The first chapter introduces the assessment lifecycle model, developed by Manchester Metropolitan University and Jisc, which helps to contextualise the Bloomsbury landscape. The chapter was prompted by a wide-ranging survey conducted at each partner member to gauge how assessment practices were delivered and supported with technology. The second chapter offers administrative perspectives of the processes involved in assessment, and the research provides insight into how course administrators manage their responsibility in the workflow. We explore their pain points and consider improvements. Finally, the third chapter describes the assessment and feedback practices in the Bloomsbury programmes which offer distance learning (DL). Although it specifically considered DL, the findings and recommendations in this chapter are applicable for all teaching models.


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Q: What is Phase Space Forumation of QM and does it explain use of complex variables in QM? In  arXiv:quant-ph/0504102v1,  A.J. Bracken says

if we think of the phase space formulation of QM as more fundamental,
  arising directly from a deformation of classical mechanics in phase
  space [12] we can think of the formulation of QM in Hilbert space and
  the associated introduction of complex numbers as a computational
  device to make calculations easier.

Reference [12] is Bayen F, Flato M, Fronsdal C, Lichnerowicz A, and
Sterheimer, D, Annals of Physics 111 (1978) 61-110, 111-151. This seems to answer the question of why complex variables. Can anyone explain this? Thanks.

A: This paper is talking about the Wigner function, which is the Fourier transform of the density matrix $\rho(x,x')$ to be a function of $\rho(x,p)$. The density matrix formulation is arguably more fundamental, but the Wigner function is just a bad set of coordinates for the more fundamental density matrix, see my answer to this question: an example of a quantum system for which wigner function transitions to negative values
The density matrix is real valued on diagonal, and only the complex parts of the matrix are off diagonal. But the mystery (if there is one) of complex numbers in quantum mechanics arises in physical circumstances, when pure states diffract. They diffract in the density matrix formulation too, because the pure states are just special density matrices. The arguments in the paper are overly formal and free of content, and this paper need not be read.
To explain further--- the formulas "28" and "34" in the paper express the complex off diagonal density matrix elements with some other notation, as the author states somewhere at the end. This paper just gives a few new symbols for old things.
Why QM is Complex
If you want to get rid of complex numbers in QM, take the real and imaginary parts of the wavefunction. That sounds glib, and it is: the complex nature of amplitudes means that you have states pared up in twos, $|x_r\rangle$ and $|x_i\rangle$, and these two states are indistinguishable, and if $x_r$ turns into $y_i$ with time, then $x_i$ turns into $-y_r$.
The statement that there is a complex structure to quantum mechanics is simply the statement that there is such a doubling of states. To see why this needs to be so, consider the Eigenstates of H. These have to preserve length so they must rotate into each other, so they must come in these pairs (if you insist on using real numbers, unitary time evolution has only complex eigenvalues, so you can't diagonalize it, but you can block-diagoalize it into 2 by 2 blocks, which have this doubling). Now there is a manifest symmetry of multiplying by "i" (where you introduce an operator "i" which takes the top component of each two-by-two block to the bottom component, and the bottom component to minus the top).
This works for all states except possibly the vacuum (because the vacuum has zero energy, it doesn't have to move at all under time evolution, so it doesn't need a partner). The statement is that there is always an "i" symmetry which squares to -1. This "i" commutes with almost everything else, but doesn't commute with time reversal, which switches the sign of i. This shows you that it's not really complex numbers in QM, but the "i" symmetry above, because time reversal doesn't respect i.
I believe this argument appears somewhere in the literature.

A: The concise and intuitive answer (if you know a little bit of linear algebra) is the following: although $\mathcal H$ is a complex Hilbert space, the set of states and measurements are the Hermitian operators on $\mathcal H$ and these form a real vector space.  Most natural representations of these operators (from a linear algebra point of view) contain complex numbers (standard matrix representations, for example).  As phase space representations (and other quasi-probability representations) demonstrate, this is not necessary -- the reason being already stated: the objects we are ultimately interested in for calculations are real vector spaces, not complex ones.

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Traders work during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street in New York City on Feb. 24, 2020. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)
Dow Infected!
Spread of COVID-19 outbreak turning business and markets negative
James Gorrie
February 26, 2020 Updated: February 26, 2020
The seemingly unstoppable march of the deadly pathogen has finally reached Wall Street—at least for today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw over a 3 percent sell off Monday and yields rose as investors fled to the relative safety of bonds, with news of the widening expansion of the COVID-19 virus into Europe.
If there's good news about the virus, such as a report of falling infection rates or the development of a vaccine, this adjustment will likely be short-lived. If not, and we hear more bad news, it will likely continue. At some point, the market may rebound as capital rushes in looking for yield in a pretty low-yielding—or even negative yielding—bond market.
It all depends on the fear index.
A Rising Fear Index
But this market adjustment wasn't unexpected—or at least, it shouldn't have been. In fact, given the rapid spread of the disease and the conflicting information about its source and infection rate, the markets could have understandably corrected sooner. Perhaps the unreliable information about the disease was the reason for the market's delayed reaction in the first place.
In either case, the potential economic damage from what's quickly becoming a global pandemic is considerable. With images of empty store shelves in Italy, riots in Ukraine, and borders closing in various parts of the world, the reality of just how bad the fallout from the outbreak could be is finally being recognized by the markets.
The market responds to fear, of course, by selling. The greater the fear, the greater the selloff. That's why the market's battle is much more with the pandemic headlines that instill fear than, say, falling profits, which are coming as well. The fear index is rising.
A Powerful Dynamic
The dynamic of this pandemic is simple but powerful. As ground zero of the COVID-19 outbreak, China's economy is struggling to get back on track. With millions of people still not returning to work, some factories are falling behind in their production schedules.
That may well be the understatement of the year. Many workers, fearful of contracting the easily transmissible disease, are choosing to stay home. But if workers don't show up at the factory, their families go without. It's a difficult dilemma for everybody.
Factory owners face the dilemma of meeting production goals with potentially infected workers, or to remain closed. They can't function without labor. Hence, the massive slowdown in China.
A Global Business Slowdown
Of course, this slowdown is impacting the supply chains of businesses around the world. As a result, major market leaders are announcing slowdowns as well. Japanese automaker Nissan, for example, has closed its factory in Kyushu due to lack of parts coming from its Chinese supplier. Apple has closed some of its Chinese stores and announced that the company will not meet expected quarterly revenue targets.
But the slowdown is much wider than simply those firms with China-dependent production. Key global technology industry conferences around the world are being cancelled. The Mobile World Conference in Barcelona and RSA, cybersecurity's biggest annual conference scheduled to be held in San Francisco this year, have both been canceled for this year. That in itself means a business slowdown.
But it's not a decision the conference sponsors wanted to make. The problem is that companies are cancelling their plans to attend these big conferences. That's not only a loss of revenue for the host cities, but also for the companies that would normally attend, because many business deals that result in many millions of dollars in revenues begin at such conferences.
That loss of business will, of course, have a ripple effect, resulting in less productivity and a decline in earnings in many other parts of the economy.
Will the Fed Do More?
If the markets continue to decline, however, the Federal Reserve may decide to cut interest rates or increase its quantitative easing programs, or both. It could even go further to support the stock markets by directly purchasing shares, but only as a last resort.
That would likely only delay the inevitable deflationary pressure, not eliminate it. Eventually, the market will correct, and adding more liquidity to an already inflated market will likely make the correction worse.
But it's not all doom and gloom. For one thing, many have viewed the markets as being too liquidity driven, which is undoubtedly the case. Too much capital chasing too few opportunities drives up asset prices. That dynamic has resulted in a lot of froth in market. It may be healthy for the markets to have a correction, or two or three, over a period of time, rather than a single, panic-driven crash.
For another thing, free market capitalism responds to challenges by finding solutions to them. That means that there are great opportunities in the markets, too, not just risk. The market will handsomely reward any company for finding a vaccine for COVID-19.
Recently, for example, large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and others have quickly become the focus of investors. But others have seen their share prices spike dramatically upward. Inovio and Novavax saw price gains of 34 percent and 87 percent in January, respectively, while Vir Biotechnology's share price more than doubled. And Gilead has already announced clinical trials for a vaccine.
Other market opportunities may emerge as well. Medical supplies that are made domestically, for example, may do well if the contagion persists. With a persistent and growing shortage of masks, and other related items in China and other impacted areas, the opportunity is there.
Of course, if the situation continues to worsen, if the pandemic continues to spread to the point where many millions or tens of millions are losing their lives, then the market will be the least of our worries. That's not prediction; just an acknowledgment that we're not always as in control of our world as we presume to think we are.
James Gorrie is a writer and speaker based in Southern California. He is the author of "The China Crisis."
James R. Gorrie is the author of "The China Crisis" (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.

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When the markets close today, week two of this latest round of tariff troubles will be squarely in the rearview mirror.
Now it's time to come to terms with a fundamental truth of investing: The markets exist as a "discounting mechanism" – meaning that traders and investors take into account the probabilities of future events and price the market today to best reflect those future outcomes.
If that is our active premise – and I believe it should be – then the markets don't really think that the world will erupt into an all-out trade war.
Far from it, in fact. Because, from the highs seven days before the latest tariff salvos, the biggest drop the market could muster was 4.1% from the highest to lowest points of the last month.
As I write this Friday morning, we're only down 1.8% below those lows.
This confirms what we're seeing: that the market doesn't think there's a big probability of a full-blown multilateral trade war.
In any case, it's certainly not currently pricing in much fear.
On the other hand, we're not climbing higher either.
… another box. Of course, if you've been with me for a while, you'll know we've been in this all-too-familiar territory before, albeit for very different reasons.


When we decided to venture out on this journey, we had a large family of animals living with us at the time. At one point we had: two cats, two dogs, a gecko, four fish tanks (including one with a turtle), two snakes, a rabbit, and two birds. We were a full house while we were living in 1500 sq. ft. and we knew that was too much for our new 300 sq. ft. home. The hardest decision was determining who to bring with us. There were several animals that had been a part of our family for over a decade. After a lot of debating, we narrowed it down drastically (well, drastically for us). We found homes for our loved ones that we could not bring with us. We thought we should introduce everyone to our "traveling zoo" and the members of our family who are keeping us company on the road!
Piper is four years old. She was a foster with us until we decided we had to keep her. We are not sure what kind of dog she is but she is awesome! Piper is very intelligent, too intelligent for her own good. But she is amazing at tricks thanks to our friend Ali. She knows how to sit, lay down, play dead, shake, high five, back up, and almost get beer from the fridge. She is also a great big sister to the new addition to our family, Theo.
Theo is the newest addition to our family and named after Theodore Roosevelt. He is about 12 weeks old now and is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He goes by such nicknames as Theo, Teddy, Teddy Rose, Teddy Westside, Theodorable (thanks Gina!), T-dog, and Ted. His energy is zero to one hundred in a split second and keeps us moving all the time (we sleep when he sleeps).
Lila is also four years old (D.O.B. July 31st like Harry Potter). She is the most amazing cat in existence we believe. She is really affectionate, comes when called, and is a great snuggler. She doesn't love when the RV is moving, however, so we are working on getting her adjusted.
Named after the Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby," Ellie is a true cat. Born a barn cat (a little over a year ago), she loves the outdoors. Next to the definition of "cat" in the dictionary is her picture because she does what she wants, when she wants and our only purpose is to feed her and clean her litter box. She will tolerate petting only when she seeks it out. However, she can be the sweetest thing and she and Lila love each other a lot. Plus, Lila really needs another cat in her life because otherwise she is super clingy.
Pica (or Picasso) is a nine year old Sun Conure who has been with us since our first place together. We got her when she was a baby and hand fed and weaned her ourselves. We found out that she was a female last year when she laid eggs. Her previous cage mate, Mambo, found a wonderful home with a new family but we couldn't part with Pica so we took her on the road with us! She lives in a beautiful acrylic cage that we mount near our front windshield while we are parked and that gets strapped to our dining room table while we are driving. She doesn't speak but imitates us when we eat and when we crack our knuckles. She also does a great wolf-whistle.
Sorry about the bad cage pic!
Sebastian is our betta fish. Both of us missed having a fish tank while living in the RV so we decided to set up a one gallon jar with live plants for a fish! We went with a jar so that the lid would be secure enough for traveling and to prevent the cats from getting in (don't worry! we poked holes in the lid). It has been quite interesting traveling with a fish on the road so far.
That concludes the tour of our family! I'm sure there will be more updates on how we are all getting along throughout our travels.
Quite a family! Just getting caught up on the start of the journey. Jealous already!!
Hi, we are planning to head out in an RV in September. I read your article in the startribune in May and it sparked the first thought. We have a dog and a parrot and my husband prefers to not bring the parrot. I'm not sure what I would do with him (the parrot – haha). We've had him for 25 years! Can you give me any insight into what it's like to travel with a bird? I'm not worried about the dog, but the bird is challenging. Thank you so much!
That's exciting that your adventure is coming up so soon! I'd be happy to give you some insight. When I realized I couldn't part with our bird, Pica, I started researching people who travel with their birds. The hardest part for us was figuring out her cage. She has been a wonderful travel companion. Obviously with the smaller space she sounds a little louder. She has adapted very well. Other than figuring out the cage, the only thing we really worry about is cooking is such a small space. We bought ceramic cookware and we make sure to ventilate well and keep her on the other side of the RV while we are doing so. Let me know if you have any specific questions! Feel free to email as well: thewanderingdolphin@gmail.com.


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Acrolinx Receives META Seal of Recognition for Its AI Content Creation Platform
Berlin/Boston — November 15, 2017 — Acrolinx announced today it has received the META Seal of Recognition for its AI Platform for Enterprise Content Creation. The award, presented at the seventh annual META-FORUM conference in Brussels, Belgium, November 13-14, recognizes excellence in software, products, and services that actively contribute to the European Multilingual Information Society. The META Technology Council, a panel of 30 experts drawn from the European Language Technology landscape, recognizes the contribution that Acrolinx has made to the European Multilingual Information Society.
Acrolinx uses Artificial Intelligence to analyze and improve enterprise content creation across multiple channels, allowing brands to develop a consistent and recognizable brand voice. This can be a challenge for enterprises, especially if they're producing a large amount of content regularly. The Acrolinx platform helps to increase brand trust, conversion rates, and intent to purchase. It is used by many of the world's most recognized brands, including Google, Oracle, IBM, and Facebook, to improve the impact of their varied and complex content creation strategies.
The META Seal of Recognition is awarded annually to select products and services that actively contribute to the initiative's goals. This year is the sixth time the META Seal of Recognition has been awarded at a special ceremony as part of META-FORUM 2017 held in Brussels, Belgium.
For more information and previous winners see http://www.meta-net.eu/meta-seal
About META and META-NET:
META, the Multilingual Europe Technology Alliance, brings together researchers, commercial technology providers, private and corporate language technology users, language professionals, and other information society stakeholders. META is preparing the necessary ambitious joint effort towards furthering language technologies, as a means towards realizing the vision of a Europe united as one single digital market and information space.
META is being driven by a European Network of Excellence, META-NET, which consists of 60 European research centers in the field of Language Technology, Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence, based in 34 European countries.
For more information about META and META-NET, see http://www.meta-net.eu
About Acrolinx:
Acrolinx is a leading global provider of highly scalable and proven AI software for enterprise content creation. Acrolinx technology helps large global brands, including IBM, Nestlé, Siemens, Google, Facebook, Boeing, SAP and Amazon, create content that's on-brand, on-target, at enterprise scale. The company is a spin-off of Germany's DFKI, one of the world's leading research institutes in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Learn more at acrolinx.com.


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Reese Witherspoon Is Every Mom Of Teens Who Has No Idea What Tik Tok Is
by Valerie Williams
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Reese Witherspoon's son is teaching her what Tik Tok is and we can totally relate
Parenting tweens and teens is a wild ride full of unknowns, anxiety, worry, and confusion. Along with all that heavy stuff, though, is the typical chasm between the Youngs and the Olds — and living in this digital age, the technology gap between parents and kids is probably wider than in generations past. That's because no matter how hip and with it we think we are, our kids are several hundred steps ahead.
Take Tik Tok for instance — if you have no idea what that is, you're not alone. Neither does Reese Witherspoon, and this Instagram video of her son trying to teach her about it is making us feel extremely seen. "@deaconphillippe tries to teach me how to Tik Tok 😂 I think I nailed it…" she captioned the post.
First things first — how adorable is Deacon? He's 15 years old now (the total spitting image of both his mom and dad, Ryan Phillippe) and seems like the sweetest and most patient teen boy, only showing the slightest bit of cringe at his Momma's attempt at trying to understand what the kids are doing these days.
"Deacon, this is very important. I've brought you here because I have questions for you," she says. He mumbles "Oh God," in the most teenagerly tone possible but is game to help her. "For all the moms out there… what is Tik Tok?" she asks. Phillippe explains that it's a "short-form video platform" where people upload clips of themselves dancing to songs or even lip-syncing along.
Then, she is absolutely all of us trying not to embarrass our kids but failing spectacularly. "Should I be on TikTok?" she asks.
While trying not to look too openly horrified, Deacon watches his mom work through a few moves.
"Like that?" she asks.
"No, not like that," he replied.
Witherspoon tried a number of sweet moves with her son eventually conceding, "You look pretty cool." From a teenage boy? We'd take it.
Finally, she busted out her first official Tik Tok to "Mr. Sandman" and it's freaking adorable, of course. She featured a few other teen trends in the clip — the quintessential VSCO girl scrunchy and hydro flask — and also, an appearance by her precious pup.
We totally love Witherspoon's clearly strong bond with her teen kids as evidenced by a number of extremely loving social media posts. Her daughter Ava dropped the sweetest tribute to her mom earlier this year calling her, "… the gorgeous woman who taught me about the power of graciousness, love, ambition, and hard work." High compliments from a teenager, for sure.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Ca5ZWnB6Q/?utm_source=ig_embed
Witherspoon's also teaching us a thing or two about staying connected to our teens during a time when it feels almost impossible to grab their attention. Let her goofy dancing inspire us to share in the things our kids love that might totally baffle us. The bonding time — and hilarious video footage — is a pretty great end result.
Agree or Disagree?
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I want to laminate my kitchen floor. should I put the laminate under the cabinets or up to and around them?
Hey Doug, you would never want to put a permanent fixture on top of a laminate floor, so butting right up to it would be the way to go.
I would need a pad under it !
But we are laying it right over the other floor .
Well we had it put down last week !
Heavy on it will ruin in the floor !
Hi Patsy, thank you for your comment and sharing your story. Did you purchase the flooring from us? Typically, laminate flooring does not dent beneath furniture or objects placed on top the floor. Since laminate is a floating floor, pad is required beneath the floor to allow it to float. Please give us a call at 1-800-520-0961, and we can discuss the details of your installation, flooring and the portable dishwasher to identify the problem. Thank you!
Can laminate flooring be installed over industrial commercial grade carpet. The carpet is about 1/8″ with no padding underneath?
We live in a split level home built in '94. Radiant hydro heating in poured concrete slabs on both floors. We are looking at putting 15.3mm laminate upstairs. It comes with a foam backing pre-installed.
My question is this, do I need to put a vapor barrier down between the concrete and the foam backing on the laminate on the upper floor?
Even down stairs, the concrete that contains the piping for the hot water is on top of the concrete foundation. If I were installing this on the bottom floor (which is below grade) I would definitely put a vapor barrier – but if I don't need to do it upstairs, I'd rather not have to mess with it.
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we want to put a laminated flooring in our livingroom we have wood floors now that aren't level. How level does the floor have to be. my husband says he doesn't think it matters if it is no real level but others say different what do u say?
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after master laminate my floor in bedrum,the level of the floor lost.what it can be?i suspect that the under pad was install not properly not on surface but in sam places.what can i do?haw can i found out if i am correct?
I clean laminate floors for my clients. I use microfiber flat mops and warm water to clean. If I dont mop with the direction of the wood grain, the floor will look smeared.
David, There might be residue on the laminate which is causing the floor to look smeared. I'm not sure why it looks better when you mop in the dirction of the wood, we have never experienced any problems with that before. I would suggest to call the manufacturer, they will be able to answer your question more thoroughly.
I brought 12mm flooring & my installer is having touble installing it. It will not click together. Put down laminate flooring is not new to him. He has installed many floors with laminate. But this is takeing 4 times as long to put down . Is there any tricks to put it down?
Lora, There are many videos that your installer can watch on youtube to help with installation techniques. Laminate flooring manufacturers have many different locking systems and methods of installation. A professionally trained laminate flooring installer should have no problems installing this floor. I have seen many people who say that they are very experienced laminate flooring installers when really they are not and they simply underestimate the work that needs to be done and the time that it takes to install the floor correctly.


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Benchmarks: October 10, 1913: Atlantic and Pacific waters meet in the Panama Canal
On Oct. 10, 1913, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in his Washington, D.C., office. At that moment, more than 6,400 kilometers away, about seven metric tons of dynamite exploded, clearing the final obstruction in the Panama Canal. Deep within the Culebra Cut, waters from the Atlantic Ocean finally met waters from the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of major construction on the 77-kilometer-long canal.
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Known as the 'debt adjuster's plan' or 'wage earners plan.' chapter 13 bankruptcy is a popular bankruptcy choice for individuals. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy has two sets of benefits. One is the advantages of filing bankruptcy; the other is the bonuses of filing a chapter 13 bankruptcy.
More discharged debts. Chapter 13 offers more discharged debts than other bankruptcy chapters. Examples are tax debt penalties, tax debt interest and marital settlement debt (not related to child or domestic support).
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The First Liberty Institute is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) legal organization focused on religious liberty.[1] The organization has been tax exempt since 1973.[2]
The First Liberty Institute is an associate member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a group of right-wing think tanks and other politically-active nonprofits.
1 Ties to the State Policy Network
2 Ties to the Council for National Policy
4 Core Financials
5 Funding
6 Personnel
6.2 Board of Directors
8 Articles and Resources
8.2 IRS Form 990 Filings
Ties to the State Policy Network
The First Liberty Institute is an associate member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a group of right-wing think tanks and other politically-active nonprofits. SPN is a web of right-wing "think tanks" and tax-exempt organizations in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Canada, and the United Kingdom. As of January 2022, SPN's membership totals 166. Today's SPN is the tip of the spear of far-right, nationally funded policy agenda in the states that undergirds extremists in the Republican Party. SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told the Wall Street Journal in 2017 that the revenue of the combined groups was some $80 million, but a 2019 analysis of SPN's main members IRS filings by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that the combined revenue is over $120 million.[3] Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, the Center for Media and Democracy's in-depth investigation, "EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government," reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right-wing network of funders.[4]
In response to CMD's report, SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told national and statehouse reporters that SPN affiliates are "fiercely independent." Later the same week, however, The New Yorker's Jane Mayer caught Sharp in a contradiction. In her article, "Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?," the Pulitzer-nominated reporter revealed that, in a recent meeting behind closed doors with the heads of SPN affiliates around the country, Sharp "compared the organization's model to that of the giant global chain IKEA." She reportedly said that SPN "would provide 'the raw materials,' along with the 'services' needed to assemble the products. Rather than acting like passive customers who buy finished products, she wanted each state group to show the enterprise and creativity needed to assemble the parts in their home states. 'Pick what you need,' she said, 'and customize it for what works best for you.'" Not only that, but Sharp "also acknowledged privately to the members that the organization's often anonymous donors frequently shape the agenda. 'The grants are driven by donor intent,' she told the gathered think-tank heads. She added that, often, 'the donors have a very specific idea of what they want to happen.'"[5]
A set of coordinated fundraising proposals obtained and released by The Guardian in early December 2013 confirm many of these SPN members' intent to change state laws and policies, referring to "advancing model legislation" and "candidate briefings." These activities "arguably cross the line into lobbying," The Guardian notes.[6]
Ties to the Council for National Policy
First Liberty Institute's founding president and CEO, Kelly Shackelford, was a "Gold Circle" member of the Council for National Policy as of September 2020.
Council for National Policy
The Council for National Policy (CNP) is a secretive, Christian Right organization of funders and activists founded in 1981 by activist Morton Blackwell, commentator Paul Weyrich, direct-mail pioneer Richard Viguerie, right-wing activist Phyllis Schlafly and Left Behind author Tim LaHaye. Anne Nelson's book about CNP, Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, describes how the organization connects "the manpower and media of the Christian right with the finances of Western plutocrats and the strategy of right-wing Republican political operatives."
CNP membership as of September 2020 is available here.
The First Liberty Institute was founded in 1997 by Kelly Shackelford, who remains its president and CEO. The organization has gone through several name changes in its history:[7]
1997: Liberty Legal Institute, division of the Free Market Foundation
2009: Liberty Institute
2014: Military Division founded
2016: First Liberty Institute
Core Financials
Total Revenue: $11,410,038
Total Expenses: $9,964,182
Net Assets: $7,031,224
Total Revenue: $8,292,977
The First Liberty Institute is not required to disclose its funders but major foundation supporters can be found through their IRS filings. Here are some known contributors:
American Endowment Foundation: $81,858 (2016-2017)
Bailey Family Foundation: $6,900 (2016-2018)
Bank of America Charitable Foundation: $1,000 (2017-2018)
Boyd and Joan Kelley Charitable Foundation: $2,000 (2017)
Breunig Family Foundation: $1,500 (2016-2017)
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South: $7,000 (2019)
Colegato Foundation: $3,000 (2017)
Community Foundations of Texas: $32,000 (2016-2018)
Dallas Foundation: $35,000 (2016-2017)
Dallas Seminary Foundation: $178,115 (2016-2018)
Dan and Martha Lou Beaird Foundation: $1,500 (2017-2018)
David and Lezlie Hudiburg Family Foundation: $20,000 (2017-2018)
Denman Family Foundation: $3,000 (2016, 2019)
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund: $985,916 (2017-2019)
Foundation for Church Growth: $1,000 (2019)
Fuller Foundation: $12,000 (2016-2017)
George E Seay III Foundation: $5,000 (2018)
Greater Houston Community Foundation: $211,000 (2017-2018)
Grojean Family Foundation: $10,000 (2018)
Hatton W Sumners Foundation For the Study and Teaching of Self-Government: $70,000 (2018-2019)
Horizon Foundation: $80,000 (2017-2018)
Jane and Bud Smith Family Foundation: $1,000 (2016)
JC Ferguson Foundation: $40,000 (2018-2019)
Jim Hicks Family Foundation: $15,000 (2016-2018)
John Stiger Ferry Charitable Foundation: $25,000 (2017)
JPMorgan Chase Foundation: $6,085 (2016-2019)
Manna International Charitable Foundation: $10,000 (2015)
Margaret CB and S Spencer N Brown Foundation: $2,600 (2016-2018)
Martin and Arlyn Shields Family Foundation: $5,000 (2019)
Mills Family Foundation: $2,500 (2018)
Mitchell Foundation: $100,000 (2017)
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust: $5,000 (2018)
National Christian Charitable Foundation: $607,950(2016-2017)
National Philanthropic Trust: $207,000 (2017-2018)
Nicholas and Kathleen Mayall Memorial Foundation: $1,500 (2016-2018)
Paul and Barbara Flowers Foundation: $3,000 (2017-2018)
Psalms Foundation: $499,786 (2015-2019)
Quinn Family Foundation: $1,000 (2017)
Racho Santa Fe Foundation: $41,000 (2017-2019)
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund: $6,600 (2016)
Richard and Ellen Gilleland Foundation: $2,000 (2017-2018)
Rose Family Foundation: $10,000 (2018)
Schwab Charitable Fund: $627,250 (2016-2019)
Seegers Foundation: $10,000 (2018)
Servant Foundation: $11,050 (2019)
Shell Oil Company Foundation: $3,500 (2017)
Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $15,000 (2018)
Soonae Foundation: $15,000 (2018)
Stephen Philibosian Foundation: $2,000 (2016-2018)
Terrell and Patsy Small Family Foundation: $5,000 (2018)
Thomas R Leonard Foundation: $2,500 (2017)
United Charitable: $10,000 (2018)
William H and Ella W McMahan Foundation: $8,000 (2017-2018)
Kelly Shackelford, president, CEO, and chief counsel
David Holmes, exec. vice president, chief operating/financial officer
Jeff Mateer, exec. vice president, chief legal officer
Lori Ross, senior director, human resources
Todd Winking, chief marketing officer
Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel
Michael Berry, general counsel
Stephanie Taub, senior counsel
David Hacker, director of litigation
Keisha Russell, counsel
Jeremy Dys, special counsel for litigation and communications
Justin Butterfield, deputy general counsel
Roger Byron, senior counsel
Lea Patterson, counsel
Becky Dummermuth, counsel
Lathan Watts, director of public affairs
Chris Freund, director of media relations
Lisa Holmes, head of client outreach
Joyce Flo, senior legal assistant
Carol Carrillo, paralegal/legal assistant
Jillian Barr, jr. legal assistant
Lindy Dolenz, client acquisition analyst
Madison Dale, media coordinator
Ministry Relations
Steve Purdum, senior director, ministry relations
Don Spak, ministry relations development officer
Clark Whitley, ministry relations development officer
Terry Yates, ministry relations development officer
Mike Cahill, ministry relations development officer
Nathan Shackelford, ministry relations development officer
Michaela Willows, development officer, emerging markets
Olga Figueroa, ministry relations specialist
Lila Prothro, donor relations coordinator
Cali Beyer, donor outreach specialist
Jan LaDue, senior events manager
April West, events director
Isabell Barineau, event specialist
Institute and Legacy Planning
Trey Dimsdale, director of strategic partnerships
Christine Norwood, program director of D.C. fellowship
Bryan Dempsey, senior director of marketing operations
Stuart Shepard, multimedia director
Alison Nevans, senior social media manager
Jorge Gomez, content strategist, senior writer
Kathy Cho, art director
Bryan Rogers, digital marketing director
Stan Corbett, digital marketing specialist
Jared Besse, digital marketing coordinator
AnnaGrace Stallings, marketing coordinator
Cory O'Neill, director of information technology
Lisa Patterson, assistant to the president
Josh Horton, systems administrator
Phillip Hawkins, senior director of data management
Larissa Daggett, senior program support specialist
Jill Hawkins, program support specialist
Andrew Boyechko, associate comptroller
As of April 2019:[8]
Tim Dunn, vice chair, executive committee, board
Mark Cover, chair, executive committee, board
Al Angel, executive committee, board
James Robertson, executive committee, board
David Tauber, board
Deborah Muse Carlson, board
Dale Brown, executive committee, board, secretary
Jerry Brown, board
Paco Jordan, board
Kyle Stallings, board (also on boards of Texas Public Policy Foundation and Convention of States Action)
Jody Thornton, board
Ken Blackwell, board
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SPN Members
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IRS Form 990 Filings
↑ First Liberty, About Us, organizational website, accessed March 29, 2021.
↑ Guidestar, First Liberty Institute, organizational website, accessed March 29, 2021.
↑ David Armiak, Revenue for State Policy Network and State Affiliates Tops $120 Million, ExposedbyCMD, November 13, 2019.
↑ Rebekah Wilce, Center for Media and Democracy, EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
↑ Jane Mayer, Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?, The New Yorker, November 15, 2013.
↑ Ed Pilkington and Suzanne Goldenberg, State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax, The Guardian, December 5, 2013.
↑ First Liberty, History & Timeline, organizational website, accessed March 29, 2021.
↑ 8.0 8.1 First Liberty Institute, 2017 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, April 10, 2019.
↑ First Liberty Institute, 2016 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, March 9, 2018.
↑ First Liberty Institute, 2015 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, April 13, 2017.
↑ First Liberty Institute, 2014 IRS Form 990, organizational tax filing, February 11, 2016.
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While We're Focused on Tariffs, China and Russia Are Teaming Up Against the U.S.
China Warns the United States Is Opening "Pandora's Box"
It's technically strong, and leadership among the sectors hasn't changed. This is good.
The Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000 indexes are out above their 200-day moving averages as of Friday; all four of the major indexes are back above this key trend line. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has settled below the critical 15-point level and was last seen headed south. I'm lovin' it.
And of course, more than 80% of the S&P 500 has reported earnings. Seventy percent of 'em beat earnings expectations, and 60% trounced revenue expectations. Phenomenal.
Finally, a raft of weak-ish economic data had traders taking some profit off the table last week, which, in conjunction with a sagging VIX, suggests we're done with the selling for the time being.
The trend is your friend, I always like to say, and the trend is "up."
But we still have to make it past the China trade deal - or lack thereof.
China will soon become the largest economy in the world, and that has investors eager to leap feet first into Chinese stocks.
And if you are looking for the best Chinese stocks to buy in 2019, our latest pick is dominating the automated manufacturing sector.
China's industrial automation market is already a global leader, and installations are increasing at a 58% annual pace.
That means big windfalls are on the way for one automation leader.
And it's already due for a 100% gain in the very near future.
The trade war is about to cost consumers a lot of money... and put a serious dent in the markets.
The brewing trade war between China and the United States may already have a deadline.
Thanks to one particular event, Chinese President Xi Jinping may quickly be running out of road.
The U.S.-China trade dispute is "on hold," announced U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin yesterday (May 20).
This morning, markets surged in response to this news - though no one knew exactly why the ongoing tariff war was postponed indefinitely.
But we know what brought about this outcome; in fact, U.S. President Donald Trump practically verified our suspicions earlier today.
Last week, in response to the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs, China slapped the states with billions in levies of its own.
That is, until yesterday, at least, when President Xi addressed the nation and gave a suddenly benevolent outlook on global trade.
China and Russia are using the buddy system against the United States amid the recent trade and tariff war.
Their militaries are even joining forces.
China warns this morning that Washington is at risk of opening a "Pandora's Box" over its recent trade tariffs.
And Beijing's retaliatory trade measures are sure to hit average Americans hard.
Trump's trade tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum aren't actually intended to affect the U.S. economy.
In fact, they're for an entirely different reason altogether.
China just warned that it will retaliate against Trump's solar tariffs.
Here's how the trade beef between Beijing and Washington could affect your wallet.
Analysts recently estimated that China will become the world's largest economy by 2033, surpassing the United States for the first time.
These gains are the result of a perfect storm of new technology and a growing consumer base that is quickly adapting 21st-century tech in everyday life.
The U.S.-China trade war was spurred to life last week after Beijing made a move to flood this key industry.
And what President Trump is expected to do about it today.
President Trump invited 29 CEOs to join him in China this week.
The "guest list" includes business leaders from America's finance, technology, energy, aerospace, agriculture, and chemistry sectors.
And they'll each help the president achieve one specific goal: more sanctions on North Korea.


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Q: SQL Server If condition at where clause? I would like to make a select query, I have several parameters but depending on the value I add the parameter to the where clause. I do not want to use dynamic query.
For example this is my stored declaration:
EXEC GETProducts @ProductID INT = -1, @ProductName NVARCHAR(100) = NULL, @ProductManufacturerID INT = -1

I want all the products manufactured by ManufacturerID = 3
EXEC GETProducts -1, NULL, 3

I would like a query like this, I know it does no work, I also tried with CASE, but not working.
SELECT * FROM Product
WHERE
IF(@ProductID > -1)
BEGIN
 ProductID = @ProductID
END
AND
IF(@ProductName <> '')
BEGIN
 ProductName = @ProductName
END
AND
IF(@ProductManufacturerID > -1)
BEGIN
 ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID
END

Thanks for your help!!!

A: It sounds like you want a combination of ANDs and ORs instead of CASE or IF:
SELECT * FROM Product
WHERE
(@ProductID <= -1 OR ProductID = @ProductID)
AND
(@ProductName = '' OR ProductName = @ProductName)
AND
(@ProductManufacturerID <= -1 OR ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID)

However I would note that NULL is generally preferred to "magic" numbers and strings for special cases:
SELECT * FROM Product
WHERE
(@ProductID IS NULL OR ProductID = @ProductID)
AND
(@ProductName IS NULL OR ProductName = @ProductName)
AND
(@ProductManufacturerID IS NULL OR ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID)

A: SELECT *
FROM Product
WHERE
    (@ProductID = -1 OR ProductID = @ProductID)
AND (@ProductName = '' OR ProductName = @ProductName)
AND (@ProductManufacturerID = -1 OR ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID)

A: I am guessing a bit here. You probably want to write:
WHERE
(@ProductID > -1 AND ProductID = @ProductID)
OR
(@ProductName <> '' AND ProductName = @ProductName )
OR
(@ProductManufacturerID > -1 AND ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID)

A: You can make "conditional" WHERE clauses by pairing them with OR clauses.  Something like this:
SELECT * FROM Product
WHERE
    (@ProductID <= -1 OR ProductID = @ProductID)
    AND @ProductName = '' OR ProductName = @ProductName)
    -- etc.

That way if the "conditional check" is true than the second half of the OR clause isn't evaluated.

A: You can change your query to be like below by making the conditions to be composite condition and you don't need a CASE expression. BTW, IF .. ELSE construct works only within a procedural body.
SELECT * FROM Product
WHERE (@ProductID > -1 AND ProductID = @ProductID)
AND (@ProductName <> '' AND ProductName = @ProductName)
AND (@ProductManufacturerID > -1 AND ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID)

A: You can translate the conditionals into requirements inside the WHERE clause.
IF(@ProductID > -1)
BEGIN
    ProductID = @ProductID
END

is equivalent to:
ProductID > -1 AND ProductID = @ProductID

,
IF(@ProductName <> '')
BEGIN
    ProductName = @ProductName
END

is equivalent to:
ProductName <> '' AND ProductName = @ProductName

,
IF(@ProductManufacturerID > -1)
BEGIN
    ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID
END

is equivalent to:
ProductManufacturerID > -1 AND ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID

So your final Query will be:
SELECT * FROM Product WHERE
ProductID > -1 AND
ProductID = @ProductID AND
ProductName <> '' AND
ProductName = @ProductName AND
ProductManufacturerID > -1 AND
ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID

A: The when your parameter is intended to affect the select query the case will evaluate to 1 therefore making it part of the select statement, if not it will be 0 therefore it will not count because 0=1 will evaluate to false.
SELECT * FROM Product
WHERE
(CASE
     WHEN @ProductId > -1 AND ProductId = @ProductId THEN 1
     ELSE 0
 END) = 1
AND
(CASE
     WHEN @ProductName <> '' AND ProductName = @ProductName THEN 1
     ELSE 0
END) = 1
AND
(CASE
     WHEN @ProductManufacturerID > -1 AND ProductManufacturerID = @ProductManufacturerID THEN 1
END);


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Nikolai Nikolaevitch Bogoliubov (; ; Níjni Novgorod, 21 de agosto de 1909 — Moscou, 13 de fevereiro de 1992) foi um matemático e físico teórico soviético.

É conhecido por contribuições à teoria quântica de campos, mecânica estatística e teoria de sistemas dinâmicos.

Publicações

Livros
Matemática e Mecânica Não-Linear
N. M. Krylov e N. N. Bogoliubov (1934): On various formal expansions of non-linear mechanics. Kiev, Izdat. Zagal'noukr. Akad. Nauk. (em ucraniano)
N. M. Krylov e N. N. Bogoliubov (1947): Introduction to Nonlinear Mechanics. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
N. N. Bogoliubov, Y. A. Mitropolsky (1961): Asymptotic Methods in the Theory of Non-Linear Oscillations. New York, Gordon and Breach.

Mecânica Estatística
N. N. Bogoliubov (1945): On Some Statistical Methods in Mathematical Physics. Kyiv .
N. N. Bogoliubov, V. V. Tolmachev, D. V. Shirkov (1959): A New Method in the Theory of Superconductivity. New York, Consultants Bureau.
N. N. Bogoliubov (1960): Problems of Dynamic Theory in Statistical Physics. Oak Ridge, Tenn., Technical Information Service.
N. N. Bogoliubov (1967—1970): Lectures on Quantum Statistics. Problems of Statistical Mechanics of Quantum Systems. New York, Gordon and Breach.
N. N. Bogolubov and N. N. Bogolubov, Jnr. (1992): Introduction to Quantum Statistical Mechanics. Gordon and Breach. ISBN 2881248799.

Teoria Quântica dos Campos
N. N. Bogoliubov, B. V. Medvedev, M. K. Polivanov (1958): Problems in the Theory of Dispersion Relations. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
N. N. Bogoliubov, D. V. Shirkov (1959): The Theory of Quantized Fields. New York, Interscience. The first text-book on the renormalization group theory.
N. N. Bogoliubov, A. A. Logunov and I. T. Todorov (1975): Introduction to Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory. Reading, Mass.: W. A. Benjamin, Advanced Book Program. ISBN 9780805309829. ISBN 0805309829.
N. N. Bogoliubov, D. V. Shirkov (1980): Introduction to the Theory of Quantized Field. John Wiley & Sons Inc; 3rd edition. ISBN 0471042234. ISBN 9780471042235.
N. N. Bogoliubov, D. V. Shirkov (1982): Quantum Fields. Benjamin-Cummings Pub. Co., ISBN 0805309837.
N. N. Bogoliubov, A. A. Logunov, A. I. Oksak, I. T. Todorov (1990): General Principles of Quantum Field Theory. Dordrecht [Holland]; Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 079230540X. ISBN 978-0792305408.

Publicações selecionadas
N. N. Bogoliubov, Selected Works. Part I. Dynamical Theory. Gordon and Breach, New York, 1990. ISBN 2881247520, ISBN 9782881247521.
N. N. Bogoliubov, Selected Works. Part II. Quantum and Classical Statistical Mechanics. Gordon and Breach, New York, 1991. ISBN 2881247687.
N. N. Bogoliubov, Selected Works. Part III. Nonlinear Mechanics and Pure Mathematics. Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam, 1995. ISBN 2881249183.
N. N. Bogoliubov, Selected Works. Part IV. Quantum Field Theory. Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam, 1995. ISBN 2881249264, ISBN 978-2881249266.

Artigos selecionados
N. N. Bogoliubov (1948). "Equations of Hydrodynamics in Statistical Mechanics" (in Ukrainian). Sbornik Trudov Instituta Matematiki AN USSR 10: 41—59.
"On Question about Superfluidity Condition in the Nuclear Matter Theory" (in Russian), Doklady Akademii Nauk USSR, 119, 52, 1958.
"On One Variational Principle in Many Body Problem" (in Russian), Doklady Akademii Nauk USSR, 119, N2, 244, 1959.
"On Compensation Principle in the Method of Selfconformed Field" (in Russian), Uspekhi Fizicheskhih Nauk, 67, N4, 549, 1959.
"The Quasi-averages in Problems of Statistical Mechanics" (in Russian), Preprint D-781, JINR, Dubna, 1961.
"On the Hydrodynamics of a Superfluiding" (in Russian), Preprint P-1395, JINR, Dubna, 1963.

Bibliografia
Yu. A. Mitropolskiy and S. V. Tyablikov (1959). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday)". Soviet Physics Uspekhi, 2(5): 765—770.
D. N. Zubarev et al. (1970). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (On his 60th birthday)", Soviet Physics Uspekhi, 12(4): 590—593.
V. S. Vladimirov et al. (1969). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday)", Russian Math. Surveys, 24(4): 167—175.
V. A. Ambartsumyan et al. (1979). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his seventieth birthday)", Soviet Physics Uspekhi, 22(8): 672—676.
P. S. Aleksandrov et al. (1979). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his seventieth birthday)", Russian Math. Surveys, 34(5): 1—10.
A. A. Logunov, S. P. Novikov, V. S. Vladimirov (1989). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his 80th birthday)", Russian Math. Surveys, 44(5): 1—10.
A. A. Abrikosov et al. (1989). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (on his eightieth birthday)", Soviet Physics Uspekhi, 32(12): 1111—1112.
L. D. Faddeev et al. (1992). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (obituary)". Russian Math. Surveys 47(3): 1—3 (in English).
D. V. Anosov (1994). "On the contribution of N.N. Bogolyubov to the theory of dynamical systems", Russian Math. Surveys, 49(5): 1—18.
N. N. Bogolyubov (jr) and D. P. Sankovich (1994). "N. N. Bogolyubov and statistical mechanics". Russian Math. Surveys 49(5): 19—49.
V. S. Vladimirov, V. V. Zharinov, A. G. Sergeev (1994). "Bogolyubov's "edge of the wedge" theorem, its development and applications", Russian Math. Surveys, 49(5): 51—65.
O. I. Zav'yalov (1994). "Bogolyubov's R-operation and the Bogolyubov-Parasyuk theorem", Russian Math. Surveys, 49(5): 67—76.
B. M. Levitan (1994). "On the work of Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov in the theory of almost periodic functions", Russian Math. Surveys, 49(5): 77—88.
B. V. Medvedev (1994). "N.N. Bogolyubov and the scattering matrix", Russian Math. Surveys, 49(5): 89—108.
A. M. Samoilenko (1994). "N.N. Bogolyubov and non-linear mechanics", Russian Math. Surveys, 49(5): 109—154.
D. V. Shirkov (1994). "The Bogoliubov renormalization group". Russian Math. Surveys 49(5): 155—176.
V. S. Vladimirov (2001). "N. N. Bogoliubov and mathematics". Russian Math. Surveys 56(3): 607—613.

Ligações externas

 of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
 at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.
 in the Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia (created by Nikolay Bogolyubov).
 (in Russian).

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Membros da Academia de Ciências da Rússia
Especialistas em teoria de controle
Professores da Universidade Estatal de Moscou
Físicos da Rússia
Matemáticos da Ucrânia
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Henkel is collaborating with social enterprise Plastic Bank, with the goal of collecting plastic waste before it enters the ocean and as part of the partnership three plastic collection centres in Haiti were opened this year.
At the collection centres in Haiti, the local population can return collected plastic waste and exchange it for money, goods, or services.
The collected plastic is sorted, processed and then integrated into recycling value chains as Social Plastic.
Experts from Laundry & Home Care's packaging development department successfully integrated the recycled plastic in 25,000 bottles for laundry and cleaning products.
Henkel has set itself the objective to explore ways of incorporating Social Plastic into its own product packaging to further promote a circular economy.
The company aims to use 35 percent recycled plastic for its consumer goods products in Europe and by 2025, 100 percent of the packaging will be recyclable, reusable or compostable.
"We are very pleased with the initial pilot projects of integrating Social Plastic in our packaging. The packaging fulfilled all quality criteria and thus, the products successfully entered the market," said Vineet Varman, Packaging Manager for Laundry Care.
Sadhguru, mystic and organizer through isha Foundation for Rally for Rivers May help to get PB into India in a big way.


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On This Good Friday.....
We begin by simply saying thank you as we are privileged to serve. We also chose this uplifting and engaging message from MOAS that we've periodically featured in our properties--as we go dark through Easter Sunday, we wish all a fabulous Easter Week-End:
MOAS Director's Easter Message
This Easter, our Founder, Regina Catrambone, reflects on those who risk their lives in search of peace and safety
On Easter Day, we want to share a story of hope and solidarity. Earlier this month, MOAS delivered emergency supplies to the Sea-Eye vessel Alan Kurdi, which rescued 64 migrants on Wednesday 3rd of April, and was subsequently denied safe harbour in Europe for over a week. MOAS has stayed in touch with two women who were evacuated from the vessel and transferred to hospital in Malta.
On Tuesday 9th of April, as we were waiting for the go-ahead to deliver food, water, blankets, clothing and medication to the Alan Kurdi, we heard that a 34-year-old woman, whom we'll callPatricia, had fallen unconscious and been evacuated to Malta. Knowing those on board were struggling to cope with their confinement at sea, we felt it was more urgent than ever to reach them and show them our solidarity. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, another evacuation took place: a 23-year-old pregnant woman suffering from seizures, whom we'll call Beatrice, was also taken to hospital in Malta.
Since last Friday, the MOAS team has visited Patricia and Beatrice in hospital several times. It is clear they have appreciated the company, and the love that we have shown them; several hospital staff members have commented on the value of our visits, and the positive effects they have had on both women. On Palm Sunday, MOAS arranged for Patricia and Beatrice to receive holy communion, as they had expressed a strong Christian faith.
Patricia had been travelling with her sister, and Beatrice with her husband; both had also formed close bonds with the other women and the two small children on board. Throughout their time in hospital, they were desperate for news. They were overjoyed when we informed them that the rescued migrants had finally been allowed to disembark in Malta, and excited to be reunited with their families.
It is difficult for anyone to be separated from their loved ones, especially when feeling unwell. Considering the challenges that many have overcome to reach a place of safety, rescued migrants are particularly vulnerable to loneliness and isolation. At MOAS, we believe that a gesture of kindness can go a long way towards letting someone know that they are not alone – that others are thinking of them, and looking out for them.
MOAS co-founder and director Regina Catrambone says: "This Easter, our thoughts are with all the children, women and men who risk their lives to seek peace and security, and particularly those trapped in the hands of merciless traffickers. We also think of all those celebrating Easter around the world – particularly our team in Bangladesh, empowering Rohingya refugees to lead on preparations for the monsoon season, and our partners in Yemen, where we are delivering life-saving medical aid and famine relief.
Our mission at MOAS is to keep hope alive wherever it is needed the most. On Easter Day, we wish for a world where we all try our best to share the gestures of solidarity that can mitigate suffering and bring comfort to our most vulnerable brothers and sisters."
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This day we think the satan with horns, tail and pitchfork, yet medieval and early Renaissance artists observed him very in a different way. In illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, frescoes, and carved capitals he's to be present in a bewildering number of types and guises. the shortcoming of a good pictorial version, misreadings of Mesopotamian and classical figures, and the Church's personal moving reaction to heresies, have all helped be sure how the satan used to be represented.
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The works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez draws the curiosity of either historians and literary critics as his fiction has helped convey higher publicity of Latin American tradition to the remainder of the realm. Editor Harold Bloom cites the literary origins of Marquez as being 'Faulkner, crossed by way of Kafka. ' The Colombian author and Nobel Prize winner's best-known works, together with "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "Love during Cholera", and "The normal in His Labyrinth", are explored in-depth during this critical source.
Historians of pop culture have lately been addressing the position of fantasy, and now it's time that social historians of recreation additionally tested it. The members to this selection of essays discover the symbolic meanings which were connected to game in Europe by means of contemplating many of the mythic heroes who've ruled the wearing landscapes in their personal nations.


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Q: iOS/Safari Web App Image Zoom On a web-app I am developing I would like the user to be able to pinch zoom in and out of a high resolution image. The client would like this to work on iPads, but it would be best if it was multi platform.
My plan was to create the the image at 1000px x 1000px and display it on the page at 100px x 100px (for example) using CSS. The user would then be able to zoom in and out of the image to see it in greater detail.
I've noticed that when you zoom into the image, the size increases but the detail doesn't as it appears that Safari resizes the image upon rendering the page. Is there anything I can do to get around this?

A: You can try adding the following code
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Try playing around with various values for the scale until you hit the exact thing you want.
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What Do I Put in a Vaporizer for a Cough?
Narrowed airways create a whistling sound when you exhale called wheezing. It's commonly associated with asthma, but other lung diseases can cause wheezing as well. According to Aultman Foundation, other serious medical conditions, such as bronchitis, emphysema, heart failure, acid reflux, or pneumonia, can lead to wheezing. But home remedies can open your restricted airways to help you breath and not wheeze.
Cold drinks can contribute to the wheezing experience. Trade your cold drinks for fruit juices, warm mild tea and water. Fruit juice, mild tea and water help cleanse away the mucous blocking your nasal canal, according to Natural Home Remedies.
A tea using turmeric can eliminate your wheezing. Use ginger, garlic cloves and turmeric pepper. Use a half tsp. of each and mix them. Pour boiled water over the herbs and spices and allow it to steep between five minutes and 10 minutes. Drink this mixture at least three times each day. Bronchitis Remedies says the drink should create an aroma strong enough to clear the nasal canal. Other herbal teas you can create for wheezing include chamomile, elderberry, hyssop, and licorice. Allow for the same steeping time for each herb. Nature Cure lists these herbs as useful for giving relief for nasal congestion, respiratory congestion and clearing bronchial passages.
Create a drink using turmeric powder and milk. Bronchitis Remedies says to mix a half tsp. of turmeric with half a glass of milk. Drink this mixture two to three times a day. You can warm up your turmeric and milk if you prefer a warm drink to a cold one.
In the morning, drink a spoon of lime juice or lemon juice. Natural Home Remedies says the lime and lemon juice will clear mucous from the respiratory passages. Nature Cure has a similar remedy that involves squeezing the juice from one lemon into a glass. Dilute the juice with water and take with your meals.
Another method for removing mucous involves steam therapy. Natural Home Remedies says you can use carom seeds or eucalyptus essential oil. If you use carom seeds, boil the seeds in water then inhale for five minutes to 10 minutes. For eucalyptus oil, boil the water and pour into a medium to large size bowl. Add 4 to 6 drops of eucalyptus oil, and inhale for five minutes to 10 minutes. Using a towel as a tent over your head can help keep the steam from escaping.
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In 2008, drawing upon a host of professional and personal experiences, interests and strengths, I launched Bravo To You, LLC, a coaching practice that specializes in coaching women toward personal and professional success. A year later, I discovered the power of coaching youth, and have made it my mission to bring the gift of coaching to teenagers and young adults. I work with high school, college students and recent grads and continue to work with women at a crossroads of their lives and careers.
The path to this work has a number of varied and interesting turns. It all began with a psychology class in high school and includes a degree in psychology from Tufts University, nearly twenty years with IBM, a master's degree in education from Harvard and owning my own business. The common thread through this seemingly diverse group of experiences is a profound interest in people, a gift for listening well and the strong desire to learn.
My introduction to the world of coaching began when I hired a life coach to help me plan for the time when my youngest son would be heading off to college. I wanted help thinking about what I wanted to do in that next phase of my life. The deep insight and self-discovery that occurred while working with my coach became the inspiration for my decision to become a coach myself.
My initial coach training was done with Coaches Training Institute, the largest and most rigorous coach training program in the world. I am also certified with the Academic Life Coaching Program, a cutting edge approach toward coaching youth. I am Credentialed with the International Coach Federation at the Professional Certified Coach level and am a certified Mentor Coach, when allows me to train and help other coaches strengthen their coaching.
My husband and I live near Boston. Our two sons, who were teenagers when I began coaching, are now young adults and in the working world. I do my best thinking when getting my hands dirty in the garden, refinishing furniture and cooking. Some of my most cherished memories involve family, travel, food and good conversation. I also enjoy skiing and snowshoeing and have never seen an antique home I didn't love.


I get a lot of questions from clients, about makeup and hair for their photo shoot. I can't recommend a professional artist more, especially for boudoir photos. One of the best things about boudoir shoots, is that the focus is completely on YOU! You are doing this for your own reasons, celebrating the confidence in your own self. What better reason to pamper yourself and be styled by a professional, who will enhance your natural beauty features and help to boost your confidence even more.
Over my years of portrait photography, and now most recently boudoir, I've really noticed that clients who have their makeup and hair professionally done photograph just so flawlessly compared to others. It's not always evident in person - sometimes it's not until I see them on my editing screen, that I notice the difference. It certainly makes my editing process quicker and easier.
Have you ever taken a photo of yourself and thought, "wow, I thought my makeup was a lot darker/brighter/different than that"? Or gone from the bathroom into another room of the house with natural lighting, and again the same thoughts pop into your head? That is the best way to describe the main difference with everyday makeup to professional or photography makeup.
My business, or any professional makeup business, is designed to enhance your best features for the camera.
I always tell my clients, the makeup will look a bit darker or have more coverage than what you are used to in person; however, the camera will instantly lighten the makeup. As with most clients, they sometimes feel a bit overdone, so I get the lovely photographer to take a quick snap and show them the image on screen, so they can instantly see how the makeup will look.
False eyelashes are another must-do. All my clients are provided with false lashes. It just adds another layer to the final look. Even if you have beautiful long lashes to begin with, adding extra thickness will define your eyes even more, which again translates on-camera to that beautiful smokey look.
Another issue I notice a lot, is while your makeup looks beautiful in real life - in photos, it really does show up the flaws. And the most common mistakes I see, are incorrect foundation colours - their face and body don't match - and foundations that stop at the jaw line. All my clients are colour matched on their décolletage and then airbrushed from their face down to their collar bones, so that it's all smoothly blended in, without those harsh contrasts.
Hair is a lot easier to balance, but there are still differences between everyday hair and professional hair. Professional hair will give the right balance and body to even the whole picture out. And while hair isn't quite as harsh as makeup, if you're going to get your makeup done anyway, you may as well feel extra pampered and get both done.


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Neda Agha Soltan (Teheran, 23 januari 1983 – aldaar, 20 juni 2009) was een Iraanse student filosofie die werd neergeschoten tijdens de verkiezingsprotesten van 2009.

Haar dood werd door omstanders gefilmd en verscheen op internet. Neda Soltan, wier voornaam Farsi is voor stem, groeide als "de stem van Iran" uit tot een van de belangrijkste symbolen van de protestbeweging.

Omstandigheden van het overlijden
Op 20 juni 2009 was Soltan samen met haar muziekleraar in de auto onderweg om een protestmars in Teheran bij te wonen. Toen ze vanwege de hitte en vermoeidheid uit de auto was gestapt, werd ze onder vuur genomen en neergeschoten, volgens een getuige door een Basij-paramilitair.

Amateurbeelden van Soltans dood werden, naar verluidt vanuit Nederland, op YouTube en Facebook geplaatst en verspreidden zich razendsnel over de hele wereld. De video's waren voorzien van een tekst van een toen nog anonieme persoon die beweerde ooggetuige te zijn.

Zie ook
 Iraanse presidentsverkiezingen 2009

Externe link
 "Les images de la mort de Neda bouleversent le web", Metro, 22 juni 2009

Soltan, Beda
Geschiedenis van Iran
Misdrijf in 2009
Teheran


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Winston Churchill Reporting
Adventures of a Young War Correspondent
by Simon Read
Hardcover	/ ISBN-13: 9780306823817
ON SALE: October 13th 2015
Genre: Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers
Long before his finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa.
In those far-flung corners of the world, reporting from the front lines between 1895 and 1900, Churchill mastered his celebrated command of language and formed strong opinions about war. He thought little of his own personal safety, so convinced was he of his destiny, jumping at any chance to be where bullets flew and canons roared. "I have faith in my star that I am intended to do something in the world," he wrote to his mother at the age of twenty-three before heading into battle.
Based on his private letters and war reportage, Winston Churchill Reporting intertwines young Winston's daring exploits in combat, adventures in distant corners of the globe, and rise as a major literary talent experiences that shaped the world leader he was to become.
"A well-written popular history. Read has done a good job of presenting Churchill's earlier career and putting it in a clear narrative form. For those who do not know his backstory, this book helps explain how Churchill managed to be at the right place at the right time in 1940."
—H-Net
"Read draws on Churchill's newspaper pieces, books, and letters for this fast-paced biographical and historical narrative...A richly detailed look at Churchill's early ambitions and triumphs."
"Of all the books about Winston Churchill, this is the first dedicated to his years as a war correspondent...Read introduces this work with 'Winston Churchill as Indiana Jones,' a line that becomes reality within the first few pages...A worthy purchase for fans of Churchill who are unfamiliar with these stories as well as those interested in late 19th-century history, military history, and a case study of writing as a journalist."
"Illuminates Churchill's early years as a journalist and war correspondent."
—San Jose Mercury News
"In this edge-of-your-seat, slice-of-life biography, author Simon Read skillfully weaves Churchill's earliest wartime adventures with his lively reporting from the battlefield...Not to miss!"
—Examiner.com
"An engaging story, engagingly told."
"Churchill is an enthralling subject, and the few years covered in the narrative are filled with danger, courage, conflict, death and deliverance...Churchill was in the epicenter of history, and readers will devour this delicious narrative about the young rising star."
—San Diego Book Review
"With material from personal letters as well as his reports from the front, Winston Churchill Reporting is a visit with a future leader during his formative years. It's an extraordinary, eye-opening book."
—January Magazine
"Those who simply cannot get enough of all things Churchillian will find themselves entertained by Simon Read's exploration of the courageous (and foolhardy) adventures (and antics) of a headstrong and supremely self-confident Winston Churchill in his 20s...A fast-paced, novelistic book that provides...a great deal of intriguingly detailed material on where he went and what he did in his youth that would, in the main, serve him and his nation extraordinarily well in the years to come."
—InfoDad blog
"A great read indeed!"
—Hudson Valley News
"Read draws from private letters and papers relating the combat experiences that helped shape Churchill into an exemplary statesman. The narrative is more an adventure tale than a straight biography."
"An absorbing book that fairly illustrates the means by which a green subaltern of the 19th century at length became one of the towering figures of the 20th."
—Roanoke Times
"Investigates how Churchill went from a young army officer cadet to being Britain's highest-earning war correspondent by the age of 25, getting the journalism bug for the rest of his life...Tell[s] the tale of Churchill the adventurer...elegantly."
"The true-life story of a lesser-known period in the life of British statesman Winston Churchill...Extensively researched, rich in detail, and enhanced with notes, a bibliography, and an index, Winston Churchill Reporting is worthy of the highest recommendation for public and college library biography collections."
"I have read several books about Churchill and thought this book would be a rehash. I was so wrong. I learned a great deal about a courageous, pushy young man who was becoming a writer."
—Internet Review of Books
"A cracking narrative...This is not just a gripping account of the adventures of a young soldier who could never decide whether he was an army officer or a war correspondent (nor could higher authority). It brings into focus some of the themes which were to dominate Churchill's career. Above all, it is a study in courage...A rollicking read, it is an ideal Christmas present for anyone interested in war, history, Britain and greatness."
"An absolutely rollicking adventure...Read's fast-paced book makes Winston Churchill's story accessible to many new readers...An insightful look at what motivated one of the most prominent men of the 20th century...Read nails it with a book that is just such good fun."
—Centre Write (Bright Blue UK)
"Churchill's formative days in India as a young soldier-war correspondent-cum-polo player [are] so utterly fascinating and revealing, especially as his tales of derring-do have been projected in breathless prose in Simon Read's recently published Winston Churchill Reporting."
—Calcutta Telegraph
"A book that covers the great man's adventurous early life."
"One of the only books (out of nearly 700 books about Churchill) dedicated to that period of his life. Rather than a general overview of his experiences, it is a detailed recounting of the events using his own writings as well as a plethora of contemporaneous sources of those individuals who were also present. The writing brings to life what he experienced and his behavior...This book provides the reader with a sense of the core of this man and of the impact these events had upon him."
"Churchill's copy from the war zone electrified London and author Read makes the most of it to spin an exciting tale...This is a gripping story, easy to read in the style of a mystery thriller...thoroughly researched and fully annotated with endnotes."
"Read recounts this early journalistic career in prose that reveals Churchill's descriptive skills."
"Explores a fascinating lesser known part of Churchill's life that significantly shaped the future leader he was to become."
"People tend to forget that Winston Churchill spent several years in his youth writing about wars in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa. If you need reminding, check out Winston Churchill Reporting. It hadn't occurred to me until I read this book that his war correspondence brought him his first success in life, after years of being criticized by his father and others."
—Tom Ricks, Foreign Policy
"[A] highly readable account of Churchill's adventures as war correspondent...As Read conclusively proves, Churchill was incapable of writing a boring sentence."
"By taking the reader back to a time before Churchill became famous and successful, the author shows a young man with all his dreams and desires before him. He shows what is perhaps the most formative time in the future Prime Minister's life and explains how his experiences contributed to the traits he later exhibited leading Great Britain during its greatest test of survival."
"[An] exciting blend of biography and history, vividly describing Churchill's combat adventures."
"A comprehensive review of young Winston's first four wars...Read's book shares qualities with John Kelly's Never Surrender: It is a well-written and organized account."
—The Churchill Project
"[A] lively, action-packed account...Read conveys it all through the unusual style of an action novel instead of the usual academic history book, a gutsy move that could've badly backfired on him; but in this case it works perfectly...A lively and incredibly fast-paced book, this will be a revelation to people...who only knew Churchill as the balding, stogie-chewing curmudgeon of 1940s fame...Strongly recommended."
"Read offers what he describes as neither history or biography, but a mixture of both. It is a very good mixture."
"Simon Read writes excellently about the various adventures that Churchill went on as he developed two careers in parallel-one in the British Army and one as a writer on the side...Worth reading for any Churchillian...Insight into a young man on the move who had grand plans."
—Anglotopia


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Work Board rules for McDonald's in Association case documented by laborers
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McDonald's engaged the full board, which concurred with the organization
The National Labor Relations Board has governed in support of McDonald in a long-running case documented by 20 specialists who were terminated or confronted reprisal for attempting to unionize.
The board said Thursday that it supports a settlement that will require McDonald's franchisees to pay $171,636 to the influenced laborers.
The franchisees should likewise advise present and previous workers about the settlement and set up a $250,000 reserve to deal with future cases.
The laborers were looking for a decision that would consider McDonald's a "joint employer" with its franchisees.
That would have expanded the organization's obligation and possibly have made it simpler for McDonald's 850,000 U.S. laborers to shape an association.
Be that as it may, Chicago-based McDonald's demands it doesn't straightforwardly utilize the laborers. About 95% of its 14,000 U.S. cafés are claimed by franchisees.
An authoritative law judge with the work board dismissed the proposed settlement in July 2018, saying it was probably not going to end the question and didn't require McDonald's to authorize the settlement.
McDonald's engaged the full board, which concurred with the organization. The case will currently come back to the authoritative law judge, who has been guided by the board to affirm the settlement.
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