Rapid population growth and lagging food production in developing countries, together with the sharp deterioration in the global food situation in 1972 and 1973, have raised serious concerns about the ability of the world to feed itself adequately over the next quarter century and beyond.
As a result of population growth, and to some extent also of increasing affluence, world food demand has been growing at unprecedented rates. In 1900, the annual increase in world demand for cereals was about 4 million tons. By 1950, it had risen to about 12 million tons per year. By 1970, the annual increase in demand was 30 million tons (on a base of over 1,200 million tons). This is roughly equivalent to the annual wheat crop of Canada, Australia, and Argentina combined. This annual increase in food demand is made up of a 2 % annual increase in population and a 0.5 % increased demand per capita. Part of the rising per capita demand reflects improvement in diets of some of the peoples of the developing countries. In the less developed countries about 400 pounds of grain is available per person per year and is mostly eaten as cereal. The average North American, however, uses nearly a ton of grain a year, only 200 pounds directly and the rest in the form of meat, milk, and eggs for which several pounds of cereal are required to produce one pound of the animal product (e.g., five pounds of grain to produce one pound of beef).
General requirements have been projected for the years 1985 and 2000, based on the UN Medium Variant population estimates and allowing for a very small improvement in diets in the LDCs.
A recent projection made by the Department of Agriculture indicates a potential productive capacity more than adequate to meet world cereal requirements (the staple food of the world) of a population of 6.4 billion in the year 2000 (medium fertility variant) at roughly current relative prices.
This overall picture offers little cause for complacency when broken down by geographic regions. To support only a very modest improvement in current cereal consumption levels (from 177 kilograms per capita in 1970 to 200-206 kilograms in 2000) the projections show an alarming increase in LDC dependency on imports. Such imports are projected to rise from 21.4 million tons in 1970 to 102-122 million tons by the end of the century. Cereal imports would increase to 13-15 percent of total developing country consumption as against 8 percent in 1970. As a group, the advanced countries cannot only meet their own needs but will also generate a substantial surplus. For the LDCs, analyses of food production capacity foresee the physical possibility of meeting their needs, provided that (a) weather conditions are normal, (b) yields per unit of area continue to improve at the rates of the last decade, bringing the average by 1985 close to present yields in the advanced countries, and (c) a substantially larger annual transfer of grains can be arranged from the surplus countries (mainly North America), either through commercial sales or through continuous and growing food aid. The estimates of production capacity do not rely on major new technical breakthroughs in food production methods, but they do require the availability and application of greatly increased quantities of fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation water, and other inputs to modernized agriculture, together with continued technological advances at past rates and the institutional and administrative reforms (including vastly expanded research and extension services) essential to the successful application of these inputs. They also assume normal weather conditions. Substantial political will is required in the LDCs to give the necessary priority to food production.
There is great uncertainty whether the conditions for achieving food balance in the LDCs can in fact be realized.
Climatic changes are poorly understood, but a persistent atmospheric cooling trend since 1940 has been established. One respectable body of scientific opinion believes that this portends a period of much wider annual frosts, and possibly a long-term lowering of rainfall in the monsoon areas of Asia and Africa. Nitrogen fertilizer will be in world short supply into the late 1970s, at least; because of higher energy prices, it may also be more costly in real terms than in the 1960s. Capital investments for irrigation and infrastructure and the organizational requirements for securing continuous improvements in agricultural yields may well be beyond the financial and administrative capacity of many LDCs. For some of the areas under heaviest population pressure, there is little or no prospect for foreign exchange earnings to cover constantly increasing imports of food.
While it is always unwise to project the recent past into the long-term future, the experience of 1972-73 is very sobering. The coincidence of adverse weather in many regions in 1972 brought per capita production in the LDCs back to the level of the early 1960s. At the same time, world food reserves (mainly American) were almost exhausted, and they were not rebuilt during the high production year of 1973. A repetition under these conditions of 1972 weather patterns would result in large-scale famine of a kind not experienced for several decades a kind the world thought had been permanently banished.
Even if massive famine can be averted, the most optimistic forecasts of food production potential in the more populous LDCs show little improvement in the presently inadequate levels and quality of nutrition. As long as annual population growth continues at 2 to 3 percent or more, LDCs must make expanded food production the top development priority, even though it may absorb a large fraction of available capital and foreign exchange.
Moderation of population growth rates in the LDCs could make some difference to food requirements by 1985, a substantial difference by 2000, and a vast difference in the early part of the next century. From the viewpoint of U.S. interests, such reductions in LDC food needs would be clearly advantageous. They would not reduce American commercial markets for food since the reduction in LDC food requirements that would result from slowing population growth would affect only requests for concessional or grant food assistance, not commercial sales. They would improve the prospects for maintaining adequate world food reserves against climatic emergencies. They would reduce the likelihood of periodic famines in region after region, accompanied by food riots and chronic social and political instability. They would improve the possibilities for long-term development and integration into a peaceful world order.
Even taking the most optimistic view of the theoretical possibilities of producing enough foods in the developed countries to meet the requirements of the developing countries, the problem of increased costs to the LDCs is already extremely serious and in its future may be insurmountable. At current prices the anticipated import requirements of 102-122 million tons by 2000 would raise the cost of developing countries' imports of cereals to $16-20 [At $160.00 per ton] billion by that year compared with $2.5 billion in 1970. Large as they may seem even these estimates of import requirements could be on the low side if the developing countries are unable to achieve the Department of Agriculture's assumed increase in the rate of growth of production.
What is certain is the enormity of the food import bill which might face the developing countries . . . In addition [to cereals] the developing countries . . . would be importing substantial amounts of other foodstuffs. clearly the financing of international food trade on this scale would raise very grave problems.
At least three-quarters of the projected increase in cereal imports of developing countries would fall in the poorer countries of South Asia and North and Central Africa. The situation in Latin America which is projected to shift from a modest surplus to a modest deficit area is quite different. Most of this deficit will be in Mexico and Central America, with relatively high income and easily exploitable transportation links to the U.S. The problem in Latin America, therefore, appears relatively more manageable.
It seems highly unlikely, however, that the poorer countries of Asia and Africa will be able to finance nearly like the level of import requirements projected by the USDA. Few of them have dynamic export-oriented industrial sectors like Taiwan or South Korea or rich raw material resources that will generate export earnings fast enough to keep pace with food import needs. Accordingly, those countries where large-scale hunger and malnutrition are already present face the bleak prospect of little, if any, improvement in the food intake in the years ahead barring a major foreign financial food aid program, more rapid expansion of domestic food production, reduced population growth or some combination of all three. Worse yet, a series of crop disasters could transform some of them into classic Malthusian cases with famines involving millions of people.
Reduced population growth rates clearly could bring significant relief over the longer term. Some analysts maintain that for the post-1985 period a rapid decline in fertility will be crucial to adequate diets worldwide. If, as noted before, fertility in the developing countries could be made to decline to the replacement level by the year 2000, the world's population in that year would be 5.9 billion or 500 million below the level that would be attained if the UN medium projection were followed. Nearly all of the decline would be in the LDCs. With such a reduction the projected import gap of 102-122 million tons per year could be eliminated while still permitting a modest improvement in per capita consumption. While such a rapid reduction in fertility rates in the next 30 years is an optimistic target, it is thought by some experts that it could be obtained by intensified efforts if its necessity were understood by world and national leaders. Even more modest reductions could have significant implications by 2000 and even more over time.
Intensive programs to increase food production in developing countries beyond the levels assumed in the U.S.D.A. projections probably offer the best prospect for some reasonably early relief, although this poses major technical and organizational difficulties and will involve substantial costs. It must be realized, however, that this will be difficult in all countries and probably impossible in some or many. Even with the introduction of new inputs and techniques it has not been possible to increase agricultural output by as much as 3 percent per annum in many of the poorer developing countries. Population growth in a number of these countries exceeds that rate.
Such a program of increased food production would require the widespread use of improved seed varieties, increased applications of chemical fertilizers and pesticides over vast areas and better farm management along with bringing new land under cultivation. It has been estimated, for example, that with better varieties, pest control, and the application of fertilizer on the Japanese scale, Indian rice yields could theoretically at least, be raised two and one-half times current levels. Here again very substantial foreign assistance for imported materials may be required for at least the early years before the program begins to take hold.
The problem is clear. The solutions, or at least the directions we must travel to reach them are also generally agreed. What will be required is a genuine commitment to a set of policies that will lead the international community, both developed and developing countries, to the achievement of the objectives spelled out above.


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Every Championship Team Ranked At The Half Way Point Of The Season |
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Last Updated on 15 Dec 2021 1:01 pm (UK Time)
Each season the Championship brings surprises and late drama; from Troy Deeney scoring that last minute goal to Paul Caddis keeping Bolton up with the last kick of the game.
As we approach the mid-point in the Championship season, we take a look at how each team are doing and rank their performances. All views are my own. If you disagree, let me know in the comments section.
D- Sheffield United
The joint lowest graded team in this ranking, the Blades got off to a terrible start this season which resulted in the departure of manager Slaviša Jokanović. Many predicted United to be challenging for the top two, but they currently find themselves sat in 13th place. New gaffer Paul Heckingbottom has enjoyed a great start to his reign with two wins in his first two games.
D- Barnsley
Play-off semi-finalists last season under Valérien Ismaël, it was always going to be a struggle for Barnsley and manager Markus Schopp to hit those heights this season. Schopp recently lost his job and new manager Poya Ashbaghi faces a tough battle in charge of a Barnsley side that are eight points from safety. The Tykes currently have one win in their last 20 games.
D Cardiff City
After finishing 8th in the Championship last season some Blues fans were optimistic for a play-off push this season. However, Cardiff went on a run of 10 games without a win including 9 defeats. This saw Mick McCarthy sacked from his job and former Millwall forward Steve Morison come in. Despite a small turn in form Morison has a lot of work to do and faces a massive game against Derby County next.
C- Bristol City
Sitting just eight points above the relegation zone, Nigel Pearson's side have struggled this season. Having broken their 17-match winless streak at Ashton Gate at the end of October, Pearson will still need to do a lot of work to help guide his side to a top half finish.
C Preston North End
Another mid table season looks like it's on the cards for Preston who sit in 14th place. On the back of a poor run of results Frankie McAvoy was released from his job and former Plymouth Argyle manager Ryan Lowe has come in. He enjoyed a 2-1 victory in his first game in charge.
C Birmingham City
After finishing in 18th place last season, many Blues fans were hoping to see some improvement in Lee Bowyers first full season in charge. Birmingham are currently in 15th place and are eight points off the play offs and also the relegation zone. Goals have been the problem with top scorer Scott Hogan only on six league goals.
C Peterborough United
Following a return to the Championship for the first time since 2013, Darren Ferguson's side face a tough challenge in remaining in the division. Currently on 19 points and 22nd in the league Posh have conceded the most goals and have the worst away record. With top scorers Jonson Clarke-Harris and Siriki Dembélé on just four goals, Ferguson will hope they can get firing and out of the relegation zone.
C Reading
Having missed out on the play-offs by one position, it could be argued that Reading outperformed in the Championship last season. A mid table finish was on the cards for Reading, but following a six points deduction they find themselves just two points above the relegation zone. John Swift has been the main star for The Royals with 17 goal contributions.
C Swansea City
The signings of Jamie Paterson and Joël Piroe have played key roles for the Swans this season with 19 goals combined, however the rest of the team have only managed seven between them. The Welsh side find themselves in 16th place and have only won seven games this season.
C+ Millwall
Another side who always seems to be consistently in the top half of the division. Gary Rowett's side are just five points off the play-offs, but have struggled for goals recently with top scorers Jed Wallace and Tom Bradshaw only on five goals.
B- Hull City
Having won the League One title last season, many fans were expecting a tough return to the Championship. The Tigers are on a fantastic run of form of six games unbeaten which has included four wins. Despite this, goals have been the problem for them with top scorers George Honeyman and Keane Lewis-Potter only on four goals apiece.
B- Luton Town
After finishing in 12th position last season, many Hatters fans would have been pleased with another similar season. Currently in 12th, Nathan Jones has made his side hard to beat and is getting the best out of forward Elijah Adebayo was has 10 goals this season.
B- Huddersfield Town
The Terriers have been in and around the play-offs this season but recent form has seen them drop to 10th place. With just one win in seven and the fifth worst away record in the league, a lot of work will need to be done by Carlos Corberan to get them back on track.
B Middlesbrough
A mid table finish is what many Boro fans would have been happy with and they are currently well on the road to achieving that. Newly appointed Chris Wilder sees his side just five points outside the play offs and they have only lost one of their last six games.
B Blackpool
Having picked up points against the top three sides in the division The Seasiders have enjoyed a better-than-expected season. Neil Critchley's side have floated around in the play-offs, but a recent run of poor results has seen them drop to 17th and they are currently without victory in seven games.
B Nottingham Forest
With no wins in their opening eight games, it looked like troubling times for Forest. But following the arrival of Steve Cooper his side have lost only one game in sixteen. If we were just grading Cooper's time at Forest, they could be receiving one of the highest ranks but you cannot forget Chris Houghton's unforgivable start.
B+ Derby County
It was never going to be easy for Wayne Rooney and his Derby side to overturn a 21-point deduction but they have had a really good crack at it. Having managed 25 points and conceded the joint fourth fewest goals they have made themselves very difficult to beat and have picked up points against the top two sides.
B+ Stoke City
The Potters have enjoyed a solid season and some would argue that they have gone under the radar. They currently find themselves in 6th place and recently enjoyed a 2-0 victory over play-off rivals QPR.
B+ West Brom
A couple weeks ago Valérien Ismaël's side would have got a lower grade than a B+. They are currently unbeaten at home and have conceded the fewest goals in the division. Following one victory in November fans were left frustrated with how Albion were playing, but a recent turn in form has seen them move three points off the top two.
A- AFC Bournemouth
Similar to Fulham, Scott Parker's Bournemouth enjoyed a fantastic start to the season and were one of the favourites for promotion. Dominic Solanke has found his goal scoring touch with 17 goals, but they are without a win in five games and have had plenty of opportunities to leapfrog Fulham at the top of the table.
A- Fulham
Despite being top of the Championship and the top scorers in the league, you would think Fulham would be receiving an A+ grade. However, their recent form has dropped off and no wins in four sees their lead reduced.
A Coventry
One of the surprise packages this season, Coventry have enjoyed a fantastic start to the Championship and are just one place outside the play-offs. Mark Robins side have the third best home record and his two front men, Matt Godden and Viktor Gyökeres, are scoring plenty of goals.
A QPR
Manager Mark Warburton has seen his side do better than many predicted. QPR currently find themselves in the play-offs position with a game in hand and have only lost one of their last seven games. Goals have been coming from all the attacking players and we could see QPR make a late push for the automatics.
A+ Blackburn Rovers
The highest ranked side in this grading, Tony Mowbary has worked wonders with Rovers this season and sees his side comfortably in a play-off position. They have only lost two home games this season and have got Ben Brereton Díaz firing in the goals. On the back of an impressive 2-0 win against Bournemouth they will have their eyes set on the automatic positions.
It will be interesting to see where these teams are ranked at the end of the season.

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Q: submenu on context menuitem in vscode extensions i see a lot of github issues that seem to indicate that the ability to add a submenu that drops down when we click on a custom context menu item, say in explorer/context, was added in Sep 2020, but i can't find it in the extensions documentation.
can someone point me to that?
Thanks,
Nilesh

A: The syntax:
{
  "contributes": {
    "menus": {
      "scm/title": [
        {
          "command": "git.commit",
          "group": "navigation"
        },
        {
          "submenu": "git.stage",
          "group": "navigation"
        }
      ],
      "git.stage": [
        {
          "command": "git.stageAll",
          "group": "navigation"
        },
        {
          "command": "git.stageUntracked",
          "group": "navigation"
        }
      ]
    },
    "submenus": [
      {
        "id": "git.stage",
        "label": "Stage",
        "icon": "$(something)"
      }
    ]
  }
}

see: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/100172#issuecomment-645203070

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Q: Need help planning a task management site I want to build a website that helps users with a specific task.  Let's say for example it's a site on building a house.  There's a definite order of things that need to be done (i.e. can't lay carpet before pouring the slab).  I want users to be able to check off that they've poured the slab and it'll be marked done.
I will be putting all of the tasks in a "tasks" table.  There will be a prerequisites table to make sure a user is allowed to check off a task.
ALl of that is fine.  However, when it comes down to coding the site, I'm having trouble figuring out how I'm going to have one more level of options for certain items.  As an example, I'd like for someone to be able to check off "Chose a contractor" and a form will pop up asking them to enter the contractor's contact information.  On other choices, there isn't anything else to do other than simply check off the choice.
How would you go about coding this up?  I can't wrap my head around the part where some items will have additional information the user can add.

A: This is a database design question.
There are a number of ways to do it, but one way is to have tasks have a ParentTaskID field.  If there is a non-NULL value for this field, then you know that the task is a sub-task, and you know which task is the parent.  If it's NULL, then it is just a first-level task.
Based on Brad's comment below, you can also make a table that lists all prerequisite tasks for a particular task.  A lack of an entry in this table means that this task can be done at any time within the flow, while one (or more) entries means, say, that you can't do the drywall task without first having done the plumbing task and the wiring task.

A: I have the feeling that you are describing TaskFreak, which is written in PHP. Maybe you can learn from their code. You can download it here http://www.taskfreak.com/original/download


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The Buffalo Chronicle
:editorial	 October 17, 2019
Stop sharing fake news
by Toula Drimonis
A plea for more media literacy in election season.
As one more election campaign winds down and Canadians prepare to head to the polls, I'm struck by the amount of misinformation I've seen float around and been passed off as factual news.
Just this past week alone, I saw an alarming number of people share an unsubstantiated story about Justin Trudeau published by The Buffalo Chronicle, a fake news site that has been rated as questionable by media fact-checkers for its far-right-wing bias and a complete lack of transparency. The site discloses neither ownership nor editor and its writers lack biographical information. And yet people shared the article like it had provided them with undisputed and completely verifiable bombshell revelations about Trudeau's wrongdoings, never questioning (or unwilling to question) the source. Confirmation bias in full display.
Faux news sites True North and Rebel News "reporters" being allowed to cover the federal leaders debates and ask nonsense questions based on conspiracy theories last week was the moment when I concluded we needed to attack the root of the problem and not simply attempt to contain it once the poison has started spreading.
Here's the deal: there's no quality control when it comes to votes and everyone's choice carries equal weight. Which, if I must be perfectly honest here, makes me downright nervous when I look at how gullible and easily manipulated people can sometimes be. But, like Winston Churchill whimsically stated, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."
I'm not here to pretentiously claim that I can easily evaluate media sources in a split second while the rest of you have the wool pulled over your eyes. I'm here to tell you the opposite. Sometimes it's damn hard to discern how and why certain news sources aren't reliable and if we don't fix our media illiteracy problem, we're priming ourselves for problematic decision-making by a misled and badly informed public.
It's frankly time we started teaching media literacy and social media literacy as essential and mandatory tools for navigating civic life – both in school and afterwards. Why are we sending people off to vote for tomorrow's leaders and the public policies we'll implement without ensuring in them some basic ability to cross-reference, spot a fake Facebook post, think critically about dubiously labelled "experts" and question anything shared without a clear and credible source?
Fake news is, of course, nothing new and credible news sources have responded to its proliferation online by hiring journalists whose only job is to conduct extensive research and dispel this disinformation. Not only do they quickly call out lies, they often explain who started spreading it, how it spread, the social media platforms often to blame for helping it spread, and who the intended audiences are. Outright lies are sharing space with facts in our media landscape and it can be very hard for the average media consumer who may not be equipped to assess and judge the quality of information they are exposed to, to understand why one is credible and one is suspect.
Looking at the frequency and blind conviction with which my friends and relatives often share fake news, I'm convinced that there has never been a better time to teach media literacy than right now. It's not hyperbole to state that I'm worried about the state of our democracy and the ramifications to the integrity of our voting system if this rampant and unchecked disinformation simply continues to spread.
Social media has, in many ways, democratized the ability to influence, opine and make information mainstream and global. Allowing other voices has been a welcome addition to our echo chambers and has enabled marginalized voices to be heard, while allowing them to challenge more traditional, established sources and aggregators and supporters of the status quo. This is good for social evolution and social justice.
But online digital technology has also enabled content creators and platforms to disseminate the most irresponsible content and help propagate deeply harmful messages, like hate speech and political propaganda. Social media platforms are routinely the most responsible for spreading misinformation, and the least likely to want to do something about it.
Without the ability to properly assess content and without the critical frameworks that allow a media consumer to judge the credibility and veracity of shared information via fact-checking and cross referencing, the ability to determine whether something should be shared as accurate and factual can be badly compromised.
Media messages shape our perceptions of reality, and when we unwittingly share lies, we run the risk of creating a reality that will not serve us well. It's bad enough that media consolidation has created real issues for democracy and the dissemination of unbiased and fair news, the disinformation crisis threatens to escalate the problem further.
As a society, we have lengthy conversations about freedom of speech, often disingenuous ones spurred on by conservative pundits who think the ability to no longer be able to say racist, sexist or derogatory things with no consequence equates censorship. We often talk about net neutrality and better regulation of media platforms, and about the media's responsibility to ensure fair and unbiased reporting, but what about the responsibility of media audiences to be responsible and educated consumers of news? Why shouldn't the onus be on us, too?
Ancient Greeks used to consider anyone who didn't participate in political or public arenas an "idiot." The word stems from the definition of "private" and refers to citizens who keep to themselves, are separated from the whole and generally do not participate in politics. There can be no democracy without a vote-based system of democracy. Ancient Greeks knew that and valued active civic participation. To choose to abstain from such an important duty would be considered foolish and irresponsible; hence the modern-day definition of "idiot."
But in today's media landscape littered with disinformation, propaganda and foreign election interference, it's not enough to merely vote. One must be able to cast a vote in an educated and responsible manner, free of undue influence from dubious sources, fake news outlets and unscrupulous campaign managers.
As the attacks against candidates multiply and the political discourse becomes uglier and more underhanded, the voting public runs an increasingly larger risk of becoming more polarized, manipulated and misinformed. Media literacy is needed now more than ever. ■
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La Commissione d'inchiesta sugli abusi su minori (in inglese Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse o abbreviato in CICA) è una commissione istituita dal governo irlandese il 23 maggio 2000.

Funzioni
La commissione ha come scopo quello di raccogliere testimonianze di abusi avvenuti su minori dal 1940. Tale limite temporaneo non è rigido, prevedendo la possibilità di spaziare anche in periodi precedenti e successivi sino ai giorni nostri.
Inoltre, studiare le cause che hanno portato a tale fenomeno. Tale studio verrà riportato in una relazione che verrà resa pubblica.

Tipi di abusi
La commissione studierà in particolare gli abusi di natura fisica, sessuale, psicologica.

Composizione
La commissione è composta da un magistrato (Sean Ryan), uno psicologo (Fred Lowe), un politico (Marian Shanley), un pedagogo (Edward Tempany) e due assistenti sociali (Anne McLoughlin e Mary Fennessy).

La relazione
La relazione venne pubblicata il 20 maggio 2009.
Tale documento portò alla luce come vennero commessi frequentemente abusi, sia di natura psicologica, che di natura sessuale. Ciò ha portato, in alcuni soggetti, ad avere gravi problemi di natura psicologica. Inoltre, molte scuole non offrivano il sufficiente cibo ai propri alunni. Ulteriore elemento accertato dalla commissione, fu che le ispezioni effettuate dagli organi competenti non prevedevano quasi mai un colloquio con gli alunni stessi.

Reazioni
Tale relazione portò l'Irish Times ad affermare come la stessa fosse una grave accusa contro la Chiesa e lo Stato. Amnesty International definì tale relazione come un catalogo delle più grandi violazioni dei diritti umani effettuati in Irlanda.

Note

Voci correlate
 Casi di pedofilia all'interno della Chiesa cattolica

Collegamenti esterni

Storia dell'Irlanda

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With a history dating back to the time of King Offa in the eighth century AD, Bexhill is an ancient town and has a long and interesting timeline. Its focus may originally have been more utilitarian than for pleasure as evidenced by its first changes of ownership.
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Take a stroll along the promenade and you may find yourself watching dinghies from the sailing club race on the sea. Carry on past the rowing club to the Grade I Listed De La Warr Pavilion, established in 1935 and 'Modern ever since'. Enjoy the art there or plan to capture a show, it's just part of the huge spectrum of things you can fill your spare time with when you live here or even just come for a visit.
The town centre is a simple walk from the pavilion and you can find plenty of places to grab a coffee and a snack or plan to dine out in any number of delightful restaurants. Pick somewhere overlooking the sea or find a side street venue for something intimate.
Eastbourne is only twenty minutes by train and more and more Bexhill is being seen as the perfect place to live and do a simple, without car, commute to work. Considering Bexhill is seen as the Birthplace of British Motor Racing, travelling sans car may raise an eyebrow in certain quarters but who can blame anyone for wanting to simplify and shorten a regular commute.
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Q: order by absolute values of one column while keeping equal values of another column together in R Example data.frame:
df <- data.frame(study = c('A', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'D'),
                 similarity = c(0.61, 0.58, -0.605, 0.4, 0.607, 0.3))

df
   study similarity
1     A      0.610
2     A      0.580
3     B     -0.605
4     C      0.400
5     D      0.607
6     D      0.300

I want to order by absolute similarity, but keeping equal values of study together. For the above example the result should be:
   study similarity
1     A      0.610
2     A      0.580
5     D      0.607
6     D      0.300
3     B     -0.605
4     C      0.400

A: In base R
df[order(-ave(df$similarity,df$study,FUN=function(x) max(abs(x))),df$study),]
  study similarity
1     A      0.610
2     A      0.580
5     D      0.607
6     D      0.300
3     B     -0.605
4     C      0.400

A: data.table solution:
library(data.table)
setDT(df)[order(-abs(similarity)), .SD, by = study]

Result:
   study similarity
1:     A      0.610
2:     A      0.580
3:     D      0.607
4:     D      0.300
5:     B     -0.605
6:     C      0.400

A: Here is an approach using tidyverse
library(tidyverse)

 df %>%
    group_by(study) %>%  #group by study
    mutate(arr = max(abs(similarity))) %>% #get maximum absolute similarity by group
    ungroup() %>%
    arrange(desc(arr)) %>% #arrange according to by group maximum absolute similarity
    select(-arr) #leave the helper column out
#ouput

# A tibble: 6 x 2
   study similarity
  <fctr>      <dbl>
1      A      0.610
2      A      0.580
3      D      0.607
4      D      0.300
5      B     -0.605
6      C      0.400

A: A solution using dplyr. This solution looks more complicated than others, but it aims to generate the expected output even if the study column is not in order, or there are ties in similarity from different study group.
First, Calculate the absolute value of each similarity (df2).
Second, Calcualte the maximum absolute of each study (df3).
Third,  Covert the study column to a factor column based on the order in df3. Arrange the columns based on study and absolute value (df4)
library(dplyr)

df2 <- df %>% mutate(ABS = abs(similarity))

df3 <- df2 %>%
  group_by(study) %>%
  summarise(Max_ABS = max(ABS)) %>%
  arrange(desc(Max_ABS))

df4 <- df2 %>%
  mutate(study = factor(study, levels = df3$study)) %>%
  arrange(study, desc(ABS)) %>%
  select(-ABS)
df4
#   study similarity
# 1     A      0.610
# 2     A      0.580
# 3     D      0.607
# 4     D      0.300
# 5     B     -0.605
# 6     C      0.400


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Beatrix Rechner (auch Trix Rechner; * 10. Juni 1951) ist eine ehemalige Schweizer Hochspringerin.

1971 wurde sie Sechste bei den Leichtathletik-Halleneuropameisterschaften in Sofia. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1972 in München schied sie in der Qualifikation aus.

Von 1968 bis 1972 wurde sie fünfmal in Folge Schweizer Meisterin.

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 Hochsprung: 1,82 m, 25. Juli 1971, Basel
 Halle: 1,85 m, 27. Februar 1972, Bukarest

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Book Review: All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani
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The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly.
Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young's assistant, the innocent and pious young Alda must navigate the wild terrain of Hollywood with fierce determination and a moral code that derives from her Italian roots. Over the course of decades, she and Loretta encounter scandal and adventure, choose love and passion, and forge an enduring bond of love and loyalty that will be put to the test when they eventually face the greatest obstacle of their lives.
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All the Stars in the Heavens is a wonderfully apt title for this sprawling novel set in 1930s Hollywood, with a cast of characters that include Clark Gable, David Niven, Spencer Tracy and the star of the novel – Loretta Young. I have been a fan since I watched an old video of The Crusades by Cecil B. DeMille in which she was just luminous, with her large, long-lashed eyes and sweet beauty. I watched a clip on Youtube recently and I had to cringe and laugh at it, except for Young – she was as exquisite as ever.
I was not aware of Young's relationships/friendships with various leading men and so I had to Google as I read Trigiani's fictionalized account, wondering how much of it was true. With some shock and discomfort, I read how after her death, Young's family claimed she said her illegitimate daughter with Gable was a result of date rape. If that was true, then this romantic account (however fictionalized) would be inappropriate, to say the least. But, bear in mind that Young and her family were very devout Catholics. Young never publicly acknowledged the affair nor did she ever acknowledge her "adopted" daughter as her and Gable's biological offspring. In fact, according to Young's daughter, Young only admitted it upon being confronted by her and never spoke of it again. So there was a decades-long, determined effort to hide the relationship. Could her family have been keeping up appearances for propriety and religious purposes by claiming rape on her behalf? Maybe. Since Young herself never publicly spoke about the whole thing, we will never know.
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More Than You Know is the debut studio album by Swedish electronic dance music duo Axwell & Ingrosso, released on 8 December 2017 through Axtone Records, Refune Music, Virgin Records and Def Jam Recordings.

Background
The album was in the making since 2014. It was stated numerous times that it would be released in November 2016 and February 2017, although this never came to fruition. The album contains all of Axwell and Ingrosso's previously released singles. The songs "Can't Hold Us Down" and "Something New" were previously released on their EP X4, while the songs "More Than You Know", "Renegade", "How Do You Feel Right Now" and "Dawn" were released on their EP More Than You Know.

Track listing
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Q&A: Vaping craze takes off, but are e-cigarettes safer?
Boca Raton resident Josh Wolfe, 23, seen here at The Vapor Club, says he stopped smoking traditional cigarettes four months ago and now only smokes electronic cigarettes.
E-cigs: When, where, how and if you should vape.
Suddenly, they're everywhere. You see electronic cigarettes on sale in every convenience store and tiny vapor shops in every strip mall.
E-cigarettes — a term that includes everything from cheap disposable "vape pens" to elaborate vaporizers costing hundreds of dollars — are a booming business. Sales surpassed $1 billion annually last year, as dominant tobacco companies like Reynolds American get into the market.
Entrepreneur Nick Trivedi got into the game about a year ago. He and a partner opened The Vapor Club in Boca Raton, plus he has a kiosk in Town Center at Boca Raton. Trivedi said the club's grand opening in July drew 200 "vapers," some of them so-called "cloud chasers" who celebrated by blowing vapor clouds that made smoke rings look tame.
The club gives away vaping starting kits at events "to get people away from smoking," Trivedi said.
But are electronic cigarettes and vaporizing truly a way to quit smoking? Is it expensive? Can you vape in places where you can't smoke, as some manufacturers have claimed? Here's what's behind the smoke.
The Vapor Club in Boca Raton opened in July, with the grand opening drawing about 200 "vapers."
Q: What's vaping, and how is it different from smoking?
A: Smoking involves igniting tobacco, or similar dried plant material, and inhaling the smoke that's produced. When "vaping," you warm a flavored liquid in a device heated by a battery and breathe in the mist that's created. It mimics the experience of smoking, without the lingering smell or density of smoke.
Q: So what exactly am I inhaling when I vape?
A: Vaping liquids — referred to as juice, e-juice or e-liquid — usually are propylene glycol- or vegetable glycerin-based. Juice ranges widely in price. The Vapor Club, for example, offers about 250 e-liquid flavors in 15 ml or 30 ml bottles, with prices ranging from less than $10 to about $40 for luxury brands. Water and flavors are added, trending toward sweet. Juice flavors often mimic desserts, cereals and drinks like mojitos and pumpkin lattes — which vaping critics say tempts teenagers and young adults.
Q: Can I get addicted to vaping?
A: Opinions vary. Unlike cigarettes, vapers have some control over how much nicotine they consume. Juice is sold with different liquid nicotine concentrations, ranging from 0 to 24 milligrams per milliliter. At this point, there are no federal regulations requiring labels listing exactly what's in your mix. Florida health officials say it's unknown whether using e-cigarettes, which mimics smoking, leads young people to tobacco products.
Q: So is vaping safer than cigarettes?
A: Depends on whom you ask. Vapor supply manufacturers and retailers promote their products as a healthy alternative to cigarettes, saying you can gradually reduce the nicotine. Some vaping fans insist it helped them kick the habit. Vaper Bryan Schaeffer, 33, of Boca Raton, said he went from three packs of cigarettes daily to none within a few weeks. "Now when I wake up in the morning, no more smoker's cough," he said.
Health officials with Tobacco Free Florida, however, warn that e-cigarettes haven't been around long enough to determine whether they expose users to harmful amounts of chemicals and carcinogens.
Since 2011, the National Poison Data System has received more than 3,000 reports about people, many of them young children, being exposed to liquid nicotine from electronic cigarettes. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, is co-sponsoring a bill that would require such products to have child-resistant packaging.
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing public comments and drafting final regulations that would extend the agency's authority over electronic cigarettes. At this point, the agency can only regulate on e-cigs marketed as therapeutic devices, which includes prohibiting them from being advertised as products that can help people cut back or stop smoking.
Q: My kid says he can buy e-cigarettes. Is that true?
A: Not legally anymore. Joining a handful of states, Florida this year banned the sale of electronic cigarettes to consumers younger than age 18 beginning July 1.
Q: Laws banning smoking don't mention electronic cigarettes, so can I vape in places where I can't smoke?
A: Some e-cigarette advertisements suggest that you can "vape anywhere." However, while federal and state smoke-free indoor air regulations were written before e-cigs came along, private and government entities can, and have, banned vaping. More than 200 cities and counties nationwide forbid e-cigarettes in specific venues such as workplaces or restaurants, according to the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. Businesses can ban vaping indoors or on their property. Experienced vapers like Schaeffer offer this tip: Ask before you fire up, especially at places where people are eating.
Q: Vapes on a plane?
A: Airplane passengers have posted YouTube videos of themselves vaping on flights. Still, officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation, responsible for passenger safety, said they knew of no airlines allowing e-cigarette use on flights within, to or from the United States. The DOT is working on federal electronic cigarette rules.
For now, the Transportation Security Administration permits vaping tools in your checked luggage — as well as carry-on luggage as long as you don't bring more than 3.4 ounces, the limit for all liquids.
Massachusetts Fire Marshal Stephen Coan wrote a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration last month about a small fire he said was caused by an e-cig inside a checked bag on a plane at Boston's Logan Airport.
Q: Can only certain businesses sell vaping products?
A: E-cigarettes are available in many of the same places where you can buy regular cigarettes. You can get cigarette-like "vape pens" for less than $10 at convenience stores and gas stations, as well as inexpensive "starter kits" (without liquid) for about $30. More sophisticated, and durable, vaping "mods" — including a battery case, rechargeable battery, liquid tank, heating system and mouthpiece — are put together and sold at vaping retail outlets, and can run for hundreds of dollars.
Q: So what's a vapor lounge?
A: A true vapor lounge is the equivalent of a cigar bar, a place where you can sample the products, buy the goods and puff away with other vapers. At The Vapor Club, aficionados try out different liquids at a long bar-like counter the way wine lovers sip new vintages at a tasting. Newbies stop by for advice about mods. There are comfy couches, walls lined with big-screen televisions and pool tables.
"It's a place to hang out," said Larry Coulter, 32, A club employee who started vaping about four months ago to quit smoking. "It's better than Starbucks."


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UKnowledge > Office of the Vice President for Research > Interdisciplinary Research Centers & Institutes > Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute > Research Reports > 104
KWRRI Research Reports
Statistical Models for Precipitation
Z. Govindarajulu, University of Kentucky
Peter Purdue, University of Kentucky
Frank Cioch, University of Kentucky
The available data consists of daily rainfall for the past 24 years (1948-1972) for Lexington, Louisville and Paducah. However, for Ashland, the data is available for the period of 40 years (1932-1972). The problem is to find an appropriate family of distributions indexed by a suitable number of parameters that fits the maximum daily rainfall. Further, there might be seasonal variations. The following seasons were considered: (i) Dry Convective season: August 1-0ctober 30; (ii) Early Convective season: May 1-July 31; (iii) Late Convective season: November 1- April 30. After extracting the yearly maximums for each of these seasons (see Appendix 1), we set about fitting three distributions for each station; one for each season.
For the remainder of the abstract, please download this research report.
https://doi.org/10.13023/kwrri.rr.96
The project was supported by funds provided by the United States Department of Interior to the University of Kentucky Water Resources Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Act of 1964, Public Law 88-379, as Office of Water Resources Research Project No. A-055-KY.
Govindarajulu, Z.; Purdue, Peter; and Cioch, Frank, "Statistical Models for Precipitation" (1976). KWRRI Research Reports. 104.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kwrri_reports/104
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The weather didn't need to lend a hand in Legend Valley yesterday during day two of the spring Hookahville festival. Good vibes flowed steadily from the stage to the crowd - admittedly primed to enjoy the day - and back again.
But there it was, a grinning sun dappled intermittently by teased cotton clouds, casting its warm approval on the pleasant and sometimes adventurous mix of roots music with bluegrass often at its core.
Yonder Mountain String Band spoke most eloquently during the afternoon for the fest's bluegrass roots, employing the classic acoustic instrumentation of guitar, bass, banjo, guitar and mandolin but twisting the arrangements and drawing material from diverse sources.
Don't You Lean on Me was an original that could have been a bluegrass standard, its clanging rhythm and banjo-driven swing displaying the band's chops. Sharecropper's Son, vintage Stanley Brothers, was straight-ahead, ripping and bluesy.
At the other extreme, the veteran Colorado group found unique places to put the bluegrass sound to work. George Harrison's Only a Northern Song, from the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, was as supple a bluegrass vehicle as most any from the pen of Bill Monroe. While Bob Dylan's Spanish Harlem Incident didn't remain as true to the bluegrass tradition, its adaptation was nearly as intuitive as the Byrds' covers of Dylan.
Yonder Mountain took the easy road only with a tune or two, driving them with the trademark jam-band rhythm derived from the Grateful Dead. It was a pleasant if considerably less interesting groove.
Michigan's Greensky Bluegrass stuck closer to the bluegrass sound on the main stage before. The band concentrated on the country side of the 1930s blues Sittin' on Top of the World in an interpretation that was right in the bluegrass pocket. It strayed the furthest with a spooky, minor key tune based on a jazz bass riff that evolved into Prince's When Doves Cry. Here and throughout its set, the band displayed impressive chops.
New York City's Folkadelics, performing on the smaller second stage between, avoided going to the jam band well, choosing instead to recklessly pilfer from funk, swing, blues and soul in a marginally entertaining and rarely original set.
If the band's cover of the Beatles' Why Don't We Do It in the Road was amusing and surprising, its funkified cover of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues was ill-advised.
Fittingly, a tiny hoola-hooper in the audience got a bigger mid-set reaction than the band.


formulating recommendations for action at individual, institutional, community and policy levels, (5) sharing findings and program planning (6) sharing findings with NAHH. We identified several challenges collecting health related data in rural communities. But overall, the HHNA was a comprehensive and useful tool for guiding a community level health assessment.
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Before we start, I should admit the main reason I was looking forward to reading the first in the Vampirates series. I saw the combination of vampire and pirates, and proceeded to giggle like a particularly excitable schoolchild. That combination had the potential to be metal album cover levels of dorky cool, so I was quite looking forward to it. And then my husband, who had previously read pretty much the whole series, described it as "an earlier version of Twilight, but moreish". And I was instantly very conflicted.
Demons of the Ocean follows twins Grace and Connor Tempest, the oddly-talented children of an enigmatic lighthouse keeper. After their father's death leaving them homeless and penniless, the twins decide to steal their father's repossessed boat and take their chances out to sea. They are soon caught and separated in a storm, rescued by two separate ships. While Connor finds himself on the ship of an infamous pirate by the name of Molucco Wrathe, Grace wakes up on a ship where none but the captain walk upon the deck during daylight hours. Traumatised by their separation, the twins aim to reunite.
This is such a dumb book. I can see why my husband compares it to Twilight, as it does feel very much like fanfiction. The main issue that I have with the Vampirates series so far is that it seems very confused about what time period that it wants to be. So it's supposed to be set in the 26th century, but there doesn't seem to be any kind of attempt to capitalise on the kind of advanced technology that should be available. Instead, there seems to be a weird mix of mundane current-day technology like diver's watches and an overwhelming amount of things that would fit better in the golden age of pirates, like swords, galleons and ridiculous amounts of booty. All I wanted was for the book to settle on a time period and stick to it. If everything had been set in piracy's golden era, that would have been so much easier and wouldn't have had to change a great deal.
Despite the weird time setting inconsistencies, it was surprisingly entertaining. It's still incredibly dumb, but a fun kind of dumb, like a B-movie. It's full to the brim with stupid concepts that just about made me cry with laughter. Pirate academy, anyone?


Martha Alderson's Writing Blockbuster Plots is a one-stop plotting center, clear and concise, and as detailed and as comprehensive as any I have read, my two long-time favorites having been John Truby's Anatomy of Story and Robert McKee's Story. Writing Blockbuster Plots is not formulaic. Alderson has written for writers of all creative persuasions and stages of progress. Rather than placing limitations on the writing process, Writing Blockbuster Plots introduces means to ever-expanding possibilities. It's upbeat and energizing. Be sure to keep a note pad with you. If your experience resembles mine, ideas for furthering and shaping your story will fly to mind. The book's margins are not large enough to hold them.	Martha Alderson overlays her presentation of plot with two suggested guide sheets, the Plot Planner and the Scene Tracker. These two plotting devices do not drive and are not the main topics of Writing Blockbuster Plots. They are, instead, take-a-look guidelines that show our story at a glance, assist in devising our plot and scenes, and reveal problems and opportunities we may not have known existed. Special emphasis is placed on dramatic action, character emotional development and thematic significance.	Alderson recommends plotting and tracking on banner paper. For those of us who don't have the wall space on which to affix six feet of banner paper this is not a drawback. For my plotter and tracker, I have made myself quite happy with sheets of ledger paper taped into fan folds. The hands-on Plot Planner and Scene Tracker span the breadth of Writing Blockbuster Plots. The information they select and highlight comes from its depth—and a lot of it there is. Writing Blockbuster Plots is as deep as it is wide. Its elements of story creation are presented in terms that every writer, regardless of theory-of-plot orientation, will find appropriate and useful.	Martha Alderson leads into Writing Blockbuster Plots with a gently metaphorical overview that compares plotting to juggling. She then, in chapter 1, hits us with a definition of plot so pithily inclusive it almost terrifies. But stay tuned. Do not back out. She knows what she is doing. Writing Blockbuster Plots is a page turner and the craft-of-plotting book that will be at my elbow while finishing my first draft and is also the book I'll be recommending as the read-this-first to my writing friends.
This book is one of many out there on how to structure your novel. Where it differs from others is in Alderson's tools, the Plot Planner and the Scene Tracker. The Plot Planner is a way to map the plot of a story out on banner paper, giving you a bird's eye view of the events, conflicts, and structure. Her Scene Tracker is a large-scale chart, also intended to be laid out on banner paper, which allows you to analyze the scenes of your story for several elements. If you don't have the space to work on banner paper, both tools can be used on a smaller scale. If you're already familiar with plot and structure and/or have your own way to analyze your scenes, then you may not find this book to be all that useful, but if you like to think visually, this may be just the book you're looking for.
A good, useful guide to plotting that works. Definitely worth reading for the information provided.
This book goes over two different techniques on organizing your story: how to use a plotline and scene detail forms. I can't really see myself using the scene detail forms as they are really minutely detailed, but I could imagine needing a tool like that in the future once I've finished a full draft of my novel. The plotline seems to be very handy though. I've already started using the plotline to help me keep my notes in order. I would give this book a try if you are looking for direction on how to improve the overall structure of your novel.
Really, really liked the first section of this book (the plot planner). Shed a lot of light on how to handle the overall journey of the plot without getting lost in the tangle that is the middle.
Writing Blockbuster Plots is a great resource for my students. They have enjoyed improving their writing with the help of this book. Thanks to Goodreads First Reads for a copy of this book.
Alderson's book walked me through two different tools - the Plot Planner and the Scene Tracker - that completely changed the way I see fiction writing. Not everything here was applicable for me, and I don't know if I'll always take such a structured approach to writing, but it was still very useful. I was able to implement several suggestions almost immediately, and it really helped me flesh out some troublesome subplots.I'll be using this book over and over; there's just too much here to completely internalize in one reading. It applies to every step of the writing process - from first draft to final edit - so I know I'll come back it as a reference for future work.HIGHLY recommended for fiction writers.


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Borgata COO sees no threat from Internet gambling
Ray Poirier
The head of the Borgata Hotel/Casino in New Jersey says he does not believe Internet gambling will have a negative effect on attendance at Atlantic City's brick and mortar properties. He based his opinion on a review of the company's 20,000 online account holders and their visits to the casino.
In an interview last week with Matthew J. Belvedere of CNBC's "Squawk Box." Tom Ballance, president and chief operating officer of Borgata, said even though online gaming in New Jersey has exceeded expectations, the new activity does not present a threat to the casino's regular operations.
"When we match up databases, the real majority of players who were playing online have not been to Borgata in well over a year. And the vast majority has made fewer than two trips in the past year. So, it's a different customer," he said.
He also contended "a different demographic for the online gambling, skews more male than the conventional brick-and-mortar customer."
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