There was wild jubilation, yesterday, in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, and Ede, the country home of Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, who was declared winner of the September 22, 2018 governorship election in the state by the Election Petition Tribunal.Elated residents converged on Adeleke's residence, dancing and singing praises to God for the turn of events.
In Osogbo, PDP members moved in a convoy, celebrating the party's victory, as the state chapter of the party expressed delight at the victory of its candidate in the election.The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of Mr. Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of the state and declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, as governor.
The Justice Ibrahim Sirajo-led panel ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately withdraw the Certificate of Return earlier issued to Oyetola as winner of the September 2018 governorship election.It, therefore, declared Adeleke winner of the governorship election and as the duly elected governor and ordered INEC to immediately issue him with Certificate of Return.
In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Peter Obiora, the tribunal set aside the rerun election conducted on September 27, last year for being unlawful, saying the poll conducted in the seven polling units is unknown to law, because INEC has no power to conduct it.
The tribunal agreed that PDP and Adeleke have established beyond reasonable doubt that INEC did not comply substantially with the Electoral Act in 17 polling units and consequently, over 2,000 votes credited to APC and Oyetola were deducted from the total votes credited to them by INEC, while over 1,000 votes said to have been scored by the PDP and its candidate were also removed from their total votes.
The majority judgment held that the returning officer, who cancelled the result in the affected units after the announcement, had no power to have done so.Earlier in a ruling on an objection filed against the petition by the APC, Oyetola and INEC, the tribunal held that the objection was misconceived and that the tribunal has jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
The tribunal consequently dismissed the objection.The minority judgment delivered by Justice Sirajo, Chairman of the tribunal, however, held that the petitioners- PDP and Adeleke- failed to prove how the non-compliance of non-recording in the columns of accredited votes and account of ballots in the result sheets substantially affected the final results.
Justice Sirajo further stated that even when non-substantial compliance affects the outcome of the election, the tribunal, by virtue of Section 140(2) of the Electoral Act, does not have the power to subtract the votes affected by the non-compliance from the scores of the candidates and announce a winner.
According to him, the tribunal only has the power to nullify the results of the polling units affected by the non-compliance and order a supplementary poll. He concluded that even if the non-compliance was substantial, the petitioners did not prove it.
Meanwhile, INEC has declined comment on the matter and how the judgment could impact on today's supplementary governorship elections in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Sokoto and Kano states.Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, told The Guardian that the electoral body can only make a comment after receiving and analysing the details of the judgment.
Also, the commission's National Commissioner In Charge of Voter Education, Festus Okoye, who spoke from Bauchi, reiterated that the body would speak on the judgment after due consideration.The state government, in a statement, expressed appreciation over the teeming support of the majority of the people in all things essential for mutual progress, adding: "As it is, the administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola wishes to assure the people that the judgment of the tribunal has been put on appeal.
"This is to further assure all the residents of the state of adequate security of lives and property, as the government of the state is still the only legitimate government having the authority to govern the state."We assure all our people that justice will prevail at last and the law enforcement agencies have been instructed to maintain law and order across the State.
"We, therefore, urge all the residents of the state to go about their lawful duties without any hindrance."On his part, the state Chairman of PDP, Soji Adagunodo, in a statement in Osogbo, said words were not enough for members and indigenes to express themselves in appreciation of God for the victory He had given them at the tribunal, saying it was an act of God. Adagunodo said that he knew from the outset of the party's struggle for the mandate that God Almighty would do justice and had done it and dedicated the victory to God Almighty and the people of the state for their faith in the PDP and Adeleke and the judiciary.
"The judgment shows that the people in the judiciary are calibres of people of impeccable character. They are the last hope of the common man and have proved themselves as such," he added. Adagunodo, however, stated that the party was ready for appeal, if the APC decides to appeal the case, noting: "It's normal. If they decide to appeal the case, we are ready. We are testing the Nigerian judiciary and we are testing the Nigerian democracy.
Meanwhile, some APC members rejected the verdict and vowed to appeal the judgment.The party's Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, Kunle Oyatomi, said in a statement that, "The verdict cannot stand a superior legal scrutiny. Therefore, we will appeal against it."Osogbo was calm and peaceful since the pronouncement by the court.
The runner up to Adeleke during the party's primary, Albert Adeogun, said the court verdict indicated that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man and lauded it for upholding the rule of law.He urged the people to be expectant of good governance that his party would offer to enhance the development of the state.
Similarly, former deputy national chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George, commended the judiciary for declaring Adeleke winner of the election.Speaking in Lagos, yesterday, George said the verdict was a victory for democracy and affirmation of the wishes of Osun State people in the election.
A chieftain of the party and former minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, commended the courage of the judiciary "in righting the wrongs committed against the party during the governorship election."Babatope noted the truth had prevailed at last, saying the APC thought it could run away with the PDP's hard-won victory in the contest.
In the same vein, governor-elect of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, said the judiciary might end up being the beacon of democracy in Nigeria in the foreseeable future.In a release signed on his behalf by Mr. Dotun Oyelade, the governor- elect said the pronouncement of the tribunal would reverberate through history, because the judgment was not only a validation of an obvious plebiscite, but it was also a resistance to jack-knee democracy spreading across the land.
Makinde said Nigerians should brace up for more shocking judicial judgments that would redirect our traumatised nation along the path of free and fair elections, which appear to be alien to contemporary Nigerian leaders.Also, Lagos based lawyer, Chris Okeke, said the judgment signals a bright day for all Nigerians, noting: "Let's not look at it from the narrow lens of party politics; it should be seen from the broader perspective of Nigeria.
"As for its value as precedent, while the decision might seem on the surface to invalidate the run-off elections, which are scheduled to be conducted in some states today, it is important not to lose sight of its context.


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Q: Python/kivy gives me this error that it cant find a specific file in required location. but I have the file in required location. What do I do? Tagging both python and kivy, because I have no idea who is giving the error, I'm new to both, sorry if I bothered you unnecessarily.
error message:
error screenshot
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\zbar_library.py", line 58, in load
     dependencies, libzbar = load_objects(Path(''))
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\zbar_library.py", line 50, in load_objects
     deps = [
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\zbar_library.py", line 51, in <listcomp>
     cdll.LoadLibrary(str(directory.joinpath(dep)))
   File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 452, in LoadLibrary
     return self._dlltype(name)
   File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 374, in __init__
     self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
 FileNotFoundError: Could not find module 'libiconv.dll' (or one of its dependencies). Try using the full path with constructor syntax.

 During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "f:\System Folders\Documents\Proj_QR\Main.py", line 49, in <module>
     QrApp().run()
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\app.py", line 954, in run
     self._run_prepare()
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\app.py", line 923, in _run_prepare
     self.load_kv(filename=self.kv_file)
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\app.py", line 696, in load_kv
     root = Builder.load_file(rfilename)
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\lang\builder.py", line 305, in load_file
     return self.load_string(data, **kwargs)
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\lang\builder.py", line 372, in load_string
     parser = Parser(content=string, filename=fn)
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\lang\parser.py", line 483, in __init__
     self.parse(content)
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\lang\parser.py", line 590, in parse
     self.execute_directives()
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy\lang\parser.py", line 553, in execute_directives
     mod = importlib.__import__(package)
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1129, in __import__
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 992, in _find_and_load_unlocked
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy_garden\zbarcam\__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
     from .zbarcam import ZBarCam  # noqa
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\kivy_garden\zbarcam\zbarcam.py", line 9, in <module>
     from pyzbar import pyzbar
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\pyzbar.py", line 7, in <module>
     from .wrapper import (
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\wrapper.py", line 151, in <module>
     zbar_version = zbar_function(
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\wrapper.py", line 148, in zbar_function
     return prototype((fname, load_libzbar()))
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\wrapper.py", line 127, in load_libzbar
     libzbar, dependencies = zbar_library.load()
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\zbar_library.py", line 60, in load
     dependencies, libzbar = load_objects(Path(__file__).parent)
   File "C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\zbar_library.py", line 54, in load_objects
     libzbar = cdll.LoadLibrary(str(directory.joinpath(fname)))
   File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 452, in LoadLibrary
     return self._dlltype(name)
   File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 374, in __init__
     self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
 FileNotFoundError: Could not find module 'C:\Users\91908\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pyzbar\libzbar-64.dll' (or one of its dependencies). Try using the full path with constructor syntax.

Please note that I do have the required file in the exact same location
please tell me if I'm missing any info, and thank you for your patience

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Q: Conversion from type 'DBNull' to type 'Short' is not valid. .net Imports System.Data.OleDb

Namespace wbdsproject

    Partial Class frmUserPrvMsg
        Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

        Dim topicDb As OleDbConnection
        Dim topicCmd As OleDbCommand
        Dim topicReader As OleDbDataReader
        Dim topicId As Integer
        Dim AuthorName, Username As String

    #Region " Web Form Designer Generated Code "

        'This call is required by the Web Form Designer.
        <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()

        End Sub

        Private Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Init
            'CODEGEN: This method call is required by the Web Form Designer
            'Do not modify it using the code editor.
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

    #End Region

        Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load, Me.Load
            'Put user code to initialize the page here
            Dim uid As Int16
            topicId = Request.QueryString("topicId")
            topicDb = New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=E:\discussion\SampleForum.mdb")
            topicDb.Open()
            If Session("loginuser") = "" Then
                Response.Redirect("frmlogin.aspx")
            End If
            Username = Session("loginuser")
            topicCmd = New OleDbCommand("select uid from tbllog where uname='" & Username & "'", topicDb)
            uid = topicCmd.ExecuteScalar
            topicCmd = New OleDbCommand("Select uname,pMsgDate,pMsgSubject,pMsgDetail from tblprivatemessage, tbllog where tblprivatemessage.pMsgTo=" & uid & " and tbllog.uid=tblprivatemessage.pMsgFrom", topicDb)
            topicReader = topicCmd.ExecuteReader
            DataGrid2.DataSource = topicReader

            DataGrid2.DataBind()
            topicReader.Close()
        End Sub

        Private Sub DataGrid1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

        End Sub

        Private Sub btninbox_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs) Handles btninbox.Click
            Response.Redirect("frmUserPrvMsg.aspx")
        End Sub

        Private Sub btnOutBox_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs) Handles btnOutBox.Click
            Response.Redirect("OutBox.aspx")
        End Sub
   End Class
End Namespace

beginner in .net ,simply i run cant understand unknoen problem.any soutions

A: Your command
select uid from tbllog where uname='UserName'

is returning DBNull.
This topic should be of some help : DBNull check for Execute Scalar


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Greenwich Library takes the stories outdoors
Greenwich Democrats endorse full slate of local candidates
Connecticut's All-America boys water polo players
Debate heats up over air rights with new Greenwich train station
Clay Art Center exhibit explores animals as metaphor for human
Bacon Brothers playing Greenwich benefit for Fairfield County's
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David Rafferty: The pretend American patriot
Sudell defends title at Joe Felder PGA Junior Championship
Greenwich gymnastics team takes fifth at New England
Brunswick's Riera wins State Open skiing title
After championship showing at NECA meet, GHS cheerleaders aiming
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Outdoor bazaar returns to Greenwich Ave.
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https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Huskies-have-worked-all-year-to-get-a-chance-45894.php
Huskies have worked all year to get a chance at redemption
News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)
Published 8:00 pm EDT, Sunday, March 16, 2008
But last year, that streak ended.
The Huskies' 17-14 record wasn't even good enough to get them selected to the NIT, leaving UConn and its head coach in a very unusual position of not making postseason play for the first time since 1987.
That day, though, the Huskies practiced. Why? Because that's what they'd done every other Selection Sunday for 20 years. But that day also was the first day toward getting back to where they wanted to be.
On Sunday, that work was rewarded. The Huskies are back in the Big Dance. UConn was given a No. 4 seed in the West Regional and will play a first-round NCAA tournament game against San Diego in Tampa, Fla., on Friday.
"Getting back was very important to us," Calhoun said. "We've come a long way from where we were last year in a whole bunch of different ways. Now we've got to not talk about how good we're going to play in the NCAA but go out there and do it."
Last year was perhaps one of the worst in Calhoun's career. Yes, the team finished with a winning record, but the Huskies crashed and burned down the stretch, losing 11 of their last 15 games. A.J. Price struggled with inconsistency, as did Jeff Adrien. Center Hasheem Thabeet never found any kind of offensive rhythm.
No one else stepped up.
So, on that Selection Sunday, Calhoun watched all the other teams get their invitations to go dancing and then started planning the Huskies' comeback.
"We said we wanted to get the program back to where's it's been. And I congratulated the kids because it took a lot of work for them to get here," Calhoun said. "And in this case it was a lot of hard work by guys going out and making themselves better players. A.J. Price, Jeff ... certainly Hasheem, a lot of guys. Craig Austrie stepping up during that stretch when we really needed him.
"It's a heck of an accomplishment. Where we were at this time last year, with a 17-14 team. I'm proud of what they've done."
And for Calhoun, seeing "Connecticut" flash up on the television screen once again was vindication, if you will, for all the work he's put in over his 22 years to make this program one of the elite in college basketball.
"I've been waiting one year for this ... I've been waiting for this day because I didn't want to ever be here when we weren't not going to the NCAAs," Calhoun said. "This program and a whole bunch of kids and all the coaches ... we've established something here and the NCAA is where we think we should end up every single year."
But when the Huskies lost Jerome Dyson and Doug Wiggins to suspensions in mid-January and coming off a disappointing loss to Providence, skeptics wondered if UConn would win another game, period.
They did. Ten in a row.
Price took over the leadership of the team and made himself into a first team all-Big East selection. Adrien got back to his warrior ways and also captured first-team all-Big East honors. Thabeet dominated down low, blocking 143 shots and earning the Big East Defensive Player of the Year award. Austrie moved into a starting role and averaged 11.6 points.
Everyone stepped up. And got the Huskies back into the Big Dance.
"We're looking forward to great things happening to us," Calhoun said. "It's exciting. It's a very exciting time of year. There are so many dreams and hopes. There will be upsets, there will teams that you never thought could get beat, get beat. The thrill isn't gone. There's nothing like the NCAA tournament. There's nothing like March Madness."
Especially when UConn is in it.
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Next up were the oval frames on the other wall. My Mom just had these oval beauties laying around her house. I love me some oval frames so I was thrilled. They were perfect for the girls' wall and free! I painted them black first. Then I used delicate white with pink dot fabric as my background for silhouettes of the girls. I used the 'ol print and trace method. I took pictures of the girl's profiles, printed them out the size I needed, traced them onto black paper, and cut them out.
I used the white shelf that had already been in the room under the sisters sign. I have a serious love of Little Golden Books and am lucky enough to have a few from when I was a little girl and sweet friends who give them to me as gifts. I found 3 that were just perfect for the room.
I'll be linking to these parties this week. Check them out for some serious inspiration!
The frame you used for your "sun" -- I have been eying it for weeks now! I want to buy it for my new little niece's room but was waiting for it to go on sale. I want it even more now that I've seen yours!
This was really inspirational to me because it was simple and sweet. I don't do well with rooms that are too busy. Great wall color choice.
It looks so adorable!! I'm loving the details in this room, great job!!
This room gets "cuter" by the post! Love it!
I love the silhouettes and the birds! It is all coming together so beautifully. Two lucky little girls!
Very Sweet! And excellent instructions!
You should come link this up to my Making It With Allie link party!
I just happened upon your blog, and saw this post about your girls' room first...I LOVE it! I have two little girls myself and have been needing some ideas to decorate their walls - your ideas are awesome! I especially love the shelf w/ the Little Golden books - if you haven't seen them yet, definitely look for the ones called "Little Mommy" and "The New Baby". Those ones are so sweet, and they are my 3 1/2 year old's favorites. :) And I think I'm going to try that silhouette project. Thanks for the inspiration!


I was attending a seminar in St. Louis and had begun the first day with a sweet awareness of Jesus' presence. By that evening I was praying, "Lord, why did I lose that sense of Your presence as the day progressed?" I dreaded going back the second day without an inner confidence that I was abiding in Him.
The next morning as I drove to the meeting, I recalled Paul's words, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me" (Galatians 2:20).
The Lord reminded me of some of the less-than-loving thoughts I had had the day before about some of the people who were with me. He would not allow me to have those. He let me know that I was to crucify such thinking on a thought-by-thought basis if I wanted to rest in Him. There would be no dwelling in Him if I allowed critical, proud, or unkind thoughts.
Paul wrote, "We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:5). Dr. Godbey taught that the Greek word for "captive" is a very strong word signifying complete captivity.
Paul recognized how prone our thoughts are to wander off and then be captured by the enemy, so he commands us to go after our thoughts as though we're soldiers in time of war. We're to overtake, capture, and bring them back to the "obedience of Christ" before Satan takes them captive.
Dear Jesus, please help me to conquer any thoughts that displease You.
"May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer" (Psalm 19:14 NLT).
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Category: LG
August 10, 2017 Sam
LG V30 would also feature a 3D Touch screen
Earlier we said that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 could have a 3D Touch screen, just like the iPhone. Well, in addition to the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, it seems that the LG V30 would also feature a 3D Touch screen.
August 9, 2017 Sam
Release date of LG V30: Presentation will take place on August 31
According to the dispatch of the Korean company for journalists, the release date of the LG V30 is determined on August 31. Presentation of the new flagship will be held on the "zero" day of the international exhibition IFA 2017 in Berlin. At the moment the manufacturer is interested in attracting the maximum attention of the press.
Insiders told about multimedia functions of LG V30
LG is positioning the V-series of smartphones as advanced multimedia devices: the V10 supported Hi-Fi audio, and the V20 was able to record high-quality sound when shooting video and received wide-angle cameras. It is expected that soon the company will release LG V30, which will receive one of the best cameras in the market.
Alleged characteristics of the LG G7
We expect that the technical characteristics of LG G7, in contrast to its predecessor, will indeed correspond to the level of flagship smartphones in 2018. And the main feature of the novelty will be a large frameless screen.
LG talked about the screen of the flagship LG V30
As we already know, the additional screen of LG V30 type as a predecessor still does not get. But about the parameters of the main display until recently, there was no data. However, in early August, LG President Juno Cho shared some information on this matter.
First complete picture of the LG V30: Specifications
Leaks has unveiled what would be the first complete picture of the LG V30, a terminal with which the South Korean company hopes to compete with such important smartphones as the Galaxy Note 8, the iPhone 7s-7s Plus and the iPhone 8.
LG V30: Design, specifications and launch leaked
Normally, LG usually launches two flagships every year. In the first half of the year they usually launch a high-end smartphone series G, in the other half aims to cover the largest audience possible with the V-series.
The LG V30 would have a camera of a higher level
The LG V30 will be a high-end smartphone, and will be one of the best mobile phones in the market. The new smartphone would have a high-end camera, which will be one of the best mobile cameras in the market today. In fact, it will be a single camera.
July 31, 2017 Sam
LG V30: World Premier Launch date
The LG V line of the South Korean company has always been characterized by a second screen in the form of a band that has differentiated it from the competition, without achieving good sales but being a special and interesting device.
The price of LG V30 in US according to insiders
According to insiders, the price of LG V30 at the time of the start of sales will be about 700 US dollars for the US market. Thus, the novelty will become one of the most accessible "brand" flagships in the market.


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Nervous' Darrell Issa attacks challenger Doug Applegate→
September 29, 2016 / Jean Braun
Rep. Darrell Issa is launching attacks on Democratic rival Doug Applegate, the latest sign that the Vista Republican has a re-election battle on his hands for the first time since winning office in 2000.
In a conservative vs. liberal contest with little middle ground, Issa is airing a TV ad blasting Applegate for backing tax increases – including a carbon tax that could increase gas costs – and for favoring free "Medicare for All."
A website run by the Issa campaign portrays the retired Marine colonel from San Clemente as "another left-wing extremist California just can't afford."
"I think Issa is nervous," said Jodi Balma, a political scientist at Fullerton College. It's rare, she said, for incumbents to spend money attacking challengers unless the race is close.
Issa won his three-person primary with 50.8 percent of the vote, 5.3 percentage points ahead of Applegate in a district that straddles the Orange County-San Diego County line. The GOP holds an 8.2-point edge in voter registration, an advantage that has shrunk from 10.7 points since the beginning of the year.
The primary results prompted the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to do follow-up polling, which it says showed the candidates deadlocked. The DCCC has added the race to its "Red to Blue" program – 43 targeted contests nationwide in which they will help Democratic challengers.
Issa is best known for his role as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, a post he used to investigate and rigorously criticize the Obama administration.
In an effort to woo moderates, Applegate backers point to Issa's work on the committee and highlight the incumbent's support of Donald Trump, which has included Issa introducing the GOP nominee at a San Diego rally and serving as a Trump delegate at the Republican National Convention.
"Many of Applegate's votes are anti-Issa," Balma said. "They don't know Applegate, so Issa is trying to throw doubt on who he is."
Applegate firmly embraces a progressive agenda that closely mirrors that advocated by Bernie Sanders during his presidential bid.
The carbon tax is intended to reduce greenhouse gases but, according to the Issa campaign, would unnecessarily increase fuel costs at the pump.
"Doug thinks it's time we take climate change seriously," said Applegate campaign manager Robert Dempsey, who worked on Sanders' primary campaign.
Another tax proposal supported by Applegate, dubbed the Robin Hood Tax, would levy a 0.5 percent tax on the sale or transfer of stocks for single filers making more than $50,000 and joint filers making more than $75,000. And he supports increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which the Issa campaign says would cost the country millions of jobs nationwide.
"It would eliminate a lot of entry-level jobs and make it hard for people to get the experience they need to advance their careers and get ahead," said Calvin Moore, an Issa campaign spokesman.
Dempsey dismissed reports that the wage hike would cost jobs, saying the increase is needed to keep pace with food and housing costs.
In a questionnaire from Progressive Democrats of America, which endorsed Sanders and Applegate, Applegate said he supported all 32 bills and resolutions listed as priorities by the group. But Dempsey said the campaign was unconcerned about Applegate being seen as the extremist in the contest.
"Issa has spent 16 years in Congress trying to establish himself as the lead conservative attack dog going after Democrats," Dempsey said. "Now they are desperately trying to position him as a moderate. I think voters will see through that."
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{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE StaticPointers #-}
{-# LANGUAGE QualifiedDo #-}

module Main where

import qualified Control.Distributed.Spark as Spark
import Control.Distributed.Spark.Safe.RDD as RDD
import Control.Distributed.Spark.Safe.Context

import qualified Prelude  as P
import Prelude.Linear as PL hiding ((<>))
import Control.Functor.Linear
import Data.Unrestricted.Linear ()
import qualified System.IO.Linear as LIO

import qualified Foreign.JNI.Types
import Foreign.JNI.Safe
import Foreign.JNI.Types.Safe

import Control.Distributed.Closure
import qualified Data.Text as Text
import Data.Text (Text)

f1 :: Text -> Bool
f1 s = "a" `Text.isInfixOf` s

f2 :: Text -> Bool
f2 s = "b" `Text.isInfixOf` s

main :: IO ()
main = Spark.forwardUnhandledExceptionsToSpark $ do
  withLocalFrame $ Control.Functor.Linear.do
    conf <- newSparkConf "Hello sparkle!"
    conf' <- confSet conf "spark.hadoop.fs.s3a.aws.credentials.provider"
                 "org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.AnonymousAWSCredentialsProvider"
    sc   <- getOrCreateSparkContext conf'
    -- This S3 bucket is located in US East.
    rdd  <- textFile sc "s3a://tweag-sparkle/lorem-ipsum.txt"
    (rdd0, rdd1) <- newLocalRef rdd
    xs   <- RDD.filter (closure (static f1)) rdd0
    ys   <- RDD.filter (closure (static f2)) rdd1
    Ur numAs <- RDD.count xs
    Ur numBs <- RDD.count ys
    LIO.fromSystemIOU $
      P.putStrLn $ show numAs ++ " lines with a, "
                ++ show numBs ++ " lines with b."

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Spelling Bee Español
By Melissa Orff Staff Reporter · July 02, 2013
Sixth Grade Miscoe Hill student Kealani Peters spells a word in Spanish before a panel of judges at the Second Annual Miscoe Spanish Spelling Bee.
How do you spell "lunch?" If you are one of 22 students in the final rounds of the 2nd annual Miscoe Hill School Spanish Spelling Bee you would spell it a-l-m-u-e-r-z-o, which sounds like "a, ele, eme, u, e, erre, zeta, o."
Almuerzo was the final word of the 14-round Spelling Bee that 8th grade student Hanna Koizumi had to spell before taking first place in this year's Spanish Spelling Bee.
In early June, students in the Spanish Immersion program from grades 5 through 8 competed in their classrooms to see who would become a finalist in the spelling bee. The finalists all competed on stage on June 13 in front of their classmates and a panel of judges including Spanish Teachers Andrea Miralles, Alyssa Crawford, Meagan DaSilva, and Marcela Villarroel.
Finalists' classmates and family members were welcomed and informed of the spelling bee rules in both Spanish and English by students in Miscoe's Spanish Immersion Program before the event started. After a practice round, students were given words chosen from Spanish textbooks by the judges. If a student did not spell a word correctly, the judges would "buzz" their answer and give them the correct spelling, but they were eliminated from the competition. All of the students received a certificate for being a finalist in their grade level, and Hanna, was given a certificate and a trophy for her first-place win.
Fifth-grade Spanish teacher Andrea Miralles said that the Spanish Spelling Bee is a "perfect" opportunity for the teachers to help their students with their spelling of Spanish words. "The kids get so interested in spelling during the spelling bee competitions. They were very excited to compete. They now think that grammar is 'fun'" she said. Fifth grade Spanish teacher Alyssa Crawford said that this event has the added benefit of bringing the students and teachers in the Spanish Immersion program at each grade level together. "This is a venue where the teachers and students can collaborate; it is a great way for us to bring all four grades together," she said.
Two sixth grade students received second and third place awards at this year's spelling bee; Abigail Basile came in second place, and Jackson Desroches came in third place. Other students who competed in the finals are as follows: Fifth grade: Hanna Giglio, Jenny Capalucci, Megan O'Donovan, Paxton Dichele, Ethan Lynch, Calvin Todd, Kacy Morford; Sixth grade: Emily Overholt, Abigail Basile, Robert Gateli, Jackson Desroches, Trinity Bauer; Seventh grade: Kealani Peters, Caroline Abate, Juliet Allegrezza, Nichole Leveille, Max Morrill; Eighth grade: Bailey Vogt, Hanna Koizumi, Isabelle Todd, Katie Briggs, Gillian Fitzgerald.


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More than two years ago, Lawrence Township Schools learned some of its water fixtures had lead levels as high as 182 times the federal bar for requiring intervention. The fixtures were replaced, but parents are only now learning about their children's potential exposure to such high levels of lead.
Fourteen of the township's schools are among 161 across Marion County that were found to have high levels of lead during voluntary testing in 2016-17. While all the fixtures have been fixed and the water sources retested and deemed safe, officials' delay in informing parents means children likely weren't immediately tested for high lead levels in their blood, a condition that can cause cognitive and developmental problems.
Local health officials still have not officially released the amount of lead found in specific fixtures, schools, or buildings — the Marion County Public Health Department's report in January 2019 only included the number of elevated samples in each school, saying they were all corrected. And some districts also have not released specific information about which schools were affected, leaving parents unclear whether their child needs to be tested, years after they may have been exposed.
How much lead was found in schools' water was revealed to the public for the first time on Sunday in an internal county health department report obtained and published by IndyStar. The report, dated May 2018, showed that Lawrence Township, Warren Township, and private schools had some of the highest levels recorded in the area.
Indiana University professor Janet McCabe said it is important to test children who are in high-risk areas for lead exposure, especially if they are younger than 6 years old — when the developing brain is particularly susceptible to the neurotoxin. Any amount of lead in the body is detrimental, she said.
"If there was a result in my child's school that a water source that my child had access to had high levels of lead, I would want to know that, as a parent, and have the opportunity to have my child tested," said McCabe, who runs the university's Environmental Resilience Institute.
Awareness of lead in school drinking water has grown since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Schools across the country have started taking corrective action, despite there being no federal mandate. Fifteen states and Washington, D.C. have passed policies on lead testing for school drinking water. Nine, including Illinois and Tennessee, mandate testing for schools.
Indiana does not mandate regular lead testing of school drinking water. Some districts do regularly test their water sources even without a mandate, but it's difficult to tell how many or how frequently because they aren't required to report the results to the public. The scattered reporting also makes it difficult to assess how prevalent of an issue lead is in Indiana's drinking water.
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends taking action when lead levels in drinking water reach 15 parts per billion. Lawrence Township's levels ranged between 20 and 2,743 parts per billion, according to the newly released report. The report does not specify at which schools the samples were found.
Lawrence Township sent a letter to parents Monday addressing the newly released report, saying all of the district's fixtures now meet federal standards. But the letter didn't specify which schools were affected.
"We did not send out a formal district communication until today," district spokeswoman Dana Altemeyer said Monday. "But when the district found out that they had these 28 fixtures that were in question, they were immediately replaced."
After hearing about the potential lead exposure from Chalkbeat for the first time on Monday, Lawrence parent Chris Gunn said he was glad the problem is fixed, but that he would have liked to know about it sooner.
"Being informed during that period there was an issue would probably be the right thing to do," he said. "If there was anything that was dangerous during that time period, it would be good to be able to understand."
Warren Township Schools reported the highest lead concentration among public districts in the area, according to the internal report. The district had more than 50 concerning samples, which ranged from 20 to 5,117 parts per billion.
Warren Township spokesman Dennis Jarrett did not respond to questions from Chalkbeat about whether families were informed about lead in their schools.
After receiving the initial results from the health department, the district replaced 56 faucets and fixtures, Jarrett said in an email statement Monday night.
"The health and safety of our students and staff is our number one priority," the district said in a statement. "We are continuing to monitor this situation and will be conducting routine water sample testing each spring."
Some private schools also saw high levels of lead in the water, with results ranging from 20 to 8,630 parts per billion. Concerning levels were found in more than 40 samples across 13 schools, but the report does not identify the tested schools or their levels.
The samples with high levels of lead may have come from a fountain or faucet that hadn't been used in years, said Marion County Department of Health spokesman Curt Brantingham. Lead may have built up over time and wasn't flushed before the water was tested. But he couldn't say definitively that's what happened at these schools.
The May 2018 report published by IndyStar was a rough draft and was not intended for publication, Brantingham said on Monday. The fixture-specific data was shared directly with school districts, he said, and the department left it up to administrators to decide whether to share the results with parents.
In 2017, the health department also tested the blood of about 10% of children in the county between the ages of 0 and 5. Of the children tested, 2.8% had elevated levels of lead in their blood — which fell below the national average of 4%. Dust and lead paint are other common causes of lead exposure.
Last year, two of Indianapolis' largest school districts — Indianapolis Public Schools and Pike Township Schools — and mayor-authorized charter schools offered free lead screening for kindergartners and first-graders.
State lawmakers filed three bills this year that attempt to address exposure to lead through drinking water. Two would require testing in Lake County, where contamination from a lead plant has raised concerns. One bill, authored by Sen. Jean Breaux, D-Indianapolis, would require students statewide to be tested for lead in their blood when they enroll in school.
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A moderate American Dream
Erin Shang | Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Several decades ago, a stout man stood on the steps of Lincoln Memorial, in midst of a group of priests and facing a large crowd of dreamers. His determined and inspiring voice reckoned, "I have a dream, one that's deeply rooted in the American dream … "
Several decades later, a tall, white male sits facing cameras and reporters, recognizable by his iconic blonde hair. He puts on the politician's smile and says, "King's dream is our dream. It is the American Dream."
That classic phrase "the American Dream" traversed through time, witnessed the downfall of the notion of a "trustworthy" government, leaped into the 21st century, reignited hope by a war against terrorism and now still sets off ripples of excitement within most people on this land. Over decades, it was washed over by waves of political turmoil, but it seems to still be there, though it felt somehow unreal when Trump said it.
I've never had personal encounters with the American Dream myself, yet there are quite a few stories that intertwined with mine.
He's a student at Columbia University, and we met last summer in New York City. Summers in New York can sometimes get a bit hot and damp, so we were sitting in an ice cream shop. We just finished a touristy visit to MOMA, but were still in the discussion about a painting that was themed the American Dream. So he started telling me his family's story.
"Well, I still believe in it," he said, "because frankly, my family is living it."
It was in the 1970s. China was in a economic quagmire and was politically paralyzed. The alternative form of "cannibalism" inflicted on people by the government drove many people hysterical. His parents were among the few that were able to escape the regime and were offered political asylum by the United States.
"America took them in, when they were in their most devastated state. It wasn't that their hopes were shattered, but they just didn't dare to dream anymore," he said, and though he had never personally experienced it, the shadow of political persecution still seemed to brood over him.
Yet he was still full of hope. He said that he and his family were the survivors showcasing the victory against suppression and despair. "That's why I still believe in the American Dream."
I've heard lots of similar stories from friends whose families immigrated to the United States in the past. The stories are similar, in a way that they are all full of hope, and are all woven together into "American Dream".
In fact, for many foreigners like myself, after filters imposed by the internet firewalls and political correctness, "American Dream" is exactly the national ethos of the United States. Under the flashing Hollywood spotlights and driven by the engines of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, America is the land where all dreams could come true, and everyone could have a right to pursue happiness. The American Dream seemed distant, but special, and everyone can be a part of it.
I think we all hoped that every story could be like this one, inspiring and touching. However, this is simply not the truth, as there is always another side of the same coin.
The new immigration policies following the new presidency in November 2016 tilted the balance. Around the same day I had this discussion about the American Dream with my friend, I saw a post from a girl who was rejected of her H1B work visa application, and was updating her contacts of her most recent status.
"I know this would happen. It's a lottery process after all," she wrote. "It still felt weird when my immigration document was stamped on a label that reads 'Permanent Departure'."
It was more than nostalgia she felt when she realized that the stamp on her document marked the official end of the eight years she spent in the United States. It was a farewell to her high school and college friends, her memories, her teenage years — on a permanent basis.
She wrote, "It's like waking up from a dream."
Unfortunately, her story is quite reflective of the "American Dream" in the 21st century. The executive order in January of last year halting all refugee admissions and travels from seven Muslim-majority countries seemed to have signaled everything that followed. A friend from Iran was no longer able to travel back to see his family, since he could be denied of admission when he travelled back. H1B policy became stricter than ever. The renunciation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) further brought many people to question: Does the American Dream still exist?
But I'm not here to simply conclude in condemning the superficiality of idealism or commenting on immigration policies with frivolous wrath. Before I give my answer to the question, I hope to first further elaborate on the second story.
The to-be-continued part of that story is actually pretty sweet. She was relocated by her firm to another country, met her Mr. Right and is living a happy life. Her American dream gradually became an obscure miniature of her early years spent in the States. It's like an orbuculum that embodied all of her past — her struggles, her joy, her fear, her excitement, and through which she could see her younger self transitioning into who she has become today. The American Dream shaped her.
And she added something to it too. Through the course of history she became a part of the American Dream as well, like the Earth in the Milky Way — small and insignificant, but still, important and irreplaceable. For her, and for many others, the American Dream is no longer the end goal itself, but a means to another ultimate goal, a phase in her life, or a courier station, from which she sets off.
Back in the beginning of 20th century, an Italian person came to the United States and went through immigration at Ellis Island. The person said "I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold."
Are the streets paved with gold? No.
Are the streets still unpaved at all? Mostly, no.
With a more globalized world and the fast paced development of global economy, it is quite inevitable that the streets in the United States have already been paved, and they don't need more workers to pave them anymore. However, going back to my earlier question of whether the American Dream still exists, I think yes, it still does. It just became more moderate as compared to its earlier state. The paved paths in fact enable us to walk on them more fearlessly into the future, to continue living, and to conquer something greater than ever.
And this is exactly the moderate American Dream.
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Top Hat's OER Announcement: Doubling down on faculty engagement
By Phil Hill. Posted on May 20, 2018
Several months ago I wrote a post looking at the Top Hat's push into digital curricular materials through their Textbook product and Marketplace for digital course content. Leading up to that post, I had been planning to cover the Open Educational Resources (OER) angle, as the Marketplace included a number of openly-licensed material, much of it from OpenStax, and Top Hat had already begun marketing itself as an OER provider. At the time, the OER strategy seemed a work in progress. In fact, I found that some of my questions for company staff about OER basics – the role of Creative Commons licenses, community dynamics exhibited at the OpenEd conference, etc – led to a lack of answers, and at the time there was no export capability to get OER out of the platform.
To Fee or Not to Fee
The situation has changed since January, and with last month's announcement of Top Hat's Open Content Initiative the company is taking a stand on whether it is appropriate to charge for platform access. The idea of hosting and modifying OER on a fee-based platform became a big topic last year. Lumen Learning pioneered the Red Hat type model in 2014, and last year there was a big movement with Cengage, Knewton, OpenStax, Macmillan, and Top Hat all offering OER within their platforms. In many cases, the OER content itself has been redesigned from traditional textbook-in-PDF format to learning objective-driven content with aligned assessments.1
Top Hat has now removed the student platform fees and added an export-to-epub feature. As evidenced in a company blog post by CEO Mike Silagadze, they are not shy about it either.
At Top Hat, we've been working on making education more effective and affordable since 2009. Now, we're happy to make a move that delivers on both fronts. Beginning April 12, with the launch of our Open Content Initiative, we're offering completely free access to thousands of textbooks and other Open Educational Resources (OER)—freely accessible and openly licensed learning materials—on the Top Hat Marketplace.
It's about time. Students have been forced to weigh the pros and cons of emptying their wallets and draining their financial aid to buy textbooks for far too long. [snip] Just as bad, digital publishing platforms and e-readers have been charging a toll to students—disguised as a platform fee—to access free, openly licensed OER.
I asked Silagadze about a point I noted when describing Cengage's OpenNow product:
For each course [VP of Content Strategy] Constantini estimates that the modifications take $50k – $100k of internal work, including verifying of licenses for embedded elements. I would note a certain irony here in that OpenStax produces more-or-less traditional digital textbooks requiring publishers or OER services companies like Lumen to break apart and realign to competencies or outcomes.
Silagadze brushed off this description and stated that the modifications made by other providers were far smaller and easier to make than is being claimed. We now have a third variation in the OER market, with the provision of wrap-around platform and a clear argument that these platforms not only will be free on Top Hat, but that they should be free as a matter of principle.
Free content, not dependent on specific platform
Free and modified content, available on a paid platform, content available for export
Free and lightly modified content, available on a free platform, content available for export
While this is a marketing position by one of the competitors in a new field, this move by Top Hat is a further sign of the OER movement breaking into different branches. From our perspective, the fractures in the OER community have been widening for the past several years, but to a degree this is a sign of success. Openly-licensed content usage is becoming more and more common in education, and even traditional publishers mostly accept the value of OER.
Faculty Engagement
Perhaps more significantly, at least in terms of understanding Top Hat as a company, is that the OER initiative doubles down on their bet on faculty engagement. A well-known issue with OER (and even with non-open content) is that few faculty end up taking advantage when given the ability to modify the course materials in any significant manner. In theory many people talk about open pedagogy in terms of faculty modification and collaboration on content, but in practice this rarely happens. Top Hat's view is that the barrier has been flat content and cumbersome platforms, as best described in an eLearning Inside interview.
"We think the promise of OER has fallen down," said Nina Bilimoria Angelo, VP of product and customer marketing at Top Hat. The Toronto-based company has created a platform to house, customize, and share OER and other educational resources. It has been used by over 2.8 million students to date.
"The promise was there's a community that continues to build on open materials," Angelo said. "But when those materials are trapped behind static PDFs, and then people are making changes to it on their own without a mechanism to share it back, that's where things fall flat. We really wanted to create a system where things can be improved in real time, not over a 3 or 4 year cycle like with traditional publishers."
"Discoverability is a challenge with OER," Angelo said. "Quality can be perceived as uneven which is probably why OER adoption has stalled at the 5-10% level for instructors. There's a lot of skepticism amongst higher educators. We're trying to make sure all the high quality material is available in the Marketplace. Once it's adopted, it's really customizable. But then those customizations – this is the magic – those customizations can be shared back with the author and the team so that they can improve upon what they've created."
This is the best way to interpret Top Hat's OER move, in my opinion, and you can see more details in my January post about the Marketplace to better understand the customization and sharing capabilities of the platform.
According to an internal Top Hat survey of users, 89% of adopters make changes to digital textbooks that they adopt, with 22% reporting "lots of customization". If this internal data is representative, there may be some indicators that faculty can be more involved in modifying and sharing content. Top Hat is betting on faculty engaging with content, modifying it, sharing it, updating it. And they are betting that this model will drive faculty adoption decisions.
There are a lot of unknowns about faculty adoption and modification of OER content through the Top Hat Open Content Initiative, but it is clear that the company is positioning itself differently than other providers. The transformation of digital curricular materials continues.
Disclosure: Lumen is a client of MindWires, and I recently gave a paid keynote at a Top Hat user's conference. [↩]
Tags:digital textbooks, OER, Pearson, Active learning, Top Hat, Marketplace
Andrew McCanb says
Maybe the Cengage estimate of $50-$100k could coexist with Tophat's much lower number; Tophat's cost structure hopefully is much lower than a traditional publisher. The "efficacy" overhead (attempts to prove value) alone must be 10% of gross revenues at certain companies…which I don't see Tophat chasing.
Phil Hill says
FYI – a comment has been removed at the commenter's request.
skipp says
Thanks for this detailed update and review. It does still strike me as strange that the platform's called a "Marketplace"; on one hand, it is a platform for Top Hat to sell a portion of its content, but on the other, faculty aren't poised to gain anything from their contributions and modifications to content (unless I missed something). Not unlike how traditional academic journals have survived off and relied on free labor from faculty. If the ability to modify and quickly re-publish derivative (or original) works is as magical and potent as Top Hat described, will they move into finding a mechanism to compensate and encourage this from faculty?
skipp, good point in general. Faculty do get paid for non-OER content.


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Featuring Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jose Llana, Jesse Tyler Ferguson & 7 more
Album 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
The Last Goodbye Lyrics
[MALE COMPANY]
Goodbye, goodbye
[FEMALE COMPANY]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
[ALL, spoken]
Bye! See you later!, etc
"The Last Goodbye" Track Info
Written By Rachel Sheinkin & William Finn
Release Date May 31, 2005
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25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2. The Spelling Rules/My Favorite Moment of the Bee 1
3. My Friend, the Dictionary
4. The First Goodbye
5. Pandemonium
6. I'm Not That Smart
7. The Second Goodbye
8. Magic Foot
9. Pandemonium (Reprise)/My Favorite Moment of the Bee 2
10. Why We Like Spelling
11. Prayer of the Comfort Counselor
12. My Unfortunate Erection (Chip's Lament)
13. Woe is Me
14. I'm Not That Smart (Reprise)
15. I Speak Six Languages
16. The I Love You Song
17. Woe is Me (Reprise)
18. My Favourite Moment of the Bee 3/Second
19. Finale
20. The Last Goodbye


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A Rolls-Royce with a bespoke numberplate and a plethora of custom bells and whistles is coming to auction later this month. The burgundy 'Silver Wraith II' model was made for the Queen's sister Princess Margaret - who owned the vehicle from 1980 until her death in 2002, with its last known journey thought to be conveying members of the royal family to her funeral.
When Margaret was ordering the car, she used the pseudonym 'Mr Edgar' to protect her identity. As befits a Princess, there are some stylish modifications, right down to her fabric choices; green cloth upholstery throughout with a contrasting black Nuella leather, low-mounted seats so to prevent HRH's legs from swinging, as well as enlarged vanity mirrors so that she could check her appearance, and of course a switch in the glovebox for the roof-mounted police escort light.
The car is being sold by H&H Classics and has an estimate of £50,000 - £60,000, which is relatively low for a Rolls Royce with a glittering history.
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Altman Z Score is one of the simplest fundamental models to determine how likely your company is to fail. The module uses available fundamental data of a given equity to approximate the Altman Z score. Altman Z Score is determined by evaluating five fundamental price points available from the company's current public disclosure documents. Continue to Canadian Utilities Piotroski F Score and Canadian Utilities Valuation analysis.
Canadian Z Score Analysis
Canadian Utilities' Z-Score is a simple linear, multi-factor model that measures the financial health and economic stability of a company. The score is used to predict the probability of a firm going into bankruptcy within next 24 months or two fiscal years from the day stated on the accounting statements used to calculate it. The model uses five fundamental business ratios that are weighted according to algorithm of Professor Edward Altman who developed it in the late 1960s at New York University..
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To calculate Z-Score one would need to know current working capital of the company, its total assets, and liabilities, amount of latest retained earnings as well as earnings before interest and tax. Z-Score can be used to compare the odds of bankruptcy of companies in a similar line of business or firms operating in the same industry. Companies with Z-Scores above 3.1 are generally considered to be stable and healthy with a low probability of bankruptcy. Scores that fall between 1.8 and 3.1 lie in a so-called 'grey area' with scores of less than 1, indicating the high probability of distress. Z Score is used widely by financial auditors, accountants, money managers, loan processers, wealth advisers, as well as day traders. In the last 25 years, many financial models that utilize z score has been proved to be successful as a predictor of corporate bankruptcy.
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In accordance with the company's disclosures, Canadian Utilities has a Z Score of 0.0. This is 100.0% lower than that of the Utilities sector and about the same as Utilities—Diversified (which currently averages 0.0) industry. The z score for all United States stocks is 100.0% higher than that of the company.
Canadian Z Score Peer Comparison
Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Canadian Utilities' direct or indirect competition against its Z Score to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the otc stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Canadian Utilities could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Canadian Utilities by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
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Canadian Fundamentals
Return On Equity 4.90 %
Operating Margin 24.94 %
Current Valuation 18.17 B
Shares Outstanding 72.76 M
Shares Owned by Insiders 91.54 %
Shares Owned by Institutions 1.10 %
Revenue 3.37 B
Net Income 255 M
Cash and Equivalents 583 M
Cash per Share 2.17 X
Total Debt 9.53 B
Number of Employees 4.47 K
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The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Canadian Utilities's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Canadian Utilities using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Canadian Utilities based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Canadian Utilities Limited and its subsidiaries engage in the electricity, natural gas, and retail energy businesses worldwide. It operates through Utilities, Energy Infrastructure, and Corporate Other segments. The Utilities segment provides regulated electricity transmission and distribution services in northern and central east Alberta, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories and integrated natural gas transmission and distribution services in Alberta, the Lloydminster area of Saskatchewan, and Western Australia. It owns and operates approximately 9,000 kilometers of natural gas pipelines, 16 compressor sites, approximately 3,700 receipt and delivery points, and a salt cavern storage peaking facility located near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta in Canada. The Energy Infrastructure segment provides electricity generation, natural gas storage, industrial water, and related infrastructure development solutions in Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Australia, Mexico, and Chile. The Corporate Other segment retails electricity and natural gas business in Alberta. The company was incorporated in 1927 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Canadian Utilities Limited is a subsidiary of ATCO Ltd.
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The influence of Canadian Utilities' investor sentiment on the probability of its price appreciation or decline could be a good factor in your decision-making process regarding taking a position in Canadian. The overall investor sentiment generally increases the direction of a stock movement in a one-year investment horizon. However, the impact of investor sentiment on the entire stock markets does not have a solid backing from leading economists and market statisticians.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards Canadian Utilities in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, Canadian Utilities' short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from Canadian Utilities options trading.
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One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Canadian Utilities position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Canadian Utilities will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.
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Continue to Canadian Utilities Piotroski F Score and Canadian Utilities Valuation analysis. Note that the Canadian Utilities information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other Canadian Utilities' statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try My Watchlist Analysis module to analyze my current watchlist and to refresh optimization strategy. Macroaxis watchlist is based on self-learning algorithm to remember stocks you like.
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The market value of Canadian Utilities is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Canadian that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Canadian Utilities' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Canadian Utilities' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Canadian Utilities' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Canadian Utilities' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Canadian Utilities' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine Canadian Utilities value by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Canadian Utilities' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.


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Synthesis and characterization of a decacobalt carbonyl cluster with two semi-interstitial phosphorus atoms
Chang Seop Hong, Louise A. Berben, Jeffrey R. Long
The synthesis and characteristic properties of decacobalt carbonyl cluster, containing two partially-encapsulated phosphorus atoms, were analyzed. The [Co10P2(CO)23H]2- cluster exhibits a core structure in which each of the two phosphorus centers is coordinated by seven cobalt atoms, four of which comprise an intervening square. The semi-interstitial nature of phosphorus centers suggests the possibility of adding four more cobalt atoms to generate a peanut-like cluster, in which two monocapped square antiprisms are fused through a square face. The results show that greater cobalt cluster nuclearities can be achieved, leading to higher-spin molecules.
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Hong, C. S., Berben, L. A., & Long, J. R. (2003). Synthesis and characterization of a decacobalt carbonyl cluster with two semi-interstitial phosphorus atoms. Dalton Transactions, 11, 2119-2120. https://doi.org/10.1039/b302383d
Synthesis and characterization of a decacobalt carbonyl cluster with two semi-interstitial phosphorus atoms. / Hong, Chang Seop; Berben, Louise A.; Long, Jeffrey R.
In: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 11, 07.07.2003, p. 2119-2120.
Hong, CS, Berben, LA & Long, JR 2003, 'Synthesis and characterization of a decacobalt carbonyl cluster with two semi-interstitial phosphorus atoms', Dalton Transactions, vol. 11, pp. 2119-2120. https://doi.org/10.1039/b302383d
Hong CS, Berben LA, Long JR. Synthesis and characterization of a decacobalt carbonyl cluster with two semi-interstitial phosphorus atoms. Dalton Transactions. 2003 Jul 7;11:2119-2120. doi: 10.1039/b302383d
Hong, Chang Seop ; Berben, Louise A. ; Long, Jeffrey R. / Synthesis and characterization of a decacobalt carbonyl cluster with two semi-interstitial phosphorus atoms. In: Dalton Transactions. 2003 ; Vol. 11. pp. 2119-2120.
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Huge congregations view racial inequality differently than others do, study shows
by Baylor University
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Congregation size has an impact on how people view the reasons for racial inequality in America, according to a new study by researchers at Baylor University and the University of Southern California.
Those who attend very large congregations do not tend to attribute social divisions between blacks and whites to discrimination, but to something other than structural failings in society, said Ryon J. Cobb, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in USC's Davis School of Gerontology.
"Very large congregations" are defined as congregations with more than 2,000 average weekly attendees.
"Size of the congregation matters above and beyond demographic background, religious traditions and political beliefs," he said. "It's not just that you attend or that you pray, but where you go."
Cobb and Baylor University sociologists Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., and Jerry Z. Park, Ph.D., and doctoral candidate Samuel Perry of the University of Chicago's sociology department, co-authored "Congregational Size and Attitudes toward Racial Inequality among Church Attendees in America," published in the journal Religions.
The research links information from the General Social Survey, a national random sample of American adults, with information from the National Congregations Study, a nationally representative sample of American congregations. Findings are based upon more than 1,700 individuals and their places of worship.
Cobb noted that over the past four decades, the percentage of people attending larger congregations has increased, and researchers wanted to examine the role of congregational size in shaping attitudes about racial inequality. Previous research has shown that various aspects of Americans' religious lives shape Americans' understanding of socioeconomic divisions between blacks and whites in America.
"Large congregations are more likely than smaller congregations to attract members of multiple races," said Dougherty, an associate professor of sociology in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences. "Our research suggests that bigger congregations do little to challenge prevailing views on racial inequality. The larger the congregation, the less likely a congregant is to accept discrimination for the economic gap between blacks and whites. It's hard to solve a social problem when people disagree about its source."
In previous studies, racial background and political party identification were the primary drivers of racial attitudes and awareness of racism, said Park, an associate professor of sociology at Baylor.
"African-Americans and self-identified Democrats tend to agree that lack of quality education and systemic discrimination explain the socioeconomic gap between blacks and whites," Park said. "When we account for congregation size, racial identity and political persuasion still remain strong predictors of one's beliefs about inequality. This suggests that the context of worship matters less since African-American believers in large congregations are more aware of systemic racism than their white counterparts in those same congregations."
Further research is needed to explore the reasons behind why those in larger congregations view racial inequality differently, Cobb said.
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The UK government recently tightened restrictions in the United Kingdom over Christmas, in an emergency move that eliminated previous plans to lift restrictions over the holidays. This was apparently due to a new variant of the coronavirus that may be spreading at a faster rate than other mutations of the virus. According to the BBC, 'It was first detected in September. In November around a quarter of cases in London were the new variant. This reached nearly two-thirds of cases in mid-December.'
On the new UK variant, New Scientist reported: 'B.1.1.7, as it's known, has 17 mutations compared with the original SARS-CoV-2 virus first discovered in Wuhan, China, including eight that may change the shape of the outer spike protein. Many of these mutations have been found before, but to have so many in a single virus is unusual. It was first sequenced in the UK on 20 September, but only caught the attention of scientists on 8 December, when they were looking for reasons for the rapid growth of cases in southeast England. On 14 December, the UK's health minister, Matt Hancock, told parliament that a new variant that seems to spread faster had been identified.'
All viruses mutate over time, so the mutation of the coronavirus was expected and is being monitored. Dr Julian Tang, Clinical Virologist at the University of Leicester, told iNews, "This is quite normal for viruses – like influenza – where different viruses may infect the same person, leading to a hybrid virus emerging. This is just one of the ways that natural viral variation arises, new viruses will adapt to a new host over time – with decreasing mortality, and possibly increasing transmissibility." The virus that was detected in Wuhan China, will not match the virus in different areas across the world. D614G mutation emerged in Europe in February and became the dominant form of the virus, A222V strain was thought to have developed from summer holidays in Spain.
Published on virological.org, an initial analysis of the B.1.1.7 strain of the virus has revealed 17 alterations to the virus that could be potentially important. This includes changes to the spike protein, which allows the virus to more easily infect our bodies cells. The report summarized that 'The B.1.1.7 lineage accounts for an increasing proportion of cases in parts of England. The number of B.1.1.7 cases, and the number of regions reporting B.1.1.7 infections, are growing.B.1.1.7 has an unusually large number of genetic changes, particularly in the spike protein.' Concluding that 'the rapid growth of this lineage indicates the need for enhanced genomic and epidemiological surveillance worldwide and laboratory investigations of antigenicity and infectivity.'
According to the UK government, and various sources, so far there is no evidence that this variant causes more a more serious disease or leads to a higher death rate, but this is still under investigation. Further investigation is also apparently being undertaken to confirm whether the recently approved Pfizer vaccination will protect against this variant, there is currently no evidence to the contrary. Evidence has so far shown that infection rates in the areas where this variant has spread have risen faster than expected, suggesting it has a higher transmission rate but this is still to be confirmed. Some evidence has estimated that it could be 50-70% percent more transmissible, but this has yet to be confirmed. According to the BBC, the reasons why this virus strain is attracting attention are: 'It is rapidly replacing other versions of the virus; It has mutations that affect part of the virus likely to be important; Some of those mutations have already been shown in the lab to increase the ability of the virus to infect cells.'
Other theories posit that the variant could now transmit more easily to children who were previously less susceptible. There is not yet a reason to believe that children could become more easily ill with the virus, but instead that they would act as carriers, helping to better spread the virus. This however, is again not confirmed and is under investigation.
The rapid spread and uncertainty surrounding the variant's severity has caused the UK government to introduce a 'fourth tier' in the current UK 'tiered system' in order to reduce spread and further safeguard the public as further investigations are undertaken. The UK's tiered approach basically applies different restrictions in correlation an area's outbreak severity. Areas such as London and parts of South East England have been put under 'tier four' which means tighter restrictions, closing many businesses and issuing 'stay at home' messages, with some exemptions. Some countries have banned flights into the UK for a period until further investigation can be done.
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Toni Campbell is a Contributing Editor at The National Digest based in the United Kingdom. You can reach her at inquiries@thenationaldigest.com.
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