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16 March 2014 What'sNEW about HGT |
It is difficult to imagine a more radical restructuring of evolutionary and biological thinking than that which would result from the incorporation of HGT into the structure of phylogenetic relationships.
Michael Syvanen, "Evolutionary Implications of Horizontal Gene Transfer" [abstract], doi:10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155529, v 46 p 341-358, Annual Reviews Genetics, Dec 2012.
Viruses and Other Gene Transfer Mechanisms is the main related CA webpage.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, premiered Sunday and Monday on Fox, National Geographic and other affiliated TV networks. The series is modeled on the 1980 one on PBS hosted by Carl Sagan; his widow, Ann Druyan, is the executive producer. Tyson, influenced by Sagan, makes the science compelling. Twelve more weekly episodes will follow, beginning Sunday night at 9/8c, 16 Mar 2014.
...New 'Cosmos' Series Brings TV Science Full Circle by Alan Boyle, NBC News, 7 Mar 2014.
"Traditional evolutionary biology began in the 1930s with the 'modern synthesis', which fused Darwin's theses on phenotypic variation and selection with Mendel's concepts of genetic inheritance to explain the source of biological diversity. This synthesis predated knowledge that genes were made of DNA and of the structure of DNA and how it replicates. Thus, molecular mechanisms could not be integrated into concepts about how phenotypic variation is generated. Instead, assumptions had to be made about the origins of the variation that drives evolution. Among the cornerstone assumptions were that mutations are the sole drivers of evolution; mutations occur randomly, constantly, and gradually; and the transmission of genetic information is vertical from parent to offspring, rather than horizontal (infectious) between individuals and species (as is now apparent throughout the tree of life). But discoveries of molecular mechanisms are modifying these assumptions."
Susan M. Rosenberg and Christine Queitsch, "Combating Evolution to Fight Disease" [summary], doi:10.1126/science.1247472, p 1088-1089 v 343, Science, 7 Mar 2014.
Neo-Darwinism: The Current Paradigm is the main related CA webpage.
Viruses and Other Gene Transfer Mechanisms is the main CA webpage about horizontal transfer.
How is it Possible? includes mention of "adaptive mutation," now well-established.
5 March 2014 What'sNEW about HGT |
...Researchers are beginning to realize that most organisms are in fact chimeras containing genes from many different sources — eukaryotic, prokaryotic, and viral alike.
Didier Raoult, "Viruses Reconsidered" [html], The Scientist, 1 Mar 2014.
Thanks, Stan Franklin.
Ed Yong, "Giant virus resurrected from 30,000-year-old ice" [html], doi:10.1038/nature.2014.14801, Nature, 3 Mar 2014.
Giant Virus Resurrected from Permafrost... by Tia Ghose, Yahoo News, 3 Mar 2014. Thanks, David Cotton.
...Pivotal advances in genetics—and other fields of biology—are also made by synthesizing disparate threads of extant information rather than generating new information from experiments or formal theory. William R. Rice, "The Synthesis Paradigm in Genetics" [abstract], doi:10.1534/genetics.113.160200, p 367-371 v 196, Genetics, 1 Feb 2014.
Welcome to the astrobiology road mapping community. "This site is the home of the community developing the next generation of the Astrobiology Roadmap."
...A variety of processes exist that can make environmental conditions on a planet or moon more benign to life than is the case on Earth.
René Heller and John Armstrong, "Superhabitable Worlds" [html | pdf], doi:10.1089/ast.2013.1088, p 50-66 v 14, Astrobiology, 16 Jan 2014.
Star next door may host a 'superhabitable' world by Jeff Hecht, NewScientist, 31 Jan 2014.
Life on Europa, Other Moons, Other Planets?... has links about other possibly habitable worlds.
Thanks, Theodore Rigley.
Earthlings may be extreme latecomers to a universe full of life....
Abraham Loeb, "The Habitable Epoch of the Early Universe" [abstract], arXiv:1312.0613v2 [astro-ph.CO], 16 Jan 2014.
Did Alien Life Evolve Just After the Big Bang? by Katia Moskvitch, Space.com, 31 Jan 2014.
Thanks, George Stratton.
Old Mars rover finds signs of ancient water by Alexandra Witze, Nature, 23 Jan 2014.
Life on Mars! is a related CA webpage.
Herschel Discovers Water Vapor Around Dwarf Planet Ceres, European Space Agency, 22 Jan 2014.
Water Found on Dwarf Planet Ceres, May Erupt from Ice Volcanoes by Tanya Lewis, Space.com, 22 Jan 2014.
Massive asteroid seen steaming off by Sid Perkins, Nature, 22 Jan 2014.
Water in interplanetary dust is a byproduct of solar wind and is therefore probably ubiquitous in the solar system, according to researchers in California and Hawaii. This news, added to the awareness of organics in space, has kindled new interest in pseudo-panspermia, the delivery of the "ingredidents of life" from space. The news also strengthens the likelihood that life is ubiquitous.
John P. Bradley et al., "Detection of solar wind-produced water in irradiated rims on silicate minerals" [abstract], doi:10.1073/pnas.1320115111, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, online 24 Jan 2014.
Interplanetary dust particles could deliver water and organics to Earth and other terrestrial planets, University of Hawaii (+ScienceDaily +World Science), 24 Jan 2014.
Water found in stardust suggests life is universal, by Catherine Brahic, NewScientist, 24 Jan 2014.
Hoyle and Wickramasinghe's Analysis of Interstellar Dust is a related CA webpage.
Thanks for alerts, Theodore Rigley and Stan Franklin.
The earliest steps in de novo gene origination remain mysterious. Yet de novo genes are becoming recognized as possibly the major source for "new" genes. They are unexpressed strands of DNA that already contain genetic programming, needing only minor adjusting or optimising. They have no apparent expressed orthologs that could be used to support a darwinian origin. These genes appear to derive primarily from ancestral intergenic, unexpressed open reading frames (ORFs), with natural selection playing a significant role in their spread. ...These candidate polymorphic genes correspond to unique, intergenic sequence in the D. melanogaster reference genome..., are alignable to unique orthologous regions in the Drosophila simulans and Drosophila yakuba reference sequences, and show no significant BLASTP hits to the NCBI nr (nonredundant) protein database. The standard darwinian story of genetic programs gradually composed by trial-and-error does not work for de novo genes. Ignoring this failure is a mistake. Meanwhile, de novo gene origination, as now defined, is a basic prediction of cosmic ancestry.
Li Zhao et al., "Origin and Spread of de Novo Genes in Drosophila melanogaster Populations" [abstract], doi:10.1126/science.1248286, Science, online 23 Jan 2014.
Conserved Non-Genic Sequences and A Wordcount for Comparison are related CA webpages.
Three New Human Genes has become our main page about de novo genes.
Rosetta awakens! After 31 months of hibernation, this comet-rendezvous mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to go back to work. Rosetta will soon chase down Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta will stay in close orbit with the comet and ESA will deploy the Philae lander in November. If successful, it would be the first time a spacecraft has landed on a comet. Rosetta will spend 16 months closely observing the comet and carries 11 science instrument packages that will be used to identify the chemical composition of the comet as well as changes in temperature and gas activity as the object heats up.
Rosetta, homepage at ESA.
'Wake Up Rosetta' Live Stream..., International Business Times, 20 Jan 2014.
Rosetta wakes up and phones home by Elizabeth Gibney, Nature News Blog, 20 Jan 2014.
Comet Rendezvous is a related section of the webpage, "Can The Theory Be Tested?"
Geologists who drilled through the 270-meter-thick Ross Ice Shelf off Antarctica have observed a whole new ecosystem that no one had ever seen before. Intent on studying ocean currents, they were surprised to see thousands upon thousands of small sea anemones [example pictured] …burrowed into the underside of the ice..., fish that routinely swam upside down, ...polychaete worms, amphipods and a creature they dubbed 'the eggroll,' a 4-inch-long, 1-inch-diameter, neutrally buoyant cylinder that seemed to swim using appendages at both ends of its body…. The Antarctic discoveries have implications for the possibility of life that may exist on Europa, the ice-covered moon of Jupiter.
ANDRILL team discovers ice-loving sea anemones in Antarctica, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (+Newswise), 16 Jan 2014.
Life on Europa, Other Moons, Other Planets?... has related links.
16 January 2014 What'sNEW about HGT |
Environmental DNA (eDNA) in aquarium water correlates with the species living there, although some eDNA also arrives in the intake water. These observations come from a team at The University of Washington, studying the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Just a glassfull of sample water contains enough eDNA for the analysis. The analysist are pleased by this potential method for taking a census of life in any aquatic environment. We notice that the ubiquity of eDNA in the water multiplies the opportunities for horizontal gene transfer.
Kelly RP, Port JA, Yamahara KM and Crowder LB, "Using Environmental DNA to Census Marine Fishes in a Large Mesocosm" [html], doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086175, 9(1): e86175, PLoS ONE, 15 Jan 2014.
DNA detectives able to 'count' thousands of fish using as little as a glass of water by Sandra Hines, The University of Washington (+Newswise), 15 Jan 2014.
Viruses and Other Gene Transfer Mechanisms is a related CA webpage.
If only those ideas get published that are considered orthodox..., progress of science will stall as it did for centuries in the Middle Ages — Milton Wainwright and Chandra Wickramasinghe
Milton Wainwright et al, "Biology Associated With A Titanium Sphere Isolated From The Stratosphere" [pdf], doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jc.sr, Journal of Cosmology, 2013; and commentary from The University of Buckingham, "More Evidence of Life from Space: Isolation of a Remarkable Space-Derived Titanium Life Form" [local pdf], received 14 Dec 2013.
9 January 2014 *** What'sNEW about HGT |
My favorite hypothesis is that at a key point in great ape evolution, there was a burst in retroviral activity — Edward Hollox, geneticist, University of Leicester, UK.
A Missing Genetic Link in Human Evolution by Emily Singer, Quanta Magazine (+ScientificAmerican.com), 2 Jan 2014.
Thanks for an alert, Jerry Chancellor.
Human Genome Search... and Duplication Makes A New Primate Gene are related CA webpages.
Viruses and Other Gene Transfer Mechanisms is a related CA webpage
What'sNEW about HGT | .
*** Until now, "What'sNEW about HGT | " crosslinks were placed below the text and images of the article (as immediately above). The new placement, top right corner, makes them easier to find and use.
...Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe...: 1-hour interview with Nancy du Tertre, online 27 Dec 2013.
It appears that much of the genetic machinery necessary for a nervous system was present in the ancestor of all extant animals. Genes that appear to be older than the features they encode confound standard darwinism and confirm cosmic ancestry.
Joseph F. Ryan et al., "The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution" [abstract], doi:10.1126/science.1242592, Science, online 13 Dec 2013.
Metazoan Genes Older Than Metazoa? and Genes Older Than Earth? are related CA webpages.
Thanks for an alert, Ken Augustyn.
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Has your company hired any new employees through social media? Did you find the process easier or more difficult than traditional hiring?
Yes, linkedin was used effectively. Going through the groups and identifying one that is active and attracts the "target" audience/candidates for open position is one key step. I would also briefly follow a candidate and access the comments/likes/links that were posted so you can gain insight to their knowledge, skills and abilities. Hope this helps.
We use linked in regularly for finding industry specific talent.
Many of my clients are approached with opportunities through Linkedin.
I find it to be a key search strategy for most recruiters, and one that allows them to do what they do best - poach candidates. They have the criteria they want and they can search for candidates who have those specific skill sets.
I'm going to assume that by "traditional hiring" you mean posting the position? That means hundreds - if not thousands - of resumes, many of whom are not qualified. It's a sifting process that quickly becomes unmanageable. That, and the fact that more often than not, you do not get the top-notch candidates through job postings.
My company uses LinkedIn almost exclusively for recruiting. We hired a professional recruiter almost two years ago to help us manage through some extensive growth and this was her recommendation. Between employee referrals and this, we have sourced 80+% of our new hires. We have pulled from both actively looking and not. Good luck.
LinkedIn is a great resource but we will also publicize it on our company facebook page, on our company twitter account and other sources we make available to us. We of course also list it on the company website for anyone that is following us. On LinkedIn, you can also post jobs (for free, I think) through Groups that you are a member of.


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Rwanda genocide: Nation marks 25 years since mass slaughter
By Caribbean American Weekly on April 13, 2019 No Comment
Rwanda genocide anniversary: The country will mourn for 100 days.
People hold candles in remembrance at a vigil at Amahoro Stadium (Photo: AFP)
(BBC News) Rwanda's president said the country had become "a family once again", while marking the 25th anniversary of the genocide that killed 800,000 people.
Paul Kagame, who led a rebel force that ended the slaughter, lit a remembrance flame in the capital Kigali.
Rwandans will mourn for 100 days, the time it took in 1994 for about a tenth of the country to be massacred.
Most of those who died were minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus, killed by ethnic Hutu extremists.
"In 1994, there was no hope, only darkness," Mr Kagame told a crowd gathered at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where more than 250,000 victims are thought to be buried.
"Today, light radiates from this place. How did it happen? Rwanda became a family once again."
How is Rwanda remembering?
The commemoration activities began with the flame-lighting ceremony at the memorial. The flame will burn for 100 days.
The 61-year-old president, who has led the country since 2000, then delivered a speech at the Kigali Convention Centre.
He said the resilience and bravery of the genocide survivors represented the "Rwandan character in its purest form".
"The arms of our people, intertwined, constitute the pillars of our nation," he said. "We hold each other up. Our bodies and minds bear amputations and scars, but none of us is alone.
"Together, we have woven the tattered threads of our unity into a new tapestry."
He added: "The fighting spirit is alive in us. What happened here will never happen again."
Mr Kagame then led a vigil at the Amahoro National Stadium, which was used by United Nations officials to try to protect Tutsis during the killings.
About 2,000 people marched together on a walk of remembrance from parliament to the stadium, where candles were lit.
Cries for those who were lost
The BBC's Flora Drury in Kigali
There was a moment – when all the candles were lit, and their lights bobbed around the stadium, when people were taking pictures with their smartphones – when it was almost possible to forget the horror that brought thousands of people together on this warm evening in Kigali.
But then I turned to the man next to me, and asked him what tonight meant to him.
"Well," he said, "it's important." In the understated way which so many people in Rwanda speak he said: "I lost people. I lost my parents. I lost my siblings."
We had already heard the names of entire families wiped off the map read out, accompanied by a promise never to forget. We had watched students march in silence from the parliament to the stadium.
But it was as the final speaker took to the stage, to describe how he survived to grow up and give his children the names of the four siblings he had lost, that the emotion seemed to bubble to the surface, and anguished cries were heard above the crowd.
Sometimes on this day, my neighbour said, it is hard to keep the emotions in.
Rwanda Genocide
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PINSK CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
225710 Pinsk Town,
str. Dnieper Flotila, 21
The city of Pinsk has the third largest population in the Brest region and the tenth in the Republic of Belarus.
At the beginning of 2021, 125,900 people live in the city, among which 75,220 people are of the working age or 59.8% of the total number of residents, 25,490 people or 20.3% are younger than working age and 25,190 people or 20.0% are older than working age.
45.9 % of the total number of residents in the city or 57,821 people are male, 54.1 % of the total number of residents or 68,079 people are female.
The number of employed people on August 1, 2021 is 51,869 people.
According to the types of economic activity, the number of employed population of the city for the period January-July 2021 is distributed as follows:
The average age of an employee at the beginning of 2021 is 43.3 years.The distribution of the number of employees by age groups out of the total number of employees in the city of 54156 people is laid out as follows:
The average age of the city employee is 42.4 years.
On September 1, 2021, 138 unemployed people are registered in the Department of Labor and Employment and Social Protection of the Pinsk City Executive Committee, 95 of them are men (68.8% of the total number of unemployed registered), 43 are women (31.2% of the total number of unemployed registered). Among the registered men, 15.8% have higher education, 17.9% have specialized secondary education, 43.2% havevocational-technical education. Among the registered women, 18.6% have higher education, 25.6% have specialized secondary education, 30.2% have vocational-technical education.
The unemployment rate is 0.3 % of the economically active population and do not exceed the forecast indicator (1.0%). The number of available jobs (vacancies)offered is 1,137. The need for qualified workers is 61.6 % of the total number of proposed jobs declared by employers. Labor market tension is 0.1.
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225710 Pinsk Town, str. Dnieper Flotila, 21


When you consider that Angus Kernohan started last year without an Academy contract, it's fair to say that the talented winger has proved a lot of people wrong.
You only have to look at the fact that Ulster didn't release Kernohan for Ireland U-20s duty at the start of the Six Nations campaign to see the amount of progress he has made with the senior team.
He has since returned to the international fold and the recently turned 20-year old has not only brought a raft of experience from his time with Ulster, but having played with the U-20s last year, he knows what the setup is all about.
"It was obviously easier coming into a camp where the team has been doing so well," Kernohan maintained.
"It made it a lot easier. There's still challenges sometimes because you feel like you haven't been part of it. I've known a lot of these guys for a long time now.
"Having spoken to the coaches before I came into camp, they put an emphasis on leadership.
"Of course coming in, I'm trying to increase the communication within the team and trying to lead from the front.
"Particularly in the back field there has to be a lot of talk and it's something I try to bring to the squad. In fairness, all the other guys are at that same level as well.
"When you're on the pitch, it's not about who is the most experience. It's just trying to bond together as a team. Hopefully I bring a certain amount of communication and maybe leadership to the other guys.
"Last year, when I went to France for the first time away, I was blown away by the support. Whereas this year, I took it a little bit more in my stride."
Jared Payne has been central to Kernohan's development as was Henry Speight before he returned to the Brumbies.
Having secured an Academy contract that many felt he was good enough to have earned earlier, the pressure was lifted and since then, Kernohan has thrived.
"Having the pre-season with the seniors really helped me develop," he maintained.
"Probably meant because it meant I was training a lot more, had more time on the field and more exposure to the coaches.
"Obviously this year, having been given an Academy contract, it has allowed me to focus more on my rugby. Definitely I've seen myself with a lot more growth this year.
"Thanks to Jared Payne, I've been able to positionally develop as a player. In terms of reading the play and being able to adapt to how the opposition are playing.
"Also, I've just got more confidence now to back my ability. More confidence to take players on and hopefully express myself as well."
Kernohan's plans to study medicine have been shelved for now, but he does tend to enrol in college next year.
"Both my parents studied medicine, so for me that was always something I was interested in," he explained.
"I had an offer for a couple of Unis to study medicine. I had that decision to make, but for me since I was boy, rugby has always been my dream.
"I'm glad now that I took the road to try and play rugby. Hopefully just keep my head down and stay on that road as long as possible."
Kernohan may have started the campaign playing with Ulster but he always harboured a great desire to get himself back into the Ireland U-20s setup.
"You pretty much get a phone call telling you, you're either in Dublin or you're either in Belfast," he added.
"There's a hunger to play for both obviously. You want to play for your province and get professional experience, but playing for your country that's a real privilege.
"I'm glad the way it has worked out this year, having that opportunity to play both. Hopefully I'll get another opportunity in the next week or two to pull on the jersey again and do my country proud hopefully.
"The exposure that the U-20s can give you and when you're playing with guys at the same age, it can give you confidence when you're coming to play with them.
"That's something I want to keep developing is that ability to express myself and to back myself."


An Interview with Jean Dunn first posted on September 13, 2010 on the Inner Directions Journal website.
Jean Dunn had the rare opportunity of being close to the contemporary sage, Nisargadatta Maharaj. With unquestioning faith, she wholeheartedly absorbed the teachings and presence of Maharaj, opening herself up like a reed to the flow of consciousness that Nisargadatta Maharaj was and is.
Over the years Jean published three books that contain transcripts of Nisargadatta's talks, recorded during the years she spent with him. This is an interview between Jean Dunn and The Inner Directions Journal, followed by a few selections from the personal diary she kept from 1977-1981.
IDJ: Was your introduction to spiritual life through Ramana Maharshi or were there other influences before Ramana?
Jean Dunn: Well, yes. That's a long story. I was interested in Joel Goldsmith. All my life, it seems I have been searching for something. We all are searching but usually in the wrong places; it does lead us on.
IDJ: Did Joel mention Ramana Maharshi's name to you?
Jean: No. I was told that he was preparing to visit India when he died.
IDJ: When did you first hear about Nisargadatta Maharaj?
Jean: About one year before I first saw him. I was staying in Sri Ramanasramam (the Ashram of Ramana Maharshi), and friends were regularly going to see him (Maharaj) in Bombay. I felt there was no need to see anyone else since the Maharshi was my teacher. I put off the trip twice. The third time friends came and asked me to go, I agreed. So I did, and that was it.
IDJ: After seeing Maharaj did you return to Ramanasramam?
Jean: Yes, I continued to stay at the Ashram. When Maharaj got very sick, during the last couple of years of his life, I moved to Bombay.
IDJ: Can you give me a brief description of what took place daily in Maharaj's flat? Did he have a special routine?
Jean: Early in the morning, about 6:00 a.m., there was arati (offering of lights) with a group of us. I would arrive before it started and help clean up the room from the day before. After arati I went out for coffee and returned to help Maharaj hang the garlands and put kumkum (vermilion) on the pictures of different saints hanging in the room. There was a meditation for an hour, then bhajans (devotional singing). From 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Maharaj answered questions from visitors. When the visitors left, we usually went out for tea or buttermilk. Maharaj would usually buy something for his granddaughter; he was crazy about her. When Maharaj rested in the afternoon, I would often go and just sit with him. There wasn't another meeting until 5:00 p.m. and this lasted until 7:00 p.m. Following the evening session there were bhajans, then Maharaj read from various Hindu scriptures, explaining the meaning in Marathi, the local language.
IDJ: Was there a particular reading that Maharaj liked best?
Jean: Not that I know of, though I never asked. I sat through them because it didn't matter to me what he was reading from.
IDJ: Maharaj did not use traditional Vedantic terminology to describe the approach to Truth and the removal of ignorance. Would you say that was one of the unique aspects of his teachings?
Jean: To me it was. He was so natural, and yet you knew that he knew he was not that body. He let that body do whatever it was doing, whatever its nature was. I don't know how to explain it.
IDJ: Did Maharaj provide any type of initiation to those who accepted him as a teacher?
Jean: Yes. He gave me a mantra.
IDJ: Did Maharaj recognize a formal Guru-disciple relationship?
IDJ: I believe Maharaj's own spiritual practice was complete in about three years, so he must have been a ripe soul. Did he ever admit to that? Did he ever talk about that?
Jean: No. He'd often talk before visitors came. There was a group of us that would come early, and he'd tell us stories.
Maharaj left everything after his Guru died; he was going to the Himalayas and decided to stay there until he got Realization. Along the way he was walking barefoot in an area where there were no houses to be seen. As soon as he felt hungry, he noticed smoke coming from a house on his left, so he approached it to ask the residents for food. The residents fed him and he drank water from their well. When he went back to the road and turned to look behind, from where he had just come, there was no house there at all.
Later, in the Himalayas he met a fellow disciple who persuaded him that it was more fruitful spiritually, to go back into the world. So he did and he returned to Bombay.
IDJ: At the time Maharaj returned to Bombay, was that what we would call a period of sadhana or spiritual practice?
Jean: Yes. That's when he built the room upstairs where we all met. He only had one business left out of eight, so he took care of that business while all of his spare time was spent upstairs in meditation. It took him three years, after his teacher died, to realize his true nature.
IDJ: Is there anything Maharaj specifically said or did that helped to transform your own life spiritually?
Jean: It was simply what he was. I probably needed all the teachings; just being in his presence was the key.
IDJ: Is it correct to say that Maharaj didn't stress any preconditions for serious seekers?
Jean: He said you must do your homework.
IDJ: What do you think he meant by homework?
Jean: I think he meant one must have been on a spiritual path and have studied the various teachings.
IDJ: Were there any other restrictions such as diet, etc.?
Jean: No, Maharaj was not a vegetarian.
IDJ: What about traditional practices?
Jean: No, though he did them at one time when he was young. The only thing he continued to carry on, in a traditional sense, were bhajans.
IDJ: Maurice Frydman said that "simplicity and humility are keynotes of his life and teachings." How would you summarize his message to someone who is reading this for the first time?
Jean: If you're seeking the Truth, this is it. But it's not something everyone wants. Most people want something to make their life better: money, a better house, and so forth. This has nothing to do with the world. That's why loving a Guru is so helpful. That love is your own Self.
IDJ: We don't often find, in reading Maharaj's teachings, the integration of Love and Wisdom that were manifest in him. Do you find that this understanding may be missing on the part of the reader?
Jean: Yes, particularly in European or Western countries. Until you meet your Guru or become one with the Guru within, the understanding is mostly intellectual. Maharaj said that this generation is ready for this teaching. There was a time when devotion to a God was prevalent; now people want Truth and the search is with the intellect.
IDJ: Could you expand on this further?
Jean: When you become one with your Self, it's pure love. You can't help but feel love and that love flows out. This love combines with knowledge, and you yourself are that knowledge. We have been seeking knowledge outside, but it's right here where we are.
IDJ: Maharaj often uses the words I Am or I Amness to describe the gateway to the Absolute. What is the I Am he refers to?
Jean: That's what you are at the present time, Universal Consciousness. That I Amness is the same as Consciousness, that which lets you know you exist.
IDJ: Did Maharaj encourage you to record his conversations, or did he have any direct participation in their subsequent publication?
Jean: No. I had been home to visit my family, and when I came back, there was no recording taking place. The talks were so deep that Suresh Mehta and I got a tape recorder and asked Vanaja, who attended daily, to record the talks for us. When she sent me the completed tapes, I just started transcribing them. It was continuing without anyone mentioning it until Maharaj discovered what I was doing. He then gave me his blessings, and it just developed into the books.
IDJ: Did you feel any difference when you returned to the states and practiced Maharaj's teachings, as compared to being in his presence in India?
IDJ: Are there certain aspects of Maharaj's teachings that you would hold forth for those here in the West?
Jean: He stressed meditation and being your true Self.
IDJ: While Maharaj often didn't talk about effort in the conventional way, since no effort is needed to attain one's own Self, did he encourage effort, understanding that Realization is an effortless state?
Jean: There is no need for effort, only understanding. What effort can give you that which you already are? Simply observe that which you have been identifying with, with detachment, make no judgments; do not try to change anything. What is this thing which you have identified with? You will find that it is just like a robot or computer, which has been programmed by others. A child lives in pure Consciousness at a very young age. The mother tells it: "You are a boy (or girl), your name is ——, I am your mother, this is your father." The programming starts. Others, such as teachers, friends, etc. also program the child. The actions and reactions of that "person" are based on this programming.
Maharaj: (to me) Whatever projects you have started, complete them to the best of your ability. It doesn't matter if the projects are a success or failure. Complete what you start to the best of your ability.
Do not talk about the experiences you have with the blooming of the Consciousness; keep it to yourself. Stabilize in the Consciousness. Stabilize the Consciousness. Self must be determined to do this. You must make a decision.
Questioner: Is there anything which can be considered sacred?
M: Yes. That which does not get polluted with the experiences of the objective world is sacred.
Maharaj: Perhaps you might be getting some blessings, some benefits from listening to my talks, I don't know. A person who is already dead is not worried about anything. Whether the people like it or not, I don't care. All my actions are not through my body and mind but always Universal Consciousness, appearing to work through this body. So, I don't remember anything of the past and act. It is action in the now.
Questioner: Where does Consciousness come from?
M: It never comes and goes; it only appears to have come. It is a feeling that it comes and goes.
Q: Why does Maharaj know this and we do not?
M: It is not difficult for you to know also, but what is the identity with which you are asking?
Q: Can karma be changed? Is it karmic?
M: It is all Consciousness working, not this one is working and that one; it is all Consciousness working.
Q: Maharaj said he is not going to die?
M: No one was born and no one dies. When people first learned about this illness, those who have affection for me come and talk to me and write to me. They give so many medicines and advice. Why should I do that? Whatever has to happen will happen. I have no interest. Why should I run from doctor to doctor? I don't have fear, so I don't have to do anything. Those who have fear run from doctor to doctor, from medicine to medicine.
Q: What is Sat-Chit-Ananda (the literal translation is Being-Consciousness-Bliss)?
M: It is words, language. In the Absolute there is no emotion. You can take it that Sat-Chit-Ananda is the limit which your mind can describe of that state which cannot be described. The one who experiences Sat-Chit-Ananda is there before the experience.
You see me as tangible you think I am, but actually I am not. In my true state, I am not.
Questioner: Is stabilizing in Consciousness meditation?
Maharaj: Who stabilizes? It is Consciousness that stabilizes in Itself. (Looking at me) This one has understood her nature. It is all due to her faith in the Guru. Unless you have such faith in the Guru, you do not establish in your Self. These people go from this swami to that swami. What for? To gather knowledge from scriptures. Stick to your Consciousness; remain in that, and all the burden of your concepts will drop off. Do not take the help of your Consciousness to build up new concepts.
Q: Habit is a great force which makes one stray off.
M: The habit of considering Self as the body has influenced everyone so much. The knowledge "I AM" is your Guru.
Be in the One who continually remains a witness to this "I AM." That is Avalia (Avalia is an Urdu word meaning one who is Original).
Who is the one who sings bhajans? It is the intellect of that Guru; who are you, an intruder?
The actions of the whole world depend on this intellect, but when this intellect reaches its apex, it gets merged into Parabrahman (the Absolute).


The official report date for Yankees' pitchers and catchers is tomorrow, but next Wednesday might be the biggest media day for all of spring training. Why? That's the day Alex Rodriguez is due to report.
"Quoting Rodriguez is like dropping a Mento into a Diet Coke. It makes a big whoosh, everyone gets excited, for about three seconds, and then it's just a mess, and you wonder what's been accomplished, besides some stickiness, and maybe a permanent stain."
For more excerpts, here's the obligatory Deadspin response piece.
Next up is quite the opposite. After A-Rod released his handwritten apology note, New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica went on a complete tirade against our man of the hour. While both of these are must-reads, Craig Calcaterra over at Hardball Talk took a moment to call out Lupica for being "petty and mean."
Oh, and about that letter. Here's A-Rod's letter read aloud by a comedian in Morgan Freeman's voice, here's a handwriting expert's analysis of the letter from the Wall Street Journal, and here's a handwritten letter from a fan responding to A-Rod.
Lastly, Anthony Bosch was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in MLB's Biogensis scandal. How does that relate to A-Rod? While A-Rod has never gone on record about their exact relationship, Bosch's lawyer put A-Rod on trial at Tuesday's hearing.
Hope you enjoy today's reading, class. The A-Rod Test is scheduled for a week from today, when the media has surely bashed A-Rod once more.


11 young carers had a grand time of it at the Loch Eil residential over the weekend just passed.
We played games, jumped in the loch, had a campfire with marshmallows, rock climbed on Ben Nevis, played on the trapeze and went canoeing.
To see a gallery of photos, follow this link or click on the image below.


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What blood products can be transfused?
Where does donated blood come from? Is it safe?
What happens when you need a transfusion?
Can friends and family donate for the patient?
Red Blood Cells: The function of the red cells is to carry the oxygen to the vital organs to allow for survival. At present, there is no proven substitute for red blood cells. A red cell transfusion may be necessary to prevent damage to vital organs due to lack of oxygen.
Platelets: Platelets are small cells needed to prevent or stop bleeding. These sticky little cells are needed to start blood clotting at the site of injury. Platelet transfusions may be required for patients who have a low number of platelets or whose platelets do not work properly.
Plasma: Plasma contains many substances including the proteins that help blood to clot.
Albumin: Albumin is a protein from plasma than can be used to replace fluid that has been lost.
Immunoglobulin Preparations: Immunoglobulins are proteins that help fight infection. They may be given to patients with low immunoglobulin levels, or patients experiencing recurrent infections.
If blood is found to have any of these infections, it is disposed of and never used. Blood is never collected from an infected donor again. However, you need to be aware that blood can never be guaranteed to be 100% safe and there remains a theoretical risk of 1 in 1,000,000 risk of HIV transmission as well as a 1 in 250,000 risk of Hepatitis B or C transmission despite appropriate screening.
Viral infections: Although blood products are tested for infections of known viruses, it is still possible to become infected. It is possible for a donor to carry a virus and not feel sick or to be infected but only feel sick several days later. The risks are decreasing because screening tests are improving all the time. You can get more information about the risks from your doctor.
Allergic reactions: You might feel itchy or get a rash with transfusions. However, these reactions are easily treated with antihistamines and anti-inflammatories. Rarely, allergic reactions may be severe and produce shortness of breath or throat swelling.
Fever: A reaction may occur from substances in the donor blood, which may result in a fever. This response occurs during or shortly after the transfusion has been completed. The fever may or may not require treatment. The symptoms may consist of feeling cold or chills, followed by a rapid rise in body temperature (fever). If you have had a history of fever reactions with prior transfusions, you should tell the doctor.
Hemolytic reactions: This rare reaction occurs when antibodies in the patient's blood react against the donor red cells, destroying them. This is called hemolysis and can result in kidney failure. To ensure that the correct blood is given to prevent this reaction, careful blood testing, processing and administering procedures are required.
Iron Overload: If blood product transfusion is required for an extended period of time, it is possible for the body to accumulate too much iron. This could lead to problems with liver or heart function. Once patients no longer require transfusions, blood may have to be removed from the body as medical therapy to remove iron. This procedures is called a phlebotomy. If patients with iron overload are still requiring transfusion, a drug (Desferal) can be prescribed to assist in iron excretion from the body.
Previous reactions: You should let the doctor know if you have had a reaction from blood transfusions in the past, so that steps can be taken to prevent it from recurring.
A blood sample is taken from you and sent to the hospital laboratory. Tests are performed to ensure the donor blood is compatible with the patient's blood. This process is called cross-matching. The donor blood is then labelled with your name and you will receive only that blood.
The blood, or blood product, is given to you through your Hickman® line or a needle in a vein in the arm. During the transfusion, the nurse will take your temperature, blood pressure and pulse. The blood transfusion can take from 30 minutes to a few hours to complete.
Family members sometimes ask if they can donate blood for a loved one. This is called a directed donation. In general, directed donations are not done but may be possible in special situations; for example, if the patient has a very rare blood type, or in some cases, a parent may donate for their child when the parent's and the child's blood match.
It is important to remember that directed donations are not generally available. This is because directed donations have not been shown to be safer than volunteer blood donations.
If you are likely to need blood and/or blood products, you will be asked to complete a consent form on each admission to hospital or at the beginning of each course of treatment.
If you choose to refuse blood and/or blood products, you must complete a Refusal To Accept Form for each admission and/or each course of treatment.
If you refuse to receive blood and/or blood products at any time, you must carry an Advance Directive or other written instruction advising the medical staff. In the absence of written refusal, medical staff will give blood and/or blood products if considered necessary to preserve life or health.
If you or your families need more information, please talk to your doctor. The medical staff at the hospital's blood bank can also help.


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What makes an athlete fast may have more to do with body type than training. Researchers from Duke University and Howard University think the secret may lie in the body's center of gravity.
Their study, released online in the International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics, may explain why the fastest sprinters are usually black, while the fastest swimmers are usually white, a difference that goes back decades. Though on the face of it this may seem like the differences are racial, the researchers believe they're really biological.
Blacks, they note, tend to have a slightly higher center of gravity than whites, due to having longer limbs with smaller circumferences. Because Asians and whites tend to have longer torsos, their centers of gravity are lower.
Those differences may translate into faster times in specific sports. Looking at other studies on the human body, the researchers deemed that, on average, blacks have about a 3% higher center of gravity than whites. That may make black sprinters 1.5% faster than white sprinters. Using that formula, whites may have a similar advantage over blacks in swimming. Asians may have an even greater advantage than whites in terms of center of gravity, they add, but that benefit is canceled out by the fact that they're usually not as tall as white swimmers.
"Locomotion is essentially a continual process of falling forward," study co-author Adrian Bejan, in a news release. "Mass that falls from a higher altitude falls faster. In running, the altitude is set by the location of the center of gravity. For the fastest swimmers, longer torsos allow the body to fall forward farther, riding the larger and faster wave." Bejan is a professor of engineering at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.
But the authors don't ignore the role that environment, as well as biology, may play in what athletes excel at.
"When I grew up in South Carolina, we were discouraged from swimming," Edward Jones, a co-author, said in a news release. Jones, who teaches at Howard University and is black, added, "There wasn't nearly as much encouragement for us as young people to swim as there was for playing football or basketball. With the right encouragement, this doesn't always have to be the case -- just look at the Williams sisters in tennis or Tiger Woods in golf."


Hege Tapio, manager of i/o/lab and Sissel Rogne, director of Norwegian biotechnology advisory board.
The artist Paul Vanouse gives an introduction to his work.
Paul Vanouse is an artist and Professor of Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo, NY, where he heads the program in Emerging Practices. Interdisciplinarity and impassioned amateurism guide his art practice. His biological and interactive media projects have been exhibited in over 20 countries and widely across the US.
His recent projects, "Latent Figure Protocol", "Ocular Revision" and "Suspect Inversion Center" use molecular biology techniques to challenge "genome-hype" and to confront issues surrounding DNA fingerprinting, particularly the idea the most authoritative image of our time, the DNA fingerprint, is somehow natural.
The openingprogram of Article offers exciting debates about DNA technology in art, investigation and diagnosis of cancer.
i/o/lab has invited the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board, GENA - Institute for DNA analysis and private investigator Vanvik for a conversation with artist Paul Vanouse.
The opening program to Article offers exciting debates about DNA technology in art, investigation and diagnosis of cancer.
Why are healthy cells transformed into cancer cells? DNA analysis puts doctors and scientists on the trail of reasons for cancer.
In cooperation with Norwegian Cancer Genomics Consortium (NCGC) and the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board.
We invite children and young people to try themselves as investigators to solve a mysterious theft at the museum.
A valuable painting has been stolen - we will look up the perpetrator through DNA traces and check this against three suspects.
Today our program will have a look at how artists relate and work with Nano technology through presentations by artist Kate Nichols and Koert van Mensvoort, creative director at Next Nature.
Kate Nichols started her artistic career as a traditional painter. Through her work and research of colors and pigments she got interested in the structural colors to be found in nature - like in the butterfly blue Morfo. This research led to her being incorporated as an artist to Professor Alivisatos laboratory in Berkeley, California.
Next Nature Lab is an organization affiliated with the department of industrial design at Eindhoven University of Technology. Next Nature Lab observes new cultural and scientific phenomena and contributes articles and specific design projects. Their project Nano Supermarket presents speculative nano products that will be found in the shelves over the next ten years.
Artlunch - Experience art in your lunchbreak!
Add luncheon to the museum and join a brief introduction to the exhibition with curator Hege Tapio.
Your unique DNA is stored in a necklace that you can take home.
Join our guided tour - during one hour we will walk you through the exhibition, opening for questions and conversations along the way.


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New law looks self-enforcing'
THERE will be no excuse for failing to adhere to the smoking ban, says East Cambridgeshire District Council as it looks to enforce the new law. Virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England are now smoke-free after new legislation cam
THERE will be "no excuse" for failing to adhere to the smoking ban, says East Cambridgeshire District Council as it looks to enforce the new law.
Virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England are now smoke-free after new legislation came into force last Sunday.
The law will protect people in workplaces, public vehicles and work vehicles, from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke.
Pubs, restaurants, cafes and any part of a person's home that is used as a place of work by a person who does not live there are also now smoke-free.
Smoking is also banned from sports stadiums and bus shelters that are substantially enclosed.
Under the Health Act 2006 it is now an offence for anyone to smoke in a smoke-free area, for designated premises to not display a smoke-free sign and for someone responsible for a smoke-free area to allow someone to smoke there.
Liz Knox, head of Environmental Services and Housing for East Cambridgeshire District Council, said: "There has been a tremendous amount of advertising and publicity regarding the new legislation so there will be no excuse for pleading ignorance. My team has been about since Sunday to enforce the legislation but the feedback we have had leads us to believe the new laws will be self-enforcing with everyone taking time to enjoy their new environment."
A5 no-smoking signs must be displayed in a prominent position at every entrance to smoke-free premises.
Anyone caught smoking in a smoke-free premises may be forced to pay a fixed penalty fine of £50, which will be discounted to £30 if paid within 15 days. If this goes to court the fine can go up to £200.
INFO: Call 01353 665555, ask for the environmental health team or go to www.smokefreeengland.co.uk


Been using nglide successfully to run this game plus other on my modern system.
However I am having issues on my retro gaming PC with low quality textures and car models in game mode, garage and menu it's perfect.
The game install is the exact same one from my main PC which is win 7, GTX 980 and FX 8320.
My retro PC is a dual Operton 290, soft modded Quadro FX 4000 to GF 6800 Ultra, AGP and runs win server 2003 x64. GPU drivers are latest from 2013.
I have tried all the patches out there including the fast CPU patch, currently run the patch on this site and the glide HD widescreen patch.
I read also about the need to set vertex for the headlights but mine all run vertex anyway so that isn't the issue.
I had this same issues with low quality on my modern PC but I read under another site compatibility mode under vista SP1 corrects the issue which it did, problem is win 2k3 does not have vista compatibility mode obviously.
Another issue is, when I had his low quality "random car" under opponent selection is missing, vista sp1 compatibility mode not only fixes the low quality but returns the random car selection from the menu. So I also see this same missing option on my retro PC.
I have installed MS compatibility tool and tried many options with no change.
Does anyone know what options vista SP1 compatibility actually uses internally so I can make my own equvilant patch under 2k3 or if there is another work around?
From what I can see this looks to be the fast CPU bug in action since quality is full in the menu/garage. None of the patches that supposedly fixing this have ever worked, even back in the XP days.
vlad01 wrote: I have tried all the patches out there including the fast CPU patch, currently run the patch on this site and the glide HD widescreen patch.
wait, so you're saying extracting this patch ALONE into game directory and clicking nfs5.reg doesn't make any difference for you in cockpit quality? Do you see car gloss in the garage?
What is Glide HD widescreen patch? There is a widescreen patch, but not for Glide mode and NFS5.
Yes your patch does nothing on my retro PC. Yes I have gloss and full detail in the garage which is much like the known CPU speed bug.
I have tried it alone. Only thing it seems to do it prevent the game crashing on startup with some error messages but does nothing for quality. The widescreen patch can be toggled on and off via it's own reg files.
I had since last posting tested my CPUs locked to one core and down clocked to 1.7Ghz and it still did not change anything, if anything the system was unstable running that slow and hard locked all the time.
The widescreen patch is this one which has a glide option also but I am pretty sure the glide just defaults via your patch anyway because it still runs glide if I disable it but the ratio returns to 4:3.
I have had it for years on my modern system with great success.
For my modern system I needed to run vista SP1 compatibility mode to get the full quality as it also had low quality. So there is something this mode offers that my old system can't do or doesn't have.
The "random car" option is linked to the quality, it is not available if the quality is low if that gives any clue to what is going wrong?
ok, so that's new to me. Perhaps AMD CPUs execute different code path in the game.
It definitely needs to be investigated.
It could be. Back in the day when I switched to win 2k and also tried xp, the official 2k/XP patch did not work at all on any of my system all being AMD ones. However it did work with the patch on a Celeron system when I tried it, even if it was unplayable due to the Celeron's poor performance.
I wasn't able to play NFS5 until vista came out which was the first OS that worked with NFS 5 since 98 at least on AMD systems it seemed. Funny thing is on vista I required no patch or anything, just worked out of the box as a stock game. I do recall the random car option was also missing in that case as well but that was over 10 years ago now so it's hard to recall the details.


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SeaDrone simplifies underwater exploration and inspection
Startup Battlefield: SeaDrone at #TCDisrupt https://t.co/Ck5Y2TZnev
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) May 10, 2016
It's the year, or perhaps the decade, of the drone, and the popular craft are only getting cheaper, better and easier to control. But why should drones be limited to the air? The SeaDrone, demonstrated onstage at Disrupt NY today, brings the benefits and simplicity of multi-rotor airborne drones to underwater applications.
"You could consider it an underwater quadcopter," Eduardo Moreno, co-founder of O-Robotix, told TechCrunch. "It's not made like a missile, like other underwater drones. It's designed to stabilize itself. We focused on innovating on how a robot could capture very stable footage."
The craft may borrow its overall style from popular aerial drones, but the turbines are the company's own bespoke design. They're smaller, lighter, simpler, cheaper and more durable than off-the-shelf models, dropping the cost of the device immensely while also improving its maneuverability.
It also means the whole thing fits in a case you can put in the passenger seat. That's a big plus.
The SeaDrone is controlled with a tablet app, and the craft itself runs a custom Linux install — eschewing the "very analog" control schemes of most remote-operated underwater vehicles. The onboard OS also allows for programmable motions — for instance, automated inspection of nets or thorough, 360-degree video captures of the surroundings.
Although it does sound like it would be fun to pilot, the SeaDrone is made with work in mind — specifically, maritime and sea-based farming applications.
"Currently we're focusing on aquaculture, because they're the ones that require the most frequent dives," Moreno said. Inspecting boats, docks, nets, pipelines — many of these tasks require large, expensive ROVs or trained divers. The SeaDrone can do many of these tasks for a fraction of the cost, and can be operated by non-specialists.
On top of the drone itself, O-Robotix will be selling a platform for storing and organizing the data it collects. Management of fish and hatcheries and other things involves lots of reports and note-taking — regulatory agencies want to know all kinds of things, and the process is tedious.
"Instead of writing notes and doing things on paper, and collecting photos and videos as they go along, we automatically grab all that information and format it for the manager to submit," Moreno said. This would provide income on top of the usual sales, parts and repairs of the SeaDrone fleet.
Until now the company has been largely bootstrapped, but is entering the manufacturing phase, which requires a bit more capital. Hardware companies are notoriously difficult to get off the ground, but O-Robotix looks poised to take a pretty big slice of an under-attended global industry.


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Don't Worry, CD Projekt Red is Working on a Fix for the Buggy Witcher 3 1.6 Patch [Update: It's live]
Draw distance woes? CD Projekt Red is working on it.
News by Matt Kim, News Editor
Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email news@usgamer.net.
Update: CD Projekt Red tweeted the the developers released a new hot fix that should increase the draw distance of foliage when playing in 4K on PS4 Pro. The fix applies to both the vanilla version and GOTY versions of the game.
Given how dedicated CD Projekt Red is to its Witcher franchise, it should come as no surprise that the studio is working on a fix for the bugs that came along with the recent 4K HDR update for the PS4 Pro. But it's still nice to get a confirmation that a fix is incoming.
CD Projekt Red relayed to USgamer that the studio is currently working on another fix for the graphical issues that bugged The Witcher 3 1.6 patch. No word on when the fix will arrive other than "it's in the works," but I imagine that the studio is well aware of the issues that came with the 1.6 HDR patch.
While the patch introduced HDR support to the PS4 Pro, it also caused issues with The Witcher 3's draw distance that made the game appear less detailed. Also things like foliage and other environmental details would just sprout from the ground a few feet away from where Geralt was running to.
Our colleagues at Digital Foundry have a fuller breakdown of the 1.6 Witcher 3 patch, but in summary the HDR patch might have unintentionally broken some of the game's visuals. The actual draw distance issue doesn't even appear to be related to the HDR implementation as the problems persist with HDR turned off. The only solution is to roll back the game's settings to the 1.5 version.
In the meantime, the HDR in The Witcher 3 does work well, and the performance has seen a boost. 4K frame rates are stable and the PS4 Pro is that much closer to the Xbox One X version in terms of graphical performance, though not matched.
For more, check out our complete Witcher 3 guide for a complete walkthrough. Or, if you're waiting for CD Projekt Red's next project, the studio is currently working on Cyberpunk 2077 which we might see at E3 2018.
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January 5th Telephone Town Hall Results
Below are the results from the several poll questions taken during the Telephone Town Hall meeting on January 5, 2017.
1. Listed below are some of the most important veteran initiatives that the General Assembly will consider this year. Which of the following should the General Assembly prioritize?
1. Veterans' Entrepreneur Grant Program to assist veterans to establish small businesses……………………………………………………………………………………7 %
2. Veterans' healthcare services through Virginia Veteran and Family Support (formerly the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program) ……………………..…..70 %
3. Virginia National Guard state income tax subtraction from $3,000 to $5,000………………………………………………………………………………………………………5 %
4. Promote development of secure procedures for submission of electronic ballots for overseas military voters………. …………………………………………9 %
5. In-state tuition to members of the Virginia National Guard/Reserve components with duty station in Virginia ………………………………………………………..9 %
2. Of the following options, which step should the General Assembly prioritize to address the
rising cost of higher education?
1. Increase state funding for colleges and universities…………………………………4 %
2. Prioritize building construction project……………………………………………..1 %
3. Reform and prioritize financial aid distribution to serve more middle income
students ……………………………………………………………………………..38 %
4. Encourage colleges and universities to offer "barebones" college degrees and
charge just tuition, but not room, board or other fees…………………………..….. 31%
5. Encourage colleges and universities to offer "three year" degree programs in
certain fields……………………………………………………………………….. 26 %
3. Do you like the use of a pilot program to combat the heroin and opioid crisis currently impacting Virginia?
1. Like the use of a pilot program……………………………………………………..86 %
2. Don't like the use of a pilot program…………………………………….…………14 %
4. We are putting forward several proposals to reform welfare that include placing a photograph of the head of the household on EBT cards, cross checking lottery winners with welfare recipients, and reducing the amount of time people can be on welfare from 5 to 1 year. Do you support our proposals for welfare reform?
1. Support these proposals……………………………………………………………..90 %
2. Oppose these proposals……………………………………………………………..10 %
5. How should the House work to close the budget shortfall?
1. Raise taxes (sales, income, business and/or gas)……………………………………2 %
2. Increase specific fees to cover the actual cost of providing certain
government services…………………………………………………………………6 %
3. Cut government spending………………………………………………………….33 %
4. Streamline government programs and services……………………………………58 %
6. Do you believe state government has a role to play in incentivizing job creation through the use of tax credits and economic development incentives?
1. Government does have a role to play in incentivizing job creation……………….71 %
2. Government does not have a role to play in incentivizing job creation……………29 %
7. Do you support or oppose legislation authorizing retired law-enforcement officers who are up to date on their training to carry a firearm as a school security officer?
1. Should be authorized to carry a firearm……………………………………………..91 %
2. Should not be authorized to carry a firearm…………………………………………9 %
8. The governor has called for a one-time tax amnesty period next year that is projected to generate $59.4 million dollars. The tax amnesty period would allow individuals and businesses who owe back taxes a chance to pay their full amount of back taxes at half the interest rate with no penalties. Do you support a tax amnesty period as a way to generate revenue?
1. Support a tax amnesty period……………………………….………………………76 %
2. Oppose a tax amnesty period…………………………………………………….….24 %
9. Do you support or oppose Medicaid expansion in Virginia? While expansion could enroll up to 400,000 currently uninsured Virginians in Medicaid, it could cost the Commonwealth over $1billion.
1. Oppose Medicaid expansion……………………………………………….…….…..76 %
2. Support Medicaid expansion……………………………………………….…….…..24 %
10. One proposal to help get Virginians back to work will waive the occupational licensing fee for first time applicants making less than $25,000 per year. Do you support this proposal?
1. Support waiving occupation license fee…………………………….…………….…83 %
2. Oppose waiving occupation license fee…………………………………….….……17 %
11. Political rights include the right to vote, serve on a jury, run for public office, and serve as a notary public. When an individual is convicted of a felony, they automatically lose their political rights. Historically, Governors have granted rights restoration on an individualized basis after review. However, the Governor can restore political rights at his discretion, as did Governor McAuliffe with a sweeping executive order. Do you support amending the Virginia Constitution to establish permanent framework on restoring political rights?
1. Support………………………………………………………………………………46 %
2. Oppose……………………………………………………………………………….54 %
12. Do you think Virginia invests too much, not enough, or about the right amount in its public school system?
1. Too much……………………………………………………………………………….22 %
2. Not enough………………………………………………………………………………31 %
3. Just right…………………………………………………………………………………47 %
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Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness (Computadores e Intratabilidade: Um guia para a Teoria da NP-completude, tradução livre, não há edição em português) é um livro de Michael Garey e David S. Johnson de grande influência em ciência da computação, mais especificamente em teoria da complexidade computacional. Foi o primeiro livro a tratar exclusivamente de NP-completude e intratabilidade computacional. O livro apresenta um apêndice fornecendo um compêndio exaustivo dos problemas NP-completos (que foi atualizado em impressões posteriores do livro).O livro já está obsoleto em alguns aspectos, uma vez que não abrange o desenvolvimento mais recente na área como o teorema da Correspondência de Post. É, no entanto, ainda em versão impressa, considerado como um clássico: em um estudo de 2006, o motor de busca CiteSeer listou o livro como a referência mais citada na literatura de ciência da computação.

Outros problemas
Outro apêndice do livro contou com problemas para os quais não se sabia se eram NP-completos ou em P (ou nenhum). Os problemas (com seus nomes originais) são:
 Isomorfismo de grafos
 Homomorfismo de subgrafos (para um dado grafo H)
 Gênero de grafos
 Compleção de grafo cordal
 Coloração de arestas
 Problema da paridade de árvores de abrangência
 Dimensão de ordem parcial
 Precedência restrita de escalonamento de 3 processadores
 Programação linear
 Amodularidade total
 Teste de primalidade
 Teste de primalidade é conhecido por pertencer a P, mas a complexidade do problema  da fatoração inteira, intimamente relacionado, permanece aberta.
 Triangulação de comprimento mínimo
A partir de 2015, um único problema ainda não foi classificado. Problema 12 é conhecido por ser NP-difícil, mas não se sabe se está em NP.

Aceitação
Assim que lançado, o livro recebeu críticas positivas por pesquisadores de renome na área de ciência da computação teórica.

Em sua avaliação, Ronald V. Book recomenda o livro para "qualquer um que deseje aprender sobre o tema da NP-completude", e menciona explicitamente o apêndice "extremamente útil" com mais de 300 problemas computacionais NP-difíceis. Ele conclui: "A ciência da computação precisa de mais livros como este."

Harry R. Lewis elogia o texto matemático dos autores: "O livro de Garey e Johnson é uma exposição completa, clara e prática da NP-completude. Em muitos aspectos, é difícil imaginar um melhor tratamento do assunto." Além disso, ele considera o apêndice como "único" e "como ponto de partida, na tentativa de mostrar novos problemas como sendo NP-completos".

Vinte e três anos após o livro aparecer, Lance Fortnow, editor-em-chefe das Operações de periódicos científicos na teoria computacional, declara: "Eu considero de Garey e Johnson o livro mais importante na estante do meu escritório. Todo cientista da computação deve ter este em suas prateleiras também. [...] Garey e Johnson tem a melhor introdução à complexidade computacional que eu já vi ".

Veja também
 Lista de problemas NP-completos

Livros de 1979
Livros de informática

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Q: Calling an array that uses a global typescript file inside the html file for Angular 7+ I'm having an issue calling an array inside my HTML file using a global.ts file for angular. When you use an array typically you give the element the array name then its sibling variable that is going to loop using this *ngFor="let element of elements". I'm already calling the global.ts file using the import and setting up the construct.

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But how would you then call an array using a global.ts file that uses an array? Normally using a simple variable in a global typescript file would look like this. I tried globals.slide.header but that does not seem right.

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I have created this ts file:

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    navitems = [
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            routelink: '/home',
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            routelink: '/myrequest',
        }
    ];
}

But how do I call it inside a header component?

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Help appreciated thanks!

A: first you have to import global.ts in component.ts
import { AppGlobals } from '../app.globals';

export class Abc {
constructor(public globals: AppGlobals) {}

}

now you can use any variable of globals for example you have an elements array
 in globals.ts like
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Kwara Assembly attacks Lai Mohammed, faction reports minister to NWC
John Alechenu and Tunde Oyekola
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, have dismissed claims by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that he financially supported their electioneering campaigns.
They also distanced themselves from his statement that Ward congresses will not hold in the state until a fresh membership registration and revalidation exercise was carried out.
The lawmakers insisted that the congress will go ahead on July 24, 2021 as scheduled. They spoke at a press conference in Ilorin, on Sunday.
Speaker of the Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu who was represented by the Deputy Speaker, Raphael Adetiba, at the event said "Alhaji Lai Mohammed is not an official of the party and cannot speak on behalf of the party.
"The right information we have from the governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq who is the leader of APC in Kwara State is that the Ward Congress of our party will hold in Kwara State like in all other states on July 24.
"The Minister should be sanctioned by the party for giving wrong information to members of the APC in the state."
Twenty other members of the assembly also attended the conference.
It was also gathered that the party leadership is considering sanctions for the minister and his supporters for opening a parallel secretariat, in Ilorin, on Saturday.
One of our correspondents gathered in Abuja, on Sunday, that the party leadership is unhappy with his decision to "fight his governor."
A highly placed member of the party caucus said, "We are disappointed that someone who should know the rules of our party is acting like this.
"When we had no governor, he (Mohammed) was the party leader. Now, we have a governor, and under our rules, the governor is the leader of the party in the state.
"The problem is that the minister does not want to accept the governor's leadership which is unfortunate.
"During our last meeting with all of them, the governor offered the minister and his supporters cabinet positions they refused.
Desperate politicians unrelenting to rubbish Buhari despite achievements — Lai Mohammed
Insurgents would've declared Islamic State in Nigeria if not for Buhari —Lai Mohammed
Saying Buhari has nothing more to offer is untrue, dirty politicking —Lai Mohammed
One thing is sure, no individual is bigger than the APC, we will apply sanctions if it comes to that."
Also, the state chapter of the APC has sent a formal complaint to the National Secretariat of the party.
It was learnt that the state chapter of the APC loyal to the governor has written to the national headquarters accusing the minister and his supporters of anti-party activities.
When contacted, the State APC Publicity Secretary, Folaranmi Aro in an interview with one of our Correspondents, said, "The National Caretaker Committee of APC has recognized governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as the leader of the party and he is the leader of the party in the state.
"We don't have a problem with the faction of APC led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Kwara State, which opened another Secretariat in Ilorin, the state capital on Saturday.
"The National Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, has clarified this on Sunday by sending messages to the officially recognized Secretariat of the party in all the 36 states.
"He also sent the names of the Chairman and Secretary of the party in each state. The Chairman of APC in Kwara state is Alhaji Abdullahi Samari and the Secretary is Mustapha Isowo. So, he has settled the matter."
"The APC in Kwara state is one, we don't have factions, those that gathered on Saturday at that place are wasting their time."
Another APC leader in the state, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "We won't respond to Alhaji Lai because we have reported him to the national secretariat of the party and I can tell you that the national headquarters will take action against the minister because what he had started in Kwara is very dangerous; it's a very bad precedent. The national body is not happy with what he has done."
Attempts to get an official response from the National Secretary of the party were futile. Calls to his mobile telephone number were neither picked nor returned. A response to a text message sent to him was still being awaited as at 8:42pm.
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I am told I wrote my first poem 'Summer', when I was eight.
It strikes me now as embarrassingly flawed. I seemed to think that swallows landed on the ground and, a little while later and at another place I seemed to think I could recognize a particular swallow … well, I ask you! Not to mention the matter of describing a cat I claimed to be unable to see …! Yet my father was delighted at this effort. Why? I suppose he considered these ingenuous aspects as secondary, reflecting a child's psychology where reality may come second to the wish and where time sequences are not of the essence. I can feel though that the poem has a sense of rhythm … actually rhythms, and all over the place, but rhythms neverthelesss. Perhaps he thought the existence of rhythms, however confused … promising? I believe he used the poem when lecturing on poetry, possibly making some of these points.
All so embarrassing. And yet there can be no doubting the positive effect his pleasure had on me. Later, during the rest of my school years, I continued to receive his encouragement, and from his mother a little reward which helped supplement my meagre pocket money. Yes, truth will out!
So that's how my poetry began … and continued … and continues, for even now there can be errors of fact, and there can be controversy regarding suitability and taste, not to mention difference of opinion on technical matters and presentation.
When, a few years ago, I decided it might be worthwhile at last to bring together and present my poetry, I decided to call it 'Lines of a lifetime', and organised the poems alphabetically by title. But this gave rise to an objection, and so I postponed further action. I have been urged, in the end, to sort the poems according to subject, not at all easy … as many poems fall into a number of subject categories, leading either to perceived misrepresentation or to duplication. Tough. The total collection now appears under the original title, above, but with these 11 subtitles: 1) 'Cadiz', poems on situations and individuals in Cadiz, 2) 'Eros – foibles of the flesh', 3) 'Eros – heavings of the heart', 4) 'Eros – in absentia', 5) 'Measuring up' and some of the inside story, 6) 'Mixed blessings' food, drink and quirks of the table, 7) 'The Natural World – heaven and earth', 8) 'The Natural World – the bestiary I', 9) 'The Natural World – the bestiary II', cattributes A-Z, and others, 10) 'Words at play' plays on words expressed in verse, 11) 'Wrestling at dawn' or, simply, Juvenilia. There is a twelfth heading or subtitle, 'Series apparatus' with subject notes and information on prior publication, chronology etc.
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author: Michael Paquier
lastmod: 2013-07-22
date: 2013-07-22 00:51:54+00:00
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type: post
slug: postgres-9-4-feature-highlight-refresh-concurrently-a-materialized-view
title: 'Postgres 9.4 feature highlight - REFRESH CONCURRENTLY a materialized view'
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- PostgreSQL-2
tags:
- 9.4
- materialized
- view
- postgres
- postgresql

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Postgres 9.3 has introduced the first features related to [materialized views](/postgresql-2/postgres-9-3-feature-highlight-materialized-views/). The upcoming version of Postgres is adding many basic things like the possibility to create, manage and refresh a materialized views. However, materialized views in Postgres 9.3 have a severe limitation consisting in using an exclusive lock when refreshing it. This basically blocks any attempts to read a materialized view while it is being refreshed with new data from its parent relations, which is particularly a handicap for large materialized views on production servers.

While Postgres 9.3 will normally come out in Autumn and is currently in beta, 9.4 is already in development and the issue of a too strong lock taken when refreshing a materialized view has been solved by adding a new feature allowing to refresh it concurrently. This simply allows to read from a materialized view while it is being refreshed with a lower lock.

    commit cc1965a99bf87005f431804bbda0f723887a04d6
    Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
    Date:   Tue Jul 16 12:55:44 2013 -0500

    Add support for REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY.

    This allows reads to continue without any blocking while a REFRESH
    runs.  The new data appears atomically as part of transaction
    commit.

    Review questioned the Assert that a matview was not a system
    relation.  This will be addressed separately.

    Reviewed by Hitoshi Harada, Robert Haas, Andres Freund.
    Merged after review with security patch f3ab5d4.

When running a CONCURRENT operation, the possibility to run read query on a materialized view is traded with a higher resource consumption and a longer time necessary to complete the view refresh process. Now let's have a look at it more deeply.

First, REFRESH CONCURRENTLY can only be run if the involved materialized view has at least one unique index.

    postgres=# CREATE TABLE aa AS SELECT generate_series(1,1000000) AS a;
    SELECT 1000000
    postgres=# CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW aam AS SELECT * FROM aa;
    SELECT 1000000
    postgres=# REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY aam ;
    ERROR:  55000: cannot refresh materialized view "public.aam" concurrently
    HINT:  Create a UNIQUE index with no WHERE clause on one or more columns of the materialized view.
    postgres=# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX aami ON aam(a);
    CREATE INDEX
    postgres=# REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY aam;
    REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW

While the refresh was running, reading from the materialized view worked, of course, as expected, and I did not notice any performance impact.

The unique index used also cannot include any WHERE clauses, or index on any expressions.

    postgres=# DROP INDEX aami;
    DROP INDEX
    postgres=# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX aami ON aam(a) where a < 50000;
    CREATE INDEX
    postgres=# REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY aam ;
    ERROR:  55000: cannot refresh materialized view "public.aam" concurrently
    HINT:  Create a UNIQUE index with no WHERE clause on one or more columns of the materialized view.
    LOCATION:  refresh_by_match_merge, matview.c:691

After some testing, it looks that REFRESH can take quite a bit of time to return an error back to client when not finding a unique index necessary to complete the refresh operation. I am personally wondering why this takes so long...

However, having such a command available is really a nice thing and it is great that Kevin Grittner took the time to implement it for the first commit fest of 9.4, as it removes one of the main barriers materialized views are facing in Postgres 9.3 with applications using materialized views mainly for cache-related purposes.

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