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Natalie Higgins, who directs the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, an advocacy group that lobbies for lower college costs, applauded the program but said the state must also increase funding for public colleges and universities.
Earlier this week, Higgins said House lawmakers unveiled a budget plan for next year that provides level-funding for the state's colleges and universities.
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Is DEET Bad For You? A Very Good Time to Know.
'I'll Take Eastern Equine Encephalitis for 500, Alex'
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Ultrasonic And Botanical Oil Claims About Preventing Zika Get A Crackdown
NY Times Hammers Anti-Vaxxer Joe Mercola. But ACSH Got There Much Sooner.
By Josh Bloom — July 20, 2016
DEET vs. mosquitoes. Adapted from Shutterstock image.
Mosquito season + Zika = good time to own stock in DEET manufacturers. Or maybe not (1).
The reason is obvious— the concern about contracting Zika from mosquitoes. Most Americans are going to be slathering ourselves in DEET this summer. Given that, it is inevitable that many out there will to try to scaremonger it. So, here is quick primer about its properties, with special emphasis on safety (2).
Before I get to the science, you can see why it's needed. Take a look at the following screed from famous supplement huckster Joe Mercola's website: (3)
"Most insect repellants out there are loaded with toxic chemicals, including the pesticide DEET, which is so poisonous that even the Environmental Protection Agency says you should wash it off your skin when you return indoors, avoid breathing it in and not spray it directly on your face. Think about it--if this chemical can kill mosquitoes (4), it can likely do some harm to other life forms too."
You may not be familiar with Mercola, so I want to note that I may seem to be "playing the man rather than the ball" here but that is because he is a very successful scaremonger. He has made a fortune being a Merchant of Doubt. Should any of the Four Horsemen of the Alternative (Oz, Chopra, Weil, Gupta) ever pass on, Mercola could arguably be in the running to replace them.
The public just wants to know if anything he claims is true, as unlikely as this may be. Should we not let our kids go out and play? Should we carpet bomb parks with DDT instead, or is DEET okay?
How toxic is it? The short answer is: not too bad. Since I am a scientist and not a salesman like Mercola, I will note there are a few exceptions.
In at least three animal models of toxicity, DEET has a very good safety profile. A lethal dose has been established, but the dose that is required to cause death or severe symptoms in animals is extremely high. At quantities that are lower than the lethal dose, adverse effects are rarely seen (5). The acute toxicity of DEET is significantly lower than most of the chemicals and drugs that we routinely encounter.
If the above verbiage sounds like scientific waffling, and cautious use of language, it is. That is what science is all about—evaluating both the positive and negative aspects of a given product, chemical, etc,. and making a well-informed decision. There are no absolutes— only risks and benefits.
Hopefully this article will help you weigh the two in a rational way—exactly what Mercola and other science Deniers for Hire want you to avoid. But, if there is any take home message here, it is that you are going to be fine.
Here's why.
Although DEET is readily absorbed through the skin, whatever blood levels that result following application decline quickly. The elimination half-life of DEET in blood is 2.5 hours. This means that after 15 hours, only 1.5 percent of the DEET that was absorbed will remain in your blood. The lethal dose of DEET in humans is 10-14 teaspoons taken orally. So assuming you do not take a good slug of the stuff (why would you?), you will not get enough to poison yourself.
Legitimate medical and scientific literature does not even hint at carcinogenicity of DEET in animals or humans, but there are plenty of data that show just the opposite.
DEET has been used since 1957. Its safety record is very good, but the scientist in me notes that it is not (cannot be) perfect. Nor are the alternatives that environmentalists and hucksters tout. And most of these don't even repel the bugs.
There have been reports of severe reactions, especially neurotoxicity, but they are quite rare. The most common problem is skin irritation, especially in the folds of the elbow. This is temporary.
No, DEET is not perfect (nothing is), but it is very far from being the "toxic chemical" that the Mercolas of the world claim that it is. It is a lot better than getting Zika, or maybe just better than being bitten (6).
Sorry Joe, we keep hoping you are going to be right one of these times, yet you continue to disappoint. It's getting to a point where we should just create an award to "honor" you.
(1) It is far from clear exactly how Zika will play out in the US. See: Zika: What the Hell is Going On?
(2) The Bloom Correlation: the accuracy of the information on the Internet is inversely proportional to the price of the "natural alternatives" that are being sold on that site.
(3) It should come as no surprise that Mercola sells a "botanical" mosquito repellant on his site. Only $14.97 for one ounce of rosemary oil, which doesn't work, but, at least you will smell good while you're being bitten. Or you could buy six ounces of DEET at Walmart for $3.86.
(4) This is dead wrong. DEET does not kill mosquitoes. It repels them. Mercola is either ignorant or lying.
(5) The relationship between dose and toxicity varies from species to species, however, the trend was the same in the animals that were tested.
(6) Mosquitoes, even in the absence of Zika, are more than a nuisance. They are known to carry a variety of infections, such as malaria, West Nile virus, dengue, yellow fever, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Although rare in the US, EEE has a 50 percent mortality rate.
By Josh Bloom
Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science
Dr. Josh Bloom, the Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, comes from the world of drug discovery, where he did research for more than 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry.
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Three products have been selected to participate in the Classroom Trials. They are ETS Criterion, Measurement, Incorporated's PEGWrite, and Pearson's WriteToLearn. Our judges completed an extensive review process and were impressed by the features of the writing software that was submitted for consideration. Thank you for your participation.
If you submitted an application, you can log in using your registered user name and password to receive your individual scores and comments from each member of the working group. We hope that this process has proven valuable; we welcome any questions ([email protected]).
The Classroom Trials are a series of demonstrations to test the current capabilities of software, designed to support the instruction of writing in a classroom setting. Those members of the Working Group (named below) have designed this study to invite providers of such software to enter an open, fair and transparent investigation into those capabilities. The Study Design Considerations are provided here for your review. Please read them carefully before applying to participate.
Eight judges will review each completed application. They will score each completed application against three criteria. Each applicant will receive both their scores and substantive feedback from each Judge. Between 3-5 applicants will be selected to participate in the Classroom Trials.
Jaison Morgan is the Managing Principal of The Common Pool and Co-Founder of RAMPIT Software. He's been recognized by the BBC as "the world's leading expert" in designing trials to compare innovative technologies. He was the head of prize development for the X PRIZE Foundation, where designed a series of cash rewards intended to demonstrate the current capabilities of competing product providers. He has served as an Advisor to the White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy, the First Minister of Scotland and the government of Abu Dhabi, in their efforts to utilize competitive trials to drive innovation. He helped establish a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study the use of incentives in product development. Mr. Morgan completed his graduate studies at the University of Chicago and is a frequent lecturer on the subject of Incentive Engineering (http://youtu.be/NyOaoIcCeMY).
In 2011, Mr. Morgan worked with the Hewlett Foundation to establish the Automated Student Assessment Prize (ASAP). The competition tested whether computers can grade student written content as well as trained human experts. The first trial focused on essays; by offering state-derived data (i.e., graded responses) to a pool of 30,000 predictive modeling experts, over four months a series of breakthrough developments occurred. Measurable demonstrations of machine scoring proved concordant to hand grading. Today, ASAP continues to work with partners to understand how the technology can lower costs to measure deeper learning.
Norbert Elliot is professor of English at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Dr. Elliot received both his BA and MA from the University of New Orleans and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. He has taught at Mercer County Community College, Rider University, the College of New Jersey, and Texas A & M University at Commerce. He was the recipient of the NJIT 2006 Master Teacher Award. In 2007, On a Scale: A Social History of Writing Assessment in America won the Outstanding Book Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. In the classroom, Dr. Elliot engages students in active problem-solving. He delivers lectures through podcasts and incorporates technology into assignments as students write blogs and develop collaborative wikis that are, in turn, collected in EPortfolios. Dr. Elliot is recognized nationally as an expert in writing assessments. With David M. Williamson, he is most recently co-editor of a special issue of Assessing Writing on automated assessment of writing (volume 18, no. 1, 2013).
Dr. Elliot is a non-judging member of the Working Group.
Linda D. Friedrich, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Research and Evaluation at the National Writing Project, where she has worked since 2002. She leads NWP's research and evaluation efforts; oversees the use and ongoing development of its writing assessment system; and, as a member of NWP's management team, supports the organization in strategically using research results and tools. Her research interests include teacher leadership and professional development, writing assessment, teacher research, and the diffusion of knowledge and practice. With Ann Lieberman, Senior Scholar, Stanford University, she wrote How Teachers Become Leaders: Learning from Practice and Research (Teachers College Press, August 2010). Prior to joining the National Writing Project, she served as Director of Research at the Coalition of Essential Schools. She earned her Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis at Stanford University's School of Education and her A.B. at Bryn Mawr College, where she majored in history. Before becoming a researcher, Linda facilitated professional development and middle school reform programs at the Philadelphia Education Fund.
Darion Griffin is the Senior Associate Director in the Educational Issues Department of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). She leads the AFT's work on literacy by analyzing public policy, implementing AFT policy, providing technical assistance to leaders and affiliates, working with educational organizations and others to advocate for and advance AFT positions, and developing and implementing professional development. She is responsible for leading the AFT's advocacy and support of the ELA/Literacy Common Core State Standards and their implementation in the field. Since joining the AFT national staff in 1995, she has served as the AFT/OERI National Reading Project Director, responsible for implementing a multi-year, multi-million dollar project to improve students' reading achievement in 3 urban districts through the delivery of high quality professional development in reading to teachers. Mrs. Griffin also has led AFT's efforts to redesign low-performing schools in several districts and has assisted affiliates with strategic education reform. She has conducted research on issues related to reading, professional development, and education reform; and she has worked to advance early childhood education. Prior to coming to the AFT, Mrs. Griffin served in several senior administrative and cabinet-level positions in student services and admissions at institutions of higher education in Washington, DC. Mrs. Griffin began her career as an elementary school teacher. Mrs. Griffin earned a baccalaureate degree in Sociology from Mount Holyoke College, a master's degree in Education Administration from The American University; and completed an Executive Education program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She also has completed all course work and comprehensive examinations in a doctoral program in Education Administration.
Dr. Michael Kaspar is a Senior Policy Analyst at the National Education Association in Washington, DC. His desk covers STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and Digital Learning. He has taught at all levels - university, community college, elementary and secondary school and he has also led professional development programs for teachers and other staff. Dr. Kaspar is a skilled grant writer, fund-raiser, and events organizer who has led numerous successful efforts to promote education and community involvement in student learning. His experience includes both large and small urban school systems, for-profit agencies and not-for-profit agency management.
Recent positions include Director of Science for District of Columbia Public Schools, Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist with the DC Department, and Training Coordinator for the North American Association for Environmental Education, in Washington, DC. He is the founding President of the DC Science Teachers Association and serves on the board of directors of environmental and educational non-profits.
He has written numerous abstracts, journal and newsletter articles, curricula and resource guides, and belongs to several professional associations, (e.g., National Science Teachers Association, the Council for State Science Supervisors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, ASCD and the North American Association for Environmental Education).
He holds a PhD in Science Education from the University of Texas at Austin, a MS from Texas A&M University at College Station in Horticulture and a BA in Botany/Biology, also from UT, Austin. He has lived in Washington, DC for 17 years.
Dr. Mark D. Shermis is the principal investigator and academic advisor for the Automated Student Assessment Prize (ASAP). Dr. Shermis is a frequently cited expert on machine scoring and co-author of Classroom Assessment in Action. He is presently a professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership and the Department of Psychology at The University of Akron, where he previously served as Dean of the College of Education. Dr. Shermis has also held faculty positions at the University of Florida, Florida International, IUPUI and the University of Texas. Shermis earned a B.A. in developmental psychology at the University of Kansas and Doctorate and Master's degrees in educational psychology at the University of Michigan. His latest book (Jill Burstein, co-editor), Handbook of Automated Essay Evaluation: Current Applications and New Directions, will be published by Routledge in April, 2013.
Lynn Van Deventer is the Director of Project Management for The Common Pool. Previously, Lynn led education reform and community engagement projects for Seattle Public Schools. Prior to her work in education, Lynn spent twenty years as a program manager and senior manager in the software and data management industry. She's delivered multi-million dollar projects on time and within budget within both the private and public sectors. Most recently she has led project management services for multiple prizes which have required coordination services for a standing Board of Advisors, representing such interests as The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, the U.S. Department of Education, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and twelve other organizations. Lynn has worked as a professional writer and editor and has spent hundreds of hours in the classroom tutoring struggling writers. She also writes fiction for young adults. Lynn earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Iowa and a Certificate in Technical Writing and Editing and a Certificate in Children's Writing from the University of Washington.
Tom is founder of GettingSmart.com and author of Getting Smart: How Digital Learning is Changing the World. Previously he served as President of the X PRIZE Foundation and was the Executive Director of Education for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he implemented $3.5 billion in scholarship and grant programs. Tom was the first business executive to serve as public school superintendent in Washington State. A prolific writer and speaker, Tom has published thousands of articles and blogs. In December 2006, Newsweek readers voted Tom the most influential baby boomer in education. Tom is a director of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and several other nonprofits. Tom is a partner in Learn Capital, a venture capital firm investing in learning content, platforms, and services with the goal of transforming educational engagement, access, and effectiveness. He received the Distinguished Achievement Medal and graduated from the Colorado School of Mines. He received his M.B.A. in finance from the University of Denver. He continues his education online.
Carl Whithaus is a Professor of Writing and Rhetoric and Director of the University Writing Program (UWP) at the University of California, Davis. His research areas include writing in the disciplines and professions (particularly in the sciences and engineering), writing assessment, and the impact of information technologies on literacy practices. His books include Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013), Writing Across Distances and Disciplines: Research and Pedagogy in Distributed Learning (Erlbaum/Routledge, 2008) and Teaching and Evaluating Writing in the Age of Computers and High-Stakes Testing (Erlbaum, 2005). Mr. Whithaus has served on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Planning Committee for 2011-2019 Writing Standards Framework, the editorial board for Kairos, and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Best Practices for Online Writing Instruction (OWI) Committee (2007-10). He has taught courses ranging from first-year writing to graduate-level classes in traditional, hybrid, and distance learning environments. His articles have appeared in Technical Communication Quarterly, Kairos, Assessing Writing, and The Journal of Basic Writing.


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Mediterranean Hope update: Finding Ways to Care and Reconstruct
By Middle East & Europe - Global Ministries on March 24, 2020
Written by Fiona Kendall, European and Legal Affairs Advisor, Mediterranean Hope
and Mission Co-Worker jointly appointed by Global Ministries and the Church of Scotland
As the world faces a new challenge, this seems an appropriate time to write to you all with an update on the work being carried out by Mediterranean Hope (MH) and how we are experiencing the current situation. Tough operational decisions have had to be made within a rapid time-frame. However, we remain committed to carrying out what work we can with due regard for the current health situation and attendant measures. [See below for ways to support these efforts.]
Rome and Palermo
The lock-down has now been in force throughout Italy for over a fortnight, increasingly restrictive measures having come into force every few days. Like other offices, shops and schools, the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI) office and La Noce Diaconal Centre are closed. Staff in Rome and Palermo are working remotely, keeping in regular contact through a variety of online apps and messaging services.
Direct contact with the asylum-seekers we support cannot currently take place. Those who are in apartments of their own remain there; those who are in small supported structures are confined to their own quarters. Many are using the time to continue online language tuition. Where possible, Wifi is being made available along with online resources to support ongoing learning. MH staff are maintaining regular calls and video calls with those we support. Asylum applications are effectively on hold as public offices are not, in general, open and court hearings have been suspended until 15th April.
Those involved in advocacy work are no longer in a position to travel. Our international conference on asylum, to be held jointly with the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and Diakonie Deutschland in May, has had to be postponed. However, there is much that can be done remotely. As the world adjusts to the current situation, we anticipate a significant increase in virtual meetings. We continue to lobby in respect of our proposal for European Humanitarian Corridors and to negotiate the renewal of the existing Memorandum of Understanding with the Italian government regarding the corridors already operating here.
Following discussion with the Italian government and our Sant'Egidio partners, the Humanitarian Corridor (HC) due to be opened at the end of March will remain closed, notwithstanding the final preparations for roll-out being made by the teams in Beirut and Rome. We very much regret the impact that this will have on the intended beneficiaries but accept that this is the right decision for now.
Travel between Lebanon and Italy having now been suspended, our entire team has been recalled from Beirut. They too are adapting to remote working, using the time now available to improve systems and engage in strategic planning. Where possible, the team will interview and work with HC candidates remotely.
120 people have so far tested positive for Covid 19 in Lebanon and a lockdown has been imposed. The team reports that, notwithstanding that Lebanon is ill-equipped to cope with a large-scale health crisis, preventative measures have been taken at an early stage by the authorities and, individually, citizens are playing their part to contain the virus.
The lockdown measures apply to Sicily, in the same way as to the rest of Italy. Travel to Sicily from mainland Italy has been suspended other than in case of necessity, health or work. Given the emergency measures in place, staff at the Casa delle Culture are unable to interact directly with those housed there. Fortunately, those living there are housed in their own apartments and can remain there. Communal activities can, however, no longer take place.
Whilst Wifi is available within the Casa delle Culture, the majority of those who live there do not have computers and are reliant, at best, on mobile phones for information and connecting with the rest of the world. This is very hard on children, in particular. With all schools shut, the emphasis is now on online learning. However, in a household where there is no computer, accessing lessons is very difficult. After-school groups to support homework are currently suspended. The everyday interaction which encouraged language learning and cultural integration simply cannot take place. Staff are maintaining what contact they can by way of telephone and video calls, disseminating links to information about the outbreak in a variety of languages and providing guidelines for how to comply with the current measures. Families used to shop together, each one bringing home a bag. Now only one person per household may go to the supermarket. Blank self-certification forms – and information about how to complete them - are being supplied to residents, none of whom have access to a printer, so that these can be completed before any outing is made.
For people who were already struggling to adjust to life in a new culture, it is particularly difficult to adapt to some of these changes, particularly in the absence of physical interaction. For some, their world is collapsing for a second time. However, staff are doing all that they can to maintain as much virtual contact as possible and to keep our guests as well-informed as the rest of us.
Although physically separated from the rest of Italy, and although no cases of Covid 19 have so far been identified there, Lampedusa is subject to the same lockdown measures as the rest of Italy. As a result, the MH staff based there have been obliged to close the office and work from home. This presents a strange situation for the volunteers whose home shares the premises which house the office!
Whilst the team's usual activities have had to be suspended, migrants have not stopped coming to Lampedusa's shores. Just a few days ago 150 people arrived within the space of 48 hours. Notwithstanding the crisis in Italy and the risk of contracting a fatal illness by coming here, not many miles away others face something worse. And so, still, they risk their lives to come. The Lampedusa team asks us to reflect on that: people are still fleeing; people are still migrating.
In order to comply with current measures, those who arrive must be placed in quarantine. As a result, a few nights ago, more than 40 migrants had to spend a night and a day on the jetty, for the hotspot was already full with 26 others who had arrived the day before. No other space was available to place the group, which included women and small children.
The MH team, being unable at present to offer a welcome at the jetty and legal information to those who come, is focusing on monitoring what is happening, disseminating accurate information locally and beyond to dissipate misplaced tension and anxiety. It is hard for the team not to be alongside the most vulnerable in a situation such as this but they can continue to be eyes and ears for the rest of us. Like all of us, they are using any spare time to reflect, review and plan. This is a moment which can bring us fresh perspectives. For all of us are now being forced to experience limits on our freedom.
They write: "And this is surely the most powerful realization: how precious and vital is the survival of freedom. A vital breath to which every individual who inhabits this planet has the right and must struggle to keep."
A small team has been based in Calabria for the last eight months or so. Their focus has been the seasonal migrant workers who are so often exploited in the agricultural sector. The team has been working to improve conditions for them, through provision of language tuition, legal information and practical support. The team has also been working with local farmers to build an ethical supply chain which guarantees rights for the workers concerned. A new label, "Etika", has been developed with a view to marketing this produce beyond Calabria and, indeed, Italy.
The outbreak of Covid 19 and the measures imposed in response brings particular challenges for the migrants in Calabria. Although the south of Italy has so far been much less affected than the north by the virus itself, an outbreak there could be still more serious, given the reduced level of healthcare available in that region. Many of the seasonal workers are living in shanty towns. Conditions often do not exist to maintain social distancing nor hygiene measures. Access to running water, never mind hand sanitizer, is extremely limited.
The MH team is seeking to balance its commitment to the most vulnerable with the need to minimize the possibility of transmission. For that reason, one person only is now present in the camps where we work for up to two hours per day and social distancing measures are being strictly enforced.
Some fundamental work has needed to be done in terms of educating those in the camps about the current situation, its potential impact on them and how to respond to it. Unhelpful rumors, such as this being a "white man's illness" have had to be dispelled. The team has been teaching people when and how to wash hands using soap and water or sanitizer, the importance of maintaining at least a meter's distance at all times and what to do should someone develop symptoms of Covid 19. These seemingly simple notions have to gain a foothold in the camps. These lessons are fundamental.
MH has been able to provide water butts and hand-santizer dispensers for some camps. However, a significant practical difficulty is that sanitizer solution is not readily available. Similarly, stocks of masks have been exhausted. This is a huge concern given the conditions there.
MH is calling for ghettos and shanty towns in Calabria and beyond to be dismantled and for those living there to be found accommodation where they can follow the emergency measures. The water supply in one camp having been completely cut off, they are lobbying the local authority to restore this immediately. They remind us that the health of all should be guaranteed, migrants included.
Although we are consumed by news about the Covid 19, we do not forget that just before this exploded in Europe we were confronted by a migrant crisis on the Greek/Turkish border. The decision by Turkish President Erdogan to send migrants back to Greece and the Greek response to close its border and suspend asylum applications exacerbated an already difficult situation. Quite apart from the breach of international law on one side and the reprehensible use of migrants as pawns in a game of political maneuvering on the other, for those stuck either side of this border, the situation has been intolerable.
Against that background, MH has called upon national and supra-national institutions urgently to address this situation, and reiterated its commitment to care for the most vulnerable.
A working party from MH has engaged directly with NGOs and churches in Greece to assess how MH and other faith-based organizations within Europe can respond directly to this situation. MH's experience of operating Humanitarian Corridors from Lebanon places it in a unique position to assess whether the model could be adapted to ease the situation for the most vulnerable in Greece. Whilst the EU has acknowledged the need to extract unaccompanied minors from this hellish theatre, the response does not go nearly far enough.
Our intended mission to Greece has had to be placed on hold for the time being but our engagement with those on the ground continues. We must not forget the plight of these people, notwithstanding the crisis which surrounds us at home.
"Siamo tutti sulla stessa barca" ("we are all in the same boat") is a phrase with a particularly poignant resonance at present. However, this global emergency is an opportunity for us all to pull together as a single community, to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable rather than ourselves and to stimulate a collective response to meet their needs. If this does not happen, the most vulnerable, migrants included, will be left to fend for themselves.
First, we have greatly appreciated the messages of support and encouragement which we have already received. We know that many are already praying hard. If you can, please add your prayers for the following:
Worldwide collaboration in the race to find treatment and a vaccine for Covid 19;
Willingness among individuals to place the needs of the community above their own; the necessary self-discipline to reduce transmission of the virus; patience with the measures imposed;
Wisdom for governments across the world as they struggle to respond to this changing context
Second, FCEI is undertaking three initiatives to tackle the pandemic: provision of disinfectant kits to Italian care homes, healthcare facilities, reception centers for migrants and other public facilities; financial support for institutions monitoring the spread of the virus to enable appropriate plans of action to be drawn up, financial support for healthcare facilities directly engaged in preventing the pandemic from spreading. You can read more about this here. Click here to contribute to this critical response by our partner, the Waldensian Church in Italy, which is a member of the FCEI.
We will continue to keep you updated through our newsletters, website, Facebook and Twitter posts: @Medhope_FCEI and @fionakMedHope, as well as on this page, "News from Italy."
Meantime, a useful passage in these difficult times which you may wish to consider can be found in Romans 5:3-5. Here is a fragment:
"We know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope […]"
We will survive this.
We end with some recent quotes from those who regularly speak on the project's behalf:
"We are appealing to members of Protestant churches in what is a difficult and painful moment for all. We express our fellowship with those who, as a result of the pandemic, have lost relatives and friends, and with those who are working to tackle it and stem its flow in conditions which are not always safe and with sometimes inadequate protection. We concur with the appeal for responsible behaviour and proper respect for the regulations which have come out in recent days. We pray that the Lord would help us to overcome this trial and, notwithstanding these difficult days, keep us from giving into into dejection and despair."
Luca Maria Negro, President, FCEI
"At a point in time when this nation's attention is rightly focused on its own citizens, we nonetheless contend that we must not neglect our commitment to the most vulnerable in society, which includes the many migrants who would otherwise be left to look after themselves. We are so grateful for the support already received and which we hope to receive to enable us to provide the best possible service to that group."
Paolo Naso, Coordinator, Mediterranean Hope
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Seven More Arrested On Drug Charges In Austin Crime Crackdown
Over the last week, seven more people have been arrested by troopers, other officers, or turned themselves in on unrelated drug charges, according to Indiana State Police Sgt. Jerry Goodin. The drug charges stem from an Indiana State Police Undercover Operation and a continuing arrest warrant roundup.
"All of this activity stems from the continuing criminal detail in and around the City of Austin,," said Goodin "To date there have been a total of 71 people arrested. Of those arrests, 41 people have been arrested on drug charges and 27 from outstanding arrest warrants."
There have also been two illegal gambling arrests and a sexual offender arrest since the crime crackdown began late in December 2007, he said
Following are the latest people taken into custody and their charges:
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•Roger D. Campbell, 51, Broadway Street, Austin was charged with dealing in a Schedule 2 controlled substance.
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Q: MLR: How to compute permuted feature importance for sequential MBO parametrized models? I am doing nested cross-validation using the packages mlr and mlrMBO. The inner CV is used for parametrization (e.g. to find the optimal parameters). Since I want to compare the performance of different learners, I conduct a benchmark experiment using mlr's benchmark function. My question is the following: Is it possible to permute on the parametrized model/learner? When I call generateFeatureImportanceData on the learner I use in the benchmark experiment, the model is estimated again (ignoring the parametrization learned by sequenital optimization). Here is some code on the iris dataset to illustrate my question (no preprocessing and only for illustration).
    library(dplyr)
    library(mlr)
    library(mlrMBO)
    library(e1071)

    nr_inner_cv <- 3L
    nr_outer_cv <- 2L

    inner = makeResampleDesc(
      "CV"
      , iters = nr_inner_cv  # folds used in tuning/bayesian optimization)

    learner_knn_base = makeLearner(id = "knn", "classif.knn")

    par.set = makeParamSet(
      makeIntegerParam("k", lower = 2L, upper = 10L)
    )

    ctrl = makeMBOControl()
    ctrl <- makeMBOControl(propose.points = 1L)
    ctrl <- setMBOControlTermination(ctrl, iters = 10L)
    ctrl <- setMBOControlInfill(ctrl, crit = crit.ei, filter.proposed.points = TRUE)
    set.seed(500)
    tune.ctrl <- makeTuneControlMBO(
      mbo.control = ctrl,
      mbo.design = generateDesign(n = 10L, par.set = par.set)
    )

    learner_knn = makeTuneWrapper(learner = learner_knn_base
                                           , resampling = inner
                                           , par.set = par.set
                                           , control = tune.ctrl
                                           , show.info = TRUE
                                  )

    learner_nb <- makeLearner(
      id = "naiveBayes"
      ,"classif.naiveBayes"
    )

    lrns = list(
      learner_knn
      , learner_nb
    )

    rdesc = makeResampleDesc("CV", iters = nr_outer_cv)

    set.seed(12345)
    bmr = mlr::benchmark(lrns, tasks = iris.task, show.info = FALSE,
                         resamplings = rdesc, models = TRUE, keep.extract = TRUE)

A: I think this is a general question that we get more often: Can I do XY on models fitted in the CV? Short answer: Yes you can, but do you really want that?
Detailed answer
Similar Q's:

*

*mlr: retrieve output of generateFilterValuesData within CV loop

*R - mlr: Is there a easy way to get the variable importance of tuned support vector machine models in nested resampling (spatial)?
As @jakob-r's comment indicates, there are two options:

*

*Either you recreate the model outside the CV and call your desired function on it

*You do it within the CV on each fitted model of the respective fold via the extract argument in resample(). See also Q2 linked above.

1) If you want to do this on all models, see 2) below. If you want to do it on the models of certain folds only: Which criteria did you use to select those?
2) is highly computational intensive and you might want to question why you want to do this - i.e. what do you want to do with all the information of each fold's model?
In general I've never seen a study/use case where has been applied. Everything you do in the CV contributes to estimating a performance value for each fold. You do not want to interact with these models afterwards.
You would rather want to estimate the feature importance once on the non-partitioned dataset (for which you have optimized the hyperpars beforehand once). This applies in the same way to other diagnostic methods of ML models: Apply them on your "full dataset", not for each model within the CV.

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An electric vehicle requires six times the critical minerals of a gas car. The world's need for lithium, used in batteries, may surge 75-fold in the next two decades, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Association, said in a webinar Wednesday.
Those are some of the natural resource requirements for a green energy transition, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, which warns of a looming mismatch between demand for these materials and supply.
"What if we don't pay enough attention to critical minerals, what could happen?" Birol said. "The prices of those critical minerals would increase sharply, and the clean energy transitions may well be costlier and therefore slower than we'd like to see."
Birol suggested governments consider stockpiling key elements, similar to the way they carry strategic reserves of oil today.
"Some countries would build voluntary strategic stocks for some of the critical minerals," he said.
It would be a huge lift to bring enough copper, lithium, cobalt, nickel and rare-earth elements out of the ground for a global green transition, said Michael Klare, emeritus professor of security studies at Hampshire College and the author of "The Race for What's Next."
"A lot of the mines are located in places that's difficult to get access to," Klare said. "They're in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has all kinds of political problems and environmental problems."
This is not just a mining issue. Critical minerals need to be processed and purified, an industrial sector where China leads and America lags. But the Biden White House infrastructure plan would put billions into this processing space.
"Just as the U.S. government gave a loan to Tesla to open their first factory, we should be thinking about who are the players out there that the U.S. government could support in lithium processing, in rare-earth processing," said Amy Myers Jaffe, climate and energy professor at Tufts University and author of "Energy's Digital Future: Harnessing Innovation for American Resilience and National Security."
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Fighters, Missiles and Transport: GCC Spending Priorities Take Shape
Featuring Jacob Stokes
WASHINGTON — Despite the pinch on Western defense spending, Middle Eastern nations are continuing to invest in new weapons and capabilities, particularly combat and transport aircraft, missile defenses and cyber warfare technology.
And US defense companies see the diverse fleets operated by Middle Eastern air forces as a way to keep production lines open, particularly after major customers, like the Pentagon, complete purchases.
"They do play a big role in keeping things going," said Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis for the Virginia-based Teal Group. "They tend to have very diverse fleets with multiple capabilities and multiple arms sources [and] they tend to pay for the latest and best."
The Middle East aircraft market can be split into five major categories: fighters; trainers; transport; helicopters; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
Missile defense remains a high priority for all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, while cyber security is a growing concern; both markets are being driven heavily by fears of attacks from Iran.
"First and foremost, the focus will always be defending the homeland," said Grant Rogan, CEO of Blenheim Capital and a longtime expert on military affairs in the region.
The market is also being impacted by a fear in the region that the US may be wavering on long-term commitments. GCC countries are wary of hints of warming relations between Iran and the US, as well as the Pentagon's much-publicized "pivot" to the Pacific.
"A lot of people are questioning how committed the US is to certain areas, particularly after the American non-intervention in Syria," Rogan said. "That will have an impact on defense spending and prioritization."
Combat aircraft sales always grab the big headlines in the Middle East and several pending sales are being watched closely.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is looking to purchase 48 to 60 new jets, Aboulafia said. The Emirates already operates Lockheed Martin F-16 block 60 fighters, which are among the most advanced version of the jet on the market. In April, UAE announced it would purchase 25 more block 60 F-16s.
Qatar, which has one squadron of Dassault Mirage 2000s, is talking about new fighter purchases, Aboulafia said. Kuwait's replacement of its Boeing F/A-18 Hornets "is long overdue."
With Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE in various stages of lining up deals to expand their fighter capabilities, the purchase of new, highly capable lead-in trainers is unlikely to be far behind.
While Alenia Aermacchi's M-346 and Korea Aerospace Industries' T-50 hope to challenge the longtime dominance of BAE Systems' Hawk, the GCC countries remain very much BAE territory. Saudi Arabia, Oman, the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain all have variants of the Hawk trainer in their fleets.
The 2012 deal with the Saudis took care of one of the two largest requirements in the region, with 22 Hawk advanced jet trainers part of a £1.6 billion (US $2.5 billion) training package.
A UAE requirement for 48 trainers should have been a windfall for Alenia, whose M-346 was selected in 2009 as part of a roughly €1 billion (US $1.3 billion) deal. But the company has yet to receive a purchase order.
In addition to UAE, Qatar and Kuwait are potential, if likely small, markets for trainers. The Qatari requirement could grow if the country follows through on plans to significantly increase its fighter force, which currently numbers 12 Mirage 2000s and six Alpha Jet trainers.
Airlift is another important market, particularly in Saudi Arabia, which might serve as a much-needed C-17 customer. The C-17 production line is set to close in 2015.
"If anyone is going to save the line at the last minute, it's going to be them," Aboulafia said.
Airbus has been looking for A400M Atlas customers.
The future of the kingdom's medium-sized transports is clearer. Last month, Saudi Arabia purchased two KC-130J refueling tankers. The deal could expand to 25 C-130J Super Hercules, 20 transports and five KC-130Js.
Meanwhile, GCC members have been looking to expand their ISR capabilities for years.
Airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft are a top UAE priority, and the country has eyed the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye and a Saab-made airborne early warning aircraft.
The UAE Air Force has already purchased the unmanned US General Atomics Predator.
As for maritime security, the Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft — flown by the US Navy and India — could also find its way into the Middle East.
UAE and Qatar are considering the Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin MH-60R anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopter.
Missile Defense Network
Since the early 1990s, when Iraq launched Scud missiles at both Israel and Saudi Arabia, the GCC has been aware of the risk posed by long-range missiles. While countries have made heavy investments in missile defense, the next big challenge is the integration of their various missile defense systems.
Given the size of the GCC region, a missile launched toward one country will likely pass through areas covered by allied missile defense systems. If the systems are not linked, it could create potentially disastrous scenarios in which multiple systems launch at once, at best creating a messy political situation and at worst causing interference and allowing the enemy weapon to hit its target.
What that linked system could look like is up for debate. A recent report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies urged the GCC to create an interface with American assets in the region.
"No single area presents a more serious military threat to the GCC than Iran's acquisition of long-range missiles and movement towards acquiring nuclear weapons," the report stated.
"The GCC needs to expand its air defense capabilities to develop a common and integrated approach toward missile defense in cooperation with the US — the only real-world provider and integrator of such a system."
A potential model can be seen in the European Phased Adaptive Approach, which seeks to cover all of Europe under a joint system of radars linked to the long-range Aegis and the medium-range Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense platforms. That system is expected to be complete after 2018, although initial testing has begun.
Because of the size of the GCC, the countries would likely not need an Aegis system to provide coverage, according to George Lewis, senior research associate at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Instead, a system would link the medium-range THAAD and short-range Patriot batteries between countries.
The UAE became the first international buyer for THAAD when it finalized a $2.7 billion deal this year; Qatar has requested two THAAD units and associated equipment for a combined price of $6.5 billion.
While THAAD is picking up sales, Jacob Stokes, research associate at the Center for a New American Security, said the core of a networked system will remain the Patriot system, which is already in place across the GCC. Oman is the only GCC state not equipped with the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system.
"Patriots are important; they're a relatively effective system within the defense world, but you can overwhelm systems, and that's always the worry," Stokes said. "That's why you try to knit them together more closely."
While an integrated missile defense network could protect the skies, it creates potential vulnerability in the world of cyber.
GCC awareness on cyber defense increased after a 2012 cyber attack on Saudi Aramco, the largest energy company in the world. At the time, US officials indicated they believed Iran to be behind the attack, which deleted tens of thousands of hard drives and replaced them with images of burning American flags.
While there was little actual damage to Aramco's production, seeing how easily the region's vital resource extraction industries could be damaged caused a "sea change in the region," Stokes said.
"What you see is that the Iranian cyber threat is pretty good," Stokes said. "They're not at the level of the Chinese, but they're definitely at a fairly high level."
"Cyber spending is a new trend," Rogan said. "The world's awakened to the fact that it's an unchained beast that everyone is still coming to deal with."
In addition to cyber, Rogan sees a growing investment in homegrown intelligence services. For years, the GCC states have relied on allies in the US and UK to provide intelligence and cyber assistance; in the wake of the WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden affairs, he predicts GCC countries will focus on beefing up their own domestic information gathering agencies.
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Uses of InputSplit in org.apache.hadoop.mapred

Classes in org.apache.hadoop.mapred that implement InputSplit

 class
FileSplit

          A section of an input file.

 class
MultiFileSplit

          A sub-collection of input files.

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred that return InputSplit

 InputSplit
Task.TaskReporter.getInputSplit()

 InputSplit
Reporter.getInputSplit()

          Get the InputSplit object for a map.

 InputSplit[]
MultiFileInputFormat.getSplits(JobConf job,
          int numSplits)

 InputSplit[]
InputFormat.getSplits(JobConf job,
          int numSplits)

          Logically split the set of input files for the job.

 InputSplit[]
FileInputFormat.getSplits(JobConf job,
          int numSplits)

          Splits files returned by FileInputFormat.listStatus(JobConf) when
 they're too big.

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred with parameters of type InputSplit

 RecordReader<K,V>
SequenceFileInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.Text,org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>
SequenceFileAsTextInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.Text,org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>
KeyValueTextInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit genericSplit,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

abstract  RecordReader<K,V>
MultiFileInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.BytesWritable,org.apache.hadoop.io.BytesWritable>
SequenceFileAsBinaryInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable,org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>
TextInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit genericSplit,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<K,V>
InputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

          Get the RecordReader for the given InputSplit.

abstract  RecordReader<K,V>
FileInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<K,V>
SequenceFileInputFilter.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

          Create a record reader for the given split

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable,org.apache.hadoop.io.BytesWritable>
FixedLengthInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit genericSplit,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 void
Task.TaskReporter.setInputSplit(InputSplit split)

Uses of InputSplit in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.join

Classes in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.join that implement InputSplit

 class
CompositeInputSplit

          This InputSplit contains a set of child InputSplits.

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.join that return InputSplit

 InputSplit
CompositeInputSplit.get(int i)

          Get ith child InputSplit.

 InputSplit[]
CompositeInputFormat.getSplits(JobConf job,
          int numSplits)

          Build a CompositeInputSplit from the child InputFormats by assigning the
 ith split from each child to the ith composite split.

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.join with parameters of type InputSplit

 void
CompositeInputSplit.add(InputSplit s)

          Add an InputSplit to this collection.

 ComposableRecordReader<K,TupleWritable>
CompositeInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

          Construct a CompositeRecordReader for the children of this InputFormat
 as defined in the init expression.

 ComposableRecordReader<K,V>
ComposableInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

Uses of InputSplit in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib

Classes in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib that implement InputSplit

 class
CombineFileSplit

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib that return InputSplit

 InputSplit[]
DelegatingInputFormat.getSplits(JobConf conf,
          int numSplits)

 InputSplit[]
CombineFileInputFormat.getSplits(JobConf job,
          int numSplits)

 InputSplit[]
NLineInputFormat.getSplits(JobConf job,
          int numSplits)

          Logically splits the set of input files for the job, splits N lines
 of the input as one split.

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib with parameters of type InputSplit

 RecordReader<K,V>
DelegatingInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf conf,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable,org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>
CombineTextInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf conf,
                Reporter reporter)

abstract  RecordReader<K,V>
CombineFileInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

          This is not implemented yet.

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable,org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>
NLineInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit genericSplit,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

 RecordReader<K,V>
CombineSequenceFileInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf conf,
                Reporter reporter)

Uses of InputSplit in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.db

Classes in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.db that implement InputSplit

protected static class
DBInputFormat.DBInputSplit

          A InputSplit that spans a set of rows

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.db that return InputSplit

 InputSplit[]
DBInputFormat.getSplits(JobConf job,
          int chunks)

          Logically split the set of input files for the job.

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.db with parameters of type InputSplit

 RecordReader<org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable,T>
DBInputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit split,
                JobConf job,
                Reporter reporter)

          Get the RecordReader for the given InputSplit.

Uses of InputSplit in org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.split

Methods in org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.split with parameters of type InputSplit

static void
JobSplitWriter.createSplitFiles(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path jobSubmitDir,
                 org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf,
                 org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem fs,
                 InputSplit[] splits)

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How To Pray Tahajjud Islamqa
From what i understand, the last third of the night is calculated this way: Through tahajud prayer therapy, a person can achieve what he wants without spending even a penny.
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Every human must crave good looks or beauty in him/her.
How to pray tahajjud islamqa. To learn how to pray the tahajjud in the way laid out by the prophet muhammad (pbuh), see step 1 below. Many of the great early muslims have said that sins cause god to forbid us from doing extra acts of worship, since these acts of worship are an honor that he grants. Could one pray tahajjud/ witr after waking up even if the time of fajr already has entered (but obviously there is still enough time to pray witr, sunnah of fajr and
Night prayer begins after maghrib and ends at fajr. Prophet muhammad (pbuh) has told his followers: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, making up
The person who offers tahajjud prayer is the one who is really in need of extreme urgent…. But if you perform it then desire to pray more tahajjud afterwards, this is permissible. If we mention how to do prayer in islam, generally tahajjud prayers are included as a nifl with immense power.
Tahajjud prayer in islamic religion methods benefits in hadith. When the people have prayed 'isha', the time for tahajjud begins and lasts until the break of dawn. But the best time to perform is 1/3 of the night after waking up from sleep.
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How exactly do we work out last 3rd of the night? It was narrated from qays ibn talq ibn 'ali, from his father, who said: Tahajjud and grants you sleep as an act of mercy very thorough and clear in explaining how to pray tahajjud!
) forward and ( some people ) forward and ( some people forward. Answered by shaykh shuaib ally question: The most important advice i can give you is to sincerely ask god for his help in performing tahajjud.
The guarantees of good looks or beauty resulting from the tahajud prayer are not limited to the birth appearance. I heard the messenger of allah (blessings and peace of allah be upon him. Can we pray only during the last third of the night or other times at night?a:
The time for tahajjud begins after 'isha' and ends with the break of dawn. It is the best optional prayer. Tahajjud means waking up after sleeping, and it became a name for prayer, because the individual wakes up for it.
The prayer of the night is in twos and twos, and if one fears that fajr (dawn) would break (before. Assalam alaykum, is it permissible to pray tarawih, tahajjud, and the other sunnah prayers and then proceed to make up missed obligatory prayers? The words of 'aa'ishah (may allah be pleased with her) in fact refer to the night prayers of the messenger (blessings and peace of allah be upon him), which refers to every.
Whoever wants to pray both prayers, seeking more reward, is doing something good, but he should not pray witr twice, because the prophet (blessings and peace of allah be upon him) forbade doing that. If over the years your closeness to god has decreased, then you must work on this. Moreover, the witr prayer is not a condition for the validity of the 'isha prayer.
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Actually, the time to perform tahajjud prayer is since the specified isha until dawn (all night) after getting up from sleep. What are the sunnah prayers according to the shafi'i school? Tahajjud prayer can be performed whenever in the night unless the doer time for sleep.
Making it before the last half of the night is better than the first half though the The time is different, the occasion is unique, the emotions are rare. Where i live fajr is at 6 so i pray it an hour before.
Though the tahajjud isn't compulsory, many devout muslims try to make it part of their daily routine as an act of worship and to earn redemption and forgiveness from allah. So tahajjud means getting up to pray at night. So the muslim should pray two rak'ahs by two, reciting whatever he is able to of the holy qur'an, then he should pray witr after that.
Witr is supposed to be the last prayer of the night before the dawn (fajr) prayer. However, it is desirable that the night prayer be ended with witr as 'abdullaah ibn 'umar , may allah be pleased with him, narrated that the prophet said: If the time between the isha prayer and the fajr prayer is nine hours, the last three.
"he was a man of worship, tahajjud and lengthy prayers. When is the correct time to pray tahajjud? Keep the good looks or beauty.
Tahajjud comes from hujood, which is doing one thing and the opposite, it so the word hajada may mean he slept or it may mean he stayed up at night, which are opposites. N't always pray 5 times now, it 's okay to do the action the.
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GELFAND'S WORLD--The Republicans are complaining that the new administration and its Democratic allies in the Senate are not really for unity, in spite of what Biden said in his inaugural speech.
And to one extent this is true, because when it comes to Biden's new Covid-19 relief bill -- to the tune of nearly two trillion dollars -- the Democrats are going it alone.
This doesn't really violate the Biden call for unity, as we shall discuss a bit later -- it's just that when Biden called for unity, he wasn't really expecting it to include the Republican leadership in the Senate.
So gosh darn. The Democrats are not counting on Cruz and McConnell to push their legislation through. In response, the Republicans are getting on your tv set and whining that Chuck Schumer is not working towards their idea of national unity.
There is a big difference between the terms bipartisan and unity.
One -- the term bipartisan -- refers to a legislative process in which two sides need each other and both are seen to be bargaining in good faith. It's something that used to happen back when Tip O'Neill was the speaker and -- even earlier -- when both parties had a mix of liberals and conservatives. There were northeastern Republicans (known for a while as Rockefeller Republicans) who voted a bit liberal on some things, and there were southern Democrats who held the line for Jim Crow. If you look back on the history of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill, you will find that there was a mix of Republican and Democratic votes -- the critical cloture vote, requiring 67 senators, passed with 27 Republican and 44 Democratic votes, with the final vote to pass the bill at 73 aye votes total.
If only it were that complicated nowadays, with both parties having liberals and conservatives . ..
Times have changed, particularly in the Republican Party, which has purged any taint of liberalism from its ranks.
For the Democrats, the approach had better be, "I was born at night, but I wasn't born last night!"
It would appear that the Democratic Party has figured it out. As David Leonhardt explains in a New York Times article, the Democrats remember that when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama first took office as Presidents, the Republicans obstructed everything the new presidents tried to do that would be of any consequence. The R's would provide no help for any substantive legislative achievements. Many of us can remember the Republican promise to make Obama a one-term president. It didn't turn out that way, but not for lack of trying.
So here is how Leonhardt explains the current strategy:
"So why isn't Biden pursuing a two-step strategy — first pouring himself into a bipartisan deal and then following up with a Democratic bill that fills in the pieces he thinks were missing? Why does he instead seem to be leaning toward a single bill that would need only Democratic support to pass?
"The answer has a lot to do with history: For decades, congressional Republicans have opposed — almost unanimously — any top priority of an incoming Democratic president. Biden and his aides believe they will be playing Charlie Brown to a Republican Lucy if they imagine this time will be different."
Unity as an ideal
When Joe Biden spoke at his inauguration, he was standing in front of a capitol that had only two weeks previously been stormed and ransacked by an angry mob. That mob represented a subset of the Republican movement, but -- I would like to think -- it did not represent the whole party. There have to be a lot of Republicans who still believe in the idea of free and fair elections, even if they have a different idea about whether 2020 went down that way. They might come around to thinking that Democrats and Republicans are bound in a common humanity and a common American identity.
That's not what the demagogues on talk radio are telling them, but as this country comes through the pandemic and its concurrent economic turmoil, perhaps a strong majority of the American people will begin to understand that Democratic government is working well for them.
Biden was, I think, looking for that level of unity amongst the American people. It doesn't have to be a unity of political thought, just a unity of acceptance of this simple idea, that we can function as a Republic built around democracy and basic rights.
And Biden can do it without the senate Republicans for now.
Admittedly, when it comes to other legislation that is not subject to the budget reconciliation process, it will either require Republican help or an end to the filibuster. It remains to be seen whether the one is more likely than the other. My guess is that even Senator Joe Manchin will figure out that if he is to help the poorer people of West Virginia, he will have to support ending the filibuster. It is probably the only way to make substantive changes to the way this country works.
And just to toss a curve right here at the end, consider this: Suppose there were an attempt to do something about drug prices. We might start with allowing Medicare to negotiate for its drug prices, an entirely obvious tactic. I suspect that such legislation could only be passed by peeling off some Republicans to go with a less-than-unanimous Democratic caucus. I wonder if Schumer and McConnell would be willing to consider working together on this, thereby becoming heroes. Stranger things have happened.
(Bob Gelfand writes on science, culture, and politics for CityWatch. He can be reached at [email protected])
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Son Jin-lee
Do you want to see something unique? You can see relics of sexual tabooed things such as sculptures in the shape of sexual organs, various obscene Oriental pictures and so on in sex museums.
Most international cities _ New York, Shanghai, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Kyushu _ have sex museums. The Eros Museum, displaying public cultural sex, was opened in Seoul on May of 2003. Kim Young-soo, director of the museum, collected approximately two thousand of sexual bequest objects here and there around Asia including Korea.
There are the relics related to Folk-customs of Korea, Tibetan Buddhism and Hinduism on the second floor. On the third floor, Chinese facilities for foot-binding are displayed. It was a restriction of Chinese women but it also was meant to allure husbands by emitting the smell of foot-binding.
And there is traditional underwear containing our ancestor's wisdom of life on the fourth floor. Also, the Eros Museum has Western sexual bequests including a famous photographer's nude picture album and unique condoms.
Sex is not a tabooed thing anymore but part of human culture and a recognized field of study. Sexual studies are called Sexology and are centered around America and Australia. Sexology's range includes to Psychology as well as Moral Philosophy.
On the other hand, sex is a shy field in Korea; so sexual education is at a standstill. Some Korean teenagers have more knowledge about sex than the teachers who educate them. It is common for teachers to tell students that having sex before marriage is like committing a crime. As the result, teenagers who get pregnant don't think of their embryo as a life but as a lump of cancer to abort.
Bae Joeng-won, Chief Director of Harmonious Sex & Culture Center, explained that abortion is very harmful to the mothers because it can shorten a women's life by five years. She pointed out that Korea's sex education skips courses on intimacy such as petting and foreplay leading to sexual activity and how to prevent conception. Intimacy Courses are good preparation for unexpected situation.
Teenagers should learn that "Life & sex are precious." by getting adequate sex education. Ms. Bae is offering sex education to single adults in the belief that education adult is linked to children's education. And many citizen organizations are focusing sexual education on adults for the same reason.
"Sex Workshop for Married couples" was held under the auspices of Dongducheon Woman's Counsel Center (DWCC) beginning last winter. At the workshop, participants share intimate thought between husbands and wives while opening their hearts to each other. "It was embarrassing to take part in this workshop because of discussing intimacy publicly, but my relationship with my husband grew stronger," one of the participants said. The object of the workshop is to remove lewdness from sexual discussion and to put sex in a sunny place. According to Han Wan-sou, the head of DWCC, these workshops can decrease the rate of divorce among couples because of sex problems.
Also, new events related to sex are appearing during the university's May festival. Students of the festival write their thoughts about sex or stick roses on menstruation pads. And the festival give out condoms to the participants for free.
Under the influence of Confucianism, Korea has been maintaining a conservative sex tradition. So some people worry that the current sexual-freedom trend might create a culture that regards sex as vulgar and no more than physical pleasure. But the more sex is concealed the more licentious it gets. Most young people can easily access vulgar things such as pornography or junk e-mail via the Internet. The absence of a healthy sexual culture can lead to confusion. A sound culture in a sound mind. It is time to break down fixed ideas and set up a sound understanding about sex.
The Eros Museum tries to show how Asia has been recognizing and expressing sex through the historical remains of its sexual culture. It also provides opportunities for modern people to realize the new values of sexual culture. The museum was originally established as the Oriental Sex Museum, in Samcheongdong, and moved to Insadong this February with a changed name. The museum is open from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm. The entrance fee is 5,000 won; 20% off for university students. For further details, please visit www.erosmuseum.net.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Nineteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.
The 19 submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
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Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying runs. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category's other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. At least eight eligible animated features must be theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.
Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.
The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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If you've promoted a site online by getting links from other sites, you may well have come across the claim that reciprocal links are of no use, or in fact are dead.
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This is true up to a point. Although a reciprocal link will have little if any effect on improving your search engine rankings, this does not make them worthless. A claim that they are is missing the point.
Simply trying to rank higher in searches is not the objective when a site is being promoted, the actual objective is to increase traffic to the site. One way of achieving this is by improving a sites rankings, but it is not the only way, and a promotional campaign shouldn't solely judge links on this merit. Considering a link worthless for not achieving this fails to consider any traffic that might also be generated from the link.
Many links, reciprocal or otherwise, may not generate much in the way of traffic themselves, but a good quality reciprocal link from a relevant site, preferably related but not in direct competition with your own may well be a good source of traffic in itself, possibly an even better source of traffic than a search engine. This is because there is an increased likelihood that a visitor who clicks on a link is looking for your precise product or service.
Don't just go out and swap links with any site that says yes though. You want to be looking sites that are relevant to your product or service and, as mentioned earlier, preferably non-competing sites. If you are a web designer, consider looking to exchange links with SEO and web hosting firms, as it's highly likely that a user of one of those services is going to use the other two also. Try and look for link partners that are of a decent quality too, but your site must be worth exchanging links with also.


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Q: can I play the same game but on two different play disks on xbox 360 I'm not sure how to say this but I used a friend of mine's grand theft auto v and I installed it and everything but I'm going to buy my own grand theft auto v soon but I would like to know if I can use my play disk to continue my story mode or do I need my friend's disk?

A: Nothing is tied to the specific game disc on either the PS3 or Xbox 360 as far as I'm aware. You didn't specify which system. You could start a game on a Redbox rental for instance, and then continue it on a purchased game. As long as you have the save game data still, it should work.


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Q: Edit form and get all values (like array) from javascript to php I need to edit books values (quantity) on a form, and finally use Ajax to load it into db. But I don't know how to use an associative array to pass url from ajax, like this:
xmlhttp.open("GET", "send.php?q=" + arrayassosiative, true);

Form (after php load):
<input type="text" class="bookclass" name="bookid[1]" />
<input type="text" class="bookclass" name="bookid[2]" />
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This year, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain dominated the proceedings, picking up Golden Globes for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Song.
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