이전 장에서는 모든 드라이버에 대한 일반 문제들로 고려되어 있었습니다. 이 장에서는 다음과 같은 특정 유형의 장치에 대한 드라이버 작성의 핵심에 중점을 둡니다.
The section for each device type lists the development hardware needed. It indicates the basic operations required for such a device driver and provides some implementation suggestions.
각 장치 유형에 대한 섹션에는 개발에 필요한 하드웨어가 나열되어 있습니다. 이러한 장치 드라이버에 필요한 기본 작업을 나타내며 구현 제안 사항을 제공합니다.
Figure 3-1 shows the IODevice classes that you can use to write specific drivers.
그림 3-1 은 특정 드라이버를 작성하는 데 사용할 수있는 IODevice 클래스들을 보여줍니다.
The Driver Kit has special support for these devices although you can also write other kinds of drivers with the Driver Kit.
Driver Kit 에는 Driver Kit 을 사용해서 서로 다른 종류의 드라이버를 작성할 수 있지만, 이 장치에 대한 특별한 지원도 있습니다.
In addition to device-specific classes, some kinds of drivers use non-IODevice classes that work with the IODevices. For example, network drivers typically use the IONetwork and IONetbufQueue classes.
장치별 클래스 외에도 일부 드라이버는 IODevices 와 함께 작동하는 비 IODevice 클래스를 사용합니다. 예를 들어, 네트워크 드라이버는 일반적으로 IONetwork 및 IONetbufQueue 클래스를 사용합니다.
Examples of each driver type are located in /NextDeveloper/Examples/DriverKit. See also the examples located in /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/Examples/DriverKit.
각 드라이버 유형의 예제는 /NextDeveloper/Examples/DriverKit 에 있습니다. /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/Examples/DriverKit 에 있는 예제도 참조하십시오.
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Will An Ebola Panic Be Used As An Excuse To Put Large Numbers Of Americans In Camps?
MichaelSnyder
Now even the mainstream media is admitting that during an Ebola panic "people could be detained for long periods, merely on a suspicion they might have been exposed to some pathogen."
As you will read about below, federal law contains some very vague provisions which could be used to indefinitely quarantine large numbers of Americans in the event of a significant Ebola outbreak in the United States. So where would all of those people be put? Certainly they would not be mixed in with prison populations, and our hospitals would only be able to handle a very limited number of Ebola patients. Once our medical facilities are overwhelmed, it is inevitable that those that have Ebola or that are suspected of having Ebola would be housed in temporary holding centers, tent cities, sports stadiums, old military bases and FEMA camps. Of course strict measures would be taken to ensure that the quarantine is not broken. So no matter what official name is given to these facilities, they would in essence be prison camps. No unauthorized personnel would be going in or out. And since the federal government already has the power to round up and detain anyone "reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease", the potential for abuse is staggering.
The global death toll has now passed 1,000 for the first time, and many in the mainstream media are starting to realize that there is a very strong possibility that we could soon start seeing cases of Ebola in North America.
And if Ebola does start spreading across the United States, it is inevitable that there will be a very strong response by the federal government.
A piece that was written for Forbes entitled "If Ebola Arrives In The U.S., Stopping It May Rely On Controversial Tools" that was authored by former FDA official Scott Gottlieb spells out some of the "spooky" measures that could be implemented if we do indeed see a major Ebola outbreak in this country…
The existing rules leave a murky and potentially intrusive scheme largely intact. The Bush era regulation laid out some spooky scenarios where people could be detained for long periods, merely on a suspicion they might have been exposed to some pathogen. And forced to submit to certain medical interventions to gain their freedom. But the existing rules in force today leave possible these same scenarios – only without any protections that could be spelled out in clear regulations.
So what would those "medical interventions" include?
Are we talking about mandatory drugging or mandatory vaccines?
And the rules also say that people can be detained for as long "as may be reasonably necessary". Unfortunately, that phrase is never defined. During a crisis, it could potentially mean that people will be detained for weeks or even months…
In the presence of a suspect case of Ebola, the official CDC website details 'Specific Laws and Regulations Governing the Control of Communicable Diseases', under which even healthy citizens who show no symptoms of the virus could be forcibly quarantined at the behest of medical authorities. The existing regulations stipulate, "Quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill."
In other words, you don't have to be sick to be detained. Just suspected by health officials of having been in contact with someone who might have had the disease.
The regulations say a person "may be detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary." Is that three days or thirty? There are no rules.
You might be thinking that we could just test those that are potentially sick and then release those that do not have the virus.
Well, the truth is that there are only a few labs in the entire country that are capable of conducting these tests. During a major outbreak, it may be necessary to test thousands (or even millions) of Americans for the disease. But the infrastructure that we have is simply not able to test that many people.
And remember, Ebola victims can be carrying around the virus for up to three weeks before showing any symptoms and Ebola can remain in the systems of recovering victims for up to seven weeks.
So would it be "reasonable" to isolate potential Ebola victims for ten weeks or longer?
That is a very good question.
Perhaps someone should pose it to someone at the CDC.
And without a doubt, our health authorities have been thinking about these types of issues. For example, at the end of July a page on the CDC website entitled "Legal Authorities for Isolation and Quarantine" was updated. The following is an excerpt from that page…
Isolation and quarantine are public health practices used to stop or limit the spread of disease.
Isolation is used to separate ill persons who have a communicable disease from those who are healthy. Isolation restricts the movement of ill persons to help stop the spread of certain diseases. For example, hospitals use isolation for patients with infectious tuberculosis.
Quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms. Quarantine can also help limit the spread of communicable disease.
Isolation and quarantine are used to protect the public by preventing exposure to infected persons or to persons who may be infected.
In addition to serving as medical functions, isolation and quarantine also are "police power" functions, derived from the right of the state to take action affecting individuals for the benefit of society.
In between vacations, Barack Obama has spent some time on these issues as well. In fact, Barack Obama recently signed an executive order that gives the federal government authority to round up and detain anyone that shows symptoms of "diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled."
That sounds like Ebola to me.
And even before that executive order, federal law already allowed the federal government to apprehend any person "reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease" and detain them "for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary".
However, it would not just be sick people and potentially sick people that would be detained during an Ebola crisis. The panic and fear that an Ebola pandemic would create would likely set off waves of rioting, looting and lawlessness similar to what we witnessed in Ferguson, Missouri in cities all over the nation. If things got bad enough, it is very easy to imagine martial law being declared.
Right now, U.S. health officials are trying to keep everyone calm by insisting that the spread of Ebola "requires direct contact with bodily fluids" and that our health infrastructure is far superior to what they have over in Africa.
But they still haven't explained to us how more than 170 health workers have contracted the virus even though those health workers have gone to extreme lengths to avoid getting the disease.
And many have pinned their hopes on defeating this Ebola outbreak on a new "miracle drug" known as ZMapp.
Well, an elderly Spanish priest that contracted Ebola in Liberia was being treated with this drug and now he is dead…
An elderly Spanish priest infected with Ebola has died in a Madrid hospital, five days after being evacuated from Liberia. The 75-year-old Roman Catholic priest, Miguel Pajares, was being treated in Spain with an experimental US serum, ZMapp, after being flown to Madrid on August 7. He contracted Ebola at the Saint Joseph Hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia where he worked with patients suffering from the disease. It is confirmed. He died at 9:28 am," said a spokeswoman for Spain's La Paz-Carlos III hospital. The priest had been treated with ZMapp, she said.
And at this point, all existing supplies of ZMapp have been completely exhausted.
So even if this drug did work, it is going to take quite a while to produce a sufficient amount of it.
Sadly, very few people seem to grasp how very serious all of this is. We could potentially be looking at the greatest health crisis in modern American history. It is conceivable that millions of people could end up dead.
Of course it is also possible that this Ebola crisis could fizzle out over the next few weeks. Let us hope that ends up being the case, because a full-blown Ebola outbreak in the U.S. would be an absolute nightmare.
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Baddeley's Working Memory Model
A wide range of research in short term memory was conducted in the 1950s, with the development of new techniques and advanced theoretical approaches based on previous concepts of information processing. Psychologists attempted to find a link between short term memory and working memory. Working memory is defined as being part of long term memory, which also encompasses short term memory. This perspective suggests that working memory holds only the most recently stimulated portion of long term memory, and transfers it into and out of brief, temporary memory storage. "According to Baddeley and Hitch (1974) the working memory plays an important role in supporting a whole range of complex everyday cognitive activities including reasoning, language comprehension, long-term learning, and mental arithmetic" (p. 33), this definition has evolved from the model of a unitary short-term memory system. "Baddeley and Hitch (1974) in particular were concerned with the question of whether short term memory acted as a working memory (p. 2)." This essay will present an account of the origins and development of the working memory; briefly covering the history of alternative models and their relationship to the framework; followed by issues of the models. A brief discussion of previous working memory models proposed by Baddeley et al will be assessed, followed by issues of the past models. Baddeley's 2000 model will be introduced and then a brief outline of past experiments conducted will be described in order to help prove the existence of components in the 2000 model that could not be explained by the past models. Using current studies, the 2000 model will be critically evaluated, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the model, making a clear distinction between the overall theoretical frameworks. Finally, the conclusion will outline speculations on further developments and comments on the value of attempting to apply the 2000 model of working memory beyond the laboratory studies, to everyday life.
In 1968, Atkinson and Shiffrin proposed the multi-store model; "the model depicts memory as entailing the flow of information between three interrelated stores (p. 10)." It proposed that human memory involves a sequence of three stages; sensory store, short-term store and long-term store. Sensory memory is when a form of a stimulus remains unchanged in the mind for a brief time; it is rapidly lost through spontaneous decay. Evidence of sensory memory was conducted by Sperling (1960); he presented participants with visual displays containing three rows of four random letters for very brief periods (50 milliseconds). In the whole array condition, participants could recall 33% of items, in one row condition participants could recall 75% of items, suggesting information decays quickly after presentation. Short term memory is when information receives minimal processing, it is relatively limited in capacity (it holds about seven items). Evidence of short term memory was conducted by Peterson and Peterson (1959); they studied the recall of trigrams. If participants had to wait three seconds before recalling the trigram they could remember 80%. But if they had to wait 18 seconds, recall was reduced to 10%. Participants did an interference task, counting backwards between presentation and recall to prevent rehearsal. Long term memory is when information is stored permanently and has unlimited capacity. Different types of long term memory have been identified such as; procedural memory (knowing how), declarative memory (knowing that), sematic memory (storage for language and general knowledge) and episodic memory (memory for personal events and people). Evidence for long term memory was conducted by Bahrick et al (1975), he demonstrated the existence of 'very long term memories' (VLTMs). 400 adults were asked to identify individuals from their high school yearbooks; they found that even after 34 years, ex-students were still able to name 90% of their classmates. This shows that people have accurate VLTTMs. The multi-store memory model has well supported research and provides an alternative explanation of memory. However, one of the reasons why the model fell into disfavour was because its explanation of short term was oversimplified. The multi-store model presents a passive view of memory and cannot explain active processes such as reconstruction, which is when memories are altered because of expectations; an example of this would be the accuracy of eye witness testimony which is affected by misleading information. The validity of the model has been questioned as research studies have tended to concern only semantic memory, therefore the results and the model may be relevant to only this kind of memory rather than explaining memory for events in the past as well. The model is no longer regarded as an adequate representation of memory processes. However, historically, it is an important theory.
Baddeley and Hitch (1974) tested the hypothesis that the short-term store also functioned as a working memory. They did this by asking participants to perform reasoning, comprehension or learning tasks at the same time as they were holding in short term memory between 0 and 8 digits for instant recall. If short term memory does function as a working memory, then filling it to capacity should interfere with cognitive processing. It did cause disruption and effected performance, but the effect was not huge. Therefore abandoned the modal model was deposed of, according to which short term memory is a unitary store. "The idea that short term storage involves a number of subsystems has been most actively developed by Alan Baddeley and his colleagues (Baddeley and Hitch 1974; Baddeley, 1986, 1990, 1992, 2000)" (p. 121) argued that the concept of the short-term store should be replaced with that of working memory. The original consists of three components; central executive, phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad. The model defines working memory as composed of a central executive, which is a modality free component of limited capacity, and controls the other two modules through limited attention. A phonological loop that holds and manipulates acoustic and speech based information; and a visuo-spatial sketchpad that is responsible for visual information. McLeod (1977) showed that performance was impaired when participants played the piano and sang at the same times (both tasks auditory), this is due to competition within one component. Evidence for the central executive was provided by Bunge et al (2000), he used fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to view which parts of the brain were most active when participants were going two tasks at the same time; reading a sentence and recalling the final word in each sentence. There was more activation in the dual task condition, showing that increased attention leads to greater brain activity which is a central executive function. Evidence for the visuo-sketchpad was provided by Baddeley et al (1975); he gave participants the task of visualising a matrix of digits. When this task was combined with tracking a moving light, the ability to visualise was impaired. Evidence for the phonological loop was provided by Baddeley et al (1988), the study of a patient with a phonological short term memory insufficiency, who found it extremely hard to learn to link new words to their meaning, while learning to link pairs of words in her native language.
The previous working memory models did not explain how information from different subsystems with different codes could be combined and how it communicates with the long term memory. 26 years later, Baddeley decided to add a 4th component known as the episodic buffer. The purpose of the episodic buffer is to bind together all of the information from other components of working memory with information about time and order; because there is nowhere for information that is both visual and acoustic to be stored. The episodic buffer integrates information from the central executive, the visuo-spatial sketchpad and the phonological loop. The episodic buffer is seen as a solution to problems of the previous working memory model eg: articulatory suppression, recall of prose, and the binding problem. The main incentive for introducing this component was the observation that some patients with amnesia, who seemingly have no ability to encode new information in long-term memory, but have good short-term recall of stories, recalling much more information than the phonological loop can hold.
The solution to the problems such as articulatory suppression and recall of prose of working memory is the episodic buffer, which has the following features; controlled by the central executive through conscious awareness, it has limited capacity, temporary storage system, integrates information from a range of sources into a single complex structure or episode. Baddeley et al (1984) did a study on articulatory suppression, where participants repeat the word 'the' while learning a visually presented list of numbers; the model predicted that there will be no recall. This prediction is made on the assumption that visual information has indirect access to the phonological loop and articulatory suppression should prevent visual information from gaining access to the phonological loop. However, the data showed that articulatory suppression only resulted in a small reduction in recall typically from 7 to 5 digits. This shows that binding does not stop even when interference is caused in the central executive, but performance is reduced. In studies of brain-damaged patients, individuals with impaired short term memory show better recall for visually presented digits than for auditory presented digits. This shows that there is a 'back up' store for temporary information to pass through, which is explained by the episodic buffer. Hulme et al (1991) found that remembering lists of nonwords (different language) was much more difficult than remembering lists of familiar words. They showed that if participants learnt the 'meanings' of nonwords (Italian words), memory for them improved. These results illustrated the role of 'semantic' information, knowledge of the meanings of the words, on short-term recall. The mechanism through which this information can improve recall is assumed to be by the episodic buffer.
Baddeley et al did a study on where the episodic buffer located within the anatomy of the brain. Baddeley's initial hunch was that the episodic buffer was located in the hippocampus, but recent studies with an amnestic individual (John) with severe hippocampal damage has shown that tasks requiring the episodic buffer were unimpaired in this individual. He suffered from anoxia (lack of oxygen at the birth), therefore has half a hippocampus. In Baddeley's opinion it seems unlikely that science will identify a single area responsible for the episodic buffer. Instead, it might be in a number of different brain areas working together which give rise to the episodic buffer. A recent fMRI study by Prabhakaran et al (2000) "compared the retention of verbal and spatial information held in an integrated or unintegrated form. The results showed greater right frontal activation for integrated information, with unintegrated retention showing more latter activation of areas previously implicated in verbal and spatial working memory." Prabhakaran et al (2000) concluded that "the present fMRI results provide evidence for another buffer, namely, one that allows for temporary retention of integrated information." (p. 421-422)
In conclusion, the episodic buffer is a valuable addition to the working memory model and increases the models ability to predict behaviour in many situations, such as in amnestic individuals. There is much research supporting the model, including psychological lab experiments and neurophysiological research, such as brain scans showing the differences in brain activity during tasks. However, as the episodic buffer was added 26 years after the original model was published, it suggests that the original model was unfinished; therefore the model may not serve as an explanation of the working memory. The model doesn't account for all senses (it only relies on sound and sight), and much of the lab support for the model uses artificial tasks which lack validity because the tasks are not true to life, you cannot guarantee that the other senses might have been used in real life such as touch or smell. The working memory view has recently been challenged by many psychologists including Cowan (2001) "who proposed a model that specifies the interaction between the central executive and the episodic buffer" (p. 87). Depoorter and Vandierendonck (2009): "they found evidence that verbal serial order memory tasks interfered with visuo-spatial serial order memory tasks and vice versa. This is not predicted by the working memory model, as these two tasks should be carried out by separate slave systems, so should not interfere with each other. Depoorter and Vandierendonck (2009) suggested that memory for serial order is not modality specific as previously thought, but carried out by a modality independent system. Depoorter and Vandierendonck (2009) argued that the episodic buffer may be 'the ideal medium to maintain a modality-independent order code'. Therefore, research continues to reveal new ways in which the episodic buffer may contribute to the working memory system." (p. 34)
Baddeley's 2000 working memory model can be applied to real life situations such as patients with amnesia and Alzheimer's disease. However the model should be developed further by analysing the true measurement of its capacity. Although the model has faced many criticisms it has still formed a productive basis for the systematic growth of knowledge about important cognitive functions.
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Reducing the chyawanprash to a thick paste.
Last winter we decided to attempt a home-grown version of what is possibly the oldest recipe in the world – chyawanprash. "Prash" means jam, and Chyawan was an ancient Indian yogi, as the legend goes, from 10,000 years ago. Yes, four zeroes there, and don't laugh. Increasing evidence is being found of large sophisticated urban areas that now lie underwater off India's coasts. They may very well date back to the last Ice Age, before sea levels rose as the great glaciers melted.
But, I digress. Chyawan was getting on in years, and was given a young bride in marriage. A pair of herbalists concocted a rasayana, a blend of herbs in a fruit base to rejuvenate him so that he would be a suitable companion for a young woman.
Chyawanprash is a staple condiment in India, and the most popular ayurvedic product in the world. At first I was very skeptical about jam that cost around $15 a pound, but we purchased some, and were very impressed.
The purchased chyawanprash has a really bizarre texture, kind of like slightly sticky silly putty. It actually fights back when you insert a spoon and try to get it out of the jar. The flavor is unusual, but very pleasant in my opinion, rather like mincemeat pie with a whole lot of other stuff going on, including a lot of pepper.
Black currant was substituted for amla as the fruit base.
The primary ingredient in classical chyawanprash is amla (Indian gooseberry, Phyllanthus emblica), which is a very strong antioxidant, and has many other attributes beneficial to human health. I am sure there are folks who will say that without amla, chyawanprash is not chyawanprash. Whatever. Our goal was to develop an approximation – a rasayana in a fruit base with as many home-grown ingredients as possible, and amla is a tropical plant and simply does not grow here. However, we do have abundant black currants, which have much in common with amla – for instance, a high concentration of vitamin C and tannin. I picked and froze a gallon or so of black currants in July to wait for the other ingredients to be ready.
Worden grapes, hit by frost, and ready for jam. Yes, they live in a balsam tree. It was an accident.
The other fruit ingredient in the purchased chyawanprash (which we used as a rough guide) was grapes. By Equinox our Worden grapes were ripe enough for a batch. They are not seedless, but that's a virtue, I think, for this application. I ran the grapes and frozen currants through the blender, skin, seeds and all until all particles were pulverized enough to be palatable in a paste. A lot of the nutritive value of these fruits is in the skin and seeds, so this way we keep all that in the mix. I have always preferred to not peel or strain fruits and vegetables unless it's really necessary.
Ashwaganda can be grown here as an annual. It is perennial in milder climates.
The pulverized fruit was slowly simmered on the lowest heat possible, and the other ingredients prepared.
Chyawanprash typically has from 15 to 80 ingredients. Ours ended up with 20 ingredients. We found that we could easily grow or were already growing some of the major herbs involved: ashwaganda (Withania somnifera), tulsi (holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum), brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), tribulus (Tribulus terrestris). We make ghee (clarified butter) regularly from a neighbor's raw milk, so that was easy, though we preferred go light on the ghee. We used purchased long pepper (Piper longum – this is a really important ingredient, though black pepper could be substituted), honey (we've not yet recovered from a bear devastating our bees), organic cane sugar, kudzu, cardamon, cinnamon, and clove.
Brahmi also can be grown as an annual here. It grows well in wet conditions. The photo was taken early in the season.
Ashwaganda roots, tulsi leaves and flowers, brahmi leaves and stem tips, and green tribulus fruits were gathered fresh in early September, in anticipation of frost, which I feared might damage these herbs. The ashwaganda root was chopped up and tossed into the blender with the tulsi, brahmi and tribulus, with enough water to be able to blend them into a thick liquid. This was frozen in glass canning jars, then later (when the grapes were ready) added to the simmering fruit mixture.
The purchased spices ground up and added to the mix were long pepper (in great quantity), cardamon, cinnamon and clove. We made substitutions for some of the herbal ingredients. Instead of the root of Indian elecampane (Inula racemosa) we used Inula helenium which we have growing. Foraged wild ginger (Asarum Canadense) was substituted for regular ginger (Zingiber officinale).
Elixir jam seems a perfect venue for other adaptogens and tonic plants and fungi, so to this batch we added the mushrooms turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) and chaga (Inonotus obliquus), and my own favorite, Siberian ginseng root (Eleutherococcus senticosus). These three we have growing in abundance.
In the future, we may add some others that are not yet as well established in our gardens (but show some promise), including fo-ti (Polygonum multiflorum), Schisandra chinensis, Rhodiola rosea, and Maral-root (Rhaponticum carthamoides).
The chaga was wrapped in a cloth, pounded with a hammer into small chunks, then soaked overnight with the turkey tails, chopped fresh eleutherococcus root and nigella sativa seed. Then I ran all these through the blender until smooth, and added the mix to the simmering pot.
If you're familiar with the flavors of some of these ingredients, I know it sounds like it would taste like a train-wreck in your mouth. But somehow there's a synergy there that works. It tastes great. We sweetened it just enough to take the very sour edge off the fruit. The consistency is like apple butter, and the cooking of it is similar – it is reduced very slowly on very low heat, then when sufficiently thick, poured into glass canning jars.
Chyawanprash can be eaten simply as is (you only need a teaspoon or two a day), diluted with water for a beverage (hot or cold), eaten with yogurt, spread on bread, whatever – essentially you can consume it any way that you would use any other jam or chutney. It's definitely more fun than swallowing a lot of capsules of dried powdered herbs!
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Campionatul African de Handbal Feminin pentru Tineret din 2022 a fost a XXVIII-a ediție a Campionatului African de Handbal Feminin pentru Tineret și s-a desfășurat la Conakry, în Guinea, între 19 și 26 februarie 2022. Competiția a servit și ca turneu de calificare la Campionatul Mondial pentru Tineret, găzduit de Slovenia.

Partidele s-au desfășurat în sala de sport a stadionului 28 Septembrie din Conakry.

Tragerea la sorți
Tragerea la sorți a avut loc pe 15 ianuarie 2022, la sediul Confederației Africane de Handbal din Abidjan, Coasta de Fildeș. Cele opt echipe participante au fost extrase în două grupe preliminare de câte patru echipe.

Grupele preliminare
Orele de mai jos sunt cele locale (UTC±0).

Grupa A

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Fazele eliminatorii
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Locurile 5-8

Semifinalele pentru locurile 5-8

Semifinalele

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Leadership Vigilance Collaboration
The Cop: America's Ethical Guardian
Recently, I shared remarks to an assembly of 150 police chiefs, community leaders, private security directors, and law enforcement officials including the FBI, on American policing issues.
These remarks were delivered at the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association (BCPCA) event in Alpine, New Jersey on April 21, 2016.
The BCPCA is comprised of over 70 police agencies within the county; numerous city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, private security professionals, and community leaders.
This unity of action from the public and private sectors is reflected in their mission statement:
"To secure a closer official and personal relationship among police officials in the County of Bergen; to secure unity of action in police matters; to elevate the standards of police institutions; to strive for advancement among all lines that pertain to the prevention and to the detection of crime and the promotion of police efficiency in general."
The mission statement is complemented by charitable community initiatives for the needy, veterans, students, families, hospitalized, and schools.
BCPCA: A History of Community Policing
My remarks for the BCPCA crystalized an upcoming initiative that I will develop for the police and people of Bergen County.
The initiative will be titled "The Cop: America's Ethical Guardian." It will address critical policing issues covered in many of my Epoch Times articles over the last two years. These articles encourage police to serve as ethical guardians, and to have a full force dedication to enhancing police-community relations.
As a member of the BCPCA for the last 15 years, I have been honored to serve on numerous policing initiatives which has included six years as a primary community policing instructor and presentations at five conferences.
Each conference was filled to capacity with over 250 attendees and addressed community policing, terrorism prevention, school violence prevention, crisis management, and ethics.
The conferences were a collaboration with police chiefs, prosecutors, sheriffs, numerous law enforcement agencies, community leaders, and 279 Bergen county schools.
This unity of effort represents the heart of addressing police-community issues not only in New Jersey, but throughout the county.
America Policing Dangers: Fast Facts
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), there are over 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers serving in the United States, the highest ever figure.
The NLEOMF presents some key data highlighting American policing issues that includes the following:
• Crime fighting has taken its toll. Since the first recorded police death in 1791, there have been over 20,000 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Currently, there are 20,789 names engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
• A total of 1,439 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 61 hours or 144 per year. There were 123 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2015.
• There were 15,725 assaults against law enforcement officers in 2014, the most recent comprised record, resulting in 13,824 injuries.
• The deadliest day in law enforcement history was September 11, 2001, when 72 officers were killed while responding to the terrorist attacks on America.
• New York City has lost more officers in the line of duty than any other department, with 705 deaths. Texas has lost 1,682 officers, more than any other state.
These tragic statistics remind us of the dangers faced by our police, and the importance of not only appreciating their efforts, but assisting them in our communities.
A Clarion Call for Police-Community Collaboration
As detailed in my Epoch Times, September 4, 2015 article column titled "Policing Dangers Demand Community Collaboration," whenever a law enforcement official is contemptuously murdered, the heart of America is wounded.
The article sounds a clarion call to enhance police-community collaboration by emphasizing vigilance among the police and community members.
Collaboration, as well as ethical principles, is further emphasized in my "Principles of American Policing."
The first principle is as follows:
"Being pro-police and pro-community are inseparable, indefatigable, and pre-eminent. Police must at all times remain fully committed to protecting and serving the public through character, ethics, and leadership that is total and wholehearted. Police must be guided by a moral compass that honors the community, Constitution, and Bill of Rights."
Police Controversies, Protests, Concerns: A Defining Moment
As memorialized by incidents throughout America, many of which were videoed, it would be naïve, disingenuous, and irresponsible to minimize various police controversies, protests, and concerns.
These issues must be honestly addressed by law enforcement and law-abiding community members.
Commissioner William J. Bratton during an October 2, 2014 retreat of over 800 top department executives, served as a model to American policing through his candid remarks.
In his customary transparent honesty, Bratton addressed the small percentage of NYPD officers who are "poisoning the well" and needed to be weeded out.
"My intention going forward is to ensure that we will aggressively seek to get those out of the department who should not be there—the brutal, the corrupt, the racist, the incompetent…
"They are poisoning the well, and the trust that we deserve and the trust that we need is eroded by some of their actions," Bratton said.
This is a defining moment for transforming American policing. We will be on the path of reawakening the nation by encouraging police in their critical role as ethical guardians, giving them the assistance they deserve, and intensifying our resolve for enhancing police-community cohesiveness.
Ethical Guardians: Repudiating the Ferguson Effect
Police-Community Crisis: Rise to the Occasion
Transforming American Policing: A Defining Moment
Police-Community Collaboration: America's Public Safety Lifeline
Transforming the NYPD: Terminating Toxic Police Officers
NYPD Mission: Terminate, Train, Transform
Policing Demands Ethical Sentinels
Police–Community Division: America Unite
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'Snowpiercer': An Interview with VFX Artist Damien Thaller – An Insider Look Into the World of the Action Series
Christopher Davis is an entertainment enthusiast dedicated to the diverse and ever-expanding terrain of film and television. He is eager to examine entertainment that pushes the boundaries of the screen and offers new texture to popular culture altogether. Christopher is excited to write for Hollywood Insider, where he is encouraged to engage in factual and substance-based discourse. Christopher finds inspiration in media that is compelling to consume, sparks progress and evokes compassion.
Damien Thaller: 'Snowpiercer''s Secret Weapon
Damien Thaller is the Blizzard Behind 'Snowpiercer'
The Future of 'Snowpiercer' and VFX
Photo: 'Snowpeircer'/TNT
During the bleak winter of a seemingly endless period of self-isolation due to the looming presence of the coronavirus pandemic, the need for an escape has never felt so pertinent. As COVID-19 has disabled the opportunity for any kind of normal excursion like a night out with friends to a restaurant or bar, the escapism of film and TV from home has proved itself to be the modern world's saving grace. When venturing into new worlds of hit films and TV series to distract from the humdrum of COVID, we rely on outlandish and immersive environments to delve into.
However, when visual effects blend into the practical elements of the series so seamlessly, it can be difficult to keep in mind the work that has been put into each pixel of the computer-generated fantasy. One of the shows that has served as an escape from reality is TNT's 'Snowpiercer,' an action-packed sci-fi series based on the cult-hit film of the same name directed by contemporary film genius, Bong Joon Ho, which just launched its second season this past January.
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Apart from the clever writing and brilliant performances from the show's leads, Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, what makes TNT's 'Snowpiercer' so captivating is the hauntingly beautiful, ice-infested dystopia that the Snowpiercer train plows through. The creation of this frozen world is just the latest from FuseFX visual effects mastermind Damien Thaller's, whose remarkable career spans 20 years. Thaller has proved his artistic prowess working on enormous blockbuster films like the 'Harry Potter' and 'X-Men' franchises, as well as 'Game of Thrones.' We were fortunate enough to interview Thaller and discuss his involvement in 'Snowpiercer' as well as his passion for the world of visual effects.
Thaller had expressed his interest in art ever since his childhood. "I've been creating art my whole life. As a kid, I grew up being a drawer, an illustrator. I'd just draw pictures, characters, environments, and color and composition, and when I left high school I went to art school and studied traditionally in art." Oddly enough, Thaller's work in visual effects did not start in film or television, but in the realm of video games. Damien explained that when he was "a kid in art there wasn't a lot of CGI in film. Films were out there but everything was done practical, on set behind the camera." Luckily, Thaller was able to hone his craft of 3-dimensional visual effects when he began working at a video gaming company in the mid-90s.
"It was 1995 where the games industry was going from a 2D look into a 3D look. We got the first consoles coming out from SEGA Mastersystem and Nintendo and it was an exciting time. But an exciting time for me because I went from a 2D artist into a 3D artist." Damien went on to illustrate how this opened the door for his work in film. Though he valued the artwork he had contributed to the gaming industry, Thaller desired the lack of boundaries the sandbox of the film industry provided without being tied down to a console.
Although Damien has contributed to a myriad of worlds with various looks and landscapes audiences have fallen in love with, Thaller found that working on the 'Snowpiercer' series would entail creating a type of environment he had never developed before. "What I enjoyed about the film was the frozen world, the Ice Age. It was something different I hadn't seen on film before and I thought this was really cool that it was all frozen and the look of worlds and cities that have decayed full of ice. And everybody lives on a train that can't stop. If it stops they will die. That's super cool… The look was established in the film so we knew this style of snow and ice- what that was going to look like. So we have a theme to keep with. What we did have to do though was expand on the world that was created in the film and the first season."
This expansion was the thrilling aspect that intrigued him specifically, creating the trademark icy look of the series. "I'm located in Canada, Vancouver, where we have snow mountains all around me. I could shoot material of snowy mountains and snow landscapes but it's not at all the 'Snowpiercer' world. The landscape up here when it snows, we have this beautiful powdered looking snow, but the world of Snowpiercer- it had 6 years of harsh blizzards and then it got so cold the blizzard stopped. And then for a whole year, everything froze. So, the look is a combination of snow and ice and destruction. And that is something we had to experiment with the look and expand on from the first season and the original feature film."
While the second season of the hit series did provide an exhilarating amount of room for expansion, it did not come without its challenges. "In season 2 we feature a new train, 'The Big Alice', and both of these trains connect together to see a larger train. Now, we know between the Snowpiercer train and Big Alice train there's a thousand cars, a thousand carriages. It pulls a massive load. Now, for us in visual effects to see shots and large establishing shots with so many carriages on screen once in one shot in so many carriages was a challenge that we looked at straight away."
Damien went on to describe the incredible innovation his team produced to create a realistic look for an unimaginably intricate sci-fi train, "There was a world there where we needed to work out and build a structure and a workflow where we could move fast and be able to work out how we can render all these carriages. It was a technical challenge for us that we had to solve pretty early on and we solved it. It evolved over the season and we're working on the last episode of the season right now, and if I look back to the first episode, we've come a long way with how fast we can work now with rendering these trains."
Damien Thaller knows that the best visual effects artists are not only concerned with the technical aspects of their work but how it lends itself to the story. To best exemplify Thaller and his team's dedication to the narrative of 'Snowpiercer,' Damien recalled the opening scene of the second season in which Jennifer Connelly's character is on a mission outside of the safety of the train; however, the hazard was not meant to be some great, CGI threat audiences have found themselves accustomed to from superhero blockbusters. "Everything we did in the sequence, it had to keep the focal point at her. And I really enjoyed working on the sequence because it's what I call more 'invisible' special effects. There's not a lot of huge explosions happening, there's no one flying in the sky, there was nothing over the top. It was more grounding." Herein lies the genius of Thaller and his visual effects team's work, beyond all of the intricate 3D renderings of unimaginable worlds, telling a compelling story always took priority.
Although Thaller was resolute in maintaining a spoiler-free testimony of his experience working on the second season of 'Snowpiercer,' he was charitable enough to allude to some exciting features of the season still to come: "The journey goes on to different areas which I won't be able to elaborate on yet, but what that meant for us creatively was we open up the world wider and explore more. We're starting to move through the northern territories of America and we see some iconic landscapes… In the feature film, they didn't expand into different locations of the world and what the Ice Age would look like." Damien elaborated that this was one of the most fulfilling elements of his work on 'Snowpiercer's' second season, "We had a lot of fun with that creatively just working out the composition. The client gave us a lot of freedom as well to chime in- as far as camera work, and the design, and the area of the cities. If it's a particular type of city we're moving through, the angles that we would see, the location of the city… We had a lot of freedom creatively."
Damien then expressed his love for sci-fi and why the genre will likely be his creative home for the years to come. "Anything sci-fi, I'm so cliche with that. I do enjoy the projects I've worked on where it's either anything around destruction and destroyed; where it's a superhero project and cities are destroyed, and there's a certain amount of explosions, fire, water, and anything that is taking locations from the real world and then we're changing it to something that feels believable, but we're not used to seeing." Thaller then articulated that although he does love the spectacular visuals the sci-fi genre lends itself to, he really enjoys working on what he calls "invisible" visual effects.
"There's something nice about what I call the 'invisible' visual effects, when you watch something I've worked on with my team and you don't realize that there's visual effects in there." Damien then detailed an encounter he had when working on the Oscar-nominated film, 'Joker,' in which a producer mistook Thaller's visual effect work for actual footage of New York City. "Even for a moment on his own project, he believed what we did was real and I thought that was great."
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Just as every other industry in the world right now, Thaller's visual effects work has also been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. "COVID came in about 2 weeks after I started working on 'Snowpiercer' and… it was something we weren't ready for, the whole world wasn't ready for it. I was the only artist, well I was the supervisor of the team, I stayed in the studio purely because there was no one there and I could self-quarantine." However, Thaller confirmed that he and his team have adjusted to this new normal and are quite capable of weathering any other twists a coronavirus future may hold. "I have all the confidence in the world now that we could just jump in and do another show at the same level of complexity or we could just jump in and do another season 3 if need be. I think we learned through the last 12 months how we can do it and it works really well."
As for the future of the visual effects industry, it is unlikely we have seen the last of Damien Thaller's transportive art. "There's a lot of different techniques now in visual effects and with virtual sets now as well and changing the way we can do things." Thaller explained enthusiastically, "We're starting to see different ways that we can create visual effects in the filmmaking process and I find that very interesting and intriguing. I'm interested to see how that's going to expand and how that's going to play in the future of visual effects." Whether Damien's next projects come in the form of an apocalyptic environment like 'Snowpiercer,' or in the subtleties of a realistic world like 'Joker,' Thaller's impact on Cinema and visual effects are sure to be anything but invisible.
Season 2 of 'Snowpiercer' airs every Monday at 9 PM EST on TNT.
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A high-quality hotel must have high-quality indoor air. This means having fresh indoor air in all circumstances and offering the possibility to adjust the temperature and air conditioning for each room separately. 'Silent operations and draught-free ventilation are also high on the list of priorities in the design of a hotel's ventilation system,' explains Rake Oy's property manager, Kari Oja.
The Grand fan coil unit, originally designed as a hotel ventilation system and an air-conditioning terminal device, was selected for the property. The device's silent operations, room-specific control system and easy installation method numbered among the factors that helped to sway the decision in its favour.
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A Grand fan coil unit was installed in one hotel room to test its ability to meet the specific requirements set by Dubai's challenging conditions. The system passed the test with flying colours with its silent and efficient operations.
This elegant hotel has never settled for resting on its laurels. It is maintained with meticulous care and attention to detail. Only the best is good enough for this Stockholm landmark, as became evident in the renovation of the ventilation system carried out in the late 2000s when the Studio fan coil was selected as the property's ventilation solution.


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Conservative backbencher Mark Francois has called for MPs to hold an "indicative vote" on Theresa May's leadership.
Conservative MP Mark Francois has called for an "indicative vote of confidence" on Theresa May's leadership this week.
The prominent Eurosceptic said the Prime Minister should resign for the sake of the "existential future of our party and the destiny of our country".
In a letter to the chair of the backbench Tory 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, Mr Francois said an "indicative vote" would send a signal to EU leaders that May did not command the support of her party.
A formal vote of confidence in Mrs May as Conservative leader cannot be held until December, after she survived an earlier attempt to oust her by 200 votes to 117, granting her a 12-month period of grace during which no challenge is permitted.
Mr Francois wrote: "We simply cannot go on like this, with a weak leader, a riven Cabinet and a party in despair.
"I believe Theresa May has been a failure as leader of our party, which she now threatens to destroy. Hers is a classic example of hubris - and after hubris comes nemesis."
Sir Graham told last week's meeting of the 1922 executive that a proposal for an indicative vote had been put to him.
The executive decided that, while it was possible for such a vote to be staged, it was neither necessary nor appropriate to do so at this point.
Mr Francois accused a "coterie of neo-federalist civil servants" and a "powerful Remainiac cabal in the Cabinet" of attempting to "lock" the UK into a customs union.
Meanwhile, he accused Brexiteers in the Cabinet of doing "absolutely nothing save consume vast quantities of pizza" as "riven by personal ambition, they keep their heads firmly below the parapet, many of them hoping that by sitting out this great battle for the destiny of our country, they will somehow inherit the crown".
The former shadow Europe minister faced criticism last week after his use of a Bible quotation as part of a Brexit debate was branded as "deeply offensive" to Christians.


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Complimentary breakfast and an indoor pool make Best Western Plus Canyon Pines a solid choice. Those visiting Lagoon Amusement Park will find the location convenient. McKay Dee Hospital is also close. Rooms include microwaves and refrigerators.
Luxury-level Ben Lomond Suites, An Ascend Hotel Collection Member has a full-service on-site pub restaurant, elegant upper level restaurant, event spaces for weddings, and select rooms with jetted tubs. The historic hotel is across the street from City Hall Park and a short walk from Peery's Egyptian Theater.
Surrounded by the natural beauty of northern Utah, Summit Hotel And Conference Center is centrally located between urban amusements and rural attractions. It offers free breakfasts and free parking. Guest can boat and fish on Pineview Reservior, ski at Powder Mountain, and visit the popular Kangaroo Zoo.
Hampton Inn And Suites Ogden, Ut is located just adjacent to the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, a couple of minutes Layton in Utah. The hotel provides Old World Charm in a modern environment with all the luxuries and amenities of modern inn-living.
Hilton Garden Inn Ogden is located off Interstate-15 and plays host to Great American Grill where visitors can dine. Moreover, one can easily access Salt Lake International Airport from the hotel since they are less than an hour's drive apart.
Comfort Suites in Ogden is located a mile from downtown Ogden, near the Golden Spike Event Center. It's also minutes away from local attractions Browning Firearms Museum, Weber State University, Hill Air Force Base, Lagoon Amusement Park, and Powder Mountain Winter Resort.
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel And Suites Ogden is close to local attractions like Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, Salomon Center, and the Hill Aerospace Museum. The hotel possesses an indoor pool, evening reception during the week, and free hot breakfast daily.
Within the immediate area of the Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Bountiful are attractions like Lakeside Golf Course, Lagoon Amusement Park, Gateway Shopping Mall, and Historic Temple Square. Complimentary shuttle service to the Salt Lake International Airport and Lagoon Amusement Park is provided to guests.
The Best Western Plus High Country Inn is located in Ogden, Utah at the base of the Wasatch Mountains. Guests can visit the nearby Lagoon Amusement Park, Weber State University, or Newgate Shopping Mall, or they can enjoy a meal at Jeremiah's Restaurant.
Comfort Inn & Suites North Woods Cross is a budget hotel located off I-15, 12 miles from Salt Lake City International Airport. Minutes from downtown Salt Lake City, it offers easy access to The Gateway District, Utah's Hogle Zoo, Lagoon Amusement Park, and Temple Square.
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How the Social Conversation Changed in 2017
Maddy Osman
December 15, 2017 4 minutes read
The early days of social media made for exciting times. Nobody knew yet how big Facebook and Twitter (which were introduced in 2006 and 2007, respectively) would get. The socially savvy saw their potential, but back then, not a lot of people were aware of it. Thus, the social media landscape when everything first started resembled the Wild West: it had no direction. Several people thought the popularity of these sites wouldn't last long, much like its predecessor, Friendster.
Fast forward ten years later, there's no denying the ubiquity of social media. There are currently 2.8 billion social media users worldwide, exhibiting extremely rapid growth, and even surviving the 2008 recession.
Navigating the early days of social media
In many ways, where social media is at today—a way to keep in touch, speak your mind and promote your brand—can be attributed to Brian Solis, author of The Social Manifesto. He saw the potential of social media to be a great democratizer of information, and wrote the book so individuals, marketers, brands, and traditional media would think about the new medium's potential and how to be part of the movement.
He also created the infographic, The Conversation Prism, to make sense of this unknown landscape. The infographic was his attempt to organize all of the networks according to what they offered, their promise, and how people were using them. In a way, the Conversation Prism served as a form of digital anthropology.
Initially released as a free infographic, the Conversation Prism was later sold as to marketers, brands and entrepreneurs due to help them navigate the social landscape.
Social Media Now and McLuhan
The Conversation Prism was recently updated for the first time in 4 years. In the latest version, messaging, crowdfunding, and even travel and hospitality were included as categories. They also removed 84 companies and added 141, showing how social media has become much more expansive.
Social media companies didn't just increase in number, but also in the kind of medium and content you can post on their platforms. From text and image-based social media sites, to mobile apps Snapchat and Instagram, which share disappearing content, and recently, the introduction of Facebook live video, which gives people a taste of what it's like to have their own TV show, social media has given everyone a chance to engage new audiences in ways that weren't possible before.
In light of recent events, there is a renewed interest in work of Marshall McLuhan, a public intellectual whose studies served as the cornerstone to media theory. McLuhan, to whom the phrase "the medium is the message" is credited to, predicted the rise of World Wide Web 30 years ago.
One of the largest motivators for going social was the freedom it afforded to speak one's mind. Nowadays, social media has evolved into a playground for fake news and call-out culture. There is no bigger purveyor of this than current US President Trump.
Love him or hate him, there's no denying that Trump knows how to manipulate the media, both old and new. He uses Twitter to utter false news, which his followers, and consequently, the mainstream media, share. Says Jon Favreau, one of President Obama's former speechwriters, "Trump doesn't care if we think he's telling the truth—he just wants his supporters to doubt that anyone's telling the truth."
Social media cannot be blamed solely for being the purveyor of fake news, or [online] bullying, since both have been occurring way before this era. That said, we cannot completely excuse social media from taking some blame.
According to the Pew Research Center, about two-thirds of Americans cite social sites as a source of news. What's promising is that the internet has been known to fight wrong and undesirable internet usage, as they did with spam and content farms. Facebook in particular, has been buckling down on fake news, especially after the US elections.
Algorithm and Ad Spend
With so much content being produced nowadays, and more conversations happening, reaching audiences organically may well be a thing of the past. Social media sites have had to modify their algorithms to prioritize relevance and a good user experience, with engagement rates suffering along the way. Users that want to get their content seen have to pay for advertising, an ingenious scheme that has allowed social networks to leverage the amount of data they have at a cost.
Digital advertising is a lucrative way to earn, with digital ad revenue spending growing to $72.5 billion in 2016, with more than half of that from mobile ad spending. Larger figures are expected this year.
While social media today is a far cry from that of a decade ago, it is still far from perfect. Like it was ten years ago, there is still much to be improved and much more to look forward to. But, with more users and the phenomena ingrained in our daily lives, the stakes are much higher now.
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