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Android: good or bad for Java? Oracle claims harm but I am sceptical
Patent blogger Florian Mueller quotes a statement filed by Oracle in its legal dispute with Google over its use of the Java language in Android:
Android's growth in the mobile device market has been exponential, steadily diminishing Java's share. For instance, Amazon's newly-released Kindle Fire tablet is based on Android, while prior versions of the Kindle were Java-based. Android has been gaining in other areas as well, with Android-based set-top boxes and even televisions appearing this year. These are markets where Java has traditionally been strong but is now losing ground to Android. The longer Android is allowed to continue fragmenting the Java ecosystem, the more serious the harm to Java becomes, and the more difficult it is to try to unwind. Oracle suffers harm in the form of lost licensing opportunities for its existing Java platform products, and the enterprise-wide harm from fragmentation of Java, which reduces the 'write once, run anywhere' capability that has historically provided Java such great value.
The Kindle is an interesting example. I had not realised that the pre-Fire Kindle runs Java, but Oracle shows it as a case study and indeed, here are the javadocs.
Android infuriates Oracle because it uses the Java language, but has its own virtual machine called Dalvik. Dalvik bytecode is different from Java bytecode.
I have no expertise on the legal position, but while I can see Oracle's point it is also true that Android has greatly boosted interest in Java development. Although Google has fragmented Java, the fact that the language is the same benefits Oracle insofar as it increases the pool of Java developers who may also be inclined to create Java applications on the server or in other contexts.
The interesting question to ask is where Java would be without Android. On mobile, it would likely be close to death. Apple's iOS platform is equally as resistant to Java as to Adobe Flash. RIM Blackberry used to be a Java platform, but is moving away:
While we will continue to support our BlackBerry Java developer community as they build for BlackBerry smartphones, after further investigation we decided against supporting BlackBerry Java on BlackBerry BBX. We concluded that the BlackBerry Java experience on the BlackBerry PlayBook platform would ultimately not satisfy us, our development community, or our customers as the platform continues to evolve.
Microsoft has no interest in Java on the Windows Phone OS or in the Windows 8 OS that will likely replace it on devices.
Oracle's claim is in the context of a legal dispute, and as Mueller observes, the company is happy to show off growing interest in Java in its press releases – though without mentioning the A word.
Of course you can understand why Oracle might want to enjoy the benefit of Java's Android boost as well as the reward of a legal victory over Google.
PS: interesting that Oracle's Java press release seems to be served by Microsoft .NET:
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Java Standard Edition 7 is done, but feels like an interim release
July 28, 2011 onlyconnect
Oracle has released Java SE 7:
Oracle today announced the availability of Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7), the first release of the Java platform under Oracle stewardship.
What's in Java SE 7? Despite the full version number increment, I am tempted to call this an interim release. In December 2010 the JCP approved the specification of both Java SE 7 and Java SE 8, with two of the more interesting features, Project Lambda and the Module system (Project Jigsaw), held back for Java SE 8. Java SE 7 does include the InvokeDynamic keyword which improves the performance of dynamic languages such as Ruby and Python running on the JVM, as well as most of the minor language enhancements known as "Project Coin". There is also a Fork/Join framework to better support concurrent programming.
The good news is that Java SE 8 is set to follow in late 2012, not so long considering Java SE 6 was released in 2006 . You can see the roadmap summarised here. This post is from October 2010, but as far as I am aware it has not changed much since. 2012 is also when we can expect Java Enterprise Edition 7.
It is also worth mentioning JavaFX 2.0, set for release later this year. A handy summary of JavaFX 2.0 is here. Whereas JavaFX 1.0 was rushed out and features a new scripting language that in the end few wanted, JavaFX 2.0 is more promising. Dimitry Jemerov, developer of IntelliJ IDEA at JetBrains, told me earlier this year:
JavaFX is going to turn, when the version 2.0 is released, from a dead end resource sucker project into a set of distinct technologies of great immediate usefulness to many Java developers.
Is there still hope for Java on the client? Java is barred from Apple iOS which is a problem, and is no longer supplied as standard on Mac OS X, but it will still make sense for many business applications. Of course Java is also wildly successful in the context of Google Android, but that uses the Dalvik VM rather than the Java VM so is rather a different thing.
Update: As ever, upgrade critical machines with caution. In particular, Apache Lucene and Apache Solr do not work on Java 7 because of HotSpot optimization bugs.
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OpenOffice moving to Apache; next step reunification with LibreOffice
June 1, 2011 onlyconnect
Oracle has announced that it is contributing the OpenOffice.org code, the source for the free productivity suite that competes with Microsoft Office, to the Apache Software Foundation's Incubator:
Incubation is the first step for a project to be considered among the diverse Open Source initiatives overseen by the ASF. A submitted project and its community will join the more than 50 projects in the Apache Incubator, and will benefit from the Foundation's widely-emulated meritocratic process, stewardship, outreach, support, community events, and guiding principles that are affectionately known as "The Apache Way".
Everybody love the Apache Foundation so this is good news for the future of the project, though the Document Foundation, formed by renegade OpenOffice.org contributors fed up with Oracle's stewardship, says the event is neutral from their perspective. The Document Foundation welcomes the ability to reuse code that will now but under the Apache License, but adds:
The Document Foundation would welcome the reuniting of the OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice projects into a single community of equals in the wake of the departure of Oracle. The step Oracle has taken today was no doubt taken in good faith, but does not appear to directly achieve this goal. The Apache community, which we respect enormously, has very different expectations and norms – licensing, membership and more – to the existing OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice projects. We regret the missed opportunity but are committed to working with all active community members to devise the best possible future for LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org.
It seems inevitable that the two projects will be reunited, and it seems that dialogue has already begun:
TDF is therefore willing to start talking with Apache Software Foundation, following the email from ASF President Jim Jagielski, who is anticipating frequent contacts between the Apache Software Foundation and The Document Foundation over the next few months.
A curious story, but one that seems likely to end in a good way. IBM, which is a big supporter of the ODF XML document formats used in OpenOffice, is welcoming the move:
Over the long-term, we plan to work with other Apache contributors to extend the vision of productivity beyond documents. We are learning much more about the semantic web through our additional work on LotusLive Symphony, and the vision in the research and lab teams has to extend productivity into new realms. Meanwhile, the Apache community can be expected to accelerate adoption of ODF as a primary set of document formats, and to drive ODF compatibility in other products and solutions in the future.
says Ed Brill. It is good to read about new approaches to productivity, because this has been a weakness in OpenOffice which is sometimes perceived a a kind of inferior-but-free equivalent to Microsoft Office. In the meantime, Microsoft has worked to make its own suite more distinctive, to defend a territory that accounts for a significant share of its profits. The ribbon user interface is part of that strategy, but more significant is its integration with SharePoint, and the emergence of Office Open XML as a unifying format for editing documents in desktop Office and within the browser using Office Web Apps.
Unifying the open source teams behind OpenOffice and getting it away from Oracle are both important steps towards making the project more compelling.
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Oracle says OpenOffice non-strategic, ceases commercial versions. Time to reunite with Libre Office?
April 15, 2011 onlyconnect
The OpenOffice story has taken a curious turn today with Oracle announcing that it intends to cease the commercial versions of this office suite and to move the project a non-commercial organisation.
What the press release does not say is that there is already a non-commercial organisation working on the OpenOffice code. The Document Foundation was formed in September 2010 against Oracle's wishes. This online OpenOffice meeting shows some of the tensions:
(21:59:42) louis_to: your role in the Document Foundation and LibreOffice makes your role as a representative in the OOo CC untenable and impossible
(22:00:01) Andreas_UX: I would support that. I think that the more we discuss the more we will harden the fronts
(22:00:17) louis_to: it causes confusion, it is a plain conflict of interest, as TDF split from OOo
In this dialog, louis_to is Louis Suárez-Potts who works at Oracle as OpenOffice.org community manager.
Oracle's Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect, says in the new press release:
We believe the OpenOffice.org project would be best managed by an organization focused on serving that broad constituency on a non-commercial basis. We intend to begin working immediately with community members to further the continued success of Open Office.
Why is Oracle distancing itself from OpenOffice? The implication is that it is non-strategic and not broadly adopted among Oracle customers, because these two factors are given as reasons for continuing with Linux and MySQL:
We will continue to make large investments in open source technologies that are strategic to our customers including Linux and MySQL. Oracle is focused on Linux and MySQL because both of these products have won broad based adoption among commercial and government customers.
The question now: will Oracle try to set up an independent foundation to compete with the Document Foundation? Or will there be a reconciliation, which would seem the only sensible way forward?
Background: OpenOffice was originally a commercial suite called Star Office. It was bought by Sun and made free and open source in an attempt to loosen Microsoft's hold on business computing. While OpenOffice has been popular, in the business world OpenOffice has had little impact on the success of Windows and Office. That said, it is possible that Microsoft's development of the Office Ribbon and the huge effort behind Office 2007 was partly driven by a desire to differentiate and improve its product in response to the OpenOffice competition.
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Guardian.co.uk enthuses about MongoDB, plans to ditch Oracle
March 11, 2011 onlyconnect
The Guardian's Mat Wall has spoken here at Qcon London about why it is migrating its web site away from Oracle and towards MongoDB.
He also said there are moves towards cloud hosting, I think on Amazon's hosted infrastructure, and that its own data centre can be used as a backup in case of cloud failure – an idea which makes some sense to me.
So what's wrong with Oracle? The problem is the tight relationship between updates to the code that runs the site, and the Oracle database schema. Significant code updates tend to require schema updates too, which means pausing content updates while this takes place. Journalists on a major news site hate these pauses.
MongoDB by contrast is not a relational database. Rather, it stores documents in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format. This means that documents with new attributes can be added to the database at runtime.
Although this was the main motivation for change, the Guardian discovered other benefits. Developer productivity is significantly better with MongoDB and they are enjoying its API.
Currently both MongoDB and Oracle are in use. The Guardian has written its own API layer to wrap database access and handle the complexity of having two radically different data stores.
I enjoyed this talk, partly thanks to Wall's clear presentation, and partly because I was glad to hear solid pragmatic reasons for moving to a NoSQL data store.
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Java Me is the top mobile platform says Oracle
February 16, 2011 onlyconnect 1 Comment
Here's the sign in Placa d'Espanya next to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
A touch of optimism.
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No more Ruby support in NetBeans – the feature was little used, says Oracle
January 27, 2011 onlyconnect 7 Comments
Oracle has announced the discontinuation of Ruby support in the NetBeans IDE. The reason? First, to free resources for JDK 7 support; but second (and more significant) – hardly anyone was using it.
There is hardly a shortage of Ruby IDEs. Ones that come to mind are the Eclipse-based Aptana, JetBrains RubyMine, the Visual Studio based Ruby in Steel, and Embarcardero's 3rd Rail. Further, some Ruby developers prefer to work without an IDE.
I also suspect that Ruby has not quite hit the mainstream in the way it seemed that it might a few years back. Its influence has been huge, but in practice many developers still fall back to PHP, Java and C#.
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No Java or Adobe AIR apps in Apple's Mac App Store
January 7, 2011 onlyconnect 7 Comments
Apple's App Store Review Guidelines appear to forbid Java or Adobe AIR applications from being published in the store:
Apps that use deprecated or optionally installed technologies (e.g., Java, [PowerPC code requiring] Rosetta) will be rejected.
Since Adobe AIR is not shipped by default with OS X, any applications requiring that runtime will not qualify. Java is forbidden because Apple has deprecated its own build of Java; and while it seems supportive of Oracle's official OpenJDK project for Mac OS X, apparently that support does not extend to allowing Java apps into the store.
Of course it is not only Java and Adobe AIR that are affected, but any apps that need a runtime.
There are many other provisions, most of which seem sensible in order to protect the user's experience with the App Store. Some of them have potential for causing controversy:
Apps that duplicate apps already in the App Store may be rejected, particularly if there are many of them. Apps that are not very useful or do not provide any lasting entertainment value may be rejected.
What defines duplication in this context? How will Apple test whether an app has "lasting entertainment value" – I presume this refers to games.
The situation on Mac OS X is different than on the iPhone or iPad, since users can easily install apps via other routes. That said, if the App Store catches on then not being included may become a significant disadvantage. Further, it will not surprise me if Apple starts hinting that non-approved apps carry more risk to the user, so that some users might decide to avoid anything without this official stamp of approval.
I wonder if Adobe will do a Flash packager for the Mac similar to that which it offers for iOS, to get round these restrictions?
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What you are saying about the Java crisis
November 19, 2010 onlyconnect 5 Comments
A week or so ago I posted about the Java crisis and what it means for developers. The post attracted attention both here and later on The Guardian web site where it appeared as a technology blog. It was also picked up by Reddit prompting a discussion with over 500 posts.
So what are you saying? User LepoldVonRanke takes a pragmatic view:
I'd much rather have Java given a purpose and streamlined from a central authoritative body with a vision, than a community-run egg-laying, wool-growing, milk-giving super cow pig-sheep, that runs into ten directions at the same time, and therefore does not go anywhere. The Java ship needs a captain. Sun never got a good shot at it. There was always someone trying to wrestle control over Java away. With the Oracle bully as Uberfather, maybe Java has a place to go.
which echoes my suggestion that Java might technically be better of under more dictatorial control, unpalatable though that may be. User 9ren is sceptical:
Theoretically, the article is quite right that Java could advance faster under Oracle. It would be more proprietary, and of course more focussed on the kinds of business applications that bring in revenue for Oracle. It would be in Oracle's interest; and the profit motive might even be a better spur than Sun had.
But – in practice – can they actual execute the engineering challenges?
Although Oracle has acquired many great software engineers (eg. from Sun, BEA Systems, many others), do they retain them? Does their organizational structure support them? And is Oracle known for attracting top engineering talent in general?
In its formation, Oracle had great software engineers (theirs was the very first commercial relational database, a feat many thought impossible). But that was 40 years ago, and now it's a (very successful) sales-driven company.
There's an important point from djhworld:
Java is hugely popular in the enterprise world, companies have invested millions and millions of pounds in the Java ecosystem and I don't see that changing. Many companies still run Java 1.4.2 as their platform because it's stable enough for them and would cost too much to upgrade.
The real business world goes at its own pace, whereas tech commentators tend to focus on the latest news and try to guess the future. It is a dangerous disconnect. Take no notice of us. Carry on coding.
On Reddit, some users focused on my assertion that the C# language was more advanced than Java. Is it? jeffcox111 comments:
I write in C# and Java professionally and I have to say I prefer C# hands down. Generics are very old news now in .Net. Take a look at type inference, lambdas, anonymous types, and most of all take a look at LINQ. These are all concepts that have been around for 3 years now in .Net and I hate living without them in Java. With .Net 5 on the horizon we are looking forward to better asynchronous calling/waiting and a bunch of other coolness. Java was good, but .Net is better these days.
and I liked this remark on LINQ:
I remember my first experience with LINQ after using C# for my final-year project (a visual web search engine). I asked a C# developer for some help on building a certain data structure and the guy sent me a pseudocode-looking stuff. I thanked him for the help and said that I'd look to find a way to code it and he said "WTF, I just gave you the code".
From there on I've never looked back.
Another discussion point is write once – run anywhere. Has it ever been real? Does it matter?
The company I work for has a large Java "shrinkwrap" app. It runs ok on Windows. It runs like shit on Mac, and it doesn't run at all on Linux.
write once, run anywhere has always been a utopian pipe dream. And the consequence of this is that we now have yet another layer of crap that separates applications from the hardware.
says tonymt, though annannsi counters:
I've worked on a bunch of Java projects running on multiple unix based systems, windows and mac. GUI issues can be a pain to get correct, but its been fine in general. Non-GUI apps are basically there (its rare but I've hit bugs in the JVM specific to a particular platform)
Follow the links if you fancy more – I'll leave the last word to A_Monkey:
I have a Java crisis every time I open eclipse.
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The Java crisis and what it means for developers
What is happening with the Java language and runtime? Since Java passed into the hands of Oracle, following its acquisition of Sun, there has been a succession of bad news. To recap:
The JavaOne conference in September 2010 was held in the shadow of Oracle OpenWorld making it a less significant event than in previous years.
Oracle is suing Google, claiming that Java as used in the Android SDK breaches its copyright.
IBM has abandoned the Apache open source Harmony project and is committing to the Oracle-supported Open JDK. Although IBM's Sutor claims that this move will "help unify open source Java efforts", it seems to have been done without consultation with Apache and is as much divisive as unifying.
Apple is deprecating Java and ceasing to develop a Mac-specific JVM. This should be seen in context. Apple is averse to runtimes of any kind – note its war against Adobe Flash – and seems to look forward to a day when all or most applications delivered to Apple devices come via the Apple-curated and taxed app store. In mitigation, Apple is cooperating with the OpenJDK and OpenJDK for Mac OS X has been announced.
Apache has written a strongly-worded blog post claiming that Oracle is "violating their contractual obligation as set forth under the rules of the JCP", where JCP is the Java Community Process, a multi-vendor group responsible for the Java specification but in which Oracle/Sun has special powers of veto. Apache's complaint is that Oracle stymies the progress of Harmony by refusing to supply the test kit for Java (TCK) under a free software license. Without the test kit, Harmony's Java conformance cannot be officially verified.
The JCP has been unhappy with Oracle's handling of Java for some time. Many members disagree with the Google litigation and feel that Oracle has not communicated well with the JCP. JCP member Doug Lea stood down, claiming that "the JCP is no longer a credible specification and standards body". Another member, Stephen Colebourne, has a series of blog posts in which he discusses the great war of Java and what he calls the "unravelling of the JCP", and recently expressed his view that Oracle was trying to manipulate the recent JCP elections.
To set this bad news in context, Java was not really in a good way even before the acquisition. While Sun was more friendly towards open source and collaboration, the JCP has long been perceived as too slow to evolve Java, and unrepresentative of the wider Java community. Further, Java's pre-eminence as a pervasive cross-platform runtime has been reduced. As a browser plug-in it has fallen behind Adobe Flash, the JavaFX initiative failed to win wide developer support, and on mobile it has also lost ground. Java's advance as a language has been too slow to keep up with Microsoft's C#.
There are a couple of ways to look at this.
One is to argue that bad news followed by more bad news means Java will become a kind of COBOL, widely used forever but not at the cutting edge of anything.
The other is to argue that since Java was already falling behind, radical change to the way it is managed may actually improve matters.
Mike Milinkovich at the Eclipse Foundation takes a pragmatic view in a recent post. He concedes that Oracle has no idea how to communicate with the Java community, and that the JCP is not vendor-neutral, but says that Java can nevertheless flourish:
I believe that many people are confusing the JCP's vendor neutrality with its effectiveness as a specifications organization. The JCP has never and will never be a vendor-neutral organization (a la Apache and Eclipse), and anyone who thought it so was fooling themselves. But it has been effective, and I believe that it will be effective again.
It seems to me Java will be managed differently after it emerges from its crisis, and that on the scale between "open" and "proprietary" it will have moved towards proprietary but not in a way that destroys the basic Java proposition of a free development kit and runtime. It is also possible, even likely, that Java language and technology will advance more rapidly than before.
For developers wondering what will happen to Java at a technical level, the best guide currently is still the JDK Roadmap, published in September. Some of its key points:
The open source Open JDK is the basis for the Oracle JDK.
The Oracle JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) will continue to be available as free downloads, with no changes to the existing licensing models.
New features proposed for JDK 7 include better support for dynamic languages and concurrent programming. JDK 8 will get Lambda expression.
While I cannot predict the outcome of Oracle vs Google or even Apache vs Oracle, my guess is that there will be a settlement and that Android's momentum will not be disrupted.
That said, there is little evidence that Oracle has the vision that Sun once had, to make Java truly pervasive and a defence against lock-in to proprietary operating systems. Microsoft seems to have lost that vision for .NET and Silverlight as well – though the Mono folk have it. Adobe still has it for Flash, though like Oracle it seems if anything to be retreating from open source.
There is therefore some sense in which the problems facing Java (and Silverlight) are good for .NET, for Mono and for Adobe. Nevertheless, 2010 has been a bad year for write once – run anywhere.
Update: Oracle has posted a statement saying:
The recently released statement by the ASF Board with regard to their participation in the JCP calling for EC members to vote against SE7 is a call for continued delay and stagnation of the past several years. We would encourage Apache to reconsider their position and work together with Oracle and the community at large to collectively move Java forward. Oracle provides TCK licenses under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms consistent with its obligations under the JSPA. Oracle believes that with EC approval to initiate the SE7 and SE8 JSRs, the Java community can get on with the important work of driving forward Java SE and other standards in open, transparent, consensus-driven expert groups. This is the priority. Now is the time for positive action. Now is the time to move Java forward.
to which Apache replies succinctly:
The ball is in your court. Honor the agreement.
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The Rills have shared their first new song of 2023, 'Falling Apart'
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The track is the third to come from their upcoming EP 'After Taste', set to be released on February 24th.
The Rills have shared a video for their latest track, 'Landslide', taken from their upcoming new EP
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Their upcoming EP will drop on 24th February, via Nice Swan Records.
The Rills have announced their second EP, 'Aftertaste', with new single, 'Landslide'
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The record will be released on February 24th, 2023 via Nice Swan Records.
The Rills have released 'Spit Me Out', a song about "love and lust"
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Catch the trio on tour towards the end of the year.
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Getting to know… The Rills: "If our heads are in the right space, that's the most inspiring place to be"
In among the bedroom bopsters and the silky synth-types, there's always a need for a raucous indie-rock riot.
The Rills have dropped a video for their latest single, 'World Leader'
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Arriving via Nice Swan Records, it's the latest to be lifted from EP 'Do It Differently', which is set for release on 6th May.
Check out a new track from The Rills, 'World Leader'
Baby Queen, Gayle, The Rills and more have joined the line-up to this year's Neighbourhood Weekender
Taking place between 28th and 29th May, the event will be headlined by Blossoms, Courteeners and Kasabian.
The Rills are teasing a new EP with title-track 'Do It Differently'
"Right now, TikTok is as punk as it gets!"
Indie newcomers The Rills have shared a new single, 'Skint Eastwood'
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Stanford University panders to Left-wing victimhood, launches dumbed-down physics course for minorities, lowering the educational bar for blacks
Stanford University is launching a physics course for "underrepresented" students. According to reports, the course is designed to give minority students from "underprivileged" backgrounds the extra help they need to succeed at college. The course will feature "learning aids" that will supposedly help unprepared students fill in the gaps. To the liberal left, this is the epitome of equity: Give students who haven't learned what they need to know a leg up by giving them special treatment during class.
It's one thing for a student to seek out tutoring on their own accord — that's a sign of personal responsibility and drive. But that doesn't seem to be the kind of thing Stanford University wants to foster. Instead, Stanford is teaching its students to fall back on their race and gender as an excuse to not have to work hard for what they want.
Stanford launches "physics for victims"
As Breitbart reports, Stanford University has joined the ranks of colleges around the country lowering the educational bar for the sake of politics. Standford has launched Physics 41E — a sister class to its Physics 41:Mechanics. The courses will cover the same content, but 41E will have extra class time and "learning aids" for minority students "who did not receive adequate preparation from their high school."
Professor Rise Wechsler argues further that minority students "feel excluded" in physics courses.
"Many students from all backgrounds and identities come to Stanford excited about physics, and this interest does not strongly depend on race or gender. But we lose a larger number of Black, Latinx and Native students, as well as women of all races, in the first two years of undergraduate study. A lot of that is due to the lack of community and overall climate. People from underrepresented groups often do not feel welcome in physics classes," Wechlser explained.
The language used by Professor Wechlser implies an entirely different message than the one being promoted by the school. Is Physics 41E for disadvantaged students who need extra help, or is it a class for students who believe they're victims?
Victim culture breeds stupid people
It is not a secret that some people are born wealthier or poorer than others, nor is it a secret that having money makes the minutia of life a bit easier — including education. It's reasonable to assume that some college students from less affluent school districts may need extra help — that's what tutoring services are for. If colleges want to make learning more accessible, they should make tutoring services more accessible to all students, irrespective of their race. Instead, Stanford is paying "learning assistants" $1,700 for classroom hand-holding. Oh, and if you're a white male, too bad — no extra help for you. According to reports, Stanford's Physics 41E course is only for minority students.
This whole business of feeling "excluded" or "unwelcome" is entirely manufactured by left-wing victim culture. If you are having trouble in school, you get a tutor. You don't demand that the university restructure an entire course.
Imagine going into work and telling your boss, "Hey, I don't know how to do my job. Can you hire someone to do it for me?"
That is the message Stanford is sending its students right now — and these kids are not going to be prepared for the real world. Your shortcomings aren't someone else's problem. There is nothing wrong with needing to learn, but it is up to the individual to take that initiative. There are substantial concerns about these kinds of tactics and how they ultimately lower the educational bar for minorities — but there is an even greater problem with these kind of "solutions" lowering students' threshold for personal responsibility. Education today is no longer about learning to become a functional adult; instead its all about learning how to whine the loudest.
See more coverage of the left-wing's latest atrocities at Libtards.news.
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Report: "Arabella" is $500 million dark money "ATM machine" for the Democrat Left
Deranged Leftists now claim that milking cows is an act of bovine sexual abuse
This has come to pass because "Christians" did not stop the anti-Christian hate speech agenda
Shocking report shows Democrats in Congress directing tech censorship against Conservatives
San Francisco museum airs film calling for white genocide: "Why Don't We Murder More White People" celebrated by left-wing lunatics
Twitter now says that resisting gun confiscation is "hate speech" – does anyone still doubt this social media platform is anti-American?
Liberals sign petition to protect unborn eagles while advocating the killing of unborn humans
Family of deceased abortion "doctor" discovers remains of 2,246 unborn babies in his house
Baby body parts trafficking company StemExpress admits to keeping babies ALIVE so that whole, beating hearts and heads can be harvested
Unreal: The New York Times just blamed "airplanes" for the 9/11 attack, completely ignoring the Islamic extremist haters who pulled it off
Is the NRA a "terrorist organization?" A lot of Democrats think so, but they have no problems with Antifa
Senator Elizabeth Warren promises to rebuild Russian economy, grow China's influence and support the Maduro regime in Venezuela…
The NYT is a blatantly racist, bigoted rag that deliberately hires and promotes racists
It is now obvious Iran owned the Obama White House
Transgenderism is a fad worth rejecting
If elected to the White House, Democrats promise to ban combustion engines, meat products, transportation and agriculture, plunging America into famine and pestilence
While declaring the NRA a "terrorist organization," San Francisco has nothing but praise for the baby murder factories known as Planned Parenthood
Antifa is deliberately trying to ignite a civil war across America, warns man who was assaulted by anarchist mob
Boston mayor lashes out at injured police instead of criticizing the Antifa terrorists who injured them… another liberal city goes full-on ANTI-COP


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Peary Arctic Club был американским клубом, целью которого было продвижение арктических экспедиций Роберта Пири (1856–1920).

Эта ассоциация влиятельных лиц смогла преодолеть сопротивление военно-морского министерства США по поводу предоставления необходимого пятилетнего отпуска для арктической экспедиции Пири 1898 года.

История
Арктический клуб Пири был основан в Нью-Йорке в 1898 году группой состоятельных жителей Нью-Йорка. Его участники были друзьями Роберта Пири, которые разделяли его стремление исследовать Арктику. Идея создания клуба была выдвинута Моррисом К. Джесупом весной 1897 года. Через год после основания Моррис Джесуп был избран первым президентом клуба. Генри В. Кэннон стал казначеем, Герберт Бриджмен - секретарём, а Фредерик Э. Хайд - вице-президентом. Судья Чарльз П. Дейли, президент Американского географического общества, был избран в исполнительный комитет клуба.

В 1904 клубу удалось собрать средства на покупку Пири корабля « Рузвельт» предназначенного для его экспедиций.Сбор средств клуба включал, кроме прочего, щедрые подарки в размере 50 000 долларов от Джорджа Крокера, младшего сына банкира Чарльза Крокера, и 25 000 долларов от самого Джесупа.

После смерти Морриса Джесупа в 1908 году президентом клуба был назначен Томас Хаббард, а  вице-президентом Зенас Крейн.Клуб прекратил своё существование после смерти Пири в 1920 году.

Выдающиеся члены

 Герберт Л. Бриджмен
 Генри В. Кэннон
 Томас Хэмлин Хаббард
 E. К. Бенедикт
 E. W. Bliss
 Чарльз П. Дэйли
 Джеймс Дж. Хилл
 Генри Х. Бенедикт
 Фредерик Э. Хайд
 Джон М. Флаглер
 Х. Хайден Сэндс
 Джеймс М. Констебль
 Кларенс Ф. Вайкофф
 Эдвард Г. Вайкофф
 Генри Пэриш
 A. A. Raven
 Грант Б. Шлей
 Эбен Б. Томас

Память
Ряд географических объектов в Гренландии и Канаде был назван в честь членов клуба, в том числе:

 Бенедикт Фьорд
 Cape Bridgman
 Cape Cannon
 Мыс Генри Пэриша
 Мыс Джеймса Хилла
 Мыс Джона Флаглера
 Мыс Морриса Джесупа, самая северная точка Гренландии.
 Мыс Томаса Хаббарда
 Мыс Вайкофф
 Констебл Бэй
 Daly Range
 Фредерик Э. Хайд-фьорд
 GB Schley Fjord
 Диапазон HH Бенедикт
 Мыс судьи Дэйли
 Ледник Морриса Джесупа
 Mount Henry Parish
 Mount Wyckoff
 Raven Glacier
 Sands Fjord
 Thomas Glacier
 Остров Вайкофф
 Wyckoff Land

Литература

 Роберт Э. Пири, « Ближайший к полюсу: отчёт о полярной экспедиции Арктического клуба Пири на корабле« Рузвельт », 1905–1906 гг.
 Роберт Э. Пири, Северный полюс (в иллюстрациях)
 Арктический Клуб Пири : Цели и задачи клуба, план кампании, описание нового корабля. Lotus Press, Нью-Йорк. 1905 г.
 Исследование Северного полюса: полевые работы Арктического клуба Пири 1898–1902 гг., Scientific American, 1904 г.

Примечания

Внешнии ссылки

 Айсберг. Спасательная экспедиция Пири Арктического клуба 1901 года
 Открытие Северного полюса, Глава 28
 Журнал Мари Пири Стаффорд
 Отправление «Windward» - JSTOR
 Фотоальбом северной полярной экспедиции Peary Arctic Club в библиотеке Дартмутского колледжа
Организации, основанные в 1898 году

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3A Softball Championship Game 3: Eastern Alamance holds off Central Cabarrus 4-2 to win first State Championship(State Title for Coach Danny Way and his Eastern Alamance Eagles)
GREENSBORO, NC – Eastern Alamance held off Central Cabarrus 4-2 in extra innings to win Game 3 of the 3A State Championship Series the school's first Softball State Championship.
Morgan Lawson was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's and a run scored to power the Eagles offense in the game. Her two RBI's came in the top of the eighth inning with the score tied at two, blasting a homer to right to put the Eagles in front 4-2. Her outstanding game four performance put her at 5 for 10 in the series with 3 RBI's and merited her selection as the series' Most Valuable Player.
Eastern Alamance scratched across single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Haley Batista came across the plate in the fourth on a sacrifice play that included a Viking error, allowing the first run of the game. Then in the fifth, another Central Cabarrus error cost the Vikings a run as Kyra Jones touched home following the error to make it 2-0.
Central Cabarrus did not go down quietly though, as the Vikings responded with a run in the fifth on Christina Brendle's homer to center field, trimming the Eagles' lead to 2-1. Then, trailing by one in the last of the seventh, Brendle led off the inning with a triple before Baily Ruble sacrificed her home to tie the game at two.
Kenna Raye Dark allowed just three hits in a complete game effort in the circle for Eastern Alamance. It was her third complete game of the series and second win. The two runs allowed were both earned, but she struck out seven while issuing just two walks.
Central Cabarrus finished the season 27-6. The Vikings reached the State Championship Game for the first time since 2005 and the first time in the Best-of-Three series era.
Eastern Alamance wrapped up the year with a 25-3 record. The Eagles appeared in their first ever Softball State Championship Series after winning the school's first Eastern Regional Championship in Softball. The Eagles claimed the school's first Softball State Championship.
JAMES ALVERSON-NCHSAA
Published June 2, 2019 By Press Release
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Bill Hass on Baseball:Ogle's new role clinches Hoppers' win
2A Softball Championship Game 3: West Stanly shuts out Eastern Randolph 3-0 to take school's third Softball title


Close to Las Vegas and Lake Mead is the Valley of Fire State Park, a desert like place with bizzare limbstone formations. That wouldn't be an attraction if it wasn't for the red color of the limbstones. Especially at sunset and sunrise the rocks are deep red and provide a spectacular scenery. They really look like fire and that's probably also where the park has its name from.
There are probably also hiking possibilities but we only spend the night at the campsite on our way to Zion National Park.


Sherwin-Williams (SHW 374.90, -22.90, -5.76%) is trading down this morning after lowering guidance for Q4 this morning. Sales in Q4 were up only 2% yr/yr as compared to prior guidance of a mid-single digit percentage increase. Adjusted EPS for guidance for 2018 was lowered to approximately $18.53. This compares to October guidance of $19.05-19.20.
This is some pretty rough guidance. So, what happened?
SHW concedes that its Q4 performance was disappointing across the board relative to its outlook in October. Revenue fell well short of prior guidance due in large part to weak sales growth by its North American stores in October and November.
Store sales rebounded somewhat in December, but not enough to bring in the quarter. Sales for its Consumer Brands and Performance Coatings Groups also fell short of expectations. The revenue shortfall was the primary driver of the significant EPS miss in the quarter.
SHW did not provide a lot of color in its press release. Investors will have to wait for its full Q4 report and 2019 outlook on January 31. However, SHW provided some clues on its Q3 call in October. SHW noted that there has been an increasing number of stories suggesting that the peak of this economic expansion may be behind us. SHW pays particularly close attention to the US construction and remodeling markets, which have also shown signs of weakening. The company has also been focused on integrating Valspar, which was a major acquisition for SHW. It closed in 2017. Synergy targets for both 2018 and longer term remain on track.
The stock has fallen from near $480 in late September to around $377 today in the pre-market. The main catalyst has been back-to-back disappointing earnings results in Q3 and now apparently in Q4 as well. A slowing construction/remodeling market is a big hurdle for SHW and rising interest rates are not helping.
Also, the competition is keeping companies like SHW on their toes. Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) have been pretty aggressive on prices. Those companies have an advantage in that they sell lots of other items so they bring in good foot traffic whereas SHW is more of a paint-only destination. Looking ahead, we are a bit cautious heading into that company outlook for 2019 on January 31. With two rough quarters, SHW may be pretty cautious about its 2019 outlook.


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A Train To Moscow Elena Gorokhova
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God has blessed me with such a sweet wife. I love her so much. I remember that day, ten years ago, when we got married. We were so in love and things couldn't have been any better. I was marrying my sweetheart. She took my breath away each time I saw her. She gave me chills just holding her hands. In these ten years she has been true to me. We've had two kids since then and she has been a wonderful mother to them. Raising kids is never easy but we have two healthy and vibrant kids because of her motivation to be a better mother. She has always been so willing to work on things, even when I didn't want to listen. Over time my pride had taken over my life. I had become more important than my family. There was always arguing and I always had to be right. Without even knowing it, I'd say things to my wife that were hurtful. I'd make promises that I could never keep. On my computer, If an ad popped up for a pretty girl, I'd click it. I thought someone else could satisfy my needs. All of my wife's trust was gone. My heart was always drifting and I couldn't fix the marriage on my own. I wanted to change but I could never break free of my sins.
My life was in ruins until I came to Christ. I pleaded with Him to help my marriage. I pleaded for another chance at life. I was long gone and didn't think there was anything left for me. I was so far away from His love. When He came for me I couldn't believe it. I didn't think He could ever love me. I was swept over by His love. His compassion won my heart. He had mercy on me! Through His grace I was forgiven. Oh Lord, thank You for saving me. You have taken my pride and turned it in to love. Thank You for loving me and giving me hope. I love You so much. This marriage is so important to me now. Help me to love my wife and kids with all my heart. With the fire that burns within me for You let it also fall upon my family. As You love me, I will love my wife with the same love. As I gain her trust I hope that she will honor me like she honors You. Help me to become a man of the household and be led by You always. Help me to be the kind of person to lead my family back to Your presence. I will seek your counsel and abide by it. My family is safe because You lead it. May our hearts be knit in your will always. This marriage is blessed for you are at the head. I love You Lord.
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A Collection of Moments (Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 2 review)
If you could name an up and coming country artist that's done it all already, who do you think would fit that bill? I'll give you two guesses for albums that have done that in 2017. But you only need one answer.
Chris Stapleton – From A Room: Volume 2
Chris Stapleton is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his ability to perform rock, bluegrass, country, and a mixture thereof. He has been active in the music industry for over fifteen years now; he went solo back in 2013, released his debut album The Traveller in 2015, followed by From A Room: Volume 1 in May of 2017. If the velocity of his release schedule seems overwhelming, consider that that this is an artist who has contributed over 150 songs to albums by other popular artists like Adele, Tim McGraw, and Brad Paisley, among others.
Stapleton is a southern boy through and through, raised in Kentucky and active in Nashville since he officially began to focus on music in 2001. His wife Morgane has featured in harmonies on all three of his albums, and he often includes long-time friends in the band he records and travels with, citing the importance of chemistry when crafting a song.
This is incredibly apparent on From A Room: Volume 2. As you listen to the record, it is obvious that these are collection of vignettes, windows into characters that Stapleton has spent a lifetime crafting, and while it goes against my typical expectation for a good album, I appreciate that fact this collection of songs was further proven by the older sister album released not even six months ago – proof that each track can stand on it's own and that Stapleton is an artist in it for the long haul. I'll admit that it seemed like a commercial gimmick at first, a way to make cash off of his current success with CMA awards, but these humble albums are both strong, and in my opinion, Volume 2 is even stronger.
Album opener Millionaire is your standard country song about love overcoming financial difficulty, with Hard Livin' coming shortly after – a song about outlaw living, and an excellent demonstration of Stapleton's command over his chosen genre.
Scarecrow In The Garden is another notable addition to the queue, choosing to try something new in the form of a narrative about immigrant farmers living in West Virginia. It doesn't have the typical fairytale ending of most popular country, and this is what separates Stapleton from his contemporaries. A natural evolution of sound.
Comparisons have been made to Tom Petty, and Stapleton even travelled with him on his final tour, but other greats like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson all come to mind. Just listen to the final four songs and you'll get a better sense for it. A Simple Song has a folk feel, while Midnight Train to Memphis is rockabilly at heart. Drunkard's Prayer is a somber ballad and album closer Friendship is full of soul and the blues.
Pros: Even though it comes early on in the album, Nobody's Lonely Tonight is one of the strongest tracks on the record and a personal favourite of mine. An interesting take on overcoming heartbreak. Also, as previously mentioned, the harmonies of Morgane are much stronger on the album overall this time around.
Cons: It has a very short runtime, and while Tryin' To Untangle My Mind is a thoughtful and catchy track on the ups and downs of drinking, it's a little bit cliched in it's structure. But I can't quite place why this bothers me just yet.
Points of Interest: Millionaire is a cover of Kevin Welch's and Friendship is a cover of gospel and R7B legend, Pops Staples.
If it hasn't been made clear yet, this isn't your garden variety country music, dear readers. It is an excellent mix of both traditional country and soul music that subverts your expectations of what something out of Nashville should sound like. And I like it.
If I haven't convinced you to pick up this album yet, I'll leave you with one more piece of evidence to consider. He is BFF's with Justin Timberlake and has performed with him at the CMAs once already. Yes, that Justin Timberlake. The one who basically took up the mantle of King of Pop after Michael Jackson died. And his debut album is already a classic. But that's my theory on the matter.


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VLCC converted into Petrobras FPSO for pre-salt exploration
Submitted by Sebastião Martins on 13th September 2013
VLCC P-74 converted into 150,000 bpd FPSO to explore Santos Basin pre-salt layer
Conversion activities on the P-74 are expected to be completed by August 2014. Copyright: Agencia Petrobras
Brazil's Inhaúma shipyard is converting a very large crude carrier (VLCC) vessel into a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit which will operate for Petrobras in the Santos Basin's pre-salt area.
The conversion of the P-74 hull includes inspection of steel plates, the complete replacement of original equipment, and the manufacture and installation of 13 tons of new structures for the placement of modules, production lines and a new anchoring system, among others.
The P-74 measures 326.2 m length, 56.6 m width, 28.6 m height and has a storage capacity of 1.4 million barrels. Conversion activities are expected to be completed by August 2014.
In addition to working on P-74, the Inhaúma shipyard will also convert VLCCs P-75, P-76 and P-77 into FPSOs. Part of the conversion works on the three oil carriers was handled by China's Cosco shipyard.
Each platform will have the capacity to produce 150,000 barrels per day of oil and 7 million cubic meters per day of gas.
All four platforms will explore pre-salt fields in the Santos Basin under the country's onerous right transfer system.
Under the system, Petrobras may undertake E&P activities in given pre-salt areas at a limit of up to 5 billion barrels of oil and natural gas.
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Chinook Salmon South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2 population
Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Other/Previous Names: Chinook Salmon (South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2)
COSEWIC Assessment Date and Status Change: November 2018
COSEWIC Status Criteria: A2bcd
COSEWIC Reason for Designation: This summer run of chinook spawning in the South Thompson River has steeply declined in abundance to a very low level. Declines in marine and freshwater habitat quality, and harvest, are threats facing this population.
COSEWIC History of Status Designation: Designated Endangered in November 2018.
Quick Links: | Protection | National Recovery Program | Documents
COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Canada (2019-10-09)
COSEWIC assessed the status of 16 of 28 Designatable Units of Southern British Columbia Chinook Salmon in November 2018. Those DUs were considered to have received only relatively small levels of artificial supplementation over the past three generations, or were previously considered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to be Data Deficient. The results of the assessment are provided in this report. Note: This COSEWIC assessment was received by the Minister on October 15th, 2018.
Response Statement - Chinook Salmon, South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2 population (2020) (2020-01-07)
COVID-19 and the consultations on the listing of species at risk As a result of the COVID 19 situation, it may not be possible to have in-person meetings. We will work to ensure that all the known, potentially affected parties have the opportunity to contribute to the consultations and that the consultation process is flexible and sensitive to the current context. This summer run of chinook spawning in the South Thompson River has steeply declined in abundance to a very low level. Declines in marine and freshwater habitat quality, and harvest, are threats facing this population.
COSEWIC Annual Report 2018 to 2019 (2019-10-09)
Over the past year COSEWIC assessed a total of 56 wildlife species, 2 of which were assigned a status of not at risk. Of these 56, COSEWIC re-examined the status of 25 wildlife species; of these, the majority (80%) were reassessed at the same or lower level of risk. To date and with the submission of this report, COSEWIC's assessments now include 799 wildlife species in various risk categories including 356 endangered, 189 threatened, 232 special concern, and 22 extirpated (that is, no longer found in the wild in Canada). In addition, 18 wildlife species have been assessed as extinct, 59 wildlife species have been designated as data deficient, and 199 have been assessed as not at risk.


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Okomiti hitac ili vertikalni hitac je gibanje materijalne točke koja je izbačena u polju sile teže okomito prema gore ili prema dolje.

Hitac je izbačaj tijela u prostor i složeno gibanje koje nastane kada na izbačeno tijelo djeluje sila teža. Ovisno o smjeru vektora početne brzine prema sili teži, hitac može biti horizontalni ili vodoravni (gibanje materijalne točke koja je izbačena vodoravno u polju sile teže), okomiti ili vertikalni (gibanje materijalne točke koja je izbačena u polju sile teže okmito prema gore ili prema dolje) i kosi (gibanje materijalne točke koja je izbačena u polju sile teže pod kutom različitim od pravog kuta prema vodoravnoj ravnini). Ako je otpor zraka zanemariv, putanja gibanja je parabola.

Okomiti hitac uvis
Izbacimo li neko tijelo okomito uvis početnom brzinom v0, njegova će se brzina smanjivati u svakoj sekundi za g ≈ 9,81 m/s2 (ubrzanje zemljine sile teže) zbog djelovanja sile teže, pa će se tijelo gibati jednoliko usporeno. Prema tome, brzina se računa po izrazu:

a prijeđeni put će biti:

U najvišoj točki do koje se tijelo popne konačna brzina je v = 0. Zato vrijeme penjanja t možemo izračunati ako u izraz za brzinu stavimo za konačnu brzinu v = 0:

pa sređivanjem dobivamo:

Visinu okomitog hitca uvis s = h dobit ćemo tako da u izraz za put uvrstimo vrijeme penjanja:

Kad tijelo stigne u najvišu točku, brzina mu je jednaka nuli, i zatim počinje slobodno padati. Put koji tijelo prevali slobodnim padom dobiva se iz jednadžbe za slobodni pad:

pa dobivamo:

Budući da je visina okomitog hica uvis jednaka putu slobodnog pada:

izlazi da je:

ili drugim rječima, tijelo padne na zemlju brzinom kojom je izbačeno okomito uvis, ali suprotnog smjera.

Okomiti hitac prema dolje
Bacimo li neko tijelo s početnom brzinom v0 okomiti prema dolje, ono će se gibati jednoliko ubrzano zbog djelovanja sile teže, pa je prema tome brzina:

a prijeđeni put će biti:

Vektorski opis
Vertikalni hitac se može opisati istim jednadžbama bez obzira na to bacimo li tijelo vertikalno uvis ili prema dolje nekom početnom brzinom. No, u tu svrhu potrebno je koristiti vektorski opis, u kojemu se umjesto prijeđenog puta prikazuje položaj tijela, tipično na vertikalnoj koordinantnoj osi "y" usmjerenoj uvis. U takvom opisu, vertikalni hitac je jednoliko ubrzano gibanje po vertikalnom pravcu zato što (nakon izbacivanja) tijelo ima stalno vertikalno ubrzanje prema dolje, ubrzanje slobodnog pada . To ubrzanje prikazujemo njegovom skalarnom komponentom  na osi "y". Slično, i brzinu prikazujemo skalarnom komponentom  koja je pozitivna za gibanje uvis, a negativna za gibanje prema dolje.

Jednadžbe gibanja imanju oblik:

Tu je  položaj koji tijelo prolazi u trenutku  i često se odabire da bude nula ako odatle bacamo tijelo (pa tu ima početnu brzinu ).

Izvori

Poveznice
 Kosi hitac
 Vodoravni hitac

 Klasična mehanika


I have a confession to make about not judging a book by it's cover. In this case, it's not judging an APV by photos on the web. I have seen the Vamo around for awhile, but was always a little skeptical of it. For some reason, it just looke a little cheap to me and the $60 price tag for a variable wattage electronic cigarette mod didn't help. After finally getting one, I can honestly say that I unfairly judged the Vamo before trying it out.
The skepticism is due in part to the design of the tube on the Vamo. It has a nice chrome, or in my case gun metal, finish, but the grooves around the circumference make it look cheap somehow. From a distance it looks similar to an inexpensive aluminum flashlight. These grooves may have been incorporated to highlight the modular nature of the device, which we'll get to in a moment.
Picking up the Vamo for the first time dispels any concerns about solid construction. It is solid, heavy and well constructed. At 4.75 oz. with no batteries installed, it is over 1.5 oz. heavier than the ZMAX, which is probably its closest competitor. The Vamo is also 10mm longer and 1mm wider than the ZMAX. It's a pretty hefty device. The flat top and bottom accentuate the size of the device, but also give it a secure base to stand on.
There are three components included with the Vamo, the main switch body, and extension tube and a vented end cap. The device can be used with a single 18350 battery, and with the addition of the extension tube can house either a single 18650 or two 18350s. The components screw together easily and securely. The only complaint about the construction is in regards to the bottom spring. It is too thin and results in a fair amount of battery rattle, especially when using a single flat-top 18650. The weakness is bad enough that a good shake will actually cause the battery to lose connection, evidenced by the fact that the unit then has to be turned on again. There is a firmer spring fix, but that one apparently has too high of a resistance, resulting in heat issues (see PBusardos' commentary on that).
The three buttons on the Vamo are the main functional difference that set it apart from most of its rivals. There are a number of variations of the VAMO on the market with different button materials. The unit tested here has metal ones that match the finish on the device, making for one of the best looking button configurations available. One large button serves as the activation button which is pressed to power the atomizer. Pressing this button 5 times in rapid succession turn the device on and off. This feature makes it quick and easy to disable the device for carrying in a pocket or purse.
Two smaller buttons above the power button also serve multiple purposes. The left button lowers the voltage or power while the right button raises them. Pressing and holding the left button displays the remaining battery power and pressing and holding the right button displays the resistance of the atomizer or cartomizer in ohms. Pressing and holding both small buttons switches the device between variable voltage to variable power modes. A small "V" or "W" in the upper right corner indicates the present mode. Unfortunately, the voltage cannot be locked, so inadvertently pressing the voltage buttons while the unit is on is quite possible. It would have been nice to see a lock feature similar to that of the Lavatube.
Like a number of other imported APVs, the Vamo we tested has some annoying characteristics when it comes to saving information. Switching between variable voltage and variable wattage modes sets either one back to minimum, either 3 volts or 3 watts. Replacing the battery also resets the output voltage to 3 volts, but oddly, wattage settings are retained when in power mode.
The information mentioned above is nicely presented on a back-lit LED display. Everything is clearly legible and well lit. The clear plastic window of the display is curved to match the body of the device, but protrudes slightly, making us wonder how well it will hold up in the long term. Low battery and resistance warnings are also clearly displayed, with a "v" or ohm symbol indicating what the problem is.
The top of the Vamo is 510 threaded with a deep well surrounding it. The outside of the connector incorporates eGo threading, making the device compatible with all 510 electronic cigarette atomizers and cartomizers as well as most of those designed for the eGo. The well is not quite wide enough to accept the wider Kangertech clearomizers. In our tests a Kangertech EVOD did fit into the well, but so tightly that airflow was stopped.
over a couple of weeks worth of use, the VAMO has performed flawlessly. Voltage is impressive and it has been able to handle a variety of different resistances of cartomizers with ease. Voltage and power output seem to be very accurate and stay consistent for the life of the battery until voltage drops below 3.5 volts or so in single battery mode. Both 18650 and dual 18350 battery configurations make for an easy day and a half of vaping. Only the weak spring mars the experience, and we'll hope for a fix to that soon.
The VAMO joins a number of great variable voltage devices already on the market, as well as on my desk. Can it compete? The simple on/off sequence make it a great device to carry in a pocket, although the size and weight make it just a little cumbersome. The ease of checking the voltage also makes it an easy device to grab when leaving the house, although other can do this with just a few more presses of a single button. Where the VAMO shines is when the price is considered. At less than $60, the VAMO is one of the least expensive full performance variable power electronic cigarette devices around. Full performance, good looks and a reasonable price make the VAMO and excellent first APV or just a daily utilitarian device.
The VAMO is available from a number of vendors, such as Clouds of Vapor and Madvapes (under the name Vision).


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Q: How to add datas from JSON data In this fiddle inside view appointmnets tab there is a available hospital drop down which has 3 fields A,B,c.
Now I want to make this dropdown from the values that I get from JSON.
This is my JSON data
   {
    "doctors": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "schedules": [
                {
                    "id": 1,
                    "totime": "13:19",
                    "dayId": 1,
                    "location": "Somajiguda",
                    "fromtime": "12:19",
                    "hospitalId": 5,
                    "day": "Monday",
                    "hospital": "Yashoda"
                }
            ],
            "username": "doctor",
            "degree": "MBBS,MD",
            "email": "a@b.com",
            "imagePath": "imagePathValue",
            "department": "Bio-Chemistry",
            "name": "doctor",
            "userid": 4,
            "gender": "Male",
            "mobile": "1234567890"
        }
    ]
}

In the above JSON there is one value for hospital  "hospital": "Yashoda" so I want only   "Yashoda" in the drop down.In the above JSON there is totime and fromtime fields also.I am able to get those fields but I am not getting hospital name in the dropdown.Can anybody throw some light in this.
This is my update fiddle and following is the js codes
var DocSchedule = function(id, day, fromtime, totime, hospital, hospitalId) {
    this.id = ko.observable(id);
    this.day = ko.observable(day);
    this.fromtime = ko.observable(fromtime);
    this.totime = ko.observable(totime);
    this.hospital = ko.observable(hospital);
    this.hospitalId = ko.observable(hospitalId);
}

var iter = 0;

//var genderOptions = ['Male', 'Female'];
//var degreeOptions=['BDS','DA(Anaesthesia)','MBBS','MBBS,MD','MBBS,MD(Med)PMCH','MBBS,MD,FNB','MBBS,MS(ENT)','MD,DM,FISC','MD,MS,PhD,DSc','MDS(Oral Surgery)','MS(OPHTH),FICS','MS,DNB,MRCS(Edin),MCh(GASTRO)']
//var departmentOptions=['Anesthesiology','Bio-Chemistry','Cardiac Rehab Yoga','Cardio Thoracic Surgery','Cardiology','Chest Physician','Cosmetic Plastic and Hand Surgery','Critical Care','Dental&Facio maxillary Surgery','Dermatology','Diabetology','Dietary Services','Emergency Medicine','Endocrinology','Endoscopic,Head & Neck Surgery','Endoscopy','Gastroenterology','Gastrointestinal Medicine','General Medicine','General Surgery','Geriatrics','Gynecology','Hematology','Internal Medicine','Interventional Radiology','Laboratory Medicine','Laparoscopic Surgery','Medical Oncology','Micro-Biology','Nephrology','Neuro-Surgery','Neurology','Nuclear Medicine','Nuclear Medicinee','Obstetrics and Gynecology','Ophthalmology','Orthopedics & Traumatology','Otorhinolaryngology','Pathology','Pediatric Cardiology','Pediatric Surgery','Pediatrics','Physician','Physiotherapy','Psychiatry','Pulmonology','Radio-Diagnosis','Radiology','Rheumatology','Surgical Gastro-Enterology','Surgical Oncology','Urology','Vascular Surgery']
var Doctor = function(nameParam, usernameParam) {
    this.name = nameParam;
    this.username = usernameParam;
};
var doctors = [];

var Patientp = function() {
    this.id = ko.observable('');
    this.name = ko.observable('');
    this.degree = ko.observable('');
    this.gender = ko.observable('');
    //this.consultant= ko.observableArray(consultantArrValue);
    this.username = ko.observable('');
    this.password = ko.observable('');
    this.email = ko.observable('');
    this.mobile = ko.observable('');
    this.imgFile = ko.observable('');
    this.imgSrc = ko.observable('');
    this.imagePath = ko.observable('');
    this.userid = ko.observable('');
    this.department = ko.observable('');
    //this.consultant= ko.observableArray(consultantArrValue);
    //this.consultant= ko.observable(consultantValue);

}

var projectUrl = $('#projectUrl').val();
var pat = new Patientp();
docp = new DocSchedule();

pat.imgFile = 'imagefileValue';
pat.imagePath = 'imagePathValue';

$.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: projectUrl + "getDoctors",
    dataType: "json",
    jsonp: true,
    async: false,
    success: function(data) {
        //alert(data);
        $.each(data.doctors, function(index, currPat) {
            var doc = new Doctor(currPat.name, currPat.username);
            doctors.push(doc);
            if (currPat.userid == "${IDis}") {
                console.log(currPat.degree);
                pat.name = currPat.name;
                pat.username = currPat.username;
                pat.password = "";
                pat.email = currPat.email;
                pat.mobile = currPat.mobile;
                pat.gender = currPat.gender;
                pat.department = currPat.department;
                pat.degree = currPat.degree;
                pat.imgSrc = currPat.imagePath;
                pat.userid = currPat.userid;
                pat.id = currPat.id;
                $.each(currPat.schedules, function(index1, currPat1) {
                    //console.log(currPat1.totime);
                    docp.fromtime = currPat1.fromtime;
                    docp.totime = currPat1.totime;
                    docp.hospital = currPat1.hospital;
                });
            }
        });
    }
});
/* var jsonobject=ko.utils.parseJson(test);
$.each(jsonobject.patients,function(i,item){
var patient1 = new Patient(item.id, item.name, item.address, item.gender,item.consultant,item.username,"",item.email,item.mobile,"","",item.userid,item.imagePath);
self.patients.push(patient1);
});  */
//var patp=new Patientp();
//ko.applyBindings(patp);

function vm() {
    var self = this;
    self.genderOptions = ['Male', 'Female'];
    self.hospitalOptions = ['Yashoda'];
    self.degreeOptions = ['BDS', 'DA(Anaesthesia)', 'MBBS', 'MBBS,MD', 'MBBS,MD(Med)PMCH', 'MBBS,MD,FNB', 'MBBS,MS(ENT)', 'MD,DM,FISC', 'MD,MS,PhD,DSc', 'MDS(Oral Surgery)', 'MS(OPHTH),FICS', 'MS,DNB,MRCS(Edin),MCh(GASTRO)']
    self.departmentOptions = ['Anesthesiology', 'Bio-Chemistry', 'Cardiac Rehab Yoga', 'Cardio Thoracic Surgery', 'Cardiology', 'Chest Physician', 'Cosmetic Plastic and Hand Surgery', 'Critical Care', 'Dental&Facio maxillary Surgery', 'Dermatology', 'Diabetology', 'Dietary Services', 'Emergency Medicine', 'Endocrinology', 'Endoscopic,Head & Neck Surgery', 'Endoscopy', 'Gastroenterology', 'Gastrointestinal Medicine', 'General Medicine', 'General Surgery', 'Geriatrics', 'Gynecology', 'Hematology', 'Internal Medicine', 'Interventional Radiology', 'Laboratory Medicine', 'Laparoscopic Surgery', 'Medical Oncology', 'Micro-Biology', 'Nephrology', 'Neuro-Surgery', 'Neurology', 'Nuclear Medicine', 'Nuclear Medicinee', 'Obstetrics and Gynecology', 'Ophthalmology', 'Orthopedics & Traumatology', 'Otorhinolaryngology', 'Pathology', 'Pediatric Cardiology', 'Pediatric Surgery', 'Pediatrics', 'Physician', 'Physiotherapy', 'Psychiatry', 'Pulmonology', 'Radio-Diagnosis', 'Radiology', 'Rheumatology', 'Surgical Gastro-Enterology', 'Surgical Oncology', 'Urology', 'Vascular Surgery']
    self.person = pat;
    self.schedule = docp;

    self.schedules = ko.observableArray([new DocSchedule(iter)]);
    self.addSlot = function() {
        console.log(self.schedules.length);
        iter++;
        var docSchedule = new DocSchedule(iter);
        self.schedules.push(docSchedule);
    };

    self.removeSlot = function() {
        console.log('removed');
        self.schedules.remove(this);
    }

};
var viewModel = new vm();
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
$('#saveButton').click(function() {
    alert('savebutton');
    var testjson = ko.toJSON(pat);
    console.log(testjson);
    var formdata = new FormData();
    formdata.append("doctormetada", testjson);
    console.log(projectUrl + "updateDoctor");
    $.ajax({
        url: projectUrl + "updateDoctor",
        type: "POST",
        data: formdata,
        processData: false,
        contentType: false,
        success: function(res) {
            formdata = new FormData();
            //self.doctor(new Doctor());
        }

    });

});

A: i have just changed in your html code and now its working
 <select class="span8" name="hospital"
                data-bind="options: $root.hospitalOptions,value: docp.hospital,optionsCaption: 'Select Hospital'"
                data-required="true" data-trigger="change">
            </select>

see link

A: Try this:
Html

        Profile

                                 Name :
                                 <input class="span8" type="text" data-bind="value: doctor.name"
                                     data-required="true" data-trigger="change" name="name">

                                 Department :
                                 <select class="span8" name="department"
                                     data-bind="options: departmentOptions, value: doctor.department, optionsCaption: 'Select Department'"
                                     data-required="true" data-trigger="change">
                                 </select>

                                 Gender :
                                 <select class="span8" name="gender"
                                     data-bind="options: genderOptions, value: doctor.gender, optionsCaption: 'Select Gender'"
                                     data-required="true" data-trigger="change">
                                 </select>

                                 Degree :
                                 <select class="span8" name="degree"
                                     data-bind="options: degreeOptions, value: doctor.degree, optionsCaption: 'Select Degree'"
                                     data-required="true" data-trigger="change">
                                 </select>

                                 Username :
                                 <input class="span8" type="text"
                                     data-bind="value: doctor.username"
                                     name="username" data-required="true"
                                     data-trigger="change"
                                     data-remote="/MoDoc/isUserNameExists"
                                     data-remote-method="GET">

                                 Password :
                                 <input class="span8" type="password"
                                     data-bind="value: doctor.password"
                                     name="password"
                                     data-required="true"
                                     data-trigger="change">

                                 Mobile :
                                 <input class="span8" type="text" data-bind="value: doctor.mobile"
                                     data-type="number"
                                     data-minlength="10"
                                     data-required="true"
                                     data-trigger="change" data-type="phone" name="mobile">

                                 Email address :
                                 <input class="span8" type="text"
                                     data-bind="value: doctor.email" data-required="true"
                                     data-trigger="change" data-type="email" name="email">

                        Select imageChange<input type="file" data-bind=" file: doctor.imgFile, fileObjectURL: doctor.imgSrc" />
                        Remove

            <button class="btn btn-primary" id="saveButton">
                Save
            </button>
            <button class="btn">
                Cancel
            </button>

        Appointments
        <form id="addDoctorSchedules" data-validate="parsley">

                        Week Day
                        From Time
                        To Time
                        Available Hospital

                            <select class="span8" name="day"
                                data-bind="options: $parent.weekdays, value: day, optionsCaption: 'Select Day'" data-required="true" data-trigger="change">
                            </select>

                            <input type="text" data-format="hh:mm" data-bind="value: fromtime()" style="width: 82px">

                            <input type="text" data-format="hh:mm" data-bind="value: totime()" style="width: 82px">

                            <select class="span8" name="hospital"
                                data-bind="options: $parent.hospitalOptions, value: hospital, optionsCaption: 'Select Hospital'" data-required="true" data-trigger="change">
                            </select>

                            <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" data-bind="click: $parent.addSlot" value="Add">Add Timing</button>
                            Remove

        </form>

JavsScript
var Model;
(function (Model) {
    var Doctor = (function () {
        function Doctor(data) {
            if(data != null) {
                this.id = ko.observable(data['id']);
                this.name = ko.observable(data['name']);
                this.degree = ko.observable(data['degree']);
                this.gender = ko.observable(data['gender']);
                this.username = ko.observable(data['username']);
                this.password = ko.observable(data['password']);
                this.email = ko.observable(data['email']);
                this.mobile = ko.observable(data['mobile']);
                this.imgFile = ko.observable(data['imgFile']);
                this.imgSrc = ko.observable(data['imgSrc']);
                this.imagePath = ko.observable(data['imagePath']);
                this.userid = ko.observable(data['userid']);
                this.department = ko.observable(data['department']);
            } else {
                this.id = ko.observable('');
                this.name = ko.observable('');
                this.degree = ko.observable('');
                this.gender = ko.observable('');
                this.username = ko.observable('');
                this.password = ko.observable('');
                this.email = ko.observable('');
                this.mobile = ko.observable('');
                this.imgFile = ko.observable('');
                this.imgSrc = ko.observable('');
                this.imagePath = ko.observable('');
                this.userid = ko.observable('');
                this.department = ko.observable('');
            }
        }
        return Doctor;
    })();
    Model.Doctor = Doctor;
    var Schedule = (function () {
        function Schedule(data) {
            if(data != null) {
                this.id = ko.observable('' + Schedule._id++);
                this.day = ko.observable(data['day']);
                this.fromtime = ko.observable(data['fromtime']);
                this.totime = ko.observable(data['totime']);
                this.hospital = ko.observable(data['hospital']);
                this.hospitalId = ko.observable(data['hospitalId']);
            } else {
                this.id = ko.observable('' + Schedule._id++);
                this.day = ko.observable('');
                this.fromtime = ko.observable('');
                this.totime = ko.observable('');
                this.hospital = ko.observable('');
                this.hospitalId = ko.observable('');
            }
        }
        Schedule._id = 0;
        return Schedule;
    })();
    Model.Schedule = Schedule;
})(Model || (Model = {}));

var projectUrl = $('#projectUrl').val();

        $.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            url: projectUrl + "getDoctors",
            dataType: "json",
            jsonp: true,
            async: false,
            success: function (data) {
                //alert(data);
                $.each(data.doctors, function (index, currPat) {
                    var doc = new Doctor(currPat.name, currPat.username);
                    doctors.push(doc);
                    if (currPat.userid == "4") {
                        console.log(currPat.degree);
                        pat.name = currPat.name;
                        pat.username = currPat.username;
                        pat.password = "";
                        pat.email = currPat.email;
                        pat.mobile = currPat.mobile;
                        pat.gender = currPat.gender;
                        pat.department = currPat.department;
                        pat.degree = currPat.degree;
                        pat.imgSrc = currPat.imagePath;
                        pat.userid = currPat.userid;
                        pat.id = currPat.id;
                        $.each(currPat.schedules, function (index1, currPat1) {
                            //console.log(currPat1.totime);
                            docp.fromtime = currPat1.fromtime;
                            docp.totime = currPat1.totime;
                            docp.hospital = currPat1.hospital;
                        });
                    }
                });
            }
        });

        var data = {
            "doctors": [
                {
                    "id": 1,
                    "schedules": [
                      {
                          "id": 1,
                          "totime": "13:19",
                          "dayId": 1,
                          "location": "Somajiguda",
                          "fromtime": "12:19",
                          "hospitalId": 5,
                          "day": "Monday",
                          "hospital": "Yashoda"
                      }
                    ], "username": "doctor",
                    "degree": "MBBS,MD",
                    "email": "sukant@iconma.com",
                    "imagePath": "imagePathValue",
                    "department": "Bio-Chemistry",
                    "name": "doctor",
                    "userid": 4,
                    "gender": "Male",
                    "mobile": "1234567890"
                }]
        };
        var doctor = data.doctors[0];
        var doc = new Model.Doctor(doctor);
        doc.imgFile = 'imagefileValue';
        doc.imagePath = 'imagePathValue';

        var schedules = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < doctor.schedules.length; i++) {
            schedules.push(new Model.Schedule(doctor.schedules[i]));
        }

        var hospitals = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < schedules.length; i++) {
            hospitals.push(schedules[i].hospital);
        }

        function vm() {
            var self = this;
            self.genderOptions = ['Male', 'Female'];
            self.weekdays = ["Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday", "Friday","Saturday","Sunday"]
            self.hospitalOptions = hospitals;
            self.degreeOptions = ['BDS', 'DA(Anaesthesia)', 'MBBS', 'MBBS,MD', 'MBBS,MD(Med)PMCH', 'MBBS,MD,FNB', 'MBBS,MS(ENT)', 'MD,DM,FISC', 'MD,MS,PhD,DSc', 'MDS(Oral Surgery)', 'MS(OPHTH),FICS', 'MS,DNB,MRCS(Edin),MCh(GASTRO)']
            self.departmentOptions = ['Anesthesiology', 'Bio-Chemistry', 'Cardiac Rehab Yoga', 'Cardio Thoracic Surgery', 'Cardiology', 'Chest Physician', 'Cosmetic Plastic and Hand Surgery', 'Critical Care', 'Dental&Facio maxillary Surgery', 'Dermatology', 'Diabetology', 'Dietary Services', 'Emergency Medicine', 'Endocrinology', 'Endoscopic,Head & Neck Surgery', 'Endoscopy', 'Gastroenterology', 'Gastrointestinal Medicine', 'General Medicine', 'General Surgery', 'Geriatrics', 'Gynecology', 'Hematology', 'Internal Medicine', 'Interventional Radiology', 'Laboratory Medicine', 'Laparoscopic Surgery', 'Medical Oncology', 'Micro-Biology', 'Nephrology', 'Neuro-Surgery', 'Neurology', 'Nuclear Medicine', 'Nuclear Medicinee', 'Obstetrics and Gynecology', 'Ophthalmology', 'Orthopedics & Traumatology', 'Otorhinolaryngology', 'Pathology', 'Pediatric Cardiology', 'Pediatric Surgery', 'Pediatrics', 'Physician', 'Physiotherapy', 'Psychiatry', 'Pulmonology', 'Radio-Diagnosis', 'Radiology', 'Rheumatology', 'Surgical Gastro-Enterology', 'Surgical Oncology', 'Urology', 'Vascular Surgery']
            self.doctor = doc;

            self.schedules = ko.observableArray(schedules);
            self.addSlot = function () {
                self.schedules.push(new Model.Schedule(null));
            };

            self.removeSlot = function () {
                console.log('removed');
                self.schedules.remove(this);
            }
        };
        var viewModel = new vm();
        ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
        $('#saveButton').click(function () {
            alert('savebutton');
            var testjson = ko.toJSON(pat);
            console.log(testjson);
            var formdata = new FormData();
            formdata.append("doctormetada", testjson);
            console.log(projectUrl + "updateDoctor");
            $.ajax({
                url: projectUrl + "updateDoctor",
                type: "POST",
                data: formdata,
                processData: false,
                contentType: false,
                success: function (res) {
                    formdata = new FormData();
                }
            });
        });

Here is the Demo

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