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For the purpose of illustration let us consider congestive heart failure (chf) as a model. To make matters worse, he became a paramedic working on an ambulance which brought him to car crash scenes where horribly damaged bodies were not infrequent. Petty f (1995) gaba and mood disorders a brief review and hypothesis.
If appropriate, describe why earlier studies using quantitative methods were inadequate in addressing the research problem. A completely different hypothesis was offered by petty (1995) who argued that gabanergic drugs are fundamentally related to mood. Understanding their own motives might also do wonders for psychiatrists clarity of vision.
But it is foolishness if the necessary knowledge simply isnt there. Medications such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) have found usefulness in so many axis i and axis ii disorders (e. Along with its pragmatic value, it also introduces legitimate questions about what we mean by a dsm iv diagnosis.
So a drug that at first glance might be expected to make a patient edgy works against anxiety in those with this particular dynamic. Taking a cue from criticism leveled at the dsm ii era the rest of a patients pathology may be considered analogous to the problems of the worried well. His fathers reaction to non sport derived work was completely different.
One way or another, whatever they actually do, the conflict preoccupies and exhausts them. These theories about his parents motivations cannot be proven with scientific certainty. She had been in a car accident and broken her collarbone, right arm and one of her legs.
On the other hand, choosing to simply ignore areas which cannot be put to scientific testing, essentially dropping these subjects from training and serious discussion, impoverishes the study of psychopathology so that critical areas are not addressed by students, clinicians, and researchers. Questions to ask yourself are what will you actually do in conducting this study? What approaches and techniques will you use to collect and analyze your data, and how do these constitute an integrated strategy? In contrast to quantitative studies where the goal is to design, in advance, controls such as formal comparisons, sampling strategies, or statistical manipulations to address anticipated and unanticipated threats to validity, qualitative researchers must attempt to rule out most threats to validity after the research has begun by relying on evidence collected during the research process itself in order to effectively argue that any alternative explanations for a phenomenon are implausible. In high school, having been compared to him repeatedly, mr. If the content of journals serves as a guide, environmental contaminants, inadequate nutrition, physical stress were legitimate enough areas to be studied when exploring the nurture side of the equation. Ive seen a medicated patient quit his 9-5 job, use his inheritance and go for it as a singer.
What are your personal strengths? Why is it important to identify them, as well as your weaknesses? What strengths should you focus on in a job interview?
Strengths And Weaknesses Of Journal Articles But, at 16 months, The popular students are the ones who are cool that is, they dont blush easily. They rightly tossed out the psychoanalytic generalization that symptoms eliminated by non analytic techniques will merely reappear in some other form. She did quite well, eventually deciding to work part time. The belief that with sufficient analysis, But being told to repetitively practice not thinking about death, replacing it with more positive thoughts by doing homework assignments again and again to accomplish this. While it may be exactly that, it may also be a stage in life, that will be outgrown, with marriage, mortgage, On prozac, he found himself playing with his children and having a great time.
The other issue that can be gleaned from these clinical vignettes, is the evaluation of proper dosage. They began having good conversations, the kind of talks they used to have when their relationship was fresh and engaging. Making dsm v more inclusive will not fix the problem, especially if derived from this misunderstanding of what a diagnosis represents in the first place. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater serves no purpose. Back then adhd and doctors were not the solution to mr ks childhood ways.
An important aspect of chf treatment is to focus on a manifest symptom such as edema, especially pulmonary edema and pleural effusions. This case is noteworthy not only because his judgment was altered by the meds, but because, at ten months, when we first tried stopping the meds, he would have seemingly illustrated the statistics often replicated in studies, of patients who have a recurrence without their meds, thus providing one more piece of evidence, seeming to confirm the biological basis of his illness. An additional example of rigidity of thinking related to a preoccupation with diagnosis was the successful use of atypical neuroleptics such as resperidone and aripiprrazole for the treatment of major depression. The key point is that current dsm iv disorders are not likely to be equivalent to each other as separate, equal diagnostic entities once we understand the complexity of their underpinnings. J p on the take how medicines complicity with big business can endanger your health.
Additionally, as the primary instrument of investigation, qualitative researchers are often imbedded in the cultures and experiences of others. The hope was that self knowledge could strengthen the ego. In later years, through aa, regular church attendance and conformity to a persona that would have made his now dead adopted father proud, he achieved respectability. But not issues of the psyche, particularly not issues of problematic development deriving from the relationship between parent and child, an amazing change when we consider how emphasized this area of study had been. What if the prozac worked like a charm and completely rid him of his depression? What if prozac returned bounce to his life and now he found he could, after all, live happily with the status quo? This is, in fact, what happened. It is real in the same way as say, a child presenting with fever, achiness, vomiting and diarrhea, without complaining of a scratchy throat, may nevertheless be suffering from strep throat. His mother, during a bohemian interlude in her 20s, had left connecticut and went to live in greenwich village. When clusters of behaviors are defined as a dsm iv disorder, does that automatically make doctors the experts, or promise the wonders of science even when we have scientifically discovered almost nothing that should make us the experts? Do we have the scientific authority to communicate to parents,or teachers that they should back off. The belief that with sufficient analysis, the ego will replace the id, or find suitable sublimations may be an overly rosy expectation. Go to the for detailed information and templates of forms you need to submit before you can proceed.
In general, qualitative researchers attempt to describe and interpret human behavior based primarily on the words of selected individuals a. It took a while to make sense of this but once again the explanation appeared to be found in his history. For example, like patients with obsessive compulsive personality (as well as many with ocd) like mr. For example, antidepressants such as desipramine and bupoprion have little serotonin effect yet are just as effective agents for depression as ssris. This guide provides advice on how to develop and organize a research paper in the social and behavioral sciences.
There certainly was the danger that she was returning to a dynamic of taking care of everyone and everything, of offending no one, a role that she had assigned herself from early on in childhood. Thus, for a person with anorexia nervosa to react with well whatever after they have gained a pound or two is to get at the heart of the problem. Bring the unspoken to the surface so as to clarify key, yet evaded issues, elicit other questions, and move the discussion along. At his prep school the patient kept talking about death. Yet, recall that the causes of a particular diagnosis in dsm iv are no better known than they were in dsm ii.
Psychodynamic ideas were in the mainstream of psychiatric thought for decades. Joffe rt, swinson rp, levitt aj acute psychostimulant challenge in primary obsessive-compulsive disorder j clin psychopharmacology 1991 aug 11(4) 237-241 16. Similarly, there may be limited numbers of ways that the brain can malfunction when its higher integrative functions are not working properly, or are overpowered by extremely forceful primitive emotional currents. An unstructured approach allows the researcher to focus on the particular phenomena studied. Thus we dont know if efficacy was due to a tranquilizing property or an intrinsic antidepressant effect of the meds.


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Shelace is a current IFBB Figure professional after earning her pro card at the Pittsburgh Teen, Collegiate and Masters National Championships in July 2017. She got her start in competing in figure in 2009 where she placed 2nd in her first show. After a long hiatus to get her Masters in STEM Education and to recover from a lis franc surgery, she returned to the stage in 2016. In 2016, she competed in 3 shows, where she earned 2nd place, 2 first place trophies in Open Figure, and 2 Overall Figure Titles. In 2017, she competed in 2 shows, where she earned 3rd in Open and followed that up with Masters Nationals where she earned her IFBB pro card.
She as always lived an active and athletic lifestyle. Starting at the age of 5, she competed in Junior rodeos and at the age of 9 discovered and fell in love with basketball and softball. In high school she was a three sport athlete, playing volleyball, basketball and softball and earned a starting Varsity position in volleyball and softball her sophomore year. During and after college, she found ways to stay active and competitive and found her way to the weight room and the road.
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Tree Removals on Eglinton Avenue West (Edith Dr to Duplex Ave) - July 24, 2020
To facilitate construction of the new streetscape and cycle track, all trees located in the right-of-way on the north and south sides of Eglinton Avenue between Avenue Road and Duplex Avenue will be removed while the work takes place.
On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, crews at Avenue Station began construction of Phase 1 of the new Eglinton Streetscape and Cycle Track [1]. The new streetscape and cycle track will be implemented continuously between Avenue Road and Yonge Street, beginning with Phase 1 on the north and south sides of Eglinton Avenue, between Lascelles Boulevard and Duplex Avenue. Construction will take place in coordination with the City of Toronto's planned Eglinton Connects Streetscape and Cycle Track Design. For more information, please visit www.toronto.ca/eglinton [2].
To facilitate construction of the new streetscape and cycle track, all trees located in the right-of-way on the north and south sides of Eglinton Avenue, between Avenue Road and Duplex Avenue, will be removed, beginning with removal of five (5) trees located on the north side of Eglinton Avenue West, between Edith Drive and Duplex Avenue. The number of trees to be removed is the minimum amount required to safely construct the new streetscape.
New trees will be planted in place of the removed trees. Tree removals will be carried out in stages as work progresses westward. Notice will be provided in advance of future tree removals. All trees will be reviewed by an avian biologist prior to removal.
UPCOMING TREE REMOVALS
FUTURE CONFIGURATION
Tree removals will begin as early as the week of July 20, 2020 for approximately one (1) day
Phase 1 of Eglinton Connects will take approximately six (6) months to complete
Work may be rescheduled due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances
Removal of five (5) trees between on the north side of Eglinton Ave between Edith Dr and Duplex Ave
Noise from chainsaws and woodchippers for the removal of trees can be expected
Future tree removals will be required as part of the new Eglinton Streetscape and Cycle Track implementation
In addition to construction activity, residents can expect to see equipment and material storage within designated work zones
TRAFFIC & PEDESTRIAN DETAILS
Eglinton Ave will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Lascelles Blvd and Duplex Ave during Phase 1 of the new Eglinton Streetscape and Cycle Track implementation
The sidewalk on the northside of Eglinton Ave will be reduced to 1.5 meters between Lascelles Blvd and Duplex Ave during Phase 1 of the new Eglinton Streetscape and Cycle Track implementation
Property access will be maintained
TRAVELLING SMART DURING CONSTRUCTION
Travel delays are expected with the Crosstown construction. Please allow extra time for your journey. Traffic will be extra heavy at peak periods during the Crosstown construction. When possible, please travel during the off-peak period between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Sign up for e-mail updates at www.thecrosstown.ca/sign-up [3] or download the Crosstown traffic app to get real-time traffic and transit information for the Eglinton corridor.
Thank you for your continued patience as we work to build this important project.
Please support your local businesses during construction.
Source URL: http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/tree-removals-on-eglinton-avenue-west-edith-dr-to-duplex-ave-july-24-2020
[1] http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/implementation-of-the-new-eglinton-avenue-streetscape-and-cycle-track-phase-1
[5] http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/chaplin-crescent


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Historical Figures: Wilson Bentley, The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes
Posted on: January 15, 2021 July 26, 2022
With winter well and truly settled in, many places have been experiencing snowfall. Some places in the UK narrowly missed out on having snow on Christmas Day, bringing a much-desired White Christmas. Snowflakes bring many people joy for their crisp, clean coating of the land. School children learn how to cut out snowflake shapes from paper for decorations, and people love to share the fact that every single snowflake is unique. This variety of shapes has long been a fascination of humanity, but did you know that the first ever photograph of a snowflake was taken all the way back in 1885?
Wilson Bentley, the first person to photograph a snowflake.
In February 1865, a man called Wilson Bentley was born in Jericho, Vermont, USA, to farmer parents. At the time, the American Civil War was still not over and had torn the country apart, with hundreds of thousands dead. Being born into a farming family, Bentley could have been expected to continue in his family's footsteps, working the land and making a living in the countryside. For farmers in his area of Vermont, winter was usually a difficult time, with average annual snowfall of around 120 inches. Snow, viewed as beautiful and harmless to many today, could make survival difficult, particularly in a time before modern conveniences like central heating and widespread use of electricity.
For Wilson Bentley, however, this hazardous snow was beautiful and fascinating. Later in life, Bentley would say "always, right from the beginning, it was the snowflakes that fascinated me most". Knowing his interest in small things around him – not just snowflakes, but butterflies, spider webs, raindrops, and other natural phenomena – for his fifteenth birthday his mother gave him a microscope. His mother had been a teacher prior to marriage, and she had kept the microscope which she had used for school lessons. The microscope opened up a whole new world for Bentley, but it was still not enough for him to study his favoured snowflakes. He found that captured snowflakes would melt too quickly for him to properly study their ever-changing designs under the microscope. He needed something more permanent.
Just a few of the thousands of snowflakes that Bentley took photographs of. These date to 1902.
Bentley managed to get his hand on a camera, despite disapproval from his father, and he spent over a year experimenting with the camera and his microscope, learning how best to capture the tiny objects seen through the equipment. Photography and cameras were only a few decades old, and it could take minutes to take one photograph. When dealing with an ethereal, brief object like a quickly melting snowflake, this was too long. The first Kodak camera was not to go on sale for several more years. However, a young Bentley persevered with his craft and finally he came up with a system.
On the 15th January 1885, Bentley took his equipment out in the midst of a snowstorm. He connected his camera to his microscope and stood in the cold, catching falling snowflakes. When he found one, he gently lifted it with a feather so as not to melt it and placed it under the lens of the microscope. The freezing cold of the outside air allowed the snowflake to last through the minute and a half-long exposure to take a photograph. Instant photo printing was still a long way away, so Bentley took his film inside and developed the negatives. He almost fell to his knees: at last, he had managed to take a good photograph of a snowflake, resplendent before him. "It was the greatest moment of my life".
More of Bentley's photographs.
Bentley was truly a pioneer, the first known person in the world to have taken a detailed photograph of a snowflake. His success buoyed him to continue his mission, and he perfected his technique by catching the snowflakes on black velvet to better distinguish their unique features. For the next thirteen years he continued to photograph over 400 snowflakes. He studied them, recorded their features, and made the observation that no two of the snowflakes he had photographed were the same.
Despite Bentley's incredibly important work, he stayed relatively obscure during this time. Being the son of a farmer, who had never been to school (having been home schooled by his mother), he did not realise how pioneering his work was. He figured that the hordes of intelligent people at universities and scientific institutes across the world must have already discovered his technique for themselves and had been doing their own studies. Eventually, word of Bentley's project reached the University of Vermont and came to the attention of George Perkins. At that time, Perkins was the professor of natural history at the university and had been for close to two decades. Perkins realised the importance of Bentley's work, and contacted him.
One of Bentley's earlier photographs, from 1890.
Perkin managed to convince Bentley that his work held great importance and needed to be shared, and so together the two of them drew up an article on his findings which was published in 1898. The article took the world by storm, particularly due to the ever-growing popularity of photography, and Bentley was encouraged to continue his studies and publish more articles. By the time of his death in 1931, he had taken more than 5,000 photographs of snowflakes. Bentley was not just a photographer, however, and he came up with many scientific theories to explain the form and structure of the snowflakes he came across. He suggested that different shapes were influenced by different air temperatures, and that different segments of a storm could produce their own types of crystals.
Although Bentley was to be known as Snowflake Bentley, he studied other aspects of meteorology. Vermont was not always under snow, after all. Towards the end of the century, Bentley began to study the origin of rain during the summer months. Again, Bentley discovered much previously unknown about rain, including the largest possible size of one raindrop and the idea that rain can be formed by two different processes.
The title page and one of the printed photograph pages from Bentley's 1931 book, Snow Crystals.
For the rest of Bentley's life, his incredible work continued to grab the attention of select scientists and the public alike, although the people who lived with him in Jericho never seemed to understand or appreciate his work. Other meteorologists also seemed to ignore much of Bentley's work, perhaps looking down on him as an uneducated farmer. Realising the importance of his work over the past few decades, however, in 1904 Bentley donated 500 of his snowflake photographs to the Smithsonian Institution to ensure their survival for posterity. They are still there today.
By the 1920s, Bentley had shifted his attention to sharing his snowflakes with the wider world who seemed to have more interest in what he had created than the scientific community. Jewellers and the textile industry bought his photographs for design inspiration and he had gained his nickname as the Snowflake Man. Finally, in 1924, his work was recognised by the American Meteorological Society who gave him their first ever research grant in recognition of the 40 years of work he had put in to the discipline.
By the 1930s, demand was growing for a definitive volume of Bentley's work. He partnered with William Humphreys of the US Weather Bureau to create "Snow Crystals", a book which contained nearly 2,500 of his photographs. The book was released in 1931, but Bentley did not live long past its publication. Now aged 66, he was still continuing his work. In December he went out in a snowstorm where he caught pneumonia. He died on 23rd December 1931.
Bentley in the snow showing his system for photographing snowflakes.
The legacy that Wilson Bentley left behind would have made him proud. "Snow Crystals" is still in print today, and his home is on the USA's National Register of Historic Places. His method of snowflake photography is little-changed today, and it has been said that his work was so excellent that for almost 100 years hardly anybody else bothered to try photographing snowflakes. Many of his meteorological theories, ignored at the time, have now been proven correct. Copies of his photographs and slides were given to many institutions, but the largest collection remain in his home town of Jericho, at their Historical Society. And his photographs remain as beautiful today as when he first captured them over 130 years ago.
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-man-who-revealed-hidden-structure-falling-snowflakes-106274664/
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7 thoughts on "Historical Figures: Wilson Bentley, The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes"
cathysrealcountrygardencom says:
I spent a happy half hour contemplating the beauty of snow flakes inspired by this post. Thank you!❄❄❄
Aw that's lovely! I really enjoyed writing it, seeing all the pictures are stunning and even more so knowing how old they are and yet how perfectly they capture the snowflakes
CJ Verb says:
Very interesting article. Bentley was a hardworking and humble man. I'm glad he finally received recognition for his work. His snowflake photos are exquisite!
Yes, I am too. His work was incredible, particularly for the time he was doing it. And what gorgeous photos to survive!
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Q: A method for simplifying manual random number generation? Is there a good way to take a more complicated dice-rolling mechanism and create a simpler dice-rolling mechanism that gives roughly similar results?
Example 1: Say you have a game where both sides roll a number of 6-sided dice (each side rolling a possibly different number of dice) looking for 6s. Unfortunately, other rules of the game frequently cause the number of dice rolled to be excessive (say, 40-60 or 80). The assorted statistics of the resulting distribution is fairly easy to calculate, but is there a way to  use that to create a simpler mechanism (using, say, not more than 10 dice) that produces approximately the same results?
Example 2: Say you have a game where $n$ 6-sided dice are rolled looking for values greater than $x$, to identify possible successes. These successes are then verified by rolling 1 die per possible success looking for a value greater than $y$. ($n, x,$ and $y$ are parameters of the mechanism.) Is there a way to create a mechanism that produces approximately the same results with only one step?

A: This is an interesting question from a simulation viewpoint as most simulation algorithms require the call to a uniform $\mathcal U(0,1)$ pseudo-random generator.
If $X_i$ is the number of 6's out of $n_i$ rolls,
$$X_i\sim\mathcal Bin(n_i,1/6)\,,$$that is,
$$\mathbb P(X_i=k) = {k \choose n_i} \dfrac{5^{n_i-k}}{6^{n_i}}\,.$$
Using a dice random generator over $\{1,\ldots,6\}$ rather than a Uniform generator to generate this distribution could proceed by

*the unbiased estimator method: Find a joint distribution on $(X,Y)$ such that there exists a transform $H(x,y)$ such that $H(x,Y)$ is an unbiased estimator of $\mathbb P(X_i=x)$ and accept draws with probability $H(X,Y)$. Drawback: it is unclear such an unbiased estimator is available at a cost lower than $\mathsf O(n_i)$. Or is it $\mathsf O(\log_6~n_i)$ ?

*the naïve method: Generate from the dice iid draws $Y_1,Y_2,\ldots,Y_{n_i}\in\{1,\ldots,6\}$ and count how many are equal to $6$. Drawback: this requires $n_i$ draws.

*the inversion method (p.85): Generate from the dice iid draws $Y_1,Y_2,\ldots\in\{1,\ldots,6\}$ until the cumulated probability of the outcome (using eg lexicographic order) fits between two consecutive values of the $\mathcal Bin(n_i,1/6)$ cdf. Drawback: this requires a random number of draws and is only approximate.

*the accept-reject method: Select a distribution $\mathbb Q$ on $\{0,1,\ldots,n_i\}$ with probabilities $p_0,p_1,\ldots,p_{n_i}$, which can be generated in $\mathsf O( \log_6(n_i) )$ rolls from a 6-face dice, compute the maximum
$$M = \max_k p_k \Big/ {k \choose n_i} \dfrac{5^{n_i-k}}{6^{n_i}}$$
and accept a draw $k$ from $\mathbb Q$ with probability
$$p_k \Big/ M {k \choose n_i} \dfrac{5^{n_i-k}}{6^{n_i}}$$
Drawback: the acceptance step implies further draws to mimick a Uniform draw and $M$ may prove quite large. For instance, using a uniform $\mathbb Q$ leads to
$$M = \max_k 1 \Big/ {k \choose n_i} 5^{n_i-k}$$

*the pseudo-uniform method: Generate from the dice iid draws $Y_1,Y_2,\ldots\in\{1,\ldots,6\}$, minus one, taken as digits of a uniform $\mathcal U(01,)$ variate (in base 5), until the number $R$ of digits (in base 5) is large enough for the intended precision, set
$$U=\sum_{i=1}^R 5^{-i-1}(Y_i-1)$$ and use a uniformly fast generator from Devroye, p.520 based on uniform generators. Drawback: this is not completely exact unless $R$ equates the real number representation on the local machine.

A: For example 1, as in Xi'an's answer, you could use a 10 sided die 3 times to get the first 3 digits of a unif(0,1) rv. Then use inverse cdf. If the result is simply the number of 6's out of 80 throws, this is approximately normal with mean 80/6 and variance 805/36. Find some other manual rv approximately normal and transform it. For example the number of 6's out of 20 throws is approximately normal with mean 10/6 and variance 25/36. Call that X. Then, 80/6+sqrt(805/36) (X-10-6)/sqrt(25/36) has approximately the righ normal distribution.
For example 2, you may be able to do it in one step. Assume you start with 6 sided dice. Probability of success is $(6-x)(6-y)/36$. If this fraction can be written with a denominator equal to the number of sides of a die you have, then you can do it in one step. If you have a 36 sided die, you can always do it. I've never seen one, but it would be a trapezohedron similar to the 10 sided die. If not, you have to check for your specific situation. For example, $x=3$, $y=2$. The probability is $1/3$ which can be done with either 6 or 12 sided die. If you only have 6 sided die, you can do it if and only if  one of the parameters is 3 and the other is 2 or 4.

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High availability (HA) is the ability of a system to maintain a high uptime even in the presence of infrastructure failures.
A significant factor affecting a software system availability is hardware failure in underlying server executing the software. In the past, implementing hardware-related high availability for application software often involved running two or more instances of the software on different servers and having them synchronized so that one instance would take over in case the other instance failed.
In the past decade, virtualization technology has decoupled software from the underlying hardware infrastructure. If a specific piece of hardware fails, the virtualization layer can automatically move the software workload elsewhere, with minimal interruption of service. This greatly simplified the implementation of hardware-related HA, eliminating the need of maintaining multiple instances of the application to achieve high-availability requirements in most environments.
Lighthouse is packaged as a virtual appliance, which means it runs as a virtual machine and inherits the high availability attributes from the virtualization layer. For most environments, Lighthouse already has sufficient HA capabilities by leveraging the availability attributes of the virtualization infrastructure.
Certain environments may have exceptionally high requirements for availability with business continuity plans that involve resilience against major natural disasters, massive network disruptions, catastrophic destruction of entire facilities, etc. Those environments might still require the deployment of multiple instances of the software application, typically across multiple geographical locations.
For those environments, Lighthouse Enterprise has been released, and now supports multiple instances of the application running with real-time synchronization.


Those people who have used tea tree oil on warts consider it as one of the best available treatment options for the infection. Read this article to gather more valuable information about tea tree oil for warts removal.
Warts are small abnormal growth on the skin surface. They are caused by a certain type of virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). This virus attacks the top layer of the skin surface by entering it through a broken part of the skin. This infection then promotes rapid growth of the outermost layer of the skin, which results in formation of the warts. These non-cancerous growths are often found in clusters and are of different shapes and sizes. A wart can be identified as a skin bump, which is about one-fourth inch in diameter and its surface is either rough or it could be flat and smooth. It can grow in any part of the body like face, hands, legs, soles of the feet, genital area, etc. They are usually painless but when they get pressed or rubbed repeatedly, then they may become painful.
Tea tree oil is also referred to as tea tree essential oil and it is obtained from the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia tree found in Australia. This oil has a pale yellow color and has an aroma of nutmeg. Traditionally, it has been in use for treating cuts and infections of the skin. Today, research studies have found that this oil has strong antiseptic qualities. It contains terpenoids, a component that can kill bacteria, fungi and viruses equally well. It is because of its excellent antiviral properties that tea tree oil is being used for warts treatment. Most of the medicinal treatment involves destroying the warts but the medicines fail to kill the virus that causes the infection. As a result, warts tend to return after some time. If you are using tea tree oil for warts treatment, its antiseptic qualities eliminate the root cause of the infection and provide complete relief.
How to Use Tea Tree Oil for Removing Warts?
Warts may take a few months to few years to disappear on its own completely. People want to get rid of them fast either because they hurt a lot or simply because they look ugly. Moreover, if it is left untreated, they may spread from one part of the body to another as they are highly contagious in nature.
Tea tree oil is applied topically for treating warts. First of all, the infected part of the skin should be washed thoroughly. You cannot use the oil directly on it as it may cause skin irritation. Therefore, you must dilute the oil with equal amount of water or aloe vera gel and apply it on the warts. You should repeat this treatment twice a day. When you are applying the oil at night, you should cover up the area with a duct tape to ensure better penetration of the oil throughout the night. The applied tea tree oil dries out the area surrounding the warts due to which blood supply to the warts get cut off. As a result, the skin cells of the warts will die soon.
While treating genital warts with tea tree oil, you have to be more careful as the area is highly sensitive. Prepare a solution by mixing up equal parts of tea tree oil and water. Soak a gauze bandage into this solution and then squeeze out the extra liquid from it. Now, place this oil soaked gauze on the infected area and leave it untouched overnight. If you feel that the 50:50 solution is causing skin irritation, then you can add some more water to the oil.
Plantar warts, which appear on the soles of the feet are often very difficult to treat. To obtain a fast relief from them, you can take a foot bath along with the usual tea tree oil treatment. Add 10 drops of tea tree oil into the foot bath water and soak your feet into it for 20 minutes. This treatment should be repeated three times in a week for good results.
Tea tree oil for warts is considered as a safe treatment because it does not contain any toxic substance that can cause any damage to the skin. The treatment for warts has to be continued for 2-4 weeks before the warts fade out or drop off. However, in some cases, where the warts are stubborn, it may take 3-4 months to disappear completely.


Kalamalka, Okanagan and Swan lakes each have their own special charm when it comes to boating. Enjoy your day on the water in a powerboat, or paddle the day away in a canoe or kayak.
Experience the rush of the wind in your hair and feel your adrenaline pump as you waterski or wakeboard on Kalamalka or Okanagan Lake. You can rent what you need from boats to skis and life jackets. Experience bouncing across the surface on an inner tube or try knee boarding where you kneel on your heels as you're whisked across the lake.
For something a little more laid back, hop in your canoe or kayak and explore the various coves and inlets. Get in touch with nature and your balance as you navigate the water on a stand up paddleboard.
Swan Lake is a shallower and quieter lake for those who want to paddle and explore. The surrounding wetlands provide some of the best bird watching in BC. It's a breeding, nesting and migration haven for ducks, waterfowl, marsh birds and more.
For those who want to fish, you've come to the right place. Check out the large shoal area at the southern end of Kalamalka Lake. Cast deep and draw in a rainbow trout, kokanee or even a northern pike minnow or big carp. Prepare to battle with a fish of a lifetime on Okanagan Lake. Here you'll find kokanee, lake whitefish, burbot, and rainbow trout that can reach well over 20 pounds!
Check the Transport Canada's FAQ page to find out if you need a pleasure craft operators license.


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Elections in France
Title: Elections in France
Subject: Electoral calendar 2007, Local electoral calendar 2015, Outline of France, French presidential election, 2007, Constitution of France
Collection: Elections in France
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France is a representative democracy. Public officials in the legislative and executive branches are either elected by the citizens (directly or indirectly) or appointed by elected officials. Referendums may also be called to consult the French citizenry directly on a particular question, especially one which concerns amendment to the Constitution.
France elects on its national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature
The president is elected for a five-year term (previously, seven years), directly by the citizens (see Election of the President of the French Republic).
The Parliament (Parlement) has two chambers.
The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 577 members, elected for a five-year term in single seat-constituencies directly by the citizens.
The Senate (Sénat) has 348 members, 328 of which are elected for six-year terms by an electoral college consisting of elected representatives from each département, 8 of which are elected from other dependencies, and 12 of which are elected by the French Assembly of French Citizens Abroad (Assemblée des Français de l'étranger) which has replaced the High Council of French Citizens Abroad (Conseil Supérieur des Français de l'Étranger) a 155-member assembly elected by citizens living abroad.
See Government of France for more details about these political structures.
In addition, French citizens elect a variety of local governments. There also are public elections for some non-political positions, such as those for the judges of courts administering labor law (conseils de prud'hommes), elected by workers and employers, or those for judges administering cases of rural land leases.
France does not have a full-fledged two-party system; that is, a system where, though many political parties may exist, only two parties are relevant to the dynamics of power. However French politics displays some tendencies characterizing a two-party system in which power alternates between relatively stable coalitions, each being led by a major party: on the left-wing, the Socialist Party, on the right-wing, the UMP and its predecessors. See politics of France for more details.
Elections are conducted according to rules set in the Constitution of France, organisational laws (lois organiques), and the electoral code.
Elections are always held on Sundays in France.[1] The campaigns end at midnight the Friday before the election;[2] then, on election Sunday, by law, no polls can be published,[3] no electoral publication and broadcasts can be made.[4] The voting stations open at 8 am and close at 6 pm in small towns or at 8 pm in cities, depending on prefectoral decisions. By law, publication of results or estimates is prohibited prior to that time; such results are however often available from the media of e.g. Belgium and Switzerland, or from foreign Internet sites, prior to that time. The first estimate of the results are thus known at Sunday, 8pm, Paris time; one consequence is that voters in e.g. French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe knew the probable results of elections whereas they had not finished voting, which allegedly discouraged them from voting. For this reason, since the 2000s, elections in French possessions in the Americas, as well as embassies and consulates there, are held on Saturdays as a special exemption.
Voters 1
Electoral system 2
Voting procedures 3
Latest election 4
Presidential 4.1
Legislative 4.2
Past elections and referenda 5
Indirect presidential elections 5.1
Other elections 6
Regional 6.1
European Parliament 6.2
Senate 6.3
Municipal 6.4
Cantonal (departemental from 2015) 6.5
Referendums 6.6
Standard transparent ballot box used in France. The voter puts the envelope containing the name or the list of people for whom he or she votes and then signs the electoral roll to avoid double votes.
Some French cities use voting machines.
With the exception of senatorial election, for which there is an electoral college, the voters are French citizens over the age of 18 registered on the electoral rolls. For municipal and European elections, citizens aged 18 or older of other European Union countries may decide to vote in France. Registration is not compulsory, but the absence of registration precludes the possibility of voting. Currently, all youths reaching the age of 18 are automatically registered.
Citizens may register either in their place of residence or in a place where they have been on the roll of taxpayers for local taxes for at least 5 years. A citizen may not be legally registered in more than one place. Citizens living abroad may register at the consulate responsible for the region in which they live.
Only citizens legally registered as voters can run for public office.[5]
There are exceptions to the above rules. Convicted criminals may be deprived of their civic rights, which include the right to vote, for a certain period of time depending on the crime. In particular, elected officials who have abused public funds may be deprived of the right to run for national public office for as long as 10 years. The application of such rules in the case of certain politicians has been controversial; see for instance the case of Alain Juppé.
Voting by proxy is possible when the citizen cannot easily come to vote (reasons include: health problems, the citizen does not live in the voting consistuency, he or she is away for work or vacations, he or she is jailed yet has not been sentenced and deprived of civic rights etc.). The citizen designates a proxy, who must be a voter from the same commune. The designation of the proxy must be made before a legally capable witness: a judge, a judicial clerk, or an officier of judicial police, or, outside of France, before an ambassador or consul. In the case of handicapped or severely ill people, an officer of judicial police or delegate thereof can be sent to the home of the citizen to witness the designation. The procedure is meant to avoid pressures on voters.
In all elections where there is a single official to be elected for a given area, including the two major national elections (the election of the President of the Republic and the election of the members of the National Assembly), two-round runoff voting is used.
For elections to the European Parliament and some local elections, proportional voting is used.
Isolation booth
In general, voting is done using paper and manual counting. The voter gets pre-printed bulletins from a table at the entrance of the voting office (they are also provided through the mail), as well as an envelope. They enter the isoloir, or isolation booth, where they're hidden from sight, and insert the appropriate bulletin into the envelope. They walk to the ballot box and show their voter registration card (not compulsory) and are required to prove their identity[6] (in towns of more than 5000 inhabitants, an identification document must be shown[7]). After the officials have acknowledged their right to vote, the ballot box is opened and the voter inserts the envelope. One of the officials traditionally loudly says "a voté", which can be translated as "your ballot has been cast". It is purely ceremonial and has a double meaning: the voter's voice will be taken into account and they've accomplished their civic duty. They then sign the voters' list, and their registration card is stamped.
Procedures differ when electronic voting, not widespread in France, is used in some cities, despite some controversy about its safety and effectiveness.
Latest election
Summary of the 21–22 April and 5–6 May 2012 French presidential election result
François Hollande Socialist Party & Radical Party of the Left (Parti socialiste - Parti radical de gauche) PS / PRG 10,272,705 28.63% 18,000,668 51.64%
Nicolas Sarkozy Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire) UMP 9,753,629 27.18% 16,860,685 48.36%
Marine Le Pen National Front (Front national) FN 6,421,426 17.90%
Jean-Luc Mélenchon Left Front (Front de gauche) FG 3,984,822 11.10%
François Bayrou Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate) MoDem 3,275,122 9.13%
Eva Joly Europe Écologie–The Greens (Europe Écologie–Les Verts) EELV 828,345 2.31%
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan Arise the Republic (Debout la République) DLR 643,907 1.79%
Philippe Poutou New Anticapitalist Party (Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste) NPA 411,160 1.15%
Nathalie Arthaud Workers' Struggle (Lutte ouvrière) LO 202,548 0.56%
Jacques Cheminade Solidarity and Progress (Solidarité et Progrès) SP 89,545 0.25%
Valid votes 35,883,209 98.08% 34,861,353 94.18%
Spoilt and null votes 701,190 1.92% 2,154,956 5.82%
Turnout 36,584,399 79.48% 37,016,309 80.35%
Abstentions 9,444,143 20.52% 9,049,998 19.65%
Registered voters 46,028,542 46,066,307
Table of results ordered by number of votes received in first round. Official results by Constitutional Council of France.
Source: List of candidates · First round result · Second round result
Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly elections results
Parties and coalitions
Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) PS 7,617,996 29.35% 22 9,420,426 40.91% 258 280 48.53% 94
Miscellaneous Left (Divers gauche) DVG 881,339 3.40% 1 709,409 3.11% 21 22 3.81% 7
Europe Ecology – The Greens (Europe Écologie – Les Verts) EELV 1,418,141 5.46% 1 828,916 3.60% 16 17 2.95% 13
Radical Party of the Left (Parti radical de gauche) PRG 429,059 1.65% 1 538,324 2.34% 11 12 2.08% 5
Presidential majority (Left) 10,346,535 39.86% 25 11,497,075 49.93% 306 331 57.70% 119
Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire) UMP 7,037,471 27.12% 9 8,740,625 37.95% 185 194 33.62% 119
Miscellaneous right (Divers droite) DVD 910,392 3.51% 1 418,135 1.82% 14 15 2.60% 6
New Centre (Nouveau Centre) NC 569,890 2.20% 1 568,288 2.47% 11 12 2.08% 10
Radical Party (Parti radical) PRV 321,054 1.24% 0 311,211 1.35% 6 6 1.04% 12
Centrist Alliance (Alliance centriste) AC 156,026 0.60% 0 123,352 0.54% 2 2 0.35% 2
Total Parliamentary Right 8,994,833 34.67% 11 10,161,611 44.13% 218 229 39.69% 116
Left Front (Front de gauche) FDG 1,792,923 6.91% 0 249,525 1.08% 10 10 1.73% 8
National Front (Front national) FN 3,528,373 13.60% 0 842,684 3.66% 2 2 0.35% 2
Regionalists and separatists REG 145,825 0.56% 0 135,534 0.59% 2 2 0.35% 2
Centre for France (Le Centre pour la France) MoDem 458,046 1.76% 0 113,196 0.49% 2 2 0.35% 1
Other far-right ExD 49,501 0.19% 0 29,738 0.13% 1 1 0.17% 1
Other far-left ExG 253,580 0.98% 0 – – – 0 0.00%
Other ecologists ECO 249,205 0.96% 0 – – – 0 0.00%
Others (Autres) AUT 133,729 0.52% 0 – – – 0 0.00%
Total 25,952,550 100% 36 23,029,183 100% 541 577 100%
Spoilt and null votes 420,749 1.60% 928,411 3.88%
Votes cast / turnout 26,373,299 57.23% 23,957,594 55.41%
Abstentions 19,709,961 42.77% 19,276,406 44.59%
Source: Ministry of the Interior
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As well as Presidential and legislative elections, France also has municipal, cantonal, regional, European, and (indirect) Senatorial elections.
Regional elections have been held since 1986 to elect regional councillors and regional presidents: all elected to serve 6-year terms.
Elections for the French delegation to the European parliament are held every five years.
French senators are renewed by halves every six years through an indirect electoral college composed of elected officials and general, regional, and some local councillors.
Municipal elections to elect city mayors and councillors are held every six years.
Cantonal (departemental from 2015)
The Constitution of France defines in Article 3 that "National sovereignty shall vest in the people, who shall exercise it through their representatives and by means of referendum."[8] The Constitution describes two ways for holding a referendum:
The President may, on the recommendation from the Government or the Parliament, submit to a referendum some government bills.
A referendum may be held upon the initiative of one fifth of the Members of Parliament, supported by one tenth of the registered voters.
The Constitution explicitly states that a referendum can be called only on a Government Bill "which deals with the organization of the public authorities, or with reforms relating to the economic or social policy of the Nation, and to the public services contributing thereto, or which provides for authorization to ratify a treaty which, although not contrary to the Constitution, would affect the functioning of the institutions" (Article 11 of the Constitution[8]).
The second procedure for holding a referendum has several limitations:
it cannot be used to repeal laws which are in effect for less than a year, and
if the proposal fails on a referendum, it cannot be re-submitted to a referendum for next two years.
The second procedure for holding a referendum was added to the Constitution in 2008, and it still has not come into effect (as of 2013). It will come into effect when appropriate legislation is implemented by the Parliament.
The Constitution of France can be amended in two ways:
on a referendum, or
by three fifths super-majority of both houses of the Parliament.
Most constitutional revisions went through the super-majority of the Parliament in Congress.
Ratification of treaties of accession of states to he EU must go through the same procedure as amendment of Constitution of France. All of ratifications went through the super-majority of the Parliament, except the first EU enlargement in 1973.
There were 9 referendums in the Fifth Republic:
2 on Algiers (1961, 1962)
2 on amending the Constitution (1969, 2000)
2 on EU treaties (1992, 2005)
French presidential election referendum of 1962, which also amended the Constitution
1 on EU enlargement (1972)
1 on New Caledonia (1988)
National electoral calendar 2012
^ "Electoral code, article L55" (in Français). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 1964-10-27. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
^ "Electoral code, article R26" (in Français). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 1964-10-27. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
^ Law 77-808 of 19 July 1977 relative to publication and broadcasting of certain opinion polls, article 11
^ "Electoral code, article L49" (in Français). Legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
^ Electoral code, L44, LO127, L194
^ Electoral code, R58
^ a b "Constitution". French National Assembly. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
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Raiders in talks over San Francisco switch
The Raiders National Football League (NFL) team are reportedly in talks to play at the AT&T Park baseball venue in San Francisco next season as they prepare for an early switch from the Oakland Coliseum.
The Raiders, who are to relocate to Las Vegas in 2020, are looking for a home arena for their final year in California after earlier this month withdrawing from a tentative deal to remain in Oakland after the city council began a legal challenge over the move.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that discussions have taken place between the Raiders and the San Francisco Giants MLB team, which owns the 42,000-capacity arena and has played there since it opened in 2000. An agreement is unlikely to be reached before January, the newspaper reports, although NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said recently said the Raiders need to make a decision on a new home within the next two months.
One area of concern is that under Article 4.2(A)(1) of the NFL's bylaws, the San Francisco 49ers and Raiders have "exclusive right" to play in their cities.
The Raiders are due to play their final NFL match at the 47,000-capacity Coliseum tonight when they host the Denver Broncos. The team has played there since returning to Oakland from Los Angeles in 1995, and also played there between 1966-81.
While primarily a baseball park, AT&T Park has staged a number of American football matches, and was the home of college football's Fight Hunger Bowl between 2002 and 2013. It has also staged major soccer matches and earlier this year hosted a Rugby World Cup Sevens event.
The Raiders' decision to leave the Coliseum and end a year-to-year agreement came just hours after the City of Oakland filed a federal antitrust and breach of contract lawsuit against the NFL, the Raiders and each of the other 31 NFL clubs, claiming compensation for the "cartel" actions that led to its home franchise relocating to Nevada.
In March, the Raiders signed a lease deal with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority to build its new venue in Nevada. The deal was signed exactly a year after NFL owners gave the Raiders the green light to move.
The stadium will have a capacity of 65,000 and is projected to cost $1.8bn (£1.43bn/€1.59bn) to build. It is hoped the venue will be ready in time for the 2020 NFL season.
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In all, 25 new names were added to the Supporters' Trust at Reading's illustrious list at an induction gala at Madejski Stadium.
The latest members to join range from James Simonds, Reading FC president between 1871 and 1895 and whose great-granddaughter, Jacquie Drayton, was present to collect his award.
Royals Academy graduate, Alex Pearce, and club historian and former welfare officer, David Downs, were also honoured for their valuable contributions in recent times, as was former player and manager, Mick Gooding, now an expert summariser for BBC Radio Berkshire.
A host of former Royals attended on the night including Jimmy Wheeler, a star of the 1950s, and Nicky Shorey, who won two England caps during his time at the club between 2001 and 2008.
Player turned club scout Bobby Williamson, Steve Richardson and Keith McPherson were also present, while 2005/06 Championship title-winning defender, Ivar Ingimarsson, sent a message of thanks from Iceland.
The event was compared by Reading FC author Roger Titford from STAR along with Paul Allen and included rare footage from the club's long history.
The Deputy Mayor of Reading, Paul Woodward, also received an award on behalf of Stanley Hayward, the Mayor of Reading exactly a hundred years ago and a famous goal-scoring goalkeeper in the club's amateur days.
STAR member Kate Wynn also picked up an award on behalf of her grandfather, Alf Messer, a star of the 1920s, while Paul Evans spoke on behalf of his late father and former Reading player and manager, Maurice Evans, inducted for the 1960s.


Hundreds of thousands of new homes need to be built in the UK every year but a new research report suggests that house builders are facing rising competition for land.
The Government's desire to see 300,000 new homes a year built in England, a 38% rise from where we are now, will obviously boost demand for land. To maintain benign conditions, therefore, we need to see much more land being brought forward, with more planning consents in the areas where demand is highest.
This is contributing to rising urban land values. Across the UK as a whole, urban development land values rose 0.5% in the final quarter of 2017 and 4% across the whole year, more than double the growth in greenfield land values.
At the same time, London developers have been moving beyond the capital, supporting or pushing up land values in markets such as Woking, Guildford and Chelmsford, often building flats for London commuters seeking more affordable accommodation.


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A: Replace www. with dl. is what worked for me.
Something like this:  https://dl.dropbox.com/s/...

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Copy the public link of your file and then replace www with dl and it should work. I tried it, its working, here is the JS file link with the code -
<script src='https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/au8i66el92duxdm/homeslider.js'></script>

A: Im getting a 404 on your links which means your files are probably only accessible to you when your logged in. To stop this you will need to use the dropbox public link
To do this go to your file in dropbox and right-click your CSS file and select Copy Public Link. This will copy a direct URL for your CSS file to your clipboard which should work

A: Put the files in your public folder and then copy public link.
See this article about hosting files on dropbox

A: I was having this same problem using images and fonts in the Public Folder, which I had scripted correctly using the Copy Public Link. Then I checked Properties of the Dropbox Public Folder, for some reason the "Read Only" Box was shaded. I clicked off it, and then was able to get Blogger to upload from the Public Folder.

A: Try dl.dropboxusercontent.com instead of www.dropbox.com


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Heating up: World leaders take centre stage at climate talks
What will be noticeable are a handful of major absences. Xi Jinping, president of top carbon polluting nation China, and Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be in Glasgow
Published: 01 Nov 2021, 3:17 PM
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It's time for more than 130 world leaders to feel the heat.
They will traipse to the podium Monday and Tuesday at crucial international climate talks in Scotland and talk about what their country is going to do about the threat of global warming.
From US President Joe Biden to Seychelles President Wavel John Charles Ramkalawan, they are expected to say how their nation will do its utmost, challenge colleagues to do more and generally turn up the rhetoric.
Humanity has long since run down the clock on climate change, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to say during Monday's opening session, according to partial remarks released by his office late Sunday.
It's one minute to midnight and we need to act now.
The biggest names, including Biden, Johnson, India's Narendra Modi, France's Emmanuel Macron and Ibrahim Solih, president of hard hit Maldives, will take the stage on Monday.
And then the leaders will leave.
The idea is that they will do the big political give-and-take, setting out broad outlines of agreement, and then have other government officials hammer out the nagging but crucial details.
That's what worked to make the historic 2015 Paris climate deal a success, former UN climate secretary Christiana Figueres told The Associated Press.
For heads of state, it is actually a much better use of their strategic thinking, Figueres said.
In Paris, the two signature goals trying to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times and net zero carbon emissions by 2050 were created by this leaders-first process, Figueres said. In the unsuccessful 2009 Copenhagen meeting the leaders swooped in at the end.
What will be noticeable are a handful of major absences. Xi Jinping, president of top carbon polluting nation China, and Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be in Glasgow.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also decided not to travel to Glasgow, the state-run Anadolu Agency said Monday, without citing a reason for the change of plans.
Figueres said the absence of the Chinese leader isn't that big a deal though Biden chided China over the weekend because he isn't leaving the country during the pandemic and his climate envoy is a veteran negotiator.
More troublesome are several small nations from the Pacific islands that couldn't make it because of COVID-19 restrictions and logistics.
That's a big problem because their voices relay urgency, Figueres said.
Kevin Conrad, a negotiator from Papua New Guinea who also chairs the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, said he's watching the big carbon polluting nations: I think it's really important for the United States and China to show leadership as the two largest emitters. If both of them can show it can be done, I think they give hope to the rest of the world.
But before the UN climate summit, known as COP26, the heads of the world's largest economies at the close of their own Group of 20 summit in Rome offered vague climate pledges instead of commitments of firm action, saying they would seek carbon neutrality by or around mid-century.
The G-20 countries also agreed to end public financing for coal-fired power generation abroad, but set no target for phasing out coal domestically a clear nod to China and India.
The G-20 countries represent more than three-quarters of the world's climate-damaging emissions and G-20 host Italy, and Britain, which is hosting the Glasgow conference, had been hoping for more ambitious targets coming out of Rome.
India, the world's third biggest emitter, has yet to follow China, the US and the European Union in setting a target for reaching "net zero" emissions. Negotiators are hoping Modi will announce such a goal in Glasgow.
The Biden administration has tried hard to temper expectations that two weeks of climate talks will produce major breakthroughs on cutting climate-damaging emissions.
Rather than a quick fix, Glasgow is the beginning of this decade race, if you will, Biden's climate envoy, John Kerry, told reporters Sunday.
Scientists say the chances of meeting the goal to keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius this century are slowly slipping away.
The world has already warmed by more than 1.1C and current projections based on planned emissions cuts over the next decade are for it to hit 2.7C by the year 2100.
The amount of energy unleashed by such warming would melt much of the planet's ice, raise global sea levels and greatly increase the likelihood and intensity of extreme weather, experts say.
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Child Tax Credit: Updates Under the American Rescue Plan
By Aurora Eager Leavitt, CPA, Staff Accountant, Tax & Business Services
In March 2021, updates to the Child Tax Credit were implemented as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, these latest changes aid taxpayers meeting certain income thresholds by expanding the amount of the credit and by allowing the credit to be paid out in advance for the remainder of 2021.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 introduced the Child Tax Credit, implementing a $400 credit per child under age 17. It was designed to provide relief to middle and upper-middle class income families. Over the last 24 years the credit has remained in place with changes to the income threshold and the amount families would receive per child.
In 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) increased the credit to $2,000 per eligible child for single filers earning up to $200,000 and married filers earning up to $400,000. The credit decreases by 5% of adjusted gross income (AGI) over the threshold amounts. Up to $1,400 of this credit was refundable. However, the refundable portion was limited to 15% of earnings above $2,500, reducing the amount low-income earners could receive as a refundable credit.
ARP Updates
With the passage of the ARP in March this year, the credit was temporarily expanded to $3,600 for children under age 6 and $3,000 for children between the ages of 6 and 17. There is no cap on the total amount someone with multiple children can claim, and the credit is completely refundable. The credit begins to phase out as certain income levels are attained.
Under the American Rescue Plan, the credit is available to be paid out in advance for the remainder 2021. The IRS began issuing advance monthly installments on July 15. Non-Filers can visit https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/advance-child-tax-credit-payments-in-2021 to enter their information to receive these payments.
Eligible taxpayers should remember these are ADVANCED payments of a credit they are already receiving and not ADDITIONAL payments. For example, if a taxpayer had a $5,000 dollar tax liability in 2020 after all payments and other credits, and was eligible for the full $2,000 child tax credit, the total tax obligation to the IRS would have been $3,000. This year, if the same taxpayer has the same $5,000 liability and has one child over 6 and under 17, they will now receive a $3,000 child tax credit. The taxpayer will receive half of the credit between July and December.
Another situation that could cause an additional liability due in April is if the taxpayer's AGI increased in 2021, placing them into the phase-out range. The credits are being advanced based on 2020 income, so the taxpayer would receive advanced payments based on a $3,000 credit. When they file their tax return, the credit will be calculated based 2021 AGI. Since this taxpayer is now in a phase-out range, they will not be not eligible for the full $3,000 credit, and the excess advanced credit they received will also be due to be returned in April.
The advanced payment of the Child Tax Credit in 2021 will be helpful to many Americans, but taxpayers should be aware of the effect it may have on their tax bills at the end of the year, especially if they typically owe additional tax payments. Please contact your Marcum tax professional for information or assistance.
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Why we shouldn't have been surprised that Adam Scott didn't win at Bay Hill
By Luke Kerr-Dineen
Adam Scott was particularly hard on himself after his third-place finish at Bay Hill, something his colleagues can empathize with.
"When you have a big lead and it comes back to you, you feel like you have lost something but you really haven't," Henrik Stenson told Golf Channel's Ryan Lavner on Sunday, recalling last year's Tour Championship when his 9-stroke lead almost completely disappeared. "It had just felt like a done deal. It's never easy, even though everyone expects you to win."
Adam Scott's seven-stroke lead after Friday had slipped to three after Saturday, and following a three-putt par on 16 and a bogey on 17, he was all but an afterthought going into the 72nd hole on Sunday. It's hard not to be a little disappointed by the immensely likable Masters champ.
According to PGA Tour data, 58 players have led by at least three strokes after either 36 or 54 holes since 2009 (not including this year's Arnold Palmer Invitational). Of those, 31 went on to win -- about 53 percent -- and 27 went on to lose -- about 47 percent. Look just at those who had at least a three-stroke lead through 54 holes, and the percentages are reasonably similar; of the 36 in that situation, 20 (about 56 percent), went on to win, and 16 (44 percent) went on to lose the event.
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And that hardly tells the whole story, because there's plenty of other anecdotal evidence. In 2010, for example, 11 players led by three strokes after 54 holes -- the exact situation Scott was in at Bay Hill. How many of those went on to win? Four, three of them by just one stroke.
Should we have expected Adam Scott to win at Bay Hill? Perhaps. If recent history tells us anything, he did, after all, have slightly more than a coin-flip's chance of actually doing so.
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For those interested in the very broad and diverse field of IT management in the state of Maine, there are many wonderful opportunities, both educational and professional, that are just waiting to be seized. However, it's impossible to determine which one is right for you without having a clear idea of what, exactly, you wish to do in the field. IT mangers work in a wide variety of different capacities, and different job descriptions and responsibilities will come with different necessary requirements and qualifications. For this reason, all people are encouraged to spend some time researching different jobs in the field and selecting a few they are most interested in before beginning their paths to success.
Once a person knows what job he or she would like to have and what steps are necessary for getting there, it's time to get started! While every person's path will be different, depending upon several factors such as current experience level, knowledge level, and career goals, there is some basic information that can help you along your way. By following the advice and information presented here, you should be on your way to the job of your dreams in no time.
Your first step is to decide whether you will need formal educational training in the field or whether you're already ready to begin applying for jobs. If you have at least two years of IT management experience, even if it's just internships or volunteer work, then you may be able to skip formal schooling. Do be aware, however, that those with no or lower levels of education tend to make less and start out lower on the totem pole than those with formal schooling. If you don't have experience, then you'll likely find it's hard to get without having certain connections or education. If you find yourself stuck and unable to find work, then education is probably your best choice.
Formal education doesn't have to be daunting. In fact, many people find real success in the field with nothing more than an associate's degree, which can be earned in as little as two years, sometimes even less. Since these degrees are most commonly earned at community colleges, they are extremely affordable to obtain. Upon graduation, you can typically gain entry level positions in the field, from which you can easily work your way up just by being good and reliable at what you do.
For more demanding jobs, a bachelor's degree is typically required. You can earn a bachelor's degree by first earning an associate's degree and then transferring your credits to an undergraduate institution, which is typically the cheaper option, or you can do it all at once by enrolling in an accredited college or university. Many people prefer this option due to not having to face the hassle of transferring credits and worrying about whether or not one college will work with another. You have to make the choice that is the best and most realistic for you.
Later, if you wish, you can even decide to pursue a master's degree and, after that, a doctorate degree. Do be aware, however, that most people in the field who receive such degrees do so after they have already been steadily working in the field for many years. Remember, that in this field, experience is valued just as much as education, perhaps even more so, so you'll need to possess both in order to have true success. If you can make both of these things come together though, then you'll find yourself with a wonderful and rewarding career.


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Q: Dojo toolkit: How to invoke $(document).someFunction() equivalent I can't seem to figure out how to call a function from a .js file in my html page.
The jquery equivalent is in the title:
$(document).someFunction();

But how do I do this in dojo?
I seems like its really simple, but I can't figure it out :/
Thanks!

A: Dojo takes the approach of giving you functions you pass elements into, rather than giving you a wrapper object you call functions on the way jQuery does.
So for instance:
require(['dojo/dom', 'dojo/domClass'], function(dom, domClass) {
    var elm = dom.byId("someElement");
    domClass.add(elm, "class-to-add");
});

More in the 'Hello Dojo!' tutorial on the Dojo site.


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Artist Peter Zvonar has been following his unique vision. His staged photographs are defying stereotypes by explor-mg the nether worlds of the dreamscape.To explore this internal territory the artist provokes the senses of the viewer through the processes of visual displacement, juxtaposition, and reference shifts. As a result, Zvonar has created his own world reminding that our present day civilization and its rules of conduct and behavior is but a thin and fragile veneer, laid upon the psyche which contains passions and instincts of primordial nature. Not surprisingly, then, we find that the artist, in his works, explores the ambiguous liminal zone between the real and the imaginary, what is sensate and what is not, in effect bringing out for all to see how closely the sex drive interrelate through the use of Freud's pnncrple of the uncanny.
Zvonar's images are residues of self-exploration -- images salvaged from the unconscious after a series of inner journeys. They also are social and cultural commentaries in which we are confronted with a world on the point of dissolution, fracture and conflagration. Through his intimately intense scenes the artist gives expressive form to the near-inchoate needs, impulses and instincts. Zvonar's photographs are within the important artistic tradition of using the psyche in order to uncover what was for-mally submerged within repression. There are several distinct techniques that we are to note if we want to forge a path towards consciousness. They include a disorientation of sensation, in which the confusion of the senses allows theartist to begin apprehending his ability in becoming a Rimbaudian-like observer, and, the prospecting of black humor which allows the ego to overcome the problems of the external world.All three of these devices are found in equal measure in the Peter Zvonar's charged photographs. The artist's visual exploration is wide-ranging and his visual navigation within the self offer a penetrating look at the primacy of passion and the irrational. His provocative images, with their near-mythic thrust, invoke a Dionysian spirit submerged in the world of Eros. lt veers away against sanctioned thinking, against the canons of established religion, rules of the state, and sanctioned views of sexuality.
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By DAVE SKRETTA - Feb. 22, 2019 05:07 PM EST
Texas Tech coach Chris Beard yells out at his players during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Baylor, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Brad Tollefson)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has spent the better part of the past 15 years presiding over the Big 12.
Whether that streak continues could come down to 48 hours.
The No. 12 Jayhawks and No. 14 Texas Tech are each a game behind Kansas State heading into a showdown Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. Should they win what essentially amounts to an elimination game in the conference race, Kansas welcomes the No. 23 Wildcats to Allen Fieldhouse on Monday night.
"The key to having success is you worry about Saturday," Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. "You don't even think about Monday. You worry about Saturday and after Saturday is complete, regardless of the outcome, then you've got to totally retool them. We won't get back here until probably 2 in the morning, and then you have a 30-minute prep day for K-State the next day. We'll start worrying about that whenever the horn sounds in Lubbock but not until then."
For good reason: Winning in Lubbock is anything but a sure thing.
The Jayhawks (20-6, 9-4) trounced the Red Raiders (21-5, 9-4) a couple weeks ago, building a 20-point halftime cushion before cruising to a 79-63 victory.
But that game was played in the Phog, where Kansas has yet to lose this season, and both teams are looking and playing much differently these days.
The Red Raiders have bludgeoned four straight opponents while the Jayhawks are without Lagerald Vick, who remains on a leave of absence — the senior guard had 13 points in that first meeting.
"I just remember we didn't come out ready to play," Texas Tech guard Matt Mooney said, "and it was kind of embarrassing. We definitely have that in the back of our minds going into this game."
There are other high-profile games Saturday, including an ACC showdown between Florida State and North Carolina and a crucial SEC game between Tennessee and LSU. But none of those four teams is trying to continue the longest conference championship streak in NCAA history, which ups the ante not only on the Jayhawks but the other teams still in Big 12 title contention.
Oklahoma State was the last team to win the league in 2004, though Kansas has shared the title a few times. But even that hasn't occurred since 2013, when Kansas State matched the Jayhawks and the four freshmen currently in Self's starting lineup were in middle school.
That wasn't supposed to be the case, of course. The Jayhawks were supposed to have Vick in the starting lineup along with 7-footer Udoka Azubuike. But Vick's absence combined with a season-ending injury to Azubuike has forced Self to adjust his entire team on the fly.
Gone are the twin-big sets and inside-outside actions.
In their place? Four guards, an up-and-down pace and a whole lot of 3-pointers.
"I sound like his agent," Texas Tech coach Chris Beard said, "but Coach Self has done a great job of coaching this team. He's basically changed the way they play. They've had roster changes with injury and a leave of absence and he's, like, turned them into almost a different team."
Some believe this may be Self's greatest coaching performance, even though the ceiling for a rejiggered team that was the nation's preseason No. 1 might be merely be another conference title.
"They're really good," Beard countered. "They have seven or eight players that are really good, and they have a Hall of Fame coach that has set them up."
As effusive as Beard was in praising Self, his counterpart lavished the Texas Tech boss with just as much acclaim. Self marveled at the development of the Red Raiders' Jarrett Culver, one of the league's best players, and the way Beard has gotten Texas Tech to play defense.
Since losing at Kansas, the Red Raiders have beaten West Virginia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Baylor by an average of 24 points. None of those opponents scored more than 61 points.
"It's a huge game for both teams," Self said. "It doesn't necessarily put an exclamation point on where your season will finish based on the outcome, but it would certainly benefit the one greatly and put them in position to maybe play for something. It is certainly a huge game. ... It's going to be fun."


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Canting is when the mounted gun does not sit vertically in the shoulder so that the barrel stack leans to either left or right. To most of us, the sight picture looks just fine and it takes an observer to point out that we are canting the gun.
The reason goes back to the initial bad habit of the shooter. Typically the shooter has become used to the position of the pad in his shoulder and what he sees along the rib - and so he just screws the guns in until it feels "comfy" and looks familiar.
To eliminate canting the shooter has to learn to mount the gun keeping the barrels vertical and he will need to work with a coach to achieve this. Fitting a pad adjuster and changing the pitch are helpful in achieving a more comfortable gun mount but alone they will not eliminate what is simply a bad habit.


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