Three lambda expressions which are applications are '(a b)', '(myFunction myArgument)', and '(fun arg)'. Conceptually, applications are the application of a function to an argument, just as, in trigonometry, '(cos 30)' is the application of the cosine function to the value 30, in the lambda calculus, '(a b)' is the application of the function 'a' to the value 'b'. With an application there is a space between the function and its argument, thus '(f g)'. A remark here, function application is a 'silent' operator (it is so silent it does not exist at all). It is infix binary and left associative, so if we were to use @ to signify it, a sample expression might be ((f@g)@h).
It is not easy to get your eye in with lambda expressions. You can try a few here.
Functions of several variables are mimicked in the lambda calculus by means of 'currying' (from Haskell B. Curry, though apparently due to Schoenfinkel) and the ability of the lambda calculus to return functions. For a clear example let us suppose that the lambda calculus had in it the primitive addition operation, then λx.λy.(+ x y) would be the counterpart of two variable addition, but this function would be applied one argument at a time so λx.λy.(+ x y) applied to 3 would return λy.(+ 3 y) which is itself a function, and when this returned function was applied to, say, 2 (+3 2) would be returned. Thus multivariable functions are simulated by cascaded single variable functions.


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I paint landscapes of places visited, Sussex Downs, Rural France, Greek Islands - anywhere that is interesting and I also paint the imaginary world of my dreams - (I call it Oputia). And it's not just geography - this place has it's own culture, rituals and history. In a dream, real becomes surreal, mystical or mischievous or just plain weird - but it's an interesting exploration. So, with the application and manipulation of oil paint on canvas the painting comes to life and takes its own path. Sometimes that will trigger a memory or idea and point in a certain direction - one painting leads to another. Using classic techniques and vocabularies of landscape painting helps me to render the imaginary real, using pattern, rhythm, tone and colour applied in a traditional way but serving to reveal a new fantastic reality.
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Llewellyn Alexander Gallery
The Spa Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
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Canterbury Art Festival
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Hertfordshire Art Fair
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The starting point for a painting could be a temporary collage of cut-up sections of old paintings; I have a library of coloured and textured pieces to play with - and then to arrange and re-arrange and make a drawing of the result.
Or, a small 3-dimensional tableau is assembled in the studio - a miniature landscape of model figures, plants, shells and found objects. Sometimes a painting is started directly from this inspiration - oil paint applied in bold impasto with the palette knife or maybe the approach is more tentative with drawings and watercolours to explore the idea. With the application and manipulation of oil paint on canvas the painting comes to life and takes its own path. Sometimes that will trigger another memory or idea and point in a certain direction - one painting leads to another.
My training and studies in the classic techniques and vocabularies of landscape painting helps me to render the imaginary real, using pattern, rhythm, tone and colour applied in a traditional way but serving to reveal a new fantastic reality.
A Strange Story
Paintings featured in:
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The plan was to go to art school but I got diverted and spent 20 odd years playing the drums and keyboards in jazz and rock bands, touring, recording, writing. I played in the UK, Europe and around the world. I recorded an album with jazz/rock group Catapilla, wrote songs and produced and recorded music.
In 1989 or thereabouts, the urge to study art reasserted itself so I bought a big box of chalk pastels and enrolled in a life drawing class tutored by Laurie Rabson who had been at The RA Schools and was a tutor at Croydon College of Art. Laurie was a very skilled artist and an inspirational teacher - after he retired from formal teaching I continued to study with him privately and learnt much from his approach and way of seeing.
I continued with life studies for many years and continually rehearse my drawing skills, particularly with The Chapel Artist Group - a loose association of artists who meet on a weekly basis to practice painting and drawing and who occasionally exhibit together in South East Open Studios.
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I had a very vivid dream - so vivid that I had to paint it - to attempt to capture the drama and emotion of the scene. I've never felt that compulsion to paint something before or since. The dream featured an airplane flying near skyscrapers in New York with people in the foreground looking on in horror. I gave it the title "New York Nightmare."
I make no claims for the artistic merit of this painting, my style has evolved, I've moved on, but I 'm displaying it here as an intriguing curiosity.
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Complement inhibitors for age-related macular degeneration
Michael Williams, Gareth J McKay, Usha Chakravarthy
Centre for Public Health
Given the relatively high prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the increased incidence of AMD as populations age, the results of trials of novel treatments are awaited with much anticipation. The complement cascade describes a series of proteolytic reactions occurring throughout the body that generate proteins with a variety of roles including the initiation and promotion of immune reactions against foreign materials or micro-organisms. The complement cascade is normally tightly regulated, but much evidence implicates complement overactivity in AMD and so it is a logical therapeutic target in the treatment of AMD.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Published - 15 Jan 2014
10.1002/14651858.CD009300.pub2
Copyright © 2014 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences - Senior Lecturer
Williams, M., McKay, G. J., & Chakravarthy, U. (2014). Complement inhibitors for age-related macular degeneration. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (1), [CD009300]. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009300.pub2
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KVS National & Regional Incentive Award 2018 winners with Shri S. Ajayakumar, Principal, who received 'Swatchhatham Vidyalaya' Award (Second position), instituted by KVS RO, Ernakulam. (Left to right) Smt Ashadevi A. (PGT, Geography), Smt Saiji B.R.(PGT Maths), Shri S.L. Faisal (Librarian, National Incentive Award), Smt Jayalakshmi L,(TGT, English) and Smt Rekha Rajan K.(PGT, Economics).
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Pilate and the Cosmic Order in Mark — 2
Filed under: Biblical Studies, New Testament
Tags: Gospel of Mark
An earlier post here discussed thoughts arising out of the unlikely combo of Carrol's "Existential Jesus" and Patella's "Lord of the Cosmos." One set of responses was too lengthy to be carried out in the tiny comment boxes so am extending the discussion here.
I had written:
Pilate is not a victim of his responsibility to uphold the cosmic order in Mark, but he is the victim of the forces of chaos overwhelming him. The wild mob cries out for a setting aside of due process and justice and Pilate caves in to this mob chaos.
"dods" replied:
It is my contention that Pilate, in fact, instigated (along with the Jewish authorities) the crowd to shout for Jesus' crucifixion.
Mark 15:1-15 (New American Bible)
As soon as morning came, the chief priests with the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin, held a council. 1 They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
Pilate questioned him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" 2 He said to him in reply, "You say so."
Pilate's question, "Are you the king of the Jews?", has generally been accepted as a taunt by most commentators.
The chief priests accused him of many things.
Again Pilate questioned him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they accuse you of."
Jesus gave him no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.
3 Now on the occasion of the feast he used to release to them one prisoner whom they requested.
A man called Barabbas 4 was then in prison along with the rebels who had committed murder in a rebellion.
The crowd came forward and began to ask him to do for them as he was accustomed.
Pilate answered, "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?"
By asking the above question, Pilate is, in fact, asking the crowd, "Do you want me to release a Roman Rebel or a Roman collaborator?" The statement – king of the Jews – is also a jab at the high priest, as shown in verse 10 below.
For he knew that it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed him over.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead.
Pilate again said to them in reply, "Then what (do you want) me to do with (the man you call) the king of the Jews?"
Note the wording in Pilate's question – "the man you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate is the only one who had been calling Jesus by that title. The high priest (Ch. 14) only asked Jesus if he considered himself anointed and the son of the Blessed One (neither of which would be considered blasphemy as defined in Leviticus).
5 They shouted again, "Crucify him."
Pilate said to them, "Why? What evil has he done?" They only shouted the louder, "Crucify him."
Pilate now acts as if he is an innocent pawn.
6 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed him over to be crucified.
Mark's subtle irony can be very difficult to recognize.
Thanks for your comments. I enjoy this sort of discussion.
Firstly, on what textual or other evidence do "commentators" "generally accept" Pilate's words as a taunt? I see no reason to interpret his words this way from the evidence in the text itself. I suspect this interpretation is spawned by a post-Markan theology that holds "all humanity" responsible for the death of Jesus. I don't see that theology expressed in the gospel of Mark, however. In fact, the commentators who interpret Pilate's question as a taunt are implicitly in conflict with Mark's subsequent explanation of Pilate's motive for crucifying Jesus. The implied narrator of the gospel uses Pilate to inform readers that the Jewish accusers of Jesus were motivated by envy, and that Pilate himself was motivated by a desire to please the crowd. This is the narrative portrayal of Pilate and we need to accept and work with this Pilate — the Pilate as he has been drawn by the author for his readers. To impute other motives that are not in the text itself is to attempt to go beyond Mark and work with another text of our own creation.
Besides, if Pilate was taunting his prisoner then we can reasonably assume he did not care if he died, even probably wanted to execute him. If so, his decision to execute Jesus was not prompted by a desire to please the crowd as per the text.
Having said all that, I am quite prepared to accept the Pilate's question can be seen as a taunt if it can be demonstrated that the scene is borrowed from other literature where a taunt is clearly indicated. (That may not be as unlikely as it sounds.) But as for Pilate attempting to stir up the crowd with the high priests, this just does not sound right when we read that he was attempting to please the crowd — unless there is a bit of special pleading to rationalize the implied oddity or convolution.
Secondly, how can one explain why Pilate would turn around to playing the innocent pawn if he had no problem opening up proceedings with a public taunt. If he showed his colours from the start what explanation can there be for him wanting to hide them near the end of the proceedings which one must conclude have finally gone his way. A taunt at the beginning implies a hope to see Jesus condemned. Why act the innocent? But most importantly, what evidence is there in the text or related closely to the text for any argument we make? The narrator uses Pilate to alert his readers to the evil motivation of the chief priests, without once hinting that Pilate's motive itself was anything remiss — until the chief priests stirred up the crowd.
Thirdly, you draw on Leviticus to argue that the charge of the high priest against Jesus would not have been considered blasphemy. But this again is interpreting Mark through a broader theology not found in Mark itself. Mark elsewhere indicates he is not so interested in "OT" scripture interpretations as we are. He lists "do not defraud" as if it were one of "the (ten) commandments". He interprets the "OT" scriptures allegorically to rob them of their literal and original meanings. He sets up Jesus as the one to be heard in place of Moses and Elijah, the Law and the Prophets, at the Transfiguration. So I suspect we are making a fundamental error if we attempt to interpret Mark's Gospel through a literal reading of any of the OT.
Fourthy, Mark's gospel has structures in common with ancient novels. Episodic narrative, prophecy-led action, elaborated dramatic details in the final episode, and confusion and resolutions of true identity of main character/s. The final scene of the novels was often about an attempt to establish the true identity of a lead character, and a gradual unfolding of that character's identity through a series of gradually revealed clues. The dramatic conclusion with its stress on "who is this Jesus" is a classic novelistic finale. Reading Mark's gospel in the context of what I believe are contemporary novels makes sense of Pilate's question without having to inject later theological assumptions into the interpretation. It interprets the gospel in the context of the literature of the time.
If we accept Dennis MacDonald's reading of the centurion's statement about Jesus being the son of God — that it is modelled on the well-known and often imitated and even more often emulated Homer who has Achilles mock the dead Hector by his ironic claim that he was a mortal to whom people prayed as a god (see "My Turn" at http://iac.cgu.edu/drm/index.html) — then that would suggest that the centurion's remark is the mocking one, not Pilate's.
This again is to interpret Mark in through the prism of contemporary literature, not later theology, including the subsequent theology of Matthew, John and Luke.
Whether one accepts MacDonald's interpretation or not, the series of non-recognition scenes at the end of the gospel indicate that the author is doing an ironic twist on a well known trope in his day. What should be happening is that suddenly everyone is beginning to recognize who Jesus really is. Even Peter, representative of the Twelve, when asked if he knew Jesus, replied he did not know him at all!
Mark has done a twist on the expected outcome. Instead of the story ending with a final recognition of who Jesus was, all fail to recognize him — except the readers.
Mark's irony is not being diminished by this interpretation. It is being acknowledged within the terms of the text and literary genre itself, and not in terms of our "re-writing" of it.
Author Neil GodfreyPosted on 2007-07-17 15:29:10 GMT+0000 2019-06-26 10:48:31 GMT+0000 Categories Biblical Studies, New TestamentTags Gospel of Mark
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dods says:
I see your point(s), I stand corrected.
neilgodfrey says:
No no — not so fast. How can I explore this further without further variance of view?
I have only recently begun studying the Gospel of Mark in depth. The version I have primarily been using is "The Scholars Bible" by Daryl D. Schmidt. He translates Mark15:2 "YOU are the king of the Judeans?" He states in his footnotes that the "you" is emphasized. I incorrectly assumed that the pronoun in Greek was also emphasized. His footnote for 15:9 states, "The king of the Judeans" used mockingly as in v. 2. He does not state how he arrived at these conclusions.
Coupled with the above, I have also been reading "Binding the Strong Man" by Ched Myers and "The Gospel According to Mark" by Marie Sabin – both of them attack Pilate.
Unfortunately, I got carried away with their arguments.
As to whether Pilate (as portrayed by Mark) is a weak pawn or a shrewd manipulator, I will leave that question to the experts. Jesus entered Jerusalem with the intent to suffer and die, so it may very well be a mute point.
Grammatical details about any emphasis on the "you" in the sentence can be followed up via the Biblical Greek link on the Early Christian Writings Links of Interest page. How to interpret any possible emphasis would be another question, I think.
I can understand character discussions about Hamlet who belongs to literature intended to be an exploration of human character, but am still to be persuaded of the relevance of similar discussions about characters in what I see as essentially a theological and parabolic story. We know that Mark's Pilate is not the Pilate of history, but a literary agent for plot fulfillment.
The question of his "real character" belongs to those who read the gospels as history or biography. I've given reasons for rejecting this approach in other posts.
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Q: Taking char and integer with Scanf In the console
when user writes "S 4" it must 4x4 square appear
when "R 4 6" ==> 4x6 rectangle
when "T D 4" ==> rectangle right aligned
when "T U 4" ===> x-axis reflected triangle
How can i do it with scanf format?
Shapes are simple but i couldnt do the scanf part
It is exactly what i want:
http://i.imgur.com/oGNoKRn.jpg
Entire of my code:
Actually in the switch part, TU,TD is not accepted
int main() {
printf("Enter a valid type\n ");
char shape;
int row,col,i,j;
do{
scanf(" %c %c %c",&shape,&row,&col);
switch(shape){
case 'R':
    for(i=0; i<row; i++){
        for(j=0; j<col; j++){
            printf("*");
        }
        printf("\n");
    }break;
case 'S':
    for(i=0; i<row; i++){
        for(j=0; j<row; j++){
                printf("*");
        }
        printf("\n");
    }break;
case "TU":
    for(i=0; i<row; i++){
        for(j=0; j<row; j++){
            if(i+j==row)
                printf("*");
            else
                printf(" ");
        }
        printf("\n");
    }break;
case "TD":
    for(i=0; i<row; i++){
        for(j=0; j<row; j++){
            if(i+j!=row)
                printf("*");
            else
                printf(" ");
        }
        printf("\n");
    }break;

        }
 }while(shape!='E');
    }

A: You cannot use one scanf line to input all of the command, because different commands have different formats. Do either of the following:

*

*Read a line of text; try to parse it multiple times (I prefer this one)

*Read the first character; depending of its value read the rest of the command

To implement the first one, you can use the return value of scanf, as multiple people suggested. If scanf succeeds, it returns a known number (check the documentation for details). If it fails, you can try again with the same input and a different format string.
char command[80]; // let's hope no one tries to input more than 78 characters...
...
fgets(command, sizeof(command), stdin);
if (sscanf(command, " S %d", &size) == 1) // try to read a command starting with "S"
{
    // whatever
}
else if (sscanf(command, " R %d %d", &row, &col) == 2) // try to read a command starting with "R"
{
    // whatever else
}
else
...

I am not sure you understand or are allowed to use fgets and sscanf, therefore you can use the other method:
scanf(" %c", &shape); // read just the shape type
switch (shape)
{
case 'T': // triangle? which one?
    scanf(" %c", &dir); // read the direction of the triangle
    switch (dir)
    {
    case 'U':
        scanf("%d", &size); // read just the size of the triangle
        ... // do your stuff
    }
case 'S': // whatever
}

The structure of the code becomes a bit messy, but maybe you will prefer this one...

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The term astral projection is a western term used to describe the phenomenon but it exist in many cultures around the world. The term Astral is best known within circles of new age spiritualism in western culture but has long been talked about in many of the world spiritual and religious practices. Many of these practices talk in large about the concept of a soul but with the exception of few predominantly eastern philosophies, the ability for mankind to overcome physical boundaries and experience these realms has seldom been contemplated. True spiritual practice has long been reserved for elite spiritual leaders to disseminate to the masses.
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Much of traditional science is sceptical as it relate to anything outside the physical realm of existence and astral projection is no different. The scientific method states that in order have a deemed established theory, results must be replicated and quantifiable through peer review. Statistics may demonstrate evidence but no sound conclusion have yet been based on quantifiable proof. At this point through advancement in quantum theory, we have mathematically proven the multi-verse theory which states that unlimited dimensions of reality exist but no theories have been put forth on how or if they can be perceived consciously. At this point, science doesn't have a theory as to why people can consciously be at two places at once or how extra sensory perception can be possible, so it has been deemed a myth. In the eyes of many traditionally sceptical scientists, astral projection is simple dream induced hallucination. To them I ask, where does that gut feeling come from? That gut feeling when you know something just isn't right or aught to be? Definitely not statistics.
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Jon Voight, E.J. Peaker, Ned Glass, Carol Androsky, Anne Archer, Gene Borkan, Ron Burns, Rosalind Cash, Jeanne Cooper, Peggy Cowles, Leigh French, Bob Hastings, Kathy Mahoney, Art Metrano, Jaye P. Morgan, Harry Northup, Nancie Phillips, Jeff Thompson
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When Vic "Bomber" Bealer enters the ring, he comes out a winner. But there may be one opponent this amateur boxer may never defeat: himself. Jon Voight answers the bell as Bealer in The All-American Boy, a provocative study of alienation from the writer of Little Fauss and Big Halsy. Drifting through a string of passionless affairs (E.J. Peaker, Rosalind Cash and Anne Archer play the women in Bealer's life), working a dead-end gas-jockey job in a dusty nowhere, Bealer knows he's safe in his cocoon of noncommitment. But there's a flicker of hope inside him not yet extinguished. He's the local boxing champ, gifted with hard-hitting talent that with work and resolve may be enough to springboard him to the amateur nationals and beyond. Only Bealer himself can make it happen. It may be more responsibility than he can shoulder.


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From Benares to Beijing : Essays on Buddhism and Chinese Religion
Gregory Schopen, Koichi Shinohara
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From Benares to Beijing brings together thirteen essays by leading scholars of Chinese and Indian civilization from Europe, North America and Asia. The essays cover a wide range of covering a wide range of topics in Indian and Chinese culture and religion and offer fresh insights into the study of the Asian traditions.
Essays include "A Biographical Sketch and Bibliography of his Published Work Professor Jan Yun-Hua", "Buddhaghosa's Penance and Siddhasena's Crime", "Taoist Thought in the Kuan-tzu" and "Monks and the Relic Cult in the Mahaparinibbanasutta."
Koichi Shinohara teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University. He is the coauthor of Speaking of Monks: Religious Biography in India and China and the coeditor of Images in Asian Religions: Texts and Contexts and Sins and Sinners: Perspectives from Asian Religions.
Gregory Schopen is a member of the Center For Asian Studies at the University of Texas.
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Hood helps lead Duke past UNC-A 91-55
November 18, 2013 Mark Watson
Rodney Hood had another nice outing for Duke, scoring 18 points to help lead Duke to a 82-55 win over UNC-A. Blue Devil Nation caught up to him after the game -
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Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood talk Duke win
Duke had little problem in defeating Florida Atlantic last evening and Blue Devil Nation caught up to star players, Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood afterwards to get their thoughts -
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Rodney Hood Post Game Interview
November 8, 2013 Mark Watson
Rodney Hood being instructed by Duke HC Mike Krzyzewski.
Rodney Hood made his Duke Basketball debut tonight by scoring 22 points to go with a team high 9 rebounds. We caught up to Hoods post game for his comments -
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Rodney Hood talks Duke Basketball from ACC Media Day
October 16, 2013 Mark Watson
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Coach K talks 2013-14 Duke Basketball
September 27, 2013 Mark Watson
Thornton and Hood named as Captains
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski joked that he voted for Rodney Hood as a captain but the reality is the team votes and they chose senior Tyler Thornton and Rodney Hood. It is clear that Krzyzewski is showing Hood that he is depending on his play and leadership. As for Thornton, he was a no brainer in my opinion in that he shows toughness and leadership and is willing to do what it takes for his team to succeed. He hinted that seniors need to understand their roles and it is not necessarily about minutes but more about maturity and understanding needs.
New Team, New Strategy
Coach Krzyzewski said that the goal in the seasons first full practice is to implement a system that is personalized for an athletic team. Versatility is the keyword with this seasons team and they'll have to use that to their advantage to off set the lack of post depth. Duke will ask their players to guard multiple positions and the reason is simple, look for a team full of wings to play a lot of switching defense and up tempo on the offensive end. "I think it will be a team we will play more guys in a game and not just blowouts," said Krzyzewski. In the past, some would have thought that to be coach speak, but there is reason toe believe that not to be true in that the talent level is more balanced this season and as always Duke will play to match ups, meaning different players will flourish in different games. In short, the hot hand or hot play will earn you burn.
It starts with true freshman Jabari Parker and transfer Rodney Hood, two players who have never played in a game for Duke. But rookies? I think not. These are seriously talented and versatile players and Krzyzewski will try to blend the rest of his team with them. Amile Jefferson drew high praise in todays press conference and Krzyzewski said he would start if the season were to begin today. Jefferson is cerebral on the court and or allows the game to come to him where many players try to force things or think too much. Quinn Cook was also slated as a probable started by Krzyzewski but he left that fifth spot open hinting that he is looking for somebody to separate themselves in the coming practices.
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Krzyzewski mentioned that Parker never got fully back into shape but that he was still going through a growth process, on the court and physically. "I think who he is right now is not who he will be a month from now. I think he has a chance to get a lot better as he learns to play defense and he has this freedom of movement all over the court," sais Krzyzewski. It is clear that Duke will allow Parker the freedom they did to say a Luol Deng in his freshman season. The team wants him to grow into a well-rounded role and quick and they will give him every opportunity to do so. "Whether he (Jabari) measures up to the level you (media) want, I don't know. But he's measured up to the level I have and I think he can improve a lot," said Krzyzewski. He went on to say Parker did not have any demons and that he had a desire to be really good.
Amile Jefferson earns praise
Krzyzewski alluded to good summer work with Amile Jefferson where the team could work out players more and said he compliments Parker and Hood well. Again. the core has been set with Hood and Parker and he is looking for players to adjust around them.
What does that adjustment mean?
It's hard to say with certain clarity what Krzyzewski means when he talks of other players fitting in, but he hinted that Quinn Cook would not be a traditional bring it up point guard nor would his team have a traditional position look. My guess is that he is looking for versatility and interchangeable roles in is lineup and it may take players like Rasheed Sulaimon a little bit more time to adjust than it did a season ago. how much of a luxury does Coach K have in that he barely mentioned a few of his talented players?
Man and a half
One of the things the long time Duke coach said was that he expected other teams to have to guard or concentrate on Hood and Parker. "They'll be guarded by a man and a half," said Krzyzewski. What this means is that he will have other players open when this happens.
Excitement clear to see in Krzyzewski
Make no mistake, Coach K seems really excited to get the season underway. He had his usual high energy and was getting in his last little jokes and such before he goes into his annual very serious mode. He obviously likes his team and the challenges ahead. "There is going to be a lot of transition stuff with our team," said Krzyzewski and fans a certainly waiting to see just what he is talking about.
Duke will hold an open practice free to the public at 10:00 tomorrow morning.
Rodney Hood and Tyler Thornton Named Team Captains
September 27, 2013 Duke Sports Information
DURHAM, N.C. – Redshirt sophomore Rodney Hood and senior Tyler Thornton have been named team captains for the 2013-14 season, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced at a preseason press conference Friday. Hood and Thornton are both first-time team captains for the Blue Devils, who open the season with an evening practice Friday.
Hood, a transfer from Mississippi State, is widely regarded as one of the top wings in the country. He was tabbed as a preseason honorable mention All-America by USA Today and has quickly established himself as a locker room leader for the Blue Devils. As a freshman in 2011-12, he earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors after averaging 10.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for the Bulldogs. Hood becomes just the third sophomore to be named team captain at Duke. Josh McRoberts and Greg Paulus were named team captains, along with DeMarcus Nelson, as sophomores for the 2006-07 season.
"It means a lot to me to be named captain, just for the coaching staff and my teammates to have that much respect for me," Hood said. "I've just got to be me and continue to lead the younger guys and lead by example. Coach doesn't want me to do anything I haven't been doing. That's one of the reasons I am captain, leading by example and helping my teammates when they're in need. I'm not going to try to create a new identity just because I'm playing now."
Thornton has been a consistent presence in the Duke rotation throughout his career in Durham. The Washington, D.C., native is a hard-nosed defender with knack for making big plays at key moments on either end of the floor. Thornton enters his senior campaign averaging 3.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in 104 contests (28 starts).
"It's an honor, especially with the list of guys who were captains before me," said Thornton, "This is my senior year, and we've got a great team that can do a lot of amazing things. It's an honor to be a captain and be a leader of these guys."
Duke hosts an open practice to the public Saturday, Sept. 28. A 90-minute portion of the practice will also be broadcast live on GoDuke.com from 10-11:30 a.m. The Blue Devils play the annual Blue-White Scrimmage Friday, Oct. 18 as part of Countdown to Craziness as well as exhibition contests against Bowie State (Oct. 26) and Drury (Nov. 2) before opening the season Nov. 8 at home against
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One of the first things that we request from any potential Client, being pursued on the back of having signed a Personal Guarantee, is sight of the signed document.
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It is not a defence to pursuit for a Personal Guarantee to claim that you had not given it consideration.
Very often, those signing Personal Guarantees will be business men/women and so will be expected in a sense to have an understanding of the commitment being made.
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Italian and Cypriot Navies conduct joint naval exercise
Frigate Virginio Fasan of the Italian Navy was docked from 8 to 10 February at the port of Larnaca, Cyprus.
According to a press release issued by the Italian embassy in Nicosia, the frigate is conducting patrolling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, for presence and surveillance activities, in compliance with international law and to safeguard national interests.
"The presence of the Fasan in Cyprus is part of the 'naval diplomacy' activities carried out by the Italian Navy in the context of international cooperation."
Within this framework, the Virginio Fasan has conducted a joint military exercise with the Cypriot Navy.
As it is noted, "the presence of the Fasan in Cyprus is part of the 'naval diplomacy' activities carried out by the Italian Navy in the context of international cooperation and dialogue with the countries of the area, with which Italy has important political, diplomatic, economic and cultural relations.
The Fasan is the latest Italian ship to visit the island, after a series of calls by Italian ships to Cyprus ports in the last few months," the press release added.
The frigate Virginio Fasan was consigned to the Italian Navy in 2013 and is currently serving with the First Marine Division Command, based in La Spezia.
According to the press release, the frigate Virginio Fasan, commanded by Comm. Daniele Vailati, is the second of the FREMM class units, and the first in ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) configuration.
It was consigned to the Italian Navy in 2013 and is currently serving with the First Marine Division Command, based in La Spezia.
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Happy July 4th and warm greetings from Maine. And by "warm" I actually mean "scorching." The "feels like" temperature is supposed to reach 90 today which is about as hot as it gets in these parts. I hope you're staying comfortable wherever you are.
This month, we're reintroducing a monthly e-newsletter. Whether you are growing in your yard, at your school or somewhere else in your community, I think you'll find something in each issue to inspire you, teach you and connect you to a new part of the garden world, either near or far. We'll be offering heaping portions of garden how-to mixed in with recipes and upbeat stories of gardeners and garden projects that are making the world a happier, healthier place.
The garden pictured above is one such place. The Park 540 Community Garden in Chicago finally broke ground this spring after two years of planning. The organizers learned a lot along the way and are generous in sharing their challenges and victories in the report they prepared for us here. We were happy to play a small role in their funding success by helping them raise $1350 through our crowdfunding platform and challenge grant.
That successful project was just one of hundreds SeedMoney has been able to help in the past year. You can read about more of them through our latest annual report or via the reports our partner projects have submitted to our website. On that note, we have already opened the doors on our next funding opportunity. You can learn more about the timetable and procedure for that here.
Closer to home, some of my favorite people and plants are growing well too. My youngest son, Sebastian, graduated high school a few weeks ago. He's following in father's footsteps by making speeches and semi-viral videos. He's headed to Colby College in late August. So, as of September, my wife and I will be empty-nesters, as long as you don't count our 18 month-old, tree-climbing border collie! You can see her and some recent pics of our garden below.


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Bill presented in National Assembly to handle 433,000 tonnes of annual e-waste
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Shahida Rehmani, a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), filed a bill in the National Assembly on Tuesday to alter the Pakistan Environment Protection Act 1997 to address the management of electronic waste (e-waste) in Pakistan. The recycling process includes recycling, dismantling, and rehabilitation of electronic waste
Islamabad to have plant for recycling papers with sacred religious texts
Discarded electronic or electrical equipment and devices are referred to as "electronic waste (E-waste)" E-waste refers to used electronics that are intended for reuse, salvage, resale, disposal, or recycling.
During the National Assembly session, MNA Rehmani painted a bleak picture, claiming that the country generates an estimated 433-kilo tonne of e-waste in Pakistan each year. She was outraged that countries like Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh were being utilized as dumping grounds for e-waste.
Plastic bottles and empty milk boxes from garbage used to make furniture
Shahida Rehmani, who introduced the law, explained that e-waste, such as computer parts, keyboards, and displays, was demolished to extract mercury, lead, and cadmium, as well as other substances, which were then used in everyday products.
"Worst of all, these hazardous components are extracted using child labor." "It's a very dangerous atmosphere where youngsters become sick from getting into direct contact with these materials," Shahida Rehmani added.
Surgical City will be established in Sialkot on 100 acres
According to data India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are among the countries worst hit by e-waste. In Pakistan, Karachi is the most important city for waste recycling and dismantling.
E-waste recycling is known to take place in several districts in Lahore. E-waste is frequently deconstructed and repurposed in enclosed spaces with limited ventilation. Currently, e-waste recycling, dismantling, and rehabilitation are also carried out in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, and Peshawar.


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FYI, Maine's ACA exchange enrollment will likely drop 20% next year...for a good reason.
Thu, 02/08/2018 - 6:27pm
...assuming racist Governor Paul LePage actually stops being a jackass long enough to actually implement it.
According to the CMS/ASPE 2016 Final Enrollment Report, during the 2016 Open Enrollment Period, Louisiana enrolled 214,148 people in exchange-based Qualified Health Plans.
However, during the 2017 OEP, Louisiana only enrolled 143,577 people...exactly 33% fewer.
Most states dropped a bit year over year in 2017 in large part due to the Trump administration cutting off outreach/marketing during the critical final week, but Louisiana saw the worst year over year drop. Why? Well, the most obvious reason was pretty simple: The state expanded Medicaid halfway through the year.
Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion covers people earning up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Line...but due to an odd quirk in how it was written, Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTC) start as low as 100% of the FPL. In expansion states, anyone earning less than 138% FPL is automatically kicked over to Medicaid (or CHIP, in the case of children)...but in non-expansion states, a lot of exchange-based enrollees earn somewhere between 100-138% FPL. Of course, they only have to pay 2% of their household income towards premiums, so the policies are heavily subsidized by the federal government, but it's still worse coverage and more expensive for them than Medicaid would be.
That means that when a previously non-expansion state goes ahead and expands the program, the exchange enrollees in that 100-138% range get moved from private, heavily subsidized ACA exchange plans over to Medicaid.
How many people? Quite a few. In Louisiana, fully 48% (around 103,000) of those 214K enrollees from 2016 earned between 100-150% FPL. Assuming an even spread up the income line, that means roughly 78,000 of them earned 100-138% FPL.
The drop in exchange enrollment last year happened to be exactly 70,571 people.
However, it's not quite that simple--there are other factors which control whether more or fewer people enroll each year. Aside from expanding Medicaid mid-year, Louisiana's situation should have been fairly similar to most other states. As it happens, the other three dozen states run via HealthCare.Gov saw an average drop of 4.7% from 2016 to 2017, so I'm pretty sure Louisiana would still have lost around 10,000 enrollees even if they hadn't expanded. That leaves around 60,500 people who were migrated over from exchange plans to Medicaid for 2017.
But what about the other 17,500 or so? What happened to them?
Well, remember that LA didn't actually expand the program until July 2016, and it took months for the transition to go through. My guess is that some of those folks still enrolled in exchange plans for 2017 and weren't actually transferred off those plans until after OE5 numbers were plugged in. That means they wouldn't be removed until 2018.
And sure enough, look what happened this year.
From 2017 - 2018, Louisiana was again the worst-performing state year over year enrollment, dropping another 23% from 143,577 to just 109,855 enrollees...a net loss of 33,722 people.
Meanwhile, their Medicaid expansion program enrollment has jumped from around 400,000 as of the January 2017 to nearly 465,000 today. I'm pretty sure that the "missing" 17,500 former exchange enrollees are part of that growth.
OK, so what does all of this have to do with Maine? Simple:
In 2017, 79,407 people selected exchange policies, of which 21,084 earned between 100-150% FPL.
Assuming an even spread, that means around 16,000 of them earned 100-138% FPL, or ~20% of all exchange enrollees.
This year, 75,809 people selected QHPs on the exchange in Maine
Assuming Medicaid expansion is actually enacted and there's no other significant factors whcih come into play (lord knows there will be, including the first "official" response ot the lack of a mandate penalty), I'd therefore expect roughly 20% or 15,000 people to be moved from the ACA exchange over to Medicaid instead. This would theoretically leave roughly 61,000 enrolling in 2019 ACA exchange policies this fall.
On the one hand, from a PR perspective this makes the exchange performance look bad. On the other hand, it should actually improve the risk pool for the remaining individual market enrollees...because lower income people tend to be in worse shape, so siphoning off the 100-138% FPL crowd over to Medicaid should theoretically mean that the rest of the exchange enrollees are healthier on average.
Of course, there's all sorts of other crazy factors which will come into play, so this may not be noticeable next year...but if Maine drops from 32nd to 51st place in year over year performance next year, this will probably be the reason.


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Meath man who raped his cousin and his nieces jailed for 14 years
By LMFM News Team
Man jailed for attacks on three relatives between 1989 and 2001.
A Meath man who sexually abused three young female relatives has been jailed for 14 years.
The 43-year old man pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to representative counts of rape, sexual assault and anal rape on dates between 1989 and 2001.
The accused man was 16 when he raped his 13 year old cousin in 1989 and was in his twenties when he later abused his two nieces when they were aged approximately 8 to 13 years old.
Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said the children were preyed upon by the accused man over a period of time. He said the effects on the victims had been devastating but they appeared to be people of great resilience and determination.
He imposed consecutive sentences totalling 14 years.
Man has name placed on sex offender's register
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BEHIND BARS | Soulja Boy Arrested AGAIN!
Soulja Boy is in trouble with the law again!
The US rapper has been arrested again and according to reports, Soulja allegedly violated his probation by both having ammunition in his house and trying to falsify evidence that would've proved he'd completed the mandatory community service he'd been sentenced to. To make matters worse, he is being held without bail.
This incident comes less than a month after he was arrested on a charge of ammunition possession. The ammunition was found in his property during a raid conducted by police in February.


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using DataSources.Exceptions;

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    /// Maintains a list of data sources.
    /// </summary>
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    public sealed class DataSources : Singleton<DataSources>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the creation of data sources.
        /// </summary>
        public Creators<string, iDataSource> Creators { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Name of the default data source.
        /// </summary>
        public string Default { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor
        /// </summary>
        public DataSources()
        {
            Creators = new Creators<string, iDataSource>();
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        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a data source connection for a given name.
        /// </summary>
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        {
            iDataSource source = Creators.Create(pName);
            source.Open();

            return source;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates the default data source connection.
        /// </summary>
        public iDataSource Create()
        {
            if (Default == null)
            {
                throw new NullReferenceException("Default DataSource has not been configured.");
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            return Create(Default);
        }

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        /// Sets the default data source.
        /// </summary>
        public void setDefault(string pName)
        {
            if (!Creators.HasCreator(pName))
            {
                throw new ModelException(string.Format("DataSource [{0}] can not be default, because it does not exist.", pName));
            }
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There is a two-week tutoring "bootcamp" at the beginning of the year that educates students on basic Writing Center pedagogy and fundamental tutoring processes.
Students attend weekly Skytime training sessions centered around key issues of peer tutoring. Skytime is meant to be sequenced, spiraled professional development for peer tutors.
Tutors read and reflect on Writing Center pedagogy throughout trimesters in which they are a consultant. Readings are discussed during Skytime training sessions, and tutors apply lessons from the readings during sessions.
To ensure tutors are engaging in reflective practice, they must have several personal reflections about individual tutoring sessions for each trimester they tutor. Consultants are expected to use readings, peer observations, Skytime and workshop trainings, and teacher and student feedback data to assess their areas of strength and areas for improvement.
The Skyline Writing Center's partnership with the Sweetland Center for Writing at the University of Michigan provides collaborative professional development twice yearly for consultants around core themes or ideas.
"The Idea of a Writing Center:" This section helps tutors situate the Writing Center in both historical and institutional contexts, getting a sense of its mission and vision.
Understanding Writing Processes: Tutors are provided with strategies and methodologies to use during all stages of the writing process to help students become better writers. Just as there is no singular writing process, there is no singular strategy or method for conducting sessions. Tutors learn a menu of techniques that can be deployed in different contexts.
Identity in the Writing Center: This section permits consultants to see themselves as change agents in the institutional contexts with respect to the promotion of diversity, inclusion, and growth mindset. The goal of the Skyline Writing Center is to ensure that all students have access to and feel welcome at all times.
While tutors are encouraged to develop their own consultant identities in their work, a strong pedagogical foundation permits them to contextualize those identities in research-based best practices for helping every student achieve at their very best in writing and literacy. Our goal is to ensure that tutors are making informed decisions on how to best work with students who visit the Writing Center, as every student needs something different. The Writing Center's tutors strive to provide individualized, differentiated support.
Skytime, which functions similar to a homeroom or an advisory period, is an opportunity for weekly professional development for Writing Center consultants. Skytime training is generally oriented around a specific topic or theme selected as a focus for the year. Readings, observations, discussions, simulations, and activities are connected to the selected focus, as consultants work together to ensure that they are improving personally and that our program is growing to meet the needs of our school and our community.
In 2017-2018, the Writing Center will welcoming 23 new members to our team, our largest cohort of beginning tutors since we opened six years ago. We believe that being an exceptional peer consultant requires students to also be exceptional reflective practitioners capable of making meaning from their experiences, unearthing assumptions about themselves, other students, the education system, and the writing process, and self-assessing their work in an effort to multiply the funds of the knowledge they do have and make plans for future learning and growth based on the theoretical and practical foundations we establish. Being a reflective practitioner is not an innate skill, and it takes time, effort, and practice to become adept at engaging in rich, thorough self-assessment. Indeed, our training on reflective practice will be ongoing, structured, contextual, and meaningful, all of which encourages students to share vulnerability and engage in dialogue with other practitioners both inside of the Skyline Writing Center and outside in the broader community. Moreover, students will understand how the work of reflective practice is transferable to contexts outside the Writing Center. We know that the emotional labor of reflective practice is high, but we also believe that this is a worthy place to expend our finite energy.
Learning how to use our new Reflective Practice form at the end of every session to maintain ongoing, longitudinal self-assessment records.
Maintaining a weekly journal on links between theoretical approaches of peer tutoring and lived experience in an effort to consider how the two inform one another.
Considering how our own experiences, assumptions, and biases impact our equity and social justice work in the Writing Center in order to raise our consultants' level of cultural consciousness and responsiveness.
Engaging in a "rounds model" with fellow consultants during Skytime to consider problems of practice in meaningful, solutions-oriented ways.
Brainstorming ways in which reflective practice can be transferred to other dimensions of our lives–including non-academic dimensions–in order for consultants to be more mindful.
In 2016-2017, students will be reviewing and revising the mission and vision statements for the Writing Center, providing an organizational blueprint for the next five years. This is incredibly important, as the Writing Center has grown tremendously over its first five years of existence. This process will require students to have a strong pedagogical knowledge of both writing and tutoring, important practice in the work of the writing center, and a collaborative spirit to work together to create a strategic plan to propel the Writing Center into its next decade.
Defining the non-negotiable traits of a writing center from their theoretical knowledge, practice, and experience with other writing centers.
Distinguishing between values and beliefs, providing a rank-ordered list of each for dialogue.
Performing a SWOT analysis of the Writing Center to establish an organizational blueprint.
Imagining possibilities for the growth and expansion of the Writing Center over the next five years.
Prioritizing the Writing Center's work through the creation of "nesting egg" visual organizers.
In 2015-2016, consultants have been working on building growth mindset in themselves, those who visit the Writing Center, and the school community as a whole to ensure that they are also attending to the affective dimensions of peer tutoring. This focus was selected due to build even better relationships with students visiting the Writing Center to help Skyline close persistent achievement gaps within its student population that lead to a "Focus School" designation from the State of Michigan, a designation that was lifted in part because of the work of diligent, committed tutors.
Painting and decorating the Writing Center to create a welcoming environment for all students.
A rotating "gallery walk" to brainstorm responses to questions about affective dimensions of peer tutoring.
Building implementation plans based on question responses from the entire Writing Center community.
Constructing a "courage board" using Padlet to model shared vulnerability in the Writing Center.
Establishing a vocabulary for growth mindset.


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Rägavere è un comune rurale dell'Estonia nordorientale, nella contea di Lääne-Virumaa. Il centro amministrativo è la località (in estone küla) di Ulvi.

Località
Oltre al capoluogo, il comune comprende altre 13 località (in estone küla):

Aasuvälja, Kantküla, Kõrma, Lavi, Männikvälja, Miila, Mõedaka, Nõmmise, Nurkse, Põlula, Sae, Uljaste, Ulvi, Viru-Kabala

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni della contea di Lääne-Virumaa

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Hace tiempo que no escribo nada en el Blog, pero hoy tengo el orgullo de presentar mi primera librería OpenSource: RoboRouter. Es para Android y disponible a través de Maven/Gradle.

¿Qué es RoboRouter?

RoboRouter es un pequeña librería -de apenas dos clases- que permite mediante la activación/desactivación de componentes manejar el punto de arranque de nuestra aplicación cuando esta tiene una pantalla de inicio de sesión y/o un asistente de bienvenida o tutorial inicial. Cosas que es muestran escasamente una vez en la vida de la aplicación en el móvil de un usuario y que no debería ensuciar el código de la actividad principal con la que arrancamos la aplicación normalmente. RoboRouter permite gestionar este tipo de escenarios de una forma muy fácil y sin apenas escribir código.

Pasaos por GitHub y mirad como funciona, descargad el proyecto de ejemplo y jugad con él. Cualquier sugerencia será bienvenida.

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