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5 graduate programs that aren't worth the money
Kathryn Hawkins
June 14, 2012, 3:00 AM
5 graduate degrees that don't pay off
5 graduate degrees that dont pay off
In today's tough job market, many recent college graduates are enrolling in graduate programs to enhance their credentials and gain an edge with hiring managers. In some cases, the tactic may lead to lucrative job opportunities. A recent report from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce found that a graduate degree can boost an individual's earning power by more than 40 percent in some fields -- but the true value can vary wildly from industry to industry.
In disciplines such as medicine, for instance, an advanced degree can provide a 190 percent salary increase over a pre-med-focused bachelor's degree, according to the Georgetown study. For other programs, the return on investment isn't as certain: In some cases, available job opportunities are scarce or low-paying, or employers may value relevant work experience more than another diploma.
Particularly if you're planning to take out loans to attend graduate school, it pays to know what your realistic job prospects are, says Liz Pulliam Weston, a personal finance author and columnist for MSN Money. "A lot of schools will take your money and get you trained for jobs that don't exist," she cautions. "Take a buyer-beware attitude."
Master of Fine Arts degrees
Students can obtain Master of Fine Arts, or MFA, degrees in disciplines including studio arts, creative writing, the performing arts and art criticism. Tuition costs vary, but at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, for instance, students can expect to pay more than $22,000 per term, plus the cost of housing, course books and other expenses.
That investment isn't likely to pay off: The Georgetown study saw just a 3 percent boost in income potential for studio arts MFA graduates.
Kristen Harris, owner of Portfolio Creative, a staffing agency in Columbus, Ohio, says her recruiting clients always favor candidates with relevant experience and work samples over those with graduate arts degrees. "It's hard to get that first work opportunity if you don't have that education and training, but after that, it's your portfolio and experience that speaks louder than your degree."
Computer engineering is a booming industry for job growth. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the market for software developers will grow by 30 percent between 2010 and 2020. Computer programmer jobs are growing at a 12 percent pace, which is about average. However, in most cases, there is little benefit for job seekers who go beyond a bachelor's degree in the field.
The Georgetown study saw just a 16 percent boost in pay for students with graduate degrees in computer engineering.
Paul Silvio, senior vice president at Modis, a large information technology recruiting firm, confirms that his client base doesn't place a high priority on graduate education. "The vast majority of jobs in IT are hands-on, where employees are utilizing a specific technology or skill set," he says. "Candidates grow their expertise by growing their skill sets and interpersonal skills," he says, rather than pursuing further academic qualifications.
PR, advertising and mass-media programs
PR advertising and mass-media programs
The growth outlook for public relations positions is good, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The field is expected to grow by 21 percent between 2010 and 2020. However, as with the computer engineering industry, hands-on experience is more important than graduate degrees for job seekers. "The graduate degree doesn't really get you anywhere," says Weston.
Harris says her clients who need creative and marketing talent aren't seeking candidates with graduate degrees. "Generally, we don't get clients looking for an advanced degree unless they're looking for a higher-level strategy focus," she says.
In that case, however, they're typically seeking applicants with a Master of Business Administration, rather than communications-focused degrees. According to the Georgetown study, employees with graduate degrees in advertising and public relations can only expect an earnings boost of 12 percent for their diploma; mass-media students might see an 11 percent increase.
A law degree from a fourth-tier school
A fourth-tier law degree
The number of law school graduates rose by 11 percent between 1999 and 2009, according to The New York Times, yet the paper also reports that 15,000 attorney and legal staff positions were eliminated between 2008 and 2011. For law students -- especially those from bottom-ranking schools -- a high-paying job is no sure thing.
A 2011 National Association for Law Placement survey found that, while 88 percent of 2010 law school graduates were employed, not all grads had positions in their field. Nearly 9 percent worked in "other capacities," and 11 percent worked part time. And while 18 percent of 2010 graduates were able to obtain starting salaries of around $160,000, nearly half of reporting graduates were making annual salaries that fell between $40,000 and $65,000.
No matter the quality of the law school, the education is pricy, and most students must obtain loans to pay tuition. Near the upper end of the spectrum at San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law -- where 94 percent of the student body took out loans -- students graduated with an average of more than $153,000 in student loan debt, according to U.S. News and World Report. That kind of loan will take a long time to pay off on a $50,000 salary.
Atmospheric sciences and meteorology
The atmospheric science field pays reasonably well. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found a median salary of $87,780 for all atmospheric scientists, including meteorologists. Median represents the midpoint pay, so half receive higher pay and half receive lower. Graduate education in the field is necessary for many research-focused positions at universities. However, government and private sector positions rarely require graduate education.
To that end, job seekers looking for a substantial income boost by obtaining a master's degree or Ph.D. in the field will be sorely disappointed. Georgetown found a minuscule 1 percent increase in salary for employees with graduate degrees in the field. In this case, students should only pursue a graduate degree if they are truly interested in furthering their own education, rather than getting a bigger paycheck.
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$routeProvider

    - $route

      - provider in module ngRoute

Used for configuring routes.

Example

See $route for an example of configuring and using ngRoute.

Dependencies

Requires the ngRoute module to be installed.

Methods

when(path, route);

Adds a new route definition to the $route service.

Parameters

      Param
      Type
      Details

        path

        string

Route path (matched against $location.path). If $location.path
   contains redundant trailing slash or is missing one, the route will still match and the
   $location.path will be updated to add or drop the trailing slash to exactly match the
   route definition.

path can contain named groups starting with a colon: e.g. :name. All characters up
  to the next slash are matched and stored in $routeParams under the given name
  when the route matches.

path can contain named groups starting with a colon and ending with a star:
  e.g.:name*. All characters are eagerly stored in $routeParams under the given name
  when the route matches.

path can contain optional named groups with a question mark: e.g.:name?.

For example, routes like /color/:color/largecode/:largecode*\/edit will match
/color/brown/largecode/code/with/slashes/edit and extract:

color: brown

largecode: code/with/slashes.

        route

        Object

Mapping information to be assigned to $route.current on route
   match.

   Object properties:

controller – {(string|Function)=} – Controller fn that should be associated with
newly created scope or the name of a registered
controller if passed as a string.

controllerAs – {string=} – An identifier name for a reference to the controller.
If present, the controller will be published to scope under the controllerAs name.

template – {(string|Function)=} – html template as a string or a function that
returns an html template as a string which should be used by ngView or ngInclude directives.
This property takes precedence over templateUrl.

If template is a function, it will be called with the following parameters:

{Array.<Object>} - route parameters extracted from the current
$location.path() by applying the current route

One of template or templateUrl is required.

templateUrl – {(string|Function)=} – path or function that returns a path to an html
template that should be used by ngView.

If templateUrl is a function, it will be called with the following parameters:

{Array.<Object>} - route parameters extracted from the current
$location.path() by applying the current route

One of templateUrl or template is required.

resolve - {Object.<string, Function>=} - An optional map of dependencies which should
be injected into the controller. If any of these dependencies are promises, the router
will wait for them all to be resolved or one to be rejected before the controller is
instantiated.
If all the promises are resolved successfully, the values of the resolved promises are
injected and $routeChangeSuccess event is
fired. If any of the promises are rejected the
$routeChangeError event is fired.
For easier access to the resolved dependencies from the template, the resolve map will
be available on the scope of the route, under $resolve (by default) or a custom name
specified by the resolveAs property (see below). This can be particularly useful, when
working with components as route templates.

  Note: If your scope already contains a property with this name, it will be hidden
  or overwritten. Make sure, you specify an appropriate name for this property, that
  does not collide with other properties on the scope.

The map object is:

key – {string}: a name of a dependency to be injected into the controller.

factory - {string|Function}: If string then it is an alias for a service.
Otherwise if function, then it is injected
and the return value is treated as the dependency. If the result is a promise, it is
resolved before its value is injected into the controller. Be aware that
ngRoute.$routeParams will still refer to the previous route within these resolve
functions.  Use $route.current.params to access the new route parameters, instead.

resolveAs - {string=} - The name under which the resolve map will be available on
the scope of the route. If omitted, defaults to $resolve.

redirectTo – {(string|Function)=} – value to update
$location path with and trigger route redirection.

If redirectTo is a function, it will be called with the following parameters:

{Object.<string>} - route parameters extracted from the current
$location.path() by applying the current route templateUrl.

{string} - current $location.path()

{Object} - current $location.search()

The custom redirectTo function is expected to return a string which will be used
to update $location.url(). If the function throws an error, no further processing will
take place and the $routeChangeError event will
be fired.

Routes that specify redirectTo will not have their controllers, template functions
or resolves called, the $location will be changed to the redirect url and route
processing will stop. The exception to this is if the redirectTo is a function that
returns undefined. In this case the route transition occurs as though there was no
redirection.

resolveRedirectTo – {Function=} – a function that will (eventually) return the value
to update $location URL with and trigger route redirection. In
contrast to redirectTo, dependencies can be injected into resolveRedirectTo and the
return value can be either a string or a promise that will be resolved to a string.

Similar to redirectTo, if the return value is undefined (or a promise that gets
resolved to undefined), no redirection takes place and the route transition occurs as
though there was no redirection.

If the function throws an error or the returned promise gets rejected, no further
processing will take place and the
$routeChangeError event will be fired.

redirectTo takes precedence over resolveRedirectTo, so specifying both on the same
route definition, will cause the latter to be ignored.

[reloadOnSearch=true] - {boolean=} - reload route when only $location.search()
or $location.hash() changes.

If the option is set to false and url in the browser changes, then
$routeUpdate event is broadcasted on the root scope.

[caseInsensitiveMatch=false] - {boolean=} - match routes without being case sensitive

If the option is set to true, then the particular route can be matched without being
case sensitive

Returns

    Object

self

otherwise(params);

Sets route definition that will be used on route change when no other route definition
is matched.

Parameters

      Param
      Type
      Details

        params

        Objectstring

Mapping information to be assigned to $route.current.
If called with a string, the value maps to redirectTo.

Returns

    Object

self

eagerInstantiationEnabled([enabled]);

Call this method as a setter to enable/disable eager instantiation of the
$route service upon application bootstrap. You can also call it as a
getter (i.e. without any arguments) to get the current value of the
eagerInstantiationEnabled flag.

Instantiating $route early is necessary for capturing the initial
$locationChangeStart event and navigating to the
appropriate route. Usually, $route is instantiated in time by the
ngView directive. Yet, in cases where ngView is included in an
asynchronously loaded template (e.g. in another directive's template), the directive factory
might not be called soon enough for $route to be instantiated before the initial
$locationChangeSuccess event is fired. Eager instantiation ensures that $route is always
instantiated in time, regardless of when ngView will be loaded.

The default value is true.

Note:

You may want to disable the default behavior when unit-testing modules that depend on
ngRoute, in order to avoid an unexpected request for the default route's template.

Parameters

      Param
      Type
      Details

        enabled

(optional)

        boolean

If provided, update the internal eagerInstantiationEnabled flag.

Returns

    *

The current value of the eagerInstantiationEnabled flag if used as a getter or
    itself (for chaining) if used as a setter.

Properties

caseInsensitiveMatch

A boolean property indicating if routes defined
using this provider should be matched using a case insensitive
algorithm. Defaults to false.

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Afghanistan: support for building the state
Work on building the Afghan state, which began in 2001, has thus far focused heavily on centralised state institutions. The Stabilisation Programme for Northern Afghanistan (SPNA) focuses on this and complements work to establish the state at a centralised level by boosting local participatory structures. The target group is the population in fragile regions. The aim is to improve their living conditions by providing access to basic infrastructure services, reducing local conflicts and involving them in processes to gather support for development projects. Members of the district development councils are also given training to improve their administrative skills and be able to better perform their role as representatives of the people.
In 2017, 17 projects were handed over to the local partners, including schools and healthcare centres, such as in the Baghlan province.
Climate risk insurance in developing countries and emerging economies
Prevention is better than cure. KfW promotes the development of climate insurance policies to mitigate the risks arising as a result of climate change. These help to reduce the consequential costs of extreme weather events and the associated financial and existential risks for the poor and vulnerable in developing countries and emerging economies. This improves the resilience of the countries affected by extreme weather events. However, only a handful of households, companies and governments in developing countries and emerging economies have access to adequate climate risk insurance as suitable insurance solutions are often not available.
In October 2017, KfW and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development gave the go-ahead for the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF), endowed with EUR 15 million, which is aimed at improving the range of climate risk insurance policies offered in developing countries and emerging economies. To this end, it partially funds the development of new, and the expansion of existing, climate risk insurance products for households, businesses and governments in developing countries and emerging economies. The ISF is a building block of the "InsuResilience" climate risk insurance initiative initiated at the G7 summit. Its aim is to offer insurance protection against climate risks to an additional 400 million poor and vulnerable people worldwide in developing countries and emerging economies by 2020.
Support for refugees and communities providing refuge
An average of 17 years pass before refugees are able to return to their home country. It is therefore important to develop solutions that effectively combine short-term aid measures with longer-term structural approaches regarding development cooperation. Support for the communities providing refuge is a particularly important issue here, as their supply infrastructure is often put under immense strain as a result of the high number of refugees. The direct consequences are overburdened water, sanitation and energy supply systems, overcrowded schools and healthcare facilities as well as a shortage of living space and rising rents. In order to safeguard the willingness of communities to take in refugees and to prevent conflict situations from developing between the local population and the refugees, the capacities of the local supply infrastructure must be quickly adapted to the required scale.
Ethiopia: Supply of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities
Ethiopia takes in more refugees than most other countries in Africa. Over 840,000 refugees are currently living there. Many of them come from neighbouring South Sudan, which is plagued by heavy fighting. Most of the refugees first arrive in the province of Gambella, one of Ethiopia's poorest regions. There is not enough clean water available for refugees and the communities taking them in, which means that diarrhoea and other diseases such as cholera are widespread. On behalf of the Federal Government, KfW Development Bank finances measures to reduce the prevalence of diseases caused by dirty water. Work is done to improve the provision of water as well as sanitation and hygiene for refugees and the communities providing refuge. The United Nation's Children's Fund, UNICEF, is the recipient and sponsor of the funds. The various water supply measures are intended to benefit around 35,000 people from the surrounding communities and 70,000 refugees in the new Nguenyyiel refugee camp. Moreover, all the refugees in the camps and the residents of nearby communities will benefit from hygiene education as well as improved sanitation, i.e. around 275,000 people.
South Sudan: water, solar lighting and market stalls
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The ongoing conflict and fighting between hostile groups further exacerbate the food crisis. This makes the situation of the more than two million internally displaced people particularly precarious.
Rainwater collection tanks have been built, among other measures, in order to give citizens and refugees in South Sudan access to water. KfW has been financing a number of individual measures totalling EUR 7.35 million on behalf of the Federal Government since early 2015, in order to improve the situation of the refugees, communities providing refuge and people returning to South Sudan. In cooperation with the French non-governmental organisation ACTED, the commitment was focused on structure-building measures that produce fast effects, such as the installation of solar lighting, and construction of rainwater collection tanks, waste recycling facilities and market stalls. Around 170,000 people are benefiting from the measures that are strengthening the peaceful coexistence and forming a basis for development.
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Jordan: supply of electricity and drinking water
On behalf of the Federal Government, KfW is currently financing various measures in Jordan, where the critical water and electricity situation has been exacerbated as result of rapid population growth – primarily due to refugees from Syria as well as people from Iraq and Palestinian territories. These measures include the rehabilitation of old deep wells, the transportation of additional freshwater to towns and cities with a particularly high number of refugees and the distribution thereof within these host communities. Moreover, KfW finances the expansion of wastewater systems and sewage treatment plants in the communities providing refuge. In order to minimise water losses, KfW is involved in efforts in various districts to rehabilitate dilapidated water pipes, replace broken household connections and water meters as well as improve operator management. A photovoltaic system with a power output of at least 10 MW and low operating costs is being built in the Zaatari refugee camp in the north of the country, in which around 85,000 people currently live. This will reduce the strain overall on the power grid in the region, meaning that the Jordanian population will also benefit.
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Sustainable return and reintegration of Afghan refugees
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2006 Spring Western Section Meeting
San Francisco, CA, April 29-30, 2006 (Saturday - Sunday)
Associate secretaries:
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Special Session on Q-series and Partitions
Saturday April 29, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Q-series and Partitions, I
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Neville Robbins, San Francisco State University robbins@math.sfsu.edu
Convolution Congruences for the Partition Function.
Sharon Anne Garthwaite*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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The distribution of powers of the partition function modulo $\ell^j$.
Timothy P. Kilbourn*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Congruences for modular forms of weights two and four.
Scott Ahlgren*, University of Illinois
Indivisibility of p(n) mod 3 in arithmetic progressions.
Matthew G. Boylan*, University of South Carolina
A Fine Dream.
George E. Andrews*, The Pennsylvania State University
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Ramanujan's modular equations and partition congruences.
Bruce C. Berndt*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series and polynomial representations for weighted Rogers-Ramanujan partitions and products modulo 6.
Krishnaswami Alladi*, University of Florida
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Hamza Yesilyurt*, University of Florida
The BG-rank of a partition and its applications.
Alexander Berkovich*, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida
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Brendan Younger, Univ. of Texas
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Holly M Swisher*, Ohio State University
Kathrin Bringmann, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Mock theta functions.
Ken Ono*, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Kathrin Bringmann, University of Wisconsin
Sunday April 30, 2006, 3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Special Session on Q-series and Partitions, IV
Elliptic enumeration of nonintersecting lattice paths.
Michael J Schlosser*, Faculty of Mathematics/University of Vienna
Elementary divisors of Cartan matrices for symmetric groups.
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"APT7 has no overarching theme, but it does have a number of focuses," states the Gallery of Modern Art's acting director, Suhanya Raffel. In lieu of an overriding curatorial theme, APT7 has maintained the course of its predecessors by forming its curatorial scope around conceptualising the geographical site of the Asia Pacific.
The boundaries of this scope have been pushed further out with each Triennial, challenging traditional ideas of what practices could be considered as informing Asia Pacific art. This scope has seen the gradual inclusion of artists from the Middle East, islands of the Indian and North Pacific Ocean, and artists whose migration has meant they have artistically responded to their homelands in the region from afar.
Using a geographical scope to underpin a conceptual framework has meant the APT's success is almost implicit ─ its goals are fulfilled as long as the exhibition showcases artists from its stipulated scope. This makes the APT a tough exhibition to critique. Although most art goers would agree with the Queensland Art Gallery's early decision to stop grouping artists into nation states, mixing everyone together at the Triennial's new home (GoMA) has made it difficult to consider artworks within context of the local trends and concerns informing them. This is compounded by the fact that each installment of the APT has gradually increased in size and number of works in order to establish the status of its host gallery as a major tourist spectacle of the Australian art circuit. In the six years GoMA has hosted the APT, it has been incredibly successful in using the Triennial program to promote itself in this way. But attracting the maximum number of punters through an emphasis on size, quantity, interactivity, and 'family friendliness' has meant GoMA has asked little of APT audiences in terms of establishing a genuine understanding of the concerns and motivations behind the works it showcases.
Clearly, the APT's recent emphasis on spectacle had to find its peak at some point. No doubt this was APT6, whose curatorial team emphasised the inclusion of mass scale interactive artworks, walls of TV screens, computers, works that could be taken home as souvenirs, and art generally being wedged into every possible space. The curatorial team of APT7 seems to have recognised the impossibility of outdoing its predecessor on the same terms and has scaled back accordingly, involving 75 artists in the Triennial, which is down from over 100 in 2009. Works have clearly been given adequate installation space and lighting, there has been a clear step away from the emphasis on mass scale interactivity, and QAG has included a comprehensive multi-media archive on the history and context of past Triennials. These decisions demonstrate an emerging maturity within the program and, in my opinion, makes APT7 the best Triennial since the project was moved to GoMA.
This is not to say that APT7 has completely disavowed the theme-park leanings of its past. Japanese collective Paramodel's paramodelic – Graffiti (2010), Chinese collective MadeIn Company's, Spread 201009103 (2010), and GoMA's most publicised APT7 acquisition, Huang Yong Ping's, Serpent d'océan (2012) are prime examples of the Gallery not being able to resist a bit of razzle dazzle. However, these works are well balanced by more politically engaged, conceptual and thought provoking works. Tadasu Takamine's, Fukushima Esperanto is a stand-out example. Walking up the theatre-esque stairs in anticipation, viewers find themselves on a platform looking down upon a stage-like installation where audio fragments of stories reference the origins of the atomic energy industy in the wake of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Music, drawing, sculpture, installation, video and lighting are all combined in an unique, sequential narrative inspired by Marina Abramovich's performances.
Other stand out works include the painting series by Indian artist Sheila Makhijani, Gimhongsok's Canine Construction (2009), Louisa Bufardeci's wall drawings and woven sculptures inspired by the physics of String Theory, Timothy Cook's Kulama (2012), Graham Fletcher's Lounge Room Tribalism series (2010), Sara Rahbar's woven flag series Cycles (2007) and of course, the incredible commission by PNG's Kwoma Arts – Kurrumbu (2012). The attention dedicated to Indigenous artists from around the Asian Pacific, as well as the emphasis on young and mid-career artists is another applauded development.
APT7 is a coming of age milestone in the life of the APT program. The Triennial originated as a modest but confronting and tightly scoped exhibition, endured its teenage years as a big and brash three story festival, and is presently evolving into a more mature and measured survey that has resisted compromising its original energy. This twenty-year journey has no doubt been a dynamic one, and the curatorial decisions made in subsequent installments of the APT will be followed with much interest by all. — [O]
Carmen Ansaldo is a freelance art writer and editor with a degree in Fine Arts (Painting) from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University; and honours in Art History from the University of Queensland.
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Clas Ohlson opens three stores in a week
Swedish retailers ends 2010 on a high with stores in Cardiff, Norwich and Doncaster but scales down expansion plans for next year due to economic climate.
The new openings include Clas Ohlson's first venture into Wales and take its total number of UK stores to 11. The Cardiff store opened in St David's on December 8, the Norwich store in Chapelfield shopping centre on December 9 and the final opening took place in the Frenchgate Centre in Doncaster on December 10.
Meanwhile, Clas Ohlson has announced plans to open a further four to six stores in the UK next year - a move which UK md Mark Gregory says demonstrates the retailer's "long-term ambition to be a national brand in the UK".
However, Clas Ohlson has reined in its expansion plans slightly for 2011, with its original intention having been to open six to 10 outlets in the UK over the course of the year.
In its latest interim report for the six months to October 31, the retailer explained; "During the second quarter, the UK economy was strained by fiscal cutbacks designed to improve government finances. The weaker trend in the UK retail sector is presenting continued opportunities for contracting attractive locations for new stores. Clas Ohlson is evaluating potential new locations carefully and is balancing the rate of expansion to match the prevailing market conditions."
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The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians not to attack South African companies operating in Nigeria in retaliation for the ongoing xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday September 3rd, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, described as deeply disturbing the reports that some Nigerians, angered by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa, have started attacking South African companies in Nigeria.
He said that targetting South African companies in Nigeria for attack is a classic case of cutting off your nose to spite your face, because the investors in such companies, especially MTN and Shoprite, are Nigerians.
Lai Mohammed said the majority of the workers in the South African companies operating in Nigeria are also Nigerians, meaning that its Nigerian workers who will be hardest hit if such companies are forced to shut down for fear of attacks.
He assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is already taking decisive measures to put an end to the persistent xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa.
"President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a Special Envoy to convey to his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, his concerns and also interact with his South African counterpart on the situation.
"Also, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, acting on the instruction of Mr. President, has summoned the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria to get a brief on the situation; express Nigeria's displeasure over the treatment of her citizens; and secure assurance of the safety of their lives and property," the Minister said.
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Thranduil, The Fisher King and Oberon; Why It Matters
September 15, 2013 at 9:59 pm by Kelvarhin -
Ringer Marthe has sent us this interesting and thought-provoking article outlining comparisons of the Elven-king Thranduil with the legends of The Fisher King and Oberon, based on comments Lee Pace made in the August copy of Empire Magazine.
by: Marthe
In the much-discussed article in the August issue of Empire Magazine, the three Mirkwood Elves we'll see in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug shared some information about their characters.
One particular statement from Lee Pace — that he drew upon Oberon and The Fisher King as inspirations for Thranduil — appears to have been overlooked.
This might not mean much to most people, yet I feel it carries more importance than most realise.
As usual, some backstory is helpful in order to understand the topic.
The Fisher King was introduced by Chrétien de Troyes for the first time (as known to us today) during the late 12th century. His story as well as his characteristics makes him one of the many important and memorable characters from the well-known Arthurian Legend, and he has continued to appear in popular culture, most-recently portrayed by Donald Sumpter in BBC's Merlin.
He is often believed to originate from Celtic mythology (a particularly noteworthy fact), and his connection to Bran the Blessed is strong. Today, it is possible to find many different versions of both The Fisher King's story and the character, but common to all is that he always is wounded (thus he is often called The Maimed or Wounded King), and his kingdom has become a wasteland.
Just as every king should be mentally connected to his kingdom, the Fisher King is also physically connected to his; because of his injury, he is unable to move by himself and he depends on help from others. This connection goes even deeper because the kingdom becomes a picture of him. Notably, he is also said to be the last keeper of the Grail (in some versions of the story this is why he survives despite his injury), and he is only healed when the right question is asked. This is usually known as the healing question. (But, again, this depends on the version you're looking at, because all of them are different.)
These are a few of the things we know for certain.
It is also possible to go further back because The Fisher King has a longer and even more interesting story that we know little of. There is a reason why he was wounded, and although it is not possible to say anything in particular, it is obvious that he fought against someone. As a king, it would make sense for him to lead his army into battle, which again would present him as a warrior. (In one version written by Howard Pyle, it was said that he was wounded by his brother, Sir Balin. However, this has no connection whatsoever to Tolkien's Dwalin and Balin.) In addition, we often hear how his kingdom is described as a wasteland, and because that, there are many reasons to believe that the kingdom used to be prosperous, fertile and very much alive.
Moving forward to the early 13th century, we encounter another French character; Oberon. Although he is most famous for being the king of all the fairies in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, I do not believe that this version is the only version worthy of attention.
Looking at what Pace said (and more importantly what he did not say), he indicated he found inspiration in Oberon. Most fans have immediately thought about Shakespeare's Oberon, but notably, Pace was never specific. Just as he never specifies which version of The Fisher King he called upon as inspiration, the quote can be interpreted as him talking generally about the Oberon character.
Oberon first appears in French poems as a beautiful fairy dwarf helping the hero of the story. (This is a bit amusing if you think how Thranduil is an Elf who cannot be described as being fond of dwarves.) Oberon lives in a forest, and when one of the other characters is travelling through it, he is warned against the fairy dwarf. However, he greets Oberon because he is in need of his help to succeed in his quest of going to a court where he must perform various feats to win a pardon. It is only when he receives this help from Oberon that he is successful. Now does this begin to sound very familiar? Yes, I thought so too.
Looking at Shakespeare's version, the story changes a bit. But there is one particularly interesting thing. When Oberon fights with his wife, the weather is affected. In other words, their arguments affect nature, just as The Fisher King's injury affects the climate and his kingdom.
And consider: Lee Pace stated that the corrupt forest of Mirkwood is very much a reflection of Thranduil. In other words, this is a major parallel because the actions of and conditions to these three characters will set a visible mark on either the weather or the earth itself.
Morally ambiguous characters
Returning to Shakespeare's Oberon, closer character analysis reveals he appears to be quite ambiguous: he helps others, but also lets them suffer before doing anything. This makes him appear as a two-faced character; he can be kind at times, but not always. However, his motives are not revealed. That is also the reason why Oberon is seen as a contrary character, and it is difficult to place him in a definite category.
And now you may ask; is he evil or not?
The same applies to The Fisher King. In some versions, he is regarded as good, and in other versions, he is regarded as evil (and his injury is often a symbol of sin).
Looking at Thranduil, it is evident that some people believe that he is evil — mostly because he imprisons and refuses to help the dwarves in their quest. Others would argue that he is good — because he never actually hurt the dwarves, and he fought alongside with them during The Battle of the Five Armies.
The point however, is that he is a complex and morally ambiguous character. His actions can be argued to be both good and bad at the same time.
Thranduil's withdrawal from the world
Again, this can be connected with the characters' unknown, mysterious past.
With Oberon it is very difficult to say anything, but with The Fisher King, one can assume quite a bit about his past and why he and his country have become what they are.
What we know for a fact however, is that Thranduil fought in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. And there are some indications this affecting (and probably injuring) him greatly, and it may explain why Thranduil has more or less shut himself up in Mirkwood.
[The Silvan Elves']… losses were thus more grievous than they need have been, even in that terrible war. Oropher was slain in the first assault upon Mordor, rushing forward at the head of his most doughty warriors before Gil-galad had given the signal for the advance. Thranduil his son survived, but when the war ended … he led back home barely a third of the army that had marched to war.
There was a long peace in which the numbers of Silvan Elves grew again; but they were unquiet and anxious, feeling the change in the world that the Third Age would bring… There was in Thranduil's heart a still deeper shadow. He had seen the horror of Mordor, and could not forget it. If ever he looked south, its memory dimmed the light of the sun…
Just as Thranduil is affected by the war and fighting, so is The Fisher King, although it may be argued that he is affected physically, while Thranduil is affected mentally. This can again be taken further because of Greenwood the Great turning into Mirkwood with the return of Sauron to Middle-earth.
Pace also points out to the corrupt forest being very much a reflection of who Thranduil is, and again the similarity between The Fisher King and the Eleven King is striking; both have been affected by something in their past, and now, their kingdoms and their people must suffer.
However, I do believe that it is also possible to say that the two monarchs perhaps are suffering the most because of this.
A series of overlapping similarities
There are other major and central similarities. There is nothing that indicates Oberon's age (although there are at least reasons to believe that he cannot be very young), but The Fisher King is often portrayed as very old, and the same thing applies to Thranduil (although his age is more exact). In addition, The Fisher King's wife is never mention (but we know that he had at least one daughter).
Again, there are similarities to Thranduil because we know little of his family (with Legolas the key exception). Also, a fun fact that applies to both Oberon and The Fisher King is that while Oberon is able to produce food and wine (with the help of a magic cup, often associated with the Grail), The Fisher King is associated with a cauldron that often is connected to the ability of providing food and that of giving life.
Immortality is not mentioned, but again, this can be connected to Thranduil and his feasts. Remember, Thorin and his Company were starving — the Elves appear as the only possible source of food in a desperate situation.)
There are striking similarities among them all.
Still, the way I see it, Oberon covers more of Thranduil's story in The Hobbit. For instance, helping the quest can easily be linked with his role in The Battle of the Five Armies because the Elves become a force to be reckoned with.
On the other hand, The Fisher King covers more of Thranduil's character — a great king that is strongly linked to his kingdom.
Will Jackson's Thranduil need healing?
However, there remains one big and important question. As I mentioned, The Fisher King must be asked the healing question in order to be healed. In most versions of the Arthurian Legend, Percival asks this question and when The Fisher King is healed, so is his country.
How does this work with Thranduil?
According to Pace, Thranduil "doesn't readily use his force", but we already know that something or someone will drag him out of his dragon-like isolation. In other words, it appears that Thranduil is also in the need of being asked the healing question.
If so, how will that play out?
Perhaps it is dangerous to read too far into the story, but the way I see it is that if they employ this twist, either an object or a person will step forward to urge Thranduil to do something.
For all we know, it could be the Arkenstone itself (with the help of Bilbo), and by doing it like this, Peter Jackson will be able to stand closer to canon. However, are there any possibilities that Tauriel may take the Percival's role?
For now, it is impossible to know.
Still, I would argue that Lee Pace's thoughts provides us all much more that it seems on the surface, and I firmly believe that this is the ultimate proof of Lee Pace truly understanding his character.
If somebody did their homework properly, it was Lee. And because of that, I think we all have a lot to look forward to.
Although being Norwegian and growing up with traditional Norwegian stories, Marthe has been interested in English literature, legends and stories from an early age. Favourite authors include C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien since she has grown up very closely connected to their stories as well as Narnia and Middle-earth, and she has written various school essays based on their works. The Arthurian Legend has also been a big part of her life; partly because of BBC's Merlin (which she also has written school essays on), as well as various writings with Rosemary Sutcliff's "King Arthur Trilogy" being a favourite. Marthe is currently studying at university in order to get a degree in English.
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Q: Finding the derivative of a function. Please check my answer Find the derivative of
$$f(x)=x^2 \sqrt{1-x^2}$$
Here is my solution .

A: Lets analyze what you did. The problem is to find the derivative of
$$f(x)=x^2 \sqrt{1-x^2}.$$ From the 2nd line of your solution, you wrote
$$f'(x)=2x\bigg[\frac{1}{2}(1-x^2)^{-\frac{1}{2}} \bigg]\cdot D_x(1-x^2).$$ It seems that your interpretation of the derivative of the product $uv$, where $u$ and $v$ are both functions of $x$, is $u'v'$, that is, you are thinking that $$(uv)'=u'v'.$$ This is WRONG! It should be $$(uv)'\quad=\quad u\cdot v'\quad+\quad v\cdot u'.\tag{formula}$$ So, to get a correct solution, follow the following steps:
Step 1: Let $u=x^2$ and $v=\sqrt{1-x^2}$.
Step 2. Find $u'$ and $v'$.
Step 3. Then use step 2 to get
$$\begin{align}f'(x)&=(uv)'\\
&=u\cdot v'\quad+\quad v\cdot u'\\
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\end{align}$$

A: Just another way to do the work when you face products, quotients and powers :  logarithmic differentiation $$f=x^2 \sqrt{1-x^2}\implies \log(f)=2\log(x)+\frac12 \log(1-x^2)$$ Differentiate $$\frac {f'}f=\frac 2x-\frac x{1-x^2}=\frac{2-3x^2}{x(1-x^2)}$$ $$f'=f \times \frac {f'}f=x^2 \sqrt{1-x^2}\times\frac{2-3x^2}{x(1-x^2)}=\frac{x(2-3x^2)}{\sqrt {1-x^2}}$$

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When Eze traveled to the village for the Christmas celebrations, he came in contact with some challenges that were orchestrated by demons. He tried to cast out the demons, but they seemed too strong for him to handle, and he started wondering why. When he reported the matter to his sister who was a more recent believer, she laughed over the problem and assured him that the matter was resolved. She simply prayed a simple prayer and commanded the demons to leave. The level of calmness and authority with which she commanded those demons to leave showed that she knew what she was doing and already had great power with God. The matter was resolved instantly after Eze's sister prayed with authority. This was how Eze knew that he did not have sufficient spiritual authority to handle certain matters because he was still a spiritual babe, even though he walked in spiritual gifts and had been a believer longer than his sister.
One thing Eze could say about his sister was that she was a very selfless believer whose love for the Lord [and His brethren] couldn't be hidden. There was a time she turned down a very high paying job because she was convinced it would hinder her from serving the Lord the way she should. Eze knew he couldn't do things like that that she did, but he also knew that was why she had more esteem and authority in heaven than him.
The path of spiritual maturity and authority is the path of love and selflessness. Just like physically speaking, a young child in the family does not have as much authority over the family estate like when he becomes mature, a spiritual babe does not walk in the level of authority he would walk in when he becomes spiritually mature.
Love is the fruit that God expects to see us produce because of His divine life within us. It is abnormal for those who have been born of God to not be fruitful, but it can happen if they allow themselves to be conformed to the standards of this loveless world.
Go into today remembering that a man who allows himself to be transformed by the renewing of his mind through the understanding of God's Word is a man who would walk in the divine nature of love and wield great spiritual authority.
Prayer: ask the Lord to help you walk in the fullness of your authority in Him.
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Fern House was Ossett's first working men's club and has now been in existence for over 100 years. Fern House was the first home of Ossett Town football club who played in the Yorkshire League at quite an advanced amateur level. The green shed at the left of the main building was the snooker room, which sported a full-sized table. At the far end of the snooker room was a stage and at weekends or evenings, snooker was suspended, the table was covered over and paid singers or comedians performed in the ad hoc concert room. During the week, the club had it's own "comedians and singers" who appeared regularly in front of a dedicated Committee.
Behind the club was a large ex-railway goods van, which was used as the dressing room for Ossett Town football club. The football field was just behind the railway coach and since Ossett Town moved to Towngate, has long since been converted into the car park for the club. In the 1950s. Herbert Mitchell was the Chairman of Ossett Town. The Colliers were the steward and stewardess of Fern House WMC and Albert Scholey was the Secretary of the WMC.


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package retrofit2.adapter.rxjava;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
import retrofit2.Retrofit;
import retrofit2.http.GET;
import rx.Completable;
import rx.exceptions.CompositeException;
import rx.exceptions.Exceptions;
import rx.observers.AsyncCompletableSubscriber;
import rx.observers.TestSubscriber;
import rx.plugins.RxJavaErrorHandler;
import rx.plugins.RxJavaPlugins;

import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
import static okhttp3.mockwebserver.SocketPolicy.DISCONNECT_AFTER_REQUEST;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;

public final class AsyncTest {
  @Rule public final MockWebServer server = new MockWebServer();
  @Rule public final TestRule pluginsReset = new RxJavaPluginsResetRule();

  interface Service {
    @GET("/") Completable completable();
  }

  private Service service;
  @Before public void setUp() {
    Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
        .baseUrl(server.url("/"))
        .addCallAdapterFactory(RxJavaCallAdapterFactory.createAsync())
        .build();
    service = retrofit.create(Service.class);
  }

  @Test public void success() throws InterruptedException {
    TestSubscriber<Void> subscriber = new TestSubscriber<>();
    service.completable().subscribe(subscriber);
    assertFalse(subscriber.awaitValueCount(1, 1, SECONDS));

    server.enqueue(new MockResponse());
    subscriber.awaitTerminalEvent(1, SECONDS);
    subscriber.assertCompleted();
  }

  @Test public void failure() throws InterruptedException {
    TestSubscriber<Void> subscriber = new TestSubscriber<>();
    service.completable().subscribe(subscriber);
    assertFalse(subscriber.awaitValueCount(1, 1, SECONDS));

    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setSocketPolicy(DISCONNECT_AFTER_REQUEST));
    subscriber.awaitTerminalEvent(1, SECONDS);
    subscriber.assertError(IOException.class);
  }

  @Test public void throwingInOnCompleteDeliveredToPlugin() throws InterruptedException {
    server.enqueue(new MockResponse());

    final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
    final AtomicReference<Throwable> errorRef = new AtomicReference<>();
    RxJavaPlugins.getInstance().registerErrorHandler(new RxJavaErrorHandler() {
      @Override public void handleError(Throwable throwable) {
        if (!errorRef.compareAndSet(null, throwable)) {
          throw Exceptions.propagate(throwable); // Don't swallow secondary errors!
        }
        latch.countDown();
      }
    });

    final TestSubscriber<Void> subscriber = new TestSubscriber<>();
    final RuntimeException e = new RuntimeException();
    service.completable().unsafeSubscribe(new AsyncCompletableSubscriber() {
      @Override public void onCompleted() {
        throw e;
      }

      @Override public void onError(Throwable t) {
        subscriber.onError(t);
      }
    });

    latch.await(1, SECONDS);
    assertThat(errorRef.get()).isSameAs(e);
  }

  @Test public void bodyThrowingInOnErrorDeliveredToPlugin() throws InterruptedException {
    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(404));

    final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
    final AtomicReference<Throwable> pluginRef = new AtomicReference<>();
    RxJavaPlugins.getInstance().registerErrorHandler(new RxJavaErrorHandler() {
      @Override public void handleError(Throwable throwable) {
        if (!pluginRef.compareAndSet(null, throwable)) {
          throw Exceptions.propagate(throwable); // Don't swallow secondary errors!
        }
        latch.countDown();
      }
    });

    final TestSubscriber<Void> subscriber = new TestSubscriber<>();
    final RuntimeException e = new RuntimeException();
    final AtomicReference<Throwable> errorRef = new AtomicReference<>();
    service.completable().unsafeSubscribe(new AsyncCompletableSubscriber() {
      @Override public void onCompleted() {
        subscriber.onCompleted();
      }

      @Override public void onError(Throwable t) {
        errorRef.set(t);
        throw e;
      }
    });

    latch.await(1, SECONDS);
    //noinspection ThrowableResultOfMethodCallIgnored
    CompositeException composite = (CompositeException) pluginRef.get();
    assertThat(composite.getExceptions()).containsExactly(errorRef.get(), e);
  }
}


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Main › News › Indonesia is now one of the main markets for Ukrainian wheat
Indonesia is now one of the main markets for Ukrainian wheat
Over the past couple of years, India has been one of the main wheat buyers in the Ukrainian market. However, India surrendered its position and ceded the primacy of Indonesia. Now in India they are counting on their own harvest.For all this was a turning point, which led to the search for new markets for the sale of Ukrainian products. Indonesia has become a new buyer and one of the key.It should be noted that Ukraine is trying its best to cope with the decrease in demand for products in the Indian market. In addition, it also struggles with the growth of Russia's competitiveness. After all, now Russia begins to offer cereals on the market, and it is quite cheap. This year, products of Russian origin were in great demand in Egypt, which can rightfully be considered one of the key wheat buyers in the world market.At the same time, about 1.8 million tons of wheat of Ukrainian origin were imported to Indonesia. This figure is 11% higher than last season. Today Indonesia is considered the main market for Ukrainian grain, about 16% of Ukrainian production is exported to it. While India buys only 4% of Ukrainian products. Also, supplies to the Philippines increased.
Sunflower oil production increased by 5%
The volume of production of unrefined sunflower oil in Ukraine in January-June 2016 amounted to 1.971 million tons, which is 4.8% higher than the same period a year earlier. This is reported by "APK-Inform" with reference to the State Statistics Committee. According to the report, 287 thousa...
The record level of exports of soybeans Brazil against the backdrop of a severe crop failure situation in Argentina
Strong precipitation of industrial areas in Argentina does not provide an opportunity to fully collect soy. Recall that the country was badly affected by the drought, which lasted until the end of April this year. In this case, rains can cause soybean yield up to 15% of the damage, taking into accou...
Temperature fluctuation will affect the condition of winter crops in the Khmelnytsky region
According to a survey carried out by specialists of IA "APK-Inform", many producers of agricultural products from Khmelnitsky region say that the moods of nature and temperature fluctuations from -5 to +10 ° C will negatively affect the sowing of winter crops in the region. Experts argue that the...
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