Effects of the Rugby Fans in Training (RuFIT) study, a healthy lifestyle programme run through professional New Zealand rugby clubs, on bodyweight in men aged 25-65 years.
Rugby Fans in Training (RuFIT) feasibility study: a two-arm, multicentre, randomised control study to investigate the effects of a healthy lifestyle programme delivered through professional New Zealand rugby clubs on bodyweight in overweight men aged 25-65 years.
This study will investigate the feasibility of implementing the RuFIT programme in overweight New Zealand males. RuFIT has been modified from the Scottish Football Fans in Training (FFIT) programme, and is a healthy lifestyle programme delivered through professional rugby clubs and designed to help men make healthier lifestyle choices to reduce their bodyweight and improve their health. The 12-week intervention consists of twice weekly sessions which will be run at the rugby club (The Blues in Auckland and the Highlanders in Otago). Participants will receive training and fitness advice from the club trainers, in addition to education sessions on goal setting, lifestyle medicine, nutrition, physical activity, sleep, sedentary behaviour, and long-term maintenance of sustaining a healthier lifestyle. Participants will attend two 75-mintue sessions per week (one during the weekend and one during the working week). The weekend session will consist of an education session followed by a physical activity session, while the session during the working week will consist of a physical activity session only.
The education sessions will be run in an informal setting, where the participants will sit in a circle and have the opportunity to discuss the content of the presentation as a group. At the end of each education session, participants will make a goal that is relevant to the content that was delivered during the session. All the education sessions will be run by either the club trainer, club doctor, or club nutritionist, except three nutrition sessions which will be run by a community nutrition group (e.g. Pacific Heartbeat).
The physical activity program will be designed to progressively increase in difficulty over 12 weeks. The first 4 weeks will predominantly consist of aerobic off-feet conditioning (rower and bike) and body weight exercises (squats, push ups, body weight rows, lunges and core work). The second 4 weeks will consist of the same exercises as above but will also introduce external loads (e.g. Kettle bells, Dumbbells, barbells etc.) Running volume will also increased. The last 4 weeks will combine all of the above and involve strength, aerobic, and anaerobic conditioning. In addition, there will also be a number of small-sided games sessions.
All participants will also receive a pedometer to monitor their step count. Roll calls will be taken at the beginning of each session to assess adherence to the programme.
The control group will receive a condensed version of the RuFIT physical activity programme, which will include discussion of the top-line physical activity messages delivered during the original programme (e.g. importance of stretching, warm-up, and the benefits of different exercise types), in addition to an introduction to the exercises performed during the RuFIT programme. This will be delivered during a 1-day training from the club trainer. All control participants will also be given a pedometer to monitor their step count. The 1-day training will occur the week after the final follow-up (i.e. both intervention and control participants will be followed up at the end of week 12, and then the 1-day training day will occur at the end of week 13).
Assess the feasibility of the programme, including acceptability of randomisation, the proposed measurements, study retention, and acceptability of the adapted programme. These measures will be assessed by self-report using questionnaires designed specifically for this study.
Height will be measured using a stadiometer at the baseline and final follow-up visits.
Heart rate will be assessed using an automated sphygmomanometry.
Seated blood pressure will be assessed using an automated sphygmomanometry.
Bioelectrical impedance will be used to assess body fat.
Shuttle run test will be used to assess cardiovascular fitness.
Hip circumference will be assessed using a tape measure.
Waist circumference will be assessed using a tape measure.
Alcohol consumption will be assessed by self-report using a survey designed specifically for this study.
Fruit and vegetable consumption will be assessed by self-report using a survey designed specifically for this study.
Body mass index will be measured using the following equation: weight (as assessed by digital scales) in kg / height squared (as assessed by stadiometer).
Waist-to-hip ratio will be assessed by the ratio of the circumference of the waist (as measured by tape measure in cm) to that of the hips (as measured by tape measure in cm).
Bodyweight will be measured using digital scales at the baseline and final follow-up visits.
Overweight males (with a BMI of 25 kg/m2 or over) aged 25-65 years who are wanting to improve their physical fitness and diet; Are able to safely undertake physical activity; Can understand and read English; Are able to provide written consent to take part in the study.
Has been told by their doctor that they have a heart condition and that they should only do physical activity recommended by a doctor; Has pain in chest when doing physical activity; Has had pain in chest when not doing physical activity during the last month; Lose their balance because of dizziness or if they ever lose consciousness; Has a bone or joint problem (for example, back, knee, or hip) that could be made worse by a change in physical activity; Their doctor is currently prescribing drugs (for example, water pills) for blood pressure or a heart condition; Any other reason why they should not do physical activity.
Yes, using sealed opaque envelopes.
Men will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to the intervention or control group using a randomisation table created by computer software. The randomisation process will be stratified (1:1) according to study centre.
Baseline characteristics (age, ethnicity, BMI) will be summarised using descriptive statistics. Continuous variables will be presented as mean and standard deviation (SD). Categorical variables will be presented as frequency and percentage. Treatment evaluation will be performed on the principle of intention to treat. All statistical tests will be two-sided and maintained at a 5% significance level. Multiple regression analysis will be used to evaluate the main treatment effect, adjusting for important confounding factors at baseline. Categorical variables will be reported as n and %. Simple chi-squared analyses will be used to evaluate the treatment effect on the proportions adherent to health behaviours at end of the programme period, with estimation of relative risks, 95% confidence intervals and two-sided p-values.
As this is a feasibility study, no power calculation will be performed to assess participant numbers.
The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142.
feasibility study will inform a large effectiveness trial of the RuFIT programme.
RuFIT feasibility study will be better tailored to address the needs of Pacific men.
the men, and healthy eating for different groups.


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from Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.
While it's taken me a while to warm up to things like Muppet Christmas Carol (mainly due to not having seen it when it came out) my favorite, hands down, is Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. I remember when it premiered on HBO and I watched my VHS recording of it over and over for many years. The songs were great and the show was very touching and becomes more so with each passing year.
from 1940's Remember the Night.
This may be the toughest question of all because having been born in 1972 I've pretty much had the entirety of Christmas entertainment available to me whenever I want it. My answer is the 1940s. From my favorite movie of all time It's A Wonderful Life to Holiday Inn to Remember the Night to Miracle on 34th Street. I had to have been the only kid in my high school reading and re-reading Valentine Davies' book. After my 20s, my 1940s Christmas love really took off when I discovered Old Time Radio. I can listen to those shows year round and they never get old. The Jack Benny shopping episodes being some of my favorites.
Appetizer: Ziggy's Gift. Entre: White Christmas. Dessert: Disney's Prep & Landing.
I really and truly wish that the joy that was the OTR program The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show had been translated to television. Sure, we could debate if it would be good or even as good as the radio program (as much as I love listening to Jack Benny and can appreciate his television show, it never meant as much to me as his radio program) but to have seen the cast from radio brought to TV and doing any of their classic radio Christmas broadcasts would have been a delight!
As much as I love it for things other than the Christmas portion of the movie, it has to be It's A Wonderful Life. To see the life and struggles of a man who wanted to be more (needed to be more) played out in such brilliant performances makes it an absolute must to live on through eternity.
Unless I'm wrong, it's impossible to find a DVD of Emmet Otter's JBC that has Kermit's voiceover. That's the version I grew up with on my homemade VHS recording. My DVD version is slightly edited and doesn't have his narrative tags on either end. Anyone know if it's available that way?
And OTR Christmas episodes! Why have I never thought to track those down! Great suggestion. Certainly there must be some Johnny Dollar Christmas episodes!
There is a wonderful set of Johnny Dollar Christmas episodes (during the run of 15 minute shows starring Bob Bailey called "The Nick Shurn Matter"). I'll have to check my EMJBC to see if it has narration. May even have to find my VHS of it to compare. Not sure I remember what the narration was but I do kinda remember it being there.
www.otr.com is one of my favorite OTR sites. No, I do not get royalties, I just love his compliations. Emmett Otter is my favorite, I never thought about the impact of the new Kermit. I do not Think they should retrofit anything....so sad.
Tony, I share your love of OTR especially at Christmastime. And I think it's cool that you read (and re-read) the Miracle on 34th Street book while you were in HS.


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Spotlight 4:46 1 of 1 1st Spotlight. Dave jokingly gave it the name "The Song That Has No Name 2".
Historically, Ants Marching debuted at this show, called No New Directions. No known copy of this song being played is in existence. BOWA does not end the show, so it is possible that Ants did debut at this time.


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Unmapped, yet visited
Varupi Jain sums up the threats to and opportunites for the development of Delhi's Pahar Ganj.
01 August 2003 -
Pick up any book on the history of Delhi, and places like Chandni Chowk and Qutub Minar are surely scattered all over. It is hardly ever documented, however, that Pahar Ganj was one of the first few areas in present-day Delhi inhabited by isolated Muslim nomadic groups skilled in various traditional crafts. Cattle-rearing, pottery, utensil-making, basket and cot-weaving, and gardening were typically practiced by these groups. The belt from Chandni Chowk down to Lahori Gate, Ajmeri Gate and Pahar Ganj was thickly populated even about a century ago. The main reason for the area's population was of course its proximity to the Mughal seat of power. This also led to a predominantly Muslim population in the region. Today, however, the Muslims comprise less than 1% of the population of Pahar Ganj. During partition, a majority of the Muslims fled to Pakistan and many of the houses vacated by them were occupied by refugees from Pakistan.
Over time, many famous shops came up in the area, which also somehow disappeared. One of the most famous sweetmeat shops was that of Ram Prasad Halwai. Culinary skills and reputation nurtured for over a century in an area of 6 X 4 sq. m. were washed away in an instant as the shop was sold for Rs. 1 Crore to a budding hotelier.
Suraj Bhaan Stone Merchant, perhaps the only one selling stone in this area also had a similar biography. This shop once employed its own artisans to sculpt marble figures. Again, people desperate to reap huge profits that a hotel in the long run would bring, did not mind paying a lofty sum to get hold of a piece of land.
Not only did the traditional crafts and skills of the area gradually recede into nothingness, hotels sprang up like frogs during the monsoon. There is as little wrong per se with people selling their land for want of profits as there is with people buying that land in the hope of setting up a hotel. However, a majority of these hotels are unauthorized concrete structures, supplying their often windowless, claustrophobic chambers with stolen water and electricity connection. And these mind you, are the 'first class luxury suites.' Yet, Pahar Ganj remains the heart of budget tourism in Delhi with the orientation of the whole market shifting to tourists' demands.
But how are we to reconcile the vast tourism and commercial potential of this area with the signs of its becoming a commercial disaster with highly unsustainable land, skill and resource use? Pahar Ganj witnesses unregulated commercialisation of residential areas with little transparency in assigning licenses and pieces of land to hotels Bringing some order would imply that the municipality, excise, sales tax and other officials think of the area assigned to them and not of their own profit. Great expectations, ugh?
While on the one hand the area seems to have great commercial, tourism and historical significance, it is also a horrifying example of unplanned and unauthorized resource use and development.
The above notwithstanding, the 2000 - 4000 hotels offering 'homely comforts – traditional hospitality' contribute greatly to the commercial significance of Pahar Ganj. The hoteliers have cashed in on the location of the area to make it the (unacknowledged) hub of economy tourism. According to Virendra Parashar of Hotel Gold Regency, Pahar Ganj is a favorite with economy tourists mainly due to its proximity to the New Delhi Railway Station (NDRS), its central location, relative closeness to other monuments like India Gate, Red Fort etc. and of course its throw-away prices. "Our hotel, however, counts among the relatively expensive ones as we are licensed. We provide restaurant, discotheque, bar and internet facilities," maintains Parashar.
Words like discotheque, bar and hotels should not conjure up images of vast boulevards with classy buildings and luscious grass-cover. For those uninitiated in the lanes of Pahar Ganj, the area gives you a feeling that anything might happen anytime and the dilapidated structure of shops and houses on, over and under other shops and houses might just tumble down like a house of playing cards. Cattle, billboards, shops, Appetite German Bakery, Sam Café, pavements dwellers, dung, beggars, bands, stench, drug addicts, firangs and touts – the area is perhaps a sociologist's treasure.
Nora from Minnesota, USA does not mind the filth on the streets for "this place is at the heart of everything. That kind of compensates for everything else. Anyway I do not plan to stay in Delhi for very long. I need to go to Shimla, Agra etc. and plan to use the hotels here just as brief halts." Christian from Metz, France, is here to get to know Indian culture better. He stays with Indian families or institutions, offers his services like teaching free of cost, accepting food and boarding in return. "Oh, Pahar Ganj is so dirty but I have no choice. I have very little money. Moreover, this place is so central, I save a lot of money on transportation as well. But I wish something were done for the roads here. The roads in Sawai Madhavpur are so clean in comparison. It is sad that some tourists go back after having visited only Pahar Ganj in Delhi. This is the image of Delhi they take home."
So, is anyone listening? According to Mr. Vijay Goel, Minister of State, Sports and Youth Affairs and also Member of Parliament, Chandi Chowk constituency, "The re-development of Pahar Ganj sounds impossible. The MCD, police, excise, food and sales tax officials have colluded massively to reduce Pahar Ganj to its present state. We know that this area is deteriorating very fast. But who would allow development in that area? There are enough forces to counter any development efforts."
Put the above together with the need to preserve the bazaar as indicated by Peter from Czech Republic. Peter met a German tourist on his way back from Manali who recommended him Hotel Vivek in Pahar Ganj. "From all the guide books which I read, I got the feeling that Delhi has many beautiful places but Pahar Ganj is the place where Indian life seems to be running. I was curious and I am not disappointed after coming here. Of course, I know there is much more to life in India than what one sees here, but for us Europeans, bazaars such as these are living examples of a different world. The boulevard from India Gate to the President's palace is indeed pretty but it is not as interesting as this bazaar. It lacks the life one sees in Pahar Ganj. I do not mind the hotels here. In fact, I prefer to stay in this area. I know Delhi has Taj and Hilton but for that I don't need to be in Delhi. Hilton is Hilton even in Prague."
A by-lane too narrow to even deserve the epithet gali is pompously called 'Furniture Market' (with no furniture shops in sight, of course) and caters almost exclusively to tourists from Israel. Tiny shops are loaded with parcels about to be transported "quickly and reliably by land, sea or air". A rickety, corroded board announces (hopefully) the same thing in Hebrew. The front-desk officer of Hare Rama Guest House offers a credible theory. "The tourists here usually belong to the lower middle class. After working for a year or two they save about $5000 - 6000. With that much money, they cannot afford a great holiday in America or in Europe but can do so in India."
Identifying the dichotomy of the situation does not require knowledge of convoluted logic – while on the one hand the area seems to have great commercial, tourism and historical significance, it is also a horrifying example of unplanned and unauthorized resource use and development. That a sizeable number of the ancient pockets of metropolitan cities are fast succumbing to apathy, commercialism and pollution is no news. What often remains unobserved is that there is selectivity even in degradation. Places like Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Chandni Chowk and Lodhi Garden are chic. They're glamorous and trendy. Much money is invested in the upkeep of these obvious halts in a tourist's itinerary. The area in front of the Red Fort has recently been converted into green lawns on the pattern of those at India Gate and received a glittering mention even in Prime Minister's Independence Day speech. The Qutub Minar is touched up every now and then. There has been planned development of visitors' facilities at shrines and places of pilgrimage.
But names like Pahar Ganj, Nabi Kareem and Ram Nagar do not have adequate USP. They might have their own historical and commercial significance but today they are nothing short of being commercial and environmental disasters. Is Vaishno Devi just luckier to have had a Jagmohan?
Yes, Mr. Minister, the redevelopment of Pahar Ganj does indeed sound impossible. But this mission impossible might never be attempted if not now. The area grows by many one-room lodges or hotels every day. While shifting the shops and hotels already existing might be unrealistic, unauthorized growth can certainly be checked. Owners of residential houses should be penalized for covertly converting their chambers into hotels. Housewives might be granted licenses for running bed-and-breakfast facilities along the pattern of European pensions. This will also ensure sustainable self-employment and income-generating opportunities for the women in the area. All shops more than half a century old (and one would be surprised at their sheer number) might be given a 'protected status.' The flavor of the area could be brewed up by encouraging tour-guides to conduct walking tours of the galis and their tributaries linking historical and commercial foci of the market. Squatters and encroachers (after being accepted as modern-day urban reality) could be allotted space in a more organized manner, for instance only in the weekly bazaar.
Still, the development of an area depends just as much on the citizens as it does on the 'authorities'. The hotel and traders' association of the area should perhaps jump out of their letter heads and undertake some form of civic engagement. The blame cannot be passed off to those in power if the citizens themselves are unable to overcome their inertia to make the process of development more synergetic and collaborative. If the citizens of Pahar Ganj would be participants in the cause of their area, instead of recipients or bystanders, more could happen.
The popular Lonely Planet guidebook on Delhi lists all the hotels in Pahar Ganj under the budget category. Perhaps Pahar Ganj should be listed under the category of one of the most visited yet the most endangered places in the capital. Many invisible monuments like this vivacious bazaar might just go down in the history of our rambunctious capital as urban disasters of untapped potential. Unless of course, all stakeholders realize that now is the time, more crucial perhaps than any other, to wake up and synergize piece-meal and half-baked efforts.
Varupi Jain
Varupi Jain works with German Technical Cooperation, and is a freelance journalist.
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It was packed, but everyone was in a good mood. And we only made it about 3 blocks up Granville. There is still so much to see! We haven't even been to Yaletown yet! Oh wait, that's Monday.
Next post: Vancouver's Winter Olympic Games are over. Now what?


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Shishi High School () is a state secondary school in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It stands on the site of the first public school ever built, built in 143–141 BC by the Han dynasty governor Wén Wēng (文翁). It was originally constructed in stone, hence the name Shishi (石室), or stone chamber. The school is also known as Wenweng Shishi (), the "Stone Chamber of Wen Weng".

History
Between the years 143 and 141 BC, Wén Wēng (文翁), the Western Han dynasty governor of Shu Commandery (modern Sichuan), established the first Chinese public school, Shujun Junxue (Shu Commandery Academy, 蜀郡郡学). The great Han dynasty scholar Sima Xiangru studied at the school.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the school was devastated by fire. It was rebuilt in 199 AD, and continued through China's imperial dynasties as Yizhou Zhouxue (益州州学, Yizhou Prefecture School), Chengdu Fuxue (Chengdu Prefecture Academy, 成都府学), and other names. Shu Shi Jing (a form of Thirteen Classics, literally Shu Carved Stone of Classics, 蜀石经) was completed in Chengdu Fuxue in Northern Song, after more than 230 years of intermittent carving. In the 17th century, as the Ming dynasty collapsed, Zhang Xianzhong's rebel force devastated Sichuan and the school was destroyed.

In 1661, early in the Qing Dynasty, the Chengdu Fuxue (prefecture school of Chengdu) was reestablished on the site, and became a leading school in Sichuan. Jinjiang Academy, which later became Sichuan University, was established at the school in 1740. Chengdu Fuxue became Chengdu Normal School (成都师范学堂) under the new educational system introduced in 1902. It then became Chengdu Middle School (成都府中学堂) in 1904. It was renamed again to Chengdu Shishi Middle School (成都石室中学) in February 1940, and in mid-1948 was identified as a model for secondary schools nationwide.

In September 1952, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the school changed its name to Chengdu No. 4 Middle School (成都第四中学).  During the Cultural Revolution, the school was devastated for the third time; none of the Qing Dynasty buildings still exist.  It returned to its former name in April 1983.

Shishi ranks among the top 100 high schools in China. Its admission is highly selective, and attracts applications each year from both local and neighboring middle schools. Most Shishi students scored among the top 10% of their peers on the junior middle school exit exam.

Notable alumni
Guo Moruo (郭沫若): scientist, sociologist, former dean of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former vice-chairman of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Li Yimang (李一氓): revolutionist, former member of the Central Advisory Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
Wu Guozhen: former Shanghai mayor
Ma Zhiming (马志明): mathematician, academician of the Chinese Academy of Science, former vice-president of the China Mathematics Association, academician of Third World Academy of Science, former vice-president and executive of IMU
He Lin (贺麟): cell biologist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Science
Li Jieren (李劼人): litterateur, former Chengdu mayor
Li Hao (李卓皓): Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia
Jung Chang: Chinese-born British writer now living in London, best known for her family autobiography, Wild Swans
 Zhong Shan (钟山): Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics

References

《石室校志》by 四川省成都石室中学,1989年10月

External links

 The official website of Chengdu Shishi High School https://web.archive.org/web/20150626070856/http://www.cdshishi.net/its/
 A YouTube video introducing the school made by her alumni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ttEWjo4AFI

Education in Chengdu
Educational institutions established in the 2nd century BC
Educational institutions established in the 1660s
140s BC establishments
2nd-century BC establishments in China
High schools in Sichuan
2nd-century establishments in China
1661 establishments in China
Han dynasty

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Countdown to Halloween: "I" is for Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
I can count on one hand the number of times I've either walked out of a movie at the theater or turned one off on TV. I can endure almost anything. I came awfully close recently, though, when watching Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962). If not for my commitment to this website, I would never have gotten through it. And now that I did, I feel like I should be committed.
My instinct is to say that it's bad… one of the worst movies I've ever seen. But to be fair, I don't know if that's simply because I despise the type of slapstick humor that fills it. Make no mistake; it's a comedy. Rather, it's supposed to be a comedy. It focuses on the excruciating antics of two soldiers, not the danger that a crashed UFO and its inhabitants present to our planet Earth.
Abbott & Costello could do it, but Robert Ball and Frank Ray Perilli? Who? Perilli is Private Penn, the equivalent of Bud Abbott and Ball is Private Philbrick, the equivalent of Lou Costello. I thought maybe they were a lesser known comedy team, but not that I can tell. Ball has several acting credits, including some genre fare, but Perilli was mostly a writer.
Perilli can't be blamed for writing this; that would actually be another actor from a horror comedy "classic," The Little Shop of Horrors, Jonathan Haze. Haze was originally intended to star in Invasion of the Star Creatures, but, for some reason (I'd like to think of his own choosing), he did not. Bruno VeSota (The Brain Eaters, 1958) directed it.
This movie is odd… it's almost like a modern spoof of a late 1950s/early 1960s B-movie. I'm not aware of an actual late 1950s/early 1960s comedy with opening credits like these: "R.I. Diculous presents An Impossible Picture", "Committed by", and "This is a true story. Only the facts have been completely distorted." It doesn't feel like an authentic sensibility of the era.
Also, the dialogue and script are completely riddled with 1960s clichés. I wouldn't think people at the time would be so self-aware about them. For that matter, the film quality of the print I watched on Comet TV was so clean and clear that it didn't look like many movies they show that are nearly 60 years old.
I will say that I reached a point during the viewing where my senses were deadened and I finally grew accustomed to its nonsense. This could have been the point where I realized I was over the hump and it would soon be ending. I can in no way recommend that anyone watch it, but I would be interested in knowing what fans of poorly executed juvenile humor think about it.
Written by Jonathan Haze
Directed by Bruno VeSota
Starring Robert Ball, Frank Ray Perilli, Gloria Victor, Dolores Reed
Released May 20, 1962 (Alton, Illinois) RT 70 min.
Home Video MGM Home Entertainment
Part of the Countdown to Halloween. Click here for a list of all the blogs participating. Each offers its own distinctive month long celebration of the chilling holiday we all love.


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#if defined(HAVE_AVX2_INSTRUCTIONS)
    BEST_TIME_CHECK(avx2_jaccard_index_lookup(prec,prec2,size,&jaccard_sum,&jaccard_int),
    		compare(jaccard_sum,jaccard_int,jaccard_sum_correct,jaccard_int_correct),, repeat, size);
    BEST_TIME_CHECK(avx2_jaccard_index_harley_seal(prec,prec2,size,&jaccard_sum,&jaccard_int),
    		compare(jaccard_sum,jaccard_int,jaccard_sum_correct,jaccard_int_correct),, repeat, size);
#else
    printf("no AVX2 instructions\n");
#endif

    free(prec);
    free(prec2);
    printf("\n");
}

int main() {
    for(int w = 8; w <= 8192; w *= 2) {
        demo(w);
        demo(w*3/2);
    }
    return 0;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Definition: The Entrepreneur is a change agent that acts as an industrialist and undertakes the risk associated with forming the business for commercial use. An entrepreneur has an unusual foresight to identify the potential demand for the goods and services.
The entrepreneurship is a continuous process that needs to be followed by an entrepreneur to plan and launch the new ventures more efficiently.
Discovery: An entrepreneurial process begins with the idea generation, wherein the entrepreneur identifies and evaluates the business opportunities. The identification and the evaluation of opportunities is a difficult task; an entrepreneur seeks inputs from all the persons including employees, consumers, channel partners, technical people, etc. to reach to an optimum business opportunity. Once the opportunity has been decided upon, the next step is to evaluate it.
An entrepreneur can evaluate the efficiency of an opportunity by continuously asking certain questions to himself, such as, whether the opportunity is worth investing in, is it sufficiently attractive, are the proposed solutions feasible, is there any competitive advantage, what are the risk associated with it. Above all, an entrepreneur must analyze his personal skills and hobbies, whether these coincides with the entrepreneurial goals or not.
Developing a Business Plan: Once the opportunity is identified, an entrepreneur needs to create a comprehensive business plan. A business plan is critical to the success of any new venture since it acts as a benchmark and the evaluation criteria to see if the organization is moving towards its set goals.
An entrepreneur must dedicate his sufficient time towards its creation, the major components of a business plan are mission and vision statement, goals and objectives, capital requirement, a description of products and services, etc.
Resourcing: The third step in the entrepreneurial process is resourcing, wherein the entrepreneur identifies the sources from where the finance and the human resource can be arranged. Here, the entrepreneur finds the investors for its new venture and the personnel to carry out the business activities.
Managing the company: Once the funds are raised and the employees are hired, the next step is to initiate the business operations to achieve the set goals. First of all, an entrepreneur must decide the management structure or the hierarchy that is required to solve the operational problems when they arise.
Harvesting: The final step in the entrepreneurial process is harvesting wherein, an entrepreneur decides on the future prospects of the business, i.e. its growth and development. Here, the actual growth is compared against the planned growth and then the decision regarding the stability or the expansion of business operations is undertaken accordingly, by an entrepreneur.
The entrepreneurial process is to be followed, again and again, whenever any new venture is taken up by an entrepreneur, therefore, its an ever ending process.
Thanks, this really helps for my studies!
Thanks for sharing this with very clear steps. It will certainly help when starting my business.