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Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Imports agsXMPP
Imports agsXMPP.protocol
Imports agsXMPP.protocol.client
Imports agsXMPP.protocol.iq.vcard

Namespace MiniClient

	Public Class frmVcard
	Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
		Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container = Nothing
		Private _connection As XmppClientConnection
		Private packetId As String
		Private label3 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
		Private txtBirthday As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
		Private label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
		Private label5 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
		Private txtFullname As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
		Private label2 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
		Private picPhoto As System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox
		Private txtDescription As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
		Private label4 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
		Private cmdClose As System.Windows.Forms.Button
		Private txtNickname As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox

		Public Sub New(ByVal jid As Jid, ByVal con As XmppClientConnection)
			InitializeComponent
			_connection = con
			Me.Text = "Vcard from: " + jid.Bare
			Dim viq As VcardIq = New VcardIq(IqType.get, New Jid(jid.Bare))
			packetId = viq.Id
			con.IqGrabber.SendIq(viq, AddressOf VcardResult, Nothing)
		End Sub

		Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
			If disposing Then
				If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
					components.Dispose
				End If
			End If
			MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
			If Not (_connection.IqGrabber Is Nothing) Then
				_connection.IqGrabber.Remove(packetId)
			End If
		End Sub

		Private Sub InitializeComponent()
			Me.txtNickname = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
			Me.cmdClose = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
			Me.label4 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
			Me.txtDescription = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
			Me.picPhoto = New System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox
			Me.label2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
			Me.txtFullname = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
			Me.label5 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
			Me.label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
			Me.txtBirthday = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
			Me.label3 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
			Me.SuspendLayout
			'
			'txtNickname
			'
			Me.txtNickname.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(128, 48)
			Me.txtNickname.Name = "txtNickname"
			Me.txtNickname.ReadOnly = true
			Me.txtNickname.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 20)
			Me.txtNickname.TabIndex = 1
			Me.txtNickname.Text = ""
			'
			'cmdClose
			'
			Me.cmdClose.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.System
			Me.cmdClose.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(120, 304)
			Me.cmdClose.Name = "cmdClose"
			Me.cmdClose.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(96, 24)
			Me.cmdClose.TabIndex = 4
			Me.cmdClose.Text = "Close"
			AddHandler Me.cmdClose.Click, AddressOf Me.cmdClose_Click
			'
			'label4
			'
			Me.label4.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 48)
			Me.label4.Name = "label4"
			Me.label4.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(96, 16)
			Me.label4.TabIndex = 3
			Me.label4.Text = "Nick Name:"
			'
			'txtDescription
			'
			Me.txtDescription.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(128, 112)
			Me.txtDescription.Multiline = true
			Me.txtDescription.Name = "txtDescription"
			Me.txtDescription.ReadOnly = true
			Me.txtDescription.ScrollBars = System.Windows.Forms.ScrollBars.Vertical
			Me.txtDescription.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 64)
			Me.txtDescription.TabIndex = 3
			Me.txtDescription.Text = ""
			'
			'picPhoto
			'
			Me.picPhoto.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(128, 192)
			Me.picPhoto.Name = "picPhoto"
			Me.picPhoto.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 104)
			Me.picPhoto.TabIndex = 9
			Me.picPhoto.TabStop = false
			'
			'label2
			'
			Me.label2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 88)
			Me.label2.Name = "label2"
			Me.label2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(104, 16)
			Me.label2.TabIndex = 1
			Me.label2.Text = "Birthday:"
			'
			'txtFullname
			'
			Me.txtFullname.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(128, 16)
			Me.txtFullname.Name = "txtFullname"
			Me.txtFullname.ReadOnly = true
			Me.txtFullname.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 20)
			Me.txtFullname.TabIndex = 0
			Me.txtFullname.Text = ""
			'
			'label5
			'
			Me.label5.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 192)
			Me.label5.Name = "label5"
			Me.label5.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(104, 16)
			Me.label5.TabIndex = 8
			Me.label5.Text = "Photo:"
			'
			'label1
			'
			Me.label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 16)
			Me.label1.Name = "label1"
			Me.label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(96, 24)
			Me.label1.TabIndex = 0
			Me.label1.Text = "Full Name:"
			'
			'txtBirthday
			'
			Me.txtBirthday.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(128, 80)
			Me.txtBirthday.Name = "txtBirthday"
			Me.txtBirthday.ReadOnly = true
			Me.txtBirthday.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 20)
			Me.txtBirthday.TabIndex = 2
			Me.txtBirthday.Text = ""
			'
			'label3
			'
			Me.label3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 120)
			Me.label3.Name = "label3"
			Me.label3.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(104, 16)
			Me.label3.TabIndex = 2
			Me.label3.Text = "Description:"
			'
			'frmVcard
			'
			Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
			Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(328, 336)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.cmdClose)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.picPhoto)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.label5)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtNickname)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtDescription)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtBirthday)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtFullname)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.label4)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.label3)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.label2)
			Me.Controls.Add(Me.label1)
			Me.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle
			Me.MaximizeBox = false
			Me.Name = "frmVcard"
			Me.Text = "frmVcard"
			Me.ResumeLayout(false)
		End Sub

        Private Sub VcardResult(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal iq As agsXMPP.protocol.client.IQ, ByVal data As Object)
            If InvokeRequired Then
                BeginInvoke(CType(AddressOf VcardResult, agsXMPP.IqCB), New Object() {sender, iq, data})
                Return
            End If

            If iq.Type = IqType.result Then
                Dim vcard As Vcard = iq.Vcard
                If Not (vcard Is Nothing) Then
                    txtFullname.Text = vcard.Fullname
                    txtNickname.Text = vcard.Nickname
                    txtBirthday.Text = vcard.Birthday.ToString
                    txtDescription.Text = vcard.Description
                    Dim photo As Photo = vcard.Photo
                    If Not (photo Is Nothing) Then
                        picPhoto.Image = vcard.Photo.Image
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        End Sub

		Private Sub cmdClose_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
			Me.Close
		End Sub
	End Class
End Namespace


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Scientists discover key neural circuit regulating alcohol consumption
Scientists have known that a region of the brain called the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) plays a role in behaviors related to alcohol use and consumption in general. It's been less known which precise populations of brain cells and their projections to other brain regions mediate these behaviors. Now, UNC School of Medicine scientists discovered that specific neurons in the CeA contribute to reward-like behaviors, alcohol consumption in particular.
Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, this research pinpoints a specific neural circuit that when altered caused animal models to drink less alcohol.
"The fact that these neurons promote reward-like behavior, that extremely low levels of alcohol consumption activate these cells, and that activation of these neurons drive alcohol drinking in animals without extensive prior drinking experience suggests that they may be important for early alcohol use and reward," said senior author Zoe McElligott, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and pharmacology. "It's our hope that by understanding the function of this circuit, we can better predict what happens in the brains of people who transition from casual alcohol use to subsequent abuse of alcohol, and the development of alcohol use disorders."
McElligott, who is also a member of the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, set out to investigate if a population of neurons that express a specific neuropeptide (neurotensin or NTS) contributes to reward-like behaviors and alcohol drinking. She was especially interested in these neurons in the context of inexperienced alcohol use, such as when a person first begins to drink alcohol. Also, NTS neurons are a subpopulation of other neurons in this CeA brain region that have been implicated in anxiety and fear — known as the somatostatin and corticotropin releasing factor neurons.
Using modern genetic and viral technologies in male mice, McElligott and colleagues found that selectively lesioning or ablating the NTS neurons in the CeA, while maintaining other types of CeA neurons, would cause the animals to drink less alcohol. This manipulation did not alter anxiety-like behavior. It also did not affect the consumption of other palatable liquids such as sucrose, saccharin, and bitter quinine solutions.
"We found that these NTS neurons in the CeA send a strong projection to the hindbrain, where they inhibit the parabrachial nucleus, near the brainstem," McElligott said.
Using optogenetics — a technique where light activates these neurons — the researchers stimulated the terminal projections of the CeA-NTS neurons in the parabrachial and found that this stimulation inhibited the neurons in the parabrachial. When the scientists stimulated this projection with a laser in one half of the animal's box, animals would spend more time where the stimulation would occur.
Animals also learned to perform a task to get the laser stimulation to turn on, and they would do this repeatedly, suggesting that they found this stimulation to be rewarding.
"Furthermore, when we stimulated this projection, animals would drink more alcohol as compared to when they had an opportunity to drink alcohol without laser stimulation," McElligott said. "In contrast to our study where we ablated the NTS neurons, laser stimulation of this parabrachial pathway also caused the animals to consume caloric and non-caloric sweetened beverages. When the animals were presented with regular food and a sweet food, however, laser stimulation did not enhance the consumption regardless of the mouse's hunger state. This suggests that different circuits may regulate the consumption of rewarding fluids and solids."
McElligott and her graduate student María Luisa Torruella Suarez, the first author of this study, hope to explore how alcohol experience may change these neurons over time.
"Would these cells respond differently after animals have been drinking high quantities of alcohol over time?" McElligott said. "We also want to discover which populations of neurons in the parabrachial are receiving inputs from these neurons. Fully understanding this circuit could be the key to developing therapeutics to help people with alcohol use disorders."
Source: http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2019/december/scientists-discover-key-neural-circuit-regulating-alcohol-consumption
Journal article: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/11/19/JNEUROSCI.1466-19.2019
neuroscience, NTS neurons, research, science
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Somewhat related and a little scary: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/frank-plummer-deep-brain-stimulation-experimental-treatment-1.5399179

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The details of some of Jon Jones' increased drug testing ahead of UFC 235 have become available and the results are mixed.
Two of the five test results released by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Thursday showed traces of the M3 metabolite that Jones has been testing positive for since his July 2017 fight with Daniel Cormier. The other three tests came back negative for the Turinabol metabolite.
Jones, as expected, is happy that he is not facing any discipline and isn't going to let any controversy stemming from these results get in the way of his performance on Saturday.
What's important is challenger Anthony Smith, who was not surprised in the least by Jones' latest test results.
Whether it's there or not, Jon Jones will be there Saturday night and his light heavyweight title will be on the line.
-As of press time, only Anthony Smith, Robbie Lawler, and Alejandro Perez are left to weigh-in. Every other UFC 235 fighter made weight successfully. We will update if there are any issues with any of the remaining fighters.
-Paige VanZant revealed that it was another arm fracture that forced her out of her planned UFC 236 bout with Poliana Botelho.


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Jurkówko () ist eine kleine Siedlung in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren, die zur Landgemeinde Kruklanki (Kruglanken) im Powiat Giżycki (Kreis Lötzen) gehört.

Geographische Lage
Die Forstsiedlung () Jurkówko liegt im südlichen Borkener Forst (auch: Borker Heide, polnisch Puszcza Borecka) im nördlichen Osten der Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren. Die ehemalige Kreisstadt Angerburg (polnisch Węgorzewo) ist 25 Kilometer in nordwestlicher Richtung entfernt, während die heutige Kreismetropolo Giżycko (Lötzen) 21 Kilometer in südwestlicher Richtung entfernt liegt.

Geschichte
Um 1865 wurde die Försterei Hagenhorst gegründet und bildete einen Wohnplatz in der Landgemeinde Jorkowen (1938 bis 1945 Jorken, polnisch Jurkowo) im Kreis Angerburg im Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen der preußischen Provinz Ostpreußen. Im Jahre 1905 zählte die Forsthaussiedlung 6 Einwohner.

In Kriegsfolge kam auch Hagenhorst 1945 mit dem gesamten südlichen Ostpreußen zu Polen und erhielt die polnische Ortsbezeichnung "Jurkówko". Heute ist es eine Ortschaft im Verbund der Landgemeinde Kruklanki (Kruglanken) im Powiat Giżycki (Kreis Lötzen), vor 1998 der Woiwodschaft Suwałki, seither der Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren zugehörig.

Religionen
Hagenhorst war bis 1945 in die evangelische Kirche Orlowen (1938 bis 1945 Adlersdorf, ) in der Kirchenprovinz Ostpreußen der Kirche der Altpreußischen Union und in die katholische Kirche St. Bruno in Lötzen (polnisch Giżycko) im Bistum Ermland eingepfarrt.

Heute ist Jurkówko zur katholischen Pfarrei Orłowo im Bistum Ełk (Lyck) in der Römisch-katholischen Kirche in Polen hin orientiert bzw. gehört zur evangelischen Kirchengemeinde in Wydminy (Widminnen), einer Filialgemeinde der Pfarrei Giżycko in der Diözese Masuren der Evangelisch-Augsburgischen Kirche in Polen.

Verkehr
Jurkówko liegt mitten im Wald und ist nur über einen Landweg von Jurkowo (Jorkowen, 1938 bis 1945 Jorken) aus zu erreichen. Eine Bahnanbindung existiert nicht.

Einzelnachweise

Ort der Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren
Gmina Kruklanki

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Police FINE pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tries to cover his face from facial recognition camera on the streets of London
Police fined a pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tried to cover his face when he saw a controversial facial recognition camera on a street in London.
Officers set up the camera on a van in Romford, East London, which then cross-checked photos of faces of passers-by against a database of wanted criminals.
But one man was unimpressed about being filmed and covered his face with his hat and jacket, before being stopped by officers who took his picture anyway.
After being pulled aside, the man told police: 'If I want to cover me face, I'll cover me face. Don't push me over when I'm walking down the street.'
It comes just weeks after it was claimed the new technology incorrectly identified members of the public in 96 per cent of matches made between 2016 and 2018.
The cameras have been rolled out in a trial in parts of Britain, with the Met making its first arrest last December when shoppers in London's West End were scanned.
But their use has sparked a privacy debate, with civil liberties group Big Brother Watch branding the move a 'breach of fundamental rights to privacy and freedom of assembly'. Police argue they are necessary to crack down on spiralling crime.
Officers previously insisted people could decline to be scanned, before later clarifying that anyone trying to avoid scanners may be stopped and searched.
It was first deployed by South Wales Police ahead of the Champions League final in Cardiff in 2007, but wrongly matched more than 2,000 people to possible criminals.
Police and security services worldwide are keen to use facial recognition technology to bolster their efforts to fight crime and identify suspects.
But they have been hampered by the unreliability of the software, with some trials failing to correctly identify a single person.
The technology made incorrect matches in every case during two deployments at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford last year, according to Big Brother Watch. It was also reportedly 96 per cent accurate in eight uses by the Met from 2016 to 2018.
In Romford, the man was fined £90 at the scene by officers, who also arrested three other people during the day thanks to the technology, according to BBC Click.
After being stopped he asked an officer: 'How would you like it if you walked down the street and someone grabbed your shoulder? You wouldn't like it, would you?
The officer told him: 'Calm yourself down or you're going in handcuffs. It's up to you. Wind your neck in.' But the man replied: 'You wind your neck in.'
After being fined, the man told a reporter: 'The chap told me down the road – he said they've got facial recognition. So I walked past like that (covering my face).
'It's a cold day as well. As soon as I've done that, the police officer's asked me to come to him. So I've got me back up. I said to him 'f*** off', basically.
'I said 'I don't want me face shown on anything. If I want to cover me face, I'll cover me face, it's not for them to tell me not to cover me face.
'I've got a now £90 fine, here you go, look at that. Thanks lads, £90. Well done.'
Silkie Carlo, the director of civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, was at the scene holding a placard saying 'stop facial recognition' – before she asked an officer about the man they had taken aside: 'What's your suspicion?'
The officer replied: 'The fact that he's walked past clearly masking his face from recognition and covered his face. It gives us grounds to stop him and verify.'
Ivan Balhatchet, the Metropolitan Police's covert and intelligence lead, said: 'We ought to explore all technology to see how it can make people safer, how it can make policing more effective.
'However, we are completely aware of some of the concerns that are raised, and what we're doing with these trials is actually trying to understand those better so we protect human rights but also keep people safe at the same time.'
Eight people were arrested during the trial on January 31 this year, which took eight hours, but just three were a direct result of the technology.
A 15-year-old boy identified by the recognition cameras was arrested on suspicion of robbery but released with no further action.
A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment and a 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of breach of a molestation order.
The five other arrests were two teenage boys accused of robbery, a 17-year-old boy accused of firing a gun and two men aged 25 and 46 for drug possession.
Speaking about the man who was fined, a Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'On Thursday, January 31 officers stopped a man who was seen acting suspiciously in the area of Romford Town Centre during the deployment of the live facial recognition technology.
'After being stopped the man became aggressive and made threats towards officers. He was issued with a penalty notice for disorder as a result.
'While anyone who declined to be scanned was not necessarily be viewed as suspicious, officers used their judgement to identify any potential suspicious behaviour.'
Last December, a suspect was arrested by the Metropolitan Police during a trial of the facial recognition technology among Christmas shoppers at Leicester Square in London's West End.
Another man was stopped due to the technology, but found not to be the man the computer thought he was – although he was arrested over another offence.
Big Brother Watch has previously said the technology is a 'breach of fundamental rights to privacy and freedom of assembly'.
They have monitored the officers and say police treat those who avoid the cameras with suspicion.
But the police insist people can decline to be scanned without arousing suspicion and the move is necessary to crack down on spiralling violence crime.
A mandate they have produced to guide officers states: 'It is right and appropriate to bring people who are unlawfully at large to justice as they may otherwise pose a threat of safety to the public through the commission of crime.
'This approach is less intrusive than other methods of tracing wanted persons.
'It is less resource intensive which will save police time and money and allow police to concentrate resources on other priorities.'
The Home Office has said the system can be an 'invaluable tool' in fighting crime, while the National Police Chiefs Council said it could disrupt criminals but insisted any rollout must show be effective within 'sufficient safeguards'.
The technology was first deployed by South Wales Police ahead of the 2017 Champions League final in Cardiff.
That trial led to the technology wrongly matching more than 2,000 people to possible criminals.
But they have been hampered by the unreliability of the software, with some trials failing to correctly identify anyone.
The Metropolitan Police have already used the cameras at the Notting Hill carnival and other forces have used them at football matches.
And pop star Taylor Swift used the software at a concert in the US to identify stalkers in the crowds.
Ms Carlo told MailOnline: 'It is important to note that police are now days away from making a decision about the future of facial recognition in the UK.
'We believe it has no place in a democracy and we will continue with our legal challenge against the Met if they do go ahead with it.
'We believe we have a huge amount of public support for our campaign and have crowdfunded £10,000 to bring the legal challenge.
'This is a turning point for civil liberties in the UK. If police push ahead with facial recognition surveillance, members of the public could be tracked across Britain's colossal CCTV networks.
'For a nation that opposed ID cards and rejected the national DNA database, the notion of live facial recognition turning citizens into walking ID cards is chilling.
'This China-style mass surveillance tool is the very antithesis of British democratic freedom and police using it on our streets sets a dangerous example to countries around the world.
'It would be disastrous for policing and the future of civil liberties and we urge police to drop it for good.'
As for whether police would stop people who are wearing facial coverings for religious reasons, Ms Carlo said it was one of 'many questions police will have to answer if they keep using this'.
She added: 'We've never seen police make anyone remove religious clothing around facial recognition but we have seen them stopping people wearing scarves during winter and hooded coats.'
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3 Responses to Police FINE pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tries to cover his face from facial recognition camera on the streets of London
This is what communism looks like.
That statement at the very end says all you need to know about this shit…. it is for the Western People, all others are useful tools and idiots…
You want to be free in England now, all you have to do is throw on a Burka and walk like an Egyptian… You get a free pass everywhere you go….too funny how a nation of men can be so whipped by a bunch of political correctness and government mandates of tolerance….
"prema-nocta" coming soon guys….when will you fight…?
Piss-poor 'performance'.
Useless cr@p, in other words.
Again… useless cr@p.
I was in England in 2006. It was well-known that the city of London (proper) had over 4 million cameras at THAT time.
I recall thinking that being a bit excessive.


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The Spell of the Status Quo
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The Rights Studio 23 July 2021 23 July 2021
"The true force of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us, and which knows only the oppressors' tactics, the oppressor's relationships."
We are all afflicted by some form of status quo bias. From a young age, most of us were told to colour within the lines, to learn the rules and follow them, and that if we study hard and work hard, everything will turn out okay.
Yet, today, with the state of our world, it's this exact kind of thinking and behaviour that's led to catastrophic consequences for all life on this planet.
So what does status quo bias actually mean? Status quo bias is a cognitive bias that makes us choose that things remain unchanged, from small decisions in our daily lives, to decisions about how to run an organisation or a country.
Research in behavioural science suggests that people will often make decisions for things to remain the same because they tend to think more about what they might lose, rather than what might be gained. It can be out of fear, or simply because we prefer the familiar, but it can also be out of laziness, to avoid thinking too deeply about decisions we have to make.
You might be thinking 'not me, I rebelled and became an activist / worked for an NGO,' etc. but regardless of sector or profession, much of our thinking, reasoning and acting suffers from status quo bias, in our personal and professional lives.
Do you do certain things because of what your family/friends/colleagues expect of you? Do you vote for the same people year in, year out? Do you make decisions based on what's right or what's easiest? Or do you tend to stay silent in the hope that someone else will speak up instead of you?
Status quo bias is the reason so many organisations (and individuals) struggle to adopt innovative ideas or ways of working. "We tweak the recipe without ever questioning whether we should make an entirely different dish," Aaron Dignan explains in Brave New Work. Yet, he says, it's often easier to make things ten times better, than ten per cent better, because when you aim for ten times better you lean on bravery and creativity, rather than on existing tools and assumptions.
This is important because if we are in the habit of not thinking much, we are more likely to become paralysed in a crisis. And the less we think, the easier it is to be manipulated. "Evil comes from a failure to think," Hannah Arendt observed, "the essence of totalitarian government, and perhaps the nature of every bureaucracy is to make functionaries and mere cogs in the administrative machinery out of men, and thus to dehumanise them."
So what can we do? Ridding ourselves of status quo bias doesn't mean causing chaos or being disruptive for the sake of it; it should be because deep down we have the desire to make things better. And rather than thinking we need to perform some grand act of bravery or sacrifice, we could perhaps see this as a form of liberation. A liberation that stems, first and foremost, from our own way of thinking.
Similarly, Minna Salami writes about the need to decolonise the mind, which she says is "not like removing old furniture. … It is not removing thought patterns by force, but instead gently inserting new insights, which eventually reshuffle and do away with harmful thoughts." And this liberation doesn't have to come all at once; she compares this process to the Russian matryoshka dolls, where it's a "process of inserting and reinserting, imagining and reimagining, shaping and reshaping."
I think back to some of those moments of liberation and can begin to observe how each one spirals into something else. For example, like others I am sure, I grew up being told I always had to finish a book I started. When I mentioned this to one of my university professors, she laughed saying: "Don't waste time reading those you don't like. Do you realise how many amazing books there are out there that you will never have time to read?!"
On a more selfish note, the sense of liberation every small act gives us is exquisite and deeply empowering, for ourselves, but others too. And while we will most likely never know what impact one small act of resistance might have, history has a lot to teach us here.
Perhaps we can take our queue from Timothy Snyder's lessons on tyranny: "Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along…. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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Q: How to enable smart references when using xr-hyper package for producing multi-volume book? I'm using xr-hyper package by @David Carlisle and smartref package by Giuseppe Bilotta to compile a multi-volume book. xr-hyper enables cross-references between different volumes as shows the following code chunk:
\newcommand{Volume}{1}% put this is PlasmaBook1.tex

% This is the code shared by all volumes
\usepackage{xr-hyper}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\ifnum\Volume=1
    \externaldocument{PlasmaBook2}
    \externaldocument{PlasmaBook3}
\else\ifnum\Volume=2
    \externaldocument{PlasmaBook1}
    \externaldocument{PlasmaBook3}
\else\ifnum\Volume=3
    \externaldocument{PlasmaBook1}
    \externaldocument{PlasmaBook2}
\fi\fi\fi

And the package smartref is used to hide a portion of equation number as explained in How do I discard a portion of an equation number when cross-referencing?
\usepackage{smartref}
\addtoreflist{chapter}
\newcommand*{\srefaux}[1]{%
    \ischapterchanged{#1}% checks if section number has changed
    \ifchapterchanged% if current chapter is different
        \chapterref{#1}.% put the section reference
    \fi% else do nothing
    \ref*{#1}%  <- we changed this to ref*
}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand \theequation {\@arabic\c@equation}
\renewcommand \thefigure   {\@arabic\c@figure}
\renewcommand \thetable    {\@arabic\c@table}
\makeatother

\newcommand*\sref[1]{\hyperref[#1]{\srefaux{#1}}}
\newcommand*\seqref[1]{(\hyperref[#1]{\srefaux{#1}})}

Unfortunately, smartref mechanism is working only within a single volume. I think this is because xr-hyper package reads in only \newlabel strings from aux files and ignores \newsmartlabel tags written by smartref as shows the following example borrowed from an actual aux file:
\newlabel{ch01}{{1}{6}{Общие сведения о плазме}{chapter.4}{}}
\newsmartlabel{ch01}{{1}{1}}

So my question is

how to instruct xr-hyper to read both \newlabel and
  \newsmartlabel tags?

Perhaps, appropriate code could be included into new version of xr-hyper package.

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"Lichenes" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904
Lichen, the Upper Galilee, Israel
A lichen is a composite organism composed of a fungus (the mycobiont) in a symbiotic relationship with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont, also known as the phycobiont) that can produce food for the lichen from sunlight. The photobiont is usually either green algae or cyanobacteria. A few lichens are known to contain yellow-green algae or, in one case, a brown alga. Some lichens contain both green algae and cyanobacteria as photobionts; in these cases, the cyanobacteria symbiont component may specialize in fixing atmospheric nitrogen for metabolic use.
The body (thallus) of most lichens is quite different from that of either the fungus or alga growing separately, and may strikingly resemble simple plants in form and growth (Sanders 2001). The fungus surrounds the algal cells, often enclosing them within complex fungal tissues unique to lichen associations; however, the algal cells are never enclosed inside the fungal cells themselves. The fungus may or may not penetrate into the algal cells with fine hyphal protrusions.
There are thousands of species of lichens, which are typically hardy, slow-growing organisms. They often are pioneer forms of life that can grow in harsh (extremes of temperature) environments, such as the arctic, or sparse environments, such as on rocks or in deserts. Many grow on the trunks of trees. They are a key food resource for caribou in the far north. As organisms that are very sensitive to pollutants, lichens are a good indicator species for environmental problems.
1 Symbiotic relationship
2.1 Growth form
3 Morphology and structure
4 Reproduction
Harmony is seen in the cooperative relationship of two very different organisms, fungi and algae—so much so that they make one functioning organism. This fits with the view of Lynn Margulis that "Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking" (Margulis and Sagan 1986)—in other words, by cooperation.
Symbiotic relationship
The algal or cyanobacterial cells are photosynthetic, and as in higher plants they reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide into organic carbon sugars to feed both symbionts. Both partners gain water and mineral nutrients mainly from the atmosphere, through rain and dust. The fungal partner protects the alga by retaining water, serving as a larger capture area for mineral nutrients and, in some cases, provides minerals obtained from the substratum. If a cyanobacterium is present, as a primary partner or another symbiont in addition to green alga as in certain tripartite lichens, they can fix atmospheric nitrogen—complementing the activities of the green alga in tripartite lichens.
In general, the symbiosis involved in lichens is considered obligatory for successful growth and reproduction of the fungus; however, the significance for the algal symbiont is less clear. For some algae, the symbiosis may be obligatory for survival in a particular habitat; in other cases, the symbiosis might not be advantageous for the alga.
There is some evidence to suggest that the lichen symbiosis is parasitic rather than mutualistic (Ahmadjian 1993), with lichens involving a controlled form of parasitism of algal cells. For example, photobiont cells are routinely destroyed in the course of nutrient exchange. The association is able to continue because photobiont cells reproduce faster than they are destroyed (Ahmadjian 1993). Also, in another indication of possibly a parasitic relationship, in laboratory settings cyanobacteria grow faster when they are alone rather than when they are part of a lichen.
Thus, there is some controversy as to whether the lichen symbiosis should be considered an example of mutualism or parasitism or commensalism. Nonetheless, the lichen is typically a highly stable association that probably extends the ecological range of both partners. There is also a mutualistic component to the relationship: The fungus part of the lichen provides the alga with water and minerals that the fungus absorbs from whatever the lichen is growing on, its substrate. As for the alga, it uses the minerals and water to make food for the fungus and itself.
Lichens take the external shape of the fungal partner and hence are named based on the fungus. The fungus most commonly forms the majority of a lichen's bulk, though in filamentous and gelatinous lichens this may not always be the case. The lichen fungus is typically a member of the Ascomycota—rarely a member of the Basidiomycota, and then termed basidiolichens to differentiate them from the more common ascolichens.
Formerly, some lichen taxonomists placed lichens in their own division, the Mycophycophyta, but this practice is no longer accepted because the components belong to separate lineages. Neither the ascolichens nor the basidiolichens form monophyletic lineages in their respective fungal phyla, but they do form several major solely or primarily lichen-forming groups within each phylum (Lutzoni 2004). Even more unusual than basidiolichens is the fungus Geosiphon pyriforme, a member of the Glomeromycota that is unique in that it encloses a cyanobacterial symbiont inside its cells. Geospihon is not usually considered to be a lichen, and its peculiar symbiosis was not recognized for many years. The genus is more closely allied to endomycorrhizal genera.
Growth form
Lichens are informally classified by growth form into:
Crustose (paint-like, flat), e.g., Caloplaca flavescens
Filamentose (hair-like), e.g., Ephebe lanata
Foliose (leafy), e.g., Hypogymnia physodes
Fruticose (branched), e.g., Cladina evensii, C. subtenuis, and Usnea australis
Leprose (powdery), e.g., Lepraria incana
Squamulose (consisting of small scale-like structures, lacking a lower cortex), e.g., Normandina pulchella
Gelatinous lichens, in which the cyanobacteria produce a polysaccharide that absorbs and retains water.
Morphology and structure
Some lichens have the aspect of leaves (foliose lichens); others cover the substratum like a crust (crustose lichens); others adopt shrubby forms (fruticose lichens); and there are gelatinous lichens.
Although the form of a lichen is determined by the genetic material of the fungal partner, association with a photobiont is required for the development of that form. When grown in the laboratory in the absence of its photobiont, a lichen fungus develops as an undifferentiated mass of hyphae. If combined with its photobiont under appropriate conditions, its characteristic form emerges in the process called morphogenesis (Brodo et al. 2001). In a few remarkable cases, a single lichen fungus can develop into two very different lichen forms when associating with either a green algal or a cyanobacterial symbiont. Quite naturally, these alternative forms were at first considered to be different species, until they were first found growing in a conjoined manner.
Under magnification, a section through a typical foliose lichen thallus reveals four layers of interlaced fungal filaments. The uppermost layer is formed by densely agglutinated fungal hyphae building a protective outer layer called the cortex. In lichens that include both green algal and cyanobacterial symbionts, the cyanobacteria may be held on the upper or lower surface in small pustules called cephalodia/cephalodium. Beneath the upper cortex is an algal layer composed of algal cells embedded in rather densely interwoven fungal hyphae. Each cell or group of cells of the photobiont is usually individually wrapped by hyphae, and in some cases penetrated by an haustorium. Beneath this algal layer is a third layer of loosely interwoven fungal hyphae without algal cells. This layer is called the medulla. Beneath the medulla, the bottom surface resembles the upper surface and is called the lower cortex, again consisting of densely packed fungal hyphae. The lower cortex often bears root-like fungal structures known as rhizines, which serve to attach the thallus to the substrate on which it grows.
Lichens sometimes also contain structures made from fungal metabolites, for example crustose lichens sometimes have a polysaccharide layer in the cortex. Although each lichen thallus generally appears homogeneous, some evidence seems to suggest that the fungal component may consist of more than one genetic individual of that species. This seems to also be true of the photobiont species involved.
Thalli and apothecia on a foliose lichen
Many lichens reproduce asexually, either by vegetative reproduction or through the dispersal of diaspores containing algal and fungal cells. Soredia (singular soredium) are small groups of algal cells surrounded by fungal filaments that form in structures called soralia, from which the soredia can be dispersed by wind. Another form of diaspore are isidia, elongated outgrowths from the thallus that break off for mechanical dispersal. Fruticose lichens in particular can easily fragment. Due to the relative lack of differentiation in the thallus, the line between diaspore formation and vegetative reproduction is often blurred. Many lichens break up into fragments when they dry, dispersing themselves by wind action, to resume growth when moisture returns.
Many lichen fungi appear to reproduce sexually in a manner typical of fungi, producing spores that are presumably the result of sexual fusion and meiosis. Following dispersal, such fungal spores must meet with a compatible algal partner before a functional lichen can form. This may be a common form of reproduction in basidiolichens, which form fruitbodies resembling their nonlichenized relatives. Among the ascolichens, spores are produced in spore-producing bodies, the three most common spore body types are the apothecia, perithecia, and the pycnidia.
Crustose and foliose lichens on a wall
Lichens are often the first to settle in places lacking soil, constituting the sole vegetation in some extreme environments, such as those found at high mountain elevations and at high latitudes. Some survive in the tough conditions of deserts, and others on frozen soil of the arctic regions. Recent ESA research shows that lichen can even endure extended exposure to space.
Lichens must compete with plants for access to sunlight, but because of their small size and slow growth, they thrive in places where higher plants have difficulty growing.
A major ecophysiological advantage of lichens is that they are poikilohydric (poikilo—variable, hydric—relating to water), meaning that though they have little control over the status of their hydration, they can tolerate irregular and extended periods of severe desiccation. Like some mosses, liverworts, ferns, and a few "resurrection plants," upon desiccation, lichens enter a metabolic suspension or stasis (known as cryptobiosis) in which the cells of the lichen symbionts are dehydrated to a degree that halts most biochemical activity. In this cryptobiotic state, lichens can survive wider extremes of temperature, radiation, and drought in the harsh environments they often inhabit.
Lichens do not have roots and do not need to tap continuous reservoirs of water like most higher plants. Thus, they can grow in locations impossible for most plants, such as bare rock, sterile soil or sand, and various artificial structures such as walls, roofs, and monuments. Many lichens also grow as epiphytes (epi—on the surface, phyte—plant) on other plants, particularly on the trunks and branches of trees. When growing on other plants, lichens are not parasites; they do not consume any part of the plant nor poison it. Some ground-dwelling lichens, such as members of genus Cladina (reindeer lichens), however, produce chemicals which leach into the soil and inhibit the germination of plant seeds and growth of young plants.
Stability (that is, longevity) of their substratum is a major factor of lichen habitats. Most lichens grow on stable rock surfaces or the bark of old trees, but many others grow on soil and sand. In these latter cases, lichens are often an important part of soil stabilization; indeed, in some desert ecosystems, vascular (higher) plant seeds cannot become established except in places where lichen crusts stabilize the sand and help retain water.
Pine forest with lichen ground-cover
When growing on mineral surfaces, some lichens slowly decompose their substrate by chemically degrading and physically disrupting the minerals, contributing to the process of weathering by which rocks are gradually turned into soil. While this contribution to weathering is usually benign, it can cause problems for artificial stone structures. For example, there is an ongoing lichen growth problem on Mount Rushmore National Memorial that requires the employment of mountain-climbing conservators to clean the monument.
Lichens may be eaten by some animals, such as reindeer, living in arctic regions. The larvae of a surprising number of Lepidoptera species feed exclusively on lichens. These include Common Footman and Marbled Beauty. However, lichens are very low in protein and high in carbohydrates, making them unsuitable for some animals. Lichens are also used by the Northern Flying Squirrel for nesting, food, and a water source during winter.
Although lichens typically grow in naturally harsh environments, most lichens, especially epiphytic fruticose species and those containing cyanobacteria, are sensitive to manufactured pollutants and to air quality. Hence, they have been widely used as pollution indicator organisms.
Many lichens produce secondary compounds, including pigments that reduce harmful amounts of sunlight and powerful toxins that reduce herbivory or kill bacteria. These compounds are very useful for lichen identification, and have (or had) economic importance as dyes or primitive antibiotics. Extracts from many Usnea species were used to treat wounds in Russia in the mid-twentieth century (Kane 2002). Orcein and other lichen dyes have largely been replaced by synthetic versions (Armstrong 2007).
The European Space Agency has discovered that lichens can survive unprotected in space (ESA 2005; Young 2005). In an experiment led by Leopoldo Sancho from the Complutense University of Madrid, two species of lichen —Rhizocarpon geographicum and Xanthoria elegans—were sealed in a capsule and launched on a Russian Soyuz rocket on May 31, 2005. Once in orbit, the capsules were opened and the lichens were directly exposed to the vacuum of space with its widely fluctuating temperatures and cosmic radiation. After 15 days, the lichens were brought back to earth and were found to be in full health with no discernible damage from their time in orbit.
A foliose lichen on basalt.
Usnea australis, a fruticose form, growing on a tree branch
Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on rock
The cyanobacterium Hyella caespitosa with fungal hyphae in the lichen Pyrenocollema halodytes
Foliose lichen grows on a fallen log.
Reindeer moss (Cladonia rangiferina)
Lichen found in the Canadian Rockies
Lichens on limestones of Alta Murgia-Southern Italy
A lichen commonly referred to as 'British Soldiers'. Notice the red tips.
One type of growth habit.
Fruticose lichen covering pine branches near Blackpine Lake, Washington
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Armstrong, W. P. 2007. Lichen dyes and perfumes. Waynesword. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 2006. Insight into sex life of lichens. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300082495
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Lichens of Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France.
Lichen history
History of "Lichen"
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Q: What does "splintering his shins" mean? Can someone explain what this means:

Lamp posts and trees reared up at him, splintering his shins

Source: The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson.

A: It means that lamp posts and trees injured  the  lower front part of his legs:
Splinter:

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*To cause to split or break into sharp, slender pieces; form splinters.

Shin:

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*the front part of your leg between your knee and your foot:
  She has a nasty bruise on her shin.

The Free Dictionary

A: Lamp posts and trees do not literally 'rear up.' They are rather fixed.
But someone running, possibly in great fright, might experience coming upon lamp posts and trees in a way that they SEEMED to be jumping up to attack.
This is a poem, after all, and poetic imagery is appropriate. The emotional stress of encountering these obstacles is being communicated.


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Pacquiao vs Horn predictions, observations: Experts unleash
On Saturday night, fight legend and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 knockouts) faces a relative unknown in Jeff Horn (16-0-1 record, 11 knockouts) in the main event of a fight card that will be broadcast live on ESPN, stateside.
Is Pacquiao vs Horn a tune-up for the 38 year old star?
Answer: Yes and no.
Pacquiao is a big favorite Horn in what some are calling the biggest fight in Australian boxing history.
On paper, Horn isn't a major threat but he's 16-0-1 and a top contender. Moreover, he's young and can bang. Thus, Manny shouldn't look past the Aussie and it would behoove him to be in top form because everyone is a threat to some degree at this level.|
So, what are the experts saying?
Pacquiao vs Horn predictions and observations
Tim Bradley: Three-time Pacquiao opponent, is a former two division world champion has been regarded as a top 10 pound-for-pound fighter for the better part of the last 5 years.
"I know how he feels right now, he's scared out of his mind. He is out of his element," Bradley, a four-time world champion from California, told reporters on Friday as reported by BoxingScene.com.
"Jeff (is) young, not a whole lot of experience, in the fight of his life, 50,000 people, there's a lot of pressure riding on him."
"But if he can put all of that aside, go in there and fight his gameplan... don't be reckless, and don't be dumb. Be smart.(If he can do that) he has a good chance of winning the fight. He has to hurt Manny Pacquiao with that big right hand he has."
"At first you watch him on film but when you actually get in there and fight him, he's actually faster than you saw on film, his footwork is a lot quicker, he's a lot smarter."
"He's very deceiving. He's a legend for a reason and even at the age of 38 he still has all of his wits.
Observation: Edge to Pacquiao but Horn has a better chance than many think, especially if the latter can land his right hand cleanly.
Calling the fight on ESPN
Joe Tessitore, Teddy Atlas and elite-level former Pacquiao rival Timothy Bradley.
Bruce McTavish: Boxing referee and former amateur boxer who has officiated several Pacquiao fights as well as a recent Horn bout.
"I was one of the judges when I saw Jeff Horn won by knockout against an African opponent during an IBF (International Boxing Federation) event last December. To tell you the truth, Horn is a very nice kid, former schoolteacher, clean cut, a good boxer, but he has no real talent. He may have won by a knockout against the other guy and did it pretty well, but I think he's too young and raw for Manny," McTavish, 76, told The Manila Times.
"Manny will knock him (Jeff) out three to four rounds and I guess it's a mismatch. It's a shame. Horn has a good future but he's not yet ready for somebody like Pacquiao—too premature. Pacquiao is a freak of nature. He only needs six weeks to get into a tough shape and that's very fast."
Prediction: Pacquiao via KO in 3 or 4
Josh Katzowitz: Boxing writer, Forbes.com
"... In my eyes, Horn doesn't have the speed to contend with Pacquiao, and he certainly doesn't have the experience, Josh stated via Forbes.com. "His chin seems sturdy enough, and Pacquiao's power has certainly waned since he moved up in weight. But for me, Pacquiao is going to disappoint the 55,000-plus fans that will be in attendance with a fairly easy unanimous decision victory against Horn. And it will be an easier time than his victory vs. Vargas."
Prediction: Pacquiao via easy UD
Freddie Roach: Hall of Fame trainer, former top 10 contender, insider and Pacquiao's current and longtime mentor
"He [Manny] wants a rematch with Mayweather," Roach told Sky News of 38-year-old Pacquiao. "To get Mayweather, you have to look good. Against Horn, he's got to look good, he has to be impressive."
"(Pacquiao) doesn't like to predict knockouts and so forth but I do," Roach said at a media conference on Wednesday. "I think it's going to be short and sweet. If our opponent comes out like he says he's going to, Manny will fire back and I think it's going to be great fight (but) it won't last too long. And someone will get knocked out."
Prediction: Pacquiao by early KO
Pacquiao vs Horn News
Date: July 1, 2017 (U.S.)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium
Braodcast: ESPN
Division: Welterweight
Title: WBO
Champion: Manny Pacquiao
Scott Christ: Boxing writer, BadLeftHook.com
"Based on what I know about Horn and what you can see of him in the ring on tape, he's not on Pacquiao's level. He is, frankly, not really close to Pacquiao's level.
"The good news for Jeff Horn is nobody expects him to win or even be competitive, really. It's a no-lose situation for him. If he shocks the world and wins the WBO title and knocks off an icon, then obviously that's a huge win. If he gets sparked or just shut out over 12, what's the harm? It's Manny Pacquiao."
"Jeff Horn could beat Conor McGregor in boxing. He can't beat Manny Pacquiao. He's not good enough, and even if he had the potential to be, he doesn't have the right experience to have prepared him."
Prediction: Pacquiao wins easily
Juan Manuel Marquez: Four-time Pacquiao opponent, multiple division world champion and future first ballot hall of famer
Horn has hinted he'll try to set Manny up for a big right hand a la Marquez vs Pacquiao in 2012.
"To knock Pacquiao out, you have to know him. I had 36 rounds with him [before that fourth fight], I already knew what he was doing and that's why that knockout came at the perfect moment when we wanted it - but beforehand I already knew him and in this case Jeff Horn does not know him, and because of that it will be difficult [to get that king of knockout]," said Marquez to ESPN Deportes.
"The important thing in this fight is the experience factor, and that's in favor of Pacquiao, but Pacquiao must look to get the knockout so he can return to the forefront, that he's still there in the forefront - to convince the people and promoters and the television networks. He will have to convince and knock Horn out."
John Mugabi: Former jr middleweight world champion and top tier middleweight contender in the late 1980s and early 1990s who faced the likes of Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Terry Norris and Gerald McClellan; John is currently in Horn's training camp.
"Jeff Horn will shock Pacquiao," Mugabi told Courier Mail . "Pacquiao can be hit and hurt and Jeff is a great puncher. Very strong. Pacquiao will not be expecting the sort of power he has."
Prediction: Horn upsets Pacquiao
Brian Campbell, Boxing writer, CBSSports.com
"Despite pushing 40, Pacquiao has remarkably retained a level of speed and slickness that has kept him on most pound-for-pound top 10 lists," stated Campbell via CBSSports.com.
"Pacquiao's speed, on its own, will likely be enough to help him control Horn from the outside, especially combined with his sublime ability to land punches from incredibly awkward angles. And even if Horn was able to lure Pacquiao into a brawl, it's likely he would be outgunned anyway."
"Horn has decent pop and a very aggressive style. Similar to Ricky Hatton, he attempts to crowd and overwhelm opponents with volume, often using a lead right hand to catch them off guard. But his pension for aggression should come with a cost against Pacquiao considering how often Horn squares up when setting his feet before punching."
Prediction: Pacquiao by unanimous decision
Lee Cleveland: Boxing writer, FightSaga.com
Jeff Horn is a good, solid pro who will avoid being knocked out. Look for Pacquiao vs Horn to resemble Manny's fight with Chris Algieri in 2014 and Brandon Rios the year prior. Pacquiao, weary of Horn's right hand, will box rings around Horn and unleash punishment but will pay it safe and stop short of gunning for the stoppage.
It will be an exciting, albeit one-sided, bout.
Prediction: Manny scores a few knockdowns and wins a unanimous decision on all cards, 120-106.
My Pacquiao vs Horn prediction: It'll look something like this
PREDICTIONS / ODDS


One of the masterpieces of cinema and of the 1970s, a chamber ensemble for three voices in the unforgettable portrayals by Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont, and Françoise Lebrun. Alexandre, Marie, and Veronika love each other, they meet, their stories intertwine, they talk, in a succession of comedy and drama. Wrong-footing in its tender gaze onto the void, the movie crosses through repeated stations, indoors and out, among bodies and words in uncertain motion revolving around love. In tactile black and white, the film moves in private and public territories that are able to influence time.
Before the screening, Jean-Pierre Léaud will receive "Gran Torino Award"
In his third film, an anthropological study of reality opens up to documentary narration. Every year, Pessac (the city where the director was born) awards a local girl with the title of Rosière for her purity and virtue. Without passing judgment on that old-fashioned ritual, the filmmaker gives in to unexpressed moments of freedom and sweetness, captured in the faces of the province and his own roots.
Eleven years after his first documentary, Eustache returns to film, in color, the ritual of his hometown. Another investigation, an emotional trip toward the semblance and the roots of tradition. Again, faces which recall from afar the gazes of all the people he has observed and loved in his films, in an invaluable memory of himself and the other.
The perfect interpenetration of directing and editing takes Eustache and the documentary filmmaker Jean-Michel Barjol to a village in the Ardèche to narrate the farmers' ritual of hog butchering. Corporeal cinema about the origins and the mystery of nature, able to capture its soul in the dense fog and the hazy outlines of the countryside.
Almost a covert contact between the infernal panel of Bosch's triptych and the cinema of Eustache. The improvised lecture by his friend, the psychoanalyst Jean-Noël Picq, slowly reveals to a group of listeners the painter's most creative and dynamic panel, the way it breaks up the stories and concentrates them in disconnected points.
Narbonne. Daniel dresses up like Father Christmas to earn enough money to buy a duffle coat and try his luck with the female universe. Marked by the performance of the 22-year-old Jean-Pierre Léaud (already a legend and the projection of the nouvelle vague),the movie is Eustache's first cinematographic incursion into autobiography, a sort of sentimental education à la Flaubert, permeated by the feelings of emptiness and dissonance of the provinces.
Two young wastrels clumsily rob the woman they just picked up. The story of a Parisian Sunday in the urban and interior landscape of Montmartre and Pigalle captures the beat of life. Eustache's dazzling and blunt debut in full nouvelle vague, between tense dreams and a feeling of marginalization.
The photographer Alix Cléo Roubaud (another talent who died prematurely) shows her works to Boris Eustache, the filmmaker's young son: faces, landscapes, still lifes, and memories, narrated in an increasingly personal, involved, and diachronic manner. A progressive detachment of words and images for a discussion of the imaginary which connects director and narrator.
Eustache goes back to that time between childhood and adolescence, mirroring himself in the silent and already "elsewhere" gaze of the protagonist Daniel: between Pessac, where he lives with his grandmother, and Narbonne, where he is unable to truly reconnect with his mother, and which leaves an unfilled void inside him. In the splendid colors of Nestor Almendros, with Ingrid Caven as the mother, a movie about the mystery of childhood and cinema, which was wrongly ignored and misunderstood.
A milestone for Eustache: an endless sequence shot of his grandmother Odette Robert, the story of her life and of "history," going back in time, as reflected in the hidden face of her grandson, the director, who is filmed from behind. A fixed, invisible, and tender mise en abîme, able to evoke legends, combining Lumière and Méliès, words and ghostly bodies.


Pepper has generally been very accepting of the new kitty. He keeps wanting to go in to the room and see what's going on. But as soon as Blackjack sees Pepper, he hisses and growls and scares Pepper away. My initial concern would be for Pepper to be comfortable with kitty #2. At this point, I'm starting to lose confidence. Blackjack was very sweet when I met him at his previous house, but he doesn't seem to like being in a house with other cats. He seems to be a bit of a bully to the resident cat. Which is strange, since Pepper was here first. Blackjack is bigger in size, so maybe he feels he has the right to intimidate Pepper.
I was really hopeful and wanted it to work out. I wanted to give it a week, but from what I'm seeing so far, it doesn't seem like these two cats can coexist. Pepper is normally very friendly and sociable, but with Blackjack around, he's being timid and running behind the furniture. In complete honesty, I love Pepper's personality, and do not want him to change. It's a shame it's not working out.


My 10 year old Grey is in intensive care. He is losing blood internally somewhere and the vet is trying to save him. On oxygen too. He is awake and knows us and we are going to visit him Monday and go from there. Vet has no idea what caused this. White blood cells very high. They ran blood tests but still unsure as to cause.
So sorry to hear this. Please keep us updated.
That is so sad. I hope he makes it. Keep us posted on his progress.
Hopefully your vet can save your grey. I know how difficult it is when they are sick, having lost a grey a few years back. Very difficult. Let us know how he is doing.
We heard from the vet after the autopsy. There was a hard piece of some kind of a nut stuck in the intestine which had been there for a long time and was catching waste and formed a blockage. We can't figure out where this came from. Dr. said it was hard like a walnut shell but we never gave him walnut shells. Peanut shells and pistachio shells were not the cause because this shell fragment was dark. It could have been in for many years according to the vet. Lesson learned: Be careful of feeding your bird any kind of a nut with a shell other than a peanut soft shell.
I am so sorry for your loss,there is another angel flying free.
I am so sorry for your loss. Our first grey died and I know how heartbreaking it is.
We don't even give peanuts in the shell because peanut shells can harbour mould which can make the bird very ill.
I am wondering if it had been there a long time the colour wouldn't necessarily be the colour it was to start with. Maybe it was something from a toy; they can sometimes contain nuts and other natural items.
Could be. Whatever it was, it was very hard.
I'm very sorry for your loss. Thank you for the information.


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Mobile web traffic is growing fast. So why do industry giants choose responsive design alternatives?
Responsive design is the core of the mobile-first philosophy. Responsive design places focus on the browser. With it you design your site with fluid grids that grow or expand as the screen size changes. It may result in content being hidden away from users browsing at certain screen sizes. If a website changes its look as you resize the browser and looks like your phone when you get small enough then the site uses using responsive design.
Adaptive design takes another approach to mobile traffic. Adaptive design places focus on the user and not the browser. It encourages you to create a user experience focused on the person and their current needs. For example, you may present a mobile user with a click-to-call button, or a print button for a desktop user. You can still have fluid grids like with responsive design. You just may not need those grids all the time — like when using a desktop.
In addition to responsive design, Google has two recommended responsive design alternatives for building a smartphone-optimized website. You can either dynamically serve different content or you could send them to a separate mobile website. Both of these scenarios work based on user-agent detection. User-agent detection is when you detect the user's browser from HTTP information supplied in the opening request. User-agent detection is risky because an error with the detection mechanism would send the user a poor experience. You must judge for yourself if different content you're sending to the user is worth the risk. You must also update your detection mechanism as new devices like Firefox OS and Tizen gain users.
The following sites use some form of adaptive design as responsive design alternatives.
Google Search — dynamic content.
Bing — dynamic content, though until last month used a separate mobile site.
Facebook — separate mobile website.
Twitter — separate mobile website.
LinkedIn — separate mobile website.
WikiPedia — separate mobile website.
YouTube — separate mobile website.
BBC — separate mobile website.
TMZ — separate mobile website.
Dynamic content websites are appealing when it comes to responsive design alternatives because there are no possible indexing issues with regards to SEO. They also make an ideal user experience when someone shares a page.
A separate mobile website is just like it sounds. It's a separate website with different URLs for every page. With these types of websites you must add bidirectional tags to tell search engines of the link between the two pages. When Google sees the link between these pages they will send mobile users directly to the mobile version of your site and not the desktop version. This saves the user time.
Separate mobile sites are appealing when it comes to responsive design alternatives because they are easy to design. All they need is the user-agent detection switch, and the ability to create a web page. By default they do not prevent a desktop user from visiting a mobile page. Whether that is a bug or a feature is subjective. I know just as many people who prefer to browse the mobile website as I know that hate that they are not redirected to the desktop.
Mobile websites do create a minor SEO risk if you do not include the bidirectional tags. Without them you are separating possible ranking value between the different versions of each page. To counter this you have more mechanisms to gain search engine data. For example, Google Webmaster Tools will only supply 2,000 search queries per day per domain. Since the mobile website is a different domain you can get 2,000 queries for the desktop site and 2,000 queries for the mobile site. Neither responsive design nor dynamic content can offer this.
Whether your choose responsive design or one of the responsive design alternatives you are improving the mobile user experience. These improvements you lead to happier users and will let you grow your brand.
This post was originally published as Responsive Design Alternatives for Brand Builder Websites.


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Grant Writer (Contractor)
WTF is looking to engage a grant writer on a contract basis to draft and revise narrative for LOIs, grant applications, and grant reports. The grant writer will also be responsible for submitting application and report materials and collaborating with the Development Coordinator to manage and maintain the institutional grants plan.
This opportunity offers an excellent introduction to grant writing for the arts, though WTF hopes to engage an individual with some experience interning or working in a Development office at a comparable not-for-profit arts organization.
WTF seeks to engage a grant writer with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence who exhibits exemplary time management skills and the ability to work independently to produce concise and inspiring narrative that speaks to WTF's outstanding programs and art.
Though grant applications and reports are spread throughout the year, the number of active projects varies week-to-week, with some weeks very quiet and others very busy. Candidates will have to have the flexibility in their schedule in order to meet project deadlines and collaborate with WTF staff members.
To apply, please email grants@wtfestival.org with your resume, cover letter, and 2-3 references.
Draft and revise narrative for grant LOIs, applications, and reports (approximately 42 grants/year)
Submit grant LOIs, applications, and reports on time
Manage and maintain WTF's institutional grants plan as directed by the Development Coordinator and Director of Development & Communications
Seek out information from internal and external sources for the development of draft narrative
Further support WTF's institutional giving activities by proofreading other grant applications completed by WTF staff
Embrace the Festival's commitment to EDI and Anti-racism by actively participating in and encouraging behaviors among staff members that exemplify respect; interrupting microaggressions and other behaviors that hinder our EDI and anti-racism efforts; and demonstrating a degree of cultural competency that encourages healthy relationships with all company members
At the request of WTF's Development Staff, research additional grant opportunities for WTF
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to quickly craft and deliver clear, accurate, and engaging messaging in both internal and external communications
Experience working or interning in a fast-paced nonprofit arts environment (specifically Development) preferred
Capable of handling multiple projects and prioritizing appropriately
Willingness to see projects through to completion
Able to foster a cooperative environment
High level of computer aptitude and proficiency in Google Workspace
Must maintain confidentiality and security of sensitive patron and company information
ABOUT WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL:
Williamstown Theatre Festival's mission:
To produce classic and new plays with distinction and verve, and to present artists with production opportunities and challenges seldom available elsewhere
To provide a training program in which emerging theater talents collaborate with accomplished mentors in a vital, professional, and educational atmosphere
To create and present programs that serve and engage a diverse community
Williamstown Theatre Festival continues to listen to the wisdom of anti-racism resources and to the insight of BIPOC artists, administrators, and alumni as we analyze our long history, our past and current practices, and our culture. WTF is committed to acknowledging, addressing, and dismantling the systems of white supremacy and anti-Blackness that exist in our organization. To this end, we are prioritizing diversity on our staff and we are actively seeking a diverse pool of candidates.
Williamstown Theatre Festival is an equal opportunity employer, committed to telling diverse stories and to fostering an inclusive environment both onstage and off.
For over six decades, Williamstown Theatre Festival, recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre and the Commonwealth Award for Achievement, has brought emerging and professional theatre artists together to create a thrilling summer festival of premiere work alongside fresh, new productions of the western canon, accompanying cultural events including COMMUNITY WORKS and Late-Night Cabarets, and readings and workshops of new plays. Under Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield, WTF launched the Andrew Martin-Weber New Play and Musical Commissioning Program, through which theatre artists, including Jocelyn Bioh, Nathan Alan Davis, Halley Feiffer, Justin Levine, Matthew Lopez, Jiehae Park, Benjamin Scheuer, and many others, create new work supported by a year-round play development program. WTF runs unmatched training programs for new generations of theatre talent, and artists and productions shaped at WTF fill theatres in New York, London, and around the country each season. Williamstown Theatre Festival's productions of The Bridges of Madison County, The Elephant Man, Fool for Love, Living on Love, and The Visit enjoyed critically acclaimed runs on Broadway, with The Elephant Man and The Visit receiving Tony Award nominations for Best Revival of a Play and Best Revival of a Musical, respectively. WTF's world premiere productions of Cost of Living (winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Actually, Paradise Blue, and Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow played acclaimed Off-Broadway runs. In the 2019-20 theatrical season, Williamstown Theatre Festival is represented on Broadway, off-Broadway, and regionally by The Sound Inside and Grand Horizons, both nominated for Tony Awards for Best Play, The Rose Tattoo, Seared, Selling Kabul, Unknown Soldier, and Lempicka.
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Q: Sort array, but ignore some specific characters in the beginning I have an array with all elements being strings. And I want to sort them alphabetically, so I know that I should use the sort() function. But what I want to happen is that it will ignore the first few characters based on what they are.
For example, if there is an array ['<FILE> dogs', '<DIR> more', '<FILE> cats'], how will I make it ignore the text <FILE> and , and sort these strings by the text that comes after them? Do I have to create a custom sorting function?

A: You could strip the tags, like this answer, and take the rest string as sortable result.

var array =  ['<FILE> dogs', '<DIR> more', '<FILE> cats'];

array.sort(function (a, b) {
    function getRaw(s) {
        return s.replace(/<(?:.|\n)*?>/gm, '').trim();
    }

    return getRaw(a).localeCompare(getRaw(b));
});
console.log(array);

A: To solve an issue like this, I will advise you to create an empty array then loop through the incoming array , replace any string that matches <FILE>, <DIR> with empty string and push to the empty array after which you'll apply your sort function on the new array.

A: A very simplistic approach could be;

var sorted =  ['<FILE> dogs', '<DIR> more', '<FILE> cats'].sort((a,b) => a.split(/>\s*/)[1].localeCompare(b.split(/>\s*/)[1]));
console.log(sorted);

A: You can create your own sort-function, like below. In this function, you can use regex-patterns or whatever to sort the array however you like. The snippet below sorts the array, but ignores the first character whenever this is an 'a'.

var arr = ["aa", "ab", "ac", "ba", "bb", "bc" ];

var removeFirstA = function (str) {
  return str[0] === "a" ? str.substr(1) : str;
};

arr.sort(function (obj1, obj2) {
  return removeFirstA(obj1).localeCompare(removeFirstA(obj2));
});

document.body.innerHTML = arr;


Inside area of 32 sqm plus covered and equipped outdoor veranda, ideal to accommodate up to five people. Structure located in a quiet area in the Natural Green area and finely furnished.
There are a double bedroom and a bedroom with two single beds and a foldaway bed; two private bathrooms complete with shower, toilet, sink, hairdryer and cabinet; living room with kitchenette located on the front to be able to enjoy in the best way the outdoor space of the veranda and sofa with elegant finishes. The structure is equipped with air conditioning on request. The private parking space completes the offer.
The kitchen is equipped with a kitchenette and sink, crockery, electric coffee machine and moka coffee maker, microwave, fridge and freezer, table and chairs. On the veranda there is a table with chairs for outdoor dining and two sun loungers.


The workshop is appropriate for training and practising counsellors, psychotherapists, counselling psychologists and other mental health professionals. Existential therapy is a diverse, vibrant, and wonderfully rich tapestry of understandings and methods that has the potential to make a valuable contribution to the work of any counsellor, psychotherapist or psychologist. It is one of the oldest forms of therapy, yet still one of the most innovative and radical. Existential therapy is orientated around the development of a deep relational bond with the client, which allows the client to explore the most fundamental aspects of their existence. This includes questions like: 'What is the meaning of my life?' 'What choices can I make?' and 'How do I face the limits of my circumstances?' This workshop introduces participants to the basic principles of existential philosophy and therapy, and looks at how practitioners of all orientations can integrate these ideas and practices into their own work.
This workshop is typically delivered as a one day event. However, a more extended version of this course can be delivered over two to five days.
The workshop combines self-development exercises, theoretical input, practical exercises, and small and large group discussion.
The workshop is appropriate for training and practising counsellors, psychotherapists, counselling psychologists and other mental health professionals.
Correia, E., Cooper, M., & Berdondini, L. (2016). Existential therapy institutions worldwide: An update of data and the extensive list. Existential Analysis, 27(1), 155-200.
Correia, E., Cooper, M., & Berdondini, L. (2016). Worldwide list of existential psychotherapy institutions. Dasein, 5(Special issue), 83-131.
Craig, M., Vos, J., Cooper, M., & Correia, E. (2016). Existential psychotherapies. In D. Cain, K. Keenan & S. Rubin (Eds.), Humanistic psychotherapies (pp. 283-317). Washington: APA.
Vos, J., Cooper, M., Correia, E., & Craig, M. (2015). Existential therapies: A review of their scientific foundations and efficacy. Existential Analysis, 16(1), 49-69.
Vos, J., Cooper, M., Correia, E., & Craig, M. (2015). Existential therapies: A discussion and review of research methodologies and the evidence base to date. International Journal of Psychotherapy, 19(1), 47-57.
Willig, C., Berguno, G., Cooper, M., Milton, M., du Plock, S., & Spinelli, E. (2015). The challenge to theory in existential psychotherapy. Existential Analysis, 26(2), 225-236.
Correia, E., Cooper, M., & Berdondini, L. (2014). Existential Psychotherapy: An international Survey of the Key Authors and Texts Influencing Practice. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. doi: 10.1007/s10879-014-9275.
Correia, E., Correia, K., Cooper, M., & Berdondini, L. (2014). Psicoterapia existencial latinoamericana en la actualidad. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología Existencial, 9, 26-37.
The following video, presenting an introduction to existential psychotherapy at The Weekend University in 2018, gives an account of the underlying philosophical principles of existentialism, and three key implications for practice: working with freedom, limitations, and meaning. The video is just under 90 minutes long, but should provide a valuable introduction to thought and practice in the field.
Mick Cooper in conversation with Pete Sanders about existentially-informed person-centred therapy (2012).


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