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Titanomachy (epic poem)
(Redirected from Titanomachia)
See also: Titanomachy
Possible Titanomachy: A beardless Zeus is depicted launching a thunderbolt against a kneeling Titan? (or Giant?) at the Gorgon pediment from the Temple of Artemis in Corfu as exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu
The Titanomachy (Greek: Τιτανομαχία) is a lost epic poem, which is a part of Greek mythology. It deals with the struggle that Zeus and his siblings, the Olympian Gods, had in overthrowing their father Cronus and his divine generation, the Titans.
The poem was traditionally ascribed to Eumelus of Corinth (8th century BC), a semi-legendary bard of the Bacchiad ruling family in archaic Corinth,[1] who was treasured as the traditional composer of the Prosodion, the processional anthem of Messenian independence that was performed on Delos.
Even in Antiquity many authors cited Titanomachia without an author's name. M. L. West[2] in analyzing the evidence concludes that the name of Eumelos was attached to the poem as the only name available. From the very patchy evidence, it seems that "Eumelos"' account of the Titanomachy differed from the surviving account of Hesiod's Theogony at salient points. The 8th century BC date for the poem is not possible; West ascribes a late seventh-century date as the earliest.[2]
The Titanomachy was divided into at least two books. The battle of Olympians and Titans was preceded by some sort of theogony, or genealogy of the primal gods, in which, the Byzantine writer Lydus remarked,[3] the author of Titanomachy placed the birth of Zeus, not in Crete, but in Lydia, which should signify on Mount Sipylus.
^ The Bacchiadae were exiled by the tyrant Cypselus about 657 BC.
^ a b M.L. West, "'Eumelos': A Corinthian Epic Cycle?" The Journal of Hellenic Studies 122 (2002), pp. 109–133. The present article follows West's analysis.
^ De mensibus 4.71.
Eight surviving fragments
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Q: Dyamically set the PARAM Type for PDO I have a loop that allocates values to all params set within a bind param. My problem is I'm not quite sure how to dynamically set the param type when I bind them.
For instance, here is the loop:
foreach(array_combine($cols,$vals) as $col => $val) {
    $f->bindParam(':'.$col,$val,PDO::PARAM_INT); // loop through columns and values array and bind those params
}

however - if $vals contains a string for one of the values in the array, this breaks (obviously).
How do I set the PARAM_INT dynamically depending on the type of value in $vals?
I've considered using gettype() but that seemed like it would be messy and ugly... :)

A: Don't bother with binding at all - just send everything right into execute:
$pdo->prepare($sql)->execute(array_combine($cols,$vals));

Don't forget to turn emulation mode off though, as otherwise this method will choke on LIMIT clause parameters.
however, keep in mind that such a dynamical query building you are trying to implement is prone to SQL injection and apply the the appropriate protection.

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Expectations Versus Reality: Spinal Surgery Does Not End Opioid Use for Pain
A new study reports that fewer than one in ten patients on long-term opioids before their operation discontinue the drugs post-surgery. Image credit: adragan8/123RF Stock Photo.
People seeking medical treatment for back pain often end up in a surgeon's office. Most of those individuals hope—and expect—that surgery will reduce their pain enough to make opioid painkillers unnecessary after the operation. But that scenario seems to be the exception rather than the rule, according to a new report published in the journal PAIN.
The study, led by Richard Deyo, a professor of evidence-based medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, US, shows that fewer than one in ten people taking long-term opioids for back pain before surgery discontinued their medication after lumbar spinal fusion surgery—and some patients who weren't taking opioids pre-surgery started long-term opioids after surgery.
"This is a really important and well-done research study conducted using a large population-based sample, so the results should be pretty generalizable," says Judith Turner, a pain psychologist at the Center for Pain Relief and a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle, US, who was not involved in the study. This means that the subjects in the study are likely representative of the wider population of people getting the same surgery, so the results can be extended to others.
The results of the study come as no surprise to Jane Ballantyne, a professor of anesthesiology and an expert on opioids, also at the University of Washington. "The value of the paper is that it actually documents what clinicians suspected was happening to their patients," says Ballantyne, who was also not involved in the study.
Surgery rarely ends opioid use
Deyo says he took on the study because, at medical conferences, he has seen surgery posed as an alternative to long-term opioids as a treatment for back pain. "And yet in the [scientific] literature, there's evidence that in fact patients often continue to take opioids even following surgery that is considered successful in technical terms. So it's a good idea to take a look at what happens pre- and post-surgery."
The researchers focused on a highly invasive surgery performed in an effort to alleviate back pain called lumbar spinal fusion. Here the bony vertebrae of the lower spine are joined to one another, often together with several metal rods, in order to stabilize the spine.
The investigators used Oregon's statewide electronic prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) and the statewide hospital discharge registry to track use of opioids before and after lumbar fusion surgery, in 2,491 patients. Seven months after surgery, more patients were taking opioids long-term than before surgery. Of the 1,045 patients taking opioids long-term before surgery, 77 percent were still taking them long-term after surgery, and another 14 percent used opioids episodically after surgery. Only 95 of those patients—fewer than one in ten—discontinued use of opioids or only used opioids for a brief period after surgery.
In the seven months before surgery, about a quarter of the study patients never used opioids. Afterward, 13 percent of those people used opioids long-term.
Considering the risks associated with long-term opioid use, Turner says, "those are sobering numbers."
When considering patients' opioid use, the researchers looked at the seven months before and the seven months after surgery, including the "perioperative period" of 30 days before and after surgery, when opioid use may be elevated during the lead-up to and recovery from surgery. To be considered long-term opioid users before surgery, patients had to fill at least four prescriptions in the seven months before surgery, with at least three of the fills more than a month before surgery. Similarly, long-term use after surgery was determined by at least four prescription fills after surgery, with three of them more than a month after surgery.
The researchers also wondered whether patients using opioids long-term before surgery were using a different dose after surgery. Although nine percent of those patients discontinued opioid use and nearly 35 percent were on a lower dose after surgery, around 12 percent stayed at the same dosage, and another 45 percent were on a higher dose compared with before surgery.
"So not only are many patients on long-term opioid therapy not stopping opioid use after fusion surgery for chronic back pain, almost half are increasing their dose," says Turner.
A patient's experience
Susan Andres, a registered nurse living in Massachusetts, was not a subject in the study but recently underwent lumbar spinal fusion surgery. Andres has lived with severe back pain since 2007 when she sustained an injury while working in a pediatric intensive care unit. Since then, she has been diagnosed with a number of degenerative spinal conditions and has undergone several spinal fusion surgeries to stabilize her spine. Last year, her pain grew so intense that she had to consider having another surgery.
"I was not keen to have any more, but I got to the point where I couldn't stand, I couldn't sit, I couldn't walk—and forget about showering. I was dependent on my husband to do everything."
Before Andres's first fusion surgery, she was not taking opioids, and she has been taking them since then. So in the context of the present study, Andres would technically fall into that category of patients who started long-term opioids after surgery. But she thinks that has more to do with the poor pain management she received before her first surgery than with the surgery itself.
After her most recent surgery—just a few weeks ago—she is taking a significantly lower dose of opioids than before surgery, but she has no illusions that she will be pain-free or halt opioids altogether. "Now that the initial post-operative pain is almost gone, I am left with residual pain—I continue to have pain in my back and my legs, but I can stand upright. I can walk, I can shower, I even made a meal." After being bedridden for months before surgery, that feels like a win to her.
Opioid use predicts opioid use
In the study, Deyo and colleagues also analyzed their data to determine what factors contributed to long-term opioid use after surgery. The single greatest influence: long-term opioid use before surgery. Higher doses also increased risk for long-term use.
"The message for patients and providers is, if someone with chronic low back pain is using opioids long-term to manage their pain and is considering spinal fusion in hopes of decreasing pain substantially, it's unlikely they're going to discontinue using opioids for pain afterwards," says Turner.
That finding fits with other research, says Ballantyne. "We are now seeing from the data—because so many people have been treated with opioids—that people who have been on opioids for more than 30 days have a high chance of staying on opioids for life." (See a related report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
So why did patients already receiving opioids still use them after surgery?
"We think for patients taking long-term opioids prior to surgery, in many cases the continued use post-operation relates at least as much to dependence on the medication as it does to pain relief or failure of relief from surgery itself," says Deyo. Here Deyo was referring to physical dependence, which causes withdrawal symptoms when patients stop taking the drugs.
Patients on long-term opioids, Ballantyne says, "have two whammies against them: their pain doesn't disappear after surgery, and it's hard to come off of opioids after recovery because of dependence. And a third whammy is that they need an increased dose of opioids to get through the surgery recovery—which we give them, because we're a humane people—and then it becomes possibly even a higher dose than before surgery."
In general, a key to avoiding long-term opioid use and its associated risks after surgery, Turner says, is to limit short-term opioid use after surgery.
"Patients are still often given way too much opioid medication after surgery," according to Turner. A few days of opioid medication is sufficient after most surgeries, she says, "but patients are routinely given a supply for much longer." She recommends that doctors and patients have a discussion about how long opioids should be used immediately after surgery, and a plan for how to taper and discontinue using them.
"Every day you take opioids after surgery, you increase the odds of long-term use a year later," Turner says.
An extreme step
As far as spinal fusion surgery goes, "I'm afraid patients may be cavalier about the rate of complications from this surgery—it's a much more invasive procedure than removing a disc," says Deyo.
It's also a very expensive procedure—in the neighborhood of $100,000—though with insurance, patients pay much less. Nevertheless, the number of surgeries performed annually is growing astronomically, approximately tripling in the past two decades. According to Deyo's search of the available data, nearly half a million spinal fusion surgeries were performed in the US in 2014, up from about 150,000 in 1993.
The reason for the high rate is partly due to financial incentives, he says, because doctors and hospitals are reimbursed handsomely for the procedures, and the medical device industry markets to them aggressively.
"This is major surgery with considerable risks," says Turner. "Patients trying to decide whether to have spinal surgery for back pain need to consider the research evidence on the benefits of this surgery and the risks, including the risk of long-term opioid therapy after surgery."
For patients like Andres, who have lived with intractable pain for months or years before surgery, those risks are worth running, she says. "None of these surgeries are without risk. I do not take them lightly—I don't think anyone having a fusion goes into it lightly."
Is there evidence that spinal fusion surgery is beneficial for chronic back pain?
"It depends on the diagnosis," Deyo says. For some patients—like Andres—with severe conditions, it can help, but "beyond that, it's trickier." Most controversial is the use of fusion surgery for degenerating or slipped discs.
"Some doctors believe surgery is indicated to relieve back pain even in the absence of pain radiating to the leg, or of important spinal deformities. But randomized controlled trials from Europe suggest that for back pain alone, outcomes from surgery are not more effective than rigorous rehabilitation," says Deyo.
While there are no guarantees that surgery will improve a patient's pain, both doctors and patients are often desperate to try something in the face of intractable pain. Based on clinical experience and previous research, Deyo says, "surgeons and patients often expect to come out without significant pain."
From her perspective as a patient, Andres says surgery may not erase pain or end opioid use, "but that doesn't mean that spinal fusion is faulty or shouldn't be done, or that pain medications don't work." For some patients, she believes, even after a successful surgery, pain remains and opioids are required and appropriate.
Still, the current study suggests that when it comes to opioid use after spinal fusion surgery, many patients' expectations may not match the reality.
Stephani Sutherland, PhD, is a neuroscientist, yogi, and freelance writer in Southern California.
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According to an updated report coming from reliable sources from Autocar, the all-new Volkswagen Polo is going to be released officially at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, this September, the model being expected with three- and a five-door body styles.
Compared to the previous model, the sixth-generation Polo will be bigger in dimensions, featuring as well more advanced aerodynamics and new tweaks at the exterior.
We expect a much more aggressive design, thanks to the sloping roofline, new headlights and a "more structured rear end", which will make it more appealing to its customers.
The model will stand on the company`s new MQB-A0 platform, meaning new mechanics as well and a wide range of improved engines.
Inside, the cabin will be visibly improved with better materials, adding a suite of the latest gadgetries, also seen on the VW Group`s new models. We are looking here at updated digital instrument display and infotainment systems, and active safety systems.
The big news will be under the hood, where the new Polo will be offered with plenty of new engines. For instance, the 1.4-liter TSI will be replaced by a 1.5-liter TSI petrol burner, with two configurations – 128 horsepower and 148 horsepower, respectively. A fresh 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine will also join the club, with 64 HP, 74 HP, 94 HP and 113 HP. On the diesel side, the model will get the 1.6-liter TDI with multiple power configurations as well.
Besides the conventional new Polo, Volkswagen will also introduce an SUV variant of the model, recently highlighted by the T-Cross Breeze Concept.


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Q: If U1, U2, U3 are iid Uniform[0,1], then what is the probability of U1+U2>U3? This is what I have so far.The distribution function of U1+U2=Z is
$$
f_Z(z) = z_{I[0,1]}+(2-z)_{I(1,2]}
$$
I also have $$P[U_1+U_2>U_3] = E[I(U_1+U_2>U_3)]=E[E[I(U_1+U_2>U_3)|U_3]]=E[P[U_1+U_2>U_3|U_3]]$$
But I'm not sure how to calculate this expectation, or the probability inside the brackets. Help would be much appreciated!

A: There is a simple intuitive interpretation of your problem: Fate selects a point $(x,y,z)$ according to a uniform distribution in the cube $C:=[0,1]^3$. What is the probability $P$ that $z< x+y$? As in this view the probability measure coincides with ordinary euclidean volume the probability $P$ is equal to the volume of the set $$A:=\{(x,y,z)\in C\>|\>z<x+y\}\ .$$
Drawing a figure we see that $A$ looks somewhat complicated, but the set
$$A':=C\setminus A=\{(x,y,z)\in C\>|\>z\geq x+y\}$$
has a simpler description: It is (in three ways!) a pyramid of height $1$ over a base triangle of area ${1\over2}$. It follows that the the probability $P$  is given by
$$P=1-{\rm vol}(A')=1-{1\over3}\cdot{1\over2}={5\over6}\ .$$

A: You can compute the distribution of $\frac{U_1+U_2}{U_3}$
which is possible whatever their respective distributions are. Suppose
now $X = \frac{U_1+U_2}{U_3}$ and $F_X$ be the c.d.f of $X$, we have simply
$$P(U_1+U_2>U_3) = P(\frac{U_1+U_2}{U_3}>1) = 1-F_X(1)$$
If you are unfamiliar with the computation of the distribution of transformation of random variables, here's the result:
Let $\zeta = \frac{\xi}{\eta}$, $f_\zeta, f_\xi, f_\eta$ being their respective p.d.f's. Then
$$f_\zeta(t)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}| y |\ f(yt,t)dy$$
where $f(x,y)$ is the joint p.d.f. of $\xi$ and $\eta$, which equals to $f_\xi(x)f_\eta(y)$ if they are independent.
If $\zeta = \xi + \eta$, we have
$$f_\zeta(t) = \int_{-\infty}^{t}f(t-x,x)dx$$
Detailed proof is easily found on a probability textbook.
Concretely, for this problem, you need to compute $U_1 + U_2$ first, finding the p.d.f of it, then proceed to compute the p.d.f and c.d.f of $\frac{U_1 + U_2}{U_3}$.


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<?php

namespace denbora\R_T_G_Services\examples\RESTv2\Affiliate;

use denbora\R_T_G_Services\casino\CasinoRestV2;
use denbora\R_T_G_Services\examples\RESTv2\RestExample;
use denbora\R_T_G_Services\R_T_G_ServiceException;

class ListAffiliatesGET extends RestExample
{
    /**
     * ListAffiliatesGET constructor.
     * @param CasinoRestV2 $casino
     */
    public function __construct(CasinoRestV2 $casino)
    {
        try {
            $query = [
                'affiliateType' => 'local', //or global
            ];

            $result = $casino->AffiliateService->listAffiliatesGET(json_encode($query));
            dd($result);
        } catch (R_T_G_ServiceException $exception) {
            dd($exception->getMessage());
        }
    }
}

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Silverstein: Packers' sideline shuffle vital to Mike Pettine's multiple groupings
Packers DC Mike Pettine is consistently trying to create favorable match-ups, whether it's man to man, man to defensive call or man to the situation.
Silverstein: Packers' sideline shuffle vital to Mike Pettine's multiple groupings Packers DC Mike Pettine is consistently trying to create favorable match-ups, whether it's man to man, man to defensive call or man to the situation. Check out this story on packersnews.com: https://pck.rs/2xwg4Bc
Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 2:48 p.m. CT Sept. 22, 2018 | Updated 7:08 a.m. CT Sept. 23, 2018
Packers beat reporters Jim Owczarski and Ryan Wood analyze how Green Bay's game Sunday at Washington shapes up. Packers News
Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine watches during training camp practice at Ray Nitschke Field on Friday, August 3, 2018, in Ashwaubenon, Wis.(Photo: Adam Wesley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
GREEN BAY – If you can't pay attention, you can't play for Mike Pettine.
It's as simple as that.
It's not the only thing the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator demands of his players but its importance has been on display every time the defense has been on the field.
Watch the Packers' sideline sometime when the opposition has the ball. Players are gathered tightly around the assistant coaches assigned to the sideline, waiting to hear what personnel group is up next. Miss it, and the rhythm of substitution is broken and things get scrambled.
"You have to be on cue every single second," inside linebacker Blake Martinez said. "I commend those guys. I'm lucky to be out there the whole time, so I don't have to worry about it. But I still have to orchestrate it."
So far, Pettine has used no less than eight different personnel groupings; players shuttle in and out like the sideline is a commuter train. It's dizzying sometimes to keep track of who's on the field, but there is a method to the madness.
Pettine is consistently trying to create favorable match-ups, whether it's man to man, man to defensive call or man to the situation.
In some cases, such as the secondary, he's trying to make sure he gets the most out of his deepest position. In other cases, he's highlighting the strength of a player and hiding the weakness of someone else.
"A lot of it is, you want to get your best 11 out there in that situation," Pettine said. "So, often it's a function of who do they have out there, what do they do in a given situation with the grouping that they have?
"So, it's all game-plan driven, and it'll change week-to-week."
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In the first two weeks, Pettine has used a base (3-4) and variations of the nickel (five defensive backs), dime (six defensive backs) and turbo (seven defensive backs) groupings.
He has used three different nickel packages: one that features three safeties, one inside linebacker and two defensive linemen; one that features three cornerbacks, one inside linebacker and three defensive linemen; and one that features three cornerbacks, two inside linebackers and two defensive linemen.
There are two variations of both the dime and two variations of the seven-defensive back grouping.
And within each grouping the players on the field – mostly on the defensive line and at outside linebacker – can change.
Martinez, along with cornerback Tramon Williams and safeties Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Kentrell Brice, are the only players who have played all 143 snaps. Pettine has used 20 different players in the first two weeks and that does not include two injured players, safety Josh Jones and inside linebacker Oren Burks, both of whom are expected to play Sunday at Washington.
Of those 20 players, 14 have played 50 or more snaps, three have played between 20 to 40 snaps, one has played between 10 to 20 and two have played fewer than 10.
"We've talked about from day one with this package, the complexity of it comes with the versatility of the players," passing game coordinator Joe Whitt said. "That's part of trying to keep it simple for them.
"But they have to understand the whole package. They have to understand what all 11 men are doing so we can move the pieces around and make it more difficult for the quarterback."
Martinez is the conductor of it all.
Pettine radios in the personnel group and defensive call through the transmitter in the linebacker's helmet. As soon as the call is made from Pettine, assistant coaches start yelling out the personnel group and players run on and off the field.
Sometimes the players have to hurry because either the call doesn't come right away or the offense gets to the line of scrimmage in a hurry. Everyone must be ready at a moment's notice to run out on the field and replace someone.
Everyone must pay attention.
"You must, you have to," said inside linebacker Antonio Morrison, who rotated with Korey Toomer against Minnesota last Sunday. "Any play could change. You don't know, one play, five plays, so you have to be in the game.
"As soon as that play ends, everybody's ears, everybody's eyes (are) waiting on the personnel grouping, the call."
Martinez doesn't have to get the players on the field – the coaches do that – but he does have to make sure the personnel is correct for the call and the players are lined up correctly. He shouts out the defensive call and makes any adjustments based on how the offense lines up.
It has not always been a perfect operation.
Against the Vikings, the defense was facing an important third and 5 late in the third quarter when a miscommunication led to only 10 players being on the field. Quarterback Kirk Cousins avoided a sack by outside linebacker Reggie Gilbert and dumped the the ball to receiver Laquon Treadwell for what would have been a first down, but Treadwell dropped it.
"It wasn't like (confusion with) personnel, but it was, in this personnel we want this guy in instead of this guy," Martinez said. "One guy came out and another guy didn't go in, didn't get the re-call."
Getting the call and getting on and off the field can be a challenge, especially if you're in on the tackle near the opposite sideline or way down the field. At the same time a player is peeling himself up off the ground, he's got to remember to look to the sideline and see if he's supposed to be on the field for the next play.
Those who are on the bench have the luxury of being a couple of feet away from the call being bellowed out.
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"You don't want to be scrambling to hear the personnel and rushing to get lined up," rookie cornerback Josh Jackson said. "That's what makes it difficult.
"It gets a little tougher when you're on the field. You don't know what personnel is coming on the field. As long as you have good communication, it's easy, but without communication, it's hard."
Extreme variations
There have been times when Pettine has been extreme with his variations.
During one series against Chicago in Week 1, he had the base on the field twice, the nickel twice, the nickel with three safeties once, the dime four times and seven defensive backs twice.
Players were flying on and off the field at a dizzying pace and the coaches were screaming out personnel changes every play or two.
"When Pettine wants a different group he calls it and I echo it and I make sure that group gets in," said secondary coach Jason Simmons. "So, his mindset on what he wants to do and the look he wants to show the QB, he has that. But the main thing for us is, I get it echoed, I get that personnel group out there."
At some point during the season, the substituting won't look quite as chaotic as it does now. Martinez said the players are getting used to all the shuffling and communication between everyone is getting better.
He doesn't think it will be long before it's a smooth operation.
"I think it will be good for us once we get the rotation down well," Martinez said. "Other teams will be like, 'OK, who's coming out, who's going to cover, how are we going to get this matchup?', and they're not able to get in the right play they want.
"It's been pretty good. If anything it's been random flukes here and there."


Col. C. H. Walker, Third Tennessee Infantry.
CAMP NEAR CALHOUN STATION, MISS., May 16, 1863.
I was posted near the graveyard, and ordered to hold myself in readiness to move in any direction that necessity might require. At about 12 o'clock I was ordered to move on the Lower Gallatin road to a field, where I formed a line of battle in a ravine to the right of a scope of woods, and about 200 yards in front of another body of timber occupied by the enemy, the Seventh Texas being on my right. I was ordered by General [John] Gregg to advance to the woods in line of battle, with skirmishers in front, and on reaching the woods to move the regiment by the right of companies through it to the open field beyond, where the enemy were supposed to be in line. I advanced as ordered until my skirmishers reached the woods, when I discovered that the enemy were in strong force near its edge. I then ordered a charge, which was made in the most gallant manner under a galling fire, driving the enemy before us. They attempted to rally behind a deep ravine, with almost perpendicular banks, but our advance was so rapid (the men jumping into the ravine and climbing up the opposite side) that the enemy again gave way and fled out of the woods into the open field. There they planted their colors in the ground, and made another effort to rally around them, but a sharp volley from our side speedily dispersed them. Upon reaching the edge of the woods, I received a heavy volley into the rear of my left flank. Not being able to see, on account of the thick brush, and supposing that the Tenth and Thirtieth Tennessee were there for my support, as General Gregg had assured me would be the case, I did not order a change of position, but directed the whole line to be held firm, until I went to the left and became satisfied that the enemy was in the rear, and at the same time a new column made its appearance in front. On discovering these positions of the enemy, I withdrew the regiment in as good order as the nature of the ground and thick undergrowth would admit, but not soon enough to prevent the capture of many of the men, who were in the most advanced positions. I reformed the regiment to the rear and right of the point from which we had advanced into the woods, and again formed a line on the same ground formerly occupied. Here, learning that the enemy were still flanking my left, I moved by the left flank to the rear of the scope of woods, and again formed the regiment on the Lower Gallatin road. While at this point, Lieutenant Gardin reported a probable approach of a cavalry force on my rear. Not knowing the position of any other of our regiments except the Seventh Texas, I moved to the left and rear, intending to join it, when I met Captain [T. W.] Hall, assistant adjutant general, who ordered me to retire slowly toward town, concealing my movements as much as possible.
I cannot speak in too high terms of the conduct of the officers and men of my command during the action. Every one did his duty. I reproached many men for not halting and firing as they retired, but learned afterward that they had no cartridges, having fired the last one in their boxes before they were ordered from the front. I herewith append a list(*) of casualties.


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Борис Миколайович Стрельцов ( 11 грудня 1943, Фрунзе, Киргизька РСР) — радянський та російський футболіст, нападник, тренер.

Кар'єра гравця
У 1961 році розпочав кар'єру в клубі «Алга» (Фрунзе). У 1968 році перейшов до луганської «Зорі», проте в 1970 році повернувся до «Алги». Кар'єру гравця завершив у клубі «Спартак» (Івано-Франківськ). Протягом кар'єри гравця також викликався до лав Збірної Киргизької РСР.

Кар'єра тренера
По завершенні кар'єри гравця розпочав тренерську діяльність в івано-франківському «Спартаку» (в якому до цього виступав), увійшовши до тренерського штабу. Потім також допомагав тренувати СКА (Ростов-на-Дону). З 1981 року самостійно тренував клуби «Крила Рад» (Куйбишев), «Металург» (Липецьк), «Прикарпаття» (Івано-Франківськ), «Кривбас» (Кривий Ріг), «Кремінь» (Кременчук), «Колос-д» (Кубань) та СКА (Ростов-на-Дону). Також був асистентом головного тренера в клубах «Ростсільмаш» (Ростов-на-Дону) та «Колос» (Краснодар). Після цього працював на посаді директора ДЮСШ «Локомотив» (Москва). Останнім місцем роботи Юориса Стрельцова був ФК «Киргиз-Ата» з Нукацької області.

Досягнення

Відзнаки
  Майстер спорту СРСР: 1968
  Заслужений тренер РРФСР: 1982

Статистика виступів

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Уродженці Бішкека
Радянські футболісти
Футбольні тренери СРСР
Українські футбольні тренери
Російські футбольні тренери
Футболісти «Алги» (Бішкек)
Футболісти «Зорі» (Луганськ)
Футболісти «Спартака» (Івано-Франківськ)
Тренери ФК «Крила Рад» (Самара)
Тренери ФК «Металург» Липецьк
Тренери ФК «Кривбас» Кривий Ріг
Тренери ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону
Тренери ФК «Кристал» Чортків

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A further R88 billion was allocated to Eskom to pay off its debt. Still no joy for SMMEs?
by Crescencia Chifamba | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has stated that Eskom's debt problem requires "fiscal intervention" and there is a need for the state-owned entity to meet certain conditions [1]. Over the past decade, Eskom has accumulated a staggering debt of R392-billion, resulting in Eskom's failure to maintain its aging coal-fired power stations and 14 years of load-shedding, thereby hindering South Africa's economic growth rate [2]. For more than a decade, the South African government has spent time fixing Eskom instead of fixing the electricity supply problem.
To date, Eskom has been provided with R136-billion to pay off its debt with a further R88-billion until 2025/26. But what does this dependency syndrome mean for SMMEs? Are we going to continue singing the same chorus? This is not the first time the South African government comes to Eskom's rescue, and it is likely not the last. And yet SMMEs continue to struggle to operate due to the problems at Eskom.
SMMEs are the backbone of the South African economy – they provide the majority of job opportunities and contribute significantly to the GDP. To resolve the current high rate of unemployment, decrease inequalities and alleviate poverty, there is a need to create a sustainable and supportive environment that supports the growth, development and sustainability of SMMEs. However, the uncertainty of Eskom's electricity supply makes it difficult for businesses to operate effectively and efficiently.
While the allocation of R88 billion is a positive step in reducing the current Eskom debt, it does not necessarily mean that Eskom will change the way in which its operations are handled. If it is business as usual for Eskom, then we are bound to experience load shedding again. Most small business owners cannot afford to purchase generators to keep the lights on during rolling blackouts. For most SMMEs, two or three hours without electricity negatively impacts the operations of the business and thereby results in loss of revenue.
The "tough love" approach – as mentioned by the Finance Minister – can help ease the burden of load shedding. Once an entity stops relying on a bailout from the government, it tends to have improved operations and well-managed allocation of resources, which tends to enhance the reliability of the electricity supply. This is a clear indication that Eskom needs to take responsibility and take steps towards cost containment, sale of its assets, and implementing operational improvements to reduce some of the challenges which the entity is currently facing. Without these measures, there is a risk that Eskom will continue having rising overheads, budget overruns, corruption[3], and financing costs, further increasing its current debt. In turn, Eskom's dependency syndrome will have a negative ripple effect on the growth, development, and sustainability of SMMEs.
In solving Eskom's problems and promoting economic growth, some have promoted the notion that Eskom should be privatized. Will this work or not? Some believe that this will increase efficiency in the sector by introducing competition, while others think that this will increase the cost of electricity. How this will play out for SMMEs remains to be seen.
[1] Budget Speech. (2022). 2022/23 budget speech by Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana. https://www.gov.za/speeches/minister-enoch-godonwana-2022-budget-speech-23-feb-2022-0000
[2] Derby, R.(2022). Budget 2022: Finance minister calls on Eskom to sell assets to solve its debt issues. https://mg.co.za/business/2022-02-23-budget-2022-finance-minister-calls-on-eskom-to-sell-assets-to-solve-its-debt-issues/
[3] Global Markets. (2020). Are Eskom's Troubles Impacting The South African Economy? https://www.fxcm.com/za/insights/eskom-troubles-impacting-south-african-economy/
The heritage of looting
by Danae Govender | Oct 4, 2021 | Blog
My 27th birthday, this year, like last year's 26th, was spent under lockdown. Unlike last year, however, the lockdown under which I found myself extended further than that related to the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, I was barricaded within the confines of my neighborhood as part of my community's response to the July unrest which transpired in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
In July 2021, South Africa experienced the worst bout of politically motivated uprisings since the advent of democracy. What began as a semi-peaceful demonstration outside the homestead of the former president, Jacob Zuma, quickly spiraled out of control, into all-out looting, arson, vandalism, and violence parade.
According to reports, the week of riots in South Africa could cost the country ZAR 50 billion in lost output, while approximately 150 000 jobs have been put at risk. Further casualties came in the form of approximately 150 000 informal traders and 40 000 businesses, 1 400 ATMs, 100 malls, 11 warehouses, and eight factories.[1] By July 18 it was reported that 3407 arrests were made and by August 3 it was reported that 342 lives were lost.[2],[3]
Although these actions were, initially, termed the "Free Zuma Protest", it became apparent that additional elements were at play – those outside the strict realm of Zuma's support base. We have since been informed that the unrests were part of an attempt to derail the state, orchestrated by a well-oiled machine that took advantage of the country's constitution, made use of our nation's criminal elements, and leveraged the desperation of the impoverished.[4]
While the meaningless destruction of property, intimidation of people, and incitement of violence cannot be excused, one would find themselves at a moral crossroad if they were to group together the poverty-stricken looters with the criminal elements behind July's rampage. Undoubtedly, such a crossroad would arise when one considers that the participation of the desperate in the heinous activities, which led to the costs described above, could very well have been a side-effect of looting at a higher level – looting of the state.
It was this notion that quelled the disappointment of a birthday spent under an even harder lockdown than that imposed by the government. I found myself asking the question, how much anger could I have toward impoverished looters when the country's (former) health minister, during a global health crisis, in a country with the deepest of inequalities, was found to have channeled ZAR 150 million of department funds to his cronies from which his family was shown to have benefitted or when a former member of the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) recently appeared in court for tender fraud?[5],[6] The answer was that I couldn't hold any anger. Why? Because the actions of the impoverished looters were merely a reaction to the actions of some of our leaders.
This brings me to my conclusion. As we prepare to celebrate our 27th Heritage Day as a democratic nation, we must remember that among the brilliant myriad of cultures in South Africa, there exists a few which we are better off without. In this regard, that is a culture of corruption and heritage of looting.
[1] S'thembile Cele and Leah Wilson, 'South Africa economy set to take $3.4 billion hit from riots', Bloomberg, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-20/south-african-economy-set-to-take-3-4-billion-hit-from-riots
[2] Kyle Zeeman, 'Three alleged instigators of violent unrest arrested and expected in court this week', Timeslive, July 18, 2021, https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/2021-07-18-three-alleged-instigators-of-violent-unrest-arrested-and-expected-in-court-this-week/.
[3] Paddy Harper, 'Phoenix killings: 22 suspects held', Mail and Guardian, August 3, 2021, https://mg.co.za/news/2021-08-03-phoenix-killings-22-suspects-held/.
[4] Andrew Harding, 'South Africa riots: The inside story of Durban's week of anarchy', BBC News, July 29, 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57996373.
[5]Pieter-Louis Myburgh, 'SIU flags 'corrupt' payment into Department of Health staffer's bank account', Daily Maverick, September 14, 2021, https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-14-siu-flags-corrupt-payment-into-department-of-health-staffers-bank-account/
[6] 'Former NHLS CEO charged in R113 million tender fraud case,' SABC News, September 6, 2021, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/former-nhls-ceo-charged-in-r113-million-tender-fraud-case/.
ConCourt vs. IEC: A glimpse into the growing pains of democracy
by Kane Jules | Oct 4, 2021 | Blog
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for change across multiple dimensions through which human civilisations have come to function. Some of these could not have been anticipated before 2020; in many instances, however, the shock has accelerated processes that were already underway. In South Africa, concerns over the ability to hold free, fair, and safe elections have led to a long-running saga between the country's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and competing interests within the polity. Ensuing contestations have been directed towards the country's apex court, whose judgments have become increasingly sought for the interpretation of constitutional disputes.
The establishment of an independent body to manage elections has become an institutional norm of democracies. The body is designed to serve as an independent agency that regulates party and election finance and sets standards for how elections should be run. As an extension of the separation of powers – in which the judicial, legislative and the executive arms of the state carry out checks and balances, but do not interfere with the others' functions – the purpose of the electoral commission is to provide the standards of impartiality which underscore the legitimacy of the democratic process. In South Africa, the IEC was established, along with several other institutions in terms of Chapter 9 of the Constitution, to guard democracy by making governments answerable and exerting co-operative control.
In a climate dominated by the imperative to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, the IEC has faced a dilemma over how to facilitate local government elections due to take place in 2021. Many countries have wrestled with the question of how best to enact their democratic process in the knowledge that it would require large-scale in-person participation of the electorate. Although many countries have opted to proceed and make accommodations – for example, by expanding online voter registration and ballot casting – the IEC took the view that postponement would be the best course of action and sought the approval of the Constitutional Court.
The IEC's argument rested on the recommendations of the Moseneke Report, which proposed several adjustments to assist in reducing the potential for the transmission of COVID-19. These included extending voter registration, expanding special voting arrangements for the ill and vaccinations for poll workers. However, it also recommended that the local government elections due to take place in October 2021 be delayed until February 2022 – a date that would fall outside the 90-day window during which elections are required to be held from the expiry of the term of incumbent municipal councils. The case was supported by the ANC and some other parties, although it was opposed by others within the polity and broader civil society who maintained that the right of the electorate to remove underperforming municipal governments was more urgent than ever. On Friday 3rd September, the IEC's application to postpone local government elections was ruled against by the Constitutional Court. The ConCourt added that elections must be held between 27th October and 1st November 2021, ordering Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to proclaim a new date no later than 10th September.
Having followed the court's ruling that elections were to go ahead by November 1st without delay, and that a voter registration weekend would need to be held, the IEC made a further announcement that the candidate nomination process would be re-opened for political parties. In its ruling, the Constitutional Court did not specifically order the re-opening of candidate registration, though it did state that amendments could be made to the election timetable where it is deemed "reasonably necessary". With the ANC having failed to register candidates in 93 municipalities – despite parties having had the opportunity to nominate candidates by August 23rd – the IEC's decision has added further fuel to the fire in the build up to the election.
On September 7th, the DA filed an urgent application to the Constitutional Court, asking them to set aside the IEC's decision to re-open candidate registration. The application – which was subsequently given support from the EFF, representing an alliance between the two major opposition parties – asserts that the court's allowance for "reasonably necessary" amendments caters for the re-opening of the voters roll in the context of the voter registration drive. In response to the implied allegation that the electoral commission's decisions have favoured a particular political party, Mawethu Mosery, IEC Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, said, "The court has issued us direction in response to that application. We've agreed with the DA that the matter is urgent and we would wish that the court pronounces on it soonest, before the 20th of September. Our view is that we will oppose that, and we will give detailed reasons why we are opposing that and why we indicated that we are not favouring a particular political party."
Although the outcome of the DA's application remains unclear, the persistent attempts to challenge the IEC through the judiciary may cast further doubt over the impartiality of the electoral commission. On the other side of the coin, the DA have been targeted with accusations of attempting to usurp the IEC's authority by returning to the apex court – a move that would breach the 'separation of powers' principle, according to Minister Dlamini Zuma. She argues that, by overruling the IEC's decision to re-open candidate registration on the basis of the court's previous order, the DA's application would somehow rescind or constrain the powers of the electoral commission.
Time will tell whether these contestations yield a tangible effect on the authority of the IEC, and by extension, the validity of the country's electoral process. With elections due to be held by November 1st, the likely outcome is that elections will take place as planned and allowances made for voter and candidate registration. Once the ballots are cast and tallied, the build up to 2021's local government elections will fade into memory as the political battleground turns elsewhere. The long-run implications, however, may reverberate for some time.
After 27 years, South Africa's democracy can barely be considered to have entered its adolescence. Unsurprisingly, the pains accompanying the process of growth and maturation have become more pronounced in recent times. The State vs. Former President Zuma has manifested as another epiphenomenon of this course, with the authority of the executive, the ruling party, and the judiciary pitted against one another, resulting in the setting of new legal precedents and civil contestation. Set against a backdrop of the hollowing out of state-owned enterprises and other Chapter 9 institutions, state capture and the investigation into its participants through the Zondo Commission has brought to light the need for careful reform and oversight into the powers of officials, political parties, and non-state actors to influence institutions of democracy for self-enrichment. Challenging the authority of the IEC may have served as a declaration by some within the polity and civil society of a new front on which this battle will be fought. In the short term, it may add to the perception that South Africa's democracy has become farcical, fraught with political interference, and symptomatic of a terminal disease within the state. Over time, however, the painful process of bringing the inner workings of the IEC to the fore and re-affirming its mandate could help serve as the antidote.
SA's trade cognitive dissonance
by Heinrich Krogman | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog
As governments all over the world go through the final stages of ebb and flow on opening and closing their economies, South Africa seems to be keeping pace with the global recovery. Merchandise exports continue to outpace imports while the rand continues to strengthen against all major currencies. These developments have a lot to do with the rebound in foreign demand for commodities, but most other domestic recovery indicators are also encouraging. There is, however, still missing elements that hinder the process of getting back to a pre-pandemic economy and many more to overcome it.
As things go back to 'normal' sectors that have been most restricted during the pandemic continue to suffer from the low rate of vaccination. South Africa's trade in services (notably tourism) will be the last horse out of the stables and will likely miss the initial release of pent-up demand for foreign holiday seekers coming out of their hermit stupor.
Unfortunately, as if given license by its own shuttering, South Africa's economic strategy during the pandemic has also turned inward. True, much attention has been afforded to the African continental free trade agreement (AfCFTA) –as a massive step towards further economic integration on the African continent- however, the domestic policy response seems to view it primarily as a way to expand specific sectoral interest.
Referring to the sectoral master plans that all follow a similar strategy; target sectors for intervention and impose stricter regulations on the supporting value chain(s), attempt to increase competitiveness through various support measures with a focus on local industrialisation, and aim to sustain growth through exports to new markets. While this seems like a great way to boost domestic output, the strategy might simultaneously overestimate the value of localisation while underestimating the benefits of foreign competition, partnerships, and support services that fall outside of the blessed sectors.
All the while, pre-pandemic systemic issues remain ever-present; notably load shedding, jobless growth, fiscal risks, and still no high demand radio-frequency spectrum auction. To be fair, given the policies put in place to safeguard South Africa's citizens and the healthcare system from being overrun, it's not surprising that little progress has been made on these fronts.
So, what has a year of 'isolation' done for South Africa's trade policy discourse? The fragility of the global value chain was certainly highlighted and pressed as a motivator for further domestication of outputs. It is not untrue that the global value chain is fragile to all sorts of shocks, but to assume that it's a permanent threat is ridiculous especially when the current boom in South Africa's exports and a stellar recovery in the value of the rand is down to the recovery of the global value chain.
Wanting to have more things made in South Africa is not inherently terrible and having an export-oriented economic strategy is not bad either. Wanting control over most of it might be the tricky part especially when negotiating with much more vulnerable states on deeper economic integration and continental prosperity.
SMEs and women-led businesses must leverage the benefits of the AfCFTA
by Danae Govender | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was formed with the intention of boosting intra-African trade to accelerate growth and facilitate investment on the continent. This was done with the pan-African vision of an integrated, peaceful, and prosperous continent. While the more established names within the trade space may very well be capable of capitalising on the potential gain from the agreement, the benefits of the AfCFTA are not confined to those at the very top of the industrial ladder. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and women-led, informal businesses have also been tipped as potential beneficiaries of the free trade area.
SMEs account for approximately 80{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of Africa's employment and 50{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of its GDP. In South Africa, they provide employment to 47{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of the workforce and account for around 20{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of GDP. In terms of informal cross-border traders, women account for around 70{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1}. Despite the large contribution to their relevant subcategories, these entities remain among the most vulnerable to economic shocks and their ability to engage in cross-border trade remains limited. Exacerbating these issues further, without a doubt, is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Following the launch of the AfCFTA on 1 January 2021, this could likely change.
By reducing trade barriers and simplifying the trade process, the AfCFTA will enable African businesses to progressively gain access to the continental market. While it is not expected that SMEs will commence with immediate transcontinental trade, for those entities that are not quite adept at cross-border trade, the AfCFTA provides an opportunity to tap into regional markets before proceeding further. Likewise, for informal, women-led businesses, that currently face harassment, violence, and confiscation of goods and imprisonment, the AfCFTA will provide an opportunity to operate through more formal and well-protected channels. These will, in turn, allow for a scaling up of (international) business operations, an increase in innovation, and, where possible, embracing digitisation.
As expected, however, due to the small- and, often, the informal scale of operations, SMEs and related entities may not be fully capable of leveraging the benefits presented by the free trade area. This has not gone unrecognised by the AfCFTA or the relevant stakeholders. There have been calls from relevant national ministries for programs aimed at addressing the issues facing SMEs, such as market access, education, and information, financing and credit facilities,
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was formed with the intention of boosting intra-African trade to accelerate growth and facilitate investment on the continent. This was done with the pan-African vision of an integrated, peaceful, and prosperous continent. While the more established names within the trade space may very well be capable of capitalising on potential gains from the agreement, benefits of the AfCFTA are not confined to those at the very top of the industrial ladder. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and women-led, informal businesses have also been tipped as potential beneficiaries of the free trade area.
SMEs account for approximately 80{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of Africa's employment and 50{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of its GDP.[1] In South Africa, they provide employment to 47{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of the workforce and account for around 20{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1} of GDP. [2] In terms of informal cross-border traders, women account for around 70{fdf3cafe0d26d25ff546352608293cec7d1360ce65c0adf923ba6cf47b1798e1}.[3] Despite the large contribution to their relevant subcategories, these entities remain among the most vulnerable to economic shocks and their ability to engage in cross-border trade remains limited. Exacerbating these issues further, without a doubt, is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Following the launch of the AfCFTA on 1 January 2021, this could likely change.
By reducing trade barriers and simplifying the trade process, the AfCFTA will enable African businesses to progressively gain access to the continental market. While it is not expected that SMEs will commence with immediate transcontinental trade, for those entities that are not quite adept at cross-border trade, the AfCFTA provides an opportunity to tap into regional markets before proceeding further. Likewise, for informal, women-led businesses, that currently face harassment, violence, and confiscation of goods and imprisonment, the AfCFTA will provide an opportunity to operate through more formal and well-protected channels.[4] These will, in turn, allow for a scaling up of (international) business operations, an increase in innovation, and, where possible, embracing digitisation.
As expected, however, due to the small and, often, informal scale of operations, SMEs and related entities may not be fully capable of leveraging the benefits presented by the free trade area. This has not gone unrecognised by the AfCFTA or the relevant stakeholders. There have been calls from relevant national ministries for programmes aimed at addressing the issues facing SMEs, such as market access, education and information, financing and credit facilities, access to innovative technologies, access to energy, infrastructure, and marketing networks.[5]
Considering the issues facing less well-established businesses, tangible attempts have been made at assisting smaller businesses improve their capacity. Among these is the recently launched eTradehub- a sort of "one-stop-shop" for small business to gain trade information and the related trade management tools. This online portal was launched by the Women Traders in the AfCFTA partnership with the intention of increasing the participation of women-led SMEs in the AfCFTA.[6],[7]
Almost equally as recent, MTN SA entered a USD 2 million partnership with the International Finance Corporation to broaden mobile financial services inclusion in South Africa. Although this partnership is not explicitly related to the AfCFTA, it is imperative that the intended beneficiaries capitalise on the potential gains to improve on their capacity to trade across borders.[8]
It is on this note that this piece concludes. Ultimately, all the efforts in the world would be in vain if there is no willingness, from the intended beneficiaries, to participate. As such, SMEs, and those representing them, are called to action to drive the inclusion agenda further.[9]
[1] Rilwan Akeyewale, 'Who are the winners and losers in Africa's Continental Free Trade area?', World Economic Forum, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/africa-continental-free-trade-afcfta-sme-business/.
[2] Simone Liedtke, 'SME sector 'critical' to growing South Africa's economy – Pityana', Engineering News, April 11, 2019, https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sme-sector-critical-to-growing-south-africas-economy-pityana-2019-04-11#.
[3] Nghinomenwa Erastus, 'AfCFTA potential benefits to SMEs, women', The Namibian, May 12, 2021, https://www.namibian.com.na/101588/read/Afcfta-potential-benefits-to-SMEs-women.
[4] Op. cit.
[5] APO Group, 'South African women's minister seeks voice for women in AfCFTA', Africa News, https://www.africanews.com/2021/02/24/south-africa-s-women-s-minister-seeks-voice-for-women-in-afcfta/
[6] Women Traders in the AfCFTA is a partnership formed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Trade Law Centre (TRALAC), United Parcel Service (UPS), and West Blue Consulting.
[7] International Chamber of Commerce, 'Launch of eTradeHubs to simplify trade processes for woman small business owners in AfCFTA', https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/launch-of-etradehubs-to-simplify-trade-processes-for-woman-small-business-owners-in-afcfta/.
[8] Given Majola, 'MTN's MoMo gets its mojo in SA with IFC partnership', IOL, May 20, 2021, https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/companies/mtns-momo-gets-its-mojo-in-sa-with-ifc-partnership-22b1472c-6057-4fcd-aaaf-8bf9fafb9b7f.
[9] 'SAZ challenges women to grab AfCFTA opporutnities', Chronicle, September 2, 2020, https://www.chronicle.co.zw/saz-challenges-women-to-grab-afcfta-opportunities/.
A natural transition to gas – reflections from the Africa Energy Indaba
by Anna Ngarachu | Mar 29, 2021 | Blog
Anna Ngarachu
I attended the annual Africa Energy Indaba, two weeks back, which brought together key experts from
private and public sectors and other interested participants to talk about the next steps for Africa's
energy transition, as well as networking and exhibitor, displays all packaged very well on a virtual
Luckily, there was no stage 2,3 or 4 load-shedding that week (on my side) but what an irony it is that
we still have to focus on powering Africa to participate in virtual platforms that enable us to, in fact,
'Power Africa'. Overcoming the energy deficiency issues was mentioned at the SONA, with some
specific mentions on the way forward for government:
"Over the last year, we have taken action to urgently and substantially increase generation capacity
in addition to what Eskom generates… The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy will soon
be announcing the successful bids for 2 000 megawatts (MW) of emergency power… Government
will soon be initiating the procurement of an additional 11 800 MW of power from renewable
energy, natural gas, battery storage and coal in line with the Integrated Resource Plan 2019."
The bidding for emergency power is likely to call for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports and the
mention of natural gas highlights its strategic importance in South Africa's energy mix. This could not
be timed more aptly, in light of South Africa headlining its gas finds by Total in February 2019 at
Brulpadda and 2020 in Luiperd (both located off the shore of Mossel Bay on Block 11B/12B in the
Outeniqua Basin). Total predicts that the potential for the discovery of the net gas could hold 1.5 to
3 billion barrels.
Tutwa's interest has be
en in understandings South Africa's gas industry, and the Gas Forum at the
Energy Indaba provided some insightful takeaways.
Most African countries, for a variety of reasons, lack power – be this the long, ongoing droughts that
affect hydroelectric power, or the bad policy planning and historic coal-driven industries. There is
now a thorough understanding that a thriving economy cannot be built without a stable energy
supply – for households, industry, and transport. Moreover, this energy stability will need to
transition to cleaner, greener sources in line with international protocols to which South Africa has
signed up, such as the Paris Agreement.
An immediate shift away from fossil fuels may not be realistic for Africa; where the major source of
fuel for many Africans is still wood. Africa will need to find localised means to deliver its
development needs, including its re-industrialisation and in how it will utilise energy technologies
and delivery solutions in a phased transition.
Renewables are well suited for this point of transition, and natural gas – while decidedly a fossil fuel
provides an interim solution to a full green transition. Natural gas is a cleaner-burning fuel than the
current higher polluting alternatives. Gradually eliminating more polluting fuels, while allowing more
people to gain access to energy, is both an environmental and ethical decision. Therefore, natural
gas will play a bridging role to renewables, for however long that bridge may be.
For South Africa, the current focus by government looks at a three-step approach: importing LNG
from the globe, then from the region, and thereafter tapping into its own gas reserves.
To tap into its gas reserves requires monetisation which is challenging. The reality is that without
capital investment, particularly private capital, these Total finds could remain 'dead in the water'.
Also, the gas extraction may be viable but may come in too late, as it will take 10 years or so to
develop and thereafter, to see returns. With global developments shifting towards greener sources
of fuels, the gas prospects may remain unrealised.
Infrastructure constraints present another hurdle for the country as it does not have a massive gas
infrastructure network of pipelines to transport gas to various supply nodes. I learnt, at the Indaba,
that pipelines also don't need to be mutually exclusive to other solutions – using ships, rail and road,
known as "virtual pipelines" could be an option for the country to transport imported LNG to various
supply nodes in the country. So ultimately, there is a chicken and egg scenario to beat; where you
need the market to develop the gas fields but then you also need the gas fields to develop the
market. Small-scale options like virtual pipelines may assist to build a market for gas in a step-wise
The infrastructure invested to transport natural gas should also be fit for purpose for renewables
later on, including for a hydrogen gas economy, dubbed the next greener gas alternative in the not-
so-distant future.
Natural gas will make a significant dent in the industrial sector, especially towards reducing their
power costs and by ensuring efficiently run operations. Using compressed natural gas to fuel
vehicles offers another array of benefits; especially long-haul trucks. The running of large hospitals
will see benefits through combined heat and power (CHP) systems that generate power onsite.
Natural gas development will also boost the development of the chemicals industry. The gas
network is, unfortunately, not set-up to supply natural gas to households en-masse (especially those
in rural areas), so this may be a long-term option, if at all.
There is a timing issue, however, with the trajectory of global developments. Gas has an immediate
opportunity within the next 5-20 years; and beyond that, it gets hazy, due to global greener
developments and policies. Policy windows for investors are also closing for developing countries,
and developing countries may be caught in between and become subject to developed countries'
policies around renewal energy sources. However, natural gas has an immediate opportunity today,
including in South Africa.


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Q: C# project doesnt realize the updates from WCF I have a WCF webservice and another c# project. I added the WCF webservice to my project to do some processes. But I changed a function's return type in webservice, then tried to update the webservice from the project, it still sees the old return type.
I deleted the webservice reference from my project and re-added back into the project, it still sees the old return type. Where does it cache these information?

A: If you are running through IIS, sometimes this can hold onto the dll.
Here is everything i can think of that I'd try

*

*Backup

*Delete bin/obj folders in both projects

*Restart IIS

*Rebuild WCF project

*Client project - Right click on the reference -> "Update References" and rebuild client project (possibly do the delete and re-add as you have done).

*On a couple of occasions (in older versions), I've even had to close and re-open VS.

That can be a really frustrating issue on the odd occasion you hit it. HTH.

A: Check in the Web.Config entry for you webservice URL.

A: When you remove the service and add it again those downloaded classes to your system should be deleted however if for some reason you recon they are there then do the following check:
Now go to the service reference folder and expand it. All the necessary classes and definition for constructing the proxy reside in the following folder:
...\Service References...

You can check whether this folder gets emptied. When you re-add them you can check the reference file yourself to see whether new definitions are available.


The following tables for mean atmospheric conditions at La Silla and Paranal were computed by E. Marchetti (emarchet@eso.org) following indications given in the sharp adc page (replacing 83939.7 by 683939.7 in formula 13). The model is in agreement with the table given in the EMMI page at La Silla, changing the pressure to 815mb (2000m asl equivalent). The IDL code is available.
The effect of differential refraction on spectroscopy have been studied by Cuby et al. for VIMOS.


I had a friend of mine see that I wear a chapel veil to Holy Mass, (New Mass, not in Latin), and she said, "Oh, I wear one of those when I go to Latin Mass." I truly wondered if she knew why a woman wore a chapel veil. A woman in this life has been given so many graces by God, sometimes a chapel veil is needed to place over the head in submission and say to God, "I submit to you my God and my King." The chapel veil is not a uniform, it is an act of love and submission before God, no matter if the Holy Mass is in Latin or in the vernacular.
The Holy Mass, Latin or New, is an opportunity for the Catholic to plead before the throne of God for the salvation of our brethren. Also, this is a unique opportunity to even take Holy Communion for those who are not in attendance.
If our hearts truly love, than we know what wonderful gift we have in the Holy Eucharist, and want to share it with others. But how do we share this with our Protestant brethren?
The answer is Mary. Like the Virgin Mary, the graces that a Catholic has are to pass through them to those who would never receive such graces in this life.
If we receive the Holy Eucharist, the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ at Mass, then the piece of the Sacred Heart we have received longs to not only purify us but to be poured out through us for others.
I have been to many Churches of my Protestant brethren, and at all of them I felt unwelcome, or somehow 'dirty' for being Catholic. Some of this is obvious demeaning statements, sometimes it is a look or other subtle means of communication. In all of these Churches the message was obvious, that I needed conversion from my faith to theirs and quick. I kept silent and endured this, but I came to realize that in very few Protestant Churches is the overt Catholic (I wear a Rosary and a Miraculous Medal) going to be welcomed.
A Catholic, confessed, having gone to Holy Mass and taken Holy Communion for the Protestants they are visiting are then called to take the Jesus they received to the midst of their Protestant brethren. Not in competition, but in love and service.
We are Catholic, we are responsible for our brothers, and we are called to go get them. Not even overtly, but sometimes silently. Sometimes wearing the Rosary and Miraculous Medal is all I needed to do to be the witness that He wanted me to be.
Now is the time for them to come home.
I completely agree. The deep divisions between different stripes of Christians is a tool of the devil.
My husband is not Catholic, and I've attended services at his church with him for a long time. The "somehow dirty" phenomenon is definitely one I've observed. Some members of that church have suddenly ended conversations that had been going quite swimmingly when I mentioned something catholic. Do you have any ideas for how to deal with this problem?


The culture grew NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!! No more bacteria, no blood in the urine, no hospital time! I was so happy today I started crying, which, if you know me, you know that I very rarely cry. I cannot tell you how thankful I am today. This UTI has been around since the end of October, and it's finally gone. God is so good! Thank you all for your prayers, I really can't tell you how much they mean to us.
Jamie that is awesome!!! Yay Madi! I think about you guys often (as a matter of fact you were in my dream the other night) (creepy, I know!).
What is the hidden cost of standing?


So before I head out, here are some photos of the latest polish that I've been sporting lately, Chanel's Graphite. I thought this would be a nice twist to wear on Saint Patrick's Day, since Graphite has a green tinge to it.
Graphite is a metallic/foiled darkened silver with a brilliant gold shine and flecks of silver, yellow and green.
What polish were you wearing on St.Patty's?
That is such a gorgeous colour, I like that it's not a standard silver but darker and with different coloured shimmer. A stunner.


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Q: To extract a string from filename and insert it into the file I want to write a bash script for extracting a string from the file name and insert that string into a specific location in the same file.
For example:
Under /root dir there are different date directories 20160201, 20160202, 20160203 and under each directory there is a file abc20160201.dat, abc20160202.dat, abc20160203.dat.
My requirement is that I need to extract the date from each file name first, and then insert that date into the second column of each record in the file.
For extracting the date I am using
f=abc20160201.dat
s=`echo $f | cut -c 4-11`
echo "$f -> $s"

and for inserting the date iI am using
awk 'BEGIN { OFS = "~"; ORS = "\n" ; date="20160201" ; IFS = "~"} { $1=date"~"$1 ; print  } ' file > tempdate

But in my awk command the date is coming in the first column. Please let me know what I am doing wrong here.
The file on which this operation is being done is a delimited file with fields separated by ~ characters.
Or if anybody has a better solution for this, please let me know.

A: The variable for the input field separator is FS, not IFS. Consequently, the input line is not being split at all, hence when you add the date after field 1, it appears at the end of the line.
You should be able to use:
f=abc20160201.dat
s=$(echo $f | cut -c 4-11)
awk -v date="$s" 'BEGIN { FS = OFS = "~" } { $1 = $1 OFS date; print }' $f

That generates the modified output to standard output.  AFAIK, awk doesn't have an overwrite option, so if you want to modify the files 'in place', you'll write the output of the script to a temporary file, and then copy or move the temporary file over the original (removing the temporary if you copied).  Copying preserves both hard links and symbolic links (and owner, group, permissions); moving doesn't.  If the file names are neither symlinks nor linked files, moving is simpler.  (Copying always 'works', but the copy takes longer than a move, requires the remove, and there's a longer window while the over-writing copy could leave you with an incomplete file if interrupted.)
Generalizing a bit:
for file in /root/2016????/*.dat
do
    tmp=$(mktemp "$(dirname "$file")/tmp.XXXXXX)")
    awk -v date="$(basename "$file" | cut -c 4-11)" \
        'BEGIN { FS = OFS = "~" } { $1 = $1 OFS date; print }' "$file" >"$tmp"
    mv "$tmp" "$file"
done

One of the reasons for preferring $(…) over back-quotes is that it is much easier to manage nested operations and quoting using $(…).  The mktemp command creates the temporary file in the same directory as the source file; you can legitimately decide to use mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp.XXXXXX instead.  A still more general script would iterate of "$@" (the arguments it is passed), but it might need to validate that the base name of the file matches the format you require/expect.
Adding code to deal with cleaning up on interrupts, or selecting between copy and move, is left as an exercise for the reader.  Note that the script makes no attempt to detect whether it has been run on a file before.  If you run it three times on the same file, you'll end up with columns 2-4 all containing the date.


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CNN Producer Fired Over Misconduct Allegations
The network said it fired Teddy Davis after a "comprehensive investigation"
Published at 7:50 pm on November 29, 2017
Bloomberg via Getty Images
CNN says it has fired a senior producer on Jake Tapper's "State of the Union" show after an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
The network says in a statement that it fired Teddy Davis after a "comprehensive investigation." The statement says Davis' alleged conduct "does not align with the standards and values" of the network.
No further details about the allegations were released, but a network spokesperson confirms they related to sexual misconduct.
Tapper wrote in a tweet that he is fully supportive of the decision.


The smart but casual looking bag is not only stylish but functional. The three compartments which are connected through one zipper generate order and neatness within your bag, so you always know where your belongs are. Perfectly fit all your necessities and can be worn during the day or evening as it complements any look.


text:
import re
import os
import tempfile

ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['stableinterface'],
                    'supported_by': 'community',
                    'version': '1.0'}

DOCUMENTATION = """
---
module: replace
author: "Evan Kaufman (@EvanK)"
extends_documentation_fragment:
    - files
    - validate
short_description: Replace all instances of a particular string in a
                   file using a back-referenced regular expression.
description:
  - This module will replace all instances of a pattern within a file.
  - It is up to the user to maintain idempotence by ensuring that the
    same pattern would never match any replacements made.
version_added: "1.6"
options:
  dest:
    required: true
    aliases: [ name, destfile ]
    description:
      - The file to modify.
  regexp:
    required: true
    description:
      - The regular expression to look for in the contents of the file.
        Uses Python regular expressions; see
        U(http://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html).
        Uses multiline mode, which means C(^) and C($) match the beginning
        and end respectively of I(each line) of the file.
  replace:
    required: false
    description:
      - The string to replace regexp matches. May contain backreferences
        that will get expanded with the regexp capture groups if the regexp
        matches. If not set, matches are removed entirely.
  backup:
    required: false
    default: "no"
    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
    description:
      - Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can
        get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
  others:
    description:
      - All arguments accepted by the M(file) module also work here.
    required: false
  follow:
    required: false
    default: "no"
    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
    version_added: "1.9"
    description:
      - 'This flag indicates that filesystem links, if they exist, should be followed.'
"""

EXAMPLES = r"""
- replace:
    dest: /etc/hosts
    regexp: '(\s+)old\.host\.name(\s+.*)?$'
    replace: '\1new.host.name\2'
    backup: yes

- replace:
    dest: /home/jdoe/.ssh/known_hosts
    regexp: '^old\.host\.name[^\n]*\n'
    owner: jdoe
    group: jdoe
    mode: 0644

- replace:
    dest: /etc/apache/ports
    regexp: '^(NameVirtualHost|Listen)\s+80\s*$'
    replace: '\1 127.0.0.1:8080'
    validate: '/usr/sbin/apache2ctl -f %s -t'
"""

def write_changes(module,contents,dest):

    tmpfd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
    f = os.fdopen(tmpfd,'wb')
    f.write(contents)
    f.close()

    validate = module.params.get('validate', None)
    valid = not validate
    if validate:
        if "%s" not in validate:
            module.fail_json(msg="validate must contain %%s: %s" % (validate))
        (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(validate % tmpfile)
        valid = rc == 0
        if rc != 0:
            module.fail_json(msg='failed to validate: '
                                 'rc:%s error:%s' % (rc,err))
    if valid:
        module.atomic_move(tmpfile, dest, unsafe_writes=module.params['unsafe_writes'])

def check_file_attrs(module, changed, message):

    file_args = module.load_file_common_arguments(module.params)
    if module.set_file_attributes_if_different(file_args, False):

        if changed:
            message += " and "
        changed = True
        message += "ownership, perms or SE linux context changed"

    return message, changed

def main():
    module = AnsibleModule(
        argument_spec=dict(
            dest=dict(required=True, aliases=['name', 'destfile']),
            regexp=dict(required=True),
            replace=dict(default='', type='str'),
            backup=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
            validate=dict(default=None, type='str'),
        ),
        add_file_common_args=True,
        supports_check_mode=True
    )

    params = module.params
    dest = os.path.expanduser(params['dest'])
    res_args = dict()

    if os.path.isdir(dest):
        module.fail_json(rc=256, msg='Destination %s is a directory !' % dest)

    if not os.path.exists(dest):
        module.fail_json(rc=257, msg='Destination %s does not exist !' % dest)
    else:
        f = open(dest, 'rb')
        contents = f.read()
        f.close()

    mre = re.compile(params['regexp'], re.MULTILINE)
    result = re.subn(mre, params['replace'], contents, 0)

    if result[1] > 0 and contents != result[0]:
        msg = '%s replacements made' % result[1]
        changed = True
        if module._diff:
            res_args['diff'] = {
                'before_header': dest,
                'before': contents,
                'after_header': dest,
                'after': result[0],
            }
    else:
        msg = ''
        changed = False

    if changed and not module.check_mode:
        if params['backup'] and os.path.exists(dest):
            res_args['backup_file'] = module.backup_local(dest)
        if params['follow'] and os.path.islink(dest):
            dest = os.path.realpath(dest)
        write_changes(module, result[0], dest)

    res_args['msg'], res_args['changed'] = check_file_attrs(module, changed, msg)
    module.exit_json(**res_args)

# this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
from ansible.module_utils.basic import *

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


The species was named by Hume based on a specimen obtained at Kaladhungi near Nainital. The species was rediscovered in the Terai near Calcutta by Frank Finn. Oates called it "The Eastern Baya" in 1889 and Stuart Baker called it Finn's baya in the second edition (1925) of the Fauna of British India.Finn's weaver or Finn's baya (Ploceus megarhynchus), also known as yellow weaver is a species of weaver bird found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys in India and Nepal. Two races are known; the nominate from the Kumaon area and salimalii from the eastern Terai.
They breed from May to September. The nest is built on top of trees or in reeds. The nest is different in structure from the other weaver species found in India, but as in other weavers, woven from thin strips of leaves and reeds. This species lines the entire inside of the nest, unlike the other weavers, which line only the floor of the nest. Males strip the leaves of the nest tree, making the globular nests clearly visible.
More inforamtion about Finn's Weaver Facts and Photos.


After two losses in Kazan, many wrote off Zenit's chances at a comeback. But St. Petersburg turned everything around at the SIBUR Arena. A win in Game 3 gave the club confidence. Even without Janis Timma and Artem Vikhrov in Game 4, Zenit was able to make it two straight, forcing a winner-takes-all Game 5 in Kazan.
Though Zenit ultimately came out on top, the path to victory was not easy on Wednesday. UNICS hoped to avoid a Game 5 and raced to a big lead early in the 3rd quarter. Thanks to Quino Colom's sharp-shooting from outside and Keith Langford's clutch free throws, the visitors enjoyed a 15-point cushion, 56-41, with six minutes to go in the 3rd.
St. Petersburg didn't have a lot of easy fast-break points in this game. Omar Thomas's dunk may have been the most exciting finish.
But the home team did rely on a quick transition offense to turn the tide. Vasily Karasev's men did a good job of preventing UNICS from setting up on defense, forcing missed defensive assignments and general confusion in front of the basket. As a result, Zenit often had open looks at the basket.
The pick-and-roll served as the foundation for Zenit's halfcourt offense. UNICS had no answer for St. Petersburg's approach in the second half.
but gave up open mid-range jumpers.
but surrendered easy baskets at the rim.
only to get punished from beyond the arc.
Throughout the game, St. Petersburg kept Kazan guessing with its pick-and-roll.
The pick-and-roll helped the home team mount a comeback and regain the momentum. But Zenit's leaders really took over in the final minutes. Ryan Toolson and Omar Thomas hit difficult shots, helping Zenit maintain its hard-earned advantage.
After the visitors went up 15, the offense began to crumble. Langford was the only UNICS player to continue producing as Colom and the rest of the team struggled to make an impact.
Langford ended up scoring as much as the rest of his team combined in the remaining minutes, on fewer shot attempts. But Langford alone wasn't enough to overcome a hungry, motivated Zenit squad down the stretch.
The second half began with three 3-pointers from Quino Colom, helping UNICS initially pull away. But once the 3-point shot stopped dropping, Zenit did a good job of keeping the visitors out of the paint.
The 4th quarter provided a good illustration of UNICS's woes on offense. The visitors failed to score a single point in the paint.
Game 5 is scheduled for Saturday and there's no clear favorite. Zenit head coach Vasily Karasev promised to have a full roster, which will make his rotation deeper than Kazan's. UNICS, meanwhile, will rely on the home-court advantage and its two stars, Langford and Colom. We'll find out tomorrow who's got the better hand.


Once again, hip-hop and gangsta rap superstar and car enthusiast Xzibit and car customization specialist Mad Mike take aim on the biggest clunkers on the road. "Pimp My Ride," returns for an all-new season, with an all-new garage.
Joining hip-hop superstar Xzibit and the crew for this new season, and giving a new spin on car customization, is GAS – Galpin Auto Sports. Taking car customization to the next level, together hip-hop's Xzibit, Mad Mike and the crew at GAS create unheard of pimped out masterpieces. The show will air Thursdays at 10:00pm ET/PT.
In anticipation of the new season, MTV will schedule two 4-hour blocks of "Pimp My Ride" episodes, each block airing on consecutive Sundays in June, for a total of 8 hours of programming. The first block airs on June 4th from 5:00pm – 9:00pm. The second block airs on June 11th from 10:00am – 2:00pm.
MTV.com lends its support to "Pimp My Ride" by launching the Pimp My Ride/Lincoln Mark LT Sweepstakes. Each week MTV.com users will come to the "Pimp My Ride" website and vote for one item featured on that week's episode to be added to the Mark LT. The following week, Overdrive will feature a package showing the installation of the part that was voted on that week. At the end of the season the Mark LT will be given away to one lucky winner!
Overdrive will also offer viewers access to a segment of outtakes and deleted scenes. Full episodes will be available on MTV On Demand starting July 7th.
In addition, fans with mobile devices will be able to access features including the "Pimp My Ride" trailer, weekly outtakes from current season, "best of" clips from previous seasons and "Pimp My Ride" graphics available as downloadable wallpapers on mobile.mtv.com.


Hundreds of Apple employees attended Display Week in Los Angeles, California this week to scout out new display technology that could be used in future products, reports Bloomberg.
Display Week is an event that's hosted by the Society for Information Display. It's aimed at connecting startups, influencers, innovators, technical experts, and others who are in the display field in some way.
All of the major display companies were on hand to show off new technology, such as high-resolution VR headset displays, ultra high-resolution OLEDs, sound-emitting panels, full-color E-ink technology, and more.
A total of 369 Apple employees were registered to attend display week, up from 280 in 2017. Apple sent far more employees to the event than other tech companies did. Amazon, for example, sent 25, while Google sent 40 and Oculus sent 23.
DisplayMate's Ray Soneira, known for evaluating smartphone displays, told Bloomberg that Apple is "making a statement" by sending so many engineers. "Apple is trying to show the display industry that they're a top-tier screen developer now, in addition to being a buyer," he said. Apple recently made its first foray into OLEDs for iPhones with the iPhone X, and its displays are consistently rated as some of the best by Soneira.
According to Bloomberg, some Apple engineers at the event "appeared particularly interested" in virtual-reality headsets developed by Japan Display, while others closely examined new high-resolution panels from Samsung and displays that are designed to work well when wet.
Several of the Apple engineers who attended Display Week joined in on discussions covering display technology and augmented and virtual reality, though no secrets about future Apple products were unveiled.
Display Week is an event that's hosted by the Society for Information Display.
It must be great for all those display engineers to have their displays proudly displayed.
Good, as they should. Besides software, the screen is the most critical piece to our tech devices. Progressing in this area will give you a serious advantage as eventually all our devices will just be thin slabs of screen.
It just seems like an enormous number of people sent to something when a smaller group could probably catch everything that is actually new and simply brief the rest.
I think it's safe to Assume that Apple has a large array of engineers, and I'm sure this wasn't just all engineers from their league of 368 employees, I'm sure it was a mixture of other Apple employees in various positions with inside The company. Perhaps its more about exposure for everyone to have hands on versus just 'Briefing', which would expand thoughts and insights on what everyone had experience with. I think employee collaboration is key, especially when it comes to new technology.
For Me, this would be an event I would want to attend first hand so I can physically see what's being displayed versus somebody who attended trying to relay to me 'What they 'Observed while they were there'.
Keep at it, Apple! The display on the iPhone X is out-freaking-standing. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.
They'll soon be picked up by the Department Of Redundancy Department!
So hundreds of engineers obviously are necessary to be part a front runner in display quality. Well, I guess Apple should have the blueprint how to significantly improve Siri.
It's obvious why Apple sent everyone to the display event. To take advantage of the enormous bandwidth of having everyone SEE FOR THEMSELVES anything of interest. SO much more efficient than trying to tell people about what they saw. Also, you can't even take pictures of it and bring them back and have it be the same. Brilliant organizational move, and such a time saver in the weeks and months ahead. As one of my old assembly language developer pals used to say, "I'm compressed!"
Good. Maybe the Apple Cinema Display will be resurrected in the near future.


I keep a recipe binder with fun dinners that I have pulled out of magazines and, since the temperatures finally dipped below 80 last week, I brought out this one for Beef, Cheddar and Potato Pie. It's from the Rachel Ray magazine last November, but is also posted on her website now : ) The dinner is great for making ahead and oh-so cozy.
I'd also advise to use less than the 2 pounds of beef that's advised - 2 pounds ended up making a really full pie. With less beef, the meat-to-vegetable ratio would be closer as well which is always a good thing (especially when you're talking pie for dinner).


Again my potterhead antics came out..
Cafe Kayman has their own take on Butterbeer. This cafe is located in Baguio city. It has a homey atmosphere with vintage trinkets for sale. The cafe has two kinds of butterbeer, a coffee based butter beer and a decaffeinated version. Both taste okay. I like the decaffeinated version better. It was because the other version had a strong coffee taste which made it taste like a caramel macchiato than butter and beer. The decaffeinated version tasted like beer and ginger (maybe the cafe used ginger ale?). It was also fizzy and cold. Both butterbeers were topped with whip cream, caramel and cinnamon.
Somehow, Hogsmeade seem to be so near yet so far. I could not say that it tastes like true butterbeer like in the books but it is butterbeer which is inspired by the book. I am willing to try different interpretations of food from books just like Lara Jean's cookies from the series,To all the boy's I've loved before. I am quite satisfied with the decaffeinated version ofCafe Kayman's butterbeer. I would definitely go back and order it again.


This summer I was very actively training a lot of birds every single day in preparation for a new free flight bird show. While this may sound like a dream job for some….and yes it can be, at times it can also be rather repetitive. That is because progressing through some behaviors can sometimes be monotonous. Some behaviors require repetition or very slight increases in criteria. And some behaviors may require relaxing of criteria. And some individuals may be working on the same behavior but be at a different place in the process. This means practicing the same things over and over for the trainer. This can be a good thing IF the trainer is paying attention. But one thing that can very easily happen is a trainer can become complacent and fall into a routine of automatically making changes in criteria without actually looking at the animal's behavioral response.
For example, we were working on training a flock of Quaker parrots to carry a stick back to a nest. This behavior in its simplest form is really a retrieve . However, there are many components to consider. The components for various birds included holding onto the stick, taking the first stick offered, flying distances, flying without latency , flying with more than one bird, entering a crate for reinforcers, entering the crate with more than one bird at a time, flying to different people with sticks, flying though an opening, placing the stick in the right place, and so on.
As with any behavior it is helpful to have a picture in one's mind as to what the final behavior goal is and what elements that includes so that each criterion can be added one by one as they are mastered. With multiple animals, that also means knowing where each animal is in that process.
An easy trap to fall into is going into autopilot and raising criteria without paying attention to how the bird did on the previous repetition. For example, I would sometimes see trainers ask for a rep, get a poor response and then automatically ask a bird to fly a farther distance. Uh oh! There's that pesky autopilot turning on. My rule of thumb for raising criteria is if I get one or two perfect reps, then I will try increasing criteria. If the bird fails one or two times at the criteria I have set, then I relax my criteria to something at which the animal can be successful. This helps keep my animal wanting to participate in the session.
Another trap to watch out for is raising more than one criterion at a time. We had two birds learn to drop the first stick offered. This eventually turned into dropping many sticks before finally taking one to fly back to the nest. This behavior needed to be fixed before adding the criterion of flying distance to the nest could be added again. Working on more than one criterion at a time is tempting, but confusing to the animal. Get one aspect mastered before adding on another.
I had to head back home before the Quakers finished their training for their new behavior. Here is just a peak at some of the work. I hear they are doing well! Can't wait to see the final routine once it is finished. In the meantime, practice raising one criterion at a time with your animals as well as making sure you are ready to raise criteria by paying close attention to your animal's progress during a session.


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