By Dr. Mark Denison — On the heels of the tragic death and funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, hundreds of young men and women showed their support for Freddie by burning buildings and cars and demolishing their own neighborhoods. As of this writing, 15 police officers were injured, 15 buildings have fallen to fire, and 200 arrests have been made. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said, "We're not going to leave the city unprotected," the day after they had left the city unprotected. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake refused to call in the National Guard until three hours after the violence had erupted. Then she directed the police to provide "space" for the thugs to destroy property at will.
But there is a hero who emerged from the carnage. A Baltimore woman took action when she saw her son hanging out with violent demonstrators Monday. Toya Graham was watching television when she saw her son throwing rocks at police, the station reported. She went to the location and found her son. "Are you kidding me?" she was heard screaming. She then escorted him, not so gently, away from the scene. This leads me to a question. What would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. say? If he were alive today, what would be his response to the rioters? We don't need to speculate on that question. On December 11, 1964, King delivered a speech he titled "The Quest for Peace and Justice." In that speech he addressed the precise issues we are seeing over 50 years later. King said, "Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem. It merely creates new and more complicated ones. Violence is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than winning his understanding. It seeks to annihilate rather than convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends up defeating itself." Well said, Dr. King! I only wish Baltimore was listening.
By Jerry Newcombe — April 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S.Grant, effectively ending the U.S. Civil War, the bloodiest conflict our nation has ever witnessed. A new book on Lee is a great read. It's called The Man Who Would Not Be Washington: Robert E. Lee's Civil War and His Decision that Changed American History. The book is by Jonathan Horn, a former presidential speechwriter for George W. Bush. Although I thought I knew many things about Lee, I learned much more through the book. It's the kind of book that keeps you up at night. Interestingly, Robert E. Lee has been described as "the marble man," noble and unyielding like a statue. This book certainly shows the marble man had feet of clay. I enjoyed having Horn on my radio show recently. He clarified the point that the "civil war" referred to in the subtitle was Lee's own conflict, his personal civil war if you will, as to which side to serve. While Lee viewed secession with horror and the union with honor, he ultimately asked, "How can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native state?" He could not. Once Virginia chose to secede from the Union in 1861, with it went Robert E. Lee. Lee is an interesting man because he was seemingly a man of contradictions. Because of legal obligations, he freed the slaves he and his wife inherited from her father before the Emancipation Proclamation. As a Christian, he hated slavery, yet he ended up fighting essentially for its continuance. He favored the Union, yet he chose to apply his incredible military skill to the side that was dissolving the Union. If he had been born just a few miles north, we possibly could have had President Robert E. Lee. But he wasn't, and we didn't. Ironically, as Horn points out, President Grant once hosted his former nemesis to a short social meeting in the White House several years after the war. One friend of mine said years ago that Robert E. Lee had more character in his little pinky than most men have in their whole bodies. How then could he have chosen to serve the South? If God led him, and I think this book amply shows that once Lee was converted he tried to deny himself and to do what he understood the Lord wanted him to do, how then could he have been the ultimate leader of the armies of the Confederacy? My personal answer to this spiritual question comes from President Lincoln, who greatly and rightly feared Robert E. Lee. He stated that it was possible that the war was God's judgment on a nation that had neglected Him and knowingly engaged in disobedience. The month before Lee's surrender, Lincoln delivered his Second Inaugural Address, which Professor Daniel Dreisbach has noted has 45 biblical allusions, references or quotes. It's a terrific speech and is only about 700 words. Said Lincoln: "Fondly do we hope—fervently do we pray–that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn by the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, 'The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.'" Gary Bauer (End of Day, 4/16/15) summarizes Lincoln's point: "Slavery was a violation of America's promise that all are created equal. Lincoln worried that the Civil War would last until God had extracted as much blood from the North and the South as had the slave master's lash." Jefferson once said, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever." History has some sobering lessons for a wayward nation. Perhaps Robert E. Lee was essentially a sword in the hands of the Lord to punish a country that should have known better. Quoting Lincoln again, "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right," may God help us today to get back on the right track.
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By Dr. Mark Denison — Yesterday, President Obama made a brief, unscheduled statement, acknowledging the unintended deaths of two innocent captives at an Al-Qaeda compound along the Afghan-Pakistan border. The President said, "As president and commander-in-chief, I take full responsibility for all our counter-terrorism operations, including the one that inadvertently took the lives of Warren and Giovanni." Did you catch the word "inadvertently"? We'll come back to that.
This tragic example of "inadvertent" consequences leads me to three observations. First, there are no secrets. The White House confirmed the incident took place three months ago. For reasons known only to them, they did not acknowledge the tragic event until yesterday. The Bible teaches us that whatever we shove off into the darkness will eventually be exposed by the light. Second, we must take responsibility for our actions. While President Obama has received a good bit of criticism for waiting three months to acknowledge the deaths of these two innocent lives, you can't criticize his words: "I take full responsibility." Those two words will take you far in life – full responsibility. Obama could have easily blamed failed intelligence or those who carried out the attack. But he took "full responsibility." We do not achieve our preferred future until we own our failed past. Third, actions have consequences. This military action "inadvertently took the lives of Warren and Giovanni," Obama said. Though the results were inadvertent, they counted all the same. Mrs. Weinstein said "we are devastated." All actions have consequences. You don't live in a bubble. Everything that you do, good or bad, will affect someone else. In honor of Dr. Weinstein, say a prayer for his widow and family today. And learn from his death. There are really no secrets in this life. We must take responsibility for our actions. All actions have consequences. From every tragedy grows a lesson. Don't let Weinstein's death serve no purpose. May we be better people today because of what we learned yesterday.
By Dr. Mark Denison — Imagine the shock of a 62-year-old homeless man when he discovered he had money all along! John Helinski had been living in a cardboard box in downtown Tampa just a week ago, his residence of the past three years. Today he lives in a modest apartment and has enough money that he never has to work again. It turns out he had been receiving pension payments for years but didn't know it. So he lived the life of a pauper. Here's what happened. Tampa police officer Daniel McDonald was trying to help Mr. Helinski find his identification, long lost, in order to get him into public housing. "I drove him to the local tax collector's office where he was able to get a temporary State of Florida ID card," said McDonald. Using the temp ID card, Helinski was able to order his birth record from the U.S. Department of Consular Affairs. The birth certificate was the ticket John needed.
It turns out Helinski had been receiving benefits for years, but didn't know it, because he had lost his debit card and had no access to his bank account. McDonald drove him to his old bank where they found his account. Though Helinski declined to reveal the exact amount in his account, McDonald confirmed it is enough to live on without ever having to work again. Talk about a parable on life! Christ gave his life to leave us incredible benefits. When you trust him as your Savior, you are "born again." That birth certificate gives you access to benefits that never run out. You never have to work again. Jesus did the work for you. So quit living the life of a pauper and claim your true identity. Mr. Helinski was content to simply exist when he could have been excelling. He settled for existence over life. I know a lot of believers like that. If you have been born in Christ, claim your true identity. Enjoy the benefits that have already been credited to your account.
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By Dr. Mark Denison — How do you stack up against the average American? Let's see. The average American is 37 years old. (I'm an overachiever on that one.) They are employed and earn $50,000 a year. The average American thinks she is a better driver than the average American. (I said "she" because the average American is a "she.") The average American owes $16,000 on credit card debt and $150,000 on her mortgage. If she has a student loan, she owes $29,000. Her credit score is 640. She owns 27 pairs of shoes. The average American male owns 12. The average American household has 2.28 cars. They have $40,000 in their retirement account. The average American on the cusp of retirement has a retirement account of $100,000. The net worth of the average American is $40,000. And the average American thinks she is smarter than the average American.
The obvious takeaway is that we need to save more, spend less, and plan better. Here's the good news. God says you are "fearfully and wonderfully made." There is nothing average about that. You are special. Even on your worst day, God loves you more than your mother. There is nothing you can ever do to make him love you more, and there is nothing you can ever do to make him love you less. Kevin O'Keefe wrote about us in his book, The Average American. God wrote about us in his book, The Bible. You were created to win, overcome, be prosperous, and be blessed. Jesus said, "I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly." Don't listen to Mr. O'Keefe. Listen to God. Rise above "average." Rejoice in the marvelous creation that is you!
By Jerry Newcombe — If it weren't for a short video-clip captured on a cell phone, the recent shooting of an unarmed, fleeing black man by a white police officer in South Carolina might not have been reported and acted upon. The man who videotaped the incident even considered deleting it. Providentially, this alleged criminal act can be evaluated based on that tape. I say alleged because as of this writing the cop has not had his day in court. But that video is key. Apart from all privacy concerns (of which there are many), this gets me to thinking about daily living in light of omnipresent video cameras. I can't drive by an intersection where I live without seeing those ubiquitous cameras.
Eighteenth century author and statesman Edmund Burke famously said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Sometimes our greatest sin is the evil we speak. Other times our greatest sin is our pure silence. Not saying what needs to be said is as bad as saying the wrong thing. The sin of silence takes many forms: not affirming someone who has done a good job, not correcting someone who is off the rails, not sharing the Good News with someone who really needs it. The sin of Khrushchev was the sin of silence. Evil doesn't prosper because evil is stronger than good. Evil prospers when "good" goes quiet. The only thing worse than bad men doing something is good men doing nothing. It is time to wake up, get up, stand up, and speak up. Nothing kills like the sin of silence.
By Dr. Mark Denison — It was the greatest vessel ever imagined…a floating palace. She weighed 46,328 tons. She was indestructible. Her name was Titanic. On her maiden voyage, the White Star liner churned from Southampton toward New York. The rich and famous were aboard. The band played, the people danced, and they all rejoiced. On the night of April 14, 1912 they had a grand party.
Then it happened. The unsinkable did the unthinkable. The great Titanic ran into an iceberg as the band was playing Nearer My God to Thee. Two hours, 40 minutes later, of the 2,340 aboard, only 745 survived. 1,595 perished in the icy waters. Just a few years ago, the last survivor died. What are the lessons from the Titanic? They mirror the lessons of life. Captain Smith ignored numerous warnings of pending danger. The spotlight was not installed correctly. The lifeboats were too small and too few. They travelled faster than they should have. They didn't take icebergs seriously. You know, all "ships" can sink. You need the right Navigator; One who sees the icebergs of life and knows how to deal with them. Your job is to obey his directions.
By Dr. Mark Denison — The Star-Spangled Banner is our most recognizable icon as a nation. The flag flew over Ft. McHenry the morning after the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write what would become our national anthem. But I bet there are some things you didn't know about our national treasure. First, the Star-Spangled Banner has a sibling, but we don't know where it is. In 1813, Mary Pickersgill, a Baltimore flag maker, agreed to make two flags, not one. In addition to the huge 42 x 30 foot flag we still have, she sewed a much smaller flag, designed to withstand storms. In February 1815, the storm flag was lost to history after being replaced by a new one made in Philadelphia.
Second, the flag displays 15 stars, though there were 18 states at the time. The flag's final design was approved by Congress in 1794 when there were 15 states. The design was not updated to reflect new states until April 4, 1818. Third, the family that kept the flag safe during the Civil War sympathized with the Confederacy. After the death of Col. George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, the flag passed to his daughter, Georgiana Armistead Appleton. Georgiana's son was arrested in 1861 for trying to sneak into Virginia from Maryland to join the Confederate Army.


Learning how to charge a car battery while connected to another car's battery is not very difficult; though, precautions should be taken. Now connect each end of the positive jumper cable to the positive connection on each car battery. Then connect one end of the negative jumper cable to the negative terminal of the car battery of the functioning car. Connect the other end of the negative jumper cable to the frame of the car that contains the dead battery.
If you want the convenience of charging your own battery, consider buying a car battery charger. Figuring out how to charge a car battery with a battery charger can save you the money of needing to take your battery to an auto body shop to get charged.
Everybody loves their cars, and most people just want their cars to be well looked after and loved. So, if you're vacationing in New York and looking for car rental deals, you need look no further than Brooklyn. There is almost nothing worse than getting your car to go someplace or drive home from the grocery store, only to find that your car battery is dead. Before attempting to jump start your car, inspect the battery to ensure there is no damage or cracks. Some are even portable and can be used to jumpstart your car when you are stranded somewhere. Then position the running car so that the engine is facing the front of the car with the dead battery.
Connect the positive and then the negative connection to your car battery and then turn on the battery charger. You can either get a jump start from another car and let it charge for at least five minutes or connect your battery to a charger and let it it fully charge. However, if a starter battery is discharged deeply (more than 20-25% depth of charge), its plates can be permanently damaged and the lifetime of the battery greatly reduced. If you are interested in learning how to charge a car battery, then take a look at these instructions. Deep cycle batteries have fewer thicker lead plates, and so cannot discharge energy so quickly, but can be cycled deeply and recharged many times without damaging the battery.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and deep vein thrombosis: a prevalent combination.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). We analyzed a large US deep vein thrombosis (DVT) registry to explore the profile of patients with COPD and VTE.
Demographics, symptoms, risk factors, prophylaxis, and initial management of 668 (12%) patients with COPD were compared to 3,907 patients without COPD from a prospective registry of 5,451 consecutive patients with ultrasound-confirmed DVT at 183 institutions in the United States.
COPD patients with DVT were older (median 72.5 years vs. 68.0 years, P < 0.0001) and more likely to be male (52.3% vs. 44.8%, P = 0.0004). They were more likely to be inpatients at the time of diagnosis of DVT (62.0% vs. 51.9%, P < 0.0001). COPD patients were more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (27.7% vs.19.8%, P = 0.0003), more likely to require mechanical ventilation (23.2% vs. 13.6%, P < 0.0001), and more likely to receive inferior vena caval (IVC) filters (19.1% vs. 15.1%, P = 0.009). COPD patients more often had concomitant pulmonary embolism (PE) (22.8% vs.17.8%, P = 0.005) as well as concomitant congestive heart failure (29.5% vs. 12.5%, P < 0.0001).
DVT patients with COPD have a greater medical acuity than other DVT patients. This results in more frequent IVC filter insertion.
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Shetty R
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Seddighzadeh A
Piazza G
Goldhaber SZ
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 26:1 2008 Aug pg 35-40
Inpatients
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiration, Artificial
Vena Cava Filters
Shetty, Ranjith, et al. "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Deep Vein Thrombosis: a Prevalent Combination." Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, vol. 26, no. 1, 2008, pp. 35-40.
Shetty R, Seddighzadeh A, Piazza G, et al. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and deep vein thrombosis: a prevalent combination. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2008;26(1):35-40.
Shetty, R., Seddighzadeh, A., Piazza, G., & Goldhaber, S. Z. (2008). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and deep vein thrombosis: a prevalent combination. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, 26(1), pp. 35-40.
Shetty R, et al. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Deep Vein Thrombosis: a Prevalent Combination. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2008;26(1):35-40. PubMed PMID: 17940729.
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Indications, applications, and outcomes of inferior vena cava filters for venous thromboembolism in Japanese patients.
Recurrence of venous thromboembolism in patients with recent gestational deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism: Findings from the RIETE Registry.
Global Risk Profile Verification in Patients with Venous Thromboembolism (GRIP VTE) in 5 Gulf countries.
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Risks and benefits of prophylactic inferior vena cava filters in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
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The time from October 31st – January 2nd can be an AWFUL time if you are, like most us, trying to keep the fat off your midsection. Not only are we less active but there is an abundance of food everywhere you go!
Those of us that have done the diet martyr thing know the absolute torture of denying yourself any of that holiday deliciousness and most us also know the feeling of surrender that eventually hits.
You know the one… where you finally cave and eat a brownie decorated with a snowman but that one snowman brownie turns into three and a glass of champagne and a few meatballs and maybe just a couple pieces of pie.
Before you know it you have eaten your weight in gooey treats and the guilt is so intense you give up on dieting entirely for the next three months!
Well, fear no more, with these easy healthy holiday eating tips you will be able to keep steadily losing or maintaining your weight without feeling completely neglected this holiday season.
Healthy Holiday Eating Tip #1 – MOVE!
If you want to eat a little more without gaining weight then you have to move a little more. Weight and fat loss is basically addition and subtraction. Add more calorie burning so you can make up for the added intake of calories!
But have a reality check and be realistic about the amount of leeway you are giving yourself. This means matching your calorie burning with your calorie intake. The more you burn the more room you have to splurge and vice versa.
Take this further and err on more activity. If you haven't yet, now is a great time to organize and clean the heck out of your house, take stairs where you can, get in for a morning workout to keep your energy levels up throughout the day or even switch up your workouts so you are doing circuit training where one exercise is performed after another. Ok, now we are talking about some extra calories being burned!
Healthy Holiday Eating Tip #2 – Fill Up On Healthy Side Dishes!
Sure there are four different types of butter covered potatoes but I bet your table will also have a vegetable platter, some healthy greens and maybe even some fruit.
If you don't think it will, it's your turn to take initiative and show who's boss. Try some steamed broccoli with cayenne and cajun sprinkled on top to fill in the holiday cheer.
Now take the opportunity to eat the healthy side dishes with a tall glass of water as your appetizer, chances are you will get fuller faster and not be able to stuff yourself with butter-heavy entrees and fattening desserts. Filling up early can give you just the slight space you need to taste your treats without over indulging and regretting it later when you look in the mirror. It's not worth it right?
Healthy Holiday Eating Tip #3 – Eat Your Morning Meal!
What usually happens to most of us is that the majority of the fancy eating is done in the late afternoon and evening. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that ignoring food in the morning will give you more room to indulge later on. This is faulty logic.
If you start off my starving your body you will trick it and your brain into thinking that you need more food later on and that you need to cling to the extra calories to ward against starvation in the future.
Have a nice healthy breakfast at a reasonable time. Starting your day off in this manner will keep your body from freaking out, will keep your brain from rewiring into crisis mode, and will give you the willpower and a normal appetite to guide you when you enjoy your holiday meal.
Need some more motivation? Try these motivation photos: Weight Loss Motivation Photos for Women & Workout Motivation Photos for Men.
I think this was excellent advice. So often during the holidays one gets so tempted by all of the treats at hand. Sometimes we all just need a little reminder of what not to do to stay out of trouble.
I agree whole-heartedly about beginning your day with a solid breakfast. This will set you up for the rest of the day. So you should take this meal very seriously. With a piece of fruit, some oatmeal flavored with natural cinnamon and a slice of ham.


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Kathryn is very welcome to the pages of Salut! Sunderland. And so is her son Christopher, who reached 13 the other day.
Before one more welcome event, the match that brought three points against Wimbledon, the pair of them had the chance to meet Will Grigg, signed at the last minute on Thursday but still not quite match fit, in the SAFC club shop.
The resulting photo allows us to fill in one gap in the transfer window, the customary welcome to a new player (Max Power may argue he deserves one, too, having exchanged loan to permanent status).
On the other hand, Pete Sixsmith had dealt comprehensively with the in and outs, Grigg's arrival included, at http://salutsunderland.com/2019/02/sixer-says-pete-sixsmith-looks-at-our-january-transfer-dealings/.
For now, though, we will concentrate on Will. And Christopher. His mum's tweet speaks volumes.
If meeting Will was the first extra birthday present, a week on Tuesday will bring another. That's when Christopher will run out as mascot as Sunderland play Blackpool under the floodlights. With any luck, Will Grigg will be by his side or nearby.
Can we suggest a third present, one only the Lads can deliver? Let that game on Feb 12 complete a series of three successive wins, with more to follow as we catch the leaders and stride towards promotion.
Lets hope he hits the ground running as opposed to the continued hobbling of our previpusly coveted and chased striker target.
Buying ( getting rinsed ) an injured player baffles me.
The creativity and cohesion of our cm also concerns me.
Hoping that grigg is as good as they say we must keep in mind a gun needs bullers to be effective.
It is difficult to balance the nagging worry that we all have (that we might fall short this season) with the acceptance that the club has made astonishing progress in the last six months. Sometimes we have short memories!
Our old Wigan-suuporting friend Bernard Ramsdale says of Grigg: : ´you have guaranteed enough goals to get out of League One! Not too sure about what will happen after that though. Worth signing just for song!' Oh, and it's Bernard's birthday today.


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Dr. Mark A. Moon is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Prior to joining the UT faculty in 1993, Dr. Moon earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also earned his BA and MBA degrees from the University of... read moreMichigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Moon's professional experience includes positions in sales and marketing with IBM and Xerox. He teaches at the undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA levels, and teaches Demand Planning, Forecasting, and Marketing Strategy in numerous Executive Programs offered at the University of Tennessee's Center for Executive Education. Dr. Moon's primary research interests are in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), demand management, sales forecasting and buyer/seller relationships. He is the author, along with Dr. John T. (Tom) Mentzer of Sales Forecasting Management: A Demand Management Approach. He has consulted with numerous companies including Cooper Tire, Lockheed-Martin, Nissan North America, Johnson and Johnson, and Winn-Dixie. Dr. Moon has also delivered custom executive programs to a variety of companies, including Honeywell, Sony, Union-Pacific Railroad, and Corning.
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Today we will drive to Chefchaouen passing by Rabat where we will visit important places. We continue to Chefchaouen where we'll arrive in the evening and here we stay overnight in a traditional Moroccan riad/hotel.
Today we will explore Chefchaouen medina nad then we drive to Fez where we'll arrive in the evening and here we stay overnight in a traditional riad/hotel with dinner.
You will have a guided tour to discover the medina - old part of city, and the famous souks of Fez - its narrow streets are filled with ancient mosques and minarets. We will visit the most beautiful palaces and monuments of Fez and our guided tour will include a visit to the tannery and the ceramic cooperative to see traditional Moroccan crafts.
Today we will depart for Merzouga through the Middle Atlas region. We will drive through Ifrane, the 'Switzerland' of Morocco and the cedar forests of Azrou where we can stop to hand feed the monkeys. We will continue to Midelt where we will have lunch. We will then follow the Ziz River through the valley and stop to see the Ziz valley on our way to Merzouga.
Today we will explore the desert region and the marvel that is the Erg Chebbi desert dunes. We will make a circuit of the desert dunes where you will have the opportunity to see the nomad's way of life and the amazing changing contrasts of the desert. We will visit the 'black village' of Khamlia to see the Gnawa musicians. We will have a traditional Berber pizza for lunch. In the afternoon we will ride the camels to watch the sunset over the dunes and spend the night in the desert camp. We will have a traditional tagine dinner, and we listen to traditional Berber music.
We will wake up early to see the spectacular sunrise over the dunes before making our way back to the hotel for breakfast and a shower. We will visit Rissani market and cross the palm lined valleys of Tourog and Tinjdad to arrive at the Todra Gorge. We will take a walk in the Todra Gorges and have lunch in a local restaurant before continuing to the Dades Gorge where we stay overnight in local hotel.
After breakfast we will take a walk in the gorge and then take the off road track to see the nomad caves. We will continue via El Kelaa Magona, Valley of the Roses and the Skoura oasis to arrive in Ouarzazate. Then we will depart to Ait Benhaddou and visit the World Heritage site. We will continue with a visit to the traditional High Atlas Berber village of Telouet and the Kasbah el Glaoui. We will have lunch in a local restaurant in Telouet before descending the Tizi-n-Tichka to Marrakech.
You will have a guided tour to discover the multiple facets of Marrakech with a stroll in the labyrinth of the narrow streets of the Medina amongst its famous souks and a visit to the most beautiful palaces and monuments of Marrakech.
We will spend the morning at leisure for shopping or relaxing in Marrakech before leaving mid afternoon to arrive in Casablanca. That will be end of Morocco tour.
NOTE : It is possible to modify this Morocco culture Tour. If you prefer this tour can finish in Marrakech.


Aha! The problem is X! No, the real problem is Y! Actually the problem is Z, really! Posts that seek to explain the misunderstanding, systemic error, inaccurate assumptions, that is a deep root cause of the grand challenges.
Two wise aliens from outer space had volunteered for the curious and, to them, amusing task of observing life on Earth in order to make a report back to their civilization ten light-years away.
After at first being distracted by American football and TV game shows—two activities on which humans spend so much time that the aliens thought they must somehow be crucial to the functioning of Earthly life—the aliens began to recognize the real story, so to speak.
As far as we can tell—acknowledging that we don't have perfect knowledge, and probably never will—some of the most consequential mistaken assumptions and flawed paradigms, presently, in the real world, are those upon which our "modern society" is based and to which it seems foolishly committed. The question for us is, What will philosophers actually do about it?


Dear Antoine, I'm looking to open a business in Vietnam in the next few months and wanted to discuss some of the ambiguous Vietnamese visa laws. Although the visa situation is constantly changing, do you know with what visa I can open a business in Vietnam? I've read that if I co-own a joint stock company (JSC) here with my Vietnamese colleague I can apply for a work permit on that business? Is this true? But before that, what visa do I begin with—a business visa I'm guessing?
Some visa issues are more complicated than others—and visas are not the clearest one, considering the number of different types of visa. Let's see what the Vietnamese law says about it.
Define Your Position In The Company: Executive Or Board Member?
First thing you need to know: a work permit is required for any foreigner working in Vietnam, save some exceptions. According to one of these exceptions, the members of the board of management of a Vietnamese company are allowed to exercise their assignments as members of the board in Vietnam without the need to obtain a work permit.
However, this exception is limited to members of the board. Other positions in the company do not offer the same advantage: For example, the exception does not apply to the chairman of the board or to the director of the company. If you hold concurrently one of these positions and the position of member of the board, then you need to obtain a work permit.
Coming back to your specific situation—to partner with your Vietnamese colleague to set up a company in Vietnam—it means that work permit requirement will depend on the role you wish to have in the company. If you're considering an executive position in the company (such as director), then you will need to obtain a work permit. But if you plan to only invest in the company without having an executive role (while holding a seat at the board to oversee and determine the company's activity), then you may avoid the work permit requirement.
To give you a more practical idea of what that means, the director of the company, as the "legal representative," has the obligation to reside in Vietnam. He, or she, manages the day-to-day activity of the company. In comparison, the board of management meets generally four times a year only. During the meetings, the board members define the general policies that would be implemented daily by the director.
The second thing you need to know: in case you enjoy the above-mentioned exception to the work permit, you are required to obtain, from the provincial authority where the Vietnamese company is registered, a certificate of exemption of a work permit, which is issued at the request of the company. After having obtained this certificate, you may apply for a temporary residence card.
The procedure to obtain such certificate of exemption may be a little bit lengthy, but in any case, will be less burdensome (especially in terms of paperwork) than the work permit procedure.
What is important for you is the following point: you may have a work permit (executive position) or be exempted of work permit and have a certificate of exemption (board member), in both cases you will be allowed to stay in Vietnam for a long time and receive a temporary residence card. This card will allow you to reside in Vietnam and to go out and in the territory as much as you wish.
What About The "Preparation Phase" (Before Establishing The Company)?
The above advice applies to you once the company is already established and operates. However, before operation of the company, you may need to be in Vietnam in order to prepare your business with your Vietnamese colleague: for example, to find the appropriate premises, to open bank accounts, start negotiations with partners and providers, etc.
There is not really a specific visa for the "preparation phase" of an investment. Some businesspeople use a tourist visa. Others find a sponsor in Vietnam that invites them for business purpose (for example, this could be one of your future client). These kinds of visa may be up to 12 months.
I hope the above will be helpful and I wish you good luck on your business project!
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Q: Show that $P(A)=\sum_{k \in A}p(1-p)^{k-1},p \in(0,1)$ defines a probability over the Borel field of events $(\Omega,K)$ $\Omega=N^*,K=P(\Omega)$. Show that $P(A)=\sum_{k \in A}p(1-p)^{k-1},p \in(0,1)$ defines a probability over the Borel field of events $(\Omega,K)$.(I hope this is translated ok)
$E_1=\{n\in N|n>5\}, E_2=\{n\in N|n<7\}, E_3=\{n\in N|3\le n \le 6\}$. Calculate $P(E_1),P(E_2),P(E_3),P(E_1\cap E_2),P(E_1 \cup E_2),P(E_1|E_3)$.
How I think this is solved:
$p\sum_{n>0}(1-p)^{n-1}$
$P(E_1)=1-p[1+(1-p)+(1-p)^2+(1-p)^3]$
$P(E_2)=p[1+(1-p)+(1-p)^2+(1-p)^3+(1-p)^4+(1-p)^5]$
$P(E_3)=p[(1-p)^2+(1-p)^3+(1-p)^4+(1-p)^5]$
Is this correct? Also how do I solve the other 3? $P(E_1\cap E_2),P(E_1 \cup E_2),P(E_1|E_3)$
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The Age of Total Lies
Vesna Pešić and Charles Simic
Serbian opposition politician and human rights activist Vesna Pešić explains the implications of rule by lies and the similarities between the Serbian and American situations.
Marko Djuric/Reuters
A mural of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, Belgrade, Serbia, December, 2016
Abetted by fake news stories, manipulation of social media, and continual lying, the coming to power of Donald Trump has raised the question of whether other countries' populations might be susceptible to the same level of deceit. An interesting case is Serbia, whose current prime minister, Aleksandar Vučić, a former ultranationalist who served as an information minister in the late 1990s, when newspapers were fined and shut down in order to muzzle dissent as Slobodan Milošević fought a war with NATO over Kosovo.
The following commentary by the Serbian opposition politician and human rights activist Vesna Pešić describes the tricks Vučić and his party use to rule the country these days. A woman of extraordinary personal courage and integrity, she has continued to criticize Serbia's leadership in her columns in Peščanik, an online magazine, despite efforts by the government to silence her. She was recently sued by the Police Minister for inflicting "mental pain" on him by describing his stupidity as beyond compare and wondering why he was assigned the role of being the dumbest in the present government. Here is a translation of her article, along with excerpts of a recent conversation I had with her about the implications of rule by lies and the similarities between the Serbian and American situations.
—Charles Simic
In my last article I wrote about strategies of covering up the truth. Now, I would like to go one step further and raise the issue of ruling by lies. It is worth asking whether there can be a theory of total lying, or at least an attempt to explain it. A situation of total lying happens when a culture of lies becomes dominant in a society, as a result of the reinvention of reality and the denial of facts. In such a situation, the facts are imprisoned and put out of reach. In Serbia, the shift toward counter-factual culture took place when the High Court ruled that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić's brother does not own a company called Asamacum, although it was duly registered in his name, in what was a clear case of nepotism and conflict of interest. The court did so under pressure from the government, accepting its fabrications that the brother's identity, ID, and signature had been stolen. It was one of the first blows against common sense. The court upheld that lie and, thus undermined its status as an independent branch of the government.
The law was similarly suspended and facts distorted to justify issuing permits to demolish buildings in Belgrade after masked men in the night between April 24 and 25 tore down part of Savamala quarter where a controversial government project is to be built, and thus we stepped into a world of blunt power and manipulation.
Politicians are, of course, always promising more than they can achieve; demagogues didn't appear yesterday. But where did this deliberate and constant lying come from? It appears to have become a prerequisite for holding a state office, especially for the position of a minister in Vučić's government. Vedran Dzihic, a scholar at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, argues that the aim is to make it impossible to distinguish facts from lies. This phenomenon is spreading throughout the world and is not specific to Serbia. Dzihic calls this post-factual politics. He believes that those bewildering stories we hear about spies, traitors, and coups d'état are meant to inflate Serbia's mythical sense of importance and "throw dust in the eyes of the public."
The fact that Donald Trump has won the US election thanks to his skillful management of lies confirms that there is some truth to the theory of post-factual politics. He unstintingly gave false promises in order to get the votes of those who had been "forgotten," who were happy to be remembered—even if only to be lied to. That low-paid workers believe they will be rescued by a billionaire who does not pay taxes and who is the king of reality shows (false reality) is simply a result of downright deception. This will become evident very soon. Trump will cut taxes for those who already have too much money, but he won't be able to give factory workers well-paid jobs, because it is impossible to do that in an advanced post-industrial society. Yet the angry and the poor continue to believe that a rich showman will start a fight against the very establishment that has marginalized them and impoverished them. And this is not just happening in the US, but also in France, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and elsewhere. In fact, super-wealthy right-wing demagogues have formed coalitions with the poor all over the world, using post-factual and deceitful politics. By taking over the abandoned working class and relying on nationalism, which always wins in times of crisis, these new leaders are threatening Western liberal democracies. We are, in fact, dealing with an advancing form of social fascism—the most dangerous enemy of democracy, equality, and freedom.
It is clear that Serbia is a case in point, at least at first glance. We are led by a right-wing demagogue, a great manipulator who, while supported by the poor, is prone to authoritarianism and nationalism. But let's not kid ourselves, our working class and other citizens won't have it like in the US or France (if a right-wing demagogue wins the election there this spring). In underdeveloped countries such as ours, things are much worse, because here one can lie to infinity with impunity. This is because citizens are poorer, less educated, more prone to authoritarianism, more powerless, and more suspicious of democracy; while our institutions are battered and fragile, the media weak, and the economy frail. And our demagogue is not the same species as Trump. He is not rich, but belongs to a political mafia that intends to get rich by running the country. This distinction is crucial simply because such a government must hide what it is really doing. When all is hidden, a collective denial of facts occurs, leading to a culture of chronic rumors. Only the most diligent can learn a thing or two about what the ruling mafia is really doing. And that's how it has to be, since its wealth has been obtained through corruption and crime).
In order to successfully hide their actions, our leaders bury the populace in lies, and in order to do so successfully, they have to undermine the state and its institutions, intimidate the media, and pay off people, which they do relentlessly. These are the weapons our leaders use to undermine critics and the opposition, and to fiercely protect the government and all its corrupt mess. Public opinion is manipulated to oppose the formally proclaimed pro-European policy, just as conflicts with neighboring nations and countries are encouraged, while stability is proclaimed. This is how such double politics is implemented: one for the nation, and the other for the rest of the world.
In a society as weak as Serbia's, a lie is not used for ideological seduction, but to reinforce the reliance on authoritarian government. This dependency has always been there and explains why democratic and liberal-minded parties face an almost impenetrable wall. Their ideas are unable to reach a majority of voters because much of the population has already been converted to authoritarian rule and is not attracted to Western liberal principles. And the opposition parties themselves are under pressure from the regime. The current government chooses its ministers, MPs, and the editors of the pro-government media by how brutal and willing to lie they are. This is best seen in the three kinds of people in Vučić's cabinet: the minister-boxers, who are willing to lie, babble, attack at his whim, and follow his commands blindly; those who are obedient and less visible to the public; and a third group that is "nice," "pro-Western," and "modern," and is given the task of pouring lies about the great achievements of Serbia that are now within reach. "And we plan to catch up with the leading countries, such as the USA and China, in two years," one of them tweeted, while another announced that our spacecraft will land on Mars by 2018. By saying that the EU has yet to do what Serbia is ready to do now, the new leadership has confirmed that our politics of manipulation is without parallel.
Vesna Pešić
Charles Simic: I've been often struck reading your pieces over the years, including this one, by how much your observations on Serbia apply to American politics too. Now that we have Trump for president, I feel we are even closer.
Vesna Pešić: When Western democracies are shaken, peripheral countries often offer an early prophecy about the direction things are going. Those similarities don't occur because the outskirts are the ones to create new global trends, but because they are the first to crumble as soon as the crisis sets in. The Serbian prime minister outdoes himself everyday with the lies he keeps telling us. Trump, too, has brought the usual practice of political spin to a whole new level. Neither of them has been hurt by their lies and fabrications. Serbian populists simply love Trump, they rooted for him passionately, marched the streets with photographs of him and demanded that Serbs in the US vote for him. They love how he attacks globalization and the fact the he is focused on the sovereignty of the nation. They feel that this kind of authoritarian turn will contribute to the fulfillment of Serbian nationalist dreams. They are convinced that Russia supports Serbia and that Trump's "soon to be great again America" will soon join us. Lucky us!
When one hears the phrase "total lying" one thinks of Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and Mao's China, but today we're witnessing a growing contempt for truth in countries that are ostensibly democracies.
Contempt for the truth in democratic countries is not an entirely new phenomenon. But it is suddenly recognized for what it is after the Brexit referendum and Trump's electoral campaign. This has nothing to do with the totalitarian history you've mentioned. Those leaders weren't lying, they really believed in their messianic ideologies. The post-factual world imposes a new challenge: how to differentiate truth from intentional lies. European politicians are worried about fake news, disinformation, and hacker attacks attributed to Russia. The problem is that no one knows how seriously to take all this, or whether what we are hearing is the truth or a lie.
How do you explain that the poor are joining forces with billionaire leaders to make the rich even richer and the poor even poorer?
The welfare state was destroyed by globalization, de-industrialization, and the growing domination of corporations and the financial sector. Left-wing parties and left-wing criticism of capitalism is almost gone; the leftists have sided with neoliberalism, unions have been weakened or destroyed. Even when the banks collapsed in 2008, nothing changed. Taking over the problems of immigration and terrorism, right-wing politicians promised to "protect" citizens by spreading xenophobia, fear, and nationalism. They have risen to power by presenting themselves as the guardians of an abandoned working class, making appeals to nationalism and patriotic selfishness, and promising to kick the immigrants out.
Your pieces also have their moments of humor. I once reviewed a posthumous collection of political writing by Stojan Cerović and remember feeling that I was reading a diary of a sane human being who had found himself in a madhouse.
We are a small society and the progressive intellectuals all know each other. Our mischief is truly humorous, or, as we like to say, tragicomic. In the end, everything turns into a farce; although the consequences are actually tragic. Often I fall into humor, almost by accident, because the things our leaders say are sometimes hilarious. Stojan Cerović was a very dear friend of mine, I loved him very much. It's funny how a backward society manages to nurture such talented people. Now we have remarkable caricaturists, even stand-up comics—an American invention. They are under heavy government censorship, and some shows have even been banned. But we still have to fight for democracy and freedom: we're a minority, but we're still here.
—Translated by Marijana Simic
Vesna Pešić is a Serbian opposition politician and human rights activist.
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ROSS McCORMACK has become the most expensive player in Championship history following his £11m move to Fulham.
Ex-Leeds forward McCormack, 27, signed a four-year deal with the option of a further 12 months to join Felix Magath's side.
And the Scotsman's big-money deal is the biggest fee paid out in England's second tier, beating the £8m Blackburn spent on Huddersfield's Jordan Rhodes in 2012.
But Leeds owner Massimo Cellino yesterday claimed he was forced to sell - after McCormack "disrespected" him.
Cellino turned down a £5m offer from Fulham in January but says he had no choice but to sell this time after the striker asked for a transfer and refused to attend the club's pre-season trip to Italy.
The Italian said: "I like to be in control of situations but it felt like he wasn't my player. I was disrespected, he was aggressive with me.
"He didn't turn up for the tour and all the time he wanted to go from here. It wasn't in my mind to sell McCormack, it wasn't my plan, but I had no choice.
Fulham boss Magath is delighted, though, to have signed such a prolific player.
"Ross was not only the top scorer in the Championship last season, but also made a lot of assists, so has a proven pedigree at this level which can only be an asset to us," he said.
"I'm glad for our fans that we've signed an experienced and exciting player, a Scotland international, with a great attitude and presence who can be a leader that our young and ambitious squad can learn from.
"There was a lot of interest in him over the summer months so securing his signature is good for Fulham, and I again thank our chairman for his investment and commitment."
McCormack was the leading goal-scorer in the Championship with 28 goals last season and the Elland Road favourite attracted interest from several Premier League clubs.
But they were put off by the size of the transfer, with McCormack is now the joint ninth most expensive British striker in history.
Andy Carroll remains in top spot at £35m, with Wayne Rooney, Darren Bent, Michael Owen, Alan Shearer, Steven Fletcher, Daniel Sturridge and Robbie Fowler the others ahead of McCormack - who has now matched Emile Heskey's £11m move from Leicester to Liverpool.


Corporate cybersecurity is an ever-increasing focus of government entities, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the latest to place emphasis on the importance of safeguarding data and systems.
Late last week, the FTC rolled out a series of informational resources for nonprofits and small businesses (SMBs) to heighten awareness and understanding of cybersecurity threats and how to mitigate them. In a post on its Business Blog, the FTC laid out the Cybersecurity Basics, introducing steps that small business owners can take when starting out on their cybersecurity journeys.
"As a small business owner, you know that cybercriminals will steal data any place they can find it, whether it's from a global giant or a Main Street store," the FTC wrote, pointing to the importance of multi-factor authentication, staff training, operating system and browser updates, and other tactics that entrepreneurs should deploy. Yet, the data suggests that small businesses may not be aware of the risk they face from cybercriminals.
A new white paper from QuickBridge found an estimated 50 percent of small businesses that fall victim to a cybercrime are unable to recover and, as a result, are forced to shutter their doors. The statistic implies that SMBs generally lack the understanding about the risk size of a cyberattack — or, if they do, they have not taken sufficient action to safeguard against an attack or prepare for recovery efforts for if and when they are targeted.
Other experts have similarly raised concerns over small businesses' inability to recover post-cyberattack.
As a small business lending company, QuickBridge noted that small businesses must have access to working capital to adequately recover from a cyberattack. Looking at research from the Identity Theft Resource Center, QuickBridge pointed to small businesses in the healthcare, banking and finance, and retail sectors as particularly popular targets for cyberattackers.
Patterns are also emerging in the type of information attackers are seeking from small business targets, the QuickBridge report found. For example, the number of instances in which attackers went after Social Security numbers increased eightfold between 2016 and 2017. Small businesses that fail to safeguard not only their own data, but their customers' data as well, "can lead to an immediate loss of trust," the report said.
Like the FTC, QuickBridge emphasized the role of employee training in protecting against cyberattacks. With malware often finding its way into an enterprise via phishing emails that fool employees, adequate worker education is paramount.
"Many attacks directly target employees, making cybersecurity employee training and education critical to your data protection efforts," the report concluded.
The FTC may be confident that small businesses are aware of the threat of data breaches and cyberattacks, but with so many SMBs falling victim to attacks and failing to recover, there may be larger gaps in awareness and education among the small business community than previously thought.


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Slaybaugh engages in programs that help level the playing field for underrepresented minorities in STEM. She is a Software Carpentry instructor, often teaching at women- and minority-only bootcamps. She is the faculty sponsor for a course that does hands-on science experiments at underserved elementary schools in Oakland. Further, Slaybaugh frequently speaks at events to prepare girls and women for careers in STEM.
Rachel received a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State where she served as a licensed nuclear reactor operator. She went on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to earn an MS and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics along with a certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy. In her down time, Rachel likes to bike, dance, and sit around and talk about things.
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Former Irish national team player Jimmy Conway dies at 73
ANNE M. PETERSON (AP Sports Writer)
February 14, 2020, 6:12 PM ·2 min read
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Jimmy Conway, a former Irish international whose club career included stops with Fulham and the Portland Timbers, has died from complications of dementia. He was 73.
Conway, also the first soccer coach at Oregon State, was diagnosed with dementia in 2009 and was hospitalized in recent years. He passed away Thursday night.
The Dublin native made 20 appearances for the Irish national team between 1966-77 and scored three goals.
He spent 10 years of his club career with Fulham, scoring 67 times in 314 league games, and was a member of the team that went to the FA Cup Final in 1975. The next year he was transferred to Manchester City, where he played two seasons but appeared in just 13 games because of injuries.
Fulham will pay tribute to Conway on Saturday when the team plays Barnsley at Craven Cottage.
Conway came to Portland in 1978 to play for the Timbers of the National American Soccer League. His teammates included Mick Hoban and Clive Charles.
Conway played three seasons with the Timbers and then another two with the team's indoor team. He was also an assistant coach for the Timbers from 2000-05, and his name is enshrined in the team's Ring of Honor.
The Timbers will honor Conway on Sunday before a preseason match.
''Jimmy Conway was a Timbers legend whose influence was instrumental in the growth of soccer in Oregon,'' the team said in a statement on Friday. ''He was admired and respected as a professional for the way he conducted himself at all levels, and had a true love and passion for the game. Our thoughts are with his family and all those whose lives were touched by Jimmy on and off the pitch.''
Conway served as head coach at Oregon State from 1988-1998, amassing a 97-88-14 record, most for any Beavers coach. Oregon State won a conference title under Conway in 1990.
Hoban said Conway's legacy is vast. Also the longtime director of coaching for the Oregon Youth Soccer Association, nearly everyone in the soccer community has a connection to Conway, Hoban said.
''It reaches across the Atlantic and it reaches all around the state of Oregon. And it's not just as a coach, and a player, and a clinician. He was just such a great, great ambassador for the game,'' Hoban said. ''Whenever you mentioned his name to anybody, you'd watch them break into a smile. That's his legacy.''
Conway is survived by his wife of 50 years, Noeleen, two sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren and 10 siblings. Funeral services are pending.
Tiger Woods won't take part in Torrey Pines or Riviera after having another back procedure
Tiger Woods won't take part in the Genesis Invitational, but will still serve as its host.


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Karl Lagerfeld Maybe Called Pippa Middleton a Butterface
Karl Lagerfeld managed to get through a UK media blitz last week without too much of a stir, limiting his comments to Choupette's flying habits and ad
Karl Lagerfeld managed to get through a UK media blitz last week without too much of a stir, limiting his comments to Choupette's flying habits and admitting that he's actually a cartoon. But if one is to believe a recent item in The Sun, he said some pretty sinister things about Pippa Middleton.
According to the tab--which does not reveal where or to whom Karl supposedly snarked this--the designer said:
Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back.
Wait, so did Karl just basically call Pippa a butterface? Tons of UK blogs and media outlets have reprinted this blasphemy, but the fact that there's no context makes us doubt that this is totally true.
In the same article he praises Victoria Beckham for her figure: "And that body, after four children. There are not so many who have a body like that. She is very disciplined." Again, no context, but the International Business Times reports that the Beckham remarks were made on an unnamed "UK TV show." So who knows. The Telegraph theorizes that he was referencing royal wedding pictures when he made the offending Pippa remark.
Only The Sun and Karl know for sure.
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A day without a krazy kwote from Karl Lagerfeld is like a day without sunshine. Here's today's gem: Remember that article Robin Givhan wrote for Newsweek/The Daily Beast where she called Karl Lagerfeld "overrated" and questions whether he was "spread too thin"? Karl Lagerfeld sure does. And he's still pissed about it. During a press conference yesterday in Tokyo, he didn't hold back when asked about Tina Brown and Newsweek.
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Pippa Middleton may be the latest British socialite to pack her bags and leave London for NYC. The reason: unwanted attention from paparazzi and maybe also the French police following her Paris gunslinging incident. According to Grazia, she's been "notably absent from London's party scene" and after briefly considering, and ruling out, a move to Paris, has expressed interest in moving to our fair city.
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import os
import re

import numpy as np

import pandas as pd

# files like
# /work/m4b_binning/assembly/map_reads/flagstat/idxstat_results/8777.4.112218.TGCCAT.fastq.gz.mapped.sorted.bam.idxstats

def parse_idxstat(idxstat_path):
    # The output is TAB-delimited with each line consisting of
    # reference sequence name, sequence length, # mapped reads and # unmapped reads.
    colnames = ['contig', 'contig length', '# mapped reads', '# unmapped reads']
    df = pd.read_csv(idxstat_path, sep='\t', names=colnames)
    df['cryptic metagenome name'] = re.search('([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[ACTG]+)',idxstat_path).group(1)
    return df

def coarsen_size_distribution(df, bin_edges):
    df['hist bin'] = pd.cut(df['contig length'], bins=bin_edges)
    sums = pd.DataFrame(df.groupby('hist bin')['# mapped reads'].sum())
    sums.reset_index(inplace=True)
    # clean it up
    sums.rename(columns={'# mapped reads':'sum(reads mapped)'}, inplace=True)
    sums['sum(reads mapped)'] = sums['sum(reads mapped)'].fillna(0)
    sums['sum(reads mapped)'] = sums['sum(reads mapped)'].astype(int)
    sums['cryptic metagenome name'] = df['cryptic metagenome name'].iloc[0]
    return sums

def merge_on_meta_info(df):
    # could be faster if I didn't read this every time!
    sample_info = pd.read_csv('../data/sample_info/sample_info.tsv', sep='\t')
    del sample_info['project']
    sample_translation = pd.read_csv('../data/sample_info/meta4_sample_names--cryptic_to_sample_number.tsv', sep='\t')
    sample_translation = sample_translation[['sample id', 'cryptic metagenome name']]
    total_reads_per_sample = pd.read_csv('../data/sample_info/sample_read_counts.tsv',
                                         names=['cryptic metagenome name', 'total reads (in fastq)'], sep='\t')
    total_reads_per_sample['cryptic metagenome name'] = total_reads_per_sample['cryptic metagenome name'].str.strip('.fastq.gz')

    for sdf in [sample_translation, sample_info, total_reads_per_sample]:
        df = pd.merge(df, sdf)
    return df

def parse_idxstats_bin_coarsely_and_append_results(idxstat_dir, bins, outpath):
    idxstat_files = os.listdir(idxstat_dir)
    idxstat_paths = [os.path.join(idxstat_dir, p) for p in idxstat_files]

    # only has contigs that *do* map to bins
    bin_contig_mappings = pd.read_csv('../abundances/results/bin_contig_mappings.tsv', sep='\t')
    binned_contigs = bin_contig_mappings['contigName'].unique().tolist() # len = 304871
    # bin_contig_mappings.columns = ['contigName', 'file', 'contigs', 'bin', 'Bin Id', 'bin_id']
    bin_contig_mappings = bin_contig_mappings[['contigName', 'bin']]

    files_completed = 0
    for i in idxstat_paths:
        df = parse_idxstat(i)

        df['binned contig'] = False
        df.loc[df['contig'].isin(binned_contigs), 'binned contig'] = True

        df_coarsened = coarsen_size_distribution(df=df, bin_edges=bins)

        binned_coarsened = coarsen_size_distribution(df=df[df['binned contig'] == True].copy(), bin_edges=bins)
        binned_coarsened.rename(columns={'sum(reads mapped)':'sum(reads mapped to bins)'}, inplace=True)
        df_coarsened = pd.merge(df_coarsened, binned_coarsened[['hist bin', 'sum(reads mapped to bins)']], how='outer')

        unbinned_coarsened = coarsen_size_distribution(df=df[df['binned contig'] == False].copy(), bin_edges=bins)
        unbinned_coarsened.rename(columns={'sum(reads mapped)':'sum(reads not mapped to bins)'}, inplace=True)
        df_coarsened = pd.merge(df_coarsened, unbinned_coarsened[['hist bin', 'sum(reads not mapped to bins)']], how='outer')

        df_coarsened = merge_on_meta_info(df_coarsened)
        assert df_coarsened.shape[0] > 0, "df_coarsened has no rows left"

        if files_completed == 0:
            df_coarsened.to_csv(outpath, sep='\t', index=False)
        else:
            # append to the already existing file
            df_coarsened.to_csv(outpath, sep='\t', mode='a', header=False, index=False)

        files_completed += 1
        print('parse_idxstats_bin_coarsely_and_append_results(): done with file # {}'.format(files_completed))

def individual_contig_summary(idxstat_dir, outpath):
    idxstat_files = os.listdir(idxstat_dir)
    idxstat_paths = [os.path.join(idxstat_dir, p) for p in idxstat_files]

    # only has contigs that *do* map to bins
    bin_contig_mappings = pd.read_csv('../abundances/results/bin_contig_mappings.tsv', sep='\t')
    binned_contigs = bin_contig_mappings['contigName'].unique().tolist() # len = 304871
    # bin_contig_mappings.columns = ['contigName', 'file', 'contigs', 'bin', 'Bin Id', 'bin_id']
    bin_contig_mappings = bin_contig_mappings[['contigName', 'bin']]

    files_completed = 0
    for i in idxstat_paths:
        df = parse_idxstat(i)
        n_rows_before = df.shape[0]

        # drop rows without reads mapped.
        df = df[df['# mapped reads'] != 0]
        n_rows_after = df.shape[0]
        n_dropped = n_rows_before - n_rows_after
        percent_dropped = (n_dropped/n_rows_before)*100
        print('dropped {} rows ({})%'.format(n_dropped, percent_dropped))

        df = merge_on_meta_info(df)
        df['binned contig'] = False
        df.loc[df['contig'].isin(binned_contigs), 'binned contig'] = True

        if files_completed == 0:
            assert df.shape[0] > 0, "df_coarsened has no rows left"
            df.to_csv(outpath, sep='\t', index=False)
        else:
            # append to the already existing file
            df.to_csv(outpath, sep='\t', mode='a', header=False, index=False)

        files_completed += 1
        print('individual_contig_summary(): done with file # {}'.format(files_completed))

def mkdir(dirname):
    if not os.path.exists(dirname):
        os.mkdir(dirname)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    all_contig_lengths = pd.read_csv('../assembly/final.contigs.len', sep='\t', names = ['contig', 'len'])
    max_size = all_contig_lengths['len'].max()
    print('max size: {}'.format(max_size))
    # slick way to get bins for aggregation:
    # [int(n) for n in np.linspace(0, 100000, 11).tolist()]
    bin_width = 2000
    bin_edges = np.arange(0, max_size + bin_width, bin_width, dtype=int).tolist()
    print(bin_edges[0:10])

    outdir = './results'
    mkdir(outdir)

    outfile_linear_bins = os.path.join(outdir, 'results--linear_bins.tsv')
    parse_idxstats_bin_coarsely_and_append_results(
        '/work/m4b_binning/assembly/map_reads/flagstat/idxstat_results/',
        bins=bin_edges, outpath=outfile_linear_bins)

    # Repeat with log-scale bins to zoom in on the < 10kb contigs
    outfile_log10_bins= os.path.join(outdir, 'results--log10_bins.tsv')
    # [     10,     100,    1000,   10000,  100000, 1000000]
    magnitude = 10** int(np.ceil(np.log10(max_size)))
    bin_edges = np.logspace(start=1, stop=np.log10(magnitude), num=np.log10(magnitude), base=10, dtype=int).tolist()
    print(bin_edges[0:10])
    parse_idxstats_bin_coarsely_and_append_results(
        '/work/m4b_binning/assembly/map_reads/flagstat/idxstat_results/',
        bins=bin_edges, outpath=outfile_log10_bins)

    outfile_all_contigs = os.path.join(outdir, 'individual_contig_summary.tsv')
    individual_contig_summary('/work/m4b_binning/assembly/map_reads/flagstat/idxstat_results/', outfile_all_contigs)

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Q: Prove that length of three bisectors determine triangle. All of us know that length of 3 bisectors determine triangle. But actually all proofs that I heard are sufficient large. So I'm interested in short and smart proof.
Any ideas?

A: One can always look for a smarter proof, but unfortunately a geometric proof is unlikely to be available because with the help of more Galois theory than I want to go into one can show that no geometric construction (with ruler and compasses) will allow you to construct the triangle given only the lengths of the angle bisectors. That strongly suggests that any proof will necessarily use algebra/analysis rather than geometry.
Let the sides of the triangle be $a,b,c$ and let the lengths of the three angle bisectors be $l,m,n$. We show first that $$l=\frac{2}{b+c}\sqrt{bcs(s-a)}\ \ (*)$$ where $2s=a+b+c$.
Let the bisector $AD$ have length $l$ (and sides $BC,CA,AB$ have lengths $a,b,c$ respectively). Then area $ABD+\text{area}\ ADC=\text{area}\ ABC$. So we have $bc\sin A=bl\sin\frac{A}{2}+cl\sin\frac{A}{2}$ and hence $l=\frac{2bc}{b+c}\cos\frac{A}{2}$. The cosine formula gives $\cos A=\frac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{2bc}$, so $2\cos^2\frac{A}{2}=1+\cos A=\frac{(b+c)^2-a^2}{2bc}$ and hence $\cos\frac{A}{2}=\frac{\sqrt{s(s-a)}}{bc}$ which gives $(*)$.
Taking $4(*)^2$ we have $4l^2=\frac{4}{(b+c)^2}bc(b+c+a)(b+c-a)=4bc-\frac{4a^2bc}{(b+c)^2}$. Adding $a^2+(b-c)^2$ to both sides we get $4l^2+a^2+(b-c)^2=a^2+(b+c)^2-\frac{4a^2bc}{(b+c)^2}=(b+c)^2+\frac{a^2(b-c)^2}{(b+c)^2}$. We now add $\pm2a(b-c)$ to both sides to get $$4l^2+\left(a\pm(b-c)\right)^2=\left(b+c\pm\frac{a(b-c)}{b+c}\right)^2$$ Taking the square root for each choice of sign and adding we get $$b+c=\sqrt{l^2+(s-b)^2}+\sqrt{l^2+(s-c)^2}$$ [note that $\frac{1}{2}(a+(b-c))=s-c$ and $\frac{1}{2}(a-(b-c))=s-b$]. Putting $x=s-a,y=s-b,z=s-c$ and defining $f(u,v)=\frac{1}{2}\left(\sqrt{u^2+v^2}-u\right)$, we can write this as $$x=f(y,l)+f(z,l)$$ We obviously get also the corresponding equations $$y=f(z,m)+f(x,m)\text{ and }z=f(x,n)+f(y,n)$$ Now fix $l,m,n$ and regard $x,y,z$ simply as real variables. Let $K=[0,l]\times[0,m]\times[0,n]\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ and define $F:K\to\mathbb{R}^3$ by $$F(x,y,z)=(f(y,l)+f(z,l),f(z,m)+f(x,m),f(x,n)+f(y,n))$$ The preceding work shows that $(x,y,z)$ is a fixed point of $F$ iff the triangle with side lengths $a=y+z,b=z+x,c=x+y$ has angle bisector lengths $l,m,n$.
Note that $0\le f(u,v)\le \frac{1}{2}v$, so $F(x,y,z)\in K$ for $(x,y,z)\in K$. So by the Brouwer fixed point theorem, $F$ must have a fixed point.
We have now established that some triangle has the given bisector lengths. It remains to show that it is unique. Fortunately only a little more work is required. We show that if $(x,y,z)\ne(x',y',z')$ then the distance between $(x,y,z)$ and $(x',y',z')$ is strictly less than the distance between $F(x,y,z)$ and $F(x',y',z')$. It follows that they cannot both be fixed points.
Note that $\left(\sqrt{y^2+l^2}-\sqrt{y'^2+l^2}\right)\left(\sqrt{y^2+l^2}+\sqrt{y'^2+l^2}\right)=y^2-y'^2=(y-y')(y+y')$, so we have $2|f(y,l)-f(y',l)|=|\sqrt{y^2+l^2}-y-\sqrt{y'^2+l^2}+y'|=|y-y'|\left|1-\frac{y+y'}{\sqrt{y^2+l^2}+\sqrt{y'^2+l^2}}\right|\le|y-y'|$ with the inequality strict for $y\ne y'$.
So we have $|F(x,y,z)-F(x',y',z')|^2\le |f(y,l)-f(y',l)+f(z,l)-f(z',l)|^2+|f(z,m)-f(z',m)+f(x,m)-f(x',m)|^2+|f(x,n)-f(x',n)+f(y,n)-f(y',n)|^2<\left(\frac{1}{2}|y-y'|+\frac{1}{2}|z-z'|\right)^2+\left(\frac{1}{2}|z-z'|+\frac{1}{2}|x-x'|\right)^2+\left(\frac{1}{2}|x-x'|+\frac{1}{2}|y-y'|\right)^2$.
Note that the inequality is strict because at least one of $|x-x'|,|y-y'|,|z-z'|$ is non-zero.
Adding the non-negative quantity $\left(\frac{1}{2}|y-y'|-\frac{1}{2}|z-z'|\right)^2+\left(\frac{1}{2}|z-z'|-\frac{1}{2}|x-x'|\right)^2+\left(\frac{1}{2}|x-x'|-\frac{1}{2}|y-y'|\right)^2$ the rhs becomes $|x-x'|^2+|y-y'|^2+|z-z'|^2$ and we have established $|F(x,y,z)-F(x',y',z')|<|(x,y,z)-(x',y',z')|$ as promised.

A: This is really a comment, but it needs a picture.
As per my comments, I'd love for someone to show how the following "bisecting" segments create a triangle.  Because they clearly don't, the proof needs to include when segments do and do not create a triangle to be complete.  You need to figure out under what conditions do segments create a triangle and then you need to figure out whether or not bisectors determine a triangle.  It's not an easy proof and there is not going to be an easy proof of it.
It's one thing to assume a triangle and prove that its bisectors uniquely determine that triangle.  It's quite a different thing to start with segments and say 1) do the segments form bisectors of a triangle and 2) if so, then do they uniquely determine the triangle.


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HomeLifestyleBook clubs bloom in Afghanistan
Book clubs bloom in Afghanistan
Reading groups are springing up across Kabul, broadening youthful horizons in a country where books are often censored. In a dimly lit room in west Kabul, stacked with shelves full of books, a small crowd gathers around the warmth of a gas heater. Books clamped under their arms, they are eager to share the stories they've read over the course of the week.
Members of Afghanistan's youngest reading club, the Book Cottage, range in age from four to 13. The club is just one of many reading circles that are springing up across the capital and reviving a book culture that, once lost, is now vibrant, liberal and expanding once again.
"You have to start them young," explains the initiative's founder, 25-year-old Mashed Mahjor. "The country is still at war, so children don't have a lot of opportunities to talk freely and ask questions, especially girls. We have to bring our book culture back to life."
After starting the reading club six years ago, she now has up to 20 regular members – and hundreds of book donations from all over the world.
Afghanistan has a long literary tradition, but also a history of destroying and burning books. During the Taliban era, whole libraries were looted and demolished. The books that reach the country remain subject to a rigorous censorship process.
At 31%, Afghanistan has one of the world's lowest literacy rates. The rate among women is lower still, at 17%.
But trends are shifting. In west Kabul, a neighbourhood with laid-back coffee shops, small startup businesses, a quick-growing dating scene and – at its heart – Kabul University, reading circles for all ages are expanding. They have started to provide a platform for Afghans to discuss, in a mixed-gender environment, issues not on the public agenda of a conservative society.
"We talk about topics such as hedonism, pleasure, even sex and desire. In a segregated, conservative society, these discussions can't happen without an agenda, and books provide just that," says Syeda Quratulain Masood, who has been researching Kabul's book culture for her PhD at Brown University in the US.
"Books clubs are an indicator of a young generation that has come of age after 9/11. Many have liberal leanings and seek a space where they can talk openly. During the Taliban, Kabul University's library was destroyed, but it has come back to life."
One such space is found in a basement room of one of the city's universities, where a group of up to 20 book lovers meets weekly. Some travel the length of the city to participate.
"It's worth it," says Attash Mashal, a civil engineer and government employee. "Most of the books we read can't be accessed in Afghanistan, so we search for them online and print out copies. We read novels, poetry and philosophy.
"This one is censored though," he adds, holding a copy of Albert Camus' The Fall. "We just found out."
With many books in Iran translated from English into Persian, censorship is on the agenda each week. Paragraphs discussing controversial subjects or topics such as sex and religion – and even whole chapters – are often entirely removed.
"The abrupt silence gives an indication and a curiosity to dig deeper," says Masood. "We always compare the translations with the original texts and they can vary significantly."
Yet it's the translations that most people are after, as it can be difficult to read books in English or other languages. At Aksos, the city's biggest and most diverse book store, people squeeze into the tight space, examining new titles, reading in corners, or taking selfies against a backdrop of bookshelves. Books are the new cool.
Aksos holds anything from The Kite Runner – another book previously banned in the country – to The Daydreams of Ashraf Ghani, the country's president.
"Once again, the city is boasting poets, writers and creatives pushing against the recent norm," says Masood.
"I think it's because in book clubs, or when writing poetry, we can share our ideas and beliefs without restrictions," says Yalda Heideri, a student in her twenties who attends a university book club.
"Afghanistan has restricted us a lot, especially us women, so we found a way to have discussions that would be embarrassing or even impossible outside."
But for Heideri, literature has also become an escape from daily life in a wartorn country where there were 3,804 civilian deaths last year, according to the UN assistance mission in Afghanistan. "When I get tired of it all, I escape into poetry. It's a whole different world. Kabul is improving and becoming more open, which makes me hopeful. But regardless of where peace negotiations are going, we have to find our own way to cope, and books are just that for me."
According to Masood, it's exactly such discussions about conflict and terrorist attacks that can help people on a daily basis. "People connect books to their own lives. They learn how Europeans have also lived through conflict and take messages from it," she says.
Qanbar Ali Zareh, a 43-year-old father who has taken his daughters to the Book Cottage, says that books help him understand his own life better. While waiting for his children, he sits in a corner, reading Michelle Obama's Becoming. "It's the same story, but a different face," he says. "I faced isolation and discriminations throughout, so this books speaks to me. It's very personal. She's a remarkable woman and I want just that for my daughters: for them to raise their voices and to read books."
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Afghanistan - The Expat Reporter 2019