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Origin: Turkish
Meaning: A skewer of meat or seafood and vegetables, roasted or grilled
Origin: Hawaiian
Meaning: Native medicine man or priest
Trivia: The term 'big Kahuna' was used in 60's beach party films to refer to the best surfer on the beach.
Origin: German
Meaning: Leader or king
Trivia: The German form of Caesar (Roman)
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: The good or bad results of one's actions; fate; destiny
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Good judgment
Trivia: A fictional character from "The Green Hornet" radio program.
Origin: Celtic/Gaelic
Meaning: Little ancient one
Meaning: Island of the ships
TV Notable: Actor Kelsey Grammar played Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier.
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Origin: Old English
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Meaning: From the village with the church
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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Bearer of Christ
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package io.renren.api;

import io.renren.service.sys.UserService;
import io.renren.utils.R;
import io.renren.utils.annotation.IgnoreAuth;
import io.renren.utils.validator.Assert;
import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiImplicitParam;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiImplicitParams;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

/**
 * 注册
 * @author chenshun
 * @email sunlightcs@gmail.com
 * @date 2017-03-26 17:27
 */
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api")
@Api("注册接口")
public class ApiRegisterController {
    @Autowired
    private UserService userService;

    /**
     * 注册
     */
    @IgnoreAuth
    @PostMapping("register")
    @ApiOperation(value = "注册")
    @ApiImplicitParams({
            @ApiImplicitParam(paramType = "query", dataType="string", name = "mobile", value = "手机号", required = true),
            @ApiImplicitParam(paramType = "query", dataType="string", name = "password", value = "密码", required = true)
    })
    public R register(String mobile, String password){
        Assert.isBlank(mobile, "手机号不能为空");
        Assert.isBlank(password, "密码不能为空");

        userService.save(mobile, password);

        return R.ok();
    }
}

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Problem, Goal, Questions, Hypotheses
Pentecostal expansion has been called 'the largest global shift in the religious market place over the last 40 years' (Martin 2002: xvii). The market concept has metaphorical value, but is sometimes explicit in Pentecostal thinking about marketing, merchandising and numbers. In the explanations proposed so far, macro-theories such as modernization and globalization theories often predominated. This led to generalizations that should not be discarded because they may have validity for what Pentecostal churches have in common. But they do not show or explain the huge variety of Pentecostalisms. This program suggests the need of a comparative localized approach of Pentecostalism?s contextualized global expansion.
We have selected significant cases in four continents. Nicaragua is chosen because of a strong Pentecostal growth, an intense competition with the Roman Catholic Church, and an interesting history of church-state relations. Mozambique shows the influence of South-South-relationships, especially through the presence of Brazilian churches; transnationalism is an essential element of the case. The Korea and Japan cases represent East-East-relations, a strong indigenous church formation, against the background of historically strained relations between peoples. The Dutch case was chosen as a Northern counterpoint, representing Pentecostalism in a secularized context.
In adopting a comparative perspective, this program combines a focus on people?s conversion careers with a study of local urban Pentecostal churches' culture politics. 'Culture politics' refers to the position taken and the strategy adopted with regard to the local social and cultural environment, in case based on religious views. Conversion career is defined as the member's passage, within his or her social and cultural context, through levels, types and phases of church participation. It is the concrete context in which the Pentecostal cultural strategy can primarily be studied.
The goal of this comparative program is to contribute to scholarly insight in the processes that are characteristic of the rapid expansion of a relatively new form of religion. Through the localized approach we wish to understand how Pentecostal expansion and a critical position towards local culture are related. The urban situation is chosen as a concentrated expression of what a culture and society represent. In opting for case-studies we want to take into account that different churches attract different categories of people for different reasons. Together the case-studies will produce a plausible and detailed insight into the local processes that accompany global Pentecostal expansion. The comparison is meant to uncover both variation and some common trends. The local level is viewed as the context in which globalization becomes visible. Globalization appears to facilitate Pentecostal expansion, not only because communication is made easier, but also because globalization may bring existential insecurity for which Pentecostals have a remedy.
For their recruitment of new members, Pentecostal churches operate and compete on a global and local religious market, often consciously using marketing techniques. Mainline Christians are an important target group. The Pentecostal supply side is marked by assertive propagation of the Pentecostal version of the Christian message that may include a critical - sometimes normative dualist - perspective on aspects of the dominant local culture, society and mainline religion, including globalizing trends. Yet not all Pentecostals have a hostile view on 'the world', they may also feel part of their culture and then seek its 'redemption' from within.
At the demand side, converts are seeking ways to meet their physical and spiritual needs or to interpret a religious experience. Especially in the urban setting, people may move from one religion to another in the process of making sense of their lives. Pentecostal culture politics may provide an answer to the converts' needs, because it reacts to the same situation that negatively influences the potential converts. That men and women experience that situation in a different way, is one of the reasons why a gender perspective is included in our approach.
Pentecostalism, though having modern characteristics as being progress-oriented and individualistic, may be studied as a post-modern phenomenon, taking post-modern in the literal sense as coming after modernity. It may have grown because it made up for the fact that modernity did not always bring people a better way of life. To the poor of the South, modernity failed to bring wealth, to the wealthy in the North it brought individualization and de-traditionalization, for both of which the people were often not prepared and that they seek to compensate. Pentecostal churches may also be post-modern in that they use any fragment from the cultural repertoire as long as it serves the translation of their message. Pentecostal churches owe their success in part to their ability to speak an understandable idiom that often reflects existing world-views and ways of problem-solving.
Therefore, despite the emphasis that Pentecostals put on conversion as change there is continuity as well, in both the churches' and the converts' practice. The metaphor of being 'born again' may point to a rupture with the past, yet the converts cannot escape all the parameters of their former life. People believe 'with a local accent'.
In their operating on the religious market, what is the culture politics followed by Pentecostal churches and how is this connected with their members' conversion careers?
1. How do local Pentecostal churches position themselves strategically in their social, cultural, political, economic and religious environment? What varieties of concrete culture politics do they defend?
2. How do new converts experience abandoning their old world-view, their transition to Pentecostal praxis, and their socialization in it?
3. In what way is a church?s culture politics connected with its recruitment methods and thereby its expansion? How are demand and supply sides of the religious market related with each other and with the cultural environment?
5. In what way and to which extent are both conversion careers and culture politics gendered?
6. What is the relation between globalizing and localizing tendencies? How is the growth of Pentecostal churches related to modern and post-modern characteristics of their contexts?
We did not formulate hypotheses since we adopt a qualitative methodology in which hypotheses are not formulated at the outset (as in quantitative work), but only during research (Silverman 2000:78.79).

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Q: Text boxes not disappearing after upper level parent changed In my page, there are 3 levels drop-down selection boxes, children are hidden until the parent is selected.
Levels
Health test organization (Level 1) -> Test Type (Level 2) -> Test Result (Level 3)
In the end of the one route, two boxes (LDI and RDI) appear in addition to the test result at level 3. The problem is; although the boxes disappear when I change level 3, those don't disappear if I change level 1 or 2.
Here are screen shots of my problem,
No selection,

Level 1 selected,

Level 2 selected,

Level 3 selected and boxes appear,

And the problem,

I just changed Health test organization (Level 1) above and the two boxes (LDI and RDI) are still there.
By the way, here is JavaScript of that part coded within the PHP script;
function options($type)
{
    if($type== 'org')
    {
        return array('Not selected'=>'','OFA'=>'ofa','CERF'=>'cerf','CHIC'=>'chic','AHT'=>'aht','PennHip'=>'pennhip','Other'=>'other');
    }
    if($type== 'pass')
    {
        return array('Not selected'=>'','PASS'=>'1','FAIL'=>'0');
    }
    if($type== 'type')
    {
        return array('Not selected'=>'',
        'Eye (CERF)' => 'eye',
        'Cardiac (OFA)' => 'cardiac',
        'Elbow (OFA)' => 'elbow',
        'Hips (OFA)' => 'hips',
        'Patellar Luxation (OFA)' => 'pl',
        'Thyroid (OFA)' => 'thyroid',
        'DNA (OFA)' => 'dna',
        'Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (OFA)' => 'poag',
        'Other (not active yet)' => 'other',
        'Longevity (not active yet)' => 'longevity',
        'Genotype (not active yet)' => 'genotype',
        );
    }
    if($type== 'result')
    {

    }
}

function get_for_dog($id)
{
    $arr[':id'] = $id;
    $str = 'SELECT * FROM ' . $this->table . ' WHERE dog=:id';
    if ($this->obj_debug == 1 || $this->core_debug == 1)
        echo "$str
";
    return $this->run_query($str,$arr);
}

function resultdd($test,$result)
{
        $list = array();
        foreach($this->testresults as $txt => $val)
        {
            if(strstr($val,$test.'.') ||$val =='' )
            {
                $list[$txt] = $val;
            }
        }
        if(sizeof($list) > 0 && $test != '')
        {
            $buf = '<select name="rating">';
            foreach($list as $txt =>$val)
            {
                $buf .= '<option value="'.$val.'" ';
                if($val == $result)
                    $buf .= ' selected ';
                $buf .= '>'.$txt.'</option>
                ';
            }
            $buf .= '</select>';
        }
    return $buf;
}

function customFields($i=0,$r='')
{
    $buf = '';
    if($this->data[$i]['rating'] =='pennhip.ldirdi' || $r =='pennhip.ldirdi')
    {
        $dft = array('ldi'=>'','rdi'=>'');
        if($this->data[$i]['rating_data'] != '')
        {
            $dat = json_decode($this->data[$i]['rating_data'],true);
            if(sizeof($dat) == 2)
                $dat=$dat;
            else
                $dat = $dft;
        }
        else
            $dat = $dft;
        $buf .= 'LDI <input type="text" name="rating_data[]" value="'.$dat['ldi'].'" />

';
        $buf .= ' <input type="hidden" name="rating_key[]" value="ldi" />';
        $buf .= 'RDI <input type="text" name="rating_data[]" value="'.$dat['rdi'].'" />

';
        $buf .= ' <input type="hidden" name="rating_key[]" value="rdi" />';
    }
    return $buf;
}

I'm sure there are ways to get rid of those boxes, I'd appreciate any help.

A: This actually looks really confusing, but what are you doing to make the LDI/RDI to display in the first place?
The simplest solution from a glance is to just change the styling of the inputs to display: none when you change the test type, which can be done through onchange().

A: I found out that the functions that control Level 2 & 3 in JavaScript don't set that tag (cfs) as empty when those run. So, in order to solve the issue, I added lines in those functions to set that tag empty everytime those run.
Here are the code and the lines I added,
function popResults()
{
    $("#cfs").html(""); // <-- added this line
    var t = '';
    if($( "select[name='type'] option:selected" ).val().length >0)
        t = $( "select[name='type'] option:selected" ).val();
    else
        t =$( "#testtypes" ).attr("data-type");

    $.ajax({url: "ajax_results.php?test="+t+"&result=" + $( "#testresults" ).attr("data-result"), success: function(result){
        $("#testresults").html(result);
        $("select[name='rating']").change(function() {
            $.ajax({url: "ajax_customFields.php?r="+$( "select[name='rating'] option:selected" ).val(), success: function(result){
                $("#cfs").html(result); // <-- already there
            }});
        });
    }});
}

function popTypes()
{
    $("#cfs").html(""); // <-- added this line
    $.ajax({url: "ajax_types.php?org="+$( "select[name='org'] option:selected" ).val()+"&type=" + $( "#testtypes" ).attr("data-type"), success: function(result){
        $("#testresults").html('');
        $("#testtypes").html(result);
        $( "select[name='type']" ).val('');
        $("select[name='type']").change(function() {
            popResults();
        });
    }});
}

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Timothy Rettele will guest star as Marine Sergeant Edward Jones, Christian George will guest star as Henrik Vuksan, Gerald Webb will guest star as Vertadyne Driver, Brandon Phillips will guest star as Marine Sergeant Kevin Brickson.
NCIS LA Season 7 Episode 7×21 was written by Joseph C. Wilson & directed by Robert Florio.


Neurogene, Inc., a company with a mission to bring life-changing medicines to patients and families affected by rare neurological diseases, today announced that researchers presented preliminary, unpublished "proof of concept" data in mice evaluating the safety and efficacy of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy for AGU and CMT4J, two rare neurological diseases, at the 15th Annual WORLDSymposiumTM conference in Orlando, Florida.
The potential therapies are being investigated under a collaboration agreement between Neurogene and UT Southwestern Medical Center through multiple sponsored agreements. Neurogene provides financial support for these and other related research projects, including pre-clinical studies for AGU and CMT4J.AAV gene therapy is being investigated as a potential treatment for aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU), a neurodegenerative disease caused by dysfunction of the AGA gene. The unpublished data, which have not been peer reviewed, consider the safety and efficacy of gene therapy for these diseases in mice in support of potential future clinical trials. Xin Chen, Ph.D., Instructor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, presented data evaluating the effects in mice lacking a functional AGA gene, using intravenous or intrathecal administration with low and high doses, and data were reported for early symptomatic mice. Dr. Chen's team reported data indicating AGU gene therapy resulted in dose-dependent, complete or near-complete elimination of toxic substrate in central and peripheral tissues and body fluids and that treatment was well-tolerated at supraphysiological levels.
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Letter: Sewage, politics and hypocrisy
Unique geography and tidal currents make region's existing sewage situation an environmentally sound, cost-effective solution
May. 2, 2016 5:00 a.m.
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was repeatedly criticized by his opponents for ignoring the science around global warming in favour of his support of "Big Oil." He was vilified for putting his political agenda ahead of what was good for the environment.
We now have many of these same Harper critics in support of secondary or tertiary sewage treatment for Victoria even though the science indicates there will be insignificant benefits to the marine environment. Sewage treatment proponents have yet to do a cost-benefit analysis so additional treatment may actually do greater harm to the environment than the status quo.
The hypocrisy of this is astounding.
Those that say further sewage treatment is unnecessary include Shaun Peck (former medical health officer for the CRD), David Anderson (former federal environment minister), marine scientists from B.C. and Washington State, and public health officials.
These are credible sources that have no reason to mislead the public.
Imagine what could be accomplished if the same $1 billion were spent helping the multitude of cash-strapped service agencies in Victoria. We could truly benefit the environment by reducing the Colwood Crawl through mass public transit, or preventing pollution from urban runoff in storm water discharges.
Our local elected officials should stop operating from a political starting point, acknowledge the science, and challenge the upper-level government regulations that require further sewage treatment.
Victoria has a unique geography surrounded by tidal currents that make the existing primary sewage treatment a natural, environmentally sound and cost-effective solution.
Jeff St.Gelais
BC VIEWS: If you go out in the woods today
BC VIEWS: Global warming industry cries wolf, again


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The restaurant OS
Chris Caliz	4 years
Chris Caliz Contributor
Chris Caliz is an associate of FTW Ventures.
So you're a techie and a foodie. You're having dinner and your phone buzzes to let you know you can pay for the meal you're enjoying right from an app. It's then you realize there's something going on in restaurant tech.
If you want to know more, or get involved, this is your primer — because there is a lot of new action in the restaurant industry and we're going to break some of it down.
Restaurateurs: Even though you have a wealth of resources dedicated to you, we hope this brief outline gives you a few ideas to consider if you're looking to upgrade or switch your tech package.
What is the restaurant OS?
Just like the operating system (OS) for your computer, a restaurant needs a logical set of systems that allow it to do business efficiently. Well-known examples include OpenTable for reservations, NCR Aloha POS for check management and kitchen notification and Shiftboard to manage staff schedules. There are many operational requirements to run a restaurant; here we'll highlight a few of the tech options that are vying to improve restaurant operations and consumer experiences.
Restaurant tech is not new: the point of sale machine introduced in the 1980s revolutionized how orders were placed and fired in the kitchen. Later, online reservation systems removed the need to call restaurants during business hours to request a table. Now, foodies in some cities are getting meals from their favorite table service restaurants delivered at home in less than an hour. Last year we saw more people were eating out than shopping for groceries.
Restaurants are working hard to upgrade their tech options in order to increase satisfaction, diner acquisition and retention, as well as optimize margins. Going out for a great meal is fun, but running a restaurant can be tough because of razor-thin margins and rising wages. There's a lot of potential for dramatic growth for tech in the restaurant business.
Ingredients in the restaurant OS
To run smoothly, restaurants require several areas of operations — but there's the catch, because restaurants are crazy places. Restaurant systems need to cope and adapt to a constantly changing environment. Of the many demands to running a restaurant, we're focusing on restaurant-specific tech and products that price on recurring operating expenses; not real estate, design and capital expenditures for large equipment purchases or leases where generic tech or alternatives exist.
These breakdowns are by operational features, but there a few different feature alignments, producing repetition of some companies.
Diner experiences and front of house
Restaurant tech most heavily geared toward diners' experience:
Established: more years, ubiquity and market share. New Tech: fewer years, and more limited market share. (click to enlarge)
Kitchen and back of house
Products and tech focused on producing and delivering great food:
Staffing and staff management
Even with all the pretty logos and feature slices, there is still a lot of room for innovation and growth. In particular, the back of house has not changed much, and offers a lot of room for modernization or optimization.
In the discovery and reservation slices there are many players, but also plenty of overlap. With so many of them, the biggest stand out as very utilitarian and very expensive for restaurants. Meanwhile, the smaller ones are focusing on niche, but with a more competitive price package for businesses.
One more example of future innovation that's needed is that we need personalized recommendations. There are many recommendation systems, but none offer great personalization. Finding a restaurant and choosing menu items can still be a roll of the dice. There's a data deficit, and overcoming it leads to great personalization. In other words, we need something like the Netflix recommendation system for restaurants and food.
One size does not fit all. Just as not all restaurants are the same, not all technology or their product pricing structures are the same — and cannot be peanut buttered across all restaurants. If a restaurant experience is largely built on people and hospitality, tech is hard to implement and prove valuable. Fast, casual and quick service restaurants prove to be better environments for tech, in general. Finally, some restaurant tech products are geared for restaurant groups or chains.
Big POS terminals are the boss; tablets aren't quite ready yet. Tablets are everywhere, but they're not quite ready to replace every POS system, printer or terminal out there. Even the legacy POS providers like Micros offer tablet-optimized versions of their software. The biggest benefit of this is that it significantly reduces upfront costs and footprint.
Restaurant tech is not at all like consumer app development.
Tablets also have a few problems that can impact some operations, like limited multitasking, a plethora of new devices to connect with, reliance on (potentially spotty) Wi-Fi, smaller screens and app competition with the host OS. These issues can actually lead to multiple tablets, with a single purpose each, taking up more room than promised.
The choice of POS impacts many other tech decisions. A restaurant's choice of POS can impact and dictate a majority of other tech choices for it. The reasons are varied, from rich packages that include multiple features to limited integration options with other products.
A key example is the Square POS that offers no choice in other payment processors but has a marketplace of integrations, whereas Micros and Aloha support many payment processors but have few external product integrations.
All-in-one packages and lack of integrations build walled gardens. Wherever there is a package of several features, there are also natural conflicts with other products. For example, if a restaurant integrates an entire Aloha package, which comes with staff-scheduling capabilities, they may not want to consider something like Hot Schedules because it would reduce the ROI of the package deal and incur additional costs. Furthermore, that additional package may not even integrate with the POS, and creates an extra item the team needs to learn and remember to use.
It's hard to compare labor costs with SaaS products. Restaurant owners or managers who don't have a great staffing and payroll analytics package have a hard time quantifying human labor versus tech products. They want to reduce labor costs, but also aim to improve their margins overall.
So when considering a work-optimizing SaaS product, it can be tricky to figure out the value of the software to the time and effort. It is helpful that some providers have started talking about their costs relative to existing costs. A restaurant could consider itself similar to an early-stage tech startup, constantly managing a revenue and burn rate versus product/hire acquisition needs and likes.
Considerations for new products
If you're working on a new product for the restaurant business, we want to know! But you should have a few things in mind to help you succeed.
First, please have a good grasp of the user journey of the decision-makers and the users. Any disruption in process/tools/tech can break a rhythm to service and be a cause for pushback from staff. Understanding the user journey and restaurant requirements should also help you understand that a normal consumer app MVP won't cut it; you'll need more thought and polish before you release.
Along with hospitality and care for interfacing with people, a product must have a thoroughly considered user journey so that business decision makers and users' needs are completely covered. This should be obvious, but it is surprising to see how many products focus on one end without looking at the other. Restaurant tech is not at all like consumer app development.
Next, be mindful that not everyone in a restaurant will speak the same language or share the same level of tech savvy. On-boarding, training and support is paramount to success of your product, as well as the restaurant. You can't get stickiness without constant pressure but keep it light and simple, because it will cut into overhead. Consider that staff turnover may impact your product usage and impact the restaurant's desire to stick with something outside of the norm or established.
Finally, always keep in mind that restaurants are in the hospitality and service business. Anybody who approaches a restaurant without that mindset is likely to be rejected — this is all about relationships and how you support the industry.
As Danny Meyer says in Setting the Table, "Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It's that simple, and it's that hard." When you reach out to a restaurant owner or manager to pitch them on your product, think carefully about when and how you reach out. Understand that restaurant owners and managers get a lot of solicitation for new things.
I'd like to thank Anna Tauzin at the National Restaurant Association, Seth Hammond at Stateside, Jeff Trenum at Blue Plate and Aimee Palacios for their insight and support.


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Trent Dilfer Exits Lipscomb Academy To Coach UAB Football
December 1, 2022 /in College, Football /by Steven Boero
Trent Dilfer. Photo: Courtesy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Lipscomb Academy head football coach Trent Dilfer will be leaving his position to coach the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) football team. He will officially begin his tenure at UAB on Friday (Dec. 2), following Lipscomb Academy's state championship game on Dec. 1 in Chattanooga.
"Having the opportunity to lead such a quality program like UAB is one that I am beyond excited about," Dilfer explains. "The investments the university has made for UAB Football aligns with my vision of taking this program to new heights as we join the American Athletic Conference and compete annually for the highest prize of playing in the College Football Playoff. I would like to thank President Ray Watts, Director of Athletics Mark Ingram and the entire search committee for their commitment to excellence and for trusting in me as we venture into this new era of UAB Football together."
Dilfer spent the last four years as the head coach of Lipscomb Academy in Nashville where he led the Mustangs to the 2021 TSSAA D2-AA State Championship and will once again play for the state title tonight (Dec. 1). With one game remaining, Dilfer will finish his tenure with Lipscomb Academy with immense success, compiling an overall record of 43-10 in his four years and a mark of 25-1 in the last two seasons.
A former NFL quarterback, Dilfer was selected sixth overall in the 1994 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and threw for 20,518 yards and 113 touchdowns during his 14-year career. In 2000, he led the Baltimore Ravens to a 34-7 victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 1997 and was the recipient of the Bart Starr Award and Ed Block Courage Award in 2003.
In 2008, Dilfer began a nine-year broadcasting career as an analyst on ESPN for a variety of programs, including Monday Night Countdown and NFL Primetime. He was nominated for a Sports Emmy in 2012 for Outstanding Sports Personality in the Studio Analyst category.
Dilfer is also the head coach of the Elite 11 Academy, which began in 2009 to train elite-level high school quarterbacks. His alumni include 27 of the 32 current NFL starting quarterbacks and 14 of the past 15 Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks. Currently, 60 of the 64 Power 5 starting quarterbacks in 2022 attended the Elite 11 Finals or Elite 11 Regional.
"Trent is a proven winner on and off the field at all levels and will be a tremendous leader for our program," Director of Athletics Mark Ingram adds. "He is a Super Bowl-winning quarterback who played the game at its highest level for many years, and he has coached some of the top quarterbacks who are currently NFL franchise players. Trent's goals and vision for our program is to lead UAB to the College Football Playoff and we have no doubt that he is the right coach to lead our transition in the American Athletic Conference. Most importantly, Trent is an outstanding man, husband and father with tremendous character who fits our department's core values of winning championships, graduating with honors and making a difference in our community."
While appropriate members of the UA System Board of Trustees have been notified of the proposed terms and conditions of this proposed agreement, the financial terms remain subject to approval by the Board of Trustees.
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In all the chaotic craziness of blended family life, it's easy to overlook the positive.
But the reality is, all the complex dynamics and relationships give your blended family unique opportunities to build super strengths. Many of the challenges you face are subtly building these strengths in you, your kids & step-kids and in your family as a whole.
Looking back at the (nearly) two decades of our journey, it's sometimes easy for me to complain about the difficulties we've had to face. But when I slow down enough to really think about it, I'm not so sure I would change much.
There are these moments when our oldest comes home for a visit and I'm amazed at her character. This bratty, disrespectful, irresponsible step-daughter of mine has somehow become a young lady of compassion, kindness and drive. She is working her way through college with hope and thoughtfulness.
Other times, I hear the observations of our younger kids. They talk about the lessons they've learned and the pitfalls they want to avoid as they prepare to enter adulthood. I think to myself, "Wow! What an amazing privilege to see such character emerge out of chaos."
And then there are the conversations when Kim and I reflect on the challenges of our journey and discover the insight and wisdom that has come from our struggles. We've learned so much and our kids have picked up great life lessons. In one form or another, every member of our crazy blended family has gained strengths through the journey.
We all need to remember the wisdom from those great stepfamily gurus…The Rolling Stones when they sing, "You can't always get what you want!".
No truer words are spoken about life in a blended family. There are countless things each member of your blended family wants, but you know they'll never have. At some point we all have to find acceptance with that.
Blending families have to tolerate annoying habits of the new people in their home. They've got to endure unwarranted bad attitudes about each other. They have put up with people they dislike or distrust. And they have to deal with the influence (positive or negative) of the kid's other home.
Over time, most family members begin to learn acceptance for all the things that are less than desirable. What a great life lesson for our kids! As they head to college and out into the real world, they're going to run into annoying people, other's bad attitudes and people they don't like very much.
You're blended family can eventually find acceptance with missing out on some wants, but remember the rest of the Stones song, "…but if you try sometimes, you might find — you get what you need!".
Someday you'll look back over your journey and you might find that everyone got what they needed and learned the value of acceptance - that's a Super Strength.
Hi, I'm Mike and I'm a planner.
I like to make a plan. I like to stick to a plan. And I like to see a plan come to completion!
With kids moving back and forth between two families, flexibility is crucial. The coordination of schedules and process of decision making is often doubled for stepfamilies compared to first families.
You've got four (or even more!) parents coordinating with each other trying to help the kids be successful in school, sports, music, art and whatever else they might have interests in. There's often two birthday parties, two Christmas celebrations and two family vacations to schedule.
Managing the daily life of most blended families can be summed up in one word — chaotic. Plans are made and then they change due to some dynamic that's often out of our control and even outside of our own household.
Kids get a front row seat in learning to go with the flow when they grow up in a blended family. Flexibility helps them become better thinkers, responders and problem solvers when something doesn't go as expected.
And it's not just the kids. We get to learn the value of flexibility too which will help us in our partnership, at work, in our social life and just about anywhere else we're around people.
Embrace the Super Strength of Flexibility!
I love this definition of resilience: the speedy recovery from problems.
Those of us living in blended families experience lots of problems that other families never have to face. We deal with problems building bonds in step-relationships. We encounter problems co-parenting with our Ex's. We struggle through problems when kids are acting out or isolating because of the losses they've experienced.
Sometimes adults in stepfamilies take the "just get over it" approach, which is a discussion for another time.
But step-couples who choose to approach problems with the attitude of "let's get through it", give their blended family the gift of resilience.
Over the years, we've discovered that every time we face a problem and put the effort in to get each member of our family through it rather than over it, we build resilience. Every success and every failure becomes a lesson that prepares us for the next challenge. The more we've faced, the speedier we get at recovery.
Once again…a great life lesson for our kids. They're going to face problems in life. Relational, emotional, social and vocational problems that they'll need to work through. The resilience you're building into them today will keep them on track.
It may be difficult to see at this point in your journey, but every time you move through a problem in your blended family, you're equipping yourself and your kids with the Super Strength of Resilience!
I've lived my entire life in more than one blended family. I was born into a blended family. My mom passed away when I was young and we formed another blended family when my dad remarried. Fast forward to my marriage day where Kim and I formed our own blended family.
From just about every angle, I personally know the struggles that come with blended family life.
Better yet, I know the awesome benefits of these Super Strengths that can develop out of a beautiful, wonderful, chaotic and crazy blended family life.


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Q: Is lmer model specified correctly and is it a suitable approach here? I would be very grateful for any suggestions and help regarding the creation of a linear mixed model with lmer4 package and the lmer function.
I have created an experiment which randomly assigned participants into 8 different conditions. Each condition presented a short video with an actor. The actors were varying in two conditions Sex and weight. So basically there were

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*2 x normal weight males,

*2 x normal weight females,

*2 x obese weight males, and

*2 x obese weight females.

I have measured participants on multiple scales but essentially the response variable is whether they liked the video or not, expressed as a numeric score with highers scores meaning participants favoured video more (i.e., VideoLiking). I also collected additional control variables about participants, however, to simplify let's say I have only measured their Sex (factor, 2 levels) and Weight (presented as Body Mass Index).
What is important to understand here is that each participant really viewed only one video, that means that they have seen only normal weight male video for example but not the other 7 videos. So that means participants are nested within condition; however, not crossed across conditions.
The research questions are:

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*How does the VideoLiking variable differ across videos?

*Is it mediated by gender and weight of actors?

*Is it mediated by gender and weight of participants?

Simplified data structure would look like this:
RespondentID Condition         SexParticipans      WeightParticipans VideoLiking
numeric      factor (8levels)  factor (2levels)    numeric (BMI)     numeric

Jumping into lmer, I believe that this is the formula that could measure questions that I am looking for:
VideoLiking ~ 1 + SexParticipant + WeightParticipant + (1 + SexParticipant + WeightParticipant | Condition)

Is this a correct model specification? Is mixed model suitable for this task or should I go with some other method?
Thank you.
EDITED
Based on comments and answer below I have tried to model the data with separate factors for Participant and Target (Video) using linear model (linear mixed effect and multilevel modelling does not apply here according to the answer), it seemed to produce sensible results while working in 2x2 design:
model = lm(VideoLiking ~ Weight_Target*Sex_Target*Sex_Participant*BMI_Participant, data)

However, when I included an additional independent variable called Script_Target (Level: Negative / Positive) the results had strange estimates. See below, (note Video_Liking scale has a minimum score of 4 and a maximum score of 20).
Data Head
    Condition Sex_Target  Weight_Target     Script_Read  VideoLiking
       7       Male        Overweight        Positive          14
       5       Male        Overweight        Positive          13
       8       Male        Non-Overweight    Positive          15
       5       Male        Overweight        Negative           9

Model
model = lm(VideoLiking ~ Weight_Target*Sex_Target*Sex_Participant*BMI_Participant*Script_Target, data)

Output
Coefficients:
                                                                                Estimate
(Intercept)                               23.2873
Weight_TargetOverweight                   131.6127 <-- !
Sex_TargetMale                            -5.8691
Sex_ParticipantMale                       -18.7204
BMI_Participant                           -0.4091
Advice_TargetPositive Script              -7.7320

Considering that DV Video_Liking scale can only have scores up to 20, estimate with 131 does not make sense. I am not exactly sure why is this happening; however it only happened with additional IV.

A: You do not want a mixed effects model here. You randomly assigned people to conditions; you did not randomly sample people from an entire population of possible conditions (this would be a multilevel model).
So participants are not nested within condition; instead, participants were randomly assigned to one of 8 conditions. What you are looking for is not mediation, either, but moderation.
First, your eight conditions can be seen as a 2 x 2 factorial design. Collapse across the specific actors, and you only have four conditions: Normal weight males, normal weight females, obese males, and obese females.
You should create two variables from your Condition variable. I'm going to call the actor in the video a "Target." I'm going to call the participants "Participant."

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*You should have a variable called Target_Weight, which can be either Normal or Obese

*And another variable called Target_Gender, which can be either Male or Female.

*Then you have the participant gender, Participant_Gender, and the participant BMI, Participant_BMI.

*The DV is then Video_Liking.
Each of these are between-subjects factors, so a regular regression can be calculated:
lm(Video_Liking ~ Target_Wieght*Target_Gender*Participant_Gender*Participant_BMI, data)
This will give you a rather unwieldy design where you will have a possible 4-way interaction. I can help you interpret that if you'd like, but that is how I would suggest analyzing the data.
Here is me discussing whether or not something is (a) a fixed factor or (b) something to nest within elsewhere on CV.
See here for materials on moderation vs. mediation. In short, mediation tries to explain a causal process. Gender and BMI are not considered mediators here, unless you think that the video could change someone's BMI or gender (very, very unlikely). Moderators are more about, "Who would this occur for?" Which, I think, is more of what you are interested in.


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Q: Wordpress rss feed filtering by title Is it possible to filter a WP RSS feed by title?
I have a client who wants to filter the feed by url.
For example:
If he visits the www.example.com/feed/?s=One post,Another post the url should give back items which titles contain the One post or Another post expressions.
Is it possible? Or is there an other way that he can filter the posts as he wants in his mailchimp camapign?


We're gearing up and getting organized for the 2014 season and received some "inclement" weather, for which we knew how to handle – get out the quad and pop wheelies in it! It doesn't snow much here in the winter, and it certainly doesn't snow much in February when it does. It was a nice treat for the weekend. We snapped a few photos while out "clearing" the yard, check them out.
Look for announcements soon regarding our sponsors for the year. After taking some time off last year we are looking forward to getting back into the swing of things!
Maxxis makes the best tires for all conditions – even deep snow!
A few weeks ago after getting my moto back from Arlan at LED.
Mowed the lawn a little too.
You have to pop wheelies…everywhere.
The 27th annual San Felipe 250 took place Saturday, March 9th with more entries from various countries in this year than the last few years. The combined team of Quad75Dezert and Los Chakas battled in 4th all day long, but finished the day in 5th after some confusion near the finish. After the stressful pre-race preparations, the team was less than happy with 5th but content with a finish without penalties and is now looking towards the Baja 500 in June.


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'Outlander' 5×07 Advanced Review: "The Ballad of Roger Mac"
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Outlander 5×07 "The Ballad of Roger Mac" is quite an episode, not just for Roger, as the title suggests, but for Jamie too, and of course, for Murtagh, and for our feelings, which, I promise you, will remain engaged throughout the entire hour in a way Outlander hasn't always managed to do this season.
Now, of course, that isn't always a good thing, but this episode manages to both show the senselessness and the randomness of war, one that is, in many ways punctuated by our knowledge – and the character's knowledge – of the fact that this is just a warm-up to the important war, while also allowing the characters we've gone to love to run through the gamut of emotions.
Book readers might feel like they have a sense of where this episode is going, but there are enough shocks in this episode that even those who think will can see what's coming will have an OMG moment or two. I know I did.
Here are some takeaways from Outlander 5×07 "The Ballad of Roger Mac"
This is an emotional episode. Bring tissues. And wine. Possibly ice cream. Is there wine ice cream? Because if there is, get some of that. That sounds like just the thing.
Both sides of Murtagh are perfectly in display in this episode: the warrior, and the protector, and more than anything, "The Ballad of Roger Mac" underscores why the show made a really great decision by bringing Murtagh back.
Jamie and Claire share a couple of really good scenes – and no, I'm not just talking about the normal "seeing my husband off to war" scene, either.
Same can be said about Roger and Brianna, who, in this episode, feel as real and shippable as they've ever felt.
No one really liked Governor Tryon before, but you'll like him even less after this episode, if that's possible.
There's a particular shot of Sam Heughan from the pre-season 5 promotion that I think we've all been interested to see on screen, and yes, this is the episode.
I can't even remember how many times in this episode I said something along the lines of: "I know you're right, buuuuut…"
And it wasn't even to the same character, either.
I have a lot of favorite Murtagh moments, but this episode might feature my absolute favorite ever. It's at least top 5.
When the episode faded to black at the end, I literally gasped out loud, and then just sat there for about fifteen seconds, unable to move.
Are you excited about Outlander 5×07 "The Ballad of Roger Mac"? What are you looking forward to the most? Share with us in the comments below!
Outlander airs Sundays at 8/7c on Starz.
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Richard and Sophie have zero chemistry together so no one would ever ship them LOL. Their scenes together are and will always be cringeworthy to watch. On his own, Rankin does fine enough so looking forward to his stuff plus Duncan, Sam, Caitriona and all the rest.
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz says:
Though I've never been much of a Roger/Bree fan, I believe that's one of those "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" things. I'm sure some people absolutely adore them. This isn't exactly a shippy episode on their part, though, so I think you'll probably mostly enjoy it.
Jennifer Gilmore Albert says:
This episode was very good, in my opinion. Acting was very good. I loved Murtagh but to me he died at Colladen. However, I did love the acting and I did tear up even though this was not part of the books. Reading Roger's hanging was difficult, seeing it portrayed was aweful. Richard Rankin did it well! The books were hard to read – the rapes, the "hanging", the deaths through war and disease, the betrayals. None, hopefully, will be a part of my life (other than watching TV or movies). I almost hate Gov. Tryon as much as Black Jack Randall. It was good to see Graham McTavich portray character's son, William McKenzie (by Geillis and Dougal). So far this is my second favorite season.
I've got a much longer spoiler-filled review coming later today, but I completely agree that I teared up a lot during this episode. Richard did AMAZING. For me the books were hard to read as well, and this is also my second favorite season.
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Nearly 60 percent of the French say they distrust youth from the 'banlieues', France's impoverished, immigrant-dominated suburbs, according to a new survey that has laid bare the country's divisions.
"The results are extremely worrying," Thibault Renaudin, national secretary of Afev, the youth organisation which published the poll, told The Local.
"Youths from the banlieues already suffer from discrimination, unemployment, and this suspicion just adds their difficulties."
A poll conducted by Afev shows that while 75 percent of the French have a positive opinion of young people, 57 percent have a negative opinion of youths from improverished suburbs.
Banlieue youths are thought to break the rules, slip into petty crime and are viewed as violent and agressive.
Renaudin says French authorities and the media are partly responsible for this negative image.
"These youths only get attention when problems of security are addressed," says Renaudin, "but they also do good work that needs to be promoted."
The poll also reveals older generations have failed to give youths decent opportunities. "The very independent generation from the 70s struggles to make room for these youths that have been hard hit by 20 years of crisis."
76 percent of the French are aware that youths don't have the same opportunities as their elders.
Renaudin says the poll also reveals French racial divisions, given that many banlieue youths are from immigrant backgrounds. "They are always reduced to their origins, multiple, different and dangerous."
"If your name is Mohamed and you come from the banlieues, it's very difficult to find a flat in Paris," he says. "And that's unacceptable in a powerful country like France."
The organisation Afev says youths are misunderstood, have been ignored and suffer from a lack of attention. "They feel neglected, like orphans, and feel they don't have a role to play in society."
Afev also says France should be inspired by initiatives in Scandinavian countries and give pupils and students from the banlieues a second chance. "That's the problem with France's elitist system, if you don't fall into the mould, you're out for good," says Renaudin, adding that children who drop out at age 12 aren't given second chances in school.
In the run-up to elections next month, presidential hopeful Socialist Francois Hollande has focused on youth initiatives, a "positive move", says Renaudin.
"But we don't need any more promises, we've had that, now we need action."


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Benzenesulfonic acid, mono-C10-13-alkyl derivs., compds. with diethanolamine
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The 28-day NOEC for Lumbriculus variegatus was 81 mg LAS Na/kg sediment dw.
EC10, LC10 or NOEC for freshwater sediment:
81 mg/kg sediment dw
No experimental data on sediment toxicity are available for the test item. However, experimental data for source substance 2 are available and a read-across approach is applied. Please refer to read-across justification document attached in IUCLID Section 13. Furthermore, only key studies are taken into account here. For further supporting information please refer to respective REACH registration dossier of the source substance.
LAS Na (CAS 68411 -30 -3)
Toxicity to sediment dwelling organisms was investigated with linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (Comber et al., 2006). Samples of natural sediment were spiked with test substance at concentrations of 50, 75, 100, 150, 300, and 600 mg/kg/dry weight. 10 test organisms of species Lumbriculus variegatus were then added. Exposure lasted 28 days, at which time the organisms were observed for survival and biomass. The test substance half-life in aerobic sediment was approximately 20 days. The EC50 was >= 105 mg/kg sediment dw. The 28-day NOEC was 81 mg/kg sediment dw.
A sediment toxicity test of LAS (linear alkylbenzene sulfonate) was conducted following the OECD 218 guideline, using the midge Chironomus riparius (Pittinger, 1989). All results are based on the measured concentration of the test substance. The LAS had an average alkyl chainlength of 11.9, and was comprised of C10 -C14 alkyl chains.
In an egg hatchability semi-static assay (acute test), midge eggs were exposed to a range of LAS concentrations in water and were monitored for hatching success and posthatch survival (Pittinger, 1996). No significant reduction in egg hatching was observed at the highest concentration tested (18.9 mg/L). However, significant reduction in the survival of the newly hatched larvae occurred at 4.7 mg/L. The 72h LC50 was between 1.0 and 4.7 mg/L, based on survival of newly hatched larvae.
In the partial life cycle bioassay in a flow-through sediment/water test system (chronic test), percentages of winged adults emerging after continuous exposure of larvae and pupae to a range of LAS concentrations were determined (van de Plassche et al., 1999). Exposure concentrations in sediment, interstitial water and overlying water were monitored by 14C liquid scintillation counting. The effect of LAS level in the water column was determined in a total of 6 chronic toxicity tests. The NOECs from these tests were 2.4 -3.0 (without sediment), and 3.0 -6.0 (with sediment). The effect of LAS on Chironomus was also evaluated in an experiment using sediment spiked with LAS. In this test, the NOEC of sediment-spiked LAS was 319 mg/kg sediment (dry weight basis). The normalized NOEC is 2.87 mg/L for C11.6 LAS (van de Plassche et al., 1999).
Toxicity to sediment dwelling organisms was investigated with linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS). Samples of natural sediment were spiked with concentrations of 10, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750 and 1000 mg/kg dw mg/kg dw and controls (Comber et al. 2006). 10 test organisms of species Caenorhabditis elegans were then added. Exposure lasted 3 days, at which time the organisms were observed for survival and reproduction. The EC10 was 275 mg/kg sediment dw based on growth rate.


Applying liquid eyeliner takes patience, precision, focus and muscle memory. Be prepared to train. Train your wrists to bend, your mind to focus and your eyelids to remain still.
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My absolute favorite is NYX Noir Collection Liquid Liner. I literally buy it in bulk HERE on Amazon.
Watch the video above and mindfully practice when you can concentrate.
This is the finished look for the video. What do you think?


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Учебно-тренировочная база ВМС Израиля (, также «База 600» ) — единственная учебно-тренировочная база общего обучения ВМС Израиля. Расположена в Хайфе в районе Бат-Галим на берегу Средиземного моря. База использовалася военнослужащими Британского Королевского флота во время Британского мандата в Палестине. С июля 2021 года начальником базы является полковник Тамир Шемеш.

Общие сведения
Представляет собой центральную тренировочную базу ВМС Израиля.

В 2008 году было создано Военно-морское техническое училище «Цур-Ям», которое расположено на базе 600 и обучает учащихся девятых-двенадцатых классов техническим предметам, а также дает своим ученикам общие знания о военно-морском флоте.

На базе действуют все тренировочные программы и курсы ВМС, в том числе и Школа военно-морского командования ВМС Израиля и Израильская военно-морская академия.

Командует базой офицер в звании полковника (до 1971 года — подполковника). .

Обучение
База отвечает за обучение всех солдат ВМС Израиля, за исключением бойцов 13-й флотилии и ряда общих профессий, преподаваемых на других общевойсковых тренировочных базах (например, медиков). Тренировки включают в себя подготовку бойцов ракетных и сторожевых кораблей по всем профессиям (около 20 различных курсов), моряков-техников ВМС (около 30 различных профессий), персонал подводных лодок, профессиональные курсы для сверхсрочников и различные общие виды обучения флота.

См. также
 Израильская военно-морская академия

Примечания

Военно-морские силы Израиля
Военно-морские базы Израиля
Воинские части и формирования, созданные в 1948 году

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Three-dimensional traction force microscopy of engineered epithelial tissues
Alexandra S. Piotrowski, Victor D. Varner, Nikolce Gjorevski, Celeste M. Nelson
Several biological processes, including cell migration, tissue morphogenesis, and cancer metastasis, are fundamentally physical in nature; each implicitly involves deformations driven by mechanical forces. Traction force microscopy (TFM) was initially developed to quantify the forces exerted by individual isolated cells in two-dimensional (2D) culture. Here, we extend this technique to estimate the traction forces generated by engineered three-dimensional (3D) epithelial tissues embedded within a surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). This technique provides insight into the physical mechanisms that underlie tissue morphogenesis in 3D.
Tissue Morphogenesis
Methods and Protocols
Springer New York
Engineered tissue
Micropatterning
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Piotrowski, A. S., Varner, V. D., Gjorevski, N., & Nelson, C. M. (2014). Three-dimensional traction force microscopy of engineered epithelial tissues. In Tissue Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols (pp. 191-206). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1164-6_13
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Clanurile de pe Alpha (1964) (titlu original Clans of the Alphane Moon) este un roman scris de Philip K. Dick, bazat pe povestirea Shell Game publicată pentru prima dată în revista Galaxy Science Fiction.

Intriga

Războiul dintre Pământ și planeta dominată de insecte Alpha III s-a terminat de zece ani. (Conform romanului, "Alpha" se referă la cea mai apropiată stea de sistemul nostru, Alpha Centauri). La câțiva ani de la încetarea ostilităților, Pământul intenționează să securizeze noua colonie independentă din sistem, Alpha III M2. Ca fost institut psihiatric pentru coloniștii din celelalte sisteme alphane care nu s-au adaptat stresului colonizării, satelitul lume a fost dominat de pace ani de zile. Dar, sub pretextul unei misiuni medicale, Pământul intenționează să reia controlul asupra coloniei.

Alt plan al acțiunii urmărește divorțul dintre Chuck Rittersdorf și soția lui, Mary. Deși speră să urmeze drumuri diferite, cei doi se trezesc din nou alături pe Alpha III M2. Mary călătorește acolo în interes de serviciu, trimisă de guvern, în timp ce Chuck vede în acest voiaj șansa de a o ucide pe Mary folosind simulacrul său comandat la distanță. Pe acest drum, este călăuzit de vecinul său de pe Ganymede, Lordul Moluscă Alergătoare, iar Mary ajunge să fie manipulată de către simpatizatorul alphanilor, comicul Bunny Hentman.

Clanurile

Pe Alpha III M2, grupurile cu probleme psihice s-au separat în pseudo-etnii asemănătoare castelor. Locuitorii au format șapte clanuri:

Paranii sunt oameni care suferă de paranoia. Sunt o clasă a oamenilor de stat, al căror reprezentant în consiliul suprem este Gabriel Baines și a căror așezare se numește Adolfville (după numele lui Adolf Hitler). Este localizată în sectorul nordic de pe Alpha III M2 și este puternic fortificată. Aici se află clădirea consiliului suprem, cea mai mare din Adolfville.

Manii suferă de manie. Ei sunt cea mai activă clasă, una războinică, fiind reprezentați de Howard Straw. Așezarea lor se numește Culmea Da Vinci, caracterizată prin diversitate și dezordine, lipsa unei unități estetice, "un talmeș-balmeș de proiecte incomplete, începute și neterminate vreodată". De asemenea, aici se află transmițătorul TV de pe Alpha III M2. Se presupune că ar exista tensiuni între ei și parani, manii încercând continuu să organizeze o lovitură de stat.

Skizii suferă de schizofrenie. Ei corespunzând clasei poeților, unii dintre ei fiind vizionari religioși. Delegatul skizilor la adunarea bi-anuală din Adolfville este Omar Diamond, iar orașul lor, Ioana d'Arc, este "sărac din punct de vedere material, dar bogat în valori perene".

Hebii suferă de hebefrenie, așezarea lor fiind Gandhitown, iar reprezentantul Jacob Simon. Celelalte clanuri îi consideră folositori doar pentru munca manuală. Gandhitown arată ca "o groapă de gunoi nelocuită, plină cu locuințe de carton". Unii dintre hebi sunt vizionari religioși, întocmai ca și skizii, dar au înclinația de a produce sfinți, în timp ce schizofrenicii produc bigoți. Un exemplu îl constituie "faimosul sfânt heb, Ignatz Ledebur, care radiază spiritualitate în timp ce călătorește din oraș în oraș, răspândind căldura personalității sale inocente". Alt personaj heb notoriu este Sarah Apostoles care, împreună cu Omar Diamond și Ignatz Ledebur formează "așa numitul Triumvirat Sfânt".

Polyii suferă de schizofrenie polimorfică. Delegata lor în consiliul suprem este Annette Golding, iar așezarea lor se numește Hamlet Hamlet. Sunt membri creativi ai societății, producând idei noi. Copiii tuturor clanurilor de pe Alpha III M2 se nasc în Polys și merg la școala comună, nediferențiindu-se până în jurul vârstei de zece-unsprezece ani. Unii nu capătă vreo caracteristică anume, lăsând să se înțeleagă că, probabil, nu au niciun fel de probleme psihice.

Obcomii sunt cei cu sindrom obsesiv-compulsiv, delegatul lor fiind Ingred Hibbler. Numele așezării lor nu este specificat. Ei sunt funcționarii și proprietarii de birouri ai societății, care nu au idei originale. Conservatorismul lor echilibrează radicalismul poliylor și asigură stabilitatea societății.

Depii suferă de depresie clinică. Reprezentantul lor în consiliul suprem este Dino Watters, iar numele așezării lor este Domeniul Cotton Mather, unde ei trăiesc "într-o nesfârșită și adâncă tristețe".

Note

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Legături externe
 Recenzie pe site+ul oficial Philip K. Dick
 Coperțile diferitelor ediții ale cărții și referințe bibliografice
 Pagina cărții pe site-ul Editurii Nemira
 Istoria publicării romanului Clanurile de pe Alpha pe ISFDB

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Pixel 3a Vs. iPhone SE Vs. Samsung Galaxy A51: Which One Is Right for You?
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May 12, 2020, 6:40 am EST May 12, 2020, 3:19 pm EST | 8 min read
Samsung, Google, Apple
Not everyone wants to spend $900+ on a new smartphone, but if you're looking in the flagship market that's the price point you almost exclusively see. However, that doesn't mean you have to leave the bigger brands in the dust searching for cheaper options. Most manufacturers produce budget-friendly options, and this even applies to the big names like Apple, Google, and Samsung. But with that in mind, it can be difficult to choose between them.
Apple just released its second-gen iPhone SE ($399.99) after 4 years of having no modern budget-friendly smartphone. But Apple isn't entering an uncontested market here—both Google and Samsung have phones in this price bracket. The Google Pixel 3a ($399.99) and Samsung Galaxy A51($399.99) have both been praised since their release for packing in a surprising amount of features for their low price tags.
But now comes the hard part. All three of these phones offer great value for the price point, but which one is right for you?
And, while we're focusing on the iPhone SE, Galaxy A51, and Pixel 3a in this article, it's worth noting that the Pixel 4a (while not officially unveiled by Google yet) is probably coming soon. We've seen plenty of leaks already, and it's safe to assume that the 4a will deliver a better camera than the 3a along with superior hardware. So, that's worth keeping in mind if the 3a is already calling your name.
Google, Apple, Samsung
Performance-wise, the Pixel 3a and Galaxy A51 are about what you would expect out of good mid-range Android phones. The Snapdragon 670 processor in the 3a keeps things running smoothly in everyday use, but you can definitely start hitting some issues as you come into more intense workloads. The A51 uses Samsung's Exynos 9611 processor, which is more than adequate but does lose out slightly to the Snapdragon 670 in both single and multi-core performance, according to Geekbench.
But Apple really trounces the performance category. The iPhone SE is rocking the same A13 Bionic processor as the iPhone 11, so performance here is about as good as it gets. This advanced processor also helps future proof the phone (but we'll talk more about that later).
While the internals are ahead of the competition, the externals on the SE are not. It looks nearly identical to the iPhone 8 released in 2017, and phones have changed a lot in those 3 years. The wide bezels are the largest culprit, and while some may be fine with them, they make the SE feel dated—a problem that will only get more apparent with time. Even with the wide bezels though, the SE still manages to the smallest phone out of the three at 2.31 x 4.87 inches.
The 3a and A51 on the other hand, look like modern smartphones—in fact, they could easily be mistaken for flagships thanks to the 3as very similar aesthetic to the standard Pixel 3 and the A51s edge-to-edge screen. The 3a measures at 2.8 x 6.0 inches, while the A51 is a bit thinner and taller at 2.90 x 6.24 inches.
Storage is an area where the A51 excels—not only does it have 128 GB out of the box, but it also has a microSD slot. This means you can add up to 512 GB of additional storage. The SE comes in three models with 64 GB in the base model, 128 GB for an additional $50, or 256 GB for an additional $150. Finally, the 3a only has 64 GB with no expansion options.
Winner: iPhone SE—The A13 Bionic is a beastly processor that will keep the SE running like a top for at least a few years. It's hard for any midrange Android processor to compete with that.
Apple, Google, Samsung
While you already know your preferences when it comes to the OS on your phone, there's still more concrete info you should be aware of—namely updates. Having the latest version of your OS ensures more features and better security. But you also have to worry about the future as well, because these companies don't update phones forever.
The iPhone SE is currently running the latest version of iOS. Apple has guaranteed 5 years of updates for the SE, which means you'll be getting all of Apple's latest features until 2025. This is easily one of the SE's greatest strengths—it absolutely trounces any Android phone (even flagships) when it comes to getting updates.
Before we discuss the specifics of the 3a and A51, let's talk about how Android updates are released in the first place. There are two release cycles that Android follows: full OS updates and monthly security patches. OS updates come out at least once a year for every new version of Android, but there are also subversions released throughout the year. Security patches improve, you guessed it, security, and are released monthly.
The 3a doesn't promise half a decade of support like the SE, but Google has guaranteed updates until May 2022—about 3 years from its original release. Of course, being a Pixel, the 3a also receives updates pretty quickly. It's currently running the Android 10 version of "Pixel Android" (the version of Android for Pixel phones that's slightly different from stock Android).
The A51 falls down a bit in this regard in a couple of ways. First off, Samsung hasn't confirmed how long it'll support the A51, but going off of its track record you can assume about 2 years, or till late 2021. Secondly, Samsung is notoriously slow to update its phones, you can expect a decent wait time for new Android versions (if they even show up at all).
The A51 is running OneUI 2.0—Samsung's own flavor of Android. OneUI 2.0 is pretty different from stock Android (visually speaking), and will definitely require some adjustment time if you're coming from a more stock experience. That said, OneUI 2.0 is still a good OS with some unique features and is currently updated to Android 10.
Winner: Pixel 3a and iPhone SE (Tie)—The iPhone SE is guaranteed to get updates for the next 5 years, which is a huge selling point. But not everyone likes iOS. In that case, we recommend going with the Pixel 3a, as it is regularly updated by Google and offers a generally clean Android experience.
Apple, Samsung, Google
We'll start with the smallest phone here: the SE. The SE has a 4.7 inch LCD screen at a resolution of 1334p x 750p. While 720p is a pretty low resolution for a modern-day smartphone, even compared to other budget phones, the small size of the screen helps make sure the display still looks sharp.
Next up is the 3a, which has a 5.6 inch OLED screen at 2220p x 1080p. The OLED screen means blacks look richer on the 3a compared to an LCD screen (like the SE), and helps colors pop out against each other more. The 3a can't compete with high-end flagships, but the display looks nice, and most people won't find any issue with it. If you prefer it a little bigger, the Pixel 3a XL is a nearly identical phone with a 6-inch panel.
However, the A51 steals the show here: the 6.5 inch AMOLED display at 2400p x 1080p looks fantastic. The blacks are deep and the colors are vivid, and overall its probably the best screen you'll find at the price point. OneUI 2.0 even has some options to adjust the color levels of the screen if you really want to customize the user experience.
Winner: Galaxy A51—It's hard to deny a big, beautiful, AMOLED display.
Flagship phone cameras have evolved wildly over the past few years to get to the point where they are today, but that's not because the actual hardware behind cameras got wildly better—a lot of that improvement came from the software side of things. Computational photography, using a combination of algorithms and digital processing, can achieve things like depth of field and HDR images without the need for larger lenses like standard cameras.
This is why just looking at the megapixel counts for phone cameras is a bad way of figuring out which is best. And, that's actually perfectly displayed by the three phones we have here. Because on paper, you would expect the A51 to be the victor here with its quad-lens camera including a 48-megapixel main sensor alongside additional ultra-wide, macro, and depth sensors.
While those additional sensors add in some nice functionality, overall the camera feels middle of the road. As GSMArena noted, "The Galaxy A51's [camera] takes decent pictures but doesn't really make us go 'wow'." Considering the specs, this is disappointing, especially compared to the other two phones here.
Because the SE's singular 12-megapixel camera achieves very impressive image quality with reviewers at both Tom's Guide and CNET reporting the image quality to rival modern flagships in well-lit areas (although, the lack of any form of night mode limits its capabilities in dimmer light). The SE's video capabilities are also pretty impressive achieving 4k 60 FPS footage—for those looking to take a lot of videos, Apple, as usual, is the best choice.
The Pixel 3a is a real showboat in this category, though. Not only does it have the same 12.2-megapixel camera as the normal Pixel 3, but it also has the same post-processing features, which mean pictures come out looking fantastic. You can see that for yourself in these shots from our original review of 3a.
Cameron Summerson
The Pixel 3a also has Google's fantastic "Night Sight" mode which, as you can see below, picks out impressive color and detail from dark photos.
Left: without Night Sight; Right: with Night Sight
As far as the front cameras go, all three phones fare … alright. None of them are great, but none of them are bad. The A51's 32-megapixel camera only manages to be decent, with GSMArena saying how images only turn out "okay." Much like the rear camera, the front camera is unexpectedly middling despite its relatively high spec.
The SE varies a lot per situation, YouTuber Marques Brownlee remarked how the seven-megapixel front camera manages "pretty good" photos most of the time, while other reviewers like Digital Trends' Matthew Smith saying that photos were mostly "disappointing" and "flat."
Finally, the 3a does manage another win in the camera category with some good results from its eight-megapixel front camera. Photos come out "generally impressive" according to Tom Bedford at Tech Radar, not quite the fantastic quality of the rear though.
Winner: Pixel 3a—Google's post-processing algorithms are essentially unbeatable across the board, but it's more apparent than ever at this price point.
Even in the midrange price bracket, there's still a lot to consider when choosing phones—even if it's not $1000, $400 is still a lot of money.
A lot of what we've shown you will entirely depend on what you prefer: the Pixel 3a's fantastic camera and all-around good specs, the iPhone SE's longevity and excellent performance, or the Galaxy A51's great display and modern design. All three of these phones are great values for their price tag.
Buy the Pixel 3a
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