What do Tesla, Airbnb and Amazon have in common? They're all shifting the paradigm for quality of life and the built environment, as CallisonRTKL senior associate VP Jayson Lee explains.
Tesla was founded more than a decade ago upon the hallowed ground of Silicon Valley and launched the first Tesla Roadster in 2008. Four years later, the company and its prolific founder Elon Musk would introduce the world to Model S, the world's first four-door electric car and the first automobile on the market readily available for purchase by the consumer without visiting a dealership. Just a couple of months ago, Musk's other venture, SpaceX, launched its first rocket and is now giving defense contractor stalwarts Lockheed Martin and Boeing a run for their money.
And of course, we are all familiar with Amazon, the behemoth online retailer who bestowed us with the power to order just about anything we want, anytime we want, from anywhere we want, and receive it as soon as we want.
This snapshot of corporate disruptors making waves in our culture and economy may seem disconnected, but they all tell us one thing: the old rules no longer apply.
We are simultaneously bombarded by and actively engaging with a plethora of technological innovation. The socio-cultural forces at play that drive us continually toward the pursuit of a richer, fuller, better, more efficient, more convenient life are what make companies like these successful. They are also what will ultimately define us and our environment.
The far-reaching impacts of the 2008 financial crisis have resulted in, among other things, people seeking alternative ways to pursue and maintain the quality of life they desire. This, combined with an influx of new technology that allows us to connect to services and people on a level and with a speed that would likely have been unimaginable a decade ago, enables the innovators of the world to charge ahead.
Our world is changing at a dizzying pace, and the repercussions are varied. If Airbnb and "lifestyle" hotels are changing the traditional notion of travel accommodations, for instance, that has an undeniable impact on how we design a hotel, just as Amazon has an impact on how we shop and Tesla changes expectations around transportation (not to mention the revolutionary Powerwall battery technology, which has huge implications for energy consumption and the simplification of design and engineering).
As architects, designers and urban planners, we are continually challenged with how to accommodate rapid growth and change. How do we create a built environment durable and flexible enough to support it? We believe the answer lies in connecting the dots.
The notion of shared space is not a new one, but as resources are stretched thinner and people increasingly desire a more compact lifestyle, it is both necessary and desirable. Time and space are decentralized, and people are flocking to urban areas where you can shop, work, dine and be entertained all within a couple blocks' radius. Underutilized buildings are being revamped, repositioned and given new life—for example, Regus, WeWork and Workbar are all fueling the co-working craze with networks of flexible office space in unused buildings. The same sharing economy that brought us Uber is changing perceptions around how resources are distributed and used.
This approach requires us to erase boundary lines and replace them with connective tissue, and the market we serve has become a reflection of that aim—a tangled and fascinating web of interconnections. Hotels have integrated branded residential condominiums into their space programs; residential buildings offer co-working spaces for a growing group of telecommuters and frequent business travelers; retail stores have brought in food and beverage as an experiential value-add for their customers, and the Mall of the Future is seen as more of a community center than a collection of big-box retailers. Our projects are becoming more complex as a huge mix of uses and needs are united into cohesive developments. And we find that our most exciting ideas come from unexpected collaboration—the juxtaposition of different design disciplines and global best practices applied to local context.
Just as affordability and technology are the driving forces behind the sharing economy, the end user is the driving force behind the built environment's evolution. As we imagine the future of the retail mall, the hotel, the office or the residential apartment, it's the changing consumer, the changing traveler, the changing worker and the changing tenant who call the shots. Understanding demographic data and market trends lie at the core of our business, and helping our clients interpret it is at the core of our capabilities.
In the face of a dramatically shifting landscape, we can, at the very least, maintain a consistent and dogged focus on the end user. And if our process begins with the end user, it ends with the adaptable, sustainable, value-driven built environment. This might materialize in the form of 3D-printed systems and materials, creative new applications of biomimicry or the "voluptuous" aesthetic of Zaha Hadid's work. The future holds thrilling possibilities.
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Plenty is Revealed, Beautiful Upon the Earth
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We've had great fun here at the Franklin County Museum in Pasco watching students tend the heritage grain plots behind the main building. Among the varieties we are growing are White and Red Lammas wheats that owe their enduring folk name to medieval Anglo-Saxon Lammastide (Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas, "Loaf Mass") of offerings traditionally held in early August when priests blessed the first ripe wheat. This annual commemoration's antecedent included the sober rites of Celtic Luhgúhnadh, or the Celtic Sun god "Lugh's Assembly," which took place on August 1, when Scottish Gaelic Lùnastal (Welsh Gwl Awst—the Feast of August) was also observed.
Franklin County Museum "Young Farmers" Seeding Lammas Wheats
In ancient Celtic folklore, Lugh established the festival to honor his foster mother, Talantiu, the "Great One of the Earth," for dying from exhaustion after clearing forest for land to cultivate. By the early Middle Ages the festival came to include tribal assemblies attended by the High King, sporting contests, trade fairs, and other special events. The modern English word "earth" attests to these early peoples' sacred regard for the land since the term is derived from Hertha, the Celtic goddess of the soil. (The word "harvest" is from Old English hærfest—"autumn," the time described by the tenth century Menologium as "…[W]ela byð geywed fægere on foldan, or when "Plenty is revealed, beautiful upon the earth.")
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Early religious groups adapted these gatherings and vocabulary to the changing conditions of early medieval life and the new faith. Linguists trace the word "bread" (Nordic brøt) to Proto-Indo-European bhreu of northern Europe, a word suggesting the bubbling of leavened bread, the boiling of broth, and the brewing of beer. This northern term implies a process, while Mediterranean Latin's word for loaf, panis (and derivatives French pain, Italian pane) emphasizes the end product. Medieval harvest festivals were commonly held throughout Europe for several days in late summer or fall depending on local traditions and after the crops had been substantially gathered. Folks of all ages but young people in particular looked forward to these spirited events as a time to don traditional costume, socialize, and engage in amusements after months of toil in the fields. Known in German as Kerbfest or Kirmes (Dutch Kermesse), these joyous times typically featured special church and market fairs with strolling minstrels, fellowship and feasting with family and friends and plenty of drink, and evening dances. The revelry is colorfully and sometimes comically depicted in such paintings as Kermis, Peasants Making Merry (1574) by Lucas van Valckenborch (1535-1597), Village Feast (c. 1600) by Marten van Cleve (c. 1527-1581), Brueghel's The Kermesse of St. George (1628), and David Teniers the Younger's Peasant Kermis (c. 1665).
Lucas van Valckenborch, Kermis, Peasants Making Merry (1574)
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The beautifully composed painting Harvest Festival Procession (1826) by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) presents a romanticized view of such an occasion in the German countryside with elements that combine classical and medieval motifs with the artist's Christian world view. A celebratory peasant throng bearing grain sheaves follow a raised eagle standard as if a Roman legion marching toward a towering statue of Ceres. Other harvesters continue to labor in a distant field beneath the ruins of a medieval castle. Schinkel's symbolic works characteristically depict historical and topographical detail in reverence to great epochs through the ages meant to inspire contemporary social renewal.
The painting presents the view of a people who appreciate the sacred bounty of the land which is used to uplift individual spirit and elevate overall area culture. In many Catholic parishes the church consecration day that commemorated the founding of the church or its patron saint came to added sacred elements to the festival's old folk traditions—often condemned by clerics, but did not greatly displace them in many areas. Catholic services commemorated the transmission of supernatural power upon a place of worship and featured a lengthy liturgical Mass with Holy Communion of wine and white bread. Protestant Kirchwiehen also involved solemn ceremony but as a sacred dedication and without the metaphysical connotations.
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Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball.
The unanimous vote Thursday by international basketball's governing body, known as FIBA, allows female players to wear hijabs and male players to wear turbans and yarmulkes following a ban initially imposed for safety reasons 20 years ago. In 2014, FIBA allowed a two-year testing phase for head coverings.
"I think we came out in a good place, at the right place," said USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley, who is on the FIBA executive committee. "I think it's a good step for FIBA to put this issue kind of behind it and go from there."
Iranian national basketball team player Shadi Abdolvand said basketball will change in Iran because younger players will be encouraged to "pursue their goals."
"The end of this month there is a Western Asian tournament and we were looking forward to hearing the news that we can take part," she said. The team's dream is to compete with the world's top players and "see if we can get much better than what we are now," she said.
The rule, which goes into effect Oct. 1, requires headgear to be black, white or the same dominant color as the uniform for all players. It cannot cover any part of the face, have no opening or closing elements around the face and/or neck, and have no parts that extrude from its surface.
The effort to push the governing body to change its regulations dates back several years. Other sports, including soccer, had already relaxed such regulations.
Athlete Ally an organization dedicated to end homophobia and transphobia in sports and to educate athletic communities to stand up against discrimination joined with Shirzanan, a media and advocacy organization for Muslim female athletes, to send a letter to FIBA on Jan. 25, urging leaders to "immediately lift the ban on religious headgear." The letter was signed by many WNBA players, including rookie of the year Breanna Stewart.
That letter came a few years after American-Muslim basketball player Indira Kajlo helped campaign to have FIBA loosen its restrictions on headgear. She started an online petition that drew around 70,000 signatures. She also worked with members of the Sikh community in India, as well as hearing from women in Turkey, Sweden and the UK who expressed their support.
Kajlo, who has played professionally in Ireland and Bosnia, said she had to choose between her faith and the sport she loved when she decided to wear the hijab a few years ago.
"It's a horrible feeling. There's nothing in the world like having to choose between your faith and something you love," she said.
FIBA's decision comes a month after Nike released its first sport hijab for Muslim women.
One of the designers of the Nike Pro Hijab, Emirati weightlifter Amna al-Haddad, said in an online post after its release in March that without pressure from Muslim female athletes to train, exercise and compete in hijab, Nike would not have created the sport hijab. She said allowing more women to compete in modest attire "will encourage a new generation of athletes to pursue sports professionally."
Muslim female athletes have long fought to have the right to play the sport of their choice in modest attire and in hijab.
For the 2012 London Olympics, the International Olympic Committee and the International Judo Federation agreed to allow Saudi judo player Wojdan Shahrkhani to compete while wearing a headscarf. She made history that year as one of the first Saudi women to ever compete in the Olympics.
American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first athlete to wear a hijab while competing for the United States in the Rio Olympics, earning a bronze medal as part of Team USA.
"When other Arab women see a Muslim playing professionally, that encourages them to play as well. There's no reason for them not to play now, nothing is stopping them," said Salim al-Mutawa'a, the head of the United Arab Emirates' Basketball Association.
Still, women's access to sports remains limited in some Muslim-majority countries such as Saudi Arabia, where physical education is still not on the curriculum in public schools for girls. Ultraconservatives have pushed back against efforts by women to play sports, saying it blurs gender lines and is immodest.
Lina Almaeena helped found one of Saudi Arabia's first private sports clubs for women, called Jeddah United. The women's basketball team has participated in tournaments abroad. She says FIBA's decision reconfirms that the Olympic charter "is real and does enable everyone to participate regardless of their background."
"For the women who stopped playing sports because of the ban, it is a huge deal," Almaeena said.
Muna Mohamed, a 22-year-old Somali-American in Minneapolis, Minnesota, took part in a project to design culturally sensitive sportswear for East African girls, most of them Muslim, including one with a tight black headpiece. She welcomed FIBA's decision, saying it would open doors for Muslim girls who wish to wear a headscarf while playing sports.
"It's about time. This happened because sports should be (accessible) to all, regardless of race, gender, class or where you come from," Mohamed said. "It should not have taken this long for this to happen."
She said the sports uniforms worn by the girls' basketball teams in a community program she helped launch allow them to be "more aggressive and more competitive in the sport."
"It's allowing them to focus more on the skills rather than the uniforms that were a barrier," she said.
AP Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney in New York and Associated Press writers Mahdi Fattahi in Tehran, Iran; Malak Harb in Dubai; Ian Deitch in Jerusalem; and Jeff Baenen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, contributed to this report. Feinberg reported from New York.
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What is USP's Q value for dissolution testing? - Blog - Dissolution - Agilent Community
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What is USP's Q Value for Dissolution Testing?
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One question I frequently get is about Q in the USP. What is Q? How to I determine Q? How do I interpret the acceptance tables?
USP defines Q as the quantity or the "amount of dissolved Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) specified in an individual monograph, expressed as a percentage of the labeled content of the dosage unit...". When we look at a Q value, we are looking at what percent has dissolved at that time for that product. Using a percent value as a standard allows for easier standardization across all the monographs in the USP and also helps to more easily apply limits based on statistics. Having the tables defined in USP <711> and <724> instead of the individual monographs also helps to greatly reduce the size of each monograph as well!
The Acceptance Tables are broken down into several categories, depending on what type of dosage form is being tested. You will find tables for Immediate-Release Dosage Forms, Immediate-Release Dosage Forms Pooled Sample, Extended-Release Dosage Forms, and Delayed-Release Dosage Forms. Acceptance criteria in the USP are based upon 12 samples, otherwise seen as n=12. In the acceptance tables, this is Stage 2. In stage 2, you will see that your average release is equal to Q. Stage 1 is essentially a shortcut based on statistics where you can pass the test with only 6 samples, or n=6, using a tighter set of acceptance criteria. If n=12 doesn't pass, then you move to stage 3, where you have a total of 24 samples or n=24. In Stage 3, you have a larger sample size, so the statistics allow for a wider range of acceptance.
The Immediate-Release acceptance table is as follows:
Let's assume that Q = 85% dissolved. Using this, then our acceptance criteria for this table would be:
S1 - 6 units tested. Each unit is not less than 90% (Q+5%)
S2 - 6 additional units tested. Average of 12 units (Stage 1 plus Stage 2) is equal or greater than 85% (Q), and no unit is less than 70% (Q-15%).
S3 - 12 additional units tested. Average of 24 units (Stages 1 + 2 + 3) is equal to or greater than 85% (Q), not more than 2 units are less than 70% (Q-15%), and no unit is less than 60% (Q-25%).
Some things to note here. You see that the specifications loosen as the sample size increases - this is due to increased confidence in statistics. You are also allowed limited outliers which can be well below Q in Stages 2 and 3.
For Immediate Release with Pooled Sampling, the table looks quite a bit different. Here, you are taking a Pooled Sample - basically 1 sample which is a mixture of the n=6 to n=12 of that stage. Since you're only testing 1 sample per stage, you are testing fewer samples and the statistical requirements therefore are much tighter.
Using the same Q = 85%, your acceptance criteria would be:
S1 - 95%
For Extended Release Products, you are now dealing with acceptance ranges. You must meet the table for each specification point in the dissolution monograph. It isn't uncommon to have 3 individual specifications, each which must be met in the following table:
Let's assume for this table, that we are choosing a later timepoint and our acceptance criteria range is 70-80%. Our acceptable limits in the table would then be:
L1 - 70-80%
L2 - Average of 70-80%. No individual dose is outside of 60-90%.
L3 - Average of 70-80%. Only 2 units can be outside of 60-90%. No units can be outside of of 50-100%.
If we have 3 timepoints, you would need to confirm that each of these 3 timepoints meets this acceptance table.
Delayed-Release Products have a separate acceptance table to allow for an acidic challenge and buffer stage. In the acidic challenge, you ideally want to see nothing dissolved indicating that the dose is fully protected from the stomach acid. Please note that this table is not compendial in the Japanese Pharmacopeia.
In the delayed-release tables, you have one for the Acid Phase (A) and another for the Buffer Phase (B). The Acid Phase is pretty self-explanatory. In the Buffer Stage, you see something very similar to the Immediate-Release table above. If we assume Q = 85% again for the Buffer Stage, our passing values would be:
B1 - Each unit is not less than 90%
B2 - Average of 12 units is equal than or greater to 85%, and no unit is less than 70%.
B3 - Average of 24 units is equal or greater to 85%, not more than 2 units are less than 70%, and no unit is less than 60%.
I hope this walkthrough of Q in USP <711> is helpful. For further clarification, feel free to contact Agilent's dissolution experts at dissolution.hotline@agilent.com.


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Los Angeles County to Launch Grant Program to Help Restaurants Impacted by COVID-19 Restrictions
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In an effort to assist restaurants affected by the COVID-19 restrictions, Los Angeles County will launch the Keep LA County Dining Grant Program on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 12:00 a.m.
The Keep LA County Dining Grant will provide $30,000 to use as working capital for employee payroll expenses, capital to continue operations, payment of outstanding business expenses, and adaptive business practices needed to remain open. Preference will be given to restaurants that provided outdoor dining as of November 24, 2020.
The Program, approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 24, 2020, and operated by the Los Angeles County Development Authority, will be available to small businesses located in the County of Los Angeles, not including the Cities of Los Angeles and Pasadena, that can demonstrate that their business was impacted by COVID-19 through a hardship due to closure and a reduction in revenue. Businesses that have already received assistance from other Los Angeles County Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act programs are not eligible for this Program.
"Earlier this year, restaurants made incredible sacrifices to align with public safety protocols in order to open for in person dining and help pay their bills," said Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. "These restaurants, the vast majority of which employ fewer than 25 people, truly represent the small business community that drives the County's economic engine. The recent health officer orders to close in person dining was a devastating blow and as a result, the Board identified the need to immediately deploy grant funding to support these impacted small businesses."
"Restaurants are integral to the economic, social, and cultural fabric of our County," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Chair Pro Tem Hilda L. Solis. "They contribute to the historical identity of our communities and are also responsible for employing a workforce that is dependent on jobs with low barriers to entry for their livelihood. I am keenly aware that many are not in agreement with the recent temporary suspension of outdoor dining, but it is necessary to protect our collective well-being. Nonetheless, it is critical that we continue to assist this sector by providing funding to impacted restaurants so that we can help keep them afloat while we weather this pandemic together. Together is the only way that we can beat this virus, not alone and not divided."
"This pandemic and the recent closure of outdoor dining has been devastating to our restaurants and restaurant workers," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. "These grants are meant to help as many restaurants as possible make ends meet and make it through this crisis. We know it won't be enough. We need another federal stimulus package to get a lifeline to all of our businesses and workers that are struggling."
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Washington, Jan 24 : At least four people are dead following separate shootings in northern California near the city of San Francisco, NBC reported citing a person familiar with the matter.
The report said on Monday that three victims were found dead at a certain location in Half Moon Bay, California, while a fourth victim was found dead in another nearby location.
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Monday's shooting comes on the heels of a shooting that took place at a dance studio in the city of Monterey Park, California, near Los Angeles over the weekend. As of Monday, the death toll in the Monterey shooting has risen to 11 following the death of another victim at a local hospital.
A gunman opened fire at a Monterey Park dance studio at the end of the first day of a two-day street festival celebrating Lunar New Year, killing 11 and injuring nine others. The suspected gunman fled the scene and was found dead by authorities in a van in a neighboring city.
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The man whose studio produces "Longmire," "The Bachelor" and "The Voice" has not renewed his contract and will depart in March.
Craig Erwich is out at Warner Horizon.
The executive atop Warner Bros.' lower-cost offshoot has not renewed his contract and will depart when his current deal expires in March, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. During his seven-year run with the studio, which is focused on scripted cable offerings and broadcast reality, he added programming that ranged from TNT hit Rizzoli & Isles to NBC juggernaut The Voice.
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The news of his departure comes half a year after the Warner Bros. TV division was reshuffled, with Erwich now reporting to the famously hands-on reality vet Mike Darnell on all unscripted efforts. Erwich continued to report to TV chief Peter Roth on matters of scripted programming, which also included A&E's Longmire and TNT's Dallas.
Erwich came to Warner in late 2007 by way of Fox, where he was a top development executive. At that time, Warner Horizon had been in existence for only a year and a half, and had taken control on production for The Bachelor. During his 12-year tenure at Fox, he had a hand in the early stages of such shows as 24, House and The O.C. He left as the No. 2 creative executive at the broadcast net.
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// Audio chunks are sent on the upstream by means of a chunked HTTP POST upload.
// Recognition results are retrieved in a full-duplex fashion (i.e. while
// pushing audio on the upstream) on the downstream by means of a chunked
// HTTP GET request. Pairing between the two stream is handled through a
// randomly generated key, unique for each request, which is passed in the
// &pair= arg to both stream request URLs.
// In the case of a regular session, the upstream is closed when the audio
// capture ends (notified through a |AudioChunksEnded| call) and the downstream
// waits for a corresponding server closure (eventually some late results can
// come after closing the upstream).
// Both stream are guaranteed to be closed when |EndRecognition| call is issued.
class CONTENT_EXPORT GoogleStreamingRemoteEngine
    : public NON_EXPORTED_BASE(SpeechRecognitionEngine),
      public net::URLFetcherDelegate,
      public NON_EXPORTED_BASE(base::NonThreadSafe) {
 public:
  // Duration of each audio packet.
  static const int kAudioPacketIntervalMs;

  // IDs passed to URLFetcher::Create(). Used for testing.
  static const int kUpstreamUrlFetcherIdForTesting;
  static const int kDownstreamUrlFetcherIdForTesting;

  explicit GoogleStreamingRemoteEngine(net::URLRequestContextGetter* context);
  ~GoogleStreamingRemoteEngine() override;

  // SpeechRecognitionEngine methods.
  void SetConfig(const SpeechRecognitionEngineConfig& config) override;
  void StartRecognition() override;
  void EndRecognition() override;
  void TakeAudioChunk(const AudioChunk& data) override;
  void AudioChunksEnded() override;
  bool IsRecognitionPending() const override;
  int GetDesiredAudioChunkDurationMs() const override;

  // net::URLFetcherDelegate methods.
  void OnURLFetchComplete(const net::URLFetcher* source) override;
  void OnURLFetchDownloadProgress(const net::URLFetcher* source,
                                  int64_t current,
                                  int64_t total) override;

 private:
  // Response status codes from the speech recognition webservice.
  static const int kWebserviceStatusNoError;
  static const int kWebserviceStatusErrorNoMatch;

  // Frame type for framed POST data. Do NOT change these. They must match
  // values the server expects.
  enum FrameType {
    FRAME_PREAMBLE_AUDIO = 0,
    FRAME_RECOGNITION_AUDIO = 1
  };

  // Data types for the internal Finite State Machine (FSM).
  enum FSMState {
    STATE_IDLE = 0,
    STATE_BOTH_STREAMS_CONNECTED,
    STATE_WAITING_DOWNSTREAM_RESULTS,
    STATE_MAX_VALUE = STATE_WAITING_DOWNSTREAM_RESULTS
  };

  enum FSMEvent {
    EVENT_END_RECOGNITION = 0,
    EVENT_START_RECOGNITION,
    EVENT_AUDIO_CHUNK,
    EVENT_AUDIO_CHUNKS_ENDED,
    EVENT_UPSTREAM_ERROR,
    EVENT_DOWNSTREAM_ERROR,
    EVENT_DOWNSTREAM_RESPONSE,
    EVENT_DOWNSTREAM_CLOSED,
    EVENT_MAX_VALUE = EVENT_DOWNSTREAM_CLOSED
  };

  struct FSMEventArgs {
    explicit FSMEventArgs(FSMEvent event_value);
    ~FSMEventArgs();

    FSMEvent event;

    // In case of EVENT_AUDIO_CHUNK, holds the chunk pushed by |TakeAudioChunk|.
    scoped_refptr<const AudioChunk> audio_data;

    // In case of EVENT_DOWNSTREAM_RESPONSE, hold the current chunk bytes.
    scoped_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t>> response;

   private:
    DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FSMEventArgs);
  };

  // Invoked by both upstream and downstream URLFetcher callbacks to handle
  // new chunk data, connection closed or errors notifications.
  void DispatchHTTPResponse(const net::URLFetcher* source,
                            bool end_of_response);

  // Entry point for pushing any new external event into the recognizer FSM.
  void DispatchEvent(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);

  // Defines the behavior of the recognizer FSM, selecting the appropriate
  // transition according to the current state and event.
  FSMState ExecuteTransitionAndGetNextState(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);

  // The methods below handle transitions of the recognizer FSM.
  FSMState ConnectBothStreams(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState TransmitAudioUpstream(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState ProcessDownstreamResponse(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState RaiseNoMatchErrorIfGotNoResults(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState CloseUpstreamAndWaitForResults(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState CloseDownstream(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState AbortSilently(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState AbortWithError(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState Abort(SpeechRecognitionErrorCode error);
  FSMState DoNothing(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);
  FSMState NotFeasible(const FSMEventArgs& event_args);

  std::string GetAcceptedLanguages() const;
  std::string GenerateRequestKey() const;

  // Upload a single chunk of audio data. Handles both unframed and framed
  // upload formats, and uses the appropriate one.
  void UploadAudioChunk(const std::string& data, FrameType type, bool is_final);

  SpeechRecognitionEngineConfig config_;
  scoped_ptr<net::URLFetcher> upstream_fetcher_;
  scoped_ptr<net::URLFetcher> downstream_fetcher_;
  scoped_refptr<net::URLRequestContextGetter> url_context_;
  scoped_ptr<AudioEncoder> encoder_;
  scoped_ptr<AudioEncoder> preamble_encoder_;
  ChunkedByteBuffer chunked_byte_buffer_;
  size_t previous_response_length_;
  bool got_last_definitive_result_;
  bool is_dispatching_event_;
  bool use_framed_post_data_;
  FSMState state_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(GoogleStreamingRemoteEngine);
};

}  // namespace content

#endif  // CONTENT_BROWSER_SPEECH_GOOGLE_STREAMING_REMOTE_ENGINE_H_

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Judge Raymond Groarke told a leading member of the group, 56-year-old retired primary school principal Maura Harrington, that she and her associates were acting like a secret police force in the Erris area of the county.
Judge Groarke was hearing a series of appeals lodged by Ms Harrington against convictions and jail sentences arising from protests against the Corrib gas project in 2008 and 2009.
She told him that she believed the work by Shell was unlawful and damaging to the environment and that issues in relation to the project were still before the High Court.
However, Judge Groarke told her that, while people had a legitimate right to protest against what they perceived to be injustices, she and a handful of others appear to think they could appoint themselves to interrupt and enforce the law as they thought fit.
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'You don't have a uniform Miss Harrington, but you are acting like a secret police,' Judge Groarke said.
The judge disqualified her from driving for two years and fined her €200 and adjourned sentencing on cases relating to trespass and causing criminal damage for 12 months.


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Inside the lipstick-stained history of Manhattan's most private residence.
If one is ruthless about these things, the question of what is the best apartment in New York boils down to two candidates: a duplex that has received plenty of attention and a triplex a few blocks down that hasn't gotten enough. This is the penthouse at 625 Park Avenue. Famous in its time as the home of beauty tycoon Helena Rubinstein, this apartment—which I was reminded of by the new Broadway show War Paint, about Rubinstein and her rival Elizabeth Arden—served for more than two decades as the backdrop for Rubinstein's inimitable, original, and extraordinarily daring taste.
"Madame," as she was known, had many other residences, but she always referred to 625 as home. The apartment, which she described after first seeing it as "a castle in the air," began as an obsession denied. Rubinstein was one of the richest women in the world—and Jewish. In what was once a typical story in New York, she was refused as a renter (625 was built as a co-op in 1929 but converted to a rental during the Depression). In a less familiar outcome, Rubinstein promptly bought the entire building, which remedied things nicely.
Beginning in 1941 she filled the triplex penthouse with a collection of African and Oceanic art, Venetian shell grotto furniture, murals by Salvador Dalí, modern paintings by Picasso, Miró, Modigliani, and de Kooning, an illuminated Lucite bed, sculptures by Elie Nadelman, and, perhaps most surprisingly, suites of tufted Victorian seat furniture by John Henry Belter, which was about as out of fashion as it is possible to be. Rubinstein played a wild game when it came to decorating; her approach might be described as shock first/answer questions later. Surrealism was a theme, and fear was not an option.
In evidence of another obsession, after her death, in 1965, the apartment was bought by Madame's rival Charles Revson. (Rubinstein referred to the founder of Revlon as "the nail man.") All the African sculptures, Mexican primitive portraits, and eccentricity were swept away in an achingly beautiful renovation (that reportedly cost $3 million) by McMillen that favored the elegant over the bohemian. After Revson came Princess Ashraf, the shah of Iran's twin sister, and since 1995 the apartment has been home to financier Henry Kravis. Never photographed but often discussed, it is today decorated in sumptuous 18th-century style by François Joseph Graf. One hears the top-floor ballroom is now a library, and modern art has reportedly made a comeback.


The acclaimed chef opened his namesake brasserie at Prahran Market just last year.
The rollout of Paul Wilson's multipurpose Prahran Market eatery, Wilson & Market, felt like a marathon. It began with the opening of a tiny takeaway section, Mr Wilson's Tuckshop, in March last year, and was followed by a daytime cafe and bar. Then in June, a brasserie – and the venue's showpiece – finally opened.
It was a big deal for this part of the south, and for Prahran Market in particular: a brand-name chef taking up residence at one of the city's most iconic food locations, with a slick and sophisticated new diner.
Now, roughly a year later, Wilson is leaving his namesake restaurant. It's unclear why, but a spokesperson confirmed that for legal reasons Wilson could not comment on the departure.
The restaurant and daytime cafe will continue to trade as normal. A staff member who answered the phone at the eatery on Tuesday said: "It's business as usual".
British-born Wilson moved to Melbourne from the UK in the late '90s and carved out an acclaimed career at Radii and the Botanical in Melbourne, and Icebergs in Sydney. He originally moved to Australia to oversee the Georges brasserie on Collins Street.
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Gilles Boeuf, professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University, is the scientific referent of this MOOC Biodiversity & Global Change.
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Glass was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and educated in the Lincoln Public School system, graduating from Lincoln, Northeast High School in 1958. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1958 to 1960 and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1960 to January, 1962, earning a bachelor's degree with a joint major in mathematics and German. He worked as a research assistant for Robert E. Stake at UNL from spring 1961 until graduation. At Stake's suggestion, he chose to immediately enroll in graduate school. He entered the PhD program in statistics, measurement and experimental design at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in February 1962. He graduated with a PhD in Educational Psychology in May, 1965, having studied with Julian C. Stanley, Chester W. Harris, and Henry F. Kaiser. His doctoral dissertation, entitled Alpha Factor Analysis of Infallible Variables, won the Creative Talent award in Psychometrics given by the American Institutes for Research for 1966. In August 1965, he joined Stake and other colleagues as an assistant professor in the Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he taught for two years before moving to the University of Colorado Boulder. He was promoted to professor at CU-Boulder in 1970. In 1986, Glass joined the faculty of the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, from which he retired in 2010. He holds the title of Regents' Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University. In 2011, he joined the faculty of the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder as a research professor. He has served as a senior researcher in the National Education Policy Center since 2010.
In 1970, he published his first book, Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology, with his adviser Julian C. Stanley as co-author. The book, which was started in 1964 while Glass was still a graduate student, went through three editions, the most recent having been published in 1996 with Kenneth D. Hopkins as co-author. In all, as of 2010 his  professional résumé lists some 23 books and more than 250 articles, reviews and reports.
His scholarly contributions are divided into three periods: 1964–1974 statistical methods including contributions to factor analysis and meta-analysis; 1975–1985 psychotherapy outcome research; 1986–2010 education policy analysis. In addition, Glass has been an active editor of scholarly journals: 1968–1970 Review of Educational Research, 1978–1980 Psychological Bulletin (Editor for Methodology), 1984–1986 American Educational Research Journal (Co-Editor with Mary Lee Smith and Lorrie A. Shepard). In recent years he has championed the cause of open access to scholarly literature, having created in 1993 the ("free-to-read") online journal Education Policy Analysis Archives and in 1998 the multi-lingual online book review journal Education Review, both of which journals remained in continuous publication in 2010.
In 2006, he was honored with the Distinguished Contributions to Educational Research Award of the American Educational Research Association. In 2008, he published Fertilizers, Pills & Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education in America in which contemporary education debates are seen as the result of demographic and economic trends throughout the 20th Century. In 2014, Glass co-authored with David C. Berliner the book 50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America's Public Schools.
One type of effect size estimator was named after Glass by Larry V. Hedges.
"Outstanding Public Educator" for 2016, awarded by the Horace Mann League.
Glass, Gene V & Stanley, Julian C. (1970). Statistical Methods in Education & Psychology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
Glass, G. V (Ed.) Proceedings of the 1970 Invitational Conference on Testing Problems. Princeton, N.J.: Educational Testing Service, 1971.
Glass, G. V & Stanley, J.C. (1974). Metodos Estadisticos Aplicados a las Ciencias Sociales. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
Glass, G. V; Willson, V.L. & Gottman, J.M. (1975). Design and Analysis of Time-series Experiments. Boulder, Colo.: Colorado Associated University Press.
Glass, G. V (Ed.) (1976). Evaluation Studies Review Annual, Vol. 1. Beverly Hills: SAGE Publications.
Hopkins, K.D. & Glass, G. V (1978). Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
Smith, Mary Lee; Glass, Gene V; & Miller, Thomas I. (1980). The Benefits of Psychotherapy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press.
Glass, Gene V; McGaw, Barry; & Smith, Mary Lee. (1981). Meta-analysis in Social Research. Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE.
Glass, Gene V; Cahen, Leonard S.; Smith, Mary Lee & Filby, Nikola N. (1982). School Class Size: Research and Policy. Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE.
Smith, M.L. & Glass, G. V (1987). Research and Evaluation in Education and the Social Sciences. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Glass, Gene V & Hopkins, Kenneth D. (1996). Statistical Methods in Education & Psychology, Third Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Vrasidas, C. and Glass, G. V (Eds.) (2002). Distance Education and Distributed Learning. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Vrasidas, C. and Glass, G. V (Eds.) (2004). Online Professional Development for Teachers. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Vrasidas, C. and Glass, G. V (Eds.) (2005). Preparing Teachers to Teach with Technology. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Glass, Gene V. (2008). Fertilizers, Pills & Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education in America. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Glass, G. V; Willson, V.L. & Gottman, J.M. (2008). Design and Analysis of Time-series Experiments. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Berliner, David C.; Glass, Gene V & Associates. (2014). 50 Myths & Lies that Threaten America's Public Schools. NY: Teachers College Press.
^ He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education.


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Jay O'Shea Net Worth 2018: What is this football/soccer player worth?
Jay O'Shea is a professional football/soccer player who played Winger/Attacking midfielder for Bury F.C. as number 26. O'Shea was born on August 10, 1988, in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. This article examines Jay O'Shea's net worth.
Jay O'Shea Career and Earnings/Salary
As a youth, Jay O'Shea played for St Joseph's Boys AFC during 2004-2005. Over 2006, O'Shea played for Home Farm F.C. earning 2 caps and scoring 0 goals. During 2006-2007, O'Shea played for Bray Wanderers A.F.C. earning 35 caps and scoring 2 goals. In 2008-2009, O'Shea played for Galway United F.C. earning 48 caps and scoring 11 goals. In 2009-2011, O'Shea played for Birmingham City F.C. earning 1 caps and scoring 0 goals. From 2010, O'Shea played for Middlesbrough F.C. (loan) earning 2 caps and scoring 0 goals. From 2010-2011, O'Shea played for Stevenage F.C. (loan) earning 5 caps and scoring 1 goals. From 2011-2013, O'Shea played for Milton Keynes Dons F.C. earning 39 caps and scoring 6 goals.
Jay O'Shea also played nationally. During 2006-2007, O'Shea played for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team scoring 2 goals, with 5 caps. During 2008-2009, O'Shea played for the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team with 6 caps and 1 goals. In 2008, O'Shea played for the Republic of Ireland national under-23 football team earning 1 caps and scoring 0 goals.
Jay O'Shea Net Worth 2018
Professional soccer players can earn plenty of money. But salaries depend on many different circumstances. These include the player's location and of course, their skills. At the hightest level, footballers in the U.K. and some European countries can bring in $50 million or more. In the Americas, the best players get $1,000,000-$2,000,000 a year, and in locations where soccer/football is not as popular, such as the USA and China, footballers earn a few hundred thousand per year. The worst paying leagues can pay as little as $50,000 per annum.
Jay O'Shea net worth: soccer/football salary distribution
So what is football/soccer player Jay O'Shea's net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Jay O'Shea's net worth as of 2018 is: $1 million
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CCMPL 153 (2022 Changes to the Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) Program Reduction of Forms and Continuous Rating)
Child Care Manual Procedure Letter No. 153
SUBJECT: 2022 Changes to the Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) Program Reduction of Forms and Continuous Rating
Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) is the quality rating and improvement system developed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to increase the quality of child care and early education programs. The current five-star system requires the completion and submission of numerous forms, ratings are only effective for a designated time period and an annual report is required.
New Policy:
To assist programs with reducing administrative burden, as well as in achieving and maintaining their ratings, the following changes will take effect on April 15, 2022:
SUTQ Rating
The rating renewal process is being discontinued. A program's SUTQ rating will be continuous from their rating effective date. The SUTQ certificate for a continuous rating is valid with no expiration date. This does not include programs with specialized ratings, those ratings will continue to have an expiration date.
The two-star rating will be continuous with no expiration date. Two-star rated programs will no longer register for a different rating within one year, and the rating is no longer limited to once every four years.
Programs wishing to change their star rating must submit an ongoing rating registration.
Specialized Rating Change of ownership, reinstatement and/or expedited ratings are not continuous, as they are time limited. Programs with these ratings must continue to follow the process outlined in Chapter 5101:2-17, of the Ohio Administrative Code.
Annual Report/Verification Visit The requirement to submit documentation for the annual report is being discontinued. SUTQ standards will be reviewed annually. One and two-star rated programs will receive a complete verification visit every other year to review all SUTQ standards. Highly rated three to five-star rated programs will receive a complete verification visit every three years.
Standards The number of forms required for upload at registration for each star-rating has been reduced. The standards have been revised to identify sample forms that may be used to meet the standard. The updated standards are attached to this letter.
Rating Reductions If a program's rating is reduced to a lesser rating, not a zero, this new rating will also be continuous. Programs cannot be awarded a new rating until six months from the new continuous rating effective date.
School-Age Children Programs serving school-age children are not required to obtain or implement a school-age curriculum.
Currently rated programs do not need to take any action to make their rating continuous. All current rating expiration dates will be removed via a system process. The system process to remove rating expiration dates does not apply to change of owner, reinstatement, and expedited ratings, as these ratings are time limited as outlined in rule.
The Ohio Child Licensing and Quality System (OCLQS) will reflect these changes on April 18, 2022. Updated SUTQ certificates reflecting a continuous rating can be printed from OCLQS on April 18, 2022. System changes are being implemented beginning Friday, April 15, 2022, and will be completed Monday, April 18, 2022. OCLQS will not be available during this time.
If your program's rating expires on or after April 15, 2022, you do NOT need to submit an annual report to maintain your current SUTQ rating.
Disregard emails received reminding your program that the annual report is due.
Ongoing Rating/Renewal Registration
If your program's rating expires on or after April 15, 2022, you do NOT need to submit an ongoing registration to maintain your current SUTQ rating.
Disregard emails received reminding your program to complete an ongoing registration.
If your program's rating expires before April 15, 2022, it will be processed according to the current standards.
Specialized Rating If your program currently holds a change of ownership, re-instatement, or expedited rating, you must submit an initial registration within the 120- day deadline, as this rating type is not continuous.
Programs registering for a star rating can begin to use the revised forms on April 15, 2022. Forms completed and currently on file at a rated program do not need to be updated with these revised versions until a form is required to be updated.
Prescribed forms that have been revised that appear in the standards:
JFS 01509 "Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)" has been revised to clarify what is required for dates and goals, and for Family Child Care, to add the program owner's self-assessment (CKC).
JFS 01590 "Curriculum Standards Assessment Alignment Tool: Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers for Step Up to Quality Programs" is a new form that has consolidated the former JFS 01590 "Curriculum Standard Assessment Alignment Tool: Infants and Toddlers for Step Up To Quality" and JFS 01591 "Curriculum Standard Assessment Alignment Tool: Pre-Kindergarten Strand for Step Up To Quality". Further revisions include language clarification and the addition of blended curriculums.
Sample forms that have been revised and have been added to the standards:
JFS 01381 "Program Transition Policies For Four To Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)" has been revised to update form description wording.
JFS 01518 "Classroom Self-Assessment Action Plan for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)" has been revised to update the wording in some fields for clarification.
JFS 01587 "Professional Development Plan for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)" has been revised to mirror language in the rule standards.
The following forms have been revised and are available on forms central as technical assistance documents:
JFS 01369 "Records Transfer Policy/Request For Two to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)" has been revised to add a section to indicate which records are being transferred, and to update the parent signature to give authorization for the transferring of forms.
JFS 01379 "Health Screening Process for Three to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)" has been revised to include information previously on the JFS 01375 "Health Referral Process for Three to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)", which is being made obsolete.
JFS 01507 "Curriculum Selection Process for Two to Five-Star Programs for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)" has been revised to mirror language in the rule standards.
The following forms have been made obsolete:
JFS 01364 "Written Wage Structure for One to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01365 "Description of Professional Development Planning Process for One to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01366 "Community Resources Information for One to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01367 "Family Engagement Activities for Two to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01370 "Family Engagement Model or Process for Four to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01371 "Approved Staff Supports for Two to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01372 "Health and Child Development Information for Two to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01374 "Professional Development Plan Annual Summary for Three to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) Annual Report"
JFS 01375 "Health Referral Process for Three to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01377 "Family Education Information for Three to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01383 "Annual Survey Process for Four to Five-Star Ratings for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01508 "Action Plan for Selecting a Curriculum for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01511 "Family Information for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01512 "Developmental Screening Instrument for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01516 "Classroom Self-Assessment Tool Summary: One Through Five-Star Rating For Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)
JFS 01522 "Teacher Observation Summary for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
JFS 01591 "Curriculum Standards Assessment Alignment Tool: Pre-Kindergarten Strand for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) Programs"
JFS 01593 "Curriculum Standards Assessment Alignment Tool: School Age For Step Up To Quality Programs"
JFS 01596 "Staff Worksheet For Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)"
Please contact the Child Care Policy Help Desk at childcarepolicy@jfs.ohio.gov or 1-877-302-2347, option 4, if you have any questions.
Appendix A: One-Star Center Standards
Appendix B: Two-Star Center Standards
Appendix C: Three-Star Center Standards
Appendix D: Four and Five-Star Center Standards
Appendix E: One-Star FCC Standards
Appendix F: Two-Star FCC Standards
Appendix G: Three-Star FCC Standards
Appendix H: Four and Five-Star FCC Standards


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Q: Derivative problem Could anyone help me?
Let $f:[0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function of class  $C^1$  such that $f(0)=0$ and there exists $a \in ]0,1[$ with $f(a)f'(a)<0$. Show that there exists $b\in ]0,1[$  with $f'(b)=0$
I don't understand: how is different between $f'(a)$ and $f'(b)$. $a$ and $b$ are both elements of $]0,1[$, and $f(a)f'(a)< 0$, so $f'(a)$ or $f'(b)$ can not be equals to $0$.
thanks

A: WLG (the other case is similar) assume that $f(a)>0$ and $f'(a)<0$ so by the mean value theorem there's $c\in(0,a)$ such that
$$f(a)=af'(c)$$
hence $f'(c)>0$ and since $f'$ is continuous so by the intermediate value  theorem and since $f'(c)>0$ and $f'(a)<0$ there's $b\in (c,a)$ s.t. $f'(b)=0$.

A: You can prove the assertion by contradiction. Assume that for all $b\in]0,1[$, $f'(b)$ is different from zero. This implies $--$ because $f$ is assumed to be of class $C^1$ $--$  that the derivative $f'$ is continuous and therefore either positive or negative on $]0,1[$.
If the derivative $f'$ is positive, then, for any $x\in]0,1[$, both $f(x)$ and $f'(x)$ are positive, contradicting the existence of an $a\in]0,1[$ such that $f(a)f'(a)<0$. The derivative being negative leads to a similar contradiction.

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http://www.phunkers.co.uk Watch a awesome dancer, dancing to a Piano and Orchestral pop song in a field of glowing, moving light.
This is version 2. Due to all the helpful comment from people, I decided to fix a few problem in the original version. People where saying the main solo violin was too thick (A polite way of saying annoying lol). So in this version I added more reverb, also tweaked a few things to make the main violin sound more pleasant. Also added a viola a cello a double bass ensemble to final section of the song to get a more dramatic fuller sound. Also borrowed a pair of my friends ears to re-master the track to make it more clear.
I'm still loving it. I'm not sure the changes make the new mix better, just different. Whether you prefer version 1 or version 2, it's still a fine piece of music!
The music is very nice, and the dynamic changes are great. The video is mesmerizing, really enjoyed your melding of dance with that cool visualizer as the "floor".
Your advertising of other videos at the end was a little distracting, since you were still bringing the main video to a close, I probably would have shortened that a bit and moved it mostly "off the end" of the main video... but keeping it on there is probably a good idea.
I agree with Andrew. I like them both. Thanks.
them both, I have no preference as they both are full of emotion in my opinion. Version2 may sound a bit "fuller" but that may be the remaster. This is very very cool!!
...composition. really nice job. love how it fills in around the 3 minute mark. cello is my favorite instrument of all time. thanks for posting!
this piece has so many sweet moments that make me close my eyes to absorb. I like the video too.
For Dad - "Piano Improvisation"


The complete lineup for the inaugural Adult Swim Festival in LA has just been announced, and we're only concerned with one thing: the Rick & Morty Musical Ricksperience. This Ricksperience will feature a 37-piece live orchestra expected to play all the best hits from the hit television show like "Terryfold" and "Get Shwifty." It will also likely play music from the forthcoming Rick & Morty soundtrack out September 28th.
The festival also includes many other live music and comedy acts like: Run The Jewels, Thundercat, FlyLo, Hannibal Burress, Tim Heidecker, Jena Friedman, Nick Rutherford, Dorian Concept, Flying Lotus (in 3-D), Georgia Anne Muldrow, Hannibal Buress, and Thundercat.
Fans will get a unique opportunity to be fully immersed in an Adult Swim experience like no other happening on and around two massive stages. They can take a trip on the DREAM CORP LLC Virtual Reality Eggs, play a round of Rick and Morty Mini Golf; ride a giant Hot Dog Ride; soak in six minutes of air-conditioning in the immersive Meatwad Dome 4D Experience and climb everyone favorite feline on Smack Up My Uvula. Fans far and wide will also enjoy live broadcasts by Adult Swim's Fish Center & Friends, featuring the best of the streams.
Buy tickets before Saturday, September 14th for the opportunity to enter the Adult Swim Festival Fan Sweepstakes and get a chance to watch your favorite band from the soundboard, get 50% off all Adult Swim merchandise, go home with a limited-edition Rick and Morty vinyl and other autographed exclusives, free food and drink vouchers, custom Adult Swim bike, plus many more prizes! Already bought your ticket? Don't worry, fans who purchased tickets between March 16th and September 14th are also eligible to enter the sweepstakes when they register their admission wristbands at AdultSwimReg.com.
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Brussels, 16 July 2014: The Fourth East African Astronomical Society Workshop, organised by the East African Astronomical Society (EAAS), took place from 30 June to 04 July 2014 at the University of Rwanda - College of Education, Kigali-Rwanda.
Centred around the "Role of Astronomy in Socio-Economic Transformation," this workshop aimed at strengthening capacity building in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science in general, while providing a forum for astronomers from the region to train young and upcoming scientists. This workshop provided an excellent opportunity for exchange of ideas, cross border co-supervision and sharing of resources.
African universities have made significant progress in incorporating Space Science disciplines in their curricula, which can also be demonstrated by the example of the University of Nairobi, Kenya now offering a Bachelor's degree programme in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
A number of other universities in the region are in the process of developing similar curricula, which can to a large extent be attributed to the successful networking and sharing of expertise between the countries. These practices prove crucially important for teaching and supervising students across East Africa.
Enhance and develop more ways of cooperation among Eastern African astronomers and institutions involved in the development of astronomy in the region.
Astronomy and Human Space Technology.
Mr Takalani Nemaungani, Director of SKA and AVN at the Department of Science and Technology in South Africa, contributed to the workshop by giving a presentation on "Astronomy Landscape in South Africa and progress update on MeerKAT/SKA/AVN", which took place on 1 July 2014. In his presentation Mr Nemaungani also introduced the African-European Radio Astronomy Platform (AERAP) as an example of a successful platform facilitating collaboration in the area of radio astronomy between Africa and Europe.
AERAP is a stakeholder platform of industry, academia, the public sector and civil society established to define and implement radio astronomy cooperation initiatives between Africa and Europe. These initiatives cover a wide range of research areas and industry sectors as well as human capital development and researcher mobility programmes.
The overall goal of this platform is to strengthen research and innovation in Europe and Africa, harnessing science and technology to promote sustainable development and competitiveness across both continents.


Petra, the old capital of the Nabataeans located in the hilly semi-dessert of Jordan, was put on the list of the 7 modern world-wonders and experiences a boom in visitors since then. This article describes the access to the ancient city, provides tips and hints, some historical information and a short description of the site and the most famous monuments. The best way to explore Petra is a guided tour, UB Cool organizes three different tours to Petra.
The hub to and from Petra has grown quickly and somewhat chaotically in the last years. New hotels appear on a monthly basis and the prices for accommodation and food is noticeable higher than in the average. It is not a beautiful sight but that is not the point of staying there.
Petra is an extensive national park and costs the very substantial entrance fee of 23 Jordanian dollars (JD) for one day. Two days are relatively cheaper at 28 JD. After having bought a ticket you will be offered horse and carriages, shortening the 2km to the entrance of the siq. In the site itself, there is an abundance of children / youths offering their donkey and camels for transportation to the various, sometimes distant, points of interest. No matter how remote your path, you will find little shops offering jewelry, local stones and the like.
In this section, a short yet by no means comprehensive description of the most important sights as well as the most obvious itinerary for a one-day visit will be given.
The local topography and the restricted access to the city signify that there is just one access for all visitors, causing people to crowd on some narrow places in the central parts of the city on busy days. However, Petra is very ample and as soon as you leave the most frequented parts you will find yourself in beautiful and calm mountain scenery consisting out of red-shining sandstone.
The common access leads through the narrow siq to the treasury, which is located at the end of a somewhat wider canyon. The stream of visitors continues to the right to the theater (left hand side) and the royal tombs (right hand side). At his point, the way crosses the wide, dry riverbed of wadi musa and leads to the ancient city center including the big temple, the museum and a restaurant. After that starts the ascent to the monastery. Petra Mountains and hiking Trails tour will show you the wildest and most beautiful part of Petra area.
The siq is a very narrow (sometimes just 2-3 meters) canyon, rather a crack, which was washed out of the sandstone by flush-floods.


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Mike Munchak Set to Return to LP Field as a Steeler
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former Titans head coach Mike Munchak makes his return to Nashville as offensive line coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers when the two teams square off in this week's Monday Night Football matchup at LP Field.
Munchak, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001, went 22-26 as head coach of the Titans from 2011-13, capping a 31-year association with the franchise as a player and coach.
He played guard for the Houston Oilers from 1982-93, earning nine Pro Bowl selections, before transitioning onto the coaching staff, where he spent 14 years (1997-2010) as offensive line coach.
On Friday, Munchak met with Pittsburgh reporters to discuss his return to Nashville for Monday night's primetime game.
Re: Going back to Tennessee and his experience of being 2-1 against the Steelers:
Well, I try to remind these guys that we were 2-1 against Pittsburgh. On a personal note it's just that there are a lot of special people that work for the Titans organization. I had the privilege to be a part of their organization for a long, long time and got a chance to work with a lot of people there. It's been a family atmosphere for me for a long time and so on a personal note it's going to be very difficult that way because that's the part I miss the most is the relationships and spending time with all the people in Houston and in Nashville for 30 years. That's rare and so that's probably the tough part. The business side obviously is a lot different. The game itself and I think that I really haven't thought about much because I've been so busy getting ready to play against the Titans. I think that probably the interesting part is when you watch them on tape that I know all the guys. Usually you don't have a personal knowledge of especially the defensive side of the ball. Myself, Michael Griffin and (Jurrell) Casey and those guys it's interesting watching them and seeing how they're playing after spending so much time with them.
Have you been in the visitor's locker room at LP Field?
No I have not. I have no idea where it's at so I'll have to follow (the crowd) like I do most stadiums (and) figure out where it is at. Once I get there I think it will be different once you get into the stadium for a place that I got there and the stadium wasn't even built. It was being built at that time and I watched how that city and that team came together (in) bringing the NFL to Nashville and all the great memories that we had while working there. I think because I stayed so long it's so different. I've never been through this experience as a player or a coach where I had to go back to somewhere different because I was with the same group for so long and spoiled that way so that's what makes it hard. I think of all of the relationships I have with the people that are still working there.
How much different is the team now on film than in the past?
Things change dramatically when you change coaching staffs and you bring in new coordinators. They are playing defense very similar to the Steelers play because of the guys that they've hired. Offensively it is different also. It's different but it's still the same players. I know them (and) I know how the play. It's interesting watching them and you find yourself rooting for them a little bit except for this weekend. I'm looking forward to the opportunity.
Is there anything lingering after leaving Tennessee?
No, I think the only thing that was really disappointing is again when you have an opportunity to work as a player then work as a line coach and then have a chance to be head coach of an organization, which is a privilege in itself to have one of those jobs in this league and to do it for a team that you feel like you are part of a huge family. You're trying to find a way to win with those people. I think that's probably the hardest part was that we didn't get that accomplished with that group of people. It wasn't just the players and the coaches, it was the support staff and the whole group. We were in this thing together. A lot of the workers there (like) equipment guys I had been with for 30 years. So that was hard to leave knowing the fact that we all didn't accomplish what we wanted to accomplish. The business we understand that it didn't work and you get so much time to get the job done. We didn't and we had difference of opinions in how to go forward and business is business.
Do you still have a home in Tennessee?
Yeah, still have a house. Haven't had a chance to go back. Everything happened so fast last year. Obviously Pittsburgh is my home now.
What are your memories of the playoff game against the Steelers in 2002?
I told the players today that I played this organization probably 50 times as a player and a coach. I know how important this rivalry is. When you play the Steelers I think any team, especially when I was in Houston and then in Tennessee, it was always a game when the schedule came out your circled (it) on the calendar. You knew what a big game it was going to be. You knew how important it was if you could beat the Steelers because we all understood the tradition of this organization because of playing them so much in the 1970s, 1980s and then obviously as the Titans. I tried explaining to them how the atmosphere is going to be when we get there and how important this game is going to be for them to win. Records mean nothing when the game starts. This will be a great atmosphere to play a football game in.
Have you sensed extra motivation from the offensive line in knowing what the game means to you?
I think they're having fun with it. I think it's something like anything. I think, like I said, they want to play well. We need to play well. After last week's game of not playing as well as we'd like, we know how important this game is. We need to win this football game. Obviously they want it too. Doing it on the stage of Monday night makes it bigger for everybody. I think they'll have fun with it but I think ultimately they're going to play as hard as they always do.
Re: Looking at their defense and their top three tacklers are defensive backs:
I like the way they are playing. When a team isn't having the success they want to have – they started off the season with a big win against Kansas City. They had some injuries at quarterback, which I know first-hand creates problems. It really rattles your team. They are a good group. They have had some games that they lost in the end. We are going to get their best shot this game, as we do from most teams. I know Jurrell Casey is a pretty darn good pass rusher, their whole group is. We are looking forward to seeing if we can hold up. We need to play well to beat them.
Is this a game where you think you can get more out of your running game?
In any game you want to be balanced. I think we want more opportunities to run the football. I think we want a chance where we can run the ball 25-30 times any Sunday, in this case Monday night. To do that you have to be successful doing it early. This defense has had games where it has played very well against the run. And when people have had a lot of opportunities, you get a chance to wear a defense down. That's what we haven't been able to do here the last few weeks. That's something we need to get back to doing this game.
Re: Game planning against a former team:
I've never had to do it with the offensive line there or just in general the whole team, putting that defense together and trying to do things as a staff. So this is all new territory for me, leaving and having to play against an organization I used to work for. That's probably the unique part of the business side of that. It's rare for me. Most people that have coached or played long enough in this league have dealt with it. It's different. I still have a great relationship with a lot of these guys. That's why I am looking forward to them continuing to play well, and just hopefully when the smoke clears on Monday night that we score one more point.
How did you motivate the team when you played the Steelers?
We've been very fortunate because as a team you really don't have to say a whole lot for. I think it's one of the teams, Pittsburgh is, that guys understand what kind of game it is going to be physically on offense and defense and the tradition that goes on with this place. This is the only team in the league with six Lombardi trophies and all that carries a lot of weight around this league when you play the Steelers. So not much needed to be said because they realized if they didn't come to play their best they could be embarrassed. That's how we felt for decades playing against this organization. That's why when I got the opportunity to work here it was an easy decision to make.


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