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The Future of Work — The Demise of Job Titles and The Rise of Digital Tribes
By Danny C. WijayaJune 21st, 2020Collaboration, Trend
A brave new world — since the post-industrialisation era into the Before Corona (BC) period, the weight of the job title has been fading, and a genuine proficiency in solving problems creatively reigns paramount.
Reimagining the world around us in the post–Covid-19 era goes beyond our individual capabilities. Within this newfound realm, we need to reflect on our coexistence and reinvent the way we work, live and play.
Since the global lockdowns began, our digital connectivity has never been more crucial. With the necessary physical distancing persisting through the upcoming months, our adaptation now depends on our digital eloquence.
The Demise of Job Titles
As some industries crumble while the Zooms of the world are bulking up, every company is pivoting to identify the tools and vocabularies to define and successfully direct themselves into an unknown future.
We are no longer bound and defined by one job title or one job description. The conventional "boxed in" job titles are disintegrating, and many are grabbing multiple occupational hat, cross-skilling, and upskilling in a frenzy to support ourselves in the worst economic crisis of the century. The fate of the individual worker has never been more uncertain without an adaptable mindset and adoption of new skill sets. Yet, in every crisis lies plenty of opportunities.
Paradigm shifts spring forth from conflict. To name a brief few: democracy, women's suffrage, and the civil rights movement shifted the status quo. These movements have something else in common. They disassembled top-down, hierarchical power structures, and democratised, redistributing agency amongst collaborative networks.
We are now witnessing the restructuring of the known sharing economy, as the roles of gig workers are being reimagined in the new economy.
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"Now, the mammoth of tasks is hunted down together by a group of digital workers."
— Danny C. Wijaya, 2019
The Rise of Digital Tribes
Photography by Robynne Hu
"The complexity of work is being broken down into a distributed chain of tasks, shaping the robust stream of the sharing economy."
Supported by digital advancement, workforces have evolved into a new breed of digital hunter and gatherer. These individuals are eager to explore further, uncharted territories, relying on their specialisations and networks to fill different niches and needs.
The complexity of work is being broken down into a distributed chain of tasks, shaping the robust stream of the sharing economy. Now, the mammoth of tasks is hunted down together by a group of digital workers.
So, how do we respond to this?
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HSK 2020
Membrane processes are characterized in many areas of technology by reliability and economy. The continuous development of membranes, new module designs and the optimization of processes with regard to energy consumption and availability are constantly opening up new markets for membrane technology.
Accroding to the currently high corona infection rates, this year's Aachen University course on membrane processes was realized in digital form for the first time. Scientists and industry met in digital format from November 24 to 26, and informed themselves about the basics and the latest developments in membrane technology in a program of lectures, tutorials and a digital lab tour.
During three intensive days, theoretical and practical knowledge about membrane processes in different areas was imparted. Among the speakers were Prof. Matthias Wessling and a group of PhD students (Ilka Rose, M.Sc., Stephan Emonds M.Sc., Christian Linnartz, M.Sc., Niklas Köller, M.Sc, Georg Linz, M.Sc., Matthias Heßelmann, M.Sc. and Jens Rubner, M.Sc.). Current established technologies such as micro-, ultra- and nanofiltration (MF, UF & NF), reverse osmosis (RO), electrodialysis, gas permeation & pervaporation as well as the application of membranes in bioprocess engineering were discussed.
We thank all 33 participants and the speakers for their active contribution and look forward to the next course in 2022.
HSK Organization Team 2020
Stephan Emonds, Ilka Rose, Susanne Offermann and Matthias Wessling.
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Council received a delegation of Roger McAfee, on behalf of property owners Irene and Henry Smood, to discuss the removal of a building deemed hazardous at 5584 112 Street. Council approved recommendations included in an accompanying staff report to remove the hazardous building by August 18, 2014. View the staff report.
Council authorized to schedule a Public Hearing for Bylaw No. 7328 on September 16, 2014, at 7 pm in the Main Hall of Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre. At the July 28, 2014 Regular Meeting, Council gave first and second readings to Bylaw No. 7328 pertaining to the Rezoning and Subdivision of 10993 64A Ave application, and resolved that a Public Hearing be scheduled in North Delta. View the staff report.
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Here's the latest bulletin from Shared Lives Plus:
NAAPS UK re-launches as Shared Lives Plus
For over 20 years NAAPS has been the UK body for Shared Lives (originally known as Adult Placement) and latterly for Homeshare and very small 'micro-enterprises' in social care. At a reception on the eve of our sold-out UK conference in Cardiff, we re-launched as Shared Lives Plus.
We are looking forward to the next era of our work and are currently surveying our members to identify their achievements and the difference Shared Lives makes to those who use it. The survey can be filled in on-line here.
The conference was co-chaired by Alex Tanner, who spoke eloquently about his experience of using Shared Lives, and by Simon Burch, Director of Social Services for Monmouthshire. Keynote speakers were Welsh Government Deputy Minister Gwenda Thomas and Dame Philippa Russell, Chair of the Standing Commission on Carers, who said, "I believe Shared Lives will be the key social care development of the next decade."
A map for micro-enterprises
Shared Lives Plus has launched a 'map' setting out the results of intensive work carried out by Shared Lives Plus, Community Catalysts, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Health. Following a commitment in the government's Growth Review, officials have worked with their counterparts in a number of government departments and arms-length bodies to tackle some key red tape issues affecting the smallest and most creative social care enterprises.
The map outlines significant reductions in red tape, including new guidance which makes clear that social care workers who use their own cars as part of their support to disabled and older people should be freed from the unnecessary and costly process of being licensed as minicabs.
The map also sets out the aspiration to ensure that the highest level Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks should in future become available to thousands of self-employed care workers and also provides new clarity on tax, employment law and registration issues for people who take cash Direct Payments in lieu of social care services. You can view the map here.
Shared Lives Plus CEO co-leads on White Paper engagement exercise
The Government has launched "Caring for our future: shared ambitions for care and support" – an engagement with people who use services, carers, councils and providers about the priorities for improving care and support. It will bring together the recommendations of the Law Commission and the Dilnot Commission on social care funding and build on the government's Vision for Adult Social Care. The engagement exercise will run until 2 December and the results from the discussions will inform a Government White Paper followed by a new single, unified law for social care.
There are six strands to the engagement, each co-led by someone from the sector, with the prevention strand led by Shared Lives Plus CEO Alex. See Alex's blog setting out some of the questions: https://alexfoxblog.wordpress.com and a think piece for the Royal Society of Arts: http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/2011/10/03/prevention-social-care/. To contribute to the consultation, see: www.caringforourfuture.dh.gov.uk
Shared Lives carer break
70 Shared Lives carers and service users enjoyed our annual Shared Lives carer break and conference. The Director of Lancashire Adult Services and immediate past-President of ADASS, Richard Jones, spoke about the value of Shared Lives and its important place in the future of social care: "There's a notion around that we can do more for less, but trying to do more and more of the same for less and less money only gets you so far. We are learning three things. Firstly, that we must move away from the idea that all we need to do is offer a service. People don't want services, they want to live a life, to be active citizens, to have a job or education, to give something back. Secondly, most social care is provided by families and communities, not the state, so it's crucial that services work with those networks. Thirdly, that agencies, particularly health and social care but also many others, need to work together much, much better."
Richard believes that Shared Lives is different and told the Shared Lives carers. "You are helping people to achieve very different outcomes to the traditional; helping people become active citizens. Shared Lives outperforms a whole range of other services on quality, outcomes and value because Shared Lives carers have a different relationship. I recently met 'M'. He didn't know what a family was until he came into Shared Lives. He'd been institutionalised but is now a godfather, he's been to weddings. You can't put a cash value on that, but you can measure the savings to services."
In Lancashire, Shared Lives costs the council £197 per week, compared to average personal budgets of £320 – £500 for supported living arrangements, residential care costs averaging £750 and nursing and specialist services costing £1000+. Lancashire is investing £750,000 in Shared Lives.
There is an alternative
The Association for Supported Living (www.a-s-l.org.uk) has published "There Is An Alternative", a report demonstrating that community-based support for people with learning disabilities is more effective, safer and cheaper than institutional care. The report calls for the government to act to put an end to institutional services. The report includes ten case studies of radically improved outcomes at much reduced cost, including this one:
Following a breakdown in Alan's family home and then in a residential placement, his behaviour deteriorated and he began to drink heavily, despite the efforts of a number of expensive out-of- area placements. Alan's care manager approached a local Shared Lives scheme to see if they could arrange a new service for him.
Some health professionals felt that Alan's support needs could not be met in a family home but potential Shared Lives carers were identified and the matching process commenced. This involved a number of social get-togethers leading to overnight and weekend stays, then a week-long stay, until both Alan and the Shared Lives carers felt the match could work. Alan has now been supported by his Shared Lives carers for six months. Incidents have reduced and he says he is very happy and wants to stay with his carers for the rest of his life.
He has begun accessing community education classes and leisure centres and is also contemplating a work experience placement. The cost to the local authority of Alan's final residential placement was £57,200 a year, compared with the cost of the Shared Lives placement of £14,223 pa.
Investment in Shared Lives Shropshire
Shropshire is planning to expand its Shared Lives scheme to include mental health, Older People / Physical Disability (OPPD), Home from Hospital and day support. The scheme hopes to recruit 46 new carers.
Shared Lives Plus in the news
A Shared Lives scheme manager has written a diary of their week for the regular Community Care magazine slot. Read it here.
Alex has been shortlisted for the Rising Manager of the Year award by Charity Times: http://www.charitytimes.com/awards2011/pages/categories.htm.
The National Audit Office has released a report, "Oversight of user choice and provider competition in care markets", urginggovernment to ensure that oversight of the social care market is robust, that people have access to the information and support that they need and that it has arrangements in place in the event of large providers getting into financial difficulty. It found that some people are using their personal budgets in innovative ways and most report improved wellbeing but help to plan care is very patchy. The work of Shared Lives Plus and its members is cited as an example of good practice.
"Direct payments for everyone?" events
Shared Lives Plus and Community Catalysts, HMRC, Skills for Care, the Think Local Act Personal Partnership, the National Centre for Independent Living and ADASS are running a series of events that promote and explore the use of direct payments for the purchase of care, addressing common misconceptions and barriers. The events are:
Eastern England: 22nd November
West Midlands: 24th January
London: 24th November
North East: 15th February
South West: 1st December
East Midlands: to be confirmed
South East: 8th December
Yorkshire & Humber: to be confirmed
North West: 17th January
Contact Simon@naaps.org.uk
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Finland - Presidential Election
The presidential election in Finland, a round up one week before the first round
09/01/2006 - D-7 - 1st round
Just one week before the first round of the presidential election on 15th January the competition is still very much an open one. Will the election be decisive and will Tarja Halonen, the "outgoing" president, undoubtedly the favourite - be elected in a first round re-election as forecast by the opinion polls for a long time now? Or on the contrary will there be a second ballot and in this case is she absolutely confident of winning in the face of the only candidate that the centre and the right bring before her in the second round? the polls, including that published on 3rd December in the daily helsingin sanomat, leave no room for doubt and show that a fraction (women, young, and town dwellers) of the "bourgeois" electorate (in the nordic sense of the term i.e. who do not declare themselves to be on the left and a fortiori on the extreme left) intend to vote, for various reasons, for Tarja Halonen.
Since 15th December – along with the end of year celebrations and holidays obliging – the campaign has gradually slipped into a type of lethargy with little communication on the part of the candidates. Activities only started again at the turn of the year.
Hence the situation is – at least in theory - not as clear as it appeared to be a month ago.
Elements of uncertainty
Questions are being raised about the participation rates recorded on the evening of 15th January and above all about the distribution of the vote depending on the citizens' political preferences. there is a danger that a significant number of Tarja Halonen supporters will not bother to vote, depending heavily on the announced victory of their candidate, whilst the supporters of Mssrs Niinistö, Vanhanen, Kallis and Lax will be all the more motivated.
A second uncertainty: although Tarja Halonen was sworn in on 21st October by the left alliance after the proposal made by its president ms siimes, a fervent admirer of the latter, it is not impossible that the more "sectarian" members of this relatively heterogeneous party ranked on the extreme left of the political ladder (former communists, feminists, pacifists, some leftwingers etc...) will fall into the abstention believing the "outgoing president" too consensual and too distant from the own ideals, that are still tinged with left over hues of a revolutionary faith.
The third uncertainty: although since the spring of 2005 the social-democrat candidate has enjoyed the support of the sak, the biggest workers' union, generally absent from this type of battle, and who are weather-worn union members, skilled in the unconditional fight of the classes, might refuse to vote.
A fourth uncertainty involves the position of the green electorate. On 23rd April they unanimously put forward mep Heidi Hautala as their candidate. this is intended to be a "token candidature". Heidi Hautala, a supporter of the reduction of the powers of the head of state – reduced to a moral and symbolic authority – feels "freer" than Tarja Halonen to raise certain sensitive issues: human rights in russia, the damage caused by globalisation, the deterioration of civic notions in Finland, and the increase in exclusion and violence. She would like to embody the left's "moral conscience". Surveys undertaken in the second half of 2005 showed that a part of her "ecologist supporters" preferred Tarja Halonen to her in the first round, in the name of a "useful vote" and because Tarja Halonen is a staunch defender of women's rights – there are many women in the green party. Recently Heidi Hautala seems to have recovered slightly in popularity.
But the main element of doubt is obviously linked to the percentage of votes that Tarja Halonen will manage to win on 15th January from her competitors in the centre and on the right thanks to the fact that she is leaving office for the first time and also thanks to her strong personality. If, contrary to all forecasts, she does not win more than the absolute majority of the votes cast it will not just be a total surprise but also a danger for her during the second round, even though most of the Heidi Hautala votes would probably turn in her favour. A turn around such as this supposes however that the electorate of mssrs. Kallis, Lax, Soini and Arto Lahti – an independent personality, a well liked university professor, who won the necessary 20,000 "signatures" and includes in his programme Finland's accession to NATO (a point he shares in common with h. lax) and the recovery of the carelian territories annexed by russia sixty years ago – mostly declare that they are in favour of Tarja Halonen's challenger. Nearly no-one has forecast this hypothesis though.
The ambiguities of the electoral campaign
During the last few weeks of 2005 two themes arose during the campaign: that of the foreign policy – since the president's constitutional powers reside mainly in this area – with as a leitmotif the issue of nato; the other theme focuses on the limits of the powers of the head of state, when Finland takes part in peacekeeping operations decided upon by the european union.
Hence the imbroglio over the presidential powers when the government submitted a draft law to parliament in the last weeks of November on the country's participation in the crisis management and peace keeping operations decided upon by the eu. This project stipulated, in line incidentally with Tarja Halonen's wishes which were shared by the prime minister, that the engagement of troops would be a matter, in the last instance, for the head of state as chief of staff of the armed forces. Most of the law committee with its divisions within each party deemed this project to be unconstitutional since it was an issue linked to "european policy", and hence the competence lay with the government and not with the president. Mr Vanhanen then withdrew the government text on 28th November and hurriedly submitted a draft law that is to be voted on by both successive assemblies – that will require two years – giving or confirming the president with the authority to engage in all circumstances the armed forces. Since decisions have to be taken on a european level (participation in european multinational "battle groups") at the start of 2007, i.e. Before the election of a new assembly the prime minister will "find" a transitory solution and the affair will be settled.
In terms of foreign policy debates have not result in much. apart from mssrs lax and lahti who declare themselves quite clearly in favour of joining nato, few original ideas have emerged. Ms Hautala is pleading for a reduction in the competence of the head of state and has found herself accusing Tarja Halonen of being excessively prudent on the issue of human rights in russia and on chechnya (which Mr Kallis also did). Mr Vanhanen has been quite often obliged to agree with Ms Halonen. However he is sad about some decisions taken over the past few years ago on the timing to abandon completely anti-personnel mines – this "restriction" was shared by all the centre and rightwing candidates. It was Mr Niinistö who showed the most courage in terms of foreign policy. He challenged Matti Vanhanen on the value and credibility of the mutual commitments made in the draft european constitutional treaty, commitments that no-one seems to question in the wake of the french and dutch "no"; but the debate was cut short. Finally he put forward a new concept. During a televised debate on 21st December and in various declarations afterwards he suggested that the defence of european countries should handed over to a "more european nato", with the union's member countries relying on NATO in terms of their security and with the eu signing "ad hoc" agreements with it. The proposal did not meet with much enthusiasm and some even saw in this a subterfuge to ensure the support of the most "atlanticist" amongst the conservative electorate
In terms of domestic and european policy, the candidates, with the exception of Ms Hautala who is in favour of a decrease in the prerogatives of the head of states – seem to be happy with the present situation. Surveys indicate that most of the finnish believe the same but say that the president should not withdraw completely from this area.
Tarja Halonen's strength.
After having mentioned "negative" hypotheses that Ms Halonen might have to face, it has to be admitted that the outgoing president has every chance of winning if not in the first round when if we examine the surveys we must take in account a margin of error, she will do so at least on 29th January.
It is unthinkable that sooner or later she will not attract voters, who in the general elections, would vote for the centre and conservative parties and other "bourgeois" movements. In a survey undertaken between 27th and 29th December she was due to win 54% of the vote in the first round including 45% amongst men, but 63% amongst women. It also emerged that 17% of the "conservatives" would abandon s. Niinistö in favour of Tarja Halonen, and for their part 15% of the centrists preferred the latter to Matti Vanhanen.
Apart from her prestige as a president who has undertaken her term in office successfully and faultlessly, factors that in 2000 enabled her to rally a majority greater than the traditional "leftwing" electorate (sdp and vas, together, lying at around 35 %), in the first round (slightly over 40% of the vote) will certainly play in her favour to an even greater extent this time round.
Hence with much "finesse" and conviction Tarja Halonen has spoken in terms of domestic policy on her favourite, unifying themes: the upkeep of the welfare state, with the accent on education, training and research (the country's best advantages in the face of globalisation), the condemnation of intolerance, the defence of the rights of the less fortunate and cultural diversity.
In the domain of foreign policy Tarja Halonen has played a significant role without encroaching on the government's competences. She has continued her policy of travel abroad. She has attended some european councils – but not all - with the prime minister, who presented in detail and defended Finland's position on all the subjects being debated. But it was only with regard to security and defence that she was determined to assert her presence, for example on the problem of "crisis management" established by the european union and on the participation by Finland in peacekeeping operations as well as on the need for a un mandate for the launch of such operations, although on this point she did finally agree to a compromise.
As in the past she believes above all that the policy of not belonging to a military alliance is still appropriate and that nothing, in the present circumstances, justifies joining nato, but we should perceive "flexibility" in what she says: in the case of an emergency the NATO option is still open since NATO is no longer what it was during the cold war and is led to multiply its links with the european union. Statements like this bring her closer to those made by foreign minister e. Tuomioja and to a lesser degree to the prime minister, Matti Vanhanen. All of this will increasingly play in her favour.
In 2004-2005 certain conservative circles and the management have been highly critical about the head of state, when for example she said that she was in favour of an international debate on the principle of individual taxation, in the ilk of the tobin tax, to increase development funding. The same applied when she said that the president should have the last say in terms of the country's participation in the european battle groups: a number of conservatives and experts believe that these "groups" that inspire prudence if not suspicion on the part of Ms Halonen, belong to the european defence policy and are as all things related to the eu the responsibility of the government, and primarily the prime minister. Tarja Halonen's long term attachment to the un mandate for the launch of management crisis operations was the also the source of misunderstanding and great reticence mainly in the political field before the "solution of a compromise" finally emerged. On these various topics the president, a woman of conviction, has been able to adapt her attitude, without denying what she believes, to enable a greater consensus, whilst her two main adversaries, especially Mr Vanhanen has given the opposite image of "indecision".
These various considerations have certainly contributed in strengthening the image of "smiling strength with an ear open to public opinion" that Ms Halonen has maintained to date and that will enable her to be elected on 15th January. For his part Sauli Niinistö, who for a long time steered clear of the political arena, has made brave and sometimes skilful efforts, even though they might appear to be "sophisticated" in the eyes of many, for example with regard to the defence policy, in order to snatch, second place in the sprint for the post. All of this will be decided on the night spanning 15th-16th January after the first round of the election.
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Spider-Man Is Leaving The Marvel Cinematic Universe
What's next for Spidey?
Brittany Vincent 08/21/2019
It seems as though Spider-Man as a character may be leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leaving Tom Holland's role as the character up in the air.
The change will be an unfortunate side effect of the talks to extend the deal between Sony Pictures and Disney falling to the wayside. Deadline originally reported that Disney had been seeking a larger cut of the profits from Spider-Man movies, something Sony Pictures was unwilling to move on.
This has resulted in Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige being unable to produce new Spider-Man films as a byproduct of the new lack of a deal between the two studios, according to Deadline. Disney had previously asked that any future Spider-Man films be a 50/50 split, co-financed between both films, and Sony ended up turning this offer down, as well as other configurations on Disney's side.
Sony Pictures, having held the movie rights to Spidey for several years, was originally the only player in the game – before Marvel Studios became a studio all its own. After The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ended up performing less-than-admirably at the box office, Sony and Disney came together for a deal that would allow the two entities to share "custody" of our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. This lead to Feige taking the lead producer role on subsequent films Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home, which landed Tom Holland in the iconic role. We also saw Spidey appearing in three more films in the MCU, including Avengers: Endgame, which fans were understandably pleased about.
"We are disappointed, but respect Disney's decision not to have [Feige] continue as a lead producer of our next live action Spider-Man film," said Sony in a statement on Tuesday (August 20).
Now, the future of the next Spider-Man movie is seemingly up in the air, and fans haven't been taking the news well. Even Jeremy Renner, who plays Hawkeye in the MCU, took to Twitter with a message for Sony.
https://twitter.com/Renner4Real/status/1163998333934813184
"Hey @sonypictures we want Spider-Man back to @therealstanlee and @marvel please, thank you #congrats #spidermanrocks," wrote Renner.
With fans upset by the news and a murky future ahead for one of Marvel's greatest heroes, we're left wondering what's next. Hopefully Holland will still be involved, after all – he's served us some amazing Spider-Man portrayals so far.


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Home All issues Volume 393 / No 3 (October III 2002) A&A, 393 3 (2002) 1053-1064 Abstract
Volume 393, Number 3, October III 2002
Celestial mechanics and astrometry
Observations at Nançay of the OH 18-cm lines in comets*
The data base. Observations made from 1982 to 1999
J. Crovisier, P. Colom, E. Gérard, D. Bockelée-Morvan and G. Bourgois
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon, France
Corresponding author: J. Crovisier, Jacques.Crovisier@obspm.fr
Received: 9 November 2001
Since the apparition of comet Kohoutek 1973 XII, the 18-cm lines of the OH radical have been systematically observed in a number of comets with the Nançay radio telescope. Between 1973 and 1999, 52 comets have been successfully detected. This allowed an evaluation of the cometary water production rates and their evolution with time, as well as a study of several physical processes such as the excitation mechanisms of the OH radio lines, the expansion of cometary atmospheres, their anisotropy in relation to non-gravitational forces, and the Zeeman effect in relation to the cometary magnetic field. Part of these observations and their analysis have already been published. The bulk of the results are now organized in a data base. The present paper is a general presentation of the Nançay cometary data base and a more specific description of the observations of 53 cometary apparitions between 1982 and 1999. Comets observed before 1982 are only partly incorporated in the data base. Observations of comets since 2000 have benefited from a major upgrade of the telescope; they will be presented in forthcoming publications.
Key words: comets: general / radio lines: solar system / solar system: general
Appendix A, Table 2 and figures of the sum spectra are only available in electronic form at http://www.edpsciences.org The spectra and tables of the Appendix are only available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-in/qcat?J/A+A/393/1053
Tables at CDS
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Cometary water expansion velocity from OH line shapes
Molecular investigations of comets C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa), C/2002 V1 (NEAT), and C/2006 P1 (McNaught) at small heliocentric distances
Water production in comet 81P/Wild 2 as determined by Herschel/HIFI
A&A 521, L50 (2010)
A study of the distant activity of comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) with Herschel and ground-based radio telescopes
A&A 518, L149 (2010)
The composition of ices in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) from radio spectroscopy — Further results and upper limits on undetected species


I took this photograph of the HMS Kellington M1154 minesweeper prior to the listing/sinking/scrapping of this nice ship.
Photograph and details courtesy of Norman Smith.
I had the pleasure of staying the weekend on board the Kellington before it was decommissioned in Portsmouth. A buddy had served as an officer on board her before changing forces.
The Captain made us very welcome and it was a hoot! The gally crew fed us like kings and the officers had a knack of producing yet another case of beer or bottle of rum from under the deck floor every time we were getting low.


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Echoing He at a discussion session of the Shangari-La Dialogue, Zhou Bo, director of the Center for Security Cooperation at the Office for International Military Cooperation at Chinese Defense Ministry, said China, while recognizing that peaceful development of its own is closely linked to the future of the Asia-Pacific, puts forward the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security and supports active bilateral and multilateral security dialogue and collaboration, so as to move forward economic and security cooperation in the region.
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Since its launch in 2002 by the British think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Singaporean government, Shangri-La Dialogue has been held annually as an Asian security forum.
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So the big event for Pronto this week will be a small Comic con in The Bronx. The Pronto Crew will be there representing the newest most exciting company in comics today.
Aside from Pronto there will be workshops, floorshops, free comics and other features through the day.
So make sure you come by and check it out.
So first about Mocca. By all accounts it was a rousing success for us. We sold just under 30 books and grew a lot of interest in our company. There was an excellent crowd and a great energy throughout the festival. We can't wait for our next upcoming venues!
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Pronto comics will, as always be looking for new talent during the festival, as well as holding a give away raffle for a new iPod Shuffle.
So make sure you come down to Mocca and check out the hottest new comic group in the industry.
Pronto will be there with our 2 anthologies – For a Price and our newest anthology Kicked.
And that's all there is to talk about this week for Pronto Comics!
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So it is a short but sweet blog this week, but an important one we think. Makes sure to check out these events if you can!


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Q: X12 for seasonality adjustment - SAS I found this code online and I wanted to dissect it before programming something similar in SAS.
The problem is idenitfy seasonality in a time series. I want to understand the code line by line:
proc x12 data=sales date=date season=12;
      var unempl_rate *already log differenced;
      transform function=none;
      regression predefined=td;
      automdl maxorder=(1,1)
              print=unitroottest unitroottestmdl autochoicemdl best5model;
      estimate;
      x11;
      output out=out(obs=23) a1 d11 d18;
   run;
   proc print data=out(obs=23);
      title 'Output Variables Related to Trading Day Regression';
   run;

By line:

*

*the first line just defined use the x12 procedure with data set called "sales" - monthly data, indexed by variable "date" and expect a seasonality in
the data every 12 months.

*this line tells which variable to analyze.

*no transformation was necessary since a transformation was already done.

*this line confuses me a little, is "regression predifined=td" applied for adjustment/outliers/events?

5-7. do these lines mean to estimate the
best ARIMA (linear) models on the residual?
8-onwards. For outputing results

A: You can find a thorough description of the methodology at Census web site, here. The current routine is X-13ARIMA-SEATS, it's very popular beyond Census Bureau.
In old days they used X-13. If you have annual seasonality in monthly series, then this is the way to go. They supply the routine for download. They have a ton of references on the subj.
MATLAB has a few examples with code and detailed explanations, e.g. see here

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People should be a bit more guarded when making personal observations. They often make their own way back to their referents, as if on their own wings, or those lent them by fate. "Did you think he'd end up like that?" was the remark from someone you could say was fairly close to me which trickled into my ear the other day. Sauce. I wouldn't say I have "ended up" here, in the Hovel. Then again, I do seem to have entered a period of stasis.
The wheels may be spinning, but not at any great speed, and there isn't any traction. I think of my university years. Three of them, and each seemed an age of incident and wonder. The second year, what with one thing and another, is a bit hazy, but there's a definite impression, a flavour, as it were, of experience gained, nodes added to the brain and the heart. The point is that those three years seemed like a lifetime: I extracted as much juice from them as I could. And that is less than half the time I have spent in the Hovel.
Anyway, the whole business of handling time is something that maybe I ought to take a good look at. I used to have a diary. It was one of those Moleskines with the days of that week on one side of the spine and a page of lined paper on the other, so you could both manage your life and Take Important Notes For Your Novel at the same time. And for a while, with no wife on hand to remind me of things I had to do, I found this diary pretty handy, although it has to be said that the Important Notes For My Novel have not, at time of going to press, produced anything useful. But at least it helped me with the social whirl, which I engaged in because I now could, and because staying in the Hovel made me want to kill myself.
Over the years, I have begun to see the attraction of going out less and less. I sit, like Mycroft Holmes in the Diogenes Club, daring anyone to talk to me and solving crimes from the comfort of my sofa.
My great friend John Moore, who I used to think was even lazier than I am, rang up one evening and suggested a pint. He lives on the Finchley Road and named a pub roughly equidistant: the Lord's Tavern.
Since then, there have been four further postponements, all from B—'s end. I find myself in the unusual position of being better organised than someone else. The email announcing the third cancellation began with the words "This is getting beyond a joke", but there was more to come, and that one began, "You're not going to believe this . . ." There comes a point when you realise that the other person actually doesn't want to see you ever again, but I don't think this is so with B—, and besides, I have his DVDs. No, this is simply providence using its tickling stick on us, and the big joke is, B— actually has a proper diary all of his own.


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Molto schivo e riservato, di lui non si conosce nulla, tanto il suo vero nome quanto la sua provenienza, sebbene dicerie tra i fan lo vorrebbero uno psichiatra od un docente universitario, mentre il quotidiano greco Kathimerini, in un suo articolo su di lui, sostenne che si chiamasse Antonis Evdemon (ipotesi, naturalmente, mai  corroborata); il suo nome d'arte, traducibile dal greco come "arcadico", ha fatto supporre che possa essere originario di quella sottoregione del Peloponneso (anche se, tenendo conto del fatto che il fumettista in questione si firmi mediante una notazione a cammello, farebbe pensare tutt'al più che si trattino semplicemente delle sue iniziali), qualora altri, sulla scorta del corpo delle sue opere, propendano invece per una sua origine ateniese.

Famosissimo in patria, non ha mai rilasciato interviste, né è apparso mai in occasione d'eventi pubblici (come convegni di fumetti ecc.), in più di venticinque anni di attività. Arkas è apprezzato anche in Inghilterra, Francia e Germania dove vengono tradotte e pubblicate alcune delle sue serie. Il suo stile è inconfondibile sia per il "nasone" che ne contraddistingue i personaggi, sia per il suo humor caustico e tagliente che fa da veicolo alla sua grande capacità di analisi, a volte spietata, della società e della psiche umana.

In Italia, a partire dal 2005, le sue opere sono pubblicate dall'editore Lavieri che, dopo la serie dedicata agli "uccellini" (Chamilés ptísis, in italiano intitolata Voli radenti), e quella di "Montecristo" (O Isovitis), si prepara alla pubblicazione di altre produzioni dell'artista greco.

Opere tradotte

Serie "Voli Radenti"

Titolo originale "Χαμηλές Πτήσεις"
1 - Guarda Papà, sto volando!  ISBN 9788889312049

2 - Passero sarai tu! ISBN 9788889312056

3 - Onora il padre... ISBN 9788889312063

4 - Le gioie della paternità ISBN 9788889312070

5 - Prendilo al volo papà! ISBN 9788889312179

6 - Così impari... ISBN 9788896971017

7 - Preso per il naso... ISBN 9788896971048

Serie "Montecristo"

Titolo originale "Ο Ισοβίτης"
1 - Cattive compagnie ISBN 9788889312261

2 - Un topo nella mia zuppa! ISBN 9788889312278

3 - Dottore, ho come un peso sullo stomaco... ISBN 9788889312285

4 - Il Signore ama i ladri onesti... ISBN 9788889312292

Serie "Tira fuori l'animale che è in te!"

Titolo originale "Ξυπνάς μέσα μου το ζώο"
1 - Per due o più giocatori ISBN 9788889312346

2 - Crazy combinations ISBN 9788889312353

Serie "Kastrato"

Titolo originale "Καστράτο"
1 - Indecenze ISBN 9788889312438

2 - A passo di gatta ISBN 9788889312445

3 - Fuori controllo ISBN 9788889312452

4 - De gustibus... ISBN 9788889312469

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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This Is The Last Great Love Song Lyrics. Written by Gerry Fleming and Recorded by Finbar Furey for the R.T.E. programme ''The Hit''. I notice that Finbar changed some of the original words by Gerry, only a few. I have left it the way it was written. Guitar chords included.
Welcome to my soul, I didn't mean to scare you.
I need to show it all, don't say I didn't warn you.
Sometimes it's like that wall, that you have to climb or fall.
Now this is the last great love song.
That I will ever sing, to you.
This is the last great love song.
That I will ever bring, to you.
Don't run I've come to call.
Be silent though you'll hear it.
But your laughter in the dark.
Has left me cold and stark, inside.
You have that exquisite remove.
All the lovers not in love.
Here's the guitar chords courtesy of Marc.
I (G)didn't mean to (D)scare you.
Don't (G)say I didn't (D)warn you.
That you (A7)have to climb or (A)fall.
Now (A)this is the (D)last (G)great (D)love song.
That (G)I will ever (A)sing(A7), to (D)you.
And (A)This is the (D)last (G)great (D)love song.
That (G)I will ever (A)bring(A7), to (D)you.
Don't (D)run I've come to call.
Be (G)silent though you'll (D)hear it.
But your (G)laughter in the (A)dark.
Has (A7)left me cold and (A)stark, inside.
(A)You have that (A7)exquisite re(A)move.
(A)All the lovers (G)not in (D)love.
D D D E F A G F E D E F D D D E F A G F E D E F F G F E DE F GF E D E CHORUS FF G A B A D A G F E D B A REPEAT AGAIN"


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An angle consists of two rays, R1 and R2, with a common vertex.
An angle is said to be in standard position if its vertex is at the origin of a rectangular coordinate system and its initial side coincides with the positive x-axis.
Two angles in standard position are said to be co-terminal if they have the same initial and terminal sides.
where the unit of angle must be in radians.
Linear speed: The linear speed is defined as .
Angular speed: The angular speed is defined as .
The domain of the sine function is the set of all real numbers.
The domain of the cosine function is the set of all real numbers.
This tutorial covers angles and the relation of angles with respect to radians and trigonometric functions. The angle measure is represented in different ways as it is shown in the examples. The properties of angles are mentioned along with their use in trigonometry problems.
Next the area of a sector is shown through the use of angles and the radius of a circle. Finally, the concept of a trigonometric function is discussed with the use of the unit circle. Calculation of the values of trigonometric functions of a quadrantal angle is shown with visual examples. The use of calculators to find values of trigonometric functions is important to the understanding of how you approximate trig functions.
•	Example problems with step by step solutions and accompanying diagrams to help illustrate the usage of angles in finding the values of trigonometric functions.


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Q: jQuery: Getting the two last list items? I want to apply a special class to the two last list items in an unordered list with jQuery. Like this:

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A: You can use function slice. It is very flexible.
$('ul li').slice(-2).addClass("special");

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A: Another approach, using andSelf and prev:
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The New Luther? Marx and the Reformation as Revolution
Posted Jan 18, 2011 by Roland Boer
Marxism, RevolutionsColombia, England, ItalyNews
Towards the close to what is arguably Karl Marx's most well-known treatment of religion appears the following sentence:
Germany's revolutionary past is theoretical, it is the Reformation. As the revolution then began in the brain of the monk, so now it begins in the brain of the philosopher . . . But if Protestantism was not the true solution it was at least the true setting of the problem. (Marx 1844 [1975]-a: 182; 1844 [1974]: 385)1
The monk in question, in whose brain those revolutionary thoughts first stirred, is of course Martin Luther. Luther? Why would Luther interest Marx? Let me begin my answer with a brief exegesis of the quoted text, which yields the following three points: the Reformation was revolutionary to some degree (theoretical); it constitutes the first of two revolutionary phases in German history, the second of which begins with a (contemporary) philosopher; that first revolution was in some respects incomplete, which is why the second is now required, although in the text Marx phrases the third statement in a way that recognises the abiding effect of the Reformation — as the true setting of a problem. Boiled down, we are left with two issues, namely two phases of revolution and the nature of the Reformation as that first stage. In this sense, Marx's text has provided me with the major foci of the discussion that follows.
However, before I come to grips with those two matters, a few words setting the context are in order. The surprising reference to Luther appears in Marx's most famous statement concerning religion, the 'Introduction' to his critique of Hegel's philosophy of law. Published in his early twenties, it was intended to preface a full treatment of that philosophy, based on the notebooks written in Kreuznach the year before (1843).2 Only the introduction appeared, but it is a brilliantly succinct text. In its first pages appear Marx's statements concerning religion as the illusory sun, spiritual aroma, heart of a heartless world, soul of a soulless condition and, of course, as the highly ambivalent opium of the people — as both medicine (Marx used it) and drug, widespread panacea and curse. Since I have written on these matters elsewhere, I do not wish to repeat that argument here (it would take us too far from our topic), save to point out that Marx distinguishes between two phases of revolutionary criticism and that he is irrepressibly enthusiastic about the second phase. The first is the criticism of religion — which he also calls the criticism of religion and of heaven — which is vitally important, the 'premise of all criticism [die Voraussetzung aller Kritik] (Marx 1844 [1975]-a: 175; 1844 [1974]: 378).3 That criticism has characterised German revolutionary thought until now. But from when? From the time of Luther. The second revolutionary phase begins now, suggests Marx, once we have learnt to move past or overcome this first phase.
The New Luther?
Now let us return to the quotation with which I began and ask who the unnamed 'philosopher' might be. It may be Ludwig Feuerbach, who is so important for Marx at this time in his life and especially in this piece. Marx's admiration knows no end: for instance, on 3 October 1843 and 11 August 1844, Marx wrote couple of letters to Feuerbach (Marx 1843 [1975]-b, 1843 [1973], 1844 [1975]-c, 1844 [1973]).4 They clearly show that Marx admired Feuerbach immensely, stating that he had read his work in great detail, that the comrades in Paris listen to lectures on Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity (Feuerbach 1986 [1841], 1989 [1841]),5 that he has many female admirers, inviting Feuerbach to contribute to the first issue of the new journal Deutch-Französische Jahrbücher, which Marx was planning to edit out of Paris, and opining that Feuerbach's thought is the great step forward for socialist thought. As Marx puts it, 'I am glad to have an opportunity of assuring you of the great respect and — if I may use the word — love, which I feel for you'.6
So does the new stage begin with Feuerbach, whom Marx proclaimed had provided 'a philosophical basis for socialism'?7 Or is it perhaps Marx himself who begins the new phase? Does he see himself as the new Luther? The 'philosopher' remains unnamed, while the 'monk' is eventually named. It may be Feuerbach, for he is responsible for the breakthrough — that religion and the gods are projections of the best in human beings.8 If it seems at times that the new Luther may well be Feuerbach, it is certainly not Hegel, unless he marks the end of the first phase of revolutionary criticism. Rather than decide one way or another — Feuerbach or Marx? — I prefer to keep the ambiguity of the text. Marx displays both the excitement of Feuerbach's move and his own sense that he is going beyond that discovery. If there was one thing from which Marx did not suffer, it was lack of confidence in the importance of his ideas. So the new Luther is ready to take up a new phase of revolution.
A Revolutionary Reformation?
However, I am more interested in what it is about the Reformation that may be regarded as revolutionary. In a series of wonderful Hegelian sentences, Marx lays out Luther's achievement: the transition from an external to an internal religious expression.
Luther, we grant, overcame the bondage of piety by replacing it by the bondage of conviction. He shattered faith in authority because he restored the authority of faith. He turned priests into laymen because he turned laymen into priests. He freed man from outer religiosity because he made religiosity the inner man. He freed the body from chains because he enchained the heart. (Marx 1844 [1975]-a: 182; 1844 [1974]: 386)9
Against all forms of outer religiosity — piety, authority, priests and the body — Luther pressed for the internalisation of religious commitment, one characterised by conviction, faith, laity, the heart and the inner man. This internalisation or, as I prefer, privatisation becomes the huge step forward, and for Marx the first stage in radical revolutionary criticism. It is a breakthrough only because Luther did not retreat into the inner sanctum as in some monastery; instead, he overcame such an otherworldly retreat by — paradoxically — universalising that inwardness so that it was available for all. And yet, this compliment for Luther is rather backhanded. The first and last sentences in the quotation from Marx bring the barb out all too clearly: Luther might have freed people from external religious forms but only by bringing about a whole new level of enslavement — that of conviction and the heart.10
The anticipation of Max Weber is quite remarkable (Weber 1992 [1904-5]).11 Marx points out elsewhere that the retreat to the inner self has a long history within Christianity, especially in the monastic cloister where one must turn inward. It is not for nothing, he points out, that blinding was a common punishment during Christendom:
This punishment was current in the thoroughly Christian empire of Byzantium and came to full flower in the vigorous youthful period of the Christian-Germanic states of England and France. Cutting man off from the perceptible outer world, throwing him back into his abstract inner nature in order to correct him — blinding — is a necessary consequence of the Christian doctrine according to which the consummation of this cutting off, the pure isolation of man in his spiritualistic "ego" is good itself. (Marx and Engels 1845 [1975]: 178; 1845 [1974])12
If this is the pre-Reformation way in which the ego was 'encouraged' in its pursuit of spiritual knowledge, then the breakthrough by Luther and the Reformers was to overturn this inward focus by universalising it and thereby making it public.
Internal and External Revolution
If Luther's revolution falls short, what can the 'philosopher', the second Luther, achieve? I focus on two key issues: First, Marx says that the struggle is now internal: since laymen have become priests, the struggle for emancipation is internal, against the priest inside. Secondly, the struggle is external and therefore what Luther was missing was a material, class basis for the Reformation; that Marx finds for the new revolution in the proletariat.
Marx is not usually associated with the idea of an internal, personal revolution, but here we do find him making precisely that argument: since the new bondage is of the heart, since Luther has successfully internalised religious conviction, we now need emancipation of our hearts. Of course, this idea can run off into bourgeois cant about changing attitudes, the sacrosanct individual and so on. Yet it can also be taken in a very different and highly productive direction. If the tension between layman and priest, between outer religiosity and inner conviction is now one that is internal, then the struggle for liberation becomes an internal affair. Each of us carries that contradiction and struggle within us. But then, how might that struggle be resolved? One part of me would suggest that it never will be, at least if it remains at the level of personal emancipation; another part wants to ask, as Marx would do later, what the social and economic conditions are that generated this internal tension and turmoil in the first place. Revolution then becomes one of simultaneously transforming those conditions and the internal struggle.
Marx himself comes around to the external conditions for revolution, now as a criticism of Luther. What was missing with Luther and the Reformation, he argues, was a mass, popular basis for revolution — a feature of German approaches to revolution in general. Luther's revolution remained a matter of faith and knowledge; there was no popular heart for the theologian/philosopher's head. Marx will go on to locate it in his own time in the proletariat, and we find those well-known phrases concerning the need for philosophy to 'grip' the masses, the proletarian class in radical chains that needs abolition of its status as a class.
Yet the charge against Luther is not quite fair. It is all very well to have the luxury of sitting in the midst of a society that did experience the Protestant shake-up. Outside of that context, in Italy to be precise, Gramsci would see the situation a little differently. Ensconced in his bleak prison-cell, Gramsci expressed in his neat hand the longing that the Reformation had happened in Italy too. Why? The Reformation grasped the whole of society with one large pitchfork and tossed it up into the wind so that when it came down everything had changed, from bottom to top. More specifically, it gripped the masses, to use Marx's own phrase. Or, as Gramsci put it: 'In Italy there has never been an intellectual and moral reform involving the popular masses' (Gramsci 1996: 243-4). 13 Gramsci goes on to argue that a communist revolution needs to permeate to the deepest roots of society, just like the Reformation.
However much the Reformation may have betrayed its initial impetus (but then it would not be the first movement to do so), Gramsci's observation places a question mark against Marx's assertion that he is the first to discover a truly mass basis. Let me push this a little further: it may be that Marx is rediscovering the secret of the Reformation, namely, its mass appeal. Where does this leave Marx's ambiguity over 'the philosopher' as the second Luther, the philosopher who may achieve what the monk could not? It means that his own effort is more truly an Aufhebung than he would care to admit. The theological baggage of earlier revolutions has not so much been dumped on the side of the road as it has been tipped out, sorted and repacked before continuing the journey. His last sentence of this rich text is more telling than he perhaps thought: 'When all the inner requisites are fulfilled the day of German resurrection will be proclaimed by the ringing of the Gallic cock' (Marx 1844 [1975]-a: 187; 1844 [1974]: 391).14 Not a bad benediction. But this connection with Luther cuts both ways: it may point out the sublation of theology within Marx's thought, but it also shows that the Reformation may have been a little more revolutionary than he might have thought.
1 Marx 1844 (1975)-a: 182; 1844 (1974): 385. See also: 'Shortly before and during the period of the Reformation there developed amongst the Germans a type of literature whose very name is striking — grobian literature. In our own day we are approaching an era of revolution analogous to that of the sixteenth century' (Marx 1847 [1976]: 312; 1847 [1972]: 331).
2 The full study did not eventuate and the notebook version of the critique of Hegel was published only in 1927 (Marx 1843 [1975]-a, 1843 [1974]-b).
3 Marx 1844 (1975)-a: 175; 1844 (1974): 378.
4 Marx 1843 (1975)-b, 1843 (1973), 1844 (1975)-c, 1844 (1973).
5 Feuerbach 1986 (1841), 1989 (1841).
6 Marx 1844 (1975)-c: 354; 1844 (1973): 425. Many years later (in 1867) Marx wrote to Engels, saying that he had come across a copy of The Holy Family at Ludwig Kugelmann's place, where he found a better collection of both his and Engels's works than they had themselves. Marx writes, 'I was pleasantly surprised to find that we have no need to be ashamed of the piece, although the Feuerbach cult now makes a most comical impression on me' (Marx 1867 [1987]: 360; 1867 [1973]: 290).
7 Marx 1844 (1975)-c: 354; 1844 (1973): 425.
8 Indeed, in a piece originally attributed to Marx (1843 [1974]), we find a citation of a lengthy piece of Christological speculation from Luther in order to support Feuerbach, the anti-theologian, over against David Strauss and his Das Leben Jesu (1835), the speculative theologian, and thereby against all pious and credulous Christians. However, this essay is now not attributed to Marx. It appears in the older Marx-Engels Werke (MEW) but not in the later Marx–Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) or in the English Collected Works (see the preface to the first volume in MECW, p. xxiii). Indeed, Feuerbach is the most likely author. For the evidence and explanation of Riazanov's original mis-attribution, see Sass (1967).
9 Marx 1844 (1975)-a: 182; 1844 (1974): 386. In The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 (Marx 1844 [1975]-b: 290-1; 1844 [1990]: 530-1), Marx makes a similar point: Luther internalises faith, the priesthood and external religiosity. Here, however, he uses an analogy with political economy, in which Adam Smith is the one who shows that private property is an internal reality rather an external condition.
10 Michel Foucault (1979) would take this point of internalised control much further in his Discipline and Punish.
11 Weber 1992 (1904-5).
12 Marx and Engels 1845 (1975): 178; 1845 (1974).
13 Gramsci 1996: 243-4. So also: 'The Lutheran Reformation and Calvinism created a popular culture, and only in later periods did they create a higher culture; the Italian reformers were sterile in terms of great historical achievements' (Gramsci 1996: 142; 1994: vol. 1, 365; Boer 2007: 258-73).
14 Marx 1844 (1975)-a: 187; 1844 (1974): 391.
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———. 1989 [1841]. The Essence of Christianity. Translated by G. Eliot. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books.
Gramsci, Antonio. 1994. Letters from Prison. Translated by R. Rosenthal. 2 vols. Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press.
———. 1996. Prison Notebooks. Translated by J. A. Buttigieg. Vol. 2. New York: Columbia University Press. Original edition, Quaderni del carcere, 1975.
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———. 1843 [1974]-a. Luther als Schiedsrichter zwischen Strauß und Feuerbach. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz.
———. 1843 [1974]-b. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie. Kritik des Hegelschen Staatsrechts. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz, 203-333.
———. 1843 [1975]-a. Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law. In Marx and Engels Collected Works. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 3-129.
———. 1843 [1975]-b. To Ludwig Feuerbach in Bruckberg, Kreuznach, October 3, 1843. In Marx and Engels Collected Works. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 349-51.
———. 1844 [1973]. Marx an Ludwig Feuerbach in Bruckberg, 11.August 1844. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz.
———. 1844 [1974]. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie. Einleitung. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz, 378-91.
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———. 1844 [1975]-b. Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. In Marx and Engels Collected Works. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 229-346.
———. 1844 [1975]-c. To Ludwig Feuerbach in Bruckberg, Paris, August 11, 1844. In Marx and Engels Collected Works. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 354-7.
———. 1844 [1990]. Ökonomisch-philosophische Manuskripte aus dem Jahre 1844. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz, 465-588.
———. 1847 [1972]. Die moralisierende Kritik und die kritisierende Moral. Beitrag zur Deutschen Kulturgeschichte. Gegen Karl Heinzen von Karl Marx. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz.
———. 1847 [1976]. Moralising Criticism and Critical Morality: A Contribution to German Cultural History Contra Karl Heinzen. In Marx and Engels Collected Works. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 312-40.
———. 1867 [1973]. Marx an Engels 24.April 1867. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz.
———. 1867 [1987]. Marx to Engels in Manchester, Hanover, 24 April 1867. In Marx and Engels Collected Works. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 359-62.
Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. 1845 [1974]. Die heilige Familie oder Kritik der kritischen Kritik. In Marx Engels Werke. Berlin: Dietz, 3-223.
———. 1845 [1975]. The Holy Family, or Critique of Critical Criticism. In Marx and Engels Collected Works. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 5-211.
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Roland Boer is Research Professor in Theology at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Visit his blog Stalin's Moustache: <stalinsmoustache.wordpress.com>.
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With the aim to foster a love of reading among Thai people and to promote a learning society where people develop creative thinking through reading, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT) is hosting the 18th Book Expo Thailand 2013.
The event will embrace over 400 leading Thai publishing houses offering an amazing array of premium-quality books at special bargain prices. Visitors will also have a chance to attend meet & greet sessions with numerous well-known authors, along with onstage edutainment programs, intellectually-stimulating seminars, and much more.


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'GET IT OUT!'
Hilarious video shows women screaming in terror as HUGE spider crawls inside their car
Dan Keane
A HILARIOUS video shows a group of women screaming in terror as a HUGE spider crawls inside their car.
The family were driving on a busy highway in Sydney, Australia when they spotted the terrifying creepy crawly.
A huge spider was seen crawling in a family's car in Sydney, AustraliaCredit: ViralHog
The giant creepy crawly was seen making its way across the car ceiling just inches away from a group of womenCredit: ViralHog
The four women were driving on a busy highway when they spotted the terrifying creepy crawlyCredit: ViralHog
Footage taken last Sunday shows a mum and her four daughters dressed to the nines on their way to the wedding.
One of the women screams "Oh my God!" as they spot the giant spider crawling on the ceiling.
Bella, one of the sisters, is driving the car as the other passengers shriek - before the spider crawls onto the inside part of her window.
One of the women screams: "Bella, Bella, open your window!"
Chaos ensues as the spider makes its way towards the three sisters squished together on the backseat.
One says: "Chantelle, you're going to have to hit it outside! Don't let it crawl this way."
Another shouts: "No I can't, stop, stop, shut up, shut up."
Then the sister filming the spider says "I'm scared, I don't know what to do" - before appearing to break down in tears.
The group pulled over to the side of the road to attempt to get the spider out of the carCredit: ViralHog
One of the sisters uses a stick to prod the spider out of the carCredit: ViralHog
Eventually, the terrified group pull over the car and hatch a plan to get rid of the spider.
One says: "Tell Dad to come get us, I'm not driving in this f****** car!"
Brave Bella then decides to take on the creepy crawly once and grabs a stick to push it out of the car.
She then enters the vehicle and prods the spider - which is then flung out of the car door and onto the street.
The creepy crawly appears to be dead as it lies motionless on the pavement, as one sister says: "Look how f****** big that is."
Later in the clip, the relieved group are heard laughing about the spider and one jokes: "Bella, you were going to die!"
The spider was likely a Huntsman spider which are common in Australia.
They are not dangerous despite their size - and usually run away from humans rather than bite them.
The giant spider is likely to have been a Huntsman spiderCredit: ViralHog


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It has had many different names: Pemetic. Isles des Monts Déserts. Sieur de Monts National Monument. Lafayette National Park.
It has had several superlatives: First national park east of the Mississippi River. Highest mountain along the U.S. East Coast. First place you can spot the sunrise in the United States.
It has been settled and re-settled by at least three different cultures—the Wabanaki, the French, the English—and drawn fishermen, farmers, artists, and the upper crust of late Victorian America—the Rockefellers, Morgans, Fords, Vanderbilts, Carnegies, and Astors.
Today, Acadia National Park is one of the most visited parks in America, drawing more than 2.5 million visitors per year to the craggy, jagged coast of Maine. The park is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. On September 6, 2015, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite acquired these images of Acadia National Park and its surroundings.
Mountains and hills roll right up to the Atlantic Ocean in this rocky landscape carved by glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, the park has been pieced together by donations and acquisitions of once-private lands, and it is still growing. Of the park's 47,000 acres, more than 12,000 are privately owned lands under conservation agreements, while the rest is held by the National Park Service. Mount Desert Island is the focal point of the park, which also includes lands around a former naval base (Schoodic Peninsula), Isle au Haut, and several smaller islands.
Mount Desert Island is the largest in Maine and the second largest on the East Coast. "It looks like a big lobster claw," said Lynne Dominy, chief park ranger for interpretation at Acadia. "It's both ironic and iconic, as we are surrounded by lobsters living in the Gulf of Maine."
Writing in his journal after landing on the island in September 1604, Samuel de Champlain noted: "The mountain summits are all bare and rocky...I name it Isles des Monts Déserts" (French for "the island of barren mountains."). Cadillac Mountain is the highlight, standing as the highest point (1,528 feet or 470 meters) within 25 miles (40 kilometers) of the Atlantic Ocean. Because its elevation and its far eastern location, it is claimed to be the first place an American can see the sunrise.
"Mount Desert is covered with forests, mountain summits, and freshwater lakes," Dominy added. "This topography enables visitors to experience many wonderful things while visiting this island: walking on beautiful rocky shorelines; sailing offshore on boats; hiking on lush forest trails; climbing bald granite summits; and paddling on crystal clear lakes."
Efforts to preserve Acadia began around 1901, led by conservationist George Dorr, who began cobbling together acquisitions and donations of land. Dorr and the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations turned over 6,000 acres to the U.S. government, with President Woodrow Wilson creating Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916. In 1919, the parcels of the Maine coast were desginated Lafayette National Park in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette. In 1929, the name was changed to Acadia, recalling the name of the original French colony in the region. Due to the public-private nature of the land holdings, it was not until 1986 that the U.S. Congress finally established official borders for the park. You can see the evolution of those land holding in the video at the bottom of this page.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.
Mountains and hills roll right up to the Atlantic Ocean in this rocky landscape that became the first national park east of the Mississippi River.
Image of the Day for July 31, 2016
Landsat 8 — OLI
Image of the Day Land Water
Acadia Centennial Task Force (2016) Centennial 2016. Accessed July 29, 2016.
National Park Service (2016) History of Acadia National Park. Accessed July 29, 2016.
National Geographic (2014, July 31) I Heart My National Park: Acadia. Accessed July 29, 2016.
National Geographic (2016) Acadia National Park. Accessed July 29, 2016.
Wikipedia (2016) Acadia National Park. Accessed July 29, 2016.
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NH Primary Source: Messner, eyeing Senate run, attends Sununu fundraiser, Chandler roast
Updated: 4:32 AM EDT May 16, 2019
CORKY REACHING OUT. Attorney Bryant "Corky" Messner is making the rounds as he considers running for the U.S. Senate.Messner, could not be reached for comment Wednesday, but we first reported his interest three weeks ago and he has done nothing since to squelch the notion that he's eyeing a run against Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.Messner was a member of the host committee for a major fundraiser for Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday night, and last week, he attended a Carroll County Republican Committee fundraiser roast of former New Hampshire House Speaker Gene Chandler – making the proverbial rounds from table to table.He has also met with at least one high-ranking state Republican official.Interestingly, Messner earlier this week published an opinion piece on FoxNews.com essentially arguing that millennials are mischaracterized by progressives and much of the national media as liberal. He singled out progressive leader Rep. Alexndra Ocasio-Cortez."The millennial generation is populated with leaders who are far better than Ocasio-Cortez — you just don't hear about them because they do not fit a preconceived notion of what millennials should be," he wrote.Messner, who heads a law firm based in Colorado, has owned a home in the Lakes Region for about a dozen years and has been a resident of Wolfeboro for about a year.
CORKY REACHING OUT. Attorney Bryant "Corky" Messner is making the rounds as he considers running for the U.S. Senate.
Messner, could not be reached for comment Wednesday, but we first reported his interest three weeks ago and he has done nothing since to squelch the notion that he's eyeing a run against Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
Messner was a member of the host committee for a major fundraiser for Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday night, and last week, he attended a Carroll County Republican Committee fundraiser roast of former New Hampshire House Speaker Gene Chandler – making the proverbial rounds from table to table.
He has also met with at least one high-ranking state Republican official.
Interestingly, Messner earlier this week published an opinion piece on FoxNews.com essentially arguing that millennials are mischaracterized by progressives and much of the national media as liberal. He singled out progressive leader Rep. Alexndra Ocasio-Cortez.
"The millennial generation is populated with leaders who are far better than Ocasio-Cortez — you just don't hear about them because they do not fit a preconceived notion of what millennials should be," he wrote.
Messner, who heads a law firm based in Colorado, has owned a home in the Lakes Region for about a dozen years and has been a resident of Wolfeboro for about a year.


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Q: Best security way to allow image profile by external url Suppose that I have a web application where users can attach a link in their profile to show the avatar (displayed after with img tag).
This is safe? I think it is not.
What is the best way to check if the url provided is a real image? There are other solutions?
(for now I don't want any upload).

A: I think you're asking for a safe way for users to upload a photo with their profile.
If you do not want to deal with it, check out https://gravatar.com/ where they manage the user's profile picture.
Github uses them.

A: No, it is not safe. This approach is vulnerable to XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) and CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks. Number of ways to construct possible XSS attacks with img  tags is huge. Have a look at OWASP list Malformed img tags just to give you an idea.
You may say that escaping can help you. Yes it is, but escaping alone does not guarantee XSS prevention. Here is what OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project) recommends in general:

You MUST use the escape syntax for the part of the HTML document you're putting untrusted data into

Plus check what data is allowed (white list) instead of checking endless list of not allowed data.
Here is OWASP's XSS prevention cheat sheet.
OWASP also released a library ESAPI to be used for escaping in the right context.
But let's say you are done with XSS. With CSRF malicious user can construct legitimate request inside your img tag for updating some user's profile. And let's say such user comes to see this profile and all of the sudden his/her profile is updated! In this case you will probably need to generate "challenge" / validation token associated with user's session which will be attached to each user's request.
My recommendation is either use external trusted service like gravatar or implement upload.
If you do want to use user's input then I strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with ESAPI library for this case and OWASP XSS and CSRF prevention cheat sheets.

A: if you use urlEncode() + urlDecode() no problem


John approaching the finishing line.
DD pleased it's almost over.
Thanks to Dave Kitching (Blyth Harriers) for the photographs.
Following parkrun events on 1st January.
Please get in touch if you raced and would like your name mentioned in the results.