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University Women: Empowering Women, One Girl at a Time
Dr. Mona Khanna, Special to The Desert Sun
Lucky Coachella Valley eighth grade girls can thank the Palm Springs chapter of the American Association of University Women for helping to launch their careers in science through a unique camp opportunity. That's because when these local women set their sights on something, they are unstoppable.
Unstoppable also characterizes the careers of these AAUW members. Take Sharrell Blakely. She started her career as a clinical social worker and became a leading California voice in child welfare reform, creating the Office of Child Abuse Prevention and the Pregnant and Parenting Women's Alternative Sentencing Program. Working under five governors, she also advanced child policies through the Family and Children's Policy Bureau and Adoptions Bureau for the state. Her accomplishments, she said, were only the means to an end -- the protection and advancement of children and their families. She is an avid AAUW member who prefers, instead, to talk about the organization's achievements.
Its signature program, Tech Trek, provides "a life-altering experience that significantly impacts girls' educational path in high school and leads to college admissions."
The program, California Tech Trek STEM Camp schools eighth graders in science, technology, engineering and math and is held each summer at UC Irvine. The AAUW Palm Springs Chapter has paid for 117 girls to attend in the last 15 years. The results from all camp participants speak for themselves: 82% take more science classes in high school, 91% reported an increase in self-confidence and an ability to be successful in science, 73% reported an awareness of STEM college majors and 87% reported an awareness of new STEM careers.
In addition to supporting girls in STEM, the AAUW Palm Springs chapter hosts monthly luncheons, book club and world affairs club, field trips and Happy Hours. For more information, go to palmsprings-ca.aauw.net.


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Issue of guardianship of the jurist and Iraqi elections
Mashari Althaydi Friday 19 January 2018
Is there an Iraqi constitutional text which stipulates that the most famous Shiite cleric in Iraq is a ruling reference?
According to Iraqi researcher and author Rasheed al-Khayoun, there is nothing in the 2005 constitution that leads to this conclusion and there are only formulas that highly respect "great references," just like they respect "national powers."
Why is there an urgent presence by political Shiite groups for the Shiite reference, who is currently al-Sistani, in Najf and Karbala? Is Iraq a state of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist?
It's an interesting question especially as elections near and considering the current Iraqi political rhetoric.
In his article "Guardianship of the Jurist: So why are the Iraqis holding elections?" which was published in the Emirati Al-Ittihad newspaper, Khayoun said that Sistani has dissociated himself from the concept of the Guardianship of the Jurist several times.
What's worrying is that this is not completely the case as the deputy of the Sistani reference, Karbala's preacher Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai made on June 13, 2014 clear statements about the guardianship of the jurist, according to the Khomeini interpretation. He noted that according to the guardianship of the jurist concept, there is a representative of the absent imam who must be obeyed because he expresses God's will.
Value of elections
In this case, do parliamentary elections and electoral programs have any real value? Or is it in the hands of the deputy of the absent imam, who according to Karbalai, is alive and sees and hears what's happening and intervenes through his deputy?
Iraq cannot coexist with such a dangerous idea while the entire world is observing the results of the guardianship of the jurist system in Iran. In addition to that, Iraq is distinguished for its diversity and plurality
Mashari Althaydi
Khayoun pointed out that the problem is all due to the identity of the new Iraqi system which is certainly not a guardianship of the jurist system. Some Shiite religious parties frankly reject the concept of the guardian of the jurist, whether based on the Khomeini definition or on the other blurry formula of "Shura al-Fuqaha."
Iraq cannot coexist with such a dangerous idea while the entire world is observing the results of the guardianship of the jurist system in Iran. In addition to that, Iraq is distinguished for its diversity and plurality.
All this is true but it does not mean that there is someone who wants to deepen religious authority or operate under its protection according to whatever opportunities are available.
The one lesson which Iraq, and all Arabs and Muslims must learn, is that it's in the favor of religion and the world for clerics not to seize power and run countries.
This article is also available in Arabic.
Saudi journalist Mashari Althaydi presents Al Arabiya News Channel's "views on the news" daily show "Maraya." He has previously held the position of a managing senior editor for Saudi Arabia & Gulf region at pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat. Althaydi has published several papers on political Islam and social history of Saudi Arabia. He appears as a guest on several radio and television programs to discuss the ideologies of extremist groups and terrorists. He tweets under @MAlthaydy.
Disclaimer: Views expressed by writers in this section are their own and do not reflect Al Arabiya English's point-of-view.
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Boy, 17, sentenced to life in prison for Preston stabbing of Hiwa Ali-Khani - updates from court
As Hiwa lay dying in the street, his 17-year-old attacker fled the scene
Rachel SmithCourt reporter
Updated 10:53, 30 NOV 2022
Hiwa Ali-Khani died in hospital (Image: Lancashire Police)
A teenage boy is being sentenced for the callous 'mistaken identity' murder of Hiwa Ali-Khani in Preston on July 8.
The 27-year-old was sitting in a blue Audi on Raikes Road when he was approached by the youngster. During a confrontation, he was stabbed in the chest and leg.
As Hiwa lay dying in the street, his 17-yerar-old attacker fled the scene. It is believed the attacker had been intending to target another man - an alleged intended victim also sat in a car on Raikes Road at the time.
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The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to Mr Ali-Khani's murder at Preston Crown Court on November 9. He had earlier pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article.
He is being sentenced at the same court today (November 30).
Preston murder probe: Pictures show Raikes Road scene after man in 20s dies in suspected stabbing
On the night of the incident, police were called around 6.25pm after a report of an assault. Emergency services attended and found Mr Ali-Khani, 27, from Preston, with stab wounds to the chest.
He was treated by paramedics and taken to Royal Preston Hospital but sadly later died. A post mortem examination gave a cause of death as stab wounds.
The teenager cannot currently be named for legal reasons - LancsLive as submitted an application for this reporting restriction to be lifted.
Killer named 10:50
Boy sentenced to life in prison 10:49
Coverage resumes 10:34
10:50 KEY EVENT
Killer named
Following an application by Lancs Live, the defendant can now be named as 17-year-old Joshua Boardman.
The teenager has now been taken to custody.
Boy sentenced to life in prison
The teen has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Hiwa Ali-Khani. He must serve a minumum term of 14 years and 7 months.
Judge Robert Altham said:
Taking all this into account he minimum term would be 17.5 years, but taking into acount his guilty plea the minimum term is 14 years and 7 months.
The sentence for murder is fixed by law. For a person your age it is called detention at HM pleasure. I have decided the shortest period you can spend in custody is 14 years and 7 months.
10:47 Rachel Smith
Attack took place in front of children
For an adult defendant the starting point would be 25 years.
I consider the aggravating features. There was a significant degree of planning that went into the confrontation. The plan reatly exceeded arming himself with a knife. He had taken cocaine during the time he was contemplating confrontation.
This took place in broad daylight, on a summer's day when members of the public, including children, had to stand by and see what happened.
In mitigation I bear in mind his background and turbulent upbringing.
Drug use's impact on behaviour
The principle aim of the youth justice system is to prevent offending, and I must take into account life experience, and drug and alcohol misuse and the effect it may have had in their development. I must bear in mind unstable upbringing and the defendant's chronological and emotional age.
The court must sentence the defendant to be detained at His Majesty's pleasure, then set a minimum term.
Four to five keys of cocaine
The defendant was a week short of his 17th birthday. He had a disrupted childhood and told the author of a presentence report he was a habitual cannabis user. He has disclosed mental health issues and has suffered a number of bereavements, although he later told a psychiatrist he did not think he suffered mental health difficulties.
He said he had four to five keys of cocaine in the 30 to 60 minutes before the stabbing.
Dr Appleyard has not diagnosed any major psychiatric disorder and was of the view his intoxication of cocaine and cannabis was likely to have impacted his behaviour.
However taking into account information I have from Youth Offending Team I take his mental health into account.
Stabbed in the chest
A post mortem showed three stab wounds, including a 12cm deep wound to his chest.
The defendant ran from the street and sat with his head in his hands. The defendant had the girl's phone.
Mr Thornton tried to call the girl. The defendant told him 'that was meant for you. Where are you? I'll stab you'.
The defendant flagged down a police car and told them he had stabbed someone.
Raikes Road
At 5.50pm Mr AAli Khani was parked on Raikes Road. He had no connection to the defendant, the girl or Mr Thornton. His car just happened to be there.
The defendant jogged to Raikes Road with a knife.
As Mr Ali Khani got in his car, Mr Thornton was in his car. Mr Thornton drove off and Mr Ali Khani stayed where the defendant expected Mr Thornton to be.
The defendant got in the car and stabbed him. Mr Ali Khani got out of the car. The defendant stabbed Mr Ali Khani and he fell to the ground.
An ambulance was called to the scene and despite efforts to save him he was pronounced dead.
Judge's comments
There is no typical case of murder. Every life that is lost is unique and precious. This case is particularly tragic because of the circumstances, what I know of him and the life he lost.
He was an optimistic man who saw the best in everyone and was himself kind and full of joy. He planned to marry and have children, things he would have been able to do had it not been of the actions ofthis defendant.
On July 7 2022 the a girl exchanged phone numbers with Stuart Thornton. The defendant believed there may have been some impropriety but I need not make findings about what if anything happened.
An arrangement was made for Mr Thornton to pick up the girl but in reality the defendant was to meet him.
Guilty plea
The 17-year-old entered guilty pleas to the charge of the murder of Hiwa Ali Khani on November 3.
Coverage resumes
Judge Robert Altham will now pass sentence
15:08 Ian Hughes
Coverage paused
On request of Judge Robert Altham, we will be temporarily pausing coverage here.
Coverage will resume shortly.
Defendant in dock
The defendant has been brought into the dock and been identified to the court
Courtroom packed
Extra seats have been brought into court to accommodate the victim's family. The public gallery is packed.
Victim's family arrives in court
The family of Hiwa Ali-Khani is now filing into court. Each is wearing a picture of the 27-year-old pinned to their clothing.


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Laetare Address
Dr. Kenneth Miller | May 18, 2014 | Notre Dame News
Delivered at Notre Dame's 169th University Commencement Ceremony, held May 18, 2014, in Notre Dame Stadium
Kenneth Miller, 2014 Laetare Medal recipient
To Father Jenkins, distinguished guests, parents, friends, and above all to you guys — the class of 2014 — thank you for this incredible honor. It is humbling even to be mentioned with the likes of Dorothy Day, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Cardinal Bernadin and Sister Helen Prejean, who have received this award in the past. Indeed, I feel as though my inclusion in that list may have brought the Laetare class average down just a bit, and for that I ask your pardon. As we said in the Latin mass of my youth, Domine, non sum dignus. Lord, I am not worthy. Believe me, those words ring ever true to me today.
Although I have been to this campus many times before, I stand before most of you today as a stranger. If you know me at all, it may be from a big, heavy biology textbook you carried in high school or from brief appearances on television. Those range from the sublime on the History Channel, CNN and NOVA, to the truly ridiculous on Comedy Central, tortured at the hands of a fellow Catholic named Stephen Colbert.
But when I look at you today, I do not see strangers. I see students, scholars and seekers on a glorious day in your lives. As an educator, I see familiar faces and familiar stories. Now I've been lucky enough to teach at the university level for 40 years, and in that time I have learned how rare and precious it is to be part of a great school like Notre Dame. Today is truly, in the words of the 118th Psalm, a day the Lord has made. But the Lord does not work alone, and gathered around you, you see the Lord's helpers, your parents, your families, your loved ones who made this day possible. Never forget, as proud as you may be of your own achievements, that you owe them for the lives they gave you, for the hopes they infused into your souls, and for the support that made this grand day possible. In the spirit of the word Laetare, meaning rejoice, I rejoice with them and with you.
Of several words that are inscribed upon this medal, to me the most significant is Veritas, the Latin word for truth. What is truth? In many ways, that's what Notre Dame is all about. It is also what science is all about, and I see this medal, given to a scientist for the first time in many decades, not as an individual award, but as a powerful statement by Notre Dame about science, learning and faith.
In our culture today, there are two common myths about science. Both of them are destructive, and both of them impoverish those who hold them.
The first comes from today's emphasis on the practical, economic value of the scientific enterprise, and it's rooted in the reality that science really does help us to make things, invent new technologies and cure diseases. It makes our lives "better," to use a common phrase.
But the idea that scientific knowledge is practical knowledge leads to the mistaken view that science is only practical knowledge. If you're not going into medical school, why study biology? If you're going into business, who cares about the chemical bond? And if you're not going to be a physicist, why study physics? Unless, of course, you're a fan of "The Big Bang Theory" on TV, and you really want to understand Sheldon's bad jokes.
But science is not a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking. It's a search for truth that illuminates every aspect of the human condition.
Consider, for example, mitochondria. These are tiny organelles that dwell within our cells. They are the homes of some pretty complex biochemistry, but is that all they are? Curiously, mitochondria are much more like bacteria than they are like human cells, and from that understanding comes a remarkable insight into our own existence. In his incredible book "The Lives of a Cell," biologist and author Lewis Thomas wrote:
"There they are, … breathing for my own flesh, but strangers. … [these mitochondria], precisely the same, are out there in the cells of sea gulls, and whales, and dune grass, and seaweed, and hermit crabs, and further inland in the leaves of the beech tree in my backyard, and in the family of skunks beneath the back fence, and even in that fly there upon the window. Through them I am connected; I have close relatives, once removed, all over the world."
We do indeed. Reading the lessons of life's great unity would be impossible without science. And I would hope that each of you, as you leave these halls today, has come to regard science for what it truly is: a branch of learning that deepens the human spirit and enriches the poetry of life itself.
The second great myth about science holds it to be the antithesis of faith. Ironically, this is a myth that serves both the enemies of faith and science very well. Science, we are told, is reason based upon evidence. And faith, we are assured, is belief without reason. As such, the two are locked forever in conflict and cannot coexist.
But such assertions ignore the very history of western science, which has its roots in a faith that views the study of nature and its mysteries as a way to praise and understand the glory of God. It was in that tradition that Newton unwove the rainbow and revealed the laws of motion, that Father Gregor Mendel established the science of genetics, and that Father Georges Lemaitre developed the theoretical foundation for cosmic expansion. Yes, it was a Catholic priest who first described the physics of the real big bang.
As many of you may know, there are three great medallions emblazoned on the Jordan Hall of Science here at Notre Dame. The biology medallion features a DNA double helix, and the words of the great geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky that "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." Dobzhansky, like Asa Gray, Darwin's first great advocate in America, was a Christian.
Both of these evolutionary biologists realized that faith, far from being the antithesis of reason, is actually the source of reason. Science is built upon two great elements of faith. The first is that the universe is rational, understandable and accessible to human thought. The second is that truth is to be preferred to ignorance.
And I will tell you frankly: A faith that would require one to reject scientific reason is not a faith worth having.
But a faith asserting that knowledge matters, that the world is knowable and that human reason can unlock the secrets of life is indeed a faith worth embracing. And I would hope that such a faith has graced every day of your time at Notre Dame.
That inscription on the front of the Laetare medal reads: The truth is mighty and will prevail.
Let us hope so.
Let us pray so.
And from this day forth, let each of us work to make it so.
Thank you, graduates and Notre Dame for allowing me to be part of your day. And congratulations.
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Theor Appl Genet DOI 10.1007/s00122-013-2257-8
Genome‑wide association mapping of yield and yield components of spring wheat under contrasting moisture regimes Erena A. Edae · Patrick F. Byrne · Scott D. Haley · Marta S. Lopes · Matthew P. Reynolds
Received: 29 July 2013 / Accepted: 14 December 2013 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Abstract Key message A stable QTL that may be used in marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding programs was detected for yield, yield components and drought tolerance-related traits in spring wheat association mapping panel. Abstract Genome-wide association mapping has become a widespread method of quantitative trait locus (QTL) identification for many crop plants including wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Its benefit over traditional bi-parental mapping approaches depends on the extent of linkage disequilibrium in the mapping population. The objectives of this study were to determine linkage disequilibrium decay rate and population structure in a spring wheat association mapping panel (n = 285–294) and to identify markers associated with yield and yield components, morphological, phenological, and drought tolerance-related traits. The study was conducted under fully irrigated and rain-fed conditions at Greeley, CO, USA and Melkassa, Ethiopia in 2010 and 2011 (five total environments). Genotypic data were generated using diversity array technology markers. Linkage disequilibrium decay rate extended over a longer genetic distance for the D genome (6.8 cM) than for the A and B Communicated by A. Grane. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00122-013-2257-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. E. A. Edae (*) · P. F. Byrne · S. D. Haley Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA e-mail: [email protected] M. S. Lopes · M. P. Reynolds CIMMYT, Int., Apdo. Postal 6‑641, 06600 Mexico, DF, Mexico
genomes (1.7 and 2.0 cM, respectively). Seven subpopulations were identified with population structure analysis. A stable QTL was detected for grain yield on chromosome 2DS both under irrigated and rain-fed conditions. A multitrait region significant for yield and yield components was found on chromosome 5B. Grain yield QTL on chromosome 1BS co-localized with harvest index QTL. Vegetation indices shared QTL with harvest index on chromosome 1AL and 5A. After validation in relevant genetic backgrounds and environments, QTL detected in this study for yield, yield components and drought tolerance-related traits may be used in marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding programs.
Introduction Wheat is the world's third most important food crop next to maize (Zea mays L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) (Green et al. 2012). It accounts for 19 % of total production among major cereal crops and provides 55 % of the carbohydrate consumed by humans around the world (Gupta et al. 1999; Bagge et al. 2007). However, its productivity is often reduced by both biotic and abiotic stresses and its potential yield is rarely achieved. Plant breeding has successfully improved crop resistance to both biotic and abiotic stresses, including drought, through phenotypic selection (Araus et al. 2008; Cooper et al. 2009). However, the progress is slow, and there is a large yield gap between drought prone areas and ideal production regions for most crops, including wheat. Many previous studies have shown that tolerance to drought is a complex quantitative trait that involves multiple chromosome regions (Barnabas et al. 2008; Fleury et al. 2010; Pinto et al. 2010; Ravi et al. 2011; Mir et al. 2012). It is
further complicated by the fact that the degree of drought effects on plants depends on timing, duration and intensity of drought, and different traits may be required for different patterns of drought (Passioura 2012). Genetic improvement under drought requires identifying sources of traits associated with drought tolerance and introgressing the genes underlying the target traits to locally adapted cultivars. The challenge for implementing this strategy in breeding programs is the identification of the most suitable target traits in a time-efficient and cost-effective way for different drought scenarios (Passioura 2012). Recent advancements in high throughput genotyping and phenotyping have improved understanding of the physiological and molecular bases underlying complex traits including drought tolerance (Collins et al. 2008; Habash et al. 2009; Mir et al. 2012; Sinclair 2012). QTL mapping is a key approach for understanding the genetic architecture of complex traits in plants (Holland 2007). However, QTL mapping using biparental populations explains only a small portion of the genetic architecture of a trait because only two alleles per locus can be evaluated at a time. Other limitations of biparental populations are low mapping resolution, population specificity of detected QTL, and the long time required to develop mapping populations. These limitations have partly contributed to the slow transfer of knowledge from bi-parental QTL studies to practical applications in plant breeding. The advent of the association mapping approach has overcome some of the limitations of bi-parental mapping populations. Since association mapping utilizes diverse germplasm, QTL for many traits can be detected with high resolution in a single study, making the method more efficient and less expensive than bi-parental QTL mapping (Breseghello and Sorrells 2006; Ersoz et al. 2009; Sorrells and Yu 2009; Waugh et al. 2009). The resolution and power of association studies, however, depend on the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) across the genome. LD needs to be determined in each study as it is affected by several factors such as population history, recombination frequency and mating system. The correlation of allele frequency (r2) among the markers is the common statistic used to measure LD (Gupta et al. 2005; Sorrells and Yu 2009). LD is expected to decay as a function of the nucleotide or linkage distance, as recombination reduces LD. This guides decisions on the number of markers required to conduct association mapping in a crop species (Waugh et al. 2009). To visualize LD patterns and the rate of LD decay for a chromosome, r2 values are usually plotted against nucleotide or linkage distance (Abdurakhmonov and Abdukarimov 2008). Previous studies have demonstrated unique LD patterns for different crop species and populations within a species, with rapid levels of LD decay observed in crosspollinated species (e.g., maize) compared to self-pollinated species (e.g., wheat) (Wilson et al. 2004; Chao et al. 2007;
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Comadran et al. 2009). Although association mapping has advantages over bi-parental populations, QTL identification could be confounded by population subgroups and plant phenology. Another limitation is that markers with low allele frequencies are often not considered in association analysis. However, statistical models have been developed to account for population structure and familial relationship among the genotypes in the mapping panel (Yu et al. 2006). Association mapping has been used successfully to detect QTL in wheat for disease resistance (Crossa et al. 2007; Maccaferri et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2011, 2012; Adhikari et al. 2012; Kollers et al. 2013a, b), end-use quality traits (Breseghello and Sorrells 2006; Zheng et al. 2009), Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) resistance (Peng et al. 2009), and yield and yield component traits (Maccaferri et al. 2011; Neumann et al. 2011). The suitability of diversity array technology (DArT) markers for association studies has been proved particularly for species lacking cost-effective single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers (Benson et al. 2012). However, the majority of previous studies have been conducted either with low marker density or a small number of lines in the mapping population. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were to (1) determine LD decay rate in a spring wheat association mapping panel, (2) analyze population structure in the panel, and (3) identify markers associated with yield and yield components, morphological, phenological and drought tolerance-related traits.
Materials and methods Mapping population The spring wheat association mapping panel used in this study wheat association mapping II (WAMII) was originally developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) with the intention of identifying QTL/genes for drought and heat tolerance. The panel comprised a total of 287 diverse lines which were assembled from the Elite Spring Wheat Yield Trial (26th, 27th and 28th ESWYT), Semiarid Wheat Yield Trial (1st– 16th SAWYT) and High Temperature Wheat Yield Trial (HTWYT) (Lopes et al. 2012). Many synthetic hexaploidderived wheat lines were included in the panel (Lopes and Reynolds 2012). In the study reported here, from 283 to 294 lines were evaluated depending on the location and year due to limitations in seed quantity. Experimental design and phenotypic trait evaluation In 2010, association mapping panel (including two local check cultivars, Reeder and Butte 86 (Mergoum et al.
2006)) was evaluated under fully irrigated conditions at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Limited Irrigation Research Farm in Greeley, CO, USA (latitude 40° 27′N; longitude 104° 38′W; elevation 1,427 m). The soil at the site is well drained with fine sandy loam to clay loam texture and a pH range of 7.4–8.4. The meteorological data with amount of water supplemented by irrigation are summarized in Table 1 for all environments. In 2011, we evaluated the mapping panel [including two local checks, SD3870, a breeding line form South Dakota and Granger (Glover et al. 2006)] at Greeley under both fully irrigated and rain-fed conditions. The irrigated treatment was supplemented three times with drip irrigation, (twice before flowering and once during the grain filling stage), while the rain-fed treatment was irrigated only once at flowering to avoid complete failure of the experiment. In the 2010 and 2011 experiments at Greeley, the lines were planted in four-row plots 1.52 m wide and 0.92 m long with 0.20 m spacing between rows and a seeding rate of approximately 173 seeds m−2. Each entry was replicated twice in a Latinized incomplete row–column design with CycDesign 3.0 software (www.cycdesign.co.nz). The experimental field was maintained free of weeds by manually removing weeds as required. In both seasons, the plants experienced heat stress mainly from heading through physiological maturity, as maximum temperatures were over 30 °C for a total of 13 days in June and 22 days in July 2010; temperatures exceeded 30 °C for 15 days in June and 27 days in July 2011. The association mapping panel was planted at the Melkassa Agricultural Research Center of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa, Ethiopia (latitude 8° 24′N; longitude 39° 21′E, elevation 1,550 m), on wet soil from rain in the previous few days for non-stressed treatment. The same set of lines was planted on drier soil for stressed treatment. The dominant soil type at Melkassa is sandy loam (Andosol of volcanic origin) with pH ranging from 7.0 to 8.2. The experiment was laid out as an alphalattice design with 14 entries per incomplete block and two replications. A two-row plot of length 2.5 m, width 0.4 m and between row spacing of 0.20 m was used. Seeding rate
was based on the local recommendation of 150 kg ha−1. Nitrogen fertilizer was applied in split doses at planting and tillering at a rate of 50 kg ha−1 for each dose. Phosphorus fertilizer was applied as diammonium phosphate at planting at the rate of 100 kg ha−1. The temperature was below 30 °C for all days from emergence time through physiological maturity. The phenotypic traits evaluated in this study are defined as follows. Plant height was recorded as the average of three values for each plot measured in centimeter from the soil surface to the tip of the spike excluding awns. Days to heading were recorded as the number of days from planting until 50 % of the spikes in each plot had completely emerged above the flag leaves. Days to maturity were recorded as the number of days from planting until 50 % of the peduncles in each plot had turned yellow. Grain filling duration was calculated as the difference between the days to heading and days to maturity. Normalized vegetation index (NDVI) was obtained by scanning plants in each plot at the grain filling stage with a GreenSeeker instrument model 3541 (NTech Industries Inc., Boulder, CO). Green leaf area was obtained from a photo taken at a height of approximately 0.5 m directly above each plot with a digital camera (Coolpix S8100, Nikon Corp., Japan) during vegetative stage, and pictures were processed with Breedpix software (Casadesus et al. 2007). Leaf senescence was scored on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 indicates completely green leaves and 10 indicates that all leaves in a plot had changed completely to yellow. Flag leaf length (measured from the leaf collar to the tip) and width (measured at the widest part of the flag leaf) were recorded as the average measurement of three flag leaves per plot. Flag leaf area (cm2) was calculated as flag leaf length × flag leaf width × 0.75. Single-kernel diameter (mm), kernel hardness and single-kernel weight (mg) were determined from 100 seeds (sampled from grain of the biomass sample) in a singlekernel characterization system instrument Model 4100 (Perten Instruments, Springfield, IL). Spike length, spikelet number per spike, kernel number and weight (g) per spike, and kernel number per spikelet were recorded as the average of five spikes per plot. Thousand-kernel weight
Table 1 Meteorological data including total rainfall, average maximum and average minimum temperature (avg max/avg min), and total amount of water supplied by irrigation during growing seasons of spring wheat association mapping panel (WAMII) in 2010 and 2011 Country
Lines evaluated
Planting date
Total rainfall (mm)
Irrigation (mm)
Avg max/avg min (°C)
GRW10 GRW11 GRD11 MLKW11
April 5 April 15 April 15 July 17
93.8 140 19 0
16.94/0.22 17.6/0.83 17.6/0.83 27.3/8.5
MLKD11
27.3/8.5
was determined by extrapolation after counting seeds of five spikes with a seed counter (International Marketing and Design Corp Model 900-2; San Antonio, TX) and obtaining the weight of the seeds. Number of spikes m−2 was calculated by dividing the number of kernels m−2 by kernel number per spike. The number of kernels m−2 was obtained from the ratio of grain weight m−2 to thousandkernel weight, multiplied by 1,000. Biomass weights were obtained by cutting all the plants at ground level in one row of each plot at maturity, then weighing samples after 48 h in a 40 °C drier. These samples were threshed to obtain grain weight, and harvest index was recorded as the ratio of grain weight to oven-dried biomass. Grain yield was the total weight of seed yield in each plot divided by the plot area and expressed as kg ha−1. Test weight (kg hL−1) was determined using standard procedures from a small sample of the grain collected at harvest. Drought susceptibility index (DSI) was calculated using grain yield and kernel number per square meter under irrigated and rain-fed conditions as described by Fisher and Maurer (1978). DSI = (1−Yd/Yi)/DII, where Yd = yield of each line in the dry treatment, Yi = yield of each line under fully irrigated conditions and DII = 1−(Ydm/Yim) where Ydm is the average yield of the dry treatment and Yim is the average yield of the irrigated treatment. Phenotypic data analysis The phenotypic data analyses were conducted with SAS v. 9.3 software (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). First, the general linear model (GLM) procedure was used to obtain best linear unbiased estimates, considering genotype, replications, rows and columns as fixed in the model for each environment. Normality of the data for each trait was checked using a Q–Q plot of residuals in the SAS GLIMMIX procedure. The presence of statistically significant differences among the genotypes for each trait was also checked with the GLM procedure. Then, best linear unbiased predictions (BLUPs) and variance components were obtained for all traits using a Mixed model procedure, considering all factors in the model as random. Environment was considered fixed in the combined data analysis. To account for spatial variations in the experimental field, four spatial variability adjustment models (spatial power, anisotropic spatial power, Matérn spatial and autoregressive) were tested for each trait. The correlation values due to spatial variability in each model were found to be very low for all data sets except for Greeley in 2010. Thus, the autoregressive spatial adjustment model was applied for the data set in 2010, but no adjustment was made for the remaining environments.
Genotypic data analysis Diversity array technology marker genotypes were obtained following the procedures of Akbari et al. (2006) at Triticarte Pty. Ltd. (Canberra, Australia; http://www.tr iticarte.com.au), a whole-genome profiling service laboratory. A total of 1,863 DArT markers were used in the analyses, after markers with 6 %) were removed. Genome-wise distribution of the markers was 558 on genome A, 617 on genome B, and 290 on genome D (http://www.triticarte.com.au). Chromosome map positions were not known for 398 markers. A DArT marker physical map (based on Chinese spring wheat deletion lines) (http://www.cerealdb.uk.net/) was used to assign trait-associated markers to chromosome arms. Population structure and linkage disequilibrium analyses Seventy-eight markers (3–4 markers spaced >10 cM per chromosome) were selected from all chromosomes (except for chromosome 4D and 5D) from a total of 1,863 markers for analysis of population structure. To determine population structure, an admixture model with correlated allele frequency in STRUCTURE software was applied (Pritchard et al. 2000). A burn-in of 20, 000 iterations followed by 20,000 Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) replicates was conducted to test k values (number of subpopulations) in the range of 3–12. Each k was replicated five times and the run that assigned the most lines with probability >0.5 in all clusters was used. The likely number of subpopulations was determined using the approach of Evanno et al. (2005) and the likelihood distribution of k was examined. Genetic distance-based cluster analysis was conducted using hclust script for Ward method in the R package (www.cran.r-project.org) using the same 78 markers to compare results with STRUCTURE software output. Multiple regression analysis was also done for all phenotypic traits using population subgroups in the model to determine the extent of the confounding effect of population structure on the phenotypic traits. LD among markers was calculated using observed versus expected allele frequencies of the markers in TASSEL v.3.0 (Bradbury et al. 2007). Only mapped markers were used for LD calculation both for the panel and for modelbased subgroups. The critical r2 value beyond which LD is due to true physical linkage was determined by taking the 95th percentile of the square root transformed r2 data of unlinked markers (Breseghello and Sorrells 2006). The percentage of marker pairs significant at different critical r2 values (0.2 and 0.2641) and P
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Q: Does printf alter variables? I am not sure if incrementing a variable within a printf statement saves the valuable to a variable or not.
int x = 0;

printf("x=%d\n", ++x);
printf("x=%d\n", x);

Would the output be
x=1
x=0

or
x=1
x=1

I never learned the basics of C and want to know how it matches up to C++.
I do understand the pre/post increment but I am worried that doing ++x inside the first printf() won't save if I am incrementing it in the scope of a function.

A: The output will be 1.
Your expression ++x will be
x = x+1;

In both the printf() you get 1
So the value of x is modified with the pre-increment operator here and in printf() in the second line prints the new value of x which is 1
printf() just prints the value of x it doesn't modify your variable
Note the difference between pre-increment and post-increment .
With post-increment you will get 0 in the first printf() because the value of x is fetched by the printf()'s %d and later x gets incremented leading to the value of x in the second prinf() to be 1

A: The pre/post-increment operators always modify the value of their operand.
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     int x = 0;

     printf("x=%d\n", ++x);
     printf("x=%d\n", x);
 }

 char@char:~$ ./a.out
 x=1
 x=1

As somebody else pointed out, the post-increment operator will return 0 in this case...
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     int x = 0;

     printf("x=%d\n", x++);
     printf("x=%d\n", x);
 }

 char@char:~$ ./a.out
 x=0
 x=1

but the value of x will still be modified.
To get your expected output, replace ++x with x+1.

A: Incrementing the value in the variable is not based on a printf statement. It will
done by the increment or decrement operator. so the work of increment operator is
increment the value by one.
so it does the work.
Output of this would be
x=1
x=1

A: It's not printf that changes x, it's that a C expression can have side effects. Just like a C++ expression.
++x increments x then returns that value.
x++ returns the value of x then increments x.
So the output here is
x=1
x=1

but for x++ it would be
x=0
x=1

A: The printf family itself doesn't modify variables (memory corruption notwithstanding) but the expression ++x will, the effect of which is to increment x then use that incremented value as the result of the expression.
But that has nothing to do with printf, the expression is just being evaluated so it can be passed into printf.
So you'll see 1 1 rather than 1 0.

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During the research effort while writing AtG I had the extreme fortune to have Duncan Head's assistance at times. When I was stumped, he graciously helped me with any query, and has given permission to reposte this letter here on the web. Duncan is of course the author of the premier work on the Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars, a Wargames Research Group Publication illustrated by Ian Heath, and the excellent source on the Achaemenid Persian Army printed by Montvert Publciations (currently out of print).
The issue of the strength anf armament of Darius' kadakes troops is really the key to determining the OOB of the battle. I hope this material allows the reader to understand the judgements made to recreate the battle and OOB, and the statlines in AtG. Duncan's evaluation of the comparative strengths given by different sources is an invaluable exercise, and I post it here so that the reader can use the material to come to their own conclusions.
I have added notes since some of the comments are directed to DBx gamers, there I have tried to translate the comments into the equally arcane "WAB speak". Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars is referred to as AMPW.
Thanks to Duncan, and enjoy!
Ah, have you not read the Montvert Persian book? I address this issue there. Basically I don't think that Alexander did charge headlong into the kardakes, so the problem doesn't arise.
- (Cornelius) Nepos' Life of Datames mentions kardakes serving in the army, armament unspecified but also "slingers of the same origin"
- Curtius describes two separate bodies of infantry, one of 20,000 "barbarians" and one of 40,000, both apparently to the left of the Greeks.
Since Curtius' two bodies add up to 60,000, they match Arrian's kardakes in numbers and Kallisthenes' peltasts in position. This is the key to resolving the problem. Both Arrian's and Kallisthenes' testimonies go back to eye-witnesses and it seems unlikely that any Greek would mistake hoplites for peltasts, or vice versa. Therefore, I suggest there were two bodies of infantry, not one; one force (probably the 40,000, though it's hard to be sure) armed as peltasts, the other as kardakes hoplites. Alexander would have charged the peltasts. (Given that the Nepos quote suggests there may have been such a thing as kardakes slingers, "kardakes" may mean an origin rather than a style of armament, so it is conceivable that the peltasts were "kardakes" too.) Sekunda takes the "barbarian" bit of Curtius' description to mean non-Persian as well as non-Greek, which is partly why he thinks that the kardakes were new "barbarian" mercenary regiments.
At Issos, we hear of infantry called kardakes whose armament and origin has caused confusion. Arrian explicitly describes them as hoplites, which would imply large shields and possibly armour, similar to the reorganised Persian Guards' equipment. But Polybios quotes the contemporary Kallisthenes as describing peltasts; while Xenophon used "kardakes" to mean an unpaid training corps of Persian young men, who served as police, and accompanied the King on hunts. Their traditional training involved javelins, light shields and bows, implying that they were light troops or at best peltasts. But where both Arrian and Kallisthenes mention only one type of infantry, Curtius' account of Issos has two separate units, who add up to the same (possibly exaggerated) 60,000 as Arrian's kardakes. The likely solution is that (as Duncan Head has suggested in The Achaaemenid Persian Army) there were two separate forces present, one of kardakes equipped as hoplites and the other of peltasts. Alexander's headlong frontal charge into their ranks would have been directed at the peltasts. Whether these kardakes were the Persian youth corps called out by Darius to bolster the army, or a different force entirely, is uncertain.
Ah, hold it: I've just found my description of the kardakes, quoted from the Persian book, in an email I did on the OOB at Issos for someone on dbmlist. I'll attach it.
"The most enigmatic of the later Persian infantry troops are the kardakes mentioned in several sources. There is no general agreement on their status or tactical role, and several interpretations have been proposed.
Strabo says that Persian youths undergoing military training (as described in "Persian military training", above) were called kardakes "for karda means the manly and warlike spirit" (XV.3.18). Another possible meaning for kardakes is "Kurdish" - Xenophon calls the Kurds Kardouchoi, and Lukshu the mercenary Kardaka has been mentioned above; so the kardakes in Achaemenid armies have sometimes been identified as Kurdish mercenary troops.
Bodies of troops called kardakes occur in two fourth-century armies. Autophradates in 367 had 100,000 kardakes and 3,000 slingers "of the same kind" (Nepos, Datames VIII.1). At the battle of Issos, Arrian (II.8) says that Darius III supported his Greek mercenaries with "60,000 Persian hoplites, called kardakes, half on each of their flanks". This is our only specific reference to the kardakes' equipment. But Polybios, discussing the account of Issos given by the contemporary writer Kallisthenes, says (XII.17.7) says that the mercenaries were drawn up with peltasts next to them, in a line reaching to the hills. This is usually taken to imply, in contradiction to Arrian, that the kardakes were peltasts. Most scholars have simply assumed that one author or other is wrong, and J F C Fuller's suggestion (The Generalship of Alexander the Great, 1958) that they must have been peltasts, since otherwise Alexander would not have charged them frontally with cavalry, has been the most influential. As an alternative, I have previously suggested (Head, 1982 [that is, AMPW]) that their equipment might have conformed exactly neither to the Greek idea of a hoplite nor to that of a peltast.
There is no agreement on the size of the Persian army at Issos, nor any really convincing full list of units. Arrian and Plutarch claim 600,000 men; Diodoros 400,000 foot and 100.000 horse; Curtius 250,000. Arrian (II.8) and Curtius (III.9.1-6, and III.2.1-9) give the most detailed breakdowns.
Darius sends 30,000 mounted and 20,000 light infantry across the river to cover his deployment. 30,000 Greek mercenaries opposite the Macedonian infantry, with 60,000 Persian kardakes hoplites half on each of their flanks. These are all the troops the ground will allow. On the hills, to their left, "another division about 20,000 strong, some of which actually worked round to Alexander's rear". Behind the Greeks and kardakes "a great mass of light and heavy infantry" drawn up too deep to be of much use. Darius then recalls the troops across the river, and sends most of them to his right by the sea - "nearly all" the Persian cavalry end up there.
Although the numbers look exaggerated, there is quite a high degree of correspondence between the two accounts - even though Arrian and Curtius did not always use the same sources.
**Other contingents were deployed behind the main line, but neither writer identifies them: they look like good candidates for DBM Hd (O) filler.
- Arrian says that at least 8,000 Greeks survived the battle, so there were probably 10,000 at least to start with, and perhaps not many more.
Frontages give you an important guide: roughly, the Persian right-wing cavalry matched the Greek allied and Thessalian cavalry, while the Greeks and kardakes matched the phalanx - six 2,000-man taxeis (to follow Luke's arguments, rather than the more usually-stated 1,500) plus 2,000 or 3,000 hypaspists, drawn up eight deep. The Persian peltasts to the left of their hoplite-phalanx were probably opposite Alexander's Companions. Their left-wing troops outreached his right.
Therefore, the frontage of the Macedonian phalanx - assuming your OOBs are at the "correct" rules scale of about 1 element per 250 men, reduce accordingly if you're scaling the Macedonians down - would be 28-30 elements (14-15,000 at 250 per element, 2 elements deep).
If you assume that the line of Greeks plus kardakes-hoplites matches the frontage of the Macedonian phalanx then Greeks and kardakes will also have a total frontage of about 30 elements (perhaps 20 Greeks and 10 kardakes), or a total strength of 60 if they were also deployed eight ranks/two elements deep (they may very well have been deeper, 12 and 16 are common 4th-century hoplite depths).
- then you get a total of 40 elements of Greeks and 26 elements of kardakes, giving you - if you assume they're eight ranks, or two elements,deep - a frontage of 28!
I would start the operation from here, but note that if you change any of the assumptions - like assuming that Arrian is correct and there were twice as many kardakes hoplites as Greeks - then your answers will change accordingly.
I would probably limit the Persians to two commands - Darius and Nabarzanes. Note that Curtius speaks of a main division into two, right and left with no mention of a centre, although he does mention two other commanders. Two generals would make Persian command suitably clumsier than the Macedonian. In particular I'm concerned that the far left sub-division under Aristomedes would manage to swamp the outnumbered Macedonian right if it had its own general. If it's part of Darius' command, then in the first few bounds when the rest of the Persians are just standing behind the river, the left may get enough PIPs to work some troops round the Macedonian flank, as happened. But hopefully later, with the main Persian line engaged, they won't get the PIPs to exploit it.
The disadvantage with this is that putting the Persians in two big commands is going to make those commands hard to break.


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We have trouble running the machines at 4k resolution at 60Hz. That is 3840x2160 at 60Hz. We have tried a few hardware solutions such as fit-headless but they will not always be at 60Hz. For example it will run at 30Hz.
Does anyone know how one can have headless machine which runs 4k @ 60Hz? Whether a hardware or software solution? I'm thinking there must be folks doing this, running graphics machines "in the cloud" but I cannot figure out how to do it reliably.


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Some speakers look down on the need of audiences to connect to the speaker via concrete illustrations. But this is a basic form of human communication. In fact, some of the most brilliant speakers in the world have acknowledged that if a speaker cannot express his ideas in concrete illustrations, then that speaker does not have a grasp on those ideas yet.
The use of stories and humor should get started as soon as the talk begins. One of the problems that public speaking encounters have to do with the speed of processing. Science has shown us that the human mind can think at least 10 times faster than it can hear. That means that for 90% of the time you are talking to a group, their minds have time on their hands. If you give them a concrete story to work with, the details of that story give that excess brain power something to do.
By opening with a light-hearted illustration, you capture the minds of your audience quickly. The best kind of opening story is a humorous one particularly if it is an anecdote from your past. This method not only is a wonderful way to get your talk off with an enjoyable story, it connects them to you and opens up the speaker to the audience which causes bonding. When selecting the perfect opening humorous story, use two criteria to select just the right illustration. First, select a story that links to the problem to be solved by the presentation. If the problem is an abstract tone such as spiritual hunger or political theory, that can be tricky. But try to get close with the illustration, at least close enough that you can have a transition ready to take the audience from the story to the concept you wish to discuss first.
So learn the art of telling a good story. Any longtime storyteller will teach us that the heart of a good story in detail. But in a public speaking setting, a story should be brief but easy to understand. If it has humor, that's the best story of them all but above all, it should have personality. And it should help to compel the audience to connect to the talk and understand the ideas you want them to grasp. And if that happens and you have a stronger talk as a result, you will be glad you followed the advice of experts in public speaking to illustrate, illustrate, illustrate.


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KRG official slams PKK for damaging stability in northern Iraq
by DAILY SABAH WITH AA
ISTANBUL Nov 30, 2021 - 9:06 am GMT+3
View from Qaysari bazaar through the arches to the mosque at Irbil's lively main square in this undated file photo. (Getty Images)
by DAILY SABAH WITH AA Nov 30, 2021 9:06 am
PKK exploits out-of-school activities to recruit children
A local official in Iraq's Kurdish-administered northern region said the PKK terrorist group has played a role in inciting protests and has harmed stability in the region.
Speaking to reporters, Dindar Zebari, chairperson of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) International Organization Reports Evaluation Committee, said that PKK played a role in the demonstrations, especially in the city of Sulaymaniyah and in the KRG-administered areas in general.
Stressing that the PKK is trying to divert people's rightful demands into another direction, he added: "In fact, the PKK has become a burden for the stability of the Kurdish region."
Last week university students in the KRG held demonstrations demanding the resumption of the education allowances previously allocated by the government.
The PKK terrorist group has also prevented the implementation of vital service projects in villages under their control, according to the governor of northern Dohuk province.
The PKK has bases across Turkey's southern border in northern Iraq, in the KRG region, where it plots attacks against Turkey.
Turkish officials said that in addition to attacking Turkey, the terrorist PKK also destabilizes and threatens northern Iraq and other countries.
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Egypt is among the top 5 destinations in 2023: Deseret News
Egypt IndependentJanuary 10, 2023
IMAGE: A camel guide waits for customers next to the pyramid of Khafre or "Chefren" at the Giza pyramids plateau in Giza, Egypt December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
The Deseret News website highlighted the top five travel destinations that are expected to be the most popular in 2023, with Egypt amongst them.
The site said that these destinations were chosen as they have new museums that will open or ease travel restrictions, making them fine choices to visit for 2023.
Deseret News highlighted several upcoming tourism activities in Egypt, which it hailed as an "icon" due to its unique array of features such as the the Giza pyramids, which contain the pyramid of Khufu, the only remaining wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in addition to the Grand Egyptian Museum after its opening.
It also mentioned historical Cairo, Alexandria, and a Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan, alongside a number of famous tourist restaurants.
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Deconstructing the Obama and Romney websites gives you insight into how their campaigns think.
Just as they did in 2008, they divide the world into races and ethnicities (1, 2, 6, 7, 9) religions (3, 6 again, 12), ages (15, 20) , life stages (11), gender (19), sexual orientation (8), occupation (4, 10, 16, 18), ability (13), geography (14), and affinity (5, 17).
I am sure there are studies behind this, but this is a really awful way to think about the world. First pigeon-holing identity is wrong. Second, their pigeon-holes are incomplete. I could easily identify as none of these (though I am sure the campaign figures I am 6 based on mailings I have received, I guess they cross-listed against a names-database). I fall under 4, though I think of myself differently than the school-teacher they have in mind, and parents, but again, I could just as easily be childless.
Why are Catholics singled out, but not Athiests, Protestants, Mormons, Eastern Orthodox, Muslims, Hindus, Zoroastrians, or Buddhists? (Alternatively, are Catholics not People of Faith?) Why are Women singled out but not Men? Why are Young Americans and Seniors singled out but not middle aged non-parents? Why small business owners but not laborers or large business investors (like everyone with a pension plan)? Why nurses but not doctors, physicians assistants, lab technicians, or candy-stripers? Why Rural Americans but not Suburbanites or City-Dwellers? And of course, there is the White Elephant sitting in the room.
So despite the 3 times a day emails, I am unmoved by the campaign.
The lists are oddly similar. Environmentalists get replaced with Energy Voters, Nurses with Healthcare Professionals, Rural Americans with Farmers and Ranchers, Small Business Owners with "Romney Voters for Free Enterprise", African Americans with the Black Leadership Council, Latinos with Juntos, <!– Jewish Americans with the Elders of Zion, –> People with Disabilities are replaced by Public Safety Professionals and Lawyers.
The fundamental flaw is the same, and Romney's coalitions seem even smaller than Obama's. Yuck.
I hope to find solace in the issues. At least Obama is still a Civil Libertarian, right? There is no evidence on the website.
The issues page is slightly better than it was a few months ago.
Innovation: No policies appear there, just a goal. Nothing about patent reform or copyright reform? Nothing about open access to scientific research? Further when I click "More on Innovation" I am taken to the economy page, which is about the lack of innovation, reviving the auto industry and manufacturing.
Taxes: Ok, some reforms in that the Bush cuts expire, and spending rises less fast than the baseline. And really, he is only asking the rich to just "pay a little bit more". Really, why are they complaining? It's only a "little bit". BS. It's a lot, nearly $1 trillion in a decade. That's a lot even to Mitt Romney. And it should be a lot.
Nation-Building: This is where he talks about Infrastructure and is the best bit. Americans will be rebuilding "road", not "roads". I.e. his plan is build one road? Yeah, I know, it is a typo. That's what you expect on a blog, not from the POTUS. Clearly, it was put together by interns, and no one read it! He seems to refer to the Infrastructure Bank, I am surprised to see it in the top 5 of his list, but good. Of course, the Bank the administration has proposed gives away money in addition to lending it, and it is not clear how the money is paid back, but I guess something is better than nothing.
I have never understood the Energy Independence mantra running through the US politic for forty years now. Who will buy our stuff if we don't buy theirs? At any rate, we have the good fortune to have lots of new natural gas, so we can burn that now.
More education is good too, but where is the support for vouchers and charter schools? We should have "single payer" education, but not state provision, any more than we have state provision of health care or food. We would be so much better off if we had single payer for both education (less "socialism") and health care (more "socialism").
Nothing on immigration? Smart immigration reform is probably the greatest free lunch for growing the US economy there is. (At least there is something elsewhere on the site (though I have to "jump to another issue") about immigration, but it is not part of the economic blueprint).
Aside from the "Reduce taxes" and "Replace Obamacare" parts of Champion Small Business, it mostly sounds okay and bland, i.e. it could have appeared in some form on the other party's website. Clearly there are some subtle differences, Obama spiked the Keystone pipeline in its proposed form. But really, we all want streamlining, cutting red tape, and eliminating strong-arm tactics. We just disagree as to what constitutes important safeguards and what constitutes increases in regulation tangling job creators in red tape.
For the record. I nevertheless intend to vote for Obama. The objectivist Republican alternative is awful, the big "L" Libertarian alternative is not going to win, and if he won is unprepared to govern.


Palace of Westminster where the UK Parliament meets.
This week in the UK, tech company leaders warned the Members of Parliament who make up the House of Commons Select Education Committee about "knowledge curriculum" saying it will not prepare students for the world of work.
One technology company boss told a hearing today that a knowledge-based approach meant pitting children against computers rather than preparing them with the skills they will need.
At the Commons Education Select Committee hearing, chairman Robert Halfon asked whether the curriculum was preparing pupils for the "Fourth Industrial Revolution".
If you wonder what "knowledge-based" curriculum is, think of it regarding what kids "need to know" as opposed to a "skills-based" curriculum that focuses on what kids need to be able to do.
I'm not against teaching skills, I think there are skills are essential, but you need to have a foundation of knowledge for those skills to be in context. The current trend in education reform is workforce development that focuses heavily on skills. The UK has the same debate that we are having in the U.S. Why emphasize on rote memorization when we can just "Google" information or use a calculator?
Yes, it is true that there will be things we will not have to do for work soon because a computer, AI, or a machine will take that task over. This mindset being discussed in the halls of the UK Parliament this week, however, is a dangerous one. There is knowledge worth having even if we don't utilize it in the world of work.


Option to add baby's measurements (height/weight) as they grow.
Would love to be able to add measurements from doctor check-ups like I can add a photo or story. And be able to filter for these down the road so I can quickly access all measurements and compare children. :) Thanks for this app. Our whole family loves it.
When I signed up my family, my father appeared as "Daddy" as that was his contact name on my phone. Now, there is no way for me to change his name, and he is not my child's father. FURTHERMORE my husband was added to the app using his phone number, and instead of referring to him by his name, it treats him as a 10-digit number.


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Dennison injected their designs with energy and whimsy as sales plummeted during the early 1930s. Today, discerning collectors avidly pursue these diminutive treasures produced in relatively low numbers. This happens to be one of my favorite of Dennison's slide boxes. I lament that this example being offered isn't in better condition. Collectors regularly ask whether it is key to have a slide box complete with its contents. I strive to buy the best I can, so my answer is the more complete the contents and the better the condition the easier the decision to buy becomes.
09/25 Update: Condition is paramount. This only brought $89.


So it turns out audience members from The Voice tapings have been spoiling the results of the Knockout Round. This means the Top 20 spoilers are out. Granted, these are all rumors, at the moment, but they've been gaining traction online. In addition, some of the spoilers have already been proven correct after last night's Knockout Round premiere, with Amy Vachal getting stolen by Adam Levine following her tremendous Knockout Round performance against Madi Davis on Team Pharrell, and Viktor Kiraly getting stolen by Gwen Stefani after his epic battle with Team Adam opponent Jordan Smith.
In my opinion, this is a pretty solid Top 20, if the rumors turn out to be true. Granted, there are some singers I'll miss, like Ellie Lawrence and Blind Joe, but this is one of the first seasons in a while where I don't think the winner is obvious, since each team has at least one potential winner on it.
So what do you think of the Top 20? Who has the winner? Sound off in the comments!
And for more on The Voice, watch each battle from last night's Knockout Round premiere!


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