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Johnson unlikely for 2009
Shawn Johnson tells the Des Moines Register she's unlikely to compete in 2009. Rick wonders if this means she's retiring for good. Johnson even disclosed that she's not sure whether she'll return to her high school in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Like the comeback after a potentially career-ending injury, the comeback after a successful Olympics is long and grueling. How do you go back to four to six hours in a gym after you've been the face of McDonalds? It's a question Johnson and Nastia Liukin are likely to be asking themselves. Despite Johnson's claim that she'd "give anything" to feel more Olympic magic, she may not realize what four more years is really going to take from her.
Only a handful of female gymnasts in the past decade have come back from successful Olympic experiences, and only two — Shannon Miller and Dominique Dawes — have been American (Tasha Schwikert doesn't count because you can't really call 2000 a success for the American women). The others include Lilia Podkopayeva (though her return was so brief it was almost non-existent), Simona Amanar, Andreea Raducan and of course, Svetlana Khorkina, who always looked better the year after an Olympic Games. than she did at the Games themselves.
A scene from Podkopayeva's short retrurn to international competition in 1997, at the European Masters:
Tags:Andreea Raducan, Dominique Dawes, Lilia Podkopayeva, Nastia Liukin, Shannon Miller, Shawn Johnson, Simona Amanar, Svetlana Khorkina, Tasha Schwikert
Twenty years later…
…and Olympic gymnastics is still a matter of power vs. elegance.
Daniela Silivas, 1988 Olympic All-Around, Floor Exercise:
Elena Shushunova, 1988 Olympic All-Around, Floor Exercise:
It is perhaps a trifle unfair to label Silivas, the first woman to throw a double-twisting double back on floor, as the just "the elegant one," and Shushunova, who had a well-choreographed Olympic floor routine, as just "the powerful one."
Still, it's an easy category to slip most standout gymnasts into, because it's one of the two things that makes said athlete stand out. 2008 is unique because it's the first time since the Seoul Games that the disparity between the two all-around front-runners has been quite this pronounced. Still, Gutsu vs. Miller. Khorkina vs. Raducan. Patterson vs. Khorkina — in nearly every Olympiad since 1984, it's been there.
In 1992, it was the trickster Tatiana Gutsu, perhaps the least elegant gymnast to come out of the old Soviet system, who won over fragile-looking American Shannon Miller.
Lilia Podkopayeva, the 1996 Olympic champion, possessed a rare combination of power and grace. There's never been another quite as good on both fronts as she was, even though Svetlana Khorkina may have in places done more difficult gymnastics.
Andreea Raducan had a poorly choreographed beam routine but was one of the few to really dance on floor. Few would make the mistake of calling Carly Patterson's choppy style balletic.
Tags:Andreea Raducan, Carly Patterson, Daniela Silivas, Elena Shushunova, Lilia Podkopayeva, Nastia Liukin, Shannon Miller, Shawn Johnson, Svetlana Khorkina, Tatiana Gutsu
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More of Darlene Hill's story
Mt. Laurel, N.J.'s Darlene Hill possibly solidified her status as an Olympic team contender with gold on the floor exercise at the Pacific Rim Championships two weeks ago.
The South Jersey Courier Post, which ran an initial article on Hill back in October, figured her win merited another one. It's here that we actually learn a little more about her.
She's got a terrific story, and this one undoubtedly won't be the last done on her.
Hill aggravated a shoulder injury during training and rolled her ankle the first day she got to San Jose, Calif., where the three-day [Pacific Rim] competition was held. She did not compete on the uneven bars, another strength area, in order to rest her shoulder. But her stellar performances on floor and vault contributed to the team gold. All told, the U.S. men and women collected 15 gold, five silver and four bronze for a total of 24 medals.
"The competition was pretty much me having to prove to the world that I am ready for the Olympic team," said Hill, a 2007 Lenape High School graduate who attends Burlington County College. "I felt honored being on that team and the crowd was behind me for the first time. It was a lot of fun."
Soft-spoken and stoic, Hill didn't discuss the mental burden she was carrying during the competition. Her grandmother, Eloise Dixon, who had raised her and supported her Olympic dream, had died just three weeks earlier.
"She was devastated," [coach Kim] Bonus said. "It was really rough. But what a victory to show herself what she can do even in the worst of times. I always knew she could do this. I had complete faith in her."
Shades of Lilia Podkopayeva, yes?
Tags:Darlene Hill, Kim Bonus, Lilia Podkopayeva
Russians dominate Junior Europeans
All of a sudden, gymnastics team competitions are being won by the margins of basketball games. And not even close basketball games.
The Russian juniors held off second-place France by more than 10 points to capture the Junior European team title today in Clement-Ferrand, France, International Gymnast Magazine reported.
Ridiculous. If the Russian juniors, once they became Russian seniors, held as much dominance, well, the team picture come Beijing might look a bit different than it does at the moment.
As it is, it appears Russia will fight the Romania for the team bronze. It might be the biggest team fight of the Games in women's gymnastics. Neither country has done particularly well against the Chinese and Americans this quad.
But imagine if the Russian juniors, perennial champions at competitions like the junior Europeans, could do as well in the senior ranks. For some reason, they don't. The two big breakout Russian stars from the 2006 Europeans, Irina Isayeva and Daria Elizarova, simply haven't competed much during the past two years.
Elizarova, whose form reminded some of the great Lilia Podkopayeva, was the alternate for the 2007 World Championship team and didn't compete. Isayeva has been plauged by injuries and in the few competitions she's been in has seemed to struggle with endurance.
As it is, add 13-year-old Tatiana Nabieva to the list of Russian up-and-comers for 2012. Nabiyeva, (60.850) bested teammate Aliya Mustafina (60.3) to take the junior all-around crown in France, while Frenchwoman Youna Dufournet won bronze (60.225).
Tatiana Nabieva, 2007 Gymnix International, Floor Exercise:
Tags:Aliya Mustafina, Daria Elizarova, Irina Isayeva, Lilia Podkopayeva, Tatiana Nabieva, Youna Dufournet
The best male gymnast of all time?
The best female gymnast of all time question is debated on message boards here and there, but Amy Van Deusen, an International Gymnast Magazine correspondent who recently launched About.com's gymnastics website, is the first I've seen to examine men's gymnastics in the same way.
In the women's category, the answer flits between Nadia Comaneci (first perfect 10 in Olympic competition) and Lilia Podkopayeva (one of the most "total package" gymnasts of all time, who was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame last week) Lavinia Milosovici, a highly consistent and successful Romanian from 1992 to 1996 and Russian Svetlana Khorkina, who is known for her longevity, daring, unique skills and high temper, might also deserve honorable mentions.
On about.com, Van Deusen throws out some likely candidates: Valeri Liukin (first ever triple back on floor), Nikolai Andrianov (lifted the Soviet men's team from obscurity to world dominance during the 1970s) and Mitsuo Tsukahara, the Japanese innovator who introduced the Tsukahara vault and won five Olympic gold medals.
Van Deusen's vote goes to Belarus' Vitaly Sherbo, who won a whopping six gold medals at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Hard to argue with that. As a gymnast, Sherbo had it all — great form, great power and an innovativeness that was expressed on all events, particularly vault and still rings. He also had an "it" factor that was almost uncomparable.
And unlike some of the sport's greats, he didn't retire immediately after achieving the pinnacle of Olympic success. He returned to training months before the 1996 Olympics after quitting to be with his wife Irina, who lapsed into a coma after a devastating car accident.
His comeback story includes four bronze medals in Atlanta, which seemed reflective of his limited preparation time but not lack of skill.
Vitaly Sherbo, 1994 World Championships, Vault:
Tags:Lavinia Milosovici, Lilia Podkopayeva, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Nadia Comaneci, Nikolai Andrianov, Svetlana Khorkina, Valeri Liukin, Vitaly Sherbo
Elizarova: Beijing spoiler?
Of all the Russian juniors who seem to have disappeared off the face of the Earth, I wonder most about 16-year-old Daria Elizarova, who was on the start list for the 2007 World Championships but did not compete.
Elizarova's toepoint and presentation are reminiscent of the great Lilia Podkopayeva's.
Lilia Podkopayeva, 1996 Olympic Games All-Around, Floor Exercise:
Daria Elizarova, 2006 Junior European Championships Team Final, Floor Exercise:
The obvious competitiors for all-around gold in Athens have presented themselves: Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Vanessa Ferrari, Jade Barbosa, Steliana Nistor and Pang Panpan if she's in her 2006 form.
Gymnastics fans will now spend the winter months exhausting every possible upset scenario before the American Cup in March gives a better picture of how things stand.
Elizarova, who will be competing at the mini-Olympics that the Good Luck Beijing test event is turning into, should be scenario number one.
Tags:Daria Elizarova, Jade Barbosa, Lilia Podkopayeva, Nastia Liukin, Pang Panpan, Shawn Johnson, Steliana Nistor, Vanessa Ferrari
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Progress report: some way to go on women's rights in Scotland
Written by Jenni Davidson on 11 March 2019 in Inside Politics
There have been some small steps forward for women, but a number of high-profile fails too
Equality statistics - Image credit: Holyrood
What would the Suffragettes have thought if they could have seen Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn Tulip Siddiq being wheeled into the House of Commons, heavily pregnant, on the day she was meant to be giving birth by caesarean, to vote against Theresa May's Brexit deal?
Was this the kind of female empowerment they had campaigned for? It didn't look very empowering.
And it was probably not what reformer John Bright meant when he referred to "the mother of parliaments".
There was widespread outrage about the indignity of the situation across both sides of the House, and Theresa May, on the brink of losing a vote of historic significance, reportedly apologised to Siddiq personally for the situation.
In fact, if any company's maternity provision had been so poor that one of its employees felt obliged to postpone an operation or be at work on her due date, we'd be in the realms of an employment tribunal.
And although Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson's maternity leave appears to have gone without a hitch in the Scottish Parliament, even there, the pairing to cover that is an unofficial agreement between parties.
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But following the Siddiq case and the breaking of the pairing meant to cover Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson's maternity leave, change is in the air, and the day after Siddiq's indignity, she became the first MP to get a proxy vote.
Shortly afterwards, a one-year trial of proxy voting in Westminster for maternity leave, paternity leave and adoption leave was announced.
Leader of the House Andrea Leadsom said: "I am delighted to be able to confirm to the House today that a substantive motion on proxy leave in the case of maternity, paternity and adoption has been tabled today for the House's agreement on Monday 28 January.
"This is a step forward, removing the choice between parliamentary and parental responsibilities, and helping to make parliament a more modern workplace."
And of course, parental leave and proxy voting also benefits new fathers, allowing each family more flexibility to decide what is right for them in terms of balancing work and childcare.
Women's political representation and workplace equality were both discussed in the Scottish Human Rights Commission's (SHRC) recent progress report to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on where Scotland is in terms of women's rights.
It paints a picture of some action but many areas where there is significant room for improvement.
In terms of political representation for women, Scotland dropped from fourth place globally in 2003 to 27th place in 2017, and the report notes that all of Scotland's female MSPs are white and non-disabled. It recommends disaggregation of national data in to show the differences between gender but also, more intersectional data that provides information on other inequality issues such as race or disability.
Meanwhile, action is being taken to ensure a future gender balance on public boards, with only 25 per cent of public bodies headed by women in 2015/16. While 81 per cent of NHS staff are women, 81 per cent on NHS board members are men.
Although legislation now exists to require gender-balanced membership of public boards, the SHRC points out that there are no sanctions for failure to comply.
Likewise, it suggests that the requirement for public bodies in Scotland with over 150 employees to report their gender pay gap is being seen more as a tick-box exercise than a motivation to make change.
Two weeks ago, the First Minister launched a new 'Future Female Business Leaders' mentoring programme, backed by £100,000 of funding, to encourage more women into leadership and entrepreneurship.
The programme will be delivered by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce in partnership with the Association of Scottish Businesswomen to tackle the key challenges that face women when it comes to growing their business or advancing their professional careers.
Speaking at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce 'Women in Business' lunch, Nicola Sturgeon said: "Helping more women to set up and succeed in business is both an economic and a moral imperative.
"By encouraging and supporting women to create and grow businesses, we can create greater equality which in turn builds a stronger and fairer economy."
But it is not just about reaching the top, breaking through the glass ceiling or being board members and managing directors, but about pay and access to work at all levels.
The SHRC report says that lack of affordable childcare "remains a persistent problem in Scotland", with childcare costs among the highest in the UK, which itself is among the highest in the world, and 25 per cent of parents living in absolute poverty have given up work, a third have turned down a job, and 25 per cent have not been able to take up education or training because of childcare costs.
Meanwhile, the gender pay gap in Scotland still sits at 14 per cent.
The SHRC points out there is a lack of Scottish-specific research on this, but a 2018 report from Close the Gap, 'The Gender Penalty', noted four reasons for it: occupational segregation, company size, bonuses and the 'gender residual' – other structural inequalities or prejudice that prevent women entering or progressing in employment.
In terms of occupational segregation, this can be seen in the recently resolved equal pay dispute at Glasgow City Council, but it is also being perpetuated for the future in, for example, the Modern Apprenticeship programme, where 98 per cent of childcare apprentices are female, while 98 per cent of construction apprentices are male.
But even more concerning is the discrimination against some of the most vulnerable members of our society. In his recent report, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, noted that the UK Government's austerity programme was disproportionately affecting women and suggested that if a group of misogynists had sat down to dream up a welfare system, they would have come up with one much like that.
Scotland's new social security system addresses some of the impacts of Westminster welfare reforms, the SHRC report says, but the body is calling on the Scottish Government to go further in making social security a human right.
While new legislation has recently been introduced in Scotland to widen the definition of domestic violence, the commission highlighted concerns about "prevalent gaps and challenges across Scotland" in providing BME women, particularly refugees, asylum seekers and trafficked women, experiencing domestic violence with specialist support and that women and children with insecure immigration status have been found to be more at risk of suffering destitution due to domestic abuse.
It also highlighted difficulties for LGBT people to access support.
The report also points to the low conviction rates for rape, sexual assault and human trafficking, despite increasing numbers of these being reported, particularly in the wake of high-profile cases after #metoo.
On the other side, Scotland still has one of the highest rates of imprisonment of women in Europe, many of those on remand or locked up for relatively minor offences.
And while it welcomes moves to tackle LGBT bullying in Scottish schools, the SHRC warns that sexist bullying and misogynistic behaviour are "prevalent" and schoolgirls across Scotland are being subjected to "alarming levels of sexual harassment on a daily basis", while Scotland's approach to bullying makes "little reference to misogyny or gender-based harassment".
On the same lines, but not mentioned in the report, are concerns from some women that moves to increase transgender rights may erode some women's rights. Questions of how to word census questions on gender were recently discussed in the Scottish Parliament.
And even Brexit is not gender neutral, as it is predicted that women will be disproportionately affected. 'Exploring the Economic Impact of Brexit on Women', a report by the Women's Budget Group in March 2018, warned that women could be impacted in a number of ways.
This includes a shrinking of the economy leading to job losses in sectors which have a majority female workforce, the possibility that future trade deals could give overseas companies the power to sue the UK Government if it took actions such as increasing the National Living Wage or bringing privatised services back in-house, and the likelihood of further cuts to government spending on welfare as GDP drops, which will have a disproportionate impact on women, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Much of the legislation protecting equality and workplace rights that women benefit from originated in, or was strengthened through, the EU.
Although this is being incorporated into UK law through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, it is vulnerable to change by a future government.
Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission Judith Robertson said: "Our recommendations to government include measures to ensure Brexit has no negative impact on women's rights; in particular, that our laws are strengthened to make internationally recognised women's rights enforceable.
"It also recommends action to mitigate the impact of austerity on women's economic and social rights; and improvements to law and policy to tackle the high prevalence of violence against women.
"Women continue to be underrepresented in public life, and to bear the brunt of austerity policies, with women from black and minority ethnic communities, disabled women and women on low incomes often experiencing a double or triple whammy of disadvantage.
"While the Scottish Government is to be commended for many of its actions to progress gender equality, our latest report to the UN shows that it must now go further, faster, to ensure that all women in Scotland are able to enjoy all of their rights – economic, social, civil and political – on the same terms as their male counterparts."
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We want to be sure we grasp the relationship of clients to servers, and have a shared vocabulary of terms.
is the interaction between two programs when they communicate across a network. A program at one site sends a request to a program at another site and awaits a response.
The requesting program is the client.
Assuming we are using our laptops as a client, we might want to know how laptops work.
The program satisfying the request is the server.
Assuming we want to retrieve something from a server over the web, we might want to know how web servers work.
It's good to be cognizant of the relationship of memory to storage, and the specific meaning of each term.
What are operating systems? We are familiar with Windows and Apple on our clients, but Linux and Android are starting to become challengers.
Wikipedia lists lots and lots of operating systems.
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If you want to trim a portion of the screen, find the Snip tool, pick the area you want to snip, and an image will be saved to your clipboard.
We will use Windows computers at the instructor desk. On occasion, the interface in Windows will not match the interface in a Mac. While we will try to have examples for all operating systems, it will be useful if, when you find that the Mac view is different, that you take a screenshot of the Mac environment and send it to the instructor. The instructor will ensure that the Mac screenshot is integrated into the class pages pertaining to the situation in which the screenshot was taken.


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I am off to my trip to India today and I have been looking forward to it! The last time I saw my family was in early 2015 so it has been a good while since I got to hug mom, sis, dad and bro. Speaking of which, this trip also includes a special event - my brother is getting married! So if you'd like a dose of South India, Chennai specifically, (and from a local's pint of view might I add) and like to check out a South Indian Muslim wedding, follow here on the blog. I am also excited to fly Singapore Airlines for the first time, if memory serves me right I've never flown that airline so hoping to experience the great quality of service everyone talks about. There will be a short trip to Mumbai as well, and possibly a trip to a third location that I am going to have to keep undisclosed for the moment!
Heading home is always a thrill, and to have a wedding in the family added to that is simply wonderful. I look forward to showing you more of the city where I was born, studied some in, and finally worked in for a bit before I moved to the US. I can't wait to see what's new and what's changed. I can't wait to meet some of my friends who are still there. But, most importantly, I am just thrilled to pieces to see my family and hold them and love them and have long nights of conversation and food and fun.
I will be gone for a month so rest assured there is a lot that you will have to keep abreast of. Follow me on Instagram mostly as I will be posting tons there. And sign up for my newsletter here or check in frequently to read more about my India adventures. Off I go now!


In this episode, Dan & Henry try to sum up an entire war in about 40 minutes. The results are roughly what you'd expect.
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Pregnancy can leave you feeling fatigued, nauseated and hormonal. These symptoms can make it difficult to maintain professionalism at work. Even though it's tough, you can prepare for motherhood and be a model employee by managing your pregnancy symptoms and being professional.
Water can prevent the headaches, fatigue and swelling that pregnancy often brings. Make it your goal to drink around 12-13 glasses of water each day to keep you and the baby hydrated at home and work.
Have snacks throughout the day to combat morning sickness. Morning sickness can really put a damper on your productivity. To ease this, keep some pretzels, chips, peppermints, lemon drops, or fruit on hand to snack on between meal times. Eating often can help prevent nauseating.
Be sure to get a good breakfast before work, as well. Eat things like oatmeal, toast, fruit, and whole wheat bagels. Some women find it helpful to eat 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day, and use small snack sparingly. Avoid fatty and spicy foods, as these might trigger morning sickness.
Have good posture when sitting to support your spine and maintain comfort. Sit straight up in your chair and put a small rolled up towel in between the curve of your back and the chair. Adjust your chair height and environment so you can sit as close to your desk as possible. Avoid slouching or leaning forward or backward in your chair.
Keep a change of clothing and mouthwash in your office. In case you should get sick or have an accident, keep some clothes on hand so you can change. You might also want to have some gum or mouthwash should you need to freshen your breath after a bout of morning sickness.
Handle frequent bathroom breaks by avoiding caffeine. Frequent urination is another symptom that often comes along with pregnancy. However, you can decrease your number of bathroom trips if you cut out caffeinated sodas, coffee and teas until after the baby comes.
Sit near the door during meetings in case you start to feel sick. When in staff meetings, sit as close as you can to the exit. This will make it easier on you should you need to make it to the bathroom quickly. Arrive early to meetings so you can get the best seat. Know where the restrooms are in advance so you can make it there fast.
Keep your energy level up by taking a walk or getting a quick nap. Fatigue is also a major symptom of pregnancy that can make it hard to do your job. On your lunch break, close your office door and get in a quick nap. You can even nap in the car or take a quick trip home if you don't have an office. You can also take a walk around the block to pep you up or chew some gum.
Spend as much time as possible in air-conditioned areas. Overexposure to heat may cause nausea and discomfort. As much as possible, try to stick to areas that let you control the climate so that you can keep yourself comfortable. Avoid staying out too long in hot or humid conditions.
Schedule doctor's appointments before work or during your lunch break.Pregnancy brings with it tons of appointments to the OBGYN. Schedule these appointments so you don't miss work unless absolutely necessary. Opt for early morning, late afternoon, or weekend appointments, if possible. Bring some work with you to do while you wait.
it's not possible to schedule your appointments during these times, have a talk with your boss about your doctor's availability and finding ways to make up your hours.
Take lots of notes in meetings. To stay focused and combat pregnancy brain, take as many notes as you can in meetings. This will ensure that you remember what was said and will also keep you awake should you feel tired.
Stay safe on the job. Perhaps you work in an environment that might be unsafe for your growing baby. Maybe you're a cop, painter, dry cleaner, are around toxic fumes or have to do heavy lifting on the job. Talk to someone in your Human Resources department; you can be given a safer job assignment during your pregnancy. You can also discuss your work environment with your doctor.
Though your work is a very important aspect of your life, do your best to leave it at the office. Take care of yourself when you're at home and try to get as much rest as possible. You'll be getting a lot less when the baby comes, so take advantage of this time.
Go for a walk when you get home or take a nice, warm shower. Try to find some activities that can help you relax and declutter your mind. If your workload is too much for you to handle during your working hours, ask for a lighter workload or to take on some additional help while you are pregnant.
Say 'no' to extra work while you are adjusting to pregnancy. Though you might be very ambitious, now may not be the best time to take on any more responsibilities. Focus on doing your best with the tasks you're currently assigned. STAY SAFE.


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A thicket of overhead lines, but it is still not enough. Germany has a lot of catching up to do on electrification. Only 60 percent of the network is electrified. Other EU states are well ahead.
Berlin, February 21, 2017. On electro mobility issues, the German Pro-Rail Alliance says that politicians are being negligent when it comes to electrifying the German rail network. The latest EU figures show large differences in the degree of the electrification of Europe's rail networks, according to a comparative evaluation made by the Pro-Rail Alliance. It shows that although 60 percent of Germany's rail network is electrified and therefore above the EU average of 52 percent, it is still way behind the European front runners such as Switzerland (degree of electrification 100 percent), Belgium (85 percent), the Netherlands and Sweden (both 76 percent), Italy (71 percent) or Austria (70 percent).
"While our European neighbours are upgrading their networks to make them more environmentally friendly, we in Germany are besotted with the idea of installing overhead lines on our motorways," criticised the managing director of the Pro-Rail Alliance, Dirk Flege, on Tuesday in Berlin. "In contrast, there are no clear targets and no properly funded programme of electrification for Germany's railway network," complained Flege. The Pro-Rail Alliance called on politicians to adopt a target for the national rail network of 70 percent electrification by 2025. "The least we should aim for is to match Italy on the electrification of rail based transport," said Flege. He warned that German support for the electrification of mobility meant that it was still somewhere between under-developed and mediocre. As an immediate measure, the German government should now quickly provide funding for the rail lines defined in the legislation on railway expansion.


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1760-04-28 - Battle of Sainte-Foy
Hierarchical Path: Seven Years War (Main Page) >> Battles >> 1760-04-28 - Battle of Sainte-Foy
French victory
1 Prelude to the Battle
3 Description of Events
3.1 Arrival of the French vanguard
3.2 Initial British approach
3.3 Arrival of the French main army
3.4 British attack
3.5 French counter-attack
5 Order of Battle
5.1 British Order of Battle
5.2 French Order of Battle
Prelude to the Battle
In the spring of 1760, the French governor of Canada, the marquis de Vaudreuil and the French commander-in-chief in North America, the chevalier de Lévis undertook an expedition against Québec, hoping to recapture the town before the arrival of the British fleet with fresh troops.
Indeed, the British garrison of Québec had severely suffered from winter. The effective strength of the garrison was reduced to less than half, and of those that remained fit for duty, hardly a man was entirely free from scurvy.
On April 20, the French army embarked at Montréal and set out for Québec. On April 26, the French army landed at Saint-Augustin, crossed the Cap-Rouge river on bridges of their own making, and moved upon the British outpost at Ancienne-Lorette. The British abandoned it and fell back to Sainte-Foy. On April 27 soon after daybreak colonel James Murray marched out of Québec with 10 pieces of cannon and more than half the garrison. He then covered the withdrawal of his advanced posts at Sainte-Foy, Cap-Rouge, Sillery, and Anse-au-Foulon before returning to Québec. Murray then resolved to confront the French on the battlefield rather than sustain a siege.
Map of the Battle of Sainte-Foy fought on April 28, 1760
Source: George M. Wrong From The Fall of Canada, A Chapter in the History of the Seven Years' War 1914
Copyright Tony Flores
The Plains of Abraham was a tract of grass, tolerably level in most parts, patched here and there with cornfields, studded with clumps of bushes. It formed a part of the high plateau at the eastern end of which Québec stood. On the south it was bounded by the declivities along the Saint-Laurent; on the north, by those along the Saint-Charles, or rather along the meadows through which that lazy stream crawled like a writhing snake.
Description of Events
Arrival of the French vanguard
On April 28, at daybreak the French vanguard took possession of the block-houses built by the British in the last autumn above Anse-au-Foulon at the southern edge of the plateau. Lévis initially believed that Murray had opted for the passive defence of Québec. Accordingly, he ordered provisions to be delivered as soon as possible at Anse-au-Foulon.
Lévis then reconnoitred the positions where he intended to deploy his army. He also reconnoitred the British detachment occupying the redoubt. Furthermore, to cover his line of supply from Anse-au-Foulon, he sent dismounted cavalry to occupy a redoubt which the British had just abandoned. However, the British opened fire on the redoubt and assembled a force to recapture it. Lévis, who had no troops at hand to support the cavalrymen in this advanced position, ordered them to retire.
From a neighbouring hill, Lévis then saw a large British column pouring out of the gates of Québec. He sent orders to his major-general to resume the advance with the army and instructed Bourlamaque to leave 5 grenadiers coys in the fortified house, which would become the anchor of the French left wing, and to send the 5 other grenadier coys to occupy a small height where he intended to anchor his right wing. Furthermore instructed Bourlamaque to deploy the French brigades from right to left as they arrived on the battlefield.
Initial British approach
At 6:30 AM, Murray had marched with all the force he could muster, a bare 3,000 men. Some of these had left the hospitals of their own accord in their eagerness to take part in the fray. The rain had ceased; but as the column emerged from Saint-Louis Gate, the scene before them was a dismal one, there was no sign of spring. Patches of bare earth lay oozy and black on the southern slopes: but elsewhere the ground was still covered with snow, in some places piled in drifts, and everywhere sodden with rain; while each hollow and depression was full of that half-liquid mixture of snow and water called "slush".
Murray's army had 2 howitzers and 20 field-pieces, which had been captured when Québec surrendered, and had formed a part of that very battery which Ramesay refused to Montcalm at the battle of the autumn before. As there were no horses, the cannon were dragged by some of the soldiers, while others carried picks and spades; for as yet Murray seems not to have made up his mind whether to fortify or fight. Thus they advanced nearly 1 km; till reaching the Buttes-à-Neveu, they formed in order of battle along their farther slopes, on the same ground that the French had occupied during the battle of the Plains of Abraham the previous year. In order to cover the entire plateau, the battalions were each drawn up in two ranks with three-foot gaps between files, instead of the normal elbow-to-elbow formation. There were 40-yard intervals between battalions.
Murray went forward to reconnoitre. Immediately before him was a rising ground, and, beyond it, a tract of forest called Sillery Wood, some 2 km distant. Murray perceived that the French line was not yet formed.
Arrival of the French main army
That Lévis had chosen his ground was clear, he had already occupied the block-house and the redoubt above Anse-au-Foulon, as well as a house and a fortified windmill belonging to one Dumont at the northern brink, and had extended his vanguard along the ridge between these two points. But the French main body was still debouching in columns along the road from Sainte-Foy, then turning, battalion after battalion, and rapidly marching across the plateau along the edge of Sillery Wood 2 km in rear. Only two brigades of the leading column had already reached the blockhouse and redoubt by the Anse-au-Foulon, and formed themselves as the right wing of the French line of battle; but those behind were not yet in position. A third French brigade was debouching from the woods.
British attack
Thinking the opportunity favourable, Murray ordered an immediate advance. His line consisted of 8 battalions, numbering a little above 2,000. In the intervals between them the cannon were dragged through slush and mud by 500 men; and, at a little distance behind, the remaining 2 battalions followed as a reserve. The right flank was covered by Dalling's light infantry; the left by Hazen's company of rangers and 100 volunteers under major MacDonald. They all moved forward till they were on nearly the same ground where Wolfe's army had been drawn up. Then the cannon unlimbered, and opened on the French.
When Lévis, who was on horseback in the middle of the field, saw that the entire British army was advancing against the two brigades forming his right wing, he sent them orders to retire to the entrance of the wood to await the arrival and deployment of the other brigades.
The movement caused some disorder among French troops. Murray mistook it for retreat, and ordered the line to renew its advance. The whole British line, extending itself towards the right, pushed eagerly forward: in doing which it lost the advantage of the favourable position it had occupied; and Burton's brigade soon found itself on low grounds, wading in half-melted snow, which in some parts was knee deep. Here the cannon could no longer be worked with effect. Just in front, a small brook ran along the hollow, through soft mud and saturated snowdrifts, then gurgled down the slope on the right, to lose itself in the meadows of the Saint-Charles. A few rods before this brook stood the house and windmill of Dumont, occupied by 5 companies of French grenadiers. While the last French brigade (La Sarre) was forming line, Dalling's Light Infantry attacked the French grenadiers defending these buildings. A furious struggle ensued, till at length the French gave way, and the victors dashed forward to follow up their advantage. Their ardour cost them dear.
French counter-attack
La Sarre brigade fell back into the woods to complete its formation. When the fire of the British artillery ceased, this brigade resumed its advance with the utmost impetuosity, led by a gallant old officer, lieutenant-colonel Dalquier, of Béarn Infanterie. Now supported by the La Sarre brigade, the French grenadiers fell on the rash British light infantry. These battalions soon overwhelmed them and recaptured the the house and the windmill. Over 200 of the British light infantry were killed and wounded, and the few survivors hurrying back in confusion upon Burton's brigade prevented it from firing on the advancing French, who thus seized the opportunity to reform their broken ranks. At length the British light infantry got themselves out of the way and retired to the rear, where, having lost nearly all their officers, they remained during the rest of the fight.
Lévis sent Bourlamaque to command the left but he was almost immediately wounded by a cannon shot which killed his horse. Murray then committed the 35th Foot from his reserve and restored the right flank of the British line.
Seeing that combat intensified on his left wing, Lévis personally went there to organise the defence of the the house and mill of Dumont. Another struggle followed for the house and mill of Dumont, of which the French again got possession, to be again driven out. Lieutenant-colonel Dalquier of Béarn Infanterie, at the head of La Sarre brigade and 5 grenadier coys, finally reconquered the position and then withstood all attempts of the British to turn the French left flank. For this reason, this brigade suffered the most heavily during the battle, Dalquier himself being wounded.
Meanwhile, Lévis had moved across the front of his army, giving orders to charge to each brigade as he passed by. Upon reaching the right wing, he marched the 5 grenadier coys. For above an hour more the fight was hot and fierce. "We drove them back as long as we had ammunition for our cannon," says sergeant Johnson; but now it failed, and no more was to be had, because, in the eccentric phrase of the sergeant, the tumbrils were "bogged in deep pits of snow."
While this was passing on the British right, it fared still worse with them on the left. The advance of the line was no less disastrous here than there. The block-houses were indeed carried by Hazen's rangers and MacDonald's volunteers and held for a time and Lévis had ordered his troops to fall back into the woods for a time. This brought the British troops close to the woods which circled round to this point from the French rear, and from which the Canadians, covered by the trees, now poured on them a deadly fire.
Lévis intended to charge the British left flank with La Reine and Royal Roussillon brigades which outflanked them. However, his orders were misinterpreted and La Reine brigade, instead of retiring to the edge of the wood, moved behind the French left wing. Nevertheless, Lévis resolved to execute the manoeuvre with Royal Roussillon alone. when the fire of the British artillery ceased, the French advanced again in overwhelming force, extending themselves along the British front and flank. The sieur Delaas, captain at La Reine Infanterie, commanded the Canadian militia attached to La Reine brigade. These militia were deployed on the extreme right wing. They did not follow La Reine brigade, when it mistakenly marched for the French left wing, but rather joined the Royal Roussillon brigade in its advance against the British left flank. The French artillery, though consisting of only 3 pieces, played its part with good effect. Hazen's rangers and MacDonald's volunteers could not hold the two blockhouses covering the British left flank. Hazen was wounded, MacDonald killed, and their party overpowered. The Royal Roussillon brigade, along with the militia of the La Reine brigade, then moved beyond the British left flank.
Murray sent in his final reserve, the III./60th Royal American Foot to stop this attack. He also pulled out the 43rd Foot from his centrer, which Lévis had mostly ignored, and moved it to support his left flank. The British troops stood for a time in sullen desperation under the storm of bullets; but they were dropping fast in the blood-stained snow. Disorder gradually began to spread along the entire British line. With both flanks turned the efforts of the British were hopeless and the order came at length from Murray to fall back.
So first the British left brigade and then the right retired, cursing as they went. Some of the regiments tried to carry off their guns with them, but finding this impossible owing to deep snow and mud spiked and abandoned them. The French followed in pursuit, hoping to cut them off from the town. However, considering the absence of La Reine brigade and perceiving the orderliness of the British retreat, Lévis judged it more prudent to recall his troops, and Murray brought back the remnant of his force in safety to Québec.
The fight had lasted about two hours, and did credit to both sides. The Canadians not only showed their usual address and courage when under cover of woods, but they also fought well in the open field; and the conduct of the whole French force proved how completely they had recovered from the panic of the last autumn. From the first they were greatly superior in number, and at the middle and end of the affair, when they had all reached the field, they were more than two against one. The British, on the other hand, besides the opportunity of attacking before their enemies had completely formed, had a vastly superior artillery and a favourable position, both which advantages they lost after their second advance.
In this battle, the British lost 292 men killed, 837 wounded and 53 taken prisoners (including 20 officers), or more than a third of their whole number. The 15th Foot, 28th Foot, and 78th Fraser's Highlanders were, after the Dalling's Light Infantry, the greatest sufferers
The French lost 193 men killed and 640 wounded.
British Order of Battle
Commander-in-chief: colonel James Murray
Summary: about 3,175 regulars in 10 battalions, 116 artillerymen, 78 rangers, 3 howitzers, 20 field-pieces
Dalling's light infantry
Burton's brigade
48th Webb's Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
15th Amherst's Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
58th Anstruther's Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
II./60th Royal American Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
Fraser's brigade
43rd Kennedy's Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
47th Lascelle's Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
78th Fraser's Highlanders (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
28th Bragg's Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
Hazen's Rangers (1 coy of 78 men)
Volunteers (110 men) under major MacDonald
In reserve behind the centre
35th Otway's Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
III./60th Royal American Foot (1 bn with 2 field-guns)
Protecting the right and left flanks: Light Infantry and Provincial Rangers.
French Order of Battle
Commander-in-chief: François-Gaston chevalier de Lévis
Summary: 4,140 regulars, 2,751 militia, 270 Indians and 3 field-guns
Royal Roussillon brigade
II./Royal Roussillon (1 bn of about 325 regulars and 275 militia)
II./Guyenne (1 bn of about 340 regulars and 260 militia)
Berry brigade
II./Berry (1 bn of about 380 regulars and 250 militia)
III./Berry (1 bn of about 380 regulars and 250 militia)
Compagnies Franches de la Marine brigade (2 bns totalling about 970 regulars and 240 militia)
La Sarre brigade
II./Béarn (1 bn of about 390 regulars and 220 militia)
II./La Sarre (1 bn of about 360 regulars and 230 militia)
Indian Allies (270 men) on the extreme right wing
La Reine Brigade II./La Reine (1 bn of about 400 regulars and 220 militia)
II./Languedoc (1 bn of about 290 regulars and 280 militia)
Montréal militia (about 280 men)
Artillery: 3 field pieces under officers Louvricourt and Duverny.
Lévis also had 200 militia cavalry accompanying his army but they did not take part in the battle.
N.B.: All regular battalions had been reorganised during the winter 1759-60 and 3 companies of militia were now attached to each battalion. These mixed battalions were drilled to fight in 6 ranks.
N.B.: in his relation of the battle Lévis pretends that, because of the numerous detachments he had already, his army counted only 5,000 men when it deployed on the battlefield. He also mentions that the Indians did not take part into the action but rather retired into the woods. Finally, he indicates that among his 5,000 men, 1,400 (La Reine Brigade and his cavalry) did not take part in the battle.
This article is essentially a compilation of texts from the following books which are now in the public domain:
Anonymous, A Complete History of the Present War, from its Commencement in 1756, to the End of the Campaign, 1760, London, 1761, pp. 503-504
Fortescue, J. W., A History of the British Army, Vol. II, MacMillan, London, 1899, pp. 391-394
Lévis, chevalier de, Journal des campagnes du chevalier de Lévis en Canada de 1756 à 1760, Montréal, Beauchemin, 1889, pp. 264-271
Malartic, Comte de Maurès de: Journal des Campagnes au Canada de 1755 à 1760, Dijon: Damidot, 1890, pp. 316-319
Parkman, Francis, Montcalm and Wolfe, Collier Books, New York, 1884, pp. 508-511
Canada – National Battlefields Commission
Wikipedia Battle of Sainte-Foy
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Q: Questions on proof of theorem 2.30 in Baby Rudin. Before I ask questions about the proof I am having trouble differentiating between these two definitions that are related to the proof.
Def. 1. $E$ is open in $X$ means to each point $p \in E\ \exists r>0$ such that $$ d(p,q)<r,\ q \in X \Rightarrow q \in E. $$
Def. 2. $E$ open relative to $Y$ if to each point $p \in E\ \  \exists r>0$ such that $q \in E$ whenever $$d(p,q)<r\ \&\ q \in Y$$
To me, both of these definitions seem to be the same (and trivial, to be honest). So what is the "big" difference?
And now, this is the proof my professor gave in class which is more or less the same as Rudin's. I am looking for clarification on some parts (to be honest, most parts) of the proof. My comments and questions in bold refer to the statement above.
$\textbf{Theorem}$. Suppose $Y \subseteq X$. A subset $E$ of $Y$ is open relative to $Y$ if and only if $E = Y \cap G$ for some open subset $G$ of $X$.
$Proof.$ $(\Rightarrow)$ Suppose $E$ is open relative to $Y$. To each $p \in E,\ \exists r_p >0$ such that
$$d(p,q) < r_p,\ q \in Y \Rightarrow q \in E.$$
Let $V_p$ be the set of all $q \in X$ such that $d(p,q) < r_p$ and define $G = \cup _{p \in E}\ V_p$.
Why do this? Just because is works?
Then $G$ is an open subset of $X$.
$G$ is an open subset of $X$ because arbitrary union of open sets is open. Right?
Since $p \in V_p\ \forall p \in E$,  it is clear that $E \subseteq G \cap Y.$
This is not "clear" like my professor states, please explain.
By our choice of $V_p$, we have $V_p \cap E \subseteq E$ for every $p \in E$ so that $G \cap Y \subseteq E$.
This makes sense in my head if I think in terms of sets in general. It's always true that the intersection of two sets is a subset of each of the sets, so it's no different in this case. BUT the words "by our choice" is bothering me, should it? Lastly, I don't understand why the intersection of $G$ and $Y$ would be a subset of $E$.
Hence, $E = G \cap Y$.
$(\Leftarrow)$ Conversely, if $G$ is open in $X$ and $E = G \cap Y$, every $p \in E$ has a neighborhood $V_p \subseteq G$. Then,
$$V_p \cap Y \subseteq E$$
so that $E$ is open relative to $Y$. $□$
Thank you all in advance for the help.

A: Let $B(p,r)=\{q \in X : d(p,q) < r\}$ which is an open ball of radius $r$ in $X$. $E$ open in $X$ means that for any point $p$ in $E$ we can find an open ball small enough so that every point (of $X$) in the ball is also in $E$, i.e., $B(p,r)\subset E$.
On the other hand, open relative to $Y$ means that we only care about points in the ball that are in $Y$, in other words for any point $p$ in $E$ we may find an open ball containing $p$ that is small enough that every point (of $Y$) in the ball is also in $E$. So we are considering $B(p,r)\cap Y \subset E$.
On to the proof. What is happening here is that we are going to cover $E$ in small open balls $V_p=B(p,r_p)$. This cover is given by $G=\bigcup_{p\in E} V_p$ and is (indeed) open as it is a union of open sets. As it is a cover, $E \subset G$. (Not to beat a dead horse, but if this still isn't entirely clear, $p \in V_p$, so $E = \bigcup_{p\in E} \{p\} \subset \bigcup_{p\in E} V_p = G$.)
Now, in the hypothesis we have $E \subset Y$ and because $E\subset G$,
$$ E = E\cap E = (E \cap Y) \cap (E \cap G) \subset Y \cap G $$
This fact is really just the obvious fact that if two sets contain a common subset then their intersection also contains this subset.
["By choice"] We constructed each $r_p$ from the definition of open relativeness, hence $V_p \cap Y = B(p,r_p) \cap Y\subset E$. Therefore
$$G\cap Y = \left(\bigcup_{p\in E}V_p\right) \cap Y
=\bigcup_{p\in E}(V_p \cap Y)
\subset \bigcup_{p\in E} E
= E
$$
Don't get too worked up about Rudin saying "by choice", it was really just his way of skipping the explanation I just gave.

A: Consider $E = [0, 2]$ then $E$ is not open.  Consider $p = 0$ then there is no $r$ so that $d(0,q) < r \implies q \in E$ because if $q = 0-r/2$ then $q \not \in E$ but $d(0, q) = r/2 < r$.
But consider $E = [0,2]$ and $Y = (1/2, 3/4)$.  Consider $p = 0$ then for any $r$ if $d(0,q) < r$ AND if $q\in Y$ then $q \in E$.  Our counter example of $q = 0-r/2$ won't do anymore because $q= 0 -r/2 \not \in Y$.
Indeed as $Y \subset E$ so if $q \in Y$ then $q \in E$ so $E$ must be open in $Y$.
Basically taking $E$ open in $Y$ just means to restrict our "space" to $Y$.
Take $E = (0, 100]$ and $Y= [-1, 7]$. $E$ is open relative to $Y$.  For any point in $p \in E$ then for any $r > 0$, if $d(p,q) < r$ then $q \in Y$.  We don't have to worry about $p = 100$ because that's completely beyond any consideration of $Y$--- if $d(100, q) < 93$ then $q \not \in Y$ so $(d(100, q) < 93$ and $q \in Y) \implies q \in E$ (also $(d(100,q) < 93$ and $q \in Y) \implies \text {I'm a green unicorn}$).

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Q: How to find the branch number using git In Git, there is a command git checkout ***, I am wondering how to get the number to checkout?

A: git log will show you the commit history for your respository, which will include the SHA1 identifier for each commit, like this:
commit 7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d
Merge: 553c207 7629413
Author: The Octocat <octocat@nowhere.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 6 15:06:50 2012 -0800

    Merge pull request #6 from Spaceghost/patch-1

    New line at end of file.

commit 762941318ee16e59dabbacb1b4049eec22f0d303
Author: Johnneylee Jack Rollins <Johnneylee.rollins@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 13 21:42:41 2011 -0700

    New line at end of file. --Signed off by Spaceghost

You can check out a particular commit like this:
git checkout 762941318ee16e59dabbacb1b4049eec22f0d303

...but this isn't often what you want to do, because this puts you in a "detached HEAD" state in which any new commits you make will not be reachable from any branch, meaning that they will ultimately be removed by the garbage collection mechanism.  This is a great way to lose data.
What often makes more sense is to create a new branch based on this commit:
git checkout -b mybranch 762941318ee16e59dabbacb1b4049eec22f0d303

Now you're on a new branch called mybranch and any new commits you make will work as expected.  You can switch back to your master branch like this:
git checkout master

Also, sinelaw's suggestion about Pro Git was an excellent one.

A: git describe
git describe --tags

without --tags argument, it only considers non-annotated tags.
add --tags argument to consider non-annotated tags
may give the relative revision number based on previous tag
for example, there is a tag v2.0.0.
your current commit is 12 commits after commit tagged v2.0.0.
then the output is v2.0.0-12-g1234abc, where 12 is the relative revision number


Clear and glowing skin is what we all dream of, but in today's hustle bustle, it is difficult to maintain unblemished skin. A consistent skin care routine will surely keep your acne breakouts at bay by using skincare products. But it is not the permanent solution for your acne problem. They might be good in treating acne for a temporary period because they can only reach the skin surface, provide superficial relief but cannot change the skin's behaviour. For curing the skin deeply you have to opt for permanent solutions. Fortunately, there are some innovative skin treatments that would help you to get rid of those nasty marks from your skin. Dermatologists and cosmetic surgeons can make wonders in curing this problem for you and that too permanently. They focus on the bacteria that lie inside our skin and encourage the acne problem. If you are looking for having a cosmetic treatment to get the old skin with marks away from your life and want to welcome that unblemished and glowing skin then you must know about these treatments.
It is the unique method of skin treatment with the combination of blue and red light energy waves. The photo facial procedure is greatly helpful to repair damaged skin and give you rejuvenated skin. Photo facial is great in reducing wrinkles, fine lines and decreases the chance of acne breakouts and contracting up to the pores that decrease the frequency of acne. Eventually, the skin gets less vulnerable and more resilient to breakouts and blemishes.
If you experience frequent acne breakouts and want to have a clearer and healthy skin, a laser skin resurfacing treatment is the key to remove the top and damaged layer of skin and encourage stimulate collagen production deeply from the skin surface. Laser Skin Resurfacing is truly an intensive procedure but gives outstanding results for the one who is looking to have rejuvenated skin and reinstate the natural glow. One of the best equipment's using most advanced technology for laser skin resurfacing is AcuPulse. If you opt for this option make sure the cosmetic surgeon you choose uses the latest and most advanced technology with proven results.
AHA peels, phenol and TCA peels are usually used to treat acne problems and cosmetic surgeon or dermatologist can help you out to balance your skin and improve the overall skin texture. The best thing about chemical peel is that it treats the skin from the inside out, as they gradually go into the skin's layer and destroy the damaged skin tissues. This procedure creates a reaction which helps the skin to repair and regenerate itself. Continuous sittings of the treatment result in reduced inflammation and clearer complexion.
A treatment that buffs away the dead skin cells present on the top layer of the skin. The procedure of Microdermabrasion provides indirect advantages for the people who are suffering from this problem and is usually used in the combination with chemical peel. This procedure is commonly used after the inflammation is reduced as it helps in deep exfoliating treatment.
If you have got tired of your frequent acne breakouts and the scars they leave behind, you must surely go for acne scar removal treatment for improving the overall texture and better skin tone. So, with these treatments bid a goodbye to the dull and blemished skin. At Refine Aesthetics we provide Acne Scar Treatment through the use of most advanced technology like AcuPulse with proven results for all skin types. All procedures are carried out by experienced professionals and highly trained staff. So say goodbye to those scars, look beautiful and feel good.
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When hiring pet sitters or hiring dog walkers, it can be difficult knowing where to start. There are so many different websites out there where you can post job ads – so how do you know which one is the most lucrative? Today we bring you a review of the top sources for hiring for your pet sitting business, so you know which ones to invest your time into.
Indeed describes itself as the world's #1 job site. And we can't blame them. They pull in over 200 million unique visitors to their site every month. One of the main reasons why Indeed is great is because it's FREE to post jobs. Or if you're really in a pinch, there is an option to pay for your ads so that they are shown to more applicants. Plus, if you're feeling extra proactive, you can search through resumes and invite potential applicants to apply for your job.
One of the reasons that Indeed is NOT so great however, is because you'll get a lot of bogus and spam applicants. I'm talking about people that are just sending out their resume to the masses, with no regard to what the job is. I know some pet sitters that have had to wade through over 100 applicants to find 1 or 2 winners. But the reality is that hiring takes time, and wading through applicants you can automatically disqualify is just part of the process. No matter what, you have to stick with it!
Craigslist can be another great source for hiring pet sitters and hiring dog walkers. The website has been around for over 20 years, and has quickly become the premiere website for posting classified ads. Another great thing about Craigslist is that it is totally free to use. It is also is really great about protecting your privacy. When you post an ad, applicants will be able to contact you without seeing your email.
TIP: Try posting your hiring ad in multiple categories such as part time, gigs, domestic, etc. This will allow you to reach more applicants!
But, Craigslist does have some downfalls. There is a lot of spam job ads on Craigslist, which lessens it's credibility. A lot of people do not consider Craigslist a legitimate source for applying to jobs. It may be harder to reach the demographic you're aiming for.
Hireology is a little different than your typical job posting site. Think of it more as a hiring "hub." According to their website, Hireology allows you to manage all hiring activity from their platform. This includes writing job descriptions, posting to job boards, interview candidates, and running background checks. It allows you to keep all of your information in one place, including applications, resumes, interview notes, etc.
Keep in mind that Hireology is not free! If this sounds like something you're interested in, you'll have to request a free demo. If you like the software, there will be an additional cost, which is determined by the size of your business, how many employees you currently have etc. Hireology is also billed on either an annual or multi-year basis. One business owner reported paying $400 for one year.
Nextdoor is also a successful platform for hiring pet sitters or hiring dog walkers. For those of you who don't know what NextDoor is, think of it as Facebook for your neighborhood. You'll be able to interact with your neighbors, share reviews of services, post classified ads, etc. It's the go-to place to find all about what's happening in your neighborhood.
For pet sitting businesses, it's a great way to reach local talent and potential clients. You're able to advertise your business as well as post job postings. But there is a downside – Nextdoor recently partnered with Rover, so they do give preferential treatment to Rover sitters. They have also implemented a pet directory, which is a plus, so you'll be able to see which of your neighbors have pets. Good information!
Facebook, the most popular social media outlet in the world, has rapidly become another premiere platform for hiring. Although they have just rolled out their new job posting feature, many pet sitters say it is useless at this point. Not many people are using it yet.
Some business owners say that by posting their ad on their business page, and then boosting the post via a Facebook advertisement has proven very lucrative. Definitely something to consider!
No matter which platform you choose to utilize to post your hiring ads, one thing is for sure: you must always be hiring! Admittedly, there are many problems that can arise when hiring, but it is still so important that you continue to do it, regardless. I preach this time and time again because I still get stories of pet sitters who are stuck. Business owners that have to bend to the whims of their employees because they can't afford to lose them. I can't stress enough how important it is that you are in control. After all, a ship can't sail without it's captain!


Stephen Colarelli is professor of psychology at Central Michigan University. Steve was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Zambia and a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore and Hong Kong Baptist University. He has written and lectured widely on an evolutionary perspective on organizational behavior and human resource management. His most recent book (with Richard Arvey) is Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior (Univ. of Chicago Press). Steve was born in Denver and grew up in Arvada, Colorado. He received his BA from Northwestern University, where he studied political science and history. After college he served in the Peace Corps for two years in Senegal, West Africa. Upon returning from the Peace Corps, he received his MA in social and organizational psychology from the University of Chicago and his PhD in industrial/organizational psychology from New York University.
The Spring Conference focuses on a single concept related to Bowen theory. Guest scientists, researchers, and leaders in the study of family systems offer presentations related to the topic during this two-day conference. There is ample time for questions and discussion with the audience.
Our previous conference, The Family and Child Development: A Systems Approach to Theory and Practice (2018), was held on April 13-14, 2018. Recordings of this and previous Spring Conferences are available to download or rent. Conferences prior to 2018 can be purchased as DVD Sets and MP3 CDs from the online store.
An order or structure underlies presentations of family functioning, and the knowledge of such a structure permits the description of a set of functions that influence the behavior of the system. Among those functions are those related to leading, the ability to influence the behavior of other participants.
Evolutionary theory is a systems theory. It is also the bedrock of the life sciences, and it is becoming an important foundation for the social sciences, psychology, and the helping professions. Dr. Colarelli give an overview of some systems components of evolutionary theory and evolutionary psychology, with a focus on their relevance to leadership, families, and organizations.
Four clergy colleagues will share their experiences of clarity and confusion while working in their respective communities. Representing different traditions, settings and principles of faith, they will engage in conversation centered on how they have managed to cultivate personal clarity in church, community and faith tradition during an era of upheaval and change.
The concepts of Bowen family systems theory have proved useful to business advisors, and the leaders they serve, who understand that emotional process affects individual performance, and can be influenced by individuals within the group. Based on over a decade of study of business relationship systems, this paper will show that extrusions in business (firings) are often adaptive. These ideas will be illustrated by a business story in which the resistance to firing a teammate appeared to be the expression of systemic immaturity.
– What was your key take-away from yesterday?
– What questions do you bring to today's discussion?
Psychotherapy grounded in Bowen family systems theory supports individuals' interests in engaging in a series of process-oriented steps, toward differentiation of self, that promotes future movements in the direction of successful family adaptation. The family goal becomes seeking a more complex emotional system; freeing up the system's energy to be directed toward the integration of emotion with thinking.
Being paid to lead is a complicated business, learning to be a leader is the work of a lifetime. Thinking with Bowen theory can contribute to functioning in business but work on differentiation of self is where real leadership emerges. This presentation will present family of origin work, its influence on leadership and how Bowen theory is utilized as a framework for thinking about how organizations function.
Humans are a social species. Indeed, it has been our capacity to cooperate with others, perhaps more than any other human trait, that has been responsible for our success as a species. Although we cooperate with both family and non-family members, our capacity to cooperate widely with non-kin has been critical to the complex division of labor, the widespread growth of civilizations and nation-states, large organizations, and national and international economic systems. What is the evolved basis for our extraordinary capacity for cooperation? What role do leaders – in families and organizations – play in enabling cooperation? What does an evolutionary perspective say about the constraints and opportunities for encouraging and sustaining human cooperation?
We all make mistakes; it is an inevitable part of being human and a critical part of developing critical thinking and increasing effectiveness. This presentation uses examples of mistakes made when consulting to business firms as a way to strengthen one consultant's resolve to think systems with greater rigor.
This presentation explores leadership in two groups. In the first, the long-time leader of an organization is challenged by a younger colleague but maintains his role by marshalling the support of his staff. The upstart recruits another colleague to form a coalition to overthrow the leader. The role of the relationship system as central to leadership is highlighted. In the second group, the tension between a leader and a challenger is reduced by the efforts of an individual to stay out of a coalition and to relate to both individuals. Understanding the power of triangles in an organization is explored, as well as the effectiveness of neutrality in relating to leadership conflicts.
Visitor parking is available in Founders Hall Garage on a first-come, first-serve basis. The full-day rate is $15 on Friday, and $8 on Saturday.
The Bowen Center is providing a discounted room block from Wednesday, April 10 – Sunday, April 14 (Date of Departure) for $169 USD per night for Spring Conference attendees. The cut-off date for reserving a room is Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
Reserve by Phone: Please call the Hilton at 703-528-6000 to make your reservation. Please provide the group code (TBC), your arrival and departure date, and the hotel name (Hilton Arlington).
Please visit the Hilton Arlington's maps and directions page for driving directions and available transportation options.
The conference day provides a maximum of TBD of Category I continuing education credit for social workers and for counselors.
Return policy: The last day to receive a refund for the Spring Conference is three weeks before the first day of the conference. Please note that refunds will be given less a $75 administrative fee.
Papero, Daniel V. 2017. "Trauma and the Family: A Systems-Oriented Approach." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 38:582–594.
Sepah, Cameron."Your Company Culture is Who You Hire, Fire, and Promote." Medium. Accessed March 6, 2019. https://medium.com/s/company-culture/your-companys-culture-is-who-you-hire-fire-and-promote-c69f84902983.
L. Spranger, Jennifer & Colarelli, Stephen & Dimotakis, Nikolaos & C. Jacob, Annalyn & Arvey, Richard. 2012. "Effects of kin density within family-owned businesses." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 119:151–162.
"Dogs In The Workplace". YouTube video, 4:53. Posted by "This View of Life Magazine". July 19, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNlghc5bEfI.
"January, Leadership Series – Wilgus (2018-19)". YouTube video, 3:10:31. Posted by "HealthyCongregations". Jan 18, 2019. https://youtu.be/gqJQWEHv2DQ.


Under Adele's leadership, companies have experienced profit gains and improved performance results including: moving the profits of the largest division of a multi-national conglomerate from last place to first place; continuous six quarter increases in profits of a $250m consumer products group; delivered 2% revenue lift in two years at $4B global manufacturing company by redesigning and implementing discount controls including channel programs and sales delegations; and developed and implemented revenue planning processes that provided 99% forecast accuracy in support of 'street' reporting consistency. McLean was formerly Vice President Business Operations and Vice President of World Wide Sales Operations for Western Digital and held leadership positions in finance, operations and sales positions at IBM, Seagate Technologies, and Avaya. Adele received her B.S. in Business Administration and Master's degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


In the crowded retail environment saturating "the strip," the menswear store hired BR Public Relations to break through the clutter with its opening event. We did what we do best to turn an ordinary retail launch into an extraordinary event and connected to world news. With U.S. presidential candidates campaigning — and ruthlessly sparring on a nonstop basis — we dressed SARAR's storefront in Obama / Romney suits and asked the public to vote on the best style. This stunt captured the attention of the Hollywood celebrities dressed in the elegant menswear styles for the red carpet.


Consider a data set with 21 members. The median will be the 11th highest value. If one more value were added, the median will be the average of the 11th and 12th highest value.
24/09/2014 · There are many, many ways, depending on your definition of outliers. A good one is to plot your data and think about data points that seem surprising. A good one is to plot your data and think about data points that seem surprising.


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Malaika Arora was not the first choice for Chaiyya Chaiyya, Shilpa Shetty was | Bollywood
By cryptoads on December 4, 2022 · 0 Comment
The first choice for the popular dance song Chaiyya Chaiyya was not Malaika Arora. She was approached only after five actors refused to dance on the train, Farah Khan has revealed. Chaiyya Chaiyya which was a part of the 1998 Mani Ratnam film Dil Se.(Also read: Malaika Arora is emotional about big life decision, Farah Khan consoles her)
Farah will be seen talking about their 90s song on the first episode of Moving In With Malaika which premieres on Disney+ Hotstar on December 5, Monday. The show marks digital debut for Malaika.
"You're the Chaiyya Chaiyya girl. But luckily for you, some five heroines had refused to climb on the train. Malaika was nowhere on the radar. We approached Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Shilpa Shirodkar, and 2-3 other people. One had a phobia of climbing on the train, another one was not available," a DNA report quoted Farah as saying.
The filmmaker added, "Then the makeup person said, Malaika is a very good dancer. When she climbed on the train, we were completely curious whether she would pull it off or not. But the rest as we know is history."
Malaika has promised a closer look into her life for fans as well as haters, with her new show Moving In With Malaika. The show will also feature celebrities who are close to her. Though there has been no official confirmation, her close friends, including Kareena Kapoor Khan, are expected to feature on the show.
Promos for Moving In With Malaika show the actor-dancer talking about her personal life, moving on after her divorce, and the trolling she has faced for all of it. Talking about the show, Malaika had earlier said in a statement, "For the longest time, the world has viewed me through the lens of social media. But this time I am excited to shake that up a bit. With this show, I want to break that barrier between me and my fans and invite them into my world."
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Priyanka goes high on bling as she decks up for a bash, clicks closet selfie | Bollywood
Priyanka Chopra has shared pictures of her look for the Anastasia Beverly Hills' 25th anniversary bash in Los Angeles she attended on Saturday. The actor wore a shimmery silver shirt and skirt set…


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Hungary has 'major challenge' with economic plans
Hungary's government faces a major challenge in enacting fiscal and structural changes, including an overhaul of the health care system and education, ratings company Moody's Investors Service said. The government is unlikely to implement any fiscal changes other than tax increases before municipal elections in October, Moody's said in a statement after it published its annual report on Hungary yesterday. "It has long been the medium-term plan of the Socialist Party to enact reforms and expenditure cuts in education and local administration," Moody's said. "However, it is probable that such structural reforms will not occur until 2007, if at all." Moody's said Aug. 15 it will wait until the local elections to evaluate the country's efforts to cut budget deficit. b cut Hungary's credit ratings June 15 because of concern the government's plan to reduce deficit may not be sustainable. Fitch Ratings said June 13 the government's deficit-reduction plan was "not optimal," as it may raise inflation. "Interest rates have recently been raised after continued fiscal deterioration, speculative attacks on the currency, and the introduction of a government fiscal reform package that was judged to rest too much on raising taxes," Moody's said yesterday. Moody's rates Hungary's long-term foreign and local-currency debt at A1, four levels below the top investment grade. It cut the outlook to negative from stable on Feb. 22, indicating it is more likely to reduce the grade than leave it unchanged or raise it. (Bloomberg)
Moody's upgrades Budapest Bank, MKB Bank deposit ratings
Economy Finance | Dec 17, 2021, 09:45
S&P revises Serbia's outlook to positive
Scope downgrades 4iG on impact of leveraged acquisitions
Economy Finance | Dec 3, 2021, 08:45


We are looking for someone new to join our friendly team here at Roost.
The ideal candidate will be willing to work flexible hours, including weekends. Experience in a customer facing role, ideally in the food and beverage industry, is desirable but not essential. A basic understanding and willingness to learn about healthy lifestyle is essential.


Does it ever seem like your child is fluent in over six million forms of communication, speaking in alien tongues you can't understand? Do they get flustered at the first time of trouble? Maybe you were hoping to instill a little discipline, and they'd take after C-3PO and start calling you "master." Maybe your Padawan isn't quite Jedi Knight material. If the first word that comes to mind when you think of your kid is "fussy" rather than "heroic," "brooding," or "roguishly charming," they might be a C-3PO at heart. If you have an especially precocious little one and the binary language of load-lifters and moisture vaporators seems more their speed than piloting a starfighter through enemy formations or communing with the Force, this Child Deluxe C-3PO costume is sure to please.
Your kid goes for the classics. No, all-black-everything, sarcastic K-2SO for them, thank you very much. They'll take the original, golden mechanical man, 1977 model. C-3PO might not have a lightsaber, a blaster, a starship of his own, Force powers, or a even cool helmet that conceals his identity, but he's been in every Star Wars movie so far, proving sometimes all you need to help save the galaxy is an excitable nature and a knowledge of etiquette.
Your child can even try to recreate the dulcet tones of Anthony Daniels! And hey, if they're never going to stop making Star Wars movies, somebody's going to have to do that professionally some day. Why not give your kid a leg-up on what's sure to be a lucrative career with this Child Deluxe C-3PO costume?


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We checked out the Fox and Goose last night. It would take a twelve month to read all the pump labels from the past that decorate the bar. Another really friendly pub and dating from the 18th century is well worth the visit and up to the Jolly Miller standards.
This morning I took bit of a walk about the area near the canal. In the Information Centre I picked up some leaflets and one on a few local walks. I the next week I am going off to Hardcastle Crags, Hepenstall and Stoodley Pike. From up near the Pike are some supposed brilliant views back down the valley.
The fact that there are two sheep stood on the side of the canal had no bearing on my picking this mooring. Honest:-) They advise on the lagging of the loft amongst other things.
Just off the canal are a couple of streets from the past. I can see why Hebden Bridge is used in so many TV programs.
The town of Hebden Bridge is divided up with rivers running through and meeting in the middle, the canal going up the valley and railway following the same line. Many of the buildings still have the old stone tiles on the roof.
The main shop I have found so far is the Co-op which is just round the corner from the mooring. Lots of others dotted all over the place and still haven't found HSBC to deposit my presents from Ernie.


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A new infographic looks at some of the best movies set in the world of finance.
The world of finance has affected all of us in some way, and over the last decade, probably in a negative way. It's also given us some great movies, as this infographic designed by the folks at ABV Finance details.


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Q: Python sqlite3 not using index with LIKE I have a table with a single column, which I query in two ways:

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*SELECT * FROM sequences WHERE seqs="blablabla"

*SELECT * FROM sequences WHERE seqs LIKE "blablabla%"
For these queries to use an index I seem to need two indices (one for each query type), as such:

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*CREATE INDEX test_nocol ON sequences(seqs) for the first query.

*CREATE INDEX seqs_index ON sequences(seqs COLLATE NOCASE) for the second query.

That's all nice, but then I add python3's sqlite3 module, and start querying there instead, which works with raw strings, but when I use parameter bindings the COLLATE index is suddenly no longer used:
>>> sql = 'explain query plan\n select seqs from sequences where seqs="blabla"'
>>> c3.execute(sql).fetchall()
[(0, 0, 0, 'SEARCH TABLE sequences USING COVERING INDEX test_nocol (seqs=?)')]
>>> sql = 'explain query plan\n select seqs from sequences where seqs=?'
>>> c3.execute(sql, ('hahahah',)).fetchall()
[(0, 0, 0, 'SEARCH TABLE sequences USING COVERING INDEX test_nocol (seqs=?)')]
>>> sql = 'explain query plan\n select seqs from sequences where seqs like "hahahah%"'
>>> c3.execute(sql).fetchall()
[(0, 0, 0, 'SEARCH TABLE sequences USING COVERING INDEX seqs_index (seqs>? AND seqs<?)')]
>>> sql = 'explain query plan\n select seqs from sequences where seqs like ?'
>>> c3.execute(sql, ('hahahah',)).fetchall()
[(0, 0, 0, 'SCAN TABLE sequences')]

What am I doing wrong here? Since this is a serialization backend and not a webapp DB, I guess the threat when using raw strings is less severe, but I'd much rather use the proper SQL formatting.

A: The documentation says:

If the right-hand side is a parameter that is bound to a string, then this optimization is only attempted if the prepared statement containing the expression was compiled with sqlite3_prepare_v2() or sqlite3_prepare16_v2(). The LIKE optimization is not attempted if the right-hand side is a parameter and the statement was prepared using sqlite3_prepare() or sqlite3_prepare16().

Old versions of the pysqlite module use sqlite3_prepare().