We have now had electronic head-mounted video devices for use in low vision rehabilitation for nearly 25 years. Many technological innovations have been developed as the products have evolved, yet they still make up a relatively small portion of vision assistive equipment used in the field. This session's presenters have impressive and varied credentials and experience working with these devices. They will offer insights into the challenges of creating truly useful head-mounted technology, a look at the history and future of these devices, and share experiences of a low vision rehabilitation professional who uses head-mounted video technology himself. The moderator is David Lewerenz, OD, FAAO, and the speakers include Eli Peli, MSc, OD, FAAO, Robert Massof, PhD, FAAO, and Thomas Theune, OD, FAAO.
Glaucoma and dry eye disease are both common and visually significant chronic diseases that have a significant impact on quality of life. Often the two conditions exist concurrently, especially when the patient with glaucoma is on multiple topical ophthalmic medications that utilize preservatives that alter the ocular surface and lead to symptoms of discomfort. This is a vicious cycle that should be considered by each primary care optometrist when managing and co-managing patients with glaucoma. There are new glaucoma medications and formulations of older medications that are becoming available to help address these issues in glaucoma patients. This symposium will highlight the intersection of dry eye disease and glaucoma and talk about ways to concurrently manage the two to improve the quality of life in patients. It will also cover some of the new glaucoma medications, including how and when to implement them. The moderator is Austin Lifferth, OD, FAAO, and the speakers include C. Lisa Prokopich, OD, Michael Chaglasian, OD, FAAO, and Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO.
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's diseases, Parkinson's disease and dementia are on the rise and creating a substantial public health burden. Currently, detecting these conditions requires invasive and expensive testing, and often they are detected too late after irreversible changes have occurred in the brain. Researchers are discovering that there are biomarkers in the eye, most notably the retina, that can detect neurodegenerative conditions less invasively, and at its earlier stages. Eye care professionals are on the forefront of possibly being able to detect these conditions at their earliest stages in the eye, which could lead to more effective treatment and reduced progression of cognitive impairment. The moderator is John Kaminski, OD, FAAO, and the speakers include George Jackson, MD, PhD, Jessica Alber, PhD, Albert Woods, MS, OD, FAAO, and Kelly Malloy, OD, FAAO.
This course discusses how to implement the recently released ISO guidelines in contact lens practice as well as how to prevent transmission of in-office pathogens. The moderator is Louise Sclafani, OD, FAAO, FSLS, and the speakers will be Ed Bennett, OD, MSEd, FAAO, Christine Sindt, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Jennifer Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Carole Lakkis, PhD, FAAO, and Laura Periman, MD.
This course discusses various macular diseases commonly encountered, such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, central serous chorioretinopathy, vitreomacular macular traction, epimacular membrane, macular holes and more. Learners will be presented with information in regards to diagnosis, management, and follow-up protocols. Utilization and application of imaging and diagnostic technologies such as optical coherence tomography and OCT angiography (OCT-A) and other diagnostic techniques will be discussed. A review of emerging treatments is covered as well. Speakers include John Randolph, MD, Richard Hamilton, MD, Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO.
This program will utilize the skills of an optometrist, neuro-ophthalmologist, and neuro-radiologist to examine patients needing neuro-imaging with insight into the proper testing needed, how to optimize the management through imaging, and interpretation of the ordered testing. Blind cases will be presented and a neuro-radiologist will interpret the neuro-imaging on the spot. The moderator is Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO, and the speakers include. Erin Draper, OD, FAAO, Eric Eggenberger, DO, and Daniel Broderick, MD.
This symposium will feature speakers involved in the cutting-edge concussion research that impacts the visual system including topics of vestibular-ocular disorders, convergence insufficiency, and other eye movement disorders. Additionally, the symposium will dedicate time to current research on issues concerning the overall health and wellness of our patients with concussion. The moderators are Tawna Roberts, OD, PhD, FAAO, and Christine Winter-Rundell, OD, FAAO. Speakers include John Leddy, MD, Anne Mucha, DPT, MS, NCS, Tara Alvarez, PhD, and Gerald Grant, MD.
The ocular manifestations of rosacea and MGD share many characteristics. This course will review the similarities in pathophysiology and treatments including new procedural treatments such as IPL, Lipiflow, iLux, and TearCare. The moderator is Scott Han, OD, FAAO, and the speakers include Yolanda Rosi Helfrich, MD, Kelly Nichols, OD, PhD, FAAO, and Whitney Hauser, OD.
In addition to being a powerful tool for gaming and entertainment, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) hold promise as exciting tools for learning more about the visual system, helping us function in the everyday world, and potentially assisting patients with visual and cognitive disorders. While it is now possible to use AR/VR to explore new research directions beyond those that could be accomplished using traditional psychophysical techniques, current AR/VR instruments also pose challenges associated with vision, human and engineering factors. The goals of this session will be to discuss some of these challenges and present current research and technological advances in AR/VR. Invited speakers from academia and industry will present their work and provide their perspectives on visual, human, and engineering factors to consider when developing and using AR/VR, as well as new opportunities for its application to the visual system. The moderators are Jason Porter, PhD, FAAO, FARVO, and Bradley Dougherty, OD, PhD, FAAO. Speakers include Martin S. Banks, PhD (UC Berkeley), Ben D. Sawyer, PhD (University of Central Florida), Marina Zannoli, PhD (Facebook Reality Labs/Oculus VR), and David Luebke, PhD (NVIDIA Corporation).
This symposium will explore the impact of organized optometry on the ability of specific countries and regions around the world to reduce vision impairment and prevent vision loss among their citizens. We will discuss the education and personnel resources necessary to affect such improvements, as well as the legal and professional hurdles that need to be overcome. Following a brief presentation from each presenter, the audience will be invited to participate with questions and comments. The moderators will be Karl Citek, OD, PhD, FAAO, and Bina Patel, OD, FAAO. Speakers include Kovin Naidoo, OD, PhD, FAAO, Shehzad Naroo, MSc, PhD, FAAO,Hector Santiago, OD, PhD, FAAO, Peter Hendicott, MAppSc, Sandra Block, OD, MPH, FAAO, and Meng Meng Xu, OD, FAAO.


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Former Apple executive tells how he "stole" Steve Jobs laptop
Among the dozens (or hundreds) of purchases made by Apple, some of you (accompanying the MacMagazine remember that in early 2010 the Cupertino giant $ 275 million to acquire the Quattro Wirelessis a company that specializes in mobile advertising. A few months later, that year, Ma decided to close Quattro's activities for a new platform: iAd.
Despite all this excitement, behind the scenes and the details of Apple's purchase of Quattro have been kept between four walls apparently for no specific reason. Now the founder of the then advertising company, Andy Miller, provided an (extensive) interview via 9to5Mac, which tells an unreported story of the Quattro acquisition process and what the stressful work was like alongside Apple's co-founder, Steve Jobs.
About the acquisition of Quattro, Miller says Jobs called him "out of nowhere" in 2009 to make a proposal. At first, the executive thought this was just a joke (probably because of the imaginary prank calls attributed to the Apple CEO) but later Jobs contacted Miller again, summoning him to a meeting.
The meeting also had its perks: in an intimidating attitude, Miller recalled that by agreeing to the $ 325 million takeover price, Jobs "went back" on the deal and set the purchase price at $ 275 million, threatening to ban the SDK. Quattro from iOS if the new offer was not accepted and we already know how it ended.
As you can imagine, iAd's adoption didn't happen overnight, and basically since the incorporation of Quattro Apple, Miller's team has been tasked with creating examples of ads that demonstrate the platform's potential. In one of these exhibitions for the Ma executive team, Miller recalled the following passage that, although tragic, ended in a comical way:
After about 10 minutes (of presentation), everyone was laughing except Steve, and I thought he was crazy. Jobs had hated brands for being low quality and not reflecting Apple's sophisticated aesthetics. After several rounds like this, he called me into his office and asked for a new demonstration. He finally told me to get out of his way and go to the marketing department, which would organize better ads. I quickly gathered my belongings and unknowingly accidentally stowed Steve's laptop and mouse in my bag.
Arriving at Apple's marketing department, Miller noted that the team was already working on branded ads they knew Jobs would like (such as Disney, Dyson and Target). But during the process, two security guards entered the room and handed him a phone on the other end of the line was Jobs, who was adamant in asking him about the "theft" of his notebook.
Miller explained the mistake and managed to convince Jobs that he had not taken his notebook on purpose, nor seen its secrets, and returned it to security. Despite this, he thought he would be fired and said that only after all this fuzarca did he notice that he had not returned Jobs's mouse which he said to keep today.
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Q: What is the difference of these two ways in bash? What is the difference between these two?

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*Using && and ||:
command1 && command2 || command3

*Using if and else:
if command1
then
    command2
else
    command3
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A: The latter will always work properlyintuitively. The former has a boundary condition where both command2 and command3 can be executed.

A: In the first example, command3 will be executed if either command1 or command2 fail: if command1 passes but command2 fails, command3 will be executed. In the if-then-else example, command3 will be executed only when command1 fails.
In other words, the first one, when translated into if-then-else becomes:
if command1
then
    if !command2
    then
        command3
    fi
else
    command3
fi

With command1=true, command2=false and command3=echo 'something' you can see the difference. The &&-|| version:
true && false || echo 'something'

will yield something as output. When using the if-then-else version:
if true
then
    false
else
    echo 'something'
fi

you'll have no output.

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A Paleo-ecological study of Lake Dobson and Lake Perry (Tasmania)
Vanhoutte, K.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K.; Muylaert, K.; Cocquyt, C. (1998). A Paleo-ecological study of Lake Dobson and Lake Perry (Tasmania). Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 194-195
In: Biologisch Jaarboek (Dodonaea). Koninklijk Natuurwetenschappelijk Genootschap Dodonaea: Gent. ISSN 0366-0818, more
Also appears in:
Beeckman, T.; Caemelbeke, K. (Ed.) (1998). Populations: Natural and manipulated, symposium organized by the Royal Society of Natural Sciences Dodonaea, University of Gent, 29 October 1997. Biologisch Jaarboek (Dodonaea), 65. Koninklijk Natuurwetenschappelijk Genootschap Dodonaea: Gent. 257 pp., more
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Evidence from a paleolimnological study of a core from Lake Nicholls (Tasmania, Cameron et al. 1993) indicated that recent changes in diatom composition in this lake might be related to climatological changes. The main objective of the present study was to test this hypothesis through the diatom analysis of cores from two other Tasmanian lakes, L. Dobson and L. Perry. Changes in diatom composition were interpreted using inference models for 'pH', 'g440' and alkalinity, based on the TASDIAT-training set (Vyverrnan et al. 1995, 1996), a data set containing information on the littoral diatom composition of 76 Tasmanian highland lakes. The training set was expanded with five lakes (Judd's Charm, L. Picone, L. Tahune, Lonely Tarn and L. Vera) and 73 taxa, most of which are new records for Tasmania, while some are as yet undescribed. Canonical ordination analyses confirmed the gradient revealed by the TASDIAT-training set, i.e. a strong west-east gradient which is mainly related to a precipitation gradient and a geological and pedological discontinuity (silicious rocks -> Jurassic dolerite). Based on these gradients the Tasmanian highland lakes can be roughly subdivided into three types [eastern, western and corridor lakes (which have intermediate properties)]. In the cores from both lakes, a distinct change in diatom species composition and diversity could be observed throughout the cores. The observed trend, namely a decrease in diatom diversity towards the younger layers, in L. Dobson was very similar to the decrease observed for L. Nicholls by Cameron et al. (1993), while the trend in L. Perry was different, in such that here the diversity increased towards younger layers. However, statistical analysis using the TASDIAT transfer model for the selected environmental variables 'HCO3-', 'pH' and 'g440' (gilvin) indicated that the observed changes in species composition could not significantly be related to changes in these variables. This may either indicate the observed changes in species composition are not primarily related to changes in 'pH', 'HCO3-' or 'g440'. In addition, the observed differences between L. Dobson/L. Nicholls and L. Perry might indicate that local environmental conditions (e.g. fire) might have an important influence on the diatom flora of highland lakes. Based on the current results it is not possible to evaluate the hypothesis of Cameron et al. (1993). Further research will therefore include the (1) further refinement of the inference model and the construction of models for other variables (such as 'Ca2+'), (2) the collection of more autecological information on the taxa present and (3) the analysis of additional cores from Tasmanian lakes.


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Berlin to open street art museum
Museum library will contain extensive street art archive.
The Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art is set to open in Berlin's Schöneberg district over the weekend of 16-17 September.
Berlin's first museum dedicated to street art, the facility will comprise exhibition spaces as well as a library devoted entirely to contemporary urban art.
The library's collection is made up of more than 5,000 publications donated by Martha Cooper, the American photojournalist who is best known for documenting the birth of urban art in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s. The archive will be accessible to both the public and scholars of the street art- movement which has strong roots in the German capital.
Established by Urban Nation, a cultural foundation which supports urban art projects across the city since 2013, the museum has been funded with a €900,000 grant from the Berlin Lotto Foundation.
For details see Urban Nation website.
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Enjoy Birthday Girl Kris Jenner's Most Hilarious & Iconic TV Moments
It's the birthday of everyone's favorite TV momager.
Kris JennerJust two days after the birth of her daughter, she officially turned 67. Kendall JennerOn Nov. 3, Kris turned 27 years old. Over the last 15 years, fans have kept up with Kris' many iconic moments, from her 20 seasons on E!'s Keeping up with the Kardashians to her current KardashiansHulu – Show
Et cetera KUWTK, Kris was always game for a good time, from her pole dancing classes with Kim Kardashian to getting pies and water bAlloons thrown on her by Kourtney Kardashian.
Her fun-loving spirit—and willingness to share all for the cameras—has contributed to so many of the Kardashian-Jenner family's most hilarious moments, like falling face-first during a beach day with the family, T.P.-ing Kim's house with Khloe KardashianKim, while pretending to be her on the phone.
And who could forget some of Kris' most memorable lines, like when she told Kim, "Would you stop taking photos of yourself? Your sister's going to jail,"Oder, when she declared "I love myself."
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Behind the Scenes with the Podcasters who use Otter
01.May.2019 . 5 min read
Behind the Scenes with Chris Penn & Phil Gerbyshak
Podcasting has become a hugely popular medium over the last several years, from shows like Serial and This American Life to political podcasts like The Rachel Maddow Show and Pod Save America, and many more. We don't usually think of text as being a big part of the podcast experience, but a peek behind the scenes shows just how important it is to the process — and how voice transcription services like Otter.ai can make that process so much smoother.
Chris Penn is a marketing consultant and motivational speaker — a man who is so motivated, in fact, that he posts a seven- to ten-minute video every day, in addition to producing books filled with advice for marketers, working with clients, and maintaining a busy speaking schedule. For Penn, Otter is the tool he uses on a daily basis: each of his video posts is accompanied by a transcript produced by Otter.
"To post the video on my own website, it needs to have more than just the video embed," Penn says. "It needs to have some text to go with it. So I use Otter to transcribe the video. And then that becomes the content for the blog post that accompanies the video." (See below for instructions on embedding a playable audio transcript in a podcast episode page or web page.)
Podcaster Phil Gerbyshak, whose Conversations with Phil podcast offers tools and insights for building your business, also uses Otter to transcribe his shows. "I use Otter to transcribe many of my podcast episodes, so I can create show notes, with the time stamp," Gerbyshak says. "Show notes are hard. I have many episodes without them because they are so hard. But with Otter it's easy and they are super accurate."
THE GOLD STANDARD
Show notes and podcast transcripts are important because, as Penn notes, "Most search engines are still struggling to understand rich media, but they can understand text really well."
"Otter helps podcasters amplify their message," says Simon Lau, the Head of Product at Otter.ai. "Synchronized transcripts allow the podcasts to be indexed by search engines."
To help illustrate just how powerful an automatic transcription can be, Penn took us through some numbers: "In about a 10-minute video, if a person speaks around 150 words a minute, which most people do, then you're creating a 1,500-word blog post every single day, which is a substantial amount of information that search engines can then go and index and understand what the content is about without having to try and mine the video. And so that is a fantastic use case for Otter that makes it really valuable."
Effortless transcription also means podcasters can more easily share their content via social channels like Twitter and Facebook. (See below for instructions on how to embed a playable audio transcript in a Tweet.) And for listeners, better search engine optimization for podcasts means they're better able to find what they're looking for.
Transcripts also help listeners quickly drill down to the specific content they're interested in. "Listeners can quickly scan the content of a podcast and find content that's more relevant and interesting to them," Lau says. As Penn notes, "Text is still the gold standard for understanding what a piece of content is about. So being able to provide text that's derived from the content, and transcribed as well, is a significant benefit for us."
Otter can also enhance the experience of watching the video itself, by easily providing text for video captioning. "We know from a consumer behavior perspective that people definitely prefer to be able to just have a video that they can watch silently if they choose to," Penn says. Otter makes what is often a complicated process much more simple. "One of the things that you can do with the video, if you have the right tools, is embed the captions within the video, and you'll have automatic closed captions."
And just using Otter as a tool to think about ideas streamlines the laborious process of creating a podcast, Gerbyshak says: "The fact I can in real time transcribe just about any conversation I have on my phone is terrific. It helps me when I'm walking and thinking about my show to quickly record and transcribe a note."
"You can also use it for show prep," he adds. "You can use it to share things with a co-host and even with a guest, as it shares the audio and the transcript. Otter rocks!"
As far as Penn is concerned, Otter is "a very, very powerful tool. And one that is a net asset for pretty much every content marketer who's doing more than just plain text."
"And the pricing on Otter is phenomenal," he adds. The free plan offers 10 hours of transcription per month, while the paid plan offers ten times as much: 100 hours. And both offer unlimited cloud storage of all conversations.
"One hundred hours of recording time is a tremendous value," Penn says. "If you're cranking out a video a day, plus conference calls and other conversations, that can add up quickly, and a lot of other services are 10 cents, 25 cents, a dollar per recorded minute. You're talking serious, serious pain when it comes to finances. So to have Otter be able to do all that for ten bucks a month is fantastic."
A How-To for Podcasters
1. Otter lets you import existing recordings in the following formats:
audio: mp3, aac, wav, m4a, wma
video: mp4, avi, mov, wmv, mpg
To import existing recordings, go to the otter.ai website > Conversations tab, click on Import audio/video on the right. Select one or more files to upload for transcription.
2. Once the transcription is finished, you can embed a playable audio transcript in your episode page (like this podcaster did at the bottom of this page) as follows:
In Otter.ai, open a conversation
Click on Copy link
Paste the copied link into the following code snippet, replacing only the portion that is in bold
<iframe src="https://otter.ai/shared/conversation/a721d4aa2f924400a97c4fb6920dfcb3?noGapBottom=true&scrolling=true" width="100%" height="600px" frameborder="0" style="box-shadow: -1px 3px 28px -4px rgba(0,0,0,0.76); "></iframe>
Copy and paste the modified snippet above into the HTML code of your web page
3. You can even paste the same link into your tweet, and Twitter will automatically render a playable audio transcript embedded as part of your tweet. Check out this example.
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Course Description: This course introduces you to journalism, news, news media, reporting, beats, writing and style. You will learn the basics of journalism from a perspective centered on the shift from "legacy journalism" to converged journalism, crowdsourcing and social media.
A pocket dictionary is recommended, preferably Webster's.
Also recommended is:: Goldstein, N. 1998. The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. Reading, MA: Perseus Books.
There will be one test and one final exam covering material in the text, on videos, in links and in lectures.
Periodic quizzes will be given on current events, primarily as covered by websites and in The Collegian. The lowest events quiz grade will be dropped. These quizzes may also test supplemental readings and websites.
Writing will include assignments involving original research such as covering campus events or speeches.
You will also be required to help lead one class discussion, working with two partners.
In addition to the assignments listed, you are required to follow the news, and read a daily newspaper or its website each day. The Philadelphia inquirer and the Daily News are suggested. Philly.com is a website of the parent Philadelphia Media network, but is independent of inquirer.com and phillydailynews.com. A report of daily news is also available at the textbook's NewsCentral site. I expect you to participate in class. Attendance, alertness, contribution to discussion, and catches or questions about something in the papers contribute to participation. Journalism is a public profession and you should get used to interacting in public settings..
Any course in journalism includes elements of professional behavior. Just as if you were "on the job," I expect you to attend class. Roll will be taken at each class meeting. For any absence to be excused you must contact me beforehand and provide documentation of your excuse or have a friend do so if you are unable. Given normal extenuating circumstances, you will be allowed a total of two unexcused class absences. Further unexcused absences, or excessive excused absences will lower your final grade.
Assignments, tests or quizzes missed due to excused absences can be made up, but those missed due to unexcused absences cannot.
Adjustments to the schedule and requirements listed in this document are to be allowed for, if not expected.
You have the responsibility to know and observe the Academic Integrity Policy. This policy forbids cheating, plagiarism, fabrication and abuse of academic materials. The normal penalty for a first offense is an "F" for the assignment; subsequent or more major offenses can result in an "F" for the course. All offenses are reported to and cataloged by the office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Grade assignment: A = 94 and above; A- = 90-93; B+ = 87-89; B = 84-86; B- = 80-83; C+ = 77-79; C = 74-76; C- = 70-73; D+ = 67-69; D = 64-66; D- = 60-63; F = below 60.
In other words: A = All major and minor goals achieved; B = All major goals achieved, some minor ones not; C = All major goals achieved, many minor ones not; D = A few major goals achieved but not prepared for further advanced work; F = None of the major goals achieved.


We are now beginning the third year of the 'new' Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society. During the 2016-17 academic year CCHS launched an ambitious Faculty Fellows program, which has flourished beyond expectation. Three years ago, we also assumed management of an extensive list of Arts and Culture Partnerships, and this has allowed CCHS to showcase the incredible work of our faculty in the city's most important cultural institutions. It has been humbling to see how many faculty, staff, students, and community partners have helped us make the reimagined and reinvigorated Commonwealth Center such a success. We send our thanks to all of our colleagues and friends who have worked so hard to help us create an exciting 'atmosphere of ideas' on campus and in the city.
The primary charge of CCHS is programming and research support. The Center will continue to host conferences, sponsor interdisciplinary research groups, invite distinguished visiting speakers, and put on events with our community partners. During the 2018-2019 academic year, the Center will arrange its core activities around a theme, Intersections/Boundaries/Transgressions. This theme will provide the intellectual context for many of our events and a focus of concern, discussion, and debate for the Faculty Fellows program. Please check our calendar regularly for events.
The Commonwealth Center looks forward to working with you.
More information about Humanities Research Lab and the CCHS Theme for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 can be found at these links.
Faculty interested in participating in CCHS-sponsored faculty research groups (Digital Humanities Collective, American Research Group, or Discourse and Semiotics Research Group) or creating new groups should contact Brandon Harwood.


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Q: Add column to pandas DF that does a lookup within the DF based on values of two other columns in the same DF I am pulling data from a database into pandas and it comes in the following format:

OperationID
Procedure
Operation
ParentProcedure
ParentOperation

65510
Seed
Setup
(empty string)
(empty sting)

65511
Seed
Inoc
Seed
Setup

65512
Seed
Culture
Seed
Culture

There are a few thousand rows and the parent of a row is not always the preceding row (but often is). Each row represents an Operation. Each row has a unique ID. The combination of Procedure and Operation in each row should also be unique (neither are unique on their own). The ParentProcedure and ParentOperation identify another row in the table which is the "parent" of the row in question (empty strings for these signify that the operation has no parent). Unfortunately the database doesn't contain the ID of the parent operation, so I want to look this up and add it as a column.
I'm trying to add a new column called ParentOperationID where each entry does a lookup on Procedure and Operation with values from ParentProcedure and ParentOperation and finds the corresponding OperationID from the first hit (should only be one hit anyway).
I can do it in an Excel Table with the following (which must be entered as an array formula i.e. Ctrl+Shift+Enter), but am struggling to implement something similar in pandas:
=INDEX([OperationID],MATCH([@[ParentProcedure]]&[@[ParentOperation]],[Procedure]&[Operation],0))

The result should look something like this:

OperationID
Procedure
Operation
ParentProcedure
ParentOperation
ParentOperationID

65510
Seed
Setup
(empty string)
(empty sting)
NaN

65511
Seed
Inoc
Seed
Setup
65110

65512
Seed
Culture
Seed
Culture
65111

An operation without a parent should return NaN or None or some similar flag, rather than zero.
An error should be thrown if a parent can't be found.

A: You can self join on your data and select the columns you want.
df = (df.merge(df,
         left_on=['Procedure', 'Operation'],
         right_on=['ParentProcedure', 'ParentOperation',
         suffixes=['', '_parent'])
    .rename(columns={'OperationID_parent': 'ParentOperationID'})
)

this will create a new column called OperationID_parent. You can then rename it to ParentOperationID.


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The Toronto Raptors will open up their second-round playoff series on Tuesday at the ACC against a familiar face in LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers avoided a bit of a scare Sunday afternoon when they defeated the Indiana Pacers 105-101 as the Pacers forced them to seven games in their first-round match up. Forcing them to seven games wasn't enough to get the edge over them, as LeBron and the Cavs quieted the doubters about what could have been an early exit for The King and his team in this year's NBA Playoffs.
With the NBA releasing the second-round schedule and other respective series already getting underway, the first four games go as followed for Toronto and Cleveland.
Games five, six and seven (not listed) having to be played if necessary. These games will be televised nationally in Canada and in the U.S. being on NBA TV, TNT, and ESPN. Although the Raptors are not new to being in the spotlight, most games against LeBron and the Cavs have been televised in the U.S.; dating back to this regular season and the 2017 playoff series between the two teams where the Cavs ultimately swept the Raptors.
Things are different now though, with a much better bench and the "new culture" this Toronto Raptors team has utilized. The Raptors "bench mob" averages nearly 40 points per game which is currently tied for fourth in the NBA. They also finished this season in the top five in multiple categories, those being assists, steals, blocks, field goal percentage and rebounding.
After the recent six game series against the Washington Wizards, the Toronto bench averaged just over 39 points in the series. It's important to note that Fred VanVleet only played in two of those six games with a total of 21 minutes of work putting up and average of only 2.5 points per. But he's back now and the bench mob is prepared for what's to come.
The Cleveland Cavaliers bench averages just over 30 points per game in these 2018 playoffs. Although the Raptors can get a bit of an advantage on the Cavaliers bench, nobody can forget the fact that The King - LeBron James - will also be on the court for most amount of the time. In that seven round series vs the Pacers, James averaged 42 minutes played per game, leading his team in four out of the five big stats (Points, rebound, assists and blocks.). They don't call him The King for nothing.
Dwane Casey and the Raptors will have a big task ahead of them come Tuesday. This series will all be about match-ups. Who will guard LeBron James? Will Jonas Valanciunas get minutes in the fourth quarter? That's all to be decided. But let's not forget about the season series between these two powerhouses. Earlier on in the regular season, the Raptors defeated the Cavaliers by a whopping 34 points in Toronto. In that game, James put up 26 points in 32 minutes. But that was all before the NBA trade deadline, when the likes of Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, and veteran and future Hall of Famer Dwayne Wade were on still on that team. Now they're all gone, and they were all gone prior to the final two regular season meetings between these two teams where the outcome was much different.
In their second meeting, the Cavs defeated Toronto 132-129 in Cleveland. Cleveland had the new faces of George Hill, Jordan Clarkson, and the former Raptor Jose Calderon, in what was such a high scoring affair. The Raptors' bench outscored the Cavaliers' bench 58 to 23. But the Cavaliers' starting unit outscored the Raptors' 109 to 71 in what was a poor performance by Serge Ibaka - with six points - and OG Anunoby - with five points. The Raptors are going to need the "Playoff" version of Ibaka,, as well as Anunoby to produce defensively in this series if they want to defeat King James and the Cavaliers.
Cleveland then went on a few weeks later to take the third and final regular season meeting against the Raptors 112-106, with James nearly posting a triple-double in 37 minutes. But that was the regular season. This is the playoffs. Being the number one seed in the Raptors comes with responsibilities in defending home court. Toronto has only won four out of the previous ten meetings against the Cavaliers, only winning one out of those four games on the road. Taking care of home court will be huge for Toronto and if they do that, they can win this series and dethrone LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.


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A Clarification of Some Common Doubts and Misconceptions Affiliated with the Month of Ramaḍān
Written by troid.org admin on 14 May 2019 .
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī, Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī, Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz, Shaykh Khālid ibn Ḍahwī al- Ẓufayrī, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī, Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī
The blessed month of Ramaḍān is a time of worship and righteous deeds. However, during this month, many misnomers and false practices exist. The following is a compilation of common doubts and misconceptions corrected and clarified by Islamic scholars.
Benefit: Actualise the Sunnah - Break Your Fast With Dates
Shaykh Khālid ibn Ḍaḥwī al-Dhufayrī mentioned:
We would like to shed light on an error many of those who break their fasts fall into, due to their lack of attention. It is that people have become accustomed to breaking fast by drinking. They may drink milk with dates while milk is a liquid and dates are solids. Liquids enter the stomach before dates. Therefore, what has he broken his fast with, with milk not dates. So make sure to eat, chew and swallow dates (first) so that they can reach your stomach, so that you may be one who actualises the Prophetic Sunnah.
Source: كيفية الفطر على التمر
Benefit: Chart - Who Fasting Is and Isn't Incumbent Upon
Written by troid.org admin on 01 June 2016 .
Benefit: Fasting in Ramaḍān Whilst Leaving Off the Prayers
Written by Munīb al-Ṣumālī on 08 June 2016 .
[Q]: What is the ruling on one who fasts in Ramaḍān while leaving off the prayers?
[A]: The one who fasts while leaving off the prayers, then his fasting will not benefit him. It will not be accepted from him and he has not removed the obligation [of fasting] from himself [i.e. his fasting will not be counted]. Rather, he is not requested to fast as long as he leaves off the prayers because the one who does not establish the prayers is like the Jew or Christian, what if a Jew or Christian fasted, will it be accepted from them? It will not!
So we say to this individual: Repent to Allāh, establish the prayers and fast. Indeed Allāh accepts the repentance of the repentant one.
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn
Source: فتاوى في الصيام، الكتاب: ٤٨
Benefit: Fasting on ʿĀshūrāh/ʿArafah Expiates Minor Sins, Major Sins Require Sincere Repentance
Written by troid.org admin on 13 September 2018 .
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) said:
It has been authentically attributed to Prophet ﷺ, that he said, "Fasting on the day of ʿĀrafah expiates the sins of two years [i.e. previous year and upcoming year] and fasting on ʿĀshūrāh expiates the sins of one year".
But his saying, "...expiates the sins of...", does not necessitate that the major sins are also expiated without any repentance. The Prophet ﷺ said, "...Friday to Friday and Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān will be an expiation for the sins committed between them as long as the major sins are avoided".
It is known that prayer is better than fasting and that fasting in Ramaḍān is better than fasting the day of ʿArafah. Likewise, (minor) sins will not be expiated except by avoiding the major sins as the Prophet ﷺ mentioned. Therefore, how can an individual think that by voluntarily fasting a day or two it will expiate adultery, stealing, drinking alcohol, gambling, (engaging in) magic, etc. This will not happen.
Source: [١/٢٥٤ مختصر الفتاوى المصرية]
Translated by: Munīb al-Sumālī
Benefit: From the Virtues of the Month of Shaʿbān
Written by Musa Shaleem Mohammed on 12 May 2016 .
Usāmah ibn Zayd (رضي الله عنه) said: "I said: 'O messenger of Allāh, I never saw you fasting any month as much as Shaʿbān.' He (ﷺ) said: 'That is a month which the people have forgotten about. [It is] between Rajab and Ramaḍān [and] in it the deeds are taken up to the Lord of the worlds; therefore, I like that my deeds be taken up when I am fasting.'"
Reported by al-Nasāʾī, and Shaykh al-Albānī deemed it to be authentic.
Translator's note:The Prophet (ﷺ), in this Ḥadīth, mentioned some virtues of this month; from them is that it was a month in which he (ﷺ) would increase his supererogatory fasts. Also, it is a month in which the deeds are taken up to Allāh.
Benefit: Injections, Blood Tests and Ḥijāmah While Fasting
[Q]: What is the ruling on a fasting person getting injected with a needle in his vein or his muscle and what is the difference between the two?
[A]: That which is most correct is that they do not break one's fast, however injecting oneself with a needle of which nutrition is gained does break the fast. Likewise, one's fast is not broken due to a blood test because it is not like ḥijāmah (cupping). The most correct position of the scholars is that ḥijāmah breaks the fasts of both the doer and the one it is being done to according to the statement of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam):
Both the ḥājim [the one who is doing the cupping] and the maḥjūm's [the one who cupping is being done to] have broken their fasts. [Collected by Abū Dāwūd and Tirmidhī, graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī]
Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz
Source: تحفة الإخوان بأجوبة مهمة تتعلق بأركان الإسلام. ص.١٤٠
Benefit: Is It from the Sunnah to Eat an Odd Number of Dates in Ramaḍān?
[Q]: I heard that the fasting individual must break his fast with an odd number of dates like 5 or 7 etc. Is this obligated?
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīnرحمه الله:
It is not obligatory to break one's fast with an odd number of dates like 3, 5, 7 or 9. Rather, it is not even from the Sunnah except on ʿĪd al-Fiṭr. It has been authentically established that the Prophet ﷺ would not depart for prayer on the day of ʿĪd al-Fiṭr until he had eaten an odd number of dates. As for other than this occasion, the Prophet ﷺ would not intend to eat an odd number of dates.
Source: فتاوى نور على الدرب ٢٥٤
Benefit: It Is From the Sunnah to Increase One's Fasting in Shaʿbān
Shaykh Sāliḥ al-Fawzān (حفظه الله) was asked: "Is there anything confirmed [in the sunnah] concerning fasting in Shaʿbān? [And] what is the ruling on singling out the fifteenth day of that month every year to fast?"
The shaykh (حفظه الله) responded with the following: "Yes, the Prophet (ﷺ) use to fast in Shaʿbān, and he would fast the majority of it. Therefore, the sunnah is to fast and to increase [one's] fasting in it."
Source: حكم صيام شهر شعبان
Benefit: Ramaḍān - Donating Blood in Ramaḍān
[Q]:Do blood donations during the day break the fast?
[A]:Yes, [they do] if a large volume of blood is drawn, because it is similar to ḥijāmah.
Dr. Ṣaliḥ ibn al-Fawzān
Source: .حال السلف الصالح في استقبال شهر رمضان
Translated by: Umm Sufyān
Benefit: Ramaḍān - Is Reciting the Qurʾān at Night More Preferable?
[Q]: Is it better to recite the Qurʾān at night or to sleep and then recite it during the day?
[A]: He should recite what he can by night or by day. But to recite it by night is better since that's when Jibrīl would teach the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) the Qurʾān.
Benefit: The Benefits of Suḥūr
From the benefits of the suḥūr is that you wake up at a time of acceptance [of duʿāʾ] where our Lord descends to the lowest heaven and He says:
Is there anyone who asks so I may give to him? Is there anyone who seeks forgiveness so I may forgive him?
Likewise, from the benefits of the suḥūr is that the angels send their blessings upon those who act upon this sunnah [i.e. having suḥūr]. Also, from its benefits is that it is an opportunity for charity (to feed) those who do not have anything to eat for suḥūr.
Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī
Source: Taʾsīs al-Aḥkām 3/217
Benefit: Whoever Has Fasts to Make Up from the Previous Ramaḍān, It Is Necessary for Him to Do So in Sha'bān before the Upcoming Ramaḍān
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (حفظه الله) said: "It is not permissible to postpone making up fast [from the previous Ramaḍān] until after the other Ramaḍān [i.e. the new Ramaḍān] without an excuse, because of ʿĀʾishah's statement (رضي الله عنها): 'I had some fast to make up from Ramaḍān and I was not able to do so except in Shaʿbān because of my duties toward ِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ).'" (Reported by al-Bukhārī and Muslim).
Source: al-Mulakhaṣ al-Fiqhī, pg 387.
Concerning the Iʿtikāf
Imām Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
A point by point essay dealing with the prescription and conditions for the Iʿtikāf during the blessed month of Ramaḍān.
Fasting in the Month of Shaʿbān Is from the Sunnah
A questioner asks the noble scholar, Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh), about her mother's forbiddance of her fasting Mondays and Thursdays in the month of Shaʿbān due to it allegedly not being from the Sunnah to do so. The esteemed scholar corrects this misnomer and adds scholarly commentary upon the matter.
Fasting the Month of Ramaḍān
Imām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz
Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz elaborates on the virtues of the blessed month of Ramaḍān. The shaykh clarifies those who are obligated to fast throughout this month.
Fiqh Course: A Guide to Fasting
From the 2008 TROID Summer Courses, 12 lectures focused on The Book of Fasting from Sunan Abī Dāwūd and Imām Ibn Bāz's Rulings on Fasting (Majmūʿ al-Fatāwī)
Highlighting Some Errors Committed during the Blessed Month of Ramaḍān and on ʿĪd Day
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Najmī, Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān, Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī
The blessed month of Ramaḍān is a time of worship and performing righteous deeds; however, during this blessed time, numerous errors exist. The following is a compilation of some random errors identified by Islamic scholars.
It Is Recommended for Every Muslim to Fast the Day of Āshūrā out of Gratitude to Allāh
Written by troid.ca editor on 06 October 2016 .
Shaykh Ibn Bāz responds to questions about the day of Āshūrā.
Miscellaneous Points of Benefit
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn al-ʿUthaymīn and other ʿUlamāʾ discuss: Should the missed fasts of Ramaḍān be made up before the fasts of Shawwāl? Eating collectively and racing to do good.


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Right to Disconnect
November 27, 2018 /0 Comments/in For Employees /by Nicholas Goldhawk
Ontario's Bill 148 may have created a right to disconnect – even for supervisors and managers
The right to disconnect – to leave your work at work, instead of buzzing in your pocket – is regarded as an aspiration instead of a reality for most Ontario employees. But there may already be a legal basis for the right to disconnect sitting right under our noses, in none other than the Employment Standards Act the ("ESA").
What is the right to disconnect?
Given the ease of communication that modern technology has afforded, the lines between an employee's work and private life are blurring more than was ever possible. Constant connection to the workplace has become the norm — even the expectation for many jobs.
The right to disconnect is a statutorily-protected right to ignore work-related calls, e-mails, and other electronic messages off-work hours. France was the first jurisdiction to legally adopt the right to disconnect in 2016.
Do Canadian employees have a right to disconnect?
No right to disconnect has been formally adopted in Canada, although the federal government is considering a right to disconnect for employees in federally-regulated industries, such as banks and telecommunications.
Is there any right to disconnect in Ontario?
Up until (arguably) the recent amendments to the ESA, no right to disconnect existed for Ontario employees. While being required to answer calls or e-mails on a Saturday morning, for instance, could entitle an employee to overtime pay, categorically refusing to do so could (in many cases) constitute misconduct.
Enter Bill 148's new scheduling requirements
In 2017, Ontario passed Bill 148 – a retrofit of its employment standards to adapt to the changing realities of the modern workplace. One of the changes to the ESA was the addition of Part VII.2, which deals with scheduling and on-call work.
Among other things, Part VII.2 of the ESA says this: in most cases, if your employer requires you to work on a day for which you're not scheduled, they must provide you with: (a) at least 3 hours' pay, regardless of how much time is actually spent working; and (b) at least 96 hours' notice of the work. Without 96 hours' notice of the work, the employee may refuse to work in most cases.
What do the scheduling requirements have to do with the right to disconnect?
The scheduling requirements in Part VII.2 of the ESA might mean that employees on a day off, for all intents and purposes, have a right to disconnect. That hinges on whether answering e-mails or phone calls constitutes "work" under the ESA.
While "work" is not defined under the ESA, Courts and Tribunals interpret the ESA in a way that extends maximum protection to employees. A court or tribunal is very likely to consider a requirement to answer phone calls or e-mails as "work". That means that, for instance, if your boss emails you an urgent question about budget reports on Saturday morning, you are likely entitled to wait until Monday to figure out the answer.
What about supervisors and managers?
The conventional wisdom in Ontario is that, since supervisors and managers are exempt from all of the ESA's rules regarding hours of work, those jobs are 24/7 gigs and employees must stay on top of work e-mails, even on their days off.
Interestingly, however, supervisors and managers are NOT exempt from the scheduling requirements Part VII.2 of the ESA. That means that, if a supervisor or manager has a right to specific days off, that employee also likely has the same right to disconnect as any other employees on those days.
Can employers get around this with creative scheduling?
Since this is fundamentally a matter of scheduling, one might wonder whether employers can get around this by simply "scheduling" their employees to answer work e-mails.
For non-managerial and non-supervisory employees, there are going to be at least some days where employees have a right to be off the grid; all such employees are guaranteed at least 24 hours free from work each week, and at least 48 hours free from work every 2 weeks. Employees cannot be required to work during those periods.
It is less clear whether employers can use this technique on supervisors and managers; there is nothing in the ESA preventing supervisors and managers from being on-call 24/7. However, Courts and Tribunals generally seek to avoid interpretations that allow employers to skirt the ESA and might easily reject an employer's argument that the job requires 24/7 attention unless that is clearly borne out by the evidence.
Does that mean I can turn my work phone off when I'm not at work?
Probably not, due to the limits on the right to refuse work in this context. First, the right to refuse work only arises in respect of entire days off – for instance, it does not address after-hours e-mails on a workday. Second, the right to refuse work only arises if you have been given less than 96 hours' notice. Third, the sections require an employee refusing work to "notify the employer of the refusal as soon as possible", which in many cases sounds like more trouble than it's worth.
What can I do about it?
We recognize that most employees do not want to create a conflict by insisting on their strict legal rights. If and when things get contentious, speak to a specialized employment lawyer. Call us today for advice on your workplace issue.
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Contact Nicholas Goldhawk, the author of this article, about any employment law related questions or issues you may be facing. Call 416-304-7010 or email him at ngoldhawk@btzlaw.ca.
Nicholas is an Associate of the Management-side Labour Group at BTZ. In this role, he advises management on all aspects of employment and labour law, including representation before administrative tribunals, collective agreement negotiations, arbitrations, wrongful dismissal defence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and human rights.
Before joining BTZ, Nicholas articled and worked as an associate at a boutique labour and employment firm in Toronto where he assisted both employee and employer clients in formulating practical solutions for a wide variety of workplace-related issues.
Nicholas was called to the bar in 2017, after earning a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School. Prior to attending Law School, Nicholas obtained his Honours Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University.
Before attending law school, Nicholas worked as an investigative journalist for a Canadian current affairs TV program.
The publications made on this website are provided and intended for general introductory information purposes only. They do not constitute legal or other professional advice, or an opinion of any kind. Speak to a professional before making decisions about your own particular circumstances.
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Equal Pay for Part Time Work begins April 1, 2018
March 26, 2018 /0 Comments/in For Employees, For Employers, Miscellaneous /by Justin W. Anisman
For Ontario employers, employing part time and temporary workers is about to become a lot more expensive. On April 1, 2018, the "equal pay for equal work" amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2002 (the "ESA") by Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act 2017, come into legal effect.
Ontario employees have long had the protection of the Pay Equity Act, and similar provisions in the ESA, that prevented women (and men too) from being paid less than their peers on the basis of sex. As of April 1, 2018, the ESA will now provide for an entitlement for equal pay from an employer regardless of a difference in employment status.
"Difference in employment status", in respect of one or more employees, will now be defined as:
a difference in the number of hours regularly worked by the employees; or a difference in the term of their employment, including a difference in permanent, temporary, seasonal or casual status
As a result, employers will be required to pay casual, temporary, part-time, and seasonal employees the same rate as permanent and full time employees so long as:
they perform substantially the same kind of work in the same establishment;
their performance requires substantially the same skill, effort and responsibility; and
their work is performed under similar working conditions.
The legislature has attempted to define "substantially the same" to mean "substantially the same but not necessarily identical." How this will be interpreted by the Ontario Courts is anyone's guess but likely it will be used to grant discretion to the Tribunal, Judge or Jury on whether two similar jobs are "substantially the same".
Differences in pay between employees of different sex or similar employment status are permitted so long as the difference in rate of pay is the result of:
a seniority system – a system that pays employee based on length of service;
a merit system – a system that pays employees based on merit: their skills, education, competence, etcetera;
a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production – a piecemeal system or similar; or
any other factor other than sex or employment status.
Employers should be careful to ensure that any system they are using to determine employee pay is being implemented fairly and communicated to employees in advance. Any measurements of quantity or quality should to the greatest extent possible be objective and recorded.
Any employee who believes that their rate of pay does not comply with the Equal Pay for Equal Work section of the ESA, may request a review from their employer. Employers are, thereafter, required to either:
Adjust the employee's pay; or
Provide a written response setting out the reasons for refusing.
As discussed in my article Important Upcoming Changes to the Ontario Workplace, any written response must be saved according to the new record keeping requirements in the ESA for five (5) years.
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Justin W. Anisman is an Employment Lawyer at the Toronto law firm Brauti Thorning Zibarras LLP. Justin advises both companies and individuals in all aspects of employment law including wrongful dismissal, human rights and discrimination.
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Important Upcoming Changes to the Ontario Workplace
November 29, 2017 /1 Comment/in Employment Contracts, For Employees, For Employers, Miscellaneous, The Basics: Employment Law 101, Wrongful Dismissal & Termination of the Employment Relationship /by Justin W. Anisman
On November 27, 2017, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act 2017 received royal assent and became Law in Ontario. Set out below are some of the most important changes to Ontario's workplaces.
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Employee, Independent Contractor or something in between? April 19, 2019
Employment Law for Bartenders, Waiters and Waitresses April 1, 2019
Workplace Harassment, Health and Safety March 21, 2019
Time to Update your Workplace ESA Poster January 27, 2019
Uber Class Action Given the Green Light to Proceed by Ontario Court of Appeal January 14, 2019
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Workplace Harassment, Health and Safety » Legally Speaking on Sexual Harassment at Work
Barry Goldwater on Time to Update your Workplace ESA Poster
Uber Class Action Gets Green Light by Court of Appeal » Legally Speaking on Arbitration Clause in Employment Contract puts the Breaks on the Uber Class Action in Ontario
The Right to Disconnect (even for managers) » Legally Speaking on How to Change Employment Contracts
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins Semi #2, advances to 100m Final
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the Women's 100m semi-final heat 2 beating three of her rivals tonight at Rio 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fraser-Pryce clocked 10.88, beating Dafne Schippers 10.90 in a +0.3 headwind! Fraser-Pryce also went head to head with Tianna Bartoletta of the USA, and Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast to advance to the final. Ta Lou came in third with a time of 10.94.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce could become the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 100m gold medals on Saturday at Rio 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, Fraser-Pryce is currently suffering from a toe injury that she has been battling with all season.
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Léwé, ewe, ou évé, eʋe, évé-gbe (ces trois derniers sont bien plus proches de la bonne prononciation authentique, le "w" des premiers n'étant en fait que le vestige historique de la transcription et la prononciation du son "v" par le colonisateur allemand dans les documents officiels et autres correspondances durant la période du deutsche Togoland, en autonyme : ,  ou ), est une langue nigéro-congolaise parlée au Ghana et Togo ainsi qu'au Bénin, et fait partie du continuum linguistique des langues gbe parlées dans ces trois pays et au Nigeria. Comme les autres langues gbe, c'est une langue à tons.

Étude
L'éwé est l'une des langues africaines les mieux documentées, notamment grâce au travail de Diedrich Westermann, qui publia de nombreux dictionnaires et traités de grammaire sur l'éwé et les autres langues gbe. D'autres grands linguistes ont contribué à l'étude de l'éwé : Gilbert Ansre (tons, syntaxe), Hounkpati B Christophe Capo (phonologie, phonétique), Herbert Stahlke (morphologie, tons), Roberto Pazzi (anthropologie, lexicographie), Felix K. Ameka (sémantique, linguistique cognitive) et Alan Stewart Duthie (sémantique, phonétique); Flavien Gbéto (tonologie).

Quelques langues ouest-africaines comme le Gen (Guin, Guen, Gĕ ou Gen-gbe) (ce dernier étant initialement de racine Ga de la région d'Accra au Ghana) sont finalement et en très grande partie fondues dans la langue Ewe.

Ainsi des études linguistiques démontrent la similitude entre d'une part des langues kwa comme le Gen (Guin, Guen, Gĕ, ou Gen-gbe) et le Adja-gbe et d'autre part la langue Ewe, toutes parlées essentiellement au Togo, Bénin et Ghana.

Le dictionnaire Ewe est mis à la disposition de tous et même pour ramener les héritiers de la langue à se documenter et à améliorer leur parler.

Écriture
L'éwé est écrit à l'aide de l'alphabet latin auquel ont été ajoutées quelques lettres, certaines dérivées de l'alphabet phonétique international.

Un tilde  est placé au-dessus des voyelles pour marquer leur nasalisation. Le ton n'est en général pas indiqué, sauf lorsqu'il est ambigu : par exemple, le pronom de la première personne du pluriel mí (« nous ») est indiqué comme possédant un ton haut pour le distinguer de la deuxième personne du pluriel mi (« vous ») et le pronom de la deuxième personne du singulier wò (« toi ») est indiqué comme possédant un ton bas pour le distinguer de la troisième personne du pluriel wo (« eux ») :
 ekpɔ wò ([ɛ́k͡pɔ̀ wò]) : « il t'a vu »
 ekpɔ wo ([ɛ́k͡pɔ̀ wó]) : « il les a vus ».

Prononciation

Voyelles

Consonnes

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Fon
 Gen (langue Mina, langue véhiculaire dérivée de l'éwé)
 Aja-gbe
 Ayizo-gbe

 langues en Afrique
 langues au Ghana
 langues au Togo

Lien externe
 Wikipedia en éwé

Liens externes

  Listes de mots et documents sonores en éwé (The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive)
  Basic Ewe for foreign students Institut für Afrikanistik der Universität zu Köln.

Inventaire de langues
Langue au Ghana
Langue au Togo


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Engineering Inference EngineKevin Parkin2017-12-14T16:14:42-07:00
ENGINEERING INFERENCE ENGINE
The Engineering Inference Engine allows you to build mathematical models that represent complex engineering products such as rockets, satellites or cars, and then solve these models to define the design and quantify the performance. The solution procedure is deduced by the inference engine itself, empowering a single designer or a small design team to wield more complex engineering solutions than ever before.
Reusability
The Engineering Inference Engine is forward chaining using local propagation for high speed. More The number of variables is limited only by memory size. More Models are object oriented. More
There are no traditional IF THEN rules, as such. More New data types are built from basic ones. More A standardized engineering/physics ontology. More
Computational complexity is minimized. More Any problem that can be represented by known functions can be solved. More The representation of knowledge within the Engineering Inference Engine is inherently more compact and reusable than conventional code. More
APPLICATION EXAMPLE: TRIANGLE CALCULATOR
Some types of triangles are easier to solve than others. The video below shows a model of a triangle within EIE being manipulated via its Excel interface. This example illustrates that the triangle solves given many different ways of specifying the problem. In contrast, regular procedural programs would need to be rewritten for each case.
Similarly, more complex models representing spacecraft, for example, require a different solution procedure each time we decide that a different aspect of the design is important and should drive the solution. This aspect might be the maximum temperature of a component or the maximum weight a given rocket can launch, or the limited size of a bank account! The message here is that the solution procedure changes as you play with and begin to understand a model as it applies to a given situation. A procedurally-defined model must be continually rewritten, whereas a declaratively-defined model stays the same.
APPLICATION EXAMPLE: MICROWAVE THERMAL ROCKETS
The Engineering Inference Engine was originally developed to enable the Microwave Thermal Rocket to be designed in greater detail than possible using conventional methods. In 2006, point designs for the rocket were generated using a model comprised of roughly 500 variables. The Engineering Inference Engine was conceived in the fall of 2007, and in 2015 the rocket is described by a model comprised of 22,000 variables. These variables represent the rocket's components, geometry, materials, propellant and flowpath, ascent trajectory and beam director, among other aspects. The Engineering Inference Engine solves this model in about 10 minutes on a desktop computer to produce a point design.
Euler diagram combined with directed acyclic graph showing the top-level propagation of information through the system model of the microwave thermal rocket. User-defined variables are shown with black backgrounds. Only selected variables and relations are shown. There are 22,000 variables in the system model as of November 2015.
A representation of the system model and top-level solution procedure is shown above. The particular combination of input variables implies the direction of the arrows in the diagram. As the system model has evolved over the years, the choice of independent variables has changed. Sometimes an independent variable is changed to eliminate an iteration, thereby reducing computational complexity. At other times, an independent variable is changed because the understanding of which variables are the true constraints that drive the design has changed.
APPLICATION EXAMPLE: FLUID FLOW
The full-screen video below shows the command-line version of EIE in use. Within EIE, an object has been created that represents a fluid flowing through a duct in quasi-1D. In this case, the fluid is hydrogen and it is flowing at cryogenic temperatures. EIE uses a Helmholtz equation of state to infer the phase of the fluid (liquid/gas/both) and its bulk thermodynamic and transport properties. Also assuming a hydrodynamically-developed flow within a smooth duct of circular cross-section, EIE deduces wall properties associated with heat exchange. The object represents just a single point within a duct and many such objects are connected together to represent the propulsive flowpath of the microwave thermal rocket, for example.
Note: To see the video more clearly, move your mouse to the bottom right hand side of the video and click full-screen on the slider that appears.
© 2015-2019 Parkin Research, LLC | All Rights Reserved


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With all the restaurants that fill downtown Highwood it is easy to pass right by Washington Gardens on Green Bay Road. But those in the know consider it their local place to go when not wanting to eat in that night or tenors such as Pavarotti when he used to sing at the Lyric.
However, the only problem with sharing this restaurant on Dining In-Eating Out is that it is already hard to get a reservation on weekends and the place is busy during the week.
When the menu comes up while searching for Washington Gardens, usually found under "Alexs Washington Gardens Pizza, it looks as if this is just a pizza place. Well, its thin crust pizza is very good and its pizza recipe dates back to the 1940s. But this is the place to also go for homemade pasta that really is prepared al dente, for good seafood dishes and for traditional Italian sauces.
Originally begun by Alex Scornavacco's family as a large restaurant over on Washington Street in Highwood, mid-last century and where old timers still remember going with friends back in the 1960s, the current version opened on Green Bay Road as an intimate Italian restaurant known for seafood and pizza in the 1980s.
It still continues its tried and true dishes but also does specialties connected to the seasons such as a penne pasta with asparagus and lobster or shrimp, soft shell crab and a chicken linguini with cranberries.
Washington Gardens is at 256 Green Bay Rd., Highwood, IL 0040. For reservations or other information call (847) 748-0103 or visit Alex's Washington Gardens Pizza.


In addition to planning the release of the true 8-core Ascend P6S smartphone this year, Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei is also looking into the launch of other octa-core devices as well, with the Glory 4 / Honor 4 included.
The company's CEO Richard Yu has already confirmed this on Sina Weibo, suggesting that the two devices will prove great competitors against Xiaomi's smartphones when landing in December. However, as UnwiredView notes, Huawei has been using the Glory 4 and Honor 4 names for the same device in different markets, so we won't see two different handsets launched next month.
Apparently, Huawei will pack the new device with MediaTek's MT6592 "true" octa-core processor, which should make it a high-end smartphone, that's for sure. What remains to be seen is whether Huawei will price the new phone aggressively, the same as Xiaomi does with its products, and whether it will indeed register the success that it aims at.


Ryan's Smashing Life: NAUKABOUT is this Saturday!
The 2013 Naukabout Beer Music, Arts & Food Festival this Saturday will feature Jukebox the Ghost, David Wax Museum, Adam Ezra Group, Baker Thomas Band, Van Gordon Martin Band, Otis Grove, Jeff Conley, Tall Heights, Dietrich Strause, Toy Soldiers, Sarah Blacker and Sally Taylor. In addition to performing with the Baker Thomas Band, Tom Bianchi will curate a singer/songwriter stage featuring local artists.
THIS SATURDAY on the CAPE!
In addition to great beer from Naukabout Beer Company, the festival will feature The Island Creek Seafood Experience, a raw bar showcasing locally sourced oysters, clams and lobster plus other fresh seafood options curated by the Island Creek Oyster Company.
The charity partner for this year's event is Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD). PYD provides one-to-one and group mentoring programs for over 450 individuals dealing with cognitive, developmental, and physical disabilities in the Greater Boston area each year.
The Naukabout Festival is now in it's sixth year of operation!
Music Schedule - Two Stages!


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15.20. So are the maximum speeds is late.
15.18. Only the injured Ericsson has worse time than the two McLaren. A drama.
16.17. Alonso remains at 2.6 from the head, but follows the 18th. The MCL33 is going to hit bottom, literally, this weekend.
16.16. The McLaren are bouncing right now, which is a very bad sign almost always. They lack tip and try to correct it with this exercise.
16.08. Vettel in the pits and mechanics checking his car.


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IGP arrests 'careless and inconsiderate' driver after chasing him
byEdna Agnes Boakye
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has personally arrested a 29-year-old man, Gilbert Tweneboah Danso for careless and inconsiderate driving.
A statement by the Police explained the circumstances that led to the driver's arrest.
"On Sunday, November 28, 2021, at about 12:30 pm, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akufo Dampare was onboard service vehicle No. GP 1 traveling from Anyinam direction towards Accra."
"On reaching a section of the road at Akim Nsutam on the Accra-Kumasi Highway, whiles in traffic, a Toyota Land Cruiser V8 with registration number, GB 3729-20 driven by one Gilbert Tweneboah Danso aged 29 years with one person on board, who was coming from the same direction failed to observe traffic ahead and drove through the opposite lane forcing oncoming vehicles unto the shoulders of the road. He was subsequently pursued by the IGP and arrested."
The suspect was then handed over to the Kibi District Commander, who in turn handed him over to the Divisional MTTD Kibi for further action. The suspect has been detained and is assisting the police with the investigation.
"When the vehicle's insurance was checked with the National Insurance Code *920*57# it revealed that the vehicle is a Toyota Vitz."
"Exhibit Toyota Land Cruiser No. GB 3729-20 has been impounded at the Kibi District Command. No. 40748 G/Sgt Raphael Kofi Sallah is in charge of the case."
"Further developments will be communicated to you sir," the statement added.
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Written in North Italy, and probably in the area where the bulk of the MS has remained. The liturgical system of lections suggests the province of Aquileia. The MS was regarded as a relic at Aquileia, and famous visitors' names were entered in it. Its present binding uses an eleventh-century metal cover with figures of Christ in a mandorla and the four Beasts. In 1354 the last two quires of Mark were given as a relic of St Mark to the Emperor Charles IV for the Prague Cathedral. In 1420 the rest of Mark was given to Venice, where it has been completely ruined by damp. The Cividale portion has suffered much from damp; it is at present well cared for.
Script is a bold, regular, calligraphic uncial, but not of the very oldest type: the hasta of uncial E is almost central, the tail of G is longish; the uprights of uncial H and L have a hair-stroke; N is not broad; the bows of P and uncial Q are ample; T often rises high above the line. Marginalia of great liturgical interest are in cursive minuscule of a rather sprawling type, saec. VII–VIII; a more expert cursive is found on foll. 195v, 196v, 198v, 269, 270v, and an uncial entry on fol. 89. Most marginalia are autographs or records of famous visitors to Aquileia and Cividale, saec. IX–XIX.


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Mondi Career Week. From 2 to 5 May the Mondi Science, Career Guidance and FET Skills Centre hosted their annual career week for local schools.
During this event, learners were given the opportunity to learn about the different career options available, as well as the academic requirements to follow these career paths. There were academic institutions and organisations present to give the learners guidance in regard to tertiary education. The Central Applications Office (CAO) handed out information booklets and application forms to the learners. This is an office set up to help learners apply at tertiary institutions.
One application form can be used to apply for up to six courses and there can be applied to different institutions as well. The Department of Labour gave information to the learners about their career guidance service. This service provides a platform to help learners apply for jobs, as well as to compile a CV and to receive training in the necessary skills that they need to be successful in both their academic and work applications.
The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and the Gert Sibande TVET College informed the learners about the various courses that they offer, and also explained the application process. The focus of the SAPS presentation was the career opportunities that they offer other than field officers. Options such as investigative, social, artistic, realistic, enterprising and conventional were under discussion.
Within each group the various careers were discussed, as well as the academic achievements necessary to qualify. The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) based at the University of Pretoria (UP) presented the different specialization fields available within plant health. As FABI is a postgraduate institution, learners were also informed of the undergraduate courses within the BSc faculty that they can complete to further their studies here.
The UP students who presented the information, also used practical examples (such as DNA-extraction) to visually show the learners what they do. The Department of Water and Sanitation explained the process of how water comes from the river to the taps in town and encouraged the learners to consider becoming engineers and water scientists, as these are scarce skills that are needed in their field.
The Inkomati- Usuthu Cathcment Management Agency gave a presentation on the various career opportunities that they have on offer to the learners. The Department of Health presented the learners with information regarding different medical fields. Learners were also informed of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and how they can apply to receive funding from there to further their studies.
Everybody who took part in the event encouraged the learners to work hard at school in order to obtain the necessary marks to further their education and to then complete a course that they are interested in.