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WHY BOOTCAMP FOR UNIVERSITIES
BOOTCAMP VS DEGREE
ONLINE TECH BOOTCAMP VS. ONLINE DEGREE IN TECH: WHICH PATH IS BEST FOR YOU ?
According to The Future of Jobs Report via the World Economic Forum, an estimated 85 million jobs are going to be replaced by automation by 2025. Additionally, 40% of core skills will change for workers, which explains why the country has seen an influx of people reskilling and upskilling.
So, what exactly is upskilling and how does it apply to you and your career?
Upskilling is the process of learning new skills. More specifically, its's the process of learning skills that are going to be required by tomorrow's workforce. Based on the world's tectonic shift into all things digital,you can probably guess where the majority of people are focusing their upskilling and reskilling efforts -- technology
The most in-demand technological skills and competencies of tomorrow's digital workforce are:
THIS BEGS THE QUESTION:WHERE'S THE BEST METHOD FOR UPSKILLING AND RESKILLING?
There are two popular answers to that question. Tech bootcamps and the traditional university route. However, When making the tech bootcamp vs. degree comparison, one path offers some significant advantages over the other in terms of cost, time, and method of learning. Let's break these down.
WHAT IS AN ONLINE TECH BOOTCAMP ?
A tech bootcamp is a method of learning in which students are trained on a certain aspect of an IT field (ex: data science) in a concentrated amout of time. The typical program can range from a few weeks to several months. The length of the program depends on if the student is attending full-time or part-time; however, there are some online bootcamps that are offered in a self-paced format.
Tech bootcamps are generally led by industry experts who have extensive experience in areas such as coding, programming languages, fintech, data analytics , and other IT specialties. These instructors lead bootcamps in both online and in-person classrooms, taking students through a curriculum that features intensive hands-on exercise meant to simulate real-world scenarios encountered in the tech world.
Students can typically enroll in a tech bootcamp as long as they can pay the one-time enrollment fee and meet the education and equipment requirements (ex:laptop, stable imternet connection). Most tech bootcamps only require the student to have a GED or high school diploma.
Upon completing the tech bootcamp, graduates may be presented with a cretificate that certifies their skills and knowledfe in the area of IT the course covered. This certificate can then be used with potential employers who are looking for candidates in the tech field
WHAT IS A DEGREE ?
An academic degree is what's awarded to students upon completion of an educational program at a junior college or university. The majority of bachelor's degree programs take four year when attending as a full-time student.
Those interested in a career in IT usually major in one of the following:
Systems & network administration
Information technology and information systems
During the standard four-year bachelor's degree program, students will engage in a curriculum of core courses (ex: mathematics, science) during their undergraduate studies followed by courses that focus on advanced concepts relating to their major during their post-graduate studies.
Students must meet eligibility requirements to enroll in a university degree program in addition to paying student tutition. Upon completing their degree program, graduates are awarded with a diploma that certifies they completed their coursework. This degree can subsequently be used on a resume or professional profile to attract potential employers.
TECH BOOTCAMP VS. DEGREE: THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES
Now that you know what a tech bootcamo and a degree are, we can get back to our original tech bootcamps vs. degree comparison. Clearly, one of these methods of learning has advantages over the other, right? Let's break down the fundamental differences between the traditional degree oath and tech bootcamps.
TIME TO
In the great tech bootcamp vs. degree debate, this to completion is one of the biggest differentiators. That's beacuse tech bootcamps take months compared to degree programs, which take years. If you're looking for the quickest turnaround time on upskilling, tech bootcamps are the way to go.
According to Forves, the cost of college tutition has steadily increased over the past three decades, an there is currently $1.75 in student loan debt (includes private and federal loans). More than half the students who attend four-year colleges have student loan debt, averaging roughly $29,000 per borrower.
By comparison, the average coding bootcamp costs an average of approximately $11,200 per a 2021 State of the Bootcamp Market Report. Overall, a tech bootcamp costs less; however, so,e employers will place a higher value on a degree when compared to a tech bootcamp certificate.
SCOPE OF EDUCATION
A four-year degree program focusing on any area of an IT field is going to be extremely comprehensive. Without a doubt, you'll learn a lot that you can directly apply to your career. You'll also learn a lot that you may not use at all. That's because most degree programs prep their students to enter their field under one of several different job titles. A computer science major, for instance, can find entry level work as a web developer, software developer, or systems architect
Tech bootcamps, on the other hand, are far more specialized in their curriculum, and oftentimes have one or two specific careers in mind for their graduates. When making the tech bootcamp vs. degree comparison, the argument can be made that tech bootcamps are more career minded. Tech bootcamps trim the proverbial fat of a traditional degree program, leaving behind only the most critical information and skills needed for a future role in IT.
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Remember we were talking about how the great UX design is made? The one that involves a number of UX techniques from identifying exact personas the product will interact with to building a working prototype of the app (before the coding starts). Our great designer and talented graphical artist, Dasha Ermolova prepared this cool poster that presents all the UX techniques graphically. Enjoy!


When Sarika (name changed) spent Rs. 25 lakh to complete a BA in fashion design in 2014 from Pearl Academy, little did she realise that the degree certificate she was awarded by the institute in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) would not be formally recognised in India. She was made aware of the fact by the export house she was working in. Wanting to lay off staff, her manager showed her a letter from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU); questioning the validity of her degree, and terminated her services.
The AIU, a body which has the mandate to issue equivalence certificates of foreign degrees to match them with degrees awarded by Indian universities, refused to recognise Sarika's degree as valid and also did not issue an equivalence certificate to her.
"It has been observed from the papers that the candidate has passed her bachelor's from Nottingham Trent University, UK, from their Indian centre through Pearl Academy, Delhi, in 2014. As per the matter of policy, AIU does not issue Equivalence Certificate for the degrees awarded by foreign universities in India," reads the AIU letter.
AIU and UGC (University Grants Commission) norms require institutes to be affiliated to universities or follow Foreign Educational Institution Regulations 2012; many institutes are attracting applicants on the basis of their 'international degree' offers, and charging fees ranging from `10 lakh to Rs. 25 lakh. Some of the Indian and international institutes' collaborations include the Indian Institute of Art and Design with Kingston University (London); GD Goenka World Institute with Lancaster University; International Institute of Fashion Design with Istituto Di Moda Burgo (Milan, Italy); Mod'Art India with Mod'Art (Paris); Lisaa School of Design, Delhi, with Lisaa School of Design (France); Raffles Millennium International, New Delhi, with Raffles (Singapore); IMS Design and Innovation Academy with Pearson Education, UK; Picasso Animation College with Centennial College, Toronto, Canada; among others.
When HT Education sent emails and made phone calls to the Indian institutes and asked for clarity on the regulatory provisions under which they were offering degrees, no one except Pearl Academy responded. Admitting that the degree it offers in collaboration with NTU has no legal approval in India, Pearl Academy, however, claimed that it followed international standards and ensured quality assurance.
Any joint degree agreement between an Indian institute (not a university) and international university violates of UGC Act 1956, UGC's Foreign Educational Institution Regulations 2012 and Assocation of Indian Universities provisions to collaborate with foreign universities and grant degrees. Section 22 (1) of UGC Act of 1956 states that degrees can only be awarded by a university established under a Central act, a state act or an institution deemed to be a university under section 3 or an institution especially empowered by an Act of Parliament.
"These institutes (mentioned above) are not universities. Their collaboration with an international institute is in violation of UGC's Foreign Educational Institution Regulations 2012 which makes it mandatory for any institute to affiliate with a university, have NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) accreditation and get MoUs signed with foreign institutions approved by UGC. Under whose permission have universities like NTU and Lancaster entered India?"asks a senior UGC official. When asked about the process of acquiring an equivalence certificate for a degree awarded by a foreign university, Prof Furqan Qamar, secretary general, AIU says one of the conditions is that the "student should have pursued the programme of the study full time as a regular student on the campus of the foreign university." Students of many of these private Indian institutes were not full-time, regular students on the campus of the foreign university, "AIU shall not be able to accord equivalence to such qualifications," says Prof Qamar.
Degrees granted for technical education would only be valid if "the institute (in question) collaborating with the foreign university is affiliated to an Indian university. Tripartite MoUs signed among three parties – the institute, the university it's affiliated to and the foreign university – should have the AICTE's nod," says Avinash Pant, chairman (officiating), AICTE.
Mehra adds that every course undergoes a rigorous curriculum approval process which engages industry, faculty, alumni and current students.


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True Account recorded in the Police log of Florida
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Get Out Of The Car!
This is a true account recorded in the Police Log of Sarasota, Florida
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle.
She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her lungs, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"
The four men didn't wait for a second threat. They got out and ran like mad.
The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition.
She tried and tried, and then she realized why. It was for the same reason she had wondered why there was a football, a Frisbee and two 12-packs of beer in the front seat.
A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down.
She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her mistake.
The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn't stop laughing.
He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun.
No charges were filed.
The moral of the story? If you're going to have a senior moment ... make it memorable.
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Google has announced a new platform plan, named 'Stadia', which is said to be a 'game changer' for E-Sports.
This new video gaming streaming platform, when introduced later in the year, will allow gamers to stream games on cloud and is not solely a streaming platform.
Gamers will be able to play, watch others play and even develop the content. Games will be running on mighty Google servers rather than gamers' own devices.
Google will also have its own controller, similar to the ones of X-Box and PlayStation. Google also announced that a former executive of gaming giants Ubisoft and EA studios will lead its gaming studio.
This is another exciting development for the future of E-Sports.
It was about time that the technology giant, which evidently knows how bright the future of gaming is, to react with such an investment. The advanced cloud technology will allow gamers to merge spectating with playing, which is a dream-like opportunity.
Apart from this being an exciting development for E-Sports, the competition between Google and Amazon, which owns the streaming platform Twitch, may start a new rivalry between them.


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Q: How to remove an entry with null sha1 in a Git tree I have inherited of a git repository with a null sha1 for a commit entry in a tree, preventing FishEye to index the repository.
$ git fsck
Checking object directoriies: 100%(256/256), done.
warning in tree db22a67df70dc4ff90ec4cd666da91e9c2cb0d9:
    contains entries pointing to null sha1
Checking objects: 100% (416532/416532), done.
Checking connectivity: 416532, done.

Looking for the given tree give me the following result:
$ git ls-tree db22a6
100644 blob e615f18b55a39f2719112ce209c2505dd92d8e75    .gitignore
100644 blob ac852f06c5a04420356c1d5efca44d9a864e78b0    .project
160000 commit 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000  SomeDirectory
100644 blob 631c17e28026261a2ccf6bc570842cf4af9f181c    GoDeploy.bat
100644 blob 40e992ab5c3868af2910135c3ac4610c3646e7f8    pom.xml

Looking in the history, I've found that SomeDirectory was initially a git submodule and that the commit that seems to cause the issue is the one that removed both the .gitmodules and SomeDirectory.
Now, there is a real directory called SomeDirectory at the exact same place where the culprit was.
I though I could still try to fix run a git filter-branch to see what I would end up, but it does not work:
$ git filter-branch --force --index-filter \
$ 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch SomeDirectory' \
$ --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
[... striped out for clarity]
Rewrite c571a3ec94e9f84471577bac41ac7375c729ef08 (76/18522)error:
    cache enttry has null sha1: SomeDirectory
fatal: unable to write new index file
Could not initialize the index
[... striped out for clarity]

What am I supposed to try next, knowing that there is no backup that I'm aware of prior to the commit that causes the issue.

A: The message you get suggests that there was only a single tree with a bad submodule. In that case, there is very little you have to clean up. You can create a new fixed tree that doesn't have this problem:

$ git ls-tree db22a67df70dc4ff90ec4cd666da91e9c2cb0d9 |
> sed -e '/0\{40\}/d' |
> git mktree
(new tree SHA1 here)

Your question shows the git ls-tree output already. The sed removes the line with the bad submodule, and git mktree creates a new tree object from the result.
Once you have the fixed tree, you can create a fixed commit using this tree:

$ git cat-file commit c571a3ec94e9f84471577bac41ac7375c729ef08 |
> sed 's/db22a67df70dc4ff90ec4cd666da91e9c2cb0d9/(new tree SHA1 here)/' |
> git hash-object -t commit -w --stdin
(new commit SHA1 here)

git cat-file commit c571a3ec94e9f84471577bac41ac7375c729ef08 prints the problematic commit object in a textual form. It will start with tree db22a67df70dc4ff90ec4cd666da91e9c2cb0d9, and continues with the rest of the commit info (parent, author, committer, commit message). The sed replaces the tree line's reference to the old tree by the new one. git hash-object -t commit -w --stdin creates a new commit object from the result, writes it to the repository, and prints its ID.
Once you have the fixed commit, you can use git replace:

$ git replace c571a3ec94e9f84471577bac41ac7375c729ef08 (new commit SHA1 here)

This doesn't actually change anything yet, but tells Git that whenever it would read commit c571a3ec94e9f84471577bac41ac7375c729ef08, it should read the new commit object instead.
And finally, use git filter-branch to make it permanent. This goes through all commits, reads them, and writes them back. Ordinarily, without any options to modify the commits, this wouldn't have much effect, but because of the earlier git replace, this causes all commits with c571a3ec94e9f84471577bac41ac7375c729ef08 as a parent to be re-written to refer to the new commit instead, all commits which refer to those re-written as well, etc.

A: For anyone still having trouble with this, I solved this issue using git-filter-repo:
git filter-repo --path <folder> --invert-paths

filter-repo does not have the same problems that filter-branch has with the null sha1 and is a lot quicker.
See this answer/question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61544937/1827771

A: Maybe it will work with an interactive rebase to modify the commit that contains the troublesome SomeDirectory commit reference, e.g.
$ git branch backup_branch       # To be able to revert if not satisfied
$ git rebase -i db22a6^          # From parent to db22a6
...
# You then select Edit for commit db22a6 in the editor
...
$ git reset HEAD^             # Reset the commit db22a6 but not its changes
$ git status
...
# should list as modified: .gitignore .project SomeDirectory GoDeploy.bat pom.xml
...
$ git checkout SomeDirectory     # Cancel the troublesome change
$ git add .gitignore .project GoDeploy.bat pom.xml
$ git commit -m "your commit message"
$ git rebase --continue

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Kevin Morby's Life in Motion
By By Aly Comingore
Photographed by Cara Robbins
ABOVE: KEVIN MORBY. PHOTO BY CARA ROBBINS.
When we meet up with Kevin Morby at a neighborhood café in East L.A., he immediately cops to being a little worse for the wear. He's been back home for less than 48 hours following a month-and-a-half-long European tour, his missing luggage just recently resurfaced, and his new solo album, Still Life, drops in a day. Even in the debilitating midday heat, the irony of the record title is lost on no one.
Hangover-like jetlag notwithstanding, Morby seems to be slowly closing the book on nearly half a decade of perpetual motion. In the last year alone, the Kansas City native has swapped his New York digs for a spot in Los Angeles and made two solo albums. He also formally hung his hat up as the bass player for Woods and put his other project, The Babies, to bed.
Fittingly, Still Life's 10 songs were written mostly on the road and are littered with transitory figures—lead track "The Jester, The Tramp & the Acrobat" being just one example. Not unlike last year's Harlem River, Still Life toes the line between bittersweet reflection and abject struggle, with Morby's hazy drawl and country-folk touchstones acting as ambassadors. He still considers the characters to be rooted in his old East Coast haunts, but on the whole Morby sees Still Life as a transitional tale.
ALY COMINGORE: You've been in Los Angeles for a year now. Do you feel like it's lived up to the expectations you had before you moved?
KEVIN MORBY: Yeah, it's been nice. I've been gone a lot throughout the year, but the months that I have spent here have been good. They've been mellow. I've been able to get a lot of writing done and a lot of work done. And I recorded my record.
COMINGORE: How has it compared to New York?
MORBY: I was just in Europe and people kept asking me if there was a cool scene out here, and at least as far as the people I hang out with go, it's all pretty much established bands. It's not like we're all playing the same clubs and trying to make it or something. It's just a bunch of expats. It's like a retirement home. We all go to bed at 10 o'clock. [laughs]
COMINGORE: Do you buy the argument that New York has priced out the creative class?
MORBY: Sometimes I think that's totally true, but I also think I'm 26 now and there's got of be some younger kids in there, in some neighborhood I don't know about. And that's great. I feel like I had my time there and my New York as I knew it is no longer that.
COMINGORE: I know Harlem River was made up of songs that had amassed over a number of years. Are the songs on Still Life mostly new?
MORBY: Yeah, all of this stuff is very new. I write all the time, and I write a lot of songs, but before I started putting out records those songs always just ended up on stuff that I did with The Babies.
COMINGORE: Was there a driving force behind the writing process for Still Life?
MORBY: Just touring. People keep asking me if this is my L.A. record and it's not at all. I feel like Harlem River was me putting one foot out the door of New York, and Still Life is between Point A and Point B. It's the grey area.
COMINGORE: So the title is kind of ironic, then.
MORBY: The title actually came by way of my friend Maynard Monrow, who did the cover art piece. He's in his 50s and he used to be part of the whole '80s New York art world. He started making these awesome pieces of word art and I became obsessed with him. There are a lot of New York characters in these songs and when I saw that phrase "Still Life with Rejects from the Land of Misfit Toys" it just was New York to me. But the album title also has this double meaning because I did write the whole thing while I was on tour and it's a document of that part of my life, too.
COMINGORE: That might be one thing New York has on L.A.—I imagine there's a lot more character potential, just because you encounter more people day to day.
MORBY: Yeah. One of my first observations about New York that I was so fascinated with was that you'd be at a stoplight and you're with everybody; there's a homeless dude and some weird celebrity and a cop and someone who looks exactly like you. You're on foot and everyone is at street level and eye-to-eye. I think that's what's special about New York, because there's no hierarchy, there's no discrimination.
COMINGORE: What's one stereotype about Los Angeles that's proved itself to be true in the last year?
MORBY: People talking about the freeways. I do it all the time. Hearing that conversation before I moved here though, I was like, "What are the hell are they talking about?" But now I'm interested in how people get places. Someone tells me they took the 110 to the 5 and I'm like, "No way!"
COMINGORE: What's a song that you wish you had written?
MORBY: "Passing Through" by Leonard Cohen and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by Bob Dylan.
COMINGORE: Have you given any thought to the future of The Babies?
MORBY: Not really. I think if The Babies are going to do anything it would be to put out a record in like five or 10 years and probably not tour all that much. But I could see us doing something fun, like playing some shows and putting out a live record or something. I don't know though.
COMINGORE: How do you think that band factored into the music you're making now?
MORBY: I think both Woods and The Babies played a crucial role. I was never really seeking to play music. I knew I wanted to do it, but I think I wasn't seeking it out because it seemed so abstract to me. I didn't understand how to get a practice space or buy gear—I never thought I could do any of that—let alone get in front of people and play the songs. But then I joined Woods and that taught me how to be in a band and how to be a musician and how to tour. With The Babies I was the front person, but so was Cassie, so it wasn't all on me. I had her to hide behind a little bit, so I learned how to be a front person but I didn't have to jump all-in. I think I took all of those things and applied it to this.
COMINGORE: Do you get stage fright?
MORBY: All the time, but I think it's good. It's funny because some nights I won't even think about it. For example, before I played in Stockholm, zero nerves. I hung out in my hotel room and walked to the show and then got onstage and it was like I was in my best friend's house. I was almost creepily not nervous. Then when I was in Porto I played a solo show and I was incredibly nervous. I think it comes down to what I ate that day and how long I was in the car.
COMINGORE: What's the ideal pre-show meal?
MORBY: The ideal pre-show meal I think is pho, the Vietnamese soup. It's very light and good for you, and then the broth is great for the throat.
COMINGORE: You mentioned not setting out to be a musician. Did you have backup career plan?
MORBY: No. [laughs] I mean, I guess now I view music as my career. I want to do it forever, regardless of whether or not it's my means of living. It was always something I loved doing that I was pretty good at, but there was never a thought of career in my brain ever for anything. At this point I've put out kind of a lot of albums and people seem to like it and the crowds keep getting bigger and bigger, so I think maybe I could make a life out of it. But then I think, well, I already have kind of made a life out of it. It's been a while and this is what I've done, which is really cool.
COMINGORE: What are some of the other jobs you held down?
MORBY: I had a lot of jobs in New York. I worked in a café and I did bike delivery and I was a mover. And I babysat, which was really cool in some cases and really insane in others.
COMINGORE: Did you refer to yourself as a manny?
MORBY: I did one time. It was hilarious. It was when I was getting a bank account. The guy asked what I did and I told him I was a manny. He was like, "You're a what?" And I was like, "I babysit." It totally threw him off. He thought I was a fuckin' freak, but I was like 23 and really nervous.
COMINGORE: Are you pretty good with kids?
MORBY: Yeah totally, but I would get overwhelmed when their friends would come around. The funny thing about babysitting is that you're in charge of one or two, and then all of a sudden they have all of their friends over and it's like, shit, I'm responsible for all these kids.
COMINGORE: Any babysitting horror stories?
MORBY: No, thank god. Can you fucking imagine? I was only like 19. I used to think about it all the time, though. Like, what if one died?
COMINGORE: The album comes out tomorrow. What are your hopes for it?
MORBY: I hope that it ends up in the used bin of every record store across the world as soon as possible. [laughs] But no, I mean, I hope that people like it.
KEVIN MORBY'S STILL LIFE IS OUT NOW ON WOODSIST RECORDS. FOR MORE ON THE ARTIST, VISIT HIS WEBSITE.
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Police: Man Robbed, Threatened With Stun Gun At South Salt Lake Hotel
Aug 2, 2018, 5:05 PM | Updated: Aug 3, 2018, 2:17 am
BY JED BOAL AND KSL STAFF
SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah man is facing felony aggravated robbery charges after police said he robbed a man at a South Salt Lake hotel and threatened him with a stun gun.
A man went to the Ramada Inn at 2455 S. State Street, where he expected to pay someone for sex, according to the probable cause statement. When he arrived at a room at the hotel, he decided he no longer wanted to have sex because he encountered a man but expected a woman, the report states.
When the victim tried to leave the room, the suspect used a stun gun and threatened the victim that he needed to give him his phone and money. The victim gave the suspect his phone and told him he did not have any money, according to the report.
The victim called the police, who spent three hours trying to talk the man out before he surrendered.
Police recovered a stun gun from inside the room.
Nobody was hurt in the incident.
The suspect, Thomas Patrick Cooper, 27, of Salt Lake City, now faces charges of felony aggravated robbery, offer/agree to commit sexual act for fee, and unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon. He has been booked into jail.
Police initially said the man who drove to the Ramada Inn worked for Uber and was going to the hotel to help a customer. The man also told KSL TV earlier Thursday that he was an Uber driver and was helping the customer get luggage out of the hotel room. He said he knew he should not have gone into the room, but was eager to earn an extra tip.
Police later said the police investigation revealed more information and a different story about what happened.
Uber spokesperson Kayla Whaling told KSL TV, "I can confirm this person is not an Uber driver-partner and has no affiliation with the app."
Utah teen's family thanks Nebraska man who found Amber Alert suspect
The family of a missing Layton teen thanked an attentive gas station attendant who was credited for bringing a Utah Amber Alert to an end.
Eliza Pace, KSL TV
Officers recover many dangerous weapons in DUI arrest
Police officers discovered multiple dangerous and illegal weapons following the arrest of a man accused of driving under the influence Monday.
Eliza Pace & Ladd Egan, KSL TV
Day care closed for meth contamination after child pornography charges
A daycare in Sandy has been closed by the Salt Lake County Health Department after a search revealed methamphetamine contamination, after two of its employees faced child pornography charges.
Man rams two police cars after fleeing a robbery
A man hit a two police cars in a chase as he and another suspect fled from burglarizing a construction site Wednesday morning.
Matt Gephardt & Sloan Schrage, KSL TV
Gephardt: Vehicle History Report Scam Targets People Selling Cars In Online Classifieds
A vehicle history report has become a big part of the used-car buying process. But now, thieves are using these reports to trick people into handing over their cash, and their identities.
Company: More Than $200,000 In Camera Equipment Stolen In West Valley Warehouse Theft
A digital production firm offered a hefty reward Tuesday after more than $200,000 in camera equipment vanished from a warehouse over the weekend.


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La Tramontane
I remember years ago hearing the Lerner and Loewe show tune They Call the Wind Maria and thinking "what a funny idea to name a wind!" Since then, I've come to realize that in Southern California there are the hot, wildfire-producing Santa Anas and that other strong currents of air have been given names around the world. And, well, after all, if we can label hurricanes and now even snowstorms, why not the wind? The South of France is home to two big ones: the mistral coming down the Rhone Valley from the Alps which I blogged about once from Provence and the tramontane which we're getting to know intimately this trip.
The word tramontane itself, "across the mountains," has been around for quite a while. And when I say "quite a while" I mean Marco Polo wrote about it in the 1200s! Other countries use the same term, or their version of it, for their own mountain currents. Our French tramontane refers to a cold, dry and sometimes violent wind. It comes down from the Pyrenees or between them and the mountains of the Massif Central. It blows through this area all year long, though not all the time. In summer it provides a welcome relief from the stifling heat. But in winter, let's face it, it can be just plain chilling. At times it howls enough to make you wonder if the house can sustain the hurricane force or it might even wake you up at night. It's such a part of life, though, that inhabitants are well-prepared for it and everything is pretty well anchored down. Even the plants and trees seem to shrug it off.
Tales about the tramontane have even entered into local legend. Like the famous foehn in Switzerland, some folks think it causes moments of insanity which can be used to explain criminal behavior in court cases. Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables, seems to have been a believer himself. In one of his poems he wrote that "The wind coming across the mountain will drive me crazy." Mostly, though, it just causes mild discomfort. Like when we're walking back from the grocery store with our hats ready to blow away and our bags which feel like kites about to take off. The plus side, of course, is that, while Languedoc-Roussillon is the windiest region of France, it's also the sunniest. That gusty tramontane really has the ability to blow the clouds away. So that kind of trade-off, in my mind, is worth it.
Passages to Freedom
The "Wild Beasts" of Collioure


The Frankston & District Junior Football League (FDJFL) was founded in 1965 with just 7 teams from within the City of Frankston.
Today the League has 17 Clubs and over 4000 junior footballer's ranging in age from Under 9 through Under 17 for boys and Under 13 through to Under 18's for girls.
The league is affiliated with AFL South East with clubs situated geographically from Mornington to Aspendale and out to Devon Meadows.
Current Clubs: Bonbeach YCW, Carrum Downs, Carrum Patterson Lakes, Chelsea, Devon Meadows, Edithvale-Aspendale, Frankston Dolphins, Frankston Rovers, Karingal, Keysborough, Langwarrin, Mordialloc, Mornington, Mt Eliza, Pines, Seaford.


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package com.sdl.selenium.extjs6.slider;

import com.sdl.selenium.InputData;
import com.sdl.selenium.TestBase;
import com.sdl.selenium.web.SearchType;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.time.Duration;

import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;

public class SliderIntegrationTest extends TestBase {

    private Slider slider = new Slider().setLabel("Sound Effects:", SearchType.DEEP_CHILD_NODE_OR_SELF);

    @BeforeClass
    public void startTests() {
        driver.get(InputData.EXTJS_EXAMPLE_URL + "#slider-field");
        driver.switchTo().frame("examples-iframe");
    }

    @Test
    void sliderTest() {
        slider.ready(Duration.ofSeconds(25));

        slider.move(60);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(60));
        slider.move(0);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(0));
        slider.move(40);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(40));
        slider.move(3);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(3));
        slider.move(80);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(80));
        slider.move(30);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(30));
        slider.move(0);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(0));
        slider.move(99);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(99));
//        slider.move(10);
//        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(10));
        slider.move(57);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(57));
        slider.move(58);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(58));
        slider.move(57);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(57));
        slider.move(0);
        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(0));
//        slider.move(1);
//        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(1));
//        slider.move(0);
//        assertThat(slider.getValue(), equalTo(0));
    }
}

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Q: Is it possible to take control of sublimetext3 tabs with cmd Good Day.
I am a hobby programmer, and am just looking for creative ways to get things done.
In particular, closing a tab or tabs in sublimetext3 through a cmd line method.
The even cooler thing would be, if so, is there a way to decide in cmd which tab to close e.g. 3rd from left/right etc?
In keeping with the idea that this is mostly curiosity and preference than anything else, so creative replies are definitely appreciated as well.

A: You can execute any command* from the command line, so this is very much possible.
For example, to close the active tab of the most recently used Sublime Text window, you can run subl --command close.
To close a specific tab, for example the 18th tab, which will have index 17 because it is zero-based:
subl --command 'close_by_index {"group": 0, "index": 17}'

(This is assuming bash syntax - for Windows cmd syntax, you may need to do some creative escaping because the command arguments have to be valid JSON and quoted as part of the same argument as the name of the command you want to execute.)
This is exactly the same command that would be run when right-clicking on the tab and picking Close Tab in the context menu. This command can be seen by inspecting Packages/Default/Tab Context.sublime-menu using the built-in View Package File functionality in the Command Palette. You can check this file to see other pre-defined entries like closing all other tabs, or tabs to the right etc.

*: Caveats being if ST is not already running, then it tries to run the command before plugins are loaded.


Beijing is investigating the state-run asset manager's chair for graft, in a copy of its probe into private group CEFC. That complicates Huarong's support for CEFC's acquisition of a stake in Rosneft. Yet given these are de facto state players, the deal should still survive.
A senior official at China's banking regulator is set to be named chairman of China Huarong Asset Management, after the former head was placed under investigation for alleged corruption, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on April 18.
The official, Wang Zhanfeng, is currently head of the Guangdong branch of China's banking regulator.
- The ruling Communist party's anti-corruption watchdog said on April 17 it was investigating the chairman of Huarong Asset Management, the country's biggest manager of distressed assets, for suspected graft.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said it was investigating Lai Xiaomin for suspected "serious discipline violations", a euphemism for graft, making him the latest in a string of high-profile financial executives targeted.
The CCDI gave no further details. Huarong Asset Management was not immediately available for comment. Reuters could not immediately reach Lai for comment.


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Betrayed is a 1917 silent drama film directed and written by Raoul Walsh, starring Hobart Bosworth, Miriam Cooper, and Monte Blue, and released by Fox Film Corporation. It is not known if the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film.

Plot
Carmelita Carrito (Cooper), a young Mexican girl, is an aristocrat at heart despite the coarseness exhibited by her father Carpi (Marcus).

Although she has a lover named Pepo (Blue), Carmelita finds herself attracted to the bandit Leopoldo Juares (Bosworth) when he takes refuge in her house. After his departure, Carmelita watches wistfully after him, eventually falling asleep by the window.

A U. S. Army officer, William Jerome (Oakman), comes searching for Juares, and Carmelita, fascinated by the gringo, tells him that Juares is to meet her at the brook. Discovering her duplicity, Juares forces Carmelita to don his hat and coat. Jerome, mistaking Carmelita for the bandit, shoots the girl and is ordered to be executed before a firing squad.

Carmelita then awakens from her dream and discovers that United States troops, led by Pepo, are converging upon her house to arrest Juares, who is hiding there. Pepo captures the bandit and wins a large reward as well as Carmelita's affections.

Cast
Miriam Cooper as Carmelita Carrito
James Marcus as Carpi
Hobart Bosworth as Leopoldo Juares
Monte Blue as Pepo Esparenza
Wheeler Oakman as William Jerome

Reception
Like many American films of the time, Betrayed was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors cut an attack on a man, shooting and two rioting scenes in store, attack on driver, shooting man off horse, last part of love scene, and shooting girl and shooting man.

References

External links

1917 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Raoul Walsh
1917 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Fox Film films
1910s American films

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A language border or language boundary is the line separating two language areas. The term is generally meant to imply a lack of mutual intelligibility between the two languages. If two adjacent languages or dialects are mutually intelligible, no firm border will develop, because the two languages can continually exchange linguistic inventions; this is known as a dialect continuum.  A "language island" is a language area that is completely surrounded by a language border.

Important concepts
The concept of mutual intelligibility is vague. More important, it can be difficult for non-native speakers to distinguish one language from one another similar one. Furthermore, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a language: for instance some languages share writing systems but are spoken differently, while others are identical when spoken but are written using different alphabets. For example, different "dialects" of Chinese use the same characters with the same meanings, but these can be pronounced very differently in different varieties. Japanese also uses large numbers of Kanji characters (of Chinese origin) to mean the same as in Chinese, but they often have different "readings" (yomi) some of which may be pronounced as in Chinese while others are totally different.

There are often also shared terms between two languages even between languages that have nothing to do with each other.

For example, Spanish is spoken in most Central American and South American countries, but also in Spain. There are subtle but recognizable differences between the dialects, but there are different dialects even within the country of Spain. (In many cultures there also slight differences between the versions of the language, both spoken and written ("registers") used in different contexts: for example when talking to one's boss and talking to one's friends.)

Difficulties

There can also be people within a country who speak the "native" language of a different country, some of whom may be bilingual. Also, an inherited language may evolve and perhaps absorb some of the characteristics or terms of the new area's predominant language. In cases such as these, it becomes even more difficult to identify specific languages.

When speakers have a foreign accent, they are often perceived to be less intelligent and are less likely to be hired. It is the same with an accent from a peripheral area, rather than the accent from the urbanized core: a peripheral person is typically perceived as speaking a "less correct" by those who are more educated, while those who are not as educated do not perceive any difference in the "correctness". Colonial histories could also help this phenomenon.

A well-known example of a language border is the border between Romance and Germanic languages that stretches through Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Italy.

Politics and language borders

European expansion
Language borders do not always reflect political borders; the tendency to correlate language with nationality is a common error that seems to have arisen during the period of 19th century European expansion (e.g., the term Anglo in Mexico and the southeastern U.S., or the term Angrez – literally, "English" – in North India). The usage of a particular language can reflect positively or negatively on its speaker depending upon the situation. For example, there is perception in the USA that only English speakers are American and only non-Americans are non-English-speakers. It is suspected that this assumption began because states would have "official" languages for the purposes of book publishing and therefore for the purposes of education, so intelligence would come to be associated with speaking the language that was written.
Because of this idea, there are also often social benefits which result from being able to speak English. A prime example of this is the prevalence of bilingualism near the U.S.–Mexican border, which also indicates the porosity of the border and illustrates the difficulty of drawing a "border" around all speakers of a given language, especially because there is not usually much correlation between ethnicity and language. Such common bilingualism leads to the practice of code-switching, or the changing freely between languages while speaking although this trait is somewhat looked down upon because those living in areas of frequent code-switching seem to develop a sort of language loyalty.

Colonialism
Another example of the difference between language borders and political borders is the spread of languages via colonialism, causing languages to be spoken in multiple, not necessarily adjacent countries.

Other examples
Although language borders and political borders do not always agree, there have been many instances where political leadership has attempted to enforce language borders. In the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on the border with the United States, social efforts have been made to curb the amount of American influence taking place—but at the same time, as in other foreign cultures, the class benefits of English proficiency are acknowledged and to this end schools teach in English and many television channels are in English. The use of Breton and Welsh has historically been discouraged by French and British governments respectively. There are also instances of intolerance to the speaking of Native American languages at some schools, thus forcing those students to create small communities in which they can speak their native language, thereby creating "language boundaries" on a very small scale. Examples like these illustrate the impact that language boundaries can have on cultural boundaries, even if they are not necessarily one and the same.

Annotated bibliography

See also
Isogloss
Language island
Linguistic geography
Adstratum

Sociolinguistics
Borders
Language geography


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Music: Theory, Forms, and Instruments
The accordion is a portable, freely vibrating reed instrument. It consists of a keyboard and bass casing that are connected by a collapsible bellows. Within the instrument are metal reeds, which create sound when air, generated by the movement of the bellows, flows around them and causes them to vibrate. The accordion is constructed from hundreds of pieces, and much of it is hand assembled. First constructed in the early nineteenth century, the accordion continues to evolve into an ever more versatile instrument.
Development of the accordion is generally thought to have been inspired by the Chinese cheng, the first known instrument to use a free vibrating reed to create sound. This instrument was invented approximately 5,000 years ago. It consists of a series of bamboo pipes, a resonator box, a wind chamber, and a mouthpiece. It has a shape that resembles a phoenix and was introduced to European musicians in 1777.
The first accordions were invented in the early nineteenth century. In Germany, Christian Buschmann introduced and patented an instrument called the "Handaeoline" in 1822. It had an expandable bellows, a portable keyboard, and a series of free vibrating reeds inside. Seven years later, Cyrillus Damian refined the instrument by adding four bass keys that produced chords. He was awarded a patent for this instrument, which he called an accordion.
Over the next several decades, various improvements were made to the accordion. One major modification was made in 1850, when the chromatic accordion was introduced. The early diatonic accordions produced different notes when the bellows were drawn opened and pressed closed. The chromatic versions produce the same note regardless of the action of the bellows. Steel reeds were incorporated into the instrument in 1857. As several early companies, such as Hohner, Soprani, and Dallape, began manufacturing the instrument in the 1860s, other changes were made. The addition of more bass keys was particularly important. By the early twentieth century, manufacturers had settled on a standard size and shape for the instruments, which eventually led to the modern accordion.
The incorporation of electronics into accordions began around World War II. At first, they were wired to allow a hookup through an electronic organ. Eventually, accordions were connected to electronic boxes of their own, allowing for sound generation, amplification, and speakers. A recent development is the inclusion of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) systems with conventional accordions. Instruments which have MIDI contacts can be connected to any MIDI-compatible device, such as synthesizers, electronic pianos, and sound modules.
The modern accordion has three primary sections, the expandable bellows and the two wooden end units called the treble and bass ends. The treble end of the accordion has a keyboard attached. The bass end contains finger buttons that play bass notes and chords. The reeds and electronic components are located on the inside of the bellows.
The accordion is called a free reed instrument because it uses free-standing reeds to produce sound, similar to the harmonica. The reeds are made up of metal strips that are riveted to either side of a rectangular metal plate. Below the reed is a slot which allows air to flow through the bellows. When air passes through this slot in the appropriate direction (first on the reed, then through the slot) the reed vibrates, producing the characteristic accordion sound. Air flowing in the opposite direction does not create sound because the reed only bends instead of vibrating. To conserve air, a plastic or leather flap is placed on the opposite side of the slot away from the reed, preventing air flow in this direction. Each reed is arranged on the treble or bass reed blocks and is associated with a key on the keyboard or various buttons on the bass keyboard. The length and thickness of the reed determines the pitch of the note it produces. For example, a long reed produces a lower note than a shorter reed. Depending on the type of accordion, there can be multiple treble and bass reed blocks.
The keyboard on the treble side of the accordion can have various configurations. A popular style is the piano-type keyboard. Each key is extended into the body of the accordion and has a device attached to it called a pallet, which covers the holes of the reed block. When the key is left undisturbed, the hole in the reed block is closed and air can not reach the reed below. Depressing the key causes the pallet to open, allowing air to flow to the reed and producing sound. The treble grill covers the action of the keys on the pallet. Another set of keys on this side of the accordion are the register keys. These keys operate slides that can bring in different sets of reeds, thus increasing the variation in tonal quality available.
Like the treble end, the bass end is also attached to the bellows by a wooden plate. It also has a keyboard and register buttons. The bass keyboard is much different than the treble keyboard, though. Instead of traditional piano-style keys, it is made up of buttons. These buttons are attached to a series of rods and levers that control the airflow through the bass end reed block. When a button is pushed, multiple notes, or chords, are sounded. The standard Stradella bass keyboard has as many as 120 buttons.
When a musician plays the accordion, the instrument is typically held in place by shoulder-straps as the player sits or stands. The bellows are pulled apart or pressed together as keys are depressed, and air is forced through the reeds. As keys on the treble keyboard are pressed by the right hand fingers, the reeds associated with those keys vibrate and produce specific notes. The left hand, which is primarily responsible for moving the bellows, also operates the bass notes, which provide accompanying sounds and major and minor chords.
While the chromatic accordions, such as the Piano accordion or the Continental chromatic accordion, are the standard instrument in the United States, other types are available. Diatonic accordions are still manufactured since they are often used in folk music. Common types include the melodeon, the continental club model, and the British chromatic. A recent invention are the electronic piano accordions. Two types are made, one which has a normal bellows and reeds, but also an electronic tone generator. Another is fully electronic, and the bellows only serves to control the instrument's volume.
Literally hundreds of different parts are used to make an accordion. These can be made of a variety of materials, including wood, metal, plastic, and others. The larger parts of the instrument, such as the frame, pallets, and reed block are typically made of poplar wood. This wood is useful because it is sturdy and lightweight. The bellows are made of strong manilla cardboard which is folded and pleated. Leather gussets are put on each inner corner, and metal protectors are fashioned on the outer corners to strengthen and protect the bellows. The treble grill is a fretted metal cover. It is often decorated with the manufacturer's logo and is vented to allow greater sound production.
Metal is also used to make many of the smaller pieces. For example, the reeds are made of highly tempered, watch-spring steel. They are riveted to an aluminum alloy reed plate. To minimize the amount of air that goes through a slot, leather or plastic flaps are used to cover the side opposite the reed. The rods which connect the bass buttons to the pallets and register slides that control the reed blocks on the inside of the accordion are also made of metal. The straps which allow the player to wear the accordion are made of strong leather and are usually padded. Leather or plastic washers are used throughout the instrument to keep it airtight. Additionally, wax is also used in some areas to prevent air leaks. Finally, the keys on the treble keyboard and the many buttons and switches are primarily made of plastic.
The Manufacturing
The manufacture of an accordion is not a completely automated process. In a sense, all accordions could be called handmade, since there is always some hand assembly of the small parts required. The general process involves making the individual parts, assembling the subsections, assembling the entire instrument, and final decorating and packaging.
Making the parts
1 Depending on the manufacturer, the parts of an accordion can be supplied by outside manufacturers or made in-house. The wooden parts are typically cut into the appropriate shapes by jigs and presses. This is an automated process in which the wood passes by these machines and is then cut. This system significantly simplifies the repeated making of identical components and ensures they are made with a high degree of precision.
2 The plastic components of the accordion such as the buttons and keys are usually produced by injection molding. In this approach, plastic is supplied as granules or powder and is fed into a large hopper. It is then heated, converting it into a liquid that can then be forcibly injected into a mold. After it cools, it solidifies and maintains its shape after the die is opened.
3 Various processes are used to construct the many metal parts of an accordion. These typically involve melting the metal to a liquid form, then placing it in a preformed mold. When the metal is cooled and hardened, the mold is opened and the part is complete. In the case of the reeds, the metal is specially treated by a process called tempering. This reduces the hardness and brittleness of the metal, making it more ductile and tough.
Assembling the reeds, keyboards, and casings
4 After the individual parts are made, partial assembly begins. The reeds are riveted, or screwed, to an aluminum alloy reed plate. This plate has two slots, and the reeds are attached over each on opposite sides. On the open end of each slot, a leather or plastic valve is secured.
5 The reed plates are then arranged in a specific order and attached to a wooden reed block. Depending on the model, three or four of these blocks are put in the treble and bass side casings. The treble keyboard is attached to the reed block, and the bass side buttons and keyboards are also attached.
Final assembly
6 The bellows is typically supplied by outside manufacturers. It is made by folding and pleating strong cardboard and reinforcing it with leather and steel strips. The treble and bass casings are attached to it and sealed with wax to prevent air leakage.
Adding finishing touches
7 After the main parts have been assembled, various decorative finishing touches are put on the accordion. For example, the instrument is painted, the treble grill is attached, and the manufacturer's name is added. The accordion is then put in its case, packaged, and shipped to distributors for sale.
Quality control begins with the incoming raw materials and parts that are used to construct an accordion. If the manufacturer makes their own plastic parts, the starting resin is checked to ensure that it measures up to specifications related to physical appearance, melting point, and molecular weight, to name a few. Wood and steel are also checked similarly. For parts that are obtained by outside suppliers, the instrument manufacturer often relies on the supplier's quality control checks. During the production process, the quality of each accordion is verified by trained line inspectors and craftspersons. They perform visual inspections at each step and detect most flaws.
Improvements to the accordion have continued since its creation in the early nineteenth century. One recent invention is an accordion attachment that allows the musician to modify notes by "bending" the tone. This extra control over notes vastly improves on limitations of the current reed technology. Future instruments promise to utilize this type of technology and also to be more refined in the areas of tone and acoustic projection of sound, as well as in the areas of playability and handling. With the availability of increasingly lighter materials and the incorporation of computer technology, future accordions will certainly be much more versatile than their predecessors.
Where to Learn More
Flynn, Ronald, Edwin Davison, and Edward Chavez. The Golden Age of the Accordion. Flynn Publications, 1992.
Liggett, Wallace. The History of the Accordion in New Zealand. New Zealand Accordion Association, 1992.
Spence, Scott. "The MIDI Polka." Electronic Musician, March 1, 1995, p.66.
Wallace, Len. "The Accordion—The People Instrument" Canadian Folk Music Bulletin, Fall 1992.
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ac·cor·di·on / əˈkôrdēən/ • n. a portable musical instrument with metal reeds blown by bellows, played by means of keys and buttons. ∎ [as adj.] folding like the bellows of an accordion: an accordion pleat. DERIVATIVES: ac·cor·di·on·ist / -nist/ n.
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accordion (accordeon). Small portable instr., shaped like a box, with metal reeds which are vibrated by air from bellows. The accordion is similar in principle to the mouth org. but is provided with bellows and studs for producing the required notes (or, in the piano-accordion, a small kbd. of up to 3 1/2 octaves). It is designed to be held in both hands, the one approaching and separating from the other, so expanding and contracting the bellows section, while melody studs or keys are operated by the fingers of the right hand and studs providing simple chords by those of the left hand. Invention credited to Damian of Vienna, 1829.
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accordion Musical instrument of the reed organ type. It has an organ-like tone produced by air from the bellows vibrating reeds. The melody is played on a piano-type keyboard with chordal accompaniment controlled by buttons. It was invented in 1822 and is widely used in folk music.
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accordion XIX. — G. akkordion, f. It. accordare tune (an instrument).
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Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ṭuwayr al-Qaysarānī al-Miṣrī (1130–1220) was an Egyptian official and historian.

Born in 1130, he occupied high office under the last Fatimid caliphs, and continued serving the Ayyubid regime after that.

It was for the Ayyubid ruler Saladin that he compiled his History of the two dynasties (Nuzhat al-muḳlatayn fī akhbār al-dawlatayn). This work is now lost, but was used by other medieval historians such as Ibn Khaldun, al-Maqrizi and al-Qalqashandi as their main source for the later Fatimid period and the institutions of the Fatimid Caliphate. Ibn al-Tuwayr's access to Fatimid archives has led to his work being held in high regard by both medieval and modern historians: the 15th-century historian Ibn Taghribirdi considered him as the most important source on the Fatimid Caliphate, and N. J. G. Kaptein qualifies his history as an "invaluable source".

The modern historian Claude Cahen has tried to reconstruct the work based on the quotations from the later historians. Based on the surviving material, the work begins with the reign of al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah and continued to the end of the Fatimid period. The only indication of the work continuing into the Ayyubid period is provided by al-Maqrizi, who records its full title with al-dawlatayn ("the two dynasties") at the end.

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Q: minimizing browser window affects the page style I designed a web page using CSS/HTML.
I gave all the divs an absolute position property,and used % instead of px for all the dimension.
My problem is that minimizing the browser window makes my divs interferes,change them size,and looks messy.
I added the "DOCTYPE" tag and meta tags.
I thought there is something wrong with the position property so i tried "relative",and "static" instead of "absolute" but nothing changed.
what can i do??

A: I take it your are new to HTML/CSS, as you should ALWAYS have a DOCTYPE or your code will most defiantly not be valid and will break cross browser.
Using absolute on everything isn't recommended, by myself or anyone else. But you could add a wrapper div around your page, set it to relative and that might help then you wouldn't have to recode your page to fix this issue.  But then again, it might not do much at all without your code or an example there is really no way to tell.

A: Using absolute positioning for everything will do exactly that. Keep everything static unless you really need AP, and when you use AP make a parent element or grandparent of the AP element position relative so you have a base to position off of.

A: When you resize the browser window, the width and height change, thus your relative positions change and break your layout. The rule of thumb is: do not use absolute positioning unless it's unavoidable. Use the standard document flow and floats where possible.


In the case of disposal of a business asset, the disposal gains can remain outside the tax rate by reserving this profit in a reinvestment reserve. The condition is that you have a intention of reinvestment and that this reinvestment also takes place within three years of the year of reservation. Check if a reinvestment period expires this year.
In Special situations is term extension possible. The special circumstance does not necessarily have to reinvest itself. There must be circumstances under which you cannot reasonably be held to the deadline.
• The phasing out of facilities.
In 2013, you may apply additional deductions to your tax profit for costs and expenses other than wage costs directly attributable to Research & Development, the RDA. In 2014, the RDA is cut back. If you have enjoyed the RDA this year and do not expect altered conditions in 2014, you should consider a lower RDA. At the end of 2013, the definitive RDA percentage for 2014 is determined by ministerial arrangement.
Note: Also in 2015 you can continue to benefit from the entrepreneurial deduction. For the time being it remains unchanged. The proposed winstbox is off the job.
If you purchase or have purchased a house, office or other property on or after 1 September 2012 to 1 January 2015 where the property is then resold within 36 months, the buyer will pay only for the value-added transfer tax. The extended period of 36 months is still valid until 1 January 2015. After that, a period of 6 months will apply.
In addition, when selling new business property, which has already been put into service or has been rented, you may be eligible for an exemption from transfer tax. You are then only liable for VAT. For this exemption, the period of 24 months shall be extended to 1 January 2015.
• After the commencement date of the rental (if this commencement date is earlier than the time of putting into service).
Furthermore, the extended time limit applies only if the first entry into service or the previous commencement date of the rental is between 31 October 2012 and 1 January 2015. As from 1 January 2015, a period of 6 months applies.
Assess whether it is advisable to wait with investments until after 1 January 2015. The time of investment is the moment when you enter into the obligations to purchase or improve the asset. By postponing investments you may receive more investment deductions.
In principle you as an entrepreneur are entitled to the Kleinschaligheids Investeringsaftrek (KIA). When you are environmentally friendly, there are several interesting tax investment facilities such as the Energy Investment Deduction (EIA), environmental investment deduction (MIA) or arbitrary depreciation on environmental assets (VAMIL). Test whether you are eligible for the KIA, EIA, MIA and VAMIL this year.
If you have assets on the tax balance that have a lower value, you can value them within the limits of good merchant use. For example, bad debting claims, inventories or business premises can give you a substantial deduction.
The RDA percentage is expected to be 60%. The additional deduction item will provide you as an IB-entrepreneur up to 26.83% net. In the corporation tax the RDA supplies up to 15% net. Research has shown that the RDA cannot always be used effectively. Thus, the (starting) companies with (start-up) losses do not provide a direct advantage. It is currently being investigated whether the RDA should enter the S & O afdrachtvermindering as of 2016. This could mean that 2015 is the last year in which you can apply the RDA.
You are not asking for a more VAR but a decision no wage levies (BGL). The BGL is a decision that gives the client clarity about the consequences of an employment relationship for wage levies. As an entrepreneur by the BGL, you have no certainty as to whether you are enjoying wages from employment or profit from enterprise. The client will shortly be responsible for the application of the BGL.
Note: You will continue to use the VAR 2014 for the time being. This remains valid until the entry into force of the BGL.
There are a number of options to reduce your winnings. Under conditions, you can provide a provision for expected expenses for example, a reorganization, maintenance, remediation costs, warranty on products or anniversary expenses for the staff. If a provision is not possible, a cost egalisatiereserve can sometimes be a result. For example, this reserve is possible for major maintenance of a business premises. A claim can also be devalued which has become incomplete. Perhaps there are still stock shares on the balance sheet that can be devalued or there is stock in the warehouse.
11 from the BV to the one-man business silently or silently?
Are you running skinny gains or even losing with your eg? In that case, it may be more advantageous to convert your BV to a one-man business. You can do this silently or silently. The noiseless conversion is more complex.
The rushing transposition could bring with it more benefits. You start your one-man business as a starting entrepreneur. This means that you also enjoy all business facilities under conditions including the start-up rebate and the arbitrary depreciation.
If you make a profit, you can use a part of that profit for a tax oudedagsreserve (for). This addition to the FOR lowers the income tax due. From January 1, 2015, you can add less to the FOR. You can still add only 9.8% of the profit over a calendar year to the FOR. At the moment, that is up to 10.9% of the profit. In addition, on 1 January 2015 a maximum amount of €8,640 is applied. In 2014, the maximum amount is €9,542.
You can collect VAT that you have already paid, but not (more) of the debtor, from the tax authorities. This VAT should not be indicated on the supplementation form, nor in the next VAT report, but must be submitted in a letter form to the tax authorities. This must be done within one month of the expiry of the period in which it appears that the debtor will not pay.
If you no longer meet the conditions for the existence of a tax unit for VAT, the joint liability for the VAT debts of all companies within the fiscal unit runs as long as the tax unit exists. The fiscal unit will not be retroactively terminated so it is very important that you notify the tax authorities so quickly that the tax unit must be broken.
If you owe a maximum of €1,883 to VAT (after deducting before tax) on an annual basis, you will be eligible for the kleineondernemersregeling (KOR). In that case, you may not have to pay a part of the VAT. There is even a reduction of 100% if you do not owe more than €1,345 in VAT on an annual basis. Check if you can apply the KOR.
You can make longer use of the reduced VAT rate on labour costs in the renovation and rehabilitation of dwellings. The reduced rate of 6% for dwellings older than two years is extended to 1 July 2015.
What work is already under renovation and repair work? Renovation and repair work means renewing, enlarging, repairing or replacing and maintaining (parts of) the dwelling. Also below is the application of goods in or to a dwelling which is part of the house in architectural terms. In principle, you can apply the reduced 6% rate on the labor costs of placing a kitchen or replacing a CV installation.
• The labour costs of gardeners for the building and maintenance of the gardens belonging to the house.
Have you paid VAT in other EU member States? Then you can ask for this VAT by means of an electronic request to the tax authorities in the Netherlands.
Please note: Your request must be within before 1 October of the year following the year you are requesting VAT. Requests coming in below may no longer be considered by the other EU country.
From 1 January 2015, telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services will be taxed in the country where your customer lives. If you do nothing, you will have to register, report and pay VAT in all Member States where your customers reside. However, if you use a special arrangement, you only need to make VAT declarations in one EU country (the Netherlands) and pay VAT for all electronic services to your customers in EU countries. If you register before 31 December 2014 for this arrangement with the tax authorities, you can use it from 1 January 2015.
Please note: Each quarter, you must report the digital services provided to individuals via the secure section of the tax authority's Internet site. This is only a mention of the VAT payable. The VAT notification must be submitted digitally at the latest 20 days after the end of a period.
Before the end of the year, you may make a dividend benefit below the reduced aanmerkelijkbelang rate of 22% in so far as the income from significant interest does not exceed €250,000. With your tax partner you get even more benefit. You can pay a total of €500,000 to 22% in 2014.
Note: In 2015, the normal aanmerkelijkbelangtarief of 25% applies.
If there is an (interim) dividend payment, a repayment on equity deposited capital and or the purchase of own shares other than not to take place, then a benefit test must be made. It is desirable that you perform this test before you proceed to benefit. The test shows whether the company can continue to fulfil its obligations even after the dividend is paid.
2013 was higher than €43,000 (the standard amount in 2013), unless it is probable that the wage in 2015 should be raised to a higher or lower amount on the basis of the new usual wage plan.
Please note: If you do not specify a customary wage, you risk a fine of 50% on non-withheld wage tax.
As a DGA, you can obtain your tax advantage with the work-on-line. So you can drop your bonuses under the free space. This is still 1.5% of the compensation in 2014. In 2015, the free space is reduced to 1.2% of the compensation.
Please note that you must satisfy the condition that you have already dropped the bonuses in the past under the final charge and that the bonus is not unusually high.
You can benefit from 1 January 2015 as a DGA by using the group arrangement. The group arrangement makes it possible to merge the free spaces within one group. If you have a holding structure, in which you are employed at the holding company, you will be able to merge the free areas of the holding and the operating company in the future.
Is your BV in financial distress? In that case you can lend money to your BV as a DGA. The interest you receive from your BV falls under the posting scheme in box 1. This means that you can apply the posting exemption of 12%.
Please note: The loan to the BV must be made under business conditions. Think of interest, redemption and certainty. So make a contract of money loan and repayment obligation. Also the interest must be business. In order to review the business, you should ask yourself the following question: is an independent third party willing to run such a debtor risk under the same circumstances?
In the case of excess cash in the BV, it may be attractive for you as a DGA to conclude a loan with your own BV. You can borrow for consumer purposes. The loan then falls for you in box 3. You do not receive interest deductions, while the interest is taxed at the BV.
It is more tax-attractive to borrow for the house. You can bring the interest charged to your income in box 1 at a maximum of 52%, while the BV is owed 20-25% of the company tax. Taking into account the Aanmerkelijkbelang claim of 25%, the total tax burden exceeds 40-43,75%.
TIP: VAnuit rate point of view, it may be interesting to set interest rates as high as possible. As a rule, the tax authority accepts an interest rate that banks may also charge.Please note: You must pass on your own home loan information to the tax authorities. If you do not do this in time, you will lose your right to interest deductions.
The afdrachtvermindering education has been replaced by the grant practice learning scheme. As the name implies, the new scheme is a subsidy and not an allowance for wage tax. Have you already called for this subsidy? The subsidy amount can be up to €2,700 per year of study per Leerlingaanvraag.
In order to qualify for the scheme, specific conditions must be met. For example, your company must be classified as a recognized learning company. There are also requirements for the agreement between the pupil, the training institution and the employer and the guidance actually provided to the student.
Please note: Unlike the previous monthly afdrachtvermindering, the subsidy will only be granted after the end of the academic year.
Do you have a life-cycle credit as an employee? You can withdraw your credit in 2015 at one time. The employer may pay out 20% of the recorded credit. This 80% regulation applies only to the life-cycle credit including interest that was in the life-cycle piggy bank on 31 December 2013.
Are you as an employer prepared for the pension changes by 1 January 2015? You can already consider the adjustment of your existing pension scheme and the required repair and/or (possible) compensation measures.
In the future, the salary above €100,000 can no longer be rebuilt as a tax-benefit pension. This maximum pensioengevend salary is indexed annually. There is a possibility for employees to save voluntarily from the Nettosalaris above €100,000. The premiums to be submitted are withdrawn from the Nettosalaris and are therefore not deductible. The saved balance is not taxed in box 3, but may only be included in the form of an annuity (periodic payments).
Are you asking your employees to make their own contribution to using the car of the case? If this contribution has been appointed as a contribution for private use, the addition may be reduced by the amount of the contribution.
This could, for example, be the subject of a contribution that a worker pays because he has a more expensive lease car than he can lease according to his employer's scheme.
Next year you will no longer be able to choose the ' old ' system of allowances and benefits in the payroll tax. Have you not yet switched to the work-on-line? Please take into account some months of preparation time.
You should not only reflect on the tax consequences of the work-on-line effect, but also on the labour-law impact that the work is having. It is therefore advisable to consider the conditions of employment and to ask ourselves, among other things, whether the benefits and benefits in kind that are currently being made are an obligation to the workers to pay this net. You have to look out with your employees. You cannot change the terms of employment unilaterally, irrespective of whether there is a change clause in the employment contract or collective labour agreement.
Please note: If your employee does not accept a change, the change will only be possible if you can show that you had a ponderous interest in modification and (in consultation) made a reasonable proposal to the employee (s).
As an employer, you determine on 1 January 2015 whether there is a need for a limited number of facilities for your employees. You should think about features such as tools, computers, mobile communication equipment and similar equipment. If you, as an employer, think it is necessary for the employee to have the provision at his disposal and that the employee actually uses that provision in his work, then this can be offered under the work-charge regulation.
Tablets, telephones and computers that require employees to do their job well, can therefore be provided without any burden.
For now, as a driver of a car of the case, you are still tied to the addition of 14%, 20% or 25%. Only in 2016 will there be adjustments again. Without these necessary adjustments, the reduced rate of addition for electric vehicles and the exemption in the MRB for highly fuel-efficient cars in 2016 would be cancelled. The adjustments mainly relate to the addition percentages for electric and (very) economical cars for 2016.
Note: You can still come under the addition. For this you need to show by means of a closing ride-administration that you have stayed below the 500-kilometre limit for private use. If you are in possession of a ' no private use car ' statement, you should show that you do not drive more than 500 private kilometres.
Last chance, only in 2015 can older taxpayers still benefit from the old-Rentoeslag in box 3 of income tax. The elderly supplement is an increase of up to €27,984 of the duty-free capital. This surcharge will be abolished on 1 January 2016.
Please note: The elderly person supplement applies only to taxable persons who have reached the AOW age on 31 December of the year of Declaration or at the end of the tax liability.
In addition to the abolition of the elderly allowance, the elderly discount for older tax VAT with an income of up to €36,200 is reduced by €83. For incomes above that limit the discount will amount to €2016 70.
The personal deduction, including donations, alimony, care costs and training expenses, is deducted from the income in box 1. A possible remainder is deductible from the Income in box 3 (rate 30%) and then from the Income in box 2 (Rate 25%). Match your income and deduct as much as possible.
• Make a donation or gift.
Until 1 January 2015, you can receive a donation for the benefit of your own property of up to €100,000 from both a family member and a third party tax free. The donation for the dwelling must serve to obtain an own dwelling, in order to funding the improvement, maintenance or redemption of the rights of leasehold, resale or constriction or to repay a private dwelling debt or a residual debt.
If you have your own house under construction in 2014, you can also use the temporary widening of the grant exemption next year. The condition is that you have paid at least the first term of the purchase amount for the new property in 2014.Please note: No notarial gift certificate is required.
To save inheritance tax on death, you as a parent can make a donation on paper to your children. Herein you declare that you owe a certain amount-the donation-to your children. You also stipulate that you pay interest to the children and that the debt will only be payable after you have passed away. The advantage is that you still have the money remaining and your children enjoy the tax advantages.
• This interest should actually be paid annually.
The legal community of goods between spouses is curtailed. It has been proposed that premarital (business) capital is in principle private equity, unless the partners expressly choose by marriage conditions that this capacity belongs to the community.
Please note: When marrying in the community of goods, only what both spouses have built up during the marriage will be standard in the community. The premarital ability, gifts and legacies remain private assets.
Unfortunately, you cannot report your income or assets to the tax authorities without any further tear. Since 1 July 2014, the fine for voluntary improvement is 30%. Moreover, only voluntary improvement has been made if the tax authorities had not yet been informed or could have been of undeclared income or assets. From 1 July 2015 the fine for Inkeerders goes up to 60% of the tax too little levied.
Please note: The recovery period in the deliberate concealment of income or equity (bad faith) may in all cases be extended to 12 years.
Have you inherited a property? Then you need to go for the inheritance tax of the WOZ value of this House. However, the WOZ value is always (at least) a year before the date of death. However, as an heir, you can choose the WOZ value that applies in the year of death or the WOZ value that applies to the year after the year of death. Choosing the right WOZ value can be a tax advantage.
As with tax debts, you can be confronted with speed-up of the recovery of surcharge debts as of 1 January 2015. Accelerated recovery means that the tax authorities may take enforcement measures immediately after taking a decision to recover a surcharge debt (and associated interest and possible penalties). Therefore, pay your surcharge payable on time.
As from 1 January 2015, the tax rate scheme will also apply to the dividend tax. This implies that you are liable for tax assessments of dividend taxes. On the other hand, you will receive interest on refund orders. The percentage shall be equal to that of the statutory interest on non-commercial transactions, provided that the percentage is at least 4%.
You can no longer rely on three kindgerelateerde schemes in the income tax as of January 1, 2015: The deduction of the child's livelihood, the parental leave discount and the single-parent discount.
You can deduct the interest on residual debts by 1 January 2015 for fifteen years. Now that is another ten years. This extension applies to residual debts arising from the period from 29 October 2012 to 2017.
Please note: The mortgage interest deduction is further reduced to 51% on 1 January 2015. This is hitting al-Leen homeowners who are having their income in the highest load disk.


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Who forgot his claws? Was it you, Shaggy?!
Today's greatest threats to civil society may be climate change, the 2020 presidential election, and live versions of Disney musicals.
Despite the combination of curiosity, nostalgia, and skepticism that keeps viewers tuning in to ABC's live productions of musicals, it's not like we like them. Are we entertained? Surely, but for all the wrong reasons. When The Little Mermaid Live! aired last night, Twitter was interested in how the 1989 beloved classic would be staged before an audience. After all, it's been 30 years since songwriters Alan Menken and Howard Ashman gave the world "Part of Your World," "Kiss the Girl," and "Under the Sea."
What aired was a bogus bastardization of Broadway musical numbers, creepy puppeteering, and a watch party of the original animation, as the "live" musical was a disjointed mix of animated clips and live performances. Even with Queen Latifah breathing life into the production with a sonorous performance as Ursula and a decent, if pitchy, showing from 18-year-old Auli'i Cravahlo (Moana), ABC's constant commercial breaks advertising the upcoming Disney+ streaming platform made it clear that the whole production was just "the most expensive Disney+ ad" made to date.
But above all, what cannot be unseen is Shaggy's role as Sebastian. Yes, the officious, suck-up crab and side kick who represented every nerdy teacher's pet who tried to sit with the popular kids in the cafeteria but ended up a tattle tale by recess. Most notable about his performance as the iconic crab was the fact that Shaggy, rather than matching the staging and rest of the cast's costumes, simply wore red pants and a red, boxy faux leather jacket. Some viewers saw Michael Jackson from Thriller ghost-walking along the bottom of the sea and haunting Ariel, while others saw Shaggy doing a good job playing Sebastian if Sebastian were a 51-year-old philandering reggae singer.
Queen Latifah strutted across the stage with full tentacles, Cravahlo was rendered immobile by Ariel's fish tale for whole scenes, and, oh yeah, children dressed in full red crab costumes scuttled across the stage during John Stamos' harlequin rendition of Chef Louis's "Les Poissons." But Shaggy apparently got a pass.
To be clear, ABC's resident costume guy, Robert Mills, came to his own defense. (Apparently his title is "senior vice president of alternate series, specials, and late-night," but realistically, all we know him as is "the crab costume guy" now). Mills tweeted, "For those wondering, Shaggy wore crab claws in early rehearsals and it looked ridiculous." Then he answered public demand by tweeting a photo of Shaggy wearing the claws behind scenes, closing the loop of the masochism and cartoonish hellscape that is modern entertainment on ABC.
What's worse than Sean Spicer, Trump's former Press Secretary and traitor to the American public, being cast on ABC's Dancing with the Stars? Sean Spicer remaining on Dancing with the Stars because of Trump's encouragement to get his 66.5 million Twitter followers to keep voting for him. And you know what's worse than that? Shaggy cast as Michael Jackson playing Shaggy as Sebastian.