News values: Is the African voice suppressed?
A content analysis of six newspaper reports on Ebola in Nigeria in the Telegraph and the Mirror from July 20th 2014 to October 20th 2014; with particular focus on the adjectives used, and sources cited.
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation longsuppressed finds utterance.
This quote will form the basis of my inquiry into whether the voice of Nigeria was suppressed in the coverage of the Ebola crisis. In addressing my hypothesis I have selected six reports, three articles from each newspaper from the day the virus entered Nigeria (July 20th 2014), to the day the country was declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation (WHO) — 20th October 2014. Both newspapers were selected by their market segment and political inclination: the Telegraph being a broadsheet right of centre newspaper, while the Daily Mirror is a tabloid newspaper with inclination to the left of the political spectrum.
Put in more usual research language, watching becomes observation; asking becomes interviewing, using questionnaires and administering tests (Robson 2002: p. 223).
"is a research technique for the objective, systematic, and quantitative description of the manifest content of communication" (Berelson, 1952: 18).
"the systematic and replicable examination of symbols of communication, which have been assigned numeric values according to valid measurement rules, and the analysis of the relationships involving those values using statistical methods, in order to describe the communication to its context, both of production and consumption" (Riffe et al, 1998: 20).
All three definitions allude to the fact that it is systematic and quantitative. Within the toolkit for researching texts and distinctive in its own right, content analysis has its place with other methods like: textual analysis, discourse analysis, and semiology. It is systematic in the sense that it uses a fixed research guide; and scientific in the sense that it can be replicated by different individuals with certainty that the interpretation of results correspond with data generated from the process. It is also objective and replicable once the parameters are set using a Coding Sheet, on this point it is important to emphasise that content analysis is as valid as the coding scheme is valid to the enquiry at hand. Therefore, the design of the coding scheme is imperative to a successful research project.
Content Analysis came to prominence in the social sciences at the start of the twentieth century, in a series of quantitative analyses of newspapers, primarily in the United States.' (p. 351).
It is effective in comparing: representations, contents; and, it can be applied across media and formats e.g. video games, TV programmes, radio programmes, movies, and print. For instance, it could be used to analyse the amount of adverts in a video game, or representation of women in news or a TV drama. Content Analysis can be used to monitor, measure, and count subject matters — as is the case with this research.
However one of its limitation is the fact that resources are finite and our universe is vast, with this in mind the scope and samples size for research needs to be representative in order to allow for generalisation. For example, the first Ebola outbreak in West Africa was reported in Guinea in December 2013, and on 20th July 2014 Mr Sawyer (a Liberian-American diplomat) arrived at the main Nigerian international airport in Lagos with the virus. In terms of news outlet, we have: radio, television, magazines, newspapers, and the internet. In England alone there at least twenty four newspapers, which can be divided into the following segments: broadsheets, tabloid, mid-market broadsheet and freesheets. Clearly the burden on finances, resources and time poses a challenge on a research project of this magnitude. As a result, I am working on a couple of newspapers and six articles.
As part of the quality assurance process, the values need to be clearly thought through and defined; so like a funnel, attributes have to be streamlined to basic units in order to enable computation and analysis. For example, units of analysis (e.g. front page of the Sun), subjects (news about migrants), categories (politics, economics, housing, NHS, Schools), and variables (Africans, EU,).
when based on existing documents, it is unobtrusive. You can 'observe' without being observed.
the data are in permanent form and hence can be subject to re-analysis, allowing reliability checks and replication studies.
it may provide a low cost form of longitudinal analysis when a run of series of documents of a particular type is available.
the documents available may be limited or partial.
the documents have been written for some purpose other than for research, and it is difficult or impossible to allow for the biases or distortions that this introduces (note need for triangulation with other accounts/data sources to address this problem).
the name of categories can be derived from three main sources: the researcher, the participants, or sources outside the study such as the literature (p. 182).
To this end I arrived at the following headers for my coding sheets (attached as appendices): Article ID, Date, Newspaper, Word count, Adjectives (two subcategories: positive or negative), Sources cited (three subcategories: reliable, vague or none), and Other (for anything that is relevant, but does not fit into any of the headers). I hasten to clarify that reliability of sources is based on either the individual's proximity to the event or victim, expertise on the subject, or position of power. For example, a relative of the victim, a knowledge expert on the subject, a health professional based in Nigeria, a staff from Medicine San Frontiers (MSF), a WHO official, or a member of the Nigerian government.
My search was carried out on LexisNexis using query for 'Ebola' and 'Nigeria'in 'headlines'. With the start and end dates known, I worked out the total days of the event (93 days) in arriving at a median date. Three articles from each newspaper was selected based on reports on the start-date (July 20th 2014), median-date (4th September 2014), and, end-date (20th October 2014). Where no reports were available on any of these days, an article closest to the date was selected. And if more than one article was available on the same day the one with the most words was used.
Stereotype and News Values: Is the African voice being suppressed?
a figurative stereotypes becomes a social and psychological definition of an ethnic or other social group, as something produced as a result of enormous, irresistible pressure that in consequence is completely fixed, 'carved in stone' so to speak, totally resistant to change or adaptation. (p. 32).
These images and stereotypes are likely to be evident in the types of words (especially adjectives) used and sources cited in the coverage of this news. By way of background the Nigerian government was able to track victims and contain the Ebola virus; using local expertise, innovative ideas and a fit-for-purpose strategy. Sadly, the country, its volunteers and health professionals did not get the praise and coverage they deserved — especially after all the negative publicity the nation and nationals have suffered from the English press over the years.
In preparing for this research, I read through a broad range of online materials, sources include: the BBC, Aljazeera, Bloomberg, CNN, BBC, British Medical Council, Vanguard (Nigeria), Guardian, The Independent, CBS, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Walls Street Journal, The Times, Mail online, Daily Express; with a view to spot trends and observe themes.
as specific standards adhered to by media professionals in the structuring, selection and production of news stories worthy of reporting to the audience by news reporter, journalist, and broadcasting media professionals also as a general guidelines and criteria that determines the worth of news and how much prominence is given by newspapers, radio, or television reporters.
(1.) additivity hypothesis: the more factors an event satisfies, the higher the probability that it becomes news; (2.) complementarity hypothesis: the factors will tend to exclude each other; (3.) exclusion hypothesis: events that satisfy none or very few factors will not become news (pp. 64–91).
Composition: stories from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea took centre stage as Nigeria contained the virus.
From Table 1 (see appendices), we can deduce that all the articles had at least one source cited, and they were all experts. However nine (64%) were likely to be close to the event in the sense that they were either in Nigeria, West Africa or directly responsible for staff on the ground; while (36%) were unlikely.
The total word count for both sets of articles was close; the telegraph was 2,177 and the Mirror 2,263; this was a surprise as I was expecting the coverage from a broadsheet newspaper to be bigger than that of a tabloid newspaper. I didn't find any report on 24th September 2014 (the median date).
The Telegraph reported on 20th October (the day Nigeria was declared Ebola free), however the report was very condescending. The success was down to luck and the competence of a British trained doctor — directing the success to the UK. Within the same article, an unrelated news about the Boko Haram insurgency also stole this rare opportunity for the country to shine. The people involved were detached from the country in the report, they were praised almost as if they were not Nigerians — which I found bizarre.
For a nation that is a former colony and member of the common wealth, the reports lacked depth and width, as a result, I suspect that most Nigerians and others concerned about this epidemic would have had to look to else for in-depth coverage.
Very few adjectives were used as reporters seemed very distant from the event. A couple of the Mirror's reports came across as alarmist, and they did not reflect the content of their headlines. In one case, a report with a headline on Nigeria suddenly switched to Sierra Leone half-way through with clearly no direct link within the story.
This exercise has been an eye opener for me, as I grappled with different theories around race and gender reporting.
It may be hostile or it may be held supportive — White people over the past millennium have often held supportive stereotypes of themselves and negative stereotypes of those they colonized — but it is rigid. (p. 32).
In reflection content analysis is a very effective tool, standing to its name as a method of analysing the contents of a piece of information.
There was evidence of little or no competition from newspapers to report on the subject, in fact most of the newspaper coverage were hardly dissimilar.
There were likely to have been logistical challenges especially to do with health and safety of reporters and their crew, however the risk factors are not different from the risks of war — perhaps this accounts for the lack of depth and width of coverage.
Finally, for an event that ran for ninety three days, a seven percent sample is insufficient for thorough analysis, but sufficient enough for testing the hypothesis, and providing scope for further work on some of the questions raised in this report.
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RAFAEL NADAL: No. I am not this kind of person. I respect everybody.
Yeah, obviously is a tough lose for me. Is a bad lose. Probably is the worst lose of the year we have, without a doubt, for me.
That's like this. He play well. I play really bad. When this kind of thing happen, only thing you can do is wish the opponent the best, all the best.
Q. Why do you exactly say this is one of your worst losses of the year?
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Is a bad lose. Just accept that and keep working.
Q. Usually when you come to Canada, you have the crowd behind you. I thought it was almost a Davis Cup crowd out there today. Talk about the crowd and the atmosphere, playing against the crowd.
RAFAEL NADAL: No, no, no, nothing about the crowd. I am used to it. No one excuse about that. Sometimes the crowd is for you. Sometimes the crowd is against you. That's it.
Q. Maybe not the right time for a comparison, but 12 years as an 18-year-old you played against Agassi. Can you draw some comparisons?
Q. In 2005 you beating Agassi. Now you are the legend playing a teenager. Draw some comparison.
RAFAEL NADAL: He played well. He has a great potential. I wish him the best. He has everything to become a great player. He played with the right determination in the important moments.
I don't know if we can compare. Let's see. Let him make his career. Don't compare him with anothers. Probably will not be good for him.
I did my way. He going to do his way.
Q. When it was the third set, you were going into the tiebreaker, were you thinking about your match at Wimbledon?
RAFAEL NADAL: What kind of match in Wimbledon?
Q. The loss you had at Wimbledon this year.
RAFAEL NADAL: No. Completely different story. Different surface. Different conditions. In Wimbledon I didn't play a tiebreak. Was difference by two games. Here was another story.
Big mistake with my backhand with the 30-Love. Two good serves for him. Double-fault for me, mistake. No, playing very bad. With this is impossible.
All the time I was waiting for his shot. I didn't went for the shots. I didn't feeled the ball tonight. That's it, no?
I tried to fight until the end. I had a lot of chances in the third. Probably I played bad, but at the same time playing like this, I could win the match. Nothing will happen because I don't know how many breakpoints I had in the third.
But he played well in the breakpoint. He hit some lines. One with 15-30, he hit the second serve ace wide. Then a good return for me. Forehand winner down the line, not easy. A couple of ones well played for him.
But even all these kind of things, I make too many mistakes in important points. In all terms, I cannot be happy about the things that I did.
Q. Are you a little bit surprised at 18 years old he didn't crack? His nerves were good the whole time.
RAFAEL NADAL: Oh, no. That's normal, no? I have been in that situation. If I don't remember back with 18 years old, I win Roland Garros. Is something that I don't know why should happen, when you have 18, to don't hold the nerves.
In my opinion, is much more easy when you have 18 than when you have 30.
Q. Were you surprised he was able to fight back against all those breakpoints you had on him?
RAFAEL NADAL: No. He has nothing to lose. Is win-to-win for him. If he lose playing a good match, was good for him. If he lose in straight sets, already he played a good tournament. If he win, he's amazing. He won. Is amazing for him. Just well done for him. Is a great story. And I am not happy to be part of this story. That's it, no?
Q. The third game in the third set that took 26 minutes, 10 deuces, do you think that was maybe a turning point? How did you feel after that game? Do you feel he gained the needed momentum?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, it was one more game. Important one obviously. But I still had breakpoints later. Is not the end of the world with 2-1 in the third. I still had breakpoints. 3-Love in the tiebreak. Some more 15-30s. Lot of chances, no?
But even like this, even how bad I played, I had a lot of chances. That's the worst thing, no? Playing bad, is the matches that really matters. Really means a lot to win. When you play bad, you have to win these matches. I didn't today. That's why I said is an important mistake for me.
Is probably the worst match of the year for me. But that's like this. I have another week in Cincinnati, and then I have a Grand Slam coming.
I am not happy now. Tomorrow probably I don't going to practice, but I have time to recover mentally. After tomorrow I going to be practicing in Cincinnati, and that's it.
Next Cincinnati Draw: Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer, who will win the battle for No. 1?
It's extraordinary that Rafa is protecting the lad from being built-up in the media knowing he may not live up to their comparisons 'it probably won't be good for him'. We only have to look at Kyrgios to see the effects of a badly bruised ego from not living up to hype.
It's not that Rafa played bad, he just played a kid that was in his own house and he had his adrenaline going. Shake it off. Next week is a new day and then we will see you in the USA!!!!!
This kid looks up to you.
WELL I THINK RAFA PLAYED VERY WELL. BUT I THINK HE WAS SIRPRISED BY THE NEW PLAYER, JUST A BLIP I THINK THESE HAPPEN SOMETIMES!!!
I watched it on tennistv and was very impressed with Denis's performance, he's a future no 1, so quick……I think Rafa underestimated him and relaxed after winning the first set…..rather disappointing performance after all Rafas success this year and that goes Wimbledon too. I suggest Moya and Toni need to come and lend a hand before RAFA fades away AGAIN for good.
He will always be my favorite player,the main reason I watch Tennis.


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Regular assignments were From Our Biblio-Files on KJAZ-FM, two years as the travel bibliographer for Incentive Magazine, and three years as the Shakespeare reviewer for Small Press magazine. Mike now writes the "Talking Books" column for Shakespeare Newsletter, and was named Contributing Editor in July 2002. In 2017 he was invited to become a General Editor of the "Recreational Shakespeare" series of books from ARC Humanities press.
His work is widely cited in books and journals including the books Shakespeare and the Moving Image and Hamlet on Screen, Filmfax magazine and the journal Post-Haste. His poetry has been published under three different versions of his own name, plus the names Paul Michaels, J. M. Jesson, and Billy T. Jacobs.
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Shakespeare Survey 61, "Lend Me Your Ears: Sampling BBC Radio Shakespeare." This article takes a case study approach to survey the work of three BBC directors who produced Shakespeare broadcasts as a means of understanding the various ways that the BBC has produced radio Shakespeare, (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Click here for the publisher's page.
Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio: The Researcher's Guide, "Henry V (1976)" "The Wars of the Roses (1965)," and "Julius Caesar (1950)," Three very short essays describing worthwhile radio and television productions of Shakespeare from the USA and Great Britain, (British Universities Film and Video Counsel, 2009). Click here for the publisher's page.
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It is best described as "all of the current Instagram Story features remixed into each other," which seems unavoidable given how many features there are now.
The question sticker becomes more useful today, as people can now respond to questions with music. Tapping on a viewer's answer will play the song, and users can choose to reply with a message or share the song to their own story. Sharing a song opens up the phone camera for the person to take a photo or video as the song plays in the background, and there are also new picture effects that will respond to the background music.
Question stickers are also applying to live videos to organize Q&A interactions better. Before, the questions could get lost between the full chat stream, but now with the new update, questions chosen by the user will be shown on-screen, so all visitors and viewers can observe which questions are being answered. Questions can be asked in the live stories before or during the live video, and users can also share videos and photos from their camera roll to their live stream video.
Countdown stickers are interactive stickers in Stories which let people countdown to upcoming events that could be as big as New Year's, or as little as the end of a workday. Creating a countdown sticker will keep it in your sticker platter to reuse until the countdown ends. Your followers can tap the countdown to follow or share it to their own stories, and it will notify them when the countdown ends.
What do you think about this awesome feature?


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The West Davis Active Adult Community was approved by Davis voters on November 6, 2018. We look forward to serving the needs of Davis' seniors and making the vision of the West Davis Active Adult Community a reality. If you are interested in information as it is available, please register below.
In selecting a permanent name for the West Davis Active Adult Community, we chose one that reflected the importance of the project for aging Davis residents.
The name was first made famous by the 1944 United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, following the end of World War II.
Coincidentally, it also marks the beginning of the "Baby Boomer generation" whose children will make up the vast majority of the initial owners of homes and apartment renters.
The Bretton Woods Conference fundamentally changed the way the world economy worked after World War II. It established the gold standard for monetary stability.
In a similar vein, our own Bretton Woods Neighborhood will be a touchstone point for the way future developments occur in Davis and what is offered to the community.
The key idea behind the Bretton Woods Conference was opening the world's markets for trade and the movement of capital. Essentially a new world economic system.
The new Bretton Woods in Davis will facilitate for Baby Boomers, the largest generation ever as well as future generations, comfortably sized homes, interior designs and neighborhood amenities that provide for a vibrant, healthy and independent lifestyle from 65 to 100 years old.
Bretton Woods is the Davis gold standard for healthy aging in place.
Existing four-way intersection: northwest corner of Shasta and Risling at Covell Blvd.
1/4 mile to the medical offices of Dignity Health Care and UCD along Covell Blvd.
We will contact you as information is available on the community.


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Biden reportedly lashed out about media fixating on his age: 'You think I don't know how f—ing old I am?'
President Biden is reportedly upset about the media's constant coverage of his age, which will likely remain a thorn on his side as he inches closer towards a 2024 run.
Biden, who just turned 80 last month, is the oldest-serving president in U.S. history. And questions over his fitness to lead has been a cause of concern for both his detractors and supporters alike.
On Tuesday, Politico published a story about how "eerily quiet" the 2024 race is. Republicans are largely mum about former President Trump's already-declared candidacy as his polls continue to wane and legal troubles carry on. Meanwhile, Biden has been reluctant to officially announce his re-election bid though he has repeatedly said he "intends" to run.
BIDEN DIRECTED OFFSTAGE BY CHILD AFTER TOYS FOR TOTS REMARKS
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a rally hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at Richard Montgomery High School on August 25, 2022 in Rockville, Maryland.
"The president has vented to allies about how often his age is mentioned in the press — 'You think I don't know how f—ing old I am?' he said to one earlier this year. But who knows what the fates have in store for someone who just turned 80 a few weeks ago (Sorry, Mr. President!)," Politico's Jonathan Martin wrote.
The White House declined to comment.
In October, Politico reported on the White House feeling "trepidation" over Biden's 80th birthday and hoping to "downplay" the celebration. The article noted, "His age has always been a sensitive topic among his closest allies and planning is underway as to how to best navigate the occasion."
Top Democrats have been vocal in supporting a Biden reelection bid, particularly in the aftermath of the 2022 midterms where Democrats performed much stronger than anticipated. But polls consistently show Democratic voters continue voicing that they'd rather not see Biden run in 2024, with many citing concerns over his fitness.
Throughout his political career, Biden has been known to be a "gaffe machine," which has only continued into his presidency. Some of his GOP critics, however, have cited his more bizarre blunders as a sign of a mental decline.
Perhaps the most jarring gaffe in recent months was in September when he called out for a dead congresswoman at an event after he previously acknowledged her passing weeks prior.
"Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? She must not be here," Biden looked around for Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., before continuing his speech. Walorski had died in a car accident in August.
The legacy media has put a spotlight on the elder statesman, but not always consistently.
In July, for example, The New York Times ran a report titled "At 79, Biden Is Testing the Boundaries of Age and the Presidency," sounding the alarm that his age "has become an uncomfortable issue for him and his party."
NEW YORK TIMES SAYS BIDEN'S AGE IS AN 'UNCOMFORTABLE ISSUE' FOR WHITE HOUSE, DEMOCRATS IN STUNNING REPORT
The New York Times published a stunning report in July about concerns over President Biden's health as he looks towards a 2024 run.
(Fox News Digital)
However, a report from the same paper published the day before Biden's 80th birthday on November 20, offered a stark reversal on how the president's age should be covered.
The article, titled "President Biden Is Turning 80. Experts Say Age Is More Than a Number," suggested Biden falls into the category of "super-agers," which is a "subgroup of people that maintain their mental and physical functioning and tend to live longer than the average person their age."
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
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Welcome to Westminster Presbyterian Church. We are a church family that is committed to knowing Christ and making Him known.
Our passion is to see Jesus Christ transform us into kingdom-minded disciples who delight in Him and who desire to glorify His name in all they say and do. We recognize that this can only happen as the Holy Spirit changes our hearts through a steadfast commitment to the Word of God and earnest prayer.
If you're new to the Gulf Coast of Florida or you're looking for a church that is devoted to preaching and teaching the Bible, we would love to have you join us. We gather for public worship each Sunday morning at 10:15 am. We also offer Sunday School classes for all ages beginning at 9:00 am. We also have many small group Bible studies that meet in various locations throughout Fort Walton Beach during the week.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about Westminster, I'd be happy to talk to you.


The military press is a variation of the overhead press weight training exercise using very strict form and no pre-movement momentum.The military press targets the deltoid muscles in the shoulders as well as the triceps. Additionally, it works the core and legs, which the lifter uses to help stabilize the weight.The lift begins with the lifter standing and the barbell on the anterior deltoids. The lifter then raises the barbell overhead by pressing the palms of the hands against the underside of the barbell.


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They also have these hilarious "Deadhead" candles for Deadheads (fans of the Grateful Dead).
These candles are unique with their funky colored caps as well as their sideways tongues sticking out. If you want a more traditional carved candle, there are still plenty of those to choose from.
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If you do not seek professional dental care for a toothache, you can allow a problem to continue developing, and worsening. You can also put yourself in the uncomfortable position of having to change how you bite and chew. Changes to your dental function can lead to stress on your jaw, which can cause you to suffer TMJ dysfunction. Your Katy, TX dentist can help you deal with tooth pain by supplying the appropriate restorative dental treatment. Our practice can also help you alleviate pain from TMJ dysfunction that you may be feeling.
A tooth injury, or an untreated problem with tooth decay, can be serious trouble for your well-being. A problem that results in frequent discomfort can ultimately damage your tooth to the point that it must be extracted. To make sure your oral health is not jeopardized by this problem, your dentist can perform a root canal treatment. Once the tooth's health is addressed via this treatment, a dental crown can serve to restore it. Crowns offer protection from future infections, and they give a vulnerable tooth enough support to contribute properly when you bite and chew food.
If you have been forced to change your natural bite because of dental pain, you can experience TMJ dysfunction as a result. An appliance can be constructed to reduce the discomfort localized in your jaw joints and/or muscles. This appliance can also protect you from teeth grinding, a habit that can occur when someone has untreated TMJ issues.
It should be noted that your bite function can reveal important information about your oral health. If the source of your dental discomfort is not clear to you, your dentist can use a study of your bite to determine if flawed function has contributed to your troubles. From there, an appropriate response can be devised.
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Q: How many observations of a binary predictor should there be for multiple regression? I have a model with ~30 binary predictors. Each predictor can be present or absent (i.e., X = 1 or X = 0).
There are ~1000 observations. The data is such that multiple predictors can be present in a given observation.
But there are some predictors that are only present in a very small number of stimuli.
Is there a rule of thumb for how many times a binary predictor should be present (i.e., how many times X = 1 instead of X = 0) for it to be included in the analysis?
I have been using 10 as a cutoff, but that is entirely arbitrary.

A: Assuming you are modeling a continuous response, the desired properties for a binary predictor in a multivariate model are no different than those of a continuous predictor. You consider the standard deviation of that variable, its correlation with the response variable and with other predictor variables in the model.
In the bivariate modeling case, a linear regression measures association between a regressor and a response using the slope coefficient, $\beta$. The OLS estimate of $\beta$ is given by $\hat{\beta} = \text{Cov(X,Y)} / \text{SD}(X)$. OLS also produces an estimate of the residual standard error, $\hat{\sigma}^2 = \sum_{i=1}^n (Y_i - \alpha - \beta X_i)^2 / (n-2)$. And the standard error of $\hat{\beta}$ is $\text{SE}(\hat{\beta}) = \sqrt{\hat{\sigma}^2 / (\sum_{i=1}^n |X-\bar{X}|^2)}$.
So assuming that $\beta$ is a fixed magnitude, the only hypothetical issue with a low prevalence of the regressor is that the term $\sum_{i=1}^n |X-\bar{X}|^2$ becomes small, which in turn inflates $\text{SE}(\hat{\beta})$ reducing power and precision. As such, if you were asked to justify a sample size, you might find yourself choosing a larger $n$ to achieve a desired power, or not. Alternately, you can stratify a sample, but this is a useless exercise if the data are already collected. The issue of variance inflation gets worse when adding other predictors to the model. As you'd expect, few variables are exactly independent by design, and covariance between predictors inflates the standard error of the estimates all the more. There are more complicated expressions for this scenario, or you can perform simulations.
I do think it's important for analysts to turn non-specific rules of thumb into more precise arguments about known statistical concepts. So while a cutoff of $n=10$ might make sense to your collaborators, it doesn't have any statistical backbone, and it's not hard to think of a few scenarios where it will fail to work.


ADHD in the Workplace | Tyson Foods, Inc.
From a very young age, I knew I had ADHD.
I was always the child sitting at the island desk—pulled away from my classmates because I was "too disruptive." For my teachers, strategically placing me in a classroom was like a puzzle. They tried to find a spot where I wouldn't be distracted, but more importantly to them, where I wouldn't distract others.
Despite these early signs, I wasn't formally diagnosed with ADHD until I was an adult, which isn't uncommon. About 60 percent of children with ADHD still have it as adults—that's about 4 percent of Americans, or 8 million adults—but less than 20 percent of adults who have ADHD have been diagnosed or treated.
While I can't remember the last time my boss had to relocate me to a different cube, adult ADHD can make even the simplest behaviors—focus, organization, attention to detail, time management—extreme challenges in the workplace.
What's often just as difficult as managing these symptoms is communicating these challenges to managers or team members. Only half of adults with ADHD are able to maintain a full-time job, compared to 72 percent of adults without ADHD. As with any mental illness, there is still stigma surrounding ADHD, but maybe communication in the workplace is a good start.
So in celebration of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Mental Illness Awareness Week, I'm here to set the record straight to #CureStigma.
I am not unmotivated, I'm just easily overwhelmed.
Don't get me wrong—I love taking on new challenges and I'm ambitious when it comes to tackling projects, but I'm not so great at managing several at once.
While overstimulation can be motivating to some, I don't get my work done efficiently when dozens of deadlines and distractions are rattling around in my head. When my brain experiences sensory overload, instead of compartmentalizing everything individually, my system takes it all in at once and shuts down.
I may need your help prioritizing tasks and managing deadlines. It's not that I want to blow off the work—I just need help organizing it.
I can really hone my creativity if I'm given a bit of direction.
ADHD is often linked to creativity, and personally, it's one of my biggest strengths. I love brainstorming, and I find myself speeding away with endless possibilities. But sometimes I need some guard rails.
If I'm given a project with no clear direction, I'll come back with a book titled "1001 Ways to Creatively Approach This Project," but no finished project. Which is great, because now I have a collection of ideas for everything under the sun, but I didn't deliver on the task.
This direction and this structure might seem limiting or might seem like micromanaging, but to me, and most people with ADHD this structure actually unleashes the power of my imagination. It seems counterintuitive that my creativity blossoms in rigidity and organization, but once I'm given boundaries, I'll thrive within them.
Change can be frustrating for me.
Because I tend to be unorganized and lack internal order, getting into a daily pattern at work helps me stay on task. Once I get into a groove, it's easy for me to keep track of a mental checklist.
I work best when I have large chunks of time to hunker down with my work, because it takes me a bit to quiet my brain and focus my attention on something. Getting into a routine is a way to regulate my ADHD symptoms. Last-minute changes or big transitions can often break my routine and leave my brain spinning, causing me to feel frustrated.
When I outwardly express my frustration, I know it can seem like I have a bad attitude or that I'm inflexible. Please understand that this frustration is likely directed at myself and my fear that if my flow is interrupted, everything will dissolve into chaos.
Sometimes a traditional work schedule and a traditional workspace aren't the best for me.
The typical 9-5 schedule in an open office might not yield my best work, but that doesn't mean I'm trying to opt out of doing my work—I'm just asking for flexibility.
Like most people with ADHD (roughly 67 percent), I find it difficult to get a good night's sleep. In the morning, it takes a bit for my brain warm up. It also doesn't help that I have a terrible sense of time and sometimes get lost in what I'm doing, so I'm prone to chronic lateness (I promise I'm working on this).
It's also hard for me to work in an open office setting, because everyone else's conversations seem to be way more interesting than whatever I'm doing. There are times I might hole myself up somewhere or turn my headphones up to avoid distractions, but please don't think I'm neglecting my work—I'm just trying to find a space that helps me focus.
There are some nights I bring my work home because even with the help of medication, I had difficulty getting it completed at the office. I experience "bursts" of productivity throughout the day, regardless of time or place, so this is when I get most of my work done.
Just because I am easily excitable doesn't mean I'm not serious about my work.
A blessing and a curse that comes with ADHD is heightened emotion—I feel everything from pure elation to absolute disappointment more intensely than others. I experience emotional flooding, which means one emotion is so powerful to me that it "floods" out the other space in my head.
When I get excited about my work, it's hard for me to hide it. I become hyperfocused on the source of excitement and openly express it to those around me. Because of these feelings, I have often been called "immature," "childlike," or "overzealous," and have been told to "calm down" more times than I can count. These comments also have an impact on me, as these trigger intense feelings of insecurity and self-doubt, taking away the focus from the task I was excited about and centering it on these negative emotions.
I don't want my enthusiasm to be mistaken for not being serious about my work. On the contrary—this energy stems from just how serious I am about my work and how eager I am to pursue a project I can be proud of and how valuable I feel when I'm contributing to my organization.
Join us this week in helping to #CureStigma and visit NAMI's website to check out more ways to get involved for Mental Illness Awareness Week and general information on mental health issues.


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Books > Hindu > Gods > Krishna > Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas (Hymns and Mantras for the glorification of Radha and Krsna (Krishna))
Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas (Hymns and Mantras for the glorification of Radha and Krsna (Krishna))
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was established in New York in the year 1966. After my arrival in the United States in September of 1965, I personally underwent a difficult struggle, and in 1966 I rented a storefront and apartment at 26 Second Avenue. When ISKCON was incorporated, a boy named Chuck Barnett joined me, along with a few others, to form the nucleus for the institution's future development. At this time I used to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra underneath a tree in Tompkin's Square Park in New York. Sriman Barnett and another boy, Bruce, were the first to begin dancing in front of me, and others in the audience joined them. The New York Times published a report of this, with our picture and a headline declaring that I was attracting the younger generation to the Hare Krsna movement.
Later both Chuck and Bruce, along with others, became my initiated disciples, and still later, in 1970, both took sannyasa, receiving the names Acyutananda Svami and Brahmananda Svami. Now Brahmananda is preaching in Africa, and Acyutananda is preaching in India.
When I became sick in 1967, I left the United States and returned to India. Sriman Acyutananda could not remain separated from me, and therefore he joined me in Vrndavana when I was staying there. Since then, Acyutananda Svami has worked very hard in India. He has preached extensively in Calcutta and other parts of Bengal, he has learned how to sing in Bengali and play mrdanga like an expert professional, and now he has compiled this book of Bengali songs with English explanations.
I am greatly pleased to see this collection of songs composed by '1`hakura Bhaktivinoda, Narottama das, and other great acaryas of the Gaudiya Vaisnava community (sampradaya). Songs composed by the acaryas are not ordinary songs. When chanted by pure Vaisnava who follow the rules and regulations of Vaisnava character, they are actually effective in awakening the Krsna con- sciousness dormant in every living entity. I have advised Sriman Acyutananda Svami to sing more songs of the Vaisnava padavali and record them in books so that my disciples and others in the Western countries may take advantage of this chanting and thus advance in Krsna consciousness more and more.
I confer all my blessings upon Acyutananda Svami for this genuine attempt to advance in Krsna consciousness. I hope he will thus advance more and more never be hampered by maya. We should always remember the danger of maya's influence and endeavor to save ourselves from her great power. We must therefore always merge in the transcendental mellow of kirtana-rasa, for kirtana-rasa is the safest situation within this material world. Hare Krsna.
It was my good fortune to be in the service of Srila Prabhupada at Sri Mayapur, the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, in setting up the groundwork of our Society's international center there. That year (1971) there was a terrible flood, but although for many days the water was rising, it was diverted from flooding the Society's property solely due to the embankment created by a road constructed by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, our Parama Guru Maharaja. I wrote a letter to His Divine Grace explaining the situation and I mentioned, "The water has not entered our property. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta's road has saved us." Srila Prabhupada, how- ever, wrote back in answer in a different tone: "Yes, we are always saved by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta's road, so go on glorifying the disciple succession, and your life will be a great success." Later on, when I suggested writing down the songs of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Narottama dasa Thakura in English translations, His Divine Grace said, "Yes, we must push on this mission of Bhaktivinoda." So here in this book, which is the first of a series of translations of the complete works of the Vaisnava acaryas in the line of succession coming after Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I have also included a short life sketch of Thakura Bhaktivinoda. In the following volumes, the lives of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, Srinivasa Acarya, and other Vaisnava acaryas will appear.
The songs in this book are mostly by Thakura Bhaktivinoda and Narottama dasa Thakura. While they may sometimes make awkward English poetry, the translations are accurate renderings of the originals. All these songs have exquisite melodies, and cassette recordings are available to accompany the book. It should be noted that these songs and verses are all explanations of pure devotional service and that devotional service to Sri Krsna is obtained only by the mercy of the spiritual master, which can be obtained by serving his desires perfectly. These songs are not substitutes for the main and prime benediction of the age of Kali, the congregational chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna,. Hare Hare! Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, which is of the utmost importance. They are verses which have expanded from the mahamantra, and they are explanations of the maha-mantra. Thus, because they are expansions of the maha- mantra, they are non different from it.
The songs of Srila Narottama dasa and Bhaktivinoda Thakura are non different from the Vedic mantras. But, as stated by Srila Prabhupada in The Nectar of Devotion, even if someone does not have initiation into the Gayatri mantra, the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is sufficient to enable one to attain the highest perfection of spiritual life.
The verses of these songs are wonderful sources of knowledge for preachers of Krsna consciousness. In each and every line there is so much philosophy that one can preach from one line for hours. They are all so pregnant with meaning and they lead to such succinct spiritual conclusions that a preacher need only recall the simple lines of songs like Bhajahu? Re Mana, Sri Rupa Manjari Pada, Ohe Vaisnava Thakura, or the Sri Manah -siksa, and every point of Krsna consciousness will be covered in detail. Srila Prabhupada is constantly quoting from these lines in his lectures and books, and here also in this book his commentaries are given. Wherever Srila Prabhupada has translated a song, no separate translations have been given, for his are complete in themselves. This is the first time that these transcendental vibrations have appeared in the English language hand to introduce them I am including herewith a life sketch of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
Standard Prayers
Sri Guru Pranama
Sri Rupa Pranama
Mangalacarana
Srila Prabhupada Pranati
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Pranati
Srila Gaurakisora Pranati
Srila Bhaktivinoda Pranati
Srila Jagannatha Pranati
Sri Vaisnava Pranama
Sri Gauranga Pranama
Sri Panca-tattva Pranama
Sri Krsna Pranama
Sambandhadhideva Pranama
Abhidheyadhideva Pranama
Prayojanadhideva Pranama
Sri Radha Pranama
Panca-tattva Maha-mantra
Hare Krsna Maha-mantra
Sri Sri Gurv-astaka
Sri Sri Sad-gosvamy-astaka
Sri Sri Siksastaka
Prayer to the Lotus Feet of Krsna
Markine Bhagavata-
Songs of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Arunodaya-Kirtana
Sri Nama
Gurudeva
Manasa Deha Geha
Prasada-sevaya
Radha-krsna Bol
Jaya Radha-Madhava
Siddhi-lalasa
Kabe Ha'be Bolo
Suddha-bhakata
Bhoga-arati
Gaura-arati
Sri Nama-kirtana
Tumi Sarvesvaresvara
Ohe! Vaisnava Thakura
Vibhavari Sesa
Vidyara Vilase
Songs of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura
Vaisnave Vijnapti
Ista-deve Vijnapti
Lalasamayi Prarthana
Nama-sankirtana
Sakti-vrnde Vijnapti
Saparsada-bhagavad-viraha-janita-vilapa
Savarana-sri-gaura-pada-padme Prarthana
Manah-siksa
Sri Rupa Manjari Pada
Vasanti-rasa
Songs of Other Vaisnava Acaryas
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Often times when I tell people that my major is philosophy I am met with a confused stare followed by a series of questions asking why and of what use philosophy will be. Many have made jokes about my choice of major and not taken it or myself seriously. This response and the lack of outreach within the field has prompted me to want to show people why philosophy is ..
Elliott Green, a professor in the International Development Department at the London School of Economics, looked at which works from anthropology, economics, education, geography, linguistics, management, philosophy, political science, and psychology are cited most by social scientists. At the top of the list of the 50 most cited books, he reports, is Thomas Kuhn's ..
Although philosophy majors rank 75th on PayScale's overall list of majors at mid-career earnings, it's the top humanities bachelors degree in their ranking—from early career all the way to later career. "We hear again and again that employers value..
Inside Higher Ed has an article following up on the recent news of the elimination of the philosophy major at Western Illinois University (WIU). As we previously reported, the committee charged with reviewing programs (APER) did not recommend the closure of the philosophy department. And while Illinois has a reporting requirement for programs with low enrollments at..
Does your philosophy department have an alumni page on its website? I'm not referring to a page limited to PhD placements, but rather one that includes bachelors and masters degree holders. It's a great way to advertise the value of studying philosophy to prospective majors and graduate students, and to help them gain a sense of the career possibilities open to them..
In last night's Republican primary debate, Florida Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio criticized U.S. higher education for being "outdated." It is too expensive, he said, and too hard to access. Additionally, "it doesn't teach 21st century skills." Like welding.
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The whole thing is predicated on what amounts to a shotgun approach to knowledge: you let people metaphorically fire wherever they wish, and statistically speaking they'll occasionally hit a worthy target. Crucially, there doesn't seem to be a way, certainly not a centralized or hierarchically determinable way, to improve the efficacy of the target shooting. If we w..
Why should all of us have some access to philosophy?
Philosophy has traditionally been studied by the elites in a society, I suppose for a few reasons. One is that elites will want to be able to think for themselves. They want to be able to make decisions; they want to have leadership positions in society. Also, the elites in society want to enjoy the best of hum..
There is a different unifying principle for most non-STEM disciplines—among them English, history, politics and civics, languages and literatures, education, the arts, philosophy, psychology and sociology—which I call the human disciplines. All of the subjects within human disciplines are fundamentally interested in people and with subjectivity. Our disciplines ..


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Car-sharing in Iceland, printing food to improve health of the elderly, life and challenges of the cosmopolitan arctic tern, society's appeal for small homes in Iceland, education in global civil consciousness, computer generated three-dimensional design of organs and tract for biology teaching, and the use of remote sensing to analyse the spread of nootka lupine in Skeiðarársandur are among the projects tackled by University of Iceland's students with the support of the Student Innovation Fund. Around half of the projects that received grants from the fund are affiliated with the University of Iceland and collaborating institutes.
The Student Innovation Fund provides universities, research institutes, and companies with the opportunity to hire university students in undergraduate and graduate studies during the summer to work on research and development projects that are considered likely to strengthen innovation and increased collaboration between universities, institutes, and companies. The fund received 171 applications to sponsor 266 students. The fund's allocation budget was 73 million Icelandic crowns, divided between 72 projects done by 108 students.
a list (in Icelandic) of the projects sponsored can be found on the Icelandic Research Fund (Rannís), that maintains the fund. The list shows that the University of Iceland and affiliated institutes are party to approximately half of the projects, many of which are done in in collaboration with other universities, research universities, and Icelandic companies.
In addition to the above mentioned projects affiliated with the University of Iceland there are studies on the repercussions of violence and what it is worth not having to suffer such trauma, the development of a terminology in tourism, software to help prioritise surgeries, evaluation of the breeding number of thrushes, the impact of China's Arctic policy on Iceland's chairmanship in the Arctic Council, the connections created at the dinner table, and new methods in the deployment process to strengthen language and literacy in children's leisure centres.
Grantees turn in reports on their projects and the Student Innovation Fund board chooses 10 - 15 projects that are outstanding. Of those 4 - 6 are chosen as excellent that receive a nomination for the President of Iceland's innovation prize that will be handed out in early 2019.


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Pizzetti, Ildebrando. (1880–1968)
Grouping of ALS and two telegrams from the Italian composer to Professor Irma Antonetto of the Associazione Culturale Italiana, regarding a speaking engagement in the first half of 1954. ALS dated 8 October, 1953, wherein he proposes titling his lecture "The Orchestra: Secrets and enchantments, illusions and deceptions." Rome; 1 pp. Mailing folds, two holes to left margin, else in fine condition. 8.25 x 11.75 inches (21 x 29.8 cm.). Several months later in a telegram dated 27 February 1954, he asks [Translated from the Italian] "Please call me in the morning." In the second telegram dated 1 March he informs the professor "My wife's state of health has deteriorated such that I couldn't possibly leave her alone, so I must cancel my speaking engagement STOP Please understand STOP Cordially Ildebrando Pizzetti." Recipient's name to verso of second telegram. Expected surface creases, two holes to left margin, else in fine condition. Approx. 7.25 x 6 inches (18.4 x 15.2 cm.).
The important Italian composer was part of the "Generation of 1880" along with Respighi and Malipiero, and was a prolific composer of much orchestral and incidental music as well as over a dozen dramatic operas. He succeeded Respighi at the Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome in 1936 and his students included Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Donatoni. Closely associated with the poet/playwright Gabriele D'Annunzio, Pizzetti wrote incidental music to his plays and later an opera based on D'Annunzio's "La Figlia Di Jorio."
Irma Antonetto (1920-1993), was founder and director of the Associazione Culturale Italiana [Association of Italian Culture] for 46 years, during which time she brought some 400 philosophers, writers, scientists, artists, and Nobel winners to lecture in Italy. She was recipient of the 1964 Cavaliere al merito della Repubblica italiana. (19030)


Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has shown microstructural abnormalities in patients with Huntington's Disease (HD) and work is underway to characterise how these abnormalities change with disease progression. Using methods that will be applied in longitudinal research, we sought to establish the reliability of DTI in early HD patients and controls. Test-retest reliability, quantified using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), was assessed using region-of-interest (ROI)-based white matter atlas and voxelwise approaches on repeat scan data from 22 participants (10 early HD, 12 controls). T1 data was used to generate further ROIs for analysis in a reduced sample of 18 participants. The results suggest that fractional anisotropy (FA) and other diffusivity metrics are generally highly reliable, with ICCs indicating considerably lower within-subject compared to between-subject variability in both HD patients and controls. Where ICC was low, particularly for the diffusivity measures in the caudate and putamen, this was partly influenced by outliers. The analysis suggests that the specific DTI methods used here are appropriate for cross-sectional research in HD, and give confidence that they can also be applied longitudinally, although this requires further investigation. An important caveat for DTI studies is that test-retest reliability may not be evenly distributed throughout the brain whereby highly anisotropic white matter regions tended to show lower relative within-subject variability than other white or grey matter regions.
In diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), an improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the fractional anisotropy (FA) maps can be obtained when the number of recorded gradient directions (GD) is increased. Vice versa, elimination of motion-corrupted or noisy GD leads to a more accurate characterization of the diffusion tensor. We previously suggest a slice-wise method for artifact detection in FA maps. This current study applies this approach to a cohort of 18 premanifest Huntington's disease (pHD) subjects and 23 controls. By 2-D voxelwise statistical comparison of original FA-maps and FA-maps with a reduced number of GD, the effect of eliminating GD that were affected by motion was demonstrated.
We present an evaluation metric that allows to test if the computed FA-maps (with a reduced number of GD) still reflect a "true" FA-map, as defined by simulations in the control sample. Furthermore, we investigated if omitting data volumes affected by motion in the pHD cohort could lead to an increased SNR in the resulting FA-maps.
A high agreement between original FA maps (with all GD) and corrected FA maps (i.e. without GD corrupted by motion) were observed even for numbers of eliminated GD up to 13. Even in one data set in which 46 GD had to be eliminated, the results showed a moderate agreement.
Movement artifacts and other sources of noise are a matter of concern particularly in the neuroimaging research of movement disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD). Using diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and fractional anisotropy (FA) as a compound marker of white matter integrity, we investigated the effect of movement on HD specific changes in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data and how post hoc compensation for it affects the MRI results. To this end, we studied by 3T MRI: 18 early affected, 22 premanifest gene-positive subjects, 23 healthy controls (50 slices of 2.3 mm thickness per volume, 64 diffusion-weighted directions (b = 1000 s/mm2), 8 minimal diffusion-weighting (b = 100 s/mm2)); and by 1.5 T imaging: 29 premanifest HD, 30 controls (40 axial slices of 2.3 mm thickness per volume, 61 diffusion-weighted directions (b = 1000 s/mm2), minimal diffusion-weighting (b = 100 s/mm2)). An outlier based method was developed to identify movement and other sources of noise by comparing the index DWI direction against a weighted average computed from all other directions of the same subject. No significant differences were observed when separately comparing each group of patients with and without removal of DWI volumes that contained artifacts. In line with previous DWI-based studies, decreased FA in the corpus callosum and increased FA around the basal ganglia were observed when premanifest mutation carriers and early affected patients were compared with healthy controls. These findings demonstrate the robustness of the FA value in the presence of movement and thus encourage multi-center imaging studies in HD.


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Your guide in English to films showing in Germany.
Oben (Up)
U.S.A. 2008
Opening 17 Sep 2009
Writing credits: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy
Principal actors: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo
The last time I saw a film in 3D, I had a huge headache from the funky glasses and had to close my eyes due to dizziness. After much fiddling with the 3-D projector, UP eventually took off 40 minutes after scheduled showing time, but it was worth the wait. The glasses have since evolved to Ray-Ban style as digital films go full-tilt on color and visual details in the third dimension.
Carl Fredricksen is a grumpy 78-year-old retired balloon salesman. His square face is framed with square glasses and age has pulled his mouth into a square frown, voiced by aptly-cast Ed Asner, whom I last heard reading the part of God in a spiritual novel. Grump or God, the first ten minutes of UP reveal the source of Carl's unhappiness: a lifetime of a married couple's unfulfilled dreams is shown in a brilliantly done, silent vignette poignant enough to bring misty tears. From this melancholy state, the plot unfolds with no place to go but up…and everything from then on is a celebration of adventure, Pixar style. If you are going to make a film about a crabby old man that must choose between an old folks' home or his last chance for chasing adventure via thousands of helium-filled balloons lifting his house out of its foundations, 3D makes perfect sense.
Carl's journey takes off with some spectacular scenes chock full of appropriate shadows and color that will give you gasps of vertigo wonder. The feeling is a bit reminiscent of Dorothy's mundane life until she gets sucked inside the cyclone funnel: a child's imaginative adventure and enticing fear. The realistic scope of helium balloons fueling escape is at once naïve and yet plausible, thanks to the animation prowess on display. Yes, there really appear to be 20,000 colorful balloons on strings attached to the fireplace grate. Yes, the rope-steering tactics echo bits of Monty Python's Meaning of Life geriatric pirate sequence. And yes, even the most skeptical adult in the audience will feel peacefully light floating with Carl towards South America to validate his late wife Ellie's dreams of exploring the world. Optimistic hope is not lost, but strongly challenged, when Carl discovers accidental youth stowaway Russell (Jordan Nagai), a Weeble-like wilderness scout eager to earn his "assisting the elderly" merit badge. Much to my dismay, here the film reverts to Disney-esque pandering to children.
After landing near Paradise Falls (picture Angel Falls, Venezuela), the duo meets talking dogs, exotic birds and a childhood hero of Carl's, a once-debonair explorer Charles Muntz (Christopher Plummer). Muntz disappeared decades earlier in his zeppelin with promises to prove his purported discoveries to the world, and has since decayed into an obsessed old fogey. There is dog drama, a kidnapping and a funny-old-man fight scene atop the airship, all falling into a series of outlandish and far-fetched coincidences that drag UP down to hovering.
The first half of the film captures the 1920's adventurous spirit of the Lindberg era and the sweeping sense of possibility both in script and presentation then downshifts into obvious present day Disney cuteness. Pixar excels in giving a great visual performance but ends up compromising the film to shoot for a universal audience instead of allowing the viewer to rise to the occasion. The best messages are delivered without the help of a chubby, lonely boy, dopey animal friends, or a pack of talking, snarling dogs. Co-directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo), UP starts superbly with the promise and wonder of Oz, then floats on with intermittent bursts of entertainment hot air. (Kirstan Böttger)
A Rainy Day in New York (05 Dec)
Alles außer gewöhnlich (The Specials, Hors normes) (05 Dec)
Der Unschuldige (The Innocent) (05 Dec)
All I Never Wanted (12 Dec)
Aquarela (12 Dec)
Der kleine Rabe Socke: Suche nach dem verlorenen Schatz (12 Dec)
Jumanji: The Next Level (12 Dec)
Supervized (12 Dec)
The Kindness of Strangers - Kleine Wunder unter Fremden (The Kindness of Strangers) (12 Dec)
Wild Rose (12 Dec)
Cunningham (19 Dec)
Einsam Zweisam (Someone, Somewhere, Deux moi) (19 Dec)
Star Wars: Der Aufstieg Skywalkers (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) (19 Dec)
The Farewell (19 Dec)
The Peanut Butter Falcon (19 Dec)
7500 (26 Dec)
Cats (26 Dec)
Der geheime Roman des Monsieur Pick (The Mystery of Henri Pick, Le Mystère Henri Pick) (26 Dec)
Die Sehnsucht der Schwestern Gusmao (Invisible Life, A Vida Invisível) (26 Dec)
Jam (26 Dec)
Latte Igel und der magische Wasserstein (Latte & the Magic Waterstone) (26 Dec)
Pavarotti (26 Dec)
Spione Undercover – Eine Wilde Verwandlung (Spies in Disguise) (26 Dec)
Judy (02 Jan)
Knives Out – Mord Ist Familiensache (Knives Out) (02 Jan)
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (02 Jan)
Milchkrieg in Dalsmynni (The County, Héraðið) (09 Jan)
Queen & Slim (09 Jan)
1917 (16 Jan)
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding (16 Jan)
Vom Giessen des Zitronenbaums (It Must be Heaven) (16 Jan)
Das Vorspiel (The Audition) (23 Jan)
Die Wolf-Gäng (23 Jan)
Die Wütenden – Les Misérables (Les Misérables) (23 Jan)
Jojo Rabbit (23 Jan)
Ein Verborgenes Leben (A Hidden Life) (30 Jan)
Sorry We Missed You (30 Jan)
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package org.dmfs.optional;

import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.Arrays;

import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
import static org.dmfs.optional.hamcrest.AbsentMatcher.isAbsent;
import static org.dmfs.optional.hamcrest.PresentMatcher.isPresent;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

/**
 * @author Marten Gajda
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public class FirstTest
{
    @Test
    public void testIsPresent() throws Exception
    {
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        assertThat(new First<>(Arrays.asList("test", "test123")), isPresent("test"));
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    }
}


Business insurance experts, Caunce O'Hara, are now offering comprehensive insurance policies to Railway Contractors across the UK.
The new Rail Contractor Scheme was launched in August to provide comprehensive, yet cost-effective, insurances to railway contractors.
Policies available include: public/products liability insurance, employers liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance.
Railway workers can get a quick quote in less than 5 minutes online, or they can call the award-winning schemes team for guidance.
Caunce O'Hara were the first broker in the UK to cater for the professional indemnity requirements of freelance/contract professionals online. The company continues to innovate and develop its online services to meet the ever-growing demands of the sector.
'When the UK Government announced record levels of investment in British Railways (some £48 billion between now and 2024), it was fitting that Caunce O'Hara supported this investment in developing a competitively priced insurance product for the industry.
Policies are currently available to rail contractors who work in the UK, with no overseas exposure. The insured is also required to be UK based.


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int ChooseStream(int stream) {
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    stream = unique_stream_id.fetch_add(1);
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constexpr uint64_t Random::kLargePrime;
constexpr uint64_t Random::kUniqueSeed;
constexpr int Random::kUniqueStream;

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  std::gamma_distribution<float> distribution(alpha);

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    sample = distribution(impl_);
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  for (float& sample : samples) {
    sample *= norm;
  }
}

float Random::Uniform(float a, float b) {
  std::uniform_real_distribution<float> distribution(a, b);
  return distribution(impl_);
}

void Random::Uniform(float a, float b, absl::Span<float> samples) {
  std::uniform_real_distribution<float> distribution(a, b);
  for (float& sample : samples) {
    sample = distribution(impl_);
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}

float Random::NormalDistribution(float mean, float stddev) {
  return std::normal_distribution<float>(mean, stddev)(impl_);
}

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How the US Foreign Account Tax compliance Act (FATCA) might impact your clients in 2013.
The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has been simmering away for some time now with many hoping that it would run out of steam, or rather support, before its intended implementation on 1 January 2013.
However, with less than a year to go before we are all expected to enter into an agreement to disclose 'US Persons**' to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), I would say that at best we may see a further delay but the likelihood is that the deadline to 'sign up' of 1 July 2013 is here to stay.
Withhold tax on payments to FFIs who have not elected to comply (i.e. when liquidating US assets).
Is engaged (or holding itself out as being engaged) primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, partnership interests, commodities, or any interest (including a futures or forward contract or option) in such securities, partnership interests or commodities.
Accordingly, the term financial institution is pretty wide and intended to catch most types of financial/fiduciary service organisations, most of which are either still completely in the dark as to what they have to do or are reluctant to do anything at all until such time as there is clear guidance.
Some organisations are of the opinion that by simply refusing to deal with US persons, they will be 'off the hook'. However, the reality is that whilst you may be able to impose restrictions at new business stage, you can't stop your clients from taking up residence in another country.
In addition to this, many FFIs will be part of a larger group of companies, some of which will have, and more importantly will want to retain, business relationships with US persons or institutions. Under the group affiliation rules, all parts of the group have to sign up to FATCA for the group to be compliant and not be subject to withholding tax on any US assets they may have.
There has been some movement in this area as there is now a deferral on the application of withholding tax until 2016 where certain affiliates are unable to comply.
But, it really does seem very unlikely that any FFI is going to be able to categorically say that FATCA will not have some impact on their business.
Agreeing to report is one thing but the real thorn in the side for all FFIs is the amount of work that they will potentially have to undertake to capture or search for US Indicia* and how labour intensive this could become. Depending on the value of the account, this can range from an electronic record search only, to having to start trawling through paper files and archive boxes!
The general exemption is for accounts with a value of $50,000 or less. However, the IRS are listening to representations made by the insurance industry with the latest guidance indicating that only policies with a value of US$250,000 have to be disclosed.
The threshold of US$250,000 only applies to life insurance business at this point in time, but clarification is being sought as to whether Capital Redemption contracts are also included.
Are all Life Company products caught?
The guidance suggests that polices with no surrender value, such as term assurance policies, are definitely exempt from reporting. However, all investment linked policies are not. Essentially, anything that has a cash surrender value is likely to be caught.
Looking further afield, there are relaxations for certain pensions, but the definition of pension is not currently broad enough to exclude any pension arrangement outside of those corresponding to US scheme design. For example, no UK registered pensions, EU cross border pensions or QROPS would be out of scope under the current guidance.
As for the trust industry – well, let's just say that it really isn't a good place to be at the moment as there is still a great deal of 'horse trading' taking place due to the vagueness of the proposed legislation. I am sure that a favourable outcome would be to exempt simple structures which do little more than avoid probate in a foreign jurisdiction, with reporting only taking place on more complex arrangements where the Settlor is a US person or a payment is made to a US person.
The Life Assurance industry is also pressing for reporting on 'money out' events only.
What about data protection rules?
Like many jurisdictions around the world, FFIs in the Isle of Man are currently unable to comply with FATCA due to local data protection laws. Any FFI that disclosed client information would be in breach. Other jurisdictions are overcoming this problem by entering into an Intergovernmental agreement with the US Government and, as I understand it, that is something which the main offshore finance centres are also considering.
The signing of an Intergovernmental agreement would enable an FFI to disclose to their own government, who would in turn disclose to the US. The disclosure agreement is intended to be reciprocal and the jurisdiction would become a 'FATCA Partner'.
Why do I keep referring to guidance?
Simply, because that is all we have to go on at the moment. The reality is that there is less than a year for FFIs to get their houses in order whilst continually having to deal with new draft legislation or amendments etc. One of the key difficulties with the guidance is that it has been written in such a way that it is very difficult for non-US organisations to understand.
Most of the world's finance/fiduciary industry never expected FATCA to get this far and, as a result, have been very late in bringing their concerns to the attention of their local government or industry body and, in turn, to the IRS which is why the goal posts are continually moving.
FATCA is definitely going to happen and therefore, if you do have any US persons as clients, you may want to mention in passing that you hope they have been keeping on top of their 'FBARS'*** as the world really is becoming a smaller place. If FATCA is successful, then other governments around the world may look at doing something similar.
Unfortunately, where Europe is concerned, a FATCA type arrangement may not be necessary. A revised version of the European Savings Tax Directive is gathering momentum and from a compliance point of view, this could make FATCA look like a walk in the park!
Only address on file is US "in-care-of" or "hold mail" address.
For new accounts of individuals after 1 July 2013, it is all of the above plus "in-care-of" or "hold mail" address anywhere, although only if it is the sole address held for the individual.
One or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.