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6 Reasons Sweden's Bechdel Cinema Rating Idea Is A (Well Meaning) Mistake
By Lucy V Hay On November 10, 2013 · 20 Comments
So, you probably read this week Sweden will be installing a rating system on whether a movie passes The Bechdel Test. Just in case you've been hiding under a rock for the last thirty years, The Bechdel Test refers to the comic strip by Alison Bechdel, Dykes To Watch Out For, where she joked back in the 80s she only watches a film if it "features two women talking to each other about something other than a man." Thus, The Bechdel Test was born. And here it is:
I've had quite a few exchanges over Twitter the past week about this, with several Bang2writers asking me to write about it, so here are my thoughts. And no, the title of this post is not ironic or tongue-in-cheek. I think movies with Bechdel ratings ARE a mistake, however well-meaning and I will endeavour to explain why.
1. Are we really saying male characterisation is "fine" in comparison? Before we go down that road, no I am NOT derailing the conversation with "what about the menz!!" OF COURSE I believe the privileged should not attempt to silence or erase the marginalised … But I DO think it's interesting how little talk or concern there is about male characterisation, even when considering marginalised male groups.
So, let's look at characterisation as a whole. It's not in doubt that male characterisation as a general rule has more variety at grass roots level than female characterisation; I make this point in detail in my book, Writing And Selling Thriller Screenplays, when I break down all the different types of male characters and contrast them against female characters (and discover the number of female character archetypes and stereotypes are far less in number). As regular Bang2writers know, I'm a dedicated Pinterester (sp?) and some time ago I started a Pinterest board called Girls On Film; more recently, I began a companion board called The Boys Are Back In Town about male characterisation. On both boards, I collect and collate articles about female and male representation in the media: on film, TV, novels, transmedia, photography and so on. And guess what: as I expected, there are LOADS of articles about female representation on the internet. You cannot MOVE for feminist critique; it is literally everywhere. Great!
So it's good the conversation about female characterisation is gaining momentum, of course it is. But you can imagine my surprise on the LACK of articles on male representation in the media when I came to start collecting for The Boys Are Back In Town board. Trust me, it's NOT because male representation in the media is "fine", either – just check out some of the articles on my board. And you only need to watch a few produced movies or read a few screenplays to see the same recycled and offensive tropes appearing in male characterisation, especially when considering characters of ethnic minorities or the LGBT community (check out point 3 on this list) . Also, it's worth remembering there is a massive difference between privilege and power. Whilst white males may indeed have privilege, that doesn't mean they automatically have power to go with it; individuals' statuses – and thus power – can change in remarkably different ways in different contexts, for different reasons, sometimes regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or similar. To assume otherwise is reductive thinking and thus characterisation becomes two dimensional. If we want to be the best writers we can be, this is obviously a massive own goal.
2. The Bechdel Test does not stand up to scrutiny. Those eagle-eyed Bang2writers amongst you will note I don't often talk about The Bechdel Test and there was no mention of it in my book. Several have admitted surprise to me over the years: **surely** I would be all over this, since **apparently** I am a "rampant feminist" and advocate of "sisters doin' it for themselves"?
Now, don't get me wrong: I LIKE that The Bechdel Test exists; of course I do. However, as far as I'm concerned, The Bechdel Test is not meant to be taken seriously … It was a joke in a comic strip. Yes, yes "many a true word said in jest" … But for me, The Bechdel Test can be so narrowly AND widely interpreted, it actually causes more issues than it solves. More on this, next.
3. Where does diversity figure in The Bechdel Test? Probably because The Bechdel Test was supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek jibe in a comic strip, The Bechdel Test's perimeters are remarkably narrow. It does not take into account diversity, regardless of gender. As a result, the idea of The Shukla Test was floated ("two characters of "other" races, talking to each other about something other than race") and arguably, a LGBT test could be created in the same way (if it hasn't already): "two characters of "other" sexual orientations and/or identity, talking to each other about something other than the fact they're gay or trans". And you know what? Bechdel, Shukla and this LGBT Tests are GREAT points to start thinking about representation on screen. But that's all they are: a start. Because no group of *any* individuals is a homogenous mass. We are all different, thus interpreting the Test too widely is problematic, too; next I will go into why.
4. Assumption governs The Bechdel Test. The notion of those two women talking "about a man" is what comes up, over and over again amongst female writers and audience members, with a view to romantic entanglements. Yet I think a crucial point is missed, over and over: The Bechdel Test never specifically states what "about a man" actually means. Yes, there's a stronger than average chance Bechdel herself meant romantic entanglements, but it is open to interpretation. On this basis then, a movie that has two women talking to one another about a man they're NOT involved with romantically – ie. a father, brother, or work colleague, regarding something like a mystery, a fraud or an attempted murder even – would presumably FAIL The Bechdel Test. But does the simple act of two women "talking about a man", regardless of context, qualify it as UNfeminist? Seriously? More, next.
5. The Bechdel Test reduces the issue to counting women, not how a female character is written and for what reasons. As Helen Lewis makes clear in this article, "I require more than one woman", many female audience members are beginning to feel shortchanged by the current status quo, especially in the Science Fiction genre. It is frequently complained female characters are often either facilitators or eye candy – and shame on any filmmaker if that is the case.
However, the problem with The Bechdel Test is that it stipulates it must be two women talking to each other. This immediately throws up issues, like:
i) What about films like THELMA AND LOUISE, probably one of the most lauded feminist films ever, where two great depictions of women DO talk to each other about many different things, but they also talk about a) Daryl, Thelma's shithead husband and b) Thelma's sexual awakening with the cowboy from the gas station? Are we actually supposed to believe these two women would not speak about men, when male shitty behaviour was the catalyst not only for them running off in the first place (ie. the men at the diner, as well as the aforementioned Daryl), but staying away too ("I know what happened to you in Texas")?
ii) What about films like DEVIATION, the story of a female protagonist who must overcome her male abductor, a movie that is about male violence and overcoming it? We placed Amber as the sole female in that story because we wanted to emphasise her plight (as detailed in Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays, in "The Girl Character" section, in fact).
iii) What about films like PACIFIC RIM, in which Mako Mori might be the sole female member of the primary cast, but is also a woman of colour in a role that did not diminish her or reduce her to gender so much so, it actually inspired The Mako Mori Test?
iv) What about portmanteau films in which there may be more than one female character, but they do not appear in the same scenes/ sections yet still drive the action in those scenes, like Honey Bunny, Fabienne and Mia Wallace in PULP FICTION?
Oh and BY THE WAY …
Much as I love ALIEN, it would never have passed The Bechdel Test anyway: in this age of the internet, we can discover that whilst it never made the original cut, there's an exchange between Ripley and Lambert where our heroine asks Lambert if she has slept with Ash (though to be fair, Bechdel could never have foreseen that back in the 80s). But what Bechdel probably should have noticed – and what struck me the moment I saw ALIEN as a young girl – is the fact Ripley should never have survived. Yes, really: think about it. As second in command, it should have been Ripley, NOT Dallas, who went into the vent! Yet Dallas insists on going instead. Why: because he has an overinflated sense of responsibility? Or because Ripley's a woman? Or a bit of both? Who knows. Fact is, Ripley survived as Final Girl on a technicality.
Now of course, surviving on a technicality (that may or may not have been created because of a sexist notion like "men into the monster's lair first" and really, who cares anyway if it fits the characterisation and story?) does not actually figure in The Bechdel Test. But then, it would seem not much actually does.
In other words: where does writer and filmmaker intention and dramatic satisfaction figure, here? Short answer: They don't. As my homie the mighty novelist and TV showrunner brooligan says:
6. A feminist film CAN fail The Bechdel Test and an UNfeminist film CAN pass it. And this is what my biggest issue boils down to. If a film that places women as inferior to, or as accessories to, "men's stories" can pass The Bechdel Test simply by virtue of having two women talking to each other about something other than a man, frankly what's the point?
This is ultimately why I don't spend really any time considering whether stories I want to get involved in pass The Bechdel Test; instead, I look to the characters themselves, their motivations, what obstacles are in their way, plus the storyworlds they inhabit.
CONCLUDING:
So yes, The Bechdel is a great start for discussion about gender representation, but adhering to it too stringently causes issues of its own. We're the writers. It's in OUR hands! So take another look at your characters. What does each one want – and why? How is s/he going to get it? What gets in his/her way? And why?
We need cumulative build up, we can't change all this overnight. So don't resort to stereotyping or the "usual" and you'll be playing your part in changing things for the better – for EVERYONE, male, female and minority. It's as easy – and as difficult – as that.
UPDATE: Beyond The Bechdel Test – thoughts from Twitter on this emotive issue
The Blackboard: What The Bechdel Test Is And Isn't
The Guardian: Cinema Programmers Beware: Feminist Films Can Still Flunk The Bechdel Test
The Shukla Test
The Mako Mori Test
I Require More Than One Woman
Girls On Film B2W Pinterest Board
The Boys Are Back In Town Pinterest Board
9 Ways To Write Great Characters
Top 5 Ways Writers Screw Up Their Characters
20 Responses to 6 Reasons Sweden's Bechdel Cinema Rating Idea Is A (Well Meaning) Mistake
Yazmin Joy says:
LOVED this article Lucy! Male gender characters are often constructed to a very rigid archetype too (as you said) – and I agree it's our job as writers to be conscious of developing dynamic, rich and authentic characters rather than strictly adhering to the these kind of tests for the argument of 'feminism' or other. These often only straight-jacket creativity and compromise realism. Thanks for writing this! Awesome x
Delighted you enjoyed it Yazmin, thanks for letting me know! FYI, next week I will be talking in more detail about male characterisation 🙂
DJC says:
It seems as if you think a film is disqualified under the Bechdel Test if two female characters discuss a man, but that isn't correct. It's only disqualified if they don't discuss anything else.
And that is the issue: it's open to interpretation about a) how The Bechdel Test "should" be enforced (there's no mention of whether a film is "disqualified" if they "don't discuss anything else" in the actual comic strip or indeed the usual accepted line, "features two women talking to each other about something other than a man") and b) what does "discuss a man" REALLY mean?
I think people want the Bechdel test to imply or mean something more specific that it does.
Well. It does NOT.
As a rap Album with the label "Parental advisory, explicit content"
The Bechdel Test does not go into detail. it simply says if a film has
"two women talking to each other about something other than a man" or not
As simple as that.You´ll wonder " But what means by….?". The answer is: Nothing.
The Bechdel test does not mean anything at all.
The Bechdel just states a fact if the film you are going to see has two female talking(not about a guy) or not.
One of the biggest misconceptions in your article is that
"the two woman could not talk about a man" in order to pass the test.
Well, WRONG. They could talk about a man or more as long as they want to, but the key thing is that
they NEED to talk about something else…to past the test
The Bechdel test is considered to be a guide for mature spectators to help them in their guidance of inmature spectators.
The meaning is not in the test. The meaning is in the spectators and in the creators minds.
And we as creators we do have a responsability, as you said "it´s in our HANDS".
Schspin says:
Same thoughts here! (blog article still in the making ^^).
People don't even agree on how long these conversations between the two female characters should be (will "where's the bathroom?" "over there" "thank you" – or "nice shoes!" "thank you, they were on sale" do?), let alone on possible conclusions to be gained. Bechdel is one of many good starting points, but should certainly not be the only or a top criterion.
Yes, it's somehow shifted from a great meme to 'Representation Richter Scale', which seems silly. I have a few issues with Bechdel:
– that a new generation of feminist film-goers might neither see or respect some brilliant wonderful films because they fail to pass Bechdel
– that, as you say, some great feminist films, say with a female lead in a male world say, may not pass, but deserve to.
– meanwhile a sexist studio film could now get top rating points in Sweden, provided two women share some cupcake recipes or makeup tips at some point. "Secrets of a Pickup Artist with Robin Thicke", passes with flying colours, provided we have a scene with two named women asking each other where they got their shoes from.
That said, I love how Bechdel boils down the debate to something that almost anyone can grasp: isn't it crazy how rarely women talk to each other, or talk about things other than men, in movies? The Mako Mori test, which I didn't know about, seems to better cover more of the false positives, but has some big catching up to do.
Interestingly, Gravity would also fail the Bechdel test – there's only a cast of three or four, the primary character is a woman – an astronaut, no less – in all sorts of peril, but she never talks to another woman.
I'd have said it's one of the strongest female/feminist roles this year, but it'd still fail that test. Which is crazy.
This angers me. There is a backward sense of logic in here and I don't think this person understands the test or the media of film, and the history of film criticism and writing particularly well.
Of course the number of female archetypes and stereotypes are less than those of males – the number of female characters is less than those of males, and the numbers of female protagonists is hugely fewer than the numbers of male. The Geena Davis foundation has found over TV and film in the US the ration is around 80/20 male/female characters. The lack in number of female stereotypes doesn't prove that there are more non-stereotyped female characters in films… it just shows that there are less females in films… a fact that is quite obvious and quite well researched.
Also have you ever heard of Laura Mulvey? Laura Mulvey noted in the 70s that all writing on cinema spectatorship assumed that the spectator was male, and that the only characters on film that seemed to count were male. There is a huge amount of writing out there on men in film, it's the stuff that film studies for years and years considered to be 'normal' film texts. Feminist film studies came along because people had realised that the feminine was being ignored. How can you not be aware of this issue? Read any paper on the Western genre, the buddie movie, gangster movies etc etc…. they all deal with the masculine – they just don't make a big song and dance about the masculine being different because it's assumed to be the norm.
Of course male media representation of men is not 'fine'. The Swedish rating isn't about the entire issue gender representation and doesn't pretend to be. It makes it very clear exactly WHAT the criteria is, and pretends to be nothing more. It measures one thing only and lets the spectator work out what they think.
The Bechdel test not meant to be taken seriously? Have you no idea of the meaning of 'satire'? . The comic in which the Bechdel test it first appeared used it satirically, satire being a form of entertainment that holds a mirror up to society. It was used in humur to make a serious point. There is no reason whatsoever why it should not be used in a rating like this. Also…. how can you claim in one sentence that the issue of male representation in films that most would probably consider to be 'non-serious' is something worthy of study, and also claim that the Bechdel test shouldn't be taken seriously because it first appeared in a comic strip! The entire point of raising concerns about the representation of gender is to highlight how things that we tend to think aren't very serious and don't matter, actually do matter and play a part in shaping society. If gender characterisation should be taken seriously satirical humour in comics certainly should.
Re exactly which men the female characters are discussing… I think you have missed the point entirely here. The rating is not just looking at films in which women feature as the love interest of the male character, it's an indication of whose story is the dominant one. If the women are discussing their own narrative and their own stories that is an indication that their stories are in someway foregrounded, or at least that their stories are of equal status. If they are talking about male characters, whether that be their father, their son, their friend, or their lover etc, then this indicates that their purpose in the particular scene at least (if not the whole film) is to support a male character's story. It matters not a jot whether the women are discussing the men in sexual terms or platonic ones – the point is that they are discussing men. The test doesn't measure the extent to which sexual relationships figure in a film, it only seeks to look at the narrative equality between the genders – whose story is the film focusing on?
And OH GOD THE EXCEPTIONS. Just because you can mention 5 exceptions from the last 40 years of so of film does not disprove the rule. As someone has pointed out a film doesn't have to eliminate all conversations in which women talk about men in order to pass, they just have to have conversations in which they talk about something else. I suspect that most of the films that you claim here would fail the test would have passed.
As for Pulp Fiction – yes there are some women in this film and some of them are strong characters, but the Bechdel test doesn't measure whether or not a female character is strong, stereotyped, or anything else. It provides indicators as to which gender's stories are foregrounded in the film and it does this very effectively. So yes there are strong female characters in Pulp Fiction, but are they there to tell their own stories or are they there because their presence supports the story of the male characters? This is what the test picks up on. As far as I can remember the women characters in this film pretty much supported the men's stories and this is exactly what the Bechdel test is supposed to highlight – so in this respect it works.
Haha that's right Annie, there are FIVE exceptions in the last 40 years of film – oh no wait, there aren't.
"I suspect that most of the films that you claim here would fail the test would have passed."
That's right – you suspect. You don't know and nor can I. Why? Because the test is widely open to interpretation, which means whether it passes or not depends on the opinions & lived experiences of the person even viewing the film. Which I say in the post. And guess what: that's what counts at the end of the day – audience perception, not whether something is satire, or whether a blogger apparently knows nothing about storytelling, screenwriting or filmmaking.
But hey, don't take my word for it. Go write your own Bechdel Test-passing movie – and wait for others to tell you it doesn't pass. Have fun!
Hi again Lucy
I think that there is a lot of confusion here.
One thing is the test (valid results are1=Pass and 2=Failed)
And the other thing is the debate that the test could start up in the spectators before, during and after the viewing of the film.
The results of the test are not widely open to interpretation. That´s why it is called "test", because it can be measured.
On the other hand, the multiple debates originated about the test ARE widely open to interpretation.
The test states a Fact.
The debate express opinions, feelings, prejudice, wisdom, etc…
Do Thelma and Louise talk to each other about something other than a man?
Yes. So it means "Thelma & Louise" has passed the Bechdel test.
Do Jody and Trudy talk to each other about something other than a man?
Yes. So it means "Pulp Fiction" has passed the Bechdel test.
Do Ripley and Lambert talk to each other about something other than a man?
Yes. So it means "Alien" has passed the Bechdel test.
Could it be tricky to get the right mark?
Of course,but once you practice a few times it begins to get easier and easier…
Hope it has clarify some misconceptions…
P.S.:BTW the 'Peter' in the below comments is not me….:)
Hi Pedro, I only made my comment because Lucy habitually calls me Pedro… As to the rest of it, this 'test' debate is one long yawn. You don't like the status quo? Then write better parts for women. You would not believe how many scripts I read from female screenwriters I receive that are about domestic violence, and populated by the same old stereotypes (brutish, heavy- drinking man) which are every bit as worn out as the female stereotypes blamed on male writers. These scripts have nothing new to say, they have no freshness in their approach. You want change? Be the change you want to see.
LOL, hi again fellas 🙂
Pedro – if The Bechdel Test can only be applied to films where two female characters ONLY speak of men (and nothing else, as you appear to suggest), then one of two things happens. 1) MOST films would pass The Bechdel Test, 'cos the likelihood of 2 characters (especially in the main cast) ONLY speaking of one subject matter is frankly absurd 2) If there's so much confusion over the test, what it is and how it's implemented (and there is), then again it is largely useless.
Peter – yeah I hear that. As I've always said, as a script editor and filmmaker I have seen NO correlation between good representations and the gender of their writers; cliched tropes and characters are JUST as likely to be written by women writers as men in my experience, including deeply UNfeminist ones. If we're not getting good representations, it's because there simply are not enough GOOD WRITERS in my view. Not cool or fashionable to say this of course – better to blame a BIG BAD CABAL 😉
Thanks for your explanation! You are absolutely right, to be in a certain category (by race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, etc..) does not place you in a privileged position when you have to write a script related to any of those categories or others. Certainly first hand experience is something very useful in order to be accurate, but as every good screenwriter knows is much better to have a great script than to have an accurate script…..
Sorry if I appeared to suggest anything about limiting the films which can be "Bechdel tested"
So to be clear:" Any film can be submitted to the "Bechdel test" with no restrictions"
Let´s remember that in order to pass the test a film needs "two women talking NOT ONLY about a man"
or in other words "two women talking about something else (not related to a man)"
About the confusion here, I meant confusion in the way the test has been explained in this blog. A lot of comments show that they really don´t know what it is and don´t know how easy is to test some films with the bechdel test and discuss about it. As you are the writer who started the topic,I thought you´d be interested in clarifying your readers to get a more productive debate and move on.
If my comments help you and your readers to get a better idea I am glad about it, If not, I apologize.
Anyway Lucy , thanks for your time, your blog and your will to stimulate debates through it!
Hi again Pedro, no need to apologise but I think we're talking at crossed purposes here TBH; I understand your point that successfully Bechdel Tested films need two female characters who speak to each other about subjects OTHER than "just" men and I think the Bang2writers do, too. In the post I reject the test as not very useful principally because a) story context & what "about a man" actually means (as does @brooligan, in fact) and b) I simply do not believe there are that many films when female characters ONLY speak of men and nothing else, anyway; especially when they're part of the primary cast. Whilst I am constantly told that apparently this happens, I am struggling to think of not only a produced movie, but a SPEC SCREENPLAY I've read in which female characters talk of nothing but men, tbh. I think it's more useful to think of female characters having "agency", rather than simply "speaking of men" – in other words, are the female characters helping drive the narrative? Or are they there for decoration? Because the latter IS a big problem.
But thank you for your contributions, they're appreciated. 🙂
Daisy Martey says:
Annie, What I find really interesting in your response is the overwhelming sense of privilege and white centric perspective.
In discussing film from a theoretical perspective, to mention Mulvey as the only source of authority of women on film, completely negates, for example, Bell Hooks response to Mulvey's well-worn article. Yes, Mulvey's work was interesting, and continues to be useful, but again, it is ONLY one perspective.
What the Bechdel test fails miserably at is intersectionality. This is a white centric argument for white women only. Perhaps, before you get all angry, you should look at this test for what it actually is: just another way for white cis feminists to exclude women of colour.
Great article Lucy! Thanks for posting a different perspective.
Thanks Daisy, think it's quite interesting that not one, but two Hollywood blockbusters this year featured WoC in prominent roles: the aforementioned Mako in Pacific Rim and Mariko and Yuki in THE WOLVERINE. All Japanese. Don't know what that means, if anything – or whether this will lead to any more … Will have to wait and see.
BTW the 'Pedro' in the above comments is not me….:)
LOL guessed as much my friend! 😉 xx
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Q: PyQt, Qtable clears column when sorting enabled I have a bug in next function. This function refreshes table with, adjust column sizes and sorts table. But in some cases for some rows text in column 3 and 4 is empty. I found out, that it happens in "problem code" section.
What do i wrong in this section? I just want to change size for specific columns.
Please help to find out the problem or show me my mistakes.
def print_day_worklog(self):
    logging.info('RefReshing day worklog table')
    selected_day = self.ui.dateDayWorklogEdit.date().toPyDate()
    day_work = db.get_day_worklog(self.creds[3], selected_day)
    self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setRowCount(len(day_work))
    for row, entry in enumerate(day_work):
        e0 = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(entry[0])
        e1 = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(entry[1])
        e2 = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(entry[2].strftime('%H:%M'))
        e3 = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(entry[3].strftime('%H:%M'))
        e4 = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(utils.get_time_spent_string(entry[2],
            entry[3]))
        # debug
        print e0.text(), e1.text(), e2.text(), e3.text(), e4.text()
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setItem(row, 0, e0)
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setItem(row, 1, e1)
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setItem(row, 2, e2)
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setItem(row, 3, e3)
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setItem(row, 4, e4)

    # problem code starts
    self.ui.tableDayWorklog.horizontalHeader().setResizeMode(1,
        QtGui.QHeaderView.Stretch)
    for column in (0,2,3,4):
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.resizeColumnToContents(column)
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.horizontalHeader().setResizeMode(column,
            QtGui.QHeaderView.Fixed)
        self.ui.tableDayWorklog.horizontalHeader().setResizeMode(column,
            QtGui.QHeaderView.Fixed)
    self.ui.tableDayWorklog.sortByColumn(2,0)
    # problem code ends

P.s. it looks not clearly, but it's because i try to catch the bug

A: Problem is in table sorting. I've found this idea in this question.
I've just added
self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setSortingEnabled(False)

before filling the table and this
self.ui.tableDayWorklog.setSortingEnabled(True)

after that. and it helped

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Lexi Browning/The Parthenon Marshall's Taj Letman takes down Greg Howell as the Thundering Herd takes on Florida Atlantic University on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington.
Due to the alluring state of the Herd offense, the defense was often portrayed as the ancillary unit in terms of the responsibility for the program's 2014 success. However, the Herd defense finished 15th in the country last season in defensive efficiency, a mark goaded by a pass rush that ranked 13th nationally in adjusted sack rate, via Football Outsiders.
Elements of the pass rushing success can be attributed across all of the defense's positional groupings, but the defensive line holds the distinction of the primary proprietor. However, the unit is in a state of flux heading into 2015, with former starters James Rouse, Arnold Blackmon and Ra'Shawde Myers all lost to graduation.
Hulking redshirt senior nose tackle Jarquez Samuel will be the lone returning starter, and he will be doing so accompanied by expectation after being named First-Team All-Conference in the preseason. Aligned alongside at the three-technique tackle will be Steve Dillon who entered into the Marshall program with Samuel in 2011.
Meanwhile, a free-for-all has taken shape during fall camp for the right to start at defensive end in the team's opening game against Purdue on Sept. 6. With Gary Thompson, Joe Massaquoi, Armonze Daniel, Blake Keller and even some freshmen vying for playing time, Defensive Ends coach Sean Cronin may feel as if he's been tasked with selecting a GOP candidate. With options at a premium, a deep rotation is the current projection with defensive snaps being divided.
Similar to the line, the linebacking core will also return only one starter in strong side linebacker, D.J. Hunter, who was one of five Herd players selected to the All-Conference preseason team. Joining Hunter will be Maryland transfer Shawn Petty, who if all goes according to plan, will leave his quarterback-playing days behind at College Park.
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In contrast to the front seven, the secondary returns much of its core from last season with cornerback Darryl "Swagg" Roberts being the only starter who will not return this season after being selected by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the NFL draft.
Entering 2015, redshirt senior Keith Baxter is projected to hold down one corner spot after starting four games last season, while the other will belong to Corey Tindal who started all 14 games last season and was credited with 12 pass break-ups. Atlanta, Georgia native Antavis Rowe is projected as the team's third corner, but he may swap nickel back duties with Tindal at times and play more on the outside. Redshirt sophomore Rodney Allen will serve as the fourth corner.
At safety, Taj Letman and A.J. Leggett return after tying for the team lead in interceptions last season with four apiece.
Letman, a svelte 185 pounds, ranked third on the team in tackles in 2014 with 90 and also brings valuable experience having started 27 games the past two seasons. Leggett is more of a coverage safety, and displays the ball skills that had him pegged as a corner coming out of high school. With Kendall Gant and Tiquan Lang as the backups, the safety position may be the sturdiest on the team.


If you're someone who currently holds a HGV licence, you'll likely be aware of the fact that since 2008 in the case of coach and bus drivers and 2009 for lorry drivers, periodic CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) training is required every five years in order to retain your ability to drive professionally. For those who aren't so clear on the issue, we now look into the subject in detail, so that you know exactly where you stand and what's required of you.
Essentially, if the majority of your job involves driving a coach, a bus or a lorry, then periodic CPC training is something you'll have to take every five years. The training itself is comprised of a minimum of 35 hours, which can be spread over the entire 5 year period, so long as it is completed within the allotted time for the license held.
What periodic CPC training should not be confused with is initial CPC training, which is something every driver goes through when they first get their HGV licence (unless you obtained your HGV licence prior to Jan 10th 1997 and you have what's known as acquired rights – usually shown in the C1 column on the back of your licence). Periodic training is an ongoing assessment of your driving capabilities that was introduced under EU law to maintain driver standards on Europe's roads. Failure to stay compliant can result in up to a £1,000 fine being imposed, so staying up to date is very important to you and your job.
We at Specialised HGV offer both initial and periodic CPC training courses at all our training centres accredited by JAUPT. You simply have to Sign up on our website or give us a call to ensure that your 35 hours of training is complete, before the date your renewal comes around.
There's no need to panic just yet, however, as getting your HGV licence was definitely the hard part of the journey. Periodic CPC training is not a pass or fail process and it's just something that you're required to attend. Once you've done your 35 hours, you're all set to drive for a living and your DQC (Driver Qualification Card) will be valid for another 5 years.
Keeping track of exactly how much of your mandatory periodic CPC training you've done is very important, as it will help you stay up to date. Checking your hours can be done quite easily, by logging onto the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) website and registering your details into their system.
Once you've registered, your log in details will be posted to the address on your driving licence and you'll then be able to access your training record online, as and when you please. You must keep your login details somewhere safe, however, as it's something that you'll need every time you want to access your hours.
At Specialised HGV, we are the largest provider of CPC driver training in the UK, with more than 60 training centres across the country. We have the expertise and industry knowledge you need to take care of all of your driver training needs. We even have careers advisors who can help those just starting out on their HGV career to find work in their area.
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Nesbitt Realty & Property Management > Property Management Services for Landlords in Northern Virginia > What is a contingency reserve account?
Operating funds are funds that our property management and real estate business uses to fund and manage our business. Escrow funds are monies that Nesbitt Realty is holding on behalf of tenants, landlords, buyers and sellers. At any given time, Nesbitt Realty has hundreds of thousands of dollars in escrow accounts.
The Commonwealth of Virginia requires that all real estate licensees manage escrow funds in a particular manner. Most importantly the Commonwealth requires that escrow funds are properly accounted for at all times. In additional all escrow funds must be kept separate from operating funds. The biggest portion of our escrow funds are tenant security deposits, but also hold deposits for buyers (and sometimes sellers) as we'll as contingency reserve funds for landlords.
A contingency reserve account is money that is held in savings / escrow to pay for maintenance and other incidentals that occur during property management. Although the money is in our escrow account, the money belongs to the landlord. If / when the property management ends, that money is promptly returned to the landlord.
When a repair bill arises we use money in the contingency reserve account to pay that bill. When bills are paid in this manner the account is depleted. When the account is missing funds, at the end of the month when new rents are paid, Nesbitt Realty replenishes the count with money withheld from this rent. As property managers, Nesbitt Realty prepares a statement each month to show if/when money is depleted and how/when money is replenished into the contingency reserve account.
Landlords do not pay us money to set up the contingency reserve account. Instead, Nesbitt Realty withholds money from the first month of rent in order to set up the account.


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The many reasons that people are having less sex
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By Simon Copland from http://www.bbc.com
We live in one of the most sexually liberated times of human history. Access to new technologies over the past 40 years, whether it is the contraceptive pill, or dating apps such as Grindr and Tinder, have opened a new world of possibilities. As the sexual revolution of the 1970s matured, societal norms shifted with it, with increasing acceptance of homosexuality, divorce, pre-marital sex, and alternative relationships such as polyamory and swinging.
Despite this, research suggests that we're actually having less sex now than we have for decades.
On average, Americans had sex nine fewer times per year in the early 2010s compared to the late 1990s – a 15% drop
In March, American researchers Jean Twenge, Ryne Sherman and Brooke Wells published an article in the Archives of Sexual Behavior showing that Americans were having sex on average nine fewer times per year in the early 2010s compared to the late 1990s – a 15% drop from 62 times a year to just 53. The declines were similar across gender, race, region, educational level and work status, with married people reporting the most significant drops.
While it could be easy to dismiss this as a one-off, or a symptom of the challenges of researching people's sex lives, this is another point in a growing trend across the world. In 2013, the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) found that British people between ages 16 and 44 had sex just under five times per month. This was a drop from the previous survey, released in 2000, where men were recorded to have sex 6.2 times a month, and women 6.3 times. In 2014 the Australian National Survey of Sexual Activity showed that people in heterosexual relationships were having sex on average 1.4 times per week, down from 1.8 times 10 years earlier. The situation is perhaps most severe in Japan, where recent data has shown that 46% of women and 25% of men between the ages of 16 and 25 'despise' sexual contact.
Why is this happening?
While there are many simple conclusions available, BBC Future dug deeper and found a situation that is quite complex.
Porn blame
An easy first conclusion to make is that increased access to technology is to blame. Two technologies are usually targeted: online pornography and social media.
With the growth of online pornography, researchers have focused on its addictive potential, with some trying to label 'internet sex addiction' as an official psychiatric disorder. As an addiction, it is argued that porn acts as a replacement for real-life sex, limiting our sexual desire in the bedroom.
Social media and pornography are often blamed for damaging our sex lives – yet the evidence is far from clear cut (Credit: Alamy)
Porn is also blamed for its unrealistic imagery, with researchers arguing this can create symptoms such as 'sexual anorexia', or 'porn induced sexual dysfunction'. In 2011, a survey of 28,000 porn viewers in Italy found that many engaged in an "excessive" consumption of porn sites. The daily use of porn, researcher Carlo Foresta argued, means that these people became inured to "even the most violent" images. According to this theory, these unrealistic images found in porn make it difficult for men in particular to get aroused when encountering the real thing, resulting in them becoming 'hopeless' in the bedroom.
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Some researchers have even argued there is a link between porn and marriage rates. In a study in 2014, researchers Michael Malcolm and George Naufal surveyed 1,500 participants in the United States to analyse how 18 to 35 year-olds used the internet, and what impact this had on their romantic lives. The results, published in the Eastern Economic Journal, found a strong correlation between high levels of internet use and low marriage rates, a factor that was even more significant for men who viewed online pornography on a regular basis.
And it's not just pornography. Social media in particular has been blamed as a distraction, with people obsessing over their screens instead of their sexual lives. This is an extension of research that previously suggested having a TV in a couple's bedroom significantly reduces sexual activity. It would make sense that the intrusion of social media devices into all aspects of our lives could have a similar effect.
But there are good reasons to question both of these conclusions. Researchers are split on the impact of pornography on our sexual lives, with many debating the existence of 'internet sex addiction' in the first place. Others have noted the potential for pornography to enhance sexual activity. For example, in 2015 an article in the journal Sexual Medicine found that watching at least 40 minutes of porn at least twice a week boosted people's libido and desire to have sex. This study tested the libido of 280 men measured against their use of pornography. The research found a strong correlation between the amount of time spent viewing porn and the desire to have sex, with those who watched over two hours of porn per week having the highest levels of arousal. These results were noted as well by Twenge, Sherman and Wells in their research, who, despite finding overall drops in sexual activity, found no difference in sexual activity amongst those who frequently watched pornography.
Dating apps should make it easier than ever to find a sexual partner – yet millennials appear to be having less sex than previous generations (Credit: Getty Images)
The same can be said for social media. While social devices can certainly provide a distraction they also provide increasing avenues to access 'sex on tap'. In fact research has shown that apps such as Grindr and Tinder may speed up people's sexual lives, enabling sex on dates earlier and more regularly.
While technology definitely impacts our sexual lives, it cannot be blamed solely for the noted reductions in sexual activity.
Chained to the desk
Despite early dreams of a population liberated from work, our jobs seems to be intruding even further into our lives. Work hours remain extremely high across the Western world, with data recently showing that the average full-time employee in the US works 47 hours per week. It may seem logical to conclude that the fatigue and stress of work may lead to drops in sexual activity.
However it is not quite as simple as that. In 1998 for example Janet Hyde, John DeLamater and Erri Hewitt found in their research, published in the Journal of Family Psychology, that there was no reduction in sexual activity, satisfaction or desire between women who were homemakers and women who were employed either part-time or full-time. Contrary to the rest of their findings, Twenge, Sherman and Wells actually found that a busy work life correlated with higher sexual frequency.
Life in the fast lane can leave people feeling anxious, exhausted, and depressed – all of which may take a toll on their sex lives (Credit: Alamy)
But that does not mean work does not have an impact; instead, it's the quality, rather than the quantity, of our work that matters. Having a bad job can be worse for your mental health than having no job, and this extends to our sexual lives as well. Stress in particular is increasingly being seen as the core indicator of drops in sexual activity and sexual happiness.
In 2010, for example, Guy Bodenmenn at the University of Zurich and his research team studied one hundred and three female students in Switzerland across a three month period, finding that higher self-reported stress was associated with lower levels of sexual activity and satisfaction. There are multiple impacts of stress, including changing hormone levels, contributing to negative body image, making us question relationships and partners, and increasing levels of drug and alcohol use. All of these have correlations between drops in sexual activity and sexual drive.
It's about modern life
There are many other reasons to think that changes in our mental health and wellbeing may be damaging our sex lives. While Twenge, Sherman and Wells discounted both pornography use and work hours as causes behind the drops in sexual activity, the researchers argued the drops may be due to increasing levels of unhappiness. Western societies in particular have seen a mental health epidemic in the past few decades, focused primarily around depression and anxiety disorders.
There is a strong correlation between depressive symptoms and reduction in sexual activity and desire. Conducting a review of relevant studies for the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Evan Atlantis and Thomas Sullivan at the University of Adelaide found significant evidence that depression leads to increases in sexual dysfunction and reductions in sexual desire. Bringing this evidence together with the noted increases mental health issues, Twenge, Sherman and Wells argue there is a causal link between drops in happiness and average drops in sexual activity.
Research connects these mental health epidemics with the increasingly insecure nature of modern life, particularly for younger generations. It is this generation that has shown the highest drops in sexual activity, with research from Jean Twenge showing millennials are reporting having fewer sexual encounters than either Generation X or the baby boomers did at the same age. Job and housing insecurity, the fear of climate change, and the destruction of communal spaces and social life, have all been found to connect to mental health problems.
A mixture of work, insecurity and technology is leading us all to feel slightly less aroused
Drops in sexual activity could be argued, therefore, to reflect the nature of modern life. This phenomenon cannot be equated with one problem or another, but is in fact the culmination of many things. It is the creation of the stresses of modern life – a mixture of work, insecurity and technology.
Diagnoses of depression and anxiety have continued to rise during the last decade (Credit: Alamy)
Some may celebrate drops in sexual activity as a rejection of loosening sexual mores. But sex is important. It increases happiness, makes you healthier, and even makes you more satisfied at work. Most importantly, for the vast majority of people, sex is fun.
It is for these reasons that people around the world are trying to find ways to deal with this issue. In February this year Per-Erik Muskos, a councilman from the town of Overtornea in Sweden, introduced a proposal to provide the municipality's 550 employees a subsidised hour each week to go home and have sex. Muskos talked up the benefits of sex, saying his proposal could "be an opportunity for couples to have their own time, only for each other."
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Japan has been trying to deal with this issue for a long time, particularly over fears of a plummeting birth rate. Parents in Japan are now being provided cash for having children, while for years companies have been encouraged to give citizens more time off work to procreate. This has involved one of the country's large economic organisations, Keidanren, encouraging its 1,600 corporate members to allow their employees to spend more time with their families. Meanwhile, local authorities have encouraged procreation through a range of measures, including providing shopping vouchers to larger families and launching government-sanctioned matchmaker websites. The Australian government pursued something similar for many years, providing a 'baby bonus' to new parents up until 2014.
The problem with these proposals is that they are inevitably just a band-aid. While additional time off work and government incentives may have short-term effects, they do not deal with the structural problems behind the drops in happiness that may be dampening sex drives.
Just as this problem is multi-dimensional, so the solutions must be multi-dimensional as well. Tackling the sexual decline will require dealing with the very causes of the mental health crisis facing Western worlds – a crisis that is underpinned by job and housing insecurity, fears of climate change, and the loss of communal and social spaces. Doing so will not just help people with their sex lives, but benefit health and wellbeing overall.
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As you explore the world, you'll obtain special emblems from containers and some enemies. These emblems can be taken to a special hideout in order to purchase upgrades. Upgrades include the ability to pull out a shield, earn new combo attacks, increase the strength of your punches, and much more. They're worth spending the emblems on, so make sure to head back to the hideout when you're nearby or can make it back easily. You can also change your costume if you've obtained any others.
The world of Hob itself is amazing both in terms of design and its dynamic changes. As mentioned earlier, there are various landscapes that you'll be exploring and fighting your way through. Each different area has its own atmosphere, which makes discovering new areas all the more exciting. For example, when I made my way from a grassy section to a rusty, factory-like area, I immediately had a feeling of dread. At the same time, I was looking forward to seeing what it had to offer. One of my favorite things about the puzzles is how many of them alter the landscape and open up new paths. I appreciate how puzzles not only allow progression but that they change the world around you. This includes opening up shortcuts leading back to earlier areas, which is helpful as well.
Hob: The Definitive Edition has plenty of enhancements added to it since its original release. For those who played it prior, you'll be happy to know that aspects such as the framerate, menus, map UI, and environment cues have been improved, you can check your plot progress, your character gets reset after falling into the abyss, and many other features have been adjusted. If you want to experience the game as it was originally made, there's also a classic mode you can play. That being said, Hob: The Definitive Edition is a delightful romp through a mysterious world filled with monsters, puzzles, and intrigue. The combat is smooth, the puzzles are simple yet satisfying, and the exploration is definitely rewarding. As I played, I never wanted to put the controller down; I desired to keep pushing forward in order to discover everything that this fascinating world had to offer.


Our client, Blackcastle Farms, based in the Southwest of Ireland, wanted to bring their premium beef business online so that they could extend the potential reach of their business and sell their amazing beef products to the whole country. Piedmontese Beef is a special type of low fat beef that is great for your health, and body builders in particular love it.
However selling fresh products online is not without its challenges! How do you get it delivered fresh? Do we sell outside the home country? How are returns handled? What about payments?
We worked with Blackcastle Farms and Bradley Brand to develop a beautiful looking, high functioning, mobile responsive website to sell our client's premium beef products. Built on WordPress with WooCommerce and using Stripe for payments we also needed to make sure the back end was user friendly, easy to manage. And of course with all Lime Canvas sites it was on-page SEO'd.
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Brand consistency and an amazing look and feel on desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones was a must on this project. We delivered.
If your website isn't optimized for search these days you don't exist online. Rock solid on-page SEO is a must and luckily we have amazing SEO talent in house.
The end product of this project was a website infrastructure that Black Castle Farms will be able to use Digital Marketing to fuel growth over time. We wish them nothing but massive success.
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Q: Can we use SSD with HSQLDB for durable trust of not losing performance or space? I have a small DB of 4 tables and only one of the table is storing BLOBS. I am afraid if at some point the space exhausts due to large (GBs sized) BLOBS. I also dont want to perform clean operation rather to retain data as much as possible, no matter how old it is... What should be the vision of my in-process mode HSQLDB on a Linux Machine with RAM 128GB, with storage size (of that specific drive on which HSQLDB and my app is deployed) 300 GB?

A: Modern server-grade SSD's are considered reliable for durable storage of data. HSQLDB performs a lot faster with the database on SSD as opposed to magnetic disk.
However, it is important to backup the database regularly to avoid major data loss in case of a disk hardware failure.
The space for BLOBs is allocated as you insert new rows containing BLOBs. You can provision the disk space based on your usage estimates.


Muzical Mundeer proudly presents the brand new single released by Deep Sidhu entitled "Koke" featuring Byg Byrd!!
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday that weekend shutdown talks led by his vice-president would not break an impasse, as newly empowered House Democrats planned to step up the pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.
Among those Republicans was Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should take up bills from the Democratic-led House.
Vice-President Mike Pence arrived at the White House complex Sunday afternoon for a second round of negotiations with top congressional aides. Trump, who had tweeted the previous day that there had been "little headway," said he was not expecting much.


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int taiji_encode(std::string in, char *out1, char *out2, char mode)
{
	SynthStream synth(out1, out2, mode);
	synth.write(in.c_str(), in.length());
	synth.flush();
	synth.close();
	return 0;	//no error check for now...
}

int taiji_decode(char *in1, char *in2, std::string &out, char mode)
{
	SynthStream synth(in1, in2, mode);
	while (!synth.eof())
	{
		out += synth.get();
	}
	synth.close();
	return 0;	//no error check for now...
}

int taiji_encode_to_files(char *in, char *out1, char *out2, char mode)
{
	std::fstream fs;
	std::string data;

	fs.open(in, std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::binary);
	if (!fs.is_open())
	{
		fs.open(in, std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::trunc);
	}
	while (fs.good())
	{
		data += fs.get();
	}

	int error = taiji_encode(data, out1, out2, mode);

	return error;
}

int taiji_decode_from_files(char *in1, char *in2, char *out, char mode)
{
	std::fstream fs;

	std::string data;

	fs.open(out, std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::binary);
	if (!fs.is_open())
	{
		fs.open(out, std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::trunc);
	}

	int error = taiji_decode(in1, in2, data, mode);

	if (error == 0)	//only write to file if completed successfully.
	{
		//printf("Number of characters found: %d\n", data.length());
		//printf(data.c_str());	//prints to screen.
		fs.write(data.c_str(), data.length());
	}
	return error;
}

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Cecilia was played at 0.06% of live Phish shows.
It was last played June 25, 1997, which was 695 shows ago.
There have been 695 shows since the live debut.
"Cecilia" has been played approximately once every 1811 shows.
Since its debut, "Cecilia" has been played, on average, once every 695 shows.


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Q: Android GATT Services returns Null after many successful connection I am developing an Android app which connects to the BLE devices, Device does connect most of the time and i am able to capture the readings. But sometime after many connects disconnects, Bluetooth On/Off, my BluetoothGattCallback class method
onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status)

with status 0 [which means GATT_SUCCESS].
now when i try to get the BluetoothGattService  like:
BluetoothGattService service = gatt.getService(getServiceUUID());

it return null, so that i am unable to perform next steps.
Please help me to find the problem.

A: You have to first discover all services for the given device, otherwise when you run BluetoothGattService service = gatt.getService(getServiceUUID()); it will return null.
I would recommend you add the onServicesDiscovered function and use gatt.discoverServices(); instead.
@Override
    // New services discovered
    public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status) {
        if (status == BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS) {
            for (BluetoothGattService gattService : gattServices) {
                Log.i(TAG, "Service UUID Found: " + gattService.getUuid().toString());
            }
        }
    }

A: hello because of bluetooth low energy is unstable . and as your question define that you get call back function with 0 status code. then instead of using getServivce(UUID). you can use  getServices() method to discover avaliable services. this might be uuid issue!! Maybe you've got the UUID wrong..


Newcomers High School in Long Island City, Queens, is a school for immigrant children. The school librarian, Nelida Rodriguez, has sponsored visits by Hibakusha Stories several times. As in other schools for immigrants, the courage and tenacity of the hibakusha strikes a special cord. In the 2011 – 2012 school year, the borough of Queens had more immigrant students than any other borough – 24,370 or 8.3% of all public school students. 45% of the students at Newcomers are Hispanic, 45% are Asian, .5% Native American, .5% Pacific Islander, 4.5% Black and 4.5% White. 87% are English Language Learners.


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They will see regular work in progress updates at no extra cost.
There is the option of upgrading their commission, for example going for a larger size or adding an additional subject.
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Q: \printbibliography is not working. How can I make it work at emacs with AUCTEX? Using overleaf actually works, but when using emacs, the \printbibliography prints nothing.
I'm also using C-c C-c and Latex, C-c C-c Biber and C-c C-c Latex again, and it does nothing.
My document is exactly as follows:
\documentclass[12, arial, stu, floatsintext]{apa7}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{array}
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\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{referencias.bib}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{longtable}[=v4.13]
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
%\usepackage{sectsty}

%\sectionfont{\fontsize{14}{12}\selectfont}

\begin{document}
\title{Problemas locales y globales mediante el abordaje de la gestión ambiental}
\author{Jesús Armando Peña Lucero  \\ Matrícula: ES202104991}
\affiliation{Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México}
\course{Asignatura: Gestión ambiental}
\professor{Docente: Carlos Mauricio Calderilla Jaime}
\duedate{22-Marzo-2022}

\maketitle
\section{Introducción}
\section{Desarrollo}
\subsection{¿Qué es la gestión ambiental}
Son actividades orientadas a mitigar y/o prevenir problemas ambientales.
Responde a las acciones ncesarias para conseguir equilibrio entre desarrollo económico, crecimiento poblacional y uso racionald e recursos para permitir la protección y conservación del ambiente. \cite{UnADM}(UnADM., S.F.)

\subsection{Tipos de instrumentos de la gestión ambiental}

\begin{longtable}{>{\hspace{0pt}}m{0.45\linewidth}>{\hspace{0pt}}m{0.45\linewidth}}
\hline
\textbf{Instrumento} & \textbf{Tipo de instrumento} \\ \hline
\endhead{}
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Auditorías ambientales & Respuesta\\ \hline
Investigación y educación ambiental & Respuesta\\ \hline
Análisis de ciclo de vida & Respuesta\\ \hline
Programa de manejo integral de las emisiones, agua, residuos, etc. & Respuesta\\ \hline
Etiquetado ecológico & Respuesta\\ \hline
Ordenamiento ecológico del territorio & Respuesta\\ \hline

\end{longtable}

\subsection{¿Cómo están formados los sistemas ecológicos?}
\subsection{¿Cuáles son las ciencias que se relacionan con la gestión ambiental?}

\begin{longtable}{>{\hspace{0pt}}m{0.45\linewidth}>{\hspace{0pt}}m{0.45\linewidth}}
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Agua & 3 Respuestas (tambien para las de abajo)\\ \hline
Suelo & Respuesta\\ \hline
Flora & Respuesta\\ \hline
Fauna & Respuesta\\ \hline
Ecosistemas & Respuesta\\ \hline

\end{longtable}

\subsection[1]{¿Cómo aborda la gestión ambiental las problemáticas?}

\subsection[1]{Problemáticas en mi lugar de origen}

\subsection{¿Qué es un sistema de gestión ambiental?}

\subsection{¿Qué es un diagnóstico ambiental?}

\printbibliography[]

\end{document}

My .bib document looks like this:
@Book{UnADM,
  author          = {UnADM},
  title           = {Programa de la asignatura: Gestión ambiental U1},
  date            = {s.f.}}


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        stream: process.stdout,
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        name: 'Toga',
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    return logger;
  };
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