text:
AMSE 2021 Virtual Conference, Vilnius
The annual conference of the European Association of Higher Education Institutions (AMSE) "Medical Schools of the Future – Towards Purposeful Innovation" hosted by the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University (VU), Lithuania took place on 7–9 October.
The three-day conference invited to discuss the most significant issues in three areas. It brought together more than 250 lecturers, academics, researchers, scientists and guests from 25 countries.
Through a crystal ball gazing
The first day of the conference was named as "Through a Crystal Ball Gazing". It was dedicated to discuss the future study process. Even though it might be difficult to foresee what medical studies will look like in 2030, Prof. Wolfgang Hampe (Hamburg, Germany), Prof. James Pickering (Leeds, UK) and Prof. Richard Fuller (Liverpool, UK) did however highlight the future study process in terms of admission procedures, teaching, learning, and assessment.
Furthermore, six speakers from Hungary, Greece, Sakartvelo (Georgia) and Lithuania shared their multiple experiences during the pandemic. "The speakers from Hungary and Lithuania reminded us that we should take into serious consideration the importance of the physical and psychological wellbeing of medical students during online studies. Of great concern is the decrease in physical activity and increase in burnout of medical students. I am sure that the same could be applied to the educators as well", said Prof. Vaiva Hendrixson (Vilnius, Lithuania). "Unfortunately, limited physical activity and high psychological pressure due to work overload and hybrid studies has become our new reality. Curriculum developers, administration, and faculty should therefore take into account the increased risk of burnout during online studies and put adequate measures into place."
Finally, Prof. Olle ten Cate gave lecture entitled "Has the Covid pandemic brought about real change or will we return to the old normal?" The professor summarized the negative impact of COVID on studies and pointed some positive points as well.
A Necessary Partnership or an Uncomfortable Presence?
The second day of the conference covered the topics of research, scientific publications, scholarships and early involvement of students in research.
Prof. Rolf-Detlev Treede (Mannheim, Germany) covered the theme "Why Research Should be a Key Feature of Medical Schools?". He showed why research are so important for medical schools and shared some practical experience from his medical school in Manheim. Prof. Susan van Schalkwyk (Cape Town, South Africa) presented the topic "Is it Research or Scholarship?" She noted that scholarship and research go hand in hand and the distinction between the two is hazy. And Dr. Andrea Tamás (Pécs, Hungary) invited to take a look at "Extracurricular Activity of Students at the University of Pécs Medical School".
After that, five speakers from Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Russia and Lithuania shared their insights on different topics related to teaching, student training, assignments and other. Also, Prof. Mariette van den Hoven (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) presented the topic "Revisiting the importance of Ethics in research".
At the end of the day, it's all about the patient
On the third day of conference patient-centered aspects of healthcare such as patient safety, inclusion etc. were discussed on the third day of AMSE annual conference. Prof. John Wass (Oxford, UK) presented the topic "Patients as Partners and Educators". He noted that medical practice has changed irreversibly, irrevocably carried out remotely. According to him, 80 percent physicians' consultations are currently taking place remotely in UK. Dr. Ioannis Ilias (Athens, Greece) spoke about the importance of patient's safety and shared Greece experience. "Patient of the Future. No one can see the future but that won't stop us from trying: Predictions for likelihood and impact" was presented by assoc. prof. Lina Zabuliene (Vilnius, Lithuania).
In the second session six speakers from UK, Ukraine, Hungary, Malta and Lithuania discussed topics connected with academic learning during COVID-19, simulation training, curriculum reform and other. Finally, General Director of European Institute of Women's Health Peggy Maguire (Dublin, Ireland) presented the topic "What is like to be a patient?".
An opportunity to share, learn and improve
According to the President of AMSE Prof. Harm Peters, this conference was rich in ideas and discoveries, because the global pandemic left no choice but to adapt to the new conditions of teaching and learning processes.
"The main goal for the academic life, and society as well, is to return back to the normal life we lived before the pandemic. Still, this period has had its own advantages. We must acknowledge that the traditions of academic life during the public health crisis have not lost their value and importance. Rather, on the contrary, we have had the opportunity to see them in a new light and re-evaluate in a way. We had the opportunity not only to understand the importance of community and social engagement but also to improve our leadership, the speed and quality of decisions, solidarity and friendship", said the President of AMSE.
The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, prof. Algirdas Utkus considered that perhaps this year, as year the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University is celebrating its 240th anniversary, it will become a historic date, mentioned by future researchers, when crucial changes towards innovation began. Let's hope that the advantage of an opportunity to share ideas and learn from each other's experienced was taken to the fullest and could be used for the further improvement.
AMSE2021 Conference Satellite "RARE DISEASE EDUCATION IN EUROPE: time for a change"
On October 6, 2021, an AMSE2021 satellite workshop "RARE DISEASE EDUCATION IN EUROPE: time for a change" was hosted by the AMSE annual conference. The workshop was organized by the AMSE and Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, and co-organized by the European Reference Networks on rare neurological and inherited metabolic diseases (ERN-RND and MetabERN) and EURORDIS, alliance of 974 rare disease patient organisations from 74 countries.
Rare diseases are defined by the only criterion – their rarity: every rare disease affects less than 1 in 2,000 people. However, there is a great heterogeneity behind this name – rare diseases affect any organ or tissue, at any age. About 8,000 rare diseases are currently known, and at least 300 new rare diseases are described each year. Therefore, the total number of rare disease patients is impressive – about 6 percent of the population, not counting rare cancers. Therefore, all physicians, nurses and other health care workers confront with them in their clinical practice.
Unfortunately, patients with rare diseases still face complex unsolved problems: long diagnostic oddysseys that may take 5 to 6 years on average, limited access to treatment, insufficient quality of health care services, and lack of long-term, coordinated and comprehensive care. One of the major prerequisites for solving these problems is sufficient knowledge and skills of the health care workforce.
Almost 100 participants – educators, clinicians, researchers, students, patient representatives and advocates – took part in the virtual workshop, while a faculty of 12 speakers from 7 countries (DE, UK, LT, IT, HU, SI, AT) gave a vast overview on the current state-of-the art of rare disease education in Europe, it's challenges and possible solutions. Several important conclusions were drawn from the discussions: although some aspects of rare disease education are provided by universities and medical schools, research infrastructues, professional, scientific, patient and non-governmental organizations, a growing wealth of educational resources is developed by the European Reference Networks and European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases, substantial gaps in knowledge and awareness still persist. Hence, there is a need to strengthen collaboration among the multistakeholder community and to develop common strategies for rare disease education and training in Europe and beyond. The Association of Medical Schools in Europe may play one of the leading roles in fostering and promoting rare diseases education for current and future healthcare workforce and researchers.
AMSE 2023, Iasi Future conferences Past conferences - AMSE 2022, Batumi, Kvariati - AMSE 2021 Virtual Conference, Vilnius - AMSE Online 2020, Belgrade - Older conferences


Hey, we're halfway to your actual birthday, so Happy Half-Birthday, you! Rob & Joss (from Mornings with Rob & Joss ) have a special HALF-Birthday message for you! Thanks for being a loyal listener and a KyXy Club email member! We hope you have twice the fun on your half-birthday!
Happy Birthday to YOU, loyal listener and KyXy Club member extraordinaire! To show you how much we truly appreciate you, KyXy's new morning show, Mornings with Rob & Joss are here to wish you the very best! Happy Birthday from Rob & Joss and all of us at KyXy 96.5!
Want to stay up-to-date on weekly contests, station events, and exciting pop-culture news? Join the KyXy Club! We won't spam you, we'll just send you a weekly email with all our contests, events and pop-culture happenings!


This paper has two aims. They are more in the nature of history than law. The first aim is to show that since the fourth century Western civilization has presupposed that there are not one but two sovereigns. Each has a jurisdiction of legitimate operation, and while there are areas of shared cognizance, there are other subject matter areas in which each is noncompetent to perform the tasks of the other. The second aim of this paper is to uncover historical figures that advanced a proposition concerning religious freedom that became the American church-state settlement.


MoeTV - развлекательный портал. Главная страница. Добро пожаловать! На нашем сайте есть. I would like to show my passion for your generosity giving support to those who have the need for assistance with this particular subject. Your very own commitment.


text:
Q: splice expected to remove multiple elements, but only removes one I'm using splice to remove the last n number of elements on an array (denoted by quizResponseCountToRemove).
However, in its currently implementation, it only removes 1 element.
Is there any particular reason for this?
My code is as follows;
  static removeCourseContentElementQuizResponseCount(
    course: ICourse,
    courseContents: ICourseContent[],
    selectedCourseContentUid: string,
    selectedCourseModule: number,
    quizResponseCountToRemove: number
  ): ICourse {
    courseContents.map((courseContent) => {
      if (courseContent.uid === selectedCourseContentUid) {
        courseContent.quiz.options.splice(-1, quizResponseCountToRemove);
        if (courseContent.quiz.answer > courseContent.quiz.options.length) {
          courseContent.quiz.answer = 1;
        }
      }
    });
    course.modules[selectedCourseModule].content = courseContents;
    return course;
  }

Update
It seems I have misunderstood how splice works. I want splice to work backwards from the last element. So in an array ['test1', 'test2', 'test3', 'test4'], if  quizResponseCountToRemove is 2 then I end up with ['test1', 'test2'].

A: If you pass splice a negative number for the first argument, that's an offset from the end of the array at which to perform the splice action. You're passing -1, so it'll perform its action on the last entry in the array. By definition, there's only one last entry in the array, so it doesn't matter how large quizResponseCountToRemove is. If it's any number over 0, only one element (the last one) will be removed.
In a comment you've said:

I want splice to work backwards from the last element. So in an array ['test1', 'test2', 'test3', 'test4'], if quizResponseCountToRemove is 2 then I end up with ['test1', 'test2']

In that case, you want to start quizResponseCountToRemove from the end, so you could pass in -quizResponseCountToRemove:
courseContent.quiz.options.splice(-quizResponseCountToRemove, quizResponseCountToRemove);

...but that's unnecessarily complicated. To truncate an array, you can just assign to its length:
courseContent.quiz.options.length -= quizResponseCountToRemove;

If it's possible that quizResponseCountToRemove might be larger than the array's length, you'll need to ensure you don't try to assign a negative number to length (which will cause an error):
courseContent.quiz.options.length = Math.max(0, courseContent.quiz.options.length - quizResponseCountToRemove);

Live Example:

const courseContent = {
    quiz: {
        options: ["test1", "test2", "test3", "test4"],
    },
};
const quizResponseCountToRemove = 2;
console.log("before", JSON.stringify(courseContent.quiz.options));
courseContent.quiz.options.length -= quizResponseCountToRemove;
console.log("after", JSON.stringify(courseContent.quiz.options));

A: You can use slice if you are looking to truncate an array. The problem with setting length of the array is that the length should be non-negative, so you need to add some checks.
In code snippet below even if delCount is 200, no additional checks are required slice will simply return an empty array. But remember slice returns a new array.

const arr = ["test1", "test2", "test3", "test4"],
  delCount = 2,
  newArr = arr.slice(0, -delCount);

console.log(newArr)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Visualbass Photography
Tobias Wang is a Toronto-based event photographer with eyes finely tuned to music, movement and colour. Born in 1983, he moved to Canada from Taiwan at the age of 11 and was raised, with his sister, by a single mother. At 15, Wang discovered two life passions that would shape his teens and adulthood: photography and raving. He fell hard for bass and breakbeats, with jungle music not only taking him to raves and clubs (the fake I.D. didn't hurt), it also inspired him to travel with camera in hand. By 1999, he shot three or more events each week.
Tobias took it fully pro in 2001, establishing Visualbass Photography. Toronto's rave culture was absolutely exploding at the time, and Tobias was there to frame its heartbeat. He became in-house photographer for INK Entertainment, a relationship that continues to this day. Tobias has photographed the globe's top electronic dance music stars, including Steve Angello, Hardwell, Tiesto, Calvin Harris, Zedd, Martin Garrix and, Armin van Buuren.
Tobias' photos have been featured in publications including the Toronto Star, Toronto Life, NOW, The Grid, Exclaim and blogTO. Nike, eOne Films, Live Nation and Angello's Size Records have been among his clients. Wang's work also was awarded top prize in the 2013 Sound Image photo exhibition and contest.
Tobias lives in the city's west end with his other great loves: wife Michelle and son Archer. Pop him a note if you would like to learn more.
- denise benson

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Near beer? Sir, you are a poor judge of distance. Here are ALL SIX of the best college football stories from around the country.
Running back Ryan Green became the 12th member of Florida State's Class of 2013 when he committed to play for Jimbo Fisher and Co. on Friday night after his second trip to Tallahassee. The 5-10, 187-pound Under Armour All-American chose Florida State over Auburn, Notre Dame, Florida and Clemson.
Suspended shortly after an incident of tandem peeing & fleeing, Ohio State tight end Jake Stoneburner and offensive lineman Jack Mewhort have seen their legal situation come to a conclusion.
Manase Foketi left Kansas State this spring, hoping to finish his college career closer to home in California. Instead, Foketi wound up in the no-man's land reserved for transfers who can't obtain a scholarship release.
This is how State fans tailgate.
One college football beat loses a good one, another football beat gains one.
Farewell to the "Big House." Mike's work has been featured often on this blog. We're gonna miss him and 'Cane fans are gonna love his work as much as we do.


This is the official Mirfanda Art Blog, exclusive to Mirfandas! Send in your Miranda Sings fan art (whether drawing, film, fashion, cake art or anything else- use your imagination!) to mirfandaart@gmail.com for the opportunity to have MIRANDA's verdict on YOUR work!... Given the inordinate amount of influencer-fronted beauty launches that proliferate on YouTube, it seems only inevitable that Miranda Sings — whose smeary red lips have become something of an iconic look — would get in on the action.
How To Look Like Miranda Sings (How To Part 1/3): Hello, this is the first post and I have decided to make a little series, three posts about how to look, act and sing like Miranda …... 10/08/2018 · Miranda Sings is coming back to Netflix! While Haters Back Off was cancelled after two seasons, Miranda is returning to the streaming service with a comedy special.
You don't do anything it's art. I love Miranda and all credits go to Coleen Ballinger for her genuis. I tried to make it look painted by the way lol... Given the inordinate amount of influencer-fronted beauty launches that proliferate on YouTube, it seems only inevitable that Miranda Sings — whose smeary red lips have become something of an iconic look — would get in on the action.
Number three is STUNNING! It is a well known fact that YouTube fans are a talented and creative bunch especially Miranda Sings fans. Miranda even uses her fan art to decorate her filming background.
Miranda sings is the most bootyful YouTuber out there. She is a 6 threat; Singer, Dancer, Actor, Model, Magician, and Author. Think you know everything there is to know about her?


This stunning townhouse situated in the new Arcadia Woods Estate has everything you need located just down the road from Woolworths in the Pimpama Junction Shopping Village, convenience is at your fingertips.
First listed on 17 April, this house has been on Domain for 3 days (last updated on 17 April). 1 other 2 bedroom house in Pimpama have recently been sold. There are currently 4 properties for sale in Pimpama.
1 sales this year for 2 bedroom Houses in Pimpama, market performance data requires a minimum of 10 sales.


text:
Speed Kills
Here at BrizBunny we are serious about speeding; and sometime a road safety campaign comes along that is worth mentioning. The town of Speed in North Western Victoria is now campaigning for supporters [^] on facebook to change it's name to "SpeedKills". All it takes is 10,000 likes.
The 45 people of Speed say "Too many people are killed or injured on our country roads. We're fed up and want to do something about it." They now have over 28,000 likes, so it looks as though there is going to be a new landmark sign on Victoria's roads. Head on over to facebook and check out the videos they have up with locals explaining the campaign.
Road Safety – Embrace Life
The Embrace Life [^] ad campaign for seat belts is a contrast to the graphic shock tactics normally employed for road safety messages.
The Sussex Safer Roads ad is intelligent and family friendly, but still manages to shock. This has been doing the rounds on Facebook recently, hopefully that will help spread the message a bit further; everyone needs reminding that there is no reason not to wear a seatbelt!
As far as I'm concerned this ranks up there with the Victorian Pictures of You [^] campaign.
Pictures of You – Anti-Speeding Campaign
The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has hit the airwaves again with another thought-provoking ad for TV and Radio. It feature Angie Hart [^], from the early-90's band Frente!, singing The Cure's classic 'Picture of You':
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are
All I can feel
Followed by the Voice Over:
Speeding drivers are the biggest killers on our roads
This is why you're photographed when you speed
The TAC has a history of shocking and thought-provoking advertising campaigns. This three minute ad features Victorian families who have lost members to speeding related accidents. They volunteered in the hope that they may save other families suffering the same loss as them. There is a supporting website at http://picturesofyou.com.au telling some of the stories behind the add. You can check the ad out for yourself on YouTube [^].
Source: http://www.ihartangie.net/ [^], http://www.splendad.com/ [^] & http://www.duncans.tv/ [^]


text:
J Pediatr Urol. 2014 Aug; 10(4):627-33.JP
Children with occult spinal dysraphism represent a wide spectrum of patients. Previous studies assessing urologic outcomes have in part been deficient due to the inability to appropriately categorize these patients and gather long-term follow-up data. In this study, a uniform set of patients that had occult spinal dysraphism with magnetic resonance imaging findings of a fatty filum terminale (FF) and/or low-lying cord (LLC) was identified. Utilizing long-term follow-up data, predictors for achieving urinary continence following tethered cord release (TCR) were determined.
A retrospective chart review of pediatric patients with a diagnosis of tethered cord who underwent TCR from 1995 to 2005 was performed. Analysis was limited to patients who had primary TCR by one of two neurosurgeons within our multidisciplinary spina bifida clinic, who had greater than 1-year follow-up, and who were old enough to have continence status assessed (age > 6 years unless definitively toilet trained earlier). Patients with other associated forms of spinal dysraphism (lipomyelomeningeocele, spinal lipomas, sacral agenesis), anorectal malformations, and genitourinary anomalies were excluded. Pre- and post-TCR urodynamics, radiographic studies, functional orthopedic status, and urologic outcomes were assessed. Urodynamic results were categorized by three blinded urologists into one of three urodynamic patterns: (1) normal, (2) indeterminate, and (3) high risk.
A total of 147 patients with FF and/or LLC that underwent TCR were reviewed. 51 patients were excluded because of another associated spinal dysraphism (15/51 patients) or an anorectal/genitourinary anomaly (36/51 patients). Fifty-nine of the remaining 96 patients had adequate long-term follow-up data to be included in the study. 20 patients were asymptomatic at the time of TCR while 39 presented with orthopedic and/or urologic symptoms. The average age at surgery was 59.3 months (range 2-277 months) with an average follow-up of 7.0 years (range 1-16 years). At latest follow-up, 47 (80%) patients were continent while 12 (20%) were either incontinent or utilizing clean intermittent catheterization (CIC). Statistical analysis revealed that age of untethering, type of cutaneous lesion, level of conus, presence of hydronephrosis, and high-grade vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) were not independent predictors of continence. In patients with a cutaneous lesion who were asymptomatic, 19/20 obtained continence post-TCR (*p = 0.036). In patients who were old enough to assess continence pre-TCR, 14/25 patients were continent pre-TCR and 11/25 were incontinent. Of the 14 who were continent pre-TCR, all remained continent post-TCR (*p = 0.002). Of the 11 who were incontinent pre-TCR, five (45%) eventually became continent post-TCR. Assessment of urodynamic data revealed that neither pre- nor post-TCR urodynamics predicted continence status.
Isolated cutaneous lesions and preoperative continence status are positive predictors for post-TCR continence. While pre- and post-TCR urodynamics do not predict continence status, their utility in preoperative work-up, monitoring for retethering, and long-term urologic follow-up requires further examination.
Aggregator Full Text
Frainey BT
Division of Urology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA. Electronic address: brendan.frainey@northwestern.edu.
Yerkes EB
Division of Urology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Menon VS
Gong EM
Meyer TA
Bowman RM
McLone DG
Cheng EY
AdolescentCauda EquinaChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleNeural Tube DefectsPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeUrinary BladderUrinary IncontinenceUrodynamicsYoung Adult


During Canada's March for Life, which took place this weekend, a pro-choice man is interviewed and admits it would be OK to kill a baby after birth.
During the interview he is asked if abortion one month before a child is born is OK, and the man agrees it would be.
He is then asked if it is OK to abort a baby one week before birth.
"A day?" he is asked.
"Also her decision," the pro-choice man says.
"It's not for me or any member of Parliament or religious institution organization to tell her otherwise," he replied.
But, apparently, even if the baby's body is separated from the woman's body, this pro-choice male believes it is OK to murder the baby.
And he responds without hesitation, "Post-natal abortion? I mean – if that's the option- that's the option," he says with absolutely no reluctance.
"But, again, I'm not advocating murder of any kind," he continues.
Uh – yeah you are!


text:
Shop Εισιτήρια
National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
EMST SHOP
THE FIX BUILDING
EMST WITHOUT BORDERS
ART PSYCHOTHERAPY
EMST AND AUTISM
PROLEGOMENA (Prologues)
DISPLACEMENT – THE ROAD
PERFORMANCE 17 - 18/12/2016
Persa Stamatopoulou Contemporary Dance Company
Performance Displacement – The Road
17- 18 December 2016 at 19.00
With the kind support of: THE J.F. COSTOPOULOS FOUNDATION
Entry is free with admission tickets that will be distributed by EMST on a first come first served basis one hour before the performance.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) completes the program PROLOGUES with the presentation of the performance Displacement – The Road by Persa Stamatopoulou Contemporary Dance Company, on Saturday 17 and on Sunday 18 December at 19.00 with the kind support of The J. F. Costopoulos Foundation.
It regards a solo-performance based on the idea of a trip that is organized and experienced by an individual and explores the concept of change and displacement from one place to another, the wandering, the re-start and finally the action he is required to handle within a landscape
without borders and without boundaries, timeless, blank, white.
With the collaboration of the musician Sakis Kleisiaris (original music composition) a sound environment is created, as a musical score, on which the kinetic action gradually unfolds.The performer – dancer, as a traveler in space and time, experiments with a simple, abstract kinetic vocabulary, redefining each time his position and perspective.
Combining the continuous displacement of the body, through variations in weight, axis, position and gaze, with the idea of a world which is in an increasingly violent and continuous redistribution, common grounds and benchmarks between them are sought. The performance, which retraces the timelessness of human displacement, is inspired by Fernando Pessoa's book titled "The Walker" and by using the body and sound as tools, approaches and records a route of overturns, pauses, alertness, redefinition and reconstruction.
Program PROLOGUES (PROLEGOMENA)
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST)
utilizing the period of mandatory testing prior to its final operation and pending the completion of the procedures that will lead to its inauguration, chose to realize from the summer until the end of 2016, a series of periodical artistic events which aimed firstly at the development of synergies with Greek and international institutions of related purpose and secondly at the acquaintance of the public with its new building.
The J. F. Costopoulos Foundation
The J. F. Costopoulos Foundation with its work aims to strengthen and promote Greek culture, literature and arts, has contributed to the presentation of innovative productions in Greece and abroad and has supported from their first steps important dance groups and festivals, that have vindicated its choices with their dynamic presence in the field.
Concept – Choreography: Persa Stamatopoulou
Sound environment: Sakis Kleisiaris
Interpretation: Tasos Karachalios
(Duration of performance: 40 minutes)
Photo by: Τakis Vekopoulos
Following the instructions of the Ministry of Health and the administrative decision by the Ministry of Culture & Sports for the protection of the audience from the coronavirus (COVID-19), EMST will remain closed. For any further information EMST will keep its website and social media updated.
Work is underway to prepare EMST to be fully operational. No exhibitions or other activities will be held at the Museum during this time.
EMST Office hours:
DAYS HOURS
SUNDAY 9.00 A.M. – 5.00 P.M
Following the instructions for the protection of the audience from the coronavirus (COVID-19), EMST will remain closed.
11.00 am – 7.00 pm
11.00 am – 10.00 pm
The EMST is closed on MONDAYS and 1st of January, 6th of January, 25th of March, 1st of May, Orthodox Easter Sunday, 15th of August, 28th of October, 25th – 26th of December.
EMST NEWSLETTER (english)
Ministry of Culture and Sports
© 2020 National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
ADMINISTRATION – PERSONNEL
Following the instructions for the protection of the audience EMST will remain closed.
By continuing to this site you accept the use of cookies on your device as described on the Terms of Use – Privacy Policy page


Guangzhou Junye Packaging Co,.Ltd is a professional production packaging enterprises with its business containing designing, manufacturing . We always focus on the OEM, ODM service and attentive to provide the best products to our customers. We believe that the sincerity is first and clients is first.
Sunny, very appreciate for good quality paper box, and also deliver the goods on schedule. I will confirm the reorder within this month.


Accountant » Is it Critical to Have the Right Accountant?
Is it Critical to Have the Right Accountant?
Just because someone is labelled an accountant, does not necessarily mean that person will be suitable for your business. Just because you work in a garage doesn't make you a motor car. Just because you clean airplanes doesn't make you a pilot.
Ok, maybe that's a bit silly – but you get the point. Ignore the label and look inside.
Most accountants have their own area of specialty.
Some specialise in management work, others specialise in business rescue, others specialise in taxation. It is vitally important for you to seek and find the right specialist that suits your type of business.
Start by asking business associates or business owners you deal with for a recommendation. Alternatively approach the various accountants' associations for a referral to suitable candidates for you to approach.
While in general it is good to deal with a qualified accountant who is a member of a professional body, the reality is there are many excellent accountants out there who do not belong to a professional body at all. They have the experience and knowledge to be able to help you - sometimes at a lower cost.
Being a member of a professional body however has its advantages for you.
The accountant concerned is accountable to that body and must meet certain standards and follow accepted ethics. This gives you, the business owner, a certain amount of protection and confidence. An accountant who is a member of a professional body is thus highly recommended.
Nevertheless, select an accountant because he or she appears to be someone who could help you and who you feel you could trust. Don't select simply because they have letters behind their name or belong to this association or that.
Remember that at the end of the day you need to find someone that you are able to work with, someone who will take an interest in your business, someone with your interest and not theirs at heart, someone whose goal is that your business will succeed and grow, and someone that you like and can get along with.
SMALL -If your business is small, make sure the accountant specialises in that size of operation. Your accountant should have experience in your type of industry and it is an advantage if the accountant has other clients who are also in the same industry. For example, an accountant experienced in the retail sector may not be so comfortable advising on matters to do with manufacturing or wholesaling or franchising. Find "the right peg to fit the right whole" is a good rule to go by.
TAX - Be sure your accountant knows his or her tax "inside out". Your accountant must keep up with the latest tax law changes and be fully aware of strategies that ensure your business pays the minimum tax legally required under taxation law.
FEES - Be clear on the fees you are going to be charged by your accountant. Are you being charged on an hourly basis, or an assignment basis? Is there a fixed annual fee levied that covers all your annual work, plus calls for advice etc.
INCURANCE - Make sure your accountant carries professional liability insurance. You will need to be compensated for any damages or losses that your business suffers because of errors or negligence by your accountant.
SERVICE - Make sure your accountant is available for you. It's no use having an accountant who is not there when you need him or her. You need an accountant who is more than a "bean counter" as they need to be able to guide you on all aspects of your business. Anyone can complete forms and tax returns, but a good accountant needs to have the expertise that will enable the highlighting of areas of concern as well as developing ongoing improvements to your business.
COMMUNICATE - Make sure you get along with your accountant and that you can understand what he or she is saying. Don't stay with an accountant who can't speak English properly. If you can't communicate you won't connect. Many accountants speak in accountant's jargon and while this sounds impressive and can seem to justify the large fees charged, if you can't understand what your adviser is saying, what is the point of being with them. The solution is very simple – drop them and find one you can understand.


For the first time in nearly a year both Raps made it to the same game!
It was great to get together at our spiritual home ground at NSC, thanks to a lovely summer the place is like a jungle in parts and Mick and the lads have been very busy improving the structures dotted around the site.
A couple of assault/defend games in morning. Spread over a good portion of the site with the ultimate target of "goldilocks house" it quickly became apparent that the bright sunshine and thick tree coverage made advancing difficult. So many shadows and places to hide made it a defenders paradise. We chose to attack first and learnt the hard way that the quarry was a veritable killing field for the defenders and only some sterling work by our team across the whole front eventually got us through.
So naturally when we swapped ends me and Swampy made straight for the quarry as the Norvern Monkeys lead their assault.
Swampy was quietly taken down by a great bit of sneaking in his initial position high on the quarry wall. As it turned out it actually played in our favour. With him sniping and relocated we were both in a position to cover the approach to each other without exposing ourselves too much and the slaughter began. Each time one of use was under fire the other could take down the attackers, and the extensive cover made even spotting us hard for the attackers. By Endex I'd lost count of our kills and Swampy had taken the only Raps hit.
It was very flattering in the post game reload to have the attackers come and ask "how many of you were in the bloody quarry?" to which we could honestly reply, "er, him and me." In the end they gave up trying to get through and redeployed their team elsewhere. The ultimate accolade for us. A whole team diverted just to avoid two fat unfit old buggers!
After a warming lunch provided by the site we set off in a rolling assault game. Stroming through the far woods this time we ended up assaulting the Quarry again , albeit from a competely different direction. Taking the slow sneaky route through the undergrowth you can see how jungle like it was!
In 5,4,..oh sod it now!
Pulses racing we dived behind what little hard cover there was as we shouted for the rest of the team to keep up! Then we began clearing the buildings.
The final part of the rolling assault was up into the trenches. Hard graft at any time but after 2 assaults already we were knackered! that didn't stop Sneak joining us to prove that the gully can still be assaulted! Exciting daring-do as we traded BB's up the steep hill to break into the rear of their defences. Although by the end of that absolutely knackered!
Good to see I can still be ready to shoot when knackered!
We ducked out a bit early to go grab a beer and chat as we'd not got together in ages – in no way a reflection on the day as it was an absolute cracker!
Great to see so many new players, and a fantastic day completely lacking in non hit callers, marshals having to get involved or shoutiness! Thanks all round as usual and we'll make sure it's not as long before the Raps both play there again!


Depart from Clarke Field House parking lot at 8:30am. Return around 2:00pm.
Have your Health Insurance information readily available at time of sign up.
Includes: Transportation, campsites, wetsuits, surfboards, surf instructors, tents, sleeping bag and pad, and most food.
Details: Surfs Up! Enjoy a weekend filled with surfing, hiking, camping and beautiful views in Carlsbad State Beach. Experience camping and surfing along variable coastal areas and bluffs. We will wrap this trip up with a beautiful 4.8-mile hike to Lake Calavera with ocean views. Students will learn and apply the basics of outdoor leadership, stewardship, and environmental responsibilities through Leave No Trace principles. Students will also learn about group dynamics, navigation, and cooking.
No previous surfing experience necessary however you must have the ability to swim and feel comfortable in the water.


text:
Pregnant women told to sleep on their sides to cut risk of stillbirth
A new campaign encourages women to sleep on their sides in the last stages of pregnancy
Ryan Wilkinson, Press Association
A new campaign encourages women to sleep on their sides in the final months of pregnancy (Image: 4maksym)
The risk of a stillbirth more than doubles if women fall asleep on their backs in the last months of pregnancy, a new study claims.
A large-scale study of pregnant women in England found a 2.3 fold increase in the risk of late stillbirth among those who went to sleep on their backs in the third trimester.
It estimates there would be a 3.7 per cent decrease in stillbirth if all women in the UK went to sleep on their sides in the final months before childbirth.
Pregnancy support charity Tommy's has launched the Sleep on Side campaign to raise awareness among women of the risks of going to sleep on their backs for any kind of sleep in the last three months of pregnancy.
The charity advises women to go to sleep on their sides, but not be concerned if they wake up on their back as the position at falling asleep is usually held longest during the night.
Should they wake in the middle of the night they should roll on to their sides before going back to sleep, the charity says.
Around one in every 224 pregnancies in the UK ends in stillbirth and the Midlands and North of England Stillbirth Study (MiNESS) was the largest of its kind to examine the impact of maternal sleep position on the baby loss.
Professor Alexander Heazell, clinical director at the Tommy's Stillbirth Research Centre at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, led the study.
'She was so tiny and skinny': The agony of having a premature baby
He said: "Around 11 babies are stillborn every day in the UK. Stillbirth is devastating, with long-lasting effects on bereaved parents.
"Parents want to know why their baby has died, whether it might happen again if they try for another baby and what they can do to avoid further stillbirth."
How sleep position affects stillbirth risk is yet to be established, although it is thought the weight of the baby and uterus can impair blood flow to the baby, or the sleep position can affect breathing.
Louise Silverton, director for midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "Stillbirth is a terrible tragedy for mothers and their families and we must do all we can to bring stillbirth rates down.
The beautiful moment this eight-week old baby 'says hello' will melt your heart
"This addition to current knowledge is very welcome. The Tommy's campaign and the research findings are a great example of how through making small changes we can begin to bring down stillbirth rates.
"It is a simple change that can make a difference and it will be important to ensure that this is communicated effectively to women."
Edward Morris, vice president for clinical quality at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), said the study was "extremely welcome as a significant number of stillbirths remain unexplained, particularly those in late pregnancy".
Red-faced mum asks for advice on handling her 'racist' six-year-old daughter
"The impact of stillbirth on parents and professionals is devastating and the RCOG is committed to working collaboratively on research, audit and training for healthcare professionals in order to achieve a substantial reduction in the UK stillbirth rate."
MiNESS, published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, follows similar research in New Zealand and Australia that found an increase in stillbirth if women sleep on their back in the third trimester.
You can keep up to date with all the latest news in and around Cambridge by downloading our free app. It is available for the iPhone and iPad from Apple's App Store , or the Android version can be downloaded from Google Play .


Business Owners Policies are important, requisite parts of owning any business. Purchasing a policy and determining the right amount of coverage is not the easiest task. A new business owner should not run the risk of having insufficient coverage which could lead to potential financial ruin. You are busy. You are handling the day-to-day aspects of maintaining your business. A Business Owners Policy (BOP) is standard and many business owners believe this is all the insurance they might need, however, this is not always the case. In some situations, depending on the nature of the business, other insurance policies are necessary to maximize the level of coverage and provide assurance that an unexpected event will not lead to the closure of what you have worked so hard to earn. We can work with you to determine the BOP and associated policies that will assure you the proper, affordable amount of coverage.
You have put your heart and soul into the creation of your business. Do not leave its financial future to chance. Maximize your business's opportunity to achieve financial solvency by allowing us to help you find the Business Insurance policy that covers all bases.
WE OFFER MANY OPTIONS FOR BUSINESS INSURANCE, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL YOUR BUSINESS MAY BE.


text:
Driver line-up for final F1 test of 2022 season · RaceFans
Formula 1's final day of track racing takes place at Yas Marina tomorrow, with teams evaluating next year's tires and giving young drivers another chance to test.
All 10 teams will take part in last weekend's race day at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. They each run two cars, one driven by an inexperienced driver who has competed in no more than two Grands Prix.
Many teams take the opportunity to give their new drivers a run in their cars. Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly have been licensed to drive for Aston Martin and Alpine respectively after leaving their previous teams. The same is true for the AlphaTauri race, with former Alpine reserve driver Oscar Piastri, who will make his F1 debut with McLaren next year, and Nick de Vries stepping down from his reserve role at Mercedes next year.
Nico Hulkenberg will make his debut for Haas as he prepares to return to a full-time F1 seat for the first time since 2019. Williams will have 2023 debutant Logan Sarge in one of their cars.
Mercedes junior Frédéric Vesti will make his first race in an F1 car tomorrow, while other teams will return to drivers they have brought back in practice this year.
Lewis Hamilton is expected to drive the other Mercedes, although he joked that he was "pulling a disease" as he was too short to drive this year's W13 following his retirement from Sunday's race. World champion Max Verstappen is expected to race for Red Bull when the team gets Pirelli's new tires for 2023.
"It's important to read the first one and make sure we have a basic understanding before we go into the next season," Vertappen said. "Every track is different, so it's always good to run these tires, but you learn a lot about them throughout the season."
One key change to next year's tires is the addition of a new compound, as Pirelli looks to improve its hard tire options. This year, the hardest rubber compound in use, C1, will be rebranded C0, and a new C1 is on offer. This brings the total number of slipper tire compounds available for any race to six, designated C0 (hardest) to C5 (softest).
F1 post-season test driver line-up
The Netherlands leave it late with Van Gaal's substitutions proving decisive


text:
Data shows mixed signals for Florida's economy
Volunteers load produce into bags as they work at a food distribution for local residents sponsored by Feeding South Florida, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Florida City, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) more >
By Associated Press - Friday, January 29, 2021
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - New unemployment claims in Florida last week jumped by almost 50% from the previous week, continuing a yo-yo cycle of applications for jobless benefits. Meanwhile the state's unemployment rate last month nudged down ever so slightly, according to figures released this week.
The mixed signals on Florida's service-oriented economy reflect the uncertainty posed by the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time that more Floridians are getting vaccinated, more contagious strains of the virus have been found in the U.S.
Florida last week had 57,824 new jobless claims, a jump from the previous week's 39,226 new claims, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor. By comparison, new unemployment claims nationwide last week dropped more than 7% to 847,000 applications.
Florida's unemployment rate in December dipped slightly to 6.1% from 6.3% in November, continuing a downward trend, according to figures released Tuesday. The state reached a high of 13.8% last April amid virus-related business closures.
Florida has lost 1.1 million jobs since the start of the pandemic last March but has gained back only 718,700 jobs. The leisure and hospitality industry has suffered the greatest, losing 197,000 jobs, or 15%, from the prior year.
In December, St. Johns and Wakulla counties had the state's lowest unemployment rate, at 3.6%. Osceola County, outside Orlando, had the state's highest unemployment rate, at 8.7%.
At the height of Florida's unemployment last year, the state struggled to keep up with the flood of unemployment applications. Adding to the distress was the state's relative stinginess: Florida provides among the lowest weekly benefits of any state and the briefest time the jobless could receive benefits - just 12 weeks.
Democratic lawmakers are pushing to boost benefits, but it remains to be seen if the move will gain any traction among Republicans who control the statehouse.
At the start of the year, the state increased the duration people are eligible for benefits - from the minimum 12 weeks to 19 weeks, as prescribed by state law.
The duration for unemployment benefits is set by the average unemployment rate for the third quarter of the previous year. From July through September, Florida's unemployment rate was just below 9%, and state law dictates that the unemployment benefit period be extended a week for every half percent the average unemployment rate exceeds 5%.


text:
Northeast simmers with anti-CAB protests, 2-month-old baby dies on way to hospital
Large parts of the northeast on Tuesday simmered with protests by students' unions and Left-democratic organisations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, with choked roads leaving an ailing two-month-old baby dead on way to hospital. A day before the divisive legislation, passed by the Lok Sabha, is tabled in the Upper House, normal life was paralysed in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley during the shutdown that was led by the All Assam Students' Union and the North East Students' Organisation (NESO).
2-month-old baby dies on streets as Northeast simmers with anti-CAB protests
Several Left-leaning organisations, including the SFI, DYFI, AIDWA, AISF and AISA had also called a shutdown separately. Huge processions were taken out in different areas of Guwahati, with protesters raising slogans against the emotive legislation.
Agitators engaged in scuffle with security forces near the Secretariat and Assembly buildings in Assam when they were prevented from moving forward, police said.
In Dibrugarh district, bandh supporters clashed with CISF personnel. Three protesters sustained injuries as they tried to prevent workers of Oil India Ltd (OIL) from entering their offices in Duliajan.
Convoys of Sonowal and other state ministers were diverted as the protesters blocked major thoroughfares. Train services across Assam were affected as picketers blocked the tracks, a spokesperson for the Railways said.
Slogan-shouting agitators picketed the Assam headquarters of the BJP, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Doordarshan Kendra and the office of a private TV channel owned by the wife of Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Speaking at a function in Guwahati, Sonowal asked protesters to not spread "misinformation" and refrain from creating unrest in the state. "Building a robust work culture in the state should be the prime objective of everyone and youth must not be misled to join agitations," he said.
The strike, however, had a partial impact in the Bengali-dominated Barak Valley.
Meanwhile, AASU leaders on Tuesday evening said they will move the Supreme Court against the controversial bill. In Tripura, agitators participating in a bandh called by the NESO set a market, where shops were owned mostly by non-tribals, on fire in Dhalai district, police said.
However, no one was injured in the incident and the blaze at Manughat market was doused, a senior police officer said. Internet services have been suspended in Tripura for 48 hours from 2 pm on Tuesday to prevent mischief mongers from spreading rumours, an official notification said.
2-month-old baby died in Bishramganj
An ailing two-month-old baby died at Bishramganj in Sepahijala district while being taken to a hospital as agitators had blocked vehicular traffic, police said. The bandh threw normal life out of gear in Dhalai, West Tripura and Khowai districts with residents remaining indoors while attendance in offices was thin.
Train services in the entire state came to a halt and vehicular movement was affected. Educational institutions, banks, commercial establishments and markets were closed while public and private vehicles were off the roads in most places in Arunachal Pradesh in response to the strike called by the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU).
Attendance in government offices was almost nil during the bandh which began at 5 am, officials said.
The shutdown called by the All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) from 3 am to 6 pm elicited overwhelming response, and the organisation has warned it would intensify the agitation if the bill was not immediately withdrawn.
Incidents of tyre burning and vandalisation of vehicles were reported in Meghalaya capital Shillong, as protesters lobbed Molotov cocktails at a police vehicle damaging it in Mawlai area, East Khasi Hills district deputy commissioner M W Nongbri told PTI. Additional police and CRPF forces have been deployed in sensitive areas, officials said.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill
The Citizenship Amendment Bill piloted by Home Minister Amit Shah was passed by the Lok Sabha with an overwhelming majority on Monday night. According to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, non-Muslim minorities, who fled religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and moved to the country before December 31, 2014, will be accorded Indian citizenship.
It, however, exempted tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram or Tripura, as included in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, and areas covered under The Inner Line Permit system, notified under Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873. Shah has asserted that the Modi government was committed to protecting the customs and culture of the northeastern states in an effort to assuage concerns that the proposed law will hurt their distinct identity and alter regional demography.
Also Read | Citizenship Bill: Fadnavis says Shiv Sena under pressure, Congress welcomes Sena's fresh stance
Also Read | Government is bringing Jinnah alive with Citizenship Bill: Asaduddin Owaisi


text:
Home » Sharper Iron & Heroes of Faith Alone: Long Live the Fatherland
Sharper Iron & Heroes of Faith Alone: Long Live the Fatherland
http://archives.kfuo.org/mp3/SI/SI_Sep_18_2018.mp3
Rev. Sean Smith, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Campbell Hill & St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wine Hill, Illinois, studies Hebrews 11:14-16 on today's episode: "For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city." Rev. Smith talks about the homeland that heroes of faith were seeking, what it means to be a foreigner on this land, and talking about "better" things in Hebrews.
"Heroes of Faith Alone" is a mini-series on Sharper Iron featuring a step-by-step walk through Hebrews 11, the "faith" chapter. Learn the legacy of our ancient fathers in the faith and bolster your own conviction.
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Permanent Text Edition® (2016). Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Tags better city Faith foreigner hebrews 11 Heroes of Faith Alone homeland lutheran daily lectionary New Testament sean smith seeking
Oratio: How You Love Your Neighbor
The Coffee Hour - He Restores My Soul
Sharper Iron — The Word Made Flesh: Witnesses to Jesus
Sharper Iron — The Word Made Flesh: Eternal Life Now and Not Yet


You can download free of charge this analyzing poem worksheet. Just click the DOWNLOAD button under the picture. It will give access to a new page. Do right click on the image, then choose save picture as… After that you can to refine the file name and the folder where you want to store the file. Then click the save button.
Check out these photos affiliated to analyzing poem worksheet, enjoy it!.


GARLAND, Texas, Dec. 6, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has attained a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Level 3 rating across its Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) enterprise for systems engineering, software engineering, integrated product and process development and supplier sourcing. With this success, IIS reached a benchmark that only 3.5 percent of all appraisals recorded by the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) meet.
"For an enterprise of this size to achieve Maturity Level 3 against the full scope of the model is extremely rare. Raytheon IIS is in a very elite position," said Ray Kile, SEI Certified High Maturity Lead Appraiser, from The Center for Systems Management.
"Achieving CMMI Level 3 is a critical element of the IIS business strategy," said Michael D. Keebaugh, president of Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems business. "We see this achievement as a competitive discriminator for the company and a significant benefit to our customers. Further, it underscores that IIS is a leader in driving customer success through efficient program execution built on integrated common processes. "This was an ambitious undertaking, and I am very proud of the men and women of Raytheon for this outstanding achievement."
CMMI is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes. It can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. CMMI helps integrate traditionally separate organizational functions, set process improvement goals and priorities, provide guidance for quality processes, and provide a point of reference for appraising current processes.
Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems has operations in Aurora, Colo.; Falls Church, Va.; Garland, Texas; Linthicum, Md.; Omaha, Neb.; Reston, Va.; and State College, Pa.


text:
Q: Merge Sort Implementation Check I am doubtful of my implementation of the merge sort for two cases specifically:

1. If the size of the list is 2, then I have swapped the values if they are not in the ascending order else I have returned them.

2. In the merge function when the list tries to check outside the number of elements in it, I have assigned the greatest number (9999), so that in case of comparison with it always comes false.

Can anyone tell me if the implementation of my merge sort is correct or not? As in sorting is complete, but is the implementation of merge sort exact or is it wrong because of the cases?

Here is my code:

# unsorted LIST
u_list = [3, 6, 8, 1, 4, 7, 2, 12, 45];

# Size of the unsorted list
global_size = len(u_list)

def foo(temp_list):
    size_of_list = len(temp_list)
    # If the size of the list is 1
    if size_of_list == 1:
        return temp_list

    # If the size of the list is 2
    if size_of_list == 2:
        if temp_list[0] > temp_list[1]:
            temp_list[0],temp_list[1] = temp_list[1],temp_list[0]
            return temp_list
        else:
            return temp_list

    # If the size of the list is greater than 2
    if size_of_list > 2:
        count = 1
        i = 0
        if size_of_list % 2 == 0:
            mid1 = size_of_list / 2
        else:
            mid1 = (size_of_list / 2) + 1

        mid2 = size_of_list - mid1

        newlist1 = list()
        newlist2 = list()

        for e in temp_list:
            if count >= mid1 + 1:
                newlist2.append(e)
            else:
                newlist1.append(e)
            if count == size_of_list:
                break
            count = count + 1
        sorted_list = list()
        return merge(foo(newlist1), foo(newlist2))

# Merging all the sorted components
def merge(list1, list2):
    i = 0
    j = 0
    k = 0
    size_of_list = len(list1) + len(list2)
    sorted_list = list()
    while k <= size_of_list - 1:
        if i == len(list1):
            list1.append(9999)
        if j == len(list2):
            list2.append(9999)

        if list1[i] < list2[j]:
            sorted_list.append(list1[i])
            i = i + 1
        elif list2[j] < list1[i]:
            sorted_list.append(list2[j])
            j = j + 1
        k = k + 1
    return sorted_list

print foo(u_list)

A: Not the most cleanest of codes but it will get the job done by merge sort method.
Method 1:
def merge_sorted(list1,list2):

    sorted = []

    i = 0

    k = 0

    while True:
        if i >= len(list1):
            sorted.extend(list2[k:])
            return sorted

        if k >= len(list2):
            sorted.extend(list1[i:])
            return sorted

        if list1[i] <= list2[k]:
            sorted.append(list1[i])
            i += 1
        else:
            sorted.append(list2[k])
            k += 1

Method 2:
def sort_method2(list0):

    unsorted_list = list0[:]

    if (len(unsorted_list) == 1 or len(unsorted_list) == 0):

        return(unsorted_list)

    elif(len(unsorted_list) == 2):

        if (unsorted_list[0] > unsorted_list[1]):

            temp = unsorted_list[0]

            unsorted_list[0] = unsorted_list[1]

            unsorted_list[1] = temp

        return(unsorted_list)
    else:
        length = len(unsorted_list)//2

        first_list = sort_method2(unsorted_list[length:])

        second_list = sort_method2(unsorted_list[:length])

        return(merge_sorted(first_list,second_list))

list3 = [8,8,2,63,2,6,3,4,2,6,2,6,8,5,4,3,6,-1,21,0,1,23,623,4,0.001,5,4,256,4,0]
sort_method2(list3)

A: To be honest, I feel very uneasy if I see code like this ;). It may be correct, but my guts feeling sais it's not (what if there are numbers > 9999?). It is more complicated than necessary. The syntax is Python, but you are not using the power of Python.
Here's how I would implement merge sort in Python:
def merge_sort(sequence):
    if len(sequence) < 2:
        return sequence

    mid = int(len(sequence) / 2)
    left_sequence = merge_sort(sequence[:mid])
    right_sequence = merge_sort(sequence[mid:])
    return merge(left_sequence, right_sequence)

def merge(left, right):
    result = []
    i = j = 0
    while i < len(left) and j < len(right):
        if left[i] < right[j]:
            result.append(left[i])
            i += 1
        else:
            result.append(right[j])
            j += 1
    result += left[i:]
    result += right[j:]

    return result

A: A recursive version:
it's memory efficient to remove the value from the sorted_lists once that is pushed into the merged_list, which is done using pop().
"""
This function merges two sorted arrays using recursion( sorted from left to right)
e.g
a = [1,2,3,4] and b = [5,6,7,8]
lets represent them like they are stacks and the smallest values can be popped out
so we send reversed lists into the function

_merge_two_sorted_lists(a[::-1], b[::-1])

"""
def _merge_two_sorted_lists(a1_L, b1_L, merged_sorted_lists = None):
    if merged_sorted_lists is None:
        merged_sorted_lists = []
    if not a1_L and not b1_L:
        return merged_sorted_lists

    if a1_L and b1_L:
        if a1_L[-1] < b1_L[-1]:
            merged_sorted_lists.append(a1_L.pop())
        else:
            merged_sorted_lists.append(b1_L.pop())
    elif a1_L and not b1_L:
        merged_sorted_lists.append(a1_L.pop())
    elif not a1_L and b1_L:
        merged_sorted_lists.append(b1_L.pop())

    return _merge_two_sorted_lists(a1_L, b1_L, merged_sorted_lists)
>>> a = [1, 2, 3]
>>> b = [3,4]
>>> _merge_two_sorted_lists(a[::-1],b[::-1])
>>> [1, 2, 3, 3, 4]


text:
Sex toy cover prompts journalism chairman to pull student magazine off racks at San Francisco State University
The head of the journalism department at San Francisco State University confiscated hundreds of copies of a campus magazine in mid-December before releasing them three days later.
Editors ran a photo of sex toys on the cover of [X]press magazine to promote an "exclusive" story on a San Francisco dildo factory. The magazine was distributed on Dec. 13, but less than a day later, John Burks, chairman of the journalism department, decided to yank the issue from news racks.
Katie Rosenfeld, managing editor of [X]press, said she was shocked to learn the issue had been pulled. Burks did not consult with her about taking the magazine, she said.
Rosenfeld said that only after a meeting between [X]press editors and Burks did the possibility of redistribution seem likely. The magazine was put back on news racks on Monday.
Burks, whose department oversees all student publications, said his intention was not to censor the magazine. Instead, he wanted to call a "timeout" to discuss the cover art with other faculty members, he said.
"This was about what the public will and will not stand for," Burks said. "Students didn't go to an adult bookstore and ask for this, they got it by walking through the student union.
"We didn't censor the magazine," he added. "It's out there now and most copies are probably already gone."
Rosenfeld said after her meeting with Burks, a vote was conducted, mostly via e-mail, in which faculty members decided to redistribute the magazine.
Burks stood by his decision and said his only regret was that the faculty could not use the incident as a teaching lesson because students have already recessed for winter break. He also said he would not hesitate to collect the magazine in the future if it contained libelous material or sensitive information, such as the contents of a nuclear bomb.
San Francisco State University has a unique relationship between the journalism faculty and student publications. Since students work on the newspaper and magazine as laboratory publications for course credit, the faculty retains some control over publications.
The department's policy states that "the faculty gives editorial control to the students, with the final decision-making in the hands of the editor-in-chief." The document also says, "The department chair has the authority to decide on all matters of non-editorial policy, such as printing, accounting, circulation, advertising, budgeting and bidding."
Burks said he was within the guidelines of the policy when he collected the magazines because of the circulation clause.
One of Burks' predecessors, who wrote the policy, said Burks has misinterpreted the reference to circulation.
"Circulation means you have a responsibility to have it circulated," said Betty Medsger, a former department chairwoman. "It's the chair's responsibility to see that the money is raised to publish and circulate, certainly not to repress by withdrawing from circulation."
Medsger drafted the policy and the department approved it in 1988 to protect the rights of student journalists, who interact often with faculty members given the structure of the publications.
"We thought it was important to clarify that faculty members were not to have any editorial control," she said. "The policy was meant so something like this would never happen."
SPLC VIEW: We're not censoring. We're calling a "time-out." Over the years, we've heard plenty of euphemisms for censorship, but we have to admit – that's a new one.


text:
We propose an active, proactive, critical, involved AUS that works for a genuine transformation of our society towards more sustainable habitat and living models, respectful of the planet and the health and well-being of its inhabitants. We believe it is necessary, therefore, to promote better practices within the profession that contribute to this transition, demand legal frameworks consistent with decarbonisation objectives and financing tools, and raise awareness in society in general. But we will not build this vision of sustainable architecture that we need from nothing, but by affecting the processes that are determining the future. We will build visions by working on the problems that arise now and at every moment.
We want a more sustainable world, with development models that contribute to mitigation and adaptation to climate change, to the reduction of global energy demand and waste production, and that ensure the proper conservation of natural heritage. We believe in a different vision of the territory, of recovering its productive potential, both in resources and in management and habitability models. And that's why we think we need to be part of the great territorial debates that determine the productive model that must contribute to a sustainable society.
In Aus, as Agrupació del COAC, we believe it is necessary to strengthen our commitment as architects in the face of this situation and that we take an active part in achieving a model of making architecture and urban planning more sustainable: independent of carbon and sources non-renewable energy sources, efficient in resources, rooted culturally and territorially, and engine of sustainable transformation of society. And not only do we want to make architects and society in general aware of the need for this transition ("educating" our group and society), but we will also provide the necessary tools to make it possible.
That is why we propose to actively intervene in all the processes of shaping the sector – social, technical, regulatory, etc. – making criticisms and contributions that guide towards true sustainability and clearly denouncing the directions that delay or prevent its implementation.
Download the document here


text:
Selected Museums, Public & Corporate collections
Zhengzhou Public Art Program, Henan, China
I Am, 2.7m (8.85′)
Folded 3, 1.44m (57″)
2017 Expo Future Energy
I Am – Energy, 10.5m high (34.5')
Gibbs Farm
Kaipara Makarau, New Zealand
Sentinels, 15m high (50′)
Manetti Shrem Museum,
University of California Davis,
I Am, 2.2m (7' 3")
Hall Arts, Dallas, USA
Rhythms of Life, 2.6m (8' 6")
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Google Headquarters, California, USA
Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, USA
Rhythms of Life Land Art Project Exhibition of Photographs
106 prints
United Jewish Federation,
Celebration of Life Photographic Exhibition
Yale University, Connecticut, USA
Residence of the Australian Consul General
Rhythms of Life, H 67cm (2' 2″)
Weightless 3, H71cm (2' 4″)
Borusan Holdings, Istanbul, Turkey
Unfurling, 3.1m (10')
Grounds for Sculpture, New Jersey, USA
Flora Exemplar, H 2.2m (7' 3″)
Leading 1, H 2m (6' 7″)
Flora Exemplar, H 4.6m (15' )
Akureyri Museum, Iceland
Rhythms of Life – Bronze relief
Hall Park, Dallas, Texas, USA
Rhythms of the Metropolis, H 6m (19' 8″)
Growing, H 4m (13' 2″)
Leading 2, H 2.2m (7' 3″)
Evolving, H 2.4m (7' 10″)
Macrocosm, H 3m (9' 10″)
Observe, H 3m (9' 10″)
Living, H 4m (13' 2″)
Balanced, H 4m (13' 2″)
Ripening, H 4m (13' 2″)
Propagating, H 4m (13' 2″)
Coil 1, H 3m (9' 10″)
Growth, H 4m (13' 2″)
Organic, H 4m (13' 2″)
Breaking Out, H 3m (9ft. 10″)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Torch of Learning
Technion – Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
(Artist in Residence)
Transform, H 3.8m (12' 6″)
Flora Exemplar
Australian Consul General's Residence, Kobe, Japan
Rhythms of the Metropolis
Sapir, Arava, Israel
To Life, H 38.5m X 33m (126′ × 10′)
Rhythms of Life, 29m x 20m (95′ × 65′)
Slice, 60m x 38m (197′ × 125′)
Ratio, 8m x 32m (26′ × 105′)
Harwood Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Running Man, H 1.5m (4' 11″)
Hall Vineyard Inc., California, USA
Reaching Away, H 4.6m (15')
I Dreamed, H 2.6m (8' 6″)
Growing, H 2.6m (8' 6″)
Spirit, H 3m (9' 10″)
Evolution, H 4m (13' 2″)
Balance, H 2.4m (7' 10″)
Warner Brothers Complex, Taipei, Taiwan
Film Director, H 3.5m (11' 6″)
Warner Village Cinemas, Berkshire, UK
Hokoku Construction, Kobe, Japan
Balexert Cinemas, Switzerland
City of Vienna, Nussdorferstrasse, Vienna, Austria
Flora Exemplar, H 3.1m (10' 2″)
Estate of Dr Simon Wiesenthal, Vienna, Austria
Office of Hasfat Abiola,
Founder, Kuridat Institute for Nigerian
Office of Vincente Fox,
Former President of Mexico
Machu Picchu Municipality, Peru
Rhythms of the Andes, H 3.5m (11' 6″)
Office of Jigme Lynpo,
Minister for Culture, Bhutan
Golden Village, Marine Square South Multiplex, Singapore
Camera Man, H 2m (6' 7″)
Maroussi Multiplex, Athens, Greece
Camera Man 2, H 2m (6' 7″)
International Conference Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Rhythms of Life, H 2.6m (8' 6″)
Curitiba, Brazil
Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria (70)
Pt Leo Estate
Merricks, Victoria
Rise 1, 7.1m (23' 4")
Folded, 3.0m (9'10")
Weightless 9, 1.5m (5')
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
We Are, 8 bronze sculptures abating in height from 2.4m (7'11")
Folded, 78cm (31")
The Ian Potter Museum of Art
University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
Flora Exemplar, 65cm (25.6")
Living, 41cm (16.1")
Evolution, 38cm (15")
Coiled, 100cm (39.4")
Ode to Kairos, 87cm (34.3")
Molten Concept 13, 68cm (27")
Random 1, 22.6cm (9")
I Am, triptych 65cm (26")
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Balanced, 32cm (12.6")
Growth, 40cm (15.8")
Ripening, 39cm (15.4")
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Growing, 68cm (26.8")
Spirit, 64cm (25.2")
Leading 1, 67cm (26.4")
Catching Wind, 78cm (30.7")
Rhythms of the Metropolis, 67cm (26.4")
Mother Earth 1, 42cm (16.5")
Coil, 39cm (15.4")
Rise, 44cm (17.3")
Weightless 8, 148cm (58.3")
Folded 1, 105cm (41.3")
Molten Concept 13, 42cm (16.5")
The Fiddler, 55cm (21.7")
I Am, Artist Proof 1.6m (63")
Perception & Reality 1, maquette
I Am, 65cm (26")
Rhythms of Life, H 65cm (26″)
McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
Rhythms of Life, 117cm (46")
Gaia, 9m (29.5')
A Winding Path, A Search for Truth, 22m x 26m (72′ x 85′)
Organic, H 4.2m, (13' 9″)
Observe, H 2.6m (8' 6″)
Yabby Lake Vineyard, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
From Hope to Optimism
3.5m x 3.5m x 3.0m (11.5' x 11.5' x 10')
University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
15 bronze sculptures abating in height from 3.5m (11.5')
National Alpine Museum of Australia, Mount Buller, Victoria
Beyond Origins, 2.5m (8'3")
Ode to Kairos, 3.0m (10′)
Nature Exemplar, 3.16m (10'4″)
Australian National Airport, Canberra, ACT, 2012
Perception & Reality 1, 7.5m (24'6″)
I Am, 7.5m (24'6″)
Weightless 3, H 71cm (2' 4″)
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria
Unfurling, H 2.7m (9')
Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
City of Melbourne, King Street, Melbourne, Victoria
City Living, H 5m (16' 5″)
City of Melbourne, Jolimont Terrace, Melbourne, Victoria
I Dreamed, H 3.6m (11' 10″)
The Victorian State Government – City of
Sale Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Victoria
Perception & Reality 2
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria
Reaching Away
Mildura Art Centre, Victoria
Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
High Court Building, Queen & Little Bourke Streets, Melbourne, Victoria
Rhythms of the Metropolis, H 4.7m (15' 5″)
Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices,
Treasury Place, Melbourne
Citibank Building, 350 Collins Street,
I Dropped My Bow, H 3.5m (11' 6″)
Jam Factory, Prahran, Victoria
Westfield Corporate Ltd., Sydney, NSW
Crown Casino Complex, Melbourne, Victoria
Film Director, H 3m (9' 10″)
University of Melbourne, Victoria
Copelen, South Yarra, Victoria
Flora Exemplar, H 3.6m (11' 10″)
Wesley College, Prahran, Victoria
Novotel International Hotel, Glen Waverly, Victoria
Industrial City, 7.5m x 4.5m (24' 6″ × 14′ 8″)
Bristol Myers Squib, Victoria
The Becton Corporation, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Shoreham, Victoria
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick
Pillars of Witness, H 6m (19' 8″)
Mount Scopus College, Melbourne
Jewish Museum of Victoria
Springvale Cemetery, Victoria 2000
Buchenwald Memorial, H 4m (13' 2″)
Tomb Memorial, H 3.5m (11' 6″)
Chevra Kadisha, Noble Park, Victoria 2006
Babi-Yar Memorial, 2006
World Square – Sydney NSW
Leading, H 2.2m (7' 3″)
Elgee Park, Red Hill, Victoria
Macquarie University, NSW
Coil, H 3m (9' 10″)
Labile, H 3m (9' 10″)
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria
Catching Wind, H 1.5m (4' 11″)
Screen, H 2.5m (8' 2″)


text:
University of Washington students test-drive sonar on Seattle's Lake Union
By Daniel Kelly on December 2, 2014
Seattle's Lake Union is located near the University of Washington's campus and provides teachers there a good setting for all types of educational activities. For Miles Logsdon, a professor of oceanography at the school, it's the perfect spot for his class on sonar.
Entering its third year, the class aims to teach young oceanographers how to make scientific observations of what's going on along the seafloor, as well as show them how to set up sensors and configure multibeam sonar on their own.
"Today's multibeam sonar data offer much more insight into the ecological processes which shape the seafloor. In the past, we were happy to simply map the depth of the seafloor," said Logsdon. "Now we're interested in the sediment type, what is suspended in the water column and how water temperature and density affect properties like the speed and propagation of sound."
In the process of measuring the depth of the seafloor, Logsdon says, his students are also learning to map acoustic backscatter, which helps researchers measure seafloor composition. They're likewise learning to measure acoustic waves as they travel through the water column. All that goes into forming a relatively clear image of some of the processes that are in play to shape the ocean environment.
Learning to carry out such scientific investigations helps students learn, but it also gets them used to what they'll see in the field as professional oceanographers.
Tony Dahlheim and students look at the sonar scans. (Credit: University of Washington)
"Too often, new scientists lack the experience and confidence to go beyond the default settings of a sensor and therefore fail to acquire data at the optimum resolution for the process they're investigating," said Logsdon. "My main goal for the student experience is build confidence in conducting real research with current technology."
For the class, that includes a Kongsberg EM302 echosounder and 2040C sonar. Data collected are typically post-processed using ESRI and CARIS software. Using that sort of equipment is important because it's used in the professional arena every day. They're also accurate enough to uncover some neat finds.
"It is always great when you see a student discover something that wasn't already on a chart, or something that hasn't been reported," said Logsdon. "So far, we've found everything from a pickup truck that somehow found its way to the middle of a lake, a few bicycles and two sunken hot tubs."
Among some of the more scientific discoveries in Lake Union have been sand waves, landslides, earthquake faults, as well as mud slumps, says Logsdon. "It has had a history of industrial, commercial and military use, all of which has left their imprints on the seafloor," said Logsdon. "You couldn't ask for a better classroom to learn seafloor mapping."
Top image: Sonar scan of the Gypsy Queen, which sank in the 1960s. (Credit: University of Washington)
environmental educationfeaturedLakes & Reservoirs


Low price wood sawdust machine /crusher /mesh screen hammer mill. Add to Compare . Portable diesel engine drive wood crusher machine to make sawdust.
Hot Sale Mini Crusher Price Used Small Stone Cone Crusher Machine for Sale . SBM PEW760 Most professional large capacity stone crusher machine price.
Ball Mill Manufacturers offers 4881 scouring pad making machine products. About 11% of these are foam . Best Selling Sponge Scouring Pads steel wool making machine. Add to Compare ... foam crushing machine with factory price. Add to Compare.
Metal crusher machine/steel scrap crusher for sale in henan .. scrap buyers in tamil nadu good quality common nail diamond point hot sales 16boxes per.
PC WATER BOTTLES LIGHT BLUE BALES or GRINDED SCRAP / WASTE. .. of these are rubber raw material machinery, 11% are plastic crushing machines,.
A wide variety of wish list options are available to you, such as stainless steel, plastic, . list ceiling materials list of small business in tamilnadu construction materials price list .. crystal clover Chain Bracelet trendy items wish list blue and gold bracelet .. Lab Jaw Crusher Plant, Portable Jaw Crusher PE250x400 Price List.
Mini Jaw Crusher Stone Fixing Machine Hot Sale in Dominican Republic . Monkey head crystal hot fix stone iron on rhinestone hot fix machine cut rhinestone.
BLUE STAR EXPORTS & IMPORTS. Add to Favorites. Husk Of Coconut / Coir Fibre Coco Peat Brick / Sawdust Bagging Machine . High quality cocoa husk /coconut shell hammer crusher for sale ... Square Meters; Square Mile/Square Miles; Square Yard/Square Yards; Stone/Stones; Strand/Strands; Tonne/Tonnes; Tons.


by Niall Douglas. Last updated 2013-09-30 09:10:38 +0000 UTC . This page has been accessed 10 times since the 26th March 2019.
Added a further 15% to AFIO's performance :) I noticed that the standard spinlock was being stupid and was looping compare-exchange which of course sends a ton load of cache line invalidations to all other CPUs. Adding a simple read check to my custom spin lock implementation before the compare-exchange eliminates those cache line invalidations, and voila up goes performance again. My new custom spin lock class is very nice, you compose its behaviour out of templated policy types and it is written using C++ 11 atomics. Check out the link if you're interested.
While I was at it, I replaced all spin lock usage in AFIO with memory transactions :) I don't have the necessary support on this CPU, but in theory it ought to work and might add another 20-40% to performance. I also wrote up an emulation of memory transactions using my new spin lock, so for older CPUs like mine it all works nicely.
I'm up to 1.5m ops/sec now. Fast enough for mid range PCIe based SSDs like the ones hedge funds use. I'm happy with performance now, so just some Linux testing and verification to do, backporting all this lovely new code back to older compilers, and I can push to master.
Anyway, bed time now. It's 5am, and I have jobs to apply for tomorrow. Sigh.


It's the first official spring weekend, and it's actually going to be sunny in Toronto!
Head outside and make the most of your weekend by checking out what's happening in and around Toronto from March 22 to 24.
What: Star Wars fans can experience the scope and grandeur of The Empire Strikes Back like never before with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performing the timeless music by Oscar-winning composer John Williams live to the films.
What: Spend your Friday night on the ROM's dance floor with top DJs and live artists, or explore museum's stunning galleries with tasty food and drinks. This edition of Friday Night Live Encore, which is titled #FNLROM: Holi, features FREE access to the museum's new special exhibition Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India.
What: Join Cassidy from Just Be Meditation for an opening meditation, followed by a sound therapy session led by Alexandria Santaguida (TOA), during which hands-on Reiki healing will be offered. Get ready to receive the beautiful healing sounds of the crystal singing bowls. Together with Alexandria's voice, you will be brought into a state of pure bliss and deep relaxation. She will guide the class through gentle yogic movements and meditation, before resting in savasana to the sound of Alexandria's vocals and crystal singing bowls.
What: If you're in the mood to get your laugh on, Comedy Bar is hosting Best Of this evening, featuring the up and comers of the Toronto comedy scene. Featuring: Elisabeth Bailey, Olivia Collict, Jacob Balshin, Grace Mcclure, Olivia Stadler.


text:
David Gordon is a philosopher, historian, and senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He was educated at UCLA, where he earned his PhD in intellectual history. He is the author of Resurrecting Marx: The Analytical Marxists on Exploitation, Freedom, and Justice; The Philosophical Origins of Austrian Economics; An Introduction to Economic Reasoning; and Critics of Marx. He is also editor of Secession, State, and Liberty, The Turgot Collection and co-editor of H.B. Acton's Morals of Markets and Other Essays.
Dr. Gordon is the editor of The Mises Review, and a contributor to such journals as Analysis, The International Philosophic Quarterly, The Journal of Libertarian Studies, and The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
Contact this Mises Institute faculty member at: dgordon@mises.org
Homepage on Mises.org
Daily Article archive
Faculty Spotlight Interview: David Gordon
The Mises Review archives on Mises.org
Retrieved from "https://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=David_Gordon&oldid=29861"
Mises Institute Scholars


The Town does offer heavy trash collection twice a year, once in April and then again in October. This service is designed to help accommodate the removal of items that are not considered household trash by the Town's trash contractor.
Located at 9670 Cadet Road, the New Market Community Park is open to the public from 7:00 am - 11:00 pm, seven days a week. Reservations for shelters, the gazebo, BBQ pit and ball fields/courts are available.


For you, dear guests, we redesigned website that you help us introduce our services.
Dear guests know that despite an increase in costs did not increase the prices of final services.
I do not believe so, yes the ship Portoroz can be so quiet sail despite heavy seas.
No more scared Milica !!
Thanks again for all your help in organizing weddings on ships Portoroz. We will never forget.
Our greatest concern is to ensure safe navigation for each passenger separately.
Just a regular boat maintenance ensures safe navigation at sea.
We have all the necessary permits and certificates required by EU vessels carrying passengers.


text:
Posted inMorning Report, News
Morning Report: San Diego's Shot at Redemption on Drone Leadership
by Sara Libby May 31, 2014 March 15, 2022
Last year, San Diego wound up competing with Ventura County for a shot at becoming an FAA drone testing site. Both California bids lost out.
Now, the FAA is looking for a handful of regions to become centers for drone research, and San Diego wants to redeem itself.
Leaders across the state are working together to form a bid this time – no competing regions from one state – and some of the officials involved believe UC San Diego could be a front-runner to lead the effort.
The ABCs of Props. B and C
Props. B and C on next week's ballot are both related to Barrio Logan's community plan update.
But what happens if one passes and the other doesn't? Turns out they're not dependent on each other, Andy Keatts explains:
"If only Prop. B, which addresses the new community plan, passes, things like the increased fees for developers who build homes in the area, guidelines for urban design in the area and a new priority list of public projects like parks and libraries, will stay in place.
"If only Prop. C, which includes the changes to the city and community's zoning restrictions, passes, the buffer area between the shipyard and residential area will go into effect, as will changes to the amount of housing that can be built in the part of the neighborhood closest to downtown."
• Beyond those propositions, it's been a pretty quiet election. Still, there've been a few weird moments – like the time Lorie Zapf compared herself to a warthog (sort of?).
Maya Angelou's San Diego Stint
People poring over remembrances of beloved poet and author Maya Angelou this week might've noticed a peculiar tidbit: She worked as a madam in San Diego in the 1940s.
Randy Dotinga unearthed some more details in Angelou's 1974 autobiography: She took local dance classes, read at the library and worked at a nightclub on top of her other salacious gig, apparently.
What Can Brown Do for You (Padres Fans)?
Our sports blogger John Gennaro knocked down the weird justifications Padres ownership has given lately for keeping the team's colors blue and white.
A group of vocal fans wants a return to brown and yellow, one of the team's old color schemes.
What We Learned This Week
• Attorney Cory Briggs files more CEQA lawsuits than any other lawyer in the state. And the City Council is not a big fan.
• Chargers players, police officers and city attorneys get a pass on traffic tickets from SDPD, according to a disgraced former cop.
• District attorneys do more than usher criminals into the prison system.
• It's worth breaking down the two measures that'll determine Barrio Logan's community plan update.
• Candidates for county assessor do not need to be certified property appraisers before they run for the office.
• City Council candidate Sarah Boot does not support a home retrofit mandate included in the proposed citywide Climate Action Plan. But before she said so this week, her position was almost impossible to decipher.
Quick News Hits
• U-T San Diego profiles Bill Mason, the San Diego Opera's new artistic adviser and former general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Lyric Opera takes some bold risks with its work. We discussed opera's future with Anthony Freud, the Chicago company's director, a few weeks back.
• When the Carlsbad Desalination Plant opens, it could be the first in a series of such plants up and down the California coast, the San Jose Mercury News reports: "Fifteen desalination projects are proposed along the coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco Bay."
"I can't provide the right type of life for my family/ Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers." – Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, quoting Eminem as she pushed AB 1516, a CalWorks supplement for diapers.
Sara Libby
Sara Libby was VOSD's managing editor until 2021. She oversaw VOSD's newsroom and content. More by Sara Libby


text:
An Affair of the Heart: a Celebration of Frank Sargeson's Centenary by Graeme Lay; Stephen Stratford
In this anthology which marks the centenary of Frank Sargeson's birth (1903-1982), writers who knew Sargeson recall his generosity and spirit. The collection is a showcase for many of NZ's finest writers along with a selection of Sargeson's writing at its brilliant best. The Frank Sargeson Trust continues his work in helping New Zealand writers. In 1997 the national law firm Buddle Finlay became the sponsor of the fellowship established in his name to allow a writer to live and work free from the financial hardships that Sargeson had to contend with all his life. About the editors Graeme Lay and Stephen Stratford are both full-time writers and editors. This 2003 Cape Catley Paperback is in Mint condition.


Mental illnesses are a global problem. In this director's Message, Dr. Gordon discusses his recent trip to Nepal and Kenya to see how NIMH is helping bring cutting-edge research to bear on the problems facing individuals with mental illnesses in low-resource settings.
Dr. Gordon discusses the presence—and negative impact—of bias in science and how we can take positive steps as individuals and organizations to challenge these assumptions and combat their damaging effects.
In recognition of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon highlights efforts within the NIMH research portfolio to address disparities in mental health and access to care.


BATAVIA, Ill., Nov. 17, 2018 – CBS television host Stephen Colbert shared about his Catholic faith yesterday reported the online news source Huffington Post. The American – The Jesuit Review released a video (see below) Thursday from Faith in Focus with Father James Martin, S.J.
Colbert, the host of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" joined his old friend Father Martin for an open and candid conversation about faith, God, politics and how his Late Show family is helping him survive in the age of Trump.


When a number field is defined on a template, you have the option to set a value format pattern for the field. You can either select from the list of commonly used patterns or enter custom patterns.
This digit placeholder displays insignificant zeros if a number has fewer digits than there are zeros in the format.
This digit placeholder follows the same rules as the 0 (zero). However, naturalForms does not display extra zeros when the number that you type has fewer digits on either side of the decimal than there are # symbols in the format.
The percentage symbol will display the number as a percentage by multiplying the number by 100.
If you wish to display a number differently if it is negative, you will need two sections of the format separated by a semi-colon.
Text can be added in the number format. This can include any text or to show symbols (for example: $, <, >, :).
Note: To type one of the following currency symbols in a number format, press NUM LOCK and use the numeric keypad to type the ANSI code for the symbol.