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According to the Department of Defense, "Boeing (NYSE: BA) is being awarded a $65, 999, 000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 32 Lot 85 Harpoon missile bodies (HMB) for the government of Taiwan; 4 Harpoon canister grade "B" missiles for the government of Canada; and associated spares and support. In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of Harpoon missile spares for the governments of Canada, the Netherlands, Portugal, Japan, the United Kingdom, Israel, Pakistan, Turkey and Singapore, to include containers; Block II guidance section upgrade kits; wire bundle assemblies; and guidance control units. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Mo. (55.3 percent); McKinney, Texas (10.7 percent); Toledo, Ohio (6.2 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (4.5 percent); Lititz, Pa. (3.7 percent); Middletown, Conn. (2.7 percent); Grove, Okla. (2.3 percent); Galena, Kan. (1.6 percent); Minneapolis, Minn. (1.5 percent); Motherwell, United Kingdom (1.2 percent); Elkton, Md. (1.1 percent); Kirkwood, Mo. (1 percent); Anniston, Ala. (0.8 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (0.7 percent); McAlester, Okla. (0.6 percent); Melbourne, Fla. (0.6 percent); and various locations in and outside the contiguous U.S. (5.5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in June 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Taiwan ($43, 846, 554; 66.4 percent), Canada ($10, 145, 802; 15.3 percent), Portugal ($7, 622, 318; 11.5 percent), the Netherlands ($3, 207, 254; 4.8 percent), Japan ($514, 864; 0.8 percent), the United Kingdom ($263, 986; 0.4 percent), Israel ($194, 635; 0.3 percent), Pakistan ($169, 360; 0.3 percent), Turkey ($31, 643; 0.1 percent), and Singapore ($2, 584; 0.1 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-10-C-0053).
BAE Systems is being awarded a $64, 839, 600 modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity delivery order #0013, under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5025) for the purchase of 32 U.S. Special Operations Command Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored utility vehicles and associated integrated logistics support sustainment. Work will be performed in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by the July 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $24, 448, 200 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity."


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Attributed to Imre Karoly Simay (1874-1955), Soucrivez a l'Emprunt de la Liberation!, 1918. Color lithograph. Paris: Printed by Crete; Published by Lloyd's Bank and the National Provincial Bank. Boston Athenaeum. Gift of Bartlett H. Hayes, 1985.
Achille Luciano Mauzan (1883-1952), Fate Tutti il Vostro Dovere! Le Sottoscrizioni al Prestito si Ricevono Presso il Credito Italiano, 1917. Color lithograph. Boston Athenaeum. Gift of Bartlett H. Hayes, 1985.
After C. R. W. Nevinson (1889-1946), Now. Back the Bayonets with Your War Savings Certificates., 1918. Color lithograph. London: Printed by the Dangerfield Printing Company. Boston Athenaeum. Gift of Bartlett H. Hayes, 1985.


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From the early days of flogging kegs off to bars and restaurants up and down the coast of California, to having the #1 IPA in the USA, Lagunitas has come a long way since the mid-90s. Founded by Tony Magee – a Chicago native and classical inspired musician who played bass in a Reggae band – Lagunitas has now grown to be the 6th biggest craft beer brand in the States, producing over one million hectolitres per year.
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Spotify's ads crossed from nuisance over to outright nasty this week, after the music service's advertising started serving up malware to users on Wednesday. The malware was able to automatically launch browser tabs on Windows and Mac PCs, according to complaints that surfaced online.
As is typical for this kind of malware, the ads directed users' browsers to other malware-containing sites in the hopes that someone would be duped into downloading more malicious software. The "malvertising" attack didn't last long as Spotify was able to quickly correct the problem.


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University of Kelaniya · Department of Public Health
The iHealth-T2D study, prevention of type 2 diabetes amongst South Asians with central obesity and prediabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Anuradhani Kasturiratne
Khadija Irfan Khawaja
Sajjad Ahmad
John C. Chambers
Background: People from South Asia are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). There is an urgent need to develop approaches for the prevention of T2D in South Asians that are cost-effective, generalisable and scalable across settings. Hypothesis: Compared to usual care, the risk of T2D can be reduced amongst South Asians with central obesit...
Effects of a lifestyle intervention programme after 1 year of follow-up among South Asians at high risk of type 2 diabetes: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Mirthe Muilwijk
Marie Loh
Samreen Siddiqui
John C Chambers
Introduction South Asians are at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We assessed whether intensive family-based lifestyle intervention leads to significant weight loss, improved glycaemia and blood pressure in adults at elevated risk for T2D. Methods This cluster randomised controlled trial (iHealth-T2D) was conducted at 120 locations across India...
It's normal to drink, isn't it? A qualitative study on factors influencing adolescent drinking in Sri Lanka
Rajitha Wickremasinghe
Roshini Peiris-John
Shanthi Ameratunga
The alcohol marketing policy environment and adolescent drinking in Sri Lanka: A qualitative exploration of stakeholder perspectives
Judith Mccool
Adolescents continue to be exposed to alcohol marketing, despite the existence of alcohol control policies in Sri Lanka. National‐level policies restrict all forms of alcohol advertising, promotions, and sponsorship and sale to minors. The act calls for the need to protect children and adolescents from exposure to the harm of alcohol. This article...
A Scientific Investigation of Tobacco and Alcohol Portrayal in Sri Lankan Media and it's Public Health Implications
Manuja Niranshi Perera
Bimba Chandrasekara
Mahesh Rajasuriya
TITLE: ALCOHOL DRINKING AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE AMONG SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS IN SRI LANKA
Introduction and objectives Social media use has been growing exponentially among adolescents worldwide. Different social media platforms are being used as vehicles for digital marketing to promote unhealthy commodities including alcohol to young people. This study describes the association between social media use and drinking among school going a...
The iHealth-T2D study: rationale and design of a cluster randomised trial for prevention of Type 2 Diabetes amongst South Asians with central obesity and prediabetes
Background People from South Asia are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). There is an urgent need to develop approaches for prevention of T2D in South Asians, that are cost-effective, generalisable and scalable across settings. Hypothesis Compared to usual care, risk of T2D can be reduced amongst South Asians with central obesity or raised...
FactorsInfluencing Alcohol Use Among Adolescents in South Asia: ASystematic Review
Objective: Alcohol is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years among 15- to 19-year-olds globally; yet, social and structural determinants of alcohol use among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries are largely unknown. Given that a quarter of the global adolescent population lives in South Asia, this systematic review aims to...
SHORTENING THE LAG BETWEEN EVIDENCE AND IMPACT BY CHANGING COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS: A LESSON LEARNT FROM TOBACCO CONTROL
Violence seen on Facebook and YouTube videos: a qualitative study
Gaps and Issues in the alcohol policy environment in Sri Lanka
EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL MARKETING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN COLOMBO DISTRICT: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
FACTORS INFLUECING ALCOHOL USE AMONG AODLESCENTS IN SOUTH ASIA: A SYSTEAMTIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Athauda Lk
Wickremasinghe Ar
Adherence to tobacco control policy implementation: a cross sectional study in a selected area in Ragama town, Sri Lanka
Chaminie Kaushalya Pathiraja
A. C. Pathirana
D. Nimrod
Implementation and awareness of tobacco control policy in Ragama town
Role Models and Teachers: Medical students perception of teaching-learning methods in clinical settings, a qualitative study from Sri Lanka
Vathsala Jayasuriya-Illesinghe
Ishra Nazeer
Jennifer Perera
Medical education research in general, and those focusing on clinical settings in particular, have been a low priority in South Asia. This explorative study from 3 medical schools in Sri Lanka, a South Asian country, describes undergraduate medical students' experiences during their final year clinical training with the aim of understanding the tea...
COCONUT CONSUMPTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE INCIDENCE, IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION? A CASE CONTROL STUDY IN SRI LANKAN POPULATION
Introduction & objectives: Consumption of coconut and its products is reported to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study was conducted to determine if there is an association between coconut consumption (oil and coconuts) and CVD incidence among Sri Lankans who are known to consume a large amount of coconut...
An ecological study for Sri Lanka about health effects of coconut
Balachandran Kumarendran
An ecological correlation study was conducted to determine the association between consumption of coconut products and cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths in Sri Lanka. Data on coconut consumption patterns from 1961 to 2006 were abstracted from the FAO database, and mortality data from reports of the Department of Census and Statistics, and UN data...
Trend of smoking and tobacco use in Sri Lanka 1960 – 2010: Is it affected by cigarette pricing?
The prevalence of smoking among adults in Sri Lanka in 2012 was estimated as 9.3%, the prevalences being 18.6% for males and 0.2% for females. This study aimed at describing smoking and tobacco use trends from 1960–2010 and the influence of pricing on trends. Methods Tobacco consumption data was obtained from the Food and Agricultural Organizatio...
King Coconut Water, Tender Coconut Water, Gatorade and ORS: Which rehydrates athletes best?
Arjuna P De Silva
A randomized, controlled, crossover trial was conducted to assess the rehydrating ability of king coconut water (KC), tender coconut water (TCW), Gatorade (G) and ORS as rehydration fluid. The main aim was to compare the effect of exclusive consumption of KC, TCW, G and ORS on rehydration of athletes during training. Method Purposively selected 15...
Policy analysis on tobacco smoking in Sri Lanka
Smoking prevalence in Sri Lanka was estimated as 9.3% in 2012(males 29.9% & females 0.4%). Ratification of Framework and Convention for Tobacco Control and its local enactment Act in 2006, is believed to have influenced smoking trends. This study aimed at describing trends and influence of policy on tobacco smoking in Sri Lanka from 1960-2010. Smok...
Problems faced by Children affected with cerebral palsy and challenges faced by families
Priyantha Perera
De silva M
Marini Dinusha Fernando
Nilushi Weerapperuma
Paediatric Neurodisability, Developmental Paediatrics, ADHD in children
DOES CONSUMPTION OF COCONUT PRODUCTS INCREASE THE RISK OF CVD MORTALITY?
A R Wicremasinghe
morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The major reason for this theory is the presence of saturated fats in coconut products. This ecological study was undertaken to determine if there are trends suggestive of this theory in three countries (Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Thailand) that consume coconut products on a regular basis....
Traditional beliefs and activities in Peuperium; Knowledge, attitudes and practices of women
Introduction Descriptive qualitative study was carried out to identify knowledge, attitudes and practices of women on traditions during peurperium. Aims To describe beliefs and activities practiced by women during the puerperium, on hygiene, sexual practices & contraception, physical activity and food taboos. Methods Qualitative descriptive stud...
Negative health effects of coconut; are they real at the population level?
Introduction An ecological correlation study was carried out to assess the validity of incriminations on the effects of consumption of coconut products on CVD deaths. Aims The aim was to evaluate the impact of consumption of coconut products on CVD death rates. Method Data from 1961 to 2006 were abstracted from different sources; coconut consum...
Snehalatha Chamukuttan
India Diabetes Research Foundation
R. Guha Pradeepa
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Saranya Palaniswamy
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Danube University Krems
Jason M R Gill
Wan Arfah Nadiah
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin | UniSZA
Nagaraja Rao Padaki
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
Rupjyoti Talukdar
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology; Asian Healthcare Foundation.
Rizliya Visvanathan
Monash University (Australia)
Mitra Amini
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
iHEALTH-T2D
Type-2 diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide and a major contributor to development of coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and end-stage renal failure. Studies in European populations show that intensive lifestyle modifications, involving physical activity, dietary change and weight loss is associated with reduction in the incidence of T2D amongst people at high risk. iHealth-T2D is a multicentre, cluster randomised clinical trial that studies men and women from the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) as well as Europe (UK), to provide evidence about the implementation of lifestyle modifications and health promotion for prevention of Type 2 Diabetes.
iHealth-T2D Study
A family based lifestyle modification trial on prevention of diabetes among those at risk of developing diabetes mellitus.
Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Lathika Athauda's Lab
marjo-riitta Jarvelin
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Prasad Katulanda
University of Colombo
Department of Epidemiology & Data Science
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Institute of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism
Ranil Jayawardena
Mahadula Kumari
Ananda Wickremasinghe
Wnurinham Silva
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Ravindra Rannan-Eliya
Roshan Jayawardhane
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Drug Czar Who Fought Prop 19 Going to Customs
Gil Kerlikowske, noted opponent of California's failed attempt to legalize pot in 2010, is leaving his position as U.S. drug czar to become head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The announcement was made in early August
Kerlikowske has served as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy since 2009, when he was appointed by President Obama. Soon after taking the office, he declared the administration would no longer use the term "war on drugs," considering it counterproductive.
But the announcement was more a matter of semantics than policy change: The federal government continues to enforce draconian drug laws that incarcerate thousands of non-violent offenders for simple possession charges.
Indeed, the Obama administration has already spent more to crack down on medical marijuana than both of his predecessors combined. Police will arrest about 700,000 Americans for marijuana crimes this year, and military drones are being used to hunt down pot farmers.
Pressed at one point about what exactly had changed about the war on drugs, Kerlikowske insisted it had become less violent and was therefore no longer a war.
"The difference that I see is the level of violence in the United States and the training that law enforcement goes through," he said in 2011. "Whether they're dealing with an armed robbery or taking down a drug house, and given the number of officers who are shot and killed anymore, and the type of weaponry that is out on the streets, I don't think there's any way to approach it from a safety standpoint that wouldn't involve this."
Criticized as a feckless drug czar with little imagination or vision and no inclination toward reform, Kerlikowske mostly carried on the policies of his predecessors. That included blocking international efforts at progressive drug reform. He once described Nancy Reagan's "just say no" campaign as one of the "major successes" of the war on drugs.
He has been quoted as saying "marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit" and "our opposition to legalizing marijuana is grounded not in ideology but in facts and experience."
Kerlikowske played a notable role in some big drug-related fights. When California voters went to the polls in 2010 to decide whether they wanted to legalize weed, Kerlikowske threatened the federal government would sue the state if they took that step.
Voters rejected Prop 19 by 500,000 votes out of 7 million cast. "Californians recognized that legalizing marijuana will not make our citizens healthier, solve California's budget crisis or reduce drug related violence in Mexico," Kerlikowske said at the time.
Nonetheless, he stayed out of the same waters when Colorado and Washington voted to legalize weed. Both those initiatives passed, yet in the following months, Kerlikowske and other administration officials with input into drug policy have said little about the implications for federal law enforcement.
Now that he's moving on to Customs, it remains to be seen whether Kerlikowske will have any more luck stemming the flow of cannabis at the border than he has had preventing its use in the United States.
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Bush warns Pakistan to fight terror or a face-off
GET IT CLEAR: Bush has said US will not be held to ransom by terror outfits
With India reaching out to the world community in the wake of Mumbai attacks, the US, Germany and Britain are sending their ministers and functionaries to India to discuss the developing situation.
Washington too is keeping the pressure up.
US President Bush made a statement saying even governments sponsoring terrorism will be held responsible.
"We've made it clear to Pakistan that we must do whatever to protect American people. Governments sponsoring terror are as guilty as the terrorists and will be held to account," warned America's President who will soon be making way for president-elect Barack Obama to take over.
The US reiterated that countries should deny safe haven to terrorists.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice too came down hard on the terror outfits and their nefarious designs.
Rice had said that those who want to disrupt good relations between India and Pakistan were at root, and that these non-state actors clearly used Pakistani territory. Rice continued to tell the CBS radio in the interview that there is reason for Pakistan to take up responsibility to act.
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Pakistan unsafe: Dhoni, Tendulkar tell Board
DOWN: The Marriott Hotel in Islamabad after the Sept. 21 bombing. The hotel was used by international cricket teams.
Top Indian cricket players, including captain M S Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, are unwilling to tour Pakistan in January because they fear for their security.
Sources tell that senior players have expressed their concern to the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI). The team is scheduled to play three Tests and five ODIs from January 4 to February 19 tour in Pakistan.
Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh too have expressed their unwillingness to tour Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has assured foolproof security but the Indians believe the threat during the tour would be severe.
PCB chief Ejaz Butt is scheduled to visit India soon to try and convince the BCCI but that plea is now likely to fall on deaf ears.
It is known that the Ministry of External Affairs is unlikely to permit the Indian team to tour Pakistan.
Early November, the government refused to permit the Indian junior hockey team to tour Pakistan due to security concerns.
The Associated Press reports the International Cricket Council deferred the Champions Trophy in September after five of the eight participating teams refused to compete at the biennial tournament that is considered the second most prestigious one-day event after the World Cup.
The PCB has said it would consider playing India at a neutral venue or possibly switch series as alternatives. Pakistan is due to tour India in 2010.
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Gary Bettman says the NHL intends to bring puck and player tracking next season.
The implementation of the technology has yet to be determined, as testing continues and feedback from players, teams and broadcasters is being collected.
The technology will allow broadcasters to have real-time stats integrated into their games, presented with CGI on the screen. Viewers could instantly see the velocity of shots, the amount of ice time for a given player or where they are on the ice at a given time.
The NHL joins the NFL as the only major North American professional sports league with wearable tracking technology.


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Q: Scraping websites in Java What I am trying to do is a take a list of URL's and download each URL's content (for indexing). The biggest problem is that if I encounter a link that is something like a facebook event that simply redirects to the login page I need to be able to detect and skip that URL. It seems as though the robots.txt file is there for this purpose. I looked into heritrix, but this seems like way more than I need. Is there a simpler tool that will provide information about robots.txt and scrape site accordingly?
(Also, I don't need to follow additional links and build up a deep index, I just need to index the individual pages in the list.)

A: you could just take the class you are interested in ie http://crawler.archive.org/xref/org/archive/crawler/datamodel/Robotstxt.html

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US presence in Persian Gulf 'just for show': Khanzadi
MNA – Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that the presence of US naval fleet in the Persian Gulf region is just for show, deeming it "futile" and "deceptive".
"I don't know why this [US] naval fleet is receiving so much attention," he told Mehr News Agency on Sunday, adding that during the past 40 years after the Islamic Revolution, US forces have always been present near Iran's borders.
"The presence of the Americans in the Persian Gulf region has reached its end and they must leave the region", he also added.
"Their presence is just for show, futile, and deceitful," he highlighted.
On Sunday, the White House announced it would send the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and the bombers into the Persian Gulf to counter Tehran. The USS Abraham Lincoln on Thursday passed through the Suez Canal on its way to the Persian Gulf.
Tensions have raised between Tehran and Washington after Trump administration's decision in May 2018 to withdraw from the Nuclear Deal, also known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and to re-impose sanctions which were lifted under the JCPOA. US pressure campaign on Iran is not limited to sanctions: it has also put Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on its list of foreign terrorist organization.
Iran, in response, has designated US Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East as a terrorist organization. After a year since US' withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran announced it would reduce some of its commitments under JCPOA, urging other signatories to comply with their own commitments and stand against the US unilateralism.
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Houston's Ed Oliver is the Best Player in College Football
Keep an eye on him, college football fans.
Leif Reigstad
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Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver (10) reacts after making a stop during the first half of an NCAA college football game against South Florida Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Tampa, Fla.
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You might not know the name Ed Oliver yet, but learn it, Texas football fans. The Houston Cougars defensive tackle is the best player in college football, according to pretty much everybody. ESPN and Sports Illustrated released their respective preseason player rankings within the a week of each other, and the UH junior topped them both. He'll be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's issue college football preview, with the sports magazine of record dubbing him "Big Boss." He's also on the latest cover of Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine, which calls Oliver a "beast" and anoints him "the most dominant player in America."
Oliver's resume backs up the hype. Last year, he was a consensus All-American and snagged the Outland Trophy, which goes to the nation's best interior lineman. He racked up a ridiculous 39.5 tackles for loss in 25 games over his two-year career, believed to be more tackles for loss than any player has ever amassed in their first two seasons, according to ESPN. Despite suffering from a lingering knee injury last year, Oliver still managed to finish with 73 tackles, 16.5 for loss, 5.5 sacks, seven quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, and a blocked kick. He even scored a one-yard rushing touchdown in the Hawaii Bowl, despite playing with a bum foot after he stepped on a sea urchin a few days before the game.
"I think he's the most disruptive defensive lineman I've seen in college football," former Rice coach David Bailiff, who had the misfortune of coaching against Oliver last season, told ESPN in February. "He's as close to the Tasmanian Devil on the football field that I've ever seen."
Oliver is accustomed to status as an elite player—he was a blue-chip recruit out of Westfield High in Houston, choosing UH over bigger-name powerhouses including Alabama, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame. He had a stellar freshman year and reached star status heading into last season.
It's rare to see a player outside the Power Five conferences—the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and Pac 12—rise to a unanimous top-player ranking. The top spot in the previous four ESPN preseason college football player rankings has gone to players from Florida State, Ohio State, and Clemson, and no player from a school outside of the Power Five conferences (Houston is in the American Athletic Conference, alongside historically average programs like Memphis, Tulsa, Central Florida and Navy) has landed in the top ten—except for Oliver, who was ESPN's ninth-best player heading into last season (Sports Illustrated only recently transitioned from creating preseason All-American teams to a top-100 style ranking, and its website archive is difficult to navigate, but as far as we can tell SI's top tens and All-American teams have been populated almost exclusively by Power Five players as well).
But both Sports Illustrated and ESPN were clearly smitten with Oliver this summer. "After two years of watching the 6'3″, 290-pound former five-star recruit slice through offensive lines that spent all week worrying about containing him, swim through the backfield with the agility of a cornerback and rip down ballcarriers with one hand, it's clear now that there's no one else like Oliver in the country," SI wrote in its top 100 rankings. ESPN, meanwhile, called Oliver "unblockable."
Oliver is also the first player in recent memory from a Texas school to head into a college football season as the consensus top player. Former Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett came close in 2016, landing at number two on SI's preseason list and ranking fifth on ESPN's list. But Garrett joined a crowded crop at the top, and it was hard to argue he was any better than the likes of Clemson quarterback DeShaun Watson, Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, or LSU running back Leonard Fournette.
All three of those players were considered favorites to win the Heisman Trophy that year. This year, the consensus number-two player ranked behind Oliver, Stanford running back Bryce Love, is an early favorite to win this year's award. Oliver, however, is facing longer odds. According to ESPN, only one defensive position player has won the Heisman in its 83-year history—Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson in 1997—and only eighteen defensive players have finished in the top five in Heisman voting. Ten of them were defensive linemen, but since 1990 only two defensive linemen have finished in the top five.
Still, UH is campaigning hard for Oliver to be a true Heisman candidate. According to the Houston Chronicle, the athletics department's communications wing is planning an aggressive marketing campaign, which will include social media and email blasts updating Heisman voters of Oliver's season progress. And, in what seems like a pretty transparent effort to give Oliver a Heisman boost, Cougars coach Major Applewhite has said that he plans to use Oliver in short-yardage rushing situations on offense, and that he could have Oliver pass, catch, and even kick the football throughout the season. If he can rack up some goal line rushing touchdowns, maybe he can present himself to Heisman voters as more of a two-way threat than just an ace defender.
UH could use the hype that would come with Oliver becoming a legitimate Heisman trophy candidate. The Cougars have been a rising program for several years now, but the wave of recent success they have ridden may be close to cresting. Houston lost program architect Tom Herman to the University of Texas after the 2016 season, saw its hope to receive a Big 12 invite fizzle, and finished a disappointing 7-5 under first-year coach Applewhite last season. The Cougs now enter 2018 on the fringe of the preseason top 25 conversation, though even if they win a ton of games, a soft schedule might have already spiked Houston's playoff chances. An average team record would almost certainly steal some of the shine from Oliver's likely incredible season stat line, which would badly hurt his Heisman cause.
Regardless, Oliver should maintain his top player status all season, as long as he can stay on the field (avoid all sea urchins, please!). Whether the Cougars play up to his talent level remains to be seen. They won't get another shot with Oliver, who has already announced he's heading to the NFL next year. He's expected to be top-five pick, with the potential to be selected number one overall. If he is drafted with the top pick, it'd be another feat that has rarely been achieved by someone like Oliver: a defensive tackle hasn't been selected first overall in the draft since 1994.
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Forever the Optimist's message was received – the transmission about their album 'Arecibo' was heard loud and clear and now it's time for them to visit those who received it and give them their mission – spread the word.
Forever the Optimist's album 'Arecibo' transmitted on April 18, 2014 to all corners of the globe and the replies came back in earnest.
This new message comes in visual form with a promise attached – a visually stunning filmclip for single 'End of Antics' and a promise to bring the message to the people, live, throughout Australia.
Forever the Optimist are not just a band running in circles.
Their new single 'Revolutions' will be released on Monday September 30 to what has become an army of waiting fans – the masses growing larger and larger to the sound of their pounding rhythms.
Their previous single, Warning Horns made waves – their most widespread track to date. It was played nationally on Rage, Triple M's DISTORTION show with Higgo, on The Aussie Alternative with Rod Whitfield and reached rotation across the US on Syndicated Rock shows Ripple Hive and Neueregelradio.com, taking their music to whole new audience.
There are a lot of bands to look out for in 2012. You will read various lists and recommendations. One that needs to be added to those lists is from Brisbane. They are from the birth place of many independent and unsigned bands that are making some killer-rock sounds at local and National gigs. They are …..Forever the Optimist.
Forever the Optimist just released their newest single and video clip "My Design" from the their self titled debut EP "Forever the Optimist". Having played with some great bands in 2011 such as Thousand Needles in Red, Calling All Cars, The Redcoats and Floating Me, the future is looking great for this hard rocking alternative band.
Life Music Media (LMM): I just had a good listen to your self- titled album the other day and it is a fresh and fearsome achievement for your first EP. How has the ride been so far?
Daniel Page: The rides been great. It's interesting how far we've come in the last year since recording that record. We went in the studio with six months worth of songs and it came together, we did the best job we could and we're really happy with it. This year has been flat out. We've been doing a lot of gigs and playing with some awesome bands with great opportunities. We went on a mini East Coast tour with some friends of ours "Stellar Green" and it's was excellent. We've been getting a really good response to our shows and a lot of positive comments towards the record. So we are pretty happy.


Step out of Helsinki with an excursion to Nuuksio National Park in Espoo--about 46 minutes away. Pack the 10th (Wed) with family-friendly diversions at Linnanmaki Amusement Park. Next up on the itinerary: learn about all things military at Sea Fortress Suomenlinna, admire the masterpieces at Kansallisgalleria, take in the spiritual surroundings of Rock Church, and take in the architecture and atmosphere at Helsinki Cathedral.
To see other places to visit, maps, traveler tips, and other tourist information, use the Helsinki travel route site .
Sao Paulo, Brazil to Helsinki is an approximately 20-hour flight. You can also do a combination of bus and flight. The time zone difference when traveling from Sao Paulo to Helsinki is 5 hours. Expect a daytime high around 25°C in July, and nighttime lows around 15°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 12th (Fri) to allow enough time to travel back home.


Enchant Christmas is making its Seattle debut at Safeco Field this holiday season! Unwrap new traditions and make memories as you explore the World's Largest Christmas Light Maze, glide across the ice skating trail, visit Santa & Mrs. Claus, take in the cheer of live entertainment, and more as you're sure to find enchantment around every corner.
2018 Copyright Enchant Christmas Light Maze & Market Ltd.
ARRIVAL WINDOW i Time window is for arrival only. You can stay as long as you like! This helps us avoid overcrowding the stadium entrance.
General admission tickets include access to everything within Enchant Christmas. Food and beverage will be available for additional purchase, and ice skates will be available for rental.
Military, EMS, and Students enjoy 10% off general admission tickets which include access to everything inside Enchant. Food and beverage will be available for purchase and ice skates available for rent inside the event. MUST SHOW ID AT BOX OFFICE PRIOR TO ENTRY.
A Family 4-Pack is for 2 adults (14+) and 2 children (4-13) from the same family. Children aged 3 years and under are free. Young people ages 14 and over are charged at the adult rate.
If there are additional family members, those additional tickets can be purchased for Adults (14+), Children (4-13), or Seniors (65+) and added to your family pack. Please just include those ticket needs in your ticket order.
VIP tickets include access to everything within Enchant Christmas, an all-you-can-eat gourmet meal, exclusive access to the event, and more. Ice skates will be available for rental.
Hit it Here (21+) VIP ticket holders must be 21+ and will be required to present a valid photo ID at entry. These tickets include access to everything within Enchant Christmas, an all-you-can-eat gourmet meal, exclusive access to the event, and more. Ice skates will be available for rental.
General admission Merry Hour tickets include access to everything within Enchant Christmas in the final arrival window of each evening of Enchant. Food and beverage will be available for additional purchase, and ice skates will be available for rental.
Select Enchant special event nights benefit a worthy cause. Learn more about our Paws n' Claus and Military beneficiaries, and consider a gift that helps us spread the spirit of generosity this season.
Time window is for arrival only. You can stay as long as you like! This helps us avoid overcrowding the stadium entrance.


Resume writing is not about rehashing your past history and listing what you've done and where. Rather, resume writing is about writing to the future, to the job that you want or the career path that you wish to pursue.
This is a critical consideration throughout every phase of writing your resume and conducting your job search. Clearly define your objectives, identify the skills and qualifications you've gained through your past experience that support your current goals, and then focus on these elements throughout your search.


Building a business isn't easy. Even if you have a unique idea and the drive to create something exciting, balancing the creative and business-driven sides of your start-up is a challenge. In our annual cool ideas issue, we focus on start-ups that are doing different things, or doing things differently, and turning them into businesses.
This is the seventh cool ideas issue, and we're proud of the companies we've featured over the years. Not everyone needs to be a tycoon, but a really cool idea comes with staying power.
With inputs from our writers all over the country, along with feedback through social media, the first list of cool ideas we looked at this year had well over a hundred companies.


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What makes a successful club secretary?
Why run for club secretary?
Where do you start when you first become secretary?
The role of secretary of the committee can be the key to the efficient functioning of the committee. It can be wide and diverse, often tasks that don't logically fall to other roles within the club fall to the secretary. We are often asked what makes a successful secretary, so here is a list of some of the behaviours and characteristics of successful secretaries.
Unquestionably, the first, second and third most important characteristic of successful secretaries is that they are very organised and spend a lot of time planning. Unlike most other roles within the club, the Secretary has to work to deadlines.
It is not an option to miss these deadlines.
Successful Secretaries have a strong understanding of the clubs rules, policies and procedures and use them as the foundation of how they go about their role. Not only that, they ensure that these key governance documents are always up to date and followed by everybody in the club.
The secretary is the first point of contact many people have with the club so they need to be a great people person and have a strong customer service ethos. Generally, a successful Secretary will feel very comfortable picking up the phone and talking to anybody. Whether its the Mayor or Councillor, or an enquiry to join the club.
Often any issues within the club fall to the Secretary to resolve. In many clubs, the Secretary is the nominated Complaints Officer as well. In clubs, the root cause of almost all issues can be traced back to its roots. This could be either a lack of clarity around a given task or a lack of communication between people. An effective Secretary can see through the "noise" to identify the cause of an issue and will resolve the issue quickly and fairly.
Even a Secretary of a small club will have way too many tasks to manage in their head. They must write down action lists and due dates. In formal club proceedings like committee meetings and AGMs, this will take the form of Minutes to the Meeting. Successful Secretaries write down everything. Where others have agreed to take on a role, successful secretaries will confirm this via email so there is no confusion.
A very important attribute to what makes a successful secretary is ensuring they have the time. If they don't have time to undertake all the tasks of the role then they will create one or more assistant secretary roles to help them.


NES 1.1: Counts to 30, and orders, reads and represents numbers in the range 0 to 20.
MAe-1WM Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings.
Mae-2WM Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems.
Mae-3WM Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions.
MAe-4NA Counts to 30, and orders, reads and represents numbers in the range 0 to 20.
MALS-4NA: Recognises language to represent number.
MALS-5NA: Counts in familiar contexts.
MALS-6NA: Reads and represents numbers.
MALS-7NA: Compares and orders numbers.
MALS-12NA: Compares and matches coins and notes.
1.1: Demonstrates understanding of number sense.
1.2: Recognises matches and sorts concrete objects to represent numbers.
1.3: Counts objects in meaningful contexts.
1.4: Understands and uses ordinal terms.
1.5: Reads and writes numbers and demonstrates understanding of place value.
5.1: Understands that money is a medium for purchasing goods and services.
5.2: Identify matches and counts coins and notes.
WM Count the number of students present and correlate with photographs during morning circle.
'We are going to count to …'.
'Count the students at school today'.
When carrying out any of the following teaching activities it will be necessary to use different levels of support as indicated in the guidelines table at the beginning of Number. Fade this support as the student works towards developing independence.
When this activity is implemented, objects such as counters, teddy bears must be identical to ensure that the student is counting rather than attributing characteristics to numbers e.g. red counters symbolise 1, yellow counters symbolise 2 etc.
Whenever a specific number is being counted, only that number of objects is placed in front of the student.
Only one object is presented to the student. Teachers states 'We are going to count to 1. Count the ………'. Once the student has independently counted one object, move onto two objects and then three. Encouraged students to touch the objects as they count.
Counts objects to 5 and to 10.
Follow teaching procedures as stated above. Do not move onto the next number unless 100% accuracy has been achieved.
Counting students in class, counting chairs for students, pencils for each student etc.


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The inspiration for the founder of the World Language Process came from the Baha'i Teachings on Universal Language. The term 'universal language' or 'auxiliary universal language' is most often linked in the Baha'i Writings with the word 'script'. Indeed the word 'script' appears over thirty times in the raw quotes. A typical sampling would be:
[94] "We foresee that eventually, the world cannot but adopt a single, universally agreed-upon auxiliary language and script to be taught in schools worldwide, as a supplement to the language or languages of each country."
(Bahá'í International Community,
1995 Oct,
Turning Point For All Nations)
[87] "A world language will either be invented or chosen from among the existing languages and will be taught in the schools of all the federated nations as an auxiliary to their mother tongue. A world script, a world literature,"
(Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era,
Page 280)
[9] "The selection of a single language and the adoption of a common script for all on earth to use: one of two signs of the maturity of the human race,"
(Notes:
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas,
[6] "The day is approaching when all the peoples of the world will have adopted one universal language and one common script. When this is achieved, to whatsoever city a man may journey, it shall be as if he were entering his own home. These things are obligatory and essential. It is incumbent upon every man of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action.... That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth."
(Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud)
in Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh,
Pages 166-167)
[8] "O members of parliaments throughout the world! Select ye a single language for the use of all on earth, and adopt ye likewise a common script."
(The Kitáb-i-Aqdas,
Page 88)
The significant concept being considered here in these, and similar quotes that could be presented, is the emphasis upon a script in addition to, and in distinction from, the language. It is for this reason that this page with its links is devoted to the concept of scripts. Whatever motivations others may have for seeking to design a universally acceptable script - the above quotes are the inspiration for this writer.
[26] A friend enquired concerning Bahá'u'lláh's prophecy in the Words of Paradise, that a universal language would be formed, and desired to know if Esperanto would be the language chosen. "The love and effort put into Esperanto will not be lost," he answered, "but no one person can construct a Universal Language. It must be made by a Council representing all countries, and must contain words from different languages. It will be governed by the simplest rules, and there will be no exceptions; neither will there be gender, nor extra and silent letters. Everything indicated will have but one name. In Arabic there are hundreds of names for the camel! In the schools of each nation the mother tongue will be taught, as well as the revised Universal Language."
('Abdu'l-Bahá in London,
From my philosophical paradigm I therefore subscribe to the following points:
1. It must be made by a Council representing all countries
2. must contain words from different languages
3. It will be governed by the simplest rules
4. no exceptions
5. no gender
6. no extra letters
7. no silent letters
8. one name for everything
Some of these points apply to the language and others to the script. They are both admittedly intimately intertwined. First, however, I will present my thinking on each of these points:
First, I should mention, that there is leeway in interpreting the guidance of all these points, because the quoted source is what we call pilgrims' notes and does not have the weight of scripture or religious law. Nevertheless, the points themselves make common sense.
Secondly, the authoritative declarations mentioned in an earlier section, stated that the language could "either be invented or chosen from among the existing languages".
Thirdly, since in this case we are examining the 'invented' option, the operative statement was "no one person can construct a Universal Language".
Fourthly, we may therefore take the meaning of being "made by a Council" as that of being "selected, chosen, adopted" by a duly representative Council (a recognized and accepted world governing body - by whatever mechanism it may come into existence) that is "representing all countries". For it to be "representing all countries" does NOT mean either that ALL countries have a seat upon it, or that all will be in agreement with its decision. Fifthly, while the authority will rest with such a 'Council' to 'authorize' the language, the actual mechanics of the language and script selection may be made by an authorized committee itself selected in a method approved by the 'Council'.
A committee appointed by national bodies of learning shall select a suitable language to be used as a medium of international communication. All must acquire it. This is one of the great factors in the unification of man.
(The Promulgation of Universal Peace, Page 182)
A committee appointed by national bodies shall select a suitable language to be used as a means of international communication. Every one will need but two languages, his national tongue and the universal language. All will acquire the international language.
('Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy, Page 27)
Sixthly, and I only mention this, because while otherwise should seem obvious, there are still those who have suggested that the phrase "invented or chosen" contains an "exclusive" rather than an "inclusive" 'or' and therefore prevents the modification of an existing language. This argument would then hold that a language like English, if selected, would have to be taken 'in toto' and that none of its faults could be remedied, and that only an 'invented' language, if that option were selected, could meet all the criteria, because no natural language does. One would think that it would seem patently obvious that the process of "inventing" can follow any path that a committee might choose and that there is nothing saying that they must begin to make the language out of 'whole cloth'. One might think that is patently obvious - but obviously it isn't.
Seventhly, in light of all the foregoing, the status at the moment is one of studying and examining solutions, criteria, options, merits and shortcomings of all proposals that meet the criteria. In this way we hope to become aware of creative ideas so that we may prepare meaningful proposals and critiques when the appropriate time and opportunity comes.
On this point too, there have been some interesting interpretations and speculations. Some feel that this indicates that the language needs to be a hodge-podge of all other languages. That some how it should be 'representative' of all the languages and cultures on the earth. That each of the hundreds of different languages (whether living or dead is usually glossed over) should have words included. Some would base the representation upon the populations speaking that language, in which case some of the Chinese dialects might play a prominent role, but at least a half-dozen Swahili words, and so forth, would get included.
I look upon the requirement as having two intents. First, because there is a wide spectrum of cultural requirements, there need to be words that satisfy the requirements of every culture. For example, in some Whorfian sense there needs to be terms that explain familial and other relationships that are present in one culture, but absent in another. A Middle Eastern Arabic culture may have need of more words for dealing with camels, than say an Inuit culture, and the latter may have more specific requirements in dealing with snow than does the former. Consequently, beyond some basic root vocabulary, a wide variety of terms from other languages need to be accommodated.
Secondly, what I see indicated here, is that this is a statement of attitude regarding the cross-cultural terms for various concepts. It is the opposite attitude of what has been a pattern in the adherents and proponents of a number of languages who opposed taking in foreign words. Most everyone has heard the examples of alternative expressions that have been proposed in languages as diverse as French, Latin (by the Catholic Church), Japanese and elsewhere to avoid American expressions such as beefsteak, motorcycles, and fax machines.
There are many linguists who are repulsed by the idea of a language with simple rules of grammar and syntax. Many languages have very elaborate systems where noun and verb endings must be in agreement and that there are very circuitous methods of expressing concepts or what is really meant.
Whatever benefit there may be, in such subtleties in expressing abstract or mystical ideas, often garnered by having been immersed in a particular culture, what is being proposed here is a universal auxiliary language that in its simplicity can be mastered cross-culturally throughout the world.
For a natural, idiomatic and dynamic language like English, such a restraint makes the language into what native speakers would consider to be a pidgin. However, this oddness of sound has partly just do to with what one is used to, and it may also be indicative of the requirement for more specific, though simple, rules.
We are speaking here for nouns in general. El paper and la pen obviously create an unnecessary linguistic burden for the learners. However, it may well be that we need a more gender-neutral language than what English has been in the past. Trends in this direction have become apparent in the last two decades. Chairperson instead of chairman or chairwoman, mail carrier or postal worker instead of postman, police officer instead of policeman, fire fighter instead of fireman, and so forth.
This and the next rule apply directly to the subject of scripts. If we are to say that scripts simply define how the letters are shaped or formed and that the nature and number of the letters is already determined by the alphabet, then this just again shows the close relationship between the language and its script.
All that has been stated for the previous rule, can then be asserted again for this one. In summary what we are truly saying is that there must be one and only one letter for each sound. That is really our only requirement for a script, although these two requirements regarding 'letters' do seem to exclude some 'pictographic' / 'conceptual' form of writing such as found in Chinese ideograms.
This is a somewhat curious requirement. We are all familiar with synonyms such as 'sofa', 'divan', 'couch', 'chesterfield', but to the connoisseur of furniture there may be a difference. The Inuit may have a variety of words, and see a variety of distinctions, in what others might just call 'snow'. However, what we are talking about here is a basic vocabulary for a universal auxiliary language. A language to be used in diplomatic, commercial, and cultural exchange. The purpose here is to remove ambiguities and cross-cultural conflicts so that in a contractual situation one party does not use a term meaning one thing and the other substitute a different word supposedly having the same meaning. The point is - that thing, concept, idea, should have one specific name.
On the other hand, the opposite is not at all the case, that a word will have a single meaning. Many words have a great variety of different meanings. Their meaning is determined by their context. A 'head' on a ship is quite different from the 'head' of a company, or a 'head' of water, or 'head' of sheep, or many other possible meanings of the word. In the English language, or at least in the Oxford English Dictionary lexicon, there are said to be about 750,000 words. This depends, however, upon how one defines what is a word, because by other definitions there could be millions. Is sheep as a singular and sheep as a plural the same word? What about dog and dogs, or man and men? Computers distinguish between capitalized and uncapitalized words. Are words to be identified by their spelling or their usage? Are Tom is the 'head' of the committee and Tom will 'head' the committee the same word? And most of all, as in the previous example about the different meanings of 'head', is head in that case one word - or many different words, and if we are to say that a word is its meaning, then there may be as many different meanings for any word as there are people, or even some multiple of that because it is quite possible that many people will assign different meanings to a word that others see as having only one meaning.
The point of this rule, therefore, was not the abstract and mystical ability to assign different meanings to words, but that everything expressed in the universal auxiliary language should have one and only one word that denotes that thing, object, idea or concept. On the other hand, any word may denote many things, objects, ideas or concepts. It may seem that this too could lead to confusion - but the latter distinctions are based upon context.
One final observation, as to this rule as stated, is that once again, if it were not possible to modify an existing language, no existing language would be a candidate because it would not now meet this requirement. The very suggestion about existing languages being candidates could then be seen as somewhat akin to the Baha'i view on polygamy, which is permitted if one can treat their wives equally, but since it is impossible for anything to be exactly equal it is in fact therefore not permitted.
In summary then, what we have expressed here is a philosophical attitude towards language and script design that is universal in its intent - meaning that it should have both universal utility and acceptance (the role of the Global Councils and Committees), that it is not culturally neutral, nor culturally biased, but is rather cross-culturally supportive (the requirement for the acceptance of words / ideas from all languages), that is supportive of social maturity in regards to the sexes (its gender neutrality), that is scientifically constructed (the requirement for consistency and simplicity in its rules), and that is socially structured in its meanings such that it will facilitate comprehension and unity and will avoid misunderstandings and contention.
This particular set of philosophical requirements, as stated, has its roots in the Baha'i philosophy, but if there are any parts of it that someone finds contentious then the present writer would be appreciative if they would explain their reasons. On the other hand, if there are any readers who feel that the criteria needs to be extended or supplemented in some manner - then the present writer would also like to hear of that.
The two primary social requirements for any script design are:
1. Acceptability
2. Utility
If a script is not accepted, then it makes no difference how great its utility might theoretical be - because it will not be used.
If a script is accepted, that is to say implemented, through some social mechanism, but has low utility, then that will result in great social and economic costs. This is particularly true if the duration of the implementation is very long term, or perhaps ended only by some further social revolution in the far distant future.
In the following sections we will discuss those social factors that may cause a script to not be accepted AND those technological factors that may increase of decrease its utility.
First and foremost, that which may cause resistance to the acceptance of a particular script, are issues of cultural heritage.
Is it a foregone conclusion that a phonemic script (like ANJeL) rather than an ideographic script (like Chinese) is required? I think that it is, but influential social / cultural powers in some Global Council may disagree. Nevertheless, the trend in cultures that have ideographic systems has been towards developing phonetic systems of representation because of ease of typesetting, data storage and especially retrieval [which is very important to scientific / information based societies]. Still, ideographic systems also have their advantages in that they are cross-dialect communicative and that they are perhaps more suitable to the communication of some types of abstract concepts.
Assuming, that that the phonemic script path is selected, there remains still a variety of other language / social concerns arising out of the nature of the language to be represented. Once more we must ask whether it is a foregone conclusion that the chosen or designed language will not be a 'click' language as used by some African tribes, or a 'tonal' language as used by the Chinese? The requirements for character / script representations in those, or other 'exotic' languages would surely be different than the requirements of an Indo-Germanic rooted language.
This now brings us to a second category of social concerns regarding script / character selection. There are many other social issues, such as compatibility with deaf and native signing, Braille or other representation [such as pressure scanners] for the blind; signaling; efficiency of use and display; representation by the less physically adept [children, handicapped, and aged]; recognition by those with limited visual capability [physiologically in young children and the failing sight of the elderly] and probably still many other such social issues that special interest groups will identify.
Last, but certainly not least, will be the social concern with the economic cost of implementation. Questions as to upon whom these costs will fall, and questions of equity as to who should bear them along with questions as to how they may create additional social barriers among those groups that are already disenfranchised. While the latter themselves may be un-influential in protesting, those elements that may claim to speak upon their behalf - could be quite disruptive to any process of seeking unanimity and effecting implementation.
Freed of concerns about social restraints, engineers and technicians may well try to establish criteria for some 'utopian' script. These might well include:
a. Distinguishability of each character from other characters
b. Recognizability of the character (say at a distance)
c. Relationship of letters to one another for cursive writing
d. Fewness of strokes per letter
e. Economy of horizontal space in representation of the letter
f. Economy of vertical space
(perhaps elimination of ascenders and descenders)
g. Compatibility to various font representation (bolding, etc.)
h. Ergonomics of recognition (eye scanning and so forth)
i. Ergonomics of writing (less removal of pen from paper)
j. Aesthetics as to appearance
In some respects, this last point, although it may be hotly contested by calligraphers, possibly justly deserves last place. As has often been stated- beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it is often just a matter of what one is culturally accustomed to in food, music and scripts as well. There exist in the world, great varieties of script representations [a few of which are on our webpal pages] but which in the world's great variety sometimes consist of those which have only vertical, horizontal, or right angle lines, with or without combinations of circles and other strokes. While to the western eye many of those kinds of scripts seem very unusual it is probably just a matter of what one is used to.
Scientists, engineers, inventors and designers do not usually start with a clear slate. They are bound in many ways by the technologies and conventions of the past. The degree to which society and circumstances will allow them to throw over that which has gone before will determine to a large degree how creative, and utilitarian, the new system can be in light of the state of technological art.
Function creates form. Not just function in terms of the desired goal and purpose but also function in terms of the technology available. While social revolution may to a degree sweep away attachment to the past, the old social concepts still remain the standard for judgment of the new. Moreover, the old technology remains as that which must be built upon.
New scripts and new fonts may appear, but they will still appear on the old devices of Cathode Ray Tubes, Photographic Film, and Cellulose Material. Their generation will also be largely by electron guns, photo-light sources, and rollers spreading ink. While script designers may be aware of cutting edge technologies in plasma, laser, and ink jets, accompanied by fiber optics for transmission and thin films for display, they will be largely unable to dictate which technologies will be used and will have to ascertain that the scripts that they select are compatible with those technologies currently in use.
Any major script change will render obsolete large bodies of typesetting and font display equipment. Hardware such as typewriters will often be so inflexible that they cannot be modified to function with any script that involves radical changes from the system for which the hardware was originally designed. Even more flexible film based equipment can be challenged by new requirements of spacing and alignment. Still, supposing that these challenges are not overly arduous, the mere manufacture and distribution of new script and font masters for photo-imaging machines, and new character generators for electronic and matrix based machines, will create very substantial costs and cause a barrier to their rapid use and acceptance.
Awareness of the technological constraints, imposed by the machinery of reproduction, is but the one set of technological criteria facing the designer. The other set of technological criteria is that imposed by the goals envisioned for the script. As in all engineering design issues there are usually opposing goals for which there needs to be found a balance. These are sometimes difficult to identify and it is the engineering skill and insight that can recognize the conflicts and the wisdom to find the balance that distinguishes the creative and admirable designer and design from the pedestrian. Here I can offer only a few token examples of that of which I speak.
1. Thin lines and details that would be
significant and attractive
in a billboard size
may be indistinguishable in minute print.
2. Ornate strokes that may be seen as aesthetic
by those appreciative of calligraphy
may be difficult or awkward to reproduce
by the less skilled.
3. The use of color to distinguish components
while expediting readability where used
may not be available in monotone situations.
4. Variety of distinguishable form such as we presently see
in bolding, italicizing, underlining, caps, etc.
may be difficult to reproduce within all circumstances.
5. Variation in stroke density, while perhaps again both
communicative and aesthetic
may be difficult in some circumstances to reproduce -
such as in dot matrix and other situations.
The challenge to find a script that will be universally representable in:
handwriting or icing strokes on a birthday cake
pixels on a CRT captioning line
segments (think of your digital clock)
large photo-imaging such as on billboards
minute engraving on the inside of a ring
marching bands in stadium formations
and all the other variety of medium that we presently see - will undoubtedly be substantial.
There is an interaction between scripts and fonts. What distinguishes one letter from another letter, and makes it recognizable and identifiable although seen in different fonts, is the purview and domain of the script designer. The further aesthetic embellishment, and perhaps increased usefulness, of that script, while still retaining its distinguishing features, is the purview and domain of the font designer. Our purpose here is to raise the call for script design, and while the script designer should have concern for the needs of font designers, we can leave the field of opportunities for font design to future generations.
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This is a monoscript because the intention is that letters associated with a period would actually have a dot above the letter.


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Peninsula man indicted on charge of distributing child pornography
A federal grand jury has indicted a San Mateo man on a charge of distributing child pornography after allegedly sending out a video of a minor engaged in sexual conduct, authorities said.
The indictment against the man identified by authorities as 24-year-old Christian Guardado, was unsealed earlier this month, according to U.S. Attorney David Anderson of the Northern District of California. Guardado made his initial court appearance Monday after being arrested Jan. 8, authorities said.
Guardado, whom authorities said was once associated with a children's camp, is scheduled to be in court Thursday for a detention hearing. He is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
According to authorities, Guardado is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in the fall of 2018, and videotaping it. Federal prosecutors said Guardado sent one of the videos to another person and that he made at least one other pornographic video with another suspected underaged victim that he sold to somebody else.
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Guardado is also accused of contacting other minors on social media applications and that he traveled to Spain because that country's age of sexual consent is lower than it is in the United States.
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If convicted Guardado faces between five and 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Investigators are asking anyone with further information about Guardado to call 866-347-2423.
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A left-lane closure of Water Street, between Griggs and Bowman avenues, will begin Wednesday, Jan. 24.
The lane closure is anticipated to be in effect for about eight weeks. The lane closure will affect RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1. However, access to businesses and homes will be maintained.
The road work will be done by Morrow Enterprises, Inc. as part of the City's Downtown Two-Way Conversion Project.
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BATON ROUGE, LA (July 14, 2016) – Morgan Oliver, a recent graduate from Notre Dame High School, has been named the winner of the 5th annual Beyond the Game Essay Contest.
After playing volleyball for three years, Morgan added cheerleading, track & field and soccer to her repertoire with Volleyball Head Coach Tara Young and her parents, Chet and Cynthia, motivating and challenging her to always give full effort.
The LHSAA started the Beyond the Game Essay Contest during the 2011-12 school year as a way to promote good sportsmanship and other life lessons among student-athletes competing in high school athletics. Over fifty essays were submitted this year from all over the state and chosen after an extensive screening process.
Morgan will be honored Wednesday, July 20 at 6:30 pm as part of the Louisiana High School Coaches Association banquet at the LHSAA office. Morgan will be presented with a prize of $500 for winning this year's contest.


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Myth busting: Are six small meals better than three big ones?
Anahad O'Connor
THE CLAIM: You should eat six small meals a day instead of three big ones.
THE FACTS: The notion behind eating smaller, more frequent meals is simple: Spreading out one's daily calories over six meals stimulates the metabolism, keeping it going at a faster pace and thereby burning more calories.
Some studies have found modest health benefits to eating smaller meals, but often the research involved extremes, like comparing the effects of two or three large daily meals with those of a dozen or more snacks. Six meals, according to some weight-loss books and fad diets, is a more realistic approach.
But don't count on it. As long as total caloric and nutrient intake stays the same, then metabolism, at the end of the day, should stay the same as well. One study that carefully demonstrated this, published in 2009 in The British Journal of Nutrition, involved groups of overweight men and women who were randomly assigned to very strict low-calorie diets and followed for eight weeks. Each subject consumed the same number of calories per day, but one group took in three meals a day and the other six.
Both groups lost significant and equivalent amounts of weight. There was no difference between them in fat loss, appetite control or measurements of hormones that signal hunger and satiety. Other studies have had similar results.
For a more reliable metabolic boost, studies show, try exercise.
THE BOTTOM LINE: There is no solid evidence that six small meals a day instead of three will speed metabolism.


Sondering Soul: When Did Fear Begin Ruling My Life?
When Did Fear Begin Ruling My Life?
As I mentioned in my last post, I recently picked up "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Third of all--okay, I should stop, but do you get my point?
This book is insane in the best way possible. I've underlined so many paragraphs and reread so many sentences I can't keep track of what I like the most. I feel like Elizabeth Gilbert is speaking directly to my soul.
One thing that struck me the most was when she began talking about fear. Elizabeth (is it okay that I call her Elizabeth? I'd like to pretend that we're best friends) said when she was young, she was afraid of everything. She was cautious and nervous and constantly worried about what could go wrong. It wasn't until she was older that she was able to break out of that boundary and pursue the amazing life she has now.
That made me think of my childhood and I realized my situation is the complete opposite of Elizabeth's: when I was a child, I was fearless. Sure, I was shy around new people and didn't like being away from my parents, but my childhood memories consist of sprinting barefoot through grassy fields and hunting for snakes in the bushes. As I child I remember being free.
Now I'm afraid of everything. I worry about what people think of me and what could go wrong and why all my ideas are bad. Fear rules my life more than I admit.
When did I turn from a free spirit to a nervous wreck?
I don't know if I can sit here and say I'll never let fear get in the way again, because especially with my anxiety I know that's just not true.
But I can say I'll try.
I can say I'll do my best to be aware of my fear, and ask it to leave when I know it's holding me back.
I think that's really all we can do.


Today we had a great day on the Sunny 1. Sunny day, calm winds and good fishing. Sunny 1 got 1 Sailfish, 1 Mahi Mahi and 1 Tuna. Sounds like a good dinner tonight. The report for the day from our friends in the marina have a Swordfish (300 lbs), 13 sailfish, 3 Mahis and 15 Tunas. If you are interested in joining our crew for a good day out at sea with warm weather and lots of fish give us a call or send us an email to reservations@stayincostarica.com. Pura vida!


ecruonline.com via Pinterest "I want to take away your pain. But I can't. And so instead I will sit with you and teach you how to feel it." ~ Excerpt from Brene Brown's Parenting Manifesto.... JOY - A quick moderate pressure straight down, immediately followed by an upward bounce with less finger pressure on the surface than before the action, resulting in a floating feeling until the pressure gradually increases again to normal. It is like jumping for joy and floating down. The action is best performed during inhalation, head and gaze slightly raised.
When we stopped I didn't have a chance to say a single word And I had no confidence No guts inside of me telling me to say more than "Hey, what's up?" how to find a carer Grief Activities - Things to do to make you feel better and fill your life with joy! Grief Activities - List of things to do for getting out and about and filling your life with joy!
I felt empty and my life felt devoid of passion and joy. I wanted to be more than "fine." Here's what helped me feel alive and fulfilled again.
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In the U.S., there is a dominant culture focused on the importance of feeling happy and seeking happiness, but we sometimes overlook clear steps on how to actually get to that blissful feeling.


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Michael Beres
Michael Beres has published over thirty stories and two paperback mystery novels, including Sunstrike. [1993]
Coup de Sexe
The afternoon was appropriate for a clandestine mission, the sky obliterated by a vast grey cloud, farmyards empty, not an animal or a child at play to be seen. A bleak afternoon indeed when one failed to see even a nosey babushka on a stoop with a broom in hand pretending to sweep while gathering gossip for a meeting of crones at tomorrow morning's church service, or with hands folded upon their chests.
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Pontoon Beach est une ville de l'Illinois, dans le comté de Madison aux États-Unis.

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Comté de Madison (Illinois)
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Home > Mikey Mayz: Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon…
by Lana Andelane
Mikey Mayz: Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon…
Having spent his early years growing up on a boat, without a specific country to call his own, Michael Gibson has firmly established a presence in the local hip hop scene. Mikey Mayz, as he is these days becoming well known, talked with Lana Andelane about his recently released debut album, 'Alpha'.
Having settled in NZ as a child, British/Tongan Mikey Mayz cites musicals and Disney movies as his earliest musical inspiration.
"They got me singing in the first place," he says. "But actually pursuing music and recording, was when hip hop came into my life… that whole 2000-2006 era was my fuel to get into the industry."
A love for West Coast hip hop is evident in 'Alpha', his own recently released debut album.
"I used a lot of synths that are very West Coast as a theme," he explains.
The album's seven tracks feature input from some leading hip hop talents. Discussing the inspirations Mayz is quick to credit his audiences.
"'Alpha' came from doing a lot of live shows, trying to connect with the audience… I know people love a nice beat, so I put a lot of effort into what beats I chose, and got a lot of good producers in there to make sure the final master was epic."
The album showcases Mayz's unique sound, a smooth amalgamation of RnB, hip hop and soul influences.
"I found a blend of the soul and the hip hop which gives my singing tone a cool feel. I've found a lane, that bouncy hip hop with the rhythm of RnB …that's my niche."
The new year has also brought professional changes.
"We used to have a manager, Matt [Pula], who's stepped off to pursue his own dreams and goals. As of 2017 we manage ourselves… everything that you see which we post is done ourselves."
By 'ourselves' Mayz is talking about Juvenile Music Group, a collective of artists headed by himself, Donell Lewis and Sesh. The collective is not a record label – the artists are all presently unsigned and rely on themselves to promote, distribute and create hype around their music.
"You need people with the same goals around you to push forwards. Donny and Sesh set a standard for me… they give me feedback. If I can impress them, I feel like I can impress the fans."
"It's scary, but I have so much control over my music and direction, which can be compromised by getting into a label… I enjoy having the freedom to release music when and how I want.
"We're always looking for people to work with that have the same drive and goals, to help us and relieve some of that stress… even little things like a poster can take the focus away from music," he candidly explains.
Mayz' film school background, with a post-production major, has been helpful not only for the creation of music videos, but also in terms of audio recording.
"We record with the basics… we've managed to find the blend that captures the perfect recording sound with Logic."
Growing success was evidenced in 2016 with two tours, multiple international support slots, and the popularity of singles including Solid (featuring Façade) and Sunshine (featuring Sid Diamond). He also quit his 9-5er in order to focus on making music. Discussing the creative process behind his collaborations with other established artists, Mayz demonstrates how important it is to think about all aspects of a song – strategically as well as creatively.
"I always do the song first, then they add their own thing to it. With Sunshine, I wrote it then left Sid a 16-bar verse to do his thing. When thinking who to put in that gap, always think strategically… Will it get as much hype? Will I enjoy the guy who's on it? Can I take this collaboration and do tours with it?"
"I give [collaborators] a lot of guidelines on what I expect… but let them do their thing, because I know I wouldn't want to be micromanaged. I do my thing, they do their thing… like Donny [Lewis] recorded his part in Aus [for the track Winning]…but I trust he's gonna kill it."
Of course the choice of producers play a large part in creating his sound and success. Edy, Elkco, Façade and Styleztracks have credits on the new album.
"They give me a canvas – their role is as crucial as mine. The whole song is based around their initial progression of chords… their idea sparks the whole song."
The album title has a poignancy for Mayz.
"As a whole project it was supposed to be my foot in the door. Like, 'Take this guy seriously'. It had to be epic quality, epic music, good melodies… something you can play from start to finish.
"I've already started on my next project, called 'Bravo', but right now the future is focusing on 'Alpha', pushing it and touring, promoting online… Online is where we make the most money from sales. For solo artists these days, without a record label, distribution deals are the way to go."
Asked about challenges he has faced in his career, Mayz reveals a surprising modesty.
"I don't like praising myself… I struggle with having people compliment me, like there's only so much I can say to make someone feel my gratitude."
He concedes that despite being a performer, he is highly introverted, breaking the common stereotype that hip hop artists are over-confident and cocky.
"The only place where I'm 100% confident is in the studio or on the stage," he admits with a smile
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RYBP 结合的基因要比 CBX7 结合的基因表达量高。 因为CBX7结合的同时,会招募PRC2这个抑制marker。而PRC2 deposits the histone H3 lysine 27 trimethyl repressive mark (H3K27me3) through the Ezh1/2 histone methyltransferase enzymes.
a third set cobound by RYBP/Cbx7/Ring1B and that also contains H2AK119ub.
genes co-occupied by Ring1B/Cbx7/RYBP and H2AK119ub are involved in system development.


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Habyarimana is a Rwandan surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Juvénal Habyarimana (1937–1994), president of Rwanda 1973–1994
Agathe Habyarimana (née Kanziga, born 1942), wife of Juvénal Habyarimana
Emmanuel Habyarimana, former Rwandan Minister of Defence