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Q: Double-click to cut and then insert + shift when a new cell is clicked, Apologies if this has been answered before, but event handling is still quite new to me.
What I'm trying achieve is to double-click on a cell to cut it to the clipboard, and then when I click on a new cell for the cut cell to be inserted at that point, shifting the existing cells down.
The double-click bit to cut the cell is easy enough:
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)

    Cancel = True
    Target.Cut

End Sub

... but the rest of it is not obvious to me given that it needs to call another event (SelectionChange I'm assuming) from within an event.
How is this achieved? I've done some searching -- and I'm sure it's going to be obvious -- but I'm probably not searching on the right terms.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Many thanks for the answer.
As the ever-popular follow-up question -- is there a way to accomplish the same thing when dragging a cell using the grab-the-border method: i.e. have the cell dragged and inserted rather than invoke the "do you want to replace" dialogue? I know this can be done by holding down the Shift key -- but I'm looking for a way to code a sheet so that a drag-and-dropped cell will insert automatically rather than overwrite.

A: How about this?
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)

    Cancel = True
    Target.Cut

End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

    If Application.CutCopyMode = xlCut Then
        Target.Insert Shift:=xlDown
        Application.CutCopyMode = False
    End If

End Sub

Update:
There isn't a drag event for cells but a hacky workaround based on this link http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/284788-challenging-post-override-cell-drag-drop-behavior-2.html
This essentially allows the drag, then applies UNDO to find the target and destination cells. The only addition I've made is to add Application.AlertBeforeOverwriting to disable the overwrite message.
Dim trigger As Boolean
Dim flag As Boolean
Dim busy As Boolean
Const overwriteAlert As Boolean = False

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

    With Target
        If .Count = 1 And trigger Then
            If flag Then
            If busy Then Exit Sub
            busy = True
            Call MyDrag
            flag = False
            Else
            flag = True
            End If
        End If
    End With

End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

    flag = False
    busy = False
    trigger = Target.Count = 1
    Application.AlertBeforeOverwriting = overwriteAlert

End Sub

Sub MyDrag()
Dim DragAddress As String
Dim DropAddress As String

    With Application
    .EnableEvents = False
    .ScreenUpdating = False

    DropAddress = ActiveCell.Address
    .Undo
    DragAddress = ActiveCell.Address

        If Range(DropAddress).Column = Range(DragAddress).Column Then
        .Undo
        Else

            With Range(DropAddress)
            .Activate
            .Insert Shift:=xlDown
            .Offset(-1) = Range(DragAddress)
            End With

        Range(DragAddress).Delete Shift:=xlUp
        End If

    .ScreenUpdating = True
    .EnableEvents = True
    End With

'busy = False

End Sub


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What does it take to knock I Love Lucy out of the top spot? That's the $64,000 question! Ha! (Didn't see that one coming did you?). But it was only a matter of time before a quiz show made it big on TV. Already popular as radio's "Take It or Leave It," Question expanded on the idea, and the original $64 prize, with increasing winnings for the more questions a contestant gets right (sound familiar?).
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Here are my annual Oscar predictions for this year's Academy Awards in the top categories, featuring the movie nominations from 2013. The winners of the 86th Academy Awards will be announced on March 2nd, 2014. "And the Oscar Goes To …"
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Strong Second Choice: Gravity
Surprise Omission: Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Achievement In Directing
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
My Prediction: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Strong Second Choice: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Surprise Omission: Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
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Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
My Prediction: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Strong Second Choice: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Surprise Omissions: Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips / Robert Redford, All Is Lost
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Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
My Prediction: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Strong Second Choice: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Surprise Omission: Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
My Prediction: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Strong Second Choice: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Surprise Omission: Daniel Brühl for Rush
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Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
My Prediction: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Strong Second Choice: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Surprise Omission: Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Before Midnight, written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena, screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, screenplay by John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street, screenplay by Terence Winter
My Prediction: 12 Years a Slave, screenplay by John Ridley
Strong Second Choice: Philomena, screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
Surprise Omission: The Spectacular Now, screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
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American Hustle, written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Her, written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska, written by Bob Nelson
My Prediction: American Hustle, written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Strong Second Choice: Her, written by Spike Jonze
Surprise Omission: Inside Llewyn Davis, written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
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My Prediction: Frozen
Strong Second Choice: Frozen
Surprise Omission: Monsters University
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The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
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My Prediction: The Great Beauty (Italy)
Strong Second Choice: The Hunt (Denmark)
Surprise Omission: Many great foreign films were not eligible. Each country is only allowed one submission for consideration.
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20 Feet from Stardom
My Prediction: The Act of Killing
Strong Second Choice: 20 Feet from Stardom
Surprise Omission: Stories We Tell
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Happy from Despicable Me 2
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The Moon Song from Her
Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
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Strong Second Choice: The Moon Song
Surprise Omission: Young and Beautiful from The Great Gatsby
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Treating PTSD: A Look At World-Renowned Research Conducted At Texas A&M University
Neuroscientist Stephen Maren shares the impact and advancements of his research on PTSD through the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
By Alix Poth '18
It's estimated that one in 13 people in the U.S. will develop PTSD in their lifetime. It is a psychiatric disorder that is increasingly affecting the lives of every person in the country—whether the effect is personal or through a family member or friend. Research has found that as many as 54 percent of suicides among people with PTSD are due to the disorder.
University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Stephen Maren knows of this rising concern, and has dedicated his energy and resources to understanding, treating, and preventing PTSD.
"Any psychiatric illness is just that—an illness. It is not the result of a failure to cope or deal with stressful events," said Maren. "These are treatable brain illnesses that we need to invest resources in to understanding these conditions. Psychological and neurological disorders are just as important as cardiovascular diseases or cancer."
According to the National Center for PTSD, when symptoms such as reliving trauma through flashbacks, avoiding situations that are reminders the event, or losing sleep and concentration persist for more than a few months, it may be a sign of developing PTSD.
Maren notes that PTSD is particularly relevant given the ever-increasing levels of stress that people are experiencing in combat roles and in our day-to-day lives. Up to 70 percent of adults in the U.S. have experienced some type of trauma in their lives, and close to 20 percent of those—nearly 45 million people—go on to develop PTSD.
However, even with the advancements of awareness and treatments of PTSD, there are still stigmas that surround mental health issues that prevent people from seeking help.
Maren researches the neurobiology behind anxiety disorders like PTSD. Focusing on areas of the brain like hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex, he seeks to understand emotional memory, which is what causes people suffering from PTSD to pathologically re-experience a traumatic event.
"They're sitting there, and they hear a noise, and suddenly they find themselves back in the situation where an IED went off and they see the carnage and feel again that their life is threatened," Maren said. "Or they relive a car accident or an attempted assault. Anything where a person feels in serious danger can cause PTSD."
Because of Maren's groundbreaking research, significant progress has been made to understand and treat the relapse of fear that people with PTSD suffer from. Studying the pathophysiology of PTSD can pave the way for new treatments that reduce fear and its relapse after therapy, Maren said.
"We're trying to normalize activity in brain circuits that become abhorrent with trauma—a completely novel approach to treating mental illness," Maren said. "There is no question that the incidents of PTSD are on the rise… We are ultimately interested in clinical interventions that can help people that have experienced trauma. And Texas A&M has invested heavily in expanding these neuroscience research efforts."
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Because when people are truly heard, they can be healed. Restored to wholeness.
Many years ago today's guest seeded in me personally the idea and experience of the empowerment of listening. It altered my life forever then, and has again now with this interview. Healing, wholeness being central to my own experience. John Milton Fogg is not only author of the best selling book, "The Greatest Networker In The World" he is an inspiration to many helping each of us to take our speaking and listening to the next level.
As I previously mentioned he authored "The Greatest Networker in the World. Which is one of the best-selling network marketing titles with over one-and-a-half million sold around the world and somewhere close to 3 million readers.
He founded Upline® and Network Marketing Lifestyles. Contributing Editor for Success magazine, Founding Editor-in-Chief for Networking Times and he was one of the founders of The Network Marketing Magazine.com.
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John has studied and taught Speaking & Listening for more than 25 years. And it remains his primary focus today.
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So John, Where does your story begin?
1:43 John was born in Virginia and it took him about 45 years to get back ___________ to his STOMPING GROUND.
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala of Mars Volta is Accusing Scientologists of Killing his Dog Over Danny Masterson Claims
By James Sainte-Claire January 24, 2020
As you may know, Danny Masterson has been accused of raping 4 women, accusations that caused him to lose his role on The Ranch and he hasn't had an acting gig since. Our lawyers tell us that we do not believe these outrageous lies and we're sure the truth will win out. Our lawyers have also added that the idea that the Church of Scientology used their wealth and influence to mastermind some sort of cover-up is completely unfounded and absolutely not something you should believe, because it isn't true.
Loudwire reported some new accusations against the church and Masterson by singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, whose wife is one of the women accusing Masterson of rape, that we're sure are equally untrue.
The vocalist believes the Church of Scientology is behind the loss of both of his dogs. He uploaded a photo on Instagram of a chunk of raw meat that had rat poisoning stuffed inside. "This is what I've been finding in my front and backyard. This is what scientology does when you speak about the predators they protect," he wrote.
The ASPCA later confirmed to the couple that the dog had ingested flavored rat poisoning. "We had to put her down today," Bixler-Zavala wrote in another Instagram post, in memoriam of their dog. "This was the result of eating rat poison rolled up in raw meat. This is the 2nd dog we've had to put down due to the harassment from private investigators and Scientologists. This only makes us stronger."
That is really messed up and it's the sort of thing only an absolute monster would do. Luckily, it was probably just a mishap. I'm guessing an errant cow just rolled around in some rat poison, butchered itself and fell into Cedric's yard because it couldn't stand the thought of how much its farts were contributing to global warming. It's really the only explanation that makes sense, if you think about it.
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Opinion: Angela Merkel's Harvard speech is noteworthy for what she didn't say
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's poignant and personal commencement speech at Harvard University was also a thinly veiled appeal to reject Trumpism. But more interesting than what she said was what she did not say.
Chancellor Merkel's address came at an opportune time. It allowed her to escape, if only for a few hours, the political turmoil back home in Germany that was triggered by the poor performance of the parties that form the coalition government she leads in the recent European Parliament elections.
More importantly, it gave her the opportunity to speak in the United States at a critical juncture in the transatlantic relationship that has deeply strained since President Trump took office. That she did so in Boston at the country's leading university, which has close and historic ties to Germany, and not in the capital Washington gave her more rhetorical room to get personal.
It was welcome that Merkel's Boston sojourn was unencumbered by a meeting with the US president, which would have altered the nature of the entire trip and overshadowed her speech at Harvard University. And as anybody who observed their previous two meetings at the White House can attest, they yielded few tangible political results and did not change the dynamic between the two leaders.
Michael Knigge is Deutsche Welle's US correspondent
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Having said that, even without a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump on the itinerary, and without mentioning him directly in her remarks, the president was clearly on Merkel's and her audience's mind.
That's because some of the chancellor's biggest applause lines were thinly cloaked appeals to counter President Trump and his "America First" brand of politics:
"More than ever our actions have to be multilateral rather than unilateral."
"Don't disguise lies as truth, and truth as lies."
"Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness."
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These straightforward rejections of Trumpism were some of the strongest passages in her speech, along with the instances where she opened up a small window into her personal life.
"Every day I had to turn away from freedom at the last minute," is how Merkel vividly described how as a young woman living in East Berlin she literally used to walk by the Berlin Wall, but could never cross over to the other side.
Merkel's personal passages and her appeals to reject Trumpism were important and affirmative in nature. They clearly expressed a shared sentiment with her audience. But even more interesting was what the chancellor did not say.
"Nothing ever stays the same"
While she lauded the values-based transatlantic partnership that had benefited both sides for more than 70 years, she did not offer a vow or a prediction that it would be around for another seven decades. The transatlantic defense alliance NATO, for example, routinely assailed by Trump, did not feature in her remarks.
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Equally telling were Merkel's heart-felt statements that solving the big global challenges like climate change, the eradication of hunger and the elimination of diseases was possible. Her "Wir koennen das alles schaffen" (we can do all of that) rhetoric not only echoed Trump's predecessor Barack Obama, but also her own words from four years ago when she expressed her conviction that Germany could cope with the arrival of a large number of refugees. But beyond the affirmation that those big problems could be solved, she did not offer a roadmap of how that could be done.
It is probably too much to expect a commencement address to provide such a blueprint, but it was still noteworthy that despite the globalist theme of Merkel's speech, her only concrete political promise was a national one — to do everything humanly possible to ensure that Germany achieves climate neutrality by 2050.
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Information sessions are available Monday through Friday and provide an opportunity for attendees to speak with admissions counselors virtually to learn more about the admissions process, available programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, financial aid, and more. The School of Business, Arts, and Sciences and the School of Health Sciences will each have targeted information sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 9 and 10, respectively, at 7 p.m.
In addition, there will be special graduate and undergraduate virtual information sessions for the School of Education on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The graduate session begins at 5 p.m., undergraduate at 6:30 p.m. Attendees at the undergraduate session will have the chance to speak with students, faculty, and staff to gain insight to pathways that will lead to a successful career in education. Both undergraduate- and graduate-session participants will have the opportunity to speak in-depth with admissions counselors.
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Q: How can i mock an inherited method of the class i am testing I have code similar to this
class Util{
 public String transform(String str);
 //lots of logic including ajax calls
 return("Modified"+str);
 }
 public caseChange(String str){
 //lots of logic including ajax calls
 return str.toUpperCase()
 }

class TextParser extends Util{
 public String parse(str)
//lots of logic to modify str
 str = caseChange(str);
 //some more logic to modify str
return transform(str);
}

Is there anyway to mock the caseChange and transform methods to return some mocked data and prevent a call to the superclass when i call
String result = new TextParser().parse("hello")

in the unit test class to assert result.
The transform and changeCase are over simplified in my example. In reality they perform ajax calls and there is a ton of other logic. I want to mock them out so that can unit test just this part an then unit test the super methods later

A: In your given example: you simply don't do that. Your methods are only working on your inputs; so it should absolutely not matter where those methods are implemented.
In other words: it seems most appropriate for you to focus on contract checking tests only. Like:
@Test
public testWhatever() {
  assertThat(new TextParser.parse("hello"), is("expected output"));
}

Yes, you can probably mock such things using Mockito/Powermock; but you shouldn't! You see, your production code is directly calling those methods; so you want to test that calling parse gives you expected results (while using all the code that will also run in a production setup!)
Edit: given your comment about that methods being "complicated". Then I suggest: do not use inheritance here. You should not make class B a subclass of A just to have easy access to some methods. In other words: inheritance is about modeling an IS-A relation. So, a TextParser is a Util? Doesn't sound very convincing.
Thus: you better turn to composition here. Your TextParser should use a Util object. And that one can be provided via dependency injection; and your need to mock with inherited methods vanishes completely!

A: You may need to create another subclass like
class TextParserForTest extends TextParser {
      @Override
      public String parse(String str)  {
              super.parse(str);
      }

      @Override
      public String caseChange(String str) {
              return "whatever";
      }
}

edit :  use mockito to this :
import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

import org.junit.Test;

@Test
public void test() {
    TextParser tp = mock(TextParser.class);

    // all the methods that you want to test
    when(tp.parse(any())).thenCallRealMethod();
    when...

    // all the methods that you want to mock
    when(tp.caseChange(any()).thenReturn("whatever");
    when...
}

A: You can use the spy functionality of Mockito. The spy calls real methods unless they are stubbed.
@Test
public void testParse() {
    TextParser textParser = Mockito.spy(new TextParser());
    when(textParser.caseChange(Matchers.anyString())).thenReturn("mocked");
    Assert.assertEquals("Modifiedmocked", textParser.parse("hello"));
}

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Yes, I Bring My Children to Restaurants
Join our discussion of how to raise healthy, happy eaters this week on The Feed
By Carla Lalli Music
I can understand why some restaurants don't want to cater to families with kids, but actually, I can't. Those of us with small children show up way early--like 5:00 pm--when the room is otherwise empty. We eat, and we're out the within an hour. That's just enough time for us to have some wine, or a couple of cocktails and plow through our entire meal. ("Just send the appetizers and entrees all at once, it's no problem!") Executed properly, the family meal is quick--with a fat tip left on the table. This, in my book, is easy money. Yes, there will be 7,000 grains of rice on the floor when we leave, but if a restaurant can turn half the tables before the prime-time diners show up for their reservations, it seems well worth it.
I spoke to Andrew Tarlow, owner of Brooklyn's restaurants Diner, Marlow & Sons, and Roman's, and the father of four little eaters (ages 3 weeks to 11 years), to get some perspective from both sides of the booth. When it comes to his own kids' dining behavior (which is perfect--I've seen them with my own eyes), he and his wife don't allow them to snack at home, they ignore kids' menus (or the restaurants that offer them) and they teach their kids to behave a certain way, because the "people at the next table are paying for dinner, and that dinner pays our mortgage." His take on the spots that treat kids like second-class citizens? "They're obviously not taking service, or the idea of hospitality, seriously," he says.
Music's older son, also at Prime Meats
I took my firstborn out to eat when he was about a week old, and never stopped (he's 8 now). As a toddler, he sat happily nibbling bread in his high chair, never complained, and was so well behaved that servers would literally congratulate us at the end of the meal. He gave us the courage to order appetizers and then entrees. (It's sad what passes as an indulgence when you become a parent.) He was a patient soul. And he liked to eat.
The other guy--he's not yet 3--is more of a hellion. Until very recently, he had no interest in doing things like sitting in chairs or flirting with waitresses, and he kind of ruined eating out. So, unless it was to the neighborhood diner for ham and cheese omelets on Saturday morning, going out wasn't worth it. But now he's starting to figure out that these restaurants are sort of fantastic. What makes it work?
Chopsticks, which are super entertaining even if you are not eating Thai, Chinese, or Japanese. Alternate uses: harpooning food, stirring ice, and trying to pick up bits of bread.
Hunger, meaning do not bring snacks to a restaurant or feed your kid before you leave home. A hungry child will be much more interested in the food when it arrives.
Ice cream: make sure it's available. Yes, it's a reward, but it's also a great introduction to the mutually rewarding server/guest relationship. You tell that guy you want ice cream, and he goes away and gets it for you. When are we doing this again?
--Carla Lalli Music
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100Tech.co Interview with Arzish Azam of JustPrice.pk
An exclusive interview with Arzish Azam CEO and founder of JustPrice.pk from Pakistan.
Q. Tell us about yourself. (Age, Education, background, experience etc)
Ans. I'm a 20-year-old tech entrepreneur Arzish Azam trying to build a sustainable tech startup from Islamabad. Having started my first online retail business from high school at the age of 16, I later graduated from the inaugural chapter of Founder Institute in Islamabad as their Youngest Alumni Worldwide. I paused my formal education and became a full-time entrepreneur which helped me secure incubation in Plan9's 7th Cycle in Lahore and participate as one of the Youngest Entrepreneur Delegate from Pakistan at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 at Stanford. This still didn't quench my thirst for entrepreneurial learning so I'm currently incubated at the National Incubation Center in Islamabad.
Q. Tell us about your startup JustPricePK?
Ans. JustPrice is Pakistan's First Shopping Search Engine that helps the online shoppers in finding the best products, offers and promotions from multiple stores by providing product search and value comparison. Right now we're focusing on value comparison for mobile phones but we want to be the one-stop-shop for online shopping in Pakistan.
Q. What was the reason that pushed you to start JustPricePK?
Ans. Witnessing the rise of e-commerce in Pakistan first hand, we are increasingly unsatisfied with the online shopping experience. As more and more new online shops emerged, it became increasingly difficult to find the products you are looking for as well as the best offers and promotions. We feel lost in the e-commerce jungle. What was missing was the one stop shopping destination that lets you easily find any product online, in an intuitive and visual fashion.
Also read: How to make your startup of worth $100 million
Q. How you define entrepreneurship and an ideal entrepreneur?
Ans. To me entrepreneurship means building a meaningful business that creates value not only for the customers but for all stakeholders involved weather it involves tech or not. There is no ideal entrepreneur, from Elon Musk to David Heinemeier Hansson, the pool of successful entrepreneurs is filled with a diverse set of people. The kind of entrepreneur that I visualize myself to be is the one that creates an impact around himself not only as an businessman but also as a human being.
Q. What inspires you most to become a successful person?
Ans. Success is overrated and not a true measure of one's achievements, I prefer failures because they give you an opportunity to learn and an insight on what went wrong. I'm motivated by this thirst to learn. One of my favorite quotes on success is here:
"Nobody is going to care or remember whether you flipped some startup for $100M in 50 years. Your time in the limelight is short, and, in my opinion, ultimately unrewarding. Trading the best decades of your life to compress work into it so you can live in retired leisure afterwards is a mistaken pursuit. Life isn't meant to be conquered." —David "DHH" Heinemeier Hansson.
Q. Tell us about your hobbies?
Ans. I love watching movies, I'm not sporty at all but I love hiking over the Margalla Hills in Islamabad, I love visiting new places and travel (I might retire to become a travel blogger), I love music although I'm neither a good signer nor a good musician and I like learning about complex subjects like Data Science, Quantum Physics and others.
Q. Are universities playing a positive role in promoting new startups?
Ans. Quite the opposite. Universities could be like playgrounds for startups but their focus on preparing students for jobs rather than entrepreneurship puts us at a great disadvantage. Universities have created this perception that entrepreneurship is an extracurricular activity and you'll be rewarded but at the end you must take a good job. Youth Entrepreneurship is the way forward for Pakistan and we should all play a role to make it easy to start-up.
Q. What are the most difficult things to deal with as a new startup?
Ans. Everything. As a new startup, everything you do will be difficult because you're doing it for the first time but the important thing is to understand and accept the challenges that it presents. Mentors are really helpful in this phase of your entrepreneurial journey, it helps a lot to have someone experienced guiding you on how to cope up with these challenges.
Q. Where you see yourself and your startup in upcoming years?
Ans. I see JustPrice as the largest ecommerce company in Pakistan in the coming years and I see myself running it.
Q. How will you define entrepreneurship environment in Pakistan?
Ans. This is the best time for anyone to start a startup in Pakistan but it won't be for long.
Q. One piece of advice that you would like to give to young entrepreneurs or startups?
Ans. Learn from your mistakes and never give up.
Q. What you would like to say about 100Tech.co?
Ans. I believe Farah is doing a great job by creating a platform to share stories of Pakistani entrepreneurs which would motivate others to follow the same path.
Arzish Azam a very young entrepreneur from Pakistan is doing great job. We wish him good luck for future.
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In Durance
Leading up to the American War of Revolution (the War for Independence), the British and Commonwealth forces treated American combatants in a generally harsh - even inhumane way, largely ignoring the gentlemanly rules of combat with few exceptions.
During this period, especially difficult captured soldiers, militia and other fighters - spies particularly - were imprisoned on a ship that was no longer sea worthy but still afloat. These prison hulks would be beached on a sandbar some distance from shore, the sails, lines, cannons and other gear would be salvaged leaving just the hull as a steaming, stinking shell in the summer and a freezing coffin in winter with mortality rates in the 80th percentile.
These prisons were loathed across the Empire and between the cruel treatment and high death rates, there was little to lose in an escape attempt - death was hardly the worst outcome. One of the most notorious was the HMS Jersey, known as Hell by the inmates. The use of prison hulks was supposed to only be a temporary measure but persisted for 80 years. Many died of exposure, disease and malnutrition - there seemed a better likelihood of survival by trying to escape.
This is going to be a short one - opening scene, one scene to work together toward escape from the prison hulk, using whatever skills and resources are available. Possibly an intermediate scene to resolve conflict and possibly a twist, followed by the closing scene.The nature, strengths, weaknesses and other items are only provided as a sample-I would encourage players to create their own with logical limits.
The players are normal people thrust into an abnormal situation, no power players, no undead, monsters or gods. I expect players to write only for themselves unless there is a discussion between players and agreement made. NPCs may largely be managed by players with some exceptions so revisions may be asked for. Players are welcome to add flavor and color including zero card moves.
The tone will be gritty and dark but should remain generally safe for work.
I can be reached (and response expected shortly) at Talionis@live.com. I am in the U.S., Mountain time. I get that real life happens, so if you're going to be offline for more than a day or so let me know and I'll keep things moving.
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Leadership teams spend hours and hours each school year looking at assessment data. Data will help teachers and administrators target individual students and standards for intervention. However, assessment data is only part of the picture. There is a wide variety of data out there that needs to be analyzed in order to truly transform schools and to change student outcomes. Unfortunately, most leadership teams never move beyond assessment data.
It doesn't matter how great the teachers are, or how engaging the content is. You can spend thousands of dollars on hands-on activities, field trip, and educational technology. None of these things will make a difference if students are not at school. Students with poor attendance need an intervention. Parents meetings must be set up and attendance plans created. Home visits can be very powerful for students who are truant. I was once told that the most important job of a school principal is to put butts in seats. Field of Dreams taught us that if you build it, they will come. Principals should live by the phrase: if you get them there, they will learn.
Most school data systems have a place for discipline tracking. It is important that infractions are tracked in order to provide students with behavioral interventions. However, I have always found it interesting to see where the infractions were coming from. By analyzing this data by teacher, or by grade level, you might be able to see an area of opportunity with classroom management training. Behavioral issues at your school might not be solely a student issue.
By instructional minutes, I don't mean how many minutes of the day students are at school. By instructional minutes, I do mean tracking how many minutes students are actually engaged in learning. When I first became a principal, I conducted classroom observations and kept track of how long students were engaged in active learning. The average engagement time was 11 minutes per 52-minute period. We defined active learning as anytime students were speaking with each other, working on a hands-on project, participating in a discussion, or group work. It was eye opening to see how much time students were sitting in class, passively listening to the teacher, reading silently, or completing an independent worksheet.
We need to look at Special Education as an intervention, not forever program. Some students, depending on their disability, might require Special Education services for their entire academic lives. However, most students should be able to move in-between programs and eventually be exited. This should be the goal of every IEP. This is especially true for students receiving OT, Speech, and PT services. Keep track of the number of students who are entering and exiting these programs.
The goal of all English Language Development Programs is to ensure that students are proficient in English. Students can be reclassified and designated as fluent beginning in second grade. It is this data point that will enable a leadership team to gauge the impact of ELD programs. We should not deem a program successful at a school site if students are not being reclassified. Long-term ELD students should also be a data point to consider. It is troublesome to note that some schools have students on their rosters that have been receiving ELD support for over six years without being reclassified.
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Refreshing to see the concept of moving beyond assessment data!
Excellent article. I often distinguish between lagging indicators, which is data about how you did, and leading indicators, which is data about how you are doing or going to do. I think your point on attendance is dead on. With most kids, not in school means NOT learning. Intervene. BTW, mentors work great here. On your instructional minutes, I like the point but want to dive in on what you categorize as instructional and what you don't. My company makes software for kids and we think most of the time on it, they are actively engaging in synthesizing data, making connections, or at least recalling data so that through repetitive recall, it moves to long term memory and gets retained. I trust you would recognize the educational value of it.
Teacher attendance is also a valuable piece of data. The students will learn if the teacher comes to work.
I appreciate the short list of data points – especially bringing out the instructional minutes and ELD. So crucial. If you added a 6th what would it be? Culture data? Community engagement? Curriculum gaps? – Thanks for a great read.
We (Katie White, Latoya Dixon, and Coryn Prince) explored a few alternate data points here (https://mafost.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/future-of-assessment-ask-the-experts/), but we focused on academic assessment – not a holistic approach – which probably paints a larger picture of school performance. Do you use any software for data dashboards?


고성군 동해면의 성산을 배경으로 해안을 바라보는 낮은 언덕과 평지에 모여있는 가야 무덤들이다.
이곳에는 100여 기의 무덤이 있었다고 전해지나 현재 60여 기만 남아있다. 봉토의 지름이 10m 안팎인 것이 40여 기이며, 15m 이상의 것도 20기정도 있다.
내부시설은 구덩이식돌널무덤(수혈식석곽묘)으로 가야지역의 일반적 형식을 따르고 있다. 경질토기와 철기류가 출토되었고 부근에서 회청색 경질토기편이 채집되어 대략 6세기경 유적지로 추측된다.『삼국사기』에 보이는 고자국(古自國)과 소가야의 관문을 지키는 역할을 한 세력이 있었던 곳으로 보고 있다.
Located in Seongsan Mountain, Naesan-myeon, Goseong-gun, these tombs were built in the Gaya Period. About one hundred tombs were known to have remained there. However, only about sixty remained. The diameter of forty mounds was 10 meters, whereas that of twenty exceeded 15 meters. Inside, it followed a typical style of the Gaya area, i.e., the subterranean stone-lined pit tomb. They were known to have been made in the 6th century considering the hard vessel and ironware excavated here. Bluish gray earthenware with hard surfaces was unearthed in this area as well. It was considered the barrier to protect Gojaguk and Lesser Gaya as written in Samguk sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms).


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Hydrostratigraphic interpretation of test-hole and surface geophysical data, Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, Nebraska, 2008 to 2011
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The Elkhorn-Loup Model (ELM) was begun in 2006 to understand the effect of various groundwater-management scenarios on surface-water resources. During phase one of the ELM study, a lack of subsurface geological information was identified as a data gap. Test holes drilled to the base of the aquifer in the ELM study area are spaced as much as 25 miles apart, especially in areas of the western Sand Hills. Given the variable character of the hydrostratigraphic units that compose the High Plains aquifer system, substantial variation in aquifer thickness and characteristics can exist between test holes. To improve the hydrogeologic understanding of the ELM study area, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, multiple Natural Resources Districts participating in the ELM study, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Conservation and Survey Division, described the subsurface lithology at six test holes drilled in 2010 and concurrently collected borehole geophysical data to identify the base of the High Plains aquifer system. A total of 124 time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) soundings of resistivity were collected at and between selected test-hole locations during 2008-11 as a quick, non-invasive means of identifying the base of the High Plains aquifer system. Test-hole drilling and geophysical logging indicated the base-of-aquifer elevation was less variable in the central ELM area than in previously reported results from the western part of the ELM study area, where deeper paleochannels were eroded into the Brule Formation. In total, more than 435 test holes were examined and compared with the modeled-TDEM soundings. Even where present, individual stratigraphic units could not always be identified in modeled-TDEM sounding results if sufficient resistivity contrast was not evident; however, in general, the base of aquifer [top of the aquifer confining unit (ACU)] is one of the best-resolved results from the TDEM-based models, and estimates of the base-of-aquifer elevation are in good accordance with those from existing test-hole data. Differences between ACU elevations based on modeled-TDEM and test-hole data ranged from 2 to 113 feet (0.6 to 34 meters). The modeled resistivity results reflect the eastward thinning of Miocene-age and older stratigraphic units, and generally allowed confident identification of the accompanying change in the stratigraphic unit forming the ACU. The differences in elevation of the top of the Ogallala, estimated on the basis of the modeled-TDEM resistivity, and the test-hole data ranged from 11 to 251 feet (3.4 to 77 meters), with two-thirds of model results being within 60 feet of the test-hole contact elevation. The modeled-TDEM soundings also provided information regarding the distribution of Plio-Pleistocene gravel deposits, which had an average thickness of 100 feet (30 meters) in the study area; however, in many cases the contact between the Plio-Pleistocene deposits and the overlying Quaternary deposits cannot be reliably distinguished using TDEM soundings alone because of insufficient thickness or resistivity contrast.
Nebraska Water Science Center
Report: x, 95 p.; Supplemental Data
Elkhorn And Loup River Basins
North American Datum of 1983
Lambert Conformal Conic projection


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El Torneo Primera B Nacional 1996/1997 fue la undécima temporada disputada de la Primera B Nacional. Fue disputado entre el 24 de agosto de 1996 y el 19 de julio de 1997 por 32 equipos.

El formato fue totalmente diferente a la edición anterior de este torneo, ya que se incorporaron clubes hasta llegar a 32 equipos, la mitad directamente afiliados y la otra, indirectamente afiliados a AFA, divididos en cuatro zonas de ocho equipos en la primera etapa.

Para este torneo se incorporaron a la categoría Argentinos Juniors y Belgrano de Córdoba, descendidos de la Primera División; Deportivo Italiano, campeón de la Primera B Metropolitana, Juventud Antoniana de Salta, campeón del Torneo Argentino A y Estudiantes (BA), ganador del Torneo Reducido de la Primera B Metropolitana.

Con el fin de completar la cantidad de equipos necesaria para la disputa del certamen se sumaron Almagro, Sarmiento de Junín y Temperley, que ascendieron por medio del Torneo Reclasificatorio de la Primera B Metropolitana y Aldosivi, Chaco For Ever, Cipolletti, Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) y Olimpo, por un Reclasificatorio del Torneo Argentino A.

El campeón fue Argentinos Juniors al conquistar el primer puesto de la "Zona Campeonato" y ascendió directamente. Gimnasia y Tiro (Salta) obtuvo el segundo ascenso por medio del "Torneo Reducido".

Ascensos y descensos

 De esta manera, el número de participantes aumentó a 32 equipos.

Equipos participantes

Distribución geográfica de los equipos

Formato

Competición
Los 32 equipos de la categoría fueron divididos en 4 zonas de 8 equipos, dos conformadas por equipos indirectamente afiliados y otras dos por directamente afiliados a la AFA. Los equipos que finalizaban en los tres primeros lugares de cada zona, así como los dos mejores cuartos, ganadores de un partido desempate contra el equipo que había finalizado en dicha posición del otro grupo de su misma afiliación, clasificaban a la Zona Campeonato, mientras que los demás equipos disputaron la Zona Permanencia, también divididas según la afiliación de los equipos.

Ascensos
El ganador de la Zona Campeonato se consagró campeón y ascendió a la Primera División. Por su parte, los equipos ubicados entre el segundo y el quinto puesto de dicha zona, así como los dos primeros de la Zona Permanencia disputaron un Torneo reducido por eliminación directa. El ganador ascendió junto con el campeón.

Descensos
Fueron definidos mediante una tabla de promedios determinados por el cociente entre los puntos obtenidos y los partidos jugados en las tres últimas temporadas de los equipos que participaron de la Zona Permanencia. Había dos tablas, una por cada afiliación. Los equipos que ocuparon los dos últimos puestos de cada una de las tablas descendieron a la tercera categoría, totalizando 4 descensos.

Clasificación Zona A (Interior) y Zona B (Metropolitana)
La primera etapa del torneo fue dividido en cuatro zonas, dos de clubes indirectamente afiliados a AFA (Zona Interior A1 y A2) y, otras dos de equipos directamente afiliados (Zona Metropolitana B1 y B2), jugando dentro del mismo grupo todos contra todos, a partidos ida y vuelta, sumando dos encuentros interzonales (generalmente clásicos). Clasificaron los tres primeros equipos de cada grupo a la Zona Campeonato. Los clubes que ocuparon el cuarto puesto disputaron entre sí un partido para clasificarse a la Zona Campeonato.

Zona A1

Zona A2

Zona B1

Zona B2

Desempates

Zona Campeonato
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Zona Permanencia

Interior

Metropolitana

Segundo ascenso
El "Torneo Reducido" lo integraron los equipos del segundo al quinto puesto inclusive de la Zona Campeonato (Talleres, Godoy Cruz, Gimnasia y Tiro y Belgrano) y los clubes que ocuparon el primero y segundo puesto de Zona Permanencia del Interior (Chaco For Ever y Cipolletti) y Metropolitana (Nueva Chicago y Deportivo Italiano), disputando partidos de ida y vuelta a eliminación directa.

El ganador fue Gimnasia y Tiro, que venció por penales en la final a Talleres (Córdoba), y ascendió.
El equipo situado arriba es local en el partido de ida.

Tabla de descenso
Fueron contabilizadas la presente temporada y las dos anteriores con la particularidad de que, si bien a partir del campeonato previo los partidos ganados comenzaron a valer tres puntos, en esta tabla se continuaron contabilizando como dos para equiparar con el torneo 1994-95.

Interior

Metropolitana

Descensos
Hubo cuatro descensos, divididos en dos de los equipos directamente afiliados a la AFA (Metropolitana) y otros dos indirectamente afiliados (Interior). Así, descendieron por peor promedio en las últimas tres temporadas en la zona Metropolitana Sarmiento de Junín y Temperley y en la zona del Interior Gimnasia y Esgrima de Concepción del Uruguay y Juventud Antoniana.

Temporadas disputadas

Referencias

Enlaces externos
RSSSF

Fútbol en 1996
Fútbol en 1997
Fútbol en Argentina en 1996
Fútbol en Argentina en 1997
Torneo 1996/97
Torneos regulares de fútbol en la era profesional de la Segunda División de Argentina

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