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Highway bill crosses finish line
Final bill includes 5-year funding for federal transportation assistance.
Jacqui Fatka | Dec 04, 2015
By JACQUI FATKA
THE House of Representatives and Senate successfully reached an agreement on a multi-year highway reauthorization bill and got it to the President's desk ahead of the Dec. 4 funding expiration. The House passed the bill earlier in the day Thursday followed by the Senate Thursday evening.
The two houses of Congress had been conferencing since before Thanksgiving to resolve their differences on setting federal policies for federal surface transportation programs, also known as the highway bill.
The conferees announced they had reached agreement on the $305 billion, 5-year bill on Monday. The fully funded FAST Act increases highway spending by 15% and transit spending by 18% over five years.
Lawmakers had to pass the bill by Friday, when current federal highway funding expired. The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, or "FAST Act," includes the repeal of the $3 billion in cuts to crop insurance companies that lawmakers included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
"The House and Senate conferees' agreement on multi-year surface transportation legislation will provide greater certainty for transportation infrastructure projects that are critical to all sectors of U.S. agriculture," said National Grain and Feed Assn. director of economics and government relations Max Fisher, who said the bill "is vital for U.S. agriculture and its ability to be a competitive supplier in serving domestic and international markets, as well as to the economic well-being of the entire country."
The agreement includes a port performance statistics program. "Keeping track of port performance data, at least at the nation's busiest ports, should help draw attention to the damages of port disputes before they impact the entire supply chain," Fisher said.
Reps. Kurt Schrader (D., Ore.) and Dan Newhouse (R., Wash.) led the effort to include the Port Performance Program within the FAST Act requiring the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to collect and report port statistics which will then be published in an annual report by BTS. The bill also establishes a working group to make recommendations to BTS to determine specific port metrics. The working group will have at least 22 members, including government officials and representatives from labor and industry, with the final decision on metrics resting with the BTS Director.
Schrader said he hopes the inclusion of this provision in the FAST Act "can strengthen the tools necessary to prevent further port disruptions and lead to increased investment and a boost to our economy."
The FAST Act also permanently removes the 30-minute break after eight hours-of-service requirement, which will avoid unnecessary discomfort for livestock and poultry during transport.
The National Milk Producers Federation and International Dairy Foods Association praised Congress for its decision to include a dairy-specific amendment that gives states the option to issue permits allowing milk haulers to increase their truck weights beyond Interstate Highway System limits. This would allow milk trucks in some states to carry more product without being forced to offload portions of it at other state borders.
Robert Guenther, United Fresh's senior vice president for public policy, expressed disappointment that a proposal for national hiring standards for motor carriers to provide clarity and consistency for operators looking to hire carriers wasn't included. Agricultural groups had urged for inclusion of a pilot program that allows states to form compacts to allow CDL (commercial driver's license) drivers ages 18 to 21 to drive across state lines.
The bill does not include a priority provision by many agricultural groups that would have allowed trucks with six axles to transport up to 91,000 pounds on Interstate highways.
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A Nigerian national heading a branch of privately run Guaranty Trust Bank (GT – Bank) defendant Ajodeji Bejide has been charged with aggravated assault by police for allegedly assaulting and wounding his Liberian staff Edward Freeman.
On Wednesday, police authorities said the defendant who has been working as manager for GT – Bank on 13th Street, Sinkor will be forwarded to court Thursday morning, 30 August to face prosecution.
He is accused of carrying out the attack against victim Freeman during a staff meeting at the bank on 13th Street, Sinkor, allegedly hitting the victim with a calculator on his face and wounding his lip.
Police Spokesman Moses Carter says as a result of the attack on victim Freeman with a calculator, he sustained injuries on his lip.
Police say the accused allegedly admitted to the commission of the crime.
Journalists were not permitted to interview or photograph the accused, as it is sometimes done with other defendants who are held in police custody for alleged crimes committed.
The defendant Bejide was not availed to the media during press conference at the Liberia National Police Headquarters for public view.
Under the guidance of Police Inspector General Col. Patrick Sudue, journalists were allowed after the press conference to see defendant Bejide but with strict mandate not to interview or photograph him.
Though he had already been charged, defendant Bejide was being held in the office of the Deputy Chief of Crimes Services Division (CSD) office at the police headquarters when journalists were permitted to see him.
Meanwhile, Central Bank of Liberia has summoned the Board of Directors of GT Bank and issued them the following directives, and directed that Mr. Bejide be suspended without pay with immediate effect and for time indefinite, pending a thorough investigation of the above mentioned allegations by the Board.
The statement which was issued by the directive of CBL's Executive Governor Nathaniel Patray added, while Mr. Bejide is under suspension, the Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Amazu Nwachukwu, be appointed as Acting MD until the conclusion of the aforesaid investigation and that findings be submitted to the CBL within 48 hours, of the Board's intended course of action to address the issue.


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Media Laughs At Senile Joe Biden After He Asks Putin To Stop Being Mean
(RepublicanInformer.com)- President Joe Biden is still trying to protect that he's a tough guy. Reports suggest that Biden made an unexpected call to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday following a number of new cyberattacks on the United States and 16 other nations that occurred last week. The president reportedly warned that the United States would "take any necessary action" to defend itself against the attacks.
At this point, it's just getting sad. President Biden evidently cannot get the Russian president to take action, and he clearly also isn't doing enough to defend America by strengthening our cybersecurity efforts.
How do gangs of Russian hackers keep getting the better of the United States?
In a press conference, Putin promised consequences, and the media literally laughed at him. No, seriously. Check it out:
Biden says he told Putin in phone call Friday that the U.S. will "expect" the Kremlin "to act on" ransomware attacks coming from Russia, even if they aren't sponsored by the government.
Reporter asks: Will there be consequences?
Biden: "Yes." pic.twitter.com/44QJ782o1f
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 9, 2021
Laughing with him or at him? You decide…
A White House readout of the unexpected call to Russia says that President Biden confronted the Russian leader over the attacks and expressed the importance of Russia to "take action" and "disrupt" the hacking and ransomware groups currently operating in Russia.
Biden also reportedly emphasized his commitment to engaging on the broader issue of the threat of ransomware.
If President Putin hasn't already done anything, it seems unlikely at this point that Biden's words will make him do something now. Consider the fact that Putin just re-affirmed a 20-year friendship treaty with President Xi Jinping of China, and ask yourself if that sounds like something a man eager to improve relations with the United States would do.
President Biden also told the press that he expects Russia to take action against cybercriminals and teased the possibility of "consequences."
Maybe Biden might make another call and start begging instead…

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The Fairphone 4 is a difficult one to review in any traditional way because I think you first have to get past the price issue. What you're paying for, apart from smartphone hardware. The phone (at time of writing) costs £499 (128GB) and £569 (256GB). On paper, you can do much better for specs elsewhere. But hold on!
This is an environmentally-friendly phone. A phone which Fairphone wants you to keep for 5+ years. A phone which is made of many recyclable materials. A phone which allows the user to 'upgrade' modular components so as to future-proof it. A phone company that thinks about the planet and not just the usual 2-year turnaround of hardware, much of it ending up in landfill or on ocean beds.
The buyer has to work this one out before considering those specs and thinking that they can do better elsewhere for significantly less money. This, of course, assumes that people have the ready-cash to spend and can afford to take a longer-term view - that £500 is at most £100 per year, so £8 a month. Try to take this into account before reading on - and in turn, I'll try not to compare specs throughout with cheaper phones with more/better specs!
In February 2020 I reviewed the Fairphone 3 and concluded that it needed more user-replaceable parts and a shift in mindset to appreciate the planetary benefits and pricing at £399. In October of the same year, I revisited the phone and was able to add some of the parts which were included in the Fairphone 3+ launch (but not all). The camera module was central to this 'upgrade' but the rest was much the same - apart from the only part I couldn't replace (which would have meant more to me), the speaker.
This was a great shame as the speaker had apparently been enhanced over the original but wasn't user-replaceable as it was too tightly integrated into other non-removable parts. Fairphone PR is supposed to be in the process of sending out a 3+ unit so I can, at last, make that comparison. Watch this space! In the meantime, I shall turn back to the new phone in-hand, the Fairphone 4.
One of the aforementioned great aspects of the concept here is the modularity. In The Phones Show 432, my Phones Show Chat Co-Host Steve Litchfield grabs his screwdriver, goes time-lapse, takes it all apart and reassembles it. It's great to watch and demonstrates all the user-replaceable parts and components. The Fairphone 3 and 3+ come with that little screwdriver to make it all happen, but with the 4 you'll need to find your own #00 Phillips. More planet-saving I guess, but probably not a given that all users will have one!
Something else trendily missing from the box is a charger, though ironically, much cardboard has been wasted in the box design, making it much taller than it needed to be with double-flaps and further covered with another card sleeve. Again, not needed - and for a firm who is claiming to do their bit to save the planet, seems like a mixed message - though to be fair, cardboard is trivial to recycle. Otherwise, the box is simple and no SIM Card Tool needed as you just pull the back off like it's 2009!
The back is made with 100% recycled plastic and looks suspiciously like an iPhone clone with a triangular corner-set camera cluster. That's OK - it's neat and tidy, looks stylish enough - and certainly a design triumph over previous Fairphone models. It feels like this is probably the first unit from the firm that doesn't look like a modular outdated unit. Steve said that he thought the back to be grippy and rubberised in his review, but I disagree as I find it as slippery as any other plastic, though not glass. I'd certainly want a TPU as soon as possible so it didn't plummet to the ground. There's a big FAIRPHONE logo towards the bottom, but it's alright - indented and not garishly coloured. The edges are made with aluminium from eco-friendly firms too and feel lovely and smooth, curving slightly towards the front and back all-round.
On the right there are two volume buttons, capacitive fingerprint scanner/power button and a couple of antenna cut-outs, the top, a microphone, left, some more cut-outs and another microphone, on the bottom there's a USB-C port, another microphone and the right speaker (of the stereo pair) bottom-firing. The bezels on the front around the screen are not insignificant and the chin, deeper than the forehead. Bezels are OK with me though, especially for those using gesture navigation. The right speaker of the stereo pair is doubled up as the earpiece one in the usual way these days and sits at the top of the screen, front-firing, above the tear-drop notch housing the selfie-cam.
The modularity is just great! Takes me back to another era. Carry a spare battery (or two), swap out microSD Card for another (this, with the SIM Card slot are under the battery, incidentally, so you have to power-off to do so), look out for updated camera units or even add an OLED screen (maybe, hopefully, somewhere down the line)! It's a different world from the all-sealed units these days. They've somehow made the phone IP54 dust/splash resistant and it even has a MIL-STD-810G compliance! They're very proud that it got a 100% iFixit Teardown rating on YouTube of course!
This is Fairphone's first 5G phone and is substantial in the hand. It's 225g heavy and comparable in size (height, width) to the Sony Xperia 1 Mk.III (though fatter). The back cover is really tough to peel away (presumably due to that IP54) but there is a hole for a nail (or whatever) for people to get the 'peel' going. It feels solid, sturdy and though not quite Nokia XR20 (hammer nails in with it) it does indeed feel like it will survive to see the promised extended support and warranty.
The front panel is an LCD. I mentioned OLED earlier - and it would be nice to see this as an option. I'm no engineer, and that might not be possible, but I'd personally leap at that - even though I guess the thinking was that an LCD will last longer with this extended support window. Fairphone have used Gorilla Glass 5 on the front, which I've had mixed experience with - seems to do well with shatter-resistance but not so well for micro-scratches, and it's 6.3" diagonally. That's a good size, but as with the Nokia XR20, it feels bigger because of the bezels and housing.
The screen is 1080p with a ratio of 19.5:9 returning 409ppi and a basic 60Hz refresh rate. It seems just about bright and colourful enough on manual and auto for use outdoors and balances the level well enough. Held against the Nokia XR20, it's certainly brighter and more colourful. This is no OLED though, so users shouldn't expect that level of saturation and deep blacks synonymous with the latter. In the settings there is a toggle for 'Visual Enhancement' which allegedly makes contrast, sharpness and dark details more pronounced, but I can't really tell the difference. You can also drill down into colour temperature, gamut with presets or adjust RGB yourself. I do find these kinds of settings a little miniscule in terms of effect - again, working better and with more impact on an OLED panel.
Talking of settings, this is a very clean, stock, Vanilla implementation of Android 11 here, with no bloatware at all and the only sign that it's not a Pixel (in terms of what's been added) is their camera software/app. There's not even a Fairphone support app and only a couple of questions following the Fairphone splash-screen at startup/setup about whether or not you want feedback etc. Good job Fairphone - everyone else look!
Yes, Android 11 out of the box and the promise of updates to Android 12 (autumn 2021) and 13 (autumn 2022) and the aim of 14 (autumn 2023) and 15 (autumn 2024) - depending on their development success and Qualcomm's support with the chipset. So, the 5 years spoken about is rather dependent on other factors going forward. They have been good on promises for previous devices with updates (if some, very late) so we'll have to see. Google Security is currently December 2021, so not far behind Pixels - and, at time of writing, ahead of the Pixel 6!
In many ways the implementation of Android is even more basic than a Nokia AndroidOne device (and certainly a Motorola one). There's no always on display, no Lift to Wake nor Double Tap to Wake even. You can set the screen to wake up with incoming Notifications, but that's about it. Thankfully the Always on AMOLED app comes to the rescue, filling in the gaps - at the expense of battery of course with this LCD. Otherwise, gesture control is here with this up-to-date version of Android, (removable) Google Feed to the left of Home, forced At a Glance and Google Search on the Home screen, system-wide Dark mode and so forth. It feels very much like an AndroidOne device, so not so far removed from a dumbed-down Pixel.
That Qualcomm chipset I referred to above is the SnapDragon 750G (8nm) which is pretty widely used in other phones (including some Samsung, OnePlus, Motorola and Xiaomi mid-rangers) and brings that 5G support for those who can get it. I am finding that the phone is fast enough executing anything I want to do, but I'm no gamer. People pushing the unit in terms of gaming have been pleasantly surprised but you'll need to scour the other reviews on YouTube to get the full low-down.
In this 128GB Storage review unit there's 6GB RAM, which again, seems perfectly adequate in terms of multi-tasking and keeping apps running in the background, but if you buy the 256GB unit, you will get 8GB. It would be nice to think that users could buy and fit RAM if they wanted to, like we have been all used to doing in desktop/laptop PCs since 1842! There is microSD card support, as I said, under the battery, which is playing nicely with my 512GB example and read/write times seem to be adequate, if not as fast as the aforementioned Sony and others. A lot of factors come into play here of course - even the fastest cards' performance is impacted by the other hardware available. Anyway, great that it's there for those who need it.
A quick mention for the side-mounted capacitive Fingerprint Scanner/Power Button which until the December Update arrived forced the user to press the button in to wake the screen, then in a second action 'touch' the scanner to get past the lockscreen. But they fixed it and there's now a setting in Security settings to throw a switch for touch-unlock without the first stage. That makes it much more usable and user-friendly. It's not the fastest capacity fingerprint scanner I've used (there is a very slight delay) but it's still better than any under-glass unit!
In the same position under the battery is a NanoSIM Card slot and although the blurb claims that the phone is "Dual SIM" it should be made clear that one of them is an e-SIM facility. I think that's a bit misleading still in 2021 where people would expect the term to mean two physical slots. But no doubt times are changing! Anyway, you can get 2 x 5G for voice and data.
Sadly for some, the 3.5mm Audio-Out socket has not made it from the Fairphone 3. We speak about this often on our podcast and rue the facility going away, but when it boils down to it, we also acknowledge that Bluetooth has become so amazing these days that we're mostly using it anyway. 3.5mm is a feature that it's nice to have for that odd occasion, but OK - perhaps we should give up now! The Bluetooth output is, as I say, very, very good - 5.1 supported here with various modern codecs.
What we do have for the first time in a Fairphone is stereo built-in speakers. I have found these to be pretty good really. They're not in the same class as my Motorola Edge+ or Steve's iPhone 12 Pro Max but they're more than usable, especially when teamed up with a Music app with some control over output. I use Poweramp and tweak the output via their plethora of settings, more bass can be achieved and less treble, albeit at the expense of some volume - the usual payoff. It's decently loud enough for personal use and certainly for podcasts and spoken word. The stereo separation isn't the best but if you place the phone in front of the head within about 18" you can enjoy the effect well enough. So, no - speakers are not winning any awards, but the sound output is going to be certainly good enough for most users.
Connectivity seems to be solid enough in my tests here. The 5G I can't test but on my 4G locally I can get good enough and stable enough speeds/connection. Similarly the bluetooth seems good with quick-pairing and decent enough range, depending, as always, on the quality of the connected gear. NFC seems to do a good job too, connecting me as it should with other enabled equipment, though I have still not been able to test Google Pay. Others report no issue. WiFi also seems stable enough with a good signal connected, though note that this is not WiFi6. Google Maps and other apps relying on a GPS fix seem to be doing well also - it seems that it's hard to find a phone these days where any connectivity is poor, and as we have found with the release of the Pixel 6, it seems to be a fault when bad, rather than poor components or 'normal' functionality.
I had to take a step back at this point when I read in the specs that DisplayPort is included. I didn't think for a minute that HDMI-Out would have been licensed and included so I cabled-up to my TV to test and yes - sure enough, it does indeed! That's a real boon (for some of us who make use of this facility) and significantly rare these days - so good for Fairphone! Well done indeed. Furthermore, the sound is routed out nicely and background-play seems to work so that the phone can be used at the same time. Armed with an HDMI-Out/USB-C-Out/USB-C-In adapter (or in my case, powered Hub), charging is also possible at the same time. Amazing!
The user-replaceable battery is just shy of 4,000mAh and on testing here it looks like it's good for a day and a half of my 'normal' use. My 10% Reading Test (on multiple tests at different points on the 'depleted' scale) returned about 1 hr and 30 mins which is not too bad, but far from best - just a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy S10 (which I often complain about)! A spare battery to buy changes the equation here enormously and you can pick one up from Fairphone for about £26 at time of reviewing. If this was mine, I'd certainly do that. The charging port offers 20W input and they claim that you can get a 50% charge in 30 minutes. That claim looks to be good on initial testing here, and about an hour and a half for a full charge. Shame there's no way to charge the battery outside of the phone. Accessory needed Fairphone! There is no wireless charging, which I guess would have been a step too far for the modular design but it would have been nice to see a replacement back, with it included. A third-party Qi Receiver is cheap enough but you can't get it connected without a case as the back fits so tightly and cases are few and far between (£33 from Fairphone).
Talking of replacement parts, at time of writing, the available parts from Fairphone are that case and a 30W Charger for £21, along with a bunch of dongles, screen protectors, screwdriver etc. No sign of replacement screens yet, nor camera modules or replacement speakers - or anything else really. I guess it's early days and they will build stocks over time to match the parts which the 3-series ended up getting.
As usual, I'm going to point you to Steve's thoughts on the camera performance in the above-linked edition of The Phones Show but the unit is equipped with a 48MP f/1.6 main shooter with OIS, a secondary 48MP f/2.2 wide-angle unit, a TOF 3D depth sensor and a 25MP f/2.2 Selfie. All specs upped from the previous generation and it takes decent enough shots for the vast majority of users. It feels pretty basic, much like the aforementioned implementations of AndroidOne devices with associated limitations on, for example, optical zoom and a decent night mode. I was able to port the Google Camera app to the phone which rendered better outcomes of course, but that's a side-load APK which I'm not recommending to people.
I'm going to have to say it, you'll get more phone elsewhere for less money! But hold on, because, as I said at the outset, that's not the point. Consider the extra money a contribution to the planet and rationalise part of that extra as the long-term support and OS updates over 5 years (up there with Apple) and you will be free to think about this phone on it's own merits. I tried to review it as if it were £399 instead of £499 - and that puts it right in there with the Nokia XR20. The two phones are significantly robust and (to some degree) similar sizes.
The great thing about the Fairphone 4 is of course, the modularity which you don't get with any other phone on the planet (in anywhere near the same way). User-replaceable parts (when they become available) and at reasonable cost (going by the price of a replacement battery) armed with a simple screwdriver (for parts other than the battery). It's clean Android (which can be boosted by adding a Launcher if you prefer) as Fairphone have not added any bloat - or even their own software (outside of the camera app). The camera is perfectly adequate for most folk and Fairphone have, for the first time, brought a style, fit and finish to a phone that feels like it belongs in 2021 and not 2009.
Bottom line is that it's no flagship, but it is more than adequate in almost every way for almost all users - and if you can afford the outlay, it might be an option - thinking about the £499 over 5 years at £8 per month. In that time, you might well have spent that on two phones. I shall be very keen to see the rollout of replacement parts in the coming months and assess how far Fairphone are going to push the envelope. You can get this in Grey, Green or Speckled Green and for the eco-aware and/or Android purist, I'd recommend it - in some surprising ways, even over a Pixel.
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Q: Is there a detailed definition of the concept of a 'variable', and why do we use them as such? I've noticed that recently I've been struggling with some aspects of our logical ideas in Algebra and they seem to revolve around the idea of the true concept of a 'variable'. I mean this in the most simple use of the word, as a form of 'placeholder'. Something like $x_i$ has another variable in it's index, and provides other problems, if there is $x_i$ and $x_1$ we can thing of $x_i$ as a more general form of the latter, if we have variables $x$ and $y$ we can call them 'separate variables' in the case of $x_i$ and $x_1$ we could have $i=1$ in which case $x_1$ and $x_i$ are not separate?
Another thing that I would be interested to know is based around the way we talk about them, for example:
We have an expression for example:
$3x+1$
We can talk about this in a general way, what values do we expect this quantity to take for differing values.
We might write $y=3x+1$, we then write something like
'if $x = 3$'
and we'll say $y = 10$ but y is being used as a general term and we jump between these 'contexts', this seems odd to me, I understand the idea but it seems strange all the same.
In the same way, having
$3x+1=10$ is a statement and we can talk about it generally where $x$ is no particular number, and even quantify over it using quantification logic, but again we may write
if '$x = 3$' and we will write then 10=10 and the statement is true.
It seems strange to use this notation '$x=...$' and to use 'if' or 'when' because are these 'variables' really changing or are we really just expressing the structure for where there is a specific number instead of a placeholder?
It begs the question, is it just a placeholder for 'some' value, or does it almost represent something that is somehow changing by itself (how can it do so on a piece of paper), if it is simply a place holder, saying 'when $x=$' or if '$x=1$' seems strange to me, would we not perhaps best define some kind of 'replacement' operation instead of this kind of 'assignment'? Does $x$ somehow have a value at all times? Or are we constantly jumping from context to context? Where each context is hypothetical?Can $x$ somehow represent multiple values at once.
If we talk about $x=1$
Can we also write $x+1=2$ and have $x$ as a proxy for $1$
and hence have $a_x$=$a_1$ for all values?

A: In the way that they are used and understood in first order logic, a variable is nothing more than a piece of language. Variables helps us form mathematical sentences, so in a very literal sense, a variable is just a symbol, like the letters in a language. Variables are the core of formal mathematics, and they let us make general claims about what sorts of things are true.
A formula is a string of symbols in a formal language, one which is formed in accordance with the grammar of the language (usually called formation rules). For example, "$x\neq 3$" is a formula, because we understand the string to be asserting something, namely that "the object $x$ is not $3$". Without context though, the variable $x$ is sort of meaningless. It could be almost anything: a number, a set, a function, a person? Formally, $x$ is said to be a free variable of the formula "$x\neq 3$", because it has not been bound by a quantifier. Whether or not a variable is free or bound is dependent on the formula itself, it's not dependent on what other assertions are floating around; each formula categorizes its own variables.
Quantifiers are used in formal logic to bind a variable, and give it meaning by placing it in a context. For example, the sentence "$\forall x, x=3$" has a distinct and unambiguous meaning. It is saying "every object is $3$". This is false in basically every axiomatic system, but it is unambiguously false. We don't have to wonder about what $x$ is, because it's not really anything, it's just a formal way to say "object". We can also use different variables to talk about (possibly) different objects.
A sentence is a formula that has no free variables, they are typically formed by binding all the variables with quantifiers. A mathematical sentence has a totally unambiguous interpretation, it's either true or false. Whether a sentence is true or false depends on the surrounding axioms of the formal system. For example, the sentence "$\forall x, \exists y, y=x+1$" simply means "given any object ($\forall x,$), there is another object ($\exists y,$) that is $1$ more than the first ($y=x+1$)". If the objects we're talking about are integers, this is true, and it follows from the axioms of the integers.
Axioms are sentences which are implicitly assumed to be true. There a few ways to think of axioms. The platonic interpretation is that an axiom is something that is so simple and self evident that it absolutely must be true. Less rigidly, you could instead think of them as invisible premises, a way to not have to say "if so and so holds, then..." over and over. More intuitively though, axioms are what we use to describe what all these "objects" are. Each system of abstractions will have its own axioms, and mathematics is essentially the study of how to use axioms (simple truths) to get a thorough understanding of how an abstract system works.
A definition is a formal way to give a name to a specific object that you already know exists. That object could be a number, a function, a relation, etc, so long as you already know it exists. If we're being perfectly formal, the thing you're defining should almost always be a constant. For example, if you want to talk about the function that is associated with $y=3x+1$, what you really want to talk about is its graph, and what that graph (as an unchanging object) looks like. The symbols we use for definitions (like $3, e, \pi$) are sometimes the same as the symbols we use for variables. Because we only have so many symbols, that's unavoidable. When we use a variable to form a definition though, that symbol should stop being categorized as a variable, since it no longer serves the same linguistic purpose. For instance, it makes sense to say "$3\neq 4$", but it's absurd to write "$\forall 3, 3\neq 4$" because $3$ is a constant, not a variable.
The issue with variables in less formal approaches is that they tend to get merged with axioms and definitions in ways that are hard to untangle. For example, if we assert $y=3x+1$, what is this? If $x$ and $y$ are variables, then it can't be an axiom, because variables are supposed to be totally featureless elements of a language. Usually when something like this is done, the presenter is asking "if this is true, what else is true?" in which case it does actually amount to an axiom (or a premise, no difference). This is formally valid, but only if you stop considering $x,y$ to be variables; now they're just poorly defined constants. This is usually what people think about variables, a constant where you don't know what it is, but that's more akin to incompleteness. The formal system is unambiguously saying "this is a constant, not a variable", but it's not giving you enough information to figure out what the constant is actually supposed to be. This feature is useful when generalizing through deduction, but it is confounding to think about an "intentionally ambiguous constant", so people just call them variables (even though, technically, they are not).

A: There is no single working definition of what a variable is. Depends on context.
When considering polynomials in algebra, for example, $p(x)= x^2 -x -1$, the "$x$" in this expression is only a notational convention. It does not really exist. Polynomials are defined as finite sequences of numbers, so $p(x)$ as described above, is $p=(-1,-1,1)$.
When considering polynomials as functions in calculus, that "$x$" has meaning in that expression, and it actually plays the role of a "placeholder" as you mentioned. Since it is a placeholder, we can rename it at will without changing the meaning, so for example we could write $p(-|-)= (-|-)^2 - (-|-) - 1$, where "$-|-$" is a symbol I just invented.
Now consider the final case of "no particular context". Consider the expression $x=1$. This "$x$" is not a notational convention and not a placeholder, since I can't put $5$ in the place of $x$. So what is it? It is usually called a free variable, and is an interesting topic for you to search about.
Note that placeholders are usually called bound variables in contrast with free variables, and in the algebraic-polynomials case, the "variables" are called indeterminates.

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the concept becomes more complex when we consider things such as
(3), this is technically a placeholder for a simple number

Suppose that $f:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ is a function. Then $f(3)$ is a number. It is the output of the function $f$ when the input is $3$. I would not call it a placeholder or a variable. It is simply a number.
In fact, I typically avoid the term "variable" entirely. In my mind, there is no such thing as a "variable". It is not a term that has a precise definition (except perhaps in parts of more advanced math, which we need not bother with when understanding high school algebra).
So for example, I will say things like:
If $x$ is a number and $3x + 1 = 10$ then $x = 3$.
Here, $x$ is not a "variable", it is simply a number. Sometimes I might call it an "unknown number", or "unknown" for short. Of course, its value is only unknown until we recognize that $x = 3$, then its value is known.

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The family of 32 year old Aaron Duncan were left with more questions than answers after his body was found inside a panel van parked along the roadway of Boiler Trace, Cameron Road in Petit Valley. Reports indicate that the panel van was noticed parked in the area since 5pm on Saturday (Jan 30th). When residents noticed that the unfamiliar vehicle had not moved a small group took a closer look around 8am on Sunday (Jan 31st) and found drips of blood near the door. When they looked inside a body was found. Officers from the Western Division Task Force visited the scene and confirmed that the body of Duncan, of Bagatelle Road, was found bound and gagged. He had been reportedly shot multiple times in the head leading officers to believe it was an execution.


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Alternative Title: Walter Richard Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess, in full Walter Richard Rudolf Hess, (born April 26, 1894, Alexandria, Egypt—died August 17, 1987, West Berlin, West Germany), German National Socialist who was Adolf Hitler's deputy as party leader. He created an international sensation when in 1941 he secretly flew to Great Britain on an abortive self-styled mission to negotiate a peace between Britain and Germany.
What did Rudolf Hess do?
An early member of the Nazi Party, Rudolf Hess participated in the abortive Beer Hall Putsch in Munich (1923), transcribed and edited Adolf Hitler's dictation of Mein Kampf while both were in prison, and served as Hitler's private secretary in the 1920s and as deputy party leader and minister without portfolio from 1933.
How did Rudolf Hess die?
The death of Rudolf Hess was officially ruled a suicide. According to a report by the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police, Hess hanged himself with an electric cord inside a summer house on the grounds of the Spandau Prison.
Where did Rudolf Hess die?
Rudolf Hess died in Spandau Prison in West Berlin, where Nazi officials who had been sentenced to imprisonment at the Nürnberg trials were housed. From 1966 until his death in 1987, Hess was the only prisoner at Spandau.
What is Rudolf Hess most famous for?
Rudolf Hess is most famous for undertaking a secret solo flight from Bavaria to Scotland in May 1941 to deliver proposals for peace between Germany and Great Britain. Regarding Hess's mission as unauthorized and doubting his sanity, the British government held Hess as a prisoner of war through the end of World War II.
The son of a merchant, Hess served in the German army during World War I. After the war, he studied at the University of Munich, where he engaged in nationalist propaganda. Hess joined the fledgling Nazi Party in 1920 and quickly became Hitler's friend and confidant. After participating in the abortive November 1923 Munich (Beer Hall) Putsch, he escaped to Austria but returned voluntarily to Landsberg prison, where he took down and edited much of Hitler's dictation for Mein Kampf. Promoted to Hitler's private secretary, Hess was charged with creating a new centralized party organization after the defection of the leftist followers of Gregor Strasser (1932). In April 1933 Hess became deputy party leader and in December entered the cabinet. In 1939 Hitler declared him second to Hermann Göring in the line of succession.
Hess had a reputation for absolute loyalty to Hitler. During the later 1930s and the first years of World War II, however, when military and foreign policy preoccupied Hitler, Hess's power waned, and his influence was further undermined by Martin Bormann and other top Nazi leaders. Hess decided in the spring of 1941 to bring the continuing military struggle between Germany and Britain to an end by means of a spectacular coup and thereby restore his flagging prestige. On May 10 he secretly flew alone from Augsburg and landed by parachute in Scotland with peace proposals, demanding a free hand for Germany in Europe and the return of former German colonies as compensation for Germany's promise to respect the integrity of the British Empire. Hess's proposals met with no response from the British government, which treated him as a prisoner of war and held him throughout World War II. His quixotic action was likewise rejected by Hitler himself, who accused Hess of suffering from "pacifist delusions."
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After the war, Hess was tried at the Nuremberg (Nürnberg) war crimes trials, convicted, and given a life sentence. He served his sentence at Spandau prison in Berlin, where from 1966 he was the sole inmate. After his death in 1987, Hess was buried in Wunsiedel, Bavaria, and his grave later became a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. In 2011 it was decided that his body should be moved. Hess's remains were subsequently cremated, and his ashes were scattered in an unidentified lake.
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October 20, 2016 – New discoveries in star formation, galaxy cluster physics, ultra-deep galactic exploration and magnetic field surveys of the universe are coming soon, according to a team of astronomers led by Grant Wilson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who are building the next-generation, most sensitive millimeter-wavelength polarimetric camera on Earth for studying the heavens.
The new camera is expected to be operational by late 2018. It will offer 100-times-faster mapping speed than the LMT's current capability and "astonishing sensitivity" to astronomers.
Observations that require today's telescopes five years to complete will be done in a little more than one week with TolTEC, for example.
Another benefit of TolTEC is that it can survey the sky simultaneously in three frequency bands compared to the current instrument's single band. And TolTEC will not only be sensitive to intensity or total light but to the incoming light's polarization state, Wilson said. Such new capabilities will allow astronomers to probe an array of new phenomena.
Wilson, an astrophysicist and cryogenic systems expert, said the millimeter-wave-detecting camera will replace one named AzTEC that he and others previously built for collecting images of thermal radiation emitted by distant, dusty galaxies during the formation and death of stars. TolTEC will be a little larger than a smart car; when working it must be cooled to 4 degrees Kelvin (about minus 450 degrees F) and its detectors to only 0.1 degrees above absolute zero.
Lead project scientist Itziar Aretxaga of INAOE in Mexico and deputy project scientist Alexandra Pope at UMass Amherst are expected to lead the scientific advisory board. "That's what we're giving back to the global community in exchange for the funds we have received to build this new instrument," Wilson said.


Both of these acts have made a name for themselves within the scene for producing some pretty impressive club wrecking no-holds-barred industrial and this split CD pretty much hammers that truth home with a vengeance.
Comprising of ten tracks, six of which are Xotox and Detune-X passing the mantle to and fro to each other there are two tracks remixed from each artist and two full collaborative tracks to feast on.
The emotional side of each artist has been given the nod to the back door for this release to pave way for an all out club assault where beat matches beat, pound for pound; it's unrelenting and there really is no scope for relaxation within the entirety of the disc, even the lighter moments are only given an ounce of momentum before they kick the pulses going again.
What I do like about this album is the fact that this hasn't been approached from an entirely industrial perspective and have allowed for more proper dance elements to filter through and therefore take away a lot of the powernoise elements that occasionally creep through both acts individual work; this more comes to light upon hearing the two remixes that both artists reassemble on each others work.
Surprisingly then it was straight back to solid machine like precision when the final collaborations kick in, however these are welcome in their own right after tampering within different genres, just letting the old faithful following know they haven't forgotten where they come from.
It's been a while since I have listened to a split/collaborative release, I remember many a day when these came in as 'remix wars' releases, and this is a straight almost nostalgic hark back to that era of the scene.


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Virginia Races
Outlook: Toss-up
This race is part of the Crystal Ball's "Ferocious FIFTY" list of the 50 most competitive House races in the nation.
Republican Thelma Drake won re-election over Democrat Phil Kellam.
June 29, 2006 Update:
Let there be no mistake about it: this race right here in the Crystal Ball's backyard is emerging as one of the top priorities for both parties in the 2006 congressional elections. Democrat Phil Kellam's geographical base and well-respected last name give him advantages previous Democratic contenders here haven't had, and his fundraising to date has been respectable.
Still, freshman GOP Rep. Thelma Drake isn't taking anything for granted, and she was the beneficiary of a recent fundraising visit from Vice President Dick Cheney. Her campaign contends Kellam's stands on a variety of issues mirror her's and seeks to tie him to the liberal group MoveOn.org, which recently sponsored ads in the district attacking Drake. The national attention being given this race earns it a place in the Dirty Thirty, and we at the Crystal Ball are glad to have a front row seat to a truly competitive House race for the first time in six years!
Word on our street is that while team Democrat Phil Kellam's is running the better candidate, team freshman GOP Rep. Thelma Drake is running the better campaign. Kellam's name recognition is phenomenal, yet two months out from the election, his critics are correct to point out that he has been slow to outline his views on most issues of national import. Still, Sen. George Allen's new-found vulnerability following remarks that were perceived to be racially insensitive can't help his party's down-ballot candidates. We now rate this race a tossup, though we would give an ever so slight edge to Drake if a gun were at our head.
February 2006 Outlook:
A last-minute replacement candidate for a scandal-tarred Republican incumbent in 2004, freshman GOP Rep. Thelma Drake won this district with 55 percent against Democratic Iraq veteran and political neophyte David Ashe. But her political position in this military-heavy Tidewater district is still not considered particularly strong for a first-term incumbent. For one, Drake's geographic base is the city of Norfolk, which accounts for only a small fraction of the district when compared to Virginia Beach, where about two thirds of the district's voters reside. Drake may also have to spend time and money on turning back a primary challenge if Virginia Beach sheriff Paul Lanteigne enters the race for the GOP nomination.
Democrats are excited about their 2006 recruit here, popular Virginia Beach Commissioner of Revenue Phil Kellam, whose chief advantages are name recognition and geography. His family has a long history of involvement in city politics dating back to the mid-20th century, and the Kellam name is still very valuable in the area. Kellam has won overwhelming victories in several technically nonpartisan city-wide Virginia Beach elections, meaning his is already a household name among two thirds of the district's electorate. By contrast, Drake has only run once district-wide and has successfully run many times in a Norfolk House of Delegates district about a sixth the population of Virginia Beach.
Of special significance to this race were the local results of the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election; Democratic candidate Tim Kaine's narrow win of the city of Virginia Beach was a stunning result. While Drake will most likely be better funded this time around and can point to a seat on the Armed Services Committee, this race has all the makings of a decently competitive contest, and certainly will be the closest congressional race held in Virginia this year. Drake retains an early advantage, but don't be surprised to see this race move into the "Dirty Thirty" at a later point.
Phil Kellam (I) – Democrat – Total Raised: $1,157,495.14 | Total Spent: $1,150,998.78
Thelma Drake (I) – Republican – Total Raised: $1,855,459.57 | Total Spent: $1,520,472.77
Outlook: Leans Republican
This race is part of the Crystal Ball's "Watch List" of the next 25 House races worth keeping an eye on.


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A Hollywood Dream House in Greensboro
The comedy film "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" was released in 1948. It enjoyed a distinguished pedigree – produced by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by H. C. Potter, and showcasing stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas. Although the movie attracted modest audiences, it was cleverly paired with a national promotion of "dream houses" in 73 cities across the country, including Greensboro. The movie-inspired model homes were not just public relations events to stimulate movie ticket sales, but they were also used to jump-start interest in home appliances, local home construction, and furnishings activity.
The film was based on a book of the same name, written by Eric Hodgin in 1946. The basis of the storyline revolves around two primary characters, Muriel and Jim Blandings, who flee their cramped city apartment for an expansive new home in the country. Over the course of the film, the characters are confronted with numerous challenges involving design and home construction, but persevere in securing a comfortable residence in spite costly setbacks and troubles. The movie's Greensboro premier was held at the Carolina Theatre on September 8, 1948.
RKO Producer David O. Selznick and the General Electric company sought dual interests in promoting the Blandings film with its release in 1948. RKO worked with local GE dealers and homebuilders to commission near-replicas of the Blandings dream house. Each house was stocked with GE appliances, and was finished and furnished by other local contractors and suppliers. The result was a nation-wide event that cross-marketed the film as well as material goods.
The Greensboro dream house was constructed on a hillside lot located at 3924 Starmount Drive overlooking the Starmount Forest Country Club golf course. The Starmount neighborhood was re-branded from the earlier 1920s-era Hamilton Lakes development that suffered with the Great Depression. The Blandings House was a creative way for home builder The Starmount Company to promote the neighborhood in the earliest years of post-war construction boom.
Local General Electric dealer Nash-Steele-Martin was likely the catalyst for the Greensboro house, one of just two such projects in the state (the other was in Rocky Mount). The dealer offered refrigerator-home freezers, electric sinks (dish washers), push-button stove ranges, "flatplate" clothes irons and all-automatic (clothes) washers from their showroom at 321 South Davie Street. All items were also on display in the model house.
The design of the Blandings house was not a replica of the silver screen version – rather, an inspiration from the original. The Greensboro variation (image, right) follows a basic theme including a two-story New England-style Colonial house. The film's clapboard frame house featured three bays of openings with the entry to the far right on the main block, and a central chimney stack. A one-story wing continues to the right. The Starmount rendition is a two-story brick house with three bays, the center-most bay the entry. A one-story wing extends to the left of the main block, and a one-story porch extends to the right. Interior appointments were traditional and furnished by Morrison-Neese Furniture Company. "Gray and turquoise striped walls are found in the foyer, complemented by grey carpeting" reported the Greensboro Record, "On the right is the living room, decorated in red, chartreuse, and turquoise."
The "Dream House" house was opened for tours on Sunday, September 19th, 1948 and remained open for 15 days. Admission to the house was free, and both the film and show house were promoted in local papers.
Greensboro designer Virginia Ford Zenke remembered her experience with the project in her 2006 autobiography "Midlife ~ Mid-Century ~ Mid-South" (available at the Blandwood Museum Shop):
"A house under construction by a land owning company, a client who was ready to buy the house, a downtown emporium that was willing to supply the furnishings, and the blue ribbon girls from the local garden club who did very proper flower arrangements produced the ingredients to make this a real show. I do not know why I was selected to tie it all together as the decorator, except that the noted designers in the business had decided not to be a part of it."
The Blandings house was purchased by Dallas and Allie Neese while it was under construction. Neese was employed as a salesman at the Odell Mill Supply Company. Its value was estimated to be $50,000, including appointments. The couple remained in their Starmount "Dream House" until 1982. The house remains standing in very good condition today.
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Q: Is quick help available in colab notebook when using swift or swift for tensorflow? As in working with python in notebook, you can do this to get help
??gradient

or
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But this doesn't work with swift:
error: <Cell 8>:1:1: error: '??' is not a prefix unary operator
??gradient

Since "?" is used in swift to mean Optional, there may be a conflict. The project is early, but just to see if anyone know quick help is available, maybe going under a different syntax?

A: I don't see any such a functionality (yet) in the Swift-Jupyter project.


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Q: How do I configure a scheme to get the least privileges for e specific user in SQL Server? I am currently trying to secure my database.
For this purpose the user webread should only be able to access objects from the schema web. The underlying tables/views should not be available to the user in anyway other way.
I have read this super article to understand the concept of least privilege and how I can set it up in safe way.
Unfortunately I don't understand exactly how I have to do that. The setup of the tables is shown in the following script. The testscript is wrote is below.
-- Objects
CREATE TABLE Tabelle (daten nvarchar(10))
INSERT INTO dbo.Tabelle(daten)VALUES(N'foo')
GO
CREATE VIEW dbo.Sicht AS SELECT * FROM Tabelle
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.lesen AS
begin
    SELECT * FROM dbo.tabelle
end
GO
-- objects to secure
CREATE SCHEMA web;
GO
CREATE view web.Sicht AS SELECT * FROM dbo.Tabelle;
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE web.lesen AS
begin
    SELECT * FROM dbo.tabelle
end
GO

I started with that.....
CREATE USER webread WITHOUT LOGIN

ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::web TO webread;
GRANT execute,SELECT ON SCHEMA ::web TO webread;

-- select as dbo
SELECT * FROM  dbo.Tabelle
SELECT * FROM  web.Tabelle

-- select as webread
EXEC AS USER = 'webread'
GO
SELECT current_user
SELECT * FROM  dbo.Tabelle
SELECT * FROM  web.Sicht
REVERT

A: I have found the solution. Simply revoke all rights for the user webread on both schemes (dbo and web) and only grant execute (for SP) and select (views) on the web scheme for the user webread. only works if both schemes (web and dbo) belong to the same user/principal.
CREATE USER webread WITHOUT LOGIN

deny DELETE, INSERT, REFERENCES, SELECT, UPDATE,EXECUTE ON SCHEMA::dbo TO webread
deny DELETE, INSERT, REFERENCES, SELECT, UPDATE,EXECUTE ON SCHEMA::web TO webread
grant EXECUTE, SELECT ON SCHEMA::web TO webread
-- execute für SP, select für Views

-- select as dbo
SELECT * FROM  dbo.Tabelle
SELECT * FROM  web.Sicht

-- select as webread
EXEC AS USER = 'webread'
GO
SELECT current_user
SELECT * FROM  dbo.Tabelle
SELECT * FROM  web.Sicht
EXEC  web.lesen
REVERT


On these unique CD's are the only known experimental stereo recordings of the NDO, made in 1960/61/63 and announced by the late Roger Moffat. The BBC was at the forefront of stereo recordings, even though professional stereo equipment was both rare and costly.
Many talented and dedicated BBC engineers, mixers and producers were involved in the 60's in pushing stereo recording technology to the limit.
To my knowledge these recordings have never been heard in true stereo, because when they were broadcast, none of the FM transmitters were stereo capable, and use had to made of Radio and TV audio to achieve a form of stereo for the listening public. They sound superb.
CD 2 is equally remarkable, since it contains some of the last stereo recordings the NDO made in1972 -74 before it was disbanded and became the NRO.
The conductors during this period were Bernard Herrmann, Alan Moorhouse,and Brian Fitzgerald.
We hope that you will enjoy these unique CD's, produced at cost, and maybe see your way to sending a small donation via us payable to 'Children In Need' for Ruby and Pure Gold 1, 'Nordoff Robbins' for Diamonds, when you order.


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By Pickle &nbspDecember 2, 2019
In successfully organizing IFFI, Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) has proven its capability, says ESG Vice-Chairman Subhash Phal Dessai, while also stressing that the work on the Film City and convention centre projects, the dream projects of late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, will also soon pick up pace in the state
How did you plan the Golden Jubilee celebrations of IFFI?
I was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of ESG just three months before the festival happened. Although I was good in administration, I made sure that things were well-planned. I made various committees and delegated powers to my team working on the project.
I think I lived to the expectations of the Hon'ble Chief Minister. He was very clear from the beginning that work should not get stuck at any stage. He cleared almost all the files within 24-hours.
How did you manage to work with different stakeholders in organizing a successful festival this year?
It is normally difficult to synchronize things with both the institutions— ESG and DFF—having different works to execute. At the same time, it had to be done in convergence with each other as it was a combined effort. Due to proper planning, this year ESG and DFF worked together without any clash of opinion. It was a smooth sailing.
Do you plan to bring many more events like this one to Goa?
Yes. Our job is not just limited to organizing IFFI. Of course IFFI is the biggest festival we have and the formation of ESG happened because of IFFI, but at the same time we have proved in the last few years that we are capable and have good potential and expertise in organizing events beyond IFFI.
The late Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar had envisioned a powerful infrastructure for the festival in the State. Don't you think it is taking time for his vision to be fulfilled?
Manohar Parrikar was a visionary leader and taking IFFI to Goa was a brave decision he took. He executed it so well for everyone to see. However, his untimely demise was a great setback. Before the first IFFI in 2004, there was nothing in Goa in terms of infrastructure, but he transformed the infrastructure within six months time. It was his dream to build a film city and a big convention centre.
Under the leadership of our present Chief Minister, we are definitely heading towards fulfilling Parikkar's dream. We will be taking the Film City Project this year. We are also making efforts to make all facilities to filmmakers at one place. We have announced a short film competition in the State and probably through them we would be able to highlight some of the scenic places of Goa.
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All prints and art by Catherine Ledner and available for $1200 from Beholder-Art. You can even try them in your house for 7 days to make sure that having a giant chicken staring at you makes you happy. Amber at Bramble Berry is so enamoured with the squirrel that she's made it her wallpaper on her dual monitors.


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March 18, 2016 | WLT
News, Reviews, and Interviews In this article from the New York Review of Books, Tim Parks details the "translation paradox." Recent WLT contributor Gabeba Baderoon has been annou...
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News, Reviews, and Interviews In preparation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Academy of American Poets has curated this list of poems in honor and celebration. Poet Allison Hedge Coke, recently pu...
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August 8, 2014 | Kaitlin Hawkins
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Dodd ready for mixed opener
New Perth Glory midfielder Travis Dodd admits he will have mixed emotions when he faces his former club Adelaide United in this weekend's Hyundai A-League season opener.
The former Qantas Socceroos winger played for the Reds from 2005 until last season and also captained the side for much of that time before coach Ian Ferguson convinced him to move to Perth for the new campaign.
Dodd said facing last year's semi-finalists at nib Stadium on Sunday would be a tough test for his new club, but one he was really looking forward to because of his history in Adelaide.
"There's a lot of emotion in the game for me but I can't wait to get out there and play," he said.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet. I'm sure as the week progresses and it's a bit more in the media and when we speak about the game more in training, it will be a weird feeling."
"But you can't get caught up in all the hype around the game because it detracts from my own personal game."
"It was a tough decision (to leave Adelaide), I'm not going to lie. But now that I've been here for five or six months, my family is settled and I'm here at a great club with a great bunch of players, I couldn't be happier. Hopefully that reflects in my game."
The Glory will be trying to improve on their last disappointing campaign, where they finished well below expectations in 10th spot, with just five wins from 30 games.
Dodd said it was vital for the team to put that dark period behind them with victory on Sunday, especially because of a tough travel schedule which sees them play seven of their following 10 fixtures on the road.
"It's important that we win all of our home games. To get three points on Sunday is a big job for us, but we're confident," he said.
"It is a great squad that the manager has put together and there are a lot of expectations on us. But that can only be a good thing. We've had some good results in the pre-season and everyone is just itching to get out there."
"As a team, we want to go out and make the finals first and foremost. And we want to put in good performances week in, week out, not only for ourselves but for our supporters, who have backed the club for so long."
"They're a great bunch of fans and I'm sure they'll be out in force on Sunday to stick it up Adelaide."
Perth are expected to have a full squad to choose from for the game, with fellow recruit Adam Hughes back in training after recovering from a viral infection.
Green and gold beckons for talented teens
Three members of the two-star PGFC Academy will be heading to Thailand later this month having been named in the Joeys (Australia Under-15s) squad for the upcoming 2019 AFF U-15 Championship... Sebastian Gomez, Joshua Rawlins and Aiki Tsukamoto were all included in the 23-strong
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The Hyundai A-League 2019/20 season is shaping up to be another thriller as Glory look to defend their Premiership title and add a Championship to the club's honours list. There is also the exciting prospect of a maiden AFC Asian Champions League campaign to look forward
Glory edged out by Gulls
A young PGFC Academy First Team was edged out by 3-2 by Sorrento in Saturday's NPL WA clash at Percy Doyle Reserve. Alex Morgan gave the hosts the lead on 25 minutes, but Alessandro Circati levelled for Glory two minutes later. Cameron Teece then restored Sorrento's lead ea
Gritty Glory go down to United
Perth Glory produced a valiant defensive display in Saturday's friendly against Manchester United at Optus Stadium before eventually succumbing to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the EPL giants. United were kept at bay for an hour until Marcus Rashford eventually broke the deadlo
Glory secures partnership with Hyundai
Perth Glory is delighted to announce that it has agreed a partnership with Hyundai for the game against Manchester United in Perth. The logo of the global automotive giant will feature on the front of Glory?s shirt for the prestige clash with the English Premier League side at
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Bob Reina is the CEO of Talk Fusion. He is trying to make the world a better place by doing his part and giving his time, and money. He is trying to make an influence on others by making it known that he is giving his time and money to charity.
That I Will spirit and mentality has driven him to great success with Talk Fusion. It has also led to great success in the community as he attempts to make the city a better place by giving his time, and money. He feels that if he gives his time and money, others will be inspired to do the same.
Giving back is one of the essential public profiles he can think of to use this celebrity status. The celebrity status can give influence to others who are trying to make a difference in the world but have limited financial resources.
Talk Fusion is a tech and communications business founded by Bob Reina. He is a Brandon Florida native. He likes to find the bottom line in everything that he does. He would instead see the bottom line with his business associates then push off on products at the highest price possible.
He finds there is a difference in success and profitability. A company can be profitable but not successful. To be successful with his company, he sees the bottom line in almost everything he does. He encounters many tasks throughout the business world and tackles them with the I Will spirit.
Bob Reina is a philanthropist, innovator, and CEO and founder of Talk Fusion. He feels inspired to give back with his celebrity status. Giving back is one of the most important things to his community that he can do on a personal basis and a business basis.


Partner Craig Hoffman's Data Privacy Monitor post is quoted extensively in an article published Jan. 24, 2017, by CSO.com.au. The article, "As Security Vendors Double Down on ANZ, Businesses Must Tap Resources to Survive 2017 Unscathed," discusses the cybersecurity challenges faced by Australian businesses.
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Chennault Airport gets going on a $4M air cargo facility
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Chennault International Airport has broken ground on a $4 million air cargo facility.
Construction on the 10,000-square-foot facility is expected to take roughly 12 to 18 months.
President Denise Rau tells KLPC-TV Chennault leadership and the board of commissioners began serious discussions about an air cargo facility in 2012. She tells The American Press that pushing Chennault into a new line of business will create future growth opportunities for the airport.
"We have talked at conferences and all of these places with industry leaders about why Lake Charles should be a place for air cargo," she said. "It just makes sense, you know, Houston's a busy, busy airport, and they fly around in a queue for a while trying to get that cargo down here. Here you buzz in, buzz out."
According to The American Press, funding for the new facility includes $3 million in state capital outlay funding, with Chennault Airport Authority covering the balance.
Chennault's origins date back to its use as a Cold War-era Air Force base. The U.S. federal government bought and leased Calcasieu Parish property for military use in 1941 for World War II and again in 1958, for the future Strategic Air Command installation.
Today, Chennault International Airport is a hub of aerospace activity located along the Interstate 10 corridor in Lake Charles. It is home to a variety of tenants, including Northrop Grumman and Citadel Completions.


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Integrative medicine takes a modern step at UCI Health center
Center teams up with Orange County School of the Arts to create a unique healing environment for patients
UCI Health Family Health Center in Santa Ana is hopping with activity thanks, in part, to a troupe of student dancers from neighboring Orange County School of the Arts. The collaboration is part of a novel program that brings music and arts to clinical settings creating a calmer and more comfortable environment for patients.
Six OSCA dancers recently performed two contemporary routines in the lobby of the FHC to the surprise and amusement of unsuspecting patients and their families. Dancers sat alongside patients while they carried out their unique movements that included elements of ballet, modern and lyrical dancing.
This patient-centered approach to health and wellness focuses on treating the whole person including the mind, body and spirit and is part of UCI Health's Integrative Medicine Program.
"There have been a variety of studies demonstrating the health benefits of simple mind-body interventions, which include art, music, and laughter in addition to the more familiar mind-body techniques such as meditation," said Dr. David Kilgore, director of Integrative Medicine at UCI Health. "Our intent is to create a welcoming and less intimidating clinical setting that helps patients feel more at ease before meeting with their physician."
In addition to the dance performances, the clinic has hosted musical performances and a poetry reading by OCSA students. The clinic also plans on displaying students' artwork including paintings and ceramics.
A grant from the Samueli Foundation funds the integrative medicine program. Through this donation, the program integrates the best of Western scientific medicine with broader therapeutic approaches for patients to achieve optimal health and healing. A large focus of this health center is to bring preventive medicine to an underserved population.
"Our goal is to transform our sites from being a healthcare provider in the community to a community center that also happens to provide quality healthcare," says Dirk Zirbel, Ph.D., associate director of UCI Health Family Health Centers.
The Family Health Center in Santa Ana and Anaheim are community health centers affiliated with UC Irvine Medical Center and UC Irvine School of Medicine.


Hoodoo, simply put, is the practice of casting spells and creating pouches or talismans to create a positive impact in ones own life. They can be used for revenge too, but it is adviced against to use hoodoo for evil. It is especially advised against to use hoodoo for bad against someone else with hoodoo power, since you 'draw from the same well' and practice the same thing. Don't confuse hoodoo with voodoo, you can check out the difference here.
There are various types of spells that are used in hoodoo. While most spells are adjacent to brewing witch's brew, there are some that include chanting and Bible verses. This is due to the influence of hoodoo from European religions and early Christianity. There are various different herbs and elements used, oftentimes associated with different planets for different powers. Gemstones are also very common, including rubies or diamonds to attract their energies to the spell. For more on the herbs used and the powers associated with them, check out my homepage.
Talismans and pouches are also common in hoodoo. Mojo are technically an African- American amulet, usually made of flannel, that contains a spell. To make the mojo as powerful as it can be, there must be a specific ritual performed to bring it to life. A talisman is generally used to ward off evil, instead of for creating good like mojo is. Any amulet must be 'charged'- using a spell or ritual, or even a feeding, as you can read about on my homepage under Love Potions.
I am not at all attempting to be an all-knowing source on this one. I promise you that I have never *Actually* practiced hoodoo. I have enjoyed researching it for a project, but have not tried it.
There are many people who will claim that hoodoo definitely works, without a shadow of a doubt, as long as you believe in it and commit to the spells you are casting.
Others believe that it is wrong and that even attempting to commit hoodoo will result in a definite place in Hell for eternity. I'm not sure their stance on if it works or not- they just think that it's wrong.
After reading many trials and testimonials from both sides, I'm going to give my personal opinion. This is not scientific, and this is not meant to offend either side of the argument. You will see this echoed in many other parts of this blog, and I ask that you remember this when you read it.
I chalk it up to being much like prayer. People who pray may insist that it does or doesn't work. They'll also say that it only works if you believe, or if God wants to give whatever you're praying for to you. (I'm using this as an example since I was raised Christian). But if the Big Man Upstairs has other plans for you, then he will withhold whatever you asked for and instead give you what He has in store. No amount of prayer will change His plans for you, but people will often cholk up not getting what they pray for, to God having some other plan and waiting for that plan.
This can be like hoodoo, where you can perform whatever spell you like as often as you wish, but if fate has larger plans in store for you, then you must submit and wait for those.
Free will is in there somewhere, too. It just depends on what you believe.


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How to reduce the weight of screenshots on Samsung
Most of the Android users are in Spain Take a screenshot from time to time. If we do too much, then these snaps will likely end up taking up too much space on the phone. There are brands like Samsung giving us functionality that makes these screenshots take up less space on our smartphone.
Box Configure specific aspects of these captures The screen, like its format, reduces its weight and thus the space it occupies on our Samsung smartphone. If you want to lose weight, there are a number of aspects we can tweak on the phone.
How to take a screenshot in any application
If you want to take a screenshot in an Android app that doesn't allow it, there are several ways to make this possible.
Reduce the weight of the shots you take on Samsung
Samsung give us enough Options to customize screen shotsAnd so are the screen recordings that we make. If we take screenshots or recordings on a regular basis, they end up taking up a lot of space on the phone. Some simple adjustments to the phone can help us reduce its weight, so it takes up less space. The steps to follow in this case are:
Enter advanced features.
Go to Screen Capture and Recording.
Click on Capture Format and select JPG (it weighs less than PNG).
In Video Quality, select 480 or 720p, which takes up less than 1080p, if you don't need to get the highest quality in your screen recordings.
These steps allow us to reduce the weight of the footage or recordings that we make on the phone. There are two simple adjustments, such as capture format, That weighs in a JPG much less than a PNG (A format that is used more in countries like the United States), which will have a huge impact on the space they occupy on our smartphone.
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The screen recordings that we do at Samsung are something that will consume more, so Reducing the quality of these recordings It's a fairly quick and straightforward way to make it take up less space on your phone. If at any point you want to replay the recording in the highest quality, you will just have to change this setting again.
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The 'do what you want' event. A cosy little group where everyone did exactly what they wanted.
Sunday: Definitely the windy day. Adam really went for it, getting out beyond the white water. Nigel and Andrew had fun in the wavelets, while John G showed us how it should be done. Sunday evening a mix of campfires, home cooking and Appledore pubs, bliss.
Another super weekend in North Devon, same again next year please.
Arrived late afternoon to find most people packing up, but it looked windy and wavey. Went out on the 130l and 6.6, a bit bg for waves, but just right for the light winds. Wind was dead onshore, but great fun just playing in the white water.
Got down early, not wanting to drag out the morning at base camp. With the summit of wavesailing beckoning, how could I not take on the challenge?? So after a substantial breakfast on the beach at Northam, I rigged the same kit as the day bfore, on the basis that it didn't seem too much windier. Mistake!! I'd have been better with the 77/4.7 combo that I later discovered Adam had gone out with... However, despite the thousands of tray-borne perverts, I had an excellent time - the wind was totally onshore, and it was very hard to make progress against the waves, so rather than struggle out the back and then just have to come back in to get the waves, I stayed on the inside, taking advantage of the dropping tide to rest in the shallow water. Some good turns, top and bottom of the maybe metre-high waves, but hard work with the large board, and the sail's power made it very heavy and easy to lose or get pulled over the front. Did one excellent floaty jump, which may have been no more than a foot high, but it felt marv! Nigel came out to play as well, which bucked my morale up, and it was two hours before my legs started to buckle and lunch called! Excellent session. Windsurfing? Love it!
Sunday, and looking much windier. Adam went out on 5.0, which looked a good choice, so 4.7 for me. Wind was dead onshore again, but I just had so much fun playing in the white water, yes, I love windsurfing !
Impressed to see John G doing all the proper wave moves.


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proppaNOW is an arts collective for Indigenous Australian artists in Queensland. Aiming to counter cultural stereotypes and give a voice to urban artists, the collective has mounted several exhibitions around the country. The collective was founded by Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd and Vernon Ah Kee in 2003 and formalised in 2004.

History and mission

The collective was first conceived in Brisbane in 1997.
At its initial meeting, proppaNOW proposed to form as a group of Aboriginal Australian artists who would support each other's work and "change ideas that people had about what Aboriginal art is and what it should be".  The trigger to formalise the collective came in March 2004 soon after Queensland's Premier, Peter Beattie, established QIAMEA (Queensland Indigenous Artists Marketing Export Agency) to promote and market Queensland Indigenous art. The artists were concerned that QIAMEA's focus was initially directed towards the remote regions of Queensland such as Mornington Island, Aurukun and Lockhart River, thus reinforcing cultural stereotypes.

The collective has since evolved a mission to "give urban-based Aboriginal artists a voice...[to] reinforce that Aboriginal Australia is a living culture that has evolved over time".

In June 2019, proppaNOW presented an open day at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane.

An exhibition entitled OCCURRENT AFFAIR: proppaNOW was originally scheduled for 2019, but was re-scheduled (due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia) to run 13 February – 19 June 2021 at the University of Queensland Art Museum, described as a major exhibition of the artists' work "after a five-year hiatus to focus on their individual careers". The title of the exhibition references the Australian TV show A Current Affair, which is known for its sensationalist style and "derogatory representations of certain low socio-economic and minority groups".

Members
Founding members were Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd, Joshua Herd and Vernon Ah Kee.

Members of the collective  are Bell, Herd, Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Gordon Hookey, Laurie Nilsen and Megan Cope.

Recognition
proppaNOW members Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd, Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Hookey and Laurie Nilsen have all been interviewed by the State Library of Queensland for the James C. Sourris  Collection. In the interviews each artist talks about their life, their art and their inspirations.

In October 2022 it was announced that the collective had won the Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice for 2022–2024, by a unanimous decision of the jury, which commented: "...[proppaNOW] has broken with expectations of what is proper ('proppa') in Aboriginal art; created a new sovereign space for First Nations artists internationally outside colonial stereotypes, desires for authenticity, and capitalist capitulations; and opened new political imaginaries".

Exhibitions
The collective has mounted a number of exhibitions, starting with one in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2005. Since then, many have been based in Queensland, but several have toured the country or mounted in other locations. Some recent exhibitions include:

2012
Touchy Fearly, Fehily Contemporary, Collingwood, Victoria, July 19 – August 11, 2012.
Existence Resistance, Bega Regional Gallery, Bega, New South Wales, July 13 – August 18,2012.
proppaNOW, kuril dhagun State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, May 14 – September 10, 2012.
proppaNOW Studio Works, Montague Road Studio Space, Brisbane, Dec 6 – 30, 2012.

2013
Insurgence, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, ACT, October 2013.

2014
The Black Line

2015
Dark + Disturbing: Gordon Hookey for proppaNOW,  Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, August 2015. Dark + Disturbing is a curatorial project by Ah Kee.

Commissions
 Monument: Yininmadyemi - Thou dids't let fall: Four standing bullets and three fallen shells in black marble and steel with bronze finish inscribe with war stories, installed in Hyde Park, Sydney on 25 April 2015

References

External links

Australian Aboriginal art

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Q: procurar e substituir string javascript Tenho a seguinte sintaxe:
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        var json_teste1 = '"{"usuario":"';
        var json = frase.replace(json_pessoa.substring(1, 1), json_teste1);

o objetivo é substituir o primeiro caractere que é uma aspas duplas (") pela variavel json_teste1, porém ele da erro na depuração e nem sequer informa o tipo de erro.
o string que eu espero de retorno é:
{"usuario":{"razao_social":"asd","nome_fantasia":"asd","rg_insc_estadual":"asd"}}

A: Pelo exemplo que mostras não precisas de juntar strings dessa maneira. Simplesmente ter um objeto e fazer um json dele. Ou seja:

var pessoa = '{"razao_social":"asd","nome_fantasia":"asd","rg_insc_estadual":"asd"}'
var objeto = {
  usuario: JSON.parse(pessoa)
};
var resultado = JSON.stringify(objeto);
console.log(resultado);