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On a hill under a raven sky
I have no idea exactly what I've drawn
Some kind of change, some kind of spinning away
With every single line moving further out in time
— Brian Eno, "Spinning Away"
It's been a hell of a ride.
I started blogging almost exactly five years ago, out of a kind of professional desperation. There'd been some dead ends, a seeming lack of opportunity in the ever-shrinking media landscape. So, on the invitation of John Odum, I joined the gang at Green Mountain Daily and started blogging about Vermont politics.
And I loved it. I loved using my brain and my experience to reflect on the political scene. I loved playing with language and form. So I just kinda kept on doing it, slowly building a reputation and an audience.
In the summer of 2014 I went solo, launching this blog out of a feeling that I was too dominant a voice at GMD. Too much of me, not enough of the variety of viewpoints that the blog was designed to provide.
And I wanted to captain my own ship.
This entry was posted in Paul Heintz, Phil Scott, Seven Days, The media, theVPO and tagged Andy Bromage, Brian Eno, Fair Game, John Odum, Peter Freyne, Shay Totten, Spinning Away on December 6, 2016 by John S. Walters.
Ye Olde Blogge is about to go into cold storage. It shall remain intact, but as long as I serve as political columnist for Seven Days, I won't be posting new material here.
A farewell message will follow. But first I'm exercising a bit of Blogger's Privilege and posting a shameless plug for my book, which has nothing to do with Vermont politics. Indeed, it stems from an entirely different chapter in my life.
From 2000 to 2005 I worked at New Hampshire Public Radio as a news anchor, reporter, and host of a daily interview show. "The Front Porch" was resolutely unpolitical. Its tagline was "Interesting people from New Hampshire" — by which I meant the NHPR listening area, including parts of Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts.
When I launched the show, the joking response was, "So how long before you run out of interesting people in New Hampshire?" My answer, timidly at first but with more conviction as time went on, was 'I honestly don't think we ever will."
And I was right.
This entry was posted in Arts and culture, theVPO and tagged Roads Less Traveled, Seven Days on December 6, 2016 by John S. Walters.
Most of Vermont's media coverage of wind energy tells a David-and-Goliath story: the plucky locals and underdog activists going up against a corporate developer and the state regulatory system.
The pro-wind case usually gets short shrift. But even when it gets equal time, it's almost always in response to anti-wind arguments. Rarely, if ever, is the positive case for wind given a fair hearing. As a result, there's quite a bit of stuff about large-scale wind that most Vermonters don't know. Here's a list, with details to follow.
— For all our bluster about fossil fuels and gas pipelines, Vermont remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels, including fracked gas.
— Wind is a necessary component of a renewable system. There is no way we can reach our "90 percent by 2050" goal without large-scale wind.
— Wind has huge economic benefits, including tax payments to local and state governments and a healthier trade balance.
— Large-scale wind cannot be replaced by residential turbines. It just doesn't work. And replacing large-scale wind with more solar would dramatically increase solar's footprint on our landscape.
— Thanks to recent advances, large-scale wind no longer has to be sited on the highest mountaintops. Lower ridges and hills are now suitable sites.
— Siting on developed land and rooftops is good, but it's only a fraction of what we need. There aren't nearly enough developed sites and roofs in Vermont.
And now for the details.
This entry was posted in Energy, Environment, Phil Scott and tagged David Blittersdorf, hydro energy, renewable energy, solar energy, VPIRG, wind energy on December 6, 2016 by John S. Walters.
A moment of silence for the advancement hopes of Linda Myers, veteran Republican lawmaker now offered up as her caucus' sacrificial lamb. House Minority Leader Don Turner promised a challenger to Speaker-in-Waiting Mitzi Johnson; it just isn't possible that the 76-year-old Myers was the first name on his list.
Nothing against Ms. Myers, a pillar of her community and, by all accounts, a good person. But when I consulted The Google for traces of legislative accomplishment or leadership, I found astonishingly little.
As far as I can tell, she's never held a position in the Republican caucus leadership, which tells you a lot about how she's perceived by her colleagues. She's been "parked for years" (in the words of one Statehouse observer) as vice chair of the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions, her service not terribly memorable but not malign enough to prompt her removal.
Well, I hope she enjoyed her vice chairship; after she loses the race for Speaker, she might very well lose the position. (A desirable post, since the committee oversees capital expenditures.) More often than not, there are consequences for such a challenge.
This entry was posted in Phil Scott, Vermont House of Representatives and tagged Adam Greshin, Don Turner, Linda Myers, Mitzi Johnson, Omar Little on December 3, 2016 by John S. Walters.
So, how's it goin' down Phil Scott way?
For starters, he still hasn't decided what he means by his core budgeting principle, that he would oppose any state budget that grows faster than wages or the state economy. April B. McCullum of the Burlington Free Press:
Scott has yet to settle on the formula he will use to measure the economy and limit state spending: Tax revenue? Gross state product? Median household income? Some combination?
Just a reminder, we're almosttot the halfway mark between his election and his inauguration. And there's some holidays between now and then.
Which also applies to naming a cabinet and staffing an entire administration, where he continues to fall further and further behind the pace set by Peter Shumlin in 2010, and which he's apparently in no hurry to do. Neal Goswami of the Vermont Press Bureau:
Since winning the governor's office on Nov. 8, Scott, a Republican, has appointed four people to serve on his staff. But top-level cabinet positions remain unfilled. Six years ago, outgoing Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin named several such appointees within a couple of weeks of his election.
… "When you have hundreds, literally hundreds of applications, it takes a little time and I don't want to leave anything on the table. I want to make sure that we fully, fully take a look at their backgrounds, what they could bring to the table … and talent is very, very important," Scott said.
Good to know talent is important. I was hoping the next cabinet wouldn't feature Larry, Darryl and Darryl.
And the idea of open auditions for cabinet posts is certainly small-D democratic at its core, but wouldn't it make sense for an incoming governor to have a few ideas going in? Maybe have a small team do some pre-election planning, even?
If they're truly starting from scratch with piles and piles of applications, well, sheesh. I've never been elected governor of anything (although I am the captain of my kitchen), but I'd have a pretty good notion of the people I'd want at the top levels of my hypothetical administration.
Oh, and here's a little tidbit that somebody might have thought to mention before Election Day, courtesy April B.
Outgoing Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, claimed this week that his administration already "righted the ship," and that during his tenure the state budget grew less than the growth in Vermont's gross state product.
An analysis by the Legislature's Joint Fiscal Office showed state spending exceeded gains in Vermont's gross domestic product in fiscal years 2012-14, but in recent years state spending has grown more slowly than the economy.
Well, gee whillikers, what do you know. State spending grew in the wake of a killer recession and Tropical Storm Irene, and was then brought under control in Shumlin's final two years.
Which means what? Phil Scott's mantra about the reckless spending increases of the past six years was nothing more than a politically motivated piece of accounting fakery?
Er, yeah.
How about that.
If that had ever been mentioned before now, I missed it. (And I'm sure whoever reported it will promptly correct me.)
(And I'll ask them why they never fact-checked Candidate Scott on his alleged factoid.
In any case, one of these days Phil Scott will have to stop running for governor and start actually, y'know, governing.
This entry was posted in Budget, Peter Shumlin, Phil Scott and tagged April McCullum, Burlington Free Press, Neal Goswami, Vermont Press Bureau on December 2, 2016 by John S. Walters.
The Great Gouamba strikes again
"… when [the natives] have been condemned to eat nothing but vegetable food for several weeks, [they] have a positive craving for meat, and will do anything to procure it.
"This craving after animal food sometimes becomes almost a disease. It is known by the name of Gouamba, and attacks both white and black men alike. …Those who suffer from it become positive wild beasts at the sight of meat, which they devour with an eagerness that is horrible to witness."
(From John George Wood, Natural History of Man, 1874)
This particular brand of madness came to my attention in the writings of the great A.J. Liebling, who diagnosed a case of Gouamba in the overwrought media coverage of a 1946 meat shortage blamed on postwar price controls.
Alas, a virulent strain of the Gouamba has overtaken Republicans nationwide and here in Vermont. Their hunger is not for steak, but for scandal in our electoral system. During the campaign, there were frequent press releases from the Vermont Republican Party alleging some kind of skulduggery and/or fecklessness by the office of Democratic Secretary of State Jim Condos, none of which had the slightest hint of merit.
This week, the Gouamba-besotted VTGOP Executive Director Jeff Bartley made a spectacle of himself at the site of an election recount. Indeed, according to VTDigger's Jasper Craven, Young Jeff was so obnoxious that he was forcibly ejected from the premises.
Elsewhere, noted Gouamba-carrier Vermont Watchdog has yet another evidence-free "story" about security flaws in Vermont's absentee balloting system. More in a moment, but first let us return to Mr. Bartley.
This entry was posted in election law, Vermont Republican Party and tagged A.J. Liebling, Bob Frenier, Jeff Bartley, Jim Condos, John Lott, Lisa Eastman, Susan Hatch Davis, The Great Gouamba, Vermont Watchdog, voter fraud on December 1, 2016 by John S. Walters.
Winning the Speakership was the easy part
Congratulations to Mitzi Johnson, the apparent successor to Shap Smith as Speaker of the House. She pipped House Majority Leader Sarah Copeland-Hanzas at the post. And although her selection must be ratified by the Democratic caucus and then the full House, there's no real doubt that she will win.
Johnson is whip-smart and highly capable. She was skillful at managing the House Appropriations Committee, which is a hell of a trick.
As for being Speaker, well, she's about to discover how different and how difficult that job is.
Shap Smith made it look effortless, but there was constant furious activity below the waterline. He also enjoyed the support of an informal cadre of loyal House members who helped him keep tabs on the ebb and flow of lawmaking and the interpersonal dynamics that must be managed effectively if the House is to function. In that regard, a capable inner circle is just as important as the actual caucus leadership.
Johnson won't have that. She may or may not realize the importance of having that. But the House is a somewhat random gathering of 150 willful souls with 150 agendas. And by "agendas," i don't mean policy; I mean unique admixtures of principle, practicality, intellect (or lack thereof), knowledge (or lack thereof), curiosity (or lack thereof), debts payable and receivable, and ludicrously overdeveloped senses of self-preservation..
This entry was posted in Phil Scott, Shap Smith, Vermont State House of Representatives and tagged Carolyn Partridge, David Deen, Don Turner, House Appropriations Committee, Janet Ancel, Mitzi Johnson, Sarah Copeland Hanzas on November 30, 2016 by John S. Walters.


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import { ORDERS } from '../constants';
import { createSelector } from 'reselect';

const filesSelector = (state) => state.currentContent.files;
const directoriesSelector = (state) => state.currentContent.directories;
const sortingOrderSelector = (state) => state.sortingOrder;
const sortingDescSelector = (state) => state.sortingDesc;

const sortElems = (elems, order, desc) => {
  const getSortingFunction = () => {
    switch (order) {

      case ORDERS.ALPHABETICALLY:
        return (a, b) => {
          if (a.name < b.name) {
            return desc ? 1 : -1;
          }
          if (a.name > b.name) {
            return desc ? -1 : 1;
          }
          return 0;
        };

      case ORDERS.CREATION_DATE:
        return (a, b) => {
          return desc ?
            b.creationDate - a.creationDate :
            a.creationDate - b.creationDate;
        };

      case ORDERS.MODIFICATION_DATE:
        return (a, b) => {
          return desc ?
            b.modificationDate - a.modificationDate :
            a.modificationDate - b.modificationDate;
        };
    }

    return null;
  };

  const sortingFunction = getSortingFunction();

  return sortingFunction ?
    elems.sort(sortingFunction) : elems;
};

const mergeContent = (directories = [], files = []) => {
  const ret = [];

  ret.push(...directories.map((dirInfos) => {
    return Object.assign({}, dirInfos, { type: 'directory' });
  }));

  ret.push(...files.map((fileInfos) => {
    return Object.assign({}, fileInfos, { type: 'file' });
  }));

  return ret;
};

const sortedContentSelector = createSelector(
  filesSelector,
  directoriesSelector,
  sortingOrderSelector,
  sortingDescSelector,
  (files, directories, order, desc) =>
    sortElems(mergeContent(directories, files), order, desc)
);

export { sortedContentSelector };

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Landscaping is a way to add outside rooms and pleasing facades for entertainment. When you add a water feature or a fish pond, it adds conversation pieces. Water is soothing and pleasant to sit and watch, and when you have fish to watch and feed, it's even better. Creating the raised ponds takes a trip to the garden center. And also, with raised ponds, you don't have to dig a hole in your backyard but still love the look and sound of water in the landscape. Suitable for the ground, deck or patio, these raised ponds can introduce fountains, aquatic plants and fish to your home and garden.


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.class Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;
.super Ljava/lang/Object;
.source "InputMethodManagerService.java"

# interfaces
.implements Landroid/content/DialogInterface$OnClickListener;

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingMethod;
    value = Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->showInputMethodMenuInternal(Z)V
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x0
    name = null
.end annotation

# instance fields
.field final synthetic this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

# direct methods
.method constructor <init>(Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;)V
    .locals 0
    .parameter

    .prologue
    .line 2325
    iput-object p1, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    invoke-direct/range {p0 .. p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public onClick(Landroid/content/DialogInterface;I)V
    .locals 5
    .parameter "dialog"
    .parameter "which"

    .prologue
    .line 2328
    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    iget-object v3, v2, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->mMethodMap:Ljava/util/HashMap;

    monitor-enter v3

    .line 2329
    :try_start_0
    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    #getter for: Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->mIms:[Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;
    invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->access$700(Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;)[Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;

    move-result-object v2

    if-eqz v2, :cond_0

    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    #getter for: Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->mIms:[Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;
    invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->access$700(Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;)[Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;

    move-result-object v2

    array-length v2, v2

    if-le v2, p2, :cond_0

    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    #getter for: Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->mSubtypeIds:[I
    invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->access$800(Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;)[I

    move-result-object v2

    if-eqz v2, :cond_0

    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    #getter for: Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->mSubtypeIds:[I
    invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->access$800(Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;)[I

    move-result-object v2

    array-length v2, v2

    if-gt v2, p2, :cond_1

    .line 2331
    :cond_0
    monitor-exit v3

    .line 2344
    :goto_0
    return-void

    .line 2333
    :cond_1
    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    #getter for: Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->mIms:[Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;
    invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->access$700(Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;)[Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;

    move-result-object v2

    aget-object v0, v2, p2

    .line 2334
    .local v0, im:Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;
    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    #getter for: Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->mSubtypeIds:[I
    invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->access$800(Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;)[I

    move-result-object v2

    aget v1, v2, p2

    .line 2335
    .local v1, subtypeId:I
    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    invoke-virtual {v2}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->hideInputMethodMenu()V

    .line 2336
    if-eqz v0, :cond_4

    .line 2337
    if-ltz v1, :cond_2

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;->getSubtypeCount()I

    move-result v2

    if-lt v1, v2, :cond_3

    .line 2339
    :cond_2
    const/4 v1, -0x1

    .line 2341
    :cond_3
    iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService$6;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;->getId()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v2, v4, v1}, Lcom/android/server/InputMethodManagerService;->setInputMethodLocked(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    .line 2343
    :cond_4
    monitor-exit v3

    goto :goto_0

    .end local v0           #im:Landroid/view/inputmethod/InputMethodInfo;
    .end local v1           #subtypeId:I
    :catchall_0
    move-exception v2

    monitor-exit v3
    :try_end_0
    .catchall {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_0} :catchall_0

    throw v2
.end method


Congratulations on your marriage! You did it! You got through the wedding; hopefully the honeymoon was as amazing as you had hoped. Now, though, you're back and you're ready to dig in to life as a married couple. So… How do you do that?
It's okay to freak out a little bit. To use a terrible cliché, the actually being married part (while awesome) can often feel similar to the way you feel on the day after Christmas. You spend all of that time planning and then, in just a few hours everything is done—presents are opened, a big meal has had and now… what?
Think about this in terms of getting married. You spent months planning your ceremony and all of the surrounding details. You spent hours trying on dresses, settling on tuxes, interviewing photographers and officiants and caterers. You planned out every decoration, every wedding favor, everything. You spent days stuffing invitations into envelopes, mailing them out and tracking a guest list. You've received and opened presents. You had the big ceremony, the big party and then the big honeymoon.
It's natural to feel a little bit let down as you stand in your home, looking around and thinking "well… shoot. What am I supposed to be focusing on now?"
While the ceremony, reception and honeymoon are done, the first few days and weeks after you get married are just as jam packed as they were before your wedding. You still have a hefty to-do list of tasks that need to be taken care of.
If you rented tuxes make sure that they got returned properly. Hopefully you had someone return them to the shop the first business day after your wedding take place. If you waited to start your honeymoon, hopefully this was you. If you did leave for your honeymoon right away, you probably tasked this out to someone. Call the shop and make sure that it was done. Ask if you have any additional fees or charges that need to be paid. Make sure everything for your account is in good standing and taken care of.
While you can just put the wedding dress back on the hanger and put it in your closet, there are other ways to make sure that your dress is preserved. Most wedding dress designers and shops have a service for cleaning, pressing and preserving wedding dresses after the ceremony has taken place. Make an appointment to drop your dress off for these things. If your shop doesn't offer that service, ask them to recommend a service to you. Your wedding dress is now an important heirloom. It is important to preserve it properly! Maybe someday you will hand it down to a daughter or a granddaughter!
Some couples ask people to make donations to charity instead of giving gifts at the wedding. This is not yet that common though. You probably registered somewhere for gifts and you probably received things both on the list and off of the list. Be honest: there is a pile of presents sitting somewhere waiting to be put away, right?
Make sure that you send thank you cards for each of these gifts. Hopefully you kept track of who gave what to you as you opened your presents. Now is the time to sit down and write out those personalized thank you notes. You don't have to make them lengthy. If you do a few each night after work, you should be able to get through them pretty quickly! Make sure to mention the specific gift in the note. You might also include a short sentence or two about how you want to use it.
The point is that you should get the thank you notes out of the way now, before they become completely overwhelming.
If you are changing your name to something else after getting married, it is time to get to work making that name change legal. The steps involved in this don't have to be that complicated. There are even tools that you can use to help yourself have an easier time getting through the process of changing your name online. The article about going through the actual name change procedure has more information on making sure that your name is legally changed and the tools that will be most helpful to you during the process.
Once you're married you have more options available to you on your taxes, with your banking, etc. It's time to make some decisions. Are you going to be married and filing jointly or separately? Are you joining bank accounts? How will you pay for things? What about retirement? The article about life as a couple talks more about the practical aspects (like money issues) of joining two lives together.
Are you already living together or is one of you moving in with the other? Have you made plans to move soon after getting married? Make sure that everybody knows how to find you. File the change of address forms with your credit cards, banks, and utilities. Make sure you have your mail forwarded to you at your new place (if there is one). Make sure, if one person is moving into the other person's rented home that their name is added to the rental or leasing agreement. Start packing and prepping for the move if it is going to be happening soon! One great way to save time with this is to include your new address with your thank you notes. It's cheap and easy to buy some pre-made "I moved!" forms for just this purpose!
It is possible, particularly if you didn't register for gifts, that you got multiples of certain things. Toaster ovens, photo albums, picture frames, etc—it is common to get the exact same one of these things from more than one person or family. Decide which one you will keep and which ones will be taken back and exchanged—and for what you will be exchanging it. You might be lucky enough to get all of this done in a day or two if you focus on it.
Not all of the things you have to do after you get married are tedious and time consuming. Some are fun and time consuming!
You, hopefully, had photos taken at your wedding and reception. Even if you didn't hire a professional photographer, it is likely that plenty of guests in attendance went a little photo-happy. You are probably starting to receive prints or jpg files from them. If you hired a photographer you probably have a lot of different prints to go through. Sit down with your spouse and go through the photos. Figure out which ones you want to put into albums, which ones you want to have framed, etc. You might also think about having prints made of one of the pictures and send it out with your thank you notes. Going through the photos is fun because you get to see all of the moments you missed!
Did you have someone take video during your ceremony and reception? By the time you get back from your honeymoon, you will probably have received a copy of the video or DVD. Sit down with your new wife or husband and watch through it. Spend the evening reliving the moments that made you so happy!
Why not invite your close friends over for a post wedding get together? Sure you probably saw each of them at the ceremony and reception, but you had so much going on then it is unlikely that you got to spend more than a few minutes with each of them. Invite your closest friends and family over for a casual celebration that the wedding prep madness is finally over. You can even make it a potluck so that all you have to provide is the space to hang out!
It's okay to go through some rough feelings after you get married. Suddenly the reality of joining your life with someone else's sets in. It becomes about more than just flower arrangements, dresses and venues. Now comes the living up to your vows and being with another person (mostly) every day for the rest of your life.
It's common to experience some issues with your new spouse. You might have a few arguments about things that probably seemed silly before you got married but now feel like the end of the world. This is especially true of couples who didn't live together before getting married. Now you have to figure out how to live together full time! That's stressful!
It's also common to experience some routine hiccups—both during the day and at night (if you know what we mean).
You are going to probably spend some time feeling scared and freaking out over these emotional rushes. Try to take comfort in knowing that they will pass. If they seem to be dragging on, it might be good to go through some couples' counseling—just to get some outside advice on how to be happily married (instead of just happily engaged).
Eventually you will get through these early weeks. You will send out the thank you cards, get all of your hired helpers (photographers, caterers, etc) paid and set up your home. You'll figure out who is responsible for what. And then—before you know it—you'll feel married. You'll feel those feelings that everybody told you that you would feel automatically after you exchanged vows.
And now? Now that you've gotten here? Now the fun of being married can really get started!
I'm getting married and want to change my name but my honeymoon is just right after the wedding. What do I do about my passport? Is there enough time to get it done before I leave? What do I do about everything else?
What do I do about my passport? Is there enough time to get it done before I leave?
That depends on how soon you're going to depart after you get married. There'll be a short turnaround time to process your passport name change and have it sent back to you. If you're leaving soon, you'll want to make sure you have enough time to get this done, otherwise you're going to be stuck—literally.
If you think you'll be cutting it too close, it may just be safer to wait until you return from your honeymoon to change your name. So, you'll just be traveling under your maiden name for the time being.
One final thing to keep in mind, that when you travel it's important that the name on your passport matches your airline tickets. So whatever you decide to do (change your name now or wait until after) you'll want to make sure your tickets are squared away.
I say just give them your proof of marry with passport and that should be good enough. With birth certificate .
Traveling with your marriage certificate is not sufficient in most countries. Many airlines will not let you board.
You need your marriage certificate to make the name change. It usually takes three weeks to receive the marriage certificate in the mail. Then you take the marriage certificate (along with your birth certificate, current passport, and another piece of ID – SIN or driver's license) to passport office and apply for a whole new passport (no renewals with name changes). From there, it usually takes 10 days to process and receive your new passport.
The short answer: If you are leaving for honeymoon right after the wedding, book the airline tickets under your maiden name so that they match your passport. It's not as fun, I know, but it will save you a lot of headache.
I got married just short of 3 weeks ago and we went on honeymoon the day after the wedding. Everything was booked in my maiden as this is the name on my passport, everything went off without a hitch, no problems at all.
You don't have to change your name with immediate effect, I'm currently working my way through the (very) long list of people to change my name with.
My husband and I left for our honeymoon the Monday after we were married so I had my passport sent to me with my maiden name on it and now that we are married I will send it for a new one with my married name on it. You have a year after your married to do this without a fee being attached to it.
Hi Debb. What is your question and what are you trying to accomplish? Is there a particular task that's troubling you? We do have an article discussing post-marriage depression that may be of some value to you.
After the wedding when should your spouse get a name change, change insurance documents etc…?
Hi Angie. The process can begin once your spouse acquires a certified copy of the marriage certificate, which serves as proof of marriage.
No, people will not automatically send you copies of the pictures or video. You will have to pry it out of them.
Hi Suzannah. You'll first need to get a certified copy of your marriage certificate from your local vital records. That document will allow you to undergo your name change with the various necessary institutions (e.g., SSA, DMV, State Department for your passport).
Just got married but do I wait until I receive the certificate before I make official legal changes to anything?
Hi Tini. Yes, your certificate (make sure it's certified) must accompany your forms when you go about completing your various name changes.
I got married a year ago and have already changed my surname to my husbands on my drivers license and ssn. I havent done this yet on my green card but was wondering whether I can just apply for citizenship right away instead of changing my surname on it? Do I have to change my surname on green card or can I just leave it like that for awhile? Thanks!
Hi Rachel. It's important for the name on your green card to match what's on your SSN. You can get in touch with USCIS about updating your record with them.
I signed the license with my last name hyphenated. DO I have to change everything to show the hyphenated name? I mean, if I have changed my mind about the legal name change, even though I signed the license that way, do I still have to change it legally?
if I have changed my mind about the legal name change, even though I signed the license that way, do I still have to change it legally?
No, you are not legally required to change your name, regardless of what you signed or previously decided. If you've had a change of heart and no longer want to change your name, then do nothing and your current name will remain the same and unaffected.
How does making the decision to have a hyphenated last name work? Do you know the pros and cons to it, and who you are to speak to?
Hi Brianne. Hyphenating a name, typically as a result of marriage, is just like any other name change after marriage. You don't have to discuss it with anyone. You just go forth and get it done. You can read more about hyphenating your name to get better insight into the pros and cons.
Can I ask if I get married and call myself Mrs. ……… do I legally have to change it with banks, my passport which has 5 years left on it, am I able to continue as normal on paper with my maiden name?
Hi Lisa. You're not required to, but you'll have to deal with juggling both name universes, which could lead to some problems down the road. For instance, how do you cash checks and obtain airline tickets if the name on your ID doesn't match. If you haven't yet updated your ID, what happens when you do? It would have to be in your married name, which could cause a rift in the way you've been maintaining your documents.
Good morning, I got married almost a year ago but when we got married I didn't change my last name I stayed with mine, now I want to change to his. Is that still possible even thou our cert. says my last name originally? I hope someone can help me.
Hi Maria. You can still change your name, although there are a few states that make it tricky if you didn't specify your "change to" name when you got your marriage license. For example, California is this way.
Hello, I got married yesterday and I plan on changing my last name, but I did not specify anywhere that I was going to change it? When was I suppose to specify that?
Hi Asante. Not all states have spots on the marriage license where you can specify your new name. In such instances, you'll just need a certified copy of your marriage certificate to get your name change done.
I just got married and decided to use both new husband followed by ex husband last name hyphenated do i need to change anything at the moment or can i use either or .
Hi Marisol. You can use it informally, as long as you use your full, legal name for all official purposes.
I got married two years ago but decided to hold off on changing my name. Now I'm ready. Is it too late to change it and is there a penalty for waiting so long?
Hi Rebecca, There's no time limit for completing a marriage-related name change. Some people do it right away and some people wait years. There's also no penalty for not changing your name soon after marriage, even if a new name choice was specified on the license or certificate.
I will be getting married this year and i wanted my future husbands name but now i am feeling scared about it and thinking about all the hassle it will be to change all my stuff like banking and credit cards passport does this stuff have to be changed i could put my last name and his but still have to change all this to show on the things?
does this stuff have to be changed i could put my last name and his but still have to change all this to show on the things?
No, you do not have to change your name. It's voluntary.
Yes, of course you can still change your name. There's no time limit.
I would like to get married in the states but my girlfriend's concern is the following: she pretty much wants to go to Canada or Mexico to do it because according to her once married both our incomes will influence her daughter's financial aid for college.
what if we got married in the states, continued living together (like we do now) but nothing changes, what if she doesn't change her name and she continues to file taxes as a single mother and I do the same? how does the government know we did it? is there a way for them to know if we do not do anything after the ceremony to sort of make it legal and just continue our lives as if nothing happened?
what if we got married in the states, continued living together (like we do now) but nothing changes, what if she doesn't change her name and she continues to file taxes as a single mother and I do the same?
If you're married, you can file as married filing separately or married filing jointly. Claiming non-marriage wouldn't be factual.
how does the government know we did it?
If you're married in the U.S., your marriage license will be recorded following solemnization. The city, county, or state will have a record of it.
is there a way for them to know if we do not do anything after the ceremony to sort of make it legal and just continue our lives as if nothing happened?
Your ceremony makes it legal. The recording of your marriage license logs the event. You may want to consult an accountant.


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James Heilman on expanding the reach of Wikipedia's medical information
By Anne Gomez• 13 March 2018
Photo by James Heilman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Senior Program Manager Anne Gomez leads the New Readers initiative, where she works on ways to better understand barriers that prevent people around the world from accessing information online. One of her areas of interest is offline access, as she works with the New Readers team to improve the way people who have limited or infrequent access to the Internet can access free and open knowledge.
Over the coming months, Gomez will be interviewing people who work to remove access barriers for people across the world. In this installment, she interviews emergency room physician James Heilman, an active contributor to WikiProject Medicine and a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Heilman has also worked to get medical information into Internet-in-a-Box, a physical device that provides Wikipedia and other content in areas with no or limited internet access. His conversation with Gomez is below.
Gomez: We've talked about your goals of creating a production storefront for the Internet-in-a-Box with medical content. Could you describe your vision for our readers?
Heilman: The goal of the project is to allow anyone to package Wikipedia and other content for use in offline devices such that people without internet access can browse these educational resources. Currently we have to balance the cost of storage with the amount of storage space that typical users need for inexpensive devices preventing us from providing all of Wikipedia. While we have been concentrating on medical content as of late, the idea for a "production storefront" is for all areas of knowledge — not just medicine.
Basically the device I envision is made up of modules of content. Different regions and use cases need different content in different languages. I would love to see a simple interface where people can go through the collection of available modules clicking on all the ones they wish, in order to build the exact content library and exact size they want. Then with another click, they could either have the image file delivered to them via the internet ready to be written to a microSD card or have a microSD card with that content mailed to them. Ideally such a platform would also allow people to contribute modules of content and allow feedback by the wider community on both the modules and collections present.
You've been working on WikiProject Medicine for a long time, which has been building great medical content in many languages. Tell me about what got you started with offline Wikipedia. When was it?
My first work in offline Wikipedia was in collaboration with Kiwix and the Swiss Wikimedia chapter in 2015. They had developed offline versions of Wikipedia, which for English ran to nearly 70 Gb, which was simply too big to easily fit on a phone's memory. We wanted to see if an app closer to one gigabyte in size that would be specifically geared towards medicine would be successful. The app we developed turned out to be very successful in terms of downloads and user engagement. We now have versions of the app in 10 languages and these have been downloaded more than a quarter of a million times. Additionally around 80% of the downloads are from the developing world.
The next question was how could we push this further. At Wikimania Italy in 2016, I met a few folks (specifically Tim Moody and Adam Holt) from Internet-in-a-Box. They were showing me the system they were working on, which appeared perfect for getting health-related content out to the developing world. Within a few months, we had a prototype which cost about $US400 to build and weighted about a kilogram. Over the year the hardware improved such that the devices now weighed less than 25 grams and cost under US$40.
As you've started working in the offline space, what's been the biggest surprise?
The biggest surprise has been the unmet potential that exists within this space. It is surprising that this technology is not already widespread as it appears to elegantly meet such an important need. It is surprising that only a handful of NGOs and basically no commercial entities exist within the space of packaging and providing offline access to educational resources. Many potential applications beyond that of medicine remain completely unserved.
What's different about working for offline products as opposed to online content? What's the same?
We are starting from the same content base. The efforts are simply to expand the reach of what we have already spent years creating. What is new is that we are moving into the hardware space, which comes with all the complexities of assembling, selling, and shipping something. There is also the issue of getting updates out to those with already existing devices.
You've been involved with researchers from Columbia looking into field studies with the Internet-in-a-Box. How did that connection happen? What are you hoping to get from those efforts?
The partnerships with Columbia and Mount Sinai came about via Adam Holt from Internet-in-a-Box and Lane Rasberry, a fellow member at Wiki Project Med Foundation. Partnerships with institutions, I believe, are key for the success of these efforts. We not only need people to bring devices to where they are needed most but to study the impact that they have.
The Wikimedia community can collect the content and package it for distribution but we need local partners to deploy it and administration professionals and researchers to be neutral in measuring the impact and efficacy.Without such research we are not going to be able to convince the wider public health community that this is an important development that they should engage with.
To date the Internet-in-a-Box has been deployed and studied in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and in a Syrian refugee camps. Most recently, our collaboration with Columbia and Mount Sinai global health medical faculty has led to the deployment of Internet-in-a-Box for the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh.
What's one thing the Wikimedia Foundation could do to help?
The Wikimedia movement's funding of Kiwix has been very useful. This has been critical for getting videos to work within the offline apps. With respect to further efforts, I think getting offline functionality working within the Wikipedia app would be good. And then,of course, helping with raising awareness and maybe the selling of these devices via the Wikipedia store. I have built and shipped the first 100 devices from my home office, but this is not a scalable model as you can imagine. Finally, coming back to my initial comments regarding a production storefront, this is an idea I would love to stay involved with, but simply do not have the technical abilities to turn into a reality.
Where do you learn more and share information about offline access? What resources exist for people who want to know more?
An overview of efforts is available on Meta-Wiki:
Want to buy an Internet-in-a-Box? See more information.
Here's a sample offering is at:
Want more technical information? There's code on Github.
Wikimedia's offline mailing list is also useful, if fairly quiet.
Anne Gomez, Senior Program Manager, Program Management
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Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 20 June 2017 № 393
APPENDIX -1
About the order of admission of students to the bachelor's degree in higher education
Chapter 1. General rules
This Provision establishes the procedure for admission of students to the bachelor of higher education of the Republic of Uzbekistan according to the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan "About education" and "About the national program of training" defines.
This Charter does not apply to military education institutions.
Acceptance of higher education institutions is carried out in accordance with the quotas on the basis of state grants and payment-contract approved by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan or Cabinet of Ministers.
Acceptance of students to higher educational institutions is carried out by the State Committee for admission to educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the State Commission) on the results of the tests, system.
Acceptance of the applicants, except for the quotas and the quotas approved by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan or the relevant resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers, is carried out by the State Commission in accordance with the procedure established by the present Regulations.
Admission to higher education institutions is based on the equal rights of all (both grants and contractual), on the basis of single acceptance rules and on the basis of single selection, the first of the state grants the right to be enrolled in the queue. The other applicants are eligible to apply within the bounds of the contract-based contract quota rating.
The competition is held separately in each higher education institution according to the directions of education, languages and forms of education. In case of approval of target quotas by regions in some areas, the selection is carried out separately for each region. Entrants who are not eligible to apply for state awards are eligible to take part in the contest within the general contract for payment of test scores that they have accumulated in this area of study.
Testing is carried out by the State Testing Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (here in after referred to as the State Testing Center). (In the edition of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 3, 2011 N 261 - the National database of legislation information, 09.04.2018, No. 09/18/261/1036) The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city khokimiyats and rectors of higher education institutions shall provide the necessary conditions for conducting field testing. 4. Tests are conducted in three languages - Karakalpak, Uzbek, Russian and Karakalpak languages in the higher educational institutions of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
It is established by the ministries and agencies prior to the adoption of documents within the framework of acceptance quotas approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan or the relevant resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Higher Education Institution, and approved by the State Commission. Applicants will submit a test and a vocational (exams) exam in a language of instruction at a higher education institution. Applicants applying to the Uzbek groups are eligible to apply the test in English in the Latin or Cyrillic alphabet. The list of educational directions of the higher educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan and complex of subjects corresponding to the test are developed by the State Testing Center and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education and approved by the State Commission .
Applicants will be tested in one of the English, German, French languages as foreign languages. Applicants may take foreign language tests (English, German, French) regardless of their foreign language.
If you are studying a foreign language other than English, German or French at a general secondary (11th grade), medium-sized vocational education institution, a multi-point system exam will be submitted.
Along with test trials in some areas of higher education, additional vocational (creative) exams are held. The list of educational (creative) exams will be developed by the State Testing Center and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education on the basis of proposals from ministries and agencies, approved by the Commission. 5. In some areas of education, admission to educational areas in Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, and Kyrgyz languages is based on the multi-score system of professional (creative) exams and tests based on the list of areas for professional (creative) examinations is developed by the State Testing Center and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education and approved by the State Commission.
Applicants who have completed secondary education in the language of the application are eligible to apply for the courses of study or those who have completed a general secondary education in the language they have and who have a diploma of academic lyceum (professional college) is accepted. The total number of results of professional (creative) examinations, multiple exam scores and test results approved by the State Commission is approved by the rector of the higher educational institution personally.
6. In the institutions of general secondary education (on the 11th grade), secondary special, vocational education institutions of Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Korean, Uygur, Applicants who study Japanese (without English, German and French) foreign language will be required to pass a multiple-mark exam on this language and pass the test on the remaining subjects.
Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Korean, Uighur, Italian, Japanese language in general secondary education (on the 11th grade), secondary special, vocational education institutions in English, German and French, as well as in English, German, French, French, French, Spanish, French and Spanish. Korean, Uighur, Italian, Japanese and many others.
This provision does not apply to applicants enrolled in the novel-german philology (English, German and French philology). Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Persian, Indian, Urdu, Chinese, Korean, Uighur, Italian, and Japanese languages for professional (creative) examinations and evaluation criteria are taught by some of the following higher education institutions and approved and approved by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education. 7. Professional (creative) and multi-point exams in higher education institutions are carried out in the manner prescribed in Appendix 2 and 1. 8. Admission of visually impaired applicants to higher educational institutions is made in accordance with Appendix 3. 9. The admission to the educational institution "High Nursing Care" for 3 years established at the higher medical institutions is carried out only on the basis of secondary special, professional medical information (nursing, obstetrics and obstetrics). Along with this test, additional professional (creative) exams are held.
10. Admission to the educational directions of the special correspondence department, established under the structure of higher education institutions, should be carried out only on the basis of relevant secondary or vocational education, and at least three years of practical work with a recommendation from the industry that has an internship. Acceptance of educational directions in the structure of higher education institutions, approved by the targeted quotas in the regions, is carried out only at the expense of entrants, who live in the territory and receive diplomas from the secondary special and professional educational institutions of the region.
Chapter 2. Reception of foreign citizens
Adoption of foreign citizens in higher educational institutions According to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan from August 4, 2008 of No. 169 "About enhancement of the procedure for acceptance and training of the foreign citizens in educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan" shall be executed on the basis of international agreements of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The transfer of citizens of the Republic to foreign higher educational institutions is carried out on the basis of the interstate treaties and the relevant decision of the State Commission, higher education institutions and citizens' initiative.
Chapter 3. Reception of documents
In order to ensure high quality admission to higher education institutions, admissions offices of higher education institutions are established.
The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, in the prescribed manner by ministries and departments of higher education institutions, shall be appointed the Chairperson of the Admissions Committee, his Deputy and Secretary of the Admissions Committee. At the same time, the rector (director) of the higher educational institution presides at the post office.
Functions of the members of the admission committee are determined by the chairman of the commission.
Applications for admission to the University are accepted by the higher educational institutions' admission committee from June 15 to July 15 (nowadays) for the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan from 15 June to 10 July.
The applicant will submit the following documents to the admissions office:
The application form, the language of the education, the application form (the application must contain a diploma or a higher education, a foreign language test, a military certificate, the second selected higher education institution, indicates the course of study, and familiarization with the correctness of the rules of testing and testing of the answer sheets);
An original copy of a general secondary education (on the 11th grade) or a secondary special or vocational education institution;
Medical certificate 086-U;
Copy of passport (birth certificate for minors);
6 color photographs with 3.5 x 4,5 cm colors;
For the applicants of the special correspondence department, a copy of the working papers from the working papers and approved by the established area.
Completely state-sponsored orphans and disabled people of the 1st group who are visually impaired receive the evidence.
Completely state-owned orphaned children include children under "Mehribonlik uylari", who have not reached the age of 18 and who have died or die in court.
The application form is approved by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education. Winners of international and republican olympiads, contests and competitions, who will be eligible to take part in the competition, will provide original identification cards.
The applicants' application shall include the following documents certifying documents with reference to the following document: "I shall inform myself about myself" (children of I and II groups, orphans, pupils of "Mehribonlik uylari" and non-breadwinners).
The citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan who have served in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall submit the relevant instructions of the Military Command in conjunction with the above mentioned documents.
The form and order of the military unit referral are determined by the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, and the National Security Service.
The passport (passport of birth certificate of birth passport) and the certificate of involvement in the military service are personally indicated to the admission committee.
Command of military command is valid for three years from the date of their deployment and termination of military service (if the official order for admission to the higher education institution is not available for repeated use of the privilege).
In the presence of the abovementioned documents, the admission committee does not have the right to refuse to accept the applicant's documents.
It is strictly forbidden to add or make any changes to the documents after expiration of the prescribed period of acceptance of documents.
If fraudulent documents are identified, the applicant will be denied the test (higher education institution) and the documents will be forwarded to law enforcement authorities in accordance with the established procedure.
Higher Education Institutions Admissions Commission has until 20 July the State Commission through the State Testing Center the information on the number of applicants, with the indication of the educational direction, form of study and language with the information provided.
Chapter 4. Professional (creative) exams
See previous revision.
13. From the 11 th of July to the 20 th of July, the professional (artistic) exams will take place at the testing complexes for a single multi-score system with a maximum score of 0 to 100 points is carried out.
Appeals (appeals) filed on the results of professional (creative) examinations are considered by the admissions office of the higher educational institution until the 21st of July.
The results of the professional (creative) exams will be submitted to the State Testing Center by higher education institutions by July 22.
(In edition Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministres No. 261 dtd 03.04.2015г. - "On the National database of legislation information, 09.04.2018, № 09/18/261/1036");
Chapter 5. Prepare and test the tests
14. Tests are held everyday from August 1 to August 15, as a rule, two shifts a day, for daylight, special off-hour and evening (shift) education.
The results of the test scrutiny confirmed in the prescribed manner on the admission or admission of entrants to the student will be announced on the official web-site of the State Testing Center on the day of testing.
(In edition of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 3, 2018 № 261 - the National database of legislation information, 09.04.2018, No. 09/18/261/1036)
See previous revision
Applicants will be tested for one, two or three academic subjects accordingly, depending on the selected course of study at the higher education institution. Tests are conducted in accordance with the curriculum of general secondary education, general secondary education, vocational education.
Along with tests in the areas of "Journalism", "International Journalism" and "Art of Speech Culture and Art", professional (creative) exams (0 to 63 points) conveyed.
The Department of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Foreign Language(English, German, English, Russian, English, Russian, Literature, Uzbek Language and Literature) French language).
Applicants with a V1 or higher qualification certificate of the state sample of the level of knowledge of the foreign language tested by the State Testing Center during admission to the Bachelor's degree in entrance exams test the foreign language subject the maximum number of points in the foreign language proficiency will be given in the directions included and they will not pass the test (professional (creative) exam on the foreign language.
(In edition Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 3, 2018, № 261 - Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 3, 2018 - National database of legislative acts, 09.04.2018, No. 09/18/261/1036)
16. The procedure for preparation and holding of tests shall be carried out in the Regulations on the entrance examinations for admission to the bachelor of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan will be increased.
Chapter 6. Order and amount of payment for admission, study and payment of entrants
Acceptance of entrants on a fee-contract basis is carried out by the State Commission on rating scores of tests on the basis of single acceptance rules within the acceptance quotas approved by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan or the Cabinet of Ministers.
After the decision of the State Commission on admission of applicants on a fee-paying basis, a contract shall be concluded between the higher educational institution and the legal or natural persons in accordance with the established procedure.
Forms of the contracted sample are issued by the admission committee of the higher educational institution from the date of publication of the test results and signed by the chief accountant and chief accountant in 3 copies, for individuals - 2 copies.
Applicants recommended by the State Commission for payment-contractual education are paid annually within the terms specified in the contractual terms.
The terms and conditions of the contract and obligations of the parties and their implementation are carried out in accordance with the legislation.
Based on the proposals of higher education institutions, based on their abilities, selection and accumulated points, the admission of the applicants on the basis of a decision of the State Commission, in addition to the quota for payment-contract, called as an additional supplement).
Proposals for additional admission will be submitted by the higher education institutions to the State Commission until 15 October, agreed upon with the ministries and departments.
The State Commission will take a decision on October 20, 2012, based on the availability of higher education institutions, the amount of scores and the amount of collected points, on the additional acceptance of entrants with the condition of an upgraded contract.
The previous applicant who has been enrolled in the list of scores, rejects the previous applicant's application for an additional fee-contract or does not submit an application within one month from the date of publication of the test results, it is recommended to pay for a fee-paying contract;
Admission to the additional payment-contract based on the proposals of the higher education institution, agreed upon with the ministries and agencies, on the basis of the decision of the State Commission institutions and facilities.
Higher education institutions are supplemented with additional points from applicants who have not received at least 30% (68.0 points) of the highest score and not exceeding 4 points at the maximum acceptance scores, are strictly adhered to.
The amount of the canceled contract is determined in relation to the amount of contractual payment-contract in the following amounts:
For those applicants who did not reach one point of the admission quota for the approved payment agreement - 1.5 times;
For those with a score of 1.1 to 2 points - 2.0 times;
With less than 2.1 points to 3 points - 2.5 times;
For those who do not have a score of 3.1 to 4 points - 3.0 times.
Within the terms established by the State Commission, payment and contract terms for these amounts are accepted for the first year of study by the order of the rector of the higher educational institution.
The results of entrance exams are not less than 30% (68.0 points) of the highest scores, in the framework of the main quotas and those who have not been admitted to additional places determined by the State Commission, provided that the fee is paid in excess of 10 times the amount of the contractual payment, which is actually valid for the year in which the fee is paid, and the applicant has the right to pay for the payment and contract after the terms of the application are accepted by the order of the head of the higher educational institution.
At the same time, the amount of contract payment for the first academic year is determined by the State Commission, depending on the nature of the education.
The higher education institutions will submit information on admission to the higher and secondary vocational education institutions and the State Testing Center until 1 November.
Organization of admission to higher educational institutions in addition to the quota for payment-contract is made according to the scheme according to the appendix N 4 to this Provision.
Students admitted to the higher educational institutions of the Republic will continue their education on the basis of the actual base contractual payment starting from the next academic year upon completion of the first academic year.
Chapter 7. Acceptance of winners of international and republican olympiads, contests and competitions
In pursuance of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 5, 1993 N UP-555 "On Measures to Encourage Students of Uzbekistan" and the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers "On awarding and encouraging talented youth of Uzbekistan" The awarding ceremony for the students of academic lyceums, colleges and general secondary education institutions, winners of international and republican olympiads, contests, competitions, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 13, 2008 No. 226 , the winners of the international and republican olympiads, contests and competitions on the basis of the Republican Olympiads, competitions and competitions on sports competitions, and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education - The State Commission's decision-makers, who received a special certificate established by the Center for Education, Are accepted on the basis of state grants without competition exams and professional (creative) exams.
In pursuance of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 10 June 1999 N UP-2326 "On support of proposals for the establishment of Zulfia State Prize", the General Zulfiya prize winners Students of secondary, specialized secondary, vocational education institutions are admitted to higher education institutions on the basis of special education without the exams and professional scholarships without state examinations.
In accordance with the Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 21, 2017 "On measures to establish the State award" Mard Adamov "the state award" Mard boys " students of general secondary and specialized secondary professional education institutions on the basis of state grants without the exams and without professional (creative) exams will be accepted.
(Paragraph 23 is supplemented with the third Paragraph of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 9, 2018, No18, the National Database of Legislation, dated January 12, 2018, No. 09/18/18/0550)
Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Culture and Sports and relevant ministries and departments, annually trained graduates of pedagogical institutions of secondary special and vocational education and training the winners of republican contest "Nursing Home", the winner of the republican contest "Hamshira" of nurses of medical institutions, the winners of the Republican contest of fine arts of the Academy of Arts, the winners of the Nihol Prize are the ministries, departments, the State Commission shall, upon the decision of the State Commission, adopt relevant higher education institutions on the basis of state grants without the exams and without professional exams.
By the decision of the State Commission on admission to educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the basis of the recommendation of the Republican Commission on Recommendation for the preferential reception to the active members of the Youth Union of Uzbekistan, are accepted on the basis of state grants without competition exams and professional (creative) examinations for pedagogical education of higher education institutions;
(Point 23 is supplemented with the fourth Paragraph according to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan from November 14, 2017 N 914) - National database of legislation data, 15.11.2017, 09/17/914 / last)
The professional cohesion between the Olympics, competitions and higher education is developed by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, the Ministry of Public Education and the Ministry of Culture and approved by the State Commission.
Higher Education Institutions Commissions are provided with information on the applications of winners of the Olympiads, competitions and competitions, through the State Testing Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, with indication of the direction of study, Submit to the State Commission until July 22. The State Commission will make a separate decision on the winners by July 31, on the recommendation of the relevant ministries and departments.
Chapter 8. Acceptance of enrolled applicants for long-term military service
24. Admission to the higher educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the citizens serving military service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan is carried out in accordance with the established procedure.
Chapter 9. Reception procedures
According to the decision of the State Commission on Admission to Higher Education Institutions, higher education institutions are obliged to register the applicants for admission to state grants by August 25. Orphaned children with full state support (if they have collected a scorekulation scorecard within the framework of payment-contractual admission quotas in the direction of applying for education) and group I-blind a special state grants are issued by the decision of the State Commission.
Admission to enrollment on a fee-contract basis is carried out by the order of the higher educational institution upon the expiration of the established procedure, not later than September 15, the amount of the contract for training by legal or physical persons.
The order of the higher education institution is to be issued on the basis of the payment-contract basis for admission to enrollment on September 2.
Applicants who wish to study on additional payment contracts are required to complete the contractual terms of the contract within the terms established by the State Commission for the first academic year, by the order of the rector of the educational institution.
Chapter 10. Closing rules
Disputes on the issues specified in this Regulation are resolved in accordance with the legislation.
Source: http://lex.uz


What is the structure and levels of Triglycerides?
Triglycerides are a type of fat (lipid) found in your blood. While you eat, your body converts any calories it doesn't need to use right away into triglycerides. The triglycerides are stored in your fat cells. Later, hormones release triglycerides for energy between meals.
In case you regularly consume more calories than you burn, specifically "easy" calories like carbohydrates and fat, you could have high triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia). Triglycerides are also found in foods such as meats, dairy products, and cooking oils. The fat which the human body stores in tissues is also comprised of triglycerides. Those eaten in foods are absorbed in the intestines and transported in the bloodstream to tissues where they're stored as fat or used to provide energy. Triglycerides are also made in the liver.
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But, it is their high levels in the blood which could cause serious complications. Because of their functions, a normal intake of triglycerides via diet is required. Keep away from excessive consumption of foods which might be rich in saturated fat. This will keep the blood numbers within the normal limits and you, out of the danger zone.
What are Triglycerides functions, structure, and levels?
Triglycerides are the most common type of fats in the body. Their structure and properties, related to their functions; also, it's structure is to help them perform their valuable functions in living organisms.
Triglycerides also called triacylglycerol (TAG), and their chemical structure consists of a long chain of one molecule of alcohol glycerol attached to three building blocks consisting of three molecules of fatty acids through ester bonds.Glycerol forms the backbone of the triglyceride molecule and the three fatty acids from the "tri" of triglycerides.The structure of each of the three fatty acids within a single triglyceride molecule often differs, but they are all long chains of carbon atoms with bonded hydrogen.
It is the number of hydrogen atoms in each fatty acid that determines the physical properties of the triglyceride. Triglycerides – an important source of metabolic water due to the fact that triglyceride molecules yield water on getting oxidize. This is particularly helpful in desert animals such as the camel. Even migratory birds rely on metabolic water while flying nonstop over long distances.
As soon as the triglycerides are in the bloodstream, the adipose tissue store it inside to use it for energy production when the body requires it. Secondly, cells also utilize them. They move on the surface of the tissue cells throughout the body. But, triglycerides cannot pass thru the cell membrane (outer covering of the cell) freely.
To facilitate this entry, special enzymes – the wall of the blood vessels thereby release lipase lipoproteins, which break down triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids. Fatty acids, then taken up by the cells through the fatty acid transporter (fat, in short). Saturated fatty acid tails, all single bond carbons, which mean that for every carbon there are two hydrogen and two carbons attached.
These are the fatty acids that are solid at room temperature and increase your cholesterol and risk of heart problems.Unsaturated fatty acids tails have at least one double bond. Those with one double bond, are monounsaturated and those with more, are polyunsaturated fatty acids. Unsaturated fatty acids are liquid at room temperature and promote the health of your heart.
Triglycerides are chemical compounds, which are present in the body and certain foods. In the body, they are present in the blood plasma in the form of VLDL (Very low-density lipoproteins), transported for storage in the fat cells or the cells utilize it throughout the body.If your triglycerides are high, you and your doctor can decide on a treatment plan and you can make a few simple but effective changes to your lifestyle.
Doctor, usually check for high triglycerides as part of a cholesterol test (sometimes called a lipid panel or lipid profile). Fast for nine to 12 hours mandatory, before blood drawning process, for an accurate triglyceride measurement.If your doctor prescribes medication to lower your triglycerides, take the medication as prescribed. And remember the significance of the healthy lifestyle changes you've made.
Medications can help but lifestyle matters, too. As with all lipid disorders, diet and lifestyle measures are the cornerstones of treatment. Triglycerides tend to be very responsive to changes in diet and health behaviors. When you talk to your doctor, discuss all of the medicines, supplements, and vitamins you take. Some common drugs like beta-blockers, birth control pills, and diuretics can cause high triglycerides as a side effect.
It's possible, one of them could be causing your problem. Overall, indeed remembering, that improving diet and lifestyle will lower triglycerides and lower risk of heart and blood vessel problems.
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2. Part 1: Normalized Difference Indices

3. Part 2: Multi-spectral Image Classification

4. Part 3: Cleaning the Class Map

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Part 1: Normalized Difference Indices (Band Ratios)

The process of dividing the brightness values in one band of a multispectral data set by a second band image is known as Band Ratioing. Ratioing is one of the most common image transformations in remote sensing because:

It can be used to emphasize certain aspects of the shape of the spectral signatures of different land covers, and;

It can be used to de-emphasize the effects of variable illumination within a scene.

The first of these characteristics makes band ratioing particularly useful for creating image products that are derived from the original multispectral data set and are suited to identifying specific land-cover types. This is the reason why so many of the remote-sensing based vegetation indices are essentially ratios of two bands. However, it is the second property of band ratios listed above that we are most interested in for this lab.

The purpose of an image classification (see Part 2) is to identify meaningful land-cover classes within a scene. Differentiating between deciduous and coniferous forest classes is meaningful. It is, however, not particularly meaningful to differentiate between coniferous forest that is situated on a well-illuminated, sun-facing slope versus the in-shadow opposing slope side. However, these two illumination-varying classes areas will have apparently different radiometric properties in a multispectral data set. Band ratio images can be used to lessen the effect of uneven illumination caused by varying topography, based on the assumption that the ratio of two bands for areas of equivalent land-cover type is the same regardless of what direction the slope faces. Ratioing can help to reduce other causes of varying illumination as well, including the shadows cast by clouds.

After you have downloaded the data associated with this lab assignment from the CourseLink page, decompress (unzip) the data into a working directory that you have created to dedicate to this assignment. Open the contents of this folder and examine the files contained within. These data are the 30 m resolution bands, in GeoTIFF image format, of a subsection of a Landsat 8 scene acquired June 21, 2016. These data should contain six bands (i.e. bands 2 through 7) of image data, for an area of Southern Ontario between Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, and Guelph.  If you are unfamiliar with the southern Ontario area, you may also want to explore the area using Google Maps to familiarize yourself with the type of terrain and land-use/land-covers in the area of the image.

We will calculate a number of common normalized difference indices, a type of standardized band ratio, to serve as inputs for a later image classification performed in Part 2 of the lab assignment. Calculate the following image-derived products:

The normalized difference vegetation index: NDVI = (NIR - RED) / (NIR + RED)

The normalized difference water index version 1: NDWI1 = (NIR - SWIR1) / (NIR + SWIR1)

The normalized difference water index version 2: NDWI2 = (GREEN - NIR) / (GREEN + NIR)

The normalized burn ratio: NBR = (NIR - SWIR2) / (NIR + SWIR2)

The normalized blue-red ratio: NBRR = (BLUE - RED) / (BLUE + RED)

For Landsat 8, the spectral designations in the above equations relate to bands in the following way:

BLUE = Band 2

GREEN = Band 3

RED = Band 4

Near infrared (NIR) = Band 5

Shortwave infrared 1 (SWIR1) = Band 6

Shortwave infrared 2 (SWIR2) = Band 7

Write a script to use the WhiteboxTools' **NormalizedDifferenceRatio** tool to create each of the above normalized difference indices. Be sure to clip the distribution tails by 0.5%, and use a correction value of 0.0.

1.1. Why do you think it is that band ratio, such as the ones described above, are so widely used in remote sensing? What are some of the advantages of using band ratios in analyses compared with raw multispectral image bands? (4 marks)

1.2 Include screenshots of each of the five indices, being sure to label each carefully and indicating the minimum and maximum values of each. (15 marks)

1.3. Include a copy of your Python script used to create the five normalized difference indices. (2 marks)

1.4. Compare each of the five indices to the natural-colour composite image. To what extent was the use of the band-ratioing technique able to lessen the apparent effects of cloud shadows in the image? (2 marks)


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