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Q: XMDS compilation errors on El Capitan OS X from XMDS terminal XMDS is a software package which allows to solve ordinary, partial and stochastic differential equations by compiling them to C and running them at the maximum speed allowed by local machine architecture.
Normally XMDS supports the GCC compiler with the GOMP OpenMP library.
I'm trying to install XMDS, but whenever I run it I get the following error:
Checking for program mpic++                              :

/Users/dg813/Downloads/XMDS.app/Contents/usr/bin/mpic++
Checking for 'g++' (c++ compiler)                        : /Users/dg813/Downloads/XMDS.app/Contents/usr/bin/mpic++
Checking whether the compiler works                      : The compiler doesn't seem to work

I have Xcode installed, which should have brought gcc with it. I've tried installing gcc by hand according to this guide, but towards the end it just started returning 'no such file or directory', when trying to run configuration commands for gcc.
Any help very much appreciated!

A: Recent Xcode does not install gcc anymore, rather it installs LLVM/CLANG as a c compiler.
You can install gcc with macports, or directly from sources. In both cases gcc will need to be bootstrapped with the clang compiler. You will need Xcode line tools installed.
UPDATE: I checked by trying to install MXDS on my machine, which incidentally is similar to yours: el capitan, XCode, etc.
g++, the c++ compiler appears to be working. That is an obvious alias for clang. It is the mpic++, which to my understanding is installed by XMDS that isn't working.
I replicated your exact error:
Configuring for MPI scripts...
Checking for program mpic++                              :     /Users/michelefadda/Downloads/XMDS.app/Contents/usr/bin/mpic++
Checking for 'g++' (c++ compiler)                        : /Users/michelefadda/Downloads/XMDS.app/Contents/usr/bin/mpic++
Checking whether the compiler works                      : The compiler doesn't seem to work
Configuration failed.  Address the above issue to use xmds2.
Config log saved to  /Users/michelefadda/Library/XMDS/etc/xmds2/waf_configure/config.log

XMDS configure failed.  Check error messages above and report errors to xmds-user@lists.sourceforge.net

I'll attach my log to a mail to the developer, as they suggest.
Incidentally, it seems that the error which XMDS is reporting, from config.log appears to be due to an hardcoded path:
/Users/michelefadda/Downloads/XMDS.app/Contents/usr/bin/mpic++  -mmacosx-version-min=10.11   -I/Users/michelefadda/Downloads/XMDS.app/Contents/usr/include   ../test.cpp -c -o test.cpp.1.o
err: dyld: Library not loaded: /Users/graham/Developer/xmds-mac/BuildScripts/build/openmpi-1.8.3/../../output64/lib/libopen-pal.6.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/michelefadda/Downloads/XMDS.app/Contents/usr/bin/mpic++
  Reason: image not found
Of course there is no User named "graham" on my machine. That is very likely the error. I have reported that to the developer.


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Madhuri Dixit to contest as BJP candidate for 2019 Election
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Bollywood Actress Madhuri Dixit
Pune : Bollywood beauty Madhuri Dixit has been shortlisted to contest for the Pune Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming 2019 general election, a senior state BJP leader confirms.
Sources confirmed that in June, this year, JP chief Amit Shah had met the actor at her residence in Mumbai during his party's 'Sampark for Samarthan' (Contact for Support) programme and briefed her on the achievements of the Narendra Modi government.
"The party is seriously considering giving candidature to Madhuri Dixit in the 2019 general elections. We think the Pune Lok Sabha constituency will be better for her," he said.
"The party is in the process of finalising the list of probables for several Lok Sabha seats and Dixit's name has been shortlisted for the Pune Lok Sabha constituency...she is being seriously considered for it," the leader said.
To recall, in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had snatched the Pune Lok Sabha seat from the Congress, with Anil Shirole winning by a margin of over three lakh votes.
On the plans to field the actor, a senior BJP functionary said, "Such tactics were implemented by Narendra Modi in Gujarat when he became the chief minister for the first time. He changed all the candidates in local bodies election and the party reaped benefits of that decision."
"As fresh faces were introduced, there was nothing to criticise them with. It left the opposition shocked and the BJP won maximum seats and retained power," he said.
According to the leader, a similar experiment was also successfully carried out in Delhi local bodies polls in 2017, where all the sitting councillors were denied tickets. The BJP won the seats and retained the control, he said.
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Post subject: Ontario budget today...
Posted: April 11th, 2019, 7:24 am
Location: Bancroft, Ontario Canada
... with the reading from Queen's Park about 4 PM for anybody interested in where the spending cuts will be and how deep. PC Mike Harris' cuts during the nineties resulted in about a 6o% reduction in Ministry of the Environment budget and 20% to the Ministry of Natural Resources. MNR staff were reduced to about half.
Doug Ford's election campaign included some promises made to protect parks, waterways, and to ensure enforcement in a new "For The People" government. Spending cuts will be reflected in the actual numbers for each ministry... should be interesting.
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Post subject: Re: Ontario budget today...
Yup... the firing of the Environmental Commissioner was an indication of where things are going... despite an overall spending increase of almost $5 billion more than the Liberal government spent, budgets of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Natural Resources and Forestry and Indigenous Affairs will have to deal with significant cuts. Exactly how the cuts will be made relative to services remains to be seen and details should be made available later. News reports state that jobs will be eliminated (in spite of the campaign promise that not as single job will be cut), as employees leave voluntarily or by "encouragement" by various means (buyouts), and as employment positions shift around from one type to another, with workers being redeployed to unrelated jobs.
Northern Ontario MPPs are concerned that there's little in the budget for their needs, since much of the cutting involved government initiatives and ministries critical to the area. Lowered education initiatives could mean longer-term problems.
The Ontario gas tax has been eliminated which should help lower prices at the pump.
Some critics have said that there should be a Ministry of Drinking created since alcohol was mentioned so many times. Drinking alcohol openly will be allowed in some parks, and more stores will be allowed to sell alcohol.
Analysts state that this is the first year of a five-year strategy to reduce spending, so more to come.
A hidden piece of legislation in the budget bill will make it difficult to sue for damages, in the case of negligence or incompetence on the part of government. Maybe made in anticipation of fewer government staff and redeployments reducing capability. Simply amazing that Ontario residents voted this in. Must have been buck-a-beer.
Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives are moving to make it harder to sue the Ontario government.
The PCs plan to repeal and replace the long-standing Ontario Proceedings Against the Crown Act — legislation that, among other things, outlines government liability in cases of misfeasance and negligence.
What it means is that the people who exercise power over you can exercise that power negligently and cause you damage and no one will have to pay... the province will not be liable for instances in which a person says there were harmed by the government exercising its authority.
"The bottom line here is that government is trying to escape liability for being sued, even when it does things that may be very, very wrong"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.5097205
Something that could affect canoetripping in Northern Ontario is the news that firefighting budgets will be cut by two-thirds... difficult to understand with the fires going on last summer. Natural Resources and Forestry's budget will be cut by 20%.
Environment, Conservation and Parks will be cut by 35%, about half of that consists of eliminating climate change incentives. The remaining 17% cut will be done to ongoing operations and expenditures. Provincial environmental assessments may be done differently... the Ford administration doesn't like the way the federal EAs will be carried out.
Streams, rivers and wetlands will be redefined in some way which remains to be seen.
There will be a field day where children will be encouraged to clean up rivers and shorelines. This must be in keeping with campaign promises made to keep parks clean and protect waterways. I have my doubts that teachers will be participating in this since news reports state they've more or less declared war on the Ford administration and making noises like threatening to strike, what with the job losses and increased class sizes. There's always drinking after hours and early in the morning, mentioned in the budget many times.
More news coming, stay tuned... how bout that Alberta election...
Posted: April 21st, 2019, 8:48 am
Budget estimates for each ministry should be available in early May. Northern Ontario MPPs have expressed some concerns that funding will be cut significantly for parks, along with education, indigenous initiatives, infrastructure issues and all the rest.
Here's the latest... Ontario municipalities and developers can now pay a fee to bypass the permitting and approval process that existed previously for environmental protection. Species and habitat protection can be suspended for three years if the minister feels that current protection measures aren't appropriate. And classification of a species listed as endangered or threatened may be reconsidered if the minister feels it's inappropriate.
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The hiding of #'s and delaying the numbers from when the budget first came out and then forcing the individual Ministries make the announcements is an act of sheer cowardice!
There was so much hidden on so many levels.
I think we will have to do some tailgating fund raisers in school parking lots to fight this @#$@$
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For every domino lover, the game of dominoes is available with a slots gambling online which falls in the list of popular table games that is for two to four players and it is played with a set of marked specific tiles. The site offers the best domino games which follow certain rules and regulations.
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The acquired set of domino where there is a standard set of domino tiles with a set of 28 marked with a value falling between zero and six on each of the ends facing side. The back of a tile is kept black and smooth. Mostly a domino set is not expensive and many also came with a case for easy transport.
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UI hosts tour of potential sites for businesses in Conn.
For the past two days, eight real estate scouts for out-of-state business clients have been touring the greater Bridgeport and New Haven areas courtesy of the United Illuminating Co. and other sponsors.
"It's kind of changed my mind, a little bit," said Stephen Hemphill, of Dallas-based Mohr Partners, about his experience on the tour. He said his father lived in the Rowayton section of Norwalk for about four years and Hemphill had the impression that Connecticut was an expensive place. But he said he's learned there are some affordable locations.
Hemphill recently has worked in Connecticut, completing deals in the Hartford area. This was his first time on a tour of potential sites for businesses in Connecticut. He said not every state sponsors such tours, but many of the nation's big cities do.
In addition to Texas, the real estate scouts attending UI's tour came from Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and one was based in Connecticut.
Hemphill's firm does work all over the world representing national clients, most of whom have more than 50 offices.
"The big piece of business has been call-enter industry and health care clients," he said.
"The gist of the whole tour is to keep this region top of the mind for real estate scouts," said Al Carbone, a UI spokesman.
This is the third year UI sponsored the tour. The previous two had seven attendees each.
This year's version included a stop at IDA International in Derby to demonstrate how companies can take advantage of federal and state energy programs to lower their energy costs. IDA has a solar panel and participates in other programs.
Carbone said speakers during the tour discussed programs that help businesses build energy-efficient facilities or retrofit older ones with new technology.
The tour also led to Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, where work-force development was discussed. The City of Bridgeport's economic development department had staff there as did the state Department of Economic and Community Development, which was a sponsor, as was Yale University, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Bank of America, Bayer Healthcare, Aquarion Water Co., Pilot Pen Tennis and the Connecticut Economic Resource Center.
Carbone said the group hoped to impress upon the real estate agents that there is a reservoir of talent in the area because of the collection of universities here that are willing to cooperate with businesses.
The organizers of the tour said they focused on trying to attract businesses working in biotechnology, financial services, data centers and advanced manufacturing, and foreign companies looking for a North American base of operations.
Shelton developer Bob Scinto also hosted the members of the tour, who took a visit to Yale's campus in New Haven and its Bayer campus in West Haven.
Carbone said UI continues to host this event because it hopes to have new customers to deliver electricity to in the future.
"The desired outcome is to get people to come to Connecticut," he said.


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Did you know that using the CPA approach can help kids learn Math better and faster?
I first heard about the CPA approach when I was doing my research about Seriously Addictive Mathematics, and it was definitely an eye-opener.
My close friends would know how much I love learning new things. And as a mom, I want Zeeka to also have the same love of learning as I do.
Now that she's in school, one of my priorities is for her to enjoy learning, especially Math. But because math is an abstract subject, it can get difficult for kids like her to understand the concepts behind it. I'm lucky though that ever since Zeeka was a little, she loved counting more than singing her ABCs.
To make mathematical concepts more concrete, the Singapore Ministry of Education devised a learning program that uses the CPA approach. They then applied it to what we now know as Singapore Math for kids. I have been noticing a lot of improvement from Zeeka, so I decided to share with you what the CPA approach is (based on my research).
Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract Approach (CPA) was a concept derived from American Psychologist Jerome Bruner.
It is based on a theory of instructions proposed by Bruner in his book, Towards a Theory of Instruction. The idea comes from enactive, iconic, and symbolic modes of representations, and was later on adopted by the Singapore Ministry of Education as its key instructional strategy.
Bruner believed that students learn best by doing. In this approach, students learn by using manipulatives to learn mathematical concepts and skills. Students get the chance to explore, discuss, and understand the problem first hand. Instructors, on the other hand, facilitate and provide structure and feedback to students and increase the depth of understanding for the students.
Concrete Stage – This stage lets students manipulate concrete objects to model problems. Unlike traditional processes, the CPA approach brings the concept to life and allows students to handle and experience the objects and make sense of the problem at hand.
Pictorial Stage -This refers to the seeing stage, where images are used to represent objects to solve a math problem. It lets the students make a mental connection between the concrete object and the models that represent the problem.
Abstract/ Symbolic Stage – This stage lets the students connect the previous stages to the abstract symbols to model the problem. It also involves the teacher introducing abstract concepts using numbers and symbols.
Using this process ensures that the child gets a deeper understanding of how problem-solving works. It also helps children create powerful mental connections and provides them with a structured way to learn concepts.
Most importantly, kids also get to learn at their own pace. With enough support from certified trainers, students get a fun and effective way to learn Math.
That's what makes Singapore Math for kids awesome.
So how can we parents use the CPA approach to prepare our kids for learning Math?
I went to Pinterest to look for simple, easy-to-do learning games we can play with our kids. And here are some we can use the materials we already have at home.
Lego blocks have huge intrinsic educational and creative value. But more than that, children can also build their spatial and proportional awareness through these toys.
They also help increase your kid's gross and fine motor skills. And in advance situations, high school and college students can also use advanced Lego kits for robotics, computer programming, modeling, and more.
So how can you use blocks to introduce counting to your preschooler?
Draw numerals and dots on Lego Duplo blocks and help kids recognize numbers. You can even use the blocks as a measuring tool.
For more Lego ideas, you can check out this post from TheImaginationTree.com.
Playdough is soft, fun, and can be changed into whatever shape we want. And this makes it an awesome toy/tool to use for teaching our kids math.
You can form it and shape it to numbers and dots.
You can hide small toys in them and do a mini-treasure hunt while counting how many they got.
You can also cut it into and use it to demonstrate fractions for older kids to understand.
Watch this video to see ten more ways you can use playdough to learn math from DeniseGaskins.com.
Popsicle sticks are a creative way to help kids identify numbers.
All you need are 20 popsicle sticks and a few colored markers. Number each stick from 1 to 10 in bold, black letters. Then make designs on the remaining sticks with corresponding numbers using different shapes and colors.
Once done, you can ask your child to match the sticks with the corresponding numbers, and even ask about the different shapes and colors on the sticks.
Be creative! Use envelopes or glasses to count, or fruit loops and other items to create different patterns. You can also add in symbols to create simple equations for older kids.
If you want to learn more about CPA approach and Singapore Math for kids, you can check out the nearest Seriously Addictive Mathematics Philippines center near you.
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A Brave Young Man
by Kathy T. • August 25, 2016 • 0 Comments
I learned earlier today from the Daily News Journal that 24-year old La Vergne resident Brandon Brewer lost his battle with Hirschprung's disease. I wrote about him on my personal blog in 2007 and wanted to share his story to honor his brave fight. Rest in peace, Brandon. And as a community, please let us keep his mom, brother, and father in our thoughts and prayers.
At Thanksgiving, most of us pause to remember the basic joys of family, a home, food on the table, and good health. For others, the basics are hard to reach no matter how far we stretch to grasp them. The stretch itself, however, is sometimes the very definition of why we're thankful. By reaching, we have hope.
We hope that the sun will warm our shoulders tomorrow. We hope for a simple hug from someone who cares. We hope that we can finally sleep, uninterrupted just for one night. To rest. To be in our own home with the people we love. To forget for one weekend that a disease has determined our life's journey.
Brandon is a local celebrity of sorts, but not because he's a rock star, athlete, or inventor. He is that person whose illness has shaped his past, present, and future and it clings to him in a tenacious attempt to decide his destiny. Brandon is the young man that a community has watched grow up with the painful Hirschprung's disease, a genetic disorder that prevents his body from absorbing nutrients.
Brandon has spent less than one hour of his life without problems. Very soon after his birth on a cold, winter day in January, Brandon began vomiting bile. A neonatology doctor immediately knew that Brandon was a very sick baby. The disease he was born with led to a small bowel transplant when Brandon was just 4-years old. He doesn't remember the transplant, but does recall his first airplane ride on his own Lear jet. His family and friends, along with the news media, were there to see him off but when he boarded the plane and realized it was only his Mom and Dad coming with him, he was terribly upset. But once the plane reached the clouds, he asked his Mom, "Where's Jesus? We're up in the cloud, Mom. Where's God?" His Mom laughs at how she froze at Brandon's question because she never anticipated it.
However, Brandon has always been ahead of his age. As a young child, he seemed like a little man in a tiny body because he talked about his medical procedures using the correct terminology.
When they reached the hospital for transplant that June, Brandon was quiet until they took him from his mother's arms to go into surgery. His cries were devastating to his mother because she was helpless and could do nothing to calm him. After surgery, Brandon was sedated for several days to allow some time for recovery. The small bowel transplant seemed to work for several months, but in September his body began rejecting the new organ. Brandon was hospitalized and in such unbearable pain that he would repeatedly hit his head on the metal sides of the hospital bed. The hospital staff told his surgeon about the nonstop screaming, but every time the doctor made rounds Brandon was asleep from exhaustion.
On the third day of rejection, Brandon was awake when the surgeon came in. Finally witnessing the terrible pain, the surgeon ordered narcotics for Brandon. Narcotics were not given to transplant patients 10 years ago because of its effects on the transplant itself. It took two doses of the medication to ease Brandon's pain and he became calm enough for an x-ray to be made. While in x-ray, Brandon's Mom felt something was wrong. His eyes were fixated and he barely lifted is head. When the x-rays were complete, his Mom rolled the gurney back to his room herself to find help. In the room, Brandon stopped breathing, turned gray, and died. A nurse called a code-blue and all the patient rooms went into fire-alarm code – or lock down – to prevent other families from looking in. Quickly, the doctor ordered a narcotic reversal and Brandon came back.
Meanwhile, Brandon's Mom was crying and praying to God that Brandon be spared. Aloud, she told Brandon that she knew his body was tired and worn out, so it was okay if needed to go. She assured Brandon it was okay to fly, but begged God to let him live. He regained consciousness, but the hospital staff was very worried that because of the loss of oxygen to his brain, Brandon would never be the same. During this difficult time, Brandon's mother was grateful that her friend Kathy was at the family's side. Her presence provided powerful moral support for she had lost her 2-year old daughter while waiting for a liver-bowel transplant. Kathy had worked through her grief to the point where she could visit Brandon at the hospital – right across the hall from the room where she faced the greatest loss in her life when her own Mandi died.
Two weeks passed and Brandon did recover. He asked his Mom if he could just go home. He was in transplant rejection and needed to spend some time in the comfort of his own home. The doctors gave permission for a weekend trip and again family, friends, and the media were there to greet them when they returned. When Brandon returned to the hospital on Monday, a miracle had occurred. All signs of rejection disappeared.
Today, Brandon is thankful that he's still breathing. He's grateful he no longer has to take steroids because they made him swell like a puffer fish – at times to 60 pounds over his regular weight. He remembers meeting Charlie Daniels at a Tennessee Titans game where fans were given the opportunity to complete organ donor cards. Brandon also enjoyed the limousine ride he had a few months ago to take him to a fundraiser. He really enjoyed swimming in the ocean several years ago – a swim that lasted for two hours with none of his "lines" falling out or clogging.
Brandon also thinks about his future and his desire to pilot an F-15 fighter plane. But for someone about to turn 16-years old, his more immediate plans are to open a big bag of Skittles and relish every bite.
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Watch Rebel Wilson's Operatic Advice For Amy Schumer's MTV Hosting Gig
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ICYMI, "Pitch Perfect" star Rebel Wilson crushed it when she hosted the MTV Movie Awards back in April of 2013. This year, another hilarious blond lady will take the reigns, so when MTV UK caught up with Wilson when she was out promoting "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb," we just had to find out if she had any advice for Amy Schumer. (She does.)
"I was lucky enough to do a musical number with the cast of 'Pitch Perfect,'" Wilson said. "What people don't realize is you only get one chance -- that is legit live, musical performance. So it's a little bit stressful, but if Amy can do it, I think she should do it. It's such a great way to open the show, with a kick-ass musical number and pyrotechnics and fireworks. I would utilize all of that kind of stuff."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtGeOjggPvI
That all sounds great, but a musical number might not be up Schumer's ally like it is Wilson's, and she doesn't have the Barden Bellas around to back her up. What Schumer does have, however, is her ballsy, fearless sense of humor and knack for both stand-up and sketch comedy. So, what does Wilson have to offer regarding jokes?
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Cognitive Psychology: What Is It and Who Founded It?
Cognitive psychology is currently one of the most influential and effective therapies used in the recovery from mental disorders. Although "cognitive" is not a very common term, it's very common in the world of behavioral science.
For anyone not particularly familiar with psychology, let's say that "cognitive" is a synonym of knowledge or thought.
All human beings are capable of generating cognitions. That is, thoughts or mental representations of the things we know or which occur around us. The same does not happen if we do not know or are not aware that something exists.
Cognitive psychology, therefore, is the study of human behavior focused on nonobservable, mental aspects. They're aspects somewhere between the stimulus and the observable response.
In more understandable terms, cognitive psychology seeks to know which ideas blossom in the mind of the patient and how these influence their emotional and behavioral response. How do these ideas influence how they feel and what they do about it?
Nowadays, cognitive therapy is frequently used to solve all kinds of psychological problems. This is because it's about observing how these cognitions or thoughts influence the behavior of the patient. In many cases, these cognitions even determine their behavior.
Thus, treatment from this perspective focuses on identifying those thoughts, beliefs, and mental schemes. Which do not correspond to reality and, in some cases, which are exaggerated. It works through a debate consisting of asking questions that place doubt on these cognitions.
First, the individual or patient is to identify and question their own beliefs. Then they will be prepared to reformulate them and create new cognitions. Hopefully, they'll be cognitions and thoughts more in line with objective reality.
The cognitive revolution
In the 50's, the prevailing paradigm was behavioral psychology or psychology of learning. Granted, it managed to explain a multitude of psychological phenomena.
Yet it still was quite limited, since it could only explain the observable. Everything between stimuli and response was considered an epiphenomenon. It was the so-called behavioral "black box" and labeled as irrelevant to observable behavior.
When the behavioral approach came to a dead end, importance began to be given to other phenomena. For example, the phenomena that occurred in our minds between the moment we received a stimulus and the moment we gave a response. That's when researchers began to study the processes of reasoning, language, memory, and imagination.
The same happened with Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, a trend that also prevailed at the time. It was also not able to give an answer to many mental disorders, despite how revolutionary it was.
The so-called "cognitive revolution" arises irremediably, by which psychology is reoriented towards the private mental processes of the individual.
Broadly speaking, there are some lines of research that gave rise to the emergence of cognitive psychology, such as:
The advances in computer science and computation (Turing, Von Neumann…) which allowed for the creation of machines that are programmable and capable of making decisions. They did so by making something comparable to the human mind and how it can process information.
Advances in cybernetics, by the hands of Wiener.
The theories of information with Shannon, who conceived information as a choice and reduction of alternatives.
Which authors formulated cognitive psychology?
As we explained earlier, cognitive psychology came out of the limitations of behaviorism, which is unable to explain, for example, why there are people who respond differently even having received the same conditioning. The most well-known representatives that gave cognitive psychology a seat in the world of behavioral sciences were:
F.C. Bartlett
He was the first professor of experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge. His main postulate was the theory of the schemes of the mind, by which he maintained that thoughts, like memories, are processes that can be reconstructed.
By reading fables to participants in his studies, he found that they were not able to remember them literally, even if the stories were read repeatedly. However, what he found was that these people were more likely to remember what fit into their previous mental patterns.
Jerome Bruner
For this author, there are three forms of learning: the enactive, the iconic and the symbolic. He established that a theory of instruction must focus on four major aspects.
Predisposition to learning
The ways in which a body of knowledge can be structured
The sequences for presenting the material
And the nature and rhythm of reward and punishment
The most important part of his theory was this: a student would learn more and faster if he was involved in the knowledge he was trying to acquire and applied it.
He formulated the famous theory of multiple intelligences, according to which intelligence would be the ability to organize thoughts and coordinate them with actions. Each person would have at least eight types of intelligence or cognitive abilities.
These intelligences are semi-autonomous, but they work as a team (integrated) within the mind of the individual. Each person will also develop one type of intelligence to a greater degree than the others due to cultural emphasis.
Jeffrey Sternberg
Sternberg is best known for his triangular theory of love, according to which consummate love is composed of three elements: intimacy, passion, and commitment.
In turn, he also postulated the triarchic theory of intelligence, which says that intelligence is a mental activity aimed at adapting to, selecting, and shaping relevant environments of the subject in question. Intelligence, according to this researcher, would be demonstrated in how each one of us confronts or promotes changes.
David Rumerlhart
He is a very influential author of the theory of mental schemes. According to this researcher, mental schemes are representations of general concepts that are stored in the memory and that help us organize the world. His theory explains how the world is represented in our mind, and how we use that information to interact with the world.
He is one of the most important authors for cognitive psychology. He formulated the theory of cognitive development in stages. These stages are characterized by the possession of qualitatively different logical structures. Structures that account for certain capacities and impose certain restrictions on children.
There are many other representatives of cognitive psychology, such as Vygotsky, Erickson, or Ausubel who deserve a spot on this list. In any case, their contributions caused a revolution in psychology.
Because of what these men did, psychology has taken giant strides forward. Behaviorism is still relevant and even combined with cognitivism. Yet the latter has been a great advance over what we knew decades ago. It has improved the treatment of different mental disorders. Depression, for one, can now be treated much more effectively.
However, cognitive psychology is not exempt from limitations either. Reasoned criticisms that deal with the assumption that mental processes and behaviors are separate. Or, in fact, that the former precedes the latter.
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More than a feeling
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Dave Woodhall reflects on Dean Smith and his departure.
I've been a Villa supporter for more years than I care to remember. I've seen glorious highs and crashing lows. I've witnessed relegations, humiliations and genuine tragedy. I thought that by now I'd have put away the childhood obsessions and given supporting the Villa its proper priority but today is the saddest I've ever felt. Even when I was in the juniors and the Villa losing was like the end of the world I didn't have the same gut-wrenching sadness as when I heard this afternoon's news.
I don't have to list Dean's achievements, or over-analyse what went wrong. You've seen them because you've been on the journey every step of the way with us all. And that, perhaps, is the problem. These last few days have felt like the end times of Brian Little's reign. Something's gone wrong, nobody knows quite what it is. We needed a calm hand on the wheel, not only to sort out the problems but also to reassure everyone that things were under control.
Maybe with Dean, and earlier with Brian, we were never going to get the sort of dispassionate response that was needed because they cared too much, they were too close to our feelings and they were not just professionally disappointed but they were also personally hurt at what was happening to their club. In the end Dean couldn't separate his work from his emotions.
Since we got promoted I've watched YouTube of the play-off final celebrations, and in particularly that karaoke singing with the players leading supporters and looking, as I said before, like they were in the Aston Social. One player was front and centre of all the celebrations and because of that I've not been able to watch any of the footage since he left. Call it irrational or immature, but if I see it all now I just feel betrayed, if not embarrassed at whether or not he was taking us for a ride all along.
And if I feel it, I wonder what reaction it had on Dean Smith. There's no doubt that part of the feelgood factor at Villa Park since that day was down to the two Brummies leading our charge to take on the world. They were us and we were them. They shared our hopes, our dreams, our delight and our disappointment. How much of an effect did losing his captain have on Deano? Probaly a lot more than he will ever admit.
And now, as Rob Warner put it so eloquently earlier this weekend, the dream is over. Time for another dream, and to remember. Ten in a row, another Small Heath double, the play-off penalties, going to Wembley like we meant business. That Friday night at home to Everton, coming closer to a trophy than at any time in the past 25 years, staying up on the back of a Premier League record. 7-2, "Villa were like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever", smashing all-comers on the way to the Youth Cup, winning at Old Trafford. Dean's the first Villa manager in decades to leave the club better in every aspect than he found it. Thanks Deano.
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Its goal is to ensure greater representation of NGOs to international governments as well as other nongovernmental organizations. REPAOC provides consultation to NGOs and governments in areas of economic development, membership retention, media outreach, and engagement with civil society.
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2019 Ramadan Iftar with our Elected Leaders
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Join us on May 11th, 2019 as we host our annual Ramadan Iftar with our Elected Leaders!
This Iftar is very special for our community as it give us an opportunity to meet and break bread with our elected officials from all levels of government. Active and civically engaged Muslims from across the state will be gathering to attend this distinguished Ramadan Iftar event.
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Our keynote speaker will be Congresswoman Kendra Horn, from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. We are also honored to welcome our featured speakers Oklahoma City May David Holt, Oklahoma City Councilman James Cooper, and Oklahoma Senator George Young.
Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Kendra Horn
Congresswoman Kendra S. Horn represents Oklahoma's 5th District. That includes Oklahoma City, Edmond and Shawnee. Part of Oklahoma County falls within the district's boundaries, as well as all of Pottawatomie and Seminole counties.
The Congresswoman was born just south of the district, in Chickasha. She is a fifth-generation Oklahoman and fourth-generation Girl Scout. She attended Oklahoma schools all the way through college when she attended the University of Tulsa. She studied law at SMU's Deadman School of Law in Dallas.
She practiced as an attorney until she accepted a role as the press secretary to United States Congressman Brad Carson (OK-02). After her time on the Hill, Congresswoman Horn worked in the space and aeronautics industry. She managed government affairs for the nonprofit Space Foundation before taking over its communications and media relations division. That organization advocates for the global space community, advancing civic, commercial and national security space issues. She returned to Oklahoma and founded Women Lead Oklahoma, a nonpartisan nonprofit that encourages women to participate in civic life. Most recently, she was the executive director of Sally's List, a nonpartisan nonprofit that trains and supports women who run for political office at the state and local level.
Welcoming Remarks: Mayor David Holt
Mayor David Holt was elected Feb. 13, 2018, with 78.5 percent of the vote. It was the largest vote percentage achieved by a non-incumbent candidate for Mayor since 1947, and it made Holt the youngest Mayor of Oklahoma City since 1923, the first Native American mayor of Oklahoma City, and at the time of his election, the youngest mayor of a U.S. city with more than 500,000 residents. Mayor Holt took office April 10, 2018, as Oklahoma City's 36th Mayor.
Mayor Holt believes that even though Oklahoma City has come so far, so fast, that our work is not finished yet. Mayor Holt is focused on continuing Oklahoma City's momentum and working to ensure that it reaches every part of our City. His "one OKC" message illustrates his belief that Oklahoma City must maintain its unity to continue its progress.
Mayor Holt was born and raised in Oklahoma City. The son of a teacher and a social worker, Mayor Holt has had family in Oklahoma City for the better part of a century. He graduated from Putnam City Public Schools before receiving his B.A. from George Washington University and his law degree from Oklahoma City University.
Featured Speaker: Councilman James Cooper
James Cooper took the oath of office in April 2019 to begin his first term on the Oklahoma City Council. He formerly served as an Oklahoma City Public Schools teacher, and is a published writer who lives in OKC's historic Paseo neighborhood. An AVID middle school college preparation teacher, Councilman Cooper also works as an adjunct Film Studies professor at Oklahoma City University, where he serves on OCU's Arts and Sciences Advisory Board.
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He received a bachelor's degree in Film Studies with a minor in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma. He began his teaching career at OSU as a graduate assistant, where the university's English Department recognized him for Teaching Excellence in Composition. He holds an MA in English at Oklahoma State University and graduated at OCU with his Creative Writing MFA.
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Timi Edwin the Co- founder and the CEO of CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative, a faith-based NGO that started two years ago. She reaches out to people living with sickle cell by paying medical bills, providing medication and psychological support.
Timi, through the foundation says she has saved a few people at the brink of suicide, just as she found hope with God, during her lowest moments.
In an interview with woman.ng, Timi tells more about her journey with sickle cell and her foundation.
For almost 27 years of my life I struggled with my health and even reached the brink of death a few times. Apart from struggling with my health, I struggled with my self esteem as I battled stigmatization right from an early stage in life. This put me in constant depression and feeling of worthlessness.
Sometime 12 years ago, I became terribly ill just a week before university examinations, I cried earnestly to the Lord and begged him to take away the cross I was so heavily plagued with and turn my genotype around. At this point, I had an encounter with the Lord where He told me that like so many characters in the Bible, I was given the cross because I had an assignment that it will be used for. He assured me that the illness will never kill me, I will live long and that I had many lives to touch for Him.
It took me another Nine or Ten years of my life to finally step into my calling as I didn't understand it then, but as I have journeyed with the Lord and sought after Him, He has prepared me earnestly for His Assignment.
I graduated with a degree in Mass Communication 10 years ago. I started my career immediately and have worked in the Human Resources, Procurement, Business Development, Finance and Administration departments. I have also worked in the capacity of Executive Assistant to C-Level Executives across multinationals and conglomerates. I earned an Executive MBA two years ago from Business School Netherlands and have been trained in Project Management and other courses.
I can also add that I am a farmer and very well on my way to becoming the female 'Aliko Dangote'.
My journey with sickle cell has been anything but a walk in the park. I lived in constant pain physically and psychologically for a long time. I would also say that even though I had lived with the condition for so long, I did not accept it. I was ashamed of my status and lived in denial.
As I lived in denial, I was weighed down and didn't really believe that I could amount to much in life. This mindset affected every area of my life and limited me from reaching for success. I dealt with this by first searching for ways to attain good health despite my condition. I eventually came across a Hematologist that guided me towards good health.
As soon as I began to feel better physically and have little to no health crises, my confidence increased. I became happier and had the strength to start reaching for greatness. With sickness out of the way, I can claim my health condition happily and stand as a testimony of someone who thrives despite her health status.
Oh yes, many times. Twice on my sick bed, amidst a lot of pain and once when I experienced heartbreak from someone I loved and thought I will marry. When the heartbreak happened, suicide became an option but I couldn't go through with it, then death became a prayer point.
God, my family, CrimsonBow and my friends. I also feel like there is so much for me to accomplish and so many lives to help. I am so excited living. I try to walk around giving joy, love and warmth; this somehow comes back to me, encouraging me at my low moments.
CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative is a faith-based non-governmental organization that reaches out to people whose lives have been affected by the Sickle Cell condition directly or indirectly. We have evolved over the past two years by going beyond a widely read blog that educates, informs and encourages the sickle cell community to physically equipping Sickle Cell individuals with what it takes to fight and continuously push the boundaries and limits put upon their lives by the Sickle Cell condition.
We have been involved in the lives of many Sickle cell individuals through payment of medical bills, provision of medication and psychological support as well as organized several medical outreaches where we have distributed free items like sweaters, water bottles, medication, food and educational items within Lagos State.
CrimsonBow was founded on March 1st, 2015 and incorporated in October 26th, 2016.
With the blog starting, we got a lot of encouraging feedback and also requests that led us to starting and running an NGO.
CrimsonBow started with no other vision than to disseminate information about how the condition can be cared for. Overtime it has grown and evolved to what it is today. Getting the organization to where it is has not been an easy ride. The very first lesson or challenge I learnt from was that no one wants to be associated with failure or something that is not recognizable. This was difficult because it had an effect on the support we got initially.
Support given to this NGO was almost non-existent. Perseverance and consistency were the keys in this instance. The organization slowly began to garner support as more of our work became seen and recognized. We also ensured that the visibility of the organization increased through the use of social media and traditional media. The more people heard about our work, the more they volunteered their support.
Another challenge we faced and still facing is funding. I discovered that I had to first self fund a number of projects and rely on funds from family and friends to build a track record. By building this track record, people began to trust our organization and thus donate to it. We also became transparent with funds inflow and outflow. This increased the integrity of the organization, and the donations that have come in to the organization. We still need more funding as the requests we receive and projects we intend to implement can be so inundating at times, but God is helping us.
Nigeria has the largest cases of sickle cell in the world. About 46 million people (25 % of the Nigerian population) are carriers of the sickle cell gene. Every year, around 150,000 Nigerian babies are born with sickle cell disease and about 60% of this number are estimated not to see the dawn of their 5th birthday. The children that grow beyond the ages of five suffer many health complications which put a strain on their finances, emotions, psychic and total well-being.
It has been discovered that due to the number of health complications suffered by the individuals that grow into adulthood, quite a number of them become emotionally unstable or low, most of them also end up living their adulthood off others becoming a major concern to their family and friends. The sickle cell challenge exists because of a number of reasons. Some of the reasons are low level of awareness, poor medical infrastructural facilities, high poverty level and stigmatization.
To address this issue, our assignment is to raise as much awareness about the condition as possible. We will specifically employ social media and traditional media platforms to pass across information on how to prevent and manage the condition. As they say, information is power, the more information is disseminated, the more control we will have over the condition.
We will also employ many fund raising techniques to ensure underprivileged people with the condition get the best health care they can get. Once people have access to health care, deaths will be curtailed.
We intend to keep organising our medical outreaches tagged 'PROJECT KEEP A WARRIOR WARM', it is aimed at educating the under-privileged on Sickle Cell prevention and management. We intend to distribute sweaters, water bottles, medication, and goody bags to children because cold, dehydration and lack of nutrients are common triggers of sickle cell crises. We also intend to carry out free genotype tests for adults and children that are unaware of their genotype status to help them make informed decisions when the need arises.
We intend to medicate at least 30 individuals living with sickle cell monthly through our project tagged 'PROJECT MEDICATE A WARRIOR'.
PROJECT TREAT A WARRIOR: CrimsonBow in partnership with as Hospital will introduce a Weekly Clinic for Individuals living with Sickle Cell. These individuals will have access to Hematologist to get treatments free of charge.


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Scott Morrison gave his life to God, committing himself to the service of Jesus for the rest of his days, on January 11, 1981. He was 12 years old. He remembers the day and the moment with perfect clarity. He has never gone back on this promise. When Morrison became Prime Minister in August 2018, he made religious history of a kind. He was the first member of a Pentecostal church to become Prime Minister of Australia and the first Pentecostal to become a national leader in any developed nation. Morrison doesn't go out of his way to talk about his religious beliefs but he doesn't hide them; he's happy to share them if asked. When it's relevant he'll say a prayer, as for rain in a drought, but his religion doesn't determine any policy matter.
"I grew up in the church. My mother is still going there. My father went there till he died. Church life and community were wrapped up in one for us." The church in question was the Presbyterian church at Waverley, which later became part of the Uniting Church. Morrison's choice to be an active Christian was emotional, intense and entirely personal. As a child, he attended with his family a huge Billy Graham crusade at Randwick Racecourse in 1979. Coincidentally, his future wife, Jenny, whom he had not yet met, was there too. Morrison's brother Alan also went down to the altar to make his own life's commitment: "I have this lingering memory on the night, my brother went down and he was two years older than me. I talked it over with dad. Dad said, 'Don't go just because your brother did. Wait till the time is right for you.' "
When Morrison was in Year 7, he went to a Boys' Brigade camp in Nunawading, Melbourne. "On that camp I gave my life to the Lord, on January 11, 1981. I was 12. I massively felt it that day," Morrison says. "It is a confession of repentance. I felt that movement, to get to my feet. I spent the rest of the day sitting with the chaplain." How does Morrison pray privately? "I try to pray every day. When I can I'll get down on my knees. Getting down on your knees is a sign of complete dependence in your life. Other prayer is conversational, in the garden at home or wherever. Prayer is an important act of submission and acknowledgment. It involves humility, obedience, submission, faith and thanksgiving," he says.
"The Bible is massively important to me. It's got easier now that it's on your mobile phone. This year I've been reading the Old Testament. I'm currently reading about Ruth. I read parts of the Gospel regularly. Faith is not passive. Faith is an active process of engaging with God. Generally I won't talk about it too much. It's got nothing to do with politics. It's really relevant to me. I couldn't function without it. My faith informs my life." Does Morrison believe in eternal life? "Absolutely." Will he see his father again? "When we go to glory. I absolutely believe it." Will we be judged on our lives? "Of course, we all are and we've all failed. That's why Jesus came, to save, not judge. The doctrine of grace says that none of us gets there on our own. Of course I absolutely believe in eternal life."
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Syracuse U Students to Gain Mainframe Experience with IBM Donation
Syracuse University students will gain mainframe experience on IBM gear as part of a multimillion dollar investment from IBM. The company has donated a System z10 to the New York school as well as software to the university's iSchool, the School of Information Studies.
In addition to the IBM z10, students and faculty will also have access to an IBM DS8000, high performance disk storage with 18 TB of capacity. The investment will total $27 million over five years and cover expenses related to the mainframe and storage hardware, as well as software, monthly license costs, maintenance, and service.
"IBM's investment goes beyond teaching our students about systems support. Exposure to the hardware and software of the IBM z10 introduces students to today's world of virtual data centers and the growing importance of mainframe-like quality required a broad range of applications, like helping doctors make smarter healthcare recommendations from countless data sources," said David Dischiave, who leads the master program in Information Management and teaches database and large-scale enterprises courses. "IBM's investment will allow us to do things we couldn't do before in our database and enterprise technologies courses."
Dischiave and his wife, Susan, also an iSchool professor who teaches advanced database and database security courses, both participate in IBM's System z Academic Initiative and received the program's 2006 Faculty Award. Through the program, they were previously allowed to tap into an IBM mainframe in the company's Innovation Center in Dallas to teach their students about large-scale computing environments.
The latest contribution will enable the school to provide virtual machines to students so that they can become familiar with building and processing large-scale data sets and to teach students about virtualization. "Basically, each student can have their own mainframe to work on, and we can mirror the large-scale systems that many big employers have," Dischiave said. "Now, our students will have worked within these environments before they graduate and will be better prepared for the workplace. They will have access to a whole new classification of tools in their toolkit to solve modern computing and information management problems for organizations."
The team has revamped its courses for this fall to include lab exercises that employ the new z10. IBM has also offered a "sanitized" Medicare claims database to serve as a sample data set for students to access in their courses. Until now, faculty has made up problems and data for their students to use. But, said Dischiave, "There's no substitute for real problems and real data to teach students about the system."
Researchers at the university will also be allowed to import their data sets into the system, which will be able to process the data at a rate faster than any resource currently available to them on campus, according to a statement from IBM.


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Teams Prepare for Final Round of UEFA Champions League Group Stage
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The final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage kicks off on Tuesday December 10th as topflight teams determine their fate in the continental tournament.
Group E rankings:
KRC Genk 1
English Premier League leaders Liverpool will face Red Bull Salzburg of Austria in the 6th round of Group E games on Tuesday away from home at Red Bull Arena.
Liverpool need for a win or a draw against Salzburg to secure a place in the Champions League last 16.
The Reds are leading the group's ranking with 10 points from five games as they achieved the victory three times while they drew in one and lost the other.
Salzburg are third in the group's ranking with 7 points, two points behind Napoli, who will face KRC Genk also on Tuesday.
Group F rankings:
Inter Milan 7
Borussia Dortmund 7
Slavia Prague 2
Already qualified for a place in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, Barcelona will face Inter Milan on Tuesday December 10th in the 6th round of Group F games at the San Siro Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.
Inter Milan are ranked second in Group F, level on seven points with Borussia Dortmund, who will host Slavia Prague also on Tuesday.
The Italian side, due to their superior head-to-head goal difference, are favourites to make it to the last 16 if the two clubs finish on the same number of points.
Group G rankings:
RB Leipzig 10
Zenit St Petersburg 7
Olympique Lyonnais 7
Benfica 4
RB Leipzig of Germany secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League and will face Olympique Lyonnais in the final round of the group's stage on Tuesday.
Olympique Lyonnais seek to book a place in the coming round as they face Zenit St Petersburg, who will face Benfica on Tuesday for a place in the last 16 round.
Lyon are the only team to beat group leaders Leipzig in Europe this season after a 2-0 win at the Red Bull Arena, but they are still waiting on the result of their game against Leipzig, also on Tuesday.
Group H rankings:
Ajax Amsterdam 10
Chelsea 8
Lille 1
Group H is considered as the most complicated group in the continental tournament as three of the group's teams await their games' results to determine their position.
The group leaders Ajax Amsterdam will host Valencia. Chelsea are a favorite to reach the next round when they host the group's bottom Lille at Stamford Bridge stadium as the Blues are expected to make use of the home advantage.
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