The Awakening, a polio vaccination programme in Pakistan, has been awarded US$10,000 by the Southern Vaccine Advocacy Challenge for sensitising people, especially mothers, in Swat district of the country over the benefits of getting children immunised.
Peshawar: Health authorities in Pakistan hope that a programme to promote child vaccination will do away with misconceptions about the oral polio vaccine (OPV) in the country's Swat district, and create a demand for immunisation.
The programme, called The Awakening, is one of five projects awarded US$10,000 by the Southern Vaccine Advocacy Challenge, established and supported by the Ethical, Social and Cultural Programme of Canada's Sandra Rotman Centre, to educate developing countries about the benefits of immunisation.
It will work in areas of the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to encourage immunisation against eight diseases.
The area "was controlled by the Taliban until 2009 and health workers seldom dare to visit", Erfaan Hussein Babak, director of the programme, said in a press release. "The population has suffered greatly over the years and the child mortality rate from the preventable diseases [such as polio, measles and hepatitis] is distressingly high."
Close to half of the children in parts of the district are not available for vaccinations, Babak told SciDev.Net. "The majority of them live in the mountains and are not aware of the significance of immunisation."
"We have formed village health committees and plan to hold stage dramas in schools [and] broadcast programmes from local FM radios to create awareness about the importance of vaccination among the people," he said.
Babak added that project has also been holding awareness sessions with the local population, especially mothers.
"Mothers should be sensitised [to the fact] that vaccination will prevent their kids from [getting] diseases. One we educate women there would be no looking back in achieving 100 per coverage," he said.
Jan Baz Afridi, head of the government's Expanded Programme on Immunisation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said the Swat district saw "22 cases in 2009 due to Taliban's opposition to oral polio vaccination" but added that there were no reported cases since February 2010.
He said that the Taliban considered the vaccination a tool by the United States to render the recipients infertile and impotent and cut the population of the Muslims.
Babak said the programme will also target ill-founded religious beliefs with the help of local clerics and prayer leaders.
"The people believe the religious leaders, therefore, we are sensitising them to pave the way for smooth-sailing of vaccination", he said.
Pakistan is one of only three countries, alongside Afghanistan and Nigeria, where polio is still endemic. Last year there were 198 reported cases in Pakistan.
The Southern Vaccine Advocacy Challenge awards coincided with the World Immunisation Week (21–28 April). Other awardees include science cafes in local languages aimed at women in Uganda; promotion of pneumonia vaccines in Egypt and human papillomavirus vaccines in El Salvador; and fighting HIV/AIDS stigma in South Africa.


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How Nehru defied the U.S. and used force against the Portuguese
Thread starter jbgt90
jbgt90
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-liberation-of-goa/article22339624.ece
While Jawaharlal Nehru advised the U.S., the then Soviet Union, and other big powers to abjure force and work towards disarmament, he was himself faced with a dilemma in 1961: whether or not to use force to liberate Goa. It was an agonising decision for a person who adopted the Gandhian approach in international affairs.
After Britain and France left India, it was expected that Portugal would leave too. But Portugal refused. Emphasising that it had been in Goa for centuries, Portugal said that the Goan Catholics would not be safe if it left. Portugal conveniently overlooked the fact over 60% of Goans were Hindus, and many Goan Christians, like the editor Frank Moraes, had a place of honour in Indian public life. Compared to only two lakh Catholics in Goa, there were five million Catholics living peacefully in secular India. Geography, language and nationality bound the people of India with the people of Goa. It was natural that Goa, which had seen a long indigenous freedom movement, should be a part of India.
In the rest of India, people began demanding that Goa be liberated forcibly. In 1955, a satyagraha was launched by the communist and socialist parties for the freedom of Goa. When the satyagrahis entered Goa, the Portuguese opened fire, killing 20 Indians. Nehru imposed an economic blockade, but was not prepared to go further. He hoped that the popular movement in Goa and the pressure of world public opinion would force the hands of the Goan authorities.
It was in 1957, in a letter to Vinoba Bhave, that Nehru first hinted at the possibility of military action. The Goan question came alive when Portugal paid no heed to a UN resolution of December 1960 asking it to indicate when it would grant independence to its colonies in Asia and Africa. In December 1961, Portuguese soldiers in Goa fired at villagers.
Finding that his policy of patience and adherence to international ethics had not yielded results, Nehru decided to free Goa by force. Though advised by American President John F. Kennedy, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and UN Secretary-General U Thant to postpone action, Nehru made up his mind. On December 18, after a long-drawn fight against Indian troops, the Portuguese gave up resistance. The Governor General of Goa, Vassalo e Silva, signed a document of unconditional surrender.
The Western media assailed the action as a display of "Indian hypocrisy", which represented a breach of international law by a nation that professed non-violence. Though the liberation of Goa by force raised the prestige of the government in India, it adversely affected Nehru's international image, but only briefly. Kennedy told B.K. Nehru, India's ambassador to the U.S., that after taking military action in Goa, Nehru may not be able to talk of non-violence as he did before. But Kennedy came to India's rescue in India's 1962 conflict with China.
Praveen Davar is a former Army officer, former member of the National Commission for Minorities, and a political analyst
excuse the typos , grammar and spellings . i don't have time to correct.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
Came across this article , though this i believe gives an insight as to why the western powers stopped selling us weapons , after 62 we went to the British and even the Americans as we were upgrading and expanding our armed services , but were not given them . That pushed us solely into the Soviet camp as far as purchases of systems go . I believe the western powers thought this would teach us a lesson and would be able to force us to depend on them for our security , i doubt any one in the Us administration thought we would go with the soviets.
Joe Shearer
jbgt90 said:
Very classy reproduction, thank_you_very_much, champ. However, on the other hand, we have Galbraith's copious references to the imports of small arms, ammunition and necessities of warfare that had simply been not done, by yet another Mallu disaster as RM. It wasn't as stark black and white as your subsequent comment makes it. You have encapsulated nearly a year's up and down discussion on this. Someone like you obviously has both Galbraith and B. K. Nehru on your shelves. I wish you would present the counter-point.
Joe Shearer said:
Yes young man i do know about it , but you seem hell bent on getting me to type three paragraphs when i can sum it up in two lines :lol:
will do so on a later date.
Precisely!
In Plum's words, tell us all, sparing no detail, no matter how insignificant it might seem.
vsdoc
You two are certified nerds.
Cheers, Doc
vsdoc said:
That SOB has all the books in the world.
Why d'you think I hate him?
At last count 25 thousand books
burn baby burn !!!
khafee said:
Do you mean if i have 25k books ? then Yes i do and yes i have read them all !!!
Been collecting since i was very young , have three rooms with my books as of now.
Postive Rating: 1
Ever thought of putting them online?
Why ? most people today hate reading , most books are already available on kindle. till a few years ago I used to lend my books to those who came over , only to have them never returned . Now a days i only buy books for my self and hopefully my kids will read them someday .
Yes, that is usually what people do when they borrow books.
<sigh....>
"....it is to be hoped...."
Yes but for a guy like me books mean a lot , so any loss is felt. I dont know may be i am too old fashioned to think that if you borrow something you should return it .
How China destroyed India's global ambitions without firing a bullet .
Pakistan jets violate Indian air space, pushed back by Indian air force
India to order 72,000 additional SIG-716s
Arms Deals and Military Exhibitions
Boeing mulls F-15EX offer to India
India Is Buying The Wrong Warplanes

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Q: Error creating bean with name 'projectingArgumentResolverBeanPostProcessor' Im setting my web security in my project , but i see an error.
this is the error

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
  creating bean with name 'projectingArgumentResolverBeanPostProcessor'
  defined in class path resource
  [org/springframework/data/web/config/ProjectingArgumentResolverRegistrar.class]:
  BeanPostProcessor before instantiation of bean failed; nested
  exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException:
  Error creating bean with name 'metaDataSourceAdvisor': Cannot resolve
  reference to bean 'methodSecurityMetadataSource' while setting
  constructor argument; nested exception is
  org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
  creating bean with name 'methodSecurityMetadataSource' defined in
  class path resource
  [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration.class]:
  Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is
  org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to
  instantiate
  [org.springframework.security.access.method.MethodSecurityMetadataSource]:
  Factory method 'methodSecurityMetadataSource' threw exception; nested
  exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: In the composition of
  all global method configuration, no annotation support was actually
  activated     at
  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:510)
  ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]   at
  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:320)
  ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]   at
  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
  ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]   at
  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:318)
  ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]   at
  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:204)
  ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]   at
  org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:240)
  ~[spring-context-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]     at
  org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:721)
  ~[spring-context-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]     at
  org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:534)
  ~[spring-context-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]     at
  org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:142)
  ~[spring-boot-2.1.3.RELEASE.jar:2.1.3.RELEASE]    at
  org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:775)
  [spring-boot-2.1.3.RELEASE.jar:2.1.3.RELEASE]     at
  org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:397)
  [spring-boot-2.1.3.RELEASE.jar:2.1.3.RELEASE]     at
  org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:316)
  [spring-boot-2.1.3.RELEASE.jar:2.1.3.RELEASE]     at
  org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1260)
  [spring-boot-2.1.3.RELEASE.jar:2.1.3.RELEASE]     at
  org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1248)
  [spring-boot-2.1.3.RELEASE.jar:2.1.3.RELEASE]     at
  com.supermarket.SupermarketApplication.main(SupermarketApplication.java:19)
  [classes/:na]

my cod is :
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity
public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter{
    @Autowired
    private Environment env;
    @Autowired
    private UserSecurityService usersecurityservice;
    private BCryptPasswordEncoder passwordencoder(){
        return SecurityUtility.passwordEncoder();
    }
    private static final String[]PUBLIC_MATCHES = {
            "/css/**",
            "/js/**",
            "/img/**",
            "/signUp",
            "/",
            "/newUser",
            "/forgetPassword",
            "/login",
            "/fonts/**",
            "/bookshelf/**",
            "/bookDetail/**",
            "/hours",
            "/faq",
            "/searchByCategory",
            "/searchBook"

    };
@Override
protected void configure(HttpSecurity   http)throws Exception{
    http
    .authorizeRequests().
    /*antMatchers("/**").*/
    antMatchers(PUBLIC_MATCHES).
    permitAll().anyRequest().authenticated();

http
    .csrf().disable().cors().disable()
    .formLogin().failureUrl("/login?error")
    .defaultSuccessUrl("/")
    .successForwardUrl("/login")
    .and()
    .logout().logoutRequestMatcher(new AntPathRequestMatcher("/logout"))
    .logoutSuccessUrl("/?logout").deleteCookies("remember-me").permitAll()
    .and()
    .rememberMe();

}
@Autowired
public void configureGlobal (AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception{
    auth.userDetailsService(usersecurityservice).passwordEncoder(passwordencoder());
}

}
userSecurity class is:
@Service
public class UserSecurityService implements UserDetailsService {

    @Autowired()
    private UserRepository userRepository;

public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String username) throws UsernameNotFoundException {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    try{

    }catch(Exception ex){
        System.out.println("Error acoured hear:");
    }
    User user=userRepository.findByUsername(username);
    if(null==user){
        throw new UsernameNotFoundException("Username not found");
    }
    return user;
}

When i delete '@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity' annotation program run correctly
I had used this cod before and it worked correctly.

A: Did you update spring recently? In previous versions it was ok to have a null MethodSecurityMetadataSource, but now they added this check where if you don't have at least one method security metadata source enabled, they throw the exception that you are getting ("In the composition of all global method configuration, no annotation support was actually activated"). This happened to me when I updated from spring 5.0.7 to 5.1.5. Here is the issue where this change was discussed
To fix it, either enable one of the metadata sources in the @EnableGlobalMethodSecurity annotation properties, or, if like me, you are using some kind of GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration, make sure the method customMethodSecurityMetadataSource returns not-null

A: You are having this issue because you have not annotation correctly. You should add it like this: @EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled = true)

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Zillow whistleblower talks
Cast as a disgruntled fired employee, Chris Crocker explains his actions and the consequences
Brad Inman talks to the affable and controversial Chris Crocker, the former Zillow employee who sent an anonymous letter to Move lawyers two days before he left Zillow, at the peak of the ugly Zillow-Move lawsuit. He now works as COO of Pacific Sotheby's International Realty, San Diego.
Fired from Zillow, Crocker alleged that the Seattle firm stole data from agent websites and scraped listing information form realtor.com. Failing to hide his identity, Crocker used his signature sign-off, "good hunting," in the accusatory screed. He said he did not expect his identity to be revealed.
Whether it is judged as reckless, bitter or bold, the letter added to the already nasty lawsuit between the two portals. He sent the letter by snail mail and was subsequently caught up in a swirl of legal events. He then received the cold shoulder by some in the tech and real estate industries and was embraced by others.
The courts said his letter was not admissible evidence, though it left a detailed trail of how Move might discover dirt on Zillow. In a deposition, lawyers for Zillow attempted to trip Crocker up about some of his claims.
Zillow cast Crocker, who was Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, as a disgruntled employee who was canned. His job was to cultivate relationships with real estate brokers.
Prior to joining Zillow, he was with NRT, the brokerage arm of Realogy.
Read the transcript of the Inman/Crocker interview
Brad: Greetings, Inman news readers and listeners. Today I am really excited to have an interview with Chris Crocker, who is the COO of Pacific Sotheby's International Real Estate in San Diego. Chris is also somewhat famous this year for an anonymous letter that he sent regarding activities at Zillow — and so welcome Chris, very good to have you today.
Chris: Thanks for having me, Brad. I appreciate being here.
Brad: So let's go back, you sent a letter making quite a few charges at Zillow and how they operated and you sent an anonymous, snail-mail letter to lawyers at Move. What inspired you to do that? What happened that you said "Gosh, I should do this"?
Chris: It's a good question, because I've been accused of all manner of things in regard to what I've done and of course been asked numerous times, "Now that you know how this played out, would you do it again?" The inspiration came largely from wanting to see people play clean. I love the real estate industry. I love that the industry is involved in all aspects of American society. We get some pretty big crossroads, and data has some really interesting challenges.
I love the innovation that's here, but we've got some really messy stuff going on with real estate data, by both the industry, by outsiders in industry, by people using it for good purposes, for bad purposes, and I sort of just felt like I wanted to sleep well at night.
Brad: Let me ask you this: The charge is you're a disgruntled employee and you sent this two days before you're leaving the company and you're parting ways with Zillow. What do you feel about the charge that you're just a disgruntled employee who didn't like the fact that he was being laid off?
Chris: Normally, I would say you go back to someone's motivation, right? Normally, something like this would have a financial incentive. And in this case, there's absolutely no financial gain for me whatsoever. In fact, it's quite the opposite. I've been dragged through the mud. I've been dragged through the media cycle. I've been accused of all manner of things. I've sat through numerous depositions. I've actually gained absolutely nothing. So I think if you want to look at my motivations and say "What did he have to gain?" and if he had absolutely nothing to gain then why did he do it?
Brad: But did you do it out of anger? Like you just said, if you could do it all over again, would you do it again?
Chris: Yeah, I think I would. I probably would've done a better job and probably would've understood the discovery laws better. I never intended for that to be a public document, I intended it to be a private document. And of course, it was used against me to become a public document.
Brad: I guess the lesson in that Chris is that everything is transparent today.
Chris: Yeah, you go out and advocate for transparency, you better be ready to deal with it.
Brad: You've landed on your feet with one of the leaders in the industry, Steve Games, who owns Pacific Sotheby's. Often, whistleblowers — I'm not sure that's the exact word to describe sending an anonymous letter, but I think you probably fall into that category — are shunned. Personally, what was it like? Did you get isolated by folks? Did you find that people weren't picking up the phone when you called them? Tell me a little bit personally over the last six months after you sent this thing and it went public.
Chris: Well I can certainly understand why, having now been labeled a whistleblower, why people don't do it. There's no question that without the protection of the law — even with the protection of the law — there's a gargantuan incentive to just keep your mouth shut and do nothing. And I now understand why people in other industries who were thinking they were doing the right thing end up personally harmed. I went through a great deal of personal harm as a result of this.
No question it closed lots of doors and it has created a situation where someone really has to ask, "Do I have to worry about trusting this person because of your actions and behaviors elsewhere?" In my case, fortunately with the partners I've joined, not just Steve Games, but two other partners, Nyda Jones-Church and a gentleman named Brian Arrington, the three of them had to assess me and say "Is this something we're going to have to worry about with you?" And my reply to that was as long as we're playing fair and ethically, by the rules, no. I'm a very principled guy and they actually respected that in this case. So, it worked in my favor in the brokerage community, it worked against me in the technology community.
Brad: I guess maybe it's a strong word, but "nobody likes a rat" and this is kind of — you ratted out your employer, and this would create a level of distrust I would imagine?
Chris: No question.
Brad: So you overcome that by trying to explain your actions. Let's get into it. You wrote this anonymous letter, why didn't you send it to regulators? Why send it to Move attorneys while you worked for Zillow, a Move competitor? Why not send it to a regulator? Because in this letter you make some charges that would seem to fall into the regulatory domain?
Chris: Well, I guess that goes into the question of "If you had to do this over again would you do a better job of it?" No question, I think it was a little bit messy how it was executed and your question is a good one. At the time, I didn't give it as much thought because I didn't intend it to be public. What I intended was to make sure that the proper discovery was happening. And in my observations, it wasn't. Everything was not on the table that should've been on the table. And all I was trying to do was to make sure that everything was on the table for discussion and then they would sort it all out.
Brad: What you really did was gave the recipient of this letter a roadmap of how to get information on the management of Zillow and some of the actions they took. You gave a very detailed roadmap, like which admin to contact, and so you were trying to give them some sort of direction as to how they could uncover more information, correct?
Chris: I just wanted the full light of the facts to be brought to the table, as opposed to a partial amount of the facts, because if you play "hide the ball" it's relatively easy to impede the discovery process. In my observation, the discovery process, they weren't being truthful, and I wanted them to be truthful.
Brad: Did you get legal advice before you sent it, Chris?
Chris: No, and I probably should've. Note to self, to any other listeners out there, if you're going to contemplate this, seek comprehensive counsel in advance.
Brad: Do you know if you're protected under the whistleblower laws? Because obviously, whistleblowers are protected.
Chris: Yeah, and there's an actual definition, and I've since been educated on the definitions by legal counsel. And, a lot of it has to do with whether you're violating confidentiality or, of course, if you're disclosing illegal behavior. And if you're disclosing illegal behavior, in general concept, you're protected.
Brad: So what happened next? You send this letter. You actually said in the letter to shred it. Obviously that didn't happen, because Inman News got a copy of it and so did the court. What happened next? Was everything quiet for a couple of days and then you moved down to Southern California, or what went on? When did this become raucous and crazy for you and for the folks at Zillow and Move?
Chris: Well, ironically, the very first person to phone call me was you. So I have to say that your reporters are pretty darn on it, no question. And we certainly appreciate the coverage you afford to the industry keeping it on the straight and narrow.
Brad: By the way, to explain that call, my gut was, I went around the industry and said "Who did this?" you know, and my gut said "Maybe it was Chris." And then we found out it was Chris, and I wanted to interview you, of course. So, but go ahead.
Chris: Obviously, at the time I was not at liberty to have that discussion with you. And it's fun to talk with you now about it, since the dust has settled. I actually — it's safe to say, I got dragged across the coals. Went through a series of depositions. Was accused of all manner of things. Stuck to my guns. My intent here was not to be an instigator, it was to bring the light of the truth to the equation. And that was really it. My only motivation here was to make sure the truth was in the discussion. I cherish this industry and I really want to see that it thrives in the future. We're kind of at a crucial point on how data is used and I think it should be used, and you can win cleanly, but I don't like when people are trying to win not cleanly.
Brad: I just want to ask you again, disgruntled employee. That takes a little of the credibility out of your argument. That was not your motivation?
Chris: Not at all.
Brad: These charges about management. Do you really think they broke the law? Because this is an unbelievably successful company, with management that gets accolades throughout — not necessarily in real estate industry at times, but in the tech world and Wall Street. Do you really think they broke the law?
Chris: You know, that's a question I'm going to say is probably better answered by other people. And I'm going to reserve my personal opinion on that. You know, the note that I wrote was largely, as you mentioned, a roadmap. And the idea of the roadmap was just to make sure all the information was found, and I'll let the court system and the other parties decide what was right and wrong. I think it would be better for me to reserve judgement on that. I think we'll see when the case goes to trial, as it's slated to, the duty of the American court system is that this will likely be all unfolding on public display, in the courtroom. And I imagine the Inman reporters will be in the front seat and make that opinion for themselves.
Brad: Yeah, we've got an award-winning reporter, Andrea [Brambila], who follows this story very closely. How much did this cost you, financially and personally?
Chris: I haven't actually tallied up numbers yet. Emotionally, priceless. Financially, a great sum of money. Lost sleep and thinking about it, I don't think you can calculate those — I'm sure there's an accountant somewhere that probably could — I couldn't. In the grand scheme of things, when you ask the question of "Would you do it again?" and the answer is "Yes." Obviously the greatest part about America is that we dust ourselves off and pick ourselves up and we move forward, and in my case I had to make a decision: Was I going to wallow in this or was I going to move forward with my life? And I had a bigger decision: Do I leave the real estate industry or do I stick around the real estate industry? And I chose, with great reflection, to stick around and try to do something about it and improve the industry for the better.
Brad: You're obviously feeding the Zillow fears here. You know, Zillow's this "evil empire" which is — from my observation — it gets insane, some of the conspiracy theories around Zillow. There's a part of the industry that loves feeding those fears. Did you do this for personal benefit so you could get a good job offer from the industry that seems to perpetuate these fears?
Chris: No, absolutely not. And forgive my finding your comment amusing because it would be quite the contrary. It raised more concerns about my viability as an employable person in this industry than anything in the future.
Brad: Why did you go work there [Zillow]? If Zillow was so bad, were you kind of enamored with them and then you got the cold shower and felt differently? What happened that you seem to want to go work there, move your family to Seattle, and then suddenly discover all these things? What transpired from beginning to end?
Chris: I'll tackle the first question, which is, you know, I don't view Zillow as so bad. It's a very well-run company. Serves an amazing need to consumers. They execute very well. From my time there as an employee, it's a phenomenal culture to work inside of. They really get stuff done. They work as a team. And they're building cool and useful products. I mean, that's a cool thing to be a part of.
My goal was to be a facilitator and negotiator between the industry and the management team of Zillow. And that's a really difficult spot to be in, you're right, there's a great deal of fear, resentment, anger, and love coming from the brokerage community, and I was at the friction point. You know, I was calling upon major broker-owners around the country and sitting in their offices and getting yelled at by them as they're expressing their fears of how the industry is evolving and how fast it was evolving. Very difficult place to be as the interface between two parties that are really unsure and wary of each other.
Brad: You must know, you're on the inside for years, one of the fanatical fears — I'll call it — is Zillow wants to become a real estate broker. At some point you have to believe people when they say no. They're making a fortune — it looks to me — and a great valuation off advertising. They're not planning to become a real estate broker, are they?
Chris: Well, I can't tell you what they're planning to do. I can tell you that Spencer Rascoff has been very consistent about his statements to the outside world. I've seen that consistency, I've witnessed that consistency inside as well as outside, and I think it's pretty darn clear that's their intention both verbally and through their actions. You know, I think Spencer's primary gripe when I recall hearing about it was "How many times am I going to have to say this until they're going to get it?" And I believe that's an accurate statement.
Brad: Your concern was data and these accusations about scraping and other things. You bring up Spencer, and again, esteemed CEO, highly regarded, impeccable record. You infer in your letter that he did some — that he was in collusion with all these guys that left Move. Do you really think that's true? It looks to me that that's not a danger zone that Spencer Rascoff would even consider entering.
Chris: Well, I think this is also one of those ones — because of the ongoing litigation — that's probably not appropriate for me to comment on. I think the evidence will show what it shows. I can tell you as an employee who worked under him and for a brief amount of time, reported directly to him, he's an amazing individual, his work ethic is second to none, he's the hardest-working gentleman inside that firm. Normally, the higher up the food chain you go the company the more of a country club atmosphere you find. I think you would not find anybody inside of Zillow who works harder and puts in more hours than Spencer does personally. At least that was my observation. And he's an amazing individual to work with. He's leading a good outfit with a lot of really talented people. So, you're right, it is sort of a perplexing question.
Brad: You would do it again. This comes full circle for me, Chris. Would you like to have an opportunity to edit that letter before it went public? Some of the things you said, would you back off some of the specifics?
Chris: I really don't know. Maybe I would've been smart enough not to do it. It's just one of those things. You're faced with a decision, and you make a decision, and then you have to live with it.
Brad: And once you put it in the mailbox you can't do much about it, right?
Chris: Correct. I was faced with a decision and I thought, you know, are you willing to proceed with this even though it might come at a great personal cost to you personally with no actual benefit whatsoever? I chose the answer as "yes." I had a discussion with my wife one night and we said "Are we going to do this? Yes. OK." Dropped it in an envelope, put a stamp on it, shipped it off and it's a one-way ticket and then the rest will be what it will be.
Brad: Let's kind of wrap this up, Chris. One of my questions: What's your advice to the industry in terms of how to think about Zillow? And not the fat cats that run big companies, but the everyday Realtor, the everyday person that's trying to make a living in real estate?
Chris: I think it's time to actually wake up and pay attention to where our data goes. And that's at all levels of the industry, from the smallest individual practitioner up to major corporations, you know there's a lot of discussion around who owns it, where's it go, why? And for the most part, most of the practitioners are just sort of blissfully unaware of what's really transpiring and where we're heading.
And if you don't want to — it's been Zillow's intentional stated goal outside to replicate models they've seen overseas. Some of those models are where you have 100 percent market share of a dominant portal and the dynamics of the industry change. And if the real estate industry is not looking forward to that, they certainly better be aware of what's going on around them. One of the chief culprits right now is IDX (Internet data exchange). The question floating through my head right now is should we even have IDX?
Brad: But Chris, that's not — the evil empire here isn't Zillow, it's Move, it's all the companies. It's the company you mailed this letter to, they have the data and it's owned by Murdoch, it's not owned by the real estate industry anymore. That's an industry-wide problem, you can't really put completely at the doorstep of Zillow.
Chris: Correct. My role, at the brokers that I work for now, is to say what's in the best interest of our clients, the homeseller or the homebuyer in San Diego, specifically. Putting that listing into a database that then gets sent to other places where the actual experience of the customer who might inquire about that property is controlled by some outside third party that is reselling that to someone else is a problem. Problem whether it's Zillow, problem whether it's realtor.com, it's a problem whether it's an IDX broker, it's a problem if it's another real estate broker mishandling our data.
Ultimately, in our company, we believe that you should be able to have that be a controlled experience, where you're talking to somebody who's actually knowledgeable about the marketplace. It's not a commodity to be resold. Now, there's plenty of room for advertising models in our business, but we're kind of at a really interesting crossroads. Around, "should we be doing this?" Right now, most of the industry seems to just not care and to be tuned out. This is not a time to be tuned out.
Brad: Are you looking for a microphone to tell the industry what to do or are you satisfied being the COO at a company in San Diego? What's your future?
Chris: Well my future right now is that my day job, when I wake up in the morning everyday, is to say how do I make our customers have an actual better experience? And I think one of the key problems in real estate is we all sorta look the same these days and the value props are all sorta the same and the fees are expensive.
So we're working really hard here in San Diego at Pacific Sotheby's to differentiate this company and actually do something actually unique and different than other companies in town. Because if you don't, you're sort of all a "me too" commodity, and then why am I paying you so much money?
So that's my day job, and I'm not seeking a national spotlight, I'm not on any of the national committees. I've been called for all manner of things to get involved in the anti-Zillow campaign and I've respectfully declined. I don't have it out for them. I just want the industry to play clean.
Brad: It's interesting what you said about your goal is to make customers happy. I think that's exactly what Spencer and Amy and the gang there say. They're trying to make the consumer happy, but maybe we'll end by putting a bow on what's been a very controversial part of your life. Certainly for a news company watching this, we're always flabbergasted by the drama, and one thing, whether you view Chris as a bold and courageous person or you view him as a bitter person, he's always been outspoken and direct and clear about what he thinks should happen to the industry.
So I'd like to thank you for being on the show, Chris. We wish you luck and hopefully this doesn't bring any dark stuff for you. I think you've had enough for a while.
Chris: I've had enough for a while. Thanks Brad.
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a unit of study for grades 8-12
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Published 1998 by National Center for History in the Schools, University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA .
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter presents slavery not just as something historical, but as a way of thinking about the world (as an unequal place) that continues to this day. By associating slavery with vampires, this book oversimplifies a majorly complex issue, and does a disservice to the countless slaves who suffered at the hands of real. In the Foreword to DiLorenzo's book, Walter E. Williams, a professor of economics at George Mason University, says that "Abraham Lincoln's direct statements indicated his support for slavery," and adds that he "defended slave owners' right to own their property" by supporting the Fugitive Slave Act of Author: Thomas J. DiLorenzo.
The book also discusses his lasting legacy and why he remains a quintessential American hero two hundred years after his birth, while an annotated bibliography permits easy access to further 4/5(7). In Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom, Howard Jones explores the relationship between President Lincoln's wartime diplomacy and his interrelated goals of forming a more perfect Union and abolishing slavery. From the outset of the Civil War, Lincoln's central purpose was to save the Union by defeating the South on the battlefield.3/5(1).
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Its introduction is a striking and particularly valuable contribution to the bicentennial year commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's birth/5(12). Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, until his assassination.
As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in and was elected president later that year/5. This brief book gathers together almost all Lincoln's writings through his life, public and private, that relate specifically to slavery or race.
That alone makes it valuable, though without Lincoln's complete writings available online, in modern edited form, not essential/5. In the book FATHER ABRAHAM: LINCOLN'S RELENTLESS STRUGGLE TO END SLAVERY, historian Richard Striner seeks to partially overturn or at least seriously challenge this (consensus) view of L.
For Striner, L. had not only always hated slavery but was, since at least, strongly committed to trying to get rid of by: 7. Eric Foners The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery was published in and received the Pulitzer Prize for history.
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Lincoln on Slavery Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as "The Great Emancipator" and yet, he did not publicly call for emancipation throughout his entire life. Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was "antislavery" -- against slavery's expansion, but not calling for immediate emancipation.
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The Major Arcana cards are the most recognizable and impactful cards in a Tarot deck. These 22 cards represent situations we all face in the grand scheme of life, with each carrying specific messages of perspective and guidance to help you in times of need. While the Minor Arcana cards focus on the everyday actions and decisions you must face, these Major Arcana cards reveal messages about the bigger picture of your life and its long-term direction.
Though each of the Major Arcana cards stands alone with its own deep meanings and influences, linearly speaking, these 22 Tarot cards also tell a story. The first card, The Fool, is the main character of this story, and his experiences as he learns, grows, and makes his way through life are represented by the 21 cards that follow. This storyline is a great description of the accomplishments, setbacks, and lessons we all learn as we go through the trials and tribulations of our lifetime, growing into whole, complete beings by the end of our journey.


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The station was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1886,  away from the village of Wilsden. It was closer to the small hamlet of Harecroft, West Yorkshire, England.

The station had two platforms and a large goods shed. It was the last station to open on the Queensbury-Keighley section of the line. Just along the line was the  long 17 arch Hewenden Viaduct.

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The NFFO is running a 'Catch of the Day' publicity campaign to raise the awareness of the public - to get involved use the Twitter hashtag #CatchOfTheDay .
Twitter is an easy way to be in touch with other fishermen as well as fish-loving members of the public - some near some hundreds or even thousands of miles away - one @ThroughTheGaps follower Andrew Titus - @shrimpfisherman - tweets from his prawn boat deep in the iceberg laden seas off Alaska!
As an island nation, there is a temptation to take the seas around us for granted and forget that those waters provide a vital source of food, employment and contribution to the national economy. Yet the UK fishing industry lands 624,000 tonnes of fish every year, enough for millions of healthy and wholesome meals, and generates an annual income of £718m.
When we're doing our weekly food shop, the variety of fresh fish sourced from UK waters available over the counter is just the end result of the efforts of the 12,150 British fishermen working at sea. It is not only evidence of the hard work of the fishermen who caught the fish – but also the producer organisations, suppliers and trade bodies involved in ensuring there is a constant supply of sustainably sourced fish on our counters.
There is a common misperception that it is just the large trawler boats which supply us with fresh fish. The truth is that the UK has a diverse fishing fleet and smaller boats like my own are just as important for the supply of this sustainable food source.
As a fisherman myself, I have seen the industry evolve over the past 40 years with consumers and chefs becoming more adventurous with their choices of fish, although the UK's top three choices are still unsurprisingly cod, haddock and salmon. Over 50% of us eat seafood at least once a week, but perhaps it's time we were more adventurous with our choice of fish – with species such as Hake and Plaice sourced from UK waters, available in our supermarkets.
Anyone involved in the fishing industry knows that it can be risky and hazardous. Despite all the improvements in safety and technology, the sea is still an extremely dangerous, unpredictable and often not- too- friendly workplace! You only have to watch the rescue helicopter footage of the UK's youngest fishing boat skipper, 16 year old Jake Bowman-Davies shepherding his crew into a life-raft as his 50ft crabbing boat, the Cresca, sank at night in high seas off the Llyn Peninsula in February, to appreciate that.
For all these reasons, the NFFO is launching a week long Twitter campaign called #CatchOfTheDay, to champion the hard work and diversity of the UK fishing industry. It is also to open consumers' eyes to the breadth of species of this healthy food choice that is available.
During 16th to 20th March, we are urging fish lovers and members of the UK fishing industry to get involved with the campaign by sharing photos on twitter which represent their involvement in the industry or to celebrate the fantastic variety of sustainable fish now available to UK consumers.
We are asking anyone who has an involvement with the fishing industry – producers, suppliers, chefs, trade bodies, or anyone who just loves a tasty fish dish, to get on board and celebrate the diversity of the industry and give it the recognition it deserves.
We think this is a fun way of getting across a serious message not only about the importance of the industry in providing a healthy, sustainable food source to a growing population, but also its inherent commitment to ensuring its future through sustainable methods.
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The U.S. Census has released new estimates that show poverty levels in the U.S. jumped last year to 15.1 percent of the nation, up from 14.3 percent the year before. Percentages are usually the best way to understand such shifts, because they help set the context. But in this instance, focusing on the poverty level as a percentage obscures things, turning the real into the abstract.
For instance, that increase of .8 percentage points over the year before represents, in real numbers, an additional 2.6 million people who were living in poverty in 2010, who weren't living in poverty in 2009. For scale, the city of Chicago's population is about 2.7 million. So imagine adding the nation's third-largest city to the poverty rolls in the span of a year.
Overall, and in real numbers, some 46.2 million people are now living in poverty, nearly equal the entire population of the three West Coast states (a combined 47.8 million people).
So what qualifies as living in poverty? For a single adult, living on less than $11,139 a year ($11,344 for those 65 years old and younger; $10,458 for those older). The average family size in the U.S. is 3.1 people. The poverty threshold for a family of three is $17,374 a year, and it increases to $22,314 for a family of four. Average gross rent nationwide - which swings wildly from population centers like Los Angeles and New York to impoverished rural areas across the Great Plains - was $878 per month last year, or $10,536 for the year.
Our definition of what constitutes poverty is absurdly, and indefensibly, low. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens are struggling in deep need - with more being added every day. Tens of millions more are struggling to live just a few rungs above the poverty levels. This isn't an abstract, philosophical thing. These are flesh and blood people. Our neighbors. Our relatives. Our friends.
We have a moral responsibility to do something to help them. And in turn to help the nation in general. In a consumer-based economy such as ours, we have, through government and corporate policies, undercut the consuming classes. Sure, free trade agreements like NAFTA may have helped keep prices lower at the retail level, but we're saving ourselves into economic oblivion. A consumer economy without consumers is an engine without gas. The only winners are corporations and their shareholders, who don't care about the community impact of their pursuit of profits.
And who don't care about the growing stain of poverty across the national map.
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I have tried to encapsulate the experience of arriving at KEGS in my post 'From Comp to Grammar; Plantation to Rainforest' . I firmly believe that the everyday experience for students at KEGS is far richer in terms of depth and challenge than that they would find in most schools. The purpose of sharing this view is not to peddle a narrow grammar vs comp argument, but to suggest that, beyond the constraints of daily school life, there is perhaps another level to reach, where it might be meaningful to talk of 'learning without limits'. Students very often live life with the lid on….and I think KEGS shows what can happen when you take the lid off.
In my experience, there are many inter-locking elements of the 'rainforest': student ability is only one aspect; it is the environment in which students use their abilities that matters more. The key elements are an embedded culture of high aspirations and expectations among staff and students; a passion for studying subjects in depth for their own sake; a recognition that school life should not be a choice between breadth and depth – it is possible to promote extensive extra-curricular activity and a strong focus on examinations; a belief in student leadership – of the school itself and in terms of learning; a conviction that independent learning is key but needs to be developed and a confidence that 'deep-end' learning ultimately leads to great success for the majority.
This is THE highlight of the year at KEGS (read more in a dedicated blog): four 25 minute programmes of music, one from each House, performed in front of the whole school and judged. It is the competition they all want to win. Each programme comprises five acts: a choir, a solo piece, a rock band and two others with students from each Key Stage involved. The comperes for each house provide an added comedy element. The standard is phenomenally high with 50- strong choirs, string quartets, bands and a range of talented singers and instrumentalists. However, what makes it special is that it is completely student-run. Within the houses, they run auditions, select performers and organise rehearsals. On the day, we just turn up and watch. It is fabulous. Leading up to House Music, there is a frenzy of rehearsal activity: to find 50 students of all ages singing in four-part harmony in the playground during break, conducted by a Sixth Former with no teacher present, is really quite something.
A few weeks ago, looking for a colleague, I stumbled upon a room with 20 lower school students in it. They were in the middle of a debate: 'This House Would Invade North Korea'. The Chair was a Year 9 student and the whole business was being conducted with total order and sincerity and the level of debate was superb. The teacher running the debating group had left them to it. I have been back since – this happens on a regular basis. Most recently, they were debating the value of Drama in the curriculum!
Languages are big at KEGS. Lower school students study one language for four hours a week and take GCSE in Year 9. This accelerated and intensive approach is in its early stages but the signs are promising. However, this stems from a wider culture where language learning is highly valued. In my first year at KEGS I was astonished to encounter a Sixth Form German class waiting to enter the room where the students were chatting in German – making jokes and playing word games. This was normal for them. German Banter! Some of these students, later that year, gave musical performances at a concert; the pieces were introduced in the language of the composers.
On a lesson-walk about, I'd taken an interest in a students' art work. He said he'd like me to see another piece. Some days later, he saw me in the playground, ran off to get the work and brought it to a picnic table. It was just meant to be for my eyes but soon enough we had a gathering; what followed was a lovely supportive peer appraisal of the work. I'd never seen boys so willing to share their thoughts and feelings about art in this open way – in a public place. Lovely.
One of the best lessons I've ever seen. The students had been asked to read Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (given about 2 weeks) and, as a preliminary activity for homework had been tasked to work in pairs to produce a large A1 sheet with a visual representation of the key themes in the play. The plan was for them to give a short overview of their work prior to further teacher input. However, what happened was remarkable. The students' work was sensational – some had produced time-lines with a good-evil axis; some had produced conventional mind-maps and others more organic flow charts. They took turns to explain their thinking and then to ask each other questions. It was like watching a 2nd year university tutorial where the tutor had left the students to themselves. The teacher simply ensured that each person had a voice – the content was all theirs. She ripped up her lesson plan…. the range of themes and concepts they were able to bring into the lesson was astounding…. the culmination of the teaching process that underpins our Sixth Form English course, but that starts way back in Year 7.
This deserves its very own blog – see here. Project 9 is a student-run IT programme where students in Year 9 engage in a series of workshops run by older students. We do not have formal IT lessons beyond Year 8 so this is, in effect, their IT curriculum and we run it in place of other lessons on several days in the year. The student leaders interview and select a team of IT teachers who then plan and deliver workshops that match the choices Year 9 students have made; they use our VLE to make their selections. The range of options includes programming with various languages, pc building, stop-frame animation, making podcasts, using flash and photoshop and a range of other applications. The final session is a 'showcase' where the students show each other their work. The whole operation is run by a team of Y13 students.
In Year 7, we ask all parents to take their son to the British Museum at the weekend or at half-term, before January. It is free – and they are grateful because often they have never been before themselves. The aim is to research ancient religions from Egypt or Mesopotamia. The students have to produce a 'response' – that is just about all the guidance we give; it is open-ended. Last year the responses were amazing; a 10 minute video with a witty commentary, a shoe-box turned into a tomb with mummy and scrolls inside full of wonderful writing, and a website with a fabulous interview with the child's parent describing her experience.
Our student newspaper is now 100% student run, without censorship, supervision or editorial interference. This has emerged over time but, now, there is a level of trust that makes this work. See the dedicated blog here: Independent Newspaper? Trust and Responsibility. Six issues are produced a year and if you follow @KEGS_Ambassador on twitter, you can gain access to the whole back catalogue. The Ahead of the Times feature is reproduced in this blog. The student team have developed the communication systems needed to reach the whole school and the quality of writing is excellent. See for yourself.
The co-construction process that we are developing at KEGS is documented here. One spectacular example was the Year 7 group that developed websites 'Embracing Christianity' and 'Embracing Islam' as a vehicle for leading the learning in their RE class. As well as providing useful information, they embedded the homework assignments that they set for the rest of the class into the website. The teacher did not show them how to do any of it – in fact, he didn't know how.
During a rainy lunch hour, I hear the noise of animated chatter from Room 3 and Room 2. Inside each room there are 10 – 15 pairs of students engaged in intense discussions over exam papers. One of each pair is Year 11 History GCSE student; the other is a Year 12 student with an A/A* GCSE in History under their belt. The proximity in age gives them a relaxed confidence in discussing approaches to questions and both parties benefit enormously. The teacher….. well I think he was hovering around somewhere.
In May, a group of Year 13 students put on a fabulous production of the Tom Stoppard play – just weeks before their exams. They had the idea, put the cast together, directed it and – it happened. They just wanted to do it and had nothing to prevent them going ahead. Initially it was intended to be an outdoor production but, with rain playing havoc, they moved it inside. They hired period costumes to give it real polish and, with ticket sales, it nearly broke even.
Assemblies are the key to transmitting our values, our ethos and the culture of learning that permeates the school. Five times a fortnight, 900 students cram into the hall for assembly; Sixth Form on the balcony and stage, Year 7 to 9 sitting on the floor and Year 10 and 11 on the banked seating. Packed to the rafters. Head and Deputies wear gowns… it is all part of the theatre. (A student lobby demanded the reinstatement of gowns after my early reluctance to wear one. A modernisation too far!) We celebrate achievements and invite students to voice opinions; we mark the school's traditions (singing Jerusalem at Easter is the students' favourite); the youngest students sit in awe of the sophistication of the senior students as they walk to the stage to speak or receive awards; they aspire to be like them – it has a powerful effect. The younger students also receive the approving applause of the school when they too receive awards. This is hugely motivating. The school would not be the same without these assemblies. If the hall was too small I'd advocate dividing the school into two halves so we created the same vertical effect – it is the modelling from Y13 down to Y7 that keeps the ethos strong.
So, there you go. Some samples from life at KEGS. As you would expect, I often have to take a view on selective education. My response is to suggest that if activities such as the ones I have described were routinely experienced by able students in every school, there would be no demand for KEGS. If we closed KEGS down – would these things start happening elsewhere, or would they start to disappear? It is a genuine question. Clearly, a critical number of able students oils the wheels of these events – but actually the confidence and trust that underpin them need to come from the school. Is there not a role for selective schools to guarantee that these opportunities exist – and to show what is possible, when the conditions allow and learning has the lid taken off?


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Biomechanical study of bone-patellar tendon-bone and bone-ACL-bone grafts
Wei Pin Ho, Jiann Jong Liau, Cheng Kung Cheng
Twenty Rottweier dogs were included to investigate the biomechanical behaviors of bone-patellar tendon-bone and bone-ACL-bone grafts for ACL reconstruction. Those dogs were further divided into three experimental groups and one control group. The group I was sacrificed three months after ACL reconstruction, the group II, six months and the group III, twelve months. For bone-patellar tendon-bone graft, the mean maximum tensile strength was 117.1 N in the group I, 232.8 N in the group II and 777.4 N in the group III. For bone-ACL-bone autograft, the mean maximum tensile strength was 458.7 N in the group I, 814.4 N in the group II and 1064.1 N in the group III. The mean maximum tensile strength was 1461.7 N in the control group. This study revealed the bone-ACL-bone graft has a better result than bone-patellar tendon-bone graft for ACL reconstruction in the dog model.
Patellar Ligament
Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafts
Autografts
Biomechanical evaluation
Bone-ACL-Bone
Bone-patellar tendon-Bone
Ho, W. P., Liau, J. J., & Cheng, C. K. (2002). Biomechanical study of bone-patellar tendon-bone and bone-ACL-bone grafts. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 22(2), 103-107.
Biomechanical study of bone-patellar tendon-bone and bone-ACL-bone grafts. / Ho, Wei Pin; Liau, Jiann Jong; Cheng, Cheng Kung.
In: Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 2, 06.2002, p. 103-107.
Ho, WP, Liau, JJ & Cheng, CK 2002, 'Biomechanical study of bone-patellar tendon-bone and bone-ACL-bone grafts', Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 103-107.
Ho WP, Liau JJ, Cheng CK. Biomechanical study of bone-patellar tendon-bone and bone-ACL-bone grafts. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering. 2002 Jun;22(2):103-107.
Ho, Wei Pin ; Liau, Jiann Jong ; Cheng, Cheng Kung. / Biomechanical study of bone-patellar tendon-bone and bone-ACL-bone grafts. In: Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering. 2002 ; Vol. 22, No. 2. pp. 103-107.
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I noted in August 10 years, as I picked up into the hands a throwing knife. Liked.
I studied at the Kovrov, Kolosov, Kim, Fedin (God rest his soul), Melnikov and Yakovlev.
I was not able to go to England for the World Cup, I think the Cup Rigas Hungary is Small European Championship, by our standards. I was go one from Russia (without companions).
As I got to this Alsomokosolada (still can't pronounce), you can write a whole book. The small village on the edge of Hungary, the nearest town (20,000 people) 40 km far. People in Budapest, of course doesn't know this town. Map diagram doesn't help. Citizens don't know either Russian or English. A little German. But I reached.
Greeted very good - right at the table. And the Hungarians do not snack with alcogol in principle (not accepted).
The village of 200 inhabitants, a small shop (bread, milk, beer, wine, vodka and soap), a huge Catholic church and a bar round the clock (from Stary Melnik beer to the coolest Tequila). Chips and wafers, which no one takes.
And the stadium turned out super. 7 main stands, 5 training, all new, well-marked and painted, trimmed grass, etc.
Security, however, no, but that is accepted there.
We arrived 19 people - Hungarians and Czechs, all of the players strengths (the warm-up I was terrified - all beaten 5-4, knives and axes.
But sports happiness was on my side. Blessing Novikov Sergei, he gave me his favorite large flag Unifight. And did their job wise parting words Kovrov Vladimir.
I won the gold medal and the Cup Rigas on 5-meters.
Then he went to Budapest, very beautiful European city. One feels the spirit of once great Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Of course, I am very pleased with the trip and thankful to all of you who wanted me to win (specifically)!


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Geodrill Ghana Ltd, a drilling exploration company in the mining sector, has presented a cheque for GH¢150,000 to The Old Achimotan Association (OAA).. The amount is Geodrill's contribution towards the equipping and use of Achimota School's state of the art science laboratory complex by the current and future students of the school.
The cheque, presented by the company's CEO, David Harper, was received by the President of the OAA and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey. Also present at the presentation ceremony were some alumni of the school, the Headmistress, teachers and students.
Mr. Harper emphasised the importance of education to the students present and he expressed his hope that their education at Achimota School, and particularly in science, would set them on the path to successful adult careers and to contribute meaningfully to the development of Ghana.
Mr. Harper revealed a longstanding association with the school where he used to play cricket. He encouraged other companies to take their Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) obligations seriously and support worthy institutions to fulfil their mission.
"Geodrill, a leading drilling exploration company to the mining sector, is committed to being a socially responsible company that actively promotes social causes such as the education of Ghanaian youth. The support for the laboratory complex is yet another purposeful outcomes-based Geodrill ESG initiative," Mr. Harper said.
According to Prof Aryeetey, the science lab was constructed with the support of corporate sponsors, who contributed about one-third of the total cost, and the remainder from Achimota alumni. The OAA and Achimota was still hopeful of receiving further contributions from other companies to sustainably fund the provision of science education and other programmes for the benefit of the students. Prof. Aryeetey gave Mr. Harper a tour of the science laboratory complex after the presentation ceremony.
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WP3:Decision Trees
A subgroup of the Scholarly Commons Working Group A process for developing decision trees for selected research objects and processes [Helmsley goal: (landscape) visualization, dissemination]
Please see the Scholarly Commons website for our latest activities.
The first version of a paper describing the Scholarly Commons has been released! All feedback welcome.
For this work, we have created a matrix of scholarly objects that are in the commons and a subset of principles/rules that guide their production. Although we don't yet have the final set of principles (see WG2), based on the two workshops and principles and charters from around the world, we believe that the following attributes capture what scholarly objects within the commons should be and that these will appear in some form in the final set of principles:
Open by design
Our eventual goal is to be able to produce decision trees that can help those who are interested in abiding by the principles of the commons to help achieve commons compliance. We are not trying simply to operationalise an ideological vision, we are seeking to define and enable a sensible, workable system for digital research and research communications.These trees will be fairly generic, but should be modifiable by different communities to meet their specific requirements. Thus, we are trying to make the trees themselves commons compliant, even though this is a work in progress.
We have defined 5 levels of compliance for objects in the commons, currently numbered L1-L5. The outcomes of actions in these decision trees will be indicated by these codes.
As can be seen by the matrix of scholarly objects, we still have a ways to go to cover all potential scholarly objects. We invite those who have joined this working group to help in this endeavor. We are commissioning a decision tree workflow, based on the Policy Model software developed at Harvard to help with this process, which should be ready in a few months. We have set up a GitHub repository under FORCE11 for this work.
We've also started gathering our recommendations for how a commons should work in our Handbook of the Commons.
Blog post on the what, why and how of Decision Trees.
Blog post: Scholarly Commons and Decision Trees: the Project
Blog post: Decision trees: Licenses, Attribution, Provenance, Credit and Glitches
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Our weekly meetings are held on Mondays. A notice is sent out with the information, so check your email, but the regular time is 9.00PST/12.00EST/17.00BST/18.00EDT Please check the Google Forum for past emails for the group, so you can get up to speed. We are also generally keeping track of what we do using Google Docs and in particular, this slide set. We hope you'll dive in and please post any questions you have!
We're still in the process of refining the trees themselves. Please see these examples, which are open for comments. We have also done the first conversion to the Policy Models format, available through our a GitHub repository under FORCE11 for this work. From this point, we'll be managing the process of feedback from GitHub.
Decision trees will be organized by principle > scholarly object/entity. Here are some sample trees.
We now have a dedicated server for the Policy Model versions of the decision trees. We will now be working from these versions and are targeting release of V1 for FORCE2017.
Early versions are still visible here:
V 0.4 of Open Data Decision Tree: Can I make my data open?
V0.2 of Open Software Decision Tree
V0.3 of Open Software Decision Tree (annotated with links)
Grant:
V0.1 of Open Grant Proposal Decision Tree
V0.2 of FAIR Data 1
V0.2 of Choosing a Commons Compliant Repository
View as interactive Policy Models questionnaire
And we're interested in producing a final decision tree output that is as easy to read and understand as possible, so our final proposed action will be to commission some UX/UI work.
Summary of proposed activities:
Set up a matrix of digital research objects and processes to map the landscape of scholarly communications. Identify 1-3 for development of specific decision trees.
Operating principles for the purposes of the decision trees: We want to produce digital entities that are Open, FAIR, Citable
Develop an actionable framework/decision tree for conducting commons-compliant (or as near as we can get) research for the selected entities/processes. This includes testing tools, best practice recommendations and other relevant resources.
A solicitation for developing a commons compliant workflow for producing decision trees has been posted. Closting date for solicitations was March 27, 2017.
Practice the process in as commons-compliant a way as possible. Select a set of draft principles that we feel provide the necessary conceptual guidance for conducting this exercise, e.g., open by default, FAIR, attributing contributions, documenting processes, e.g. using CRediT taxonomy.
Produce a report to record not only the decision-trees (results) but also to retain the insights resulting from practising the process.
Continue the work of the San Diego workshop to define a "Minimal Viable Product" of the Commons.
These activities fit what was set out in the Helmsley proposal: "to make it easier to understand the Scholarly Commons, find, and use these materials, we will create a conceptual overview of the Commons, supported by a clarifying visualization. The landscape visualization will serve as an overview and index of standards, principles and practices that inform the different aspects of the Commons. It will also provide an overview of individuals, tools, projects and organizations that work within a particular area, showing where they work and their unique contributions. The visualization also aids in branding the idea of the Scholarly Commons as something tangible in ways that a simple catalog will not."
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Q: How can I create a seam for an ellipse? I want to create a seam for an ellipse. (Mathematically I think this means that there are constant-length normal lines between the ellipse and the curve that creates the seam, but I'm not 100% sure that definition is accurate.) I know I can't do this by creating another ellipse with the axes reduced by the seam width because the distance between the two ellipses isn't constant. (i.e. in this image the green line is shorter than the two red lines.)

I can convert ellipses into cubic Beziers.

Is there a way to calculate a modification to the control points of the inner Bezier to make the distance between the outer ellipse and inner Bezier constant?

A: What you've described is typically called an "offset curve". The offset curve for an ellipse is ... not nice. The points of the ellipse itself satisfy a nice quadratic like
$$
\frac{x^2}{a^2} + \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1
$$
while those of the offset curve satisfy...a polynomial of degree 8 perhaps? I can't recall, but it's certainly not quadratic, hence not an ellipse (as you observe). But more important, it's also not described by a cubic spline, so that approach won't work either. I'm sorry to say that you just have to just do the calculus and work things out:
At the point $(x, y)$ of the ellipse above, a normal vector is $(\frac{2x}{a^2}, \frac{2y}{b^2})$, so the unit normal is
$$
n(x, y) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\frac{x^2}{a^4} + \frac{y^2}{b^4}}}(\frac{x}{a^2}, \frac{y}{b^2})
$$
and your offset curve is at location
$$
(x, y) + s n(x, y),
$$
where $s$ is the offset distance (positive for "larger than the original ellipse"; negative for "smaller than").
That only works for relatively small values of negative $s$; for larger negative numbers, you get "focal points" and things get messy.

A: This falls under the subject of Parallel Curves. I've looked into this myself. If you are accustomed to working in the complex plane, I have found that for a curve $z$ in the complex plane, a parallel curve at a distance $d$ (inner or outer) is given very simply by the equation
$$z_d=z\pm i\ d\ \frac{\dot z}{|\dot z|}$$
The only problem I've had with this is when applying it in the vicinity of a cusp. It should work well for an ellipse.

A: What you're looking for is a constant-distance offset curve or parallel curve.
Look at the answers to this question. The Tiller/Hanson algorithm gives a very simple way to construct an approximate offset of a Bezier curve. The approximation is not good enough for all purposes, but for an offset of an ellipse-like Bezier curve, it might be OK for you.
Or, for more theory, look at the references cited in the answers to this question.