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To celebrate World Teachers' Day on 5 October, Maria Norton presents Constructing the Multilingual Mindset, a 1-hour webinar for teachers, teacher educators and school leaders.
As part of our Five on 5 series of webinars on World Teachers' Day, Mária Norton presented Constructing the Multilingual Mindset.
About the webinar
"A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language."
Language is the vehicle through which we engage with the world and each other; at the core of our relationships and structures, it is fundamental for deeper learning. Recent research in cognitive science demonstrates how speaking more than one language promotes creativity and tolerance; it also enhances our problem-solving skills. By making the effort to pick up expressions in another language we are demonstrating our commitment to hearing other perspectives and showing respect for diverse cultures. This can be achieved by constructing the 'Multilingual Mindset': a more inclusive approach towards languages and culture.
One of the unhelpful assumptions about language competence is that anything that fails to reach "native-like" proficiency has only limited value. Why do we set ourselves such impossibly high standards?! This is one of several myths that I tackle in my webinar as I show you how to adopt the Multilingual Mindset: the new global literacy.
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María started her career as a French and Spanish teacher in the UK but let the travel bug get the better of her! She moved to Italy to be an English teacher for the British Council, took on co-ordination of the Belgian teaching centre, stepped into marketing and training in Portugal, and progressed into managing education reform programmes in South Korea, then Tunisia after the Jasmine Revolution. Most recently she took a sabbatical to explore issues of identity and the multilingual mindset and so her webinar will share fresh insights.
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A day ahead of this year's internal science fair, Microsoft shows off some projects that made it into product form, including the music program Songsmith.
REDMOND, Wash.--When Dan Morris and Sumit Basu helped create Songsmith, they had no idea that the project would generate the kind of feedback it did.
The program, which automatically generates musical accompaniment for a vocal track, got some immediate and vocal response. Some loved the product, but others criticized Microsoft for trying to be Apple while still others said that the program was devaluing musicians.
"The Internet is a wild beast," Basu said.
But, while they couldn't predict the exact impact, Morris said he expected it would get a lot of attention. "We knew it was awesome," he said. And indeed, it has been used for all kinds of things, including a song that uses as notes the stock market decline.
Songsmith is one of several pieces of software that Microsoft Research has made public in recent months.
As Microsoft prepares for the start of TechFest on Tuesday, the company took time at a reception on Monday to highlight some of the products that have made it out of the internal science fair and into shipping code. In addition to Songsmith, Microsoft was also showing its Worldwide Telescope project as well as its AutoCollage software. The precursor to Songsmith, then known as MySong, was shown at TechFest last year.
Basu gave me a demo of Songsmith, a video of which I posted below. I even gave the software a try myself but I won't post that here because of...copyright reasons. Yeah that's the ticket. More importantly, I want to spare you my singing voice, which once caused a voice coach to consider a new profession.
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package org.apache.hadoop.corona;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.EnumMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ResourceTracker;
import org.apache.hadoop.net.Node;
import org.apache.hadoop.net.TopologyCache;
import org.apache.thrift.TException;

public class TestClusterManager extends TestCase {
  final static Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestClusterManager.class);

  public final static String sessionHost = "localhost";
  public static int getSessionPort(int i) {
    return (7000 + i);
  }

  private Configuration conf;
  private ClusterManagerTestable cm;

  private ClusterNodeInfo nodes [];
  private int numNodes;

  private SessionInfo sessionInfos [];
  private int numSessions;

  private String handles [];
  private Session sessions [];

  protected TopologyCache topologyCache;

  @Override
  protected void setUp() throws IOException {
    conf = new Configuration();
    conf.setClass("topology.node.switch.mapping.impl",
                  org.apache.hadoop.net.IPv4AddressTruncationMapping.class,
                  org.apache.hadoop.net.DNSToSwitchMapping.class);
    conf.set(CoronaConf.CPU_TO_RESOURCE_PARTITIONING, TstUtils.std_cpu_to_resource_partitioning);

    topologyCache = new TopologyCache(conf);
    cm = new ClusterManagerTestable(conf);

    numNodes = 100;
    nodes = new ClusterNodeInfo[numNodes];
    Map<ResourceType, String> resourceInfos =
        new EnumMap<ResourceType, String>(ResourceType.class);
    resourceInfos.put(ResourceType.MAP, "");
    resourceInfos.put(ResourceType.REDUCE, "");
    for (int i=0; i<numNodes; i++) {
      nodes[i] = new ClusterNodeInfo(TstUtils.getNodeHost(i),
                                     new InetAddress(TstUtils.getNodeHost(i),
                                                     TstUtils.getNodePort(i)),
                                     TstUtils.std_spec);
      nodes[i].setFree(TstUtils.std_spec);
      nodes[i].setResourceInfos(resourceInfos);
    }

    numSessions = 5;
    sessionInfos = new SessionInfo [numSessions];
    handles = new String [numSessions];
    sessions =  new Session [numSessions];

    for (int i =0; i<numSessions; i++) {
      sessionInfos[i] = new SessionInfo(new InetAddress(sessionHost, getSessionPort(i)),
                                        "s_" + i, "hadoop");
      sessionInfos[i].setPriority(SessionPriority.NORMAL);
      sessionInfos[i].setPoolInfoStrings(
          PoolInfo.createPoolInfoStrings(PoolGroupManager.DEFAULT_POOL_INFO));
    }
  }

  private void addSomeNodes(int count) throws TException {
    for (int i=0; i<count; i++) {
      try {
        cm.nodeHeartbeat(nodes[i]);
      } catch (DisallowedNode e) {
        throw new TException(e);
      } catch (SafeModeException e) {
        LOG.info("Cluster Manager is in Safe Mode");
      }
    }
  }

  private void addAllNodes() throws TException {
    addSomeNodes(this.numNodes);
  }

  private List<Integer> createIdList(int low, int high) {
    ArrayList<Integer> ret = new ArrayList<Integer> (high - low + 1);
    for (int i = low; i<=high; i++)
      ret.add(i);
    return ret;
  }

  public static void reliableSleep(int ms) {
    long start, now;
    start = now = System.currentTimeMillis();
    do {
      try {
        Thread.sleep (ms - (now - start));
      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        System.out.println("Test caught interrupted exception");
      }
      now =  System.currentTimeMillis();
    } while ((now - start) < ms);
  }

  public void testCpuConf() throws Throwable {
    try {
      CoronaConf cConf = new CoronaConf(conf);
      Map<Integer, Map<ResourceType, Integer>> m =
          cConf.getCpuToResourcePartitioning();
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      t.printStackTrace();
      throw t;
    }
  }

  public void testMissingResourceType() throws Throwable {
    LOG.info("Starting testMissingResourceType");

    try {
      // we start a new cluster manager that does not have any map slot allocation
      conf.set(CoronaConf.CPU_TO_RESOURCE_PARTITIONING, "{\"1\":{\"MAP\":0, \"REDUCE\":1}}");
      cm = new ClusterManagerTestable(conf);

      addAllNodes();

      // create a request for a map slot
      handles[0] = TstUtils.startSession(cm, sessionInfos[0]);
      sessions[0] = cm.getSessionManager().getSession(handles[0]);
      cm.requestResource(handles[0], TstUtils.createRequests(1, 1, 0));
      reliableSleep(1000);

      // this request will go unfulfilled
      synchronized(sessions[0]) {
        assertEquals(sessions[0].getPendingRequestCount(), 1);
      }

    } catch (Throwable t) {
      t.printStackTrace();
      throw t;
    }

    LOG.info("Ended testMissingResourceType");
  }

  public void testFCFS1() throws Throwable {
    LOG.info("Starting testFCFS1");

    try {
      for (int i=0; i<numSessions; i++) {
        handles[i] = TstUtils.startSession(cm, sessionInfos[i]);
        sessions[i] = cm.getSessionManager().getSession(handles[i]);
        reliableSleep(500);
      }

      int [] distribution = {800, 600, 200, 200, 200};
      for (int i=0; i<numSessions; i++) {
        cm.requestResource(handles[i], TstUtils.createRequests(distribution[i], this.numNodes));
        synchronized(sessions[i]) {
          assertEquals(sessions[i].getRequestCountForType(ResourceType.MAP),
                       distribution[i]*3/4);
          assertEquals((sessions[i].getRequestCountForType(ResourceType.MAP) +
                        sessions[i].getRequestCountForType(ResourceType.REDUCE)),
                       distribution[i]);
          assertEquals(sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size(), 0);
          assertEquals(sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size(), 0);
        }
      }

      // add the nodes after the requests to make sure that this is handled well by CM
      addAllNodes();

      reliableSleep(1000);
      int [] origDistribution = distribution;
      distribution = new int [] {0, 250, 150, 150, 150};
      for (int i=0; i<numSessions; i++) {
        Session s = sessions[i];
        synchronized(s) {
          assertEquals(
            "Pending request count does not match for " + s.getHandle(),
            s.getPendingRequestCount(), distribution[i]);

          assertEquals(
            "Pending request count does not match for " + s.getHandle(),
            s.getPendingRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size() +
              s.getPendingRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size(),
            distribution[i]);
          assertEquals(
            "Granted request count does not match for " + s.getHandle(),
            s.getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size() +
              s.getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size(),
            origDistribution[i] - distribution[i]);
        }
      }

      LOG.info("\tVerified Session#1 allocation");

      cm.sessionEnd(handles[0], SessionStatus.SUCCESSFUL);
      reliableSleep(10000);
      distribution = new int [] {0, 0, 0, 0, 100};
      for (int i=1; i<numSessions; i++) {
        synchronized(sessions[i]) {
          assertEquals(sessions[i].getSessionId(), distribution[i], sessions[i].getPendingRequestCount());
          assertEquals(sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size() +
                       sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size(),
                       origDistribution[i] - distribution[i]);
        }
      }

      Collection<RetiredSession> retiredSessions = cm.getSessionManager().getRetiredSessions();
      synchronized(retiredSessions) {
        assertEquals(retiredSessions.size(), 1);
        int i=0;
        for(RetiredSession s: retiredSessions) {
          assertEquals(s.getSessionId(), sessions[i].getSessionId());
          assertEquals(s.getStatus(), SessionStatus.SUCCESSFUL);
          i++;
        }
      }

      LOG.info("\tVerified Session#2 and Session#3 allocation after Session#1 release");

      cm.releaseResource(handles[1], createIdList(0, 199));
      reliableSleep(10000);
      distribution = new int [] {0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
      for (int i=0; i<numSessions; i++) {
        synchronized(sessions[i]) {
          assertEquals(sessions[i].getPendingRequestCount(), distribution[i]);
        }
      }

      LOG.info("\tVerified all sessions scheduled");

      for (int i=1; i<numSessions-1; i++) {
        cm.sessionEnd(handles[i], SessionStatus.SUCCESSFUL);
      }

      synchronized(retiredSessions) {
        assertEquals(retiredSessions.size(), numSessions - 1);
        int i=0;
        for(RetiredSession s: retiredSessions) {
          assertEquals(s.getSessionId(), sessions[i].getSessionId());
          i++;
        }
      }

      // there's only one session running right now
      // if we remove all the nodes - then this session
      // should have zero granted and zero pending
      // since we do not go from granted to pending in the CM

      for (int i=0; i<numNodes; i++) {
        cm.nodeTimeout(nodes[i].name);
      }

      synchronized(sessions[numSessions-1]) {
        assertEquals(0, sessions[numSessions-1].getPendingRequestCount());
        assertEquals(0, sessions[numSessions-1].getGrantedRequests().size());
      }
      cm.sessionEnd(handles[numSessions-1], SessionStatus.SUCCESSFUL);

      LOG.info("\tVerified node death handled correctly");

    } catch (InvalidSessionHandle e) {
      LOG.error("Bad Session Handle");
      assertEquals("Bad Session Handle", null);
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      t.printStackTrace();
      throw t;
    }

    LOG.info("Finished testFCFS1");
  }

  public void testFCFS_locality() throws Throwable {
    LOG.info("Starting testFCFS_locality");
    try {
      addAllNodes();

      for (int i=0; i<numSessions; i++) {
        handles[i] = TstUtils.startSession(cm, sessionInfos[i]);
        sessions[i] = cm.getSessionManager().getSession(handles[i]);
        reliableSleep(500);
      }

      Collection<ResourceGrant> grants;
      String h0 = TstUtils.getNodeHost(0);

      // create a request that takes up all the slots on one node
      cm.requestResource(handles[0], TstUtils.createRequests(1, TstUtils.numCpuPerNode, 0));
      reliableSleep(1000);

      // verify all slots granted and all are node local
      assertEquals(sessions[0].getPendingRequestCount(), 0);
      synchronized(sessions[0]) {
        grants = sessions[0].getGrantedRequests();
      }

      assertEquals(grants.size(), TstUtils.numCpuPerNode);
      for (ResourceGrant grant: grants) {
        assertEquals(grant.address.host, h0);
      }

      // create another request that wants slots on node #0 only
      cm.requestResource(handles[1], TstUtils.createRequests(1, TstUtils.numCpuPerNode, 0));
      reliableSleep(1000);

      // verify all slots granted and all are rack local
      assertEquals(sessions[1].getPendingRequestCount(), 0);
      synchronized(sessions[1]) {
        grants = sessions[1].getGrantedRequests();
      }

      assertEquals(grants.size(), TstUtils.numCpuPerNode);

      Node wantRack = topologyCache.getNode(h0).getParent();
      for (ResourceGrant grant: grants) {
        if(grant.address.host.equals(h0))
           assertEquals("Data Locality on fully subscribed host", null);

        Node gotRack = topologyCache.getNode(grant.address.host).getParent();
        assertEquals(wantRack, gotRack);
      }

      // free up all the requests on node #0
      cm.releaseResource(handles[0], createIdList(0, TstUtils.numCpuPerNode-1));

      // create a request that takes up all the slots on one node
      cm.requestResource(handles[2], TstUtils.createRequests(1, TstUtils.numCpuPerNode, 0));
      reliableSleep(1000);

      // verify all slots granted and all are node local
      assertEquals(sessions[2].getPendingRequestCount(), 0);
      synchronized(sessions[2]) {
        grants = sessions[2].getGrantedRequests();
      }

      assertEquals(grants.size(), TstUtils.numCpuPerNode);
      for (ResourceGrant grant: grants) {
        assertEquals(grant.address.host, h0);
      }

    } catch (InvalidSessionHandle e) {
      assertEquals("Bad Session Handle", null);
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      t.printStackTrace();
      throw t;
    }

    LOG.info("Finished testFCFS_locality");
  }

  public void testSessionExpiry() throws Throwable {
    LOG.info("Starting testSessionExpiry");
    try {
      // start a cluster manager with short session expiry interval
      conf.setInt(CoronaConf.SESSION_EXPIRY_INTERVAL, 2000);
      cm = new ClusterManagerTestable(conf);
      int nodeCount = 10;

      addSomeNodes(nodeCount);

      int i=0;
      handles[i] = TstUtils.startSession(cm, sessionInfos[i]);
      sessions[i] = cm.getSessionManager().getSession(handles[i]);
      reliableSleep(50);

      cm.requestResource(handles[i], TstUtils.createRequests(nodeCount,
                                                             nodeCount*TstUtils.numCpuPerNode,
                                                             0));
      reliableSleep(100);

      // we should have a session with requests granted
      synchronized(sessions[i]) {
        assertEquals(sessions[i].getPendingRequestCount(), 0);
        assertEquals((sessions[i].getPendingRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size() +
                      sessions[i].getPendingRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size()),
                     0);
        assertEquals(sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size() +
                     sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size(),
                     nodeCount*TstUtils.numCpuPerNode);
      }

      // sleep for longer than session expiry interval
      reliableSleep(4000);

      // session should now be deleted and resources available to
      assertEquals(sessions[i].isDeleted(), true);

      i=1;
      handles[i] = TstUtils.startSession(cm, sessionInfos[i]);
      sessions[i] = cm.getSessionManager().getSession(handles[i]);
      reliableSleep(50);

      cm.requestResource(handles[i], TstUtils.createRequests(nodeCount,
                                                             nodeCount*TstUtils.numCpuPerNode,
                                                             0));
      reliableSleep(100);

      // we should have a session with requests granted
      synchronized(sessions[i]) {
        assertEquals(sessions[i].getPendingRequestCount(), 0);
        assertEquals((sessions[i].getPendingRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size() +
                      sessions[i].getPendingRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size()),
                     0);
        assertEquals(sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.MAP).size() +
                     sessions[i].getGrantedRequestForType(ResourceType.REDUCE).size(),
                     nodeCount*TstUtils.numCpuPerNode);
      }
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      t.printStackTrace();
      throw t;
    }
    LOG.info("Ending testSessionExpiry");
  }

  public void testBlacklisting() throws Exception {
    LOG.info("Starting testBlacklisting");
    cm = new ClusterManagerTestable(conf);
    FaultManager fm = cm.nodeManager.faultManager;
    int nodeCount = 10;

    addSomeNodes(nodeCount);

    int i=0;
    handles[i] = TstUtils.startSession(cm, sessionInfos[i]);
    sessions[i] = cm.getSessionManager().getSession(handles[i]);

    CoronaConf coronaConf = new CoronaConf(conf);
    String nodeName = nodes[0].getName();
    int numFailedConnections = coronaConf.getMaxFailedConnectionsPerSession() + 1;
    int numTotal = numFailedConnections;
    NodeUsageReport report = new NodeUsageReport(
        nodeName, numTotal, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, numFailedConnections);

    int threshold = coronaConf.getMaxFailedConnections();
    for (int j = 0; j < threshold; j++) {
      cm.nodeFeedback(
          handles[0], ResourceTracker.resourceTypes(), Arrays.asList(report));
    }
    assertFalse(fm.isBlacklisted(nodeName, ResourceType.MAP));
    assertFalse(fm.isBlacklisted(nodeName, ResourceType.REDUCE));

    cm.nodeFeedback(
        handles[0], ResourceTracker.resourceTypes(), Arrays.asList(report));
    assertTrue(fm.isBlacklisted(nodeName, ResourceType.MAP));
    assertTrue(fm.isBlacklisted(nodeName, ResourceType.REDUCE));

    LOG.info("Ending testBlacklisting");
  }

}

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End of The World May 21st 2011: Harold Camping Rapture Doomsday Predictions
May 21,2011 Judgement Day / Doomsday : Harold Camping
Call it Rapture, Doomsday, Apocalypse, Judgment Day or simply End of The World... but something like this is going to hit the modern world on May 21st 2011, if Harold Camping and his followers are to be believed. According to the Christian broadcaster, God will destroy the Earth five months after May 21st 2011, which is October 21, 2011 to be exact.
May 21,2011 Judgement Day / Doomsday / End of The World: The Mathematical Predictions
The prediction rests, in large part, on a mathematical determination that says May 21, 2011 is the anniversary of Noah's Flood.
"Just before the flood Noah was instructed by God that in seven days the flood would begin (Genesis 7:10-16). Using the language of 2 Peter 3:8 that "a day is as a thousand years," it is like saying through Noah, who was a preacher (2 Peter 2:5): "mankind has seven days or 7,000 years to escape destruction." Since 2011 A.D. is precisely 7,000 years after Noah preached (the flood occurred in the year 4990 B.C.), God has given mankind a wonderful proof that Judgment Day will occur in the year 2011.
"God doubled the statement "a day is as a thousand years" to greatly increase our assurance that this is established by God and will shortly come to pass (Genesis 4l:32).
May 21,2011 Judgement Day / Doomsday : Claim Rejections
But another web site refutes Camping's claims, explaining in part:
In order for this "proof" to be valid, the following must be established as true:
That the phrase "a day is as a thousand years" (2 Peter 3:8) is to be taken literally as a mathematical formula.
That the timeline of the Noachian flood is rightly to be understood allegorically, as a literal event timeline for the second coming of Christ.
That the 7,000 literal years should begin starting at the time Noah preached.
That the Noachian flood occurred in the year 4990 B.C. (because "2011 A.D. is exactly 7,000 years after 4990 B.C."), and that the timespan from the flood to our calendar year 2011 is exactly 7,000 years
May 21,2011 Judgement Day / Doomsday / End of The World: Christian Research Institute View
The Christian Research Institute says that Camping is deceiving his followers and explained on its website:
We must also learn from Camping's error to see that our methods of interpretation are not dry subjects best left to theologians to hash out. Each of us is responsible to learn where we received the Bible and how we are to properly understand its message. Only then can we help those who have been misled by Harold Camping and all who, like him, replace the divine message of Scripture with their own thoughts and fancies.
May 21,2011 Judgement Day / Doomsday / End of The World Campaign
The campaign was started by a retired civil engineer, Harold Camping, fueled and followed by many. According to them, judgment day will happen at about Saturday, May 21 6PM Pacific Time.
Bryan Ivers and Matt Ivers, of Potlatch, are spreading the Judgment Day message through billboards, signs and tracts. One billboard can be seen on Highway 95 about 10 miles north of Potlatch, just south of Coeur d'Alene. While others across the country have sold all their possessions to advance the cause, the brothers say they get more exposure by simply holding signs.
Rod Moerer, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church on 15th St in Coeur d'Alene, took the news in stride. Moerer has served in the ministry for over 40 years, he said:
I was thinking about having a garage sale that day. Others have made similar predictions in the past, but everybody's been wrong so far.
Bob Davis, pastor of North Country Chapel in neighboring Post Falls, reminded churchgoers last Sunday of the NASA engineer who made the same prediction in 1988 and subsequent years.
Edgar C. Whisenant wrote 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988 to explain his hypothesis. 300,000 copies of the book were given free of charge to ministers across the country, and over 4 million copies were sold in bookstores and elsewhere.
So convincing were his arguments that the christian Trinity Broadcast Network aired special instructions to prepare viewers for the event.
May 21,2011 Judgement Day / Doomsday / End of The World Conclusion
Camping, the man behind the Family Radio Network made a similar prediction in 1994, but followers insist Camping is right this time.
One the other hand lot of people are taking and talking about it a joke. Be it on search engines like Google, or social networking like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace everywhere its heavily being blasted as a killer jokes.
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boboness sa math! May 21, 2011, 7:25:00 AM
tae bulok fake tae pag yan di nangyari ngaun bobo kau sa math!
Adnan Malik May 21, 2011, 11:52:00 AM
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Lolz, Boboness! Nito lang Harold Camping at tagasunod view.
Gaya malayo gaya ang matematikal na mga paghuhula ay nababahala, ang mga ito ay madaling kapitan ng error. Kahit na daigdig pinakadakilang matematiko tulad ng Einstein, Carl, Euler at Arkimed hindi sinabi anumang bagay tulad na. Kaya doon ay hindi pang-agham na suporta sa claim.
Lolz, Boboness! Its just Harold Camping and followers view.
As far as the Mathematical Predictions are concerned, they are prone to error. Even worlds greatest mathematician like Einstein, Carl, Euler and Archimedes did not said anything like that. So there is not scientific support to the claim.


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A six-part documentary series based on the book of the same name, I'll Be Gone in the Dark explores writer Michelle McNamara's investigation into the dark world of the violent predator she dubbed "The Golden State Killer," the man who terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s and is responsible for 50 home-invasion rapes and 13 murders.
Fraudulent activity tied to Slilpp is alleged to be directly connected to around $200 million in losses, and that's just businesses based in the United States.
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Today's millennials and Generation Z face very different financial realities than their parents did at their age. As a parent of a young adult, how can you help your children understand their financial options to build a foundation for their futures? The first step may be to appreciate where they're coming from and how their attitudes may differ from yours. Your assumptions about finances based on your experience at their age may no longer hold true. Once you understand your millennial children's situation, you may better be equipped to help them make sound financial decisions.
Most millennials carry higher amounts of student loan debt than their parents did. As a result, they are reluctant to acquire more debt. For this reason, they may have fewer revolving credit accounts. This behavior is actually smarter and less financially risky on their part, but it results in them having a "thin file," the term for a history with three or fewer credit accounts. In fact, many thin-file millennials have average income levels and assets similar to their thicker-file counterparts. And because they do have the income, they actually have the capacity to handle new accounts. Fortunately, VantageScore Solutions, a rival to the FICO score, includes trended credit data. According to their recent online article, Millennial Credit Habits: A Major Shift, trended data attributions "change the focus of credit scoring models to better understand actual credit management behaviors over time versus static snapshots." In other words, it takes into account the typical millennial's prudent behavior when it comes to acquiring new debt. Lenders with this understanding of the bigger picture will be more likely to give your millennials the opportunity to borrow.
What you can do: Tell your adult children to utilize credit in a safe and sound manner, and to apply for new credit carefully in order to build a more robust credit history. Stress that they should never spend more on the card than they can afford. Setting up automatic minimum payments on cards can help them avoid late payments, but also advise that they can - and should - pay more than the minimum each month, and in full whenever possible.
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So what's the upshot? While you may be eager to see your adult children settling down in a home filled with grandchildren, they are actually trying hard to put their financial ducks in a row. You can help by advising them on smart tactics to manage their money and improve their credit scores.


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Seven days a week, Unitarian Universalist's live their faith by doing. Whether in community with others or as an individual, we know that active, tangible expressions of love, justice, and peace are what make a difference.
Unitarian Universalist congregations are committed to seven Principles that include the worth of each person, the need for justice and compassion, and the right to choose one's own beliefs. Our congregations and faith communities promote these principles through regular worship, learning and personal growth, shared connection and care, social justice and service, celebration of life's transitions, and much more.
Our faith tradition is diverse and inclusive. We grew from the union of two radical Christian groups: the Universalists, who organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, who organized in 1825. They joined to become the UUA in 1961. Both groups trace their roots in North America to the early Massachusetts settlers and the Framers of the Constitution. Across the globe, our legacy reaches back centuries to liberal religious pioneers in England, Poland, and Transylvania. Today, Unitarian Universalists include people of many beliefs who share UU values of peace, love, and understanding. We are creators of positive change in people and in the world.
In Unitarian Universalism, you can bring your whole self: your full identity, your questioning mind, your expansive heart.
Together, we create a force more powerful than one person or one belief system. As Unitarian Universalists, we do not have to check our personal background and beliefs at the door: we join together on a journey that honors everywhere we've been before.
Our beliefs are diverse and inclusive. We have no shared creed. Our shared covenant (our seven Principles) supports "the free and responsible search for truth and meaning." Though Unitarianism and Universalism were both liberal Christian traditions, this responsible search has led us to an inclusive spirituality drawn from six sources: from scriptural wisdom to personal experience to modern day heroes.
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We light a flaming chalice in worship to create a reverent space for reflection, prayer, meditation, and singing.
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Heat a large, wide frying pan, then crumble in the sausage meat and fennel seeds (there's no need to add any oil). Fry for a few mins until golden and the fat is released, stirring well to break up the meat. Add the mushrooms and fry for a few mins until beginning to soften. Stir in the wine now, if using, bubble for 1 min, then add the tomato sauce and heat through until bubbling.
Meanwhile, boil the penne. When ready, drain and tip into the sauce. Mix well until completely coated, then divide between four plates, finishing with a little Parmesan.
Using the meat from good-quality sausages is an easy way to get lots of flavour into mince dishes without having to add extra herbs, spices and seasoning.
Hubby is not usually a fan of any kind of pasta/spaghetti type dish, but he absolutely loves this. I have made this twice, once with a Loyd's roasted peppers sauce and the second time as per another suggestion below with one jar of Loyd's roasted garlic and one jar of tomato & basil, much preferred the second time with mixed sauces. Also less spicy, bit too much heat first time round for me and my 3 year old. Another bonus is that for a family of 3 (2 adults and 1 child), we have been able to freeze enough for a second dinner later in the week/following week.
Had this tonight when we needed a quick recipe with sausages. absolutely delicious and plenty for a family of three plus baby. Used gluten free tagliatelle and didn't have fennel so used jerk seasoning. Also made our own tomato sauce with tinned and herbs etc (packet ones can be very sugary). Will definitely go on the regular meals list.
thank you for all the usefull comments! I will definitely give this a try!
Have to agree with folk on here. An outstanding and very very simple recipe. Very easy. Very quick.
Great dish, tasty and easy to do. Only downside for me and my family was that the jar was a bit spicy for my 3 year old - maybe try Tomato with Basil next time.
This is sooo tasty. Made it using Sainsbury's TTD fresh herb & pork sausages. Fried the mush in a large non stick saucepan. Added the wine and reduced to one tblspn. Added one jar of Loyd's roasted garlic and one jar of tomato & basil - really good combination - cheaper to buy large but not available in my small supermarket. Covered and simmered very gently for about an hour while dry frying the sausagemeat . It is not possible to 'crumble' the meat so I mashed it with a fork on the worktop saver and then fried it and broke it up with the end of an egg turner. I had about 3 tblspns of fat to discard so a good way of doing it if you are heart healthy. Added this to the sauce and simmered for about 20 mins while the pasta was cooking. Used Tesco's dischi volanti which worked perfectly. Omitted fennel.
Really lovely and easy. Also great as hangover food!
Am unable to view the recipe, can you please help?
Should i still try this recipe even though there is so much fat?


In recent years, the interest of the pharmaceutical industry to explore the use of nanoparticles for disease treatment or drug delivery has increased the need to evaluate their therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. However, evaluation of such properties using experimental means is time-consuming and costly. Thus, researchers are investigating the potential of using Quantitative Nanostructure–Activity Relationship (QNAR) models to predict the properties of nanoparticles prior to their synthesis. In this study, we developed a reliable, user-friendly and freely-accessible QNAR model to predict the cellular uptake of 105 nanoparticles with a single metal core by pancreatic cancer cells. Four modelling methods, namely Naïve Bayes, Logistic Regression, k nearest neighbour and support vector machine, were used to develop candidate models. A final consensus model was then developed using the top 5 candidate models. Validation of the final consensus model was done using a rigorous process by repeating the entire model development process five times using different combinations of training and validation sets. The final consensus model had a sensitivity of 86.7 to 98.2% and specificity of 67.3 to 76.6%. The majority of the wrong predictions were due to nanoparticles which had O C–O–C O bonding. Descriptors that were included in the final consensus models were mainly related to lipophilicity and hydrogen bonding. With the recent advances in QNAR methodology and its encouraging prediction toward virtual nanoparticles, the full potential of QNAR modelling should be exploited in the future to provide critical support to experimental studies over the design of nanomaterials.


Pomeranian cinemas, theatres, the opera, and the philharmonic are only a few of the institutions of culture that will provide visitors with plenty of humour, entertainment and unforgettable cultural experiences. Folk culture centres will welcome every Tourist who wants to learn the art of Kashubian embroidery or wonders how to make Kociewie's specialty – fefernuski – while local festivals will provide evening entertainment.
We invite you to visit Pomeranian theatres where magic meets reality, weaving an extraordinary feast of words, emotions and feelings.
If you search for musical excellence and artistic impressions at the European levels, consider visiting the Pomeranian philharmonics.
Cultural centres and institutions in Pomerania run activity centres around promotion and culture.
The Kashubian, Kociewie and Slovincian people have developed their distinct cultures, customs and languages (folk dialect) rooted in history. It is this diversity which makes the Pomeranian folk-culture centres so touristically attractive.
Pomeranian art galleries attract patrons not only with artistically-valuable exhibitions, but also with their singular atmosphere and continual addition of new, attractive elements.


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Vox Sentences: Action against the "murderous operation" in Myanmar
By Jennie Neufeld@jennieneufeld Aug 24, 2018, 8:00pm EDT
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A plan that would disenfranchise black voters in Georgia quickly fails; lawmakers across Asia call for an investigation into the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar.
Attempted disenfranchisement in the "Black Belt"
An election board in Georgia rejected a consultant's plan to shut down seven of nine polling places in a predominantly black county in a vote that took less than 60 seconds. [NPR / Johnny Kauffman]
Though consultant Mike Malone claimed the consolidation was an effort to save money, the Randolph County Board of Elections stated that their decision was "protecting the right to vote." [AP / Brinley Hineman]
Malone, who was hired by the county, argued that the seven polling sites violated standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act and that the county didn't have the funds or resources available to fix them by November. [HuffPost / Sam Levine]
Critics believe Malone's plan was a part of a scheme (under the direction of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp) "to disenfranchise African Americans and minority voters." Kemp, however, said the board "did the right thing." [CNN / Victor Blackwell, Devon M. Sayers, and Pamela Kirkland]
The American Civil Liberties Union agreed. The organization said that the closures would "virtually guarantee lower voter turnout in a Black Belt county" and that the "timing of [the] proposal is also suspicious" in a letter threatening to sue Randolph County. [ACLU Georgia / Sean J. Young]
The announcement also galvanized civil and voting rights activists, who launched a campaign (including rallies and petitions) to stop the closure. [USA Today / Deborah Barfield Berry]
While the closures obviously would have affected local elections, they also, more importantly, would have shaped the gubernatorial race. Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams has a chance of becoming Georgia's first black governor (and the country's first black female governor) come November, and many anticipate black voter turnout will increase. [Mother Jones / Pema Levy]
Nevertheless, the fight for voting rights and enfranchisement for minorities (and, in particular, black people) does not end here. [NYT / Richard Fausset]
Officials seek justice for the "textbook ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya
Members of parliament across various Southeast Asian countries are taking action against Myanmar for its systematic oppression and genocide of the Rohingya minority a day before the first anniversary of the crisis. [Guardian / Hannah Ellis-Petersen]
132 MPs from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into Myanmar's "murderous operation in Rakhine State." [South China Morning Post]
The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights released a statement on Friday declaring that those responsible "must be held to account" and brought "to justice for atrocity crimes." [APRH]
More than 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine State to neighboring countries since the end of August 2017, after the military began a campaign that the United Nations has called a "textbook ethnic cleansing." The 960,000 currently living in Bangladesh have brought with them "stories of extreme violence, burned villages, murders and rape." [Al Jazeera / Sorin Furcoi]
Myanmar has also forcibly held at least 120,000 Rohingya (and possibly more) in internal camps since 2012. Conditions in these camps are abysmal: The Rohingya live in constant fear, are not allowed to practice their faith, and are barred from receiving humanitarian aid. [Quartz / Cresa Pugh]
Those who remain refugees in neighboring countries would "rather die than go back." [NPR / Jason Beaubien]
The family of Mollie Tibbets, the 20-year-old college student from Iowa who was murdered this month, is now speaking out against racism and bigotry in Mollie's honor as President Donald Trump co-opts and politicizes her death to advocate for stricter immigration policy. [Jezebel / Ashley Reese]
Dril (Twitter's favorite incomprehensible troll) has published a 420-page book titled Dril Official "Mr. Ten Years" Anniversary Collection. [The Verge / Bijan Stephen]
In a rare interview, musician Sia revealed that she uses pictures of her actual face (as opposed to her trademark feature-obscuring bobbed wig) when she goes on dating apps. As a bonus, she's easily able to hide in plain sight. [Rolling Stone / Hillel Aron]
You + Sundry is growing in popularity as a pop-up hair parlor geared toward members of the LGBTQ+ community, who often feel uncomfortable and unwelcome in mainstream hair salons that encourage conformity and passing. [Racked / baniamor]
"What on earth is so deeply rooted about politeness that this guy's feelings somehow ended up seeming more important than my own? Why are women so often forced to feel more concerned for our attackers than for ourselves?" [Reina Gattuso on pushing through pressure to remain polite and servile in the wake of abuse, oppression, and marginalization / Feministing]
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Diocesan Boys' School Symphony Orchestra
Choir from Philharmonie der Universität Wien
Date:July 21 – 07.30 PM
Venue: Musikverein, Golden Hall
Biography of DBS Symphony Orchestra
The Diocesan Boys' School ("DBS") Symphony Orchestra (originally the DBS Orchestra) is one of the most historic youth orchestras in Hong Kong. The DBS Orchestra was founded by a former headmaster of the school, Mr George She, in 1956. Its early performances consisted of only 18 members, with Lo King Man as the conductor. Now the orchestra has up to 80 members. The DBS Symphony Orchestra is currently the record holder of the highest marks ever achieved (98 marks, 2004) in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Symphony Orchestra (Senior) competition. The DBS Symphony Orchestra has captured over 20 champions of the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Symphony Orchestra (Senior) competitions since the 1990s. On the international scene, the DBS Symphony Orchestra participated in the Washington DC International Music Festival 2015 held in Washington D.C., USA in April 2015, capturing the Gold Medal with a high score of 93.6. Recent repertoire of the orchestra include Richard Strauss' Don Juan, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 "Classical", Mahler's Symphony No. 5, Brahms' Symphony No. 2, and Brahms' Symphony No. 4.
Biography of Orchestra Director
Samuel Pang studied orchestral conducting with Neil Varon and viola performance with Carol Rodland at the Eastman School of Music. Prior to studying orchestral conducting at Eastman, he was the orchestra director of the Diocesan Boys' School Symphony Orchestra from 2012-2015. During his time at the Diocesan Boys' School, he led the symphony orchestra and string orchestra to winning all 6 competitions they participated in at the annual Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. In April 2015, Samuel led the orchestras on a concert tour in the United States, performing in prestigious venues such as the Kilbourn Hall in Rochester, NY and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. After spending 2 years in Rochester, New York, Samuel resumed his duties as the orchestra director of the Diocesan Boys' School Symphony Orchestra in September 2017. Inspired by J.S. Bach, Samuel's greatest desire is to glorify God through music.
Don Juan, Op.20 – Richard Strauss
Symphony No. 9, Op.125 – Beethoven
Performing choir: Choir from Philharmonie der Universität Wien
Soloists:
Soprano: Monika Medek
Alto: Nefeli Kotseli
Tenor: Daniel Schostok
Bass Baritone: Andre Angenendt
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Yes I'm aware 2012 started 49 days ago, but as 'they' say, it's better late than never. And same goes to going AWOL from this blog. Since the last post all the way back in August I have been a busy bee (I know lame excuse right), interning/working, writing an uncompleted screenplay, taking a 2 month leave to spend time in Ghana and of course watching loads of films, old and new.
But now I have returned to Developed Society and I intend to be doing more reviews as there are so many great films that will be screening in 2012, from A Dangerous Method to The Hobbit, and not forgetting The Dark Knight Rises. Coming to think about it, maybe my reviews stopped due to my annoyance over massacring the adaptation of David Nicholls One Day. I didn't feel I could vent in words how much I was enraged by this. My fellow film buff Sandy from Sandysayssmile put's it down to the screenplay by David Nicholls, but of course there is no doubt it is down to the casting. One word, Anne F****ing Hathway! They should have left it alone, or at least for a few years. FYI… I have not actually watched it; but only because refuse to. Although people I know that have seen it are just as distraught as I am.
Developed Society will continue to focus mainly on Film and TV, with a tinge of Music, Style, Literature and Photography.
And speaking about photography, I finally managed to get my hands on a Canon 550D DSLR and have been trying my hand at Photography. At the moment I am only working with one lens, yes the one that came in the box, but I am taking donations towards my next lens. Seriously. I have set up a Flickr account as it is the best way to not have my images spread all over the net, but if you are interested in using any of the photo's fill free to request the rights, for a small fee of course.
Once I have redeemed myself with plenty of posts I hope I am forgiven. Please???
Here are some snaps of what I have been doing in the interim.


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Q: How can I get external js file functions in scope for other external js functions in nuxt? I have a bunch of js files that do various d3 work, in each of them I have generic handlers, like on mousemove etc. I have these generic handlers in one file.
I am importing them into my vue page using:
<script>
import * as d3 from "d3";
import { viewmousemove } from "@/assets/javascript/d3ObjectGenericHandler";
import createGrid from "@/assets/javascript/transformations/Grid";
...

My generic handler has:
export function viewmousemove(event) {
  const x = Math.round(d3.pointer(event)[0]);
  const y = Math.round(d3.pointer(event)[1]);
  document.getElementById("lblCoord").innerHTML =
    "C [" + x + "," + (1800 - y) + "]";
}

And in Grid.js I have:
export default function (container, object) {
  var grid = container.append("g").attr("id", "Grid");
  .on("mousemove", viewmousemove);
...

But when I run the code I get the following error:
Uncaught (in promise) ReferenceError: viewmousemove is not defined
If I comment out the line .on("mousemove", viewmousemove); then the code runs as expected, the d3 lines are drawn etc.
What do I need to do to get this to work?

A: Thanks to carljdp I have got this to work be implementing the following:
I have changed Grid.js to start:
export default function (container, object, viewmousemove) {
  var grid = container.append("g").attr("id", "Grid");
  .on("mousemove", viewmousemove);
...

I now call this from my vue file with:
createSETGrid(
  this.svgContainer,
  this.pages[this.selectedPage],
  viewmousemove
);

And at the top of the d3ObjectGenericHandler I have put:
import * as d3 from "d3";

This works, though it would be good if I could just import these and they operate as it works in C# webforms. Maybe if I loaded the scripts into the body it may work.

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Garmin has unveiled a new trio of GPS running watches as it refreshed its line-up of sports wearables.
It's taken the wrapper off a new flagship Garmin Forerunner 630, which packs even more running analytics and data than its predecessor the Forerunner 620.
In addition, the line-up has also been expanded to include new Garmin Forerunner 230 and 235 running watches as well.
Starting with the Garmin Forerunner 630 (pictured above), users now get notifications on the wrist with a paired smartphone and there's a host of new data collected. The 630 will now record stride length and vertical ratio, which is an expansion of the existing cadence and oscillation metrics, which can be used to make runners more efficient.
It will also guide users on recovery times and readiness by rating lactate threshold and performance condition to inform runners when they're too tired to train and are risking injury. And as with all running watches these days, you can wear it for activity tracking of steps and calories when you're not out for a run.
Optical wrist-based heart rate tech hasn't made it to the new Garmin flagship. The chest strap does provide more than just heart rate data, and extra sensors are well placed for tracking vertical oscillation and other technique measurements. If those stats are important to you, you'll have to put up with a chest strap for now.
However, heart rate tech does make it to the new Garmin Forerunner 235 (above). The second Garmin watch to get heart-rate to built in after this year's Forerunner 225. The difference? Well, it seems this time around that Garmin has ditched Mio's tech and gone for its own, which it's dubbed Elevate heart rate technology. We're speaking to Garmin to find out more.
The Forerunner 235 also adds smartwatch style notifications and added VO2 Max stats, which can offer better insights into recovery times.
Along with it comes the Forerunner 230, which doesn't feature wrist-based heart rate tech, and instead relies on a paired chest strap.
The Garmin Forerunner 630 is priced at $399.99 on its own and $449.99 with a heart rate monitor.
The Forerunner 235 and 230 are priced at $329.99 and $249.99 respectively.


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As children may not know what 'normal vision' is, the NHS offer a FREE sight test every year to those under 16 years of age. With specialist equipment and techniques we can check eyes from as little as one.
The era of glasses being 'uncool' has long gone, and to reflect this we carry a wide range of trendy but strong glasses. As our noses are much softer and a different shape when we are little we ensure we source frames that are made specifically for children (not just adults frames made smaller). This makes them far more comfortable, less likely to move, and tend to be made with child friendly materials and/or hinges. We have an entire room dedicated to children's eyewear with soft and colourful furnishings to make it an enjoyable experience.


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Egypt shuts two major Mediterranean ports for third day because of bad weather
The decision to close the ports was made as high waves and wind speeds reached levels that 'do not allow the safe movement of boats'
Ahram Online , Wednesday 8 Jan 2020
Alexandria Port	(Al-Ahram)
Egypt shut harbours at the major ports of Alexandria and Dekheila on the Mediterranean coast for the third day in a row on Wednesday due to bad weather, the Alexandria Port Authority said.
The decision to close the ports was made as high waves and wind speeds reached levels that "do not allow the safe movement of boats," said port authority spokesman Reda Ghandour.
This is the second closure within a few days. The two ports, among the biggest in Egypt, were closed on Friday due to the bad weather conditions and reopened on Saturday.
The head of the Alexandria Port Authority, Tarek Shahin, told "all port departments to exercise caution and adhere to safety and security guidelines during the loading and unloading of ships in order to preserve lives and property" Ghandour was quoted as saying by state news agency MENA.
The coastal city of Alexandria has been witnessing bad weather and heavy rain for days.
Dekheila ports


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Stella Benson: The Poor Man
Benson's novel is little known and, frankly, it is quite a strange novel. She uses her travels to California and China as the basis for her novel which is, essentially, a satire on Americans, Chinese and expat Brits. The eponymous poor man is Edward Williams, hero of this novel. Williams is a fairly useless person, both in the opinion of pretty well everyone who knows him and, indeed, in his own opinion. He is English but is now living in San Francisco though he seems to do little of anything except to hang out with a fairly boring crowd. Chief among these is Rhoda Romero, painter, poet, heiress and dilettante of left-wing causes. Her poems were usually about dirt or disease, and were believed in Chicago to have an international reputation. She lives with Avery Bird, a transformed Russian Jew with high upward hair, whom she had once married and then divorced. The others include Mrs. Melsie Stone Ponting who mainly seems to enjoy seducing men and who has a teenage child whose father is in China and who has been given custody of the child; Banner Hope who would like to be known as the wickedest man in San Francisco but is, in fact, a boring, practical man; three other Brits: Tam Watson, a writer, and his wife, Lucy, and Emily Frere (though neither we nor Edward, who is in love with her, learn her surname till very late in the book). Most of the group are tired of Edward, while Rhoda is thinking of getting rid of him by financing him on a trip to China to take Melsie Ponting's son back to his father.
Edward is always feeling sorry for himself, particularly in his attempts to snare Emily. Emily who, unbeknownst to Edward, is in love with Tam, is polite to Edward but not the slightest bit interested. A trip to Yosemite and a party hosted by Edward give Benson both an opportunity for poking fun at the Americans and for confirming that Edward is not wanted. However, soon after his party, he gets a headache and is taken to hospital, where Benson can vent her spleen on the American medical system. Edward is operated on (quite painfully) and kept in hospital for sometime. While he is in hospital, Rhoda is arrested for the activities of her What Is Liberty? group and refuses bail, as she wants to be a martyr. By the time Edward gets out of hospital, Emily has gone off to China (with Ponting Junior). Edward does not have enough money to follow her and tries to get a job, ending up selling sets of Milton's poetry, sanitised for the Americans. He is not successful and when he finally manages to return to San Francisco, penniless, Rhoda has been found not guilty, had a breakdown and gone off to Louisiana. Edward visits the house, where Avery Bird thrusts lots of money at him to get rid of him, enabling him to set off for China.
In China, he realises he neither knows Emily's whereabouts nor even her surname. After a series of adventures and a job teaching, in Hong Kong, where he is fired for giving the pupils whiskey, he finally finds the hotel (in Peking) where Emily is staying, only to learn that she has gone off, leaving her charge, Ponting Junior. Fortunately, Junior has some money from his father and as he too is in love with Emily (though he is only thirteen), they set off to find her. Though they find the Great Wall, Tam and Lucy and the Chinese Civil War, it is only when they get to Shanghai that they find Emily, after she has declared her love for Tam. Of course, it doesn't end happily for anyone.
With the possible exception of Emily, none of the characters has any redeeming features. They are self-centred, arrogant, hedonistic and lazy. The book has been accused of being a satire on Americans and indeed it is but it also satirises the British, the Chinese, the Indians and anyone else it comes across. No-one is spared. The character of Edward is fascinating as he is the ultimate anti-hero, a loser, despised by all, including himself, with little if anything to say in his favour. His attempts at wooing Emily are pathetic as are his attempts to earn a living. At the end, which is inconclusive, we are left with the idea that here is a man who will go nowhere in life. Poor Man, indeed.
First published 1922 by MacMillan


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André NADAL'S aesthetics, both Zen and dynamic, carries us into a soothing and stimulating contemplation.
With infinite intelligence and skill the conceptual works of Andre NADAL are masterfully woven constructions, piercing perception and penetrating the barriers of inter-spatial dimension. His works are commanding and hauntingly achieved. They exist in a world of void and shadow. These complex matrixes are floating geometric forms, tactile edifices made of overlapping and repetitive syntaxes. Primarily in black and white, matt juxtaposed next to gloss, NADAL'S work resonates with its own unique vibrato and offers an entree into three dimensional realities. His pictorial landscapes are made of cubes, calligraphy and feather compactions, they are floating constructions suggesting the illusion of deep-space. They are founded with a Zen-like proficiency and meticulously rendered. NADAL'S background in architecture and skill as an aeronautical draughtsman are apparent in these intimate yet highly complex musings.
André NADAL was born in Oran, Algeria in 1952. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Paris, Brussels, and Casablanca and in the south of France. Andre NADAL shares his time between his two studios in Paris and the Tarn in the South of France.