When you are selling to a business, you need to read your customers and prospects to make the most out of a deal. Once you know their habits and buying patterns, it's a good idea to make notes in your CRM product like Salesforce, FileMaker, Longjump, ACT!, or Zoho. This way you'll be able to capitalize on a sale in a timely fashion.
These are some great tactics to use as offers and articles when you do your next email marketing campaigns.
1. Excess Budget at Year End – Many departments in larger companies are allocated a specific budget. What happens if they don't use all of the budget? The mighty CFO could look at spending company-wide and if a specific department doesn't use it all this year, they might lose some for next year. So these savvy spenders may look to your company to allocate some of this spend to.
2. Looking for End of Quarter Deals – Many companies already know that there is a sprint for you to make your revenue numbers each quarter. These smart people could wait till March 25th to tell you they're ready to make a purchase. Capitalize on it! Give them a deal and get those sales in the door, you'll make up for it with your other customers that aren't looking for those quarter end deals.
3. Looking Good To A Boss – Some of your customers and prospects are looking to look good in front of their bosses if they're not the business owner or C-level themselves. The obvious fuel to give them is the fact that you can save them money by cutting them a deal. But you might be able to pile some other things onto the sale that make them look even better and won't take a lot out of your company's pockets. If you sell software or hardware, why not offer some free support? If your product is a good one, your customers will rarely need to use it anyway.
4. Learn From Others – In some cases your prospects are looking to learn from your other customers so they can set benchmarks. It might be a great idea to get another customer on a webinar, then invite your prospects to it. Outline the problem the customer had and how a solution like yours solved it. Another way to do this would be offering a white paper outlining the same.
So make sure you take note of how your prospects and customers like to purchase then market accordingly. Are you having any luck with these ideas? Please share!
I specially like the simple recommendation to ask our clients what we can do to improve relations. It's too easy to assume that if we understand operations customers and the technical challenges and develop solutions to the challenges of a good working relationship is very nearly guaranteed.


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Availability Search for Scottish Snowdrop Festival: Art Trail
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Scottish Snowdrop Festival: Art Trail
The Riverside Park has been voted as the best Park in the UK for two consecutive years in the RHS Britain Bloom Awards.
The maintenance of the Park is undertaken by Beautiful Perth volunteers and Perth and Kinross Council. The Park now features a snowdrop trail along the banks of the River Tay. This scenic route also features elements of the city's Art Trail and the unique Heather Collection, featuring over 500 varieties of heather, described as the "Jewel in the Crown " of Perth's horticultural offering.
Norie-Miller Walk,
Riverside,
PH2 7TR
25-31 Jan 2020, 1-29 Feb 2020, 1-11 Mar 2020 8am-5pm
Full Price: Free

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This little owl has it all; fluffy wings that crackle when you squeeze them, feet that are great for teething and a little rattle when you shake him, all in a soft ring perfect for little hands to hold on to (or throw out of the pram, because that's the best game ever). Part of the Madmoiselle et Ribambelle range inspired by ballet dancers Moulin Roty is a French brand now in it's 45th year. Meticulous attention to detail and quality combined with great design and a nod to the playful make their toys really stand out from the crowd. Each one is full of character and sure to become a firm favourite with it's little owner.


Norfolk Boat Sales are the UK importers (excluding Ireland) for Delphia Motor Yachts.
The Delphia Yachts shipyard was founded in 1990 by brothers, Piotr and Wojciech Kot. In 2015 they celebrated their 25th anniversary having manufactured over 20,000 vessels between 7m - 15m for both coastal and inland use.
Delphia has the know-how, experience and the advanced technology necessary to build yachts of the highest quality and comfort. Currently we have a Delphia 1050 range available to view & demonstrate.
The Delphia 1050 is a modern stylish motor yacht with a classic hull shape which makes this boat ideal for cruising the Broads, rivers, canals and lakes. The simple yet innovative design with easy access makes it ideal for the whole family and is the perfect compromise between functionality, space and aesthetics.
The Delphia Escape 800 is an affordable and economical 27' cabin cruiser designed for inland waterway use. Ideal for families with easy aft access as well as a safety rail surrounding the deck. A removable canopy is available for the spacious cockpit for when the weather closes in.
The 26' Delphia Nano is aimed at those seeking solitude and relaxation on the water and is popular with families and fishing fans as this craft is perfect from which to while away the hours on a peaceful sunny day.
For further information, please contact Matthew who will be pleased to help.
Offering outstanding value for money, this spacious family cruiser will sleep up to 6 people in 3 cabins, She is powered by a Nanni diesel engine and shaft drive. With standard features such as bow thruster, heating, teak cockpit flooring and chart plotter, the specification is remarkable.
With pleasure we introduce to you the new model of the Escape range, Escape 1150 Voyage. Luxurious and Modern Cruiser with Daytime Living Space and a sunfly option. The vessel is the first model with distinguished daytime and night time living space. Thanks to the saloon and galley lifted to the deck the room designated to relax and fun is separated from the sleeping area.
The BluEscape 1200 is the first model in the BluEscape range, a new, modern & elegant line of motor boats by Delphia Yachts.
Delphia Escape 1100 Soley - A luxurious Gentleman's yacht with full planing capability. The Delphia Escape 1100 Soley is a concept intended to exceed the standards and expectations of the motor yacht market.


From Brilliant Reader William: Yo Joe! You have written a lot in the past about the Hall of Fame voting process, and I've been wondering: Is there any chance Jeter or Mariano get 100% of the Hall of Vote? Was wondering if you think these guys, or any other players playing today, have a shot.
Three days in a row! From Brilliant Reader Adam. Yo Joe! What happened with the Baseball 100? It was really going well, then hit #41 and just stopped. At least release your top 40, even if you can't write a post on each of them.
Happy September 9. On this day 15 years ago, Cal Ripken hit into his 329th career double play, breaking Henry Aaron's record. There's a very good chance that, before he's done, Albert Pujols will pass Ripken.
Big fan of Bill James' "Hey Bill" feature on his website where he engages readers, answers questions, posts responses and so on. I asked Bill about it not long ago, and he told me that he (mostly) likes doing it because it keeps his mind sharp about things. My mind is not sharp about things at the moment….


1984 to 2008 - Professor at the University of Music Basel and Basel Academy of Music with classes in composition, instrumentation and music theory.
Also available in a version for double-bass and assistants.
Three movements: quasi scherzo (with two trios), string trio alongside a soloistic second violin, funeral music (for Igor Stravinsky).
Ten short movements based on hexagrams 50 - 59 from the Chinese book of changes, the I Ging.
Vermittlung - Le Rhin allemand - Rührmichnichtan - Enfin un volcan - Schattenküsse.
An Interlude to a serenata by Alessandro Scarlatti. The pieces can not to be performed separately.
A dramatic cantata on the theme of suicide - better suited to the concert hall than the stage. Dramatic soprano part (a - c#3). Contemplative baritone (g# - f1).
Variations on a slow waltz from 'Worterabend'.
Based on the draughts from late autumn 1828 - a fragmentary sound pattern set for orchestra by R.M.
The saxophone quintet behaves soloistically. The piece is partly based on a poem by Gunter Herburger (The Song of the Whale). Cetacean sounds emerge, but not in direct imitation. Eight parts played attacca: prologue - quasi adagio - quasi scherzo - quasi recitative - quasi passacaglia - quasi cadenza - echo - epilogue.
A seasonal composition; 2 cycles of Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn.
Twelve pieces of music (songs and a piano piece) with texts by Heine throughout, representing a biography in five stages. The Soprano needs a strong low register.
Eight movements for one-eight rcorders based on the the pictures by Pontormos in the Capponi Chapel.
Three octets, two trios, one duo and two soli. The piece can only be performed as a cycle. A conductor is required for the octets.
Almost non-stop play with natural flageolet tones.
Nine pieces with any number in any order.
First movement (passionato) for two trios, the second trio is placed slightly to the rear. Second movement (tranquillo) is for three duos (traditional assembly).
Also in a version for mezzo-soprano and the same instrumentation. Mutations in the same edition. Seven songs: ABC-Schützen - Papiers Natur ist Rauschen - Ein Musikant wollt fröhlich sein - Ich sass auf einem Birnenbaum - Das Vöglein Butschli Butschli Bu (Brentano) - Letzter Zweck aller Krüppelei - Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen.
Im Sitzen wie im Stehen - Aus verschiedenen Gründen - Zusammen auseinander.Can be performed without notes or any prior knowledge of music.
Music for seven instrumental groups.
Four episodes, three paraphrases, and two postludes are assembled in a continuous sequence. The ensembles (from two - six instruments) generally play alone and overlap only shortly towards the end.
Four slow movements: calmo (alto fl, bass clarinet), molto tranquillo (piano), tranquillo (quintet), adagio (va, vc).
The second cello is tuned a full tone deeper than the first (which is tuned normally) and technically a little simpler to play.
The bass tuba, accordion and the first two violins are quasi soloistic. The two very demanding percussion parts are primarily an unaccompanied virtuosic duo, played with the fingers.
Seven times 'Kirchberg' by Klaus Merz.
The quartets can be studied separately so only two or three collective rehearsals are necessary.
The text for the canon is in Hebrew or Italian and French, German, English, Arabian, Hungarian or Russian for the songs. The very short sentences are jointed by the conductor on the basis of a special, slightly variable principle of repetition. A piece of no particular difficulty.
In three parts, the middle part is quite difficult and without the saxophone, it can be played alone (ca. 13').
Text: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (extracts) and 'Mattino', sung in the original languages.
"Zum Anschauen und Ausprobieren (etwa auf Blockflöten). ("to look at and try out (maybe on recorders))."
After punctuation marks by Kleist, Rimbaud and Joyce.
The miraculous catch of fish (Lucas 5, 1-11).
After texts by Rahel Levin Varnhagen and Pauline Wiesel with a postlude after a text by Imre Kertész for a musical theatre arranged by Roland Moser.


Denise and I saw Batman with our dear friends Jim and Jill (who specifically requested their immortalization in this blog entry). I could say that the Joker serves nicely as the face of postmodernity (notice how he hates narratives of any kind), but that would offend many, so I won't say that.
Instead, a one paragraph film contextualization and analysis: The Oscar-party nihilism of No Country for Old Men gave us the coin-flip killer; a serial murderer who not only "got here the same way the coin did," but gets away as well. The Dark Knight gives us the exact same trope, but places it in a somewhat coherent moral framework where such evil can, as it must, be defeated. Why do I feel like the American screen has been strangely cleansed?
"...the film does not succumb to The Joker's vision. It is not nihilistic; it is instead about the lingering and seemingly ineradicable longing for justice and goodness that pervades the film. As Batman put it in the original film, 'Gotham is not beyond redemption.'"
At one point in the article Hibbs wisely calls it the Batman myth.


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Grizzlies GM: 'We have every intention of re-signing Marc Gasol'
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Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace says that the team plans on re-signing center Marc Gasol when he hits free agency next summer.
By SI Wire
Memphis Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace says that the team plans on re-signing center Marc Gasol when he hits free agency next summer.
Gasol is in the final season of a four-year deal that will pay him over $57 million. He is making $15,829,688 this season.
There has been speculation about where Gasol might go if he leaves Memphis. The New York Daily News reported last week that the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks have interest in pursuing Gasol.
MAHONEY: What you might have missed in the NBA last week
Wallace is in his first season as general manager of the Grizzlies and said essentially that teams that pursue Gasol are wasting their time.
"We have every intention of re-signing Marc Gasol. So those teams are going to have to find another player," Wallace told CLNS Radio.
Gasol, the 2012-13 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award winner, has spent each of his six-plus NBA seasons with the Grizzlies. He is averaging 19.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists this season for Memphis (12-2), who have the NBA's best record.
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It may not be feeling much Oscar love this year, but The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is much adored by the Saturn Awards. Peter Jackson's return to Middle-Earth led all movies and shows with nine nominations.
'Fringe' is tops among TV shows at ceremony honoring the best of sci-fi and fantasy.
It may not be feeling much Oscar love this year, but The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is much adored by the Saturn Awards.
Peter Jackson's return to Middle-Earth led all movies and TV shows with nine nominations for the 39th Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
Fanboy and cult favorites such as The Avengers, Skyfall, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead and The Dark Knight Rises received multiple nominations, as did some Oscar bait: Life of Pi nabbed eight nominations, and Les Miserables was honored with six.
On the TV side, Fringe led all shows with six Saturn nominations, with five for Dexter and four each for Breaking Bad, Falling Skies, Leverage, Revolution and The Walking Dead.


A growing number of people in the world have embraced globalization and actively seek opportunities to live, study, and work in other cultures. Highly talented and deeply motivated, they have been shaped by the new political/economic opportunities, technological realities and personal choices that have configured their lives. They are the Global Cosmopolitans.
Professor Linda Brimm, whose last book, Global Cosmopolitans: The Creative Edge of Difference, defined and named this phenomenon, now introduces the Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and Skillset and examines what are the dilemmas and opportunities of composing a global life over time.
Dr. Brimm has interviewed Global Cosmopolitans at different life stages and has garnered insights from those on the front line of the global economy. She describes how they understand the life dilemmas and opportunities implicit in navigating the rapidly changing global environment and how they learn from the lives they are creating. While these are people using the expertise developed over their global journey to manage change, lead organizations, make a difference in the world, or create their own ventures, she helps us understand what they have learned and how this global learning opportunity has contributed to the development of a Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and Skillset.
This book relates some of the stories that global leaders and entrepreneurs have shared with Dr. Brimm. These concrete examples help us understand what the individuals have learned from their personal experience. Emerging from these stories are the unique attitudes and skills that are necessary to confront life challenges, embrace change and take steps to create new life chapters.
Whether you are a Millennial considering joining this 'Cosmopolitan Club', an existing Global Cosmopolitan reflecting on what is next, someone in mid-career contemplating an international move, part of an organization trying to develop its responses to a global workforce, or a leader considering who can best run global organizations, this book provides a unique insight into the Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and Skillset – as well as the challenges and rewards of pursuing a global life.
Linda Brimm is Emeritus Professor at INSEAD, one of the world's leading business schools, where she has been teaching in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. For over thirty years, Dr. Brimm has studied, counseled and taught a talented population of educated, multilingual individuals who have lived, worked and studied for extensive periods in different cultures. She has coined the label 'Global Cosmopolitans' for this group, which she described in her groundbreaking book, Global Cosmopolitans: The Creative Edge of Difference.
Her work on Global Cosmopolitans and on embracing complex change has attracted significant attention, appearing in the Harvard Business Review and several publications across the globe.
While the previous book considered the opportunities affecting identity relatively early in Global Cosmopolitans' careers and lives, her current writing examines Global Cosmopolitan senior executives and entrepreneurs at different stages of their journeys. In this book, drawing on the stories of people from various corners of the world, she has articulated the Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and has described how people use their lessons from living globally to become effective leaders.
Dr. Brimm is the founding director of the Psychological Services at INSEAD. Trained as a clinical psychologist, she also continues to work actively at a center she co-founded in Paris in 1979, where she provides assistance and therapeutic interventions when needed for global cosmopolitan individuals and families arriving or living in France.
Choosing a Place to Call Home: Why Not Here?
Who Says This Is the Last Chapter?


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Q: How can I get a space to take up space? I need a paragraph with a space to take up space.
This fiddle shows that a space renders just the same as nothing at all:

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How can I achieve this effect?

A: Use a non-breaking space.

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A: You can add height: 20px to your id
https://jsfiddle.net/viethien/L2eoyxhn/
If you dont want to put height, the best way is adding   in your tag
Another way, you can add :after for #p1
#p1:after {
    content: '\200b';
}

https://jsfiddle.net/viethien/L2eoyxhn/7/

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p {
  border: 1px solid black;
}

.space-medium {
  margin-top: 50px;
}

.space-low {
  margin-top: 20px;
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Clover Cottage is situated in Beeley, Derbyshire and just a short drive to Bakewell, Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall and the beautiful sites of the Peak District. Having been fully renovated in Summer 2018, the property sleeps four in superb luxurious accommodation with a cosy contemporary feel.
The ground floor property sleeps four, comprising of one double and one twin bedroom, both with ensuites. Large open plan kitchen diner extends in to a cosy lounge with exceptional views across the unspoilt countryside. There is a patio and lawn area to enjoy if the weather allows. Clover cottage is set in a semi rural location on the edge of the National Park and just a few minutes drive to local pubs, farm shops and restaurants. Feel free to say hello to our friendly pet goats, sheep and ponies during your stay who love a fuss and treats. Private off road parking area is available for two cars.
Sofa bed available for set up upon request for extra guests.
There is also a travel cot and high chair available upon reservation.
Small well behaved dogs welcome. Please inform us if your dog will be joining you.
With the property being located on a non working farm there is the option to bring your horse on holiday with you if you like – there are two stables, fantastic hacking and a private paddock for guest use on request.
Three Bed Holiday apartment on Blackpool's Famous Promenade.
Cosy, quiet cottage close to beach and high street - 5* guest rated.


Gigi is excited about knitting with beads! Jasmin has finished knitting her Knitmore Girls Citron! Jasmin is planning her next Citron, maybe out of some stashed Ceallach Dyes laceweight merino (colorway "night lace gradiations"). Jasmin is working S-L-O-W-L-Y on her Brandywine Shawl for the KAL. Gigi is working on a pair of Houdini socks from Personal Footprints for Insoucient Sock Knitters (out of Abstract Fiber Supersock in "Be Mine"). We'll be doing a 7 Small Shawls KAL, starting soon.
Gigi has some success with her Frost Flowers Stole. Jasmin gets out of heel flap purgatory on her Supernatural socks. Gigi talks about doing a beaded bindoff (we mistakenly thank Maniago, really, we meant DebbieScally). We talk about WWKIP day at Santana Row. Jasmin mentions Maido, and Japanese WASHI paper masking tape.
- 7/3 : Start of the Tour de Fleece! We'll be doing a mass-start starting at 8:30 AM PST in the Team Sasquatch group chat.
Jasmin declares the bind-off for the Citron to be the Longest. Bindoff. EVER. Jasmin mentions the MimKnits technique for applying beads. Gigi's Cozy Cables socks turn out a bit small.
We play the Knaked Knits promo!
This week, we review the Knitting Essentials 2 DVD by Lucy Neatby. We LOVE it! We mention the DVD subscription service.
Week 4: Check the condition of your tools (bobbins, driveband, oil, timer).
Jasmin mentions spinning Targhee. She is plying the Bubblegum singles and is getting "clown noses" everywhere.
I love your show, please keep going!


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from CommonServerPython import *

def test_main(mocker):
    from JSONtoCSV import main

    mocker.patch.object(demisto, 'args', return_value={
        'entryid': 'something@something'
    })
    mocker.patch.object(demisto, 'executeCommand', return_value=[
        {"Contents": [
            {"Test": "value"},
            {"Test": "value2"}
        ]}
    ])
    mocker.patch.object(demisto, 'results')
    main()
    results = demisto.results.call_args
    assert results[0][0] == 'Test\r\nvalue\r\nvalue2'

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Q: Angularjs and chosen not working together I'm using a chosen select in which i load data from a json file the angular way, the data loads fine if the select it's common html select, but if i decide to use the chosen select, it's just doesn't load, now i know that the data it's fetched later after the rendering of the web page. i made a directive for this issue but it's not working.
my html code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="App">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  <script src= "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js"></script>

   <link rel = "stylesheet"   type = "text/css"   href = "./css/style.css" />  <!--css con colores y formatos de celdas  -->

<script src="jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src='chosen.jquery.min.js'></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="chosen.min.css" />
</head>
<body ng-controller="appCtrl">

<!--id='sl_edo'-->
<select class="control-group" id='sl_edo'  style="width:300px;">

  <optgroup ng-repeat="pueblo in pueblos | orderBy:'estado'" label={{pueblo.estado}}>
    <option>{{pueblo.localidad}}</option>

  </optgroup>

</select>

     <script src="./scripts/json_load.js"></script>   <!--script que cargar archivo json-->

</body>
</html>

the load_json.js :
var App = angular.module('App', []);

App.controller('appCtrl', function($scope, $http) {

  $http.get('json/pueblos.json')
       .then(function(res){
          $scope.pueblos = res.data;
        });

});

App.directive('chosen', function($timeout) {

  var linker = function(scope, element, attr) {

    scope.$watch('pueblos', function() {
      $timeout(function() {
        element.trigger('chosen:updated');
      }, 0, false);
    }, true);

    $timeout(function() {
      element.chosen();
    }, 0, false);
  };

  return {
    restrict: 'A',
    link: linker
  };
});

any hints/ideas of what the problem could be?

A: Not sure if that's the problem but you're loading jQuery twice <script src="jquery.min.js"></script> and from cdn. Remove the local one or make it only load if cdn fails.
Another point is that you haven't added your chosen directive to your markup but that's probably only missing in the question.
Below is your code with modified script tag. The same demo is also at plunkr.
I see no other issue with your code.

// Code goes here
var App = angular.module('App', []);

App.controller('appCtrl', function($scope, $http) {

  /* // commented here because can't load JSON at SO
    $http.get('pueblos.json')
       .then(function(res){
         console.log(res);
          $scope.pueblos = res.data;
        });*/

  $scope.pueblos = [
  {
    "localidad": "Germany",
    "estado": "new"
  },
  {
    "localidad": "Spain",
    "estado": "old"
  },
  {
    "localidad": "USA",
    "estado": "broken"
  }];

});

App.directive('chosen', function($timeout) {

  var linker = function(scope, element, attr) {

    scope.$watch('pueblos', function() {
      $timeout(function() {
        element.trigger('chosen:updated');
      }, 0, false);
    }, true);
  $timeout(function() {
      element.chosen();
    }, 0, false);
/*
   $(function () {
    //$timeout(function() {
      //console.log($(element));
      $(element).chosen();
    //}, 0, false);
    //}),
    });*/
  };
  return {
    restrict: 'A',
    link: linker
  };
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  <script src= "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js"></script>

    <script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="jquery.min.js">\x3C/script>')</script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/chosen/1.4.2/chosen.jquery.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/chosen/1.4.2/chosen-sprite@2x.png"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/chosen/1.4.2/chosen.min.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <div ng-app="App" ng-controller="appCtrl">

  <!--id='sl_edo'-->
  <select class="control-group chosen-select" chosen id='sl_edo'  style="width:300px;">

    <optgroup ng-repeat="pueblo in pueblos | orderBy:'estado'" label={{pueblo.estado}}>
      <option>{{pueblo.localidad}}</option>

    </optgroup>

  </select>
  </div>


Represented Youth in the regular seminars round tables and discussions on the Conflict Resolution organized by Conciliation Resource (CR) UK Based Think Tank.
Participated in a seminar given by "Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation" (CDR) in 2011 in New Delhi India.
Presented in a detailed research report on judicial system under the topic of Judicial Reforms in Pakistan to the Youth Parliament Pakistan.
Ineffectiveness of Madrassa Education in Pakistan (Publication Stage).
"Path to Peace" Article written on the report of Chatham House Research on the both sides of Loc in Kashmir published in Rising Kashmir Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir dated Thursday, 24 June 2010, Kashmir Watch June 18 Daily Times Jammu on June 18 2010.
Pakistan's Missed opportunity, Published on 08 Aug 2008 THE NEWS.


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Q: A Difficult Definite Integral $\int_0^{2\pi}(t-\sin t)(1-\cos t)^2{\rm d}t.$ Problem
Evaluate $$\int_0^{2\pi}(t-\sin t)(1-\cos t)^2{\rm d}t.$$
Comment
It's very complicated to compute the integral applying normal method. I obtain the result resorting to the skillful formula

$$\int_0^{2\pi}xf(\cos x){\rm d}x=\pi\int_0^{2\pi}f(\sin x){\rm d}x,$$
where $f(x) \in C[-1,1].$

\begin{align*}
\require{begingroup}
\begingroup
\newcommand{\dd}{\;{\rm d}}\int_0^{2\pi} (t-\sin t)(1-\cos t)^2 \dd t
&= \int_0^{2\pi} t(1-\cos t)^2 \dd t - \int_0^{2\pi} \sin t(1-\cos t)^2 \dd t \\
&= \pi\int_0^{2\pi} (1-\sin t)^2 \dd t - \int_0^{2\pi} (1-\cos t)^2 \dd (1-\cos t) \\
&= \pi\int_0^{2\pi} \left(\frac32-\frac12\cos2t-2\sin t\right) \dd t - \left[\frac13(1-\cos t)^3\right]_0^{2\pi}\\
&= \pi\left[\frac32t-\frac14\sin2t+2\cos t\right]_0^{2\pi}\\
&= 3\pi^2
\endgroup
\end{align*}
But any other solution?

A: With substitution $t=\pi+x$ we see that
$$I=\int_0^{2\pi}(t-\sin t)(1-\cos t)^2{\rm d}t=\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}(\pi+x+\sin x)(1+\cos x)^2{\rm d}x.$$
the part $(x+\sin x)(1+\cos x)^2$ is an odd function so it's integral over $[-\pi,\pi]$ is zero, then
$$I=\pi\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}(1+\cos x)^2{\rm d}x=\pi\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\dfrac32+2\cos x+\dfrac12\cos2x{\rm d}x=\color{blue}{3\pi^2}$$

A: Notice that your integral is in fact an area integral of the function $(x,y) \mapsto x$ over one arch of a cycloid given by
$$\begin{cases} x = t - \sin t \\ y = 1-\cos t\end{cases}$$
Indeed, if we assume that the cycloid is explicitly given by $y = f(x)$, we have
\begin{align}
\int_{\text{cycloid}} x \,dA &= \int_0^{2\pi} \int_0^{f(x)} x\,dy\,dx\\
&= \int_0^{2\pi} xf(x)\,dx \\
&= \begin{bmatrix} x = t-\sin t \\ f(x) = 1-\cos t \\ dx = (1-\cos t)\,dt\end{bmatrix}\\
&= \int_0^{2\pi} (t-\sin t)(1-\cos t)^2\,dt
\end{align}
Now recall the formula for the $x$-coordinate of the centroid:
$$\frac1A \int_{\text{cycloid}} x \,dA = x\text{-coordinate of the centroid} = \pi$$
since centroid is clearly at $x = \pi$ by symmetry.
Using the same metrod as above area of the cycloid is $$A = \int_{\text{cycloid}}dA =  \int_0^{2\pi} (1-\cos t)^2 \,dt = 3\pi$$
this integral being a lot easier than the original one.
It follows $$\int_{\text{cycloid}} x \,dA = A\pi = 3\pi^2$$

A: The integral
$$
\int_0^{2\pi}\sin t(1-\cos t)^2\,dt=\Bigl[\frac{(1-\cos t)^3}{3}\Bigr]_0^{2\pi}=0
$$
is immediate. Thus we can concentrate on
$$
\int_0^{2\pi}t(1-\cos t)^2\,dt=[\dots t=2u \dots]=
16\int_0^{\pi}u\sin^4u\,du=\int_0^\pi u(e^{iu}-e^{-iu})^4\,du
$$
For integer $a$, we have
$$
\int_0^\pi ue^{2iau}\,du=\Bigl[\frac{ue^{2iau}}{2ia}\Bigr]_0^\pi-\frac{1}{2ia}\int_0^\pi e^{2iau}\,du=\frac{\pi e^{2ia\pi}}{2ia}+\frac{1}{4a^2}\Bigl[e^{2iau}\Bigr]_0^\pi=\frac{\pi}{2ia}
$$
Since $(e^{iu}-e^{-iu})^4=e^{4iu}-4e^{2iu}+6-4e^{-2iu}+e^{-4iu}$ we see that
$$
\int_0^\pi u\sin^4u\,du=\int_0^\pi 6u\,du=3\pi^2
$$

A: \begin{align}
&\int_0^{2\pi}(t-\sin t)(1-\cos t)^2{\rm d}t=\int_0^{2\pi}t+t{\cos }^2 t-2t\cos t-\sin t -\sin t{\cos }^2 t+\sin 2t{\rm d}t\\
&=\left[\frac{1}{2}t^2+\frac{1}{2}t^2+\frac{1}{4}t\sin 2t-\frac{1}{4}t^2+\frac{1}{8}\cos 2t-2t\sin t-2\cos t+\cos t+\frac{1}{3}{\cos }^3t-\frac{1}{2}\cos 2t\right]_0^{2\pi} \\
&=\left[\frac{3}{4}t^2+\frac{1}{4}t\sin 2t-\frac{3}{8}\cos 2t-2t\sin t-\cos t+\frac{1}{3}{\cos }^3 t\right]_0^{2\pi}\\
&=3\pi ^2
\end{align}


According to NBC New York 4, Wyckoff, New Jersey police chief Benjamin Fox, was demoted from his police chief position to patrolman and will be suspended for a 180-day period. This comes after internal emails dating back to 2014 revealed racist policing tactics promoted by Fox. Benjamin Fox was found to have instructed his officers to racially profile Black people from a neighboring town.
As a Bergen County resident, I was not happy to see the statements.
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What Munich's coffee houses learned about waste from beer culture
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"Munich is fed up." That's the message emblazoned on a giant, 15-foot inflatable takeout coffee cup that's been appearing recently on Munich's historic city squares.
It may be the biggest, but it's hardly the only coffee cup making headlines in this southern German city. Public trash bins are overflowing with single-use cups, the consequence of Germany's newly acquired taste for American-style takeout coffee, provoking headlines, hand-wringing and something of a national identity crisis.
Germany leads the world in recycling, but most paper coffee cups can't be recycled, and so like the rest of us, Germans just throw them away — nearly 3 billion every year. Munich, a city of 1.4 million, tosses 190,000 every day, enough to fill that extra-large inflatable latte with trash seven times a week.
Munich's city waste and recycling authority is trying to raise public awareness about the volume of coffee cup waste with ongoing public display of a giant takeout cup, big enough to hold the nearly 200,000 cups the city tosses every day. On its side is printed, "Munich is fed up!"
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"I think maybe it's an American way of life, which has spilled over to Germany or to Europe, and it's not the best way of American life," says Guenther Langer, plant management director of the city waste and recycling authority AWM.
His agency served up the super-sized coffee cup as the public face of a multi-pronged campaign to get Munichers to rethink their coffee habits, and find solutions to the new, imported problem of coffee cup waste.
An inspiration for one possible solution has turned out to be right under Munich's nose — in a cold, foamy glass of the city's famous beer.
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Before the takeout coffee craze, Munich's favorite beverage was decidedly of the hops-and-malt variety. Munich's thirsty state of Bavaria drinks more beer than nearly any other place in the world, but it's a habit that generates little, if any, waste, at least by consumers.
At retailers and take-out kiosks, festivals and biergartens, reusable beer bottles and real glasses are distributed through a Pfand, or deposit, system, in which consumers pony up for the receptacle and get their money back when they return it. Even the city's Oktoberfest, the world's biggest drinking festival, uses the deposit system.
"You can't get a plastic plate," Langer says. "You can't get a plastic cup. You can't get a plastic fork."
Alex Gerstmeier, left, of Recup, debates the finer points of sustainable lattes with Tim Allhoff, whose riverside cafe, Kiosk 1917, was an early adopter. Allhoff says more than half of his takeout coffee customers now use Recups.
The goal of all of Germany's deposit systems is to reduce waste. And that gave Munich startup Recup an idea.
Founded in 2016, Recup is a new deposit system that aims to replace throwaway coffee cups with reusable ones. The premise is just like that of a beer glass: You pay a deposit on the container, and when you bring it back, you get your money back, and the container gets washed and used again.
"The question is, why has it not been applied to coffee before?" says Alex Gerstmeier, Recup's marketing manager.
And so Recup finally has: At the more than 1,000 participating cafes in the Recup network, from Munich to Berlin, consumers can buy their to-go coffee in a heavy-duty plastic Recup in exchange for a 1 euro deposit. And just like with the beer mugs, when they return the cup at any location mapped on the Recup app, they get their deposit back and the Recup is washed and reused.
For Germans already accustomed to deposit systems, Recup shouldn't feel like a stretch, Gerstmeier says. But she hopes it has the potential to have a larger impact, too.
"It's a chance to change the way people think, just understanding that sustainability is not complex but you can implement it easily in your life if you allow for little changes," she says.
Recups can be reused dozens of times, and the company has more than 350,000 in circulation so far. In theory, they've replaced millions of throwaway cups.
Of course, Recup has not yet saved the planet, or even Munich. Only a small fraction of the city's cafes offer Recups, and even there, not everyone is using them. Recup hasn't figured out how to wash lids well enough to reuse them safely, so patrons have to bring their own or take single-use ones and throw them away. And as giant as that giant latte is, coffee cups make up just a fraction of the city's overall waste.
But if Recup can't solve the thorny problem of sustainability by itself, supporters say it still has the potential to be a potent symbol — a poster child for a culture of sustainability through sharing. That's why alongside that giant coffee cup, Munich's waste and recycling authority is promoting Recup as well, as a greener way to drink takeout coffee and a way to think about sustainability in general.
"Think about what you are doing, think about your lifestyle, try to relax, try to avoid waste, try to make your lifestyle more sustainable," Langer says. "The multi-way cup is one small step."
Because, as he points out, it's really about the coffee, not the cup.
"What do you want? Do you want to drink coffee, or do you want to possess a cup? No, you want to drink coffee," Langer says. "This is a new idea of what we want to have: use it, don't possess it."
Many patrons at Kiosk 1917 are choosing to have their coffee to stay. Owner Tim Allhoff says half of his to-go customers use the Recup. Those that stay linger over their beverages in ceramic mugs. "It's just environmentally unsustainable and stupid to drink your coffee on the go or on the subway," says customer Peter Trischberger. "I like to drink out of a real cup and have mine in peace, even if it's only for a few minutes."
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A new report has found that treatment with ripasudil can have positive effects on intraocular pressure as well as diabetic macular edema (DME).
One month after ripasudil treatment, investigators saw the mean foveal thickness (FT) decrease significantly and noted decreases in intraocular pressure as well.
Investigators noted ripasudil is known to improve DME because it is already understood that ROCK upregulates the vascular endothelial growth factor. ROCK has also been found to contribute to angiogenesis, hyperpermeability, and the pathogenesis of various pathologies such as inflammation and fibrosis, the study authors said.
Investigators from Japan retrospectively examined FT, IOP, and visual acuity in 12 eyes with DME in order to determine whether ripasudil improves DME. The 12 eyes received ripasudil treatment for open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension and investigators compared the results to 14 eyes that received no treatment. Neither the treatment patients nor the control group had a history of ophthalmic drug changes (except ripasudil, for the treatment cohort), ocular surgeries, or any treatments for macular edema such as intravitreal anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drug injection within the previous 3 months. All of the patients had type 2 diabetes.
The investigators found that the FT decreased significantly in the ripasudil treatment group, from 439 ± 72 µm at baseline to 395 ± 62 µm at 1 month. The decrease was significantly greater than the decrease observed in the control group. The mean intraocular pressure also decreased significantly in the treatment group compared to the control group, the investigators said: 17.3 ± 5.2 mmHg at baseline to 14.6 ± 4.0 mmHg at 1 month.
Investigators noted that the time from initiation of ripasudil therapy to the follow-up period ranged from 2 to 8 weeks. The findings suggest that ripasudil could reduce both intraocular pressure and improve DME, but investigators pointed out that visual acuity did not improve with the therapy. Investigators believe that in studies with both longer follow-up periods and more participants, a clearer determination can be made about whether ripasudil can improve best corrected visual acuity in DME patients.
Investigators noted that the current study could not determine the effects of systemic factors and optical coherence tomography characteristics on the discrepancy between the reductions in foveal thickness and best corrected visual acuity improvements.
The paper, titled "Effect of Ripasudil on Diabetic Macular Edema," was published in Scientific Reports.


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NASA could see a 5 percent budget cut next year, official says
By Alex Stuckey
Updated 10:24 pm CST, Wednesday, February 27, 2019
David Wolf (L), former NASA astronaut, pretends to take a pen from US President Donald Trump (C) as her presents it to Buzz Aldrin, former NASA Astronaut and second man on the moon, after signing an executive order about space exploration in the Roosevelt Room at the White House June 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
David Wolf (L), former NASA astronaut, pretends to take a pen from US President Donald Trump (C) as her presents it to Buzz Aldrin, former NASA Astronaut and second man on the moon, after signing an executive
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President Donald Trump is expected to propose a 5 percent cut to NASA's budget next year, a decision that stands in stark contrast to the president's push to return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972.
The proposed cuts — part of sweeping cuts to non-defense discretionary spending in every agency — was disclosed in an article published online Monday by Russ Vought, acting head of the Office of Management and Budget.
"It's unfortunate that once again when everyone is getting excited about going back to the moon ... that the announcement is on the heels of cuts for NASA," said Keith Cowing, editor of NASA Watch, a website devoted to space news. "This is not the signal you would hope to see at an agency that is about to embark on a multi-decade program of returning to and exploring the moon."
It would be one of the largest spending reductions in U.S. history, impacting virtually every federal agency, Vought wrote.
"Recognizing the importance of controlling excessive spending, President Trump directed federal agencies to identify how they can cut a nickel out of every dollar they spend," Vought wrote. "Hard-working American families make these sorts of tough decisions every day. The president believes Washington should be no different."
It's not clear what programs would get the ax at NASA. In a statement, agency spokeswoman Bettina Inclán said NASA has bipartisan support both in Congress and from the President.
"It would be inappropriate to comment [on] what may or may not be in the budget before it is released," she said.
Earlier this month, Trump signed a $21.5 billion fiscal year 2019 budget for NASA -- $1.6 billion more than Trump's original proposal. A 5 percent cut would drop NASA's budget to $20.4 billion.
"At the moment NASA is poised to go off and put words into action, they are going to be handicapped further," Cowing said.
Returning to the moon
Since taking office in 2017, the president has voiced big plans for NASA, hoping to send Americans back to the moon for the first time since 1972 as a stepping stone for a human mission to Mars.
His fiscal year 2019 budget sets into motion developing the foundation for a mini-space station orbiting the moon, called the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, where astronauts can go to explore the astronomical body and its resources.
NASA officials hope to have the gateway ready for human habitation by 2023, allowing crews to live and work there for 30 to 60 days at a time. It also could act as a stop-over for astronauts traveling deeper into space to Mars.
Just last week, the space agency announced the first round of 12 experiments that will head to the moon on lunar landers built by commercial companies, including Houston-based Intuitive Machines. Agency officials say they hope to begin launching the landers as early as this year but no later than Dec. 31, 2021.
Officials also have said they will work with U.S. companies on reusable systems to take astronauts to the surface of the moon. Landers that would carry humans will be tested on the moon beginning in 2024, in the hopes that a crew could be sent to the surface by 2028.
"We want to go fast. It's important we get back to the moon as fast as possible," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said during a Valentine's Day media roundtable in Washington, D.C.
But accomplishing all these things will be difficult with a $1 billion budget cut.
"Discovery selections would definitely be crimped by this," Cowing said. "It will derail some things … The money has to come from somewhere."
Another blow to space exploration
NASA, unfortunately, is no stranger to having its goals dashed by budgetary limitations.
In 2010, President Barack Obama axed the seven-year Constellation Program created by his predecessor, George W. Bush. Constellation aimed to put humans back on the moon as a stepping stone for Mars, but Obama deemed the program too costly and inefficient.
It appeared that NASA was fast-tracking its way back to that course with Trump. But his words and his actions are saying different things, Cowing said.
"Again, NASA is caught making all these plans with faith-based projections where budgets will be," Cowing said. "There's nothing wrong with being optimistic, but at the end of the day, you can't just click your heels three times and hope money falls out of the sky."
A budget cut to NASA also would be problematic given the programs that the agency has struggled to complete in recent years. The long-awaited launch of Orion — the spacecraft being built by NASA to take Americans back to the moon — likely won't be ready for the planned mid-2020 lift-off because of cost and scheduling problems with the rocket that will send it into space.
And the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, has continued to experience delays and burgeoning costs. Webb — which is meant to revolutionize the world's understanding of planet and star formation — initially was expected to launch in 2007 and cost about $500 million. Now, it is expected to launch in 2021 and cost almost $9 billion.
Trump's budget proposal still has not been formally released, though he is expected to deliver it to Congress next month. It's still up to Congress to sign off on his spending plans. The federal budget deficit is expected to exceed $1 trillion this year as the impact of the tax reform package approved by Congress last year continues to be felt.
In his article, which was published at realclearpolitics.com, Vought urged lawmakers to side with the president.
"It is time for Congress to join the president in his commitment to cutting spending, reducing bloated deficits, and getting our national debt under control," Vought wrote. "America's future generations are depending on them."
Alex Stuckey writes about NASA and the environment for the Houston Chronicle. You can reach her at alex.stuckey@chron.com or Twitter.com/alexdstuckey


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The effects of recasts versus prompts on immediate uptake and learning of a complex target structure
Hossein Nassaji | University of Victoria
This study compared the effects of recasts and prompts on learning a complex target structure (English relative clauses). It also examined how these effects were mediated by learners' level of language proficiency. Fifty-four high- and low-proficiency ESL learners were assigned to three groups: recast (n = 18), prompt (n = 18), and control (n = 18). Both uptake and pretest-posttest measures were used to assess feedback effectiveness. Each learner met with a native-speaker interlocutor outside the classroom four times over a four-week period for the pretest, treatment, and immediate and delayed posttests. Picture-cued oral production tasks were developed and used to elicit the use of relative clauses. The findings revealed an advantage for recasts over prompts, and also showed that the two feedback types varied in their effects on uptake versus learning and also interacted differently with learners' levels of language proficiency. Although the study was conducted outside the classroom, the pedagogical relevance will be discussed.
Keywords: interactional feedback, recasts, prompts, complex target structures, English relative clauses
Article outline
The present study
Target structure
Identification of uptake and repair
Scoring the pretest-posttest oral production measures
Learner uptake and repair
Pretest-posttest results
Relevance for classroom instruction
Published online: 07 March 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.52.06nas
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Q: Import multiple ids in one record I can add on item which is 'product_id' in each import my question is How to add multiple product ids with multiple quantities in the same record and not one id ?
Schema::create('imports', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->bigInteger('supplier_id');
            $table->bigInteger('branch_id');
            $table->bigInteger('product_id');
            $table->bigInteger('quantity');
            $table->double('cost',null,2);
            $table->timestamps();
        });

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$import = new Import();
        $import->supplier_id = $request->supplier_id;
        $import->branch_id = $request->branch_id;
        $import->product_id = $request->product_id;
        $import->quantity = $request->quantity;
        $import->cost = $request->cost;
        $import->save();

A: As you want to add multiple products associated to one import so, you have to use one-to-many relation. You need to create another model ImportProduct with a relation to Import model like so
class ImportProduct extends Model
{

    ...

    function import()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Import::class);
    }

    ...
}

And in your Import model you will add
function products()
{
   return $this->hasMany(ImportProduct::class);
}

In your import_products migration you will add
...

$table->id();
$table->bigInteger('import_id');
$table->bigInteger('product_id');
$table->bigInteger('quantity');

...

You will remove product_id and quantity from imports migration.
Now in your controller you can add one import with multiple products using products() relation from Import model.
$import = new Import();
$import->supplier_id = $request->supplier_id;
$import->branch_id = $request->branch_id;
$import->cost = $request->cost;
$import->save();

// $import->products()->associate($products);

//foreach ($products as $product) {
//    $import_product = new ImportProduct();
//    $import_product->import_id = $import->id;
//    $import_product->product_id = $product->id;
//    $import_product->quantity = $product->quantity;
//    $import_product->save();
//}


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Sweet Lights: Sweet lights (2011)
El proyecto en solitario de Shai Halperin (The Capitol Years), sigue unos derroteros más o menos parecidos a los de su banda embrionaria. Este Sweet Lights (2011) es un disco descaradamente Retro-Rock. Quizás demasiado inspirado en décadas pasadas, un tanto anclado en patrones demasiado clásicos. Un disco de esos que denominamos de Pop intemporal, alejado de modas sonoras y de patrones contemporáneos. Este hecho, que alabamos en otras ocasiones, a Sweet lights más bien lo lastra.
El álbum tiene un comienzo esperanzador, con Message on a wire y Are we gonna work it out, una especie de homenaje en el título al tema de The Beatles. Aunque la mejor del disco es la desenfadada Endless town, una canción de suave melodía y estribillo cautivador a primera escucha. Para ser honestos, el resto del álbum se me hace demasiado plúmbeo y gris. Quizás echo en falta algo de frescura y de inspiración más poppera. Eso sí, talento musical no le falta al bueno de Shai, quien ejecuta, interpreta, registra y graba todo su álbum él solito en las habitaciones de su casa. Quién lo diría, escuchando otros discos grabados en las mismas condiciones.
Sweet lights – Sweet lights (2011)
"We're not really sure where songs shift from sounding 'dated' to sounding 'retro'. What causes the move from being behind the times and out of touch, to becoming reflective and inspired? Perhaps it's the length of time between the originators and the new work that it influences which allows it the benefit of any doubt? Well, today we recommend an artist who has skipped through the major artists of the 60s and 70s like a child through a flowered meadow and not only retained credibility, but produced one of the most beautiful album's of not just recent times, but any.
Shai Halperin was once known to us as a member of The Capitol Years and War On Drugs, before he stepped away to create his own solo compositions, Sweet Lights. The results of this independent work resulted in the self-titled debut album, which arrive towards the end of last year. At it's heights it's nothing short of breathtaking, showcasing this songsmith's talents off as it twists and turns throughout.
It's with this album that the reflective influences are poured into every crevasse, from The Beatles, on more than one occasion, but none more so than the second track, Are We Gonna Work It Out, which hovers so closely to the similarly-titled Beatles tune it only avoids a lawsuit because it seems like such a tribute. The inspirations are further in evidence with the album's lead track, Message On The Wire, which could have been plucked from the song sheets of Gilmour and Waters.
On it goes with his latest track, The Shortest Man On Earth, due out on April 1st, which sounds like it could have been made by any of The Travelling Wilburys. Like almost all of his other work , it drives along at a steady pop rock pace, seeming to transcend time itself. Like all the classics that helped carve out Shai's work, this is music with a very, very long shelf-life. Immortal and adorable, blending solid pop, rock and folk song structures with atmospheric vocals and storytelling lyrics, this is an artist that you just know will run and run.
Shai self-produced and self-released the debut album on his own, recording most of it in a small room from home, with only a little help in the studio from Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, War On Drugs). We may have to wait a little longer for the any subsequent singles to get an official release here in the UK, but he tells us he's working on getting a few singles out here around July on a small start up label. Although he's played the likes of Glastonbury with his former bands in previous years, there's no plans to re-visit the UK for shows quite yet, but he promises to let us know and we will of course shout about if we hear any news.
What is perhaps most refreshing, after drinking in all of Shai's heavily-saturated work, is that it's not really possible to be over-influenced. There's not an artist in existence today that is without the genetics of music's rich history, so it's a fallacy to use inspiration as a negative. OK, so Sweet Lights' work occasionally dances very close to the line from which beyond is a world of imitation, but it's never stepped over, and that's ultimately his music's best trick. After having re-visited the masters of years gone by, he's managed to remain standing and we believe that his new work unlocks the same difficult device as they did" (therecommender.net)
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Q: What will be the equation of a wave on a string? I have simple but a frustating doubt. I have seen that equation of a wave on a string can be given by $y=Asin(wt-Kx)$ or by $y=Asin(Kx-wt)$, where $w$ represents angular velocity of wave, $A$ represents amplitude, $K$ ($K=\frac{2\pi}{\lambda}$) represents wave number and $x$ represents displacement of wave at any time $t$. I was confused when I saw a sentence "Let's take a equation of a wave as $y=Asin(wt-Kx)$" in my textbook and a another statement "Let's take a wave equation as $y=Asin(Kx-wt)$" in another book. But how can both these different equation represents a wave tavelling in the same direction?. Because one of the wave equation represents wave travelling in $+ve$ y-axis and another represents the wave travelling in $-ve$ y-axis, from mean position at $t=0$
Being simple I would just ask that, If I am asked to write a wave equation which is traveling with a angular velocity $w$, with some amplitude $A$ starting from mean position at $t=0$ what would be my answer? Is it be  $y=Asin(wt-Kx)$ OR $y=Asin(Kx-wt)$? I get much confused while dealing with word problem questions as using these two equation gives two different answers. So I don't know which one to use when.

A: I have a trick for these questions, but by no means it is a formal method :P
See, fix the position, $x$.
Now, just observe the firs wave equation $y=Asin(wt−Kx)$ at a constant $x$, if time t increases, y will increase as well since $wt-kx$ increases (I am doing this for the first one-fourth part of the sine wave).
This must happen if the wave is traveling in +ve x direction!
That's pretty much how I remember which is the direction of wave propagation.
The method surely 'looks' longer than it really is, but at least you don't have to mug stuff up.

A: These two expression are just two instances of the general wave equation
$$ y=Asin(\omega t - kx+ \phi) $$
where $ \phi $ is the initial phase. This initial phase depends on the initial conditions. How the wave looks like at t=0, for example. But for any initial conditions the wave propagates in the same direction.
Your two example are just special cases, for $\phi =0$ and $\phi =\pi$
[$ y=sin(\omega t - kx)=-sin(kx- \omega t)$  and $sin(x+\pi)=-sin(x) ] $
If you don't know anything about initial condition, picking one or the other is quite arbitrary, like when you pick the positive side of an axis.


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Unbeaten Pittsburgh is set for a big weekend.
The 10-0 Panthers, ranked No. 6 in the AVCA Coaches Poll, play at in-state rival No. 4 Penn State on Friday before returning home for a rematch on Sunday. It will be yet another barometer for a Pittsburgh program that has gotten off to a strong start in 2019 after going 30-2 last season.
How good are this year's Panthers?
"I think we're still finding out, seventh-year Pittsburgh coach Dan Fisher said. "We know we're good, the question is how good?"
The Panthers are coming off four impressive victories, first beating visiting Oregon at home and then going to Pepperdine to beat Cal Poly, then-No. 16 Utah, and then Pepperdine in five.
Pittsburgh had a tough end to the 2018 season. It beat Iona in the first round, but then got knocked off on its home court by Michigan in five for only its second loss of the year.
The Panthers are still the team to beat in the ACC, where they were picked to win the league again. But things started off badly this season. On August 15, junior setter Kylee Levers' season ended abruptly with an ACL injury. Levers, who had 596 assists, 77 blocks, and 33 digs in 2018, shared the setting job last season with Kamalani Akeo, who graduated.
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Luckily there was another Akeo to step in. Lexis, Kamalani's sister is a freshman and the product of Kamehameha High School in Kapolei, Hawai'i, has stepped up admirably.
"We had a really experienced setter that got hurt and so it wasn't the way we envisioned it," Fisher said. "We thought we had some time to develop some younger setters, but the good news is, the way the team is responding, it's been awesome.
"It's a really experienced group of hitters, and they're being really patient with the setters, they're working with them, and the way they're treating our young setters is allowing both of them to really mature."
Those hitters are quite formidable, an experienced fivesome that can carry the load in outside Kayla Lund, Nika Markovic, Stephanie Williams, Layne Van Buskirk and Chinaza Ndee.
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Lund, a 6-foot junior outside hitter from Pasadena, Calif., leads the team with 127 kills (3.63/set), has 12 aces, 11 blocks and is second in digs with 92.
Markovic, a 6-foot senior right side from Slovenia, has 64 kills, 12 aces, and 13 blocks.
Williams is a 6-foot senior outside from Eastlake, Ohio, has 93 kills, 13 aces, 83 digs and 17 blocks.
Van Buskirk, who played with the Canadian national team this year, is a 6-3 middle from Windsor, Ontario, who has 39 blocks, four solo, 101 kills, 18 assist and 12 aces.
And Ndee, a 5-11 junior from Houston, has 79 kills and 25 blocks.
"Kayla and Nika carried us a ton last year, and Kayla has really come into this year in great shape, and in my mind, playing the best volleyball of her life," Fisher said. "Right now we have a little battle going on with Nika and Chinaza.
"Chinaza can play either middle or right side, and we also saw Sabrina (Starks) in the middle. So we're still figuring out what our best lineup is."
Starks, a 6-2 sophomore middle from Springfield, Nebraska, has 22 blocks and 30 kills.
Akeo is averaging a very credible 10.6 assists per set, has 12 aces and 73 digs.
"It's definitely still a work in progress. Lexis is trying to gain confidence, but we're trying to help her, and as we go through the season, it will just get better and better," Markovic said. "She has already improved so much, she's a warrior. We know that we're going to help her through her struggles at times."
Pittsburgh also has six freshman.
"A lot of players on the court are the same, but I think there's a new energy that comes with a new group, and that too I think we're still figuring out," Fisher said. "It's a group that loves being around each other, this freshman class, and in other years they would all have been on the court.
"It's a really talented team, it's the deepest I've ever had, and I'm having fun coaching them."
Lund is enjoying watching it come together.
"We're good and it's a lot of fun, because I know we haven't reached our full potential yet in these matches," Lund said. "You can see things that we struggle with, things that we do well, and I know that we haven't reached our full potential and that's exciting.
"That's what makes playing so fun, because you never know when it's going to break through, and you never know when players are going to make it click. We have young players coming in at key positions. It's awesome. We're young, we're good, we're rolling with it, and we're going to get better."
Fisher, who grew up in Santa Barbara and played at Pacific before playing internationally indoors and then on the AVP tour, is 158-47 at Pittsburgh.
His coaching resume includes working at Pacific on the men's side and as an assistant at San Francisco and Hawai'i before two seasons as the head coach at Concordia (winning the 2012 NAIA national championship). He's coached USA national teams.
Pitt has progressed from 25-9 in 2016 to 26-7 in 2017 to 30-2 in 2018, winning back-to-back ACC titles. The goal is higher, of course, especially with this year's NCAA Championship in Pittsburgh.
"To represent our city would be very special for us, and of course, that's something that's in the back of everybody's minds," Markovic admitted. "Sometimes we'll kick back and say, 'Hey, let's just stay in Pittsburgh.'"
Fisher would be OK with that.
"We want to be in a position where we can host," Fisher said, referring to being of the top four teams in the NCAA bracket, which ensures playing at home the first four rounds.
"We feel like that gives us the best chance to move to the sweet 16, and then from there, of course we want to be in the final four. We talked about it as a team, and time will tell if we're good enough. We're not shying away from saying that we want to be there."
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