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Apple Changes CEO, But Layoffs Possible
By Therese Poletti
Feb. 06 1996 00:00
SAN FRANCISCO -- For the third time in its 20-year history, Apple Computer Inc. ousted a chief executive officer when it replaced embattled CEO Michael Spindler with former National Semiconductor Corp. head Gilbert Amelio.
On Friday, the troubled computer maker confirmed that its board had decided to replace Spindler with the former chairman of National Semi.
Amelio now faces one of the toughest turnaround situations of his career -- taking on one of Silicon Valley's most beloved companies, one that pioneered the personal computer industry but remained so closeted in its own world and unique culture that it refused to see market realities.
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple is now awash in red ink and eroding market share amid an exodus of executives. It reported a first-quarter loss during the holiday season, as pricing pressures in the PC industry were fiercer than anticipated and demand not as strong as forecast.
Analysts said that Amelio may be the right man for the job, which will first entail developing a restructuring plan, but one that must be done carefully so that the company does not lose its respected engineers and other valuable employees.
He must also set a course for the future, either by adopting Spindler's strategy of focusing on high-margin PC products and contracting other products out to be manufactured by other companies, or by scrapping that plan and developing his own road map.
Part of his plan must include whether or not he wants Apple to stay independent. But analysts believe Amelio does not want to sell the company to Sun Microsystems Inc., which had been in talks with Apple in recent weeks. Sun and Apple were haggling over price, and, for now, a deal cannot be reached.
Amelio is heralded by some as turning around National Semiconductor from a broad line chip maker to one focused on analogue and signal processors, a similar parallel to Apple, which has said it can no longer be all things to all people.
He is also a technologist, having begun his career at Bell Laboratories, a holder of 16 patents and a Ph.D. in physics.
Wall Street is expecting Amelio to slash costs and get Apple's ballooning inventories and chaotic inventory control system in line. This could mean a write-off even bigger than the $80 million it took in the first quarter for "inventory adjustments" and more layoffs, with analysts guessing as many as 2,000 to 3,000 employees could receive pink slips.
The Macintosh computer has always been an industry rebel, using different processors than Intel's and its own operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s. Apple has scoffed at Microsoft's Windows operating system, saying the Macintosh was easier to use but it avoided licensing its own software to other computer makers until two years ago.


Summary: Teachers who try to write about their practices often fail, says Joseph Check, when they start with the assumption that professional writing has no place for emotion and personality. Check describes three typical situations that arise from the struggle between feelings and professionalism: when strong emotions interfere with balance and clarity; when writers leave their personal experience out of their writing; and when unresolved feelings cause a writer to lose sight of audience and purpose. Check offers techniques for addressing these dilemmas and for integrating emotion into professional writing.
As a retreat facilitator, I've worked with more than two hundred educators from all parts of the country and from all levels of instruction, prekindergarten to university. Their common goal is to turn school-based experience into a piece of "professional" writing. In retreat parlance, professional means "having to do with the teaching profession."
Initially I thought I understood the needs of fledgling professional writers. I expected, for instance, to provide help with narrowing topics, finding an organizing principle, and including lots of real-world examples. As the retreats unfolded, all of these areas came up, but so did something unforeseen—a force I couldn't name but whose negative effects were manifest. I saw fluent writers mysteriously unable to produce any text; writers sailing along then suddenly wanting to abandon their work; talented, experienced writers stubbornly claiming they had nothing to say.
Over time this force began to reveal itself: a paralysis produced when assumptions about what it meant to do "professional writing" led writers to suppress or eliminate the strong emotional content of the educational story they were trying to tell.
Retreat writers, including myself, tried to recognize and overcome the writer's block caused by the incompatibility between the emotional load of their subject matter and the perceived demands of professional writing. Here are examples of three typical kinds of struggles that resulted.
when our state began to report on quality schools by determining which curriculums offered the most AP classes and how many students from those schools took AP tests. I was a member of an innovative interdisciplinary program and a debate coach, and the AP failed to meet any of the challenges students were finding in those two programs. However, overnight the AP currency became overvalued because of marketing schemes developed to capture a bigger piece of the testing pie . . . I heard an AP representative announce bold plans to grow the corporation and to become a force for reform.
The retreat facilitators gave Peter some practical advice. We advised him, as we've advised many others, that if you are in the grip of a powerful emotion, don't stop writing but write through the emotion until you achieve some perspective. Don't try to deny the emotion or suppress it—that won't work. If you go too far, calling colleagues names or throwing around accusations, you can always edit later or ask your writing group to help you find the balance of emotion and reason. But if you try to deny the emotion, it will creep in everywhere, coloring the whole piece, or, more likely, you will be blocked and feel unable to write about the subject at all, at the same time you feel a compelling need to write—a sure recipe for big time frustration and unhappiness.
Venting anger is a writer-based need; achieving balance, clarity, and moderation are reader-based needs. Writer's and reader's needs exist on a continuum, and it can be perfectly natural for an early draft to be quite angry and egoistic, serving the writer's need to get something off his chest. This does not mean that the article cannot develop into a balanced piece of professional writing.
Peter took our advice. He even welcomed our suggestion that he create a survey to find out if other Michigan teachers felt the way he did. In the process, he wrote his way from anger to objectivity. In fact, he says, "in 2003 when the NWP issued grants to sites to survey their populations concerning attitudes toward the AP, I wrote our state's initial draft, and most of the final draft is my recollection of how our state responded to those surveys. The first of four drafts was scalding, but after writing hot and then cooling, I submitted a much more balanced final document—some might even say objective."
At the professional writing retreats, facilitators also write. Here are two examples—the first from my own experience and a second from the work of Kathleen O'Shaughnessy—of how to put yourself in the story and also keep it professional. Kathleen was a participant in the first professional writing retreat (1999) and became a facilitator of later retreats.
It was July 2000 at Sunrise Springs, our idyllic retreat center just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. My writing was less than idyllic. I was trying, and failing, to complete an article about writing in urban elementary schools. My dilemma was classic: I knew, or thought I knew, exactly what I was trying to say; I just couldn't seem to say it. Finally, a colleague with whom I'd shared the draft asked, "Where are you in the piece?" It seemed such an obvious question. I wanted to ignore or challenge it; I wanted to say, "I'm everywhere in the piece; my hands are all over it; I created it." But experience has taught me it is often better to simply nod and write the question down, trusting that its significance may become apparent later. So that's what I did.
In this article I've tried to create "an imaginary school filled with real issues." Drawing on published research, interviews, and my own experience, I've described a composite urban school—East Elementary—staffed with a principal and teachers who are both individuals and representative of larger realities. I'll ask you to join me on my initial visits to East, seeing the school through my outsider's eyes; then to sit in on conversations with school insiders while I think through ways to help East move forward and recommend first steps in the change process.
In the taxi from the airport, I'd noticed a lush green park near my hotel, so on my first morning after jet lag I set out for a jog. But the park wasn't where I had left it. I went a little farther, tried a few different streets, but still no park. Then I realized I'd not only lost the park but my hotel as well. . . . Finally I found a man opening his newsstand. When I asked him, breathlessly, if he might possibly know where my hotel was, he looked perplexed and pointed over my shoulder. . . . There, almost directly across the street from where we stood, was my hotel.
Kathleen's metaphor strikes me as apt for describing many people's first venture into professional writing. They go round and round, searching harder and harder, only to find the solution very close to home. They are, to use Kathleen's words, "disconcerted by unfamiliar territory, afraid of making a wrong turn, embarrassed to ask for help but desperately grateful when it's offered, and unaware of the feeling of power and freedom that comes with finding one's own way." When help comes, and they finally figure out how to put themselves back into their writing, they gain the feeling of control that comes only to those who have found their way in the written world they have created. Kathleen's piece became a Quarterly article called "Do Workshops Work?" (The Quarterly of the National Writing Project, Vol. 22, No. 1) that is now used by many sites in their invitational summer institutes.
Sometimes even the best advice doesn't help. The written product may represent an emotional battle that's still raging in the writer's head. If that battle is not resolved, the writing cannot be successfully concluded because the writer can't let it go.
Rochelle Ramay, a high school English teacher from Northern California, produced a terrific article for her teacher research group at the Northern California Writing Project. Her research dealt with her efforts to show that good teaching and good schools develop from the bottom up—from the professional growth and commitment of individual faculty members—rather than from the top down. She sent her article to Research in the Teaching of English, a journal of the National Council of Teachers of English. The journal's editors liked the piece but questioned its form. Rochelle was invited to revise and resubmit, to make her paper less teacherly and more researchlike.
I just reread my piece about the ways schools define success for themselves. I read several versions of it, and I find that I continually fall back on one of the earlier drafts of it—I think that's because it is so personal. You mentioned in your email about looking at the "emotional load" of writing about teaching, and I think one of the reasons the paper has been so hard to finish or even put into a form is because the motivation for the study is like a dark space in my psyche where I desperately attempt to explain what it means to be a teacher. And even as I write the word teacher, I don't think that's what I mean. I don't know what a teacher is or does; I just know what I do and hope that's what people who are teachers do.
The paper sounds confessional . . . I find myself overexplaining my point. I want [readers] to hear and see . . . how what is said about learning/students/us/me isn't what they think or is only part of what is so. And what seems most apparent is I don't know who I want to hear all of this—my uncle Richard, the big outsider motivational speaker, the county superintendent, my colleagues.
I want my colleagues honored and held in high esteem. I want them to hear themselves and the ways their experiences and knowledge about children and learning are part of the ongoing concerns about the goings-on at school—and the ways I've learned about myself through them. Many of the people I work with are disheartened by the political climate, and I have this sort of humane-society notion that I can help save them from those feelings because I know they know things about teaching and school and kids that other people don't or can't know.
And finally, the study this paper is based on was my own—by myself—and taught me so much about being sensitive to so many other people. . . . All of us have opinions about education, and I want to be right—only I have this enormous feeling of resignation that no matter what I say or how I say it, this article won't change much, if anything. By nature I'm an optimist, and this paper, though optimistic, probably doesn't have much power to affect the direction our professional lives are being dragged.
A typical middle or high school teacher comes in contact with 80 to 150 adolescents per day. An early childhood or elementary teacher guides twenty to thirty young children six hours a day for an entire year. These teachers deal with learning disabilities, adolescent angst, boyfriend/girlfriend problems, and fears about not getting into the right college. They see the pressures of unexpected pregnancy, student homelessness, family green card and visa problems, court appearances, violence in the neighborhood, and the sudden death of a parent. Though "manage daily emotional crises" appears nowhere in the curriculum guide, every good teacher knows that dealing with them is essential to successful instruction.
Such complex human interactions inevitably evoke strong emotions: elation, anger, self-doubt, anxiety, and many others. And yet our first step as professional writers, consciously or unconsciously, is often to "de-emotionalize" our writing, to rule out of bounds the emotional load that is a central reality of our professional lives.
The thinking goes something like this: I'm engaged in something called "professional writing." That means that I can't use "I" (because my high school English teacher told me not to in expository writing), that I have to use only data and rational arguments and put in nothing emotional, and that I have to hide this side of my story because maybe it will make me look unprofessional. We fear that acknowledging emotion will open floodgates and we won't be able to control the torrent ("Excuse me while I rant"). But if emotion is part of the situation about which we're writing, we can't tell our story truly without taking it into account.
The range of emotion involved in teaching creates varied demands on professional writing. These demands can constitute a hidden force leading to writer's block, to fear of approaching certain subjects at all, or to drafts that are bloodless and feel artificial even to their own authors. In response, we need a range of techniques to address the emotional content of teaching in professional discourse. We need to begin developing what Linda Flower calls "self-conscious strategies to talk to our reader" in ways that are both emotionally true and professionally effective.
I was afraid to put myself into my own story and got stuck because of it. When I gave myself permission to let "I" in, the story opened up and let the reader in as well. Kathleen also let herself into her own story, in literal and metaphorical ways that exemplified the important concept of teachers finding their own way. "Where am I in this school story?" is a question responders need to help writers ask more than once as drafts develop.
But, as Rochelle's instance shows, our current array of techniques doesn't always provide the solution. Rochelle feels a pressure that confronts many teacher-writers. As a teacher-researcher she must frame her extensive insider knowledge for an outsider audience, an emotion-laden task. Rochelle hears voices, the voices of outsiders. Can she write in a way that will make them honor her colleagues and hold them in high esteem?
I believe emotion is a hidden force because it can be invisible to the writer but also because its impact on writing is something we don't yet fully understand. Retreat facilitators are writing teachers in camouflage. As a writing teacher, I'm happy that I've finally identified a force that bedevils so many retreat participants trying to write honestly about schooling and that I have a few effective responses. But a big concern for me now is what more I/we can do.
Now that professional writing retreats are happening regularly in local, state, and network contexts, as well as nationally, I believe it's time we began an open discussion on such topics. This article, I hope, will spark just that.
Flower, L. 1993. Problem-Solving Strategies for Writing. 4th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
About the Author Joseph Check is with the Boston Writing Project at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) and is a facilitator of the National Writing Project Professional Writing Retreats. He is the author of numerous articles about writing and literacy as well as the book Politics, Language, and Culture: A Critical Look at Urban School Reform (Praeger, 2002), which is reviewed in this issue (see page 37). He chairs the department of educational leadership in the Graduate College of Education at UMB and also directs the Leadership in Urban Schools doctoral program.


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I'm trying to dig up the title to a book I read at some point between 5 to 20 years ago.
The story is about the descendants of a space ship that some generations back managed to get itself stranded in an alternate universe where the force of gravity is far greater than it is in our universe. So strong in fact that a human body produces a gravitational field that you can feel when standing near them. The people live inside the alt uni's version of a nebula and mine the iron core remains of stars, which are only a few miles across and burn through their lives in days. They eventually come up with some plan to escape that I can't remember and have to face a creature that uses black-holes as cells.
If anyone knows the title, I'd much appreciate it.
I sure don't know it, but how come the people didn't die spectacularly within the first fraction of a second of encountering a massive body in the new universe?
Because there aren't any massive bodies in that universe, not of the type that exist in ours. Stars are as big as things get, and they achieve enough mass to start gravity driven fusion at just a few miles across.
But, then, if gravity is that strong, wouldn't stars of that size - or even planets - exert enough gravity to have an event horizon?
Even worse, if gravity is that strong in this other universe, wouldn't the Chandrasekhar limit be incredibly low?
I'm sure there was plenty of issues with the science, but it's been too long since I read it to remember enough to pick it apart.
On the plus side though, I managed to find it. Raft, by Stephen Baxter.


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The mind a terrible thing to waste is the theme for the UNCF. Many Christians today, continue to suffer needlessly, without realizing there's no need to continue to live a defeated life. What we a say and we think determines the outcome of our problems and situations. Deprogramming the Church deals with beliefs and customs that have plagued the church for centuries. Dr Thomas gives us real view both spiritual and scientifically, that's proves the fact, "we were all born to blessed" Learn the realities of receiving what you want in life, learn how to tap into the power already given to each and every human being, to produce desired results, stop the madness in your life today. This is a must read book for those seeking to overcome real life problems, as Dr Thomas says " you are whatever you think you are" ( that what a man thinks, so is he).
"One of the great minds of our times" This book is sure to create a difference in the lives of millions. It's about time that someone speak the truth about the church, and cause freedom to the body of Christ.


Your laundry room can be one disorganized place full of dirty clothes and detergents and soaps thrown haywire. Think also of the items that are common culprits of getting lost in such places. It is a good idea to get things organized in your laundry room to avoid such occurrences. Here are a few tips.
This is always the first thing to do, and a necessity in organizing any room. The laundry room should have a place to store the dirty items, as well as a place to store clean items, detergents and other small things that you may frequently use in your laundry room, such as pegs, the iron board and iron box.
You can have utility jars in your laundry room for keeping some of those loose changes you have in your pockets. It is common practice to remove items from the pockets before you proceed to clean the clothes. You may also find other items in the pockets that need to be thrown out, and having a small jar for use as a dustbin can be very handy.
It is much easier to find detergents when they are all in one place. To make it even easier, have them grouped according to their tasks. You can thus have dusting items in one drawer, cleaning detergents in another and general cleaning items in another.
Very handy when handling lost socks, since these are very common to stray away from their pair.


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I did some googling about mRNAseq pipeline and built that pipeline. So I would like to know if my pipeline is okay.
it seems like people use htseq or featureCount for gene count table and put it into edgeR or DESeq2. I am not sure, if I go for RSEM to run DESeq2 instead of htseq or featureCount. I tried kallisto and slueth, but I want to stick to this traditional alignment method.
Any advice would be apprieciated.
Unless you have a very specific reason to use GRCh37 you should consider using GRCh38. 38 has been available for a number of years and is now mature.
Thank you for your comment. I have some old data based on GRCh37, So I go with GRCh37. Maybe next project I will go for GRCh38.
I would like to know if my pipeline is okay.
RSEM can use STAR within its own script, so I would do that instead of running STAR yourself, unless you want to sophisticate your mapping more.
I am not sure, if I go for RSEM to run DESeq2 instead of htseq or featureCount.
The output is comparable, it's a matter of choice, perhaps RSEM is more sophisticated. But in the end it's counting mapped reads per gene/transcript.


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Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. ... Christian Art and Gifts
And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth." Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" ... Christian Art and Gifts
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He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. Share Your Faith Products Gifts
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference. Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits. This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side. Its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round. The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around. He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form. He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south. Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained. Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
The theme verse of 1 & 2 Kings are combined for two reasons: first, the two documents were originally written as one book, but were simply divided up because of scroll length. This is true also of 1 & 2 Chronicles and 1 & 2 Samuel, but in this case, the theme of both 1 & 2 Kings was best summed up together (in the other book pairs, each book had a more distinctive theme).
David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever. And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it. And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his brothers; ... Christian Art and Gifts
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How to Recognize Songs on iPhone?
Benjamin Arango
You listen to a catchy song or a tune you have never heard before and want to add it to your iPhone playlist, but you do not know any relevant details of that song to look for it online. What is the title of the song? Who sang it?
Now you can get all these details by just making the in-built iPhone music recognition feature listen to the song. Read on to know how to do that.
Part 1: How to Use the In-built Music Recognition on iPhone?
Part 2: How to Use Siri to Identify Songs by Humming on iPhone?
Part 3: Best Apps for iPhone Music Recognition
Part 4: How to Choose a Music Recognition App?
How to Use the In-built Music Recognition on iPhone?
In November 2020, Apple released the iOS 14.2 update for their iPads and iPhones. One of the features of this update was that it included built-in music and song recognition button that makes it easier for the user to recognize any song playing around them.
You just need to add the iPhone music recognition button to the Control Center menu and simply press that button when you hear a song that you like. You will then get all the information related to that song; title, artist's name, and album title.
Here is how you add the in-built iPhone music recognition button to the Control Center:
Note: Make sure that you have the latest version of the iOS installed on your iPhone as this feature is not available on older versions. To check the running version, go to Settings -> General -> About, and then you will see the software version.
Step 1 - Open Settings> Control Center, and then tap More to scroll down.
Step 2- Tap the "+" button that is next to "Music Recognition", and the iPhone music recognition button is added to the Control Center
It is very easy to access and use this music recognition feature. If you have an iPhone that uses facial ID recognition to unlock, then pull down the Control Center shade by swiping down from the top right corner of the phone and tap the music recognition button.
If your iPhone has a home button, then swipe up to get into the Control Center menu and tap the music recognition button.
You will see the Music Recognition notification icon that shows which song is playing.
The iPhone will listen for around 10 to 15 seconds once you tap the button – and will attempt to identify the song in that time period.
This feature can recognize songs playing in your environment even when your headphones are plugged in.
YouTuber Ricardo Gardener has made a video showing how to use the iPhone Music Recognition feature step by step as well, enjoy!
How to Use Siri to Identify Songs by Humming on iPhone?
You can also identify a song on your iPhone by using its virtual assistant, Siri. Siri can recognize a song playing in your environment and even the song you are humming. This how you do it:
Step 1- Activate Siri. You can do it two ways; the first is by long-pressing the home button or Wake/Sleep button in iPhone X and the second is by the voice command "Hey Siri".
Step 2- Then say, "Hey Siri, which song is this". This starts Siri's listening mode.
Step 3 - Hum the tune that you want to be identified and Siri will return with results after a few seconds.
Mike has shown us how he uses Siri to identify the song playing on iPhone, let's have a look!
Best Apps for iPhone Music Recognition
If your iPhone or iPad is not yet upgraded to iOS version 14.2 then you would have to use third part apps to identify songs. Following are the two best iPhone music recognition apps that you can use:
1. SoundHound
SoundHound is one of the best iPhone music recognition app out there. It has some of the most useful features regards to song recognition that helps you get a complete music experience.
The standout feature of SoundHound is that you can have a song recognized in it by merely humming a short tune. This is very helpful when you don't remember the lyrics of the song or the song's title or who sang it.
The service is pretty quick meaning you can have songs and music identified in a matter of seconds. You will get all available details of the concerned song or tune and what more, you can also sing along to real-time lyrics in the app.
It also allows you to stream your playlists from other music apps like Spotify, YouTube and others. Your song search list is stored so that you don't have to look for a song all over again if you have once searched it on SoundHound. This saves time and keeps your discovered songs organized.
You can use the app for The paid service of Shazam goes by the name of Shazam Encore and it costs $2.99.
2. Shazam
Shazam is the most popular music recognition app available out there, and its features will tell you why. To begin with, it does the basic task of any music recognition service with near 100% accuracy.
It draws up all available information of a song you want identifying, from its huge database in a short time. There is also a lyrics feature that displays lyrics in sync with the song being played so you can sing along with it.
But these are regular features that you can find in any music recognition app. What gives Shazam an edge over other apps is the following additional features: offline usage and Pop-Up Shazam. You can use Shazam offline. It records the song offline, and later when you go online, it provides all the information about that song.
The Pop-Up Shazam is a unique feature that helps you identify any song that is played in your smartphone. It works with any app and is especially helpful when you are surfing social media and want to know about a song or background music you just came across on it.
There is also an Auto Shazam feature that works like "Now Playing" on Pixel devices. This feature works in the background and gives you song info notifications as it recognizes songs in your environment. The only drawback of this feature is that it doesn't work offline.
Shazam is a free iPhone music recognition app.
How to Choose a Music Recognition App?
Version 14.2 has made it easy to recognize songs on your iDevices. But those who do not have it need a third-party app to do that job. You need to look for a good iPhone song recognition app, one that does the job to your satisfaction.
There are hundreds of such apps available on the Apple App Store, and you need to sift through them to get the best one. Following are the features you should consider while choosing the most appropriate app:
Most of the time, you come across unknown songs in noisy surroundings. It can be at a party or the supermarket. Your song recording can be interrupted by some loud noise like joyous shouts or announcements in both scenarios. Hence, it is vital that the music recognition app launches, listens and identifies in a few seconds before any interruption takes place.
Ideally, the app should recognize the song within a span of 5 to 10 seconds of launching.
As already been said, you are more likely to encounter an unknown song or tune you like in a noisy environment. Keeping that in mind, the song identifier app must be able to distinguish between the song you want to identify and the surrounding noise accompanying it.
The Trial and error method is the best way to determine which app does the best job in this case. Test the apps in a noisy environment before you decide which you will ultimately use.
Identifying a song title, the artists, the album it belongs to with nearly 100% accuracy is a must for any music recognition app. Besides that basic info, it must give accurate allied information like music videos, covers and trivia regarding the singer and the song.
Don't bother yourself with an app that doesn't recognize at least 8 of 10 songs it hears.
FAQs About Recognizing Songs on iPhone
Should I install Shazam app on iPhone to recognize songs?
It depends on what version of iOS you are running. If the version is 14.2 and above, you don't need to install Shazam separately as it comes integrated with your iPhone software. The in-built music recognition feature of the iPhone uses the Shazam database, and it recognizes songs and tunes the way the Shazam app does.
If you are running an older version, you need to install Shazam separately if you want to use it.
What's the difference between the Shazam app and the in-built Shazam music recognition feature?
iOS users who haven't upgraded to the iOS 14.2 update will not be able to access the features
When the process is complete, you'll see a "Music Recognition" notification banner showing you what song is playing. This notification appears along with all your other apps' notifications in your notification center.
Your iPhone will only listen for 10 to 15 seconds after you tap the button. If it can't identify a song in that period of time, you'll see a notification saying a song wasn't detected.
Benjamin Arango is a writer and a lover of all things video.
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Q: How can I call a function in a child controller in AngularJS? In my code I have the following:
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In the single page application I open a page and it has a detailController with the following:
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But this function is not getting called. The only time it is called is
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How can I call that function in my detailController controller?

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A: You can't because the parent controller (app) does not have access to your child controller's scope. If you want to define your callFunction on detailController's scope then you have to call it from the detail controller.
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The best digital campaigns in France in 2016
By Stylight on	 February 6, 2017 Business
If you ask most people which were last year's highlights, they'll probably tell you all about the Brexit, Donald Trump's victory at the US presidential elections, Leonardo DiCaprio finally receiving an Oscar, or the revival of Pokémon Go. However, if there is no doubt 2016 was filled with memorable events, marketing nerds will certainly add some more elements to the list: digital campaigns. As most companies have (finally) understood the importance of content marketing for their brand notoriety, they always try to find new ways to connect with their audience. Today, we've decided to ask our French PR & Marketing nerd Soline Demenois to tell us all about the digital campaigns which have shaped her country in 2016. And cherry on top: she managed to find some insight on their impact on the brand's notoriety. Vous êtes prêts?!
L'Ami Ricoré puts a smile on you every morning
L'Ami Ricoré Campaign 2016
You've never heard of Ricoré? This instant coffee brand has, however, managed to establish itself as a powerful brand in France since its launch in 1953: more than one billion cups of Ricoré are drunk every year in the country. A big part of the coffee's success finds its root in its 1980's advertising stories, where it hammered home the message of being « L'ami du petit déjeuner » (The breakfast friend). In 2016, the brand stood out in French media by offering a unique service to its consumers — L'Ami Ricoré. Hard to put you in a good mood in the morning? Well, not anymore! Start a Facebook Messenger conversation with L'Ami Ricoré, and tell your new buddy at what time you are usually setting your alarm up. From now on, every morning, the Messenger bot will wake you up with a funny message (cute pandas, crazy dances, or whatever content that will put a smile on you). This ingenious service was introduced through the use of a very short clip promoted online to journalists as well as on social media. Check out the video here, and see if you can manage not to smile:
The heartbreaking campaign against animal abandon by the 30 Millions d'Amis Foundation
30 Millions d'Amis Campaign 2016
Each year around summertime, the 30 Millions d'Amis foundation fights against people abandoning their pets before their upcoming vacations (more than 60,000 animals are abandoned in France every summer). This is why the charity decided, in 2016, to promote a very emotional video on various channels including internet, social media and TV; aiming at showing the "paradox between the cowardice of some human beings who are able to abandon their pets and the total loyalty of animals", according to the foundation. While the beginning of the video shows a dog looking after its owner at the hospital, various flashbacks reveal how the animal actually followed its owner and got him out of danger after his car crash, whereas this one had actually abandoned the dog in the woods. This powerful clip ends with a deep message "He will never abandon you". Did people really restrain from abandoning their dogs after they saw this spot? It's hard to tell. But one thing is sure: the campaign benefited from a lot of media coverage and records more than 5,000,000 views on YouTube. Dog lover or not, the chances of you being insensitive to this video is nearly impossible:
#Marcourien, the campaign which managed to make people change their names
Marc ou Rien Campaign 2016
On another (and kinkier) note, the French producer of adult erotic films Marc Dorcel was on everyone's lips in 2016…or actually on everyone's Facebook account! On April 25th –in honor of the Saint Marc—the marketing team of the Dorcel Club (aka the platform on which people can watch all the producer's movie sets) had the idea of offering 60 days of free access to its website to all the people whose name was Marc on Facebook. To promote this campaign called Marc ou Rien (Marc or Nothing), the brand used an erotic actress who explained in a 50-second video, how to benefit from this offer. The campaign was so successful that the offer was extended to everyone who was claiming his or her name was Marc in their daily lives, as soon as they showed it by posting photos or videos of their efforts on social media, with the hashtag #MarcOuRien. They even declared on twitter that parents who would name their newborns Marc would get free access for LIFE! Of course, the brand was not giving free access to the Dorcel Club out of the goodness of its heart: it was a huge hit in terms of visibility! Only 48 hours after the launch of the campaign, 25,000 Marcs registered to the Dorcel Club via Facebook connect, and the website's traffic had increased by 4 times. One month later, the brand's Facebook account had gained 5,000 fans and the hashtag #MarcouRien had been used more than 4,000 times on twitter! Some people may have regretted their parents didn't name them Marc…
Like my addiction on Instagram
Instagram – Louise Delage – Addict' Aide Campaign 2016
In France, addictions account for 1 death out of 5. However, it's not really easy to detect that a loved one actually is an addict, as the ability to step back from such a situation is rather complicated. To put this into perspective, the organization Addict' Aide, which sought to raise awareness of alcoholism among young people, set up a very well-orchestrated digital campaign. The organization created a fake Instagram account for Louise Delage, a 25- year-old Parisian woman who seemed to enjoy life. Within 1 month and a half, Louise's posts generated more than 50,000 likes and gained 7,500 followers. People seemed to like Louise's lifestyle—but missed a very important thing: the presence of alcohol in about all her Instagram posts. As in real life, only a few people were able to take a step back on the situation, and thus failed to notice that Louise was actually an alcoholic. The trick was revealed in a video which put one post after the other in a scary hyper lapse and with this conclusion: "it's easy to miss a loved one's addiction". Through this original and yet striking campaign, Addict' Aide was able to make people realize that addicts need the help of their loved ones. Without investing one single euro, the organization generated more than 500,000 views on different channels as well as a large number of articles on French and international media. Touché!
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An SEO-focused Retail Therapy for Ikea
Ikea Retail Therapy Campaign 2016
Before you say anything, we know what you're going to say: yes, Ikea isn't French! However, the last digital campaign made by the Swedish company was so applauded in France that we could not –not talk about it…Indeed, this Retail therapy invented by Ikea generated coverage everywhere in France and all around Europe in general. In case you would have missed it, here is a little recap: considering that people usually ask google the response to their relationship problems (such as "how to know if he loves me" or "she can't make up her mind"), Ikea's marketing team identified the most googled searches related to family problems and couples' crisis in Sweden. And that's when the genius comes: they then renamed each of their products according to these searches. A world map poster is thus named "Find a way back to each other", an oven, "How to get a girl to like you", or an animal-shaped LED light becomes "My son is afraid of the dark". Finally, they bid on these products' names on Adwords, thus making their products appear first when people google such issues. Offering an immediate solution to a problem which usually doesn't have one, the Retail Therapy is the proof that if coupled with a funny touch, a smart idea can become viral and boost traffic on your website.
Despite the fact that all these campaigns were promoted via videos, it doesn't mean that it's the only way a digital campaign can become viral. Infographics, pictures and social media are other ways which can enable you to reach out to your users and to attract new ones. However, if you decide to choose video for your next campaign, check out of blogpost on the 5 things to keep in mind before your first online video marketing campaign.
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Станіслав Олександрович Бєлковський ( 7 лютого 1971, Москва, РРФСР, СРСР) — російський політтехнолог та політичний радник, публіцист. За освітою програміст. Засновник і директор російського Інституту національної стратегії (ІНС), колишній директор «Ради з національної стратегії». На думку його критиків, спеціалізація обох цих установ — створення «політологічних структур і глобальних стратегій» з єдиною метою — «освоїти бюджет».

Біографія
Народився 7 лютого 1971 року в Москві. Своє національне походження від описує як російсько-українсько-польсько-єврейське. Закінчив факультет економічної кібернетики Московського інституту управління, після чого працював системним програмістом (системним адміністратором). Згодом почав займатись політичним консультуванням. Створив сайт «АПН.ру».
 Кінець 2001-го — початок 2002. На виборах губернатора російської Сахи-Якутії працював в штабі Валентина Колмогорова.
 2003 — опублікував ряд доповідей: «Держава і олігархія», «Нова вертикаль влади».
 2003 — написав доповіді «Самотність Путіна», «Самотність Путіна-2».
 2004 — очолив організацію «Інститут національної стратегії», який об'єднав групу російських політологів. Деякий час був головним редактором інтернет-видання цього інституту — Агентства політичних новин.
У 2005—2011 роках був жонатий на українській журналістці та політтехнологу Олесі Яхно. В них є син Дмитро.
 2014 року попросив про отримання українського громадянства

Борис Березовський характеризував Бєлковського так: «Він добре освічений. Він креативний, тобто креативний, коли справа йде про чорний піар … і при цьому він себе не переоцінює».

Окрім іншого, працював телеведучим на каналі Дождь і веде колонку на ресурсі Slon.ru. Володіє англійською, німецькою та українською мовами.

Характеристика як фахівця
Сучасні політологи своїм колегою Бєлковського не вважають. «На своєму інтернет-ресурсі він викладав не надто грамотні політологічні статті» — зауважив відомй російський політолог, доктор політичних наук Ігор Бунін.

Роль у «справі ЮКОСа»

26 травня 2003 року Бєлковський опублікував доповідь під назвою «Держава та олігархія», яка, на думку деяких спостерігачів, і поклала початок «справі ЮКОСа». На думку Андрія Піонтковського, цю доповідь замовив Бєлковському найближчий путінський радник Ігор Сєчін.

Характеристика Путіна (2014)
Поведінку та психічний стан Путіна під час його керування агресією Росії проти України, Бєлковський разом з фахівцями Інституту судової психіатрії ім. Сербського розцінив як «гіпертоксичну шизофренію».

Книги
 Бізнес Володимира Путіна (2006, ISBN 5-9681-0103-2) (спільно з Володимиром Голишевим)
 Імперія Володимира Путіна (2007, ISBN 978-5-9265-0437-5)
 Покаяння (2010, ISBN 978-5-17-068000-9)
 Сутність режиму Путіна (2012, ISBN 978-5-4320-0065-1)

Статті, інтерв'ю

 Чому я прошу українського громадянства (19.03.2014)
 Публікації Бєлковського на АПН.ру
 Людина без біографії
 Пригоди росіян в Росії. Реальні та уявні
 Інтерв'ю. Чому Путін зовсім не хоче залишитися президентом
 Бєлковський на радіо «Ехо Москви»
 Бєлковський на «Російській службі новин»
 Інтерв'ю Бєлковського журналу «Партнер» (Німеччина)
 Інтерв'ю Бєлковського газеті «Російська думка» (Франція)
 Інтерв'ю Бєлковського для журналу «New Times» — (відео), 8 листопада 2007
 Бєлковський в програмі «Реальний час» радіостанції Finam Fm.  — 11 листопада 2010
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The head of Canada Goose is setting his sights on India and other parts of Asia as he looks beyond cold weather for future growth in the jacket business.
Dec. 16, 2013 2:25 p.m.
Dani Reiss concedes that stocking shelves in warm climates might seem usual, but he says it makes sense for the company's high-end outerwear, which has become a fashion statement as well as a way to stay warm.
"Cold is relative. Tokyo is our best market in Asia and it never goes below zero," the chief executive said in an interview at the company's headquarters in midtown Toronto.
Canada Goose is at a turning point.
Take a glimpse of any city street this time of year and you'll likely see Canadians wrapped in the jackets emblazoned with the company's trademark badge on the sleeve and a fur-trimmed hood.
Each jacket costs between $500 and $1,200, depending on the style, and while that qualifies as a prestige product, its popularity transcends other pricey brands.
Reiss wants to boost the company's reputation beyond Canada where it sometimes seems like the jackets couldn't get any more popular.
Bain Capital, which manages about $70 billion in assets, has a history of investments in Canada.
The Boston-based private equity firm spent $2.55 billion to buy a stake in Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX:SC) before selling most of it off over a five-year period.
"What Bain Capital really likes is the reputation," said David Detomasi, assistant professor of international business at Queen's University.
Think Canada Goose watches, sports equipment or even down duvets that are marketed as the warmest bedding in the world. While the company hasn't laid out any ideas yet, the possibilities are limitless, as long as Canada Goose maintains its reputation.
"For us, we're always very careful with our product extensions," Reiss said.
"I think it's a lot more exciting and fun to go upmarket," he said.
Reiss remembers those days well because it wasn't that long ago.
Even though Canada Goose was founded in a Toronto warehouse more than 55 years ago by his grandfather, the company only became a major brand over the past decade.
Reiss had just graduated from the University of Toronto with an English Literature degree when he took a job at the company in 1997. He didn't plan to stick around the family business either, he said. The job was purely to help fund a trip to Europe where he planned to pursue a career as a short story writer.
"I said yes to my folks because it paid $12 an hour," he said, noting that he was skeptical of the job at first.
The growth of Canada Goose has been fierce with its jackets making appearances in Hollywood movies like The Day After Tomorrow and more recently on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition featuring shot of model Kate Upton in a partially open jacket and a bikini bottom.
The momentum encouraged Reiss to turn to investors in an effort to drum up additional financing for the private company's growth.
The process was whittled down to about eight interested parties before Bain Capital emerged victorious.
Critics have questioned whether the investment will signal an end to the made-in-Canada promise that helped build the Canada Goose name, though David Kassie, chairman of Canaccord Genuity and an adviser on the transaction disputes those suggestions.
"Dani made it hugely clear to everyone through the process that (made-in-Canada) was, in his view, a big part of the Canada Goose success," he said.
Canada Goose products are manufactured at the company's facilities in Toronto and Winnipeg, or contracted out within the country, with the exception of its gloves, which are made in China. The company said it can't find a Canadian facility with the technology to make down-filled gloves.
Next month, Canada Goose, which employs more than 1,000 people, will move to a new factory in Toronto that nearly doubles the size of its workspace to 94,000 square feet and increases its capacity.
Kassie said he believes Bain Capital will look south of the border to drive more sales of the jackets.
"The U.S. is right beside Canada and it is hugely underpenetrated for this brand," he said.
Over the coming years Reiss said Canada Goose will prove to skeptics that maintaining its operations in Canada is a primary goal. He said he has no intention of leaving the company, but will be focused on the future.


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Personal loan can be more expensive for longer durations as you end up paying a higher interest as compared to shorter loans.
Suppose you want to borrow £6,000 at a rate of 4.9% for one year, your monthly payment will be £513 and your total interest liability will be £160. However, if you take the same loan for three years or 36 months, you will end up paying an interest of £464 in total.
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Inside the HFAs, a recent article in Affordable Housing Finance magazine, shares the insights of 10 housing finance agency (HFA) executives from across the country, including our Executive Director Susan Dewey. They share their perspectives on changes to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit qualified allocation plans (QAPs), preservation efforts, market trends and innovative moves their agencies have made in the past year to advance the production of affordable housing. Take a look and see what VHDA, as well as HFAs from Vermont to Washington state, are working on right now.


Many travellers are searching for Things To Do In Bangkok Virtualtourist,Bangkok can well be described as a city of humble beginnings. In fact around 200 years ago, it was simply a small trading center and port community. Despite the fact that the city had grown rapidly and become renowned for being a modern and vibrant place, it has impressively retained its splendid and enchanting glory. That's why a visit to Bangkok should be on everyone's bucket list. You can find Things To Do In Bangkok Virtualtourist travel information.
Also known as Wat Chetuphon, this really is a temple which had been built for King Rama in Bangkok numerous years back. It is regarded as a location where people can receive feelings, and was considered one of the first pharmacies in all of Bangkok. It is additionally the location of the first university that has been started by a descendent of King Rama, a place where you can now get not just traditional medicine but a foot massage at very inexpensive prices. It can be known mostly for that Temple from the Reclining Buddha which is a Buddha that is laying perched on his arm. It is enormous, roughly 15 m high by 45 m long, and can only be viewed in sections simply because of its size. There are many beautiful precious stones that were in lead within the soles in the feet, an overall total number of 108 stones total. This can be a number linked to procession, the wobble from the earth, something which is built into most of the temples throughout Thailand.
It is an absolutely beautiful structure which has a considerable amount of history, and is the house of what exactly is called Wat Phra Kaeo. It is actually here how the emerald or jade Buddha is available, in this palace internal 1782, the residence from the royalty that had been in control of the continent back then. This palace includes two hours of not merely the palace itself but also the Wat Phra Kaew Tour. Our recommendation is that you start early each morning to take advantage of everything that you may be able to see, or perhaps execute a half day sightseeing tour to see either one.
You will see a lovely representation from the ancient battles that accustomed to occur between Burma and Siam. This is really a combination of Royal Palace and Chapel, and if you are able to climb to the peak right before sunset, you will realize sunlight setting into the Chao Praya River, an attractive sight to behold.
Before what exactly is called Wat Suthat is exactly what the locals call the giant swing. It is actually a 27 m high structure, use for religious ceremonies, and its particular purpose is to undergo a ritual that requires groups of three people coming to the top and walking across to the narrow board. There were a significant quantity of fatal accidents back into the 1930s which cause them to not take advantage of this being a ritual again. However, it is actually a beautiful sight to find out, especially in front of Wat Suthat.
This is literally something out of your movies, a real floating market which is about an hour beyond Bangkok. It can be considered by some to become the Venice in the East, much like the way the people that component of Italy achieve this a lot of things around the water. Also, it is a tourist trap because of how individuals are looking to check this out market which is completely floating on boats manned by people selling their goods. However, whenever you do go, you will certainly be treated to many of the most delicious food which is absolutely fresh, served inside an authentic way.
When you have time, you can visit Lumpini Park and that is a literal oasis in the midst of the architecture and buildings of Bangkok. There are several lawns you could spend time at, Chinese pagodas, and you will find a small lake that you can take a boat on. Is perfect for relaxing since the park is indeed tranquil, despite all of the skyscrapers that are surrounding it in most directions. The park has been a place where antigovernment protests have occurred, so just make sure that once you decide to visit there, it's just people hanging out to chill out.


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Story #1: Q and I arrived at Tehran Railway Station, only to find out that the train tickets we wanted for that night were "sold out". So there we were, tired and desperate, stuck at a big and crowded waiting hall, clueless with the signs and announcements. Then the fellow Iranian travellers were only too eager to help us even though they were waiting for the same last-minute train tickets: they pushed us to the front of the waiting line, passed us waiting ticket stub all the way from front, and signaled to us when we had no clue what the announcements were all about. If not for the special treatment, we wouldn't have been able to sleep on an overnight train later that day. I know it's hard to imagine, but they were really desperate for their own tickets, and yet they still managed to be sweet to "the guests to their country".
All signs look the same at Tehran train station.
Story #2: Q has a running habit of trying barber shops in different countries he travels to, and Iran was no exception. When we had trouble finding one, two university girls were only too happy to ask around for us and took us to a barbershop around street corner. After realizing it's closed for prayer break, they ventured out to find us another one that's up two flights of stairs in a residential lowrise! The girls ran around for us for quite a good while, all just to satisfy a tourist's rather silly request! You see, to them, there's no silly requests when they are from visitors.
Story #3: After waking up from our overnight train ride, we were immediately greeted by a family of Iranians staying in the same compartment. When we exchanged our farewells just before getting off the train, the mom said to us,"Welcome to Iran!" and proceeded to give us a souvenir gift! Can you imagine that, really!
- The traffic in Iran is, haha, to some degrees worse than that of Abu Dhabi, or Manila or Beijing! Our dear friend Sara would've had a hundred heart attacks over it! :) Even I was very shaky about crossing. Go on, all you die-hard drivers just have to go there to experience the thrills!
- Their opinions of the Americans are interesting! When I asked one of the two girls who helped us find the barbershop what she thought of the Americans, she gave me an answer I would have never guessed, "I don't know. I have never been to the United States... ... I heard they were nice." WOW, how beautiful! A souvenir vendor we chatted with told us they've had a lot less tourists in recent time (go figure!), and when I asked him if he's seen any Americans lately, he laughed,"Nooo! No Americans... But maybe in two years. I hope."
- Abu Dhabi is trying to become the art and culture capital of the middle east - Isfahan already is.
- We took a short break from normal sightseeing and watched the Olympics opening ceremony at a hotel restaurant. The live TV broadcast was mostly okay but would be cut back to boardcast studio whenever any female figure is featured on screen, like a dancer wearing skirt or an athlete showing hair. That's a bit taste of local media censorship.
stories well done. Iranians are very friendly. both Wendy and I have personal experience too.
Well, freaking out about traffic in Spain already, so I can imagine it there. Still, you opened a new pandora box of attractiveness.
You look great! Love the barber photo.
Thanks a lot Shu for sharing your travel experience with me.
As an Iranian, I am feeling great you have enjoyed your very short stay in Isfahan.
Iran is a hidden treasure with good hearted people, unique culture and long history. It is very sad that the country is covered by the Abayas of Mullas!
What a great story! It has given me a new idea for a wonderful travel destination in the future!
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Interactivities
Partnerships: Frameworks for Working Together
Meaning of Partnership
Partnership Types
Forming Partnerships
Norms and Communication
Managing the Partnership
Challenges and Evaluation
Transitions and Endings
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There are many types of partnerships, such as those among community-based nonprofits or among nonprofits and corporations. The factors that partners must weigh and the structures they establish will vary depending on the kinds of organizations involved and the types of relationships they choose to have. However, in all types of partnerships, it's important to build on the strengths of all the participating organizations. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in partnerships that focus on community improvement. Agencies at the Federal and state levels, universities, corporations, and national nonprofits have all provided support to partnerships that have the capacity to produce community impacts.
Partnerships fall into different categories.
Diverse organizations often join forces to achieve shared goals around capacity building and community improvement. Several types of partnerships are described below:
Partnerships among community-based nonprofit service organizations
Cross-sector partnerships (between nonprofits and the business, government, and/or academic sectors)
Partnerships between donor organizations and recipients
When community-based nonprofits join forces, each organization must have the organizational capacity necessary to manage projects, budgets, and staff involvement. In community-based partnerships, decision-making should be inclusive and deeply engage the community itself.
Cross-sector partnerships are fairly simple to initiate but challenging to maintain. Regardless of the goodwill of the participants, two very different organizational cultures must come together to produce results. One key is to find common ground and use shared language that underscores the vision of the partners.
Partnerships between donors and recipients can create confusion. Is the partnership just about receiving money? This type of partnership actually aims to take advantage of what the recipient, as well as the donor, can bring to the relationship. For instance, this might include local expertise, on-site workers, or clarification of priorities and constraints. Donors can't coerce recipients, for the sake of obtaining resources, into doing things they don't want to do. Together, both sides must define the terms of the relationship.
Partnerships can also be classified by their primary characteristics.
This list of partnership types might help you determine what kind of relationship you want to establish.
Collaboration involves great autonomy and no permanent organizational commitments or combined services.
Examples: sharing information; coordinating efforts
Strategic alliance involves shared or transferred decision-making power.
Examples: joint programming; administrative consolidation
Integration involves changes to organizational structure and control mechanisms.
Examples: joint ventures (two or more organizations create a new structure to advance a program-related function); mergers (previously separate organizations combine program/administrative/governance functions)
Funding alliance occurs when organizations come together to share a large grant/donation or create a recipient/donor relationship.
Cost-sharing occurs when each organization provides different resources, such as facilities, staff, or equipment.
Grant-match occurs when one organization provides a grant and the recipient provides a match in services, cash, maintenance, supplies, or volunteers.
Check your understanding of different types of partnerships.


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Genus Salmo
Silver mylossoma
Salmo akairos
Salmon - Salmo aphelios is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Salmon - Salmo balcanicus is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Carpione del Garda - Salmo carpio is a fish endemic to Lake Garda, in Italy.
Salmon - Salmo dentex is a trout, a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Salmon - Salmo ezenami is a freshwater fish in the Salmonidae family.
Salmon - Salmo fibreni is endemic to Lago di Posta Fibreno in Italy.
Sevan trout - It is endangered, because various competitors have been introduced into the lake during the Soviet period, including common whitefish from Lake Ladoga, goldfish and crayfish .
Black Sea salmon - The Black Sea Salmon is a fairly small species of salmon, at about 20 inches on average and rarely reaching over 30.
Ohrid trout - The Ohrid trout, Salmo letnica , is a type of trout found in the Republic of Macedonia and Albania, especially in Lake Ohrid.
Salmon - Salmo lumi is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Salmon - Salmo macedonicus is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Salmon - Adding to the confusion of salmonid taxonomy, there are other trout with marble pattern beside Salmo marmoratus.
Adriatic salmon - This species spawns in the early spring and is an obligatory freshwater fish.
Salmon - Salmo peristericus is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Flathead trout - Salmo platycephalus, also known as Ala balik is a species of trout in the Salmonidae family.
Bay salmon
Bay salmon - It is also commercially known as Bay Salmon, Black Salmon, Caplin-scull Salmon, Fiddler, Grayling, Grilse, Grilt, Kelt, Landlocked Salmon, Ouananiche, Outside Salmon, Parr, Sebago Salmon, Silver Salmon, Slink, Smolt, Spring Salmon or simply Winnish.
Salmon - Gillaroo is derived from the Irish for Red Fellow ; this is due to the fish's distinctive colouring.
Aral trout
Brown trout - The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species.
Amu-darya trout
Order : Salmoniformes
Family : Salmonidae
Genus : Salmo
Pictures and facts of the genus Salmo


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Nina West Tells the Full, Horrifying Story of Homophobia at College
After revealing a portion of the story on Drag Race, the Ohio-based queen speaks on the extent of the death threats.
By Nina West
March 26 2019 8:12 AM EDT
On last week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race, in a conversation about politics, contestant Nina West opened up about growing up with a Republican family and also a traumatic collegiate experience that subjected her to brutal death threats over the span of almost two months. "The crazy thing is I hadn't really told that story publicly," West told Out in an interview this weekend. "I never thought I would talk about it on Drag Race."
On the show, West told a snippet of the story and how it helped to make her into the vocal activist she is today. "I was raised to give back and I was raised to be an active participant in my community, and that's all true but I think what is the greatest motivator for anyone, and what makes anyone the greatest activist is being a victim of something," she says. "I think that's terrible and awful but it changed me and I don't want anyone to ever feel the way I felt." Here, we allow her to expand on that story, and for the first time, publicly tell it in full.
I grew up in a very conservative family and that affected my entire process of coming out. I never told my parents that I was gay [when I was younger] but when I went off to college at Denison University, I decided during orientation that I was going to be out. I kind of had two different lives: I was out and gay at school and then I would come home. I think my parents knew but we never talked about it.
My freshman year I joined an LGBT organization on campus called Outlook. Once, when we were doing some chalk-ing around National Coming Out Day, I was spit on and called "faggot" by a group of guys that was passing by. So that was the first incident of homophobia that happened on campus. My second incident, which was the big incident, was my sophomore year.
I was running for Student Body Vice President and as things progressed, there was just this crazy rhetoric. I won but shortly after, I was a resident assistant in an all-freshman dorm building. My room was on the first floor, and this is like 1998 or 1999, so it was the time of answering machines. I didn't have a cell phone at the time so I would come back from class and listen to my voice messages. I remember very clearly the first time it happened. The message said "we're watching you faggot," and that was enough for me to realize something was up.
Denison had, at the time (I don't know if it's still active,) a group on campus called the Wingless Angels. I don't know the whole history of the organization but from the old lore of it they started off as a prank organization and put a horse in the library. It was just jokes. Then somehow in the 80s and 90s it evolved into this like privileged white, boys' club that became really uncomfortable with Denison's desire to have a diverse student body and a diverse faculty. So that really started with students of color who weren't from the United States.
Fast forward to me going there, and being super out, and super vocal, and super visible, and super gay — and by super gay I mean just being myself. The situation just kind of erupted from there.
They had voice encoders like from the movie Scream so you couldn't tell whose voice it was on the other end. It all sounded the same. The other thing that was unique about the situation is that Denison had a phone tree, so you could only tell who was calling if they were calling from on campus. Since the calls that were coming to my phone were coming from off campus, it took the investigators longer to track down.
As the threats progressed, fliers were pushed under my door. They would take photos of themselves in like a cornfield holding a body and write something like "we're coming for you." Then they would take that photo, photocopy it so you didn't have the actual photo to examine. It was really like my own worst nightmare. Matthew Shepard was murdered right before this, so it was terrifying. Honestly, on a campus of 2,000 students, I was one of maybe five out students and five out staff members.
It got really bad. They continued to leave these voice messages that would go on in really gruesome detail about how they were going to kill me. And then it progressed to one night, I came home and "Fag" was carved in my door and they were calling my phone saying "we're here, we're coming to get you." At the same time, a resident was knocking at my door saying "Someone's trying to break in to the building."
I remember running down the hall telling everyone to shut and lock their doors. I hid in one of my resident's dorm rooms as I heard people running up and down the hall. On one hand these are just college kids but when you're terrified, you don't know what anyone's capable of. Campus security came into the dorm and somehow these guys had gotten away. They had broken into the basement because you had to have a card to get into the building and climbed down onto the dryer machine and broken it in the process.
After that, the administration thought it was best for me to move out of my dorm room and call my parents. So, long story short, that's how I came out to my mom and dad. I remember calling them and saying "Hey, I have to have a serious conversation with you." I lost all control and I just started crying. My mom was asking, "What's wrong? What's wrong?" and I was just saying "I'm in a lot of trouble." So she says "What's wrong" and I say "Well first of all, I'm gay." And my dad in the background says, "That's fine, what's wrong, what's wrong? We don't care about that." So I said, "There's people here who want to hurt me."
My parents lived about an hour away and drove over the next morning. They were in the dean's offices all morning with me and were completely and totally incredible, more so than I had ever given them credit for. I remember my dad saying, "What do you want to do? You can transfer, you can take a semester off, we can pull you out." And I just didn't want to give up. I had a scholarship and I had started a life there. At that point it was agreed upon that I would move into an all-girls club for two weeks.
I was going to classes but was pretty low-key hiding out. I remember going back to my room to check because there were phone taps put on the phone. But the person eventually made a phone call from on-campus and the phone call was traced back to a room on the opposite quad and it turned out to be someone that I knew very well. I don't believe he was the person who was actually responsible. I believe he was taking the fall for a larger organization. But he took the fall for it and was expelled.
I remember when it was happening I felt like it was going on forever but it was probably a month and a half or two months of all-out torture and games, that progressed to death threats. It just went to another level and I knew at that point I needed help. I still can't be alone in too many strange locations, and I don't watch scary movies. I've been in therapy since this happened, which I think is a good and healthy thing everyone should do, but I was deeply affected.
When you're young and gay, especially in this time period and you're told that you're going to die alone and you're told that you're going to die unhappy, and that no one wants you, and you see someone who is a lot like you, in college, in a small town, seemingly goes out to a bar and it's the last thing that he does of his own choice and then he dies a few days later from being beaten to death, it's terrifying. And I've been so impacted by it. I just don't know if we seriously consider the state we are in today and how we are talking about each other and regarding one another. Just how people hold human life; it's bad and disgusting. I think we are all capable of doing better and I think that requires people to be courageous and talk about that. We can't continue to live in this world with this divisive rhetoric. — as told to Mikelle Street
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Roy Mata (také Roi Mata) byl ve 13. století mocný náčelník v Melanésii (Oceánie) na ostrově Efate, v oblasti, která se později nazývala Nové Hebridy a dnes Vanuatu. Jeho hrob s kostrami více než 25 členů jeho družiny objevil roku 1967 francouzský archeolog José Garranger a roku 2008 byla oblast zapsána na Seznam světového dědictví UNESCO.

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Garranger hrob objevil na základě studia místního folklóru a pověstí. Podle nich se Roy Mata pokusil sjednotit různé kmeny a vládl jim v míru. Roku 1265 jej však otrávil vlastní bratr na ostrůvku Lelepa a obyvatelé nechtěli, aby byl pohřben na domácí půdě, protože se báli jeho ducha.

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