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Акционерное общество «Творческо-производственное объединение "Центральная киностудия детских и юношеских фильмов имени Максима Горького"» — советская и российская кинопроизводственная компания (акционерное общество). Основана в 1915 году в Российской империи как «Киноателье "Русь"». Одна из старейших кинокомпаний в России, вторая по старшинству после «Ленфильма». За годы работы киностудия выпустила более тысячи художественных фильмов и телесериалов.

История
С 1915 года — киноателье «Русь» (создано костромским купцом-старовером Михаилом Трофимовым, регулярное кинопроизводство началось в 1916 году). С  1924 года — «Межрабпом-Русь» (кинематографический орган организации «Международная рабочая помощь» — «Межрабпом»). С  1928 года — «Межрабпомфильм». С 1936 года — «Союздетфильм». С 1948 года — Московская киностудия имени М. Горького. С 1963 года — Центральная киностудия детских и юношеских фильмов имени М. Горького.

В разное время на киностудии работали такие прославленные режиссёры, как Яков Протазанов, Исидор Анненский, Александр Роу, Сергей Юткевич, Марк Донской, Лев Кулешов, Леонид Луков, Марлен Хуциев, Сергей Герасимов, Василий Шукшин, Станислав Ростоцкий, Ричард Викторов, Вениамин Дорман, Марк Осепьян и другие.

В 1967 году была награждена орденом Трудового Красного Знамени и стала именоваться «Центральная ордена Трудового Красного Знамени киностудия детских и юношеских фильмов имени М. Горького».

В 1974 году была награждена орденом Октябрьской Революции и стала именоваться «Центральная ордена Октябрьской Революции и ордена Трудового Красного Знамени киностудия детских и юношеских фильмов имени М. Горького».

4 декабря 2003 года киностудия была акционирована, получив новое название — Открытое акционерное общество «Творческо-производственное объединение "Центральная киностудия детских и юношеских фильмов имени М. Горького"».

С 2015 года в состав киностудии вошли филиалы Центральная студия научно-популярных и учебных фильмов — «Центрнаучфильм», Научно-исследовательский кинофотоинститут (НИКФИ), «Леннаучфильм».

В 2015 году по случаю столетнего юбилея на её территории были заложены первые памятные знаки «Аллеи звёзд».

В апреле 2018 года было объявлено о продаже семи зданий киностудии. С молотка также ушли земельные участки и автобаза общей площадью 8 693 квадратных метра.

В октябре 2019 года на должность генерального директора киностудии назначена председатель правления киностудии «Союзмультфильм» Юлиана Слащева.

После 2020 года
Киностудия выпустила несколько игровых фильмов при поддержке Министерства культуры РФ: романтическую комедию «Любовь без размера», подростковые драмы «Светлячок» и «Я свободен».

Киностудия проводит питчинги для документалистов в рамках проекта Gorky.Doc, ежегодный Open call для сценаристов игрового кино, кинофестивали, индустриальные конференции и выставки.

Киностудия является также официальным организатором Международного фестиваля научно-популярного кино «Мир Знаний», который ежегодно проходит в Санкт-Петербурге.

В 2020 году прошел первый ежегодный фестиваль музыки в кино Soundtrack, организованный киностудией при поддержке министерства культуры РФ и при участии Московского продюсерского центра.

В мае 2021 года на открытых торгах был продан имущественный комплекс общей площадью 17,4 тыс. м² на Мельничной улице в Санкт-Петербурге, где до этого располагался филиал «Леннаучфильм».

1 июня 2021 года на платформе КиноПоиск HD состоялась премьера сериала совместного производства с Яндексом «Хочу все знать!». Сериал стал современной версией популярного советского и российского киножурнала «Хочу все знать!», который выпускал «Центрнаучфильм». Песню для заставки написала и исполнила певица Монеточка.

В разных стадиях разработки и производства в 2021 году 15 новых игровых фильмов, 40 документальных и научно-популярных проектов.

В ноябре 2021 года правительство Российской Федерации распорядилось выделить киностудии более 1,1 млрд рублей на реконструкцию старых павильонов, возведение новых объектов, а также на обеспечение новым оборудованием. Модернизация должна завершиться к 2026 году.

Собственники и руководство
По состоянию на май 2020 года киностудия на 100 % принадлежит Росимуществу.

Председатель совета директоров — Дмитрий Пристансков.

Генеральный директор — Юлиана Слащёва.

Генеральный продюсер ― Лика Бланк.

Руководитель департамента игрового кино ― Наталия Харыбина.

Руководитель департамента документального кино ― Анастасия Рыцина.

Директор по развитию ― Дарья Башкина.

Заместитель генерального директора по операционным и финансовым вопросам ― Юлия Штырова.

Деятельность
Основным направлением деятельности является производство фильмов, а также предоставление полного комплекса услуг для создания кино- и телепроектов.

Среди других направлений деятельности:
 организация натурных и интерьерных съёмок;
 дублирование фильмов;
 постпродакшн;
 подбор актёров;
 пошив и прокат костюмов;
 строительство декораций.

Одним из основных источников дохода для киностудии в последние годы стала сдача в аренду помещений. В 2018 году выручка киностудии по РСБУ составила 423 млн руб. (+5 % к 2017 году), чистая прибыль — 29 млн руб. (+13 %).

Фильмография
См: Список фильмов киностудии имени М. Горького

Директора киностудии
 Елена Михайловна Нефёдова (1948—1955)
 Григорий Бритиков (1955—1978)
 Евгений Котов (1978—1987)
 Александр Рыбин (1987—1995)
 Сергей Ливнев (1995—1998)
 Владимир Грамматиков (1998—2002)
 Станислав Ершов (2003—2010)
 Сергей Зернов (2010—2019)
 Юлиана Слащёва (с 2019)

Фильмы-рекордсмены
 «Анна на шее» Исидора Анненского (1954) — 31 900 000 зрителей.
 «Тихий Дон» Сергея Герасимова (1957) — 47 000 000 зрителей.
 «Доживём до понедельника» Станислава Ростоцкого (1968) — 31 000 000 зрителей.
 «Офицеры» Владимира Рогового (1971) — 53 400 000 зрителей.
 «А зори здесь тихие» Станислава Ростоцкого () — 66 000 000 зрителей.
 «Пираты XX века» Бориса Дурова () — 98 000 000 зрителей.

Адрес
129226, Москва, ул. Сергея Эйзенштейна, д. 8

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт киностудии имени М. Горького

Кинокомпании России
Кинокомпании СССР

Объекты, названные в честь Максима Горького
Кинокомпании по алфавиту


Every family has at least one secret to hide, one black sheep to stay far from, and one skeleton in its capacious cupboard, most likely built with materials from the family tree.
Since the days of Old Mother Hubbard, cupboards have developed into cabinets, closets, sideboards, buffets, presses and even wardrobes. Over time, they have become more transparent, with lots of glass so there is nothing left to rumour or the imagination.
The last refuge of what Sir Lancelot, the calypsonian, having found out that his daddy was not his daddy but his daddy didn't know, referred to as "shame and scandal in de family" is DNA, the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms.
My grandmother, who all of us called 'Ma', the child of Indian indentured immigrants, was blond with green eyes. It was rumoured that her father, who was dark-skinned, wanted to drown the baby since it in no way resembled him in features or complexion. Anyhow, she survived and lived to bear many children, including my father.
I was eight years old when she died, and in those days, the Hindu ceremonies, traditions and superstitions included spreading ashes on a tray and placing it outside the doorway overnight. Whatever imprints you found in the morning would tell you the form the person took in the reincarnation cycle.
My aunt, who shared the house with my grandmother, used to rear chickens, and yet was convinced that the footprints found in the ashes were her mother's next step on the reincarnation roundabout. Ma had become a fowl.
Even at that age, I was less concerned about where Ma went to and more intrigued about where she came from. My father was extremely light-skinned and, despite working in the cane field for much of his life, never had a tan. Instead, his skin got increasingly red. When some red hair sprouted on my chin, I thought that Ma's 'real' father had to be Scottish, partly because of the beard but more because there were a lot of Scot engineers working in the sugar factories. It took my big son, George, using DNA, to find out the truth.
He took a DNA kit from a company called 23andme and found out that while the combination of my genes and his mother's made him 96 per cent South Asian, he was 3.6 per cent Irish. It seems that even before the British took over Trinidad in 1797, there were already Irish here. In fact, Sir Ralph Abercromby's troops landed at a place called Mucurapu, which historian Gerard Besson says "was then a sugar factory called Peru, which belonged to an Irish family named Devenish". So, as another Calypsonian, this time Gypsy, sang, the Irish were here for cane.
There was another question from my grandmother's birth that grew in importance to me, and I shared with George and my other children. My mother had told me that Ma's family came from Nepal. In truth, my father and I both looked Nepalese - short legs and stocky build. When I was a Hubert Humphrey Fellow, the Nepalese students initially thought I was one of them. What interested me most was my bloody-mindedness and aggression. It had to come from the Gurkhas, and while it may be self-made myth or wishful thinking, I still cling to that part of Ma's story.
George's DNA report showed that South Asian could be Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Afghan or, for that matter, Nepalese. Anxious to know more, George and his wife, Sara, gave me a DNA kit from 23andme for my 73rd birthday. Anxious to learn more, I spit several times in the bottle that was part of the kit and sent my DNA sample on a voyage of discovery waiting for the spit to hit the fan.
I am less than four per cent Neanderthal, and because of that, I am less likely to sneeze after I eat dark chocolate. My maternal haplogroup (common ancestry on my mother's side) makes it clear that I descend from a woman who lived approximately 8,500 years ago and she came from a long line of women who can be traced back to Eastern Africa more than 150,000 years ago.
My father's haplogroup goes back 250,000 years to East Africa and the key person is a man who lived 33,000 years ago. The group includes gypsies, and my having lived in so many places during my lifetime seems to verify this. The fact that we are all descended from Africans is well known, but what I didn't know is that I am 89.2 per cent Asian and 9.9 per cent European, with the Irish in me being about 6.9 per cent, but with a little Iberian thrown into it, but not enough for me to write in Spanglish ? No?
What I found out is that there are a lot of diseases I am not carrying, including agnesis of the corpus callosum with peripheral neuropathy, or Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa (LAMB3-related). My sigh of relief ended with my slightly increased risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the detection, but not greater risk, of age-related macular degeneration and a variant of hereditary haemochromatosis.
The good news is that I am more likely to be able to match a musical pitch and smell asparagus, can taste things that are bitter, and am not likely to be afraid of heights. The bad news is the little upper back hair and bald spot. There are a lot of other things, but because of the Alzheimer's, I forgot them all.
- Tony Deyal was last seen saying that the 23andme people found 1,032 relatives for him and will probably find many more if he ever wins the lottery, something they ignored in his DNA.


Operator of ADD Crusher, an online instructional video program focused on helping those with ADHD learn various management strategies and "brain hacks," Alan Brown discusses on the show his path from drug addict to successful entrepreneur, and how the fear of failure can be both a hindrance and a motivator. Covering a number of productivity ideas and strategies, Alan addresses the role good habit-building and self-worth play in working toward one's goals.
Alan Brown was previously a guest on ADHD reWired episode 25.
Diagnosed later in life and following years of drug addiction and poor school performance, Alan dove into books on the subject of adults with ADHD.
However, realizing his lack of reading skills, and acknowledging that many others with ADHD had similar issues, Alan wondered why there were no multimedia-based instructional programs to help those with ADHD.
Years later, Alan created ADHD Crusher, a video-, audio-, and graphics-based instructional program based on brain hacks and productivity tips to help those with ADHD.
This year, Alan launched Crusher TV, an online video program for a broader productivity minded audience.
Alan tries to keep the content lighthearted: he says about 85% of it consists of evidence-based brain hacks, while the remaining 15% is humor.
Eric: Sometimes, especially amongst those in the ADHD community, when people see content that's extremely well-produced, they become skeptical of it.
Those with experience in the TV production world or, like Alan, the advertising world, will tend to have a better handle on what constitutes a high-quality production.
Eric reiterates the importance of stories and storytelling: they help keep entertaining and relatable the scientific research and strategy information on the show.
People are looking for real solutions and to have those solutions be presented in an easily digestible way.
Previously, Alan told Eric about Brendan Burchard's one-page productivity sheet, which Eric has now adapted into a "super-flex" productivity notebook with a weekly scope, as opposed to a daily one.
When Alan needs to manage three separate components at the same time and is having trouble compartmentalizing and prioritize them, he will turn to the one-page productivity planner.
"Clumping" involves identifying a group of related tasks, binding them together, and then scheduling a time to work only on that group. Using this strategy even a few times per week can be great for productivity and is what Alan uses to manage his workload.
Eric: Productivity hacks for ADHD also apply exceptionally well to those without ADHD.
Alan mentions how Edward Hallowell once said that roughly half the people seeking him out for help turn out to not have ADHD – they just display certain traits similar to those in ADHD.
After reading much of the work of Brené Brown this past year, Eric added the factor of shame to his productivity presentation at the 2015 CHADD conference.
Calling it "the elephant in the room," Eric emphasized the connection between productivity and feelings of shame, vulnerability, failure, and fear.
Following recovery from a decade of drug and alcohol addiction, Alan personally has dealt with substantial shame and fear as potential barriers to his productivity.
Every single day, as Alan checks through his to-do lists and schedule, he is reminded of the fear of failure and the shame of his past actions.
Following his ADHD diagnosis, Alan's career, which he began pursuing at age 29, progressed upward dramatically. In the space of two years, he went from an average job to a VP management director role and earned employee of the year – while co-founding a successful startup company.
However, with reaching each higher rung on the ladder of his career came a greater fear of failure. Especially when investing time and money into a whole new idea, it can become scary.
Alan uses the fear to fuel him, calling it a "nagging desire".
Citing Russell Barkley, Alan mentions how using one's emotion can help fuel our "rocket fuel" to keep us going. The emotion Alan uses is desire.
He maintains a constant memory of where he used to be with his drug addiction, slow schooling, and financial problems and uses it to keep the "fire of desire" burning.
During the conclusion of a recent ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Group, one participant told Eric they now felt so much more comfortable in their own skin – a comment that drives Eric and motivates him going forward.
In one ADD Crusher workshop Alan conducted last year, he remembers having some younger pre-teen attendees brought by their parents. One told Alan, after the workshop concluded, that after seeing him talk and seeing all the others in attendance, he realized he was no longer alone and that he was a part of a family.
When you take on a task so substantial or involved that you can't reasonably walk away from it – like a podcast or a startup business – the heavy obligation to others and yourself will tend to keep you working and moving forward.
Alan talked recently with an attorney, Rob Tudisco, who has ADHD and is also a runner. Rob talked about breaking through mental barriers and used the nine marathons he's run as an example.
Many of those with ADHD feel they've "faked" their way through many obstacles in their lives, such as school, relationships, family, etc.
Rob said: One of the reasons I run marathons is that I can't fake it. You can't fake a marathon.
When you sign up for a large task that challenges you and your executive functions, motivations, and abilities in order to maintain it, that's where people will begin to tell themselves that they can no longer fake it. Also, introducing more procedures and processes for efficiency and management becomes a necessity for completing these more substantial tasks.
Give yourself a negative nag: remember what really annoyed you about your ADHD in the past.
Give yourself a positive nag: think about what you really want to achieve, then write it down so that every morning you can look at it and every night you see it before sleeping – maybe use it as a bookmark alongside your nightly reading.
When you feel mentally fatigued: sit down, place your hands together and your feet on the ground, close your eyes, and for twenty seconds be completely quiet.
Eat walnuts and dried apricots: they have protein and fiber-rich glucose.


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Seniors with Alzheimer's disease have a lower risk of cancer than other elderly adults – and seniors with cancer have a lower risk of Alzheimer's, according to a new study published yesterday in the journal Neurology.
The inverse link between Alzheimer's and cancer could be due to a number of genes that affect both neurology and cancer growth, and pathways by which the two are connected, explained the researchers conducting the study at the National Research Council of Italy's Institute of Biomedical Technologies.
"Cancer and Alzheimer's have been viewed by researchers as completely separate," said study leader Dr. Massimo Musicco. "Some of the knowledge that we have on cancer can be used for a better understanding of what happens when a person has Alzheimer's disease, and vice versa."
Similarly, recent evidence also suggests that Parkinson's disease is linked to a lower risk of cancer, according to Dr. Jane Driver, an aging expert at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She points out that the same pattern has been showing up for other neurological disorders too, including schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.
Earlier studies, however, have been inconclusive as to whether Alzheimer's disease may be preventing cancer symptoms from being noticed, and vice-versa, or whether those who die from either disease simply didn't have a chance to be diagnosed with the other.
In the study conducted by Musicco, he and his research team found that those who ended up being diagnosed with Alzheimer's had a lower risk of cancer, not just leading up to their diagnosis, but after it as well.
Likewise, those who developed cancer were less likely to get Alzheimer's, both before and after the cancer was diagnosed.
"I'm hoping this will then convince all the doubters that there is a true inverse association between Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and probably some other neurologic diseases and cancer," Dr. Driver told Reuters Health.
For the study, Musicco and his colleagues followed 204,000 people in Northern Italy aged 60 and older for new cases of cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Just over 21,000 of them were diagnosed with cancer between 2004 and 2009, with close to 3,000 diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. There were 161 people diagnosed with both diseases.
Based on age and gender, the researchers calculated that 246 cases of Alzheimer's disease would be expected among those with cancer, and 281 cancers would be expected among those with Alzheimer's.
In other words, the researchers predicted that those with cancer were 35 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than other adults, and those with Alzheimer's were 43 percent less likely to develop cancer. And the association between the two held up when they looked at most cancers individually.
"These two diseases seem intrinsically related to human aging," Musicco told Reuters Health.
"Cancer may be conceptualized as a high tendency of cells to reproduce, which is so high that it is no (longer) controlled," he said. "Alzheimer's disease is exactly the reverse. It's a sort of incapacity of neuron cells to reproduce."
According to Dr. Driver, what the study did not prove is that one disease is protective against the other, or that those with Alzheimer's never have to worry about getting cancer, and vice-versa.
As the research team admitted, there were some factors they couldn't take into account, such as people's lifestyle and other habits that could influence their risk of getting cancer and/or Alzheimer's.
What the study about the inverse link has done, says Driver, is prompt more "thinking outside the box" as it pertains to treating Alzheimer's, a disease that has few good treatment options available at this time.
"By further investigating this decreased risk, there's a good chance we'll be able to find completely new therapies," Driver said. "Any new lead or any new avenue to go down, we really need to take it."


According to Greek mythology, Charon was a man who lived in the underworld. His task was to carry newly deceased souls across the river Acheron and Styx.
Modern Greek equivalent of Charon is Haros.
When we talk about Greek mythology, we tend to think of the various Greek gods and goddesses, their lifestyle, and immense power. But there are many Greek mythical characters who have had to work like the mortals.
Charon was the son of Erebus (God of darkness) and Nyx (Goddess of night). He appears in many plays and stories. As per Greek folklore, he is angel of death. Though he was child of Erebus, he lived a very hard life transporting souls to the underworld. The story about his birth is not ascertained, the only important factor is that he worked for king Hades.
According to old sources Charon is considered to be a spirit of the underworld or a daemon. As said earlier, he was an offspring of first born gods Erebus and Nyx. Nyx and Erebus were believed to be siblings and their union gave birth to other deities such as Aether, Hemera, the Hesperides, Hypnos, the Moirai, Geras, Styx, and Thanatos.
The name Charon means 'fierce brightness' in the Greek language. Some claim that Charon was born right when Ouranos came into existence or maybe later when the first generation of Titans appeared. It also means that Charon predates the popular gods of Mount Olympus.
Often, Charon was depicted as an old man carrying a skiff pole or a double-headed hammer in his hand. He was believed to be powerful, he used his strength to prevent any deceased on his board without payment. He was believed to be an old man with a twisted body and a rude attitude. Some stories say that he was a horned demon.
Charon remained unmarried his entire life. He never had an affair with any goddess or mortal. Greek mythological stories claim that Charon became famous during the time of the Olympians, when he was entrusted with the responsibility of being a ferryman to the dead. This was decided by the Underworld god Hades.
Both his parents were dwellers of the underworld realm, so the underworld was his home. His job was to carry souls of dead people across the two rivers after Hermes or Psychopomp delivered them to the river banks.
He didn't do this for free. He charged the souls, the deceased had to pay him an Obol. Those unable to pay the amount were cursed to wander banks of the river for 100 years. To prevent that, most people buried their dead ones with coins. The funeral rights insisted on placing a coin in the mouth of deceased, which is still practiced in many parts of Greece.
Those who could pay the amount were allowed on Charon's boat and were carried across the Acheron river to determine where they would be spending their afterlife. Though only the deceased were allowed to be transported, there are many instances where he transported mortals too. Psyche who was still a mortal, paid his way to cross Acheron to search for Eros.
Similarly, even Pirithous and Theseus paid Charon as they searched for Persephone. There were others who tricked Charon to give them a ride without paying. The ferryman was mesmerized by the music played by Orpheus, so he let him cross the river once.
Heracles used his strength by wrestling him to the ground. This way he forced Charon to cross the river. Aeneas also managed to get across by not paying because he had the Golden Bough.
Like other Greek gods, Charon also had symbols of his own. He was often seen with an oar or a pole of a boatman, double-headed hammer, and a mallet. When Hades got to know that Charon took Heracles across the river, enraged he chained him for a year. It is not mentioned who took the responsibility of carrying dead souls to the underworld during that time.


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The schools listed below rank in the top 10 liberal arts colleges in United States. A liberal arts college is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences. A liberal arts college aims to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum. Many liberal arts colleges offer B.S. degree (or lower), but some schools also provide graduate programs.
For academic year 2019-2020, Pomona College ranks first in the top liberal arts college ranking and Claremont McKenna College and Swarthmore College followed it. All colleges in the top liberal arts college are private schools.
The average acceptance rate of the top liberal arts college 13.15% where Pomona College has the tightest rate with 7.61%. Harvey Mudd College has the highest tuition & fees with $58,660 where the average amount is $56,249 of the schools. Harvey Mudd College has the highest submitted SAT scores with 1,525 where the average SAT scores is 1,444 of the schools. The average student population is 1,782 and the average student to faculty ratio is 7.90 to 1 over the top liberal arts college.
You may want to see all liberal arts colleges by ranking at the liberal arts schools comparison page. The ranking is based on CollegeEvaluator's ranking methodology by considering academic, financial, admissions, learning environment, and more perspectives. [read more about the ranking methodology]
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1Pomona College 100.00
Pomona College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Claremont, CA with total 1,573 students.
Highest Degree Bachelor's degree
SAT Scores 1,470
Acceptance Rate 7.61%
Tuition & Fees $54,762
Student Population 1,573 (All Undergraduate)
2Claremont McKenna College 99.39
Claremont McKenna College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Claremont, CA with total 1,327 students.
Highest Degree Master's degree
Student Population 1,327 (1,324 Undergraduate)
3Swarthmore College 97.91
Swarthmore College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Swarthmore, PA with total 1,559 students.
41Williams College 97.39
Williams College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Williamstown, MA with total 2,149 students.
Acceptance Rate 12.97%
52Barnard College 97.26
Barnard College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in New York, NY with total 2,562 students.
6Amherst College 96.93
Amherst College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Amherst, MA with total 1,855 students.
73Harvey Mudd College 96.79
Harvey Mudd College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Claremont, CA with total 902 students.
Student Population 902 (All Undergraduate)
8Washington and Lee University 96.12
Washington and Lee University is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Lexington, VA with total 2,223 students.
Highest Degree Doctor's degree
9Bowdoin College 96.08
Bowdoin College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Brunswick, ME with total 1,828 students.
10Davidson College 96.06
Davidson College is a private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Davidson, NC with total 1,843 students.
Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges (2019-2020) Comparison
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
Graduate Tuition & Fees
SAT Scores
Student : Faculty
7.61% $54,762 - 1,470 1,573 7 to 1
9.31% $56,475 $62,616 1,425 1,327 8 to 1
Williamstown, MA
12.97% $57,280 $55,948 1,480 2,149 6 to 1
13.92% $57,668 - 1,415 2,562 9 to 1
14.48% $58,660 - 1,525 902 8 to 1
10.26% $56,350 - - 1,828 9 to 1
Davidson, NC

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The reveal of the toy line coincides with the debut of the first trailer for Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, the linchpin of Marvel's kid-centric initiative originally announced last year. To date, Marvel Rising has featured in a number of digital shorts and a line of comic books.


This Halloween, escape to Greece with an evil witch!
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Mathematical Sciences, Master of Science (M.S.) with a concentration in operations research
College of Humanities and Sciences/
Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research/
Accelerated opportunities
Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture
School of World Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies, Master of (M.I.S.), with a concentration in interdisciplinary mathematics and science leadership/K-8 mathematics specialist
Department of African American Studies
Department of Forensic Science
Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research
Mathematical Sciences, Master of Science (M.S.) with a concentration in statistics
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with a concentration in applied mathematics
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with a concentration in discrete mathematics
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with a concentration in industrial statistics and operations research
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with a concentration in statistics and data science
Applied Statistics, Certificate in (Graduate certificate)
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and the Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research jointly offer the M.S. in Mathematical Sciences.
The mission of the Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research is to offer a strong undergraduate and graduate education, with an increasing focus on the development of cross-disciplinary efforts that will prepare students for real-world applications and stimulating employment and career opportunities.
The program offers maximum flexibility by allowing students, in consultation with their graduate committees, to design a course of study that will best develop competence in those areas most relevant to their scholarly and professional objectives. Students may obtain a designation on their transcripts indicating that their graduate study has emphasized the mathematics concentration by completing the requirements that are listed here. A student who has not satisfied the requirements for one of the program concentrations offered, but who has otherwise fulfilled all the requirements for a master's degree, will be awarded a degree of Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences without any specialization.
Theory and application of mathematical programming
Students will demonstrate a solid foundation in the theory and application of mathematical programming and a comprehensive understanding of basic mathematical programming methods.
Theory and application of stochastic models
Students will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the theory and application of stochastic models and decision analysis.
Obtain, analyze and interpret data
Students will be able to obtain, analyze and interpret the data necessary to perform operations research projects.
Use of software commonly used in industry
Students will be able to solve a wide variety of operations research problems employing the software commonly used in industry.
Modeling of operations research problems
Students will identify and model situations in which operations research can be applied.
Mathematical knowledge
Students will demonstrate proficiency in the mathematics required to perform operations research methods.
Written communication of technical information
Students will clearly and concisely present technical information in writing.
Oral communication of technical information
Students will clearly and concisely present technical information through oral presentations.
M.S. Fall Mar 1 GRE-General
Spring Oct 1 TOEFL (International students only)
In addition to the general admission requirements of the VCU Graduate School, the following requirements represent the minimum acceptable standards for admission:
Thirty credit hours in undergraduate mathematical sciences, computer science or related areas of which at least 18 credit hours must represent upper-level courses
Three letters of recommendation pertaining to the student's potential ability as a graduate student in mathematical sciences
Provisional admission may be granted when deficiencies exist. These deficiencies must be removed by the end of the first year of residence, or its part-time equivalent, when the student's application will be re-examined. Courses that are remedial or designed to remove deficiencies will not be accepted for credit hours toward the fulfillment of the course requirements for the master's degree.
In addition to the VCU Graduate School graduation requirements, students are required to complete course work in core and elective courses and to meet the following requirements.
Credit hour requirements: Students in the M.S. in Mathematical Sciences program are required to earn a minimum of 30 graduate-level credit hours. At least one-half of the credit hours presented for graduation must be at the 600 level or higher.
Other requirements: All students must pass two comprehensive examinations: foundations of operations research, covering OPER 527 and OPER 528 and methods of operations research, covering OPER 639, OPER 643 and STAT 613. All students will be given two attempts to pass each exam. Students who receive a minimum grade of B on both OPER 527 and OPER 528 and a grade of A on at least one of the two courses will not need to take the foundations of operations research exam. Students who receive a minimum grade of B on each of OPER 639, OPER 643 and STAT 613 and a grade of A on at least one of the three courses will not need to take the methods of operations research exam.
Concentration core courses
OPER 527 Optimization I 1 3
OPER 528 Stochastic Simulation 1 3
OPER 639 Practical Optimization 3
OPER 643 Decision and Risk Analysis 3
SSOR 690 Research and Communications Seminar 3
STAT 613 Stochastic Processes 3
Operations research electives (Choose courses from list one below) 6
Operations research and allied field electives (Choose courses from list two below) 6
If a student previously received credit hours for OPER 527 and/or OPER 528 or their equivalents, then one or two other operations research courses must be taken in their place.
List one: Recommended electives in operations research
OPER 627 Optimization II 3
OPER 635 Network Models and Graph Theory 3
OPER/STAT 636 Machine Learning Algorithms 3
OPER 641 Stochastic Simulation and Monte Carlo Methods 3
OPER 645 Queuing Theory 3
OPER 647 Multiobjective Decision Analysis 3
OPER 648 Systems Reliability Analysis 3
OPER 649 Statistical Quality Control 3
OPER 691 Special Topics in Operations Research 1-3
OPER 696 Applied Project 1-3
OPER 697 Directed Research 1-3
OPER 698 Thesis 1-3
OPER 731 Discrete Optimization 3
OPER 732 Optimization Under Uncertainty 3
OPER/STAT 736 Mathematics of Knowledge and Search Engines 3
OPER 741 Advanced Stochastic Simulation 3
OPER 743 Decision Analysis II 3
List two: Recommended electives in operations research and allied fields
Any 500-, 600- or 700-level MATH, OPER or STAT course except the following
Modern Geometry
Teaching and Communicating Mathematics
Internship in Mathematical Sciences
Number and Operations
Functions and Algebra
Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning
Functions and Algebra II
Modeling With Mathematics
Introduction to Social Statistics
Statistics for Social Research
Applied Project
The department offers opportunities for qualified undergraduate students to earn both an undergraduate and graduate degree in a minimum of five years by completing approved graduate courses during the senior year of their undergraduate program. See the program page in the Undergraduate Bulletin for details.
David J. Edwards, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research, and graduate program director
dedwards7@vcu.edu
QiQi Lu, Ph.D.
qlu2@vcu.edu
Program website: ssor.vcu.edu


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Founder, Creative Director, Fashion Director, and Website Designer. Ashleigh Hill is our ultimate #GirlCrush. Although she's from Huntsville, Alabama, she doesn't claim the South. Her parents are from England, so she was exposed to a wide range of cultural experiences since a young age. She launched StyleBone Designs this past November, and let us tell you— it's only a matter of time before this rocket takes off.
StyleBone is a website dedicated to efficiently merging the worlds of fashion, art, and photography but full circling to be something greater, influencing in progressive thinking, morals, and ideals. It is about making dreams for creatives' realities.
Q: Ashleigh, how did you decide to create such a collaborative art and design business?
To be honest, the concept grows every collection with endless ideas. The great thing about StyleBone is that the possibilities are endless because there are no boundaries. If it can "slightly" be done, it'll be done.
Q: I read how each month begins with a blank canvas. Where do you go to for inspiration before each project?
I look to the world and everything that is going on around me, happened before me, or can happen futuristically is my inspiration. I always have one rule: no thinking about the next collection until the current one is out, up, and running. It's the hardest rule to follow!
The preparation before each month includes nights of no sleep, countless email, phone calls, and meetings. Everyone I meet, I introduce to everyone else. This way everyone who works on the current collection can possible create new projects with each other on their own.
For example, one model from the Egypt segment and our SHOP photographer, Sara Radin, collaborated the week after StyleBone's shoot creating their own shoot for the models blog. It can be viewed here.
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I love them all. I will say they get better every time, obviously because I'm learning as well. So the answer to what is my favorite? All the future collections to come.
StyleBone continues to make my style more eccentric. After all, who want's to be conventional? The more I search, the more amazing and unique pieces I find.
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Always. When I was little, I would cut up magazines and tape them all over my mirrors and bedroom. If this wasn't a sign, I don't know what is.
Before college, my inspiration was Rachel Zoe. Now the list is endless. However, if I had to pin point my style, I would attempt to say it is a mixture of my two favorite designers, Saint Laurent and Chloe.
Q: What advice would you give to other girls who are wanting to pursue a career in fashion?
Just go for it! Sitting around will not get you anywhere. Just go, go, and GO!!
We agree, Ashleigh! #TeamCurtsy cannot wait to see what the future holds for you! Keep shining.
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Terrorists take over a ranch and slay the inhabitants. They keep a young boy alive and the mother tries to rescue him. 81m/C VHS . Allan Granville, Vera Jones; D: Neil Hetherington.
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Q: How can I create a plot of stacked lines in python? I have fluorescence values over a period of 200 time steps for 300 individual cells. I want to plot them all on the same figure stacked one on top of another. I don't want to plot a stacked area plot. The image below is what I'm looking for, but essentially it's each cell's data plotted on its own individual y-axis, with all cells having the same x-axis.

A: The main plotting tools (that work with pandas) in python are matplotlib (older) and seaborn (newer and a littler fancier).
Looking at seaborn's docs (https://seaborn.pydata.org/tutorial/axis_grids.html) and a recipe page (https://python-graph-gallery.com/122-multiple-lines-chart/)
for multi-component composite plots, you can show your fluorescence data like this:
# libraries
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

# Data
df=pd.DataFrame({'x': range(100),
                 'trace1': np.random.randn(100),
                 'trace2': np.random.randn(100)+10,
                 'trace3': np.random.randn(100)+20})

# multiple line plot
plt.plot( 'x', 'trace1', data=df, marker='', color='black', linewidth=2)
plt.plot( 'x', 'trace2', data=df, marker='', color='black', linewidth=2)
plt.plot( 'x', 'trace3', data=df, marker='', color='black', linewidth=2, label="GluK1c")
plt.legend()

I'm not in love with that hack (adding numbers to each trace y-value) since there ought to be a way to offset your y-axis values within matplotlib but I couldn't find that option when googling.
In this case, because you want minimalist black line traces (what neuroscience journals expect), matplotlib and seaborn are comparable.
For a plethora of legend position/formatting options, see https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.legend.html
I wish I had these tools when I worked in a lab. Would have been so much nicer than what I did back then.

A: You can do, for example:
your_df.plot(subplots=True, layout=(10,30));

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Christophe Antoine Merlin (Thionville, 27 de mayo de 1771-París, 8 de mayo de 1839) fue un general francés. Durante la guerra de la Independencia española, mandó la tropa que saqueó a Bilbao el 16 de agosto de 1808.  Su nombre está en el lado sur del Arco de Triunfo de París.

Tras participar en varias campañas por Europa, Merlin forma parte del séquito de José I Bonaparte en Nápoles y le acompaña a este a asumir el trono de España.

Participó en la batalla de Talavera (1809) al mando de los 1188 hombres del
X y XXVI Chasseurs à Cheval.

Al mando de la caballería francesa en la batalla de Almonacid (1809), ese mismo mes asume el mando de la Guardia Real de José I.

También participó en la batalla de Ocaña.

Contrajo matrimonio con Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo el 31 de octubre de 1809 en Madrid. Este casamiento se ubicaba en el marco los matrimonios de oficiales franceses con mujeres miembros de la aristocracia madrileña auspiciados por el monarca francés. Fue hecho conde de Merlin por José Bonaparte en 1811. Abandona la península en 1813 con destino a Mortefontaine. años después pagaría tributo por sus adhesiones al régimen napoleónico. Se retira del ejército en 1821 para no perjudicar la carrera militar de sus dos hermanos menores.

Notas y referencias

Bibliografía

Mullié, Charles (1852): Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 a 1850. París.
Oman, Charles (1903): A History of the Peninsular War, Volume II. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Stackpole.
Figarola-Caneda, Domingo: La condesa de Merlín (María de la Merced Santa Cruz y Montalvo) Estudio bibliográfico, estudio crítico en presencia de documentos inéditos y de todas las ediciones de sus obras. 1928
Memorias y Recuerdos de la señora condesa de Merlín, publicados por ella misma, traducidos del francés por A. de P: Tomo I. Habana. Imprenta de Antonio María Dávila. 1853.

Enlaces externos

Militares de Francia del siglo XVIII
Militares de Francia del siglo XIX
Comandantes de las guerras napoleónicas
Personas del Primer Imperio Francés
Militares de Francia en las guerras napoleónicas
Guerra de la Independencia Española
Fallecidos en París

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Season of the Witch: 10 Books for Connecting with the Supernatural
by Evelyn McCready
Burn some sage and dust off your chimes, it's time to learn to speak with spirits. There are many ways of getting closer to your psychic self: tarot cards, shamanism, and crystals are a good place to start. The key is to tune into your natural psychic powers for a deeper, more fulfilling spiritual life. These 10 other-wordly tomes will help you find your way to the other side in no time.
The Modern Witchcraft Book of Love Spells: Your Complete Guide to Attracting Passion, Love, and Romance
by Skye Alexander
From the author of the Modern Witchcraft series comes a new book on romantic spells to bring you love, companionship, and passion, with straightforward, accessible spell instructions. The Modern Witchcraft Book of Love Spells is a comprehensive collection that will help you get the love you want—from manifesting a mate, to blessing and helping new love, to helping you reconnect with a partner and stoking the flame to add fire to your romance. This book will guide you toward your romantic desires to find love—with the help of a little magic!
The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More
by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Discover the power of natural magic and healing through herbs, flowers, and essential oils in this new guide to green witchcraft. In The Green Witch, you will learn the way of the green witch, from how to use herbs, plants, and flowers to make potions and oils for everyday healing as well as how crystals, gems, stones, and even twigs can help you find balance within. You'll discover how to find harmony in Earth's great elements and connect your soul to every living creature. This guide also contains directions for herbal blends and potions, ritual suggestions, recipes for sacred foods, and information on how to listen to and commune with nature. Embrace the world of the green witch and discover what the power of nature has in store for you.
Shamanic Healing: Traditional Medicine for the Modern World
by Itzhak Beery
Shamanic healing is making an astonishing comeback all over the modern technology-driven and consumerist world. Millions of people have felt called to integrate both ancient and modern healing systems into a new model of healthcare. But what makes shamanic healing so powerful? Why have indigenous healers kept it alive for thousands of years? Revealing his personal journey and stories from his more than 20 years as a shamanic healer, Itzhak Beery explains who a shaman is and how he or she works, demystifying and destigmatizing the shamanic healing worldview.
The Yoga Healer
by Christine Burke
Heal your body, mind, and spirit with these quick and easy yoga and meditation practices. The Yoga Healer will put the power to heal and revitalize into your own hands—mind, body, and spirit! Practitioners of all levels from beginner to advanced, occasional to frequent, will love this accessible handbook of remedies based on the art and science of yoga. The first three chapters—Remedies for the Body, Remedies for the Mind, and Remedies for the Spirit—cover a number of physical, mental, and emotional concerns and provide three simple, concise practices for each one to address the condition. The final chapter includes longer combined sequences for morning, noon, and night to wake up, recharge, and relax. All poses and sequences are illustrated with stylish, clear photography. Each yoga remedy is designed to last 15 minutes or less—perfect for people with busy lives—and targets a specific condition. From alleviating daily aches and pains to improving your state of mind and tapping into your creative spirit, here you will find succinct, powerful tools that can be practiced anywhere, anytime.
The Beginner's Guide to Divination: Learn the Secrets of Astrology, Numerology, Tarot, and Palm Reading–and Predict Your Future
by Adams Media
What would you do if you could see the future? Astrology, numerology, tarot, and palmistry have been used for centuries to divine events to come. The Beginner's Guide to Divination will teach you to practice the mystical arts of divination and predict the future yourself. Explore the remarkable histories and secret languages of these esoteric practices as you master techniques to view--and even influence--your fate.
The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life
by Jessa Crispin
What if the path to creativity was not as challenging as everyone thinks? What if you could find that spark, plot twist, or next project by simply looking at your life and your art through a different lens? Written for novices and seasoned readers alike, The Creative Tarot is a unique guidebook that reimagines tarot cards and the ways they can boost the creative process. Jessa Crispin guides you through the intuitive world of the tarot to get those creative juices flowing again. Thought to be esoteric and mystical, tarot cards are approachable and endlessly helpful to overcoming creative blocks. Crispin offers spiritual readings of the cards, practical information for the uninspired artist, and a wealth of fascinating anecdotes about famous artists including Virginia Woolf, Rembrandt, and David Bowie, and how they found inspiration. With five original tarot spreads and beautiful illustrations throughout, The Creative Tarot is an accessible, colorful guide that demystifies both the tarot and the creative process.
How to Be a Psychic: A Practical Guide
by Michael R Hathaway
Discover your innate psychic ability! Take control of your future with How to Be a Psychic. You'll start by learning how to tune in to the psychic ability you already have--but never knew how to access. After mastering these easy-to-follow instructions on how to hone the sensitivity of your senses, you'll move on to the more specialized skills of a psychic, such as:
Channeling spirits, including talking with people who have passed away
Communicating with animals
Connecting telepathically with people across long distances, using the power of your mind
Looking into the future
There's no prior experience or crystal balls required. With the help of How to Be a Psychic, you'll soon be able to achieve clairvoyance, determine your future, and reach the Other Side.
The Supernatural Guide to the Other Side
A comprehensive guide to life after death, filled with information on communicating with spirits, near-death experiences, angels and demons, miracles, and psychics and mediums.What happens after we die? Are ghosts real? And if they are, can we communicate with them? Do miracles really happen? Do angels exist? Even though finding any concrete answers to these questions might be impossible, just the act of wondering brings us one step closer to the truth. The Supernatural Guide to the Other Side explores the possibilities of what awaits us on the other side, with information such as: -Communicating with spirits -Creating psychic shields -How near-death experiences work -Angels, demons, and other phenomena -How to identify signs from the other side. While the mysteries of the afterlife baffle and intrigue many, this guide leaves no stone unturned. With this essential primer on the paranormal, you will find everything you need to discover the truth about the other side.
Crystal Bible
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Beautifully illustrated, The Crystal Bible offers a comprehensive guide to crystals, their shapes, colors and applications. With informative descriptions and an easy-to-use format, it is an indispensable practical handbook for crystal lovers and users everywhere--both beginner and expert alike. The book's directory format and beautiful, full-color photos ensure that the crystals are easily identifiable. Descriptions, which accompany each entry, provide information on their appearance, worldwide distribution, attributes, actions and healing properties. Both major and lesser-known stones currently available are covered, including those only recently discovered. A comprehensive index cross-referencing crystals to applications, aliments and conditions makes this book a vital reference for all crystal users.
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"Where do we start?" Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) asks Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) near the beginning of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One," the penultimate installment of the series. Unsure how he, Harry, and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) will find and destroy Lord Voldemort's four remaining horcruxes, Ron poses the question that will serve as an impetus for the film's plot. One can certainly imagine director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves asking each other the same question as they faced their own insurmountable task: adapting J.K. Rowling's final novel in Harry Potter's saga into a coherent movie.
Most notably, Yates and Kloves split "Deathly Hallows" in two. This decision was fairly unavoidable, given the length of the novel and the significance of most of its scenes. The presentation of the first half of the book leaves "Deathly Hallows Part One" feeling slightly unsatisfying, as nothing is actually resolved. However, Kloves—and in particular Yates—have done an admirable job of turning a lengthy, fast-paced book into a stimulating cinematic experience.
The script of "Part One" adheres closely to its source text. Much of the film, such as the scene in which Mad-Eye Moody is pronounced dead, is taken almost verbatim from the book. As pleased as many fans will be with this, the move is not necessarily a recipe for automatic success—the first two Potter movies did not stray far from Rowling's books, yet their poor acting and minimal direction made them the worst among the films. "Deathly Hallows" is a particularly difficult book to adapt, since it is so different from its predecessors. There is no Hogwarts, no Quidditch, and little magical diversion to entertain the audience. Guest actors, who have often carried the Potter movies, are mostly absent, and those that do appear here (Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour and Rhys Ifans as Xenophilius Lovegood) contribute nothing remarkable with their characters. What we do have is Harry, Ron, and Hermione trekking across the British countryside in an increasingly dark and dismal hunt for the horcruxes that possess Lord Voldemort's immortality.
Left to carry the brunt of the acting, Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson continue to demonstrate what has been evident from the last two Potter movies: they have truly grown into their roles. Radcliffe is particularly rewarding to watch, delivering his most mature performance yet as his character attempts to lead his friends on a seemingly impossible journey. His chemistry with Watson (which culminates in by far the most surprising scene in the whole series) is notable for its believability, actually eclipsing what Grint manages in his scenes with his character's future wife.
As effective as the three actors are, it is Yates's brilliant vision that carries the movie. Yates takes Harry, Ron, and Hermione to just about every corner of Great Britain, situating their tent in some of the most bizarre but beautiful spots imaginable. Throughout the journey, the cinematography is innovative and noteworthy. When the trio's camp is approached by a group of hostile "snatchers," the camera rotates around Hermione and one of the outsiders, successfully emphasizing the precariousness of the group's position, as well as their isolation.
Yates likewise takes full advantage of the many avenues for cinematic exploration in Rowling's book. The gothic animation of "The Tale of the Three Brothers" is one of the movie's highlights, successfully adapting the children's tale into a haunting but gripping addendum to the live action of the film. The two scenes with Polyjuice Potion—Harry's escape from Privet Drive and the break-in at the Ministry of Magic—are extremely funny. Radcliffe superbly acts as seven copies of himself, conveying the other characters' personalities perfectly, from Fleur Delacour's neediness to Mundungus Fletcher's skullduggery. At the Ministry, David O'Hara adds a delightfully comical slow walk and general uncertainty to Harry masquerading as the Death Eater-sympathizer Albert Runcorn. Yates controls both action-packed and sedate scenes with an assured hand, ensuring the movie proceeds at a steady but unrelenting pace.
For all the success of this adaptation, however, it remains the case that a perfect movie adaptation of the Harry Potter books is probably impossible. Just like all of the Harry Potter films, "Deathly Hallows Part One" will be incomprehensible to anyone who has not read the books. Kloves makes some effort to explain details that previous movies missed (such as how Bill Weasley was attacked, or what the Trace is). However, many points—like the significance of the mirror Harry keeps looking at or how the heroes suddenly learn to apparate—simply go unmentioned. Such significant omissions mean that the movie series will never be able to stand alone—it can only ever be an enjoyable accompaniment to the books.
It is hard to criticize Kloves for his cuts, however, since it is simply impossible to retain everything important from Rowling's book. Despite the considerable loyalty he showed to the text, significant omissions are unavoidable. One notable storyline that is played down is Harry's doubts about Dumbledore's intentions. Dumbledore's family scandal and adolescence is hinted at, but its significance for Harry's quest remains unexplored. Hopefully "Deathly Hallows Part Two" will delve into Harry's suspicion of Dumbledore's motives and the angst that such worry causes him—the resolution of which proved one of the richest and most rewarding additions Rowling made to the final book.
In this as in other issues, it is hard to judge "Deathly Hallows Part One" before "Part Two" is released in July. But "Part One" seems to be a very satisfactory step towards a successful conclusion of the series. Yates's steady hand guides the series onwards, with the continuing improvement of the movies now an undeniable fact. The Harry Potter movies will never be perfect, and they will never live up to the books. But for now, we can certainly make do with an impressive penultimate installment.


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This paper presents a dynamically optimized fluctuation smoothing rule to improve the performance of scheduling jobs in a wafer fabrication factory. The rule has been modified from the four-factor bi-criteria nonlinear fluctuation smoothing (4f-biNFS) rule, by dynamically adjusting factors. Some properties of the dynamically optimized fluctuation smoothing rule were also discussed theoretically. In addition, production simulation was also applied to generate some test data for evaluating the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. According to the experimental results, the proposed methodology was better than some existing approaches to reduce the average cycle time and cycle time standard deviation. The results also showed that it was possible to improve the performance of one without sacrificing the other performance metrics.
Semiconductor manufacturing is a capital-intensive industry. A 200mm wafer fabrication factory can cost over a billion dollars. How to effectively use expensive machinery has been a key element for a semiconductor manufacturer to survive and compete in today's marketplace. Job scheduling is one of the most important tasks, to achieve this goal. However, this is not an easy task, because a wafer fabrication factory is a very complex manufacturing system, and has the following characteristics: changes in demand, a variety of product types and priorities, un-balanced capacity, job re-entry into the machines, alternative machines with unequal capacity, and shifting bottleneck (Chen et al., 2010b). Nevertheless, it still attracts the attention of many researchers (Gupta Sivakumar, 2006).
In Kim et al. (2001), wafer fabrication factory scheduling problems were divided into three categories: release control, job scheduling in serial processing workstations, and batch scheduling in batch processing workstations. In addition, the scheduling methods can be divided into global approaches and local approaches. Local approaches are usually for specific workstations, while the global approaches can be applied to all workstations in the wafer fabrication factory. On the other hand, the existing methods in this field can be divided into five main categories: dispatching rules, heuristics, data mining-based approaches, agent technologies, and simulation.
This study aims to propose a better dispatching rule. In this regard, some advanced methods have been proposed. For example, Chen (2009a) modified the fluctuation smoothing rule for mean cycle time (FSMCT), and proposed a nonlinear FSMCT (NFSMCT) rule, in which the fluctuation in the estimated remaining cycle time is smoothed, and then its influence is balanced with that of the release time or the mean release rate. Subsequently, the difference among the slack values is enlarged by using the 'division' operator instead. After that, Chen (2009c) presented the one-factor tailored nonlinear FSMCT (1f-TNFSMCT) rule and the one-factor tailored nonlinear fluctuation smoothing rule for cycle time variation (1f-TNFSVCT) rule, including an adjustable parameter to customize the rules. Taking into account the two performance measures (average cycle time and cycle time variation) at the same time, Chen and Wang (2009) proposed a bi-criteria nonlinear fluctuation smoothing rule (1f-biNFS). There is also an adjustable factor. To increase the flexibility of customization, Chen et al. (2010a) extended the rules, and proposed a bi-criteria fluctuation smoothing rule with four adjustable factors (4f-biNFS).
It is dynamic. In other words, the content of the new rule can be adjusted dynamically in a convenient way.
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Intro: I am a member of a local tea party. Based on our non-profit status, our community involvement and political activities, our tea party submitted an application for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status in June 2012. They are still waiting for IRS approval.
First Amendment: Unless I am doing something blatantly criminal or illegal, as an American, I should be free to 1) meet with whomever I wish, 2) support whom I wish with my time, talent or treasure 3) join any organization, 4) promote, blog or speak out against any candidate, policy or regulation, 5) use my private property the way I wish, and 6) worship wherever and with whom I wish. These freedoms and principles are inherently part of our First Amendment rights. The proposed (and existing) IRS regulations are assaults to these freedoms. Also, our tea party deserves a legal tax break as a 501(c)(4) group according to the law. A myriad of other liberal entities already have these exemptions.
Current IRS Tax Code: The current tax code is unworkable and unfair. It picks "winners" and "losers" in an elaborate "tax game". IRS regulations, like those proposed, only put a deeper chill on Americans getting involved in their community and political activities. Why would we, as a nation based on liberty, ever want to curtail any activism, political passion or community involvement of our citizens? What could be more important to a community's or society's well-being than to assure that the policymakers that we entrust to represent us… really do represent us and the goodness of America? Instead of the IRS slicing and dicing the American public into "winners" or "losers", or into tax-exempt or non tax-exempt entities, it would be better if they simplified the tax code and eliminated silly rules and exemptions. I say it is time to free us up to get on with America's business, instead of spending hours with our accountants, lawyers, tax consultants, government auditors or financial planners. This is a major drain on our society and contributes nothing to the social welfare of America. I believe the IRS should be abolished and a simpler tax code introduced that doesn't require an army of lawyers or accountants for the average American to figure out what is his "fair share". Long ago, someone famous said: "Let my people go!" They did and here we are. Unleash us again.
Federal Revenue: Revenue is needed to allow the essential roles of government to function… and no more! I said "essential" – as in the enumerated powers specified in the U.S. Constitution. The Federal government should turn its attention to reducing the oppressive bureaucracy, free Americans to create jobs, simplify our lives and eliminate burdensome rules and regulations.
People as People: I am a person. I don't want to be a "tax exempt entity". As an American, I wear many hats. I'm a scientist, a Christian, a Texan, a father, a neighbor, a businessman, a partner, a tea party leader, a spokesman, etc. and many more. The federal government should not hinder my wearing these hats, nor interfere with my performing the duties that each role requires. The proposed regulations forget that organizations are made up of individuals with flesh and blood, opinions, passions, biases and beliefs. I am the same person whether I enter my church, my home, my business, my tea party, my living room, my political party or any scientific seminar. It is immoral for the IRS to demand that I consider the tax exempt-status or IRS regulations whenever I perform these roles. Free Americans and businessmen should not have to walk on eggshells watching over their shoulders for IRS or government rules creating fear in their hearts of some future government targeting, persecutions, or repercussions.
Tax Tyranny: These new IRS rules suppress and intimidate political candidates, citizens and groups with threats of tax liabilities. What have we come to if as a tea party leader, I am afraid to say "hi" to a candidate on the street for fear of jeopardizing me, my family or my group with tax penalties. This is true intimidation and tyranny. Our crime is that my tea party legally applied for tax-exempt status. Something is definitely wrong here. We don't need further Federal clarification of who we are, what we do or how we spend our monies. We should not be put on the defensive by requesting a legal dividend so freely given to other non-conservative groups. Withdraw your new IRS proposals and quit further assaults on conservative organizations!


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Entering The Palouse, east of everything in Washington state, we crossed an invisible barrier where dunes suddenly appear. A hypnotic place, breathtaking, but not because of dunes of sand... it's the Sahara Desert rendered in wheat. Every curve frames another wave of wheat-dunes within wheat-dunes, stretching as far as the eye can see, bathed in the last rays of light kissing the tips of the freshly harvested crop.
A photographer's dream-scape, we stop the car repeatedly to capture the exquisite vastness. We also realize an unforgettable stillness, a surround-sound of no sound. The scene becomes unreal as the sunlight fades and is replaced by the moon. The air itself... breathless.
Adjacent to the road is a 360 degree mono-crop panorama, glorious in its visual character, frightening in the sprawl of its ecological impact. Stripped bare of life except for the beheaded wheat stalks, is an unrequited balance between industrial farming and the natural world.
Lee brought us here for the scenography discovered on motorcycle trips, but we've also discovered the Zakarison Partnership, a 1200 acre family farm in a region dominated by 16,000 - 20,000 acre industrial farms. Eric and Sheryl Zakarison are causing a stir with their commitment to transforming the business from conventional to organic.
The Zakarison's have worked their wheat fields with patriarch Russell, since the farm's founding in 1935. Though sympathetic to his father's struggles, progress and success, Eric has a different vision...one of an ecologically sound legacy. His goal is to re-establish the health of his land, to "pass through" the health of the soil to the health of his family, to "pass on" the land's wealth through its vitality.
"My goal for the next generation is to leave them with a system where they can still be successful raising food," Eric explains.
Eric's desire grows from his pessimistic opinion of the industrial based systems that dominate The Palouse. "We turn oil into food," he notes, "I can't see the industrial system holding up over time as we reach peak oil. How will the farmers power all those big toys...everything comes to us on a truck. The locals don't want to talk about it; they look down at their shoes if the subject comes up."
His answer: transforming the farm by producing food with less energy input. For Eric, this starts with selling locally. While 85% of the soft white wheat produced in The Palouse is shipped to Asia, Eric's barley is marketed to small farms in the region. He also sells grain locally for feed, as well as poultry, eggs and lamb. Sustainability = local = economical in this case as his feed only costs 10 cents/bushel for transportation vs. 50 cents/bushel to ship to Portland.
Five years ago, Eric & Sheryl began a phased conversion of a portion of the farm to organics. Critical to success was restoring the health of the soil through a five to eight year rotation of crops instead of the typical three-year rotation.
"Our rotation could include a perennial legume like alfalfa for guarantied coverage, grain crops without herbicides, a green manure crop, then another grain crop, then start over. I expect it to take four to five years to restore the lost fertility in the soil."
This conversion is part of a study directed by John Reganold of Washington State University and is partially funded by a USDA grant supporting organic transition. Eric is also eying a 175 acre section that has been in a Conservation Reserve Program for a number of years. "As this property comes out of conservation, it is a good candidate for an organic approach because no chemicals have been used on it for 15 years," he explains.
Fascinated by The Palouse Prairie region, we needed to know how this landscape came to be and how it came to be so thoroughly exploited.
"The Palouse is a dry steppe climate," Eric explains. "With 21-22 inches of rainfall a year and no irrigation for large-scale vegetable production, a grass and grain based system was a natural fit. In the early 1900's, there was more diversity including pastures for draft animals, but consolidations and government policies created large-scale industrial farming after WWII."
"During the depression, the family almost lost the farm, but after the war petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides were miracles that increased productivity and made The Palouse one of the largest providers of dry-land wheat."
Coming from this cultural/economic background and after farming for 77 years, Russell Zakarison is "...bemused by going organic."
Eric believes that the industrial farmers are challenged by small organic farmers. He feels this with only one local farmer as a customer for pasture raised poultry. Their petrochemical over-spray also makes it difficult to prevent inadvertent contamination.
For over 60 years, the chronic use of inorganic fertilizers and chemicals has poisoned the Palouse's eco-system food chain. This has far reaching impact as toxic soil runoff spreads through the Columbia River watershed. The extensive industrial farming has caused other adverse effects such as loss of topsoil and erosion.
In their own grass-roots way, the Zakarison's are agents of change in this vast landscape.
Two to three decades are their timeframe to make the transition.
Eric's simple motto says it all: "farming beyond me," are the watchwords he lives by.


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