As we approach the milestone 100th day of the Trump Administration, please join the the Novus Group, UMass Boston, and key industry leaders for a panel discussion on what the first few months mean for the Massachusetts economy.
On Monday, May 1, Congressman Mike Capuano, Brookings Institute Fellow Aaron Klein, and Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association President Lynn Nicholas will lead a panel discussion on President Trump's first 100 days in office moderated by WBZ-TV News Political Analyst Jon Keller. UMass Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley will introduce members of the panel and discuss higher education's importance to the Massachusetts economy. Additional panelists will be announced at a later date.
The Novus Group will present the results of a public opinion poll on the perception of key policies introduced by the Trump Administration. Review full topline results or cross tabs.


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by Harold McGluwa – DA Northern Cape Provincial Chairperson & Chief Whip of the Provincial Caucus Error! Filename not specified.Date: 22 July 2019Release: Immediate The Democratic Alliance (DA) is deeply saddened by the tragic death of an 82-year-old rape victim, who passed away in Upington on the weekend as a result of injuries sustained during a sexual assault.We offer our deepest sympathies to the victim's family, who lost a mother and grandmother in such a disturbing and unacceptable manner.The grandmother was raped in a dark street in Blikkiesdorp, Upington, on the 5th of July this year.The DA strongly condemns the rape and the rise in crimes against the elderly. We cannot tolerate the horrific manner in which a dignified elder, who was a mother figure and deserved to be respected in her community, became a victim of such a heinous crime.Back in 2009, government had much to say about the development of an anti-rape strategy for the province, but it never materialised. Now we continually hear of the Crime Prevention Plan that has to date not made an impact on the high rate of sexual violence in the Northern Cape.The DA calls on MEC for Transport, Safety & Liaison, Nontobeko Vilakazi, to move away from planning and to rather speed up the implementation crime prevention initiatives to stop the scourge of rape in the Northern Cape.No one deserves to become a victim of sexual violence and everything possible must be done to eradicate this evil from society. Media Enquiries Harold McGluwaDA Northern Cape Provincial Chairperson & Chief Whip of the Provincial Caucus082 440 1779 Chrystal LimburghResearcher079 226 0991

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TJN was mentioned - and its philosophy endorsed - on BBC Rafio 4's Thought for the Day this morning, given by Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth.
You can listen again here. It starts at 1:48 in.
Sometimes when addressing audiences, I remark that the English are not obviously observant about their religion, but they do claim one very important quality: a deep-seated sense of fair play.
That sense of fairness has surfaced again this week over the question of whether a number of international companies are paying the right amount of corporation tax. Starbucks, for example, are due to be questioned by MPs about this. What these companies do is perfectly legal. The question is whether it's fair.
That's the question which organisations like Tax Justice Network rightly raise, and that's the question we all face, personally as well as politically.
Tax to most of us of course seems a burden; something which is imposed and which we pay with a groan. In fact, however, much of our tax goes to pay for what we actually receive.
As I collect my paper in the morning I have a cheery "Good Morning" exchange with the man sweeping up the leaves now falling fast from the trees and lying damp on the pavement. That service is course paid for out of Council Tax, but there are other elements of our tax which don't benefit us personally; but which express the fact that as a society we have certain values.
Perhaps, in our most charitable moments, we would be willing to contribute personally to pay carers to look after all those frail elderly who are unknown to us. But, those moments are very, very, few. What taxation ensures for us is that what we might for others will in our highest moments, actually happens: whether we feel like it or not.
Whatever the charitable impulses of us as individuals, it is through our taxation system that we express what we want to be as a society: civilised and humane. Grumble about it as we might, taxation is a sign of social solidarity.
From a Christian point of view I want to say more: that this is rooted in a sense that we really do belong together: as part of one human community of mutual giving and receiving under God.
Life, people always tell us, always is unfair. Sadly it is indeed, but it is part of the human spirit that we feel it ought not to be, and that we ought to do what we can to make it fairer.
A friend once said to me that he had brought up his children to believe that when they paid tax they should be grateful that they have made enough money to do so. I found that rather salutary.
You do realise Richard what this will cause on the Telegraph Blogs?
Cue intolerable fury and angry accusations of the political bias of the Pinkoes and Traitors who infest the Marxist BBC.
Working Tax Credits are a subsidy to the employers profit. Raise minimum wage to the point where all are paid enough to pay tax.
This actually works both ways, the person paying tax should be thankful that they are in a position to do so, but the people receiving it should also be thankful. A change in attitude requires a change in the attitude of the tax collectors themselves. How often does HMRC say thank you for paying your taxes? Never in my personal experience, but should they and what would it cost to do so? When receiving property tax demands from the tax collector in Florida there is a simple line on the back of the envelope that reads "Thank you for paying your taxes." Does it cost anything to put that line on the back of the envelope? Probably not, but being polite never hurt anybody and I can't think of any other transaction where the people involved never say thank you..
Is it up to HMRC to say " Thank you for paying your taxes" ?
After all, they only collect tax on behalf of the government.


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Pop-up jungle
Turn the pages of this delightful pop-up book to see Monkey swing, Snake slither, Parrot fly and Tiger pounce. Each page has a colourful jungle scene that pops up for little children to explore, and a different jungle animal to…
Pop-up garden
Little children can discover a sunny garden full of life in this delightful pop-up book. The three-dimensional scenes show bees buzzing around a flowerbed full of flowers, a mischievous rabbit hiding in the vegetable patch and…
Pop-up dinosaurs
Beware! Open this book and all kinds of dinosaurs will pop out – huge ones, tiny ones, hungry ones, and a very, very noisy one. The 3D scenes show long-necked brachiosaurs munching leaves, nodding triceratops with sharp horns,…
Pop-up London
Explore the city of London in this delightful pop-up book with detailed 3-D scenes designed by Jenny Hilborne. Discover the skyline with the London Eye, the Shard, Big Ben and Nelson's Column, a gigantic skeleton in the Natural…
Pop-up 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the Night Before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… Open this pop-up book and watch an abbreviated version of the classic poem magically burst into life, with scenes…
Pop up Christmas
Open this beautiful pop-up book for little children and watch as the pages magically burst into life. Each page has a colourful festive scene, including a snowman outside Santa's workshop, busy elves wrapping Christmas gifts and…
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all?" Turn the pages of this gorgeous pop-up book and watch as the classic fairy tale magically comes to life. Join Snow White as she meets the seven dwarfs, takes a…
The magical story of Cinderella comes to life in this beautifully illustrated pop-up book. Marvel as the pumpkin becomes a fabulous golden carriage, see Cinderella's glass slipper sparkling on the palace steps and enjoy the moment…
The enchanting story of Sleeping Beauty is brought to life in this gorgeously illustrated pop-up book. Follow the fairies starry trail, join the prince as he discovers the secret tower where Sleeping Beauty is destined to sleep…
Goldilocks (Allan Ahlberg, Jessica Ahlberg)
Where's My Teddy? Mini Pop-up (Jez Alborough)
Eddy's lost his teddy, Freddy. So off the goes to the wood to find him. But the wood is dark and horrible and little Eddy is in for a gigantic surprise! This timeless and well-loved story is brought to life in a special Mini…
Pop-up Ocean (Ingela P. Arrhenius)
On the beach, on the waves and under the sea – find lots of ocean things in this colourful pop-up book. With 15 pop-ups and beautifully stylish illustrations by Ingela P Arrhenius, this is a first pop-up book to treasure.
My First Pop-up Dinosaurs (Owen Davey)
Enter an incredible world of dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles in this stunning first pop-up book. From the familiar tyrannosaurus to the bizarre elasmosaurus, meet whole range of beautiful and fantastic prehistoric creatures.…
Silly Suzy Goose Mini Pop-up (Petr Horacek)
Ever wanted to be different? Suzy Goose has – she squawks like a toucan, swims like a seal and jumps like a kangaroo. But when she tries to Rroarrr like a lion, she gets more than she bargained for! This timeless and well-loved…
Pop-up London (Jennie Maizels)
Follow the River Thames through the famous, funny and fantastic sights of London – from Kew Gardens to the Olympic Village. With amazing interactive pop-ups, flaps and tabs to lift as well as buildings to explore and tabs to…


Mr. Elias is responsible for providing technical leadership and supervision in the areas of property investigations, remedial designs, remedial construction/supervision, real estate transactions, regulatory compliance, environmental audits, remedial investigations, and engineering design for underground storage tank systems, groundwater treatment systems, and industrial wastewater treatment systems.
Mr. Elias has over 40 years of experience in the field of environmental design and management, working both in the consulting arena and the industrial sector. Mr. Elias' industrial experience includes specialty chemicals manufacturing, toll chemicals manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, major appliance manufacturing, and electroplating. He has conducted detailed investigations and evaluations of numerous Superfund sites and other contaminated sites around the country for major clients and financial institutions.


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FactoryMatrixDefault

Creates matrix with a dense implementation of float[][].

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FactoryMatrixSparse

This class constructs matrices representation given by a HashMap<Terna,float>.

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This class creates matrices represented as HashMap<Integer,HashMap<Integer,Float>>
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The matrix constructed by this factory is a subclass of the matrix created by FactoryMatrixSparseHash.

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This class creates a matrix that dynamically changes it representation
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This class creates matrices represented as TIntObjectHashMap<TIntFloatHashMap>.

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Returns the factory.

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Predict the future with precision through mathematical formulas? This bold ambition seems to be within the scope of predictive analytics. This data analysis method is a subset of Big Data. It aims to predict future trends, particularly in the marketing, finance, insurance and even health sectors.
The heart of predictive analytics is the models. A person or unit will be measured to predict possible future behaviour. A concrete example would be an insurance policy that anticipates a driver's risk factors, including factors such as driving experience, age, and health status. From the sum of all these factors, predictive analytics can calculate the potential risk of accidents, and therefore the amount of the insurance premium.
In practice, the term data mining is often used in place of predictive analytics. Most of time, data mining methods play a vital role in the process of researching predictive analytics approaches. Predictive analytics, however, refines the functioning of data mining and includes additional techniques. Elements of game theory and Machine Learning are taken into account. In addition, are also used in the application of predictive analytics specific analysis methods, which are based on complex algorithms in order to clear a recognizable pattern from all seemingly unrelated contributions from social media or blog articles.
Data mining tries to define large data models using algorithms and mathematical and stochastic methods. Ideally, the knowledge thus acquired can be used to identify and anticipate trends and potential developments.
Regression Analysis: Interactions between various dependent and independent variables are identified. For example, sales will depend on the price of the product and the creditworthiness of customers.
Clustering: By segmenting the data, potential customers can be classified according to their income or other similar factors. This is a grouping practice.
Association analysis: The objective is to identify the structures whose variables lead to identical results. This makes it possible to draw conclusions about the possible behaviour of the customers and, ideally, to make predictions on the future purchases.
Recognizing patterns in data sets is the nature ability of the human brain, although the complexity of Big Data analysis far exceeds its capabilities. In fact, there is a parallel between applied data mining structures and neural networks of the human brain, since artificial networks are also able to identify and store patterns as a result of certain sequences. Therefore, data mining is fundamentally related to Artificial Intelligence. In this process, computer programs learn almost independently through introduced basics and acquire new information based on newly developed models.
It is here that we can observe a big difference between data mining and predictive analytics. Conventional data mining usually aims to show structural patterns on existing information and groups. However, the emphasis on near-self-development of calculations that progressively extends beyond the data group (and which is therefore a feature of Artificial Intelligence) plays a decisive role in defining predictive analytics. The already existing algorithms must be combined to bring new conclusions and to be able to predict, for example, behaviours of a target of potential buyers.
The introduction of predictive analytics has already proven itself in a wide range of fields and industries. In addition to high-technology companies, the health sector, for example, uses this method to anticipate the likely changes in certain diseases. The energy sector is also an important area of application including the development of smart grids, smart grids. Energy consumption can be estimated based on customer behaviour patterns in order to precisely regulate the required contribution of wind and hydroelectric power.
The maintenance of a machine is also provided by the predictive analyzes. Here, existing data from a running machine is used to predict its future load and wear. The weak points of the production chain can thus be quickly identified and repaired, in order to avoid, for example, a total stopping of this production.
It is better to use predictive analytics when there are lots of different data packages that are very different from each other and as complete as possible. All data packets are then integrated into the analysis, and the more data from various domains, the more accurate the results will be.
Going a step further, we can also perform prescriptive analytics. This method begins where predictive analytics reaches its limits. The goal is to understand behavioural guidelines to try to reproduce them in a targeted way. This procedure is made possible by analytical structures based on complex models and stochastic simulations of the Monte Carlo method. As with predictive analytics, the more known and reliable variables are used in these models, the more relevant the results will be.
There are countless examples of predictive analytics operations and applications. The method depends on the quantity and quality of the data. Nevertheless, the algorithms used are more and more finely meshed, which means that the predictions are also more and more precise. Thus, the so-called prescriptive analyzes also evolve in this direction, to be also more and more sure.


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Digital copies of history room materials can also be requested at a fee of $5.00 per item. This fee covers search time and digitization and only applies to materials found, digitized, and emailed to you.
Allowable copies are at the discretion of the Local History Librarian and are for personal use only. Publication of library materials requires a contract and a fee of $50.00 per image.
Please contact the Local History Librarian with any requests or questions at jmabee@cwmars.org or by calling 978-632-5298 during the times listed above.
The Local History Room is located off the Reference Room on the second floor of the Library. The collection includes materials relating to the history of the City of Gardner and surrounding areas, as well as genealogical materials. The room houses books, newspapers, maps, town directories, annual reports, street lists, atlases, photographs, manuscripts, yearbooks and pamphlets. The archives of the Heywood-Wakefield Co, which was a pre-eminent furniture manufacturer located in Gardner, are part of this collection. Materials include many of the company's furniture catalogs. While most items are unique to this room, an effort has been made to have duplicates of published Gardner histories available in the circulating collection.
The Local History Room now has two beautifully restored items relating to the Civil War, thanks to a grant from the Massachusetts Sesquicentennial Commission of the American Civil War and matching funds from the Friends of Levi Heywood Memorial Library. The first is a broadside entitled Soldier's Memorial, listing the members and engagements of Company H, 36th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, which includes stylized images of war scenes. A facsimile of the broadside is on display in the first floor of the library; the original is in the Local History Room. The second is a manuscript record book of the members of D. G. Farragut Post No. 116, Grand Army of the Republic, often including death dates. Together with a book of personal narratives and Herrick's History of the Town of Gardner, the library is fortunate to have very good accounts of Gardner Civil War participants.
The Library's collection of microfilms is located adjacent to the Reference Desk on the second floor, separate from the Local History and Genealogy Collections and can be used during open library hours. These include microfilm of The Gardner News (weekly 1869-1904; daily 1896-2015); The Gardner Journal (weekly 1890-1914); The Gardner Globe (weekly Apr 1891-July 1891), and Gardner census data from 1800-1930.
Check with the Reference desk on the second floor for assistance. Printouts can be made at a cost of $.10 per page.
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{
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  artist->is_loaded = is_loaded;

  if (portrait)
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    MEMCPY_N(artist->portrait, portrait, byte, 20);
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  return artist;
}

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Live in Berkeley – pierwszy album koncertowy Juniora Reida, jamajskiego wykonawcy muzyki roots reggae i dancehall.

Album w postaci dwóch płyt (CD+DVD) został wydany 4 września marca 2007 roku przez amerykańską wytwórnię 2B1 Records. Znalazło się na nim nagranie z koncertu muzyka w Berkeley w roku 2006. Na scenie akompaniowali mu instrumentaliści z zespołu The Blendem Band. Produkcją krążka zajęli się Boots Hugston oraz jego syn, Dusty Hugston.

Lista utworów
 "Boom-Shack-A-Lack"
 "Please Officer"
 "Rasta Government"
 "Poison / Anthem"
 "Rampapompom"
 "Youthman"
 "Cut A Matchstick In 4"
 "Fisherman Row"
 "Foreign Mind"
 "General Penetentary"
 "Mashing Up The Earth"
 "Propogander"
 "Nature Provides"
 "Elements"
 "One Blood"
 "Stop Deport Di Youth"
 "Listen To The Voice"
 "Banana Boat Man"

Linki zewnętrzne
 Oficjalna strona 2B1 Records

Albumy Juniora Reida
Albumy koncertowe
Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 2007

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I came across this fun meme at The Little Things We Do and wanted to join in! Check it out & link up!
4. Something that makes me annoyed is the "role models" created by the media for our youth. Trash reality shows such as Jersey Shore make me want to vomit. Really?! That is who we want our youth to look up to?! These people get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for what? To see who can have the foulest mouth and sleep with the most people in a 2 day period? This is not what I want my daughter growing up with.
5. A time that I've been truly surprised was John walked into my office with a half dozen pink roses and said, "Let's go pick up our daughter" after eight long weeks of waiting for that call.
6. I am so thankful for the promise that God has a hope and future for me even when I cannot see it.
7. I feel loved when I am with my family.
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It is never it easy to succeed in a start up business. Now, that does not mean that one can never succeed in a business. It just means that a little extra effort might be required. This is especially true of a new business so it can become profitable. Sadly, many businesses find themselves derailed quicker than what was initially imagined. There are two reason for this: bad management and undercapitalization. Bad management is fairly self explanatory. Poor decisions simply make success difficult if not impossible. Undercapitalization refers to simply not having enough money to remain in business. Then, there is a third version and it is a hybrid of the two hour aforementioned reasons. That is, poor decisions lead to undercapitalization. If you think properly capitalizing a business involves complex decisions you are only partially right. In actuality, there are minor decisions that can sink a businesses ship.
Let it be known that any amount of money you can save will benefit a small business (or a large business) dramatically. For example, if your business required a number of items that could be purchased from a retail store such as Target or K-Mart. A rewards card reimburses you for such items. Obviously, this would be very financially helpful! Similarly, if your business requires a great deal of travel, acquiring a travel rewards card would be a smart move as well.
Shaving the costs of car rentals, gasoline, the airline tickets, hotel accommodations, and other expenses help a business' budget. In some cases, the money travel cards save can keep a company solvent. That is why the value of rewards card to a business can never be underestimated. So, if you are running a business that involves travel look into travel reward cards. They are that helpful for a small business' success.


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This bye-law is a charter which specifies some ethical limits and responsibilities related to scientific research and its publication in the IUT Scientific Journals. The purpose is to preclude authors' conscious or unconscious violation of research and publication principles.
This bye-law has been derived from "The Charter and Regulations of Research Ethics" enacted by the research and technology deputy of the ministry of science, research and technology of Iran, the agreed-upon international publication regulations, and the experiences gained through IUT Scientific Journals as well as other national journals. The references used for this bye-law are listed in the end.
Authors, reviewers, the editorial board, and the editor in-chief are obliged to know and abide by all the principles of publication ethics and responsibilities. The submission of articles by authors, reviewing of articles by reviewers, and the decision of accepting or declining them by the editorial board as well as the editor in-chief are tantamount to knowing and following the rules.
In case of the breach of principles, the journal has the right to take legal actions against violators. "The Charter and Regulations of Research Ethics" enacted by the research and technology deputy of ministry of science, research and technology of Iran, should be taken as the guideline for authors, and all parties involved in review and publication of the articles.
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• Duplicate submission, overlapping publication, adding the "gift author" or omitting the
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in the article.
• The reviewer should keep all the information in the article confidential and avoid revealing to or discussing its details with others.
• Before the article gets published, the reviewer has no right to use its data or its new concepts for or against his own or other studies, or to criticize or discredit the author. After the article is published, the reviewer will not be allowed to reveal more details than what the journal presents.
• The reviewer is not allowed to devolve his own responsibility to another person such as his colleagues or graduate students except with the editor in-chief's permission. Anybody assisting in reviewing the article should be mentioned in the review report and the journal documents.
• The reviewer is not permitted to contact the author on the articles being reviewed. Any contact with the authors is made through the journal office.
• Reviewers are expected to be serious and effortful in reporting the Research and Publication Misconduct and sending the related documents to the editor in-chief.
5. Editor in-Chief and Editorial Board
The editor in-chief and the editorial board have the authority of accepting or declining an article after having the reviewers' decisions, and in this way:
• The editor in-chief and the editorial board try to choose proper reviewers based on their specific field, their competence, scientific and professional experience, as well as ethical commitment. They are expected to respect the authors' reasonable and rational requests for not wishing special reviewers to review their article.
• The editor in-chief welcomes profound and logical reviews, avoids shallow and weak judgments, and confronts biased, nonsense, or contemptuous judgments.
• The decision on accepting or declining articles should be based on evaluating the reviewers' professional opinions and assessing their opinion accuracy. Moreover, scientific documentations and enough reasons should be provided and personal, stylistic, vocational, racial, religious, and decisions should be avoided.
• The editor in-chief and the editorial board should keep all information in the article confidential and avoid revealing to or discussing its details with others.
• Before the article gets published, the editor in-chief and the editorial board have no right to use its data or its new concepts for or against his own or other studies, or to criticize or discredit the author. After the article gets published, the reviewer will not be allowed to reveal more details than what the journal presents. The exceptions involve cases related to the authors' Research and Publication Misconduct if there is any acceptable reason to do so.
• The editor in-chief and the editorial board have to avoid any conflict of interests in reviewing process with respect to any personal, business, academics, or financial relations which may potentially affect the acceptance and the publication of the submitted article.
• The editor in-chief should carefully and seriously examine those articles suspected of breaching the publication and research ethics reported by reviewers and if needed, act to sue for "publication and research misconduct".
• The editor in-chief should provide enough time to the authors accused of publication and research misconduct to respond.
• The journal editor in-chief has to immediately remove the published articles proved to include publication and research misconduct and clearly inform the readers and the indexing data bases.
• The editor in-chief and the editorial board are expected to welcome reasonable and acceptable criticisms of the published articles.
6. Office of Scientific Journals
Isfahan University of Technology Office of Scientific Journals is responsible for editing and formatting the accepted articles and finally getting the electronic and printed versions published. Along with its general responsibilities, this office considers the following cases:
Determining and clearly announcing its publication policies especially about the independence of editorial board's decisions, publication ethics, intellectual property and copyright, interests (or conflict of interests) of the authors, reviewers, editor in-chief, and editorial board, the process of reviewing and decision-making, reconsideration and complaints requests, safeguarding the scientific documents of the decision-making process, revising or removing the accepted articles, and settling the conflicts between the complainant and the person suspected of Publication and Research Misconduct
Protecting the authors' personal information, content, and details of the articles in the review process and after making decisions about the articles, except what will be published in the journal after acceptance. The exceptions involve cases related to the authors' Research and Publication Misconduct if there is any acceptable reason to do so.
Protecting the editor in-chief and the editorial board's independence
Attempting to give necessary training to the authors of the journal to improve the journal format and content as well as the proper consideration of publication and research ethics principles
Cooperating with the editor in-chief to keep the highest level of publication and research ethics in the journal and ensuring that the journal is without any format and content errors
Cooperating with the editor in-chief in investigating the reports on Publication and Research Misconduct and giving expert consultation to the complainants and the accused if needed
Considering the requests related to using the materials published in the journal in other publications with proper citation
7. Confronting the Publication and Research Misconduct
Upon observing "Publication and Research Misconduct" cases, the journal reserves its right to stop the review process before publication or removal of the article from the publication list. After careful examination by the editorial board, these cases will be revealed to the authors and at the same time will be subjected to further legal procedure.
1. "The Charter and Regulations of Research Ethics" enacted by the Research and Technology Deputy, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran.
2. Ethical Charter of Scientific Publications, 1st edition, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies.
3. Scientific Ethics Bye-law of the Physics Society of Iran.
4. Journal of Advanced Materials in Engineering Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement.
5. Ethical principles of article publication, Urban Landscape Research, Specialized Journal of Landscape Architectures and Urban Design.
6. Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE Code of Conduct, www.publicationethics.org.
7. Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, www.publicationethics.org.
8. S. Rockwell, Ethics of Peer Review: A Guide for Manuscript Reviewers, http://www.wame.org/ethical_issues_in_peer_review.pdf/view.
9. Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, www.publicationethics.org.
10. Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers, www.publicationethics.org.
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Latinos' Role and Recognition in Land, Water, and Wildlife Protection
Para nuestra salud: Latino health and the outdoors
Latino Conservation Resolution
Latino Conservation Alliance
ARIZONA CENTRAL: Stop ignoring us on public lands
Posted by Haf 159GL on November 21, 2016
Gov. Doug Ducey's assertion that Arizonans oppose the Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument is unfounded. State polls show vast support for protecting the Grand Canyon watershed from uranium mining and preserving the threatened cultural and historical sites in the region.
A poll earlier this year found 80 percent of Arizonans support this measure to protect one of Arizona's and the nation's greatest natural treasures.
We have a moral obligation to protect our land and water for future generations.
Yet we've continued to risk these resources by allowing uranium mining in the watershed — numerous springs and wells have already been contaminated. Do we wish to jeopardize the Colorado River, which provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and supplies over four million acres of farmland, when we don't have to?
The lands within the monument proposal are public lands – they belong to all of us. And if 80 percent or more of the public wants to protect these lands, we should honor that.
Our elected officials need to set special interests aside and embrace the will of the people they are elected to represent.
— Pastor Burke Montoya, Phoenix
This post originally ran on the Hispanic Access Foundation website, and can be found at: https://hispanicaccess.org/news/arizona-central-stop-ignoring-us-public-lands/nov-2016.
Hispanic Access Foundation is a Latino Conservation Alliance member.
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MacBook Air на базі процесорів Intel — колишня лінійка ноутбуків, що була розроблена та вироблялася компанією Apple Inc. із 2008 по 2020 рік. Спочатку MacBook Air позиціонувався як вищий клас, порівняно із попередньою лінійкою MacBook, як ультрапортативний ноутбук преміум-класу. згодом, припинення випуску оригінального MacBook у 2011 році та зниження цін на наступні моделі зробили MacBook Air ноутбуком початкового рівня.

MacBook Air був представлений у січні 2008 року з 13,3-дюймовим екраном і позиціювався як найтонший ноутбук у світі, ставши першим представником категорії ноутбуків під назвою ультрабуки. Apple випустила друге покоління MacBook Air у жовтні 2010 року з переробленим конічним корпусом, стандартним твердотільним накопичувачем і лінійку було доповнено меншою 11,6-дюймовою версією. Пізніші версії отримали процесори Intel Core i5 або i7 і Thunderbolt. Третє покоління було випущено в жовтні 2018 року зі зменшеними розмірами, дисплеєм Retina та комбінацією портів USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 для передачі даних і живлення.

Випуск MacBook Air на базі Intel було припинено в листопаді 2020 року після випуску першого MacBook Air з процесором Apple Silicon на базі процесора Apple M1.

Перше покоління (Unibody)
Стів Джобс представив MacBook Air під час презентації Apple на конференції Macworld 2008, що відбулася 15 січня 2008 року. Перше покоління 13,3-дюймових MacBook Air яку спочатку позиціювали як найтонший у світі ноутбук із товщиною 1,9 см (попередній рекордсмен, Toshiba Portege R200 2005 року, мав товщину 1,98 см). Ноутбук мав спеціальний процесор Intel Merom і графічний процесор Intel GMA, які були на 40% більші за стандартний пакет мікрочипів. Він також мав дисплей зі світлодіодним  із антибліковим покритям, повнорозмірну клавіатуру та великий тачпад, який реагував на мультитач-жести, такі як зведення пальців, змахування та обертання. Після випуску Mac OS X Snow Leopard трекпад також підтримує розпізнавання рукописного тексту китайських ієрогліфів.

MacBook Air був першим субкомпактним ноутбуком, представленим Apple після зняття з виробництва 12-дюймового  у 2006 році. Це також був перший комп'ютер Apple з опціональним твердотільним накопичувачем. Це був перший ноутбук Apple після  без вбудованого . Щоб зчитувати оптичні диски, користувачі можуть або придбати зовнішній USB-дисковод, наприклад  від Apple, або скористатися програмним забезпеченням Remote Disc, що входить до комплекту пастачання ноутбука, для бездротового доступу до диска іншого комп'ютера, на якому встановлено програму. Будь-який варіант із цих варіантів також можна використати для повторної інсталяції системного програмного забезпечення з інсталяційного DVD-диска, що входить у комплект. Remote Disc підтримує , тому MacBook Air може завантажитися зі свого інсталяційного DVD-диска в дисководі іншого комп'ютера, якщо на цьому комп'ютері запущено . Програмне забезпечення не дозволяє відтворювати  чи Audio CD або інсталювати Windows - для цього потрібен зовнішній USB-накопичувач. У новіших версіях OS X інсталяційний DVD було замінено USB-флеш-накопичувачем із програмним забезпеченням, що позбавило необхідності віддаленої інсталяції. MacBook Air також не має роз'єму FireWire, роз'єму Ethernet, лінійного входу та Кенсінгтонського замока.

14 жовтня 2008 року була анонсована нова модель із низьковольтним процесором Penryn і відеокартою Nvidia . Ємність накопичувача було збільшено до 128 ГБ SSD або 120 ГБ HDD, а відеороз'єм  замінено на . Версія середини 2009 року мала дещо вищу ємність аукмулятора та швидший процесор Penryn.

Будова

Apple включила кілька особливостей у дизайн MacBook Air, як-от зменшення вмісту свинцю, щоб зробити його більш екологічним. MacBook Air не містить  та ПВХ-проводів, відповідає вимогам Energy Star 5.0, має корпус, який можна переробити, і має рейтинг  Gold. Його дисплей виготовлено зі скла, що не містить арсену, і не містить ртуті.

Оцінки
Під час презентації MacBook Air отримав неоднозначні відгуки, які хвалили його портативність, але критикували компроміси, на які пашла Apple щодо деяких функцій. Повнорозмірна клавіатура, легкість, тонкість і мультитач трекпад були позитивно оцінені в оглядах, тоді як обмежені параметри конфігурації та роз'ємів, низька швидкість, акумулятор, який користувач не може замінити, малий жорсткий диск і ціна були піддані критиці. Відкидний люк із роз'ємами збоку оригінального MacBook Air надто щільно прилягав до деяких штекерів навушників і USB-пристроїв, тому користувачам доводилося купувати подовжувач. Apple замінила відкидний люк на моделі кінця 2010 року на відкриті порти, як у більшості інших ноутбуків.

Деякі користувачі скаржилися на блокування процесора через перегрів. Apple випустила оновлення програмного забезпечення на початку березня 2008 року, щоб вирішити проблему. Це дозволило виправити дезактивацію одного ядра центрального процесора; однак деякі користувачі повідомляли, що проблема з непрацюючим ядром продовжувалася. Проблема загострювалася ресурсоємкими системними завданнями, такими як відтворення відео або спілкування у відеочаті.

Під час тестування  виявила «помірне» підвищення продуктивності твердотільного накопичувача MacBook Air першого покоління ємністю 64 ГБ порівняно зі стандартним жорстким диском ємністю 80 ГБ.

"Найтонший ноутбук"
Під час презентації MacBook Air у січні 2008 року Apple заявила, що це найтонший ноутбук у світі. Це було правдиве твердження, але важливішим був той факт, що MacBook Air був набагато тоншим за звичайні ноутбуки того часу. Повна інтеграція компонентів і використання абсолютно нового класу процесорів Intel із нижчим TDP і вищою інтеграцією, ніж раніше, зробили його першим у новій хвилі тонких продуктивних ноутбуків. Протягом багатьох років Apple переставала заявляти про те, що він «найтонший ноутбук у світі» у своїх маркетингових матеріалах, оскільки на ринку з'являлися інші, такі ж тонкі ноутбуки.

Технічні характеристики

Друге покоління (Tapered Unibody)

20 жовтня 2010 року Apple випустила оновлену 13,3-дюймову модель із конічним корпусом, вищою роздільною здатністю екрана, покращеним акумулятором, другим USB-портом, стереодинаміками та стандартним твердотільним накопичувачем. Було також представлено 11,6-дюймову модель, яка була дешевшою, мала меншу вагу, менший час автономної роботи та нижчу продуктивність порівняно з 13,3-дюймовою моделлю, але кращу продуктивність, ніж у типових нетбуків того часу. І 11-дюймові, і 13-дюймові моделі мали аналоговий аудіовихід/міні-роз'єм для навушників із підтримкою навушників Apple з мікрофоном. 13-дюймова модель отримала слот для SD-карти з підтримкою SDXC.

20 липня 2011 року Apple випустила оновлені моделі, які також стали ноутбуками Apple початкового рівня через зниження цін і припинення випуску білого MacBook приблизно в той же час. Моделі середини 2011 року були отримали двоядерні процесори Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5 та i7, графіку Intel HD Graphics 3000, клавіатури з підсвічуванням, роз'єми Thunderbolt і оновлений Bluetooth версії 4.0. Максимальний обсяг сховища збільшено до 256 ГБ. У цих моделях використовується дешевший контролер Thunderbolt «Eagle Ridge», який забезпечує два канали Thunderbolt (2 × 10 Гбіт/с, двонаправлений), порівняно з MacBook Pro, який використовує контролер «Light Ridge», який забезпечує чотири канали Thunderbolt (4 × 10 Гбіт/с, двонаправлений). У цій версія також замінено клавішу «Expose» (F3) на клавішу «Mission Control», а клавішу «Dashboard» (F4) на клавішу «Launchpad».

11 червня 2012 року Apple оновила лінійку. Оновлені моделі отримали двоядерні процесори Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 і i7, графіку HD Graphics 4000, вищу швидкістю пам'яті та флешпам'яті, USB 3.0, оновлену камеру FaceTime 720p і тонший зарядний порт MagSafe 2.

10 червня 2013 року Apple оновила лінійку процесорами Haswell, графікою Intel HD Graphics 5000 і Wi-Fi 802.11ac. Стандартну пам'ять було збільшено до 4 ГБ, максимальна конфігурація – 8 ГБ. Накопичувач початково становив 128 ГБ SSD і були доступні конфігурації на 256 ГБ і 512 ГБ. Архітектура Haswell значно покращила час автономної роботи порівняно з попереднім поколінням, тому 11-дюймові моделі MacBook Air здатні працювати 9 годин, а 13-дюймові моделі MacBook Air - 12 годин; заявлені показники тривалості роботи від акумулятора перевищували фактичні показники команда рецензентів.

У березні 2015 року моделі були оновлені та отримали процесори , графіку Intel HD Graphics 6000, роз'єм Thunderbolt 2, а також швидші накопичувачі і швидшу пам'ять. У 2017 році 13-дюймова модель отримала збільшення швидкості процесора з 1,6 ГГц до 1,8 ГГц, а 11-дюймова модель була знята з виробництва. Модель 2017 року залишилася доступною для продажу після того, як Apple випустила наступне покоління в 2018 році. Вона була знята з виробництва у липні 2019 року. До цього це був останній ноутбук Apple з портами , MagSafe (доки він не був повторно представлений у 2021 році), дисплеєм без Retina, заднім логотипом Apple із підсвічуванням і  (доки він знову не з'явився у MacBook на базі M1 у 2020 році).

Дизайн і можливість апгрейду
Хоча компоненти MacBook Air офіційно не підлягають заміні користувачем, стронні виробники продають комплекти оновлення SSD. Флешпам'ять і акумулятор приклеєні до корпусу, а оперативна пам'ять припаяна до материнської плати. Важко отримати доступ до флешпам'яті, яка має кеш-пам'ять об'ємом 128 МБ і з'єднання mSATA (оновлено до власного інтерфейсу PCIe) із материнською платою.

Проблеми
Завдяки більш зрілому виробничому процесу, центральні процесори у MacBook Air другого покоління працюють краще під навантаженням, оскільки чипи першого покоління нагрівалися сильніше — навантаження на процесор потрібно було зменшити, щоб уникнути перегріву та подальшого зниження продуктивності.

17 жовтня 2013 року Apple оголосила про програму заміни флешнакопичувачів об'ємом 64 ГБ і 128 ГБ у MacBook Air, придбаних у період з червня 2012 по червень 2013 року.

Оцінки

Порівняння з iPad і нетбуками
Незважаючи на те, що 11-дюймовий MacBook Air лише на 0,27 кг легший за 13-дюймовий MacBook Air, найбільша різниця полягає в ргозмірі, завдяки якій кожну модель можна віднести до окремої категорії; 13-дюймовий MacBook Air набагато ближчий за розміром до більшості інших звичайних ноутбуків, тоді як 11-дюймовий MacBook Air ближчий за габаритами до iPad.

11-дюймовий MacBook Air мав бажані основні атрибути нетбука, але без недоліків повільнішого процесора та менш потужної операційної системи, хоча й за вищою ціною. У нижчій категорії Apple представила iPad — інший форм-фактор, ніж нетбук, але з покращеними обчислювальними можливостями та нижчою вартістю виробництва. І 11-дюймовий MacBook Air, і iPad призвели до падіння продажів нетбуків, і більшість виробників ПК у відповідь припинили випуск своїх нетбуків. Користуючись успіхом MacBook Air, Intel просувала ультрабуки як новий стандарт високої мобільності, який деякі аналітики називали успішним там, де нетбуки зазнали невдачі.

Конкуренція з ультрабуками Intel
Intel розробила набір специфікацій для ультрабука, субноутбука вищого класу, що випускається різними виробниками ПК і зазвичай працює під управлінням Windows. Безпосередньо конкуруючи з MacBook Air, ультрабуки мають зменшені розмір і вагу, а також тривалий час роботи від акумулятора без шкоди для продуктивності.

Станом на 1 липня 2013 року MacBook Air займав 56 % ринку ультрабуків у Сполучених Штатах, незважаючи на те, що він був одним із найдорожчих. Раніше Apple домінувала на ринку ПК преміум-класу, у 2009 році вона мала 91 % ринку ПК вартістю понад 1000 доларів, згідно з даними NPD, а ультрабуки були спробою інших виробників ПК проникнути на ринок Apple. Хоча лінійки  від Apple не були захищені від цієї споживчої тенденції до мобільних пристроїв, компанії все ж вдалося продати 2,8 мільйона MacBook у другому кварталі 2012 року (більшість із яких були MacBook Air) у порівнянні з 500 000 ультрабуків, незважаючи на наявність десятків моделей ультрабуків від різних виробників на ринку, тоді як Apple пропонувала лише 11-дюймові та 13-дюймові моделі Macbook Air. Аналітик Forrester Research Френк Джиллетт пояснює зростаючий успіх Apple на корпоративному ринку завдяки продажам MacBook Air 2010 року та iPad.

У той час як кілька моделей ультрабуків могли претендувати на індивідуальні відмінності, такі як те, що вони були найлегшими або найтоншими, MacBook Air був визнаний рецензентами найкращим універсальним ультрабуком з огляду на «інтерфейс OS X, повноцінна клавіатура, чудовий трекпад, роз'єм Thunderbolt і високоякісну, повністю алюмінієву цільну конструкцію».

 2 від Microsoft має такі ж розміри та ціну, як 11-дюймовий MacBook Air. Генеральний директор Apple Тім Кук розкритикував Surface Pro та інші ультрабуки-гібриди під управлінням сенсорної Windows 8, які намагаються поєднати функціональність ПК і планшета в одному пристрої, заявивши, що такі пристрої заплутані, як спроба «поєднати холодильник і тостер».

На момент випуску в жовтні 2010 року роздільна здатність екрану 13-дюймової моделі була вищою, ніж у стандартному екрані 1366×768 ноутбуків аналогічного розміру. Однак до 2013 року, коли багато ультрабуків преміум-класу мали екрани з високою роздільною здатністю (1080p або вище) як стандартні або оновлені, MacBook Air дедалі частіше критикували за те, що він має екран із низькою роздільною здатністю. Багато хто в технічному співтоваристві очікував, що Apple випустить MacBook Air з дисплеєм Retina до літа 2013 року, подібно до MacBook Pro Retina, який був випущений у 2012 році. Оновлений у жовтні 2013 року 13-дюймовий MacBook Pro Retina з тоншим корпусом і нижчою ціною згадувався як потенційна альтернатива MacBook Air, оскільки час автономної роботи не набагато коротший і він не значно громіздший. Apple випустила початкову версію 13-дюймового MacBook Pro 27 жовтня 2016 року, яка була спеціально орієнтована на користувачів MacBook Air. Retina MacBook Air був випущений наприкінці 2018 року.

11,6-дюймовий MacBook Air, представлений у жовтні 2010 року, лише трохи більший і важчий (у закритому стані), ніж iPad 2. 11,6-дюймовий MacBook Air вважається тоншим і легшим порівняно з іншими ультрапортативними ноутбуками, такими як Sony VAIO Z і 11-дюймовий Samsung Series 9.

Станом на 2013 рік кілька ультрабуків, як-от Sony VAIO Pro, мали менші розміри, ніж MacBook Air, завдяки використанню конструкції з вуглецевого волокна.

Технічні характеристики

Третє покоління (Retina)

30 жовтня 2018 року Apple випустила третє покоління MacBook Air з процесором , 13,3-дюймовим дисплеєм Retina з роздільною здатністю 2560 × 1600 пікселів, Touch ID, трекпадом Force Touch і двома комбінаціями USB-C 3.1 gen 2/3 порти Thunderbolt та одним аудіороз'ємом. Екран відображає на 48% більше кольорів, а рамки на 50% вужчі, ніж у попереднього покоління, і займають на 17% меншу площу. Товщина зменшена до 15,6 мм, а вага до 1,25 кг. Він доступний у трьох варіантах кольорів: сріблястий, космічний сірий та золотистий. На відміну від попереднього покоління, ця модель не має конфігурації із процесором Intel Core i7.

Базова модель 2018 року постачається з 8 ГБ оперативної пам'яті LPDDR3 2133 МГц, 128 ГБ SSD, процесором Intel Core i5 (1,6 ГГц базова тактова частота, з Turbo Boost до 3,6 ГГц) і графікою Intel UHD Graphics 617.

У липні 2019 року Apple випустила оновлені моделі з технологією дисплея True Tone, використовуючи ті самі компоненти, що й у MacBook Pro середини 2019 року. Тестування показало, що SSD на 256 ГБ у моделі 2019 року має на 35% нижчу швидкість читання, ніж SSD на 256 ГБ у моделі 2018 року, хоча швидкість запису трохи вища.

Оновлені моделі були випущені в березні 2020 року з процесорами , оновленою графікою, підтримкою виводу відео 6K для роботи з дисплеєм Pro Display XDR і заміною клавіатури-метелика на дизайн , схожий на той, що був використаний у 16-дюймовому MacBook Pro 2019 року.

Дизайн
Третє покоління MacBook Air має дизайн попереднього покоління з конічним алюмінієвим корпусом, але отримав деякі елементи дизайну від Retina MacBook і MacBook Pro, такі як дисплей із чорними рамками та глянцевий непрозорий логотип Apple на задній панелі, а також трекпад від краю до краю.

Експерт з ремонту Apple  розкритикував компонування апаратного забезпечення третього покоління MacBook Air, зазначивши, що положення вентилятора робить його неоптимальним для охолодження та може призвести до проблем, пов'язаних з перегрівом.

Технічні характеристики

Підтримувані операційні системи

Підтримувані випуски macOS
Патч для поточного випуску macOS, Big Sur, працюватиме з Wi-Fi на непідтримуваних моделях MacBook Air з кінця 2008 року та пізніших. Подібним чином, патч для macOS Monterey, наступного великого випуску, також підтримуватиме MacBook Air кінця 2008 року та пізніші моделі. Прискорення графіки працює лише на MacBook Air, випущених у 2012 році та пізніше, які мають графічні процесори з підтримкою . Станом на 2022 рік MacBook Air середини 2012 та середини 2013 років є єдиними моделями ноубуків Apple, які офіційно підтримують 9 версій операційної системи Mac.

Версії Windows, що підтримуються Boot Camp

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A castle tower, or fortified building; a small citadel or fortress.
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From Medieval Latin bastilia, plural of bastile, from Medieval Latin bastīre ("to build, sew").
"bastille" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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For the second year running, CPB Contractors' partnership with non-profit Indigenous internship organisation, CareerTrackers, has been formally recognised for excellence.
Since signing our 10-year partnership with CareerTrackers in 2010, more than 100 Indigenous university students have completed internships with CPB Contractors, and we are proud to have a talented and growing Alumni group connected to our company.
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Hello and thank you for visiting our website.
Following the death of my wife, Caroline, earlier this year the business of Caroline Catering is no longer offering an outside catering service.
The Bed and Breakfast side of the business continues at Riverside House for which details can be found by scrolling down this page.
If you are looking for catering services you may like to contact our daughter, Helen, on 07756 663519, as she is now doing outside catering in the area, much along the lines of the business her mother operated for some 25 years.
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Hemingford Abbots
A warm and friendly welcome awaits you from Richard and family at our four star bed and breakfast in the delightful village of Hemingford Abbots between Huntingdon and St Ives and about 14 miles from Cambridge.
Peacefully tucked away in two acres of natural gardens extending down to a backwater of the river Great Ouse, we are only about 600 yards from the middle of the village where you will find St Margaret's Church, the Axe and Compass public house and our fine Village Hall.
We had the house built in 1980 to a contemporary design. The light and spacious rooms are on the ground floor and have en suite facilities.
Full English breakfast
Diets happily catered for
Five star hygiene rating (that's the top!)
Private parking well away from the road
Packed lunches available
Village pub restaurant nearby
Babies and children of all ages very welcome
32" flat screen TV
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