is testimony to his credentials as a well-established statesman. Strengthening the frontiers of Nigerian democracy, and consolidating the peace and stability of Nigeria, Africa's giant, are important for the progress of our region and continent.
Warm congratulations, once again, to President Muhammadu Buhari, and to the people of Nigeria. Best wishes for his and the country's success.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President of the Republic of Ghana
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