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More than 5,800 youth suicides across Canada signals mental health 'crisis'
September 17th, 2018 Respect in School
NOELLA OVIDRyerson School of Journalism
BLAIR BIGHAM Special to the Star
Fri., Sept. 14, 2018
At the age of 15, Laurissa Rose Degraw attempted to take her own life for the first time.
Over the next five years, she tried four more times.
"She made it very clear that this is how her life would end," says her mother, Aimee Huitema. "She said it to me. She said it to her social worker. She said it to her doctors that she would take her life one day."
More than 5,800 Canadian children and youth have died by suicide during the past 13 years across Canada — some as young as 8 years old, according to data compiled by a Toronto Star/Ryerson School of Journalism investigation from coroners' offices in all provinces and territories except Nunavut.
Suicide is second only to accidents as the leading cause of death for young people in Canada.
In 2005, 146 people between the ages of 8 and 24 died by suicide in Ontario, according to coroner data. In 2016, the figure was 181.
Degraw was 20 when ended her life on a summer evening in July of 2016, hours after she returned home from a week at the family's Lake Huron cottage.
"We had an amazing few days at the beach with my parents and my younger daughter Lily. Everything was perfect," says Huitema.
But upon their return home, Degraw told her mother she wanted to go for a walk after dinner. She would never return.
In what was at least her fifth attempt at suicide, she hanged herself. Police found her body a two-minute walk from her house in Ingersoll, Ont.
Despite dedicated government mental health campaigns aimed at young people over the past two decades, youth suicide rates have remained steady. Some provinces have seen increases in recent years.
In Saskatchewan, 36 young people killed themselves in 2005; that number jumped to 54 last year. In British Columbia, the number rose to 114 from 78 a decade earlier. In Nova Scotia, the figures more than doubled in that same time frame.
Deaths are only recorded as suicide if the intent is clear. Experts estimate that for every completed suicide, between 10 and 100 suicides are attempted.
A 2016 survey of 1,319 Canadian teens aged 13 to 18 conducted by Kids Help Phone found one in five seriously considered suicide.
The coroners' data does not break out ethnicity or race. But Health Canada data shows suicide is the leading cause of death for Canadian Aboriginal youth, where the rate of suicide is five to 11 times higher than for non-Indigenous populations.
"Kids are suffering," says McMaster University assistant clinical professor Dr. Catharine Munn. "One student told me it felt (like) she was screaming at the top of her lungs, but no one was listening."
National data on youth hospitalization for mental health issues also show a steady upward trend. Since 2007, emergency department mental health visits for patients aged 5 to 24 have jumped 66 per cent, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. One in 12 was given mood/anxiety or antipsychotic medication.
Hospitalizations related to intentional self-harm increased by 102 per cent for girls aged 10 to 17 between 2009 and 2014 (four times higher than boys), CIHI data shows.
"It's like cancer. But we ignored it for decades, and now we're surprised?" says Munn.
While governments have acknowledged the crisis — and responded with millions of dollars in funding and programs — there have been few signs the problem is abating.
Kimberly Moran, CEO of Children's Mental Health Ontario, says there needs to be counselling and therapy for moderate mental health issues as well as specialized mental health services for those who may be suicidal and require 24/7 intensive treatment.
"Treating a child who is sad or depressed is much less money than it is for a child that is critically ill and in a hospital, and that's certainly what happened to us. Once my daughter became suicidal then she had to be put in an in-patient unit in the hospital," says Moran.
Dirk Huyer, chief coroner of Ontario, says coroners don't have the expertise to understand all underlying factors. "Clearly, all of us in this society recognize that this is an important issue and an issue that continues to occur and that many in society are trying to figure the underlying factors," he says.
One factor is bullying which has escalated and intensified on social media and brought into the national spotlight after the suicides of 15-year-olds Amanda Todd, Jamie Hubley and Todd Loik, as well as Rehtaeh Parsons, 17.
"Suicide happens in the darkest moments of your life where you feel like nothing else can help solve your problems," says Carol Todd, Amanda's mother. "They think that if they disappear off the earth, all their pain will go away. They don't think beyond how much it can hurt the people around them or if there's a tomorrow that will be brighter.
"I was afraid that if you said the word (suicide) then you would implant the idea, but the idea is already implanted in their head," she says.
Amanda died in October 2012 at her home in Port Coquitlam, B.C. About a month before, she had posted a video to YouTube entitled "My Story" and used flash cards to tell about being bullied. She also left a video message to her parents on her cellphone. Carol still hasn't been able to watch.
"With teenagers, it's like someone can say, 'I hate you, I don't want to be your friend and I'm going to tell everyone all the bad things about you,' and that will be enough to spiral everyone down, especially if they're vulnerable to start with," she says.
Marshall Korenblum, psychiatrist-in-chief at the Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health, says that while bullying among youth has been around for hundreds of years, social media has compounded its impact.
"You can basically spread a rumour now to hundreds of people with one click of the button so bullying is old as the hills but social media makes it faster, more widespread and easier to be anonymous," Korenblum says.
Then there's the growing exposure young people have to suicide — even the celebration of self harm — on television and social media which can trigger the minds of young children.
"If you're at all thinking about suicide and you wanted to learn how to cut yourself, or if you're anorexic and you want to learn how to starve yourself, there's a lot of websites out there that tell you how to do that," he said.
The Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has generated controversy across school boards in Canada for its portrayal of suicide. Some elementary schools sent out emails to parents to let them know students were prohibited from even mentioning the show on school grounds.
Depression — among the most common forms of mental disorders amongst youth — is also a factor.
Ottawa city councillor Allan Hubley's son, Jamie, was battling depression after being verbally and physically bullied throughout elementary and high school.
The bullying began escalating on the school bus when Jamie, a figure skater, was in Grade 7 and continued into high school as he was constantly teased for being openly gay.
"You feel helpless," says Allan. "You can't get them help when you're trying to get them help. It just wasn't available."
Jamie died by suicide in 2011.
Gay youth are four times more likely to die by suicide than heterosexual youth, due in large part to bullying and negative family attitudes, U.S. studies have shown.
Jamie's father is still struggling to understand how it happened.
"Why are (kids) coming to that conclusion?" asks Allan. "What's going on today that kids are deciding that the best way to deal with this is to end their lives?"
With files from David Lao/Ryerson School of Journalism
Distress and Crisis Ontario: http://www.dcontario.org/centres.html
Your Life Counts: https://yourlifecounts.org/find-help/ (enter Canada/Ontario)
Youthline (support for LGBT youth): http://www.youthline.ca/
ConnexOntario (all ages): 1-866-531-2600
Good2Talk (post-secondary student helpline): 1-866-925-5454
Kids Help Phone (general counselling line): 1-800-668-6868
Online chat/text/email:
Youthspace: http://youthspace.ca/
Ontario crisis text (2 p.m. -2 a.m. ET): 741-741
Ontario Crisis Chat ( 2 p.m. – 2 a.m. ET): www.dcontario.org/ontx.html
YouthSpace: 778-783-0177 (6 p.m. – 12 a.m. PST) or youthtalk2@pcfsa.org
Other/national:
Canada Suicide Prevention Service (CSPS) in French or English: toll-free 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)
First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness 24/7 Help Line: 1-855-242-3310
Canadian Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
Trans LifeLine (all ages): 1-877-330-6366
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The American Hour Celebrates its 20th Anniversary with Website Re-Launch
The American Hour, one of the leading supporters of American expats in the UK, and close friends of BAB, is celebrating its 20th year of serving the transatlantic expat community this month with a fresh new website.
The well-established, well-respected website, and key resource for the American community living in and moving to the UK, was set up in 1999, and continues to provide information to assist and support this community on everything from finding a dentist, to managing your money in the UK – BAB even has its own section!
If you would like to learn more about advertising your services on The American Hour website, please contact Damian Porter, Publishing Director for more information.
The American Hour also offers free subscriptions to American In Britain magazine, the leading, quarterly magazine for American expatriates living and working in the UK, and is distributed to 20,000 Americans each quarter.The magazine has been in circulation for over 29 years, and has been published by its current Publisher for the past 25 years.
The American Hour also sends out monthly email newsletters to Americans living in the UK, as well as invitations to events that ca be attended free of charge for them to attend. You can find out more about the free subscription to the American In Britain here.
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Every 10 years, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution, the federal government undertakes a census count of the U.S. population to determine the allocation of seats held by each state in the House of Representatives. The next federal census is April 1, 2020.
A complete and accurate census count is essential for Watsonville and the well-being of our community. Watsonville could potentially lose millions of dollars in federal funding if we don't get a complete count.
Census forms will begin arriving in mid March 2020 and they should be returned no later than Census Day, April 1st, 2020. Responses to the census form should include everyone living at that address. There will be four ways to respond: via the internet, over the phone, by mail or in person.
Participation in the 2020 Census is easy, and important.
Every year, the federal government distributes more than $675 billion to state, local and tribal governments based on census data. Census data guides local planning decisions, including where to provide additional social services, build new roads, hospitals and schools, and where to locate job-training centers.
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Yet Another Vicious Republican Woman Beater
Rich white kid attacks woman with Claw Hammer…
What happens?
It all goes away and he becomes a Republican Party Official.
You got money, and are white…
Stuff that would wind up locking a poor(er) kid away for 20 years to life…Just magically goes away, and you a free to join the white wing criminal cartel.
As a teen, he savagely beat a classmate. The attack was forgotten, until he went into politics
The Republicans of Broward County, Fla., knew little about Rupert Tarsey when he ran for an open slot on the local party's executive committee. But the young man had some decent political cred.
Before the 2016 presidential election, he told them, he knocked on thousands of doors and got 50 Republicans in the liberal enclave to register to vote to support Donald Trump's presidential campaign. He worshiped at the same church as the committee's vice chair and headed a local chapter of the Catholic fraternal group Knights of Columbus. He came from a wealthy California family and followed four generations into a real estate career.
Within months of joining the local party, the 28-year-old was elected secretary in May, defeating two challengers who'd been around longer.
But something felt off about Tarsey for Bob Sutton, chairman of the committee. After a few months, Tarsey went after Sutton's position, members said, by working to persuade the committee to unseat him. That's when Sutton started getting phone calls warning him that Tarsey was not quite who he seemed.
"Houston, we've got a problem," he said one caller told him.
It wasn't long before the story of Tarsey's past unfolded.
It began a decade ago, some 2,700 miles away at the exclusive Harvard-Westlake High School, a private college preparatory academy where tuition this year is $37,100 and which is a magnet for the children of Los Angeles' elite.
Rupert Ditsworth, a 17-year-old from Beverly Hills, was a senior. One day in May, he finished an Advanced Placement exam and was waiting for a friend when he saw another schoolmate, Elizabeth Barcay. He invited her to lunch in his Jaguar.
They'd known each other for two years and eaten together before. She accepted.
They took the Jaguar to a Jamba Juice and sipped smoothies. After lunch, Ditsworth asked Barcay if she would go with him to mail something on the way back to school. She agreed.
Soon after, according to court records, he drove past a mailbox and detoured to a quiet residential street, parking at a dead-end with the passenger door up against a wall. There, he told Barcay he had thoughts of suicide. She suggested he drive back to school and see a counselor.
Instead, according to court records, he reached inside his backpack, pulled out a claw hammer and started swinging. Ditsworth delivered dozens of crushing blows, smashing Barcay's nose and leg, splitting her scalp and giving her two black eyes, the records say. Her family said they counted at least 40 visible wounds.
During a struggle, the weapon broke. So Ditsworth grabbed Barcay's throat and tried to strangle her, she testified during a preliminary hearing.
Barcay said she bit down on his finger to stop the attack. He let go.
"I'm done," he screamed.
Bloody and wounded, Barcay managed to escape from the car before collapsing in front of a nearby home.
She survived the attack, emerging with fierce resolve. Five days later, she went to prom — in a wheelchair — and was crowned queen, the high school's student newspaper reported at the time. Barcay could not be reached for comment for this article.
Prosecutors filed three felony charges against her attacker: one count of attempted murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted of those charges, Ditsworth was facing the rest of his life behind bars.
But he never spent a day in jail.
What followed instead was a series of moves that gave the teenager a near-clean criminal slate, allowing him to reinvent himself in Florida.
"When you have a lot of money, you can kind of get away with stuff," said Celeste Ellich, vice chair of the Broward County Republican Party, who had supported Tarsey's secretary bid before she knew about his past. "They thought they had it buried."
Deputy Dist. Atty. Ed Nison, who prosecuted the case in California, told The Times that because Ditsworth was relatively young, had no prior record and suffered from psychiatric issues, putting him in jail "would not serve the purpose that it's supposed to serve."
"The goal was to avoid a reoccurrence of this kind of behavior," Nison said. "And simply locking him up wouldn't have done anything to prevent future behavior under these circumstances."
But at the time, others saw the situation differently.
"You should have gone to prison," David Barcay, the victim's father, told Ditsworth at a dramatic court hearing in 2010. "Instead, you're going to school and making friends and enjoying the outdoors and posing for pictures with your fraternity brothers with paintball guns in army fatigues …. You have moved to Florida and created a life that has allowed you to forget."… The Rest Here…
Posted by btx3 on November 30, 2017 in American Greed, BlackLivesMatter, Domestic terrorism, Stupid Republican Tricks, Stupid Tea Bagger Tricks, The Definition of Racism, The New Jim Crow
Tags: Broward, crimes, criminal, felon, Justice, law, race, Republican, special treatment, violent, wealth
Maybe if Alabama Spent More Time on the Real Threats to Children…
Alabama is another one of those stare which wants to pass laws regulating bathrooms, Voter ID's, and other activities. Supposedly they are protecting children with the back to the stone age religious extremism. All the while ignoring the real threats…
Gun-Dealing Ninth-Grade Teacher Traded Sex for A's
An Alabama teacher who allegedly preyed on female students was also a convicted felon who took a leave of absence from the school to serve his prison sentence.
An Alabama history teacher who allegedly offered A's in exchange for sex also moonlighted as a black-market gun dealer, records show.
Phillip Smith III, of Birmingham, was indicted on federal gun charges while teaching social studies in 2004. Yet the school district never knew, even as the high school instructor took a seven-month leave to serve his prison sentence.
Now the 43-year-old is facing a lawsuit from the family of a female student, who claims Smith cornered her in class and solicited sex.
The complaint also alleges Smith operated a "sex for grades" scheme that targeted children who struggled in school. Birmingham City Schools and the city's board of education, accused of negligence, are also defendants in the lawsuit.
"He kind of liked to dance around the classroom," the unidentified student told AL.com, which first revealed the creepy teach's tactics.
"My friends told me to have my boyfriend walk me to his class," the girl added.
Smith allegedly put the moves on the student in December 2013, when he was administering a history exam at Huffman High School.
The convict teacher—who was also a women's volleyball coach at the school—was later fired and criminally charged as a result of the girl coming forward, her attorney, Julian Hendrix told The Daily Beast.
While Hendrix's client wasn't sexually assaulted by Smith, authorities allegedly found a 14-year-old girl who was, according to a 2014 AL.com report.
Posted by btx3 on May 10, 2016 in Stupid Republican Tricks, Stupid Tea Bagger Tricks
Tags: alabama, anti-LGBT, child molester, felon, gun crimes, Laws, legislature, sex for grades, teacher
How About Drug and Background Checks for Legislators?
Hot topic among the GOP Tea Bagger set right now is Drug Testing for Welfare recipients.
I think we should conduct Drug Testing and Criminal Background checks on anyone elected to office – with the result that if they fail, or have a criminal background they not be allowed to serve. Why exactly do we have a system in which felons can't vote…But they can serve office and be party to sensitive national secrets? One of the first things they do when you get a Security Clearance at any level in this country is a Criminal Background Check. You got a Felony…You don't get a clearance…Period.
The Republican/Tea Party member in the following… Failed.
Portsmouth Rep. Daniel P. Gordon has lengthy criminal record
Tea Party Member Daniel P. Gordon
On Monday, the freshman legislator appeared in District Court, Providence, and was ordered held without bail for failing to appear in court in Massachusetts in 2008 on charges of eluding the police and three other motor vehicle violations. He spent the weekend at the Adult Correctional Institutions after the Rhode Island State Police learned that there was a warrant for his arrest stemming from the stop by the Massachusetts State Police on Route 195 in Fall River.
By the end of the day, he had been transferred to Massachusetts authorities, who released him on $1,000 bail, according to the Associated Press.
Court records from Fall River and Taunton, Mass., show that Gordon, 42, a Republican representing Portsmouth, Tiverton and Little Compton, has a serious arrest record. He has spent more than five months locked up in the Bristol County House of Correction in North Dartmouth, Mass., on charges of attempted murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and for a assaulting and threatening to kill his girlfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by btx3 on September 23, 2011 in Stupid Republican Tricks, Stupid Tea Bagger Tricks
Tags: arrested, assault, attempted murder, criminal, criminal background, criminal record, felon, legislator, Libertarian, Republican, rhode island, security clearance, state legislator, tea arty, tea party
Alan West, Black Tea Bagger… Torturer.
Yesterday I did a blog on Alan West, who is a black conservative candidate running in Florida's 22nd District for the US Congress. West has raised a lot of money – most of it from donors out side the district as the only viable black Republican candidate for the past 10 years for a seat in the US Congress or Senate.
West was trash talking about demanding that Pelosi give up the gavel if he is elected.
According to an emerging series of stories, Alan West is very tough on folks who can't fight back – in his fantasy case a woman, Speaker Pelosi.
So tough in fact, his Military career ended when he was offered the "broken sword" choice – retirement…
Or a Court Martial for torturing an Iraqi prisoner. Like everything dealing with "conservative heroes" there are two stories – the first from a conservative site –
Failure of Command – The case of Lt. Col. Allen B. West.
…around August 8, another member of the Fourth I.D. — an artillery officer and a veteran of the 1991 Gulf War — was assigned as a civil military-affairs officer in a hot zone in the Sunni Triangle. His job placed him in daily contact with local leaders, and his responsibility was to help them help the army, to run local elections, and stamp out the insurgents. The officer was told by the intel people that they had solid information, from three sources, about a plot to assassinate him. He wasn't very concerned, his attention focused on a scheduled local election only a few weeks away. His boss told him to stay off the streets for a few days, and he did. Readying to go back out on patrol on August 16, the lieutenant colonel was stopped at the gate by some locals who wanted to talk to him. The patrol went on without him, and was ambushed. No Americans were hurt, but the officer was convinced of the plot. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by btx3 on April 20, 2010 in Stupid Tea Bagger Tricks
Tags: Alan West, black conservative, candidate, court marshal, criminal, felon, iraq, Tea Bagger, tea party, torture, torturer, Uncle Tom
ACORN Fake Pimp Becomes Radioactive to Republicans
Tapping, or tampering with a Congressman or Senator's phones is a Federal Crime. A Felony punishable by 10 Years in prison and a $250,000 fine. There is ample precedent for this going back to the days before cellular phone service was encrypted and digitized, where a couple managed to overhear and record a conversation by then House Speaker "Neut" Gingrich. The couple were fined $5,000.00 each – not because they were able to overhear the conversation (which was legal) – but because they recorded it.
Entering, or attempting to gain entry to a Federal Building with a false identification is also a Felony. Making the actions of O'Keefe and his accomplices even more serious. Of course, one of the co-conspirators, Robert Flanagan's, father is the acting US District Attorney (Bill Flanagan) for Western Louisiana – so these white boy criminals will likely get "special justice" – walking away with a hand slap instead of prison time.
But it could be "Hard Out There for a Pimp", having to spend time in a real prison, with real pimps…
Today, Republicans are running away from O'Keefe.
O'Keefe was supposed to be the keynote speaker at a Salt Lake County GOP fundraiser on Feb. 4. But county GOP Chairman Thomas Wright told the Salt Lake Tribune: "We'll be announcing a new speaker shortly."
Rep. Pete Olson, R-Tex., is on the defense for introducing a resolution honoring O'Keefe for exposing ACORN. He told the Hill that he doesn't condone unlawful behavior, as On Deadline reported this morning. There were 31 cosponsors on that resolution, so you can expect Democratic challengers to use that resolution against their GOP opponents in this fall's midterm elections. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., is identified here as a cosponsor of that resolution.
Posted by btx3 on January 27, 2010 in Stupid Republican Tricks
Tags: ACORN, ACORN Pimp, Federal crime, felon, felony, james o'keefe, Landrieu, PIMP, Republican, republican criminal


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Q: display all videos stored in document directory I stored videos in my document directory from photo library. Now i want to show all videos which are stored in my document directory.. but i don't know how its possible???
Actually i want to display all videos as like its open in photo library(four videos in a single row).. and when i click on any video... the video is start playing...
can anybody help me which is the best way to show all videos from document directory to ViewController....
Thanx......
- (void) imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info
 {
    NSURL * movieURL = [info valueForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL] ;
    NSData * movieData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:movieURL];
    NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[[self imageNameTextField]text]];
    fullPath = [fullPath stringByAppendingFormat:@".MOV"];
    [ movieData writeToFile:fullPath atomically:YES];

}

A: I recommend you to use an open-source grid-view control. You can find them in GitHub. For instance, BDDynamicGridViewController is interesting. But it is not the only option. There is also AQGridView.
Also, there is a popular open-source library, called Three20 and it has it's upgrade, called Nimbus. This library has a custom control for displaying photos grid. You can use the same for displaying video thumbnails grid. For instance, try this.
After you will manage to use or create Grid view control, you will need thumbnail generator for the videos. Use this topic for that purpose.

A: To get access to the videos stored in the photo library on the device you need to use the Asset library. The following code shows you how to get access to the first video in the photo library :
ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];

// Enumerate just the photos and videos group by using ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos.

[library enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop) {

// Within the group enumeration block, filter to enumerate just videos.

[group setAssetsFilter:[ALAssetsFilter allVideos]];

// For this example, we're only interested in the first item.

[group enumerateAssetsAtIndexes:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:0] options:0

       usingBlock:^(ALAsset *alAsset, NSUInteger index, BOOL *innerStop) {

       // The end of the enumeration is signaled by asset == nil.

       if (alAsset) {

           ALAssetRepresentation *representation = [alAsset defaultRepresentation];

           NSURL *url = [representation url];

           AVAsset *avAsset = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:url options:nil];

           // Now you have the AV asset for the video.

        }

      }];

    }

     failureBlock: ^(NSError *error) {

     // Typically you should handle an error more gracefully than this.

     NSLog(@"No groups");

     }];

[library release];

This example is in the AVFoundation Programming guide, more details on the Apple developer website

A: I have made the same project for one of my client. I can tell you the idea but cann't tell you the code. The idea is while taking or saving video take the starting frame of every video and save it as PNG image as icon of the video. By this way you will get the icon of every video. Save all the Images in different folder in such a manner that each image can be link with its video. Now retrieve all videos from the document folder by below code
NSFileManager *filemgr;
filemgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
filelist = [filemgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:path error:nil];

*filelist is the NSArray
In the same manner retrieve the icons of the videos.
Make a grid view of buttons. Set images of the buttons as icons of the videos. Show the video names. When click on the video open a new view controller and make a video player ther play the video there.

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Welcome to the AAGS Blog. Here you will find updates and announcements on what is going on at AAGS and with what our members are doing. There will also be some commentary on global events and issues by our execs, and anything else of interest to our community as academics working on Asian and global issues.
Finally it's here. After much time spent discussing, organising and planning the 2017 AAGS Annual International Conference is all set to go at Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University, in Bacolor, Pampanga, Luzon, the Philippines, on February 3-5, 2017. The theme is Education in a Globalising Asia and we have a few new things added to the bill such as an Ed Tech workshop and campus area tour of some interesting sights. So we hope those of you coming enjoy the conference. Full details are on our site in the usual place for forthcoming events. If you've lost the link it's here http://www.aags.org/forthcoming-events---11th-annual-conference---the-philippines---february-3-5-2017. Hopefully see some of you soon.
A big congratulations to our Vice President Patrick Strefford on his new publication. The cover image is below and following is the blurb from the book.
This text has been written specifically for students in East Asia. Therefore, to the extent possible, this textbook has been written in relatively easy-to-understand English. Having said that, the focus of this textbook is the theories and issues of international development.
It seems, and is perhaps inevitable, that the vast majority of International Development textbooks written in English are either Eurocentric or Americentric, or both. This textbook is an attempt to counter that imbalance by focusing instead on the East Asian region. For this reason, the textbook has been written, to some extent at least, from an East Asian perspective. Most case studies have been chosen from East Asia, and wherever possible, examples have also been drawn from East Asia.
While Japanese higher education regrettably remains far behind its regional peers in terms of globalizing and global standards, the number of courses offered by Japanese universities in the English language has increased considerable over the last few years. But, there are virtually no academic textbooks that are suitable for use by non-native speakers of English. So, the main purpose of this textbook is to fill this gap in the academic discipline of international development. It is the hope of the author that this textbook will encourage and assist in the seemingly laborious task of globalizing higher education in Japan.
This textbook (Part I) is intended to be used in a one-semester, 15-week course, although it has been designed in such a way as to allow for considerable flexibility. For a one-year, course, this textbook can be used in conjunction with Part II.
Each chapter has some discussion points, and a number of discussion/ essay questions at the end of each chapter. Key concepts are highlighted in bold when they first appear.
This textbook has been divided into two parts; Part I provides the framework for looking in detail at the reality of international development. It gives the necessary historical background, models, and main actors. Knowledge of this will enable us to analyze issues in international development. Part II will deal with issues of international development, such as the environment, security, gender, human rights, education, health, poverty and urbanization.
just a quick note to say our call for papers for next year's conference is now on the aags.org site at http://www.aags.org/events/forthcoming-events, if you are reading this blog on the site look under the events tab and click forthcoming events. The conference will be held at ICU in Tokyo in July this year and is our 10th anniversary conference. So hopefully we will see some familiar faces there.
The AAGS execs are currently in negotiations with a number of universities in Japan to host the 10th annual AAGS conference in Japan. Japan was where the AAGS was started by Derrick M. Nault back in 2006 in Nishinomiya and we thought it would be a nice touch to bring it back to Japan for our 10th anniversary. So watch this space for details.
and then had our Keynote lecture by Professor Colin Sparks of Hong Kong Baptist University.
This was a good opening presentation and we ran over time given the volume of questions and discussions that sprang from his talk. AAGS Members can see the full set of photos in the AAGS Google+ Community but this post will have a few of them to give a flavour of the conference.
and the cake was enjoyed by all as we had more than one!
and the AAGS visitors were impressed by it.
On day two we had another intro by Professor James McDougall of Shantou University (and our AAGS China Representative) to set us up for the 2nd day of presentations.
and received some good feedback for our next conference, tentatively being scheduled for Sophia University in Tokyo where our Director Derrick Nault teaches. And then it was the final group photo time.
All the photos in this post were taken by myself (Rab Paterson) and Lynn Gia Kwok from Shantou University.
Interesting story here on how Yale MBA's will have to take Global Studies classes in future to graduate.
"After wrapping up its third Global Network Week of the year last week, the School of Management is looking to bring more global initiatives into the MBA classroom.
I am now in the process of rolling out our new AAGS social network services and the new site here will take over from the old one at http://asia-globalstudies.org although we will leave it up for a few months to allow people to get any information they may want from it. But everything there will be available here on the new site along with much more! For example those of you with Gmail accounts will have already been added to our Google Group and will probably be added to Google+ Circles by some or all of our execs over the next few weeks. Also those of you with Gmail accounts and Google+ enabled will have been invited to our new AAGS Google+ Community. For those of you without Gmail accounts, please set one up, enable Google+ and email me at president@aags.org with your details and I will add you as soon as I receive your email. Also over the next few days we will be inviting those of you on LinkedIn to join our LinkedIn group, so if you are interested in being part of that networking group sign up and apply to join the group via the LinkedIn function or email me at president@aags.org and I will add you. lastly our Twitter account is now up and running - we are on Twitter at @AAGSPresident. Looking forward to linking up with you all online.
Rab Paterson, AAGS President gave a presentation at TEDxTokyoTeachers in spring 2013. The video of his presentation is below.
If you are interested in improving your academic presentations Rab has a set of videos on slideshow design on his YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/rabpaterson. Good luck with preparing your presentations for our conference in China in March 2014.
As part of the updating and upgrading of the AAGS site and overall web presence we will be setting up an online Google Group for members very soon and all members will be able to access this, although those with Gmail accounts will have a slightly better user experience. We will also be setting up a Google+ Community but this is only accessible to those members that have a Gmail account and who have enabled Google+ on their account. In addition we will be setting up a Twitter feed for announcements for those members who prefer to use Twitter rather than follow the blog here. Lastly we will be creating a group on Linkedin for those members who are on Linkedin.
The call for papers has now closed. We hope to announce the presenters, schedule and keynote speaker very soon. Watch this space for details.


Helen Mort is a poet, novelist and lecturer in creative writing at the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry, collected in Division Street and No Map Could Show Them, has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Costa Award. Her first novel Black Car Burning has just been published by Chatto & Windus, and she has also written plays, short stories and creative non-fiction. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
She collaborated with philosopher Aaron Meskin on Opposite: Poems, Philosophy & Coffee, to be published by Valley Press in May 2019.
Don't miss the free launch event: Weds 8th May, 7.30pm, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds (RSVP here).
50p from every copy sold of this book will be donated to the the Leeds Community Foundation's Healthy Holidays campaign, which enables vulnerable children in Leeds to have access to food and fun activities during the school holidays.
What happens when poetry and philosophy converge? Over coffee at Leeds' Opposite Cafe, award-winning poet Helen Mort and Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics Aaron Meskin set out to explore that very question.
Their caffeine-fuelled discussions morphed into the intriguing concept behind this book: a cross-disciplinary creative dialogue in which the poet lets her imagination loose on philosophical texts and the authors of the papers respond.
Like all the best coffee shop conversations, the results take unexpected turns through the art of tattooing, graffiti, Belle & Sebastian, food, rock climbing and whether there's such a thing as bad art. So pull up a chair, and join Helen, Aaron and ten of the world's leading philosophers of art for coffee, poetry and everything in between.


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What Is A Game Master?
Tabletop Roleplaying Game, a group activity in which players share their imaginations to create stories of adventure, challenge, excitement, drama and, occasionally, tragedy. A party for three to seven (or more, with sufficient fortitude) with laughter, silly voices and dice rolling. See: Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Traveller, Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0., Star Wars Roleplaying, Call of Cthulhu, Vampire; The Masquerade, Shadowrun.
Master of Ceremonies, the convener, organiser, lead creator and co-performer of a tabletop roleplaing game session. See: Matthew Mercer, Adam Koebel, Stu Venable, Kimi Balcolmb, Amanda, Tristarae
My name's Rob Farquhar.
I'm a game master.
I bring my talents as a writer, voice talent, organiser and host together, not to tell a story, but to start one and keep it moving as my friends and fellow gamers contribute to it.
This site is about my individual talents and how I'm applying them in my working life. But it's also about the union, and the unexpected places that going all-in on it could take me to.
GM Radio Rob as game master of a session of the Star Wars: Force and Destiny roleplaying game.
I / me / myself: Rob Farquhar
Sookie : My dog and (core) fan.
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Jack Dorsey responds to Twitter Files: there were no 'hidden agendas'
Jack Dorsey has waded into the Twitter Files discourse. Writing in a newsletter, Dorsey lightly criticizes the manner the files have been released, and condemned attacks on former Twitter executives.
"I continue to believe there was no ill intent or hidden agendas, and everyone acted according to the best information we had at the time," Dorsey wrote. "As for the files, I wish they were released Wikileaks-style, with many more eyes and interpretations to consider. There's nothing to hide…only a lot to learn from."
The response is the first time the former CEO has addressed the "Twitter Files" in detail. The disclosures detail some of the company's internal deliberations surrounding controversial decisions, like Donald Trump's suspension and Twitter's handling of a New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop. However, the "files" have only been made available to a handful of individuals, who have only published snippets of Slack messages, emails, and screenshots from Twitter's internal tools. The underlying documents have not been released widely, or provided to other media outlets.
Notably, Dorsey also addressed the ongoing harassment of former Twitter executives. "The current attacks on my former colleagues could be dangerous and doesn't solve anything," he wrote. "If you want to blame, direct it at me and my actions, or lack thereof." CNN Monday that Yoel Roth, Twitter's former Trust & Safety head, had "fled his home" after a surge in violent threats against him.
Interestingly, Dorsey doesn't mention Musk by name in his lengthy post. Dorsey had that "Elon is the singular solution I trust" for Twitter, though it's unclear if he still feels that way. Dorsey, whose personal email was made public in the original installment of the Twitter Files, didn't respond when asked if he stands by the statement.
As with other recent statements from Dorsey, he also shares lots of ideas about how content moderation should work — namely that algorithms should be used in favor of "a centralized system — and his hopes for an "open protocol" that could "make social media a native part of the internet." And he revealed that he intends to give messaging app Signal $1 million a year as part of an effort to fund companies working on such protocols.
You can read Dorsey's entire post .
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Center Calls on Gov. Daniel McKee to Withdraw RI from TCI
March 8, 2021 /0 Comments/in TCI Tax /by RI Center for Freedom
Center Calls on McKee to Withdraw R.I. from Raimondo's Transportation & Climate Initiative Action
Providence, RI – The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity calls on the newly sworn-in Governor of Rhode Island, Daniel McKee, to officially withdraw the Ocean State from the regional gasoline cap-and-trade scheme, known as the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI).
"For years as Lieutenant Governor, Dan McKee expressed verbal support for the small business community. Now is the time for the Governor to take action and to separate himself from his predecessor's anti-business policies. The Governor should immediately put to rest any notion that his administration will impose a job-killing, budget-destroying gasoline tax on businesses and families who are struggling to recover from the pandemic," commented Mike Stenhouse, the Center's CEO. "Today, our Center calls on the Governor to take executive action to formally withdraw Rhode Island from the TCI compact."
In December, former Governor Gina Raimondo signed-on Rhode Island, just one of three states to do so, to the TCI Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU). Implementation of TCI would lead to a significant increase in automobile and diesel gasoline prices, while also systematically limiting regional supplies of vehicle fuel.
In calling on Governor Daniel McKee to eschew the costly TCI gas tax, the Center points to research and polling that shows why TCI is poor public policy:
Rhode Islanders are not "bad guys" that should be punished for driving their vehicles, as one gov't official in Mass. expressed
The regressive TCI gas tax would disproportionately harm low-income families
The high economic costs and job losses would further hamper our state's faltering economy, with virtually no environmental benefit in return
An overwhelming majority of polled Ocean Staters do not support TCI, once they understand the high costs
A TCI gas tax would make our state even less competitive, by weakening our already worst-in-the-nation business climate
Later this week, the Center will announce a public campaign to petition the Governor and state legislative leaders to reject the TCI compact.
More information about the proposed TCI gas tax can be found on the Center's TCI webpage: RIFreedom.org/NoTCItax . The Center is one of over two-dozen organizations in the northeast working cooperatively to defeat TCI in their respective states.
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Ed Sheeran's former label service hunting for Indian talent
MUMBAI: Ditto Music, a global music distribution and record label Services Company that worked with Grammy Award-winning singers Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith in the early stages of their careers, is now looking forward to promoting Indian independent artists.
The company, started by Lee Parsons and his brother Matt over a decade ago, distributes, promotes and supports over 150,000 independent artists. It has offices across Europe, Australia, Asia, North and Latin America.
One of the reasons why they wanted so many offices was because they wanted to promote their artists, who were popular in England, outside the UK as well.
Ditto Music founder and Global CEO Lee Parsons spoke about the same to IANS over the phone during his visit to Mumbai. He said, "We had an artist called Dave who was nominated for a Brit award. Having global offices meant that we could push him in the US or Brazil and open up new territories and being in India, is so important.ö
"Apart from Bollywood, there is so much in India. You got rock music, hip-hop and more," he further added.
"I grew up in Birmingham, which had an Indian community. I used to record in a studio where Zeus (artiste with roots in India) used to be there all the time. At that time, he had sold about 20 million CDs in India. I was also managed by a guy who managed Apache Indian," further added Lee, who was ditched by record labels when he wanted to release his own music.
The India/South Asia office started in October 2017 and is headed by Gautam Sarkar. Now, they are looking for artists.
"We are thinking of running a search for artists so that we can pick artistes here and push them globally. We will probably be looking to do that in September," he said.
Languages that artists and associations are going to be in are Hindi, English, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri across 3,00,000+ tracks and videos.
On how Ditto Music will change the music scene in India, Lee said, "Back in 2007, people were selling CDs and pirating music. In 2009 in England, Spotify (a digital music service) was launched. It took a few years for people to understand its value. And right now, every band in the US or UK wants to be on Spotify. That has become more important than the radio for artists."
"In India, only three per cent of revenue is from streaming. In America, it is nearly 50 per cent. It's changing though. I can see that Saavn (online music service) has 20 million subscribers here now. People are going to get used to more streaming and eventually pay for it," he added.
He wants to promote artists who don't have a label and can't get their music into the store.
"What I want to do is to help every artist here to have an outlet for their music and then take them to an international level. The way labels work, not just in India, they are not too transparent. A lot of people complain that they don't get paid on time. We will pay every penny of what they earn," Lee promised.
Recalling the time they worked with Sheeran and Smith, Lee said, "Ed Sheeran is still one of the nicest people. He was doing 300 shows in a year even before he was signed (by a big label). Even if he had to play for just two people, he was happy doing it because he loved playing live. He has done that grass-roots stuff.ö
"Sam Smith had an amazing voice that stood out," Lee added.
(Source: IANS)
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Ed Sheeran has great sense of humour, says 'Yesterday' actor
MUMBAI: Yesterday star Himesh Patel had great fun working with popular singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, and is impressed with his sense of humour.
'Big' win for non-film artists says Arjun Kanungo
MUMBAI: 'Indie music is growing' and we can see many singers doing the best for themselves by working on great music.
Daboo Malik vouches for pop and RnB artist Nikita
MUMBAI: At a time when many music reality TV shows are being applauded for giving a platform to talent from different regions of the country, Indian music director, composer, singer, actor, and scriptwriter, Daboo Malik has also joined the league.
Ed Sheeran's unveils project with all-star line-up
MUMBAI: International pop star Ed Sheeran has unveiled his highly-anticipated collaboration LP, "No.6 Collaborations Project", which has an all-star line-up including Cardi B, Camila Cabello, Eminem, Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars.
Arjun Kanungo thanks Spotify India
MUMBAI: Videsi app Spotify has become a part of almost every music goers list since its launch in India. The app holds huge respect for Indie musicians too, which includes Arjun Kanungo who gives us a proof of that.
Virtual listening party premiere by REZZ awaited!
MUMBAI: On 23rd July at 11 pm, Isabelle Rezazadeh aka REZZ, will take her fans beyond the senses for her most immersive fan experience till date. The...read more


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Zoltán Kereki (born 13 July 1953) is a Hungarian football defender who played for Hungary in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Szombathelyi Haladás.

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Confidentiality: when working with teams and individuals in process work what comes into the room stays in the room – always.
More safe space: we will never ask a client to go into a process situation where we have not been ourselves.
The client's good: we will only ever use techniques or skills to the benefit of the client and its people. One up-manship is not an ethical practice and we don't use it.


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Q: Splitting a variable twice I have a variable rowData which gets something assigned to it:
rowData = wflogrows[i].split("~~");

When I use console.log(wflogrows[i]); without splitting I get the following:
Thu Oct 24 11:28:01 UTC+0200 2019~~Doe, John (i:0#.w|doejohn)~~00-Entwurf~~20-Vorgesetzter~~~~

After splitting I get
Doe, John (i:0#.w|doejohn)

How can I split this in such a way that I only get the name Doe, John without what is written in the brackets?

A: Use a regular expression .match instead - match ~~, then match a word, followed by a comma and a space, and another word. Then extract everything after the ~~:

const str = 'Thu Oct 24 11:28:01 UTC+0200 2019~~Doe, John (i:0#.w|doejohn)~~00-Entwurf~~20-Vorgesetzter~~~~';
const match = str.match(/~~(\w+, \w+)/);
console.log(match[1]);

A: Split it on a space followed by a bracket.

const name = 'Doe, John (i:0#.w|doejohn)'.split(' (')[0];
console.log(name)


Homemade and oh! so! good!
Martini's came of age in the Roaring 20s and re-surged in popularity after Prohibition failed around 1933. That climaxed in the 1950s and 60s (vodka martini - shaken, not stirred) But Prohibition caused more than a loss of joy, let alone tax revenue. Orange Bitters, like the gomme* syrup in the Pisco Punch were a necessity of the bar or cocktail cart. Prohibition caused the makers of these small products to go out of business and after Prohibition, more than a decade later, those who came of drinking age during that time had no reference to the old ways. Who was making these small goods? Prohibition prohibited them. After these makers went out of business, it took 70 years for companies to come into business to replace them. The history and mystery of the Martini became lost to time.
Fortunately, Charles Baker's oddly amusing cookbook: The South American Gentleman's Companion, contains a (if not the) recipe for Orange Bitters for Martinis. Baker was a friend of Ernest Hemingway. In fact, they were drinking buddies. So, even though I have no clear and convincing evidence that they used this recipe in their Martinis, I believe it is a reasonable assertion.
I will give Baker's recipe as in his book and then I will give my take on what is wrong with it. I have made this recipe before. On that basis I amend Mr. Baker's.
"in mason jar with sealing top put ½ lb chopped freshly-dried orange peel—yellow part only—and Seville or Bitter-Sweet orange peel is best. Add ½ dram coriander seed and ¼ dram each of caraway and cardamom seeds; then finally 3 cups [sic!] pure grain alcohol, now purchasable in your package store. Seal and let stand for 3 weeks, shaking every time you think of it. Pour off in a funnel wiht filter paper (a Chemex coffee filter is fine); 3 layers of outing flannel or a piece of felt cloth. Put in a clean 2 qt bottle and cork.
Now put macerated peel and sees into a small saucepan; add 3½ cups cold water and fetch very slowly to a boil. Stir now and then and when it simmers, draw-off heat. Let cool, filter and add to the previous lot of spirits bitters. Now add 1 tbsp bar or Gomme* Syrup and mix-in thoroughly. then finally contribute 1½ tbsp or so of burned, caramelized sugar for a nice amber color. Let steep, and put through final filtering if any sediment. Keep on home-bar in quill or "squirter" top bottle, so a dash may be added as required when mixing drinks."
I have made this recipe. However Mr. Baker got it. Whosoever he got it from gave him the nearly true recipe. And I say it like this, as the coriander, caraway and cardamom are in quantities too tiny to taste. And I've made it per his instructions. Next, the notion of "freshly-dried" is oxymoronic. Dried is good and dried a long time, better. Why? Because the Seville Orange, the ingredient for Orange Marmalade, improves with time. The flavor becomes more sophisticated. To sum up so far, the quantities of liquids are either out of proportion or the three herbs are. Also, in the recipe list he calls for 4 cups of alcohol, but only uses 3 in this Instructions. Confusing.
I think the recipe would be in thus quantities for 4 cups of alcohol and 3½ cups of water (60 fluid ounces).
If you can find fresh Seville oranges, use them. No harm, no foul. Current prices for dried orange peel on eBay are through-the-roof. Imported from Belgium the peel is $10 (US) in early 2014. The prices of the herbs are inconsequential. Everclear (a brand name of ethyl alcohol) is $22 a "fifth" in 2014 prices and only 151 proof (about 75%). So it's not going to be easy to make this recipe at home, unless you are very diligent. I guess you could put the Everclear in your freezer overnight and decant the liquid (ethyl alcohol) from the solid ice. I have never done this.
First chop the orange peel very fine, say ⅛" dice. Then add the peel and the bruised herb seeds and pour on alcohol, then stand in a sealed jar for 15 days, agitating every day, as you walk in and out of the kitchen. Pour off spirits through a paper coffee filter, and seal again. Take the seeds and peel, put them in a saucepan with 3½ cups of water. Bring to a simmer for 15 minutes. Cover. Remove from the heat and allow to come to room temperature. Strain through a coffee filter. Add to the alcohol, strain again if necessary. Put in caramel coloring to make an amber color. Add the Gomme syrup. Agitate to mix before using.
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Q: Solve real ode $\ddot x + x = 0$ by introducing $i$? It is said that we can solve differential equ $\ddot x + x = 0$ by writing it as $(d/dt + i) (d/dt - i)x=0$. Why can we do this?
Certainly we cannot simply say $\frac{d^2}{dt^2} = \left(\frac{d}{dt}\right)^2$, since the linear operators, such as $d/dt$, are not the same as numbers. For example, the former is usually not commutative (though in this special case it is), and even possibly non-associative.
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Perhaps it is because that (1) $\frac{d^2}{dt^2} = \frac{d}{dt} \frac{d}{dt}$ according to the def of 2nd-order differentiation (2) the operators $d/dt$, though non-commutative, obey distribution law, similar to the matrix?
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Anyway despite the confusion about laws that linear operators follow, if I try to expand the expression $(d/dt + i) (d/dt - i)x$ from right to left then it makes sense:
$(d/dt + i) (d/dt - i)x = (d/dt + i) (dx/dt - ix)= d/dt (dx/dt - ix)  + i (dx/dt - ix) \\
= \ddot x + x$
And so we can solve the ode from left to right:
From $(d/dt + i)f(t) = 0$ we get $f(t)$, then from $(d/dt - i)x(t) = f(t)$ we get $x(t)$.
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*are there some rules that the addition and multiplication of (partial) differentiation operators ($d/dt$ and $\partial/\partial x$, etc.) and numbers would follow?

*it seems that (partial) differentiation operators and matrices, both of which can be regarded as linear operators, share similarities. But they are still seemingly different, e.g. $d/dt$ and $\partial/\partial x$ may not obey associative laws while matrices do. Is there an article or book discussing the similarities and dissimilarities between the two?

*is there any chapter or essay that discusses in general the way of solving a higher order ode by factorizing the operators?

A: You have basically answered yourself. You can consider the set $\mathscr L(X)$ of linear operators over a complex vector space $X$. And $\mathscr L(X)$ becomes an algebra when you consider pointwise addition and composition as the operations. So, as you say, $L^2$ means $L\circ L$.
The computations you made are all valid in $\mathscr L(X)$, where $X$ will be $C^\infty[0,1]$ or another suitable space depending on the initial conditions of your equation.
The relationship with matrices is not casual, as they are usually seen as linear operators and that's how their product is defined.


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It'is Quite Unfair To Criticize Dhoni, Says Kapil Dev > Cricket News, cricinfo, mobilecric, cricbuzz, livescore and more
Cricket news - It's quite unfair to criticise Dhoni, says Kapil Dev
"The most important thing is Dhoni is doing good as far as the team is concerned."
A gloomy morning on Tuesday was brightened a bit when you saw him at Old Trafford, going about his duty as a guest radio commentator for 'Channel 2,' during the first World Cup semifinal between India and New Zealand. Flashing that famous toothy grin, Kapil Dev spread radiance at this historic venue, which holds a special significance in his heart.
It was here on June 22, 1983, that he led India to a six-wicket win over England in the semifinal of the World Cup. It was the upset before the big upset when India would go on to stun the West Indies by 43 runs and clinch the final.
While Kapil, arriving here from the US where he was on a business trip, wasn't in a mood to recall that game in particular, muttering "it was too long back," he did admit that the Old Trafford on which he and his 'Devils' created magic has changed beyond recognition by now. "The pitch has become sideways. During our days, it was different. The direction of the pitch has changed. I can't really relate to the same ground now," Kapil told TOI here.
Naturally, the legendary all-rounder was happy to see India's stylish march to the semifinals by topping the group in the league stage. "I feel proud of our team. Things have changed a lot in the last few years and we are a major force in world cricket. It's great to see a team which is athletic and doing well on the field," Kapil said.
The only glitch in India's otherwise flawless campaign has been the criticism that former captain MS Dhoni has received over his strike rate (it's 93.30). "It's very unfair to criticise Dhoni. It has happened to those who have been rated as all-time greats. They are not going to be 20 all over again," stressed Kapil, while defending Dhoni.
"The most important thing is Dhoni is doing good as far as the team is concerned. He may not be meeting the expectations of the public. The biggest problem is we expect so much from our heroes. He is doing a fabulous job for the team and an integral member of the thinktank.
"With an aggressive Virat (Kohli) as a captain, it's ideal to have someone with a calming effect like him. His wicketkeeping is good, and as I said, he can't be as good as he was when he was 20 or 23," felt the 60-year-old.
Just one ball into the semifinal, India lost their review option when a Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivery was found to have missed Martin Guptill's leg stump. Kapil felt that one review wasn't proportional to an encounter as big as a World Cup knockout clash.
"They (the ICC) should consider increasing the number of DRS reviews, especially for the knockouts. Why not two or three? Let it take five more minutes. Having just one DRS review for an important knockout stage is not fair. One run or a wicket can change the game," said the former India captain.
The man with 434 wickets in 131 Tests is impressed by India's current fast bowling department. "Not just (Jasprit) Bumrah, (Mohammad) Shami has been excellent throughout the World Cup. A few years ago, no one expected Bumrah to reach this level. With a 10-yard run-up, it's not easy to clock 145kmph regularly. You need a lot of ability to generate speed. This guy is incredible," praised Kapil.
Talking about Kohli's captaincy, Kapil said: "As we all know, he is different from Dhoni and very aggressive. Every captain is unique. He has done extremely well in the World Cup."


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Kim Kardashian Sits Next To Bleached Blonde At Kris Jenner's Birthday & Fans Think It's Pete Davidson
Kris Jenner celebrated her 66th birthday with a karaoke party at home, and some fans thought Pete Davidson was in attendance.
Pete Davidson, is that you? The Saturday Night Live cast member could have possibly been in attendance with Kim Kardashian, 41, as she celebrated her mom Kris Jenner's 66th birthday. In a video snippet from the family celebration, which was held on Nov. 5, a bleached blonde with short hair could be seen next to the SKIMS founder from behind. While it's unclear if it was Pete for sure, it certainly looks like it.
In a brief audio clip, a voice that some thought sounded like Pete was heard. After Kim declared she was "done" singing, someone responding replied, "oh, come on'" — perhaps the 27-year-old comedian. Others suggested that the blonde was family friend Ellen DeGeneres, who is particularly close to Kris.
At the very least, Pete has interacted with Kim's older sister Kourtney Kardashian, 42: the Poosh founder joined Pete and Kim on last weekend's outing to Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. The New York native is already a friend of Kourt's fiancé Travis Barker, 45. Kim and Pete appeared totally comfortable with Kourtney and Travis, as they held hands with them present on a roller coaster and in the park.
Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian have been spotted on several dates in the past week. (Mary Cybulski/Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock/Elder Ordonez / SplashNews)
Since their California hangout, the duo haven't slowed down the momentum with back-to-back dates in New York City! Pete treated the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star to dinner at Staten Island's Campania on Nov. 2 where they also showed some PDA. "They were holding hands above the table and were mostly left alone throughout the time they were there," a source told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY, adding, "it was without a question a date."
Just a day later, the pair stepped out again for dinner at exclusive members-only club Zero Bond. The location could have been were the unexpected romance began brewing: the club is where SNL hosted an afterparty following Kim's successful hosting debut on Oct. 9. On the episode, the KKW Beauty founder and Pete shared an on-screen kiss during an Aladdin inspired sketch where they played Princess Jasmine and Aladdin!
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Q: Reshape json values to value content I'm not sure if this is even possible with jq but would be very happy if.
The data I receive must be transformed to build parameters for tools I use.
One tool requires the following string as parameter (it's not a json or json object - simple string):
-parameter="{<IP>,[<NAME>,<ALIAS>],<COMMENT>}"
The source data I recieve is json and looks like this
    {
      "MAINSERVER": {
        "COMMENT": "Server",
        "IP": "1.1.1.1",
        "NAME": "Server1",
        "VERSION": "19.4"
      },
      "DATASERVER": [
        {
          "ALIAS": "alias02",
          "IP": "1.1.1.2",
          "NAME": "server02"
        },
        {
          "ALIAS": "alias03",
          "IP": "1.1.1.3",
          "NAME": "server03"
        }
      ]
    }

I would like to transform each object array in DATASERVER to a string and push it to the key parameter.
{
  "parameter": [
    "{1.1.1.2,[server02,alias02],staticComment}",
    "{1.1.1.3,[server03,alias03],staticComment}"
  ]
}

Any support would be really appreciated.

A: Ok, I managed it on my own. I thought it's more complex.
Here is my query
.DATASERVER  | map((\"{\" + .NAME + \",[\"  + .IP + \",\"  + .ALIAS + \"]}\") ) | {parameter: [.] }

result
{
    "parameter": [
        [
            "{server02,[1.1.1.2,alias02]}",
            "{server03,[1.1.1.3,alias03]}"
        ]
    ]
}

A: Producing the sample output from the question
{parameter: .DATASERVER | map("{\(.IP),[\(.NAME),\(.ALIAS)],staticComment}")}

{
  "parameter": [
    "{1.1.1.2,[server02,alias02],staticComment}",
    "{1.1.1.3,[server03,alias03],staticComment}"
  ]
}

Demo

Producing the output from your own solution in a simpler way
{parameter: [.DATASERVER | map("{\(.NAME),[\(.IP),\(.ALIAS)]}")]}

{
  "parameter": [
    [
      "{server02,[1.1.1.2,alias02]}",
      "{server03,[1.1.1.3,alias03]}"
    ]
  ]
}

Demo

A: Starting with the given template, you could write:
jq --arg parameter "{<IP>,[<NAME>,<ALIAS>],<COMMENT>}" '
 [.DATASERVER[] as $l
  | $parameter
  | sub("<IP>"; $l.IP)
  | sub("<NAME>"; $l.NAME)
  | sub("<ALIAS>"; $l.ALIAS)
  | sub("<COMMENT>"; $l.COMMENT // "staticComment") ]
 | {parameter: .}
'


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Ask Matt: 'Big Bang' and 'Thrones' Finales, High Road for 'Arrow,' Drowning Sorrows Over 'Whiskey'
Matt Roush May 21, 2019, 9:00 am
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Welcome to the Q&A with TV critic (also known to some TV fans as their "TV therapist") Matt Roush, who'll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today's vast TV landscape. One caution: This is a spoiler-free zone, so we won't be addressing upcoming storylines here unless it's already common knowledge. Please send your questions and comments to [email protected] (or use the form at the end of the column) and follow me on Twitter. Look for Ask Matt columns on most Tuesdays and Friday.
Warm Thoughts for Sheldon Young and Old
Question: I thought The Big Bang Theory's finale was good, but not groundbreaking (you could say the same thing about the show as a whole, which isn't meant as a slight, as I enjoyed the show throughout its run). I'm actually kind of glad the finale didn't try to do too much and provided a "nice" goodbye to the gang. When I saw that they were airing the season finale of Young Sheldon between the final BBT episode and the retrospective, I was a bit puzzled — until I watched the YS episode. All I can say is the way Young Sheldon tied into both the BBT finale and BBT as a whole was awesome. That last scene had me in tears (even more than Sheldon's Nobel acceptance speech), even upon rewatching it. Really, Young Sheldon's season finale was like part 3 of BBT's finale and served as an awesome farewell to Sheldon's future friends. I hope that Young Sheldon is able to continue to succeed now that it will be kicking off the Thursday night lineup. — Scott
'Big Bang Theory' Bosses on That Jaw-Dropping Series Finale Guest Star and More
That's a wrap on the series finale of the top-rated sitcom... but we found out why some big story decisions were made.
Matt Roush: Note to readers: I'm opening with questions and comments about Big Bang's finale because I fear its farewell got somewhat lost in the furor over Game of Thrones ending a few nights later. Which is unfortunate, because this series really stuck its landing — arguably, an easier job than bringing a behemoth like Thrones to a conclusion. Big Bang did exactly what it needed to do to send its characters off with warm feelings, and the fadeout of them back home sharing a takeout meal in the living room reminded me what a ritual the show had become for so many of us and how we're going to miss it. (CBS, too, but that's another story.) And I agree that the Young Sheldon episode that followed, which gave us glimpses of Sheldon's future "family" of friends while the young genius contemplated the possibility of a lonely life, was incredibly poignant. And even better, surprising. To Scott's final point: I doubt Young Sheldon will be the juggernaut that Big Bang was in kicking off the Thursday lineup, but the last two seasons have probably generated enough goodwill that it should do fine. (And the new series following it in the fall, The Unicorn with Walton Goggins, was among the most promising pilot teases I saw during last week's network Upfronts.)
Saying Goodbye to Friends — and Friends
Question: Now that The Big Bang Theory has ended its 12-year run, I'm curious as to how it compared to the only other similarly big series finale event I've personally been witness to: Friends. As I was watching the finale of The Big Bang Theory, it dawned on me that the ending of Friends is the only similar sitcom ending event I've been emotionally attached to and made a point to sit down and watch with a group of my own friends. Is there any comparison, such as viewers, that can be made between the two? They were both great in their own right and accomplished so much, even becoming a permanent piece of American pop culture. So it's probably a bit unfair to compare them. But both were such large events that I am curious as to how the series finales compare to each other. — Beth
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Plus, would he be open to reprising his 'Next Generation' role for 'Star Trek: Discovery'?
Matt Roush: If your comparison point is ratings and viewership, keep in mind that when Friends signed off in 2004, the TV landscape in a pre-streaming era was very different, and network TV commanded a much larger average audience in real-time viewing. So while the Friends total (52.5 million) eclipses the estimated 18 million or so who watched Big Bang's finale, the CBS sitcom still has bragging rights (per the New York Times) as this year's most-viewed network entertainment show. In terms of satisfaction, I'd say they're on par. Neither show overreached, and left us feeling good about having spent time with these memorable characters, which in most regards is the best you can hope for.
What Next for Big Bang?
Question: My big question: I want to know if The Big Bang Theory is going to be on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video since the series is now done? — Aaron
Courteney Cox Returns to Monica Geller's 'Friends' Apartment (VIDEO)
The actress, who starred on the NBC comedy for 10 seasons, documented the experience on social media.
Matt Roush: That's the mega-million-dollar question, and from what I can tell by surveying some industry analysis, the odds are that The Big Bang Theory could be a centerpiece of WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming service, due to launch later this year. It's a crown jewel of the Warner Bros. TV library — along with the aforementioned Friends, which stayed put on Netflix for another year after that company paid dearly ($100 million) for the privilege. The question is whether WarnerMedia will forego what could be very lucrative streaming deals for Big Bang on competing services by keeping it exclusive to their own new platform at launch. It remains to be seen, but whatever happens, we're talking significant money at stake here. Not that the show isn't already raking it in with syndication and cable deals.
Thrones' Thorny Endgame
Question: Looking at all the backlash Game of Thrones is getting — never even watched it myself, but my best friend did — it reminds me of the mess of the end of Lost, another critic-baiting type of smash of the time, though now I barely know anyone who even talks about that show much less remember it. I think we can chalk it up to these shows being in the endless list of super-popular shows that don't end well. Then there's The Walking Dead. This happens a lot with most TV shows with a handful of exceptions, but I'm wondering why this seems to happen so often? Arrogance of the people involved? Being too successful at the beginning? Just curious why this pattern happens more often than it should. — Kendall
'Game of Thrones': 9 Questions We Have After the Series Finale (PHOTOS)
From Jon's lineage to what's west of Westeros.
Matt Roush: I'll steer you toward my own "Critic's Notebook" analysis of the various hurdles involved in wrapping up a sprawling monster like Thrones, but to put it in context as simply as possible, when a show is this big — and that goes for Lost, and for The Walking Dead, which is currently operating on fumes — the expectations for a big ending that would be satisfying to all are almost impossible to live up to. With Lost, the answers were never going to be as tantalizing as the myriad mysteries of the island. With Thrones and to a lesser degree with Dead, the allure was always conflict, not resolution, which with this epic fantasy began to feel more and more like a predictable letdown. There was much about the Thrones finale I actually liked, but with the exception of the dragon melting the Iron Throne, little wowed me the way the show (and books) did at their peak. That's kind of the nature of the beast. (And please spare me charges of "arrogance," when it comes to the ambition it takes to pull off a show of this magnitude, however imperfectly. Same goes for Lost. If you want to talk arrogance, consider Walking Dead refusing to give up the ghost in its current creatively depleted state.)
A 12-Gun Salute to Arrow
Question: Kudos to Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards for their emotional and satisfying goodbye at the end of Arrow's 7th season. I love the risks this show took to move away from canon and make it stand on its own. Oliver and Felicity have been the heart of this show despite everything (with Diggle, of course). What is next for Stephen Amell? I know he is contracted for Season 8, but does this mean his contract ends with CW when Arrow ends? Or will he be kind of the father figure coming back when needed for Barry, Kara, etc.? Also, can we give it up for Stephen Amell. What a great captain he has been all these years. Kind, supportive, and generous. No wonder he has amassed such a large social media following. Younger stars could learn from the captain, this is how to use social media correctly. — Dana
Watch the Trailers for The CW's New Fall Series 'Batwoman,' 'Katy Keene' & 'Nancy Drew' (VIDEO)
Four returning series and one new one are being held for the midseason.
Matt Roush: This has always been my impression of Stephen Amell, and I'm glad fans are giving him the respect and affection he deserves as Arrow approaches its endgame. We may want to see how Arrow actually ends before speculating on its star's future with The CW's many other (too many?) superhero franchises. But it could sense for Oliver to reappear, come crossover time, if the story calls for it. Though I wouldn't blame him if he wanted to give the vigilante costume a rest for a while.
Whiskey Went Down Smooth, But Gone Too Soon
Question: I decided to give Whiskey Cavalier a shot and liked it enough to invest in the program each week. I figured a smart, funny, sexy show with a great cast and fantastic locations would be around for a few seasons. WRONG! What are the chances it might get picked up by another network? — Fred, St. Augustine
'Whiskey Cavalier' Series Finale Trailer: How Does Frankie Feel About Will? (VIDEO)
Ollerman puts one of the team in danger.
Matt Roush: Typically, I answer these questions about canceled shows finding a second life with a cautious "never say never, but probably not" response, especially when they're axed after just one season. But after Netflix came to the rescue of Longmire and (more recently) Lucifer and Designated Survivor (coming June 6), fans have begun to hope against hope that streaming services might save all of their gone-too-soon faves. Which is still more the exception than the rule. But it's possible that a streaming platform, or maybe even a more conventional cable outlet, might go for something with the sleek, escapist and feel-good appeal of Whiskey Cavalier. At last week's Upfront press briefing, ABC's entertainment chief Karey Burke singled out Whiskey as a tough call, and the "last decision we made" at the 11th hour. (It didn't help that it came from an outside studio, Warner Bros., when ABC now favors in-house product from ABC Studios/Disney and the newly absorbed Fox studio.) Trade reports suggest that Warner Bros. will aggressively shop the show, believing in its international sales appeal. So this may have a better chance of continuing than many, but it's hardly a guarantee.
Question: I Watched the Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate special on Netflix. Wondering why Goldie Hawn was not there in person. — Judy
Lily Tomlin Previews Netflix's 'Laugh-In' Tribute — Plus, More Comedy Icons to Stream Now
The special was filmed in March and features stars aplenty.
Matt Roush: Can't say for sure, and if someone actually said why, I missed it. In researching some reports on the making of the special, I saw just a few references to Goldie Hawn being unable to attend. May have something to do with her not living in Hollywood, but any number of factors could have kept her away. She was certainly well represented in the classic clips, which seems appropriate. And if anyone needed to be there, it was Lily Tomlin, to recreate some of the most unforgettable characters Laugh-In ever generated. But yes, Goldie was missed.
That's all for now. Thanks as always for reading, and remember that I can't do this without your participation, so please keep sending questions and comments about TV to [email protected] or shoot me a line on Twitter (@TVGMMattRoush), and you can also submit questions via the handy form below. Please include a first name with your question.
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Cultural figures from across Europe have urged people to join a hoped-for "surge" against a populist "politics of disdain for intelligence and culture" that they say risks "catastrophe" and a return of "hatred and resentment" to the continent.
"There is a challenge greater than any since the 1930s: a challenge to liberal democracy and its values," French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote in a manifesto signed by 29 other writers and historians and published in several newspapers.
The signatories say that "a new spirit of resistance" must emerge to prevent "disaster".
Signatories included the writers Svetlana Alexievich, Ismaïl Kadaré, Milan Kundera, Ian McEwan, Adam Michnik, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie and Mario Vargas Llosa. Pamuk, a Turkish novelist, told The Guardian, one of the newspapers that published the manifesto, that Europe sets the example for values such as freedom, women's rights, democracy and equality.


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Dying boats
30 March 2018 Archive Culture History Themes
(A traditional fisher boat in the harbour of Skamnioudi)
In the story of The Mermaid Madonna by Stratis Myrivillis a fisherman takes his boat to Mytilini. In the past, lots of people used the sea to go places. Going from Mytilini to Molyvos, you could wait for a ferry, and even though the ship came from a distance, it was a regular connection. Going over the water was in many cases much more comfortable and quicker than crossing the rough mountains on the back of a horse or a donkey.
Greece was a seafaring nation. It is even said that the first inhabitants arrived by boat. But I don't believe that, because Lesvos used to be glued to the Asian plateau, and it's from there that hunters, mammoths, prehistoric elephants and apes came to explore the region. Seeing all that water, the hunters must have begun fishing and it would not have taken them long to start to build boats in order to catch more fish.
In Ancient Greece warships formed the main fleet. Even when their conflicts were not fought mid sea, soldiers had to be transported over the sea, like during the Trojan war or the Battle of Marathon against the Persians. Also mythology tells us lots of adventurous sea tales, the best known being that of superman Odysseus, who could not find his way back home after the Trojan war. He did not have an astrolabe, an instrument to show your location on the oceans (that was invented either in the 2nd century BC by Hipparchus, or in the 4th century by the first Greek woman mathematician Hypatia; the scientists are not sure). But from that time on you could no longer come home and get away with telling your wife that you were lost at sea. So ships were for commerce and war, and some for fishing to feed all the men.
At the end of the 19th century, business on Lesvos was booming and the shipyards had plenty of work, some of them became famous for their craftsmanship, like those in Plomari and Perama. First they looked for the right trees, then they started the sawing and hammering. The craft passed from father to son.
One of the many pleasantries in Greece today is to settle down in the shadow of a terrace in a little harbour, or just in the sun when summer is not yet there. As is: enjoying screaming seagulls sailing over the water, little waves babbling at the quays, schools of curious fish looking for some crumbs to fall into the water, strolling passersby and a fisherman mending his colourful nets, little boats swinging softly on the heave, their splashing colours mirrored in the water, so often photographed as an abstract beautiful painting.
Skala Sykaminia, Molyvos, Gavathas, Skala Loutron, Plomari, Skala Mystegnon: those are just a few of the many little harbours we have on the island. Lesvos has more harbours than it has terraces at the sea, also more terraces than traditional little wooden boats, and more traditional boats than shipbuilders.
Europe, keen on getting the fish quota down, offers a subsidy for destroying these colourful little wooden fishing boats. As if they are the cause of overfishing! The sea has become so emptied of fish that local fishermen feel obliged to take that evil offer, just to survive.
Twenty years ago the Greek traditional fishing fleet consisted of 14,200 boats. Now there are some 2000 left. If these numbers concerned animals, they immediately would be added to the danger of extinction list. Who will protect the local Greek fishermen, the ship builders and their traditional boats?
When recently I was in Palios I saw some skeletons of wooden boats. They were not Greek. Turkey does not take this European subsidy, but they have their own way of getting rid of their old wooden boats. They sell them for a lot of money to smugglers, who put as many refugees as possible on the creaking boats and send them off to sea. Most of these boats do not survive the illegal landing on the rocky shores of Lesvos. Sometimes I have had to cry at seeing such a beautifully crafted boat, built with so much love, only to end up dying, without honour, as a smuggler's tool.
There is plenty of money to finance expeditions to find antique ships that centuries ago ended up on the bottom of the sea. And they now give plenty of money to destroy museum pieces. What a strange world we are living in!
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