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ByAviationHunt Team	Hours Updated on December 7, 2021 Categories Civil Aviation
Human Factors is concerned with the application of what we know about human beings, their abilities, characteristics, and limitations, to the design of equipment they use, environments in which they function, and jobs they perform.
Why are human conditions, such as fatigue, complacency, and stress, so important in aviation? These conditions, along with many others, are called human factors.
Human factors directly cause or contribute to many aviation accidents and have been documented as a primary contributor to more than 70 percent of aircraft accidents. Typically, human factor incidents/accidents are associated with flight operations but recently have also become a major concern in aviation maintenance and air traffic management as well.
The study of Human Factors is about understanding human behavior and performance. When applied to aviation operations, Human Factors knowledge is used to optimize the fit between people and the systems in which they work in order to improve safety and performance.
Over the past several years, the FAA has made the study and research of human factors a top priority by working closely with engineers, pilots, mechanics, and ATC to apply the latest knowledge about human factors in an effort to help operators and maintainers improve safety and efficiency in their daily operations.
Human factors science, or human factors technologies, is a multidisciplinary field incorporating contributions from psychology, engineering, industrial design, statistics, operations research, and anthropometry. It is a term that covers the science of understanding the properties of human capability, the application of this understanding to the design, development, and deployment of systems and services, and the art of ensuring successful application of human factor principles into all aspects of aviation to include pilots, ATC, and aviation maintenance.
Human factors are often considered synonymous with CRM or maintenance resource management (MRM) but is really much broader in both their knowledge base and scope. Human factors involve gathering research specific to certain situations (i.e., flight, maintenance, stress levels, knowledge) about human abilities, limitations, and other characteristics and applying it to tool design, machines, systems, tasks, jobs, and environments to produce safe, comfortable, and effective human use. The entire aviation community benefits greatly from human factors research and development as it helps better understand how humans can most safely and efficiently perform their jobs and improve the tools and systems in which they interact.
Human Performance represents the human contribution to system performance and refers to how people perform their work.
Human Performance considerations are key to enabling safe operations, whether focused on flight and cabin crew, air traffic operators, maintenance engineers, or other aviation professionals.
Human Performance Principles
Principle 1: People's performance is shaped by their capabilities and limitations
Principle 2: People interpret situations differently and perform in ways that make sense to them
Principle 3: People adapt to meet the demands of a complex and dynamic work environment
Principle 4: People assess risks and make trade-offs
Principle 5: People's performance is influenced by working with other people, technology, and the environment
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Acer pilosum is a small deciduous tree up to 5 meters tall. Leaves are non-compound, up to 8 cm wide and 12 cm across, toothless, deeply cut into 3 lobes.

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Q: Can't Load Data to ComboBox C# I Inserted Data to ComboBox using Folloowing Code in FormLoad Block
try
{
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(conString))
    {
        SelectCategoryComboBox.Items.Clear();
        string query = "SELECT CategoryName FROM CategoryTable";
        con.Open();
        SqlDataReader sdr = new SqlCommand(query, con).ExecuteReader();
        while (sdr.Read())
        {
            SelectCategoryComboBox.Items.Add(sdr.GetValue(0).ToString());
        }

    }
}
catch
{
    StatusLabel.Text = "An error occured while loading Data";
}
finally
{
    SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedItem = null;
    SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedText = "Choose Category";
}

it does the Job. in the Form You can Create a Category and Delete By Selecting The Name of the category from ComboBox Here is a ScreenShot the Form. I used the following code to Delete and Load the items to ComboBox after Deleting.
try
{
    String conString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["mfcdb"].ConnectionString;
    String query = "DELETE FROM CategoryTable WHERE CategoryName='" + SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedItem.ToString() + "'";
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(conString))
    {
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, con);
        con.Open();
        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
    }
    StatusLabel.Text = "You have successfully deleted " + SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedItem.ToString() + " Category";
}
catch
{
    StatusLabel.Text = "An Error occured while deleting " + SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedItem.ToString() + " Category";
}
finally
{
    try
    {
        SelectCategoryComboBox.Items.Clear();
        String conString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["mfcdb"].ConnectionString;
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(conString))
        {

            string query = "SELECT CategoryName FROM CategoryTable";
            con.Open();
            SqlDataReader sdr = new SqlCommand(query, con).ExecuteReader();
            while (sdr.Read())
            {
                SelectCategoryComboBox.Items.Add(sdr.GetValue(0).ToString());
            }

        }
    }
    catch
    {
        StatusLabel.Text = "An error occured while loading Data";
    }
    finally
    {
        SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedItem = null;
        SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedText = "Choose Category";
    }

code for Creating new item Given below
 if (CategoryNameText.Text == "")
            {
                StatusLabel.Text = "You have to provide a name to create a category";
            }
            else
            {
                String conString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["mfcdb"].ConnectionString;
                String query = "INSERT INTO CategoryTable(CategoryName) VALUES('" + CategoryNameText.Text + "')";
                try
                {
                    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(conString))
                    {
                        con.Open();
                        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, con);
                        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
                    }
                    StatusLabel.Text = "You have successfully created " + CategoryNameText.Text + " Category";

                    try
                    {
                        using (SqlConnection scon = new SqlConnection(conString))
                        {
                            string locQuery = "SELECT CategoryName,Categoryid FROM CategoryTable";
                            SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(locQuery, scon);
                            scon.Open();
                            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
                            da.Fill(ds, "CategoryTable");
                            SelectCategoryComboBox.ValueMember = "Categoryid";
                            SelectCategoryComboBox.DisplayMember = "CategoryName";
                            SelectCategoryComboBox.DataSource = ds.Tables["CategoryTable"];
                        }
                    }
                    catch
                    {
                        Thread.Sleep(3000);
                        StatusLabel.Text = "An Error Occured while Loading Data!";
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedItem = null;
                        SelectCategoryComboBox.SelectedText = "Choose Category";
                    }
                    CategoryNameText.Focus();
                }
                catch
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(3000);
                    StatusLabel.Text = ("An ERROR occured While creating category!");
                }
                finally
                {
                    CategoryNameText.Text = "Enter Category Name";
                }

            }
        }

This Code Deletes Items Perfectly.But If I delete an Item Which is Already in the ComboBox, it does the Job i.e it deletes and Load the Remaining items to ComboBox.but, if I Created an Item,and Deleted it Before Closing the Form, it deletes the item.But Fails to Load the remaining items.it shows all the items already exist in the ComboBox Before Deleting. Would be a great help if you can help me solve this problem. Here SelectCategoryComboBox is the Name of the ComboBox.

A: I find the problem occur in the following sentence.
String query = "INSERT INTO CategoryTable(CategoryName) VALUES('" + CategoryNameText.Text + "')";

I have two solutions.
First, Please set the Allow nulls for other field.
Like the following:

Second, you can use the following code to replace the original code.
string query = string.Format("INSERT INTO Student(CategoryName, CategoryId, Age) VALUES('{0}','{1}','{2}')",textBox1.Text,textBox2.Text,textBox3.Text);

A: I found What went Wrong...
Change Following Code
using (SqlConnection scon = new SqlConnection(conString))
                        {
                            string locQuery = "SELECT CategoryName,Categoryid FROM CategoryTable";
                            SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(locQuery, scon);
                            scon.Open();
                            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
                            da.Fill(ds, "CategoryTable");
                            SelectCategoryComboBox.ValueMember = "Categoryid";
                            SelectCategoryComboBox.DisplayMember = "CategoryName";
                            SelectCategoryComboBox.DataSource = ds.Tables["CategoryTable"];
                        }

To
using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(conString))
                        {
                            SelectCategoryComboBox.Items.Clear();
                            string squery = "SELECT CategoryName FROM CategoryTable";
                            con.Open();
                            SqlDataReader sdr = new SqlCommand(squery, con).ExecuteReader();
                            while (sdr.Read())
                            {
                                SelectCategoryComboBox.Items.Add(sdr.GetValue(0).ToString());
                            }

                        }

it Worked for me.

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Alt wie die Welt ist ein Lied aus dem Jahr 1984 und entstammt einer Idee des deutschen Musikers Frank Schöbel. Gesungen wurde es allerdings gemeinsam von weit über 400 Künstlern der ehemaligen DDR, die für dieses Projekt unter der Leitung von Frank Schöbel unter dem Namen 220 Gesangssolisten unseres Landes formiert waren und dabei von der Gruppe A–Z begleitet wurden.

Hintergrund
 Für dieses Projekt gelang es Frank Schöbel seinerzeit alle 420 Gesangskünstler der ehemaligen DDR zu versammeln, die über einen sogenannten Berufsausweis verfügten – ein bislang ungekrönter Weltrekord.
 Die Idee stammt von Frank Schöbel selbst, der auch die Musik komponierte. Den Text schrieb Burkhard Lasch, seinerzeit einer der bekanntesten Liedtexter der DDR.
 Der Song wurde am 17. März 1984 während der Produktion der DDR-Fernsehsendung Wennschon, dennschon in Leipzig live aufgenommen und dabei von Lothar "Paule" Kramer arrangiert.
 Dem damaligen Zeitgeist entsprechend kann das Stück als typische Schlager-Ballade im 4/4-Takt mit ca. 110 BPM beschrieben werden.
 Das Arrangement wird vorrangig vom Sound eines Keyboard getragen und dezent von einer E-Gitarre unterstützt.
 Der Song endet mit einem Cold-End.

Künstler
 Lidia Adam
 Adina
 Brigitte Ahrens
 Rosemarie Ambe
 Peter Albert
 Heide Anders
 Hans-Jürgen Andersen
 Doris Andreas
 Eric Andreé
 Katrin Andreé
 Julia Axen
 Gerda Bachtig
 Ernst-Barnetz-Chor
 Gudrun Bartels
 Ingrid Barthels
 Klaus Bässler
 Elke Beckelt
 Steffi Behrendt
 Steffi Bergen
 Bernd Berger
 Rosemarie Berger
 Gitte Berglund
 Eva Berndt
 Gunnar Berndt
 Monika Bethge
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 Christin Betz
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 Monika Blümel
 Anne Boerd
 Wolfgang Bohun
 Inka Bork
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 Petra Böttcher
 Helga Brauer
 Liane Breeks
 Hannelore Breiten
 Sabine Bruhns
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 Christian Burkhardt
 Michaela Burkhardt
 Cantus-Chor
 Canzonis
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 Lubomir Danailow
 Günter Derbsch
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 Peter Ehrlicher
 Hartmut Eichler
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 Helga Endlich
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 Erika und Gunter
 Uta Ernst
 Miro Fabian
 Bärbel Falka
 Klaus Fechner
 Ina-Maria Federowski
 Gert Felber
 Fiete & Jan
 Kathrin Fischer
 Lore Fischer
 Rüdiger Fournee
 Peter Förster
 Alfons Franck
 Dagmar Frederic
 Marina Frei
 Jutta Freitag
 Ilka Frey
 Tina Freyer
 Maja Catrin Fritsche
 Eva Fritzsch
 Fred Frohberg
 Hannelore Fröhlich
 Joachim-Hans Fuchs
 Gerda Gabriel
 Rainer Garden
 Evelin Gabriel
 Norbert Gebhardt
 Roswitha Geike
 Knut Geipel
 Günter Geißler
 Helga Geithner
 Dagmar Gelbke
 Gitte und Klaus
 Onik Gogonjan
 Brigitte Goldner
 Joachim Golinski
 Ekkehard Göpelt
 Ute Graf
 Jan Gregor
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 Jenny Greißner
 Hans-Jürgen Gröschner
 Gruppe A–Z
 Gruppe GES
 Gruppe KES
 Klaus-Peter Günther
 H&N
 Edith Haas
 Mary Halfkath
 Christel Hannah
 Inge Hannemann
 Günter Hapke
 Rolf Hartge
 Susanne Hartwig
 Monika Hauff
 Bernd Heinrich
 Klaus-Dieter Henkler
 Siegfried Hensel
 Rosemarie Heimerdinger
 Lutz Heinrich
 Rolf Heinrich
 Ernst Heise
 Jens Heller
 Irene Henning
 Angela Herchenbach
 Eberhard Hertel
 Barbara Herting
 Annette Herzog
 Sonja Hilse
 Jörg Hindemith
 Andreas Holm
 Gerhard Hopp
 Wolfram Hoppmann
 Helga Ihle
 Gisela Jachmann
 Margit Jaenisch
 Matthias Jahn
 Lutz Jahoda
 Erika Janikova
 Max Janssen
 Ina-Maria Janssen
 Uta Jatzkowski
 Uwe Jensen
 Jutta & Andy
 Erhard Juza
 Rosi Kademann
 Rosemarie Kaiser
 Edith Kambor
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 Karin Karina
 Matthias Käßner
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 Ingolf Keppel
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 Britt Kersten
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 Andrea Kießler
 Iwan Kissimow
 Klabautermänner
 Regine Klee
 Freddy Kleinert
 Gabriele Kluge
 Knurrhähne
 Tilo Kobela
 Siegfried Koenig
 Wilfried Koplin
 Manfred Korth
 Silvia Kottas
 Kerstin Köhler
 Regina und Walter Könitz
 Horst Köbbert
 Ingo Krähmer
 Matthias Kretschmar
 Frank Kretschmer
 Brigitte Kriesche
 Kuddel & Hein
 Claus Kulisch
 Ljudmila Kulischenko
 Hans Kuska
 Kirsten Kühnert
 Brigitte Künzel
 Eva Kyselka
 Klaus Lass
 Aurora Lacasa
 Günter Lammel
 Bärbel Lange
 Michaela Lehmann
 Jürgen Leipnitz
 Lippi
 Manuela Lotz
 Ulrich Löbel
 Jean Löffler
 Thomas Lück
 Robby Lind
 Peter Ludewig
 Martina Mack
 Rainer Maerz
 Martina Mai
 Lothar Manigk
 Marion Mara
 Ina Martell
 Elke Martens
 Jürgen Mass
 Michael Matthis
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 Rita und Dietmar Mejer
 Achim Mentzel
 Doris Metzner
 Hans-Joachim Mendt
 Herbert Mewes-Conti
 Elke Mittank
 Rainer Mlynarczyk
 Sandra Mo
 Molly-Sisters
 Ines Morell
 Muck
 Gabriele Munk
 Angelika Müller
 Frank Müller
 Gabriele Müller
 Gerd Müller
 Iris Münch
 Anett Navall
 Isolde Natusch
 Roland Neudert
 Peter Neumann
 Peter Oelschlegel
 Katja Ostrowska
 Carmen Ostwald
 Hans Ostwaldt
 Angelika Pallesche
 Wilfried Peetz
 Peter und Paul
 Martina Penzoldt
 Bernhard Petrack
 José Pérez
 Ilona Peschel
 Magdalena Peschewa
 Dina Petrik
 Ilona Petzold
 Eva-Maria Pieckert
 Bianca Piepp
 Pique 5
 Maria Poeck
 Ingrid Pollow
 James W. Pulley
 Alfred Quiring
 Ingrid Raack
 Gaby Rades
 Leonore Ramsenthaler
 Petra Redlich
 Doris Reese
 Karl-Heinz Reichert
 Klaus Reichl
 Steffen Reuter
 Silvia Rhein
 Bernd Ritter
 Kerstin Rodger
 Ute Rodig
 Marita Roll
 Angelika Rose
 Sabine Rotenberg
 Gabi Rückert
 Norbert Sadler
 Duo Sahn
 Monika Sanders
 Klaus Schaefer
 Christian Schafrik
 Gudrun von Scheidt
 Sonja Schmidt
 Vera Schneidenbach
 Monika Schobert
 Frank Schöbel
 Annelies Schönlein
 Paul Schröder
 Eva Schröder-Branzke
 Michael Schubert
 Heinz Schulz
 Elke Schuhmann
 Gerlinde Schuster
 Susi Schuster
 Andreas Schwarz
 Marika Schwarzer-Soyka
 Birgit Schwichtenberg
 Ute Seifarth
 Gerda Seifert
 Günter Seifert
 Ingrid von Seydlitz
 Shenja & Matthias
 Sven Simon
 Werner Sklenitschka
 Peter Skodowski
 Klaus Sommer
 Detlef Stahlberg
 Katrin Steinhöfel
 Dietmar Stera
 Dina Straat
 Gonda Streibig
 Norina Suhle
 Evelin Süß
 Brigitte Svarovsky
 Jutta Szyszke
 Tanja
 Regina Tappert
 Tera Thaimer
 Sascha Thom
 Regina Thoss
 Della Tork
 Trio Diwero
 Peter Tschernig
 Twins
 Siegfried Uhlenbrock
 Marion Uhlig
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 Bärbel Wachholz
 Christine Wachholz
 Thomas Wagner
 Siegfried Walendy
 Bärbel Walsch
 Jürgen Walter
 Elke Walther
 Christa Warnecke
 Kersten Weingart
 Norbert Wendt
 Hans-Dieter Wetzel
 Waltraud Wiecha
 Peter Wilke
 Klaus Willkomm
 Marina Wils
 Margot Wiczorek
 Peter Wieland
 Dieter Wiszniewski
 Waltraud Witte
 Harald Wilk
 Ingrid Winkler
 Manfred Wolf
 Dieter Wunderlich
 Petra Zeise
 Sieglinde Zeitel
 Helga Zerrenz
 Ines Zielinski
 Martin Zielonka
 Rolf Zimmermann

Tonträger (Auswahl)

Singles
 1984: Alt wie die Welt (AMIGA; Bestellnummer: 456 550 – Seite A: Alt wie die Welt 3:06 Minuten – Seite B: Alt wie die Welt [Halbplayback] 3:06 Minuten)

Sampler
 1984: Die großen Erfolge '84 (AMIGA; Bestellnummer: 856 082 – Seite 1, Track 5)

Weblinks
 Alt wie die Welt auf YouTube
 Alt wie die Welt auf Discogs
 Alt wie die Welt Songtext und weitere Informationen auf der Webseite von Frank Schöbel

Einzelnachweise

Lied 1984
Schlager (Lied)
Schlager (DDR)


What do you get when a brilliant modern writer sets out to create a series of penny dreadfuls? You get this – rollicking adventure with international villains, a plucky orphan hero who shoots like her mother, a haze of opium smoke and a treasure worth killing for.
These are great adventure books with a Victorian feel and well-drawn characters (I'd argue they're not technically steampunk, but historical fiction set in that era). The BBC has done a TV drama starring Billie Piper. I wholeheartedly recommend the entire series.
It is a complete book, and stands alone except for one relatively minor but emotional detail – the end of which isn't revealed for several books.
On a cold, fretful day in early October, 1872, a hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents in the financial heart of London, and a young girl got out and paid the driver.
She was a person of sixteen or so – alone, and uncommonly pretty. She was slender and pale, and dressed in mourning, with a black bonnet under which she tucked back a straying twist of blonde hair that the wind had teased loose. She had unusually dark brown eyes for one so fair. Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man.


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Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2015 — Highlighting an Ongoing Upward Trend in Animal Use and Missed Opportunities for Reduction
Michelle Hudson-Shore
The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2015 indicate that the Home Office were correct in recommending that caution should be exercised when interpreting the 2014 data as an apparent decline in animal experiments. The 2015 report shows that, as the changes to the format of the annual statistics have become more familiar and less problematic, there has been a re-emergence of the upward trend in animal research and testing in Great Britain. The 2015 statistics report an increase in animal procedures (up to 4,142,631) and in the number of animals used (up to 4,069,349). This represents 1% more than the totals in 2013, and a 7% increase on the procedures reported in 2014. This paper details an analysis of these most recent statistics, providing information on overall animal use and highlighting specific issues associated with genetically-altered animals, dogs and primates. It also reflects on areas of the new format that have previously been highlighted as being problematic, and concludes with a discussion about the use of animals in regulatory research and testing, and how there are significant missed opportunities for replacing some of the animal-based tests in this area.
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Rita Seabra	2017-01-24T12:48:50+00:00	Tags: dogs, experimental animals, genetically-altered animals, mice, primates, regulatory testing, UK statistics|
Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals 2014: A New Format, and Hopefully a New Era of Diminishing Animal Experimentation?
The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2014 reports a welcome decline in animal experimentation in the UK. However, caution has to be exercised when interpreting these most recent figures, due to the significant changes made to satisfy the requirements of Directive 2010/63/EU as to what information is reported and how it is reported. Comparisons to the figures and trends reported in previous years is difficult, so this paper focuses on the specifics of the current report, providing information on overall animal use and highlighting specific issues associated with genetically-altered animals, fish and primates. There is a detailed discussion of the extent of the changes, commenting on the benefits and disadvantages of the new format, in areas such as severity of procedures, legislation and techniques of special interest. It also considers the consequences of the changes on the effective monitoring of laboratory animal use, the openness and transparency regarding the impacts of animal use, and the implementation of Three Rs initiatives. In addition, suggestions for further improvements to the new format are made to the Home Office.
Rita Seabra	2017-04-24T11:53:00+00:00	Tags: dogs, experimental animals, genetically-altered animals, mice, primates, UK statistics|
Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals 2013:Experimentation Continues to Rise
The 2013 Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals reveal that the level of animal experimentation in Great Britain continues to rise, with 4.12 million procedures being conducted. The figures indicate that this is almost exclusively a result of the breeding and use of genetically-altered (GA) animals (i.e. genetically-modified animals, plus those with harmful genetic defects). The breeding of GA animals increased to over half (51%) of all the procedures, and GA animals were involved in 61% of all the procedures. Indeed, if these animals were removed from the statistics, the number of procedures would actually have declined by 4%. It is argued that the Coalition Government has failed to address this issue, and, as a consequence, will not be able to deliver its pledge to reduce animal use in science. Recent publications supporting the need to reassess the dominance of genetic alteration are also discussed, as well as the need to move away from the use of dogs as the default second species in safety testing. The general trends in the species used, and the numbers and types of procedures, are also reviewed. Finally, forthcoming changes to the statistics are discussed.
Anne Jeffery	2017-01-09T06:04:25+00:00	Tags: 2013 Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, dogs, experimental animals, genetically-altered animals, home office, mice, Michelle Hudson-Shore, primates, UK statistics|
The Home Office Statistics for 2007 — Mutant Mice and Fishy Tales
Michelle Hudson
The publication of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007 earlier this year, revealed once again that animal experimentation is on the up. This can mainly be attributed to the continuing use of genetically modified mice and an increased interest in investigations and tests involving fish. Here, some of the general trends are described, developments of interest are discussed, and the implications of the statistics are explored.
Temp Worker	2017-01-09T06:37:40+00:00	Tags: animal experimentation, fish, genetically modified, home office, mice, statistics|
Improving the Design and Analysis of Animal Experiments: A Personal Odyssey
Michael F.W. Festing
Everybody's career depends on many chance factors: the people one meets, the opportunities which are available, or the state of a scientific discipline. Mine is no exception. I started out in agriculture, obtained a PhD in quantitative genetics, and spent most of my career concerned with the use of animals in biomedical research. Soon after I joined the Medical Research Council Laboratory Animals Centre in 1966, as their geneticist in charge of many species and strains of laboratory animals, I was introduced to Russell and Burch's book, The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique. It had a significant effect on my future, which has encompassed two related themes: the need for better experimental design, and the conviction that, in most research, inbred strains of rats and mice should normally be used in preference to genetically undefined outbred stocks. The establishment of the FRAME Reduction Committee has helped me to pursue both of these, although toxicologists continue to ignore basic design principles, by using outbred stocks.
Temp Worker	2017-01-09T06:37:59+00:00	Tags: Experimental design, frame, inbred strains, Laboratory Animals Centre, mice, outbred stocks, rats, reduction, Russell and Burch, statistics, Toxicity Testing|
Reporting the Implementation of the Three Rs in European Primate and Mouse Research Papers: Are We Making Progress?
Katy Taylor
It is now more than 20 years since both Council of Europe Convention ETS123 and EU Directive 86/609?EEC were introduced, to promote the implementation of the Three Rs in animal experimentation and to provide guidance on animal housing and care. It might therefore be expected that reports of the implementation of the Three Rs in animal research papers would have increased during this period. In order to test this hypothesis, a literature survey of animal-based research was conducted. A randomly- selected sample from 16 high-profile medical journals, of original research papers arising from European institutions that featured experiments which involved either mice or primates, were identified for the years 1986 and 2006 (Total sample = 250 papers). Each paper was scored out of 10 for the incidence of reporting on the implementation of Three Rs-related factors corresponding to Replacement (justification of non-use of non-animal methods), Reduction (statistical analysis of the number of animals needed) and Refinement (housing aspects, i.e. increased cage size, social housing, enrichment of cage environment and food; and procedural aspects, i.e. the use of anaesthesia, analgesia, humane endpoints, and training for procedures with positive reinforcement). There was no significant increase in overall reporting score over time, for either mouse or primate research. This review provides systematic evidence that animal research is still not properly reported, and supports the call within the scientific community for action to be taken
by journals to update their policies.
Temp Worker	2017-01-09T06:38:13+00:00	Tags: animal experiments, journal policy, mice, primates, reduction, refinement, replacement Three Rs|
The Latest Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Reveal Little Three Rs Progress in Great Britain in 2010
The 2010 Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals showed that the level of animal experimentation in Great Britain continues to rise, with just over 3.7 million procedures being conducted. This is almost exclusively due to the sustained increase in the breeding and utilisation of genetically-altered animals. Here, the general trends in the species used and the numbers and types of procedures are reviewed. In addition, the impact of the recent Government announcement to ban testing of household products on animals is discussed, along with the implications of the fish becoming the second mostfrequently used animal in scientific research. Finally, concerns about primate use, the REACH System, cosmetics testing and the new EU Directive on the protection of laboratory animals are explained.
Temp Worker	2017-01-09T06:38:26+00:00	Tags: experimental animals, genetically-altered animals, household products, mice, primates, toxicology, UK statistics, zebrafish|
Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals 2012:Another Increase in Experimentation — Genetically-altered Animals Dominate Again
The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2012 reveal that the level of animal experimentation in Great Britain continues to rise, with just over 4.1 million procedures being started in that year. Despite the previous year's indication that the dominance of the production and use of genetically-altered (GA, i.e. genetically-modified animals plus animals with harmful genetic defects) animal might be abating, it returned with a vengeance in 2012. Breeding increased from 43% to 48% of all procedures, and GA animals were involved in 59% of all the procedures. Indeed, if the breeding of these animals were removed from the statistics, the total number of procedures would actually decline by 2%. In order to honour their pledge to reduce animal use in science, the Coalition Government will have to address this issue. The general trends in the species used, and the numbers and types of procedures, are also reviewed. Finally, forthcoming changes to the statistics are discussed.
Anne Jeffery	2017-01-09T06:39:00+00:00	Tags: experimental animals, genetically-altered animals, mice, primates, toxicology, UK statistics|


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Chen, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, M., Feng, Y., Wu, Z., Qiao, F., et al. (2013). Intercomparison between observed and simulated variability in global ocean heat content using empirical mode decomposition, part I: modulated annual cycle. Clim Dyn, 41(11-12), 2797–2815.
Keywords: Ocean heat content; Modulated annual cycle; Empirical mode decomposition; Instantaneous frequency; Instantaneous amplitude; CMIP3
Davidson, F., Alvera-Azcárate, A., Barth, A., Brassington, G. B., Chassignet, E. P., Clementi, E., et al. (2019). Synergies in Operational Oceanography: The Intrinsic Need for Sustained Ocean Observations. Front. Mar. Sci., 6.
Abstract: Operational oceanography can be described as the provision of routine oceanographic information needed for decision-making purposes. It is dependent upon sustained research and development through the end-to-end framework of an operational service, from observation collection to delivery mechanisms. The core components of operational oceanographic systems are a multi-platform observation network, a data management system, a data assimilative prediction system, and a dissemination/accessibility system. These are interdependent, necessitating communication and exchange between them, and together provide the mechanism through which a clear picture of ocean conditions, in the past, present, and future, can be seen. Ocean observations play a critical role in all aspects of operational oceanography, not only for assimilation but as part of the research cycle, and for verification and validation of products. Data assimilative prediction systems are advancing at a fast pace, in tandem with improved science and the growth in computing power. To make best use of the system capability these advances would be matched by equivalent advances in operational observation coverage. This synergy between the prediction and observation systems underpins the quality of products available to stakeholders, and justifies the need for sustained ocean observations. In this white paper, the components of an operational oceanographic system are described, highlighting the critical role of ocean observations, and how the operational systems will evolve over the next decade to improve the characterization of ocean conditions, including at finer spatial and temporal scales.
Zhang, M., Zhang, Y., Shu, Q., Zhao, C., Wang, G., Wu, Z., et al. (2018). Spatiotemporal evolution of the chlorophyll a trend in the North Atlantic Ocean. Sci Total Environ, 612, 1141–1148.
Abstract: Analyses of the chlorophyll a concentration (chla) from satellite ocean color products have suggested the decadal-scale variability of chla linked to the climate change. The decadal-scale variability in chla is both spatially and temporally non-uniform. We need to understand the spatiotemporal evolution of chla in decadal or multi-decadal timescales to better evaluate its linkage to climate variability. Here, the spatiotemporal evolution of the chla trend in the North Atlantic Ocean for the period 1997-2016 is analyzed using the multidimensional ensemble empirical mode decomposition method. We find that this variable trend signal of chla shows a dipole pattern between the subpolar gyre and along the Gulf Stream path, and propagation along the opposite direction of the North Atlantic Current. This propagation signal has an overlapping variability of approximately twenty years. Our findings suggest that the spatiotemporal evolution of chla during the two most recent decades is part of the multidecadal variations and possibly regulated by the changes of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, whereas the mechanisms of such evolution patterns still need to be explored.
Keywords: Chlorophyll a; Dipole pattern; Multidimensional ensemble empirical mode decomposition; Propagation; Spatiotemporal evolution; The variable trend
Zou, M., Xiong, X., Wu, Z., Li, S., Zhang, Y., & Chen, L. (2019). Increase of Atmospheric Methane Observed from Space-Borne and Ground-Based Measurements. Remote Sensing, 11(8).
Abstract: It has been found that the concentration of atmospheric methane (CH4) has rapidly increased since 2007 after a decade of nearly constant concentration in the atmosphere. As an important greenhouse gas, such an increase could enhance the threat of global warming. To better quantify this increasing trend, a novel statistic method, i.e. the Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) method, was used to analyze the CH4 trends from three different measurements: the mid-upper tropospheric CH4 (MUT) from the space-borne measurements by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), the CH4 in the marine boundary layer (MBL) from NOAA ground-based in-situ measurements, and the column-averaged CH4 in the atmosphere (X-CH4) from the ground-based up-looking Fourier Transform Spectrometers at Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) and the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC). Comparison of the CH4 trends in the mid-upper troposphere, lower troposphere, and the column average from these three data sets shows that, overall, these trends agree well in capturing the abrupt CH4 increase in 2007 (the first peak) and an even faster increase after 2013 (the second peak) over the globe. The increased rates of CH4 in the MUT, as observed by AIRS, are overall smaller than CH4 in MBL and the column-average CH4. During 2009-2011, there was a dip in the increase rate for CH4 in MBL, and the MUT-CH4 increase rate was almost negligible in the mid-high latitude regions. The increase of the column-average CH4 also reached the minimum during 2009-2011 accordingly, suggesting that the trends of CH4 are not only impacted by the surface emission, however that they also may be impacted by other processes like transport and chemical reaction loss associated with [OH]. One advantage of the EEMD analysis is to derive the monthly rate and the results show that the frequency of the variability of CH4 increase rates in the mid-high northern latitude regions is larger than those in the tropics and southern hemisphere.
Keywords: Methane increase trend; Boundary layer; Mid-upper troposphere; Satellite; AIRS


Today home tour brings us to visit a wonderful studio.
What I like the most is that it is a studio but the spaces are so well divided that it actually looks like the apartment is bigger than its real surface.
Each function is visually separated from the others creating a neat and comfortable open space: the kitchen occupies an entire wall of the apartment, clearly defining the kitchen area; the sleeping area is separated by a beautiful industrial style glass wall (I love them, I've dedicated a whole article!) creating a small room; the large rug of the living visually delimits the sofa area. In short, little tricks that transform this studio in a beautiful open space.
The colors used are mainly white and light gray and are homogeneous throughout the apartment, which helps to create a sense of order and cleanliness in a small space that could instead be too full and messy. They also make the apartment bright and relaxing.


Signal Arts are pleased to present 'This Doesn't Explain Anything' an exhibition of recent work by artist Barry Kehoe.
Barry's latest work is based on comic strip and cartoon images. He has always felt that somewhere between the tensions of text and image, narrative reveals our desperate cries for meaning in an unresponsive universe. Unsettling and strangely humourous, the drawings, comic strips and cartoons can recreate our experience of the world in an abstract mirror where we can play out our fantasies, explore our dreams and confront our nightmares.
We are remembered through the stories we tell. We constantly reconstruct our identity through re-imagining our past. This allows for the alteration of truth and fact as it becomes diluted by our imagination. Barry's drawings look at the tension between truth and fiction that memory creates and shows if anything that the truth can, in fact, often times be stranger than fiction.
Barry received a certificate in drawing and visual investigation from NUI in 2005. In 2003 he attended a course on Italian Renaissance art and architecture in the Instituto Italiano in Florence. He has exhibited at the N.C.A.D. Graduate show 2005, The Wicklow county buildings 2006 and held numerous workshops in primary and secondary schools around Ireland.


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from __future__ import print_function
import time
from struct import *
from RF24 import *
from RF24Network import *

# CE Pin, CSN Pin, SPI Speed

# Setup for GPIO 22 CE and GPIO 25 CSN with SPI Speed @ 1Mhz
#radio = radio(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_22, RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_18, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_1MHZ)

# Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE0 CSN with SPI Speed @ 4Mhz
#radio = RF24(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_15, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_4MHZ)

# Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE1 CSN with SPI Speed @ 8Mhz
#radio = RF24(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_15, BCM2835_SPI_CS0, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ)

# Setup for GPIO 22 CE and CE0 CSN for RPi B+ with SPI Speed @ 8Mhz
#radio = RF24(RPI_BPLUS_GPIO_J8_22, RPI_BPLUS_GPIO_J8_24, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ)

radio = RF24(RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_15, RPI_V2_GPIO_P1_24, BCM2835_SPI_SPEED_8MHZ)
network = RF24Network(radio)

millis = lambda: int(round(time.time() * 1000))
octlit = lambda n:int(n, 8)

# Address of our node in Octal format (01, 021, etc)
this_node = octlit("00")

# Address of the other node
other_node = octlit("01")

radio.begin()
time.sleep(0.1)
network.begin(90, this_node)    # channel 90
radio.printDetails()
packets_sent = 0
last_sent = 0

while 1:
    network.update()
    while network.available():
        header, payload = network.read(8)
        print("payload length ", len(payload))
        accelerationTime, number = unpack('<LL', bytes(payload))
        print('Received payload ', number, ' at ', accelerationTime, ' from ', oct(header.from_node))
    time.sleep(1)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


This picture is from the SU! convention.
Wouldn't you love to be part of a fun group like this? One that's going places, making money and having such a great time doing it! Let's chat... about how I can help you be there next year.


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Isle of Man Preparing to Pass Digital Currency Regulatory Framework
Giulio Prisco
The Isle of Man wants to become a leading Bitcoin hub and attract digital fintech businesses, entrepreneurs and developers, Business Insiderreports. The government of the tiny island is about to pass a new regulatory framework to create a true paradise for digital currencies.
The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown dependency located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.
While the United Kingdom is responsible for the island's defense and foreign policy, the local parliament and government have power over all domestic matters. Business regulations and tax incentives are domestic matters, so the island has the freedom to pass innovative legislation and tax incentives to attract digital fintech firms and professionals.
In fact, the Isle of Man has long been a favorite location for online businesses that need a permissive regulatory climate. For example, it has a world-class reputation as an online gaming and sports betting hub that offers a friendly and agile regulatory environment to the operators and at the same time provides strong legal protection to their customers worldwide.
The new regulatory framework for digital fintech will be informed by the same principles, and may permit restoring the support of the leading U.K. banks that in 2014, scared by the high volatility of bitcoin, stopped working with the digital currency industry on the island.
Brian Donegan, the Isle of Man's head of operations for digital development and e-business, toldCoinDesk that the government is moving aggressively to put key measures in place that would help the region's budding digital currency industry thrive.
The Proceeds of Crime Act, which has been altered to account for digital currencies, is expected to come into force at the start of April. A new legislation, the Designated Businesses Bill, will regulate the activities of businesses responsible for holding sums of money, including Bitcoin exchanges.
Peter Greenhill , head of e-commerce for the Isle of Man, told Business Insider that the aim is to be the most attractive place in the world for cryptocurrency companies to work from, with "friendly but firm legislation" for digital currency startups.
"We have the regulations and infrastructure in place to become a world leader in digital currencies," he said. "We already have companies coming in and setting up. We see this as the future and we want to be at the center of development in this area."
It may seem odd that firmly enforced regulations are presented as an advantage for companies operating in a frontier industry that is often threatened by regulators, but Greenhill considers it a necessary step to foster trust in the use of digital currencies.
"These companies will be listed on a register that will be strictly controlled by the island's Financial Supervision Commission," he toldComputer Weekly. "They will hold their records, have them audited, looked at, and if they see something untoward they'll take those people off that register and make sure the world knows about it. We set the bar high, and if people don't meet [our requirements], they can go somewhere else."
It appears that the Isle of Man is aligning with the current trend of fostering the emerging Bitcoin economy and taking it mainstream, but under a firm regulatory framework.
Isle of Man image via Flickr.
RegulationsPeter GreenhillIsle of manCurrencies
Isle of Man Official: Country Will Offer "Freedom to Flourish" to Bitcoin Companies
German Central Bank Economist Expects EU to Fund Digital Currency Research
Digital Isle of Man Joins the British Blockchain Association
By Nick Marinoff
IMF: Virtual Currencies and Their Underlying Technologies Can Provide Faster and Cheaper Financial Services
Canadian Senate Says No to Regulating Digital Currencies
EU State-By-State Regulation of Bitcoin, Digital Currencies: What Are the Implications?
By Michael Scott
UK Government to Fund Research in Digital Currencies and Explore Regulation
Central Banks and the IMF Warm Up to (Centralized) Digital Currencies
ChinaCoin: People's Bank of China Plans National Digital Currency
Overstock Invests in Bitt to Launch Official Digital Currencies in the Caribbean Islands
ECUREX Becomes First Digital Currency Platform Fully Compliant with Swiss Banking Acts
US Comptroller of the Currency Calls for Innovative Regulations on Digital Currencies and FinTech
By Andrew Quentson
Economists Propose a Digital Currency for Scotland, Backed by Scottish Parliament and Banks
21 Top Bitcoin and Digital Currency Companies Endorse New Digital Framework for Digital Identity, Trust and Open Data
Bank of England Chief Economist: Blockchain-based Digital Currency Issued by Central Banks Could Replace Cash


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Omar McLeod (* 25. dubna 1994) je jamajský atlet, jehož specializací jsou krátké překážkové běhy (60 m př. a 110 m př.)

Sportovní kariéra
Na mistrovství světa v Pekingu v roce 2015 doběhl šestý ve finále běhu na 110 metrů překážek. V roce 2016 se stal mistrem světa v běhu na 60 metrů překážek na světovém halovém šampionátu v Portlandu. Zvítězil v novém osobním rekordu 7,41 s. V létě téže sezóny zvítězil v Rio de Janeiro v olympijském finále běhu na 110 metrů překážek. "Zlatý hattrick" dovršil v srpnu 2017, kdy se v Londýně stal v této disciplíně mistrem světa.

Osobní rekordy
 60 m př. – 7,41 s (2016)
 110 m př. – 12,90 s (2017)
 100 m – 9,99 s (2016)

Externí odkazy

  Profil na stránkách tilastopaja.net

Jamajští překážkáři
Olympijští vítězové v běhu na 110 m překážek
Mistři světa v běhu na 110 m překážek
Jamajští olympijští vítězové
Olympijští vítězové z LOH 2016
Narození v roce 1994
Narození 25. dubna
Žijící lidé
Muži
Narození v Kingstonu


We find the percentage of our clients who report benefit from the relaxation and reorganizing of stuck brain patterns with Direct Neurofeedback is upwards of 80%. - David Dubin, M.D.
The Dubin Clinic, headed by Dr. David Dubin, has announced the availability of a revolutionary treatment for sufferers of common brain injuries and disorders. The treatment, called Direct Neurofeedback, uses a form of electrical stimulus which is not felt by the patient, yet has a positive effect on their brain's neural function.
The therapy has been tested through a joint study with the NFL, with 100% positive impact on retired players suffering from concussion-related injuries. Dr. Dubin was quoted as stating "We will be releasing a study shortly which features specific improvements in brain function and decrease in symptoms such as confusion, depression, and anxiety".
With heightened public awareness of the lasting effects of traumatic brain injuries due to the recent blockbuster movie "Concussion," the public is more aware than ever of the lingering affects of head trauma and injury. This treatment represents a breakthrough in how these injuries are treated and, for the first time, offers actual rehabilitation and measurable improvement in patients with brain injuries and conditions.
For more information about Direct Neurofeedback therapy from The Dubin Clinic, contact the clinic directly at (323) 825-3554.
David Dubin, M.D. leads a team specializing in Direct Neurofeedback therapy which has been proven to be effective in helping individuals dealing with symptoms of traumatic brain injury, depression, PTSD, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorders. This type of brain neurofeedback/stimulation is safe, effective, fast and painless.


We aim to cater for the needs of all visitors in our home based, 3 bedroom bed and breakfast. The following statement is a summary of our provision. If you have any specific questions please feel free to call us and we will be glad to help.
The nearest bus stop is 2 miles away in the village of Gisburn. The 280/X80 service runs hourly between Skipton and Preston. Collection available by prior arrangement.
The nearest train station is at Clitheroe, around 15 minutes away by car.
We have a website (www.foxhillbarn.co.uk) with photographs of the property, including our bedrooms, which are situated on the first floor.
There is ample car parking in the yard directly outside the front door, with a minor gradient.
The entrance is accessed straight from the yard via a low step (around 5 inches) and a 6-inch door-frame step. These are the only steps on the ground floor.
Guests entering the property via our side door (width 35 inches) will encounter a single 4-inch door frame step from the yard which leads directly into the utility room.
Entrance door (width 33") opens into hallway, with guest lounge straight ahead through a second door (w 36" ). Entrance hall staircase (w 33") leads to first floor.
Entrance hall and Guest dining area have slate floors.
Guest bedrooms are all carpeted. Bathrooms are all tiled.
Downstairs toilet is fitted with a "Doc 'M' pack" for use by disabled. It is located in utility room next to kitchen/dining area.
Breakfast is served in the dining area on ground floor.
Rectangular table has under space of 76cm high (legs in each corner). All chairs are without arms and can be moved.
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and all other diets catered for upon request.
The bed and breakfast is no smoking throughout the premises.
First floor is accessed via a standard open-tread staircase (11 steps). There is no lift or stair-lift to first floor.
There is level access from landing to double room.
There are two steps down to twin room and family room.
All doors to rooms are standard width doors.
All 3 bedrooms are on first floor, with secure lockable doors to all rooms.
Televisions all have remote controls and teletext/subtitles.
All bedrooms are fitted with self-closing fire doors.
Double room has a double bed with good access from both sides.
Family room has a double bed and a single bed, both with access from both sides.
Twin room has two standard single beds, one with access from both sides and one with access from one side only.
We have a main bathroom and two shower rooms, which are all next to the accompanying bedroom and on the same level. All are fitted with secure lockable doors.
Main bathroom has a large corner bath (depth 35") fitted with Jacuzzi-style jets. There is ample space to get in and out. Shower has a curved base with a radius of 35". There is a 6-inch step up into shower cubicle. Shower doors open and close on wheel runners.
Each shower has a curved base with a radius of 35 inches. The shower room next to the twin room has a 6-inch step up into the shower cubicle; the shower room next to the double room has an 8-inch step up into the shower cubicle. Both showers have doors that open and close on wheel runners.
There are no grab rails or other specific equipment installed in any bathroom.


Anatoly Pepelyayev, commander of the White MIddle Siberian Corps.
Urals: General Pepelyayev's White Siberian Corps of General Gadja's Northern Army (Kolchak) captures and loots Perm (province capital and industrial city) in surprise thrust, takes 30,000 PoWs; 50 guns; 10 armoured cars; 248 MGs; 260 engines and 4,000 rail cars from drunken Lashevich's Red Third Army (unaided by Second Army). Whites lose 5,000 killed or frozen to death including 444 officers.
North Russia: British subaltern found murdered near Murmansk (murderer shot on February 5, 1919).
South Russia: French troops land at Sevastopol.
France: President Poincare tours Ardennes, visiting Sedan, Mezieres, Charleville, Rethel and Vouziers. At Sedan, he replies to a welcome address, 'The name of Sedan is inseparable from the mournful memory of a painful past, but today she is liberated and the ray of glory which illuminates her will not be extinguished.' President Wilson spends Christmas Day with AEF at its Chaumont HQ.


BAMAD-106. Brit-Am Anthropology and DNA Update.
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1. The Arab Beduin Intruders of Southern Israel.
2. Most British Blondes Are Fake.
3. Men's Hair and Eye Color Preferences.
Until the twentieth century the Bedouin of the Middle East, including those of the Negev, were livestock-raising nomads whose movements were dictated by a constant search for pasture and water. It has long been noted that what characterizes the Bedouin is their relationship to the tribe, rather than to a specific place or territory.
Among the Bedouin tribes living in the Negev today, most view themselves as descendants of nomadic tribes from the Arabian Peninsula. In fact, most of them arrived fairly recently, during the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries, from the deserts of Arabia, Transjordan, Sinai, and Egypt. Part of this migration occurred in the wake of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and Palestine in 1798-99 and subsequent Egyptian rule under Muhammad Ali and his son Ibrahim Pasha (r. 1831-41). During this period, Egyptian forces moved through Sinai and into the Negev using the coastal road that runs through Rafah, accompanied by numerous camp followers, peasants, and Bedouin. Some of the Egyptian peasants who followed in the footsteps of the army established new settlements and neighborhoods in Palestine, others joined Bedouin tribes in the Negev.
Ottoman tax registers demonstrate that the tribes which lived in the Negev in 1596-97 are not those residing there today. According to historians Wolf-Dieter Hutteroth and Kamal Abdulfattah, the tax registers that reflect material collected in those years show names of forty-three Bedouin tribes living in what became Mandatory Palestine, including six in the Negev. There is not much information on what became of those tribes. However, the names of the tribes currently living in the Negev do not appear on the tax registers from 1596. The Ottoman government did not maintain reliable records for this area after 1596, so these registers are the best indicators of which tribes existed in the early Ottoman period. Clinton Bailey, a scholar of Bedouin culture, also found no evidence in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries of the continuity or existence of Bedouin tribes, which later lived in the Negev in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Bedouin consolidation of their Negev foothold was achieved through armed intertribal struggles as well as raids on established Arab settlements that caused the latter's demise. Although the nomads depended upon sedentary populations for survival, they looked down upon them while settled Arabs viewed the Bedouin as opportunists or worse, as cruel robbers. Numerous authors have documented the Bedouin role in conquering the Negev as well as the plundering and expulsion of settled Arabs from other parts of Palestine. British surveyor and archeologist Claude R. Conder, writing in the 1880s, described a situation of unending war between the Bedouin tribes and the settled villagers.
Nomadism continued in Palestine until the beginning of the twentieth century when a transition to semi-nomadic life and settlement took place. Concurrently, there was a gradual shift in the manner in which the Bedouin related to the land, from common exploitation for grazing by all members of the tribe to private use. Simultaneously, there was a gradual transition from animal husbandry to agriculture. By 2000, animal husbandry was practiced by only about 10 percent of the Bedouin, and many of the younger generation have expressed reservations about maintaining their parents' lifestyle.
Prior to the establishment of Israel there were about 65,000 Negev Bedouin. During the 1948 war and in its immediate aftermath, most left for neighboring states, reducing the Negev Bedouin population to about 11,000. Since then, however, numbers have dramatically increased to almost 200,000 persons in 2011. There has also been significant improvement in education and in health indices among Israeli Bedouin. However, when compared with other groups in Israeli society, including urban and rural Arabs, they remain at the lowest socioeconomic level.
It was, in fact, the Bedouin who imposed themselves on established settlers in the Negev, displacing them and destroying their villages. The Ottoman Muslim order, which they confronted upon arrival, was similar to what they had experienced in the other parts of the empire from which they migrated to Palestine. Britain was indeed a foreign power, but it never attempted to colonize Palestine as its presence there was transitory from the start in line with the League of Nations mandate. As for the Jews, far from being colonial intruders, they were descendants of the country's ancient inhabitants, authorized by the international community?as represented by the League of Nations?to reestablish their independence in the ancestral homeland.
The Bedouin are, without doubt, a small minority in Israel, not only of the entire population but even within the country's Arab citizens. Indeed, until the middle of the Mandate period, the Bedouin were considered by the Palestinian Arab peasants as their enemies.
Recently there have been signs of an abandonment of an independent Bedouin identity and the gradual adoption of a Palestinian Arab identity accompanied by increasing involvement in Muslim fundamentalism. A 2003 study concluded that the Bedouin should no longer be considered a "society unto themselves" and that their identity today is Palestinian Arab, lacking any common tribal element, and is in the process of being shaped anew.
Why we're all dyeing to be blonde; SHOCK AS 80 PER CENT OF WOMEN WITH GOLDEN HAIR ADMIT THEY FAKE IT.
IT'S a debate which has raged since the dawn of hair-dye ? who has more fun, blondes or brunettes?
It would seem that, for British women at least, the answer is to reach for the bleach.
Four out of 10 women in the UK are blonde but more than 80 per cent are faking it, according to a survey published yesterday.
And there are regional differences, too.
Manchester has the highest proportion of blondes, real or fake, with 45 per cent of women in the northern city golden haired.
Bournemouth has the highest proportion of bottle blondes ? only eight per cent of blondies in the southern seaside town are natural.


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namespace arc {

class OverlayDialogTest : public views::ViewsTestBase {
 public:
  std::unique_ptr<OverlayDialog> CreateTestOverlayDialog(
      base::OnceClosure closing_callback,
      std::unique_ptr<views::View> dialog_view) {
    return base::WrapUnique(
        new OverlayDialog(std::move(closing_callback), std::move(dialog_view)));
  }
};

TEST_F(OverlayDialogTest, ShowAndClose) {
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<views::View>> dialog_views;
  dialog_views.push_back(nullptr);
  dialog_views.push_back(std::make_unique<views::View>());

  for (auto& dialog_view : dialog_views) {
    const bool has_dialog_view = !!dialog_view;

    auto widget = CreateTestWidget();
    bool called = false;
    widget->SetContentsView(CreateTestOverlayDialog(
        base::BindLambdaForTesting([&]() { called = true; }),
        std::move(dialog_view)));

    const auto& view_ax = widget->GetRootView()->GetViewAccessibility();
    EXPECT_EQ(!has_dialog_view, view_ax.IsIgnored());

    widget->Show();
    EXPECT_FALSE(called);

    widget.reset();
    EXPECT_TRUE(called);
  }
}

}  // namespace arc


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I often describe going somewhere "a few blocks away", when blocks are not really a feature of the British city. Like many people from North America, I line up for things instead of queue, use periods, not full-stops and go to the movies, not the cinema.
A BBC magazine story revealed that some of these "Americanisms" are getting under the skin of thousands of Brits. The story was prompted after a column by Matthew Engel about Americanisms became a hit with readers. But as many Americans, including Mark Liberman, have subsequently pointed out, some of the "American" phrases used in the column actually originated in the UK.
Writers of an Economist blog pointed out that Brits will use any excuse to take a shot at Americans, and picking on language usage is one way to do this. The post, in the magazine's vocabulary-themed Johnson blog, coined a new term – "anti-Americanisms". The noun describes someone using false Americanisms to take a cheap, but ill-aimed transatlantic shot at Americans.
Here, I'd like to return the favour, and take a good-natured shot at British parlance. Perhaps the following words are counter-anti-Americanisms?
1. One of my pet peeves is the British tendency to say: "He is sat over there." I have found myself adopting the phrase, although I haven't lost my hatred for it. It should be either "he is sitting over there" or, if you want to say something in the past tense, "he sat over there".
2. If there is a show or gig, journalists tend to write that tickets are available "on the door". Why not say "at the door", surely the tickets are not physically on top of the door?
3. Washing-up liquid. I can't believe this phrase exists. We don't do "washing up" in North America, we do the dishes. The North American phrase probably sounds rotten to Brits, but at least we're concise about it. We use "dish soap" to "do the dishes" and don't have to mess around with the mouthful that is "washing-up liquid". (On a related side-note, washing up without rinsing the soap off the dishes would be a clear faux pas in Canada, but it is acceptable here. My natural laziness has allowed me to adapt to this practice with some degree of ease).
4. Y'alright? I will occasionally use this phrase as a greeting, as it's pointless to fight something so ingrained in UK culture, but I always feel like a phony. North Americans tend to say "are you alright?" if they believe something is genuinely wrong with someone, so it carries the weight of real concern. On the other hand, British people say "y'alright?" as a way of saying "hello" but they're not genuinely asking if you're OK. Incidently, my British husband found an equal degree of insincerity from Canadians asking "how are you?" when we lived in Canada. (Although I strongly believe Canadians are more likely to stop to hear the answer).
5. Dual carriageway. I have a love-hate relationship with this phrase. It's delightfully quaint, but it's also seriously out-of-date. Brits don't ride around in carriages any more than Americans ride around on horseback conquering the Wild West. It's a two-lane road, or, at best, a two-lane motorway.
6. Fancy dress. I used to always associate the phrase "fancy dress" with an evening gown of some description. Brits, of course, associate the phrase with what in North America we call "dressing up". (Many Canadians will remember Mr Dressup, I'm sure). It would make a lot more sense to me if the British phrase was "fantasy dress".
There are hundreds of other phrases that I have come to know and love, of course, but that is for another post.
This particular post is just a reminder that just as some Brits think Americanisms are horrible, there are Americans and Canadians who wish some British phrases had died with Dickens.
A very thorough list of British phrases that are not well known in North America has been compiled by the wonderful folks at Wikipedia.
2 thoughts on "If you don't mind, darling, we'll keep on improving the English language"
Georgina Walker January 1, 2012 at 9:07 am
Hi Rebecca
This is wonderful. Born and lived in England all my live I cannot believe how strange the British language can be. I first came across Y'alright eight years ago. Our new neighbours always said it. Totally threw me. Why they couldn't just say hi or hello. At least you don't respond to a question and then realise they are not listening – or have even continued walking away. I still haven't got used to it. I have noticed most people will respond when you greet them with a hello in the street or on a walk, but not so often when I say hi.
When working at the star I could never get my head around tickets on the door. This just did not make sense and as for other Americanisms, well, we get so much American TV, films etc over hear I'm surprised they haven't become quite natural to us.
Unfortunately, the Brits are becoming very lazy in their speech and grammer.
Rebecca Connop Price January 1, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Thanks Georgina! I think it's probably fair to say that influences from all over are changing the language here. But I didn't realise that "Y'alright" was a fairly recent addition to the language. I wonder where it came from?


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Avast selling off your user data
Customers of the antivirus vendor include Google and Microsoft.
By Denham Sadler on Jan 30 2020 10:54 AM
Free, but at what cost? Photo: Shutterstock
A prominent antivirus software provider is selling the highly personal data of hundreds of millions of its users to some of the largest companies in the world, according to a new report.
The joint investigation by Motherboard and PCMag draws on leaked user data, contracts and other internal company documents to reveal that Avast, a Czech Republic-based antivirus software company with more than 435 million monthly active users, is selling the web browsing data of its users to companies including Google, Home Depot, Microsoft and McKinsey.
This is being done through Jumpshot, a subsidiary of Avast that repackages that data provided to it by the antivirus software and sells it in the form of various products to its clients.
The subsidiary has boasted of being able to provide "Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site" and is believed to sell some of its products for millions of dollars.
Avast offers a free antivirus product used by millions around the world.
The data being harvested by Avast includes Google searches, location and GPS searches on Google Maps, pages visited on LinkedIn, YouTube searches and searches on porn websites, according to the report.
The data being sold doesn't include personal information like names, but experts have said that the highly personal browsing data could be de-anonymised to identify individuals.
Jumpshot claims to be the "only company that unlocks walled garden data" and that it can "provider marketers with deeper visibility into the entire online customer journey".
Until recently, the data was being collected through the Avast browser plugin, which warns users when they visit a suspicious website.
After this was revealed by security researchers last year, the practice was ceased, according to Avast.
Now the company is hoovering up the personal data through its actual antivirus software, the report found.
Users are now confronted with a pop-up when using the software asking them to opt-in to having their data collected.
"If they opt-in, that device becomes part of the Jumpshot Panel and all browser-based internet activity will be reported to Jumpshot," a Jumpshot internal handbook reads.
"What URLs did these devices visit, in what order and when."
But several users interviewed as part of the report said they had no idea what sort of data was being collected and for what means, or that it was being sold to other companies.
"It's very granular, and it's great data for these companies, because it's down to the device level with a timestamp," one source told the reporters.
Through Jumpshot, Avast is selling a number of different products made up of the personal data of its users.
These include one specifically for the finance sector which offers a list of the top 10,000 domains that users are visiting, with the purpose of identifying trends.
Another, dubbed the All Click Feed, allows clients to buy all the click information Avast has for a specific web domain.
According to the report, a New York-based marketing firm purchased this service for $US2 million.
"The advantage of purchasing an All Clicks Feed is that if you are curious about the frequency of events that Jumpshot does not discover patterns for within our standard products, or you simply need a deeper understanding of activity on a domain without any filtering," the Jumpshot documents said.
In a statement, Avast said it only collected the data with the consent of users, and that it is thoroughly de-identified.
"Because of our approach, we ensure that Jumpshot does not acquire personal identification information, including name, email address or contact details, from people using our popular free antivirus software," the company said.
"Users have always had the ability to opt out of sharing data with Jumpshot. We have a long track record of protecting users' device and data against malware, and we understand and take seriously the responsibility to balance user privacy with the necessary use of data.
"As of July 2019, we had already begun implementing an explicit opt-in choice for all new downloads of our AV, and we are now also prompting our existing free users to make an opt-in or opt-out choice, a process which will be completed in February 2020."
The new pop-up message has begun appearing for users around the world.
"If you allow it, we'll provide our subsidiary Jumpshot Inc with a stripped and de-identified data set derived from your browsing history for the purpose of enabling Jumpshot to analyse markets and business trends and gather other valuable insights," it reads.
"This data is fully de-identified and aggregated and cannot be used to personally identify or target you.
"Jumpshot may share aggregated insights with its customers."
Denham Sadler is a freelance journalist based in Melbourne. He was previously Editor of StartupSmart, and writes on tech and politics. His work has been published in The Saturday Paper and The Guardian.
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Q: how can transform a matrix matlab into file .txt? I have a matrix proba (size :10 * 5).
proba=[0.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.8;
     0.50 0.36 0.58 0.58 0.98;
     0.1 0.25 0.6 0.8 0.9;
     0.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.8;
    0.2 0.9 0.58 0.58 0.69;
    0.58 0.14 0.1 0.2 0.3;
    0.25 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5;
    0.58 0.69 0.25 0.1 0.1;
    0.1 0.25 0.36 0.2 0.3;
   0.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.8 ];

I want to transform this matrix into a text file (proba.txt) with which the index column is written and the value of the column for each line as follows :
 1 0.5 2 0.3 3 0.8 4 0.9 5 0.8
 1 0.50 2 0.36 3 0.58 4 0.58 5 0.98
             .
             .
             .
 1 0.5 2 0.3 3 0.8 4 0.9 5 0.8

Please I need help, how can I do it?thanks in advance

A: you can easily do this using dlmwrite, but first you want to add the column of indexes in front of your matrix:
function result = writematrix(proba)
rowind = 1:size(proba,2);
for t = 1:size(proba,1);
     C(t,:,:) =  [rowind',proba(t,:)']';
     D(t,:) =  C(t(:),:);

end

dlmwrite('filename.txt',D,'\t') %//I assume you want tab delimiter, if you want space, it is ' ' instead
%//dlmwrite('filename.txt',D,' ')
end

Note that this will write the text file into your local directory, and that it only works for numerical values, not strings, for strings, it is better to use csvwrite.
EDIT : Ops, didn't read the question fully, this should now work fine.

A: You can use this function, it is useful for every matrix.
function data = addIndex(X)
    [r, c] = size(X);
    index = ones(r, 1);
    data = zeros(r, 2 * c);
    for i = 1:c
        data(:, 2 * i - 1) = i .* index;
        data(:, 2 * i) = X(:, i);
    end
    dlmwrite('proba.txt', data, '\t')
end


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It's never too early to start thinking about free agency for fantasy football players. There are dynasty teams being fleeced in trades as I type this because they haven't fully considered how the arrival or departure of a free agent could drastically swing the value of players on their team. Early best-ball drafts will also kick off before the March 14 free agency period. The time to start researching is now. As part of an ongoing series here at RotoViz, I'm going to take a look at the fantasy-relevant free agents for the Philadelphia Eagles. I'll walk through potential cut candidates and then examine some possible ways these player movements could affect the fantasy players on the team. Free Agents information and cap numbers are courtesy of OverTheCap. The Eagles are currently projected to be $6,256,356 over the cap in 2018, with the league's new cap set at $178 million and the benefit of $2,838,092 in rollover cap from 2017.


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The Seton Health Foundation is a 501C3 not-for-profit corporation established in 1981 to encourage and promote charitable giving and to raise, manage and disburse funds to support Seton Health / St. Mary's Hospital and its healing ministry. All gifts to Seton Health are received through the Foundation.
Annual Giving, Bequests, Commemorative Gifts, Capital Campaigns, Endowed Gifts, Planned Gifts and Grants are some of the ways that donors help support the mission of Seton Health.
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Gifts, no matter how large or small, help us meet the growing needs of the people we serve. And, they can be designated to an affiliate of choice. Contributions come from leadership or planned gifts, annual fund campaigns, grants and special events.
Realizing the importance of our contributors, the foundation has recently created annual donor recognition societies as a special way of saying thank you to our supporters and to recognize their participation as benefactors.
For more information on giving opportunities, call Northeast Health Foundation at (518) 482-4433.
The Eddy began in 1928 as a 19-bed nursing home in Troy, NY, established by Elizabeth Hart Shields Eddy with funds bequested by her husband, James A. Eddy. Since then, The Eddy has built on a tradition of safety, care and comfort to become a nationally recognized leader in compassionate, high quality senior services.
Today, The Eddy is a comprehensive continuum of healthcare, supportive housing and community services that reaches 22 counties and serves more than 40,000 people yearly. Eddy services help maximize independence, quality of life and dignity of individuals, and help prevent the premature institutionalization of chronically ill, frail or disabled seniors. For active and independent seniors, The Eddy offers safe, beautifully appointed senior living communities.
The Eddy continuum of services helps individuals of all ages manage their conditions, enabling them to live as comfortably and independently as their conditions allow.


We aim to create and dispatch your order within one working day.
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Your order will be sent via Royal Mail. We offer a 1st Class delivery service completely FREE OF CHARGE on all standard deliveries within the UK. The delivery time guide is 1-2 working days but is not guaranteed and is often longer at peak gifting times.
We estimate that 90% of First Class items are delivered the next day; however, the remaining 10% can take up to 7 days. There is no guaranteed delivery date or tracking available for First Class post.
ALL orders placed after 3pm on Friday, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays will be dispatched on the next UK working day.
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This is a signed for service and if a signature cannot be obtained at the point of delivery the item will be taken to your local sorting office and you will need to collect the item in person within 7 days of the attempted delivery. If the item is not collected within this time it will be returned to us.
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We offer a refund or exchange within 14 days of purchase on all unpersonalised items, as long as it is in its original packaging and condition. If a personalised item is unsuitable we will happily work with you to try and resolve the problem by modifying the item.
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We are pleased to offer a free tracked returns service through Royal Mail for all UK customers.
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The Balanced Being specializes in the integrated blend of the art and science of manual therapy. Experienced therapists apply skillful techniques addressing each individuals unique needs and preferences. Whether the session is with someone recovering from an auto accident, an athlete training for a triathlon, or an expectant mother, the session is insightfully customized. Our sessions provide a joyful experience with unparalleled results!
Medical Massage supports people who contend with painful conditions related to injuries or illness. These sessions begin from a place of inquiry into the nature of the pain and dysfunction. We look to understand the underlying causes or dynamics in the body and therefore can support the whole person through a relational approach of 1) skillfully applying effective techniques, 2) to the related places, and 3) that can be received by the individual in a healing way. As individual situations are unique, so is each Customized Medical Massage Session treatment plan.
Techniques that we use can include Neuromuscular Reeducation, Fascial release, Deep Tissue, Swedish, PNF techniques, Heat Therapy, Positional Release, and Electrical Stimulation.
With a doctors prescription, medical massage can be covered through your HSA and Flex Spending Account.
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We work with Workers Compensation and Auto Accident claims.
During the time of pregnancy a womans body is changing dramatically. The hormone relaxin is released and the stabilizing ligaments become soft and unstable with the muscles overcompensating becoming fatigued and sore. Research shows that when regular massages are received during pregnancy, women have less complications during delivery, shorter delivery times, along with common symptoms during pregnancy lessened.
At The Balanced Being we specialize in working with women during pregnancy. Many of our clients have been high risk pregnancies. Including regular therapeutic massage as a part of their prenatal support, our clients share a variety of success stories. Our clients have had full term twins following months of bedrest, vaginal deliveries following previous c-section births, and minimized symptoms of sciatica, anxiety, swelling, muscle cramping, and lack of sleep.
The positioning of the mother during the session is determined at the time of the session. Options can include face down with full support through specialized pregnancy body cushions, side lying variations with special supports, and semi reclined. We have special cushioning and supports available to create a comfortable and safe session for everyone.
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Think X-Men is Fake? Apparently Mutants Really Do Exist!
I was fiddling around the interwebs the other day and came across a really interesting video. It's of a boy named Nong Youhui from Southern China that has a really amazing ability. One that you probably would only see in comics or in an X-Men movie. Young Nong has glow-in-the-dark eyes, and he has friggin' night vision!
What do you think about this? Should he go to Professor Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters?


Write a response at your blog–linking back here so your readers can browse other participating blogs–and share your post in the comments here. Using a previously published post is fine; I'd appreciate it if you'd add a link back to the roundtable. If you don't blog, you can always leave your thoughts directly in the comments.
What did you learn about open adoption in 2011?
Lynn @ (adoptive mom) Open Hearts Open Minds: This year, I learned that relationships in an open adoption, as with any type of relationship, are fluid and evolving.
Our daughter is almost 2, so this is our second year of being in an open adoption. Year one was learning the ropes, examining feelings, deciding how to respond and how we wanted to negotiate this new relationship.
1. Triad relationships evolve, people grow, things change.
2. Like any other familial relationship, people will get upset, be mad, be sad…and love will conquer it all 'cause we are family.
3. I am becoming more and more fiercely protective of these two young people who still face ignorance and idiocy because they chose adoption.
4. That I am getting so damn chomping-at-the-bit-coming-out-of-my-skin annoyed at stupid questions about my daughter's birthparents ("do they still see her?"; "oh my god, that is so, so nice for them"; "blah, blah, aren't you the best human beings on earth for allowing her first parents to see her blah, blah, blah".) And as year two closes, I'm finally realizing that some people, no matter how much you try to educate, are just stuck in their narrow little world and won't see the light. What to do with that knowledge, I will leave to year three.
5. Finally, I realized that I love my daughter's birthparents. Not "love them 'cause they made me a mom", not "love them 'cause they're my daughter's birthparents", but actually love these two people for the human beings they are. Huge to realize this. I think it's the essence of family – love without a reason for loving.
I posted on the prompt here looking forward to connecting with other open adoption bloggers and hearing what other people have learned!
Still trying to get the hang of this. Here's mine. Thanks for including me!
I don't know where any of this is going, and that's a reason for joy – not fear.
Very thought-provoking topic as usual Heather!
Published 🙂 I must have been on the same wavelength as Lynn, because I wrote mine a few days ago, then just read hers… and realized that they're extremely similar. Guess it's a year to discover the dynamics of an open adoption relationship!
What a great way to think about and look back at the year!
and then there's me! i wrote too!
Hope I'm not too late to participate!
I actually wrote this awhile back and just forgot to post the link here.
What a great prompt! I haven't specifically posted about this prompt on my blog, but I wanted to take a second here to share my answer. I'm looking forward to posting answers on my blog from your prompts from here on out.
In 2011, I learned that adoption is just another way to create a family. It doesn't have to be made to feel "unusual" or "unnatural" because it isn't either of those things. Adoption is about creating families; the only difference is that through adoption, the family being created is more extended than through the creation of a biological family unit.
I placed my son for adoption 2 years ago and I never anticipated that his parents would pursue communication with me this long afterwards. I hoped that would be the case, but you never know what will really end up happeneing. I am blessed that my adoption couple keeps me updated on our little guy. That's what his mother refers him to me as, "Our little guy…" you have no idea how much one little word, like "our", can affect another person. He is "our" family. His parents are extended members of my family. We are a family. We may not go to reunions together or skype each other every weekend, or have Sunday dinners together, but they are in my heart. And that's what family is, members of your heart.