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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has blocked network-sharing plans (involving shared sites and spectrum) proposed by Telstra and TPG, stating that it believes such an agreement would, in time, impact infrastructure-based competition in the Australian market. Telstra immediately announced plans to appeal against the decision. "This decision is a massive missed opportunity for the people, businesses and communities of regional Australia," stated Telstra CEO Vicki Brady. "This innovative agreement will deliver real competition-driven benefits for regional Australia, something recognised by the ACCC in its determination. It also delivers better use of the government's spectrum assets by unlocking unused spectrum that TPG holds in regional Australia but isn't using," she added in an announcement shared with the Australian Securities Exchange.
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O centro geográfico de uma área da superfície terrestre, seja um continente, país, região, ilha, estado, província, é um conceito de difícil definição, sendo um ponto geográfico de difícil determinação exata. Assim, muitos locais reivindicam essa qualificação nos diversos continentes, países, províncias, estados, etc.

Determinação
Pode-se, de forma resumida, definir como centro geográfico como o centro geométrico ou centroide da figura (mapa) do local (continente, país, região, estado, província, cidade, etc). O mapa em questão deve estar na projeção cartográfica adequada para a localização, latitude, do país, região, etc.
 num país de formato não muito irregular esse local seria o centro geodésico da figura do mapa, um ponto para o qual a maioria das linhas retas que passem por tal ponto atinjam as fronteiras em dois pontos equidistantes desse centro, ou ainda o ponto do país cuja menor distância às fronteiras ou litoral fosse a maior possível.
 Ou, sobre um mapa do país divide-se toda a superfície do mesmo em pequenos triângulos (ou quadrados) de dimensões idênticas. A quantidade dos triângulos depende da superfície do país, das características de maior ou menor regularidade do contorno da área, da precisão desejada. Conhecidos métodos geométricos e matemáticos vão definir um ponto (centro geográfico) cujo somatório das distâncias (vetores) aos centros de todos os triângulos é o menor. Por exemplo, na determinação do Centro geográfico do México foram usados mais de  vetores.
 para qualquer área, de forma regular ou irregular, esse ponto seria como um "Centro de gravidade" de uma hipotética figura de pouca espessura que representasse o mapa do país. Assim, um método leigo, empírico e aproximado de determiná-lo é a confecção de um mapa de contorno de uma área, de um país, cortado de uma placa bem plana e lisa, pouca e invariável espessura, feito em material rígido, homogêneo. Suspendendo a placa por pelo menos dois pontos chega-se ao centro de gravidade da mesma, o qual é, como boa aproximação, o centro geográfico daquela área, país, estado, etc. Para países muito extensos (Rússia, Estados Unidos, Canadá, China, Brasil, etc) pode haver algumas distorções, uma vez que, a rigor, o centro de gravidade deveria estar fora do plano do "mapa".

Geógrafos, cartógrafos, com apoio de topógrafos e outros especialistas fazem esses estudos, os quais são, mesmo assim, objeto de interpretações diversas, de contestações. Variam os critérios do que deve ou não ser considerado em cada país ou continente - os limites, as ilhas, territórios de ultramar, etc.

A determinação é, por vezes, marcada por decisão política, uma vez que não há uma norma internacional que defina isso. Muitos dos centros geográfico dos continentes, países e de algumas das subdivisões são marcados por Monumentos específicos para esse fim.

As coordenadas das nações informadas no CIA World Factbook nem sempre são aquelas obtidas através de cálculos detalhados, nem a CIA informa o critério utilizado.

Europa
Há vários locais da Europa que reivindicam essa dita honra. Os cálculos variam em função da consideração ou não de certas ilhas, dos limites considerados no leste

São, entre outros:
 Bemotai ou Purnuškės nas proximidades de Vilnius, na Lituânia - 54°40'N   25°19'L
 ponto na ilha de Saaremaa na Estônia - 54°25'N  22°30'L
 Krahule, próxima a Kremnica na Eslováquia - 48°44'N  18°56'L
 pequena cidade de Rakhiv no oeste da Ucrânia - 48°03'N    24°12'L
 Suchowola (53°34'N  23°06'L), ao norte de Białystok, nordeste da Polônia; também na Polônia, no norte central, em Toruń (53°1'N  18°37'L).
 Polotsk na Bielorrússia - 55°29'N   28°48'L;

Ver Centro da Europa;

França
Diferentes critérios, cálculos e mesmo reivindicações definem mais de um ponto com essa particularidade:
 Bruère-Allichamps, cálculo mais antigo, não considera a Córsega
 Vesdun, considera todas as ilhas costeiras - 46° 32' N   2° 26' L
 Sarzay - 46°36'13"N 1°53'17"E - é o centro do menor círculo que contém toda a França, o qual passa a noroeste por Trémazan , a nordeste pela floresta de Lauterbourg, no sudeste por Menton
 outros, como Chazemais, Farges-Allichamps, Huriel, Nassigny, Saulzais-le-Potier ; alguns dos quais consideram o peso relativo de montanhas e maciços.

Itália
O centro geográfico da Itália está em Narni (Ponte de Cardona), Úmbria, não distante de Roma (42º30'26,58" N - 12º32'16,86" O).

Também reivindicam essa posição Rieti (Lácio) e Monteluco (Úmbria).

Noruega
São vários os pontos que reivindicam ou são considerados como o centro geográfico da país, em função de diversos critérios:
 sem considerar Svalbard nem Jan Mayen - Ogndasfjella-Steinkjer, no condado de Nord-Trøndelag -  63°59′26″N   12°18'28″ L
 no mesmo condado, Grong
 Igreja de Grane
 Igreja de Alstahaug
 Mosjoen, em Vefsn
 Trondheim
 Vilhelmina (comuna) - na Suécia (fora do país).

Portugal
Existe controvérsia entre autores quanto ao centro geográfico ou geodésico de Portugal Continental. Não consideram para efeitos de cálculo as posições geográficas e arquipelágicas das Regiões Autónomas no Atlântico Norte.

Uma das duas possibilidades é localizada entre as aldeias de Amêndoa e Arganil, pertencentes ao Concelho de Mação. Coordenadas:

A posição geográfica mais consensual quanto ao Centro Geodésico de Portugal Continental está localizado no concelho de Vila de Rei, na Serra da Melriça, coordenadas:

É importante referir que Centro Geográfico (ou Geométrico) e Centro Geodésico são conceitos diferentes.

Os dois pontos indicados acima, são respectivamente o Centro Geográfico e o Centro Geodésico de Portugal, daí a confusão e consequente polémica.

Reino Unido
Há centros geográficos calculados para: Grã-Bretanha com e sem as ilhas, da Inglaterra, Escócia, Irlanda do Norte, País de Gales, Centro de Retângulo que contem Inglaterra e Gales, ponto mais distante do mar, etc. Pode ser considerada ainda Haltwhistle em Northumberland como o centro da Ilha (Grã-Bretanha) . 53° 52" N  2° 39' O

Outros da Europa
Há informações, aqui apresentadas com as coordenadas, de pontos considerados como Centro Geográfico dos diversos países europeus. Os critérios são diversos, alguns obtidos por cálculos detalhados, outros considerados por meios mais simples, outros até por critérios políticos. Todos, porém, aparentemente estão num ponto bem central do território de cada país.

 Albânia - Elbasan - 41°06'N    20°04'L
 Alemanha - na Turíngia, a cerca de 10 km a nordeste de Eisenach - 50º58"28,5" N - 10º19'28,4" O).
 Andorra - no oeste da paróquia de Encamp - 42°33'N  1°34'L
 Armênia - Goris – 39°30'N   46°30'L
 Áustria - Bad Aussee, Salzkammergut - 47°36′ N  13°47′ L
 Azerbaijão - entre Läki e Kürdamir - 40°48'N  46°30'L
 Bélgica - Centro Velho de Ittre (Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin), em Walhain, Brabante - 50°38′28″N  04°40′5″L
 Bielorrússia - Dudutki (a oeste de Minsk - 53°54'N   27°34"L)
 Bósnia e Herzegovina - entre Travnik e Zenica 44°14'N   17°40'L
 Bulgária - Gabrovo (no Rio Yantra), ao norte da montanha Shipka - Bálcãs (cordilheira) ou Uzama ou Kazanluk - 42°52'N   25°20'L
 Chipre - Dali, próximo a Nicósia - 35°10'N   33°21'L
 Croácia - a rigor seria na Bósnia - aprox. 45°N 17°L - considera-se, porém, Zagreb ou, no litoral, Biograd na Moru.
 Dinamarca - Odder (na Jutlândia, pouco ao sul de Aarhus) - 55°58'N   10°10'L
 Eslováquia - Lubietovsky Vepor - 48°44'N  19°09'L
 Eslovênia - nas proximidades de Spodnja Slkivna e Vace Situla - 46°07'16"N   14°48'51"L
 Espanha - calculado foi o centro geodésico da Península ibérica fica, em Getafe (Cerro de los Angeles), próxima a Madrid (40º18' N - 3º43' O)
 Estônia - paróquia de Suure-Jaani - 58°32"N   25°28'L
 Finlândia - Kajaani, em Kainu - 64°13'N    27°44'O
 Geórgia -a oeste de Gori, no Rio Kura - 41°58'N   43° 50'L
 Grécia (inclui as ilhas a leste) - Delfos - 38°29'N 22°30'L; a pedra Onfalos localizada no templo histórico , já foi considerado como o "umbigo do mundo" pelos antigos.
 Hungria - Pusztavacs, ao sul de Pest 47°02'N   19°48'L
 Irlanda - no Condado de Roscommon - 3 km ao sul de Athlone - 53°26'N   07°57'O
 Islândia - pouco a nordeste do Glaciar de Hofsjökull - 64°49'N  18°49'O
 Kosovo - Drenica (sudeste de Pristina) - 42°30'N 20°50'L
 Letônia - Keipene -- 56°52'N  25°10'L
 Liechtenstein - Gaflei (a leste de Vaduz)  46°20'N    9°33'L
 Lituânia - 6,7 km a nordeste de Kėdainiai 5°17'N  23°58'L
 Luxemburgo - Ettelbrück - 49°36'N   6°7'L
 Macedônia do Norte - Veles - 41°43'12"N    21°47'36" L
 Malta - Liya 35°54'N   14°24' L
 Moldávia - 15 km a norte de Chisinau, entre Straseni e Crivoca - 47°08'N   28°37'L
 Montenegro - entre Nikšić e Kolašin - 42°30'N  19°6'L
 Países Baixos - Amersfort - Utrecht - 52°15'N  5°39'L
 Polônia - Piatek - 30 km norte de Lodz - 54°06'N  19°29'L
 República Checa - Číhošť na Boêmia - 49°44'25"N  15°20' 15" L
 Romênia - Dealu Frumos - Schönberg na Transilvânia - 45°59'N     24°41'L
 Rússia Europeia - no leste do Óblast de Níjni Novgorod - 57°31'N  44°24'L
 San Marino - a nordeste de Monte Titano - 43°45'N   12°27'L
 Sérvia - Arandjelovac - 44°18'N    20°34'L
 Suécia - Flataklocken, Änge - 62°23'15"N  16°19'32"L
 Suíça - Sarnen - 46°53'N     8°14'L
 Turquia - fica na Ásia - Kırşehir (província) a leste de Ancara - 39°9'N   34°10'L
 Ucrânia - no centro do triângulo formado pelos óblasts de Tcherkássi, Kirovogrado e por Oleksandriïa - 49°26'N   32°4'L

Ásia
Mais de um local reivindica a posição de centro geográfico da Ásia, o qual se encontra na chamada Ásia Central. As diferenças se referem a critérios considerados, tais como a fronteira com a Europa e quais da muitas ilhas que cercam em especial o sudeste do continente são consideradas.
 Kizyl em Tuva, Rússia - 51°43'11"N 94°26'18" L
 Ürümqi em Xinjiang República Popular da China - 43°48' N 87°35' L

China
O centro geográfico da China fica na província de Gansu 35°50'41"N 103°27'08.

Fica na China o ponto do mundo que está mais afastado do mar (não sendo considerado o Mar Cáspio, por ser interior). Está no Deserto de Dzoosoton Elisen, província de Xinjiang, extremo norte do noroeste do país, próximo a curta Fronteira China-Rússia entre Cazaquistão e Mongólia. Suas coordenadas são  e está a 2.648 km do Mar da Arábia.

Índia
Na Índia há mais de um ponto considerado como centro geográfico: Jabalpur em Madhya Pradesh - 23°10'34"' N 79°56'18" L; Nagpur em Maharashtra - 21°07' N 79°27' L (mais consensual).

Japão
Considerando só Honshu (ilha maior do sul) - Nagoya 35° 11' N     136° 54' L

Considerando todo Japão (c/ Hokkaido e demais ilhas) - Ueda (prox) 36° 24' N   138° 15' L

Filipinas
O centro geográfico filipino fica na província (ilha) de Romblon - 13°00'N 122°00'L

Rússia
O centro geográfico da Rússia fica na extensa Rússia Asiática, no Lago Vivi na Evenkia - 66°25' N 94°25' L, local desabitado. Considerando somente a Rússia Asiática, o centro geográfico fica no nordeste do Krai de Krasnoyarsk - 68°40'N  109°46'L

O Centro Geográfico da antiga União Soviética, que incluía a atual Federação russa e mais 14 países, ficava mais ao sul e mais a oeste, sendo três os supostos "centros":Novosibirsk 56°01'N  82°56'L, Tomsk 56°30'N  84°58'L, Krasnoyarsk 56°01'N  93°04'L.

África
Não há um estudo disponível sobre esse centro geográfico do continente africano, há, porém, estimativas acerca das coordenadas desse centro geodésico.

Calculado por meio das Latitudes e Longitudes do centro de cada país, devidamente ponderadas pelas áreas desses países, o centro da África estaria no extremo nordeste da Nigéria, próximo ao Lago Chade nas coordenadas 11°N 14ºL.

Oceania
Em função dos múltiplos arquipélagos e ilhas que formam a Oceania, o centro geográfico definido mais conhecido é aquele da Austrália apenas, a qual, porém, corresponde a mais de 90% da superfície total da Oceania. Fica no - o qual fica no Território do Norte, é o "Lambert Gravitational Center" - 25° 36.607 S - 134° 21.288 E; A cidade da Austrália que fica mais distante do mar é Eromanga (Queensland) (26º40'S  - 146º16'E)

América

América do Norte
O Centro Geográfico da América do Norte (do sul do México ao Alasca) é definido como sendo em Rugby (Dakota do Norte)). Coordenadas 48°21'19"N 99°59'57"O; ou 9,5 km a leste de Balta, Condado de Pierce, também no Dakota do Norte Coordenadas 48°10' N 100°10' O.

Canadá
Diferentes cálculos levaram a dois centros geográficos canadenses, ambos em Nunavut: nas proximidades do Lago Baker - 61°06'29" N 94°03'25" O; ou em Arviat - 64°19'05" N 96°01'03" O. O país tem muitas ilhas, um litoral extremamente recortado, o que dificulta a definição exata de um centro geográfico.

Estados Unidos
São considerados, dentre outros, três centros geográficos para os Estados Unidos da América , sendo os três primeiros marcados por monumentos.
 dos 50 estados (inclui Alasca e Hawai) - a oeste de Castle Rock, Dakota do Sul, no Condado de Butte
 dos 48 estados contíguos -próximo a Lebanon, Kansas, no Condado de Smith
Nota - O centro dos 49 estados continentais (sem o Hawai) fica muito próximo a esse.
 Centro populacional dos Estados Unidos - Condado de Phelps, Missouri - 37,696987°N   91.809567°O - desde quando é determinado (1790) até atual (2000) esse ponto veio se deslocando para sudoeste (era 39°16'30"N    76°11'12" O em 1790)

México
No México o centro geográfico mais aceito é aquele no município de 'Francisco R. Murguía' em Nieves, Zacatecas - 23°55'11" N    102°09'45" O.

América do Sul
O centro geográfico do continente sul-americano fica no município de Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brasil - .

Outros cálculos consideram que o Centro Geodésico da América do Sul fica em Cuiabá, capital do mesmo estado. -

Brasil
O marco histórico, mas não científico, do centro geográfico brasileiro fica na ala norte da Praça dos Girassóis, maior praça pública do país, no município de Palmas, capital do estado do Tocantins - , onde fica o Monumento à Geodésia.

Porém, em 1958 foi realizada uma expedição com os irmãos Villas Boas para a demarcação do Centro Geográfico Brasileiro na posição . Cinquenta anos após foi realizada a Expedição Sergio Vahia, para o mesmo local, onde foi substituído o marco de madeira por um de metal. Este ponto fica localizado dentro da terra indígena Capoto-Jarina, no município de Peixoto de Azevedo (MT), em uma área bastante próxima do local onde aconteceu a queda do Voo Gol 1907, em 2006.

São Paulo
O centro geográfico ou centro geométrico paulista fica no município de Dourado, centro de São Paulo, com a seguinte latitude e longitude

Argentina
O centro geográfico da Argentina fica em San Roque (Córdoba) - .

Antártica
O centro geográfico da Antártica estaria supostamente a cerca de 878 km a nordeste do Polo sul - 82º06'S 54º58'L - no centro geodésico do continente, ponto mais distante do mar, o denominado Polyus Nedostupnosti.

Uma expedição Americano-Norueguesa do início de 2008 descobriu nesse ponto um monumento, um busto, do líder soviético Lenin, a qual é visível a muitos quilômetros e tem a face voltada para Moscou. Fora ali colocada pela 3ª expedição soviética da Antártica em 1958.

Eurafrásia
O Centro Geográfico da Eurafrásia (Europa + Ásia +África), calculado a partir dos centros geográficos dos três continentes (Vilnius; intermediário entre Kizyl e Urumqi; nordeste da Nigéria), devidamente ponderados com as superfícies dos mesmos, ficaria nas coordenadas 35°12'N - 54°51'L, norte do "Dash-e Kavir" (grande deserto salgado) no nordeste do Irã;

Considerando somente a Eurásia (Europa + Ásia), o centro geográfico teria as coordenadas 48°26"N - 77°9'L, na região Cazaquistão Oriental, Cazaquistão.

Planeta Terra
O centro geográfico de todas as terras emersas, da superfície do planeta Terra, do conjunto de suas sete grandes massas continentais e de todas ilhas, teve sua definição feita por Charles Piazzi Smyth em "Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid" (1880). Uma definição imprecisa, marcada por um certo misticismo, pois define esse ponto como sendo nas Pirâmides de Gizé (29º58'45" N - 31º08'01" E).

Em seus estudos, Percy Smith havia definido o Meridiano 30 E e o Paralelo 30 N como as coordenadas do centro das terra, inclusive com argumentos de que essas são as linhas que passam por mais terras. O paralelo 30º N é realmente uma boa aproximação para um círculo passando por mais terras em termos absolutos. Porém, sendo a terra uma esfera, o círculo meridiano (360º) que passa por mais terras fica nas proximidades das longitudes opostas 109º + Leste e 71º Oeste. Não o meridiano 30º , citado por "Smith", que tem um antimeridiano (150º O) quase todo marítimo, sem passar por terras.

Com o formato (quase totalmente) esférico da terra, o centro geográfico das superfícies emersas não poderia ser definido com base de uma projeção cartográfica cilíndrica cujas bordas ficam nas cercanias do Meridiano 180ºE/O. Esse ponto sequer ficaria na superfície do planeta, mas num ponto dentro da esfera.

A projeção desse ponto interno, via raio terrestre, sobre a superfície do planeta, a esfera, definiria o que pode ser chamado centro geométrico da superfície emersa da terra. Seria um ponto da superfície que fosse como um polo de um hemisfério que concentrasse mais terras, oposto a um hemisfério quase totalmente oceânico.

Esse seria o polo do chamado Hemisfério continental, situado na Bretanha, noroeste da França.

Capitais centrais
Há capitais de países que se situam bastante próximas ao centro geográfico dos mesmos, sendo inclusive reconhecidas como tal de forma folclórica, por tradição. Aqui são listados esses países.

Aqueles com capitais mais centralizadas são: Belize, Bielorrússia, Colômbia,  Costa Rica, Espanha, Namíbia, Ruanda. Podem também ser considerados como nações cujas capitais ficam bem próximas aos centros geográficos, como as seguintes: Arábia Saudita, Bangladesh, Bélgica, Burkina Faso, Chile, Eritreia, Itália (se incluídas Sicília e Sardenha), Letônia, Madagascar, Moldávia, Nigéria, Tanzânia. Isso vale também para países insulares, e arquipélagos como Japão, Maldivas, Nova Zelândia e São Cristóvão e Nevis.

Centro fora do território
Há países que, por seu formato muito irregular (tipo "ferradura", por exemplo) ou por ser um arquipélago, podem, em função de critérios de determinação, ter o Centro Geográfico fora do país, em um país vizinho, ou no oceano (ainda que nas áreas territoriais do país). Nesses casos, muitas vezes, é escolhido um ponto próximo, "seco" e "nacional", que tenha uma relativa importância histórica, política, sócio-econômica, para receber o título de Centro Geográfico. Isso pode acontecer mesmo em países com centro geográfico dentro do país e de fácil definição, porém próximo a ponto mais significativo por outras razões.
 O caso mais "clássico" é o da Croácia, cujo território como que abraça a Bósnia e Herzegovina, onde fica em realidade o "centro geográfico", no seu conceito clássico, croata.
 O centro geográfico de Fiji fica no Oceano Pacífico entre as duas maiores ilhas que formam o país.
 A Malásia tem seu centro geográfico no Mar da China., entre as duas maiores porções do país (extremo sul da Indochina e norte do Bornéu)
 Diferentes critérios e cálculos podem ou não levar outros países a terem seus centros geográficos fora do seu território "seco":
 Grécia - centro geográfico no Mar Egeu, em função das muitas ilhas a leste e sul da área continental.
 Países em "ferradura" ou com cabo de frigideira, com possível C.G. em outro país: Laos (C.G. na Tailândia), Noruega (C.G. na Suécia), Vietnã (C.G. no Laos).
 Países em "ferradura" com possível C.G. no mar: Cuba, Haiti.
 Arquipélagos com possível C.G. no mar: Indonésia, Micronésia,Palau, Samoa, São Cristóvão e Nevis, São Cristóvão e Nevis, São Vicente e Granadinas;  Japão (embora Nagoya seja considerada), Nova Zelândia (embora Nelson, no norte da Ilha do Sul, seja considerada),

Termos geográficos

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Buchema hadromeres is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was formerly included within the family Turridae.

Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica, Colombia and Suriname.

References

External links
  Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

hadromeres
Gastropods described in 1927


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I wrote yesterday about ten Americans who died in 2019 who shaped U.S. foreign policy during their lifetimes. But Americans are not the only ones who influence world affairs. Below are ten world figu…
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Learn basic woodworking skills while creating a functional and beautiful candle holder. This class offers a general overview of wood crafting while we share some fun and make tea light candle holders.
During this hands-on workshop, we will walk you through a project using reclaimed wood. We will plan the projects, select the wood and then cut, sand, drill, paint, stain, and finish reclaimed wooden planks to create tea light candle holders.
Everyone will create their choice of individual blocks or a single long board made to hold 5 candles. These make great centerpieces on a dining table or sitting atop a mantle.
Aprons will be provided, but please wear clothes that you don't mind getting a little bit dirty. Stain, paint, and finishing oils will stain your clothing!
Clare and Wayne, co-founders of Mutual Adoration and POST, are native Detroiters (West side meets East side) and they love sharing their work and their city with the world. Mutual Adoration goods can be found in fine shops and contemporary craft galleries all over the country. Mutual Adoration is a combined effort to meld their individual passions and talents for design, craft, and history. In early 2017, they moved their design and production operations to POST and opened the retail shop later that year. Clare and Wayne have curated the studios, shop, and educational programming in an effort to promote contemporary craft and provide a space for learning, creating, and connecting.
Celena Bezak is Mutual Adoration's production manager. She has been with the company for three years and specializes in product design and woodworking. Celena's creative background also includes textiles, ceramics, and food/drink.


The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union [NEHAWU] calls for an immediate end to the illegal blockade by the United State of America [USA] on Cuba. The blockade has been in place since 19th October 1960 almost two years after the Cuban Revolution that led to the deposition of the Fulgencio Batista dictatorial regime. The blockade is an illegal commercial, economic, and financial embargo that has been in existence for the past 59 years.
Furthermore, we also note the relentless regime change efforts by the US in Cuba. The USA is unrelenting in its attack on the progressive Latin American forces and we note the brazen attempts to destabilise Cuba. Moreover, the US has been persistent in their plans to overthrow socialism and to restore capitalism in the island. As NEHAWU, we will continue with our international support of Cuba as we remain inspired by the commitment of the Cuban people to the ideals of socialism.
On the 31st October 2018 the Cuban government will denounce the tightening of the policies that buttresses the blockade and will once again present to the UN General Assembly the draft resolution entitled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba". NEHAWU calls on the UN to play a proactive role in ending this illegal economic embargo because since 1992 the UN General Assembly has passed a resolution every year condemning the ongoing impact of the blockade and declaring it in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law.
We call on all progressive forces across the world to join our call and offer necessary support to the Cubans who are punished for protecting their sovereignty and pursuance of their socialist ideals.


Papers were solicited in the areas listed below for the 2015 IAA Planetary Defense Conference, sponsored by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). The 2015 PDC will include a hypothetical impact event to be both a part of the conference (similar to what was done at the 2013 conference) and where appropriate to be used as a reference for papers and presentations.
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ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL: Technical paper abstracts (250 to 500 words in length) in the areas described above or related to planetary defense will be accepted electronically through the conference website.


While the word "plyometrics" may sound complicated, its roots derive from a simple concept: jumping. Of course, plyometric exercises involve a bit more than bouncing. Rather, it's a strength-training technique that maximizes the benefits of jumping and other dynamic motions in order to build power, balance, and agility.
Here's a closer look at plyometrics, along with how you can start putting the benefits of this popular workout component to work toward your own fitness training goals.
Basically, this occurs in two phases: the lengthening phase, during which muscles are "loaded", followed by the stretch-shortening phase, the explosive movement in which muscles contract. Having trouble visualizing it? Think of it like stretching and snapping a rubber band, except, in the case of your muscles, they get a stretch every time you do it. Then, the next time you do the same move, you have that much more power behind it.
Plyometrics has many health benefits, and is an efficient way to take your workout to the next level. If you're an athlete involved in high-impact sports, it can also help you improve your performance.
However, due to the high-impact and intense nature of plyometrics, jumping right into them (see what we just did there?) is ill-advised. As family medicine physician Dr. Melinda Ratini told WebMD, "When you're getting started, work with an experienced trainer who can show you how to safely jump and land." That advice is easy to follow. To begin reaping the benefits of plyometrics, sign up for a personal trainer session at Brick Bodies.
Once you're ready to add plyometric exercises into your fitness routine, keep in mind that they should not be done every day because your muscles need time to recover. Workouts can either be based entirely around plyo, or plyo can be integrated into your usual routine.
While working with a personal trainer or during a fitness class, you are likely to encounter several other common plyometric movements , such as split jumps (a series of body movements in which a split is executed while still in the air); box jumps (jumping onto and dismounting from a raised stable surface, such as a box); and lateral jumps (squatting down, then jumping to the side.) And don't forget about burpees!
Additionally, some plyometrics exercises may also use equipment, including everything from medicine balls to agility ladders.
While plyo movements may sound complicated on paper, a personal trainer can help you learn the best form to both maximize their impact and minimize the risk of injury.
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Q: To extract rows with matching values (SQL) I have a table with a few thousand rows, and I would like to extract texts if there are matching values in different rows and columns.
For example:

A
B
C
D
E

teeth
MrA
123
ABC
$128

nose
MrB
CDE
789
$100

hand
MrC
ABC
456
$128

eye
MrD
ABC
789
$110

eye
MrD
EFG
789
$110

The expected outcome is if any value of C = D or vice versa, and with same E value, then the query should return values from column A & column B or the whole row.
Results would be:

A
B
C
D
E

teeth
MrA
123
ABC
$128

hand
MrC
ABC
456
$128

as C matches with D on ABC and E = $128 which is same for both rows.
Also, is it possible to extract common values from column C & column D into one new column?

A
B
C
D
E
F (New Column)

teeth
MrA
123
ABC
$128
ABC

hand
MrC
ABC
456
$128
ABC

Any help is much appreciated!

A: Honestly not sure how column F should be determined (a better understanding of the data might help) however here is one option that might work - possibly it could be simplified.
After determining the qualifying rows, get the most common occuring value from c and d, then use whichever is "greater" - this criteria might need adjusting depending on your needs.
with x as (
    select *
        from t
    where exists (
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    )
)
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from x
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    from x
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outer apply (
    select top (1) d f
    from x
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I had never tried Kohlrabi before making this dish. I spotted it at my local organic store and bought two. A purple one and a green one. I googled it when I got home and realised that it is very similar to cabbage.
I am a huge coleslaw fan so I thought I would make a simple slaw for the whole family.
I lightly steamed Little Big H's and then served it to him that evening cold but it is also very nice warm. Kohlrabi is very high in vitamin C – even more so than oranges!


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You are here: Home China Guide Chinese Culture Cap-the Symbol of Social Status of Ancient China
Cap-the Symbol of Social Status of Ancient China
Cap was invented previously in China. The code of sporting caps was a crucial half in China's costume code: when a person reached the age of twenty, he began to wear cap, and on that occasion there was a ceremony known as Ceremony of the Cap, indicating that he had grown up.
The cap in ancient China wasn't constant because the present-day one. It had solely a slender ridge covering solely a part of the calvarias, not like today's cap that covers the complete head.
After the cap came into being, hierarchical rule in terms of social standing was applied to it: a poor person with a coffee social standing wasn't allowed to wear a cap. The rule on cap sporting was totally different from dynasty to dynasty.
Chinese caps have their own national options. In earlier period, individuals of the Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234) Dynasties sometimes wore fur caps, and folks of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) sometimes wore helmet-style caps and hats. Moreover, there have been very little colourful cap of the Uygur, felt cap of the Tu, fox fur cap of the Mongolian, and so on. In standard of living, cap (hat) has conjointly such functions as cold protection, heat keeping, and decoration.
In the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), the form of the cap was already kind of like that of these days. Cap should be matched with a scarf. A lowly person might solely wear a scarf, and a minor was solely allowed to wear a hollow headband.
In the Ming Dynasty, the black gauze cap appeared within the official uniform. "Mian" appeared ahead of "Guan", and customarily refers to "Mian" (crown) specially employed by the king. Laborers might solely wear headband, largely for wiping off the sweat, and later it served as a cap.


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Villanova signee Angel Piccirillo reflects below on her race at the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals last month in San Diego. Piccirillo finished 13th overall, earning All American status.
We had our meal, and they also had a panel of athletes who are past or present Olympians, NCAA champions, record holders and Olympic hopefuls that all started in our shoes. We were assured that we were taking the first step to becoming just like them; I'm sure that's what we were all dreaming of. It couldn't have been more inspirational and kind of them to take time out of their busy schedules, especially with this being an Olympic year, to share their past trials and tribulations, successes and everything in between. This panel included some of the following professional athletes: Jen Rhines, Bobby Curtis, Jorge Torres, Adam Goucher, Suzy Favor Hamilton, Adam Goucher, Carrie Tollefson, among others. It was especially cool for me to meet Carrie Tollefson and Jen Rhines because they both ran for Villanova!! I was so excited to get to talk to them for even a little while because they were both so amazing and made sure I knew I had chosen the right school. After that, we headed to bed as quickly as possible to get as much sleep as possible because for tomorrow we were going to need it.
The next day we woke up bright and early, were served a huge amazing breakfast and it was time to go to the course. I did do a shake out run for 10 minutes before we ate but that was nothing major and just to get the blood flowing early. On the bus ride to the course it was not at all like the other rides we had taken. You could tell everyone just sort of knew it was time to get serious, and there were the nerves. When we got to the course, there were already plenty of people there and the announcers had started showing clips of what we had done the day before and some interviews that had been taken.
Everyone was really just trying to focus on their strategy and race plan. We warmed up and then were lined up to be announced right before the race. I was really excited and nervous at this point to get going and start the race, and before we knew it it had started. I did go out nice and easy like I wanted to but I had underestimated the pace they would go out in. Don't get me wrong, I was expecting them to go out fast but I wasn't expecting them to go out as fast as they did. It ended up just being too much for me to make up in the end. I had gone there with some different goals in mind but the big one was I wanted more than anything to be All-American. I just squeezed in All-American by getting 13th, which I can't say I was completely satisfied with, but no one close to me would let me be disappointed. One of the really cool things about this race was that my future Villanova coach, Gina Procaccio was there! It was awesome to see her and talk to her a little bit about my race and she got a chance to meet my coach face to face and hear some of the things I have been doing.


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PAUL JAMES BAND lit it up last night !
The PAUL JAMES BAND www.pauljamesband.com lit it up at BLUES ON THE RIDEAU @ THE COVE INN, Westport last night. After 40+ years of performing Paul still has the energy and the moves - playing guitar behind his head, spinning around on the dance floor, walkabouts through the audience, making that guitar sing - backed by his solid band with Gary Grey on keyboards, Michael Theodore on bass, Leon Stevenson on drums and "Sweet Sue" Chater on backup vocals and percussion.
The audience ate up his blend of original songs and good old time Rock 'n Roll, Blues and Rockabilly. A Maple Blues Lifetime Achievement Award and Juno Award winner Paul can boast at having played over 100 gigs with the late, great Bo Diddley in the '70's as well as a number of concerts with Bob Dylan (who remains a fan). He also toured with the famous New York City rock band Mink DeVille in the 1980's. He truly is one of Toronto's - and for that matter Canada's - Blues/Rock legends. This was his first visit back to eastern Ontario since his appearance at the 2005 Smiths Falls Blues Festival.
Hopefully it won't be another 10 years before he returns!
The Cove's sumptuous buffet featured BBQ roast beef sirloin, grilled chicken skewers with Tzatziki sauce, butternut squash ravioli and the usual great mix of salads and homemade buns. Rhubarb and berry pie with whipped cream to top it off. Yum!
Commend Cards:
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ISA or Student Loan: Which Is Right for Your Future Career?
Updated on: February 26th, 2021
What if you could borrow money for school without having to cover interest? And what if you could repay the principal automatically and within as little as five years after graduating?
Those benefits might make the decision between an income-share agreement (ISA) or student loan seem like a no-brainer. However, you could end up paying more on an ISA than a student loan — that's why it's so important to project your income before choosing one financing option over another.
To help make the choice between ISA and student loan, let's tackle the following questions:
What is an income-share agreement?
Which costs more: ISA or student loan?
Which professions are more suitable for ISAs, and which for loans?
Which is best for you: ISA or student loan?
Stepping in where the federal student aid system and private lenders stop short, income-share agreement companies like Lumni and Align offer students a whole new bargain: Funding for higher education in exchange for a percentage of your income, if and when you land a job.
In some cases, ISAs are available directly from your school, which might partner with an outfit like Vemo to administer the dollars and cents. Among so-called ISA schools, Purdue University in Indiana, for example, has paid out almost $18 million and about 1,600 contracts via its Back a Boiler ISA fund.
As students look to skirt student loan debt, ISAs are becoming increasingly common. They could help you reach your cost of attendance if you've hit federal borrowing limits or are attending a school that's ineligible for federal or private student loans.
Plus, if you don't find the salaried job you were hoping to snag upon graduation, many ISAs won't call for you to make payments (much like income-driven repayment plans on federal loans) — after all, there wouldn't be a paycheck to partition.
Interest doesn't accrue onto the balance
Repayment only begins once you've hit an income threshold
Repayment won't drag on forever, halting at the end of the payment term or window (whichever expires first)
High income shares could eat into your budget, particularly when you have other debt or bill obligations
High payment caps leave potential for higher-income earners to pay two to three times their borrowed amount
To determine whether to borrow an ISA or student loan, you'll need to do the tricky guesswork of career planning. How much you could be reasonably expected to earn in your first job — and in the ensuing years — could point you toward one financing option over the other.
For a general comparison of cost between an ISA and student loan, let's consider a borrower who expects to earn $50,000 postgraduate wage, using some arbitrary (but realistic) numbers.
Should you borrow an ISA or student loan if you expect a $50,000 early-career salary?
Borrowed amount $10,000 $10,000
Income share (for ISA) / Interest rate (loan) 3.11% 8.50%
Payment window (for ISA) / Repayment term (loan) 100 months 10 years
Total cost $12,958* $14,878
* Assumes an average $50,000 salary for the duration of repayment
To get a more accurate sense of whether an ISA or student loan makes sense for you, create a side-by-side comparison using custom information. Your major might predict a lower or higher early-career salary, for example, and you might qualify for different terms on ISAs and student loans.
If you're not sure about what earnings estimate to plug in for your future career, consider these resources:
Department of Education's College Scorecard: View the median postgraduate salaries of students.
Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Occupational Outlook Handbook: Read about different professions, including the median and hourly pay, plus the job's expected growth for the next decade.
And if you shop around for ISAs, ask your school or its third-party provider about the projected salary it used to determine your contract terms. Many schools, including Purdue University, have comparison tools available: Input information like your major and graduation date, and it'll spit out your projected cost in repayment.
Aside from the fact that your major affects your college cost, it also typically leads to your career — and not all careers are generally suited for ISAs or student loans. Here are five common professions, and the financing option that could make the most sense.
1. Good fit for ISA: Web developer
2. Bad fit for ISA: Government or nonprofit employee
3. Good fit for ISA: Artist
4. Bad fit for ISA: Teacher
5. Bad fit for ISA: Doctor
Many coding schools and boot camps offer ISAs in exchange for more narrow training. Most recently, Make School was believed to become the first venture-backed school to offer an accredited bachelor's degree in applied computer science. Accredited or not, however, these startup-style schools typically aren't eligible for federal or private student loans.
When comparing these programs and their tuition, it's imperative also to examine their ISA agreements.
At coding school General Assembly, for example, you'd be expected to fork over 10% of your $40,000-or-greater salary for four years.
If you plan on working full time in public service when you're done with school — but need to borrow in the meantime — you're probably better off with federal student loans.
A big reason to avoid ISAs in this case is the potential to have your student loans forgiven under Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). After working for an eligible employer and making 120 prompt payments on an income-driven repayment plan, the remainder of your debt would be wiped away.
And while there are questions surrounding the future of PSLF, other student loan forgiveness programs exist that could help you with repayment. Yet, by signing an ISA agreement, you'd lose out on any chance of forgiveness.
Working as a so-called starving artist could be a better use of this atypical tuition arrangement — after all, fine arts is among the majors leading to the lowest-paying careers, with working artists earned a median salary of $48,760 in 2019, according to the BLS.
Other trade school careers may also be good matches for ISAs for another reason: Your school or program might not be eligible for federal or private student loans.
If you're into art but not so keen on math, be careful to check whether any ISA you sign will benefit you. For example, a private company might offer you worse terms (such as a higher percentage of your future income or a longer repayment term) because of your perceived career path.
Much like government and nonprofit workers, teachers aren't best suited to using an ISA. Although teachers are often on the lower end of the wage scale, there are a wide variety of options for educators to receive loan forgiveness or at least repayment assistance.
Beyond PSLF, you could obtain additional federal loan forgiveness via the government's teacher loan forgiveness program. It can get up to $17,500 of your debt canceled after you work for five academic years at a low-income school or eligible education service agency. Consult a directory of eligible employers if you're already eyeing the location of your future classroom.
Although ISAs might be practical solutions for low-income earners, they're not as cost-efficient for medical professionals. As a doctor, for example, you'd be paying out a percentage of what will likely be a six-digit income.
Some ISA agreements include caps on your repayment amount. If you were a pre-med student at Purdue, for example, and ended up being paid handsomely as a cardiologist, you may not have to pay more than double what you initially borrowed.
Still, an ISA could be a bad deal, at least compared with traditional forms of borrowing.
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Meanwhile in Iceland...
Some 10,000 members of the Federation of General & Special Workers in Iceland (SGS) are to strike in an attempt to win an increase in the minimum wage. The workers - 32% of whom work in cleaning services provision and tourism, will begin a series of stoppages next week, culminating in a general strike on 26th May.
Voter turn-out was just over 50%, but 94.6% of those voted in favour of the measure.
SGS chairperson Bjoern Snaebjoernsson told the Reykjavik Grapevine reporter that the proportion of workers voting is significantly higher than worker voter participation has been in the recent past, especially amongst those working in the fishing industry. He said that this may have been due to recent news that the board of one of Iceland's largest fishing corporations, HB Grandi, planned to award itself billions in bonuses, while offering their own workers free popsicles.
As reported, SGS has already announced that its members are prepared to strike if management does not agree to their key demand, which is to raise the minimum wage to 300,000 ISK (£1,463) per month over the next three years.
Currently, the base salary of an SGS worker is 201,317 ISK (£982), increasing to 214,000 ISK (£1043) after four months' work. Most workers will not see more than 222,030 (£1083) per month after seven years on the job.
The schedule of work stoppages and the general strike is as follows:
April 30: Work stoppage from noon until midnight.
May 6 and 7: Work stoppages from midnight until midnight.
May 19 and 20: Work stoppages from midnight until midnight.
May 26: General strike begins at midnight.
Image: courtesy of Frikki
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Over the last few months Devin has had a growing interest in real weapons. He has always liked weapons and he has had many toy swords and Nerf guns over the years, but he's almost a teenager now and things are evolving. It took me a while to get to a place of being totally comfortable seeing him using such dangerous things that I have never had the confidence to experience myself. However, now that I have witnessed what a capable, and careful person he has grown to be, I have shifted from fear to complete trust in regards to his growing passion.
Devin respects and appreciates the information we offer him because we are not threatening punishment, or treating him disrespectfully in our communication with him about safety. As Unschooling parents, we choose not to be the wall between our children and their desires. We do not get locked into power struggles, and instead choose to help our kids get what they want in life, whatever it is.
Helping kids get what they want in life runs to contrary to our cultures predominant message of control and lack. Shifting to a yes life of connection and abundance takes courage and conviction. It is a revolutionary approach to parenting.
Living this life is really different than conventional parenting, because we are our kids partners in life and in living this way I believe our children are much safer than kids whose parents place limits and control their choices. Our kids never have a reason to sneak around, lie, cheat, steal or do things they wouldn't naturally do, all for a struggle for autonomy. Unschooled kids are themselves in the purest form and their interests are an extension of who they are!
Joe built Devin a safe place to practice using his arsenal outside, complete with a dart board handing on a tree to practice using his Chinese throwing stars safely. He has got a few small cuts once or twice by his butterfly knife learning to swing it around, but, he learns a new level of respect for his weapons the more he uses them. He told us that small injuries are all part of learning. What an insight!
This is a new area of interest that I have had to grow and learn from myself. I'm finding as my children get older and their passions shift to more and more complicated topics, I need to sometimes extensively research the topic myself to be able to facilitate their interest to the level that they desire. The Radical Unschooling life is not for the lazy parent! It is a journey of constant rethinking, reevaluating, researching, stretching and growing.
I wouldn't change our lives for the world! I love this role and no matter what our kids are interested in we will always be there to support and facilitate their passions in life, without judgement, control or fear. I trust my children and will always respect who they are and facilitate their freedom and growth, no matter what their interest.
It's a GOOD thing for children to become comfortable with weapons, I say, the younger the better. Even a butter knife in the hands of a 4 year old is good training for future use. My kids are trained with bb guns, airsoft, and when they care to, .22's at targets. One never knows when one will have to hunt their own food. Each time one of mine asks, I show him my pistols, how they work, and what they are capable of. Otherwise they are locked unless I am with them. It's the law, and a necessary one.
I don't worry that they will cut their arms off with a knife, they are not stupid, they can well feel how sharp they are.
When my then 6 year old asked me if he would hurt himself if he touched the stove, I said, yes, it hurts, it will leave a burn for several days. He then reached out and touched it, leaving a burn that lasted, well, several days. He had to find out for himself, and was very careful thereafter lol. Would I let my 6 yr old daughter take the lit, glass oil lamp up the stairs into her room by herself when the power was out? Absolutely not. Especially since she sleep walks. Because, like them, I am also not stupid. Each parent has to use their judgement, it's part of how kids learn it.
Safety rules are universal; don't shoot when the dog is around, or your brother. Don't load a mag or chamber a round until you are ready to shoot. Don't shoot your brother point blank in the chest with the airsoft rifle (yes, they need to know that, little brother doesn't appreciate it lol). But there's times when they have to learn things because it gnaws at them, and the worst thing about NOT learning, is always wishing you had.
My daughter wants to take up the sword at karate, and I am all for it. How I envy their youth and passion!!
Thank you for your stories and for posting! I really like your focus on principles, rather than rules in your writing.
Thanks so much for posting this! My 11 year old also decided to study weapons this year, so I just plunged in and helped him find the things he needed. He's being so careful and responsible (not normally traits he has expressed before). I have been amazed at his growth in maturity and self-esteem since we started this a month ago. Now he knows I won't balk, he has slowed down and wants to spend more time on each type. He's gone through a real bow and arrow, and now he is interested in the trebuchet. I'm really proud of him.
Joe made the kids a trebuchet! You can look up the plans online. Enjoy!
Thank you for your story of growth and for your comment.


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Q: Pearson correlation - can negative values in your data artificially increase the size of the correlation? I have a data set that includes positive and negative values and I performed a Pearson correlation on it, getting quite a high value: +0.77. Admittedly it is quite a small sample (n=50) on which to perform a correlation.
The analysis is on pairs of questionnaire items - each pair has one item that is fairly socially desirable or undesirable, and one corresponding item that is more neutral in social desirability (we intentionally neutralised this item). Each item-pair is considered one case, with two values associated with it: 1. difference between the two items in social desirability; 2. difference between the two items in self-rating. These differences can be positive or negative, depending on which item is more socially desirable/undesirable.

My question is whether having values in the negative x negative space, in addition to the positive x positive space, artificially increases the Pearson correlation? It's such a high correlation and interesting result that I'm suspicious of it.

A: Having negative values and/or positive values of the variables doesn't affect the Pearson correlation coefficient because adding a constant to a variable does not change the correlation of that variable with other variables.
If $X,Y$ are random variables and $a,b$ are constants then
$$\rho(X+a,Y+b)=\rho(X,Y)$$

A: No. You can translate the points anywhere on the plane (together!) and not change the correlation.
$$\rho_{XY} = \dfrac{cov(XY)}{\sigma_X\sigma_Y}$$
We know that changing the mean of a variable $Z$ will not change its standard deviation: $\sigma_Z = \sigma_{Z+k}$. That's why normalizing a variable divides by the original standard deviation after subtracting the mean.
Likewise, covariance will remain the same no matter how you shift the data around the plane.
The key is that, for both variance (so standard deviation) and covariance, the equation subtracts out the mean: $cov(X,Y) = \mathbb{E}[(X-\mu_X)(Y-\mu_Y)]$ and $var(X) = \mathbb{E}[(X-\mu_X)^2]$. If you shift $X$ or $Y$, you also shift $\mu_X$ or $\mu_Y$ by the same amount which you then subtract out from $X$ or $Y$.
Together, those mean that correlation is translation invariant, which it should be.
The scatterplot looks like it has correlation around 0.75: tight but not too tight. I find your result totally plausible.


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Country singer Jamey Johnson has long stood out for his gritty outlaw approach.
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Over the weekend, we checked out an exhibit called The City at the Gallery Henoch in the Chelsea district of Manhattan. Part of my motivation was to see the works of a friend, Richard Combes, whose works are part of the exhibit. The remarkable thing about the exhibition is that all the canvases look like photographs from afar (or even up close). Don't be fooled — these works are actually paintings. Can you imagine the amount of detail, work, precision and patience that went in creating each one of these pieces?
If you happen to be in Chelsea in the next few weeks, you should check out this exhibit, which runs until December 7th.


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Q: url routing catch-all not workin I am routing all requests myself. I have written the pattern as follows:
RouteTable.Routes.Add(new Route("{*all}", new URLRouter()));

But when request for www.example.com/styles/site.css arrive, it is not caught by URLRouter handler.
Thank you.

A: What IIS version is installed? Looks like static file requests are not even reach ASP.NET ISAPI filter. This is default behavior in IIS6 and IIS7 Classic mode application pool.
Update: Set runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" in Web.config (modules section)

A: I have solved the issue. The issue appeared that all requests were passing to my URLRouter handler but the request for static contents (such as styles/site.css) are not collected by url-parameter-variable "all" in "{*all}", and all was containing null, although strange thing is that, this request was contained in requestContext.HttpContext.Request.Url. So, I am using requestContext.HttpContext.Request.Url than url-parameter-variable "all".


PBS Annual Meeting, Denver, Co., May 16, 2012 – PBS today announced that journalist Gwen Ifill is the recipient of the eighth annual PBS "Be More" Award, which celebrates individuals in public television who embody the spirit of helping Americans to discover more, to experience more and to "Be More." The award was presented to Ms. Ifill by PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger at the PBS Annual Meeting in Denver.
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Group aims to draw Brazilian investment to Massachusetts
By Liz Mineo
One goal is to dispel notion that the country is only a course of cheap labor and illegal immigration.
A local Brazilian man would like to help change the image of Brazil as a sender of illegal immigrants to Massachusetts.
That's why Sidney Pires took part in a symposium held in Brazil in mid-June that highlighted business opportunities for Brazilian entrepreneurs in Massachusetts.
``We want to bring investors to the United States,'' said Pires, who has lived in Framingham for the past 12 years and became a U.S. citizen in 1996. ``We want to change the image of Brazil as an exporter of cheap labor.''
Pires, who was a Town Meeting member until April, helped organize the symposium that took place in mid-June in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state, the region from where many MetroWest Brazilians hail.
The event was sponsored by a Brazilian company that would like to open the doors to economic opportunities for Brazilians in Massachusetts and for American investors in Minas Gerais.
``There is a huge market for Brazilian entrepreneurs in Massachusetts,'' said Argileu Alves, commercial director of America Connection, which organized the symposium. ``We have many businesses that would like to export Brazilian products to the United States such as granite, crafts and precious stones.''
The large Brazilian community in Massachusetts, estimated between 200,000 and 400,000 people, is an attractive market for Brazilian entrepreneurs, who may need less money to invest in the United States than in Brazil.
``To open a business in Brazil, you need lots of money,'' said Alves. ``To open a small business in the United States, you need $50,000 or $100,000. They can buy franchises, or invest in a gas station, or a churrascaria (Brazilian steak house) here.''
The conference drew the attention of the state's Brazilian press due to the presence of former state Sen. Jarret Barrios of Cambridge and state Rep. Daniel Bosley, D-North Adams, House chairman of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.
As the next step, organizers are working on an upcoming symposium in Boston with the presence of politicians and businessmen from Minas Gerais state. Work is under way to secure the participation of Minas Gerais' Governor Aecio Neves and Gov. Deval Patrick, said Pires.
The main challenge would be obtaining visas for the Brazilian businessmen and women from Minas Gerais, said Alves. Because Minas Gerais has a reputation as a sender of illegal immigrants, it's not easy to obtain a visa because U.S. Consulate officers are afraid many of those granted a tourist visa would overstay and join the 12 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. Still, organizers remain optimistic and hope to bring at least 100 businessmen from Brazil for the September symposium.
``It's very common that the U.S. Consulate denies visas to businessmen just because they're from Minas Gerais,'' said Alves, who was visiting Framingham last week. ``I was lucky I got a visa.''
MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.) staff writer Liz Mineo can be reached at (508) 626-3825 or lmineo@cnc.com.
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Candidates can now download their IBPS SO Main Scorecard 2018. They will be selected based on their scores in the main exam and in the interview.
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IBPS SO Main Exam 2018: The Indian Institute of Banking Personnel (IBPS) has released the scorecard of the main exam for the recruitment of Specialist Officers (CRP-SPL-VIII) on Monday, i.e., 25th March 2019. The online preliminary examination for the recruitment of the specialist officers in participating organisations was held on December 26 and December 30, 2018. On the other hand, the main exam was held on January 27, 2019.
Candidates who took up the SO Main exam 2018 are requested to check their scorecards on the official website of IBPS i.e., ibps.in. Only those who have cleared their main exam can download their scorecard which will be available online till Sunday, 31 st March 2019.
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Note: The final selection for the IBPS Specialist Officers Recruitment 2018 (CRP-SPL-VIII) is based on the scores obtained by the candidates in the Main examination as well as the performance in the Interview round on 80:20 ratio, respectively.


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May 16, 2018 / 5:20 PM / a year ago
Bye bye 'beer bike'? Amsterdam determined to tame tourism
Toby Sterling
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam unveiled far-reaching plans on Wednesday to rein in tourism, reflecting the dissatisfaction of many residents who feel the city's historic centre has been overrun.
The leading Green-Left and other parties negotiating a new municipal government after March elections vowed to return "Balance to the City", in a document of that name seen by Reuters.
"The positive sides of tourism such as employment and city revenues are being more and more overshadowed by the negative consequences" including trash and noise pollution, the document said.
Changes the document outlines include curtailing "amusement transportation" such as multi-person "beer bikes"; cracking down on alcohol use in boats on the canals; further restricting AirBnB and other home rentals; and a large tax hike.
The plans announced on Wednesday also include creating an inventory of all commercial beds in the city to try to cap various sectors such as those on cruise ships and in hotels.
"I'm very happy that the city is now finally taking action, because residents have been asking for it for a very long time," said Bert Nap of neighbourhood organisation d'Oude Binnenstad, in the historic centre.
"What I'm worried about is that this package of measures is so drastic that there will be a lot of lawsuits and political resistance, which will cost a lot of time."
He said the city was suffering from too many visitors in general, which had the effect of changing the character of the centre into one big tourist attraction. He also said some unruly, drunken tourists were making the city centre an unattractive place for local residents.
EDGY LURE
With a population of around 800,000, the city expects 18 million tourists in 2018, an increase of 20 percent from 2016 levels, many drawn by an edgy atmosphere generated by readily available soft drugs and the "red light" sex zone.
Anti-tourist and anti-expatriate sentiment have been steadily on the rise in Amsterdam, as both are blamed in part for helping drive housing prices increasingly out of the reach of ordinary Dutch people.
The average apartment in Amsterdam cost 407,000 euros ($475,000) in 2017, an increase of around 12 percent from 2016 levels, according to national real estate association NVM.
The change of emphasis has already started from national government over the past years, to try to dissuade visitors from the more earthy pastimes the city is famous for.
Advertising campaigns have focused on the city's canals, the Anne Frank House and the museums packed with the greatest works of Van Gogh and Rembrandt.
A cyclist rides past a touristic shop in the red district of Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Files
Legislators have helped the re-branding, shutting a third of the city's brothels in 2008 and starting a programme in 2011 to close marijuana cafes located near schools.
"Amsterdam is a city to live and work in - it's only a tourist destination in the second place," the municipal document said.
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Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Alison Williams and Gareth Jones


Picture: my son's picture of the traveller and the Samaritan, as dinosaurs.
The Biblical insight that God is Creator belongs inseparably with the certainty of God's will for justice, seen as the acknowledgment of need.
Christian Aid and SCIAF have always ( or in living memory) rightly seen the link between the abuse of the environment and material poverty.
They, together with the Pope, and many other significant voices in Christianity will not permit the sort of environmentalism which is a cosy preoccupation of the rich and privileged.
If we talk of climate crisis, climate justice: attention to the disproportionate impact on those who themselves cause the least disruption, must needs be in the same breath. Without the luxury of a full stop.
'Who is my neighbour?' was the question put to Jesus by 'an expert in the law', "wanting to justify himself".
This led on, of course, to that staple of the hit-and-run visiting preacher, the story of the Good Samaritan'.
In this story, the life of the traveller from the hearer's own community is saved by the generous intervention of someone with whom no relationship or friendship would decently be thought possible.
That's the way with bigotry and sectarianism: it can be genteel as well as thuggish. The 'demon' involved aims to block the view from one person to another; from one creature to another. To deny rights, gifts and value. This can appear benign: the "proper care" of "things and objects" . Alongside which, the always-learned mechanism of disgust is such a potent weapon.
As the complicated fight to reduce pesticides that kill pollinating insects has shown, our still very arbitrary ideas of order, tidiness, control, may have precious little to do with biological safety or even the eventual value of the measures we feel pushed into.
To allow a wildflower strip in a field of cultivated crops, or garden flowers, requires a widespread change of attitudes to 'weeds', and even to profit.
It may involve cost and inconvenience, to start with, which outsiders may not appreciate, leading to the abandonment of those at the sharp end to face these challenges. Or blaming.
Transition needs to be just.
But it ultimately also requires a relationship prohibited by those who want to maximise sales of pesticides. And a relationship with mutuality, which can only be fully appreciated when we see, in living things, not just a tool, but a partner; not just a thing, but a person, a soul, a fellow creature and participant in God's Covenant with 'all flesh'.
God is the 'God of the spirits of all flesh', and Jesus has 'authority over all flesh'.
Just for once, try to allow that God is great enough not to reduce these references to our own species alone.
The language does exist in Hebrew and Greek, to say 'people', if that really was all that was meant. Play the game of imagining that Creation was included on purpose.
Within the context of the 'Good Samaritan' story; for the most devout of the first community, even to be touched in caring by the second would feel unclean. In order to survive, the traveller had to consent (or found, perhaps to their disgust that they had presumed consent) to receiving hospitality, generosity and kindness.
Tellingly, Jesus leaves it to us to wonder what happened next. Did the traveller sneak back to the life they had known before, not upsetting any applecarts, rocking boats. Or was their conscience also healed along with their body? Would the Judean traveller even think twice before snubbing the next Samaritan to cross their path?
In conversation with leaders in various denominations and faith groups, it seems time to look at our religious language: do we sing and pray in such a way that we impoverish the nourishing relationship evident to science and faith?
Do we exclude from the choir the voice of ( our nrighbour) the Earth?
And in churches where liturgy is tightly controlled, how is that voice being heard?
This goes very deep. I do invite you to look (online helps make this much easier than you might think ) even at the 'Old Hundredth'. 'All people [sic] that on earth do dwell'.
There is so much more. So much so, that I'm suggesting, that the many exceptions, which you will also no doubt discover, will not be sufficient to dismiss our need for a new relationship of faithfulness in our appreciation of the treasures of Scripture.
I began by talking about the unshakeable connection between a spirituality acknowledging God as Creator and our motivation to fight poverty and seek justice. Guess what! This is about you!
Our human world is wounded. Our spirituality is impoverished. In some places, the description 'half dead' might be an understatement. And I recall in the internship year of my training, how I lived in the most multiply deprived housing scheme in South Wales. The ecumenical church in the centre of the community was therefore an attempt to foster dignity and value. Which it still does, with the total dedication of its workers.
It was a difficult time in many ways, but one of the tragedies for folk living in that pocket of poverty in the hills of the Rhondda, was that, surrounded by the green beauty of the hills, by farm land, and much that could have been spiritually refreshing, people seemed to have little relationship with it. Looking in, not out. When I took a group of young people to Iona, though they came from a rural area, they were terrified to be in proximity to farm animals.
Can we grasp the spiritual gifts of Scripture as transformative resources for the struggle we know is ahead of us? To enrich our own poverty; our starvation of a give and take relationship of Christian neighbourliness with creatures and a planet we have been brought up to see as "things and objects". This new relationship is a foundation on which our commitment to action and activism can be built. Acknowledge your need. Drink deeply of the healing that nature has to offer. Immerse yourself in something green and fall in love with it.
Don't be afraid to be nourished, because no one, and no church, has the wealth or resources, on their own, to encounter the challenge of our day.
For that we need Christ, and Christ's friends.
National drive to tackle fuel poverty.
Church Youth Resource on Responding to Climate Change.


The military is recruiting solar-power tents to help energize the war effort. Could their large-scale deployment cut down on fuel supply hazards? Let's hope.
War in a desert. There's a lot of sun, and it usually takes place off the grid. Transporting fuel is dangerous and logistically cumbersome. The easy answer? Solar power, but first it needs trial missions. The Marines have been testing various solar devices in Afghanistan . Now the Army is enlisting three solar tents to see if they can endure the wear and tear of grunt life.
Made from amorphous silicon, the lightweight tents—the TEMPER Fly, the QUADrant, and the Power Shade (right)—can charge batteries, computers, night-vision goggles, and other electronic gear for the troops, though likely there will be conventional generators on standby. The largest of the Power Shades generate up to 3 kilowatts, with the other tent models bringing in between 200 and 800 watts. I assume they come in green as well?
Alternative energy sources are really going to shine in mission scenarios where you don't want to use a generator because you don't want the noise or heat signature that goes along with it, or where re-supplying that generator with fuel doesn't make sense.
According to Tucker, creating the shelters involves a lamination process that integrates the photovoltaic materials with the tent textile. They have already shipped some abroad to sunny locales like Afghanistan.
Ground resupply has accounted for some 30 percent of U.S. casualties in Iraq...Just a 10-percent reduction applied to non-brigade combat team soldiers involved in fuel transport and handling could result in as many as 1,500 or more soldiers available for other missions and 234 less vehicles per day, or 85,000 fewer road-miles per year.
How much these tents cost wasn't listed, but they seem like a good deal to me. Here's hoping they work.