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How to Attract and Retain Top Talent with a Hybrid Working Model
Of the many changes to the business world since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, perhaps the most significant has been the rapid shift to a remote work model, which continues to persevere more than 18 months later. As the pandemic begins to recede, it's clear that working styles have changed, with most employees seeking more flexible working options.
The "Great Resignation" currently underway has resulted in many workers leaving their jobs in the wake of the impact of the pandemic. In July 2021 alone, 4 million US citizens quit their jobs. One study found that, among workers who resigned, 20% cited a lack of flexibility. This trend doesn't appear to be shifting anytime soon.
A 2021 Microsoft survey found that 41% of workers are still considering either quitting their jobs or changing professions, while a global survey found that 54% of employees said they would consider leaving their jobs post-pandemic if they're not provided with some form of flexibility regarding when and where they work.
But the news isn't all bad for organizations. Employers can optimize their current workforce and even attract new top talent by enabling a hybrid working model, which is defined as a mix of in-office and remote working.
In this post, we'll cover the challenges businesses currently face amidst mass resignations, and how implementing a hybrid working model can help solve these challenges.
3 Hiring and Retention Challenges Businesses Face
Research shows that people often quit their jobs after facing a "turnover shock."
This is typically an event that inspires deep reflection about one's work life and job satisfaction, such as the death of a loved one—or in this case, a global pandemic like COVID-19.
Upon reflection, many employees feel too burned out to continue working at businesses that aren't receptive to adapting to their changing needs. As a result, employees are leaving their jobs and employers are struggling to keep current workers and hire new ones.
Here are three of the top challenges businesses are currently facing when it comes to worker retention:
1. Employee Needs and Expectations Have Changed
The top five industries seeking to hire workers right now are finance, technology, business services, healthcare, and manufacturing. All these industries have one thing in common: difficulty finding qualified candidates to fill open positions. Over 54% of companies around the world are reporting talent shortages—the highest level reported in over a decade.
With a record-breaking 10.9 million open jobs in the US at the end of July 2021, employers are struggling to find skilled workers. The question is, why?
The answer is multi-layered. To start, the pandemic permanently altered the employment landscape. Workers today aren't looking for the same things they were a few years ago.
Instead, flexibility, work-life balance, and the ability to work remotely are now top concerns. Here are a few examples:
73% of employees surveyed want flexible, remote work options to stay.
38% of workers who plan to look for a new job after the pandemic say this shift is due to work-life balance issues.
65% of employees want to work remotely full time after the pandemic.
With the current global talent shortage, skilled workers are in an ideal position to make certain demands of employers about their working conditions. As such, organizations need to understand what employees' priorities are—and adjust their workplaces accordingly—to retain existing workers while also attracting new talent so they can compete effectively with other businesses.
2. High Productivity Is Masking an Exhausted Workforce
Several studies have shown that remote workers are more productive while working from home. There are many reasons for this, such as a quieter work environment, fewer distractions, and more hours worked per shift.
According to one study, employee productivity increased by 47% since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. But in order to maintain this productivity, many workers find themselves accepting a lot of unscheduled, last-minute meetings and responding quickly to Microsoft Teams chats.
For example, the average meeting time increased by 10 minutes—from 35 to 45 minutes—since the shift to remote work. Approximately 62% of calls and meetings are now unscheduled, and 50% of workers are responding to Microsoft Teams chats in five minutes or less.
But all this productivity, responsiveness, and increased collaboration time is hiding an ugly truth: employees are more exhausted and burned out than ever. According to a 2021 report by Indeed, 52% of respondents feel burned out and 67% report that this feeling only got worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. What's more, 38% of respondents who work remotely said this burnout got worse over the
3. Burnout Existed Pre-pandemic
With remote and hybrid work, workers have become more reliant on technology-based communications to get through their day. This same technology is also contributing to digital burnout, which is triggered by the prolonged and excessive use of digital devices.
This has been particularly difficult for Gen Z—individuals aged 18 to 25—who have just started out in their careers. It can be challenging to start a new job while being isolated at home, without being able to meet teams face-to-face and network with other company employees. Millennials are also struggling. In fact, research suggests this group may be the most burned-out generation yet.
Many things have led to this burnout, including the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, which together mark two major life disruptions in a little over a decade for this generation. In addition, with many millennials currently in their 30s—with the oldest ones nearing 40—many likely have kids and aging parents to support in addition to themselves, which is compounding burnout.
3 Ways Hybrid Work Can Help Overcome Hiring and Retention Challenges
Fortunately for organizations, there are clear actions they can take to overcome these challenges and provide better work environments for employees in both the short and long term. In this section, we'll explore how a hybrid working model can help overcome some of these challenges.
1. Provide Greater Flexibility for Workers
As mentioned, workers want flexibility above almost all else when it comes to choosing where they work. After the pandemic showed many employees that a better work-life balance is possible, few are willing to give this up.
As the data shows, employees won't hesitate to leave an employer if the organization refuses to provide flexible working conditions and instead insists on rigid working conditions. Offering employees the opportunity to work a mix of both in-office and remote work can enable them to choose which days they would like to come into the office if the work they do allows for this flexibility.
Organizations should also consider enabling greater flexibility around work hours (e.g., allowing employees to start or finish their workday earlier or later, or allowing for breaks during the day so employees can do things like take kids to school/pick them up or run important errands.
This approach can go a long way in making employees feel more appreciated and valued and enables them to take care of essential personal errands while also balancing work tasks.
2. Vastly Expand Your Talent Pool
When it comes to hiring, businesses that employ a hybrid work model can choose local talent or source from a global workforce. Companies located in big cities can hire talented workers from areas outside of the city. Similarly, businesses in smaller cities can take advantage of talent from larger metropolitan areas with workers that may possess a higher skillset than those located near the office. Remote job postings on LinkedIn alone increased more than five times during the height of the pandemic, signaling that many businesses already understand the value of tapping into larger talent pools and supporting hybrid workforces.
3. Enhance Communication, Even Across Distributed Teams
Face-to-face collaboration is indeed invaluable. Working in-office allows coworkers to discuss useful ideas during informal in-person conversations. It also allows for socialization, which helps foster deeper connections among teams and can spark innovation.
That said, technology has advanced considerably, enabling employees to work remotely but still communicate and collaborate easily with coworkers, no matter where they're located. These include communication tools like Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Zoom. Since the pandemic started, these companies have rolled out enhanced features to make collaboration easier.
Examples of new collaboration features include:
Breakout rooms in Zoom meetings that allow users to break up into smaller, more focused discussions.
The Fluid framework in Microsoft Teams, which makes it easier for users to take notes and assign tasks within a chat.
Scheduled send in Slack, which allows users to schedule messages to be sent later, making it easier to avoid sending messages when someone is away from the desk or on paid time off (PTO).
Deploying a hybrid work model allows employees to enjoy the best of both worlds. They can experience the benefits of collaborative, in-person relationships when in the office, while also having the chance to work remotely on tasks that require deep focus without losing their connection to coworkers.
Attract and Retain Top Talent Using a Hybrid Working Model with Parallels RAS
Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) provides a comprehensive solution for enabling hybrid work. It allows employees access to all the internal resources they need, regardless of where they're located or which device they're using.
Employees can also switch seamlessly to remote working during both expected and unexpected disruptions. Parallels RAS also supports multitasking, allowing users to run multiple applications simultaneously on their devices.
Furthermore, Parallels RAS ensures applications and desktops remain within the organization's on-premises server, ensuring their security. Even if an endpoint device is compromised, corporate assets remain safe in the centralized server, and the device's access can be removed remotely.
Creating a successful hybrid work model requires implementing greater workplace flexibility coupled with the right technology to provide employees with access to everything they need to do their jobs, whether they're working from the office or their dining room table.
Learn how Parallels RAS easily enables hybrid work by watching a free on-demand demo.
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NBC Launches Red Nose Day Social and Digital Initiatives with Prominent Partnerships, Celebrity Shareable Content and Engaging Interactive Campaigns
Starting today, the Gates Foundation will donate $25 to the Red Nose Day Fund when you post your red nose photo on Twitter or Instagram with #RedNose25.
NBC's Red Nose Day Partners with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with Innovative Social Media Fundraising Approach across Twitter and Instagram
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - May 21, 2015 - NBC launches social and digital campaigns to raise awareness, participation and donations across the country on the eve of the first U.S. broadcast of Red Nose Day on Thursday, May 21 (8-11 P.M. ET). Partnerships with prominent donors, high profile celebrities, musicians and social influencers all coming together to help lift children and young people out of poverty in the U.S. and in some of the poorest communities in the world.
As a part of NBC's Red Nose Day campaign, NBC and Red Nose Day have partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for an innovative social media approach to fundraising. Starting Thursday 5/21, the Gates Foundation will donate $25 to the Red Nose Day Fund when you post your red nose photo on Twitter or Instagram with #RedNose25 (limited to one donation per social media account). You can track the Gates Foundation donations at http://nbc.com/rednose25 .
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people - especially those with the fewest resources - have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. For more information visit: www.gatesfoundation.org.
"With so many high-profile celebrities coming together to participate - through comedic sketches, music and videos - and the generous donation of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Red Nose Day is a rich repository of creative and shareable content," said Rob Hayes, EVP, Digital, NBC Entertainment, "providing the NBC Digital team with unique and innovative opportunities to expand the reach of the broadcast through a variety of interactive campaigns. In this respect, we hope to engage viewers as we all work together in support of this very worthy cause "
Celebrity Driven Content:
NBC and Red Nose Day secured newsworthy content to tease the incredible night of comedy, releasing clips featuring the cast of "Pitch Perfect," "Orange is the New Black," "The Voice" and more. This week NBC will release an exclusive series of music comedy pieces by Coldplay and Funny or Die, featuring the cast of "Game of Thrones." Check out clips at:
Coldplay Game of Thrones: The Musical - Peter Dinklage http://bit.ly/ColdplayGOTRedNose.
Orange is the New Black Reservoir Dogs - Female Reboot http://www.nbc.com/red-nose-day/video/reservoir-bitches-with-the-cast-of-orange-is-the-new-black/2867162
To engage new audiences, NBC also worked YouTube and Social influencers, including the "Queens of Lip-Sync" SketchShe for a custom Red Nose Day Lip Sync video. Watch a teaser clip at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkZL_Tw8KMk
Additionally, and in the final 24 hours before the broadcast, NBC.com will livestream Nick Cannon's Danceathon from the NBC Experience Store at Rockefeller Center in New York City, the day of dance will be filled with guest DJs and musicians, celebrity drop-ins, and a variety of dance acts and troupes. Viewers can support Cannon's endeavor through sponsorship and donation. The Danceathon livestream begins at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, May 20 and can be viewed at http://www.nbc.com/danceathon.
Interactive Campaigns:
NBC also launched the #RedNose Social Avatar campaign - a social activism campaign to change out avatars on all social platforms across NBC programming, NBC talent, celebrities, and the general public starting Monday, May 18 through Thursday, May 21 . Simply download the Red Nose Day app and digitally add a red nose to your photo, upload your red nose photo, change your avatar and share the photo using #RedNose. You can find the app at: www.nbc.com/rednosedayapp
Red Nose Day inspired Bitmojis were also created to boost the interactive campaign. Start sharing RND Bitmojis, tag friends and encourage them to share their Bitmojis too. Let's see your #RedNoseBitmoji! Download the Bitmoji app at: http://www.bitmoji.com.
"Red Nose Day," a live three-hour entertainment event, will feature sketch comedy, parodies, videos produced by Funny Or Die, live musical performances and short appeals films that shed light on those in need. With a focus on having fun, raising money and changing lives, the star-studded event will aim to help lift children and young people out of poverty in the U.S. and in some of the poorest communities in the world.
Created by film director/writer Richard Curtis ("Notting Hill," "Bridget Jones Diary," "Love Actually"), Red Nose Day is an enormously popular annual event in the U.K. that has raised more than $1 billion over the past 30 years. Red Nose Day, inspired and supported by Comic Relief U.K., is coming to the U.S. for the first time with the live broadcast on May 21.
The money raised during Red Nose Day will fund programs that address the immediate needs of children and young people living in poverty in the U.S., Africa, Asia and Latin America. Our charity partners include Boys & Girls Clubs of America; charity: water; Children's Health Fund; Feeding America; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund; LIFT; National Council of La Raza; National Urban League; Oxfam America; Save the Children and United Way.
Richard Curtis is an executive producer for the NBC telecast (a Universal Television production), along with Hamish Hamilton and Ian Stewart of Done + Dusted Productions. Henrietta Conrad and Lily Sobhani will also serve as executive producers, as will Mike Farah, Anna Wenger and Joe Farrell from Funny Or Die. Hamilton is set to direct.
About Red Nose Day: Red Nose Day was created to raise money to help children and young people living in poverty in the United States and some of the poorest communities around the world. The inaugural Red Nose Day will be held on Thursday May 21, 2015. The day's events will culminate in a three-hour entertainment TV special on NBC, featuring the country's favorite comedians, musicians and Hollywood stars. Money raised will go to the Red Nose Day Fund, a program of Comic Relief, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) public charity. The Red Nose Day Fund will distribute the money raised by the Red Nose Day campaign to charity partners whose work helps to achieve Comic Relief, Inc.'s vision of a just world free from poverty.
Follow Red Nose Day's social handles: https://twitter.com/RedNoseDayUS https://www.facebook.com/RedNoseDayUSA https://instagram.com/rednosedayusa Red Nose Day Site http://nbc.com/red-nose-day
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import React, { Component } from "react";
import { connect } from "react-redux";
import { bindActionCreators } from "redux";
import * as taxpayerReturnActions from "./actions/actions";
import * as navActions from "./actions/navActions";
import { getTaxpayerReturn, getUI } from "./reducers";
import { individualDataFields, householdSizeFields } from "./constants/steps";

import "./styles/normalize.css";
import "./styles/skeleton.css";
import "./styles/skeletonOverrides.css";
import "./App.css";

import AppHeader from "./components/AppHeader.jsx";
import AppFooter from "./components/AppFooter.jsx";

import VITAConfirmation from "./components/nav/VITAConfirmation.jsx";
import NavStatus from "./components/nav/NavStatus.jsx";

import StepYearAndState from "./components/step/steps/StepYearAndState.jsx";
import StepDependentData from "./components/step/steps/StepDependentData.jsx";
import FieldsStep from "./components/step/steps/FieldsStep.jsx";

import NextStepButton from "./components/nav/NextStepButton.jsx";
import PrevStepButton from "./components/nav/PrevStepButton.jsx";

import ResultOutOfVITAScopeDisqualification from "./components/results/ResultOutOfVITAScopeDisqualification.jsx";
import ResultQualification from "./components/results/ResultQualification.jsx";

const steps = [
  StepYearAndState,
  FieldsStep(individualDataFields),
  StepDependentData,
  FieldsStep(householdSizeFields)
];

const results = {
  stateDisqualification: {
    ResultComponent: ResultQualification,
    resultActions: {
      onBack: taxpayerReturnActions.clearResult,
      onToggleCalculations: taxpayerReturnActions.toggleCalculations
    }
  },
  modifiedAGIDisqualification: {
    ResultComponent: ResultQualification,
    resultActions: {
      onBack: taxpayerReturnActions.clearResult,
      onToggleCalculations: taxpayerReturnActions.toggleCalculations
    }
  },
  outOfVITAScopeDisqualification: {
    ResultComponent: ResultOutOfVITAScopeDisqualification,
    resultActions: {
      onBack: taxpayerReturnActions.clearResult,
      onOverrideOutOfScope: taxpayerReturnActions.overrideOutOfScope
    }
  },
  qualified: {
    ResultComponent: ResultQualification,
    resultActions: {
      onBack: taxpayerReturnActions.clearResult,
      onToggleCalculations: taxpayerReturnActions.toggleCalculations
    }
  }
};

class App extends Component {
  renderStep = () => {
    const StepComponent = steps[this.props.ui.step - 1];
    return (

        <AppHeader onResetTool={this.props.stepActions.resetTool} />
        <StepComponent
          ui={this.props.ui}
          taxpayerReturn={this.props.taxpayerReturn}
          stepActions={this.props.stepActions}
          navActions={this.props.navActions}
        />

          <VITAConfirmation
            isVITAUser={this.props.ui.isVITAUser}
            onVitaConfirmation={this.props.stepActions.toggleVITAUser}
            isHidden={this.props.ui.step !== 1}
          />

            <PrevStepButton
              onClick={this.props.navActions.previousStep}
              isHidden={this.props.ui.step === 1}
            />
            <NavStatus
              numberOfSteps={steps.length - 1}
              activeStep={this.props.ui.step}
              onClick={this.props.navActions.updateStep}
            />
            <NextStepButton
              onClick={this.props.navActions.nextStep}
              isDisabled={false}
            />

        <AppFooter />

    );
  };
  renderResult = () => {
    const { type, ...rest } = this.props.ui.result;
    const { ResultComponent, resultActions } = results[type];
    const boundResultActions = bindActionCreators(resultActions, this.props.dispatch);
    return (

        <AppHeader onResetTool={this.props.stepActions.resetTool} />

          <ResultComponent
            taxpayerReturn={this.props.taxpayerReturn}
            ui={this.props.ui}
            {...boundResultActions}
            {...rest}
          />
          <AppFooter />

    );
  };
  render() {
    return this.props.ui.result ? this.renderResult() : this.renderStep();
  }
}

function mapStateToProps(state, props) {
  return {
    taxpayerReturn: getTaxpayerReturn(state),
    ui: getUI(state)
  };
}

function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
  return {
    stepActions: bindActionCreators(taxpayerReturnActions, dispatch),
    navActions: bindActionCreators(navActions, dispatch),
    dispatch
  };
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(App);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Older adults can enhance their health, mood, and balance by going for regular walks on walking trails. Philadelphia elderly care experts suggest your loved one explore the following paths at these senior-friendly outdoor places.
Located on 25th Street and Locust Street, this gorgeous park spans 8 miles of riverfront winding through the center of Philadelphia. It's one of the most beautiful places older adults can go for a walk and enjoy the spectacular views of Philadelphia's skyline and river landscape while building their strength and endurance. After the walk, your loved one can have a lovely picnic in the park and unwind. Dogs are welcome on a leash.
The highlight of this park at 8500 Pine Road is the 5.4-mile Pennypack Trail running through it. This moderate maintained trail can be accessed via many streets. Seniors who walk the trail east from Roosevelt Boulevard will find this is the flattest part of the path and easiest to walk. There is also helpful signage to aid your loved one in choosing a path that best suits his or her fitness level. During the walk, your loved one may be impressed by the scenery, the birds, and lovely river views while getting fresh air and becoming fitter.
Located in the lower part of this park at Rising Sun Avenue, the 3.2-mile paved Tacony Creek Trail runs along its namesake brook. When walking this winding trail through beautiful green spaces and old bridges, your loved one has the wonderful opportunity to do some bird watching and enjoy nature at its best while making an effort to get healthy and strong. Along the trail, there are also benches where your loved one can sit and take a break. There is no designated parking for this trail, but seniors can park on an adjacent street.
Located at 8708 Germantown Avenue, this natural, rustic park features the scenic Forbidden Drive Trail. On this path, your loved one can go for a peaceful nature walk with friends or a leashed dog, listen to the birds sing, all the while enhancing his or her mood. This moderate trail also has heavy tree coverage, which offers sun protection.
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Two Suspects Arrested over Abduction of Six Kaduna Schoolgirls
John Shiklam in Kaduna
Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of six female students and two staff of Engravers College in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
The command's Public Relations Officer, Mr. Yakubu Sabo, disclosed this in an interview with THISDAY yesterday in Kaduna.
Sabo said one of the suspects is the school's security guard who allegedly conspired with the criminals to abduct the students, saying the second suspect is a herdsman who used to graze his cattle within the vicinity of the school.
The girls were abducted on October 3, when the bandits invaded the school at about midnight and were released on October 26, after spending 22 days in captivity.
A total of N13.6 million ransom was paid to the bandits before their release.
The police spokesman said the girls told the police that while they were in captivity, the security man was always communicating with the bandits on phone.
"While the abducted school girls and the two staff were in captivity, they used to hear a voice each time the kidnappers called for negotiation of ransom.
"Incidentally, it was the security man of the college that used to communicate with the kidnappers.
"After their release the victims told the police that they used to hear one of the security men talking with the bandits while they were in captivity. So he was immediately arrested.
"The other one was seen physically by the girls when they were in captivity. They identified him as the same boy who always came with his cattle to graze within the vicinity of the college.
"So they knew him as somebody who came to graze around the school. He was traced and arrested. They are the prime suspects in connection to that offence. Investigations are still going on to arrest other accomplices that are at large now," Sabo said.
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The Department for Women, Children, Disabled and Senior Citizens is responsible for the welfare of persons with disabilities in Andhra Pradesh. The state has an estimated population of 13,64,981 persons with disabilities from the total population of 84,655,533. The state has issued three notifications under General Entitlements, one notification under Women & Children with Disabilities, four notifications under Education, ten notifications under Skill Development and Employment, ten notifications under Social Security, Health &Rehabilitation and Recreation, and three notifications under Accessibility, and has identified and notified medical boards for disability certification.
The Directorate of Social Welfare and the State Commissioner for Disabilities have been set up in Assam. The 2011 Census revealed that in Assam 530,300 of the 3,11,69,272 population consisted of persons with disabilities. However, CBR Network claims that there is a disparity and the figure is 17, 79,968 (2006).


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Peak Oil Isn't Here But It Could Be In Sight
Erik Shilling
Published 2 years ago: May 20, 2020 at 12:00 pm -
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The huge drop-off in demand for oil because of the coronavirus pandemic has some analysts talking about Peak Oil, something we've been talking about in these parts for what seems like forever. It still doesn't seem likely to happen anytime in the near-term, though because of the slow rise of electric cars, we are getting ever closer.
By one oil consultancy's estimate, Peak Oil will be here by 2028, or two years sooner than it previously had predicted, according to Reuters. That ceiling would be somewhere north of 100 million barrels per day, just above the rate hit in 2019. And while normally one might dismiss this as a mere educated guess, it's telling that even oil executives admit that because of the pandemic, everything is on the table.
In April, Ben van Beurden, chief executive of Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), said the company did not expect oil demand to recover in the medium term, saying the industry was living in a "crisis of uncertainty".
Bernard Looney, chief executive of BP (BP.L), was later quoted in the Financial Times as saying he would not "write off" the possibility the world had reached peak oil.
The story also contains this (dubious?) proposition:
Looking ahead, cuts in capital spending forced upon energy companies as their revenues crumble could tighten supply enough to cause a spike in oil prices, making electric vehicles more attractive just as automakers ramp up production, analysts say.
"We think this will lead to a tipping point, accelerating the switch to electric vehicles in many more countries around 2023-24," Per Magnus Nysveen, senior partner at Rystad Energy, a consultancy in Oslo, told Reuters.
"We will start to see that this starts to dig into global oil demand in a very significant way," he said.
I say dubious because if you look at the actual sales numbers for electric vehicles in places that have been pushing them a lot harder than the U.S. has, they remain stubbornly low, even in normal times with higher gas prices. Alternative fuel vehicles, including electric cars, were just five per cent of car sales last year in China, according to CNBC, while in Europe electric car sales are four per cent of the market, according to Reuters.
Still, those numbers are inching up, and Reuters also reported Tuesday that while internal combustion-engined car sales are projected to fall 23 per cent in 2020 during the pandemic worldwide, electric car sales are projected to fall less, by 18 per cent.
The outlook for far into the future for electric remains strong:
[Analysts BloombergNEF] forecast electric models would reach 31% of the overall car fleet by 2040 and account for 58% of new passenger car sales by that date, as combustion engine cars gradually decline from their peak in 2017.
Reuters says that about half of crude oil goes toward powering things on the road, which tells you how big of a mountain it is to climb to move beyond oil altogether and also gives a good sense of the proportions involved. Fifty-eight per cent of new cars being electric would certainly represent progress, but it's still just a fraction of the bigger picture.
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Q: Select multiple max values in dplyr So I have a dataframe as follows:
date          val1  val2
01-01-2020      28    29
01-02-2020      24    23
01-01-2021     192   192
01-02-2021     132   142
01-03-2021     192   131
01-01-2022      21    29
01-02-2022      22    29

All I want to do is determine the highest val1 for each YEAR found in date. I attempt to do so as follows. The problem however is there is an instance of a tie in 2021.
I would like to return both the date and the value, and in the instance of a tie, return both dates:
df %>%
  mutate(year = year(date)) %>%
  group_by(year) %>%
  mutate(val1 = max(val1)) %>%
  ungroup(year) %>%
  distinct(year, .keep_all=TRUE) %>%
  select(date, val1)

The above will only select one of the dates, but I need both....
Final expected output:
date          val1
01-01-2020      28
01-01-2021     192
01-03-2021     192
01-02-2022      22

A: A possible solution:
library(dplyr)
library(lubridate)

df %>%
  group_by(date %>% dmy %>% year) %>%
  slice_max(val1) %>%
  ungroup %>%
  select(date, val1)

#> # A tibble: 4 × 2
#>   date        val1
#>   <chr>      <int>
#> 1 01-01-2020    28
#> 2 01-01-2021   192
#> 3 01-03-2021   192
#> 4 01-02-2022    22

A: Something like this should probably work:
library(dplyr)
df %>%
  group_by(tmp = stringr::word(date, 3, sep = '-')) %>%
  slice_max(val1) %>%
  select(-tmp)

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Swansea forward Oliver McBurnie has soared into pole position in the Power Rankings chart - ending Jarrod Bowen's four-week streak at the summit.
McBurnie has been in impressive form in the past few weeks, scoring five goals in his last three Championship games to help Swansea pick up seven points in January.
Bowen hasn't slipped too far, though. He is third in the latest rankings, although he did fail to score against Blackburn last weekend - the first time he hasn't scored in a game since Boxing Day.
Abraham is second, meanwhile, having scored his 18th and 19th goals of the season against Ipswich last Saturday. He is currently the Championship's top scorer.
Mario Vrancic has dopped to fourth, while the rest of the top 10 are all climbers in the in-form chart. Che Adams (fifth) of Birmingham and Alan Browne (sixth) of Preston have both been in the goals lately, while Blackburn goalkeeper David Raya and Nottingham Forest stopper Costel Pantilimon are seventh and eighth respectively.
Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Swansea and Birmingham.
Another Forest player in Joe Lolley is up to ninth and Preston defender Jordan Storey is 10th.


I recently received a package from Amazon that I did not order, I have also been charged for this order too. When I checked my amazon account it does not show in recent orders, the last purchase was in 2017. When I checked email I found I had 2 emails regarding despatch and delivery dates for this parcel but no order confirmation. Both were in German and also arrived same day as parcel so I had no idea about it until it arrived. I contacted amazon and after 45 minutes of trying to explain I didn't place the order & had no order number to 3 separate departments they said they would pass it on to amazon germany since the bank statement shows it was paid to amazon.de. Out of curiosity I tried logging on to amazon.de with my details, which,surprisingly, worked and found order details for this package. As far as I can tell it is a new item and not from a private seller. Would It be better to just return item or wait for amazon to sort it?
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£100 for a book. Is it in english?
That would be quite cheep for a specialist technical or medical book.
Or even special editions. I have a couple of fiction books (not bought from Amazon admittedly) which were £75 each but the one I would really like is £345 (the wife says no ).
Why would someone "in Germany" hack your account and then have the item sent to your own home address?
Turn on two factor authentication to provide extra protection for you amazon account.
Come September when the EU rules on 2 factor (2FA) on all online purchases come into force it is going to be mandatory to contact you by some second independent method to confirm the purchase.
So if you don't have mobile reception in your home for that 2nd Factor or wherever you are when you make a purchase you had one of..
1. get mobile coverage sorted /?get a mobile booster now that they are legal.
3. Hope that some other authorization method will be allowed for the second factor such as an automated voice call to your landline.
..going to really mess up Amazon and Paypal one-click ordering process though!
I think there is going to be some exclusion for low value purchases - perhaps and I'm guessing now below the current contactless card limit?
Yeah, I'd love to know what this book is as well, c'mon Sebloak, spill the beans.
Thanks Lorian & Uxb1, i discovered that Amazon had this after trying to sort all this out. Too late now though. I dont mind the extra security, rather that than have a hacker rack up debts i cant afford. Would have enabled it from the start if i knew it was there when i created the account.
So, email from Amazon.de claiming they don't know where my account was accessed from and that it wasn't through any amazon website(really?), and to contact my bank which i did who promptly cancel my card and more or less accused me of fraud too if i continue to pursue the claim.
To me it looks like Amazon are covering tracks and have stuck their head in the sand to deny it ever happened.
Last edited by sebloak; 13-04-2019 at 10:20 AM.
Seems after no help at all from my bank and more complaining to amazon.de they have reinstated the offending item back onto the recent purchases. So looks like i am now able to, and shall have to return it to Germany at my expense. So have to wait and see what problems arise from refunding to a cancelled credit card.
Last edited by sebloak; 16-04-2019 at 2:13 PM.
So have to wait and see what problems arise from refunding to a cancelled credit card.
This shouldn't be a problem. The credit card account stays open for some time (in case there are any payment authorities etc. When you get the refund call the customer services and ask them to transfer money to your current account.
Explain youwant the postage covered as you didn't order.


Can We Integrate Learning in Central Asia?
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Okay, there's maybe a reason you've not heard this in so long.
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not make it absolutely exact.
have been substituted without any inconvenience or inconsistency.
does not accept it even now.
to explain the positions of the various planetary bodies.
octahedron --the circle inscribed will be that of Mercury."
progress of his own studies.
the sun occupying one focus of the ellipses.
planet's orbit--always sweeps the same area in a given time.
made his hypotheses subservient to the most rigid inductions.
with his contribution to the Copernican theory.
the astronomical observations had been made with the unaided eye.
belong to the opticians of the Netherlands.
seemed to be brought much nearer when viewed through the lens.
period, Galileo named these moons of Jupiter, Medicean stars.
persecution to which we must now refer.
implications of the heliocentric doctrine of the universe.
in the sky for the sole purpose of giving light to the earth.
subject, hence his publication doubly offended the authorities.
suggestion which probably did no good to Galileo's cause.
heavenly sphere which rotates, while the earth stands still.
and the other planets and fixed stars in the same way?
itself, this opposition of motion disappears.
smaller circles, because they are many degrees removed from it.
circle for an orbit and keep this unchangeably.
a fluid medium, should not be affected by the universal rotation.
reason cannot exercise any power over the latter.
greater, rather than a very small, part of it be revealed to me?
many means where a few are sufficient)."
that the rebellious words were in his mind.
about two centuries after the birth of Copernicus.
other work had accomplished by a more direct method.
the most theatrical demonstrations in the history of science.
velocity of falling bodies is proportionate to their weight.
direct or in a slanting direction.
by a force of translation.
was in some way influenced by the motion of translation.
principles had entered on a new and promising course.
forever at rest unless acted on by some disturbing force.
epoch the correct and highly illuminative view had been attained.
plane, and with the allied subject of the motion of a pendulum.
ball descended regardless of the steepness of the incline.
weight suspended by a cord; in other words, of the pendulum.
pendulums of different lengths varies according to a simple law.
another, the length of the pendulums must be as four to one.
Huyghens to construct a satisfactory pendulum clock.
if it operated upon the body while at rest.
of Galileo, and carried forward the work he had so well begun.
applied it to the solution of oblique forces in all directions.
collected works were published at Leyden in 1634.
therefore, be increased indefinitely by increasing the surface.
from the experiments of Stevinus.
resistance of the water, if that were the cause of buoyancy.
water, and not part in the water, part in the air.
will go to the bottom; and if it does not, you have won the day.
agreement, which was that the matter should be the same.
float, and so my antagonists say, because of their shape.
wetting this top, the ball sinks to the bottom and remains there.
the glass and water without too much disturbing it."
explains the phenomenon as due to surface-tension of the fluid.
not express the same admiration for his theories; but Dr.
force," "electric emanations," and "electric attractions."
every loadstone, of whatever size, has definite and fixed poles.
manifestly they will all come together at the poles of the stone.
degrees 5' north latitude, and 96 degrees 43' west longitude.
excellence of his work as a whole.
introduced by him is in common use to-day.
disgrace of so many vain and fabling authors."
his interest in the telescope.
a guesser as Kepler--should have missed it.
Galileo, instead of by himself. "This generosity of Torricelli,"
of the discovery to a master or a friend."
upon nothing but its weight as compared with the weight of air.
height of a column of water--that is, about thirty inches.
Torricelli's discovery aided materially in solving the mystery.
a host of unsolved problems thrown open.
pressures, and the Torricellian barometer was complete.
ascent and descent were made.
basis of barometrical measurements of heights.
from the effects of which he died, in Florence, October 25, 1647.
mediaeval superstition and for the pursuit of fallacious ideals.
transmuted it into some lighter substance.
persons who were thought to have discovered the coveted.
Lisle was but one case among hundreds.
of the elixir of life.
little before your time!' "
tales were probably regarded in the light of amusing stories.
something like a hundred children within a period of three years.
from his master. Later he issued two bulls against "pretenders"
from true masters of magic.
into gold was conceived to be like a process of ripening fruit.
"digestion" lead might first become silver and eventually gold.
hit upon the right method of doing so.
substance, whereas the steam driven off was supposed to be air.
faith in showing that metals could be "killed" and "revived,"
eternal. Oats, corn, or a piece of charcoal would have "revived"
prevent them from expressing so important a piece of information.
impression, and were sent out only for that purpose.
to have made other claims for their magic stone.
act declaring the making of gold and silver to be a felony.
had made the coveted discovery.
his new captor, he died of his injuries.
the room in which he had seen the gold made.
place in the carriage while he mounted the box.
and henceforth they exerted little influence.
and one at least, Kuhlmann, of Moscow, burned as a sorcerer.
the extended belief in the existence of the philosopher's stone.
was, of course, easily detected.
seen, regarding the whole process as a divine manifestation.
plugged either with wax or soft metal that was easily melted.
alleged knowledge to account, frequently amassing great wealth.
astrologers, in all ages, were sincere in their beliefs.
starving," although he confessed no faith in such predictions.
support her mother by her charms."


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Это список политических партий Ливии.

Действующие партии
По состоянию на 2015 год.

Представлены во Всеобщем национальном конгрессе

 Альянс национальных сил
 Партия справедливости и строительства
 Национальный фронт
 Альянс Вади аль-Хия
 Союз за Родину
 Национальная центристская партия
 Ливийская национал-демократическая партия
 Сообщение
 Основа
 Национальная партия развития и благосостояния
 Нация и процветание
 Подлинность и обновление
 Подлинность и прогресс
 Умеренное собрание уммы
 Либик Ватани
 Национальное собрание Вади аль-Шати
 Умеренная молодёжная партия
 Ливийский список за свободу и развитие
 Национальная коалиция партий
 Надежда Ливия
 Партия мудрости

Другие

 Партия Либу
 Демократическая партия
 Родина
 Партия реформы и развития
 Ливийское национальное движение
 Народный фронт освобождения Ливии
 Ливийский конституционный союз
 Конгресс ливийских амазигов
 Альхак и Демократическая партия Бенгази
 Партия Ливийского национального конгресса
 Новая партия Ливии
 Партия «Национальное единство Ливии»
 Партия свободы и развития Ливии
 Партия патриотических реформ
 Партия национальной солидарности
 Ливийская национальная партия
 Партия умма
 Партия справедливости и демократии Ливии
 Партия будущего Ливии
 Ливийская центристская партия
 Национально-демократическая ассамблея за справедливость и прогресс
 Партия развития Ливии
 Ливийская универсальная партия
 Национально-демократический альянс
 Партия нового национального конгресса
 Партия Тавасул
 Ливийская национально-демократическая партия за справедливость и развитие
 Партия «Ливия — наш дом и племя»
 Ливийская партия освобождения
 Ливия для всех
 Движение единства
 Демократическая партия молодёжи
 Национально-демократическое собрание
 Партия Вефак
 Ливийское национально-демократическое собрание
 Ансар Аль-Хоррия
 Ливийская юнионистская партия

Запрещённые партии

 Ливийское народное национальное движение

Ранее существовавшие партии

 Ливийская арабская социалистическая партия Баас
 Арабский социалистический союз
 Коммунистическая партия Ливии
 Мусульманская ассоциация ликтора
 Национальный фронт спасения Ливии
 Национальная конференция за ливийскую оппозицию
 Ливийский национал-демократический фронт
 Ливийская кампания за свободу и демократию

Примечания

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Even though shipping your vehicle across the ocean sounds like a pretty hard and complicated task, in practice it not much harder than regular car shipping. We would like to give you the general idea of how shipping to and from Hawaii is performed and draw your attention to several important things about it.
All vehicles are tightly secured with special lashings inside the ship so they are not moving around during the transportation. Because they are fully enclosed the vehicles are not exposed to the elements or any ocean hazards.
After your car is delivered to the destination port, it can be picked up right away or stored* for a few days until you or a specially hired carrier comes to take it to the needed location.
The main restriction in shipping a vehicle to or from Hawaii is connected with the size of the vehicle.
Since all cars are transported on an enclosed deck of a cargo ship, the dimensions of each vehicle cannot exceed 21'8"L, 8'W and 7'H.
If the size of your vehicle is bigger, it will be considered as an oversized load which will require customized logistics and extra charges.
Another restriction is associated with the condition of the vehicle. The majority of carrier companies that deal with Hawaii shipping do not provide service for inoperable vehicles and those which do charge about $150 of extra fee.
How long does the transportation take?
The shipping time mostly depends on origin and destination port, but on average you will be separated from your vehicle for about 14 – 21 days. However, if your vehicle is on the opposite coast or somewhere in the middle of the US Mainland, then it obviously takes extra transit time to get your vehicle to the port city.


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Q: instant search without dropdown using jquery ui I need to search a text and get the result in a html table, can I use jquery UI autocomplete and render the result in my own place instead of showing it like a dropdown?

A: Basically you need to make sure that the .ui-autocomplete is never visible and then you need to use the response event from the autocomplete widget to get the data and build your table
http://jsfiddle.net/KKgvK/


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GE Hitachi, ARC to license joint reactor in Canada; Siemens installs first live 3D-printed part
Our pick of the latest nuclear power news you need to know.
Siemens is the first company to install a 3D-printed part in an operational nuclear plant. (Image credit: zorazhuang)
Southern Nuclear eyes demo advanced reactor by 2025 as tests progress
NuScale files US' first SMR license application as suppliers await tender
Westinghouse 3D printing trials reveal cost savings for all reactor types
GE Hitachi, ARC Nuclear to jointly develop sodium-cooled reactor
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Delaware-based Advanced Reactor Concepts (ARC Nuclear) are to jointly develop and license an advanced small modular reactor (aSMR) based on their sodium-cooled reactor technologies, the companies announced March 13.
GEH and ARC Nuclear plan to enter the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's Vendor Design Review process, the companies said in a joint statement. A number of advanced nuclear reactor developers are targeting the Canadian market, where the risk-informed regulatory framework is considered more supportive for licensing new designs than in the U.S.
"This collaborative commercialization program also includes the near-term goals of confirming projected construction and operating costs, as well as the identification of a lead-plant owner/operator for the joint aSMR," the companies said.
GEH and ARC Nuclear have until now developed separate advanced reactor designs based on the EBR-II, an integral sodium-cooled fast reactor prototype which was developed by Argonne National Laboratory and operated for over 30 years at Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The ARC-100 is a 100 MWe aSMR designed for efficient and flexible electricity generation and can operate for up to 20 years without refuelling. GEH's PRISM reactor is designed to refuel every 12 to 24 months and has primarily been focused on closing the fuel cycle by, among other things, consuming transuranics.
Both these technologies are capable of 'load following' to complement renewable energy, the companies noted in their statement.
In October 2016, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Southern Nuclear announced a joint project to develop and license advanced reactors, including GEH's PRISM design.
NRC starts review of NuScale SMR design
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is to begin the full certification review of NuScale's SMR design after judging the Design Certification Application (DCA) submitted January 12 as sufficiently complete, the NRC said March 15.
Oregon-based NuScale is the first company to submit the full design license application for an SMR in the U.S.
New safety features on SMR designs include passive safety systems, innovations in spent fuel pool design and smaller emergency planning zones than for larger reactors.
NuScale's Integral Pressurized Water Reactor (IPWR) is based on light water reactor technology and the first plant of 600 MW will be delivered to Power cooperative Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) on a site within the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The plant is expected to be fully operational by 2026.
The developer has identified around six more potential plants in Western U.S. following its first plant in Idaho, Mike McGough, Chief Commercial Officer at NuScale, told Nuclear Energy Insider in December.
The progress of NuScale's DCA will be closely watched by other global SMR developers with other license applications expected in Canada and UK in the coming years.
The NRC will provide a DCA review schedule "soon," it said.
Siemens installs world's first 3D-printed commercial nuclear part
Siemens has installed and tested the first commercial nuclear power plant component manufactured through 3D printing (a.k.a. additive manufacturing), the German technology group announced March 9.
The component, a 108-mm diameter impeller for a fire protection pump that is in constant rotating operation, was installed at the operational Krsko nuclear power plant in Slovenia, Siemens said. The Krsko plant operations team tested the installed component over several months, it said.
The preceding impeller type had become obsolete as the original manufacturing company no longer exists.
Siemens reverse-engineered and built a "digital twin" of the part and used the company's additive manufacturing facility in Finspang, Sweden to produce the replacement.
The successful project is an example of how data-driven capabilities are impacting the energy sector, Tim Holt, CEO of Siemens Power Generation Services division, said.
"Additive manufacturing's reduced lead times and faster production optimizes parts replacement and creates real value for our customers," he said.
Other nuclear companies active in additive manufacturing include Westinghouse and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH).
New research has shown that additive manufacturing can halve manufacturing costs for replacement nuclear parts and complex design prototypes will demonstrate efficiency gains for advanced reactors, Clint Armstrong, Advanced Manufacturing Expert at Westinghouse, told Nuclear Energy Insider in January.
Going forward, Siemens and the Krsko plant operating company will look to advance the design of parts that are most difficult to produce using classical manufacturing techniques, such as lightweight structures with improved cooling patterns, Siemens said.
China, Saudi Arabia to conduct feasibility study for HTGR plants
China and Saudi Arabia have agreed to jointly study the feasibility of constructing high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) in the Middle Eastern kingdom, World Nuclear News (WNN) reported.
The agreement, signed March 16 by Jun Gu, president of China Nuclear Energy Engineering Group (CNEC) and Hashim bin Abdullah Yamani, president of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE), follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the two countries in January.
Since this MoU, China and Saudi Arabia have been working on the site selection process for new reactors as well as a new regulatory system and personal training programs, the report said.
The new agreement will see the countries cooperate on intellectual property issues and the development of a Saudi Arabian supply chain, it said.
Saudi Arabia is also looking to build large-scale nuclear power plants and plans to announce concrete plans for large-scale deployment in 2017, Khalid Al-Falih, the country's energy minister, said in October.
Nuclear Energy Insider


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Tag Archives: The Howling
1981, ★★½, Horror
The Howling (1981, Joe Dante)
27 November 2008 Andrew Wickliffe	2 Comments
All due respect to Rick Baker, but Rob Bottin's werewolf transformation in The Howling is superior. The transformation lasts so long it's no longer shocking, just interesting. It's so deliberate, it got me wondering what the werewolf would do if he needed to change in a pinch… if he didn't have three or four minutes to spare.
The Howling is actually a really peculiar movie, both technically and in terms of plotting.
It is, possibly, Joe Dante's straightest work. He's making a regular picture here, with newsroom stuff, with cop stuff. It's different from anything else I've seen of his–when Belinda Balaski is running from a werewolf, he handles it without any humor. It's beautiful direction, even if there is a strange animated shot at one point (which makes little sense, because there's some fine stop motion at the end, so why didn't they just use it earlier too).
But The Howling is actually full of humor. The last shot of the film is a hamburger cooking, it's goofy. There are constant, omnipresent references to werewolf films–there are ten characters named after werewolf movie directors–there's a clip from The Wolf Man, there's even a picture of Lon Chaney hanging on a wall–in story. But these references are somehow detached from the rather serious and straightforward way Dante tells the story. He's got Kevin McCarthy giving a straight performance–Kevin McCarthy giving a straight performance in a Joe Dante film. It's incredible.
Where The Howling gets in trouble is Dee Wallace. It isn't just her performance, which is okay (though she's never quite believable as a go-getter anchorwoman), but the way John Sayles's script treats her. The concept–reporter discovers her elite psychiatric resort is really a colony of werewolves–really seems to imply she ought to be the main character. But she isn't. She isn't even the first to discover the werewolves. She isn't even the second… wait, yes, she is. She is the second.
But Sayles avoids giving Wallace much to do and the film suffers for it. There are big plot holes–for example, it's never explained why Wallace is invited to the werewolf club. It's also never explained why her husband–played by Wallace's real-life husband, Christopher Stone–accompanies her.
No, where Sayles finds the most interest–and maybe Dante too–is with Dennis Dugan (yes, Dennis Dugan) and Balaski. Both of them are fantastic, full of chemistry, having a great time, as TV news producers investigating. Their scenes are wonderful–they get the Dick Miller scene and it's a doozy–and the film comes alive whenever either are onscreen.
The Howling also skirts around being particularly disturbing. Wallace is having real psychological problems, occasionally represented onscreen as dream sequences, but it's hard to imagine her having a really hard time. Her basic recovery is just too fast.
There's some good acting from John Carradine and Slim Pickens. Patrick Macnee has less to do than Wallace, if it's even possible. Stone leaves a lot to be desired… Robert Picardo's got a small part and he's fantastic.
What's nicest about the film is the way it gets so much better in the last third. The first act and most of the second invite all these questions, all this thinking–the last act doesn't bother with it, but still manages to close with a great scene. Unfortunately, it isn't the last scene in the film, just the last scene in the narrative. The final scene's a misstep, because The Howling spends so much time as a rather quiet movie about people, only to go with a big comic finish.
It's nice for a film to take its entire running time to impress (or close to it–the last shot's awesome, but it's a diversion from dealing with the emotional aftereffects of the previous scene); makes the viewing experience all the more rewarding (and somehow exciting).
Directed by Joe Dante; screenplay by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless, based on the novel by Gary Brandner; director of photography, John Hora; edited by Dante and Mark Goldblatt; music by Pino Donaggio; produced by Jack Conrad and Michael Finnell; released by AVCO Embassy Pictures.
Starring Dee Wallace (Karen White), Patrick Macnee (Dr. George Waggner), Dennis Dugan (Chris), Christopher Stone (Bill Neill), Belinda Balaski (Terry Fisher), Kevin McCarthy (Fred Francis), John Carradine (Erle Kenton), Slim Pickens (Sam Newfield), Elisabeth Brooks (Marsha Quist), Robert Picardo (Eddie Quist), Margie Impert (Donna), Noble Willingham (Charlie Barton), James Murtaugh (Jerry Warren), Jim McKrell (Lew Landers), Don McLeod (T.C. Quist) and Dick Miller (Walter Paisley).
OTHER FILMS DIRECTED BY JOE DANTE
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Q: pass string array values as return type string when condition is met I've a module which returns string array "string[]". It contains success code and author name.
var get_author = SetBookInfo(Id, Name);

this function SetBookInfo returns response code and author name.
my condition is ::

if response code is "sucess" return author name "william".  ["success", "william"]
if response code is "failed" return "failed"

public string GetAuthorName()
{
    var get_author = SetBookInfo(Id, Name); // returns string[]

    if (get_author != null && get_author.Length > 0)
        {
        // how to write the above logic
        }

    else
        return "problem in accessing the function";
}

How can I do this? Please verify if my approach is correct or not.Is there any other way? Please help.

A: Perhaps this is what you want:
public string GetAuthorName()
{
    var get_author = SetBookInfo(Id, Name); // returns string[]

    if (get_author != null && get_author.Length > 0)
        {
            if(get_author[0] == "success") return get_author[1]; //e.g. ["success", "william"], "william" will be returned
            else if (get_author[0] == "failed") return "failed";
        }

    else
        return "problem in accessing the function";
}

providing that index of response code is 0 and that of author is 1.

A: public string GetAuthorName()
{
string []get_author = SetBookInfo(Id, Name); // returns string[]
if (get_author != null && get_author.Length > 0)
 {
   if(get_author[0].ToLower().Equals("success"))
      return get_author[1];
   else
     return "failed";
  }
else
    return "problem in accessing the function";
}

And if you want to return multiple string than you can return List of strings.
public List<string> GetAuthorName()
{
string []get_author = SetBookInfo(Id, Name); // returns string[]
List<string> list=new List<string>();
if (get_author != null && get_author.Length > 0)
 {
   if(get_author[0].ToLower().Equals("success"))
    {
     list.Add("success");
     list.Add(get_author[1]);
    }
   else
     list.Add("failed");
  }
else
    list.Add("problem in accessing the function");
 return list;
}


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别 名 AA672939; Cell cycle protein p38 2G4 homolog; Cell cycle protein p38-2G4 homolog; ErbB-3 binding protein 1; ErbB3 binding protein 1; ErbB3-binding protein 1; ErbB3-binding protein Ebp1; hG4 1; hG4-1; IRES-specific cellular trans-acting factor 45 kDa; MGC81621; MGC94070; Mpp1; p38 2G4; PA2G4; PA2G4_HUMAN; Plfap; Proliferation associated 2G4; Proliferation associated 2G4, 38-KD; Proliferation-associated 2G4, 38kDa; Proliferation-associated 2G4, a; Proliferation-associated protein 1; Proliferation-associated protein 2G4; Protein p38-2G4; si:dz150i12.2; wu:fb19b11; wu:ft56d05; zgc:86732.
EBP1 is a member of the peptidase M24C family and functions as an RNA-binding protein involved in cellular proliferation and differentiation processes. It is expressed in a variety of cell lines, including a wide range of tumor cell lines, and localizes to the cytoplasm. Upon treatment with Neuregulin-1 (heregulin), EBP1 translocates to the nucleus. EBP1 is a component of pre-ribosomal ribonucleoprotein complexes, participating in ribosome assembly and regulating the later steps of rRNA processing. In addition, EBP1 interacts with ErbB-3 and may function as a modulator of the ErbB-3-mediated signal transduction pathway by regulating the effects of Neuregulin-1 (heregulin). EBP1 also associates with histone deacetylases (HDACs), functioning as a transcriptional co-repressor of cell cycle regulatory genes.
May play a role in a ERBB3-regulated signal transduction pathway. Seems be involved in growth regulation. Acts a corepressor of the androgen receptor (AR) and is regulated by the ERBB3 ligand neuregulin-1/heregulin (HRG). Inhibits transcription of some E2F1-regulated promoters, probably by recruiting histone acetylase (HAT) activity. Binds RNA. Associates with 28S, 18S and 5.8S mature rRNAs, several rRNA precursors and probably U3 small nucleolar RNA. May be involved in regulation of intermediate and late steps of rRNA processing. May be involved in ribosome assembly. Mediates cap-independent translation of specific viral IRESs (internal ribosomal entry site).
Interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of non-phosphorylated ERBB3; the interaction requires PKC activity. Interacts with AR. Treatment with HRG leads to dissociation from ERBB3 and increases association with AR. Interacts with NCL/nucleolin. Component of a ribonucleoprotein complex containing at least PA2G4, NCL, TOP1, PABPC2, RPLP0, acetylated histone H1 (HIST1H1A or H1F1), histone H1 2/4, RPL4, RPL8, RPL15, RPL18, RPL18A, RPL21, RPL11, RPL12, RPL28, RPL27, RPLP2 and RPL24. Interacts with HDAC2. Interacts with RB1; the interaction is enhanced upon PA2G4 dephosphorylation.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus > nucleolus. Tranlocates to the nucleus upon treatment with HRG.
Expressed in several cell lines tested, including primary and transformed cell lines.
Phosphorylated on serine and threonine residues. Phosphorylation is enhanced by HRG treatment. Basal phosphorylation is PKC-dependent and HRG-induced phosphorylation is predominantly PKC-independent.
Belongs to the peptidase M24 family.


Japan's K-Computer has 705K cores stayed on top of the Top 500 supercomputer list. Now that is scale! I am reacquainting myself to Hadoop to which I was introduced in 2006 and find it is still using stateful nodes maxes out around 3-4K and does not use network storage. Security is an after thought and it is not yet suitable for its killer application interactive behavioral processing or the future killer application real-time stock data processing. If I were to add cloud related requirement of multi-tenancy, virtualization, billing etc etc. you see how underdeveloped this system is and how big its potential is.


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These are the slides on differential privacy case studies I had presented at the MindSwap on Privacy Technology, October 19–20, 2007. Center for Computational Thinking, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA.
For any of you whom are considering using the ByTable (vs. ByAttribute) Processing Group property, I've propped up a blog called Using ByAttribute or ByTable Processing Group Property with Analysis Services 2005 with help from Richard Tkachuk, Akshai Mirchandani, and Eric Jacobsen. Basically, while using ByTable can at times be helpful, you really need to be careful on how you use it. Read the blog for more info, eh?!


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Transport and infrastructure in Sierra Leone
Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Sierra Leone with the average of all countries in Africa. In many places, the traffic routes show considerable deficiencies and are often not in a particularly good condition.
The waterways listed refer to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of ports includes those located on the 402 km of coastline. In 2019, about 78,413.18 freight containers were transported.
› Airports in Sierra Leone
Back to overview: Sierra Leone
Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 11,700 km. For each of the country's 8.42 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 1.39 meters. This puts Sierra Leone in 189th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 116 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.
With an average of 2347 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Sierra Leone is considered very dangerous. This corresponds to 30.6 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.
In Sierra Leone, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. This regulation was enforced on March 1st, 1971. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.
per 1 mio
per km²
Roadways 11,700 km 1,389.44 km 161.83 m
Railroads 0 km 0.00 km 0.00 m
Waterways 800 km 95.00 km 11.07 m
Commercial harbors 591 70.18 0.008
Airports 5 0.59 0.069
Roadways 2,997,800 km 2,151.40 km 98.86 m
Railroads 88,600 km 63.57 km 2.92 m
Waterways 68,400 km 49.09 km 2.26 m
Commercial harbors 7,905 5.67 0.000
Airports 413 0.30 0.000
Data sources used
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)
The 5 airports in Sierra LeoneThe 5 biggest airports in Sierra Leone
Climate details in Sierra LeoneA climate analysis for Sierra Leone incl. temperatures, humidity, rain days per month, hours of sunshine, water temperature, rainfalls
Mega cities - the biggest cities all over the worldRanking of the biggest cities worldwide. On top: Shanghai, Chongqing and Beijing
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The future is now for Davaris Daniels
By Keith ArnoldMar 22, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT
Michael Floyd is gone. After four record breaking seasons, the only No. 3 walking through the doors for the Irish is on the back of Amir Carlisle, who isn't walking, but hobbling through on crutches, courtesy of a broken ankle that'll rob the Irish's newest offensive asset of a spring acclimation period.
While the Irish will be hard pressed to ever replace the school's all-time leading receiver, it didn't take long for head coach Brian Kelly to put rising sophomore Davaris Daniels on notice that he'll be given the first shot at filling the very large hole Floyd left behind.
Even before having the thousand watt megaphone the Notre Dame media provides, Kelly often took to public proclamations to motivate his players. In his first comments of the spring, he started that process by making it known that Daniels, who sat out last season while learning the ropes, has all the physical ability needed to star in this offense.
"He probably tested out at tops in the skill position, ahead of guys like Cierre Wood, ahead of guys like Theo Riddick," Kelly said of Daniels. "His numbers are off the charts in terms of vertical jump. He tested comparable to a number of the wide receivers at the NFL combine. He's got great numbers."
While Notre Dame didn't release the results of their unofficial combine, a quick look at the NFL combine results let you know that if Daniels checks out with some of the better jumpers in the draft, he can certainly leap. (Though I think we already knew this.) While we caught a brief glimpse of Daniels running his 40 during the offseason workout video, we can only assume from Kelly's comments that it was also comparable with the guys running in Indianapolis, which means it was in the 4.4 to 4.5 range. Whatever the exact number is, that's a welcome change to an offense that couldn't attack vertically with its personnel, even with Floyd in the lineup.
Of course, true to Kelly's nature, he also made it abundantly clear that while Daniels has the skillset necessary to succeed, he's yet to do it.
"Those are numbers. He hasn't done anything yet," Kelly said. "He hasn't caught a pass in a game, hasn't caught a touchdown pass. So we know he's got the physical ability, now we've got to be able to see that translate, and it's time for him to do it. We were able to move him slowly last year, it's time for him to go, and this spring will be that opportunity, and we all feel very confident in his ability to come in and impact our offense."
For his part, Daniels impressed Kelly in his first day on offense, running with the second unit behind fifth-year senior John Goodman and junior TJ Jones, showing off the sheer ability Kelly knows exists. In the various videos available around the net, it isn't hard to see a confident kid with explosive athletic ability, even if it is in shorts and without pads.
Still, Daniels' development will be one of the key stories of the spring. Rumors coming out of offseason workouts have the Irish thinking they've found offensive weapons in Troy Niklas and Amir Carlisle, two guys that can transform an offense quickly, especially when paired with All-American Tyler Eifert. Putting Theo Riddick with Cierre Wood should stabilize the running back depth chart, and allow Chuck Martin find something for George Atkinson and his sprinter speed to do.
Obviously, the Irish offense will go nowhere without a capable quarterback, but even that position should be buoyed by an attack that'll likely look much different than the one we last saw floundering in Orlando. With Goodman and Jones yet to show they've got the chops to be an effective outside wide receiver, it'll be up to Daniels to seize a job that's there for the taking.
He certainly knows his head coach is watching.


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Russian forces positioned in Afrin, where Turkey made extensive preparations to launch a military operation, are leaving the region. It is reported that the Russian army started to quit Afrin and its surrounding villages occupied by PKK/PYD 15 days ago, and withdrew its last troops yesterday with a great change of station.
Russia, withdrawing its troops yesterday from Khybar camp in Kafr Jina, positioned in Nubl, a Shi'ite town in Syria. According to sources in the region, nearly 200 Russian soldiers of three special units left Afrin, but from 20 to 50 intelligence officers are kept in the region. These agents operated in the Kitne Village, but they waited 'ready to withdraw', said sources.
Turkish forces retaliated with artillery fire overnight and destroyed YPG targets after YPG terrorists opened fire on Turkey-backed forces in northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.The United States supports the YPG in the fight against Daesh in Syria, despite repeated protests from NATO ally Turkey, which sees classifies the YPG as a terrorist organization.Ankara considers the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is outlawed in Turkey and is also considered a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union.The Turkish army said that YPG machine-gun fire on Tuesday evening targeted Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army elements in the Maranaz area south of the town of Azaz in northern Syria."Fire support vehicles in the region were used to retaliate in kind against the harassing fire and the identified targets were destroyed/neutralised," the military statement said.The boom of artillery fire could be heard from the nearby Turkish border town of Kilis, broadcaster Haberturk said.Turkey's Ihlas news agency had reported earlier that the YPG fighters launched intensive gunfire with heavy machine guns around 9:30 pm (1830 GMT) on Tuesday evening from the Afrin region in northwest Syria. It was not clear whether there were any casualties in the exchange of fire.Turkey was angered by a U.S. decision last month to arm the YPG as part of the battle for Daesh's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. The PKK has carried out an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 and more than 40,000 people have died in the fighting.Faced with turmoil across its southern border, Turkey last year sent troops into Syria to support Free Syrian Army rebels fighting both Daesh and other terrorist forces who control a large part of Syria's northern border region.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Turkey would not flinch from taking tougher action against the YPG in Syria if Turkey believed it needed to.
The Turkish Armed Forces' operation plans aimed at Afrin have been sped up with the increase in Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) harassing against regions rescued from the terrorist organization Daesh within the scope of Euphrates Shield Operation. The recent intense participation of the PKK in the region led Turkey to consider this region as a national security threat. As the military intensity at the border peaks, the preparations at Turkish Armed Forces' bases in Syria are at their final phase.SEVERE CLASHES EXPECTEDThe Afrin plan, which the Turkish Armed Forces is working on, is being finalized. The operation which is designed to be carried out with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) groups will start from Azaz, Kaljibrin and Mare, and proceed eastwards in the regions occupied by the terrorist organization PKK/PYD. Turkish soldiers and the FSA will primarily seize control of Tell Rifaat and Menagh Military Airbase in the first phase of the operation. Severe clashes are expected around these two targets, located in a quite strategic point in terms of the region. The Menagh Airbase, which is 7 km away from Azaz, and 15 km away from Afrin, was occupied by the PKK in February.US says Assad may be planning chemical attackPKK AND DAESH'S JOINT BLOCKADETell Rifaat, which is amongst the Turkish Armed Forces' priority targets, may be considered as the door to Afrin. Holding a significant number of opposition, Tell Rifaat was besieged by Daesh and the PKK last year, and opposition members had to surrender the province to the PKK in order to rescue civilians.MERYEMEYN ALSO A TARGETThe Turkish Armed Forces and FSA, which plan to move 7 km eastwards after controlling these areas, also plan to occupy Meryemeyn. No information has been provided yet if the operation forces will enter Afrin or not. It has been indicated that the operation will cease 5 km away from Afrin, and the PKK terrorists in the city may be isolated. Moreover, humanitarian aid convoys will be sent to Afrin for the civilians in the city, following Turkey's control over the city.THOSE SUPPORTED BY THE CIA ARE EXCLUDEDThere is no precise information on which FSA elements will participate in the Afrin operation with the Turkish Armed Forces. FSA sources stated that some of the groups which participated in the first Euphrates Shield Operation might not be accepted to Afrin Operation due to their organic links to the United States. Some of these groups are supported by the Pentagon or CIA.