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HIMMELBERG: Liberal arts education overshadowed by STEM programs
Andrew Himmelberg, Guest Columnist|October 30, 2018
Following rapid growth in STEM fields in recent years, many colleges and universities are altering curricula to meet growing demand from students and employers.
In March, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point proposed an expansion of several of its majors, including chemical engineering, computer information systems and finance. To make this feasible, the university suggested discontinuing 13 majors, including history, philosophy, English and political science.
Higher education is increasingly designed as preparation for a specific job, rather than broadening the intellect and knowledge of an individual. While it would be wrong to fault universities for preparing students for the workforce, these efforts should not come at the expense of a student's holistic education.
While the movement toward education as job training is precarious in general, it is particularly objectionable for schools, like Marquette, that identifies with a strong liberal arts tradition. Marquette's new core curriculum, introduced this semester, is a serious step away from its Jesuit, liberal arts identity, and it suggests that the university is moving toward a more job-oriented education.
The new core is less academically demanding than its predecessor, decreasing the credit requirement from 36 to 30. These changes have diluted the liberal arts aspects of any Marquette degree by replacing and condensing courses. Previously, students were required to take philosophy of human nature and ethics, but under the new core, these courses have been combined into a "foundations of philosophy" course. Similarly, the new core reduces the theology requirement from two courses to one. While a relief to many students, this change is perhaps most antithetical to Marquette's Jesuit identity and mission statement.
In addition to undermining the mission of liberal arts schools, programs tailored to specific fields are not as beneficial as they might seem.
A 2017 study by the Hamilton Project found that, in most fields, a majority of graduates are not overwhelmingly employed in a single profession. Exceptions to this rule are found almost exclusively in majors best characterized as job training. About 70 percent of nursing majors become registered nurses and 40.6 percent of accounting majors become accountants and auditors – the most popular occupation for those majors. Those who don't work in this top profession largely work in closely related professions.
Despite this, graduates in these fields are employed at rates only marginally higher than those in liberal arts fields who gain employment in a variety of occupations, including STEM. If the purpose of higher education is to produce well-rounded graduates who are flexible in a variety of workplaces – the "cura personalis" stressed in Marquette's own mission statement – then job-oriented education fails its students.
Ultimately, what is at stake for Marquette and other liberal arts universities is a crisis of identity. While it is certainly problematic for the university to embrace a job-oriented education, it is more problematic that the university does so while claiming to maintain its identity as a Jesuit, liberal arts institution. If Marquette wishes to be an elite Jesuit liberal arts university, it must carefully rethink its approach to education.
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One Response to "HIMMELBERG: Liberal arts education overshadowed by STEM programs"
Shurron Farmer on November 5th, 2018 9:56 pm
Although I'm a mathematician, I'm a strong advocate for sustaining liberal arts programs. Not all persons wish to pursue careers in STEM or business-related fields. Moreover, I firmly believe higher education does an injustice to society by not sustaining liberal arts programs. Where would our society be if we didn't have English majors who become distinguished writers and publishers? Where would be if we didn't have philosophers who helps us analyze and study man's ability to think and reason? Where would be if colleges and universities doesn't cultivate the world's creative and performing artists? I just think it's a slippery slope we find ourselves on when higher education dollars are focused primarily on areas where jobs are increasing instead of simultaneously increasing interest in the liberal arts as well.
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mojito-cli [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/yahoo/mojito-cli.png)](https://travis-ci.org/yahoo/mojito-cli)
==========

`mojito-cli` is a command-line tool for [Mojito](https://github.com/yahoo/mojito) application developers.
The components of `mojito` that are unrelated to the core library and runtime will be moving to separate packages.

_* * * For more information on the command-line package changes and the
current status, see the [mojito-cli Wiki](https://github.com/yahoo/mojito-cli/wiki). * * *_

Install mojito-cli
------------------

1. With [npm](http://npmjs.org/), do the following:

        $ npm install --global mojito-cli

1. Confirm that `mojito-cli` has been installed.

        $ mojito help

Note that if `mojito` was already installed globally, it will be uninstalled. It is recommended to only
install the core `mojito` package as a local dependency in your Mojito application. Users should not
lose any functionality.

Quick Start
-----------

1. Create an app (which installs `mojito` locally using npm) and a mojit.

        $ mojito create app myapp
        $ cd myapp
        $ mojito create mojito hellomojit

1. Start the server.

        $ mojito start
1. In a browser, open the following URL: `http://localhost:8666/@hellomojit/index`

Commands
--------

### help

To show top-level help for this command-line tool:

    $ mojito help

To show help for a specific command:

    $ mojito help <command>

### version

To show the version for `mojito-cli`:

    $ mojito version

To show the version of an application, run the following from the application directory:

    $ mojito version app

The version of the mojito runtime installed locally to your app will be displayed as well.

To show the version of a mojit, run the following from the application directory:

    $ mojito version mojit <mojit-name>

### create

To generate boilerplate files from the Mojito archetypes or other templates:

    $ mojito create [options] <type> [subtype] <name>
    $ mojito create [options] <from> <to>

To learn how to do some simple key/value replacement, see
[mojito-cli-create](http://github.com/yahoo/mojito-cli-create).

### build

To generate a static snapshot of your Mojito application:

    $ mojito build [options] html5app [dest]

See [mojito-cli-build](http://github.com/yahoo/mojito-cli-build) for more information.

### doc

To generate API documentation using [yuidocjs](https://github.com/yui/yuidoc):

    $ mojito doc [options] <app|mojit|mojito> [name]

See also [mojito-cli-doc](http://github.com/yahoo/mojito-cli-doc).

### jslint

To find common coding pitfalls with static analysis using [jslint](https://github.com/reid/node-jslint):

    $ mojito jslint [app|mojit] <path>

See [mojito-cli-jslint](http://github.com/yahoo/mojito-cli-jslint).

### start

To start the server and run the application:

    $ mojito start [<port>] [--context key1:value1,key2:value2]

The port number specified in the command above overrides the port number in the application
configuration file, `application.json`. The default port number is 8666.
See [Specifying Context](http://developer.yahoo.com/cocktails/mojito/docs/reference/mojito_cmdline.html#mj-cmdline-context)
to learn how to use the `--context` option.

See [mojito-cli-start](http://github.com/yahoo/mojito-cli-start).

### test

To run unit tests for a Mojito application:

    $  mojito test app

To run unit tests for a specific mojit:

    $ mojito test mojit <mojit-name>

Or:

    $ mojito test mojit <mojit-path>

See [mojito-cli-test](http://github.com/yahoo/mojito-cli-test) for more details.

### other...

When you are in the top level of a Mojito application directory, you can perform other Mojito
commands which are delegated to the locally installed `mojito` package. More information is provided
in [Mojito Command Line](http://developer.yahoo.com/cocktails/mojito/docs/reference/mojito_cmdline.html).

Node packages accessible via `require` that begin with `mojito-cli-` can also be invoked,
similar to `git`, `brew`, and `yogi`. For example, if `mojito-cli-foo` is installed in your `$NODE_PATH`,
then `mojito foo` will invoke it.

Discussion/Forums
-----------------

http://developer.yahoo.com/forum/Yahoo-Mojito

Licensing and Contributions
---------------------------

This software is free to use under the Yahoo! Inc. BSD license. See LICENSE.txt. To contribute to the Mojito project, please see [Contributing](https://github.com/yahoo/mojito/wiki/Contributing-Code-to-Mojito).

The Mojito project is a [meritocratic, consensus-based community project](https://github.com/yahoo/mojito/wiki/Governance-Model),
which allows anyone to contribute and gain additional responsibilities.

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The whites, blues, and golds are typical paladin attire. The spear is a little bendy but not too much. Overall I'm satisfied with this figure. His brightness definitely helps him stand out in a crowd.
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RICHFORD: About a hundred residents came out to listen to state experts and express their discontent with their view of the condition of Richford's water.
Ben Montross, the compliance manager for Vermont's drinking water program said what Richford is experiencing is not a new issue for the state, but it's been more than a decade since Richford has seen an abnormally high test.
The issue comes from a test taken in May, indicating a high level of haloacetic acids within the drinking water, a substance the EPA has designated as a carcinogen if consumed at high levels for long periods of time.
The haloacetic acids within the water are a chemical byproduct of treating the drinking water with chlorine, a process used to kill any microorganisms that may be living in the water. Also in the water from time to time are micro-organic matter such as small bits of leaves and grass that mix with the chlorine, ultimately producing small amounts of haloacetic acids.
It takes a bit of time for the haloacetic acids to develop after chlorine and organic matter mix. This means that in Richford's drinking supply, the water that is coming out of the tap at someone's house far away from the water supply could actually have a higher level than the water leaving the treatment facility.
That's why the tests are taken at taps throughout the town, at actual water consumer's properties.
The May 2018 test, registered at 0.118 mg/L, putting the four-quarter average for Richford's water above the government's high limit of 0.060 mg/L. Officials warned that the high test will stay in their calculation for the next three quarters, so having a high average through May of 2019 should not be alarming.
Although the test is only conducted once every three months, it is merely a snapshot in time, showing the level in the water that day. This can be deceiving as the levels in the water can fluctuate significantly from day to day.
It is suspected that the test in May was conducted relatively close to a weather event that would have given a higher reading. According to Amy Galford, compliance analyst at the VT Department of Environmental Conservation, said warmer weather and high rainfall are typical causes for a high test.
Instead, it is likely that the levels of haloacetic acid within the water supply was on the rise for four or five days before the test and began to fall for four or five days after the test, according to Galford.
That being said, Galford was unable to point to a specific storm that could have caused the higher levels, so it is possible that the test was taken on a day that the levels were still rising, or already falling, indicating that there could have been a higher level in the water supply at some point.
According to state officials, of the 410 municipal water supplies within the state, about 35 of them are engineered like Richford's, they collect surface water and treat it. The remainder uses other methods, like wells, which has lower organic content than surface water, preventing haloacetic acids from having the chance of forming.
Several residents shouted and interrupted the presenters, obviously angered over what they perceived as a lack of urgency and concern by officials about the high registering test.
"Why should we be paying for water that could make us sick," shouted one resident.
"We're not the water operators," Montross said, noting that they could take that up with the town. The Panel, from the state of Vermont, on Thursday, was there merely to inform the public about the health issues and answer questions in regard to those health concerns.
"I'll take it up with the town about my water bill, but I just want to know how to protect my husband, kids, and yes my new puppy," said resident Barb Beauregard.
Montross recommended purchasing an activated charcoal water filter for those who are concerned about their exposure, sold under many brands, but the most common of which is Britta.
Those filters will remove the haloacetic acids within the water, as well as a few other contaminants that could harm the drinker.
Ray Soloman, a Drinking Water and Groundwater expert with the state said Richford's water supply is one of the better supplies in the state, in fact, he helped to engineer the project when it was built several decades ago.
The hurdle of adding an activated charcoal filter to the entire system is cost. Those filters are expensive and would have to be replaced on a regular basis, according to Montross.
Cost is also the primary barrier for sampling more often. At about $150 per sample, it would be costly to test more than once every three months, especially because the town sampes from multiple locations throughout the water supply to get a better indicator.
Soloman said yes, as did four of the five-panel members said yes, but one person, Sarah Vose, a Toxicologist for the State of Vermont said she would not, instead she would drink bottled water, as she does on a regular basis now.
"But, that's a question you have to decide for yourself," Vose said.
According to Vose, the likelihood of contracting cancer from your water is around 1 in 100,000.
Ultimately, the water in the system is largely safe. That was the message from Montross. Unless you have a compromised immune system, elderly, pregnant, or a toddler, it is likely you will not sustain any health complications from drinking Richford's water.
A test conducted on July 20th just came back, according to state officials, indicating that the levels of haloacetic acids were in the 0.030-0.038 mg/L range, well below the federal guidelines, but those tests were not conducted in the interval required for testing every three months, so they will not be calculated into the average.
Instead, officials will be testing the water in the coming weeks, averaging that new number with the last three quarters.
Montross stressed that residents should look more at the number for each test for the next three quarters, and not the average because the average will be skewed by May's high test.
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FSD PHARMA INC. APPOINTS A NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FSD Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGE) (CSE:HUGE) (FRA:0K9) (the "Company" or "FSD") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Adnan Bashir as an independent member of its Board of Directors (the "Board"), upon the recommendation of the Company's Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee.
As previously announced, Mr. Frank Lavelle was elected to the Board at the Company's annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on May 14th, 2021 (the "Meeting"). Shortly after the Meeting, Mr. Lavelle communicated his resignation to the Board, leaving a vacancy, and Mr. Bashir has been appointed to fill that vacancy. The Board considers Mr. Bashir to be "independent" within the meaning of applicable securities legislation.
Mr. Bashir has over 14 years of experience in strategic management and operations. In the last decade, Mr. Bashir was General Manager for Al Batha group, a diversified business conglomerate based in Dubai, UAE. Mr. Bashir was responsible for overseeing the management and operations of 4 companies within the group and was instrumental in acquiring and developing new businesses and partners from Europe, the US and China. Mr. Bashir also has extensive experience in executing turnaround strategies, transforming weak businesses into sustainable and profitable ones, and implementing new technologies. Mr. Bashir holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore and has completed extensive executive education, including in strategic management, audit, sales management and technical management.
"Adnan's wealth of experience will add significant value to our Board," Anthony Durkacz commented. "We look forward to working with him as we restore FSD."
The Board is now comprised of Anthony Durkacz, Zeeshan Saeed, Nitin Kaushal, Lawrence (Larry) Latowsky, Fernando Cugliari, Donal Carroll and Adnan Bashir.
FSD also announces the grant of stock options to directors and officers of the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,170,000 Class B subordinate voting shares in accordance with the Company's stock option plan. The options are exercisable at a price of C$2.25 per share and will expire three years from the date of grant.
FSD Pharma Inc. (www.fsdpharma.com) is a publicly-traded holding company.
FSD BioSciences, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, is a specialty biotech pharmaceutical R&D company focused on developing multiple applications of its lead compound, ultramicro PEA by down-regulating the cytokines to effectuate an anti-inflammatory response.
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Anthony Durkacz
Zeeshan Saeed
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For the fourth year in a row, Payne Family Homes of St. Louis has partnered with St. Jude for the St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway.
For the fourth year in a row, Payne Family Homes of St. Louis has partnered with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for the St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway. And for the third year in a row, they've done so at no cost while raising $3 million for the kids of St. Jude. This year, the house, with an estimated 5,000 square feet, includes 12-foot ceilings, a gourmet kitchen, spa-inspired luxury master bath, basketball court, media room and five-car garage.
As impressive as this home sounds, Cyndie Roche, vice president of sales and marketing for the homebuilder, said in the beginning success wasn't a given. "It seems daunting when you haven't done it before."
It was just an easy commitment to make. We are a company that is family based and, as a result, it's very easy once you get behind what St. Jude does.
Cyndie Roche, vice president of sales and marketing for Payne Family Homes of St. Louis
But the company succeeded that first year and continues to do so because of the importance of fundraising to ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
"It was just an easy commitment to make," Roche said. "We are a company that is family based and, as a result, it's very easy once you get behind what St. Jude does, what they're trying to accomplish and how they work in conjunction with the local markets to make a difference."
Success comes through commitment, teamwork and leadership, and Roche gives credit to Eva Walsh, vice president of construction, for leading the troops in this project. "The first year we had no idea what we were capable of, so we were just going to try to build a house," Roche said. Walsh reached out to subcontractors "to explain what we were trying to do, how we could work with them, what it would take. We set the expectation that if you work with us as a partner, you must contribute in some way to this project."
It was that personal touch by Walsh, Roche said, and a commitment to service and community that made all the difference this year when a brand new framing company became overwhelmed by the task. "We talked to the framing crews on other projects and four companies came together and all of them built the house in two days," Roche said.
Sponsors of the St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway follow tradition by signing the floor of the house.
In addition to construction, Payne Family Homes works to promote the event and the St. Jude mission by engaging social media and working closely with a local television station. "Marketing really is just getting a message out, and it is a really easy message," Roche said. "I'm lucky. We build an amazing house with a great reputation, and St. Jude is impossible to not support."
St. Jude has helped increase the survival rate for childhood cancer from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since opening more than 50 years ago, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer. That work wouldn't be possible without the support of donors and partners like those who commit to our mission through programs such as St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway.
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On octopus art.
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When we were in college, my roommate and I spent a train ride debating the merits of Andy Warhol's art (she was a fan, I was not). In the end, we not only failed to change each other's opinions, but realized that we didn't even agree what art was. She double majored in Biomedical Engineering and Art Theory & Practice, and her view was much more expansive than my own.
In retrospect, I can admit that she was right. My view of art was narrow-minded. If I had to proffer a definition of "art" today, I might go with something like:
Art is an intentionally-created module that is designed to reshape the audience's neural architecture.
By this standard, the big images of soup qualify. So do the happenings.
Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans," 1962. Image by Wally Gobetz on Flickr.
I recently read a book that analyzed board games using the tools of art criticism and narratology. Obviously, I now think that board games can be art. They're carefully designed; their creators often seem to have a goal for how each game should make players feel; the combined effects of text, visual components, and even rules can all work toward conveying those feelings.
One drawback to my newfound open-mindedness, though, is that I could probably be convinced that almost any designed object qualifies as art.
For a piece of art to "fail" to change your neural architecture, it would have to be mnemonically invisible – immediately after seeing it, you could look at it again and it would be as though it were the first time. You'd never be able to recall its content or meaning.
Actually, I have read some esoteric, convoluted poetry like that. Words that skimmed over my mind as though each synapse were coated with teflon.
I wasn't keen on the experience. Minutes had passed, but, because I couldn't remember anything that I'd read, I'd accomplished nothing. I don't need to actually understand a poem, I just want for it to make me feel somehow different after I've read it. Like Will Alexander's "The Optic Wraith," which triggers a mysterious sense of unease even though its meaning squirms away from me:
The Optic Wraith
like a swarm of dense volcano spiders
woven from cold inferno spools
clinging to my palette
like the code from a bleak inventive ruse
my understanding of her scent
is condoned as general waking insomnia
as void
as a cataleptic prairie
frayed at the core
by brushstrokes of vertigo
then mazes
As Alexander's words lure me along, I lose my grasp. But although I might not recall any specific lines, if you asked me at the end of its six pages, "So, what did you feel?", I'd certainly know that something inside my brain was different from who I'd been five minutes before.
When I was in college, I felt strongly that art needed to be beautiful. I was wrong. But I still believe that art works better when it's aesthetically pleasing, because this allows it to more readily infiltrate someone's mind. If two paintings are both intended to convey the same ideas, but one is more pleasurable to look at, then we can assume that it will be looked at more, and thereby convey the idea more. A charming form helps the piece achieve its function of spreading the creator's intended message.
And, in terms of judging the quality of art, I obviously still think that the quality of message is important.
For instance, a chair. Every chair you've ever sat in was designed by somebody. If you wanted to argue that the chair is a piece of art, I suppose I'd agree with you. And maybe it's a very good chair: comfortable to sit in, perfectly balanced, pleasing to see when the rising sun illuminates it in the morning. But that doesn't mean it's good art.
Joseph Kosuth's "One and Three Chairs," 1965. Photo by Kenneth Lu on Flickr.
Indeed, a chair that is bad at being a chair is more likely to be a good artwork. A chair that's too small or too large, conveying the discomfort of trying to make your way in a world that is primarily concerned with the comfort of bodies unlike your own. Or a gigantic bronze throne that affords you the chance to perch in Baphomet's lap; it would be an unpleasant place to sit, but perhaps you'd reflect more on Lucifer's ethic of "speaking truth to power, even at great personal cost."
When we humans make art, we try to engage the emotions of our audience. Emotionally-charged situations are more memorable; while feeling awe, or anger, or joy, human minds are most likely to change.
And human art is almost always made for a human audience. Our brains evolved both from and for gossip; our prodigious intellect began as a tool to track convoluted social relationships. We're driven to seek narrative explanations, both because a coherent story makes gossip easier to understand, and because our consciousness spins stories to rationalize our actions after we perform them.
If we considered the world's most intelligent animal species – like humans, dolphins, crows, elephants, chimpanzees – most have evolved to gossip. Large brains gave our ancestors a selective advantage because they were able to track and manipulate their societies complex social relationships in a way that bolstered survival and breeding opportunities. Indeed, the average elephant probably has more emotional intelligence than the average human, judging from neuron counts in the relevant areas of each species' brains.
Elephants at a sanctuary. Image by Gilda on Flickr.
And so, if an elephant were given the freedom to paint (without a trainer tugging on her ears!), I imagine that she'd create art with the intention that another elephant would be the audience. When a chimpanzee starts drumming, any aesthetic message is probably intended for other chimpanzees.
But what about octopus art?
Octopuses and humans haven't had any ancestors in common for half a billion years. Octopuses are extremely intelligent, but their intelligence arose through a very different pathway from most other animals. Unlike the world's brilliant birds and mammals, octopuses do not gossip.
Octopuses tend to be antisocial unless it's mating season (or they've been dosed with ecstasy / MDMA). Most of the time, they just use their prodigious intellect to solve puzzles, like how best to escape cages, or find food, or keep from being killed.
Octopus hiding in two shells. Image by Nick Hobgood on Wikipedia.
Humans have something termed "theory of mind": we think a lot about what others are thinking. Many types of animals do this. For instance, if a crow knows that another crow watched it hide food, it will then come back and move the food to a new hiding spot as soon as the second crow isn't looking.
When we make art, we're indirectly demonstrating a theory of mind – if we want an audience to appreciate the things we make, we have to anticipate what they'll think.
Octopuses also seem to have a "theory of mind," but they're not deeply invested in the thoughts of other octopuses. They care more about the thoughts of animals that might eat them. And they know how to be deceptive; that's why an octopus might collect coconut shells and use one to cover itself as it slinks across the ocean floor.
A coconut octopus. Image by Christian Gloor on Wikimedia.
Human art is for humans, and bird art for birds, but octopus art is probably intended for a non-octopus audience. Which might require even more intelligence to create; it's easy for me to write something that a reader like me would enjoy. Whereas an octopus artist would be empathizing with creatures radically different from itself.
If octopuses weren't stuck with such short lifespans, living in the nightmarishly dangerous ocean depths, I bet their outward focus would lead them to become better people than we are. The more we struggle to empathize with others different from ourselves, the better our world will be.
animal theory of mind
do animals make art
elephant art
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evolution of brains
evolution of cognition
evolution of intelligence
function of art
how does consciousness work
narrative explanation
non-human animal cognition
non-human animals
octopus art
octopus brains
octopus literature
octopus theory of mind
purpose of art
The Sri Lankan Loxodrome
timing of consciousness
what counts as art
what qualifies as art
why do we make art
why is art beautiful
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On storytelling and social justice.


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Pennsylvania AG Challenges the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Public Charity Status
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced yesterday that he is seeking to modify consent decrees governing the relationship between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Highmark (a health insurer and health care provider), with the support of Highmark's leadership. According to the AG "UPMC is not fulfilling its obligation as a public charity." More specifically, in the petition his office filed he is asking the Commonwealth Court to:
Enable open and affordable access to UPMC's health care services and products through negotiated contracts with any health plan;
Require last, best-offer arbitration – commonly known as "baseball arbitration" – when contract negotiations between insurers and providers fail; and
Protect against UPMC's unjust enrichment by prohibiting excessive and unreasonable billing practices inconsistent with its status as a non-profit charity providing healthcare to the public.
Alleged violations of UPMC's charitable obligations include "[w]ithholding access to doctors for patients in Williamsport, Pennsylvania whose employers have contracts with a competing health plan" and "[r]efusing to negotiate reasonable payment terms with self-insured employers, resulting in UPMC's unjust enrichment through excess reimbursements for the value of its services."
Press coverage: Pittsburgh Business Times; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nonprofit/2019/02/pennsylvania-ag-challenges-charity-status-of-states-largest-healthcare-system.html
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David Krakauer talks with Forbes: Laziness, Technology And Brain Scanning A Billion People
SFI President David Krakauer
In an article published yesterday in Forbes, SFI President David Krakauer talks with Forbes contributor Robert Wolcott about human evolution and how the human experience might continue to change with advancing technologies.
Technology has changed rapidly over the past two hundred years; A person from the 1800s and a person from today would scarcely recognize the other's world. But morally, we'd easily find similarity with people from Sumer 3,000 years ago. "The timescale over which core human values change is very slow," Krakauer tells Wolcott.
Still, ideas and technology can't really be considered apart from morality; ideas change our ethics.
One of the ethical issues that most concerns Krakauer is how willingly we cede control over our personal data and privacy, he tells Wolcott. "I'm most concerned about unthinking acceptance of convenient short term solutions." Couple that with a human tendency toward laziness, and Krakauer worries about a future where people aren't willing to deal with challenging issues.
As technology continues to evolve, we'll need more research, more diligence, and more personal responsibility to navigate these changes, writes Wolcott.
Read the article, "Laziness, Technology And Brain Scanning A Billion People: A Conversation With David Krakauer," in Forbes (July 31, 2017)
Watch the video, "David Krakauer on the Future of Humanity: An Interview with Rob Wolcott," on YouTube (July 30, 2017)
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Philippe Gabriel Michel (Lyon, ) é um matemático francês, catedrático de teoria analítica dos números na Escola Politécnica Federal de Lausanne (EPFL).

Estudou de 1989 a 1993 na École normale supérieure de Cachan, seguindo depois para a Universidade Paris-Sul, onde obteve um doutorado em 1995, orientado por Étienne Fouvry, obtendo depois a habilitação em 1998. Foi professor da Universidade de Montpellier de 1998 a 2008, quando foi para a EPFL.

Foi palestrante convidado do Congresso Internacional de Matemáticos em Madrid (2006).

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GLENDALE–The Armenian Youth Federation's Youth Corps program released on Thursday the first in a series of promotional videos as part of a year-long campaign to build momentum for the program's much anticipated 15th anniversary.
Posted on Youtube, the short video produced by Youth Corps Alumni Anahid Yahjian, chronicles the program's activities in 2008, when the it began operating a summer day camp for underprivileged children in Gyumri. In the coming weeks the program is set to release a 15th anniversary documentary, chronicling the birth and development of the program.
Youth Corps began in 1994, following the signing of the cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In its first 13 years, the program sent AYF members to the Nagorno-Karabakh republic in the summers to help rebuild many of the newly independent republic's war-torn villages. Throughout the years the Youth Corps program has grown and developed into the most memorable, productive and exciting means for Armenian youth to establish and strengthen their ties with the homeland.
In 2008, Youth Corps switched gears to focus on building connections between Armenian youth in the diaspora with their counterparts in the homeland. Camp Gyumri, as it has come to be known, gives young Armenians from the United States a chance to make a direct impact on the lives of some of Gyumri's most impoverished families.
This 4 week long program, which begins in July 2010, accepts 150 children every summer and provides them with a fun and safe environment to make new friends,and learn new things, explains Thomassian, noting the many activities available for the campers. "he campers' daily itinerary consists of English classes, music classes, arts and crafts, karatee and organized games and educational competitions.
Through this summer experience, campers also learn about respect, trust, tolerance, diversity, responsibility, and cooperation–all of which are critical in helping them grow to become members of a healthy civil society. The camp is just as special for it's counselors, who spend six months ahead of their trip doing grassroots fundraising in their local communities to raise the money needed to run the program.
The AYF is now looking for ways to expand Youth Corps beyond Gyumri, to establish day camps in other cities and villages throughout Armenia where the need is great but the attention is still lacking.
As in year's past, the program will spend much of the months leading up to the summer, planning and preparing for the camp; raising the funds to run its daily operation and building the much needed momentum to ensure Youth Corps is able to expand its operations.


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Microsoft Information Technology Group (MSIT): Microsoft Cuts Costs and Improves Access to Information With Enhanced Data Warehouse
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Microsoft Corporation has operations in 112 countries and more than 90,000 employees worldwide. To improve management of human resources information, Microsoft needed to accelerate query performance and ease maintenance. To improve performance, the Microsoft team tried multiple strategies, including designing OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes to pre-aggregate summary data and hiring specialists to build indexed views. To accomplish these goals, the company deployed its new data warehouse technology. The solution tripled performance while simplifying management, and both users and engineers are more productive. As a result, the company expects to cut costs and drive user adoption.


ALERT - don't watch the video if you are easily disgusted.
Vocal folds paresis - had been a reason for me out of singing and this forum for a long time. And my Band's album is out today, it was delayed because of this.
My post will be dedicated to the treatment of this particular problem in mine region of the world.
Hey, guys. I had a trouble that struck me hard around the time I started doing the course. The trouble is called paresis of the vocal cords, I have the trouble with the left side. Actually, as you can see the muscle itself it turned around a bit and one side is not working that makes me unable to sing and voice get tired even when you talk really quick cause folds are not closing in (it stands in half ready position and it is bearly moving). I do special treatment and exercises I can describe later and use some special stuff on my folds but the progress is merely visible.
My folds were not closing up properly that cause me to have a range of 0,5 octave and only inside my basic talking range + talking become harder, not to say about singing, I could not do it for more than 10 minutes, was tiring fast and become really frustrated, I had to backup.
I have managed to overcome this issue withing 4 months of struggle and I'm singing already.
So to say here is the video of me singing now, after I recovered, my voice is still not back into the full shape, but I'm working and gaining it back step by step.
For everyone who doubts Ken's course, believe me - You will not find anything so good, so structured and so natural to boost your voice up, do not even try. I was convinced and manage to understand even better while going thru this struggle and all the procedures - Ken shows the REAL natural way, I can sign under every word he says, and it has real medical approvement.
I have been treated in voice Phoniatrics Treatment & Research Institute and the best vocal folds treatment is the right singing and training voice, and that is what Ken Tampling course giving you.
If anyone has similar troubles or facing similar issue I'm always ready to assist you.
I did not realize your story since I got a chance to read this.
Well my big respect for you and what you have done.
That's great and the results you are getting are incredible since you faced the paresis.
You are a model for all of us and by the way you sound really great.
I listened to your video here and they sound really great.
What a story, Artickus! All the Best with your continued recovery!
Thanks, Ken's course is really medically approved as it was in my case as it was confirmed by phoniatric specialists from the research/treatment institute of vocal problems.
Were there any specific exercises you focused on within the course? I have both courses and have lately had some physical issues with my voice, so I was wondering what you concentrated on to help the repair.
Work a lot on the mask to relax the folds and let the sound flow be really smooth and easy. If you have folds closure problems (leaving a gap not closing in time, etc) - this is always heard in "eee" sounds where your "eee" becomes vibrated, distorted have additional sounds in it, when working on "eee" smile as much to the sound as you can and make it as nasal as possible to release all the tension from folds and have air support.


A popular workhorse in the Midwest, Rumpo Escape had been amongst the "I would override my hubby's credit card for this." list of all the soccer moms of San Andreas for many years. Now, thanks to Larry's RV Sales' connections, you can get one for yourself for the low price of a year's worth of education at ULSA for your worthless offspring. Import is gray, but so is your life, so don't complain and plunge into the tediousness of everyday's life as the fumes consume you day by day. All aboard!
This is the standardized version of the Rumpo Custom which have most of its customized parts removed. There is a license plate on the front bumper, the grille from the default Rumpo and a ladder as an extra.
Overall I rate this YourWaifuOnStanier/10. Keep up good job.
We need more modders like you. The ones who care about lore-friendly low-end and mid-end cars.
How can this be an "XL"? If it was, it would've been a little longer.
@MO1991 Thanks for telling me, I don't feel the term "XL" fits the van. Do you have an idea for a name for the van?
Obviously the haters care if they came here to comment lmao. Nice mod. Love the mods that stick to the vanilla models.
@Fifthcell It's an inside joke that I made on the Vanillaworks Discord server, there's nothing to worry.
Anyway, I think the only thing this thing is missing is some kind of church livery. Maybe an Epsilon livery? Y'know to parody those church vans..
looks better than the original rumpo.


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If you work in or with the software industry, you've likely heard the buzz words continuous delivery, continuous deployment and continuous integration. The similarity in the terms can make understanding them rather difficult and confusing. Plus, it doesn't help that many people, even in the industry, misuse these terms. We're here to set the record straight.
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Mila, Mila, a little puff of marshmallow cloud! Delicate neckline and oooooodles of tulle in a pretty contrasting blue and pink theme will make you smile from ear-to-ear. A sweet jersey polkadot bodice and fully lined skirt is practical too. And you'll love the belt sash which can be worn as a headscarf too.
Please do not upsize. Bodice has lots of stretch and strap is not adjustable.
As always a high quality, well made gorgeous oobi dress that Miss 4 just adores.
Wow, this dress is so amazing! My niece looked absolutely amazing in this dress. She can be fussy with clothimg and sometimes finds outfits itchy & uncomfortable, but she wore this all day & then the next weekend too- so definitely a dress to get for those who are fussy.
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I have been buying oobi for my girls since they were babies, everything I have bought has always exceeded my expectations in quality and cuteness & this is yet another gorgeous dress, bought as a birthday present so no photos but undoubtedly another very happy little girl, Thank you oobi for keeping my girls looking and feeling special!!


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In 2018 he is the finalist of the Grand Prix de la Photographie Documentaire in Sète and the recipient of the CNAP Grant (Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris) for Contemporary Documentary Photography. Mathias was also part of 'A Pillar of Smoke' in Les Rencontres d'Arles – a look at Turkey's contemporary photography scene. Exhibitions have included the Bibliothèque nationale de France and more recently the Musée des Archives nationales in Paris for his solo exhibition TRANSANATOLIA. He's work is published and commissioned regularly by leading international periodicals including National Geographic, Le Monde Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, among others. He is represented by INSTITUTE.
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Password to Symmetric Key Algorithm ???
I'm Steve Gibson. I have some background in computers, technology, security and encryption. For the past 5 and a half years I have been co-producing, with Leo Laporte, a weekly podcast called "Security Now!", and my web site is http://grc.com.
It appears that you are pseudo-randomly generating a 128-bit initialization vector (IV) and 256-kit key, which are then encrypted using (presumably) a hash (SHA256?) of the user's provided password. What I'm most curious about is where/how you generated the pseudo-random material for the pre-encrypted the IV and Key??
As you doubtless know, high quality cryptographically strong random numbers are notoriously difficult to obtain since operating systems are inherently deterministic. The only obviously weakness that might exist in your solution could surround the source of randomness for the IV and Key before they are encrypted under the user's key.
Re: Password to Symmetric Key Algorithm ???
The Windows code uses a stronger algorithm for generating random numbers, in theory. It is the random number generator provided by MS as a part of the crypto APIs.
On Linux, the code presently uses /dev/urandom. This may include less entropy than is ideal, but we try to balance that by hashing the random bits, discarding some of the hashed bits, etc. In the end, the IV and key should have a high degree of randomness or, at least, less predictable.
Everything hinges on having a good RNG, but we cannot offer one better than what can be provided by the underlying operating system unless we also provide a program that creates an entropy pool much like the RNG already provided by Linux.
Of course, if there are changes you would like to make to the code to make the random bits include a higher degree of entropy, I would consider using that change.
paulej wrote: The Windows code uses a stronger algorithm for generating random numbers, in theory. It is the random number generator provided by MS as a part of the crypto APIs.
I think that using either of those sources is fine in this application. While the argument could be made that neither are super-good sources in an absolute sense, the threat model is "offline" and not "online". E.g., an attacker would be faced with determining the IV and key used with an already-encrypted file, not with being able to access the current state of the machine at the time that the IV and cipher key are being obtained. Consequently, both the Windows cryptoAPI and the Linux /dev/rand sources provide ample entropy to make the attacker's job no easier than a full brute-forcing of 384-bits.
paulej wrote: Everything hinges on having a good RNG, but we cannot offer one better than what can be provided by the underlying operating system unless we also provide a program that creates an entropy pool much like the RNG already provided by Linux.
Thanks... but I think you got it!


The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it presents a model examining the school choice processes of disadvantaged households accessing the LFP sector in a study on Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh. The model presents households in the study as engaging in 'active choice'. Active choice is seen as the deliberated action of households in making concerted choices about their children's schooling through a complex process. The process involved assessing competing school sectors (mainly the state and LFP), and analyzing particular household circumstances and local school markets through a systemic set of values, beliefs, and "mental models" (North, 1990) about education. Second, it focuses on the adept employment of engagement strategies specific to the LFP sector by households in the study to interact with their chosen schools. Since the schooling arena is heavily marketised, household behavior was expected to follow Hirschman's (1970) classic "exit, voice, and loyalty" framework. However, contextual specificities of the LFP sector necessitated a re-examination of this framework when applied here.


In a research project that we all wish we could get funding for, medical student Matthew J Czarny has 'systematically analysed' Grey's anatomy and House in relation to their portrayal of bioethical and professionalism issues.
Consent was apparently the topic area that suffered least – only about 40% of patients were consented appropriately. In fact, (don't try this at home) there were plenty of examples of clinicians trying desperately to convince patients to change their mind.
Oh, don't forget about sexual misconduct either. Grey's prefers to pair up Interns with their patients, whilst house tend to go for the Senior-Junior Doctor relationship.
In most cases of suspected malpractice, the clinicians involved usually get away without punishment too.
Don't let this put you off enjoying a good bit of House at home – just probably best not to try out his methods in your OSCE.
However, there is one area where the TV professionals appear to outshine their real-life counterparts. It seems that our American actor friends are very good on the compassionate caring side of things.
For his next project, Czarny plans to see how these portrayals of professionals can affect public perceptions of health care services. I can't wait.


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Why staging matters with blast-resistant buildings
May 9th, 2022 | 5 min. read
This article, How to Stage a Blast Resistant Building, was originally published on our blog in its entirety in October 2021. This version was shortened for publication in the March/April 2022 issue of BIC magazine.
Suppose you've researched different kinds of blast-resistant structures, like steel blast-resistant buildings, modular concrete blast-resistant buildings, or even blast-resistant tents or air shelters.
You know that there is a lot of conflicting information about why you should buy one type over another. Since the beginning, RedGuard has long been in the blast-resistant building design business and done its fair share of testing, continuously upgrading and working on new methods of keeping occupants of hazardous areas safe.
It's important to remember that with different types of buildings, there are many differences in how a building may be staged on the inside. Believe it or not, the way you arrange the things on the inside makes a difference.
Additionally, proper blast design doesn't stop with the building structure. All non-structural items should be examined and scrutinized when manufacturing a life-saving product.
A brief discussion of flex, or dynamic load transfer
One of the protections that steel offers is its flexibility. When impacted by a blast wave, a steel structure will bend slightly rather than break apart. One of the keys to RedGuard's design is the ability to allow for some dynamic structural movement, while limiting total structural deformation. This is a key differentiator of RedGuard among other steel blast-resistant building designs.
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Because of the flex that could occur if a blast wave impacts a steel building, experts at RedGuard recommend that if large items are added to the building such as desks or other furniture, they are placed a minimum of two inches from the wall. This space allows the structure a minimal area to flex, thus absorbing the blast wave and avoiding the movement of furniture and large items.
To attach items to a wall, they must be attached directly to a structural member, not to the substrate using a fastener with a high thread count per inch. The fastener should also be sized for the weight or size of the item being installed. "Anchored items" usually refers to cabinets, shelves, countertops or other large fixtures.
For each anchored item added to a blast-resistant module, occupants must consider what would happen if it were to dislodge. It's important to note that if you have hanging cabinets in your blast-resistant building, keeping them closed and fastened (unless you are retrieving something) is essential. A cabinet that is left open could spill out, creating flying debris, or it could become dislodged during a blast. As such, RedGuard doesn't recommend using open shelving or cabinets without latching doors.
Staging, design are key in blast-resistant buildings
When manufacturing a life-saving product, a key point is that proper blast design doesn't stop with the building structure itself. The staging of added items is essential, and all non-structural items should be examined and scrutinized.
Designing a blast-resistant building isn't straightforward. It takes a company with years of experience to meet (or exceed) blast-resistant design and performance standards, while also meeting national and local building codes. It takes the right knowledge and experience to combine specialty engineering with architectural engineering.
Companies that aren't used to navigating the world of code enforcement can easily get tripped up along the way. These stumbles could result in a nonconforming building, additional costs incurred by the customer through change orders and, worst of all, a building that just isn't safe during a blast.
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Fresnoy-Andainville est une commune française située dans le département de la Somme, en région Hauts-de-France.

Géographie

Description
Situé, par la route, à environ  au sud d'Abbeville et à une trentaine de kilomètres à l'ouest d'Amiens, le village est légèrement déporté à l'ouest de l'axe routier Oisemont - Hornoy-le-Bourg.

Communes limitrophes

Urbanisme

Typologie
Fresnoy-Andainville est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
La commune est en outre hors attraction des villes.

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (100 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (100 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (81,4 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (16,4 %), prairies (2,2 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Habitat et logement
En 2019, le nombre total de logements dans la commune était de 46, alors qu'il était de 50 en 2014 et de 41 en 2009.

Parmi ces logements, 76,2 % étaient des résidences principales, 8,7 % des résidences secondaires et 15,1 % des logements vacants. Ces logements étaient pour 100 % d'entre eux des maisons individuelles et pour 0 % des appartements.

Le tableau ci-dessous présente la typologie des logements à Fresnoy-Andainville en 2019 en comparaison avec celle de la Somme et de la France entière. Une caractéristique marquante du parc de logements est ainsi une proportion de résidences secondaires et logements occasionnels (8,7 %) supérieure à celle du département (8,3 %) et à celle de la France entière (9,7 %). Concernant le statut d'occupation de ces logements, 91,7 % des habitants de la commune sont propriétaires de leur logement (94,4 % en 2014), contre 60,2 % pour la Somme et 57,5 pour la France entière.

Toponymie

Histoire

La commune de Fresnoy, instituée lors de la Révolution française, absorbe entre 1790 et 1794 celle d'Andeville et devient Fresnoy-Andeville.

Politique et administration

Rattachements administratifs et électoraux
La commune se trouvait jusqu'en 2009 dans l'arrondissement d'Amiens du département de la Somme. De 2009 à 2016, elle est intégrée à l'arrondissement d'Abbeville, avant de réintégrer le  l'arrondissement d'Amiens. Pour l'élection des députés, elle fait partie depuis 2012 de la troisième circonscription de la Somme.

Elle faisait partie depuis 1793 du canton d'Oisemont. Dans le cadre du redécoupage cantonal de 2014 en France, la commune est intégrée au canton de Poix-de-Picardie.

Intercommunalité
La commune était membre de la petite communauté de communes de la Région d'Oisemont (CCRO), créée au .

Dans le cadre des dispositions de la loi portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République du 7 août 2015, qui prévoit que les établissements publics de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) à fiscalité propre doivent avoir un minimum de , la préfète de la Somme propose en octobre 2015 un projet de nouveau schéma départemental de coopération intercommunale (SDCI) qui prévoit la réduction de 28 à 16 du nombre des intercommunalités à fiscalité propre du département.

Ce projet prévoit la « fusion des communautés de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois, du Contynois et de la région d'Oisemont », le nouvel ensemble de  regroupant 120 communes. À la suite de l'avis favorable de la commission départementale de coopération intercommunale en janvier 2016, la préfecture sollicite l'avis formel des conseils municipaux et communautaires concernés en vue de la mise en œuvre de la fusion.

La communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest (CC2SO), dont est désormais membre la commune, est ainsi créée au .

Liste des maires

Population et société

Démographie

Enseignement
Pour l'enseignement primaire, la commune relève de l'école d'Oisemont. Elle est située dans l'académie d'Amiens, en zone B pour les vacances scolaires.

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
 Église Saint-Rémi.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Héraldique

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Somme

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Notes et références

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Q: ActionListener from controller doesn't trigger I have an MVC with swing project with two views, a model and a controller.
The controller has as fields a list of models, and a list of views.
I tried to add a listener on a button from one of my views:
private void initializeNewOrderListeners() {
    NewOrderView view = (NewOrderView) views.get(0);
    JButton addOrderBtn = view.getAddOrderBtn();
    addOrderBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            System.out.println("test");
        }
    });
}

I made sure that I don't have other order listeners in my NewOrderView class, however, the action is not getting triggered when I press the button.
I moved the code from the controller to the NewOrderView class, where I created the button and everything works normal when I press it.
What am I missing? Why the ActionListener is not getting registred from the Controller?

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Learn how to cook this original fish and seafood paella rice! The recipe is very popular along Spain´s Mediterranean coast, from Murcia, through Alicante to Catalonia.
The name of the dish "A Banda " means "on the side". This is because of its pecularity - traditionally the fish and vegetables used in cooking the broth base are served as a second course. It´s essential to accompany this dish with Allioli sauce, which you will whip us yourself too.
Alongside this Paella rice you will learn to prepare a king of summer tapas in Spain: Gazpacho - a cold vegetable soup.
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Q: Default template parameter cannot be used inside another template parameter? I have a class template with a default value for the template parameter:
template<typename T = int>
class DefaultType : private std::array<T, 5> { };

and since c++17 this can be instantiated like a normal class
DefaultType obj; // equivalent to `DefaultType<>`

The same thing cannot be done if I use this type as an argument for another template:
// error: type/value mismatch at argument 1 in template parameter list for ...
class Foo : public std::vector<DefaultType> { };

yet, the above snippet does compile with DefaultType<>.
(godbolt)
what's the reason for that? would a deduction guide help? and what about NTTPs?

A: This:
DefaultType obj;

uses CTAD (class template argument deduction) which is available since C++17 and only in certain contexts:

*

*any declaration that specifies initialization of a variable and variable template

*new-expressions

*function-style cast expressions

*the type of a non-type template parameter:

To instantiate DefaultType with the default argument in other contexts you still need to write DefaultType<>.
I suppose the reason to have CTAD only in certain contexts is that those are the contexts where you always want an instantiation, but never the template.


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Entrepreneurship is hard. In fact, it's one of the hardest things you can do. Now, it's hard to imagine honoring the Gateses, Thiels, and Buffets of the world. After all, most of us honor them enough with our "certificates of performance" (cha-ching). But those guys are just the most visible, most successful entrepreneurs.
They make easy targets for critics in the media, because of a natural survivorship bias (we remember the extremely successful outliers while ignoring the other 80% who failed).
The entrepreneurs we want to honor are the ones who dream of becoming an outlier–the ones who are staying up late at night working on a business plan while waiting tables by day. It's the ones who have just gone before a panel of VCs and been turned down by said VCs, but still refuse to give up because they believe in their idea. Maybe it's the ones who are working on a prototype and have nothing but a few lines of code and a laptop to show investors.
If you're an entrepreneur reading this, realize that you are a public servant.
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When was the last time you pondered the emotional sacrifice of those who brought us the stuff that makes our lives better like Netflix, cloud computing, or the countless other innovations that cumulatively create our modern standard of living?
Simply put, it is an amazing time to be alive. Teachers educate our future leaders. Soldiers are willing to go into harm's way. And yet it's our entrepreneurs who hustle eight days a week to create a society that's worth fighting for in the first place.
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