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All About Mechanical Engineering
Don Herweck (author)
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials ISBN: 9781433391064
Learn about how mechanical engineering is used all around us. Through informational text and interesting and intriguing facts in conjunction with vivid images, diagrams, and charts, readers will discover things such as velocity, acceleration, rotation, dimensions, measurements used, and Newton's Laws. Readers will be encouraged to explore physics even further with an engaging hands-on lab activity!
Antoine Lavoisier
Lynn Van Gorp (author)
Antoine Lavoisier is often known as the "Founder of Modern Chemistry". In this captivating biography, readers will discover how Lavoisier's studying and work led to his discovery of the Conservation of Mass, naming 33 of the elements, being the first person to discover the existence of oxygen, and creating a way of naming compounds! The intriguing facts and stunning images work together with the easy-to-read text and engaging hands-on lab activity to keep readers interested and eager to learn!
Investigating Plate Tectonics
Greg Young (author)
In this adventurous title, readers learn all about plate tectonics! A brief history of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift introduces readers to the development of plate tectonics and how it helped form the Earth we know today. Through colorful images, helpful charts and graphs, and easy-to-read text, readers will discover such fascinating topics as magnetic pole reversal, divergent and convergent plate boundaries, the ocean-continental division, and the San Andreas Fault. A captivating lab activity is featured to encourage children to further explore geology!
The Wonder of Outer Space
Connie Jankowski (author)
Come explore the wonders of space in this intriguing title that uses numerous vivid images, fascinating facts, and easy-to-read text to both delight and engage readers! From satellites to space food, observatories to Sputnik, readers will learn all about space and the various ways people have explored and learned about astronomy for years! A creative hands-on lab activity is featured to encourage children to explore astronomy even further!
From Hubble to Hubble
Telescopes and high-tech equipment help astronomers explore deep space. This captivating title introduces readers to some of the most notable scientists who helped develop technology that allows for space exploration, such as Galileo Galilei, Edwin Hubble, Annie Cannon, George Ellery Hale, Lyman Spitzer, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell. The vibrant, stunning images and easy-to-read text will have readers engaged and eager to learn more about such topics as interstellar matter, pulsars, neutron stars, white dwarfs, and astrophysics! Readers are encouraged to explore astronomy even further with the featured lab activity!
Gina Dal Fuoco (author)
This enlightening book asks readers to explore the ideas of environmental science by imagining Earth as a spaceship with a limited amount of resources. With a creative outlook, stunning images, easy-to-read text, and an accommodating glossary and index, readers will learn about important topics like global warming, greenhouse gases, deforestation, pollution, biodiversity, and other environmental issues. An intriguing hands-on lab activity will leave children interested and eager to learn more!
The First Geologists
William B. Rice (author)
People have been studying the earth for thousands of years! This fascinating book will introduce readers to those who made big discoveries in geology. Through vibrant photos and easy-to-read text, readers will learn about such early geologists as James Hutton, William Smith, Alfred Wegener, Florence Bascom, and Friederich Mohs. The helpful charts and graphs work in conjunction with the accessible glossary and index to give readers the tools they need to better understand the content. An engaging hands-on lab activity is featured to encourage readers to explore the world of geology!
Water Scientists
Mohammed Karaji, Edmond Halley, Henry Darcy, and Pelageia Polubarinova-Kochina are some of the most important water scientists highlighted in this nonfiction book. Readers will love the vivid images, easy-to-read text, helpful charts and graphs, and accessible glossary and index. Featuring a captivating hands-on lab activity, this book will leave readers eager and excited to learn more!
Investigating Landforms
Earth's surface is always changing and scientists study landforms to learn about these changes. Destructive forces like earthquakes and volcanoes are discussed as well as weathering and erosion from water runoffs. Readers will learn about some of the most famous and majestic landforms in existence, like the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Angel Falls, Mount Fuji, and Columbia River Gorge, through stunning images, easy-to-read text, fascinating sidebars, and supporting glossary and index. An engaging lab activity is featured to encourage readers to further explore how landforms occur!
Pioneers of Earth Science
Gerardus Mercator, John Wesley Powell, Grove Karl Gilbert, William Morris Davis, Albrecht Penck, and Florence Bascom are some of the incredible geologists and geographers that readers will learn about in this biographical title. With a variety of colorful, vivid images and graphs, easy-to-read text, and intriguing facts and sidebars, readers will be excited and engaged from cover to cover! Readers will feel confident in their growing scientific knowledge with the featured glossary and index, while the captivating lab activity provides a stimulating hands-on approach!
Debra J. Housel (author)
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the 1700s and spread to America in the early 1800s as the colonies formed and grew. Readers will learn about this important time in U.S. history in this enlightening nonfiction title. Through fascinating facts and engaging sidebars, children will learn how industrialism provided the means for development and expansion in America as life transitioned from rural beginnings to large cities. Industry was a large factor for innovation and employment at the beginning of the 20th Century through such creations as assembly lines, patents, and labor unions. Detailed images and easy-to-read text show readers the ups and downs of this time period, including child labor laws, labor unions, muckrackers, and immigrant and slave labor. The colorful scrapbook layout, helpful table of contents, and accommodating glossary combine to create a reading experience that is easy for readers to navigate through.
Imperialism: Expanding Empires
Sandy Phan (author)
Imperialism brought the world together and tore it apart. This title explains how the Industrial Revolution made an impact on Imperialism and how the Imperial powers warred with each other and the countries they conquered. Using vivid images, fascinating facts, and easy to read text, readers will learn about some of the most important people and occurrences that helped shape the Age of Imperialism, including The Boxer Rebellion, The Boer Wars, Imperialism in China, and the Japanese Empire. A glossary and index are provided for assistance in better understanding the content.
Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA
Sue Bradford Edwards (author)
Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9781680783872
Hidden Human Computers discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Lisa J. Amstutz (author)
Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Invasive Species shines a light on the global problem of invasive species. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind how species become invasive and the damages they cause ecosystems around the world, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Melting Arctic Ice
Carol Hand (author)
Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Melting Arctic Ice shines a light on how climate change is affecting Earth's polar region. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind greenhouse gases, polar sea ice, and rising sea levels, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Coral Reef Collapse
Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Coral Reef Collapse shines a light on the death of coral reefs around the world. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind ocean acidity and rising ocean temperatures to explain the threats facing coral reefs, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
David M. Barker (author)
Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. E-Waste shines a light on the ever-growing amount of e-waste and the lack of resources to safely recycle it. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind damages to human and environmental health, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Inside the Coal Industry
Tom Streissguth (author)
Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around coal, one of the world's most important sources of energy. It explores the history of the coal industry, coal's environmental impact and what is being done to mitigate it, and the future of the coal industry and coal technology. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Inside the Cotton Industry
Marcia Amidon Lusted (author)
Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around cotton, one of the world's top fiber crops. It explores cotton's deep historical influence, the way it is grown today, and its surprising uses in many high-tech fabrics. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Inside the Oil Industry
Wil Mara (author)
Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around oil, the fossil fuel that powers much of the modern world. It explores the oil industry's history, petroleum's many uses, and the ways in which companies are trying to boost efficiencies to make it a viable energy source for many years to come. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Inside the Steel Industry
Carla Mooney (author)
Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around steel, the metal that supports many of the world's buildings and structures. It explores the origins of steel, key technological advances, and the ways in which the industry continues to innovate today. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Inside the Sugar Industry
M. M. Eboch (author)
Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around sugar, a product with massive influence in the energy and food industries. It explores sugar's historical influence, its use in biofuels, and its place in the modern diet. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Inside the Tobacco Industry
Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around tobacco, a popular but much-debated luxury item. It explores the history of tobacco use, how tobacco's impact on human health came to be understood, and future trends for the industry. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Kristin F. Johnson (author)
This title examines an important historic event - the Manhattan Project. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores events leading up to the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II, key players involved, their lives during the project, the development and use of the atomic bomb, its aftermath, and its effects on society. Features include a table of contents, a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
The True Cost of Fashion
Louise Spilsbury (author)
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427182081
In this thought-provoking title, readers learn about the commercial journey behind their favorite clothing and how their own buying choices impact the world. Learn all about the supply chain, the conditions workers endure in sweatshops, and who makes money on the final purchase price of a garment.


1. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing. 2. perceived through or resulting from the sense of hearing: auditory hallucinations. n. Archaic. 3. an audience.
auditory ossicles. the malleus, incus and stapes, the three small bones of the tympanic cavity of the ear. They form a connecting bony system from the tympanic membrane to the oval window that is the opening to the internal ear.
Auditory memory also plays a crucial role in literacy: it is one area of auditory processing that directly impacts reading, spelling, writing and math skills. Kurdek and team measured auditory memory in kindergarteners and found readiness in auditory memory predicted later reading achievement as well as mathematics achievement in fourth grade.
Jan 30, 2019 · Definition of auditory nerve. : either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves connecting the inner ear with the brain and transmitting impulses concerned with hearing and balance — see ear illustration. See auditory nerve defined for kids.


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De bonte kaneelral (Rallicula leucospila, synoniem: Rallina leucospila) is een vogel uit de familie van de Sarothruridae (Pluisstaartrallen).

Kenmerken
De vogel is 22 cm lang, van onder egaal kaneelkleurig en van boven donkerder bruinzwart met witte streepjes en stippels. De staart is kastanjebruin gebandeerd. De vogel lijkt sterk op de Nieuw-Guinese kaneelral, maar die heeft een egaal gekleurde staart.

Verspreiding en leefgebied
Deze soort is endemisch in West-Papoea (Indonesië) op de Vogelkop, een schiereiland in het westen van Nieuw-Guinea. Het leefgebied is montaan regenwoud op 1450 tot 1600 m boven zeeniveau. Net als andere in bossen levende rallen heeft deze vogel de gewoonte om te overnachten in een bolvormig nest van bladeren dat ongeveer een meter boven de grond in een struik wordt gemaakt.

Status
De bonte kaneelral heeft een beperkt verspreidingsgebied en daardoor is de kans op uitsterven aanwezig. De grootte van de populatie is niet gekwantificeerd. Het leefgebied is nog betrekkelijk ongestoord, maar gevreesd wordt dat jachthonden en geïntroduceerde invasieve diersoorten en ook klimaatverandering een negatieve invloed hebben op het voorkomen van deze soort ral. Om deze redenen staat deze soort als gevoelig op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN.

Rallen
Endemisch dier uit Nieuw-Guinea
IUCN-status gevoelig

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Why experts recommend newborns sleep in their parents' room for the first year
Physicians, paperwork, and paying attention to patients
Talk to the animals: Animal-assisted therapy offers emotional support
Regular meditation more beneficial than vacation
Activity tracker may not be the key to weight loss
New expert recommendations on children and media use
To gluten or not to gluten?
Your mom was right: "Morning sickness" means a lower chance of miscarriage
Good hearing essential to physical and emotional well-being
Child & Teen Health
Do we need to take tackling out of youth football?
By Claire McCarthy, MD, Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
Follow me on Twitter @drClaire
As we learn more about the frequency and effects of concussions in football, we are increasingly being forced to face the question: do we need to take the tackling out of youth football?
A study published in the Annals of Neurology definitely begs that question. Researchers from Boston University examined the brains of 246 deceased football players, 211 of whom were diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. They found that the younger the players started playing tackle football, the earlier they started showing symptoms of CTE such as neurological and behavioral problems. In fact, for every year before age 12 that the players started playing, they showed symptoms 2.5 years earlier.
That's really sobering. That means that a child who starts Pop Warner football in kindergarten at 6 could have real problems 15 years earlier than someone who started in middle or high school.
Now, there are obvious limitations to this study. They didn't have a control group, and it's certainly possible that families of players with more serious symptoms were more likely to donate the players' brains for study. But given what we know about the effects of repeated head injury, it makes sense. Given what we know about any repeated injury, it makes sense: when you injure a part of the body it can become weakened, and less able to heal completely from future injuries. When that part of the body is the brain, the ramifications are particularly worrisome.
It's hard to imagine football without tackling — but you could argue that the real athleticism of football isn't the part where people get knocked down. You could argue that it's in the speed and agility, the ability to throw and catch with precision. You could argue that the successful teams aren't so much the ones who are good at slamming into people, but the ones who are good at strategy and teamwork. If we took out the tackling, we'd still be teaching young athletes skills that are important not just for sports but also for life.
Of course, concussions happen in other sports besides football. Youth who play soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, and many other sports are at risk for concussion too. My daughter actually got two concussions in high school swimming from colliding with other swimmers. It's important that parents and coaches of athletes in all sports be aware of the risks and do everything they can to lessen them.
Injuries are part of sports. We can't prevent them all without stopping kids from playing sports completely, which we don't want to do. But if we know that there is a particular aspect of a sport that puts kids at real risk, and that aspect of the sport isn't necessarily crucial, then maybe we should think about making changes while players are young. When they are adults, or even teens, they can make their own choices. But when they are young kids, keeping them safe and getting them to adulthood in the best shape possible is, well, our job.
That's really the crux of it. Knowing what we do about tackling, can we in good conscience let our kids keep doing it?
Claire McCarthy, MD, Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
Claire McCarthy, MD, is a primary care pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. In addition to being a senior faculty editor for Harvard Health Publishing, Dr. McCarthy … See Full Bio
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Q: Retrieve all rows in table B related to row in table A Let's assume I have those datasets:
Table A:

id (int)
value (varchar)
b_ids(varchar)

1
a value
1

2
another value
2,3

Table B:

id (int)
value (varchar)

1
a value

2
another value

3
another another value

The reason I have to use b_ids here is because the B rows have to be inserted before the A rows
I am trying to SELECT rows from Table A and the corresponding values from Table B in one single query, and make that query a view for filtering purposes
My attemps so far only gave me back the A rows + the first value from the related B rows:
SELECT * FROM A
LEFT JOIN B ON B.id IN (A.b_ids);

And I obtained something like this:

id
value
b_ids
id
value

1
a value
1
1
a value

2
another value
2,3
2
another value

I have tried other joins (INNER JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, CROSS JOIN, LEFT OUTER JOIN, RIGHT OUTER JOIN), with the same result
I obviously am still missing something in the joins department if my endeavor is even possible to do in one single SELECT
Is there a way to return the values of Table B as an array of rows in this query?
Even if the result below is the output, I can work with it:

id
value
b_ids
id
value

1
a value
1
1
a value

2
another value
2,3
2
another value

2
another value
2,3
3
another another value

Note: I have chosen Table A as the first table here because the real case involves joins with other tables

A: you should change tables schema
if there is one to many relationship between A(1)---(n)B
tables should be like this:
Table A:

id (int)
value (varchar)

1
a value

2
another value

Table B:

id (int)
value (varchar)
a_ids(varchar)

1
a value
1

2
another value
2

3
another another value
2

so now you can define tables relationship or fetch data as you need in single query easily
** if tables has many to many relation you need a pivot table.

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Rediff.com » News » Chidambaram violated bail conditions on very first day: BJP
Chidambaram violated bail conditions on very first day: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday accused Congress leader P Chidambaram of violating bail conditions by claiming to have a very clear record as a minister, and said the case against him was essentially about corruption he was allegedly involved in as the finance minister.
IMAGE: Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram speaks during a press conference at party HQ in New Delhi. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo
Union minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters that the claim of Chidambaram, who was released on bail on Wednesday, amounted to "self-certification".
The Supreme Court had asked the Congress leader not to speak about the case against him while ordering his release on bail.
"P Chidambaram has violated the bail condition on the very first day after his release.... What he said is in violation of this condition," the BJP leader said.
A Supreme Court bench, while granting bail to Chidambaram, asked him not to make any public comment in connection with the case.
Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters, the former finance minister had said earlier, "In the last 106 days, I was strong in spirit and I have become stronger because...my record as minister and my conscience are absolutely clear."
Taking a jibe at the opposition leader over his attack on the Modi government on a host of issues, Javadekar said he has got to speak to the media after so many days and that is why he was taking out his anger on every subject.
Some Congress leaders are in jail, some have just got out of jail and some are on bail, he said, adding that the opposition party has become desperate.
It is not that they were in jail for their role in "freedom movement" but due to criminal charges against them, he said.
Hitting back over his criticism of the government that it had denied basic freedom to people in Kashmir since Article 370 was nullified in August, the Union minister said all media outlets have been functioning in the Valley.
"Kashmir is now on path to progress," Javadekar said.
At the beginning of his press conference, Chidambaram had said his first thoughts upon his release were with the Kashmiri people who "have been denied their basic freedoms since August 4, 2019."
Invoking the Emergency imposed by the Congress government in 1975, Javadekar said the then Indira Gandhi government had clamped down on the media while the Modi government has shared all information related to the situation in Jammu and Kashmir with Parliament.
The government has allowed journalists from India and abroad to travel to Kashmir where, he added, incidents of stone-pelting have come down by more than half.
Referring to Chidambaram's attack on the government over the issue of economic slowdown, he said low inflation and high growth in economy have been the highlights of the Modi dispensation since 2014 while the opposite was true for the preceding Congress-led UPA regime.
'Phew': Karti after SC grants bail to father
'Chidambaram's 106-day incarceration was vengeful'


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Islamic War Against the West
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Muslim Lobby [CAIR] Forces Firing of Popular Radio Host – for speaking out about the spread of radical Islam in the US
Posted on March 6, 2011 by Jack Sinclair
By Cliff Kincaid | March 3, 2011
The growing controversy over Grandy's departure has resulted in some Grandy supporters charging the station with being "Sharia-compliant
"Washington, D.C. radio station WMAL is once again being accused of firing a popular talk show host because of his criticism of radical Muslims. The station, a major source of news and information for the nation's capital, claims that popular morning host Fred Grandy resigned on his own, but Grandy tells AIM that he was essentially forced to leave after his wife, who is also outspoken about radical Islam, was cut from the program.
The growing controversy over Grandy's departure has resulted in some Grandy supporters charging the station with being "Sharia-compliant," a reference to Islamic law, and with bending under pressure from the Council on American Islamic-Relations (CAIR), a Muslim lobbying organization that combats what it calls "Islamophobia" in the media.
Grandy, a former actor and Republican member of Congress, told AIM, "My wife and I have used our program over the last several months to warn about the spread of radical Islam at home and abroad. Last week, Catherine (known on the show as Mrs. Fred) delivered a very tough indictment against stealth jihad, and for her efforts she was told she was off the show."
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/did-muslim-lobby-force-firing-of-popular-radio-host/
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Q: I want to learn how Unity works (documentation/command line tutorials) some people are marking this question as duplicate of some other question(which are I looked up, not helpful. since it is just explainig how to use unity, not technical/command line documentation) which is not right

I want to learn how unity works. for example, instead of dragging application shortcut from dash to launcher, how do I do it using terminal?
how to make application shortcut ?
I can lock an application to the launcher by GUI but how to do it from terminal?
How an I add a mounted partition icon automatically if I mount it from a folder other than /media?

these are just examples, I dont meant just to learn these but unity all-together

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I want to learn how unity works. for example, instead of dragging application shortcut from dash to launcher, how do I do it using terminal?

Add and remove launcher icons from command line

How to make an application shortcut?

How to add programs to the launcher?

I can lock an application to the launcher by GUI but how to do it from terminal?

Same as 1st question: Add and remove launcher icons from command line

How can I add a mounted partition icon automatically if I mount it from a folder other than /media?

How to customize/label the hard drive icons in the launcher
Overall technical questions:
Go to the wiki, here. It says:

The wiki documentation is targeting technical users, if you want to get an overview of Unity you might be interested.

There is also (of course) the Ubuntu Documentation site (please, please upvote Jacob's answer, as that is what reminded me of it), and a google search does give some good results:

A: One would almost forget the obvious:
A perfect starting point for a wide range of subjects is this Official Ubuntu Documentation site.
See for example what happens if you enter launcher command line in the searchbox...
I almost forgot how much information I got there in the past.

It links to man pages, matching results on Askubuntu, official documentation etc, etc. Too much to mention.

A: The only one I can help you with is the shortcut. You could use ln -s to make a symbolic link via terminal to wherever you want. That should function the same way as shortcut.
I'd imagine there's some configuration file that's dynamically updated for the launcher on the left for things you add, remove, or lock. I have no idea where that is though.
I'd probably just try a symbolic link for tricking Unity into thinking there's something mounted at /media or /mnt to get the icon as well.


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01/10/2012 2012/641 ESMA approves Axesor S.A. as a credit rating agency Credit Rating Agencies, Press Releases Statement PDF
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87.87 KB The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has formally approved the certification in the European Union of HR Ratings de México, S.A. de C.V. (HR Ratings), a Mexican credit rating agency (CRA), under Article 16 of the CRA Regulation. The certification takes effect from 7 November 2014.
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134.62 KB The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has approved the registration of Moody's Investors Service EMEA Limited, based in the UK, as a credit rating agency (CRA) under Article 16 of the CRA Regulation. The registration takes effect from 24th November 2014. Moody's Investors Service EMEA Limited's registration as a CRA means that its credit ratings can be used for regulatory purposes under EU legislation. This is the seventh entity in the Moody's Investors Service group to be registered as an EU Registered Credit Rating Agency.
12/12/2014 2014/1486 Public Statement- ESMA certifies Egan-Jones Ratings Co. to operate in the EU Credit Rating Agencies Statement PDF
88.76 KB The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has formally approved the certification in the European Union of Egan-Jones Ratings Co. (EJR), an U.S. American credit rating agency (CRA), under Article 16 of the CRA Regulation. The certification takes effect from 12 December 2014.EJR is headquartered in Haverford (Pennsylvania, USA) and is subject to registration, supervision and enforcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a "Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization".
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75.01 KB The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has approved the registration of EuroRating Sp. z o.o., based in Poland, as a credit rating agency (CRA) under Article 16 of the CRA Regulation. The registration takes effect from 7 May 2014.
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26 Washington and Lee University F Accepted $124,500 11/24/18 11/25/18 11/27/18 12/13/18 4 months
8 University of Michigan Ann Arbor Rejected 01/13/19 01/18/19 -- 03/04/19 5 months
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
13 Cornell University Rejected 12/12/18 12/14/18 12/14/18 02/21/19 5 months
22 Emory University F Accepted $126,000 01/17/19 01/22/19 01/22/19 02/17/19 5 months
32 University of Georgia F Accepted $48,438 01/17/19 01/18/19 01/22/19 01/24/19 5 months
University of Georgia F
80 American University F Pending 11/24/18 11/26/18 11/29/18 -- 5 months
American University F
41 George Mason University F Accepted $76,062 11/19/18 11/20/18 11/26/18 12/07/18 5 months
George Mason University F
24 George Washington University F Accepted $90,000 11/01/18 11/02/18 11/07/18 12/05/18 5 months
George Washington University F
14 Georgetown University Pending 12/12/18 12/13/18 12/13/18 -- 5 months
11 Duke University Pending 01/12/19 01/13/19 01/14/19 -- 5 months
9 University of Virginia F Pending 12/11/18 01/17/19 01/17/19 -- 5 months
University of Virginia F
20 University of Minnesota Twin Cities F Accepted $105,000 01/17/19 01/19/19 01/22/19 02/05/19 5 months
Social Sciences/Humanities
Medium strength softs. Student leaderships, relevant work experience, that sort of thing. Will update with more specific info at the end of the cycle.
*All scholarships are the total over 3 years* *Rankings are just U.S. News Rankings, not personal choice* GW: Went under review on 11/14, decision made 12/5. Status checker changed to decision made around 9:45 AM, email received at 1:00 PM GM: Full tuition scholarship for in-state, wrote Mason Statement W&L: Did not write optional essay but did visit the school earlier this cycle. Requested scholarship reconsideration in March. Within a week my scholarship was increased from 40k/year to 41.5k/year UGA: Received scholarship offer 20 days after acceptance. Tuition equivalency scholarship for first year plus 10k each year. It is assumed I would gain residency status for 2L and 3L.
*All scholarships are the total over 3 years*
*Rankings are just U.S. News Rankings, not personal choice*
GW: Went under review on 11/14, decision made 12/5. Status checker changed to decision made around 9:45 AM, email received at 1:00 PM
GM: Full tuition scholarship for in-state, wrote Mason Statement
W&L: Did not write optional essay but did visit the school earlier this cycle.
Requested scholarship reconsideration in March. Within a week my scholarship was increased from 40k/year to 41.5k/year
UGA: Received scholarship offer 20 days after acceptance. Tuition equivalency scholarship for first year plus 10k each year. It is assumed I would gain residency status for 2L and 3L.


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A study in English is exploring whether the benefits of worked examples and self-explanation extend from math and science domains to language learning. This study is summarized in the Cognitive Factors section below. Interestingly, while there is some evidence that self-explanation helps in early learning, it does not appear to have as strong a benefit overall. This provides an important theoretical puzzle: Under what conditions is prompted self-explanation a productive strategy? Ongoing theoretical and empirical work is investigating this question.
Roll- Labgebra - Inventing rules as preparation for future learning.
One of the main challenges of education is to help students reach meaningful and robust learning. The assistance dilemma raises the question of what form (and 'amount') of assistance are most effective with different learners in different stages of the learning process (Koedinger & Aleven, 2007). Instruction followed by practice is known to be very efficient for teaching novices (e.g., Koedinger, Anderson, Hadley & Mark, 1997); yet, students often acquire shallow procedural skills, and fail to acquire conceptual understanding (Aleven & Koedinger, 2002). This can be attributed, at least in part, to students using superficial features and not encoding the deep features of the domain (Chi, Feltovich & Glaser, 1981). One approach to getting students to attend and encode the deep features is to add an invention phase prior to instruction. Invention as preparation for leaning (IPL) was shown to help students better cope with novel situations that require learning (Schwartz & Martin, 2004; Sears, 2006). In this process students are presented with a dilemma in the form of contrasting cases, and attempt to invent a mathematical model to resolve this dilemma. For example, Figure 1 shows four possible pitching machines. Students are asked to invent a method that will allow them to pick the most reliable machine. The concept of contrasting cases comes from the perceptual learning literature, since these cases, when appropriately designed, emphasize differences in the deep structure of the examples (Gibson & Gibson, 1955). The invention process includes designing a model, applying it to the given set of contrasting cases, evaluating the result, and debugging the model. This iterative process is very similar to the debugging process as described by Klahr and Carver (1988; Figure 2). Unlike other inquiry-based manipulations (cf. Lehrer et al., 2001; de Jong & van Joolingen, 1998), the goal of the IPL process is not for students to discover the correct model, but to prepare them for subsequent instruction.
1) Last year we completed a study with 7 classes at Steel Valley Middle School. We got positive results - cognitive and motivational benefits. There is also a cogsci paper, which will be the basis for the updated Wiki page. Domain knowledge:
IPL students in advanced classes were more capable of solving new strategy items without learning resource. In fact, in the absence of a learning resource, direct instruction students performed at floor, while IPL students performed as well as with the source.
This effect holds when controlling for simple domain knowledge (performance on normal items in the same test).
This was found in multiple new-strategy items. However, all results were found on a single topic (central tendency and graphing). The single test item on the topic of variability failed to capture difference between the groups.
Motivation: [Put below in motivation section or use as bridge to that section]
IPL students reported to have benefited more (F=3.3, p<.07)
There was a significant interaction between condition and test anxiety. Text anxiety was assessed using the MSLQ (Pintrich 1999) before the study began. Students who reported to have lower test anxiety also reported to have benefited more from IPL instruction compared to high-anxiety students in the no desin condition.
IPL students stayed more often in class to work during breaks (IPL: 16% No Design: 3%).
Furthermore, they did so during invention activities and not show-and-practice activities, suggesting that it is the activities that are motivating.
2) Over the year since then we built a tutoring system for IPL. The Invention Lab is an intelligent tutoring system for IPL. To give intelligent feedback, it uses two models:
A meta-cognitive model of the invention process
A cognitive model of the main concepts in the domain
This project we began at the beginning of the center to explore whether the benefits of tutoring could be achieved at the meta-cognitive level. Recent analysis of log files have revealed an exciting new finding. Past analysis had shown that the Help Tutor reduces students help-seeking errors while it was in place and giving immediate feedback, but we wanted to explore whether it would have a lasting impact and reduce such such errors later in the course. The second of two in vivo studies involved two different units of the Geometry Cognitive Tutor. The two units of study 2 were spread apart by one month. We collected data from students' behavior in the months between the two units and following the study. During these months students repeated previous material in preparation for statewide exams. As seen in the table below, the main effects of the help-seeking environment persisted even once students moved on to working with the native Cognitive Tutor! Overall, students who received help-seeking support during the study took more time for their actions following the study, especially for reading hints - their hint reading time before asking for additional hint is longer by almost one effect size in the month following the study (12 vs. 8 seconds, t(44)=3.0, p<.01). Also, students who were in the Help condition did not drill down through the hints as often (average hint level: 2.2 vs. 2.6, t(51)=1.9, p=.06). These effects are more consistently significant after both units, suggesting that having the study stretched across two units provided enough time for students to better acquire domain-independent help-seeking skills.


Competition in free markets centres on issues of product quality, customer service and price. Not in Russia. To protect markets and supply contracts, black PR is a standard weapon in the commercial tool kit used to disseminate false allegations about non-Russian competitors. Looking specifically at the nuclear sector, Russia has significant market power, and is reluctant to surrender its monopoly markets in Ukraine, which have existed since the days of the former Soviet Union.
Although sanctions have to date affected only a small number of Russian enterprises, nevertheless Russia continues to discredit in the state controlled press any enterprises that might threaten its monopoly on deliveries to the Ukrainian economy. The Ukrainian nuclear industry has diversified its supply base in recent years in order to reduce its reliance on the monopoly of the Russian Federation for the supply of nuclear fuel, the disposal of spent nuclear fuel, the supply of components, modernisation work and project support.
Today, Ukraine is the only country in the world which uses an alternative supplier of nuclear fuel rods for Russian designed reactor assembly blocks, namely Westinghouse. Elsewhere, there is a complete monopoly for fuel rods for Russian reactors, controlled by the Russian company TVEL. For this reason, Energoatom as the operator of all Nuclear Power Plants in Ukraine, and the company which initiated its own process of diversification of suppliers, is regularly on the receiving end of Russian black propaganda. In the Russian-controlled press, false news is distributed about Energoatom's US partners; "experts" are quoted to give siren warnings about the operating risks associated with the use of Westinghouse nuclear fuels. They voice technical doubts about any equipment or services that are not purchased from the Russian Federation. They raise concerns about the construction of a centralised storage unit for spent nuclear fuel by the American technology company Holtec, and heap scorn on the reliability of the technology.
Any European or Ukrainian competitor companies that compete with suppliers from the Russian Federation are subject to hostile propaganda. A recent target of such an attack was the Ukrainian company "Impulse", which produces equipment for the automation of control processes for nuclear power plants and railways. The main reason for the black PR assault against "Impulse" is that the company is involved in designing and manufacturing the active zones of the Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) reactors to receive nuclear fuel rods produced by Westinghouse. "Impulse" is actively participating in joint venture consortia with several European enterprises: the French company Areva, the Czech company Skoda and the Slovak enterprise VUJE which between them have already won 7 tenders financed by EBRD and Euratom loans for the modernisation of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
Altogether, Energoatom is issuing more than 40 public tenders in 2017 with a total value of almost €500m under its new transparent procurement system, which aims to eliminate corruption in the award of supply contracts, thereby ensuring free and fair competition and a healthy diversification of suppliers. So it should come as no surprise that Russian state enterprises, faced with a potential threat to their historical monopoly control on supplies through anti-competitive practices, should be stepping up their commercial propaganda. Another recent target of Russian black PR is the Ukrainian state enterprise Turboatom - one of the world's leading manufacturers of turbines, and a competitor of the Russian company Power Machines.
Quoting an energy business insider as an authority, Russian controlled media has tried to discredit Turboatom accusing the company of using the wrong technologies when upgrading capacitors for Ukrainian nuclear power plants. But the clumsy PR efforts were easily spotted by Ukrainian journalists, who saw through them as clearly Russian fake news, as there was an obvious commercial motive to damage Turboatom as an effective competitor to Russian suppliers.
The same smear tactics have been used against the Ukrainian company Turboatomzadevstvovan which is involved as a joint venture partner with the American company Holtec in the construction of a centralised storage unit for spent nuclear fuel. This project has been championed by Energoatom in order to stop Ukraine's dependence on Russia for the services of storage, processing and disposal of spent nuclear fuel. A number of Western companies that actively help Ukraine to reduce its dependence on Russia for energy supplies are also receiving similar PR attacks. For example, the Czech company Skoda is the only company, apart from Rosatom, that can help Ukraine to finish building two nuclear power units at the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant. This joint Czech-Polish-Ukrainian project, which is to provide Poland with clean electricity from the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant, is called the "Energy Bridge Ukraine-EU."
Efforts are also being made to discredit the French company Areva, a competitor of Rosatom. In the Russian Federation, rumours about the postponement of the construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant and the intentions of Rosatom to buy a controlling stake in the company have been spread. Ukrainian observers noted that this propaganda was stepped up after the Ukrainian company Energoatom signed a contract with Areva for uranium enrichment.
Previously, Ukrainian uranium was enriched at the facilities of the Russian company Rosatom. Recently, such media attacks have become more frequent. According to sources in the Ukrainian government, this is due to the fact that in the near future Energoatom plans to announce its intention to install Westinghouse's fuel injection system for all the reactor blocks of Europe's largest nuclear power plant - Zaporizhya, which includes 6 reactor blocks with a capacity of 1 million kW each. Managers of many other nuclear power plants of Russian design in Eastern Europe are watching with interest.
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Covid-19: Ensure door-step delivery of essentials to help people stay indoors, says UP CM to officials
The chief minister gave this instructions in a meeting with senior officials, held to review the situation arising out of the coronavirus pandemic. "The CM held a meeting with senior officials and reviewed the situation arising out of the coronavirus spread and the countrywide lockdown to stem it.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked senior officials to ensure door-to-door delivery of essential commodities to people to help them stay indoors for the success of the nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus.
The chief minister gave this instructions in a meeting with senior officials, held to review the situation arising out of the coronavirus pandemic.
"The CM held a meeting with senior officials and reviewed the situation arising out of the coronavirus spread and the countrywide lockdown to stem it.
"He emphasised upon ensuring door-step delivery of essential commodities to people to save them from inconvenience and help them stay indoors," Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Awasthi told reporters here.
He said the government had pressed into service 12,133 delivery vehicles, including vans, e-rickshaws etc till 3 pm on Wednesday, and more work is on to ensure this.
He said the government is also contemplating to start community kitchen to supply eatables to labourers and poor during the 21-day lockdown, slated to last on April 14.
Elaborating on the government's initiative to check the spread of coronavirus, he said, "Through the CM helpline, over 10,000 village heads were contacted and were advised to keep an eye on any person in the village having travel history abroad. They have been asked to inform health department teams in such situation."
Principal Secreatry (Health) Amit Mohan said the government is making three-tier arrangement to treat corona cases.
"Community health centres, district hospitals and specialised institutions like SGPGI, KGMU etc are being prepared to deal with of suspected cases. The treatment will be given free of cost in these centres," he said, adding that emergency services in hospitals will continue as usual.
India under lockdown
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Washington Nationals Honor National Craft Champions
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 6:00 AM - Jeff Leieritz - ABC News, Workforce Development -
In front of a sold-out crowd of more than 41,000 people, the 2015 National Craft Champions stood on the Washington Nationals field July 3 and were honored for their hard work as trained craftsmen. The crowd cheered them on while the ABC logo spread across the stadium, showcasing the theme of the night—free enterprise and freedom.
Before the game, the National Craft Champions and their families loaded onto an ABC-branded bus that took them to Nationals Park where they were given all-access passes to the field and were able to watch batting practice. ABC also hosted a picnic in the stadium for the champions, their families and local ABC members
As spectators filed into the stadium, the champions stood on the field while their names were announced over the speaker, recognizing them, their companies and their NCC gold medals during the pre-game ceremony. The champions in attendance included:
Carpentry gold medalist, Mark Rineer, Wohlsen Construction Company, Lancaster, Pa.;
Electrical gold medalist, Jesse Babington, Watson Electrical Construction Co. LLC, Wilson, N.C.;
Fire Sprinkler gold medalist, Jordan Bretey, Rapid Fire Protection, Rapid City, S.D.;
HVAC gold medalist, Ty Balmer, W.C. Eshenaur and Son, Inc., Harrisburg, Pa.
Insulation gold medalist, Mark Koch, G.E. Insulation, Sanford, Mich.;
Millwright gold medalist, Chad Bemis, Cianbro, Pittsfield, Maine;
Pipefitting gold medalist, Jeremy Fisher, T.I.C. – The Industrial Company, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; and
Welding gold medalist, Brandon Moore, Jacobs, La Porte, Texas.
Following the pre-game ceremony, Jesse Babington threw the first pitch to Nationals' infielder, Emmanuel Burriss. The national anthem was sung by Hope Klessig, daughter of ABC executive committee member Steve Klessig. Chad Bemis delivered the lineup card to the umpires at home plate. Lastly, Mark Koch kicked off the game by making the "play ball" announcement before the first inning.
The game ended in a 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Following the game, the big screen displayed an ABC-branded clock which began the countdown to the night's Freedom Fireworks while a one-of-a-kind video highlighted the nation's construction career opportunities.
The 2016 National Craft Champions will be invited to be recognized at Nationals' stadium during a game next year. Interested in sending your best apprentices and trainees to the National Craft Championships? The event will take place March 1-4, 2016. To apply, please submit an intent-to-compete form by Dec. 1 and register by Jan. 8, 2016. Learn more at nationalcraftchampionships.org.
National Craft Championships, workforce development
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A complete guide to 1920s makeup and hair, featuring the popular hairstyles and makeup styles of the '20s, plus Jazz Age beauty and hair tutorials.
Our newest series, "Beauty by the Decade" explores beauty trends from the past and transfers them into wearable, updated ideas for hair and makeup. In case you missed them, see our guides to 1970s hair and makeup, 1960s hair and makeup, and 1950s hair and makeup.
The Roaring Twenties were a time of dancing the Charleston, The Great Gatsby, flappers, jazz, and Old Hollywood. They were also a time of fabulous fashion and beauty – the iconic looks of the '20s have been repeated over and over in the years since then. These classic beauty looks are fun to recreate, adding a touch of dramatic Old Hollywood to your modern day routine.
Whether you have a '20s party to go to or just want to add some Old Hollywood glam to your look, below is a guide to the makeup and hair trends of the 1920s, plus how to get a 1920s beauty look at home.
Bobbed hair with finger waves was extremely popular in the 1920s. Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, and Marion Davies, considered the "it girls" of their time, were all pioneers of this look.
Although finger waves look a bit more authentic on bobbed hair, this '20s style is still doable with long hairstyles. Here is a great video tutorial on how to create finger waves and a faux bob.
With your hair parted at the side, make a bun at the nape of your neck. The bun should be a little off-center. Use bobby pins and hair spray to keep it intact. Make sure you leave a little hair out of the bun on the "heavy" side of the part (the side with more hair on it) — that way, you have some hair to frame your face.
Take the hair you left out and create finger waves with a flat iron. To do so, clamp the iron down on the piece and do a half rotation outwards. After holding it in place for a few seconds, move the iron down the piece and do a half rotation inwards. Alternate this pattern until the piece is finished. Remember – practice makes perfect!
Spritz your hair with some hair spray for staying power.
Take bobby pins and pin the waved piece to the side of your face.
Two makeup staples of the 1920s were dark lips and kohl-rimmed eyes.
In the '20s, the makeup industry was relatively new, and women were just beginning to purchase cosmetics on a regular basis. Dark red lipstick was the hot ticket because it was the only color available. Mascara was far from today's tube and wand combo — it came in a cake of wax that you added water to in order to create a paste you'd brush onto lashes with a small brush.
One of the most iconic beauty looks of the '20s was dark lipstick that outlined and emphasized the cupid's bow of the upper lip.
Line your lips with a dark lipliner, emphasizing the bend in your upper lip. For an authentic look, create an outline that is shorter than the width of your mouth.
Apply matching lipstick (preferably of a darker, wine color) within the outline and blot.
Start by choosing a shadow with a slightly gray base. This is more wearable than a black eyeshadow, which could come off too strong.
Apply a dark eyeshadow on your eyelids. Sweep a little eyeshadow up and outward beyond the edges of your eyes (almost in a "cat eye" look) for a little dramatic flare.
Line your upper and lower lashes with a black eyeliner, smudging the bottom lines for a more blended look.
After giving your eyelashes some lift with an eyelash curler, apply a few sweeps of mascara to your upper and lower sets of lashes.
Would you incorporate the beauty trends of the '20s into your beauty routine? What's your favorite look from the '20s? What decade would you like to see next in "Beauty by the Decade"? Let us know in a comment!


An aerial view of the Old Man Vero site, where human bones believed to be up to 13,000 years old were first found in 1915. Florida Atlantic University scientists have been recruited to use DNA testing to confirm the age of the bones.
"The old model basically had these folks sprinting across North America, chasing and killing big animals," Adovasio said. "We know now they moved very gradually."


Let's celebrate the end of 2011 with a synopsis!
So we do, in fact, already have a script! For a month or so, actually. As always, it's impossible to know how much of it will make it through to the final film, but it's a good start! I was looking at David's concept art the other day thinking, "If we make a film that looks as good as this, I'll be more than happy." But man- after the whole team puts 6 months of work and imagination into it? This thing is going to be even more incredible. The best thing about this project is going to be all the layers of ideas; it's already happening.
DVD pre-sale started; help us and get a film credit!
During a Christmas period is always good moment to challenge your generosity! Here's the opportunity again to show your commitment to Blender, to support open source development and improve our VFX pipeline, to help realizing a spectacular open film and – last but not least – to get a film credit again!
After you order and pay, the credit then is also visible here on the website.
New concept art, by David Revoy!
With Mike Williamson under huge pressure to finish work for his client, we managed to find David Revoy to help on producing concept art again! That's been a big step forward for us. Ian really could use a visualizer to go over the script, and I wanted enough material ready to present a good application for the Netherlands Film Fund again.
To show our own progress and your enthusiastic artwork contributions, we've added a "Gallery" section on this website now. It's one of my first jobs on Mango (as production assistant) to manage this section!
Are you inspired by our project? Just post a link here or mail it me directly (rob at blender.org). The best ones will be added on our website then!
Major thanks to all of you for the contributions of your great artwork and please keep up the good work!
Thanks for all the great portfolios :) Haven't counted them precisely yet – Sebastian will make a nice spreadsheet – but it's over 110 submissions I think.
For everyone who sent in an application, you should have had an email from me to confirm it. If you didn't, send me a reminder! We will try to get the final answers for candidates in a week… will be tough again!
Procedure: we will select people who get invited immediate, and people who will be put on a waiting list… we cannot fully predict yet how much time people are available, how much they're needed, and how much work and time we are going to spend on Mango in general.


What Do I Do? I Think I Have the Flu!
This year's flu season as been an active and aggressive one. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the disease has reached its peak, but many more people are expected to be infected with the flu before all is said and done.
So, what do you do if you have the flu?
Get your vaccine – it's the best defense against the flu.
It's not too late to get the flu shot. The flu vaccine reduces your likelihood of getting the flu. However, if you do get the flu, the vaccine is still beneficial, as it reduces the likelihood of hospitalization and death as a result of the disease.
Handwashing – You should wash your hands often with soap and water.
Scrub for at least 20 seconds, then dry. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Early on, it is difficult to distinguish the difference between a cold and influenza. According to the CDC, colds are usually milder, and people with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy nose. The flu can result in a series of health problems, such as pneumonia, bacterial infections, hospitalizations and, in some cases, death.
These can vary from person to person. Although the flu is a respiratory disease, it can affect your entire body, including the gastrointestinal system.
According to the CDC, you're contagious a day before the symptoms start and 5 days after.
Call your doctor to see if an antiviral medication is appropriate for you, but keep in mind that medication such as Tamiflu is not helpful after two days of symptoms.
If you have the flu, don't interact with people who are sick. Especially if you have cold symptoms or have fever greater than 100.3. Stay away from others until you have not had symptoms for 24 hours.
Avoid close contact with people who are sick, especially if you have cold symptoms or have fever greater than 100.3.
Stay away from others until you have not had symptoms for 24 hours.
Cover your cough and sneeze with a tissue – not your hands.
Get smart this flu season, not sick!


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A Gnome's Ponderings
Lord Dunsany's voyage to Mars
I have been slowly reading The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens by Lord Dunsany, the first of his Jorkens collections. It took me years to find a copy so I am savoring the book. I mean to write about the whole experience when I am done but one story really struck me.
While most of the stories I've read so far with Jorkens are slightly grounded travel stories, Our Distant Cousins veers into serious science fiction. Which also actually makes it feel the most dated.
For a story that was first published in a magazine pretty close to a hundred years ago
It has been said that the Jorkens stories helped codify the pub story (even though example go way back) but this one breaks a lot of the conventions. Eh, it's Dunsany. He seems to have only followed his own rules.
Our Distant Cousins isn't actually told by Jorkens but by an associate of his who allegedly made the first voyage to Mars but lost all the proof that he had by the time he made it back to Earth.
The actual plot is honestly an abridged version of the Time Machine by H. G. Wells only with space travel instead of time travel. However, it's the details that really struck me and stuck with me.
The traveler gets to Mars via a conventional airplane, albeit one with a rocket attached. Honestly, I'm not sure that I've ever actually seen that idea used literally.
However, he doesn't fly through ether or does there turn out to be a breathable atmosphere in space. He actually turns off the engine and uses the momentum of the Earth to to power his trip to Mars. More than that, it takes him thirty days to reach Mars and he describes the silence and boredom of the experience. His head is stuck in a special but faulty oxygen helmet and his body is wrapped in special bandages to deal with no atmospheric pressure.
It's the last bit that just really stayed with me. Bandages as a space suit. Dunsany actually considered the issues with flying a plan into space. No, they wouldn't work but they make sense. That part of the story is actually remarkably hard science fiction.
Yeah, landing on a pastoral Mars where grotesque monsters keep humans as livestock sends us straight into fantasy, possible allegorical fantasy. But the space flight part is just neat.
I found out that Dunsany wrote a sequel, the Slugly Beast, where the traveler is lured back to Mars by threatening radio messages. It's entirely from the viewpoint of Jorkens and the narrator. I think it's a better, more atmospheric story but it doesn't have the same science fiction bite.
Posted by Lowell at 7:27 AM
Labels: literature, Lord Dunsany, Our Distant Cousins, review
Dunsany's Jorkens throws me off my game
Roll Pirates - because everyone loves pirates
As I get older, Tally Ho gets weirder but still fun
Our son watches classic animation
I forgot that Times Square was more than just a place
The introduction to Tempus Quest was too introductory
Harrow the Ninth is where things get meta
Loki takes the MCU into Doctor Who land
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Rights Activists Unhappy After India Scraps Rescue Scheme in Kuwait, Oman
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India's decision to scrap the bank guarantee scheme for employers in Kuwait and Oman is drawing criticism from human rights campaigners. Many believe that the revoking of these schemes will make it harder for domestic workers who are abused or unpaid to get home.
India had recently scrapped the $2,500 bank guarantee in Kuwait, followed by a similar decision for the $2,800 guarantee in Oman. The decision was taken because employers and recruitment agencies maintained that it was discouraging them from hiring Indian workers.
The move, however, has been met with apprehension from social activists. Josephine Valarmathi of National Domestic Workers Movement in India said the removal of the bank guarantee protection for Indian women domestic workers in Gulf countries will leave them less protected. Valarmathi observed that the guarantee came to the rescue when the employer failed to pay the salary. "Now, we won't have that," she told NDTV.
The bank guarantee scheme was put in place in 2014 as a welfare move and required the foreign employer to deposit the money in the Embassy of India in the destination country. The scheme acted as a shield for women domestic workers in case the employer failed to pay wages, or if the worker was subjected to abuse and required compensation and financial aid to return home. This scheme was introduced amid reports of abuse of domestic workers in Gulf nations and applied to workers hired through the six recognized state recruitment agencies. It did not apply to women using unofficial channels or those conned by fake agents.
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offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.
a usually wheeled rack of metal piping on which to hang clothing, as in a store.
a small rack, usually of wood, for holding a smoker's pipes.
On Stan's armchair, near his pipe-rack, was her hat, and her clothing lay in a heap where she had stepped out of it.
Reaching the mantel-piece, he took a pipe from the pipe-rack and some tobacco from the jar that stood behind the books.
"No," replied Vandover with a long breath, looking vaguely at the pipe-rack on the opposite wall.
There they are now, hanging over the pipe-rack by the fireplace in my snuggery in dear old England.
Once more I was in Sloane Square; there was my desk with its litter of papers, my pipe-rack, my books….


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We're all waiting for the Santa with his gifts, as the long chilling weekend approaches. While we're waiting for the carols and gifts, along with some delicious delicacies, why not have a perfect movie date with friends? Movie marathon seems a perfect idea with some hot coffee, popcorns and blankets.
Can you expect a horror movie to make you laugh? Then watch this movie, and you'll be going gaga all around. The story is about a Dracula who builds a castle far away from human society to raise his daughter Mavis and later turns it into Hotel Transylvania, a monsters-only 5-star hotel. The narrative starts with the guests (monsters) turning up to celebrate 118th Birthday of Mavis. The list includes characters like Frankenstein, werewolves, invisible man, mummies, Bigfoot, to name a few. Now, what happens when a human named Jonathan also joins the guests? The laughter bomb explodes when Jonathan tries to fit in with other guests.
It is a roller coaster ride for the entire family, which ends with some deep thoughts on the Father-daughter relationship. On a scale of 1-10, this one gets a 10 on Laugh-o-meter scale for us. Watch this movie for some out of the box visuals.
Set up in the backdrop of Hong Kong, the script of this blockbuster movie revolves around a town ruled by the Axe Gang, where some Kung Fu Masters are hiding in disguise. Released in 2004, Kung Fu Hustle is full of action-packed moments, which will make you laugh till the tears start rolling.
The mid-air martial arts scenes kept us hooked to the screen till the end. It reminded us of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and many more. And why would not it, as it features several prolific Hong Kong action cinema actors. Watch it for the action fun and laugh rides.
What happens when below average IQ parents are gifted with an ultra-genius child? Matilda answers just that, in the most amazing way possible. It's a movie adaptation of the famous Novel written by Roald Dahl, which is dark, funny, charming and brooding, all at the same time. The Director, Danny DeVito, did an amazing job capturing the essence of the book perfectly.
It's a journey where we fall in love with the central character. There are small pockets of perfectly curated moments that makes everyone laugh keeping the pace of show alive. You should always watch this with your family, and we can bet you that every time you do, it will end with a family group hug with some tears of happiness.
What looks like a kids movie by the name, actually turns out to be an Express, riding on full throttle towards the laughter station. Released in 2008, Pineapple Express shows how the life of a lazy court clerk turns upside down when he witnesses a murder. The chase starts between the gangster, cops and the Clerk "Dale Denton" played by Seth Rogen.
An award-winning performance by James Franco as the Drug Dealer makes us whistle and clap. Can you imagine what Pineapple Express is?
So pick up any of these movies and watch them on ZEE5 this Christmas. They will make you shed those extra kilos with LOL moments. You can watch this musical extravaganza too.
These are some of my favourite movies I can watch anytime. Thanks for putting them out here. will surely catch them on Zee5 this weekend.
I just loved it… Even I was planning to schedule some movies for my little one. Will definitely watch these. Thanks for sharing this list.
Amazing and beautiful post. Superb collections of movies. These movies are full of fun and enjoyment. Absolutely watch these movies. Great thoughts.
Hotel Translyvania is one of my favs. But I haven't watched Pineapple express. Will check out zee5 right now.
matilda was my favorite growing up, and now my kids also love it. rest movies I have to check out. thanks for the list.
I would love to watch Kung fu hustle soon.
good list. I want to see pineapple express.
and i dont know how many times we have watched kung fu.. like the kids are just super duper crazy about it!
I love the list of movies you mentioned in the post. I am definitely going to watch them on this holidays with my family.
The list sounds interesting. My favourite from the list is hotel Transylvania and kungfu Hustle. I would love to watch pineapple express soon.
Thank you for sharing your list. I have watched Hotel Transylvania but not the others. I will check them out now since it is the weather to snuggle up in blankets and watch movies!
Oh that's a good list! Have seen just the first one. And have been looking for more movies to watch during these holidays. Will watch the other ones listed here.
That is a great list. I have loved watching Pineapple express and I'm looking forward to watching your other recommendations.
Lovely suggestions you have here to celebrate Christmas and New Year! For us Hotel Transylvania series is always the coolest.
Just about the perfect list for me and the little ones to snuggle into the blankets and binge watch. Hotel Transylvania is one of my favourites by the way.
Absolutely! A lovely movie with some hot coffee, popcorn and blankets are best for these cold winter evenings. I love your suggestions and can't wait to check these out.
All the movies are great and I have special liking for James Franco's Pineapple Express as I have few memories relates to this movie. I might catch it again soon. Beautiful compilation of movies.
First of all Merry Christmas and Happy new Year to you! Nice list I must say. Matilda is the one for me.
All my favourite movies. Hotel transalvaniya and Matilda are mine and kids favourite. Great list of fun movies.
I love Kung Fu Hustle, it is one of my favourite movies. The rest I would surely watch over the weekend.
we've recently started movie time for the twins and these look amazing!!! will start with hotel transylvania first up!
That's a fantastic list of movies. Although my my kids have seen most of them, I would love to play rest of the movies during the winter break.
My son has recently developed his love for watching movies. I will definitely gonna watch few from the list with my son at home. Nice compilation post dear.
I am very much interested in watching these amazing Hollywood movies. Thanks for compilation.
I haven't watched Namaste London so the sequel is going to be something fresh to my eyes. Zee5 is still not accessible in USA. If by any chance it comes on Netflix, I will definitely watch it.


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A Rohingya refugee at the Nayapara refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Aug. 13.
Officials detained 33 Rohingya and six Bangladeshis aboard a fishing boat bound for Malaysia in the southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, said Foyezul Islam Mondol, the head of the coast guard in southeastern Teknaf Upazila. Six Bangladeshis were also arrested, he said.
A spokeswoman for the U.N refugee agency in Myanmar said the organization had heard "similar reports" of boats leaving the country but could not confirm their location. "With the prospect of boat movements increasing following the end of the monsoon season, it is increasingly urgent for the authorities to take measures to address the root causes of displacement... and create conditions that foster social cohesion and economic opportunities for all communities," the spokeswoman said.
For years, Rohingya on both sides of the border have boarded boats organized by smugglers in the dry months between November and March, when the sea is calm. The perilous journey to Thailand and Malaysia, often undertaken in overcrowded, rickety vessels, has cost many lives.
The new departures come as Myanmar prepares to take some of the refugees back after agreeing with Bangladesh to start repatriation on Nov. 15, despite widespread opposition from Rohingya, who say they will not return without guarantees of basic rights, including citizenship and freedom of movement.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are "terrified" of returning to Myanmar, dozens of international aid groups said in a petition sent to the governments of both countries Friday. The petition, signed by representatives of groups including Oxfam, Save the Children, and the International Rescue Committee, described plans to begin repatriations this month as "dangerous and premature."
"The U.N. has repeatedly stated that conditions in Myanmar are not conducive to return at this time. Refugees continue to flee Myanmar, and facilitating repatriation now would be premature," said the petition from 42 aid groups. "They are terrified about what will happen to them if they are returned to Myanmar now."
The aid groups say that while it is true that Rohingya refugees want to return to their homes in Myanmar, they consistently say they will only do so after Yangon guarantees their citizenship, freedom of movement and physical safety. The stateless Rohingya have been the target of communal violence and vicious anti-Muslim sentiment in mainly Buddhist Myanmar for years. Myanmar has denied citizenship to Rohingya since 1982 and excludes them from the 135 ethnic groups it officially recognizes, which effectively renders them stateless.


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Advertisers bet big on Salman Khan's Bharat
In-cinema advertising is among the fastest growing revenue streams for multiplexes with a gross profit of 90%, according to KPMG report
by Shweta Raaj Singh
Updated: Jun 5, 2019 9:23 AM
For years now, Salman Khan films have been a part of Eid celebrations in the country. And it is no different this time as the much-awaited movie of the actor, Bharat, hits the screens today. While fans wait eagerly to watch the bonanza, it is nothing less than a festival for advertisers and distributors too. With the kind of euphoria associated with the Salman-Katrina starrer, the in-cinema ad rates for the film have already seen a hike of 75-100%.
exchange4media finds out what is in store for the advertisers, multiplexes and single-screen theatres banking on the film.
According to Anand Vishal, Vice President, Sales, Inox Leisure, a big-ticket film, especially that of Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan or Aamir Khan, in a holiday week creates a lot of excitement. There is a huge demand for tickets for the first show of these films.
"There are some big films and some regular films. Then there are films such as Uri that look like a regular film, but become huge after release. But the beauty of Salman, Shah Rukh or Aamir's movies is that they bring a lot of euphoria with them. Typically, people don't indulge in entertainment during Ramzan. So on Eid, they go out and watch movies. And, in case of a Salman Khan film, fans want to watch it in the first week itself."
Anand says that over last couple of years, in-theatre advertising has changed, and everyone now takes slots for movies of big stars.
When asked about the ad rates for such big films, Anand explains, "Ad rates are decided keeping audience in mind. We do keep a standard or base rate in mind. But these rates are very dynamic. Rates in Dahisar will be different from rates in Nariman Point and rates in Rajkot. The rates are decided on the basis of what the market can pay in that geography. It is a very hyper local kind of pricing."
"It also depends on the footfall in a particular theatre and the ticket price. It's a mixture of logic that we apply. Once that is established, we see if it is a regular film or a blockbuster. Regular films will be like a Uri. Blockbuster films are the ones released on Deewali, Eid or New Year. The rates around these occasions is generally three times higher than the regular rates," he adds.
Anand says the ad rates of Inox also change, but they do not change in the same proportion. Explaining further, he says, "If my base rate was Rs 100 for a regular cinema, it escalates between 75% and 100 % for blockbuster films."
When asked why they charge such a premium, Anand reasons, "That is because of the number of admits coming to the cinema hall in that week. Also, the number of advertisers also increases during that period. If for a regular film, we use about 12 to 13 minutes for advertising, for a film like Bharat, this time goes up to 20 minutes."
Sharing details about the ad inventory, Anand said Inox, at a national level, consumes an ad inventory of 16% for regular and blockbuster films across all 586 screens.
While experts believe that there has been a significant increase in in-theatre advertising in the last couple of years, ad rates have seen a jump of approximate 16-20%. The interest of the advertisers has also peaked up by 40%. According to the Pitch Madison 2019 report, cinema grew by 37% in 2018, taking adex to Rs 805 crore. It is expected to grow at 14 per cent in 2019 and cross the Rs 1,000 crore-mark to reach Rs 1,047 crore. According to KPMG report, in-cinema advertising is among the fastest growing revenue streams for multiplexes, with a gross profit of 90%.
According to Siddharth Bhardwaj, Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Enterprise Sales, UFO Moviez India Limited, Eid screen is a different entity.
"Demand of each screen is different. What we generally see is that with Eid releases, especially if it's Salman's, there is an opportunity to take a premium of 50-100% on the regular price. By and large, a large number of screens in the country run high level of inventory through this period because advertisers know that the occupancy through this week would be substantially higher compared to a normal week. It proves to be a good revenue-churning week for the industry."
Talking about the difference in ad rates of a normal release of Salman Khan compared to an Eid or a holiday release, Bhardwaj says, "Actually if you reflect on that, in the last eight years, none of the big anticipated blockbusters of Salman has released in a non-holiday week. It is a given that any Salman movie or any big star movie like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan or Rajnikanth will be pegged in a holiday week. In fact, releases are even preponed if there isn't any holiday in the release week. All these movies chase the holiday week."
"Inventory availability is same all across. In a normal week, the inventory utilisation will be 20%. But it will shoot up to 75- 100% for a big-ticket film. The spike is seen more in multiplexes compared to single screen. Advertisers also cash in on the opportunity for single screens as Salman is a single screen hero," adds Bhardwaj.
Bharat is slated to release in over 4,000 to 5,000 screens across India.
Talking about the expectations from the blockbuster, Bhardwaj says, "We have a Salman movie after a long time. Audiences have come back from IPL. We see strong off-tick. But beyond the opening, the content would be looked at."
Meanwhile, Akshaye Rathi, an Exhibitor & Distributor, says, ad rates are purely based on the law of demand and supply. When there is a big release and a big star, there would be a change in the ad rates.
"A Salman Khan movie is by and large a holiday in itself. It doesn't matter whether it is releasing in a holiday week or a non-holiday week. Thinking beyond Salman Khan, Ramzan time is the most lean period to release a film. But Bahubali 2, which was released during Ramzan, had an insanely high number of ads attached to it and was served at an extremely high cost. Ultimately, it is not only about the star, or the film, or the time of release. Like I said, the underline formula is the law of demand and supply."
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Anthony Grey, author and publisher, shared with members of the Society an insight into how deeply his life and beliefs had been affected by his ordeal as a hostage in Peking during Mao's Cultural Revolution. It was a striking story. In a talk entitled "From solitary in China to publishing in the digital age", he recalled his two-year house arrest as a defining experience that gave substance to his early ambition to become a creative writer.
It also led to a lifelong quest for spiritual values and some kind of enlightenment. This search in turn prompted Tony to establish himself as an independent publisher. His first aim was to publish alternative views rejected by the mainstream book industry, such as a controversial theory that the genesis of mankind was engineered by extra-terrestrials. Now he is pushing the boundaries of e-publishing. His inner journey meanwhile involved encounters with spiritualism, the Roman Catholic Church (briefly) and meditation in an Orthodox monastery in Essex. Serious themes, certainly, but lightly handled by a natural storyteller with a sense of humour. The session ended with an entertaining exchange of Chinese anecdotes between Tony, Peter Gregson and Michael Nelson. ■


The EU Commission should set up a taskforce to monitor virtual currencies, like Bitcoin, to prevent their being used to launder money or finance terrorism, said Parliament in a non-binding resolution voted on Thursday.
The proposal, set out in a resolution drafted by Jakob von Weizsäcker (S&D, DE) suggests that the taskforce, which would be overseen by the Commission, should build expertise in the underlying technology of virtual currencies. It would also be tasked with recommending any necessary legislation, but the text warns against taking a heavy-handed approach to this new technology which, it says, can offer significant opportunities for the consumer and economic development.
"To avoid stifling innovation, we favour precautionary monitoring rather than pre-emptive regulation. But IT innovations can spread very rapidly and become systemic. That's why we call on the Commission to establish a taskforce to actively monitor how the technology evolves and to make timely proposals for specific regulation if, and when, the need arises", said Mr von Weizsäcker.
We favour precautionary monitoring rather than pre-emptive regulation"


Like using most equipment, using a pizzelle iron can require a little finesse to get it to do exactly what you want. So we thought we'd put together a list of the most common complaints and tips people have made, so you can save a bit of time and hopefully get your first batch of pizzelle right, the first time and every time.
This is by far the most common mistake people make to begin with. A little over-eagerness means people start trying to make pizzelle before the machine has reach the correct temperature to cook with. What usually happens, when the iron isn't hot enough, is the batter will leak from the molds. This makes one hell of a mess of the machine! Meaning you'll spend more time cleaning you press than using it. Most presses come with a temperature indicator light which comes on/goes off when the correct temperature has been reached – use it or regret it!
OK, so I'm a bit clumsy, but if you're like me use some oven gloves when opening your press to get your lovely batch of pizzelles out. They can sometimes leak a bit of steam which can burn your fingers and not all presses come with a steam guard. Trust me, steam burns are really painful and you don't want them. In fact apply this rule to nearly everything hot in the kitchen!
Not for everything mind, but certainly sometimes for where to pour your batter within the mold. Some manuals tell you to pour your batter towards the back of you pizzelle mold but I've not heard anyone agree this is a good idea. In fact, most say its a terrible idea and you'd be much better pouring your batter where logic dictates – which is in the middle of the mold. I'd go with this as the batter often just squeezes out of the mold when you pour it in lopsided. Disclaimer!: this may not be true for every machine, so test it yourself and if you notice it leaking then adjust where you pour the batter.
Use your temperature control if you have one.
This is always down to personal preference, but just like a good cup of coffee or how well you done you like your steak, you may find you like a slightly more or less browned pizzelle. A temperature control will allow you to cook them to your preference without the thinking, or opening the iron every few seconds to check how well done your pizzelle are, which is good as we have way too much to think about these days!