What would happen to us if the Earth suddenly stopped rotating? Would we be thrown off it, or would our lives even be affected at all by the change? ScienceStruck explains exactly what will happen in this case.
The rotation of the Earth is slowing down over time, due to being tidally locked with the Moon. But the reduction is extremely slow. In the last 100 years, an average day has shortened by 1.7 milliseconds. Though that may sound scary, let me assure you that more than 2000 milliseconds may have gone in the short time in which you took a breath! So while the Earth is actually slowing down, it will take a millennium for it to slow down by even a single second!
So, all in all, this is a purely hypothetical discussion. But it's an interesting one, it must be said!
The fundamental question is why does the Earth even spin in the first place? This question is a tough cracker, and has no irrefutable answer. Earth was created in a dust cloud billions of years ago, and the only plausible answer is that it is spinning because it has no external resistance. It had been spinning when it was formed, and since nature is extremely lazy (in scientific terms, it tries to maintain inertia), the Earth had no reason to stop spinning.
If the Earth stopped by gradually slowing down and coming to a halt over billions of years, the effects wouldn't be felt as drastically, since the conditions would have adapted to the intermediate steps. This is actually a mathematical certainty, although, it will take more time than the age of the universe to occur. On the other hand, if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning due to some unforeseeable reason (Kryptonian rebels would be the best guess), the effects will be much more immediate and deadly.
The Earth rotates at a speed of 1,040 mph at the Equator. Since the speed is constant, Earth is static from our inertial frame of reference. So, as long as Earth keeps spinning at the constant speed, the incredible speed doesn't affect us.
If Earth suddenly stopped rotating about its own axis, the momentum of it would propel everything on the surface of the Earth at the supersonic speed of its rotation. Think of the unfortunate situation when you had to brake your car in an emergency, and you didn't have your seat belt on. Since the Earth spins towards the East (that's why the Sun rises to the East), we would be thrown towards the East, along with cars, buildings, animals, and water from the oceans.
Right now, the Earth spins approximately 365 times during one revolution around the Sun. If the rotations were to stop, the same side would face the Sun for 6 months, before moving into 6 months of night. Temperatures in the half that is facing the Sun would soar to incredible heights, whereas the other half will be icy cold. This would cause probably-irreparable changes to the wildlife on the planet, and make human survival much more challenging.
A common and understandable misunderstanding in this matter is, the Earth would become tidally locked with the Sun. Many think that if the Earth stopped spinning, one half of it would be in constant daylight, and the other would always be in the dark. However, this implies that the planet is rotating. For one half of the Earth to always be illuminated, the Earth would have to be tidally locked with the Sun. If the period of a celestial body's rotation and revolution (around another body) are the same, the two bodies are said to be tidally locked. The Moon, for instance, is tidally locked with the Earth, which is why we can't see the other side of the Moon. However, the Moon does rotate around its own axis while it revolves around the Earth. Since the time taken for the Moon to rotate around itself and revolve around the Earth is virtually the same, only one side of the Moon is constantly visible from Earth.
The following diagrams illustrate both these scenarios. In the first one, the orientation of the planet has changed, as can be seen from the arrows, implying rotation. In the first figure, the same half receives sunlight, since the tidally locked planet IS rotating. On the other hand, in the second one, the orientation remains the same while the planet is revolving around the Sun. As can be seen in the second figure, different halves of the Earth would receive sunlight if it stopped spinning.
Though it is usually displayed as a perfect sphere, Earth is actually slightly bulged at the Equator and flattened at the poles. This is caused by the Earth's rotation, which is the most influential at the Equator. If the spinning stopped, the poles would 're-inflate', and the Earth would become a perfect sphere.
Earth is vertically tilted at an angle of 23°. This causes the various seasons, since the Northern and Southern hemispheres are always at slightly differing distances from the Sun. Thus, when the Northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it experiences Summer, and vice versa.
The tilt is defined by the rotation with respect to the revolution around the Sun. The loss of rotation would result in a loss of seasons.
The present geography and hydrology of the Earth is defined to a large degree by the bulge around the Equator. If the bulge was negated, the land-ocean divide would look much different than it does now. A prominent prediction is that the water will move to the polar areas, while the land will be seen in the equatorial region.
No, really. Earth's magnetosphere, which protects us from the harmful solar radiation, is thought to be generated by the Earth's rotation. If that is indeed correct, the sudden loss of the rotational energy would cause the magnetosphere to decay. This would leave all life on Earth almost inevitably susceptible to solar winds.
Earth's rotation is surprisingly crucial for our survival. If the Earth suddenly stopped spinning, the effects would be catastrophic. Good thing it isn't going to happen anytime soon, then!


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Gazebo cover 12 x 12 – A gazebo is a structure that is often covered by similar vine plants or flowers and used as a garden destination or resting place. Sometimes pergolas are built on the tracks in the garden to create an attractive flowering tunnel or passage that leads from one area of the garden to another. Some pergolas are built to last one or two seasons and others are much more substantial and can be kept in use for 50 years or more. You can add a simple arbor to your garden with a sliding shade cover in a single weekend.
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Cut sturdy square-style metal wire fences, so that it is twice the height of the posts plus the distance from one side back to the other. Wire the sections together to be long enough to cover the length of the shaft. Staple the fence to the posts with external galvanized staples. Wrap the fence up to the two front posts, over the top of the posts to the two back posts and down the back posts. Use wire cutters to cut arcs between the posts. It removes all the cables that can push someone.


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Introduction to Scala
Partially Applied Functions
5:16 with andi mitre
In this video we'll discuss partially applied functions and currying. Like many functional programming languages, Scala allows us to transform a function, which may take many arguments into a function that takes just one argument.
New Terms:
Partially applied functions -- In Scala when we invoke a function but do not pass all of the required arguments we end up with a partial function.
Currying -- Named after Haskell Curry, currying is a process in which we take a function that takes two or more arguments and turn it into a function which takes one argument.
Haskell Curry
Hi, in this video we will cover partially applied functions and currying. 0:00
A partially applied function is a function for 0:05
which you do not pass all the arguments at once. 0:08
For instance, we may create a function which takes three parameters and 0:11
you supply either some or none of the arguments. 0:15
Currying on the other hand, is a process named after Haskell Curry. 0:18
And it allows the programmer to take a function which takes two arguments, and 0:23
turn it into a function that takes one argument. 0:27
These may sound a bit unusual, but let's dive into the code and 0:30
comfortable with both. 0:33
Let's take a look at a straightforward multiplication function. 0:36
Let's dive back into the code and comment out any println statements. 0:39
We've created a function called multiply to which we can either 1:03
pass all the arguments required, we can pass some of the arguments or 1:07
even none of the arguments. 1:11
Let's take a look. 1:13
In this case, we pass all the arguments and the result should be equal to six. 1:21
Awesome, now let's take a look at another example where we only pass in some 1:32
of the arguments. 1:36
In this case, we've only passed the first and the second argument, but 1:50
we haven't passed the third argument. 1:53
We need to complete the call by providing the last argument. 1:55
This can be extremely useful if we need to do some other calculations, 1:59
take that calculated value, and later on, pass it to our function. 2:03
However, for now, we're just going to pass the value 3. 2:07
Let's also take a look at an example where we don't pass any of the arguments. 2:16
In this case, we specify the none result, once the call the multiply function. 2:26
However, we haven't passed at any arguments and 2:31
to complete the call, we need to pass the three arguments. 2:34
Let's recompile and run our app. 2:41
Awesome, as expected, all three of our examples returned the value six. 2:44
As we mentioned before, 2:49
currying is a process in which we take a function that takes two or 2:51
more arguments and, in turn, create a function which only takes one argument. 2:54
To learn more about why this is important in functional programming, 2:59
check out the teacher's notes. 3:03
There are quite a few different ways to implement currying. 3:05
This can be read as add is a function that takes an integer x and 3:27
returns another function that takes a parameter y. 3:31
Remember, everything after the equals sign looks just like our function literals. 3:35
We can call our add function by passing in an integer which yields a function 3:40
that takes another function which will be evaluated when we call add again. 3:45
Let's take a look at how to call such a function. 3:50
Here, we've partially applied the function add with one parameter in order to 3:57
complete the call, we provide another parameter and we pass that to sum. 4:02
In this case, we're calling the sum function with an integer value of 2, 4:11
which in turn we'll call the odd function with an integer value of 8, 4:16
the expected result should be 10. 4:20
Let's re-round our app and check out the result. 4:22
Awesome, there's also a much shorter way and clearer syntax for recurring, 4:26
let's take a look at that. 4:30
In this case, we have a function which takes two separate parameters. 4:43
To envoke this function we can simply say 4:47
Let's recompile our app and check out the results. 4:59
Awesome, we learn about partially applied functions incurring in Scala. 5:04
These are some concepts you may not have been introduced to before. 5:09
So, I've added some links in the teacher's notes for additional reading. 5:13

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Strawberry Alarm Clock
Incense and Peppermints
AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer
This is the debut long-player from the southern California-based Strawberry Alarm Clock -- the title track of this album topped national singles charts in December of 1967. As the cover art might suggest, their image practically defined both the musical as well as peripheral aspects of the pseudo-psychedelic counterculture. However, below that mostly visual veneer, Strawberry Alarm Clock actually have more in common with other "Summer of Love" bands such as Love and Kak than the bubblegum acts they have long been associated with. Prior to Strawberry Alarm Clock, the band was initially named Thee Sixpence and issued a 45 -- "In the Building" b/w "Hey Joe" -- in the spring of 1966. As legend has it, none of the actual bandmembers sang lead on the hit single; the singer was in fact a vocalist named Greg Munford, who was attending the session as a visitor. The track was originally issued by Thee Sixpence on the regional All-American label. By the second pressing, however, the band's name had changed to Strawberry Alarm Clock. Sensing the possibility of a national hit, they were scooped up by the MCA Records subsidiary Uni and given the go-ahead to commence recording this, their debut LP. Much of the band's sound is due at least in part to the writing styles of George Bunnell (bass/vocals) and the uncredited Steve Bartok (flute/vocals). The edgy fuzz-toned guitar sound of "Birds in My Tree" and the Los Angeles freeway-inspired "Paxton's Back Street Carnival" exude a garage rock flavor similar in style to that of Spirit's self-titled debut long-player. Another distinguishing factor is Strawberry Alarm Clock's multi-layered vocals. "Hummin' Happy" and "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow" are precursors to the sophisticated harmonies that would also inform "Tomorrow" and "Pretty Song From Psych-Out," from their follow-up long-player, Wake Up...It's Tomorrow.
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This Master project focuses on the real-time analysis of genome data and related information obtained from Xenograft experiment, such as cancer mutations, drug response results, and specific patient data. The project aims to apply in-memory technology for scientific data management. If you are interested in this project, you can download the detailed project description.
The vision of the human genome project was born in the early 1980s. One decade later, it was officially started in the U.S. in 1990. Another decade later, a first draft of the humane genome was announced in 2000. In the same period costs for computer hardware dropped and capacities of main memory and storage systems underwent an exponential growth. Today, sequencing and analysis of genome data turned into reality. Nowadays, researchers analyze genome data to understand diseases on the genome level. A proper understanding of genetic variations and their influence on drug effectiveness can pave the way for personalized treatments, especially in the field of cancer diagnostics. However, researchers trying to find correlations between genetic variations and drug responsiveness still miss proper tools for efficient analysis workflows. For example, researchers conduct Xenograft experiments with various drugs and investigate on their responsiveness for head and neck cancer tumors. For that, huge data sets are collected containing patient specifics, tumor sequence data, and process of tumor growth from the Xenograft experiments. Correlations between this data are currently searched for by hand by researchers themselves, primarily through the usage of spread sheets. This process can take up to several days.
Building on our long-standing experience in applying in-memory technology to selected enterprise challenges, we also focus on processing and analyzing of scientific data sets in real-time. In particular, the applicability of in-memory technology for analysis of genome data will be evaluated. Proof of concept prototypes will be engineered and shown to potential end users in the course of this project.


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package com.github.mkolisnyk.cucumber.assertions;

import org.hamcrest.Description;
import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
import org.hamcrest.StringDescription;

public final class MatcherLazyAssert {
    private MatcherLazyAssert() {
    }
//    public static <T> void assertThat(T actual, Matcher<? super T> matcher) {
//        assertThat("", actual, matcher);
//    }

    public static <T> void assertThat(String reason, T actual, Matcher<? super T> matcher) {
        if (!matcher.matches(actual)) {
            Description description = new StringDescription();
            description.appendText(reason)
                       .appendText("\nExpected: ")
                       .appendDescriptionOf(matcher)
                       .appendText("\n     but: ");
            matcher.describeMismatch(actual, description);

            throw new LazyAssertionError(description.toString());
        }
    }

    public static void assertThat(String reason, boolean assertion) {
        if (!assertion) {
            throw new LazyAssertionError(reason);
        }
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Netgear has announced the NeoTV smart TV box, an internet-enabled streaming player that will connect to any TV with an HDMI input.
The NeoTV will also come with a Remote app for iPhone and Android allowing you to control the box using your smartphone.
The NeoTV is capable of streaming 1080p HD video wirelessly or over ethernet, while there's also a digital optical output for 5.1 sound.
Initially set to launch in the US, the box gives you access to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, streaming services such as Netflix and Napster.
Content partners have yet to be confirmed for a UK box. Due later this month in the US, the Netgear NeoTV streaming player (NTV200) set to sell for $80.


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Gamasutra article:Why Bother With DRM?
May 12, 2009 4:24:55 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums
Nice artcile, has comments from 2D Boy and Stardock.
A bit about GOO:
However, Stardock has developed a relaxed version of DRM, called Goo (no relation to World of Goo), that it licenses to interested parties. The first company to make use of it was THQ on its Tales of Valor, the recently-released stand-alone expansion of Company of Heroes.
Stardock didn't use it in its just-released Demigod but Wardell plans to include it in future updates, but not in-store retail versions. When gamers use online resources, such as multiplayer, he says, that becomes costly to the developer which is when keeping track of legitimate purchases becomes important.
The difference between Goo and more-typical DRM technology, according to Wardell, is that the developer's computer recognizes the gamer, not the game.
"When you install the game," he explains, "you enter your e-mail address, then the serial number, and the game is now tied to you. It's your account, it's your game, and you can install it in as many machines as you'd like. I don't know if that is technically DRM or not; the term has become so vague that everything is considered DRM these days."
Some predictions for the future:
Stardock's Wardell believes that, in the next year or two, the industry will adopt a system similar to Goo -- on installation, a game will need to be activated online at which time it will be linked to the gamer's e-mail address.
But 2D Boy's Carmel expects that game makers will learn to live with piracy rather than fight it -- as he has.
"We will see lots more free-to-play games," he predicts, "with companies making their money through micro-transactions and such. When you tell gamers 'take my games and don't pay me,' there's no reason for them to hack what you've built. All you need to do is come up with some other way to earn your money."
And some stupid from the ESA:
"Just because some users circumvent DRM protections to gain unauthorized access to game software does not mean that the technologies don't serve their intended purpose. No security technology is 100% effective."
landisaurus
Reply #1 May 12, 2009 5:13:11 PM
at least it isn't intrusive DRM. And it doesn't prevent me from reinstalling windows
To me the best DRM is pure community building and interactivity on the part of the devs with gamers/customers. In this area no one even comes close to SD.
PurplePaladin
from Demigod Forums
That's for sure Land. I got a new computer a short while back, not knowing I would be unable to play two of my games because the company somehow knew "It was a different computer". I could not beleive it. First time I ever considered pirating (just pirating the two games I ALREADY OWNED and could not play).


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Sibilla Aleramo (born Marta Felicina Faccio; 14 August 1876 – 13 January 1960) was an Italian feminist writer and poet best known for her autobiographical depictions of life as a woman in late 19th century Italy.

Life and career
Aleramo was born as Marta Felicina Faccio (a.k.a. "Rina") in Alessandria, Piedmont and grew up in Milan. At 11, she moved with her family to Civitanova Marche, where her father had been appointed manager of a glass factory.
Unable to continue her education beyond primary school, Aleramo continued to study on her own, seeking advice from her former teacher about what to read. While employed in the same factory where her father worked, she was raped in an empty office room by Ulderico Pierangeli, a co-worker ten years her senior, when she was only 15. Rina did not tell her parents about the event, and when Pierangeli asked for her hand, she was persuaded by her family to marry him. A year and a half later, at 17, she had her first and only child, Walter.

Pierangeli was abusive and violent and in 1901 Aleramo moved to Rome, leaving her 6-year old son behind. According to the times, she was thwarted in her determined, repeated attempts to win custody and all connection between them was severed by his father. She did meet him again about 30 years later, but he had been raised to be judgemental about her abandonment of him. After a brief relationship with a young artist, Felice Damiani, she lived together for some years with Giovanni Cena, a writer and journalist, who encouraged her to turn her life story into a fictionalized memoir (and to take on the pseudonym of Sibilla Aleramo). In 1906 her first novel, Una donna (A Woman), a chronicle of a woman's decision to leave her brutal husband, was published. She also became active in political and artistic circles, especially Futurism, and engaged in volunteer work in the Agro Romano, the poverty-stricken countryside surrounding Rome. In those years she also engaged in tumultuous love affairs, with Umberto Boccioni and Dino Campana. (The 2002 film Un viaggio chiamato amore, by Michele Placido, depicts Aleramo's affair with the latter).

In 1908, while still involved with Cena, she met Cordula "Lina" Poletti at a suffragette's congress. The two women started a relationship, later recounted in the novel Il passaggio (The Crossing, 1919), a book in which Aleramo also modified some of the events told in Una donna, arguing that Giovanni Cena had originally convinced her to slightly change her story. Aleramo was one of the contributors to Florence-based magazine Il Marzocco and Lidel, which was in circulation in the period 1919–1935.

In the following years Aleramo became one of Italy's leading feminists. In 1925 she supported the Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals. Later in life, Aleramo toured the continent and was active in Communist politics after World War II. In 1948 she took part to the World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace in Wrocław.

Aleramo famously said that she felt like she lived three lives. The first one, as a mother and wife, was outlined in her novel Una donna. Her second one was when she volunteered in a shelter for homeless people in Rome run by the Unione Femminile and was active in feminist organizations. Her 'third life' consisted of in the 30 years she spent writing about her life experiences in her work. Aleramo died in Rome at the age of 83.

Legacy
Aleramo's life is mostly significant for her trail-blazing trajectory as an independent woman and artist, and as an individual that lived through different ages (Liberal Italy, Fascism, Post-World War II, the advent of the Italian Republic) while always maintaining cultural and political visibility. Her personal correspondence with Poletti have, in more recent years, been studied due to their open-minded view on homosexual relationships. Aleramo's first book in particular, Una donna, is considered a classic of Italian literature, and the first outspokenly feminist novel written by an Italian author.

Selected works

 Una donna (A Woman, 1906)
 Il passaggio (The Crossing, 1919)
 Andando e stando (Moving and Being, 1921)
 Momenti (Moments, 1921)
 Trasfigurazione (Transfiguration, 1922)
 Endimione (Endymion, 1923, play)
 Poesie (Poems, 1929)
 Gioie d'occasione (Occasional Pleasures, 1930)
 Il frustino (The Whip, 1932)
 Sì alla terra (Yes to the Earth, 1934)
 Orsa minore (Ursa Minor, 1938)
 Diario e lettere: dal mio diario (Diary of a Woman, 1945)
 Selva d'amore (Forest of Love, 1947)
 Aiutatemi a dire (Help Me to Speak, 1951)
 Gioie d'occasione e altre ancora (More Occasional Pleasures, 1954)
 Luci della mia sera (Lights of My Evening, 1956)
 Lettere (Letters, 1958)

References

Bibliography
 Aldrich, Robert and Garry Wotherspoon. Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History, from Antiquity to World War II. Routledge, London, 2001,
 Grimaldi Morosoff, Anna. Transfigurations: The Autobiographical Novels of Sibilla Aleramo (Writing About Women). Peter Lang, Bern, 1999,

External links
  via Italian Women Writers database
 Sibilla Aleramo

1876 births
1960 deaths
People from Alessandria
Italian anti-fascists
Italian feminists
Italian Marxists
Women Marxists
20th-century Italian novelists
Lesbian poets
Lesbian novelists
Italian women novelists
Italian lesbian writers
20th-century Italian women writers
Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals
Viareggio Prize winners
Pseudonymous women writers
Marxist feminists
Italian socialist feminists
Italian LGBT poets
Italian LGBT novelists
Italian women poets
19th-century pseudonymous writers
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Some of the people I work with have spent a fair bit of time getting Lectora, when published to HTML5, to dynamically fill the entire browser window. The aspect ratio of the title is maintained so you get letter-boxing if the browser window and the title proportions don't match.
If you make the browser window small enough the text/content gets too small to read but if you are using Lectora 17 and seamless publish mode you can include a "full screen" button in the UI and the course grows to fill the entire screen (like making the full screen button on an MP4).
Attached is a screen movie of what it looks like.
It looks pretty neat to me but I don't know if it's worth hassling them to document and release what they've done. Anyone like to comment?
No replies yet so I've attached another sample showing an RCD title running in ReviewLink.
It's easy to use and works in modern browsers from IE9+.
Today we released version 1.2 which addressed a few issues.
Hi – I am surprised that no one commented on this feature and request for information. Can you elaborate on the code that your developers added in the top portion of the course content? Or have I missed something completely and that this specific feature is now supported in the Lectora 17 application.
For various reasons we're not supplying the code any more.
Lectora 17 now has a 'scale content to fill window' (and a 'fit content to width') publish option which seems to do similar though I think you need to put in your own 'Go to full screen' control.
Great thank you – I did find it later in the day when playing with the software, but sadly we won't be on 17 for a few more months.


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Międzylesie  () is a small village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Kamienica, within Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The hamlet belongs to the village of Kopaniec (prior Seifershau). Prior to 1945 it was in Germany, and was known as Ramrich or Kolonie Ramberg. It lies approximately  south-west of Stara Kamienica,  west of Jelenia Góra, and  west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village was founded around a mill on the river Kamienica (Kemnitz) at the foot of the Trzciniak mountain (Ramberg). In the first half of the 18th century a hunter's house was located here in the property of the Schaffgotsch family. Later a mill was built by the Schaffgotsch family as well as a settlement. Near the mill was a famous restaurant called Die Rambergschenke. In 1978 there were six farms in Międzylesie. In 2008 there were four houses – one of them houses the Nemoland international cultural centre.

External links
 Nemoland

Villages in Karkonosze County


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Juniper hands out $2,500 (Rs 1.1 lakh) to its employees for every referred candidate hired. At Cisco it is $2,000 (Rs 88,000). Chip-maker Intel pays a compartively modest Rs 40,000, while at Big Blue it is a combination of cash and non-cash incentives. While the traditional practice of rewarding referees continues to be popular, innovation is happening at the referral practice too. The Indian subsidiary of Juniper, the company that supplies networking and security solutions, recently had a bash for its employees at a fancy restaurant in Bangalore.
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After marriage is RELIANCE-"Always get in Touch".
After Honeymoon is HUTCH-" Wherever u go our network follows".
After one year Life is IDEA-"An idea (read as A "wife") can change ur life".
After 10 years Life is BSNL -"Subscriber (Husband!) is not reachable".
Cross posted to my humor and regular blog.
Well, comment spam is on the rise nowadays. And, to a very large extent. I'm receiving several comments starting with the usual "Nice blog ...", but then proceeding to solicit me to visit some xyz site to make $$$ !!
Makes me wonder if I should turn off commenting. Let me wait and see. If blogger.com started a "block/ban" commentor option, or something like that, it'd get interesting. Of course, there are many ways to try and beat the system, still something'd be worth a try.
Update: Forgot that blogger.com had "Word Verification". Turned it on. Let's see if that reduces the nuisance !
It first started as an email forward and I received the info from multiple sources in just one single day. Authenticity was not confirmed till a colleague at office said he knew the person in question and that the incident was true. Now, major newspapers have picked it up.
Sounds almost like a thriller novel (apologies for appearing to scintillate the incident).
Read here about how Skype can affect your wallet in broaband starved countries like India.
This story is so funny !! Read on to find out how a scammer was outwitted.
Read this for (what could be) a chilling note on how one of the largest and quite organized linux user group (in India) has been "hijacked".
I'm tempted to believe what the note says, time will tell the truth.
If my math is right (and I'm very poor at it), my blog is 2 yeas, 8 days old now. My first post was on 8-Sep-2003. Back then, it was mostly news that I was posting about (and more so on OffSourcing - Offshoring + Outsourcing). Since then much has changed, but still remained the same (even now, a variety of news - mostly technical - is a major portion of my blog).
As they say, the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Too bad, I couldn't pin this post down the exact day this year. Maybe it's time you checked your blog to see when was your first post.
Maybe there's something about the way I use my desktop (Win2K), things are perenially slow on it, inspite of it being a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 processor with 512MB RAM. Switching between applications can take as long as a minute. Typing something on the screen can have a delay to make the characters invisible for as long as upto even a minute, my Firefox and Thunderbird instances always easily cross 200MB each (are terribly unresponsive) ... and so on.
I'm quite sick of the desktop at times and more so of FF and TB. The thing is I don't like to terminate these instances at the end of the day and that's probably causing a leak due to prolonged usage.
Anyway, the short story is that I'm now trying out Opera 8 after a long time. I was one of the first people to try out Opera when it hit the market a few years ago. I liked it then, for the speed demon that it was (can't recollect why I moved on, maybe the lack of support on many "intelligent" sites hat don't render proper HTML). Since then, I've tried out other browsers and somehow got stuck to FF (for quite some time - for the past year/two or so).
Let's see how Opera works out for me.
Can someone recommend a safe mechanism to dispose off an old computer monitor ? I have a 14" color monitor that hasn't been used in a very long time (the screen turns blue after switching on - maybe some capacitor problem or some such) and I need to know a decent disposal mechanism.
Alternately, if someone wants to take it and repair / get-it-repaired, I'd be happy to donate it free of cost (arrange your own pickup from Vadapalani, Chennai).
Same is the case with an old serial keyboard whose "up" & "down" arrow keys aren't functioning properly (I used to manage with the keys in the number pad section).
In my eternal temptation for my most favorite cartoon strip, I was quite tempted to buy the entire collection of Calvin & Hobbes (of approx 17 books) at around Rs.5000 y'day, when I learnt that the entire collection is coming out in a 3 volume harbound series @ $150 this October-2005. It may probably end up being costlier than what I'd pay today for the entire collection, however it is definitely going to be better since it will avoid the duplication of strips present in the existing series of books.
Update: Amazon List Price for the book set is $150 (Rs.6450 @ $1=Rs.43) and it is presently selling at a discount of $93 (Rs.3999). Fabmall (in India) has List Price Rs. 7,500.00 and discounted price Rs. 6,750.00. Fabmall is too pricey. Need to find someone whoz returning from the US and can get me the books.
One of my friends had this emailid which had the word "ambivert" in it. Looking up dictionary, I found that it mean someone who had the personality traits of both an extrovert and an introvert.
Now, isn't each and everyone of us an ambivert ? Who are you - introvert / extrovert / ambivert or maybe even something else ?!
Amazon.com seems to be offering all of the above (new dvds) at $146.14. Anyone knows where I can get better deals ?
for the past couple of months and prolly so for another few months. Just miss catching upon the world in my most favorite manner. I'll be back some time soon !! Just you wait !! Till then, stay tuned for (hopefully at least some very) infrequent updates.
Not having mentioned it earlier, it's time to mention the silly things that copyright laws and their enforcement can bring.
Read the following article for the debacle on the new Harry Potter book publication and sale where 14 customers who bought the book (unknowingly ?) before the official sale date were asked to stop from reading it further, return the books & notes prepared, declare name & address & phone-numbers of people with who they had discussed it and so on and so forth !!
Isn't there something called a "right to read" ? Or am I missing the whole point of the people on the "other" side ?
to reading Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince full plot summary in Wikipedia (thank the free world) !
I learnt of the full plot page on Wikipedia, thanks to RMS !! The spoiler about the death in this book is available from RMS himself here.
Summary: Don't use the Credit Card as long as you have another option.
A couple of days ago, I personally visited the train ticket booking counter to do some bulk ticket purchasing. Now, in Chennai Central Suburban Reservation Complex, I found that the credit card and bulk booking counters on floor 2 were quite empty and was pleasantly surprised at the teeny-weeny queue of about 3-4 people in these.
Only when I'd approached the counter did I understand why. Credit cards get charged an additional Rs.30 per ticket (6 people max in each ticket). While that's ok for a small number, if you have to do a huge bulk booking, it can become not so comfortable.
On top of that, your credit card company may additionally charge 2.5% on the entire transaction !!
The tough part is that if you have to cancel any of the names on the ticket, the card holder has to once again personally visit the counter. Tough luck !
I'm off for a couple of days out of Chennai and possibly out of email world. Be back on Jun-2. Catching up with emails, blogs and news is going to take time.
Discover what you expect from your partner, your feelings on luck and other aspects of your hidden personality. Answer the questions below and note down what you have chosen.
3. A box is lying in the road . What's inside ?
2. Tomorrow is Sunday. What are you going to do ?
3. A box lying in the road. What's in side ?
B. Is something you won't attain. You expect only bad luck.
E. Doesn't exist. Reality is built on practicalities.
4. If you go to the zoo , what do you look at first ?
E. A little selfish ...You do only what interests you !
5. What kind of present would you buy for a very closed friend ?
C. You are tend to think about others' feelings a lot, perhaps because you are so eager to be liked.
D. You care more about world trends and fashions in general than you do about your own, or other individuals' opinions.
C. Don't have any particular type in mind, but are inclined to look for someone who is likely to say 'YES' if you ask him/her out.
E. Are not too worried about finding someone right away. You're kind of laid-back in such matters.
Your answer to this question reveals the way you tend to search for a boyfriend/girlfriend. Crossing a river is a psychological equivalent of getting out and finding that special someone. In any case, if you don't make an effort to meet people, there's no way any relationships is going to start at all. So, get to it !!!!
Prologue: Me inserted the "company folder" in the slot in the glass door. US Consulate Officer (USCO) picks it up, does some checking, notices the two earlier visas to the US and applies some rubber stamp on them.
USCO: (No ack for the "good anoon", maybe she didn't hear) Which project are you working for ?
USCO: Please speak into the mic on the left.
USCO: What does it do ?
USCO: How long have you been working for HCL ?
USCO: Which places are you going to ?
USCO: Why two places ?
Me: My team is split across both those places.
USCO: Please take the token to counter 1 and pay the DD.
I don't know if I'd prolly write a more detailed version of the entire experience including the time that I waited and saw many people being interviewed. Let's see.
One thing though that did occur to me during the waiting period watching all the old couples trying to get a visa to the US (to visit their daughters/sons) was - "Is US worth it (for those kids) to put such aged people to such hardships and tension ? What will happen in case the visas are rejected ? How much hardship and separation can parents take at old age ?"
Q: Why do women pay more attention to their appearance than to improving their minds ?
A: Because most men are stupid, but few are blind.
Location: Java Green outlet, Panagal Park, T. Nagar.
There's a mini debate on whether it's gonna be a Sunday or Saturday event. Stay tuned to Nirenjan for updates on this.
I've decided to stop the cartoon cronjob posts to the blog. I've very lately realized that they unnecessarily add more stuff to the blog and give a "false" indication of new items on the feed. Those who are interested may subscribe to those via Dilbert or UserFriendly.
Update: I ended up deleting a couple of the most recent cartoon posts in order to enable "actual" posts to come "up".
I'm quite inclined to try and get an iPod ($300 variety) for me sometime in the near future. Does anyone have any specific recommendation on why *not to* go for it ? Is there something better, reliable, more user friendly, more value for money or something on different set of lines ? Also, if someone has it here in India, are there any other "must buy" accessories that need to go with it ?
And, when thinking about the iPod, I wondered why it didn't have the recording facility - or does it ? It'd be so neat to be able to record something when on the move (since you already have the iPod).
Cross-posted to my regular and humor blog. An old one in a different flavor.
Apparently the computer giant decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan as a trial project. In the specifications, they set out that they will accept three defective parts per 10,000.
While on the search for write-once CD-R media, I chanced upon Philips 50CD pack at a price of Rs.600 (online on FabMall). That's about Rs.12 per unit and shipping is supposedly free (to all major cities within India) at the moment.
Does anyone know of a better deal or has any recommendations for a particular brand ?
Update: I finally ended up buying "Moser Baer Pro" CD-Rs at Rs.9.25 per unit from "Samata Infotech" on Ritchie Steet a couple of days ago.
for a day & night combination. I need close to 48hrs in the combo and the ability to further cut down on sleep. Sheeesh !!
The well kept secrets about marriage are finally out in the open !
I bought my wife a new car.
She called and said, "There was water in the carburetor."
I asked her, "Where's the car?"
She replied," In the lake."
The husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice."
My girlfriend told me I should be more affectionate.
So I got myself two girlfriends.
Young Son: Is it true, Dad, that in some parts of Africa, a Man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?
Then there was a man who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; then it was too late.
A woman was telling her friend, "I made my husband a millionaire."
It's not true that married men live longer than single men.
A man meets a genie. The genie tells him he can ask for whatever he wants, but his mother-in-law gets double of what he gets. The man thinks for a moment and says," Okay, give me a million dollars and beat me till I'm half dead."
Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage.
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Q: UIViewRepresentable updateUIView() strange behaviour when using .sheet() I just found some strange behaviour of SwiftUI's UIViewRepresentable. I'm not sure if this is a bug, or my mistake in understanding SwiftUI.
I've made small reproduction to show the problem.
I created UIViewRepresentable for MKMapView:
import SwiftUI
import MapKit

struct UIMap: UIViewRepresentable {

  func makeUIView(context: Context) -> MKMapView {
    let map = MKMapView(frame: .zero)
    map.delegate = context.coordinator
    return map
  }

  func updateUIView(_ map: MKMapView, context: Context) {
    print("Change!")
  }

  func makeCoordinator() -> UIMapCoordinator {
    return UIMapCoordinator(self)
  }

  class UIMapCoordinator: NSObject, MKMapViewDelegate {
    var parent: UIMap

    init(_ parent: UIMap) {
      self.parent = parent
    }
  }
}

Then I create really small wrapper for this representable:
import SwiftUI

struct MapWrapper: View {
  var body: some View {
    UIMap()
  }
}

Finally I'm using it in ContentView:
import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
  @State private var showSheet = false
  @State private var showButton = true

  var body: some View {
    ZStack(alignment: .bottom){
      MapWrapper()
      HStack{
        if showButton {
          Button(action: { showSheet = true }){
            Text("Show Sheet")
          }
          .foregroundColor(.yellow)
        }
        Spacer()
        Button(action: { showButton = !showButton }){
          Text("Toggle Button")
        }
        .foregroundColor(.yellow)
      }
    }
    .sheet(isPresented: $showSheet) {
      Text("Sheet content")
    }
  }
}

I have two clickable elements in ContentView - one for opening a sheet, and another for hiding button (just to see state change). Opening sheet (changing showSheet to true) causes updateUIView being called ("Change!" is printed in debug console), while changing showButton doesn't do that. It looks like opening sheet changes state of MapWrapper(?). Is this behaviour correct?

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All of the above approaches are utilized in schools that differentiate the curriculum by ability-grouping as well as in schools that do not ability-group. What distinguishes tracked from untracked schools are the goals, which in turn influence how different approaches to learning are used.
> This approach [cooperative learning] has been very controversial because while it is helpful for low ability students, it does very little for advanced students. The decision that you have to make for the third approach is whether you are willing to sacrifice the achievement of the stronger students for that of the weaker ones [snip].
Actually, "cooperative learning" as such is not at all controversial. Cooperative learning strategies are utilized by teachers at schools that differentiate the curriculum by ability-grouping as well as untracked schools. Basically, whenever a group of students work together they have an opportunity to learn from and help each other.
When it comes to cooperative learning, what advocates of ability-grouping object to isn't the concept of kids working together, it's the concept of kids of different ability-levels working together. However, in any given subject area, some students will be stronger than others with whom they are grouped. A certain amount of peer tutoring happens when children work together, and many teachers deliberately put students of unequal ability together for this purpose. Project STAR researchers noted a strong correlation between the use of peer tutoring and average test scores in grades K-3. A common feature of the top-scoring 10% of all project STAR classrooms was the extensive use of peer tutoring. Source: Pate-Bain, H., Achilles, C.M., Boyd-Zaharias, J., & Mckenna, B. (1992). "Class size does make a difference [Project STAR in Tennessee]." Phi Beta Kappan, 74, 253-256.
It should also be noted that few students are uniformly strong or weak in every subject area. The brains of some kids process information in a way that makes them strong in some areas and weak in others. By the way, if a thematic integrative curriculum is used, it is possible for most student to be strong, weak, and average compared to others with whom they are grouped for a particular project.
The alternative to ability-grouping is to keep kids with a wide variety of abilities on a single academic / college-preparatory track, and to individualize the curriculum. In a one-track classroom, the teacher typically can spend a lot less time on group and one-on-one instruction, and more time actively observing and troubleshooting. In a one-track classroom the teacher can be more focused on the educational planning process. That's why it is possible to more effectively meet the needs of all students in an untracked classroom.
Is it merely a coincidence that ability-grouping was not commonly practiced by elementary school teachers prior to the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education? I don't think so. Ability-grouping was promoted by self-identified white supremacists as a way to keep most blacks in their place at the bottom rung of the socioeconomic ladder.
Since the late 1950's ability-grouping has been adopted as the preferred educational model by departments of education in all 50 states and the federal government. School districts throughout the US have also been encouraged or mandated to offer gifted education. Gifted / talented programs are used as a Trojan horse. If gifted / talented programming begins in grade 4, the sorting out process usually begins no later than the beginning of grade 3. Stone, E. (1990, May 6). "Gifted children's programs: a matter of class [New York City programs]." The New York Times Magazine, pp. 48-49+.
Ability-grouping is a colorblind practice in the sense that the idea is to discriminate on the basis of ability, not race. However, it has a disparate impact on whites and blacks. Test score data collected by the Minneapolis Public Schools and disaggregated by race suggests that about 10% of the black students and 40% of the white students were placed in gifted and talented programs during the 1990s. Black students are also greatly over-represented in the lowest ability-level groups, special education classes, and alternative schools for troubled youth.


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Q: Customizing resource routes for every action I have a resources :posts. How can I customize it's paths to the following and also ability to call it with the normal resource path names:
URL          Controller action      Helper function
'q'          'posts#index'          posts_path
'q/(:id)'    'posts#show'           post_path(:id)
'ask'        'posts#new'            new_post_path
'q'          'posts#create'         posts_path

Here is what I've tried and doesn't work as the expected result above...
get 'q' => 'posts#index', as: :posts
get 'q/(:id)' => "posts#show", as: :post
get 'ask' => 'posts#new'

A: You're presumably getting an error because you're trying to assign a route name that is already in use.
The resources posts call results in a definition for the posts and post routes. If you change your as: .. clause to reference different (unused) names, you will no longer get that error.

A: try resources :posts path => 'q'


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Extreme Networks Closes Avaya Acquisition
Extreme Networks closed on its acquisition of networking assets from Avaya this week. Extreme emerged as the winning bidder for Avaya's enterprise networking business unit in a deal valued at $100 million. Avaya had itself acquired the enterprise networking business from Nortel Networks for $900 million in December 2009.
In a webinar detailing the how the newly combined assets from Avaya would be integrated with Extreme Networking, CEO Ed Meyercord emphasized that the plan was to have as little disruption as possible for clients.
Meyercord recounted that it was just over a year ago that he had his first conversation with Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy about the networking assets. Kennedy told Meyercord that the networking business was a solid area, to which Meyercord retorted asking if that was the case, why was Avaya selling it?
Meyercord said that Kennedy noted that the problem at Avaya is focus and much of the company's efforts have been in Unified Communications and not networking.
In contrast Meyercord emphasized that Extreme is all about networking.
"We're really excited to be focused on networking," Meyercord said. "This is our sweet spot and this is all that we're doing and we're focused."
With bringing on Avaya's technology, Meyercord said that Extreme Networks will now have over 3,000 employees and well over 30,000 customers. The plan is to have all of the existing Avaya products become Extreme product, with new branding to roll out as new devices are built.
Dan Dulac, VP of Product Management and Marketing at Extreme Networks detailed a comprehensive roadmap of innovations that the combined company is planning over the remainder of 2017.
Among the new product set to debut is the VSP 8600 which is an extension of the popular Virtual Services switching platform from Avaya. Extreme's X690 high-density 10/100G switch is also set for an update in September 2017 providing more power to customers.
Extreme also plans on updating its ExtremeCloud management solution to provide integrated wired and wireless cloud management of networking gear from both Avaya and Extreme.
The other big item on Extreme Networks roadmap is the acquisition of data center networking assets from Brocade in a deal valued at $55 million that was first announced in March 2017, but has not yet closed.
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Q: To copy a specified tab from one sheet and directly copy it over to another destination tab of another google sheet and have this occur on edits need some help here. I have a master google sheet(Master Trix) that has several tabs.
Most of them contains private information, so i have to import a specific tab("Numbers") to another specific tab("Test")of another spreadsheet("Destination Source") that is for public view so that i can share it on google site. Edits will be made often on the master trix's tab("Numbers") and has to be reflected upon edit on tab("Test")of another spreadsheet("Destination Source")
I have tried importrange but it only copy the values to a destination tab of another spreadsheet.
Problem 1: The source tab has several links, images and formatting that i would need it on the destination. Problem 2: My management will update the master source tab and would like the destination to be updated automatically as well, with all formatting and links attached. I understand that google app script might be able to help.
I have tried the following:
function copytabtodestination() {

 var source = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();

 var sheet = source.getSheets()[0];

 var destination = SpreadsheetApp.openById("1dKMZhXlCeoaP92kmAlFUq1NgYo38fK_HryCfJ8jBzZ8");

 sheet.copyTo(destination);
}

But it creates a new tab that states "copy of Sample: Restriction Updates" . - Not the specific tab("Numbers") that is supposed to be reflected.Is there any way i can get it reflected in the "test" tab instead and changes will be updated upon edits?
Master trix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Uhcq-dztXqZH9hEbF1-Ho7Wr5IQ1yTp3-VDVW5D-bpc/
Destination Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dKMZhXlCeoaP92kmAlFUq1NgYo38fK_HryCfJ8jBzZ8/
Thanks a million.

A: Copy Sheet Numbers to another Spreadsheet and Name it Numbers
function copyto() {
  const dssid = "1dKMZhXlCeoaP92kmAlFUq1NgYo38fK_HryCfJ8jBzZ8";
  const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive()
  const sssid = ss.getId();
  const sh = ss.getSheetByName('Numbers');//you can change this to another name if you wish to replace another sheet
  const sshid = sh.getSheetId();
  const options = {"method": "post","headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer " + ScriptApp.getOAuthToken() },"payload":{ "destinationSpreadsheetId": "" + dssid }};
  const url = `https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/${sssid}/sheets/${sshid}:copyTo`;
  let r = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url,options);
  let title = JSON.parse(r.getContentText()).title;
  const dss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(dssid);
  let s = dss.getSheetByName(sh.getName());
  if(s)dss.deleteSheet(s);//deletes old numbers if present
  dss.getSheetByName(title).setName(sh.getName());//rename sheet to original sheet name
}


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C. Mark Kelly
Other Phone: 650.838.2175
Email: mark.kelly@alston.com
Private equity firms are confident in Mark's ability to maximize their investment when expanding their portfolios and to proactively assist in the event of a sale. He led the biggest U.S. leveraged buyout announced in 2015 and the largest solo private equity purchase of U.S. assets since 2011.
Mark Kelly is a member of the Corporate Transactions & Securities Group in the firm's Charlotte office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of public offerings, private financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.
Mr. Kelly leads the firm's private equity practice and has worked with private equity firms and their portfolio companies since the late 1980s in equity and debt financings, leveraged buyouts and exit transactions, including mergers with public companies. He has handled many private equity, LBO, venture capital and merger and acquisition transactions and has worked closely with many owners of private companies in the structuring and sale of their companies to equity sponsors, including through auctions run by investment banking firms.
Mr. Kelly received his J.D. from Washington & Lee University in 1986 and his B.A., cum laude, from Hampden-Sydney College in 1983. He is listed in Super Lawyers magazine and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and he has been named to Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of leveraged buyouts and private equity.
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package jp.azuki.core.util;

import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * このクラスは、日付操作を行うユーティリティクラスです。
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 * @version 1.0.0 2013/02/04
 * @author Kawakicchi
 */
public final class DateUtility {

	/**
	 * コンストラクタ
	 * <p>
	 * インスタンス生成を禁止する。
	 * </p>
	 */
	private DateUtility() {

	}

	/**
	 * 日付を作成する。
	 *
	 * @param aYear 年
	 * @param aMonth 月
	 * @param aDate 日
	 * @param aHour 時
	 * @param aMinute 分
	 * @param aSecond 秒
	 * @return 日付
	 */
	public static Date createDate(final int aYear, final int aMonth, final int aDate, final int aHour, final int aMinute, final int aSecond) {
		Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
		c.set(aYear, aMonth, aDate, aHour, aMinute, aSecond);
		return c.getTime();
	}

	/**
	 * 日付を作成する。
	 *
	 * @param aYear 年
	 * @param aMonth 月
	 * @param aDate 日
	 * @param aHour 時
	 * @param aMinute 分
	 * @param aSecond 秒
	 * @return 日付
	 */
	public static Timestamp createTimestamp(final int aYear, final int aMonth, final int aDate, final int aHour, final int aMinute, final int aSecond) {
		Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
		c.set(aYear, aMonth, aDate, aHour, aMinute, aSecond);
		return new Timestamp(c.getTimeInMillis());
	}

	/**
	 * カレンダー型として取得する。
	 *
	 * @param aDate 日付
	 * @return カレンダー型
	 */
	public static Calendar toCalender(final Date aDate) {
		Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
		c.setTimeInMillis(aDate.getTime());
		return c;
	}

	/**
	 * カレンダー型として取得する。
	 *
	 * @param aDate 日付
	 * @return カレンダー型
	 */
	public static Calendar toCalender(final java.sql.Date aDate) {
		Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
		c.setTimeInMillis(aDate.getTime());
		return c;
	}

	/**
	 * カレンダー型として取得する。
	 *
	 * @param aTimestamp 日付
	 * @return カレンダー型
	 */
	public static Calendar toCalender(final Timestamp aTimestamp) {
		Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
		c.setTimeInMillis(aTimestamp.getTime());
		return c;
	}
}


Want to make your own quote picture for social media but just not sure how to go about it? This article will show you exactly how to do it!
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When you use quotes you're able to inspire your audience, change their mindset, motivate them, and or even just heighten their mood and make them feel a ray of hope. That one moment can change lives that you don't even realize.
These are all feel good emotions that people will then associate to YOU, which will make them like you.
Quotes are also a great way to spread your brand because they can easily be shared. People love to like and comment on quote image posts, which is engagement that brings attention to your posts… and therefore your brand. BuzzFeed found that posts with images on Facebook got 2.3X more engagement than those without. Tweets with images has some ridiculous results as well and can play an integral role in getting more followers on your twitter account.
Of course if we're going to make our own quote images, then it's pretty important that we find some quotes right?
While there are tons of "quotes" sites online, the fastest and easiest way is to simply use Google.
A simple search for terms like "inspirational quotes", "entrepreneur quotes", "success quotes" will do the trick.
You can find quotes from leaders you like to people follow that you know your audience likes as well. Seach "Tony Robbins quotes", "Warren Buffet quotes", "Eric Worre quotes" if you're in the network marketing niche. You get the picture.
People enjoy inspirational quotes from celebrities, athletes, industry leaders, alternative thinkers, etc.
Of course it all depends on your niche. If you're in the health and wellness niche, you might want to find people in the industry to quote.
BrainyQuote – can search by topic, author, or keyword.
Luckily most of the websites and apps we'll be showing you will give you images that you can use for FREE right within the platform. This saves you time especially if you're just starting out.
It's really very simple, so don't put too much thought into it.
Now it's time to combine our quotes and our images so that we can get started sharing them online!
It's actually not as hard as you might be thinking. If you're a bit afraid of the techie side of things, don't worry, because with the easy-to-use web apps and phone apps available online today, you can whip these images out in just a few minutes.
Which means you'll be quickly on your way to getting some immediate online engagement starting TODAY!
A relatively new player has joined the game, and to be honest, it doesn't get much easier than the new Pablo app from Buffer. Free images, huge selection of quotes, sizes based on social media platforms. This has it all and you can make your own quote picture in literal seconds.
One of the most popular ways to create your own quotes is with Canva.
That's because it's a FREE (with an upgrade option) graphic-design tool that's simple to use for any skill level. Even if you've never done any sort of graphics online, you'll be able to use this site to create quote images quickly and easily.
First you'll have to sign up at Canva.
Once inside you'll see the dashboard which is extremely easy to navigate.
The great thing is that Canva has already worked out all the sizes that you'll need to make your own quotes images. Different social networks require different sizes, and with Canva you don't have to even think about it.
Once you've chosen the size that you need, it's time to go ahead and start creating your image.
The grids can be found under the "elements" tab on the left hand side, and then click "Grids" inside that tab.
You can either upload your own images to use, or you can choose from one of the FREE Photos that Canva lets you use.
This is where you'll lay your quote over the top of the photo that you've chosen. Basically it's copy and past, which anybody can do.
Canva lets you choose different fonts, font sizes, and colors. Once you've pasted your quote in, you can maneuver the text wherever you want it to be within the image.
4. Brand the Picture to YOU!
One of the main reasons you're making your own quotes images, is to create a brand in your niche.
You can use a watermark with your logo, or even just the URL of your blog or website. The important thing is to remember to brand the picture to YOU somehow… so that when the PHOTO is shared, your BRAND is shared!
How do you get your new image out of canva and to the platform you want?
At the top of the Canva dashboard you'll see buttons where you can download the image to your computer and share it to the social networks from there.
OR…you can simply hit the share button inside Canva, and share it to your social media sites from there!
If there's a site that's perfect for people who want an easy way to make really great looking quote images, Stencil seems to be it.
It's very similar to Canva, but there are some key differences.
NOTE: While there is a pretty robust FREE version of Stencil. The drawback to the free account is that it does limit the number of images that you can create per month to 10.With the upgrade at $9 per month, you can create up to 50 images per month, and if you add an extra $3 bucks per month, you're unlimited.
Both of these upgrades also increase the number of free images, free quotes, and other handy tools.
What's really cool about Stencil is that it's a marketing and social media focused platform. They want you to get in there and quickly create images that you can get out there to increase your engagement on social media.
They have way more free photos for you to use than Canva. Not to mention that they have their own stock of quotes that you can tap to make your quote images. Sort of a one-stop-shop for quote images!
Creating an account is simple. Just hit the "Start Creating Images" button on the home page, and you'll be able to set up your account with your name, email, and password. Simple and easy.
Now here's the fun part. Just wait until you see how simple it is to use!
Where you see "Click & drag to move me around" is where you'll create your image, and that text can either be revised or deleted.
We'll do a Facebook Post for this example.
Now that we have the size, you'll choose an image that you want to use. There's a ton even with the free account, and you can simply scroll down to go through them all.
We'll pick a nice scene with a dude looking out into the water, seeming to contemplate life a bit. We've all been there haven't we?
Now we want to add a quote to this photo.
Again, Stencil makes it extremely easy to do. You have two choices here. If you want choose your own quote and copy and paste just like you did over at Canva… simply click the Text Icon over to the right of the image.
You can adjust the text size, color, and font in the pop-up on the left hand side of the image.
However, for this example we're simply going to use one of the quotes that Stencil gives you to make a quote image. Just to show you how simple it really is.
On the left hand side you'll see a tab that says quotes, and when you click that tab, you get a selection of quotes to choose from.
You can scroll down to see more quotes, and pick the one that suits you best for that image. Or even search for your favorite author, influencer, entrepreneur, celebrity, etc.
It's a great quote that fits the picture quite nicely.
Once you select your quote and click on it, the text will be automatically added to your picture! As you can see, you can adjust the text/fonts/colors over to the left. You can also move it around the image to position it better. Let's see what we can do with this quote image.
And if it looks good you can go ahead and download it by clicking on the 'Download' button.
And BOOM! You've just created an image quote with STENCIL!
How to Use PowerPoint to Make Quote Images!
Sometimes it's best to just use what you already have at your disposal.
The best tool is the tool you'll use.
You can do exactly that with Power Point (or Apple's Keynote if you are on a Mac) which you very likely have on your computer, or something like it.
To make really great looking image quotes for your brand, yo may want to add one tool into the mix with this method, that will make your images a bit more eye-catching.
That extra tool is Pixlr. This is actually a powerful web app that packs a mean punch, and it's great if you want to get a little more creative but don't want to go full-on Photoshop just yet.
For now we just want to make some great quote images to start building some know, like, and trust in your industry. So let's do that starting RIGHT NOW.
Steps to Create Images Using Powerpoint and Pixlr!
This app is going to be used simply to upload a photo and enhance that photo to make it stand out!
Click on "Effect" when you upload your photo, and it's off to the races!
Once you hit Effect you'll see a ton of things that you can do with your photos. You could spend an entire day playing in there and making some amazing photos.
The key is to make an image that will grab attention through all the noise on the social media platform that you'll be using.
Now just hit save to download the image back to your computer.
Pixlr has added the ability to actually add text to your photos RIGHT INSIDE their Express app. While it may not be as 'user friendly' as the other apps, nor as familiar as using Power Point or Keynote, it is still quite easy and could be a time saver!
Just click on the 'Type' button and you can add your own quote to your photo!
The illustration below will show you how to find that quickly inside PowerPoint.
There are many ways to insert a text box. You can click on the 'Home' tab, or the 'Insert' tab – what you are looking to do is insert or add a text box.
You'll also find Font choice, size, and colors under the home tab. Play around with these to find exactly what you want to use with your quote.
Once you've added your quote over your photo, and have arranged everything the way you like it, the key here is HOW TO SAVE IS AS AN IMSGE!
Either drag and select all of the objects or hold down COMMAND (mac)/SHIFT (windows) and right click to group all of the objects together.
Once they are grouped, simple right click on the group again and choose Save As Picture, and voila… you've now got a saved quotes image, made with PowerPoint and Pixlr that you can share on social media.
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PowerPoint is actually very powerful, and you can do some amazing things to make your images stand out from the crowd even more.
Bonus! Creating Quote Images with WordSwag!
WordSwag is a handy app that lets you quickly and easily create quote images right from your phone.
This one isn't free, you'll have to shell out a paltry $4.99 (once), but it's well worth it because it's so easy to use, and you'll have a slew of images and quotes to use… or you can use your own. You can grab WordSwag on the Apple App Store or if you are on Android, the Google Play Store (it's mobile only).
This exclusive feature is one of the reasons this app is so cool and popular. This allows you to create CUSTOM quote pictures so that yours are all one-of-a-kind to YOU, so you can build your personal brand.
You can customize your text fonts, the placement of your text on your images, and display them however you choose.
You can most certainly use your own images with Word Swag, but we're all crunched for time, and so it's great to have a bunch (actually hundreds of thousands) of royalty and copyright free images at your fingertips to choose from very quickly. You'll never run out, and this is due to Word Swags collaboration with Pixabay!
Coming up with your own quotes isn't always easy. But don't worry, because Word Swag has a slew for you to choose from so you're never at a loss for words to attract prospects to you.
The best part is that it's super easy to use, and to prove it, April Marie Tucker will show you a quick demo of Word Swag in the following video. You can't go wrong with this app!
As you can see, it's incredibly easy to make your own quote picture these days with some really simple apps and making quote images part of your social media marketing strategy is a must. They build engagement, build that know, like and trust factor and, when done right, help build your brand.
Now get out there and make your own quote picture!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: We want to acknowledge and honor our dear friends and top affiliates Steven & Lanacia Reachel for providing the video trainings above so that we could serve YOU, our beloved audience. Steven & Lanacia are marketing rockstars and, and are always pouring into and serving the MLSP family. Thank you for all that you do Steven & Lanacia to help the MLSP Community get better and better every single day!
Great training once again Steven. When using power point do you have to have a special size for different social media. Like can you upload this directly to Facebook and Instagram or will you need to resize the image?
Other than that, we are glad this helped!
Great job. You are a pro at demonstrating. I am experienced using PowerPoint and could follow you seamlessly. Thanks for introducing me to Pixlr and the other programs you had in the post. I am excited.
🙂 you are welcome, and we are excited too!
Good Stuff! Enjoyed it very much!
Excellent, we are glad you enjoyed it!
This… is… awesome… such a fantastic, non-tech way to create images that POP and brand YOU! Thanks guys!
Worth every minute of my time to read this article. Thank you for sharing.


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Kelsey-Lee Barber, Australia's greatest clutch performer, gets COVID then wins gold with last throw
Kelsey-Lee Barber could be Australia's greatest clutch performer. For the third time at a major championship, she has won a medal with her last javelin throw.
This time – as she did in Doha to win her first world championship – her last throw won her Commonwealth Games gold. At the Olympics in Tokyo last year, her last throw lifted her to bronze.
Kelsey-Lee Barber celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games. Credit:David Ramos
"I didn't think about the fact I have done it, before but more about the fact it is one more opportunity. The comp is not over until I have this throw," Barber said.
"I am not going to lie, it is nice to know I have the confidence I can keep lifting through a competition and I can find something in that last round.
"It's a nice card to have going into competitions, it keeps the competition alive."
Barber's win on Sunday came just a week after she was diagnosed with COVID-19, suffering mild symptoms. She was still testing positive late in the week, but was clear to compete.
Barber won just a week after she was diagnosed with COVID-19. Credit:David Ramos
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After winning her second successive world championship gold only a fortnight ago, Barber declared she wanted to go down as one of the greats of the sport. Performances like this only enhance that reputation.
Commonwealth gold was one that had eluded her, she said.
"This is a really lovely story," she said. "I had the bronze and I had the silver and the gold was always the goal, so to come away and achieve it today I am really pleased."
Barber's stunning last throw of 64.43m overshadowed the fact that the woman she overtook for gold was fellow Australian Mackenzie Little.
Barber with silver medallist and compatriot Mackenzie Little. Credit:David Ramos
Little will be wondering what more she needs to do. Twice she threw personal bests. The first came after Barber had set down the mark for the field with the first throw 63.52. Little had never thrown that far in her life.
When the moment demanded it, Little went big. She threw 64.03m with her first attempt and jumped into the gold medal place. She threw even bigger with her fifth at 64.27m, laying down the challenge to Barber.
But as Barber overtook her, she could only stand and applaud a champion.
Little has been here before. At the world championships a fortnight ago, she was sitting in the medal positions until being squeezed out to fifth in the last round. Here, she threw bigger again and won silver.
Australia's Declan Tingay won silver in the men's 10,000 race walk. Credit:Getty
Meanwhile, on the track, Declan Tingay won silver in the men's 10km race walk, unable to sustain his pace when the gold medallist, Evan Dunfee of Canada, broke in the last lap and pushed hard, opening up his gait and getting the judges twitchy with their yellow paddles.
Dunfee glanced at the judges with 100 metres to go and raised his arms in the air when he realised he wasn't going to be penalised. He won in 38:36.37.
"Evan has built a career off that. It's what he's known for," said Tingay, who finished in a personal best time of 38:42.33.
"I knew it was happening. In some ways, it's inevitable. When Evan wants a medal, he's going to get it. I don't think I'm at the stage in my career where I can hold off a walker like that."
Asked if he had any concerns about Dunfee's technique on the final lap, Tingay replied "absolutely not".
"If I'm going to get beaten by anyone, I'm happy it's Evan," he said. "You are going to attract more attention from the judges when you kick away like that. In some ways, it's a gamble you take. You pit your technique against the judges and, honestly, that's the half the event."
At any other Commonwealth Games, hurdler Michelle Jenneke would have won a medal – probably gold. These games, she was drawn next to the world record holder, who smashed the games record.
Nigerian Tobi Amusan ran 12.3s over the 100 metres, eclipsing the previous record of 12.65s. When you consider Jenneke ran 12.68s, you might think she'd take a medal –but she ran fifth.
"That is like by far the fastest race that has ever been at a Commonwealth Games. The previous games record was 12.65 and that was just absolutely obliterated, so it's like fifth at the Commonwealth Games probably doesn't sound that impressive," Jenneke said.
Michelle Jenneke competing in the 100m hurdles heats. Credit:Getty
"But in that field, I tell you what, it really is because that was red-hot, all the girls are absolutely incredible.
"That would have won or come second at most games, but it shows the depth of the field here. I much prefer that, it's always nice to come away with a medal, but to be out here performing at my best, I'm really happy with it.
"I felt like in warm-up I was probably capable of a little bit more today, but I am really happy."
Jenneke said that being drawn next to the Amusan – as she was in the semi – did not spook her, rather it helped push her along.
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Colorado State University's Center for Professional Development and Business Research presents the Certificate in Leadership for IT Professionals Program, May 19, 2015.
Gerry Valentine, president and founder of Vision Executive Coaching, LLC, specializes in helping technology leaders, business leaders, and entrepreneurs to reach their fullest professional, leadership, and strategic potential. His coaching practice is based on more than 28 years of business leadership for multiple Fortune 100 companies, such as Pfizer Inc. and American Express. Valentine facilitates for the Certificate in the Leadership Edge for IT Professionals and the Certificate in Strategic Organizational Leadership for the Center for Professional Development and Business Research in the College of Business at Colorado State University.
Valentine's experience comes from multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare/bio-pharmaceutical, entertainment, publishing, consumer products, small business management, and not-for-profit. He also has a background in diverse corporate functions, including information technology, business strategy, marketing, operations management, sales force enablement, market research, and consulting.
Prior to launching Vision Executive Coaching, Valentine spent 12 years with Pfizer Inc. in multiple leadership roles. Most recently, he was director of technology strategy, where he led technology support for the $350 million US commercial operations business, and managed a $28 million technology portfolio. In this role, Valentine partnered with the senior leadership team to identify how technology could enable key business strategies, led cross-functional technology teams through the delivery of identified solutions, and provided single-point accountability to senior business leadership for performance of the technology organization.
Prior to his role in technology strategy, he was director of relationship marketing for Pfizer, where he developed and launched the company's first relationship marketing initiative for patients and consumers. In this role, Valentine led a team in developing all required marketing and operational capabilities, built the company's first consumer/patient database, led development of all necessary policies regarding consumer privacy and resolution of all legal concerns, and led development of all technology capabilities, including the company's first patient-targeted websites.
Prior to joining Pfizer, Valentine held multiple positions with industry leaders such as American Express, Columbia House, McNeil Consumer Products, and RR Donnelley. He has also consulted to some of the nation's leading not-for-profit organizations in fundraising/marketing, database development, and analytics. Valentine has also consulted to small business owners for business planning.
Valentine holds a Master of Business Administration from the New York University Stern School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University. He is a member of the International Coach Federation and is board vice president for the Society for Information Management – Colorado Chapter.


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SANDY — Sandy and the Salt Lake Valley Health Department are sponsoring events to collect all types of household hazardous waste.
Waste items includes unused fuels, used motor oil, transmission fluid, fertilizers, pesticides, paints, thinners, antifreeze, fluorescent light bulbs and other chemicals.
These collection events will be held on July 12 and Aug. 9 at the Sandy City Public Works facility at 8775 S. 700 West. Collection times will be from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. only.
The Public Works Department is also equipped to accept limited types of other waste throughout the year. The ABOP collection facility is located at public works facilty and accepts antifreeze, car and RV batteries, motor oil and paint.
In addition to these items, the public works facility will accept electronic waste as well.


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Lindsey Port
#ReSisters
Meet Women's March MN's August Resilient ReSister,
During the May 16th Women Candidate Development Coalition's 32nd Birthday Celebration, Lindsey Port was awarded the Political Courage Award for her #MeToo leadership. Lindsey entered politics as a volunteer on the 2012 marriage equality campaign, Minnesotans United for All Families, where she learned to have values-based conversations and fell in love with voter contact and door knocking. Working on local campaigns brought her face-to-face with ordinary Minnesotans who didn't feel represented by their elected leaders, so when her state representative's seat opened up for 2016, she decided to run. She came within five points of her opponent by knocking on more doors than any other Minnesota candidate. Lindsey now co-leads Blueprint Campaigns, which provides professional development support for emerging leaders from traditionally underrepresented communities.
Lindsey made local and national news for coming out about sexual harassment by then Minnesota Sen. Dan Schoen (D). Fellow Democrats even accused Lindsey of "softening the ground" for Franken's resignation.
When We Have More..
"When we have more women, more young people, more people of color, more queer people at the table, we make a better world for everyone."
— Lindsey Port
This is why Women Candidate Development Coalition honored Lindsey with their Political Courage Award. Lindsey continues to be an incredibly brave leader. In an excerpt from her acceptance speech she says, "As I look back over the last six months, the knowledge that I was part of a movement that could change the world my daughters grow up in, combined with the pain of retaliation reminded me again how radically different our world could be if women had an equal voice at the table. If women were setting the agenda at the Capitol this session, we would have passed sexual harassment reform with input from an independent task force. We'd see more lasting support for the #MeToo movement, instead of the backlash we see now." She goes on to say, "we would see institutions and businesses at the table finding solutions instead of circling the wagons and protecting the status quo." Lindsey ended her acceptance speech with the following, "Courage isn't a single action that you do. It's a choice you make to continue to push against the status quo and demand more. I'm demanding more. And I hope you'll stand with me." Women's March Minnesota stands with you, Lindsey.
Even though Lindsey's business continues to be shut out by funders, they are committed to the important work of building the next generation of progressive leaders.
To learn more about our first Resilient ReSister, visit Blueprint Campaigns. To read more about the progress of Minnesota lawmaker promises to address the local #MeToo movement, read Briana Bierschbach's May 11th Minnesota Post article, "Lawmakers promised to address sexual harassment during the 2018 legislative session. How's that going?"
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