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Workings of science
Can mankind survive scientific illiteracy?
Ubiquity, Volume 2022 Issue February, February 2022 | BY Phil Yaffe
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Volume 2022, Number February (2022), Pages 1-12
Ubiquity Symposium: Workings of science: Can mankind survive scientific illiteracy?
Phil Yaffe
DOI: 10.1145/3512332
This symposium contribution is a reworking of a blog published by Ubiquity in July 2016. It laments the pitiful lack of scientific literacy among great portions of the population not directly engaged in recognized scientific disciplines. In the wake of the now two-year COVID-19 pandemic, the poignancy of the title of this blog is reinforced. At the beginning of December 2021, the number of deaths worldwide from COVID-19 stood at more than 5 million; and the virus continues to rage. How many of these deaths should be attributed to mistaken opposition to basic safety protocols and vaccination stemming from fundamental scientific illiteracy cannot be measured. But if it could, whatever the number the figure might be, it certainly wouldn't be insignificant.
The United Kingdom was recently rocked by a furious controversy about the teaching of mathematics. Parents were enraged by a problem set in a national exam to assess the mathematical skills of 6–7 year-old chidlren [1]. Their complaint was that the problem was just too hard for any child of this age to solve.
To me, this wasn't the shocking part of the controversy. The real shock was that many of the parents complained that even they had difficulty solving the following problem.
"There were some people on a train. 19 people get off the train at the first stop. 17 people get on the train. Now there are 63 people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with?"
I imagine nobody reading this blog took more than a second or two to come up with the correct answer; there were originally 65 people on the train.
I am not a pedagogue and have no particular knowledge of how childhood mathematical skills develop. But the fact that adults found the problem baffling should be a wake-up call to all of us.
The sad fact is, many adults seem to be largely illiterate about mathematics in particular, but also science in general. This is true not only in the U.K., but also in the U.S., and probably countless other countries as well. At the same time, we live in a world where these self-same people are constantly being called upon to consider and vote on issues related to science.
To cite just a few examples:
Should we be so concerned about global warming as to spend billions and billions of dollars to fight it?
Should we ban nuclear energy as being too dangerous and too untrustworthy
Are genetically modified foods so potentially damaging that they should be prohibited even if they may be the best hope for feeding the world's burgeoning populations?
Should homeopathy and other alternative medical treatments be recognized as legitimate, and paid for by government and private insurance plans?
How did we get into this mess? More importantly, how do we get out of it? Again, I am not a pedagogue, but I do have some ideas on the subject that have been tested through admittedly limited personal experience.
I think the principal reason for this lamentable state of affairs is that science (including math) is not taught as science at all. What students are exposed to is lessons on how to do science as a mechanical procedure, but not what science actually is. The better students will master how to solve exam problems while they are in school, and subsequently forget what they supposedly learned rather quickly after leaving school because it is no longer required.
It is my contention that if they had been taught the true nature of science while in school, those adults who were baffled by the problem set for their seven-year-old children might have been momentarily stymied but nevertheless would have correctly worked it out. The fact that it was presented as a math problem might have been the true stumbling block. If it had been presented as something else, they might not have had any difficulty at all.
"Daddy, I have a riddle for you. There were some people on a train. 19 people get off the train at the first stop. 17 people get on the train. Now there are 63 people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with?"
"Well, honey, that's really quite easy. All you have to do is . . . ."
To my mind, by simplest definition science is principally about 1. first determining what we know about a situation, and 2. then applying appropriate strategies and techniques to do something useful with what we know. This would include solving practical problems, but also using what we know to determine what we don't know in order to find out even more. I have become committed to this two-faceted description of the true nature of science due to personal experience. Let me share a few examples.
Debating Mathematics
Early in my career I was a high school mathematics teacher. My first assignment was a summer remedial class for students who had failed math during the regular school year. I was to replace a teacher who was leaving for personal reasons. I watched him for a couple of days as an acolyte before he was due to leave.
One of his standard procedures was to review the previous day's homework assignment by going down the first row, asking each student in turn what answer he or she had. If the answer was correct, he congratulated the student and then moved on down the row. If it was wrong, he gave the correct answer and then moved on down the row.
The first day I took over, I started doing the same thing. "Jane, what is the answer to problem 1?" "George, what is the answer to problem 2," "Melissa, what is the answer to problem 3?" However, almost maliciously, I asked, "Harry, what is the answer to problem 4?" Harry was stunned. "But Sir, I am sixth in the row. This isn't my problem." I replied, "I think it is. So please, what is the answer?" He stumbled and stuttered, and then gave the correct answer.
As you might imagine, I suddenly had everyone's attention. I then continued jumping around the room asking for answers from anyone I capriciously chose. This was quite a shock for those who had been nodding off and now had to sit up eyes wide open.
But obviously this wasn't enough. I was facing a whole class of students who had failed math largely because they didn't like it. Some positively hated it. They especially hated word problems. Being more complicated than simple calculations, word problems presented greater opportunities for them to make mistakes and therefore to embarrass themselves.
With this in mind, a couple of days later I tried something new. By now they were ready for the fact that I would pick students to answer at random; they had no place to hide. I asked Cynthia for the answer to problem 4. Her answer was wrong. However, instead of saying that it was wrong and then giving the correct answer, I moved right along. "Melvin, what is the answer to problem 5?"
I slowly looked around the room and saw some quizzical looks on some of the students' faces. "Arthur, you seem puzzled. Is there something wrong?" Sheepishly, he said, "Sir, you said the correct answer to problem 4 was 26. I have 33 and I don't see my error." "Well, maybe we can help you find it. Why don't you come up to the blackboard and show us how you did it."
Reluctantly Arthur rose from his seat, went to the board, and showed his solution to the problem. Everyone of course was expecting me to point out the error, but I didn't. Instead, I asked Cynthia to come to the board and show her solution. Now everyone was expecting me to explain why Cynthia was right and Melvin was wrong. But I didn't. I put it to a vote. "If you think Cynthia's solution is correct, please raise your hand." About a third did so. "If you think Melvin's solution is correct, please raise your hand." About two-thirds did so.
Once again, they were all expecting to me say which answer was correct and explain why. Once again, I demurred. "Hmm, the vote seems to have gone in Melvin's favor. Melvin, do you still believe you have the correct answer? "Yes, Sir." "Then please come up to the blackboard and show us where you think Cynthia went wrong."
Who was right and who was wrong was really irrelevant because something wonderful had happened. For the first time in their lives, these remedial students who either disliked or even hated math had discovered they knew enough about the subject to discuss and debate it.
This was a revelation. After a few days, they began looking forward to such discussions and debates, even to the point that some of them would stay after the bell rang for recess. They had truly discovered mathematics—and it was fun.
Then I did something really radical. On an exam, I set a problem that had no reasonable solution. It was one of those classic algebra problems defining a relationship between the age of John and his father, then asking how old each person is. The starting data I gave led to the conclusion that John was 24 and his father is 13.
Part of the class gave this impossible answer because that was where their calculation led them. The other part of the class violated every rule of mathematics they had ever learned in order to produce an answer that made sense in the real world.
Which group of students deserved praise for their approach? To my mind, it was those who violated their body of mathematical knowledge to give an answer that made sense. Why? Because they had actually looked at the problem and realized that whatever the calculation showed, it simply couldn't be correct. What they hadn't realized was there was a third option, i.e., saying that something seems to be wrong with the starting data and therefore the problem couldn't be solved.
After the exam, I explained that life seldom gives math problems in neat little packages such as those found in school. Sometimes the input is faulty. Part of understanding mathematics is recognizing when this happens. I told them that they could expect similar such "impossible problems" on homework and future exams. If they came up with an impossible answer, their job would be to say that the problem was impossible. But by itself this wouldn't be enough. They would also have to try to explain why it was impossible.
When I announced this, I nearly had a rebellion on my hands. "But Sir, this is unfair! You can't do that." But I did. After the first couple of times, they not only stopped protesting that setting impossible problems was unfair. They actually began enjoying the challenge.
Questioning Physics
I subsequently had a similar gratifying experience as a Peace Corps volunteer math and physics teacher in Tanzania. I was posted to one of the few high schools then operating in the county. Only about 15 percent of children of high-school age were actually in school, because they just weren't any schools for them to attend. Because of stiff entrance exams, this meant those who were actually there were the best and the brightest.
I took over a second and fourth year physics class. Until then, they had been taught according to what was known as the British "O-Level" curriculum. My second-year class had just completed a section on heat and temperature. I saw their scores on the exam the previous teacher had given them and they looked very good. However, I was suspicious. So as an experiment I set them the following question:
"You have two thermometers, one Celsius and one Fahrenheit. You put them on your desk and you go out of the room for two hours. When you return, the Celsius thermometer is showing 20° and the Fahrenheit thermometer is showing 68°. In which of the two thermometers is the column of mercury higher?"
Despite their excellent exam scores, almost every one of them said the mercury was higher in the Fahrenheit thermometer, because 68 is a bigger number than 20. However; if I had asked them to convert 20° Celsius into Fahrenheit, I have no doubt they all would have plugged in the formula F = 9/5 C + 32 and got the right answer. The problem was, they wouldn't have had any idea what it meant.
I should put this into context. At that time, nearly all high schools in Tanzania were boarding schools. Many of these students were from rural villages and probably had never even seen a thermometer until they left home. In their culture, worrying about temperature just wasn't part of their daily lives. And worrying about different ways of expressing temperature even less so.
This was an extreme case of what can happen when students are taught to do science rather than to understand it. Basically, physics had been presented to them as abstruse laws discovered by a handful of exceptionally intelligent scientists who had the good grace to recast them into arcane equations that could be manipulated by common mortals.
Having seen how they reacted to the thought question about the two thermometers, I tried to build most of my lessons around similar sorts of thought questions. At first the students were reluctant because they knew they would never see such questions on the national exam that would actually determine whether or not they got their high-school diploma (at that time as important as a university diploma today).
However, after getting used to it, they began to really enjoy such thought questions and felt their keener understanding of physics would be a help rather than a hindrance in the national exam.
At least that was the case for my second-year physics class; my fourth-year class reacted quite differently. Even though they seemed to recognize the benefits of truly understanding physics rather than simply doing it, they also clearly recognized their final exam for a high-school diploma was less than six months away, which would determine the course of the rest of their lives. What they really wanted to do was cram for this vital exam. I could hardly blame them.
I therefore reluctantly returned to emphasizing doing physics with my fourth-year class while continuing to emphasize understanding physics with my second-year class. The upshot was, after three months or so my second-year class could analyze and work out problems my fourth-year class couldn't even understand.
As a final example, here is something I tried with both my math class in the U.S. and my physics class in Tanzania: I introduced the idea of estimation. Something I could not recall having ever been taught in high school.
I explained that for many calculations (which follows from first understanding what you are seeking to achieve with the calculation), you can pretty well guess what the correct answer will be. For example, multiply 33 × 42. Think 30 × 40 = 1200. So the answer has to be somewhere around this figure. When you actually do the calculation, if the answer you get is something like 522 or 1583, you have almost certainly made a mistake and should do the calculation again. Of course, if you get an answer very close to 1200, you cannot be certain it is correct; but chances are it is. If you have any doubt, do the calculation again.
The students could hardly believe their ears. "Wow! It's really possible to know if I have made a mistake even before the teacher tells me!"
I had to remind them that an answer close to the estimate is no guarantee it is correct, but an answer far away from it is a virtual guarantee that it is wrong. Although estimation was not a magic wand, to them this is how it seemed. And the improvement on homework assignments and exams was remarkable.
The moral is: Learning science (and math) is fundamentally a matter of posing and answering questions (why am I doing this and what will the correct answer tell me?), not just listening, absorbing, and calculating. In other words, you must first engage in the practice of science before you can truly understand it.
However, learning science is more than that, because it also includes becoming involved with it. My students really began to learn science in the real sense of the term only when they found they could engage with it, discuss it and debate it even if they didn't know the answers and explore where it might help or not. In other words, to go as adventurers and explorers who discover the rules and their probabilities rather than as automata who merely remember and apply certain rules. The explorer necessarily acknowledges uncertainty and tries to find its simple core; the doer is certain the rules will invariably lead to where one has already decided he or she wants to go.
Going Against the Grain
If this distinction between understanding science and doing the rules of science like an automaton seems self-evident, it isn't.
I still meet people who believe (neglecting air resistance) that a heavy object will fall to the ground faster than a lighter one. However, if I gave them the equation for calculating the final velocity of a dropped object (v = gt), they might be able to calculate the correct answer. But like my Tanzanian students with the two thermometers, they would have no idea what that answer really means. In particular, they wouldn't recognize that because there is no variable for mass in the equation, it totally contradicts their belief that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones. They would actually have to do the experiment (which in my experience hardly anyone seems to have ever done) in order to be convinced—and amazed! With any luck, they might then ask how is it that a feather falls much more slowly than a stone. Which would be wonderful because their scientific curiosity will have been productively engaged.
Distressingly, I know people who unabashedly proclaim that understanding science is antithetical to having "a sensitive soul." To them, the arts (dance, literature, music, painting, poetry, etc.) are so qualitatively different from science that understanding the one precludes understanding the other. And of course it isn't true.
When I was a mathematics student at UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), I recall the chairman of the physics department addressing a group of liberal arts (non-science) students. He said something to the effect, "My purpose here today is to help you understand why I get the same feeling of beauty, wonder, and awe from Newton's laws of motion as you do from a Beethoven sonata. Incidentally, I also love Beethoven sonatas, perhaps with as much passion as you do. The question is: Why do I love both and you love only one?"
It is not my purpose here to offer any kind of detailed plan for making science more accessible and less off-putting to the masses. The experiences I have recounted (and some I haven't) go back more than a half-century, so perhaps such modifications have already been put into place, or are being put into place. If so, it is probably against the opposition of certain reluctant parents.
Recently I met a man who was raging against how his son was being taught math. "George is 13 and he is just beginning to do kinds of problems I was already doing at the age of 11. What has happened to teaching standards?" "Can you still do these problems today?" I asked. "Well, no. But I could already do them at the age of 11 and George still can't at the age of 13." "If you can no longer do them now that you are 33, what have you gained? Wouldn't it be better if your son could still do them 20 or 30 years after leaving school, just like the problem put to the seven-year-olds whose parents couldn't find the answer?"
Either he didn't understand my point or just didn't want to. In any event, we changed the subject because I could see there was no sense in pursuing this one any further. Like my fourth-year physics students in Tanzania, people seem to believe the way they learned (or didn't learn) science in school was somehow preordained and therefore couldn't—and shouldn't—be modified.
I believe what they are really saying sub rosa is, "If the way science is taught to my children is radically changed, I won't be able to help them. I didn't do well in science when I was in school, but I still remember some of it. However, if it becomes totally different, I will be totally lost."
This is a fully justified concern. Children are unlikely to rebel against a different approach to teaching science because they have nothing against which to compare it. The parents do, so this is where we should start. Parents must first be convinced that transitioning from mechanically doing science to understanding it will be of significant benefit to their offspring, i.e., they are more likely to remember and use what they learn 20 or 30 years later. They must also be convinced they can relearn science right along with their children (special provision must be made for this). And that it might actually be fun.
Notes added in 2021 in response to questions and comments about the 2016 blog:
First, there is insufficient space here to offer a detailed program for teaching science so that people will fully understand and appreciate its true nature. I believe that those who would design such a program would benefit from incorporating elements of the fundamental character traits of science.
Second, recognizing the unfortunate (and sometimes dire) consequences of scientific illiteracy and trying to do something about it of course is nothing new. One of the first to issue this warning was C.P. Snow in his celebrated book The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 1959). His thesis was that science and the humanities, which represented "the intellectual life of the whole of western society" had become split into "two cultures" and that this division was a major handicap to both in solving the world's problems.
Third, more recently Isaac Asimov published an influential essay titled "A Cult of Ignorance" (1980). His thesis was: "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' I believe that every human being with a physically normal brain can learn a great deal and be surprisingly intellectual. I believe that what we badly need is social approval of learning and social rewards for learning."
Fourth, Peter Denning, then at George Masson University and currently Ubiquity Magazine's editor in chief, published a book chapter titled "Quantitative Practices" (1997) [2]. His take on the problem was (and still is): "It is not literacy but practices that create actions and constitute expertise. Literacy deals with descriptions, practices with data, design, uncertainty, trade-offs. Although schools stress literacy, many important practices defy description."
[1] Jackson, J. Algebra for 7-year-olds? Standardized test question puzzles outraged parents. TODAY. May 11, 2016.
[2] Denning, P. J. Quantitative practices. In Why Numbers Count, edited by Lynn Arthur Steen. College Board Press, 1997, 106–117.
Philip Yaffe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1942 and grew up in Los Angeles, where he graduated from the University of California with a degree in mathematics and physics. In his senior year, he was also editor-in-chief of the Daily Bruin, UCLA's daily student newspaper. He has more than 40 years of experience in journalism and international marketing communication. At various points in his career, he has been a teacher of journalism, a reporter/feature writer with The Wall Street Journal, an account executive with a major international press relations agency, European marketing communication director with two major international companies, and a founding partner of a specialized marketing communication agency in Brussels, Belgium, where he has lived since 1974. He is the author of more than 30 books, which can be found easily in Amazon Kindle.
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Q: ArcPy calculating string field gives ERROR 999999 I'm trying to store a string value obtained from a loop through a tuple into a field called ROW_1. The code goes like this:
for creekclass in listOfClassTuples:

    (classname, Permanency, creekWidth, score) = creekclass
    arcpy.AddMessage(int(score))

    bufferDistance = creekWidth*0.5
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        #arcpy.CopyFeatures_management("JUST_SELECTED", "A:\Temporary\TempLayer1.shp")
        arcpy.SelectLayerByLocation_management(targetLayer, crossingType, "JUST_SELECTED", stringBuffer, "NEW_SELECTION")
        ## classname = classname.lower()

        if outputField1 != "":
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            arcpy.CalculateField_management(targetLayer, outputField2, int(score) )

            arcpy.Delete_management("Just_selected")
            arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(targetLayer, "CLEAR_SELECTION")

The problem appears in the following line taken from the code above
if outputField1 != "":
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when the variable classname is equal to "Virtual Flow":
classname = "Virtual Flow"

I get the following error:
Executing: CalculateField Big_Pipes ROW_1 "virtual flow" VB #
Start Time: Tue Sep 30 09:40:09 2014
General error executing calculator.
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Expected end of statement
Failed to execute (CalculateField).

A:
when the variable classname is equal to "Virtual Flow":
 classname =  "Virtual Flow"

A couple of things to check if it works when classname is equal to other values:

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Yahaya Leads Cap to Victory Over Geneva
Geneva (Pa.)
Capital (2-2,0-0 OAC) 35 43 78
Geneva (Pa.) (1-2,0-0 PAC) 29 40 69
Pictured: Ganiyu Yahaya (credit: Hanna Pinkelman)
Pts: Ganiyu Yahaya - 29
Reb: Griffin Doseck - 9
Ast: Cameron Caldwell - 6
Pts: Ethan Moose - 29
Reb: Ethan Moose - 13
Ast: Ethan Moose - 5
By: Ryan Gasser, sports information director
BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Capital University men's basketball team kicked off the weekend with a solid 78-69 win over Geneva College on the first day of the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament. The Crusaders defeated the host Golden Tornadoes to improve its overall record to 2-2 before tomorrow's matchup with Grove City College.
Final statistics
Geneva held the advantage through the first eight minutes. The Crusaders took its first lead behind a 14-1 run midway through the first half. Sophomore Reed Bradfield (Dixie Heights, Ky.) scored eight of the Crusaders' points during the run, which put the Crusaders up 25-16 with 7:51 to go.
Senior Ganiyu Yahaya dropped a last-second layup to help the Crusaders take a six-point lead into halftime, 35-29. Twelve of his game-high 29 points came in the first half, leading the Crusaders.
Geneva retook the lead behind Matt Veynovich's 3-pointer 6:30 into the second half.
Capital was held scoreless for nearly five minutes of game time. In the meantime, the Golden Tornadoes built its lead to eight points with 10:46 remaining.
Both teams failed to score for the next 1:39 before freshman Griffin Doseck (Anna, Ohio/Anna) broke the dry spell by converting an and-one opportunity. On Cap's next possession, junior guard Cameron Caldwell (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville South) repeated the and-one effort to bring Cap to within two points of Geneva, 48-46. Caldwell's 3-ball combined with Yahaya's layup on consecutive possessions helped Cap regain the lead, 51-50, with 6:59 to go.
Capital stepped it up from behind the arc with threes by Yahaya and freshman Ryan Roth to push the Crusaders' lead to seven, 59-52, with 5:05 to go. Roth hit two triples less than 90 seconds apart to feed into a successful half from long range.
Successful free throw shooting plus Yahaya's dunk in the waning minutes put the exclamation point on Capital's 78-69 win.
Both teams shot 40 percent or better, though Capital's shooting marks were better after going 28-for-62 (.452) on the night.
After going 3-for-11 from 3-point range in the first half, the Crusaders went 5-for-7 (.714) in the second half. Conversely, Geneva went 6-for-22 (.273) from behind the arc in the game.
Of Capital's 78 points, 22 came from the bench, led by Griffin Doseck (10).
Cap caused Geneva to commit 18 turnovers, which translated into 18 CU points.
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Ganiyu Yahaya (Abuja, Nigeria/Wesleyan Christian) dropped 29 points which serves as a new career high. His previous best was 19 points, which he posted earlier this season. He also added four rebounds, two steals and an assist.
Cameron Caldwell scored 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting and added six assists, three rebounds, and two steals.
Griffin Doseck was one rebound away from his first double-double after scoring 10 and grabbing a team-high nine rebounds.
Reigning PAC Basketball Player of the Week Ethan Moose scored 29 points and posted 13 rebounds to lead the Golden Tornadoes.
Nick Rusyn was the only other Geneva player to score in double figures behind 12 points.
SHORT TURNAROUND
Capital, now 2-2 after its win, will face a short turnaround with its second game in as many days when it plays Grove City College (1-4) on Saturday, November 23 on day two of the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament hosted by Geneva. The Crusaders and Wolverines will kick off the day's action at 1 p.m. from Geneva College.
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Uber, Lyft settlement did not require either side to pay -sources
July 2, 2016 TechnologyAbdul Ghafoor
02 Jul, 2016 10:01 am
SAN FRANCISCO – A pitched legal battle between ride-hailing rivals Uber and Lyft, involving accusations of hacking and corporate spying, ended with a settlement this week that did not require either company to pay money, according to sources familiar with the agreement.
The settlement coincided with news that Lyft was working with investment bank Qatalyst Partners to pursue strategic options, including a possible sale of the company. The settlement would remove a legal risk for potential partners, though it could not be learned whether the deal or timing was linked to a possible transaction.
Lyft said on Monday that it had settled a lawsuit against its former chief operating officer, Travis VanderZanden, whom Lyft had accused of breaking his confidentiality agreement when he went to work for Uber. That suit had been scheduled to go to trial in August in a California state court.[nL1N19K05D]
Uber, for its part, said in a court filing that it had withdrawn a subpoena in a separate lawsuit over a data breach. Uber had suspected the breach may be traced to Lyft's chief technology officer, Chris Lambert, though Lyft has said it had no evidence that its employees were involved.[nL1N1271XQ]
Uber declined to comment on the terms of the settlement. A Lyft spokesman also declined to comment.
The sources said both Uber and Lyft agreed that allowing their top executives to continue in their jobs without restriction was more important than scoring a legal victory.
Lyft has been working with Qatalyst Partners for about a year, using the boutique advisory firm to look at acquisition offers, investments, fundraising and partnership deals, people familiar with the matter said. [L1N19L12E]
It is common for companies to eliminate uncertainties such as legal risk ahead of a deal.
Settlement talks between VanderZanden and Lyft stalled soon after a mediation session in March, Lyft lawyer James Lynch said at an April court hearing. But momentum towards a deal resumed in recent weeks, said sources familiar with the situation.
DRIVER DATA HACKED
VanderZanden served as Lyft's chief operating officer until August 2014, when he expressed disagreement with the company's leadership, according to court filings. He eventually resigned and became vice president of international growth at Uber.
Lyft sued him in November 2014. In a sworn affidavit, VanderZanden said Lyft believed he had told Uber that Lambert, the Lyft CTO, had discovered a method to "hack into Uber's computer systems and gain access to Uber confidential information."
Uber revealed last year that as many as 50,000 of its drivers' names and their license numbers had been improperly downloaded, and filed a lawsuit in a San Francisco federal court in an attempt to unmask the hacker.
As part of its investigation, Uber determined that an Internet address potentially associated with the breach could be traced to Lambert. Lambert's attorney told Reuters Lambert "had nothing to do" with the breach.
Reuters reported last year that the Department of Justice was investigating the breach, though two sources said they had seen no activity on the case in recent weeks.
If the criminal probe continues, Uber would still be able to share information with the Justice Department, one source said. –REUTERS
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Istanbul mayor probed for spending cash to oppose Erdoğan canal project
Nov 16 2020 04:06 Gmt+3
Last Updated On: Nov 16 2020 08:28 Gmt+3
(Updates with reaction from İmamoğlu)
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is facing possible prosecution for spending local government resources on opposing plans to build a canal through the city, according to his spokesman.
İmamoğlu must respond in writing within seven days to accusations that he has broken the Constitution by hanging posters saying "It's the canal or Istanbul" and "Who needs Kanal Istanbul?", spokesman Murat Ongun said on Twitter on Monday.
The mayor is accused of illegally spending public money to oppose state policy and of threatening the unity of public administration, Ongun said.
İmamoğlu, a member of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is a vocal opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who he accuses of planning to waste billions of dollars of public resources on a waterway that threatens to destroy Istanbul's heritage and environmental disaster.
Later on Monday, İmamoğlu said he did not want to comment on the investigation, T24 news site reported.
İmamoğlu responded to allegations by the ministry that he had used public resources to prepare posters in opposition to the Kanal Istanbul project.
"We are using a public resource to engage in urban transformation,'' İmamoğlu said. "We applaud good initiatives.''
İmamoğlu became mayor in March last year after defeating Erdoğan's preferred candidate, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in a bitterly fought local election. Voting was held twice after the election board responded to a legal appeal by Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). İmamoğlu is being widely tipped to run against Erdoğan in presidential elections in 2023.
The 45-kilometre long Kanal Istanbul, announced by Erdoğan in April 2011, has been beset by delays. It is designed to divert shipping from the busy Bosporus waterway, which dissects the city and marks a boundary between Europe and Asia.
The canal, due to be built through Istanbul's European side, would create an island in the middle of the city also flanked by the Bosporus, the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
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The Misano round ends with more points in the general standings for the Team Grillini's riders.
Race 1 in Assen in Holland ended with a fifteenth place by Ayrton Badovini followed by Ondrej Jezek.
Disappointing weekend race in Aragon.
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This is an exciting day for me (& hopefully you as well). As some of you may know (read my first blog in the archives), last year I closed the doors on my business due to a lower back injury. I purposely took time off to avoid the slightest thought about what to do next w/ the intention of clearing my mind & hitting the reset button. During the last few months, I was able to do just that, but it wasn't a complete reset. I am officially out of the labor industry, but I came up with a new idea to refer you to the best local businesses, hassle free. I (obviously) believe this will be better than the rest out there.
The mission is: connect consumers w/ the best local businesses in under 60 seconds.
The Problem: People are always looking for recommendations on the internet. There are website reviews out there, but it seems to me most people are going to their local email groups, Facebook or other social media platforms to ask individuals their opinion(s). The main issue with this is (as well as the other sites), you still have to comb through an assortment of different opinions & businesses "plugging" their own "page." In the end, you have wasted a bunch of time waiting for responses, reading them & you still aren't sure who's opinion is credible. Not to mention you are probably hungrier than you were 30min prior.
The Solution: I developed an idea that would lead to the creation of peerapprove.com. We are currently building a database that will collect analytical information from your reviews. The review process is fast & easy, based on 4 finite questions w/ an optional text review. The questions are what we decided to be the 4 most important attributes to any business (to be released at a later date). You will give a score for each question. The cumulative score (as well as individual question ratings) will be averaged for the specific business reviewed. Every time one of your peers submits a review, the business rating will be automatically updated. Requesting a local referral is even easier. Type in your zip code, search radius & specific service you are looking for & hit submit. Within seconds, the top rated companies that offer your specific service will appear on your page with the best rated companies on top.
How peerapprove.com is different: Remember? Fast. Free. peer approved!
The service is completely FREE to use.
We have a statistical database to organize the review results for you.
No more reading lengthy, questionable reviews.
Results in under 60 seconds.
You can search for specific services, not just general business categories.
All search results are localized based on your specific search criteria.
We let a 3rd party handle our site advertising so there will be no conflict of interest. No business can directly advertise with us to influence our ratings. All rankings and reviews come directly from you and your peers.
You instantly get the top peer approved businesses based on your search criteria w/out all the other unwanted junk.
Truth be told, I do not remember what I ate that day or if I even ate at all for that matter. But I did come up with an idea that I think can be very convenient for the general public. As always, if you have any questions for me you can always reply to any of my blog posts (www.powerwgl.com).
You can also email me directly at either peter@powerwgl.com or peter@peerapprove.com. Both emails are active & in use.
Facebook & Twitter pages coming soon!
First off, I want to apologize to my "FIVE" loyal readers for being a day late. My only excuse is I contracted some form of the Flu for the last week & wasn't doing much of anything. So much for my first ever flu shot (as an adult) … Anyway, onto My Rule of 3!
Way back when I started my business, I used to receive a lot of calls asking if I did this or did that. I never wanted to disappoint any clients so I developed yet another philosophy: If I can complete your requested task in a professional manner (& felt comfortable doing so), I would do it. BUT if I could not do the work in a proficient way, I would always help you find someone I could recommend. NOT JUST recommend, but if I referred someone, I was stamping my reputation on that referral.
You get to compare the pricing of different companies.
Were they reliable? Did they complete the estimate when they said they would?
You can get a real good idea of an individual's personality w/ a meeting (were they professional, how was their customer service)?
3 estimates are just enough to give you options, but not too much to waste too much time.
Also, getting more than one estimate, gives you time to think it over. You don't have to hire someone on the first estimate or on the spot. You always want to do your due diligence as well as feel comfortable when you hire someone to do any kind of work. And Generally speaking you probably don't want to take the lowest price (when significantly lower) because there are most likely corners being cut somewhere (under insured or not paying workers properly, happy workers do better work). At the same time, you don't always want to take the highest bid (when significantly higher) because the high price may just be a markup. But, depending on the job & their reputation (& your budget), the highest bid is sometimes the way to go. I truly believe in you get what you pay for. For most people though, you are going to want to find that middle ground, where it's not too low & not too high.
In the end, if you don't have a solid referral from someone you trust, I suggest a local search on Google & get 3 estimates before you decide.
As I said in my 1st ever post, I will soon be launching a new website to solve all your problems (in my opinion, haha). More details on the new website & concept next week!!!!!
In my opinion, this is the most important topic of discussion to date. Clients & businesses don't always see eye to eye (& THAT IS OK!"). In my 13 years of business I have met many different personalities & not all of us were on the same page. These things happen from time to time, so from both sides of the fence you need to be ready for this situation. It transcends (what appears to be going on) all over the country today in dealing w/ disagreements. If a situation like this occurs, you do not need to make it personal. If I had to guess, about 6 years in I developed my business mantra: "there is a solution to every problem" & sometimes you need to walk away.
When I started my business, I had limited experience in dealing with these situations. I also NEEDED the work & reputation to build my brand, so at the beginning I would do whatever it takes. I took just about every punch & moved on. This is a very important step to success by the way, because you learn from (failure) & not success. One specific example was in the first year of business & I believe was in the first month of operation. We were doing a window washing job & the client (obviously I have a biased opinion) was being difficult. When I say difficult, I mean they changed the terms of our agreement, which in turn altered the cost of the job not reflected in the original estimate. They were arguing with one of the employees & the employee started arguing back. Was it warranted? I believe it was, but at the same time was VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. To make a long story short, I decided w/ all the variables in front of me, we needed to walk off the job. At the time, it made me nervous, scared & I had an enormous feeling of failure inside. It wasn't until a handful of years later I realized this was a great learning experience, but some how I made the best decision I could have, given the circumstances. That lone experience planted the seed that would eventually grow into a very clear & calm business motto (as stated above).
Now as I said before, there is always a solution to every situation. The main thought I would hold in my mind is: it's never personal (at least on my end). You are dealing with a simple business transaction & there are a lot of clients out there as well as many businesses of the same kind & MANY different personalities. The previous sentence will lead into a future discussion topic of MY RULE OF 3 (when getting estimates for jobs), but more on that later. How did I get to this state of mind? I'm glad you asked (haha) … About 6 years in, I had to make another important decision. One that I could have made based on emotion & would have become personal. I remember this one vividly. This is about the time I had hired regular employees & we had our first major growth spurt as a company. As I stated in my 3rd article, these are really good times but also adds a ton of pressure. A client texted me (the text part is very important) based on a referral from one of my clients & my reputation as a business. They stated up front that they were on a budget, but so & so recommended me because they were friends & they trusted me because of them. So we talked about the job they wanted us to do & what their financial limitations were & agreed to terms. Only so much was in the budget, but I explained I could only go so low based on my business expenses before I was personally paying for the job. The terms were as follows: I would lower my hourly rate as much as I could, we would do our best & get done as much as we could, given the time frame. It should have been a very simple process, at least I thought … That day I was out on estimates & the guys had a full schedule (based on the terms & other jobs that also had their time frames). The guys did the work & moved on to the next job. I was eating lunch in my truck when I get a call. The client says they didn't finish the job. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! I listen for about 2 minutes when I had to cut them off & explain the situation (AGAIN). Their response was "I never would have agreed to that." I reminded them we texted the terms to each other, read the text aloud & they still wanted us to come back at the end of the day & finish the job. At this point I realized I was in a lose-lose situation financially & reputation wise. So I said I would call them back after talking with the guys, but I never did. This was another situation where I felt terrible about it in every way, but any further discussion would only lead us further down the rabbit hole.
The point of the above story is to give insight on how to NOT take things personally, for the business owner to understand you will have to take losses from time to time, but also for the client to understand that we as business owners are people too & not robots (another future topic). At the same time, these situations can be avoided before you get started on the job. Under the conditions I wish the client would have thought out the terms beforehand & actually read what we had agreed to. As a business owner I used these so called "failures" as learning experiences, but they were tough to swallow at times. Sometimes I wondered if this type of client did this intentionally, but in the end, I realized it didn't matter the reason for it, it was just better to walk away from the situation (& THAT IT WAS OK).
Which leads to next week's discussion: My Rule of 3! Always get 3 quotes before you decide who to hire!
This week's post is going to be a little different & thought-provoking. I want to try & introduce a Q & A session to hopefully answer any specific questions anyone may have. Just like (almost) every website has an FAQ page, I would like to offer the opportunity to have your question answered by me. Now some people are probably asking: "who is this guy & what does he know?" If you are one of those people, I agree with you because I do not know everything (or anything for that matter). I am just trying to offer my personal opinion based on my experience of running a business & interacting with so many different people & situations over the years. My sole purpose now is to inform individuals of unique situations I have experienced & they have not. I am a believer in learning from every circumstance & it doesn't necessarily need to be your own. You can definitely learn from other people, while saving some of your own time & tribulations. I implore everyone who does read my opinion to think about it first, research it on your own & then form your own belief moving forward.
Always Ask for Proof of Insurance!
This one is FOR THE CONSUMER. When is the last time you hired a contractor to come to your home & asked them for proof of insurance? Always, always, always ask for proof of insurance. If something happens at your home & you are dealing w/ an irresponsible business owner, who do you think the liability will fall on? Do not feel bad about asking either. You want to hire the best businesses & I would take a guess and say 90% or more of the top companies carry a quality insurance. Ever wonder why some companies are so cheap? They are most likely cutting corners somewhere.
Let me be the first to say the insurance industry could use a makeover (IMHO). I was thrown into the "general population" of insurance pools because there was no specific insurance to cover some of my services (making it more expensive). My last article was about what its really like to be a business owner & insurance is one of those things that make it very difficult. Between liability & worker's compensation + automobile it adds up quickly, BUT IT IS NECESSARY to verify as a homeowner.
In my experience of 13 years in business, I was always amazed about how little people asked for insurance. Maybe it was their trust in me, but it was astonishing how small the # actually was. If I had to guess, less than 100 people asked me over a 13 year period. I was happy to show any client my insurance certificate too, almost a feeling of pride. I was completely covered & every year I would meet with my insurance company to make sure we were keeping up with changes, but not all companies are like that. Also, I would like to add, at the beginning I did not know all of this, so sometimes a person just doesn't know. You could actually be helping the business owner learn by asking. After all we "should" learn from experience, right?
So as I was saying above & previously, It's tough being in business, but even more difficult to compete with businesses who don't carry all the necessary coverage. In general, you get what you pay for. If you receive multiple quotes from different companies, I wouldn't automatically take the lowest quote. Conduct your own, simple due diligence & make sure they are "G2G". Many times people asked if I could work w/ my price, but was very difficult to do so once I had all this coverage. I would always do my best based on circumstance, but understand that a business has a budget same as you do.
Now I am not trying to put anyone out of business here, but anyone who doesn't carry the proper coverage (whether intentional or not), is putting a lot of people at risk. In today's world you can't be too careful. Is saving a small percentage really worth risking a major lawsuit because the business didn't cover the workers? PEOPLE: mistakes happen! They are often avoidable, but w/ so many variables involved, they do happen. Just make sure you are on the right side of the fence if it does.
The following is kind of an abstract metaphor but asking for proof of insurance is in a way business conservation. I tend to think from an outside the box perspective, so please bare w/ me. A hunter considers him/herself a conservationist because they help control the animal population (not an argument about hunting here). So in turn if you ask for proof of insurance, you can control the amount of unqualified businesses that are out there. You are protecting yourself, but at the same time paying it forward to everyone else by forcing businesses to operate properly or not operate at all. The result should be better businesses, less "undercutting" & more quality choices for the consumer (IMO).
To wrap it all up, just use common sense & do a little due diligence. You can learn a lot about someone by asking a few simple questions. Not everyone will always get along, but would you really want someone working in/on your home if they get offended because you asked about insurance? The good businesses will always be happy you asked them & it should weed out the companies that do not want to take the necessary steps in the first place. Remember, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
Next week I will be opening up a Q & A blog session. Start thinking of any questions you may have about anything small business related. I will try and answer every question to the best of my ability, based on my experience(s) over the years!
In 2006 I came home from college & started PoWeR Windows & Gutters. I had dreams of starting a business & turning it into a successful company. Then a brand name & just maybe a giant corporation or franchise. I would retire before the age of 40 & live the good life. I had no prior business experience, but I had read plenty of books & was not short on motivation. I was ready to take on the world & I am not saying I was expecting it to be easy, but how hard could it actually be?
WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE (I'm being somewhat sarcastic, but it's all true) !
Deciding to start a business is the easiest part. After that you have to pick a name & file paper work: Where do I file? What category of business should I become? Did I do it right? Looking back on this 13 years later is kind of funny to me because I really had no idea what I was doing. I talked w/ a few people I knew had small businesses, took their advice & started a d.b.a (doing business as) under the name PoWeR Windows & Gutters. From there I just "rolled" with it.
Next you have to find clients (obviously). You're already in the hole financially & it's time to get your name out there. Solution: I'll just tell people I'm going to wash windows & my phone will be flooded with calls, right? Not even close. Building a brand and loyal client base takes time. You get your first couple jobs from the support of friends & family, but then it runs dry. Where is everyone, don't they know I'm washing windows now?
Advertising is the logical step. But where & how much to spend? You're already "in the red", but what the heck, let's go for it! After all you decided to take the risk in the first place. To be honest, I really had no idea where to advertise so I picked a newspaper & ran my first classified ad. YES I SAID NEWSPAPER AD. It was actually a quite successful way in getting the word out for my first couple of years & fairly inexpensive. From there I developed a solid customer base & word of mouth took over for a while.
Now that you have all this work just go hire someone right? If only it were that easy. I learned quickly that if you don't have consistent work & enough hours you won't be able to hire someone. So what do you do? Do most of the work yourself & start networking. Have a friend help you here & there, hire anyone you can & hope for the best. If & when you do find someone good, can you keep them? Can you pay them enough or have enough hours for them? This is what I was getting at above when I said there's always more to achieve. One thing leads to another & you just go with it. After all, this is what you signed up for right?
So now you have all this work & maybe a couple employees. It should get easier, but not really. You were already doing everything, but now you have both customers/employees looking to you & relying on you to get everything done. It's time to get organized. The 8 hour work day no longer exists for you. You're taking phone calls before the day starts, responding to emails, estimating jobs & even organizing the schedule. Oh yea I forgot, your also on all the jobs making sure everything is being done properly. It quickly turns into a 24/7 gig. Should I just quit now? Heck no, this is what you wanted in the first place so stay head strong & keep pushing forward.
If you've made it this far you have somewhat of a brand name. People know you, your business & your reputation (hopefully a good one). This is the time it starts to get really tough, hahaha. Around this point you should decide if you're going to stay small or try & grow. Decisions, decisions …. If you stay small you will have enough work for you, but you cap your potential. You have less people & variables to worry about, but you can only grow so much. If you take the next step, it's almost like opening Pandora's Box. There's a whole new bunch of stuff to worry about: paper work all over again, collecting money & making payroll 2x a month, w2's (if you haven't already), finding more customer's, etc …. If you're a client, just try to understand (most of us) are doing our absolute best. If the job isn't getting done, it's cool to find someone else, but don't take it personal.
So what do you do? You should have already learned a lot about yourself & understand your comfort level. Don't bite off more than you can chew, but also don't sell yourself short. Trust your gut & roll with it because as long as you're in business it's a 24/7 job and it never really gets easier. But that's what you loved about it in the first place.
This is the condensed version, just to give the outsider a taste. Before you know it, 13 years have gone by & you have a bad back & a family … This is how life goes & I would not change any of it given the chance. The way I view life: There is nothing easy, but nothing too difficult about life so long as you give your best effort. You could just find a job & go through the motions, but will that truly satisfy your desires? All that being said, if you want to start a business do it! If you are serious about it & you love the challenge, don't hesitate. Life is a daily grind no matter what, so you may as well do what you love ….
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"So what are you doing now?" & "Then what's next?" These are the two most common questions I have been asked … Let me start by saying I am developing an idea on how to quickly & efficiently refer you, the consumer with the best and most reliable businesses in your local area!
Most of you that have done business with me in the past probably remember something I used to offer to everyone: "If you need something done, let me know. If I can't do it at a professional level, I am more than happy to help you find the right person for the job." These are the words that I have stood by for my entire career. I only recommended someone if I was willing to stamp my name on their work. And I was happy to help too.
As a consumer it is hard enough to find someone reliable to do good work, but also just as hard for a dependable small business to market to the general public. I am currently and aggressively trying to develop an idea to bridge that gap. When you are a consumer looking for an honest contractor or business, it can feel like throwing darts at a dartboard. You do a Google search, go on Yelp or go to your local Facebook group & even go on Angie's List. These are all great starting places, but do they really give you the answer(s) you're looking for? The problem I see with it is, you still have to take a decent amount of your time to comb through all these opinions, and you still have to decide whose opinion is the most credible. After you spend all that time reading & sifting, you are still guessing in the end. When you are a small business & only have so much in the advertising budget, where do you turn? For me it was always kind of the same theory (as above) for where to market my business. It was a crapshoot because you only really have one shot at it. If you go on Google or Facebook, you only get so much exposure unless you pay more. If you use newspapers, does anyone actually read them anymore? Direct mailing is very expensive & statistics show you will only receive a very small percentage of return. So for both customers & business owners, where do you turn?
So for the last handful of months I have been thinking of a better way. Right now I am in the middle of building a website to solve the above problem. I don't want to go into too much detail yet because we are still in the early production phase, but I will give away some of the general idea. The site will be FREE to use. The entire process is designed to take under 60 seconds, and there will be NO EMAIL SIGN UP required. Does all this sound good so far? Great! On top of all that the site will be designed around local business & the idea is to get you in touch with the best businesses in your area.
That is all the info I can give for now. I am hoping to have this website launched by late spring/early summer. As we achieve milestones in the building process, I will release more detailed information. I am very excited about bringing this new & innovative idea to life.
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PoWeR Windows & Gutters has officially closed it's doors after a nearly 13 year run. I have taken the last few months to reflect & I want to say THANK YOU to every single person who supported this endeavor along the way. I started PoWeR with no formal experience & a dream. That dream was realized almost every day for the last 13 years!
In 2005 I was unhappy & bored @ school. I didn't know what I wanted to do yet, but I definitely did not want to commit my entire career to what I was studying. Being young & fearless can have its advantages. In spring of 2006 I took a leap of faith & I started a company Called PoWeR Windows & Gutters (window washing & gutter cleaning). I had no professional experience washing windows but identified there was a need for this service. I also did not realize how difficult it was to wash so many windows day in & out. Finding clients & organizing the schedule proved to be even harder.
It wasn't always easy but I was determined. Besides everyone's support, I attribute 3 things to the last 13 years: honesty, hard work & belief. Honesty might be the most important attribute to any business. Honesty leads to trust & if a client knows they can trust you, they will generally help you along the way (recommending you to others). Hard work tends to speak for itself. When you give your best effort each day, you will improve on the day before. If you continue to give this type of effort, over time you will find some form of success. Belief is equally vital. At the beginning, times can be extremely tough & trying. Sometimes you feel on top of the world, but sometimes a job doesn't go so well or there is no work at all. These are the times you need to remember why you started the business in the first place. The belief you had in your dream on day one.
Why did PoWeR close? We closed our doors because I could no longer provide the quality of work people became used to. Due to a lower back injury, I just could not keep up with the day in, day out demands. The work didn't cause the injury, my doctor said it was hereditary (although all the hours probably accelerated the process). Now don't start feeling sorry for me because I definitely don't feel sorry for myself. Life will throw you all types of curve balls and if you aren't ready for them, you won't get very far.
What are you going to do next? That is the #1 question I have been asked since we closed. I have been mulling over a few ideas the last couple months, so I am starting with my first blog post. But more importantly I wanted to use this platform to say thank you to everyone who supported me the last 13 years.
"Thank you for giving a young, inexperienced kid a chance. Thank you for trusting me in your home. Thank you for teaching me about life & allowing me to grow. Thank you for helping me live my dream. From the bottom of my heart, thank you …"


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[Repost] NIH funds research consortia to study more than 200 rare diseases
From the 8 October 2014 EurkAlert
$29 million awarded to expand NCATS' collaborative Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network
Physician scientists at 22 consortia will collaborate with representatives of 98 patient advocacy groups to advance clinical research and investigate new treatments for patients with rare diseases. The collaborations are made possible through awards by the National Institutes of Health — totaling about $29 million in fiscal year 2014 funding — to expand the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN), which is led by NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
There are several thousand rare diseases, of which only a few hundred have any treatments available. Combined, rare diseases affect an estimated 25 million Americans. Some obstacles to developing rare disease treatments include difficulties in diagnosis, widely dispersed patients and scientific experts, a perception of high risk, and a lack of data from natural history studies, which follow a group of people with a specific medical condition over time.
"NCATS seeks to tackle these challenges in an integrated way by working to identify common elements among rare diseases," said NCATS Director Christopher P. Austin, M.D. "The RDCRN consortia provide a robust data source that enables scientists to better understand and share these commonalities, ultimately allowing us to accelerate the development of new approaches for diagnosing and treating rare diseases."
Many patients with rare diseases often struggle to obtain an accurate diagnosis and find the right treatments. In numerous cases, RDCRN consortia have become centers of excellence for diagnosing and monitoring diseases that few clinicians see on a regular basis.
These latest awards establish six new RDCRN consortia:
Consortium Name Lead Institution/ Principal Investigator Disease Areas of Study
Brittle Bone Disorders Consortium of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network Baylor College of Medicine, Houston/ Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Bone diseases (e.g., osteogenesis imperfecta)
Clinical Research in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Michael Benatar, M.B.Ch.B., M.S., D.Phil. Neurological diseases (e.g., ALS, frontotemporal dementia, hereditary spastic paraplegia, primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy)
Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati/Marc E. Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Food allergy disorders (e.g., eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastritis, eosinophilic colitis)
Developmental Synaptopathies Associated with TSC, PTEN and SHANK3 Mutations Children's Hospital Corporation, Boston/ Mustafa Sahin, M.D., Ph.D. Neurological diseases (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities)
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Clinical Research Consortium University of California, San Francisco/Adam L. Boxer, M.D., Ph.D. Neurological diseases (e.g., corticobasal syndrome, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, progressive supranuclear palsy syndrome)
Rare Lung Diseases Consortium: Molecular Pathway-Driven Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Rare Lung Diseases Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/ Bruce Trapnell, M.D. Lung diseases (hereditary interstitial lung disease, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome)
To learn more about the six new and 16 continuing consortia as well as the DMCC, visit http://www.ncats.nih.gov/rdcrn-awards2014.html.
To find out about specific clinical trials, and how to apply…
Go to clinicaltrials.gov
NIH to Study More Than 200 Rare Diseases
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October 13, 2014 - Posted by Janice Flahiff | Uncategorized | National Institutes of Health, NIH, rare disease, rare diseases, Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network


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Q: Will move constructor and move assignment be generated if I default the copy constructor? I am a little confused about how best to define a copyable but not moveable class. It seems to me that deleting the move constructor is a bad idea because then I couldn't construct from a temporary. On the other hand I don't want the compiler to implicitly generate a move constructor for me that may be wrong or may lead to unexpected behavior. My question is whether the compiler is allowed to implicitly generate a move constructor for the following class:
class C {
    public:
    int i_;
    C(const C&) = default;
}

A: [class.copy]/9 after CWG 1402:

If the definition of a class X does not explicitly declare a move constructor, one will be implicitly declared as defaulted if and only if

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*X does not have a user-declared copy constructor,

*X does not have a user-declared copy assignment operator,

*X does not have a user-declared move assignment operator, and

*X does not have a user-declared destructor.

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If the definition of a class X does not explicitly declare a move constructor, one will be implicitly declared as defaulted if and only if

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*X does not have a user-declared copy constructor

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Since the copy constructor is user-declared (even though it is defaulted, which means it is not user-provided), a move constructor will not be implicitly declared as defaulted.
You're right that if you were to explicitly delete the move constructor, you would not be able to construct from temporaries because the deleted move constructor would be chosen by overload resolution. So the approach you have used for a copyable but not moveable class is the right one.

A: Relative to your example the compiler will implicitly declare a move constructor because the first declaration of your copy constructor is the default definition. In this case the copy constructor is considered as implicitly defined. But if you would change your class definition the following way
class C {
    public:
    int i_;
    C(const C&);
};

C::C( const C & ) = default;

then in this case the move constructor would not be generated by the compiler becasue the copy constructor is explicitly declared by the user.


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Pakistan deports three Iranian border guards
Published Sunday, January 15, 2012
Pakistan deported three Iranian border guards Sunday after they were pardoned in court by the family of a man killed in a cross-border attack, officials said.
The three guards were arrested on January 2 in southwestern Baluchistan province along the Iranian border after they allegedly crossed the frontier and shot at a car, killing one Pakistani national.
"The three personnel of Iranian border security force have been deported after a court ordered their release," Saeed Ahmad Jamali, Deputy Commissioner of Washuk district told AFP.
They had already been charged with the murder of the Pakistani man following a written complaint from the father of the victim.
But on Saturday the parents of the victim pardoned the three guards in court, and the court ordered their release, Jamali said.
The court also fined them 9,000 Pakistani rupees (ê100) for illegally crossing the Pakistani border.
The Iranians opened fire on a vehicle they were chasing in Mazan Sar Mashkail, in the Washuk district, three kilometres (1.8 miles) inside Pakistan, according to officials.
Mazan Sar Mashkail is around 600 kilometres southwest of Quetta, the main town of insurgency hit Baluchistan province, which borders Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province.


Skirting boards are installed to create a nice transition between the floor and the wall. They complete the whole. The skirting boards will also cover the expansion joints. The standard skirting board thickness is 14 mm. Use quarter rounds or cover mouldings if the expansion joint is wider than 10 mm.
Profiles are placed at door openings, at transition points to other floor coverings or level differences and at construction and expansion joints. When installing the profiles, an expansion joint of 10 mm must also be provided for on both sides.
The 3-in-1 profile is a multi-functional veneer profile for parquet floors without visible grooves. Using the knife provided, you can very easily transform this profile in function of the required application.
to bridge the transition between 2 floors of different heights.
is installed when no skirting board is used, for example at the base of a flight of stairs or under a sliding glass door.
is installed between 2 floors of equal heights or for covering an extra expansion joint.


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Embarcadero is working in its next release of products that includes RAD Studio XE2 , C++ Builder XE2 , Delphi XE2 , Prsim XE2 and RadPHP XE2 .
The Dephi developers would love the new features of the Delphi XE2 , especially creating native applications for Windows, Mac and iOS as well as 64 bit windows applications .
The other product that is more talked about is the "Fire Monkey" which is used to create a cool business applications that are more visually appealing and targetting Windows , Mac and iOS .


I've been so busy over the past couple months, that I forgot to mention that we adopted a puppy! Even with all of the craziness in our house (we have 3 kids under 4), it felt like something was missing. You know, that warm and fuzzy, wet nosed, happy to see you presence that goes along with a dog. Well here she is, our super soft and fuzzy, cute and cuddly, hyper and friendly Goldendoodle, Maizy.
For a while, we had wanted a dog to join our family, but our circumstances were not the best. Three little ones running around in a not so big house, with a small back yard, is not so pet-friendly. Once we moved into our new place, our backyard more than quadrupled, and the idea of a dog popped up in a few conversations.
When I saw her on a rescue group on Facebook, I knew that she was perfect! It was right before bed, and I saw her posted. She came from a very loving home, and they were so sad to give her up, but their older dog couldn't handle Maizy's puppy playfulness. I immediately responded, woke up my husband, and told him the exciting news of what I had found!
After talking with the former owners and meeting Maizy, we knew that she was a perfect fit for our family. But being a five month old, she also came with some challenges. I am so happy that she came with training from Barkbusters. We called them immediately and David Hay came out from the West Houston branch. He. was. wonderful. I cannot thank him enough for helping us with her issues, like counter surfing, toy chewing, jumping to greet guests, and walking on a leash. I love the system and know that it truly works with our dog.
What do you love about your fur-baby?
Gorgeous pup! What a wonderful addition to the family!
Thanks Ida! She really is such a sweet dog :-) We're happy we found her!
Awww......i am so happy you rescued this precious pup. Enjoy every minute. Your children are blessed to have her and to have you. A beautiful post!


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The decision-making functions of WorkCover Queensland in relation to claim applications are set out in chapters three, four and five of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003. Decision-making powers in relation to insurance products are outlined in chapter two of the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003.
The decision-making function that WorkCover Queensland is most often called on to exercise involves the determination of whether an applicant for compensation has a legal right under workers' compensation legislation to be provided with such compensation, and the extent of liability for such compensation. Additionally, WorkCover Queensland is called on to exercise its decision-making powers in relation to premium setting for applicants for policies of accident insurance.
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The Mississippi River area, the unofficial birthplace of American gaming, is the next on the gambling list. The huge gambling spirit comes in the casinos lining the Mississippi River coast from Louisiana to Canada. Both the general gambler along with the poker player can choose as their areas of destination such casinos as the Crown Casino and the Star City Casino positioned in Sydney.
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Macau has already been called the new Las Vegas. It's becoming bigger than the most well-known of gaming destinations. The Venetian Macau, the biggest casino on the planet by far, has been started this summer. The size of the casino is very striking it is bigger than four American football fields.
Because of the tourism and betting industries Las Vegas is one of the quickest growing cities in The Us, and number one on our list. It has become home for mega-casino resorts like the Bellagio, the Wynn, the Littoral, Mandalay Bay and heaps of others. Even with Macau quickly becoming the planet 's first pick for betting, there's nothing like Las Vegas having a hotel room and gambling chair for everybody.
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Angmering Railway Station
Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, on the border of Angmering and East Preston in the district of Arun. It was opened in 1846. The station itself is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) away from the centre of Angmering village, and is 15 miles 44 chains (25.0 km) down the line from Brighton. Buses depart for Angmering village hourly (Monday to Saturday off-peak), or walking to the village takes about 20 min. The station is located near to the local secondary school The Angmering School, some of the students of which use the station daily to travel to and from school. Angmering station is also designed to be used by the residents of the nearby villages of Rustington and East Preston, with some of the station's signage actually reading 'Angmering for Rustington and East Preston'.
Name: Angmering
CRS Code: ANG
Info Board Name: ANGMERING
Address: Angmering station, Station Road, East Preston, West Sussex
Postcode: BN16 3RE
Operator: Southern
DfT Category: E (Small staffed)
Network Rail Route: South East
Strategic Route Code: B.05
Strategic Route Line: Brighton - Havant
Civil Parish/community: Angmering
County Council Electoral Division: Angmering and Findon
UK Parliament Constituency: Arundel and South Downs
District Council: Arun District Council
District Council Ward: East Preston
European Region: South East
County Council: West Sussex County Council
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Air quality forecast for Angmering Railway Station at Smogwatch
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The Moment: The Uplifting Essence Of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate In A Time Of Isolation
nygcc / March 23, 2020
By Isaac Espinosa
In this time of self quarantining and isolation, it's best to look toward the games that allow us to lose ourselves in the fun, and temporarily forget about what's going on outside. For me, Super Smash Bros. has always been that game. I mostly play from a competitive standpoint, meaning I go to tournaments when they're being held, and I take the game fairly seriously. Even when I face someone that's not on my level, such as when I faced Rudy Blanco at the BX Start space, or some of the students at the Lower East Side Critics Circle, I never hold back. As someone who's relatively confident in his ability to perform well in Smash, I get angry whenever I lose in a tournament setting. It shows that I have a long way to go before I can reach the top, but whenever I perform well, it proves that I have the skills to be considered a good player. While I have the drive to win, tournaments are mostly about testing my skills and seeing what else I need to learn, whether it would be play style or character matchups. I miss going to them during this time of isolation.
When I compete, I use a good amount of characters on the roster. Most of the time, I play Ridley, the vicious Space Pirate from the Metroid series, and Byleth, the main protagonist of Fire Emblem Three Houses. While Ridley's powerful attacks and quickness make him a fun heavyweight character to play, I also love playing as Byleth because it forces me to be methodical and calm and to space out my slow, bigger moves. When it comes to more casual matches, though, I tend to use a variety of characters, like Banjo and Kazooie, Joker, Bowser, Marth, or even the occasional Random pick. Having a wide assortment of characters to play, whether for competitions or simply for friendly matches, ensures that the game never gets boring. It's good to have so many options.
Despite my love for competitive Smash Bros., I have the most fun when I'm playing with my friends. So much of what makes Ultimate exciting is prohibited in competition, like the inclusion of items such as the Pokeball and the Hammer, along with the more chaotic and interesting stages like Hyrule Temple and Garreg Mach Monastery. I distinctly remember when my brother, me and our childhood friends would take in the mode called Smashdown, where each character we picked would be no longer available the next round. We all picked random, and set our stamina to 10 HP, so each match was hilariously tense since we were getting characters none of us had used. Combined with how easily we all were dying, it ended up being a pretty fun time.
Now, there's one question that I often get whenever I talk to other Smash players, or people within the general fighting game community. They wonder if I play other fighting games, and if so, why I choose to play Smash Bros Ultimate over something like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. First, as a huge fan of Nintendo, my love for Smash Bros stems from a love for the company rather than for fighting games in general. My ability to play as all these storied video game characters full of personality in this wild and party-esque brawler gives Smash Bros. a special charm that not many fighting games can replicate. And second, Smash was a much easier game for me to learn and understand than Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. Those have specific button inputs and combos that need to be executed in order to improve your skill in the game. While there's definitely a gap between the competitive and casual audience for Smash Bros., it's easy to be a part of both, which isn't true for other fighting games, at least in my opinion.
The Super Smash Bros. series has always been near and dear to my heart. Whether it's playing with friends and making memories, the competitive rush that I get from going to tournaments to play Ultimate, or the thrill that I feel whenever a new character is revealed for the game, I've only been able to obtain these levels of excitement from this amazing series. So it's no surprise that Super Smash Bros. will always be a game that I hold near and dear to my heart – now, when we're isolated, and in the future when we can all be together again.
Isaac Espinosa is a New York Videogame Critics Circle senior intern. He's the founder of the Lehman College Videogame Critics Circle.
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lately i've been lusting over red. deep, bold, beautifully eye-catching shades of red. how glamorous would it feel to prance around in any of these pieces? i for one am coveting the layered red dress...with that fur throw? have mercy.
i swoon over red - love this board!
I wasn't lusting over red until I read your post:) Thanks!
omg those dresses are divine!


I'm always adding things I find on etsy to my favorite items/must buy when I have $20 extra dollars list. The list has been growing a lot lately, so I thought I should dedicate a post to all the items I wish I owned.
I adore these little ceramic houses made by The Little Red Door. Adore them. I think I go admire them weekly. I have imagined which colors I would choose, and I end up with a different color combination every time.
I have always wanted an "EAT" sign for my kitchen. I blame it on my years of watching 'Friends', on some episodes Monica had a large "EAT" magnet on her fridge. The one from Old New Again is perfect. The price tag is a little steep for my current budget, so I am hoping to make my own version.
There are a couple of little men I know who should have this onesie. nissalisa has a variety of monsters to choose from, and a variety of sizes. What little boy doesn't love monsters?! I put this on my gift idea list.
What items have you found on etsy?
How sweet are those little ceramic houses?
Your blog is adorable. I like simplicity of the design.