Moving day is a tough time for the whole family. And of course since your fur-buddy is a part of your family, it's likely a very uncomfortable experience for him too. You will not be able to explain to your pet what exactly this mess is all about, but with some extra planning in advance, you may be able to reduce the stress you pet will experience as you change places. These are few simple tips to consider when moving that your best friend will be sure to appreciate.
Stay calmSure, it's unavoidable that your nerves will be wrecked up when hunting for apartments for sale and when finally packing your stuff to move. Even when your enthusiasm is pretty positive, however, your pup will possibly identify a change in your vibe and react. So try everything within your capacity to hold your nerves and stick to the routine your best friend is used to. Feed your pup and dog kennels for sale in Sydney and take him for his usual morning walk even when you have million things on your plate.
Pack his stuff lastWhile you are busy arranging each part of your house and packing stuff, try to keep your pups area, dog kennels unchanged as long as possible. Try to keep him in his zone with his favorite toys around him, so he is less likely to be distracted by all the boxes and other mysterious items lying around the house. Check out here for pet products online.
Take his old blanketsAlthough you look forward for a new beginning when hunting for houses for rent, twice before tossing out Teddy's old worn out blankets and investing in brand new dog beds as the moving day gets close. He will be walking into an unfamiliar space with nothing familiar, and that is going to be pretty scary! So consider packing his favorite blanket and the chewed up toy bone. These things will keep him sane until he get used to the place.
Introduce him to the new place carefullyFeeling out of place in your new home well you're not alone! Your pup is probably feeling just as lost as you are. However, having his mom and dad around will help him get used to the new surrounding soon – as will a thoroughly planned introduction to the new home. If possible set up an area similar to his old hood; place his bedding, toy bones and rug the same way it used to be. As he walk in, let him sniff through this place and then take him for a walk through the house. Try not to let him be on his own for a while, and try not to skip the schedule he's used to.
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Millenium Mills
Millenium Mills is a former flour mill now an "industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia", and on the brink of re-development as part of the transformation of Silvertown. Our filmmakers were invited to this incredible location before it changes to see what the walls would inspire.
On each project directors are given a poem or quote as a common theme and jumping off point but on this project for the first time we collaborated with a band, Sparks, who offered tracks from their forthcoming album, Hippopotamus, as soundtracks to the films. The resulting films were all shot over four consecutive days, in four unique locations at the Mills. Directors Phil Fisk, Kuba Sobieski, Rory Waudby Tolley and duo Alexandra Green and Ben Lambert chose a track from Sparks' new album and then were given freedom to create whatever the walls and music brought to their imaginations.
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Q: strncpy Run-time check failure #2 error c++ When I compile and run my program it seems as if everything works fine with the task in hand except I get an " Run-time check failure #2" error. This is my hw assignment by the way and it's my first time trying to use any of the cstring functions so I'm sure that's where I went wrong. Basically I'm appending 2 strings together and I'm almost 100% sure it has something to do with my result parameter getting overrun. Just don't know how to fix it.
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

void concat(const char a[ ], const char b[ ], char result[ ], int result_maxlength);
int main()
{
  char a[] = "Woozle";
  char b[] = "Heffalump";
  char c[5];
  char d[10];
  char e[20];
  concat(a, b, c, 5);
  concat(a, b, d, 10);
  concat(a, b, e, 20);
  cout << c << "\n";
  cout << d << "\n";
  cout << e << "\n";
  return 0;
}
void concat(const char a[ ], const char b[ ], char result[ ], int result_maxlength)
{
strncpy (result,a, result_maxlength);
strncat (result, b, result_maxlength);
result[result_maxlength-1] = '\0';
}

A: strncat is pretty useless, because the num argument is NOT the total size of the destination, it's the number of bytes to copy.

A: You have several issues with this code that several have pointed out thus far. A very subtle one that few seem to talk about is this: Per the POSIX spec, the behavior of strncpy will NOT set the null-terminator on your string if the number of non-null chars moved reaches the limit specified (the 'n'). It WILL tail-fill nulls to reach 'n', however. Thus:
char ar[3];
strncpy(ar, "food", sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0]));

This will end up with a(0) = 'f', a(1) = 'o' and ar(2) = 'o'. There will be no null terminator appended. with the last char ignored It is for this reason people are so minus-1 giddy about invoking this runtime library function. Accounting for this is important. Thus you will often see code like this instead.
char ar[3];
strncpy(ar, "food", sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0])-1);
ar[sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0])-1] = 0;

This will likely get what you were really looking for, namely ar = "fo". The plenty-o-space situation reverses this. If you have a buffer with ample room the 'n' will tail-fill with nulls until 'n' is reached if the source string of the copy reaches its own terminator prior to reaching 'n'. Thus:
char ar[30];
strncpy(ar, "food", sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0])-1);
ar[sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0])-1] = 0;

Will result in ar = "food" with twenty-six zero-chars following the 'd'. Keeping people on their toes, the not-so-apparent memset-to-zero invoke:
char ar[30];
strncpy(ar, "", sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0]));

Yeah, its just wrong, I know.
All of that being said it should come as no surprise that clearly strncat() behaves differently than your code appears to reflect you may currently believe as well. For example the last parameter does NOT specify the number of chars to limit in the destination. Rather, it describes the number of chars to limit from copying from the source. In other words, as you continue to tack on new strings, that tail space limiter should be continually getting shorter. Of course, to know how much involves keeping track of chars-copied with each step, and as someone pointed out, this makes strncat borderline-useless in many cases, offering up more confusion than utility.
For reference, the precise definitions with defined behavior can be seen here strncpy and strncat. I would highly advise a clear read of both before continuing with your homework.

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Xu Bing : Phoenix
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Born in Sichuan in 1955, Xu Bing is widely considered to be among the most important Chinese artists working today. The Phoenix, the mythical bird that crosses civilizations and eras, has a central role in the artist's latest productions. Xu Bing's Phoenixes -- made of random common materials used in building construction -- are allegories of the tremendous changes that occurred in China since the opening of the country and illustrate the contrasts within its "renaissance." Xu Bing will be unveiling his new Phoenix at the 2015 Venice Biennale this May. His piece will be located over the water between two boathouses at the Pavilion at Arsenale – Giardino delle Vergini. The 56th International Art Exhibition, titled All the World's Futures and curated by Okwui Enwezor, will be open to the public from 9 May to 22 November 2015 at the Giardini and Arsenale venues.
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Xu Bing (b. 1955, Sichuan) is one of the most celebrated international contemporary artists living today. He is well-known for his exploration of language systems and other groundbreaking art practices. The artist immigrated to New York in 1990 and returned to Beijing in 2007. Xu Bing's work stands out from "standard contemporary art" by penetrating deep into the root of China's culture while maintaining an awareness of historical context. His continuous observation of art, society, and politics has given his avant-garde practice significant theoretical value. In 1999, Xu Bing was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in recognition of his "capacity to contribute importantly to society, particularly in printmaking and calligraphy." In 2003, Xu Bing was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, and in 2004 he was awarded the first Artes Mundi International Visual Art Prize in Wales. In 2015, Xu Bing received the U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts award. His exhibitions have been held at the MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York; The V&A Museum and the British Museum in London amongst other major institutions. Additionally, Xu Bing has been shown at the 45th Venice Biennale amongst other international exhibitions. Representive works include The Book from the Sky (1987), Cultural Animal (1994), Squareword Calligraphy Classroom (1994), Where does the dust itself collect? (2004), The Book from the Ground (2006), Tao Hua Yuan: A Lost Village Utopia (2013-2014), The Phoenix (2008-2015).


3D graphics technology is being widely developed. Not only used for the benefit of the film in theaters, but this technology began sweeping the LCD monitor even get to the laptop monitor already support 3D graphics. One of them you can see from the following Fujitsu products output.
Fujitsu back teeth with the launch laptop LifeBook AH572, which is touted to have 3D graphics capabilities. With a 15.6-inch screen size and toughness bundled with Intel's Sandy Bridge processor Core i series second generation (I5-2410M), this laptop has a memory capacity of 4GB (8GB maximum) DDR3, 500GB hardisk own and already uses Intel's integrated graphics HD 3000.
3D graphics capabilities that owned the laptop is powered by the 3D technology XPOL filter, Blu-ray drive with Blu-ray 3D support. Coupled with the existence of dual 1.3 Megapixel camera that can be used to take pictures and record video in 3D format. To be able to see the display of 3D on the screen, this laptop is also equipped with 3D glasses.
Then how it seems with this 3D laptop network connectivity?
LifeBook AH572 is equipped with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with Wireless Display technology (Widi). Other features in it that you can find the HDMI, USB 3.0 port and SD memory card slot. With a separate keyboard with a numeric keyboard with 10 alphabet keys, the keyboard is also anti-spill water. So you can drink coffee while playing a laptop without fear of spilling your coffee on the keyboard of this laptop.
With the battery 6-cell lithium-ion batteries, laptop Fujitsu LifeBook AAH572 is reportedly priced with a range of prices around 999 USD (about 10 million rupiah). Well, you're interested in having this 3D laptop?


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Discover Joy in Work
Transforming Your Occupation into Your Vocation
by Shundrawn A. Thomas
We are meant to experience joy in our work. But many of us struggle to find a sense of purpose or fulfillment in what we do. Is it possible for us to truly flourish in our work?
Business executive Shundrawn Thomas reveals how work is intended to produce lasting value and should be meaningful and productive. A healthy attitude toward work and the workplace requires intentionality and effort. Thomas helps us to a greater understanding of our abilities and passions, which in turn will help us develop into the people we are meant to be. He addresses issues of work ethic, character formation, and work-life synergy to find better harmony between what we do and who we are. Through empirical research and real-life stories, Thomas reveals fundamental truths in easy-to-remember concepts for joy at work regardless of occupation, age, or career stage.
You are designed to flourish in your workplace. Come on this journey to transcend your occupation and discover your true vocation.
"During my career I have had the opportunity to work with many exceptionally talented individuals all of whom, to a varying degree, have practiced some of what Shundrawn Thomas offers in this groundbreaking book. After reading Discover Joy in Work all of our views on work and the workplace will be significantly changed."
Samuel C. Scott III, former president and chief executive officer, Corn Products, board director for Abbott Laboratories, Bank of New York Mellon and Motorola Solutions Inc.
"From the very beginning work has been a significant part of our human experience. And thankfully we are wired for it. Adam was built to work the garden and steward its beauty. But like everything else in life, managing what we are built for can be a challenging task in and of itself. So for all of us who are tempted to think that work is a necessary evil . . . we desperately need to read Shundrawn Thomas's revolutionary thoughts about how to turn our work from drudgery to joy!"
Joe Stowell, president, Cornerstone University
"With Discover Joy in Work, Shundrawn Thomas combines profound insights, practical experience, and vivid anecdotes to produce a road map for those seeking greater fulfillment in their work. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to grow professionally and personally."
Leslie D. Hale, president and chief executive officer, RLJ Lodging Trust
"Discover Joy in Work is about transforming the way the worker sees work by understanding why God has us do it as stewards. What is amazing is that as you read this book you will see it not only can change the way you see work, it will change you as a person in ways that both include and go beyond your work."
Darrell L. Bock, executive director for Cultural Engagement, Howard G. Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and Cultural Engagement
"Most of us will spend many of our waking hours in our work environment. Few of us have reflected on how our work can be joyful. The author of this book was able to find joy in his work and transform his occupation into his vocation. As a result, he grew into the person he was becoming and in his contributions to those he worked with and those he served. Discover Joy in Work will open new opportunities for work to become a pathway to joy in your life."
C. William Pollard, former chief executive officer, The ServiceMaster Company, and author of The Soul of the Firm
"Shundrawn Thomas is a shining example of the power of merging purpose and profession to the glory of God. Discover Joy in Work is a timely invitation to experience God's best in your daily work."
Nicholas Pearce, professor at Northwestern University, assistant pastor of Apostolic Church of God, author of The Purpose Path
"With Discover Joy in Work, Shundrawn brings an insightful and unique perspective to the age-old question of how we find joy in the work that we do every day. His book is a practical guide to the steps anyone can take to create a more fulfilling career journey and to love what they do."
Lisa Warner Wardell, president and chief executive officer, Adtalem Global Education
"In Shundrawn Thomas's Discover Joy in Work, I've found at last the book I've been seeking for the business people, professionals, and students looking for career guidance in my church. I love the fact that this book is both current in its research about issues related to occupation and vocation as well as rooted in sound theology and biblical understanding. Amazingly, it is also a wonderful read, filled with well-told stories and practical application. In reading this book, people's lives will be transformed as we begin to see our work not as something we have to do but as a place, people, and task to which God has sent us."
Greg Waybright, senior pastor, Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena
"Shundrawn Thomas has written a remarkable book, a work full of cosmic wisdom and concrete advice for anybody seeking to live a life of greater joy, fulfillment, and service. By highlighting the ways our work lives might be improved, Shundrawn shows us a path where our whole selves can be enriched. I highly recommend this book."
Eboo Patel, author of Acts of Faith, president of Interfaith Youth Core
"As a dynamic leader in business, higher education, church ministry, civic engagement, and family life, Shundrawn Thomas knows how finding joy in our daily work can impact our personal well-being and professional success. In this enthralling book full of personal experiences and practical insights that come from his Christian convictions, Thomas guides his readers through a process of self-reflection that can transform the drudgery of a job into the joy of a calling that serves other people and gives glory to God."
Philip Ryken, president, Wheaton College
"Transformed! That is the best word to describe your mindset after reading Discover Joy in Work. Shundrawn Thomas's ability to seamlessly weave together timely research, piercing insights, and vivid storytelling provides a truly unique perspective on work as a calling. Reader beware! This book will impact you intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually, encouraging your growth in the process."
Carla A. Harris, vice chairman of wealth management, Morgan Stanley, author of Expect to Win
"Shundrawn Thomas delivers a prophetic message to this generation and generations to come. In Discover Joy in Work, his keen insight and principled character shine through as he inspires the novice and the elder to realize their true vocation and higher calling."
Emery Lindsay, presiding bishop of the Western Diocese, pastor of Christ Temple Cathedral
"Throughout my career as a scientist, administrator, and educator, I have had the privilege of mentoring talented professionals and brilliant students. I can personally attest that one of the greatest needs of professionals and students alike is wise career counsel. Shundrawn Thomas provides this oft sought-after wisdom and so much more. Whether you are just beginning your career journey or are well along the path, Discover Joy in Work offers the unique insights, inspirational guidance, and practical applications that will help you flourish professionally, personally, and spiritually."
Larry Robinson, president of Florida A&M University
Preface: Work and Happiness
Introduction: No Joy in Mudville
Part I: Your Workplace
1. Change Your Attitude
2. Alter Your Approach
3. Raise Your Aptitude
4. Ensure Your Achievement
Part II: Your Work Ethic
5. For the Love of Money
6. For the Praise of People
7. For the Pride of Life
Part III: Your Work Life
8. Work Reveals Purpose
9. Work Requires Effort
10. Work Promotes Growth
11. Work Develops Skill
12. Work Fosters Relationships
13. Work Produces Value
14. Work Glorifies God
Epilogue: Joy to the World
Visions of Vocation
Mastering Monday
Loving Monday
Why Business Matters to God
Your Vocational Credo
ABOUT Shundrawn A. Thomas
Shundrawn A. Thomas is president of a trillion-dollar global investment management business, and is a management group member of a leading financial services company. He previously advised institutional equity investors as a vice president for Goldman Sachs, and held positions in sales, trading, and research in the fixed income division of Morgan Stanley. He is an engaged civic leader serving as a trustee for Wheaton College and as a board director of the Museum of Science and Industry. He also serves as board governor for the Investment Company Institute.
Thomas is a motivational speaker and lecturer speaking nationally on topics including professional development, leadership, values, faith, strategy, and finance. He also serves as an elder and board member of his local church. Thomas is happily married and has two sons. In his personal time, he enjoys reading, running, and traveling. He is the author of Ridiculous Faith: Ordinary People Living Extraordinary Lives, and Driving Under the Influence: Finding Your Way on the Road of Life.


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Boris of NYC hosts Steve Mulder on his Transmissions podcast. Boris, no stranger to the NYC clubs, has released productions on such labels as SCI+TECH, Stealth, and Suara. Steve Mulder has a new EP out on Transmit Recordings and guest mixes here on what is an epic hour of pure techno. Listen to the full set on SoundCloud. Link below!


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In this week's edition of TBR Radio Presents: The Dixie Heritage Hour, Dr. Ed interviews Bob Eoff, a retired bank president and former treasurer of the Constitution Party.
Bob is a strong constitutionalist who, having come to realize that fractional reserve banking and Social Security were nothing more than government-sanctioned Ponzi schemes, devoted the latter years of his career to educating people about real money and true market economics.
His convictions have resulted in his living for the last 21 years without a driver's license or Socialist Security Number—not an easy task.
In this interview, Bob explains the particular details of living "off the grid" without a SSN or driver's license. Also discussed are illegal immigration, President Trump, and the principal of limited government.
Bob and Ed also swap "war stories" of campaigning for independent and third-party candidates for the last 25 years.


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Boeing 737 Max groundings force Flydubai to postpone Budapest launch
Where are they now? Dubai's Technosphere
Thu 14 Jun 2018 10:26 AM
Gulf's interest rate reprieve may end as US spreads stop narrowing
Gulf's rate reprieve may end as US spreads stop narrowing
First Abu Dhabi Bank sees interest-rate jump boosting its profit
Gulf bond issuance rockets to nearly $17bn so far in 2018
UAE follows Fed by raising interest rate
US Fed hike yet to percolate through to GCC lenders
UAE's Central Bank raises interest rates
Central Bank statistics show that 6 to 12 month deposits rose to $51.7 billion in Q1 2018
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced that it will raise interest rates applied to the issuance of its certificates of deposits as of today.
The move follows the Federal Reserve Board's decision to increase the Federal Funds Rate by 25 basis points.
Additionally, the CBUAE has raised the repo rate applicable to borrowing short-term liquidity against certificates of deposits have been increased by 25 basis points to 2.25 percent.
Certificates of deposits, which CBUAE issues to banks that operate in the UAE, are the monetary policy instrument through which changes in interest rates are transmitted.
In a separate announcement, the UAE's state-run WAM news agency reported that 6 to 12 month term deposits rose to AED 190 billion ($51.7 billion) during the first four months of 2018, a 14.9 percent growth from the AED 165.3 billion ($45 billion) reported at the end of 2017.
The statistics show that 6 to 12 month deposits account for about 22.7 percent of total term deposits in UAE banks, which were valued at AED 837.8 billion ($228.1 billion) at the end of April.
April saw the highest performance of this type of deposits, with a total inflow of around AED 16 billion ($4.3 billion) during the month, compared to AED 8.7 billion ($2.3 billion) between January and March.
Three-deposits – which accounted for 56.6 percent of total deposits – were estimated at AED 837.8 billion ($228.1 billion) by the end of April.
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Contact SSSR
About SSSR
SSSR Bylaws
SSSR Handbook
SSSR Officers
SSSR Presidents
SSSR Links
History of SSSR: Reflections
Submitting a Paper
Presenting Policy
Voting Membership
Editor & Editorial Board
Non-Member Subscriptions
BYLAWS of the SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF READING August 10, 1993
Updated: 22 October, 2019
ARTICLE I: Name and Purpose
Section 1: The name of this organization shall be the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (known herein as SSSR).
Section 2: It is planned for SSSR to be incorporated as a non-profit, educational corporation under the laws of the State of Missouri.
Section 3: The purposes of SSSR shall be to promote the scientific study of reading and to disseminate information about reading and related areas such as language and literacy.
Section 4: Neither the name of, nor membership in, SSSR shall be used to promote personal benefit.
ARTICLE II: Membership
Section 1: Membership comprises three categories: active, voting, and student.
Section 2: Active members shall be persons interested in promoting the purpose of SSSR and who pay annual dues.
Section 3: Active members may apply for voting status. To achieve voting status, an active member must have achieved a standard of excellence as a scientist conducting empirical research in the field of reading. The Membership Committee (see Article VI, Section 6) shall review applications and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors (see Article IV) shall make the final decisions regarding who shall receive voting member status. Voting member status shall continue as long as annual dues are paid.
Section 4: Student members shall be graduate students (full or part-time) in fields related to the study of Reading, who are interested in promoting the purposes of SSSR, and who pay annual dues. Applications and renewals for student membership must be accompanied by evidence of graduate student status, e.g., by a certifying signature from a member of SSSR.
ARTICLE III: Officers
Section 1: The elected officers shall be President, President Elect, Vice President, and Past President. The appointed officers shall be Secretary, Treasurer, Publications Chair, Conference Coordinator, International Coordinator, and Historian.
Section 2: The elected officers shall serve for a term of two years.
Section 3: The appointed officers shall be named by the President with the advice and consent of the Board of Directors for a term of two years, such office to start on the date specified at the time of appointment. An exception is the Conference Coordinator who is appointed annually, depending on the selected conference site. Officers may be reappointed. Appointed officers may be removed from office at any time by a vote of at least three quarters of the members of the Board of Directors.
Section 4: The President shall act as the chief executive officer, chairing meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors, and exercising general leadership and supervision over the affairs of the organization in implementing its purpose. The President shall be responsible for approving and signing all contracts and other instruments of SSSR and, along with the Treasurer, authorizing the disbursement of funds in accordance with the annual budget. The President shall fulfill other duties as directed by the Board of Directors and shall assume the duties of any vacant office, until such time as the office is filled. At the expiration of the term of office, the President shall automatically become Past President.
Section 5: The President Elect shall be responsible for site selection, chair the Program Committee, shall organize the annual conference, and fulfill other duties as directed by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President, the President Elect shall perform the duties of the President at any meeting of the members or of the Board of Directors. At the expiration of the term of office, the President Elect shall automatically become President.
Section 6: The Vice President shall serve as the associate chair of the Program Committee and fulfill other duties as directed by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President Elect, the Vice President shall assume and perform the duties of the President Elect. At the expiration of the term of office, the Vice President shall automatically become the President Elect. In the event that the office of the President Elect becomes vacant, the Vice President shall immediately become President Elect and serve the unexpired portion of that term, thereafter succeeding to the office of President.
Section 7: The Past President shall serve as liaison officer between SSSR and other professional organizations or government bodies, Chair the Membership Committee, Chair the Nominations Committee, and fulfill other duties as directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 8: The Secretary shall perform the duties necessary for the maintenance of records and correspondence of SSSR, ensure the recording of an accurate record of discussions and actions taken at meetings of the members and the Board of Directors, oversee the election process, keep abreast of and inform the Board of Directors of any necessary actions relative to incorporation, give copies of all minutes to all the members of the Board with an extra archival copy for the Historian, and fulfill other duties as directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 9: The Treasurer shall ensure the maintenance of all fiscal records and reports, oversee the custody of all SSSR funds and receipt of all dues and other monies owed to SSSR, authorize the disbursement of funds in accordance with the annual budget approved by the Board of Directors, cooperate with the Executive Committee in preparing the annual budget, and fulfill other duties as directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 10: The Publications Chair shall chair the Publications Committee (see Article VI, Section 5), and fulfill other duties as directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 11: The Conference Coordinator shall be responsible for planning the Annual Meeting. This includes arrangements with the host hotel, during, and after the meeting. All arrangements are subject to the final approval of the Board of directors and contracts regarding conference bookings should be signed by the President.
Section 12: The International Coordinator shall be responsible for promoting international participation and a periodic meeting held outside the U.S.A., as well as fulfilling other duties as directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 13: The Historian shall keep archival copies of the program from the annual meetings, the minutes of all Board meetings, and copies of incorporation records, Bylaws, and the Policy and Procedures Handbook. These archives shall be kept with the Association Manager. The Historian shall also be responsible for updating the Society website on current officers, award winners, Bylaws, Handbook, and archival copies of the programs of the Annual Conferences.
ARTICLE IV: Board of Directors
Section 1: The Board of Directors shall be empowered to hold and administer all property and funds and to direct the affairs of the organization. The Board of Directors shall maintain an SSSR Policy and Procedures Handbook which shall be reviewed and updated annually by the Historian.
Section 2: The Board of Directors shall consist of the President, President Elect, Vice President, Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, Publications Chair, Conference Coordinator, Historian, and three additional Directors elected by the voting members. The three elected Directors shall each serve a three-year staggered term of office, with one ordinarily being elected each year. Directors may be re-elected.
Section 3: As designated by the President, each Director shall serve as a liaison to committees, in addition to other duties.
Section 4: The Board of Directors shall meet at least once a year, normally at the time and place of the annual meeting. Additional meetings may be held at the call of the President or upon the written request of any four members of the Board of Directors. The time and place of additional meetings shall be determined by the President, or by the group calling the meeting, so long as all members of the Board of Directors are given reasonable notice of the meeting. Members of the Board of Directors are authorized to use other means of communication to conduct necessary business of SSSR.
Section 5: All meetings of the Board of Directors are open to SSSR members, except in particular situations when ethical or other personnel matters are to be discussed. In such cases, the Board of Directors may move into closed session, and results of these actions, will be reported to the membership in general terms only. The Secretary shall ensure the maintenance of a full set of minutes of all sessions, including closed sessions. The minutes of the closed sessions will be available for inspection by any member of the Board of Directors.
Section 6: A quorum shall consist of at least four members of the Board of Directors, two of whom shall be elected officers.
Section 7: If the position of any elected Director becomes vacant, the remaining members of the Board of Directors shall, by appointment, fill the empty position until the next election.
ARTICLE V: Elections
Section 1: The Nominations Committee (see Article VI, Section 3), having sought advice and recommendations from the membership in general and the Board of Directors in particular, shall prepare, prior to the annual meeting, a list of nominations for each position to be filled.
Section 2: After securing the approval of the nominated individuals, the list of candidates shall be mailed to all voting members before the annual meeting (if possible). Other nominations may then be submitted by the written request of at least ten active members. Such additional nominations must include a statement of consent to stand for office from each nominee.
Section 3: Election ballots listing the names of all properly nominated persons accompanied by a brief vitae for each nominee shall be mailed to all voting members. The ballot shall include a deadline for its return to the secretary and the secretary's address.
Section 4: Voting shall be by mail or email. Only ballots received before the deadline stated on the ballot shall be counted.
Section 5: The Secretary shall be responsible for the counting of ballots. The Secretary, and at least two other members, shall certify the results to the President who shall report the results to the membership ordinarily at the annual meeting. Positions of elected officers shall be filled by those persons obtaining the highest number of votes. Ordinarily, tie votes will be decided by lot.
Section 6: Elections shall take place during the calendar year preceeding the January 1 date that elected officers shall take office.
ARTICLE VI: Committees
Section 1: Members of committees shall be appointed by the President with the advice of the Board of Directors. Committees shall serve for the term of the President unless otherwise specified at the time of appointment. The Chair of each committee shall be appointed by the President, except for the Chair of the standing committees as specified in these Bylaws. Vacancies on committees shall be filled by the President as they arise.
Section 2: The Program Committee shall advise the President Elect on the planning and organization of the Annual Meeting and function as a review board for program paper proposals. The President Elect shall serve as Chair and the Vice President shall serve as Associate Chair of this committee. Other members of this committee shall be appointed at the discretion of the Chair.
Section 3: The Nominations Committee shall function as defined in these Bylaws. The Nominations Committee shall be composed of the four elected officers. The Past President shall serve as Chair.
Section 4: The Publications Committee shall be responsible for overseeing the publications of SSSR. The Publications Committee shall be composed of the Chair and six other members appointed by the President. In addition, the editors of authorized SSSR publications shall serve as non-voting members of the committee. The duties of the Publications Committee include (1) promoting the journal for the society, called the Scientific Studies of Reading, (2) promoting the submission of articles to the journal, (3) promoting subscriptions to the journal, including libraries, (4) recommending new editors for SSSR publications, (5) conducting periodic evaluations of SSSR publications, (6) facilitating the work of the editors of SSSR publications, and (7) appointing a Chair of a Principles Committee who would work on editing a periodic publication for educators and parents that would outline principles that could be used to guide reading instruction. The three members shall be appointed for three year terms, with one member being appointed each year.
Section 5: The Membership Committee shall deal with all issues involving membership; its primary function will be to make decisions regarding the conferral of voting status in SSSR. It will submit its criteria for voting status to the Board for its approval; the Board may review and change these criteria at any time. This committee will be responsible for informing members about criteria and about the form of applications. Each year the Committee will review applicants and make recommendations to the Board, who will make the final decision regarding each application for voting status. The Past-President shall serve as Chair of this committee.
Section 6: The Financial Advisory Committee shall provide nonbinding advice and oversight of the financial well-being of SSSR, including emergency funds, savings, and investments. It will be composed of three voting members, including the Treasurer and the Vice President as Chair of the committee, and possible non-voting financial advisor(s). The third voting member and the advisor(s) are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Board of Directors for a term of two years and may be reappointed. The committee shall make recommendations regarding long term financial matters and shall provide oversight of investments to the Board of Directors, who will make final decisions.
Section 7: Ad hoc committees may be established and their members appointed by the President, with the advice of the Board of Directors, for special purposes and shall serve for such time as is specified at the time of appointment.
ARTICLE VII: Finances
Section 1: The Board of Directors shall have the power to allocate funds to carry out the purposes of the organization.
Section 2: All receipts and disbursements shall be made through accounts authorized by the Board of Directors. The President or Treasurer shall be responsible for authorizing the disbursement of funds in accordance with the annual budget.
Section 3: The Board of Directors shall be responsible for adopting an annual budget; the Treasurer shall be responsible for preparing the budget for the Board's consideration.
Section 4: Membership dues, subscription rates, and conference fees shall be established by the Board of Directors.
Section 5: The membership year shall run from January 1 to December 31. Members are expected to pay their dues during the last quarter prior to the beginning of the membership year. Members who fail to pay their dues by February 15 of a membership year will be dropped from membership.
Section 6: The fiscal year shall run from January 1 through December 31, or as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII: Indemnification
Section 1: SSSR will indemnify any officer or director, former officer or director, or any agent or employee of SSSR against expenses actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceedings in which the defendant, having acted in the best interests of SSSR, is made a party by reason of being or having been an officer, director, agent, or employee of SSSR.
ARTICLE IX: Meetings
Section 1: The Annual Meeting shall be (a) three days or less in length, and (b) held at a time and place designed by the Board of Directors. The annual business meeting of the members shall be held during the Annual Meeting at such time and place as shall be listed in the official program.
Section 2: Additional meetings may be called by the majority of the Board of Directors.
Section 3: The Program of the Annual Meeting shall serve as official notification of the Annual Meeting and no notification other than the mailing of the program to the full membership list will be given. In the case of special meetings, a written notice stating the date, time, and location of the meeting and indicating the purpose(s) for which the meeting is being called shall be mailed to the full membership list not less than thirty days before the date of such meeting.
Section 4: Ten members or ten percent of the active members, whichever is fewer, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the members.
Section 5: The rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order, Revised shall govern the conduct of all official meetings.
Section 6: Code of conduct
SSSR is committed to providing a safe and productive meeting environment that fosters open dialogue and the exchange of scientific ideas, promotes equal opportunities and treatment for all participants, and is free of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. SSSR will expect all participants of SSSR meetings to follow the guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct in the Handbook.
Concerns about any incident should be brought immediately to the president of SSSR, who will consult with the executive committee to determine next steps.
ARTICLE X: Amendments
Section 1: Amendments to these Bylaws may be initiated in two ways. The Board of Directors may formulate amendments and submit them, with any arguments it chooses, to the voting members for action by ballot. Or any ten percent of the voting members, as sponsors, may submit to the Board of Directors proposed amendments in writing and signed by the sponsors, along with any arguments they choose. The Board of Directors shall then submit the proposed amendments, with the arguments developed by the sponsors, along with any recommendations and arguments it chooses, to the voting members for action by ballot.
Section 2: Amendments may be adopted by the affirmative vote of three quarters of the voting members present at a regular or special meeting called according to these Bylaws, provided that the proposed amendments have been mailed to each voting member at least thirty days prior to the meeting at which the vote takes place.
Section 3: Amendments may also be adopted by ballots mailed to all the voting members and returned to the Secretary. When a mail ballot is used, only those ballots returned within forty-five days after the date of mailing shall be counted. The Secretary and at least two other SSSR members shall certify the results to the Board of Directors. Amendments shall be adopted if at least two-thirds of the ballots returned within the prescribed time are affirmative, provided that ballots are returned by at least twenty percent of the total voting membership.
Section 4: Amendments to these Bylaws become effective upon adoption unless otherwise specified. Amendments which might affect the Articles of Incorporation become effective only upon issuance of a Certificate of Amendment from the Recorder of Deeds or other proper authority.
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Miami, APRIL 17, 2012 ‐‐ AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing will hold its Annual Conference on May 2‐4, 2012 at the Intercontinental Miami Hotel with the theme of "Listen Up!" The conference will revolve around the client perspective and emphasize best practices across the broad Hispanic marketing continuum. Attending and being featured at the conference will be some of the nation's leading investors in the Hispanic market – The Clorox Company, Diageo, Google, Tecate and Wal‐Mart are just a few of the marquis brands that will share their insights. They will reveal the creative strategies that resulted in outstanding campaigns that also deeply connected with Hispanic consumers.
AHAA's Annual Conference is the most comprehensive industry event dedicated to the U.S. Hispanic market featuring an exciting program packed with a lineup of best‐in‐the‐business speakers and numerous networking opportunities. More than 400 Hispanic‐specialized marketers, ranging from advertising, public relations, media, creative, research and promotion expertise, are expected to converge in Miami. As part of the conference, AHAA chair Roberto Orci, CEO, Acento Advertising along with Board members Linda Lane Gonzalez, President/CEO, Viva Partnership, Inc. and Aldo Quevedo, President, Dieste, will kick off the conference and provide a glimpse into the current state of the U.S. Hispanic Marketing industry.
Throughout the event, AHAA will announce the winners of the HispanicAd.com Account Planning Excelencia (HAPE) Award, the HispanicAd.com Media Planning Excelencia (HMPE) Award.
Seasoned veteran, Felix Palau, VP of Marketing, Tecate of Heineken, USA, will present "Beer: Beyond the :30 TV Commercial." He will share his unique insights on Heineken's innovative U.S. Hispanic marketing platform, the importance of the Hispanic market for Tecate and what the future holds for the brand.
The Clorox Company's David Cardona, Multi‐Cultural Team Leader and Lupe De Los Santos, Group Manager of Hispanic Marketing Communications will present the "Top 10 'Truths' from a Retail Client's Perspective of Hispanic Marketing," along with concrete examples to illustrate what works and what doesn't. Both David and Lupe have been on the agency side in the past and bring a unique perspective to being a retail client.
Marc Stephenson Strachan, Vice President, Multicultural Marketing USA, Diageo‐North America will discuss how Diageo is infusing Multicultural insights into General market strategies in the aptly titled session, "The Diageo Mulitcultural Marketing Journey…Everybody into the Pool!" He will also talk about the client‐agency relationship and the importance of coming across less like a vendor and more as a partner. After experiencing an agency career, Marc will also share how it has influenced him as a client.
Going along with the conference theme of "Listen Up!" are the results of the "People en Español 12th Annual Hispanic Opinion Tracker (HOT) Study: Insights into the US Latina Woman," which will be presented by Monique Manso, Publisher of People en Español. The study provides insights into the changing role of Latina women in the U.S. and reveals how Hispanic women continue to embrace their families, heritage, and identity as they become an increasing force in American life. Categories range from Beauty and Skincare to Computers and Internet usage.
• "Hispanic Public Relations: Creating Brand Evangelists with Engagement and Trust," will include panelists Solomon Romano, Head of Hispanic Marketing, Delta Dental, 2011 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Chair & CEO Rosanna Fiske, APR & Director/Professor, Florida International University, Natalie Boden, Founder & President, BodenPR and Manny Ruiz, Co‐ Publisher of Hispanic PR Blog and Founder/Creative Director of Hispanicize 2012 discussing how to generate advocacy, engagement, trust and sales with Public Relations.
• "Juventud + Migración + Adaptación = Music, Language & Mucho Love: The Influence of the Macro Environment in the Transformation of Consumers," will provide insight on how the ever‐ changing and growing U.S. multicultural market continues to influence trends and brand activations. Mariel Llenza, Director of Hispanic Advertising, AT&T Mobility, Sie7e, Warner Music, Grammy® winning artist, Robert Isaac, Director of Music Programming, Mun2 and Xavier Alvarado, VP, Programming, WHKQ KQ103 FM will present what factors have most impacted them, how they've modified their strategy and how a common trend (i.e. Spanglish) has helped them unite forces in order to reach a new generation of audiences.
AHAA is also pleased to be collaborating with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in organizing a series of Media & Digital Workshops during the conference for the second year in a row. Attendees at the AHAA Annual Conference will enjoy an exceptional content line up that cleverly merges AHAA's Hispanic marketing and advertising expertise with IAB's supreme online advertising and digital media knowledge base. Finally, the conference will conclude with the presentation by AHAA and Círculo Creativo of the inaugural U.S.H. Idea Awards, recognizing stellar achievement in work created by U.S. Hispanic agencies and directed at Hispanic audiences. The award ceremony will take place at the prestigious Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in McLean, VA, the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA) is the national organization of Hispanic‐owned and‐managed firms united to promote the growth and strength of the Hispanic marketing and advertising industry to the private and public sectors. AHAA is raising awareness of the value of the Hispanic market's many opportunities while enhancing the professionalism of the industry. AHAA agencies lead the industry with collective capitalized billings exceeding $5 billion ‐ more than 90 percent of the entire U.S. Hispanic advertising industry. Only AHAA agencies have the blend of cultural understanding, market knowledge, proven experience and professional resources that make them uniquely qualified to communicate with Hispanic consumers. These capabilities and skills offer the potential for Hispanic market success that's available nowhere else.


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Institute of Risk Management names new chairman
by Terry Gangcuangco 05 Dec 2019
Institute of Risk Management names new chairman | Insurance Business
Great-West Lifeco chief risk officer for Europe Iain Wright CMIRM (pictured) is succeeding Socrates Coudounaris CFIRM as chairman of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM).
Wright, whose credentials include time spent as CRO at the likes of Quilter Plc and Prudential UK & Europe, has been IRM deputy chair since May 2018 and audit & risk committee chair for three years now. The Sun Life Financial alumnus also served as head of insurance at former UK regulator Financial Services Authority.
During his IRM chairmanship, Wright plans to prioritise four things – "the heart" of the institute, particularly qualifications, training, and thought leadership; integration of the Institute of Operational Risk, which joined the group this year; exploring whether it's time to move to a "professional" chair; and assessing the idea of shifting to charitable status for the IRM.
Commenting on his new role, the incoming chair stated: "I am in the fortunate position of being able to build on the good work done by the CEO and the immediately preceding chairs in stabilizing the institute's financial position, building a strong board, and starting the next phase of our growth.
"We are now in a position where we can capitalize on that financial strength to drive towards fulfilling the institute's vision."
Wright added that the IRM will be increasing the diversity and content of its product portfolio, both in terms of qualifications and training. He is also "particularly keen" to see the institute continue to operate in global markets and expand internationally.
Meanwhile Coudounaris noted: "It has been a pleasure and a great privilege to serve the IRM over the past few years. I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank everyone who has put in the hard work and determination to take the IRM into its current position of strength.
"The IRM group is now looking at a bright future and has the strategy, products, people, and proposition to achieve its plans in the very capable hands of Iain Wright. As an IRM member, I look forward to celebrating its future successes together."


At a New Year's Eve party on December 31st, 1999, young Frenchwoman Lucie (Géraldine Pailhas) wants to kick off the new millenium by starting a family of her very own. Her boyfriend Arthur (Romain Duris), however, is not so sure he's ready to be a father. As he leaves Lucie to think the subject over, he finds himself crawling through a portal to the future. There, he is met by the son, Ako (Jean-Paul Belmondo), and other members of the extended family that he might one day have. They encourage him to return to the past and impregnate his girlfriend before they all cease to exist.
Director Cedric Klapisch's Peut-Etre sports an ingenious premise that uses time travel as a device to illustrate the importance of family. In Ako's era, the remains of today's world are almost entirely covered by sand, as if they were the Egyptian tombs of old. Travelling to the past is not unlike conducting an archaelogical dig, entering a building from the top and moving down floor by floor until its portal is found. In contrast, Arthur's trip to the future is accomplished by crawling upwards, a sign of progress and ambition, of reaching for the sun. But the post-apocalyptic world Arthur finds has little to do with modern notions of human aspiration. People have seemingly given up on the technology and urban expansion that we take for granted; the only use for the consumer products of our world comes when they can be adapted to suit these strange surroundings.
But don't feel too sorry for the people of this new Earth. Klapisch mines such clashes of past and future for humour, not pathos, creating anachronistic gags out of camels dressed up like scooters and street lights that mark roads by just barely poking their heads above the sand. Truthfully, the denizens of this seemingly desolate future appear to be getting along just fine. They've proven themselves to be adaptable and strong, pulling together in large family units to deal with the basic requirements of life. And when a day's work is done, they enjoy nothing more than blowing off steam at large parties, dancing to their own brand of pop music (performed in the film by retro novelty blues act Screamin' Jay Hawkins). If they are seemingly more fragile than the people of today, it is only because of how Arthur's ambivalence about having a family is affecting them. Playing off the likes of Back To The Future, photographs in Peut-Etre are unchangeable proof of possible moments in time; it is the people themselves that begin to fade away the moment that it looks like history might change.
Again, Klapisch applies amiable comedy to potentially dramatic territory. After his initial failure at convincing Arthur, Ako's young grandchildren take their turn by tying Arthur up and terrorizing him as only children can. They likely scare him off the idea of kids entirely rather than come anywhere near bringing him around to their way of thinking. The seeming age difference between Ako (played by 66 year old legend of French cinema Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his parents (both twenty-somethings) is also good for a few laughs, although it is here that Klapisch also goes for unexpected poignancy. When Belomondo follows Arthur back to the New Year's Eve party and finally meets Lucie, he can do nothing but cry at the sight of what, to him, is his long dead mother, fully alive and in the prime of her youth.
Where Klapsich falls down is in the construction of the narrative that holds these ideas and scenes in place. It's much too rambling and directionless, flitting from one desperate attempt to convince Arthur to another, enamored of movement without a sense that it is building to a purposeful conclusion. When Ako and his entire family crash the present-day New Year's Eve party, the ongoing destruction of the host apartment quickly becomes more tiresome than humourous. Such chaotic distractions are entirely unnecessary. In concentrating on the importance of family over the potential terror of times to come, Klapisch has fashioned a picture of an apocalyptic future that is entirely positive. It shows up the old 'it's cruel to bring kinds into such a horrible world' excuse for the shameful, self-serving lie that it is. What matters most are the emotional connections we create to our family and friends; they'll get us through whatever comes along.
The review of Peut-Etre is courtsey of Don Marks, an avid film buff and occassional critic who enjoys writing movie reviews when he's not sitting in a darkened theatre.


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A novel high pressure-high temperature experimental apparatus to study sequestration of CO2-SO2 mixtures in geological formations
Susana García, Qi Liu*, M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer
A novel experimental set-up to investigate the sequestration of non-pure carbon dioxide (CO2) streams in geological formations through mineral trapping is discussed. The system includes a gas manifold system, a gas booster, a fluid reservoir, a high pressure-high temperature reactor, and auxiliary elements to ensure safe and reliable operation under the high temperatures and pressures required for the experiments. The apparatus described here is inspired by previously reported batch equipment, but has the versatility of co-injecting gas mixtures. The capacity of the vessel is 600 mL and the system is capable of applying pressures from ambient to 5000 psi (345 bar), and temperatures from ambient to 350 °C under batch continuous stirring conditions. These ranges of pressure and temperature can cover and even exceed the conditions relevant for the majority of subsurface sequestration studies. The interior wetted parts of the vessel are all in Hastelloy C276 (a Ni-Cr-Mo alloy) to be resistant to the corrosiveness of gases such as SO 2. The system was tested by studying the sequestration of CO 2-SO2 mixtures in ferric (FeIII) iron-containing sediments, as SO2 has been shown to reduce Fe III to FeII and permanently trap CO2 as the mineral siderite (FeCO3). A series of batch trials were conducted to demonstrate the experimental apparatus design efficacy along with the systeḿs behavior. The apparatus functioned well during the course of the experiments proving that this set-up is a useful research tool to investigate the effect of impurities present in the flue gas from fossil fuel combustion in the geological storage of CO2.
Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology
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Temperature Agricultural and Biological Sciences 100%
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García, S., Liu, Q., & Maroto-Valer, M. M. (2014). A novel high pressure-high temperature experimental apparatus to study sequestration of CO2-SO2 mixtures in geological formations. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 4(4), 544-554. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1418
García, Susana ; Liu, Qi ; Maroto-Valer, M. Mercedes. / A novel high pressure-high temperature experimental apparatus to study sequestration of CO2-SO2 mixtures in geological formations. In: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology. 2014 ; Vol. 4, No. 4. pp. 544-554.
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Linux Kernel 5.0 has been released with Plenty of New features and bug fixes. This guide exists to help you install Linux Kernel 5.0 on Ubuntu & Linux Mint system. You can read Linus Torvalds message on Linux Kernel 5.0 release.
By default, Ubuntu systems runs the Linux Kernels provided by the Ubuntu repositories. But it is possible to run unmodified upstream kernel, for Kernel debugging, verifying bug fixes or for learning purposes. We will use a tool called Ukuu (Ubuntu Kernel Update Utility) to install Kernel 5.0 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint system. This tool will pull the mainline kernel build you select and install it automatically.
Start by installing Ukuu from PPA repository added using command below.
If you're missing the add-apt-repository command, check How to Install add-apt-repository on Debian / Ubuntu.
After adding the repository, update Application list index and install Ukuu.
Launch Ukuu application using your Linux Start menu search function.
Ukuu will Perform a check on mainline to get Kernels list.
Select Kernel 5.0 from the list and Click "Install" button to initiate installation.
Within a short time, download and installation of Kernel 5.0 should start.
You should get success message after the installation.
Close the window to return to Ukuu console.
From the List, you can confirm Kernel 5.0 has been installed. A warning window will also be shown.
Reboot your Ubuntu / Linux Mint system to use new Kernel.
You can also use neofetch or similar tool to get OS details.
You can always roll back to your old Linux Kernel. But you'll have to first install a different Kernel Version and boot to it.
After booting to Old Kernel, select Kernel 5.0 on Ukuu and click "Remove".


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Новошаново — деревня в составе Казаковского сельсовета Вачского района Нижегородской области.

Расположена в 2 км к юго-востоку от районного центра — Вачи.

Из истории
В прошлом — деревня Казаковского прихода Муромского уезда Владимирской губернии.

В окладных книгах за 1676 год в сведениях о составе Казаковского прихода сказано, что в деревне Новошанове 3 двора крестьянских и 1 бобыльский. В 1897 году в Новошаново всего было 17 дворов.

В 1840-х годах Новошаново входило в состав владений князя Сергея Григорьевича Голицына.

Население

Примечания

Населённые пункты Вачского района

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The Big Green Slime is an enemy that is found in the Midlands plains. It is the first enemy to introduce the behavior of slime-type enemies: Splitting into smaller versions upon death.
Upon death Big Green Slime spawns four Little Green Slimes when defeated. The smaller slimes will move to another Big Green slime if there is one nearby.
Big Green Slimes spawn in groups of 3-10.
Big Green Slimes are very weak, only possessing a single attack that doesn't track movement and deals minor damage. These enemies are mostly instructional, they teach players about the behavior of slimes.
If you stand still and have 0 DEF, be prepared for their death which creates four Little Green Slimes. They will fire immediately and deal sudden damage.


Every week, various lotteries are played all over Canada. Some people play online while others go for the traditional route of purchasing tickets. Regardless, it is a fact that millions of dollars are up for grabs. Yes, Canadian jackpots might not be as high as those in the Mega Millions lottery in the US, but they are still substantial and usually cross the $50 million mark. Obviously, everyone wants to win that kind of money, but it is easier said than done. Most people believe that you have to be really lucky to win the lottery. While this is true to some extent, it should also be remembered that your numbers can make a difference.
Therefore, it is possible for you to increase your chances of winning the jackpot by using good strategies when you are choosing your lottery numbers. You can take advantage of past statistics available that indicate what numbers are most likely to appear and you can also use some of the secrets revealed by other winners who used them to play. We all dream of winning the lottery, but have you ever thought about what you would do if you did manage to win? Some people say they would travel the world whereas other lottery winners are more interested in buying homes, cars or just splurging. Even though it might be difficult to fathom, even millions can run out easily.
If you have used a reliable and trustworthy website, you have probably won the lottery, but if you don't know the platform you have used, then you need to verify it. These days, online lottery scams have become utterly common and you don't want to be a victim. These fraudsters copy names of originals and create such good websites that it can be difficult to distinguish. One red alert of a scam is that they will ask you to make a payment before claiming your reward and this is a definite no-no. Next, they will ask you to provide your bank account details over phone or email. Websites doing so are scams and you need to be careful.
You have the option of claiming your lottery winnings as a one time-payment or in installments over the years. In the former, the amount is reduced to some extent, but you get all the money together whereas the latter gives you a greater amount but it is broken down in small payments. A lump sum payment is usually claimed by most winners who prefer to do their investing on their own.
You usually have a year to claim your winnings, but it can still take you a while to decide what you want to do with the money you will get. Once you have received the cheque, it is a good idea to place it in a high interest savings account. Even if the interest rate is low, the fact is that just one percent on millions of dollars can still generate more cash than what you make after years of working. Yes, you have to pay tax as well, but still you will be left with plenty more.
Imagine what kind of a life you and your family would live if the lottery money could last for generations. Wouldn't that be amazing? Yes, it is really possible, but only if you are wise in making investments. Consider buying stocks of a company that pays dividends. There are plenty of companies out there that give shareholders a notable amount every year or even every quarter. Average Canadians usually invest in such stocks as a way to generate reliable income when they are retired. For a lottery winner, this is an excellent way to make millions off your millions. However, bear in mind that you should invest in businesses with low-risk like banks. They can give a stable annual yield and the chances of them filing for bankruptcy are minuscule.
A lottery winner will obviously want to give their living conditions an upgrade and there is no reason you shouldn't unless you are already living somewhere luxurious. There is no need to go crazy, but if you do want to get a $20 million home, it is best done in cash. Getting a mortgage means you will have to pay your winnings as interest or to the bank and you will have to pay a substantial penalty if you ever break a mortgage. If you fork over the whole amount in cash, you don't have to worry about mortgage at all.
Instead of just writing out cheques to your preferred charities, you can establish a donor-advised fund by going to the bank. It will still give you the freedom to give to whatever charities or causes you want, but it will also enable the financial institution to increase your money by investing it. This way, you can ensure that you will always have money to give to those in need. A charitable foundation can also be set up, but it requires a lot of work on your part for establishing and then managing. With a donor-advised fund, the bank will deal with everything.
You have just won the lottery. After spending so much time playing lottery games, you have finally succeeding in winning the jackpot. Of course you would want to spend some cash and you have the right to do so. Splurge a little bit and buy something good for yourself. But, remember don't go overboard and consult a financial professional to manage your money.


Mist rolls through the spreading limbs of the tall, silver Sitka Spruce trees that flank the verdant shores of a small creek, its tumbling waters hidden beneath the emerald fronds of ferns that fill every hollow of the forest floor. The low clouds embrace the rolling heights of the Southwestern Willapa Hills, where adventure can be found in any weather and at any time of the year.
One of the best ways to enjoy this combination of hills and water is on foot. Willapa Wildlife Refuge is home to a variety of trails located on and around the Long Beach Peninsula. The Refuge is supported in part by a local organization, the Friends of Willapa Bay. This group provides environmental education programs to the local schools, champions refuge causes, and raises money for its support.
The first hiking opportunity that presents itself on the drive on Highway 101 towards Longbeach is the Cutthroat Climb. The Cutthroat Climb starts at the refuge headquarters, tucked into a small creek valley opposite of Long Island. The trail begins at the southern edge of the parking lot, and follows a boardwalk above the tidelands that is decorated with wildlife sculptures. A paved path leads through marshes and past more artwork, from giant feathers to metallic fish swimming to the tree tops. This is more an art walk than a hike!
Across a rushing stream, a more primitive path ascends through the woods, where a cantilevered bridge crosses a massive fallen tree, and interpretive signs identify the indications of forest dwelling creatures. Descending through a dense jungle of thimbleberry, the trail dips once again to cross the stream before rising to a giant mosaic surrounded by standing stones, like a scene out of Celtic mythology. Trace the mystic maze of the mosaic before following an ancient road that leads down an avenue of alders to a bog that is crossed by boardwalks and bridges that lead back to the visitor center. Come on a rainy day to experience the quintessential nature of the Willapa rainforest. The entire trail is about a mile long.
Long Island is a land apart, a bastion of giant trees blanketing low hills, all guarded by tide flats, and haunted by herons and otters. A boat landing opposite the Headquarters provides water access to Long Island, where the only option for overnight camping within the refuge is located. Those planning to hike or stay overnight need to be sure they consult tide tables before embarking. The Islands extensive mudflats are exposed when the tide is out, limiting the time you can reach or leave the island. The island is only reachable by those with a water craft, and for experienced kayakers a multiday trip around the island is possible. The Don Bonker Cedar Grove is the largest remaining old growth forest in Southwest Washington – a cathedral of unbelievably massive trees. It can be reached either by a long boat trip to Smoky Hollow and a short hike inland, or by a short boat ride to the nearest landing on the island and a long hike through second growth forest. The campgrounds require no reservations (except during bow hunting season) and are free, with picnic tables and solar powered outhouses. There are five campgrounds on the island, all in the trees by the water.
Continuing on around Willapa Bay, the next opportunity for a hike is Tarlett Slough. Tarlett Slough is a hidden gem, recently acquired by the refuge. The area has only just become accessible to hikers. The trail is near the site of the planned refuge visitor center, and the Friends of Willapa Bay are currently working to secure funds for parking and access to the trail. To reach the unsigned trailhead, follow Sand Ridge Road several miles before turning East onto 95th street. Take the right hand fork near the end, and park by the side of the road. Follow an old road through forests loud with birdsong before reaching the dike that divides pasture land (now part of the refuge) from the tide flats. Until a formal trail is built, your only company will likely be the splash of otters, the calls of birds, and the rush of wind in the sea of waving marsh grasses.
At the end of Longbeach Peninsula is Leadbetter Point. Here are sandy beaches, wide salt marshes, and thick coastal forests smelling of Salal and pine trees. Hiking the loops through the dune-built forest, the quiet is broken by the roar of distant breakers and the soughing of the ocean breeze, and at midsummer the hum of mosquitos. There are several trails here and many miles of bay and ocean beaches to walk, both in the Wildlife Refuge and in the adjacent state park (both parking lots are in the state park, so you will need a Discover Pass). The bay loop follows the beach along Willapa Bay, cuts across the peninsula, and loops back through the forest, where amanita mushrooms brighten the forest floor with their red caps. Other, longer trails lead to the ocean beaches. Since the end of the peninsula is off limits to beach driving, the beach here is much more pristine and quiet than the southern part of Long Beach peninsula. However, the ocean beach trail is closed from October to May to protect nesting Snowy plovers.
Thanks to the Wildlife Refuge and its supporters, Willapa Bay has retained much of its natural habitat, which otherwise would have been subdivided and developed. It is a unique mix of tourist beach town, quiet retirement community, and remote coastal wilderness, and is well worth a weekend of exploration.
Born and raised on a small farm in the shadow of Mt. St. Helens, Andy has been a hiker, shameless tree-hugger, writer, and photographer since the beginning. Andy loves hiking in the Pacific Northwest with his family and is always planning their next adventure. When Andy isn't writing for SBM or exploring with his family, he is pursuing his degree in outdoor journalism.


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In mathematics, Arnold's cat map is a chaotic map from the torus into itself, named after Vladimir Arnold, who demonstrated its effects in the 1960s using an image of a cat, hence the name.

Thinking of the torus  as the quotient space , Arnold's cat map is the transformation  given by the formula

Equivalently, in matrix notation, this is

That is, with a unit equal to the width of the square image, the image is sheared one unit up, then two units to the right, and all that lies outside that unit square is shifted back by the unit until it is within the square.

Properties
 Γ is invertible because the matrix has determinant 1 and therefore its inverse has integer entries,
 Γ is area preserving,
 Γ has a unique hyperbolic fixed point (the vertices of the square). The linear transformation which defines the map is hyperbolic: its eigenvalues are irrational numbers, one greater and the other smaller than 1 (in absolute value), so they are associated respectively to an expanding and a contracting eigenspace which are also the stable and unstable manifolds. The eigenspaces are orthogonal because the matrix is symmetric. Since the eigenvectors have rationally independent components both the eigenspaces densely cover the torus.  Arnold's cat map is a particularly well-known example of a hyperbolic toral automorphism, which is an automorphism of a torus given by a square unimodular matrix having no eigenvalues of absolute value 1.
 The set of the points with a periodic orbit is dense on the torus. Actually a point is periodic if and only if its coordinates are rational.
 Γ is topologically transitive (i.e. there is a point whose orbit is dense).
 The number of points with period  is exactly  (where  and  are the eigenvalues of the matrix). For example, the first few terms of this series are 1, 5, 16, 45, 121, 320, 841, 2205 .... (The same equation holds for any unimodular hyperbolic toral automorphism if the eigenvalues are replaced.)
 Γ is ergodic and mixing,
 Γ is an Anosov diffeomorphism and in particular it is structurally stable.
 The mapping torus of Γ is a solvmanifold, and as with other Anosov diffeomorphisms, this manifold has solv geometry.

The discrete cat map

It is possible to define a discrete analogue of the cat map. One of this map's features is that image being apparently randomized by the transformation but returning to its original state after a number of steps. As can be seen in the adjacent picture, the original image of the cat is sheared and then wrapped around in the first iteration of the transformation. After some iterations, the resulting image appears rather random or disordered, yet after further iterations the image appears to have further order—ghost-like images of the cat, multiple smaller copies arranged in a repeating structure and even upside-down copies of the original image—and ultimately returns to the original image.

The discrete cat map describes the phase space flow corresponding to the discrete dynamics of a bead hopping from site qt (0 ≤ qt < N) to site qt+1 on a circular ring with circumference N, according to the second order equation:

Defining the momentum variable pt = qt − qt−1, the above second order dynamics can be re-written as a mapping of the square 0 ≤ q, p < N (the phase space of the discrete dynamical system) onto itself:

This Arnold cat mapping shows mixing behavior typical for chaotic systems. However, since the transformation has a determinant equal to unity, it is area-preserving and therefore invertible the inverse transformation being:

For real variables q and p, it is common to set N = 1. In that case a mapping of the unit square with periodic boundary conditions onto itself results.

When N is set to an integer value, the position and momentum variables can be restricted to integers and the mapping becomes a mapping of a toroidial square grid of points onto itself. Such an integer cat map is commonly used to demonstrate mixing behavior with Poincaré recurrence utilising digital images. The number of iterations needed to restore the image can be shown never to exceed 3N.

For an image, the relationship between iterations could be expressed as follows:

Models

Python code for Arnold's Cat Map
import os

from PIL.Image import open as load_pic, new as new_pic

def main(path, iterations, keep_all=False, name="arnold_cat-{name}-{index}.png"):
    """
    Params
        path:str
            path to photograph
        iterations:int
            number of iterations to compute
        name:str
            formattable string to use as template for file names
    """
    title = os.path.splitext(os.path.split(path)[1])[0]
    counter = 0
    while counter < iterations:
        with load_pic(path) as image:
            dim = width, height = image.size
            with new_pic(image.mode, dim) as canvas:
                for x in range(width):
                    for y in range(height):
                        nx = (2 * x + y) % width
                        ny = (x + y) % height

                        canvas.putpixel((nx, height-ny-1), image.getpixel((x, height-y-1)))

        if counter > 0 and not keep_all:
            os.remove(path)
        counter += 1
        print(counter, end="\r")
        path = name.format(name=title, index=counter)
        canvas.save(path)

    return canvas

if __name__ == "__main__":
    path = input("Enter the path to an image:\n\t")
    while not os.path.exists(path):
        path = input("Couldn't find your chosen image, please try again:\n\t")
    result = main(path, 3)
    result.show()

See also

 List of chaotic maps
 Recurrence plot

References

External links

Effect of randomisation of initial conditions on recurrence time
 Arnold's Cat Map by Enrique Zeleny, The Wolfram Demonstrations Project.
Arnold's Cat Map: An interactive graphical exploration

Chaotic maps
Exactly solvable models


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Your say / Politics
Why I should be mayor: John Langley
By john langley, Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
You may well believe that you live in a democratic society; which in part is true, because that's the historically conditioned illusion you sleepwalk into at election time.
But that's where the democratic buck stops. Beyond that point autocracy kicks in and your voice no longer has any relevance when it comes to important national issues.
Basically the government of the day will do whatever anyway and there's realistically little or nothing you can do about it until the next election, when you get the further opportunity to vote them out. By which time of course it's far too late to reverse any decisions made which you may have disagreed with.
So, forget any idea that we live in a meaningful and inclusive democratic society, because we don't.
If we did all live in a meaningful and inclusive society the "no decision about me without me" speech by David Cameron wouldn't have resulted in thousands of NHS staff, patients and unions marching in protest through the streets of England with banners and placards held high.
Neither, arguably, would our NHS be in the tatters we now find it. I find it rather ironic that a sick NHS is co dependent on sick people, like one chronic alcoholic trying to enable another. It just ain't gonna work! That's my ten penneth, for what it's worth.
The fact remains that there is an almighty chasm between central government and the have not's of the remaining population, and it's an entrenched outdated means of autocratic division which separates and controls the masses under the guise of a democracy which we have robotically allowed to happen through conditioning. Like brushing our teeth we don't think of it, we just do.
Here in Bristol, as indeed elsewhere in England, we pay money into city hall for services which we use and benefit from and is taken as read, accepted, and all is fine and dandy. Or is it?
Let's say for instance, that you hand over £1000 of your hard earned income to me to invest for you over the course of a year. Surely you would want an indication from me as to what I was proposing to do with your investment from the very beginning; and how I would spend it on your behalf?
Or would you allow me to go on some kind of a spree and report back once I'd spent it, twelve months later?
As a further example, let's say you hand over £10,000 to me for the purposes of giving your home a makeover while you went off on a two week holiday. Prior to this we'd had a meeting where all the work to be done was discussed and agreed, and then on you're return I'd carried out unspecified work which hadn't been agreed and what was your reasonably nice home before you left was now a complete disaster area? Or the money you'd paid me for new double glazing was now a swimming pool and hot tub in the back garden?
Well, if you can relate to either of those examples then you have a pretty good grasp on political governance. Welcome.
I find it extraordinarily bizarre that in twenty first century England we have such an antiquated and well beyond use by date system of governance, where without question we are still expected to hand over cash with no prior consultation as to what it will be used for, and where we have been given some indication of what it may be used for it is then applied elsewhere!
So, it seems common sense and perfectly logical to me that as the consumers of services we are paying for, we should have consumer rights and be given the opportunity to say exactly how we want our money spent. Up front.
In fairness, Bristol City Council does provide opportunities for feedback in a number of different ways and I'm by no means dismissing that, and it may well be disingenuous to use the term of 'tick boxing' as being wholly descriptive of current methods used to gain feedback and shape service provision.
From my own personal experience of co-working with the council in health and social care I have nothing but praise for the dedication of staff who laboured tirelessly to vastly improve service provision, and I have no hesitation at all in stating that.
However, in my view, meaningful public involvement falls short on inclusivity and is therefore undemocratic, because the wider Bristol resident community are completely overlooked when it comes to the really important issue of what is after all, public money being invested into City Hall via local taxes: and how that money is spent.
My aim as mayor would be to bring social cohesion and fairness to a divided city.
John Langley is an independent candidate for Bristol mayor.
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