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Chilling Process: Unexpected love
Paul Sprangers
Our culture is obsessed with love. Yet it seems so elusive and frustrating because it isn't something we can buy online or watch on-demand. We certainly can't will it to happen. True love, it seems, appears when we're not really looking for it.
When love found me I didn't have my life in order. I didn't know what my life was going to be like in the next six months, let alone the next week. But for the first time in years I felt OK not knowing. I had just left a week-long retreat doing the Hoffman Process which helped me to release a lot of old resentment and anger at my parents.
For those of you who wondering, the Hoffman Process is a week-long retreat where you are guided through experiences designed to help you become aware of unhealthy patterns that were often handed down to you, subconsciously, from your parents. These patterns are the beliefs and behaviors that shape our worldview in our formative years. And during that time these beliefs and behaviors are often quite effective; they get the job done. But as adults they can sabotage our happiness and compel us to act in a manner that goes against our best interests.
The months leading up to this retreat I was in the lowest place I had ever been. I felt like my old identity as a touring musician didn't fit anymore, but I was terrified to let go of it. I was living alone, isolated, in a small town in Colorado where I didn't know anyone. I felt like my life was stalled out and I was doomed to live out the rest of my days in that snow-capped purgatory. I started to see a Naropa-trained therapist and, incredibly, begin to see myself a bit more clearly. It was a painful process. It was true that I had been anxious and depressed for years and years. But actually sitting with those feelings and bringing my full conscious focus on them was, in some ways, even more painful than when I just tried to escape them through beer, sex, and the endless treadmill of external success and achievement.
One day, about six months into seeing my therapist, she mentioned The Hoffman Process. Apparently her whole family had done it, and were closer than ever. This hit me like a ton of bricks: you mean there are families that do things together and don't avoid each other? I knew that whatever the Hoffman Process was, I wanted to do it…after reading every website I could find to make sure it wasn't a crazy cult led by a smiling (or non-smiling) "guru."
Going through the process helped me gain perspective on old behaviors and beliefs that no longer served me as an adult, like how I often pursued women who weren't interested in me while ignoring the ones who were, or how I tried to befriend people who didn't respect me and, in some cases, didn't even seem to like who I am at a fundamental level. Good times!
Every relationship taught me something new about myself, and I was feeling grateful as I moved back to Los Angeles and found a little studio at an apartment complex in the hills of Los Feliz, which literally means "The Happy People". I was sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag, feeling content with having nothing, when an old friend called me up. He was in town for business and wanted to meet at a bar. I felt a pang of resistance; why bother going out and risk letting the real world harsh my "life buzz"? I'm traditionally a light-weight and was starting to realize, after a decade of hangovers-from-hell, that I don't even like alcohol. And my friend, whom I love, was a notorious party animal.
There was a short internal battle: on the one hand, I didn't want to get drunk. But on the other, I felt more inclined than ever to say "yes" and just go with the flow. Not to mention that I quickly remembered the one bar I actually enjoy going to in Los Angeles: Good Times At Davey Wayne's. It's a cool space that's been designed to look like a basement in a Midwest rambler from the 70's. They play classic rock and sometimes have roller-skaters on a plexiglass roof in the outdoor patio. I texted my friend back and sent him the address. He would meet me there.
It was late afternoon – around 4 o'clock – when I arrived at the entrance, a shallow alleyway that ends at a refrigerator set against the wall. I opened the fridge, stepped through, and entered the hidden passage which leads into the bar.
My friend was already at a table with beers. We hugged and caught up. About a half hour later a cute young lady walked by and said "Hi" since we were pretty much the only people in the room. We enthusiastically offered her a seat our table while she waited for her friend. She agreed. Maybe she was in a "yes" phase too.
She was funny, smart, friendly, and very cute and we hit it off right away. She showed me her paintings and graphic design work. We laughed and joked around as time stood still. My friend, who is a mensch, took our flirting in stride and continued ordering drinks while I scooted closer to this very cool lady. Everything was going great; it was the perfect start to my new life.
Naturally, I asked for her number.
And besides, I trusted something about her. She wasn't your run-of-the-mill rando you meet at a bar. She was really, really cool. For example, she had all of the emotional intelligence I had just spent six months with a therapist, a week of the Hoffman Process and a cross-country move trying to acquire. Also, she was pretty. And so, I trusted myself. She gave me her number and told me that she had the next day, Friday, off. She had to drop off some books in the morning so I could meet her at the Atwater Village Library if that worked? "Yes!", I said, a little too eagerly. Considering I had no job, no direction, and barely even a bed, I was pretty free…Here I was, making those bold choices that successful people make.
Soon her friend showed up and my friend bought everyone drinks. I was on a higher high than before. I had plans with a woman who seemed to like me. Life seemed to be pretty great when you trusted yourself. Who knew?
That was when the bomb dropped: "I have to tell you something. I have a boyfriend."
I smiled awkwardly.
She quickly qualified their relationship; it was relatively new. It was a rebound, etc. And since I was essentially starting over in LA, I gulped back my disappointment and told her I would be fine just making a new friend.
The next morning I met her outside the library because disappointment doesn't outweigh hope. I brought her fruit from Lassens. We sat and chatted while we waited for the library to open. For a second, I felt my old pattern of second-guessing good things rise up as I silently questioned the reason I was there. Was I just being overly excited and entertaining wishful thinking by pursuing someone I had connected with briefly at a bar? "You can't meet anyone decent at a bar" my brain told me. As we chatted I felt my old patterns of being distrustful come creeping back. I felt myself withdrawing a little bit, constricting, and preparing for the worst. But the strangest thing happened – I found myself aware of these patterns as they were happening, and I could feel them creating a sensation of sadness and even nauseousness inside of myself. I was making myself feel sad while I sat with a really cool person on a nice day: the story of my life! I realized, then and there, that throughout my life I had been the one making myself feel bad when ostensibly "amazing" things were happening. My brain loves to judge.
Luckily, this sweet lady made me feel at ease like no one had ever done before. I felt like I could be myself around her, and as we chatted and joked, I felt myself relax and reconnect. The library opened and we went in. The enforced quiet made us even more giggly and soon we were laughing loudly together making inappropriate librarian jokes. It was clear we enjoyed the same dark sense of humor.
Outside the library we agreed that we should grab coffee so we drove to Cafe De Leche in Highland park and sat outside. I found myself telling her stories that I had never told anyone. Like the time during Freshman-year cross country practice when I shit my shorts in the middle of a long run and had to duck-walk down a Twin Bluff Middle School hallway to the boy's locker room.
For whatever reason, I wanted this beautiful woman across from me to know everything. All the imperfections. All the gross stories. I told her everything. And she just laughed. I felt fearless to reveal myself, and it felt incredible to be seen and accepted. After coffee we went to Echo Park Lake and sat near the fountain. It was clear we both liked each other. We both felt like we had met the person who gets us. And soon, we were kissing.
After leaving the park I was, clearly, on Cloud Nine. The world seemed perfect. I felt happy and glowing and I drove out to Venice where I met a friend and started recounting everything that had happened in the last 24 hours. But there was clearly one little issue, and it stood out to me when I got to the "she has a boyfriend" part.
Fuck. How could I be so stupid? As I got in my car to drive home, I felt the growing sensation of anger fill my body. It was anger at myself. Anger that I was getting excited and allowing myself to entertain romantic feelings when this other person was technically unavailable. In the past I would have ignored the red flag and tried to rationalize it, but no longer. I knew that I couldn't proceed with this woman even though I felt, potentially, that she was "the one". It was a terrible feeling – the cognitive dissonance between a feeling that love was within my grasp, yet also knowing that it was unavailable and unhealthy to pursue.
I texted her and let her know that I couldn't see her until she was single. Hardest text of my life. But for the first time it felt like I was respecting myself and putting up a boundary. I was saying "no" to my brain's desire for immediate gratification and saying "yes" to my long-term stability and need for healthy relationships. She immediately got back to me and agreed and said that she respected my wishes and would do the same thing if she was in my shoes and I had a girlfriend. ARGH! Why was she so cool? It made it way more difficult to put up a boundary when she was so respectful and understanding.
I went home and started looking at her pictures on Instagram, which obviously didn't help, so I unfollowed her on Instagram. I was distraught. I threw up in the toilet. I felt physically sick. My heart hurt, because some part of me knew that meeting a kindred spirit rarely happens, while another part of me knew that I was doing the right thing. Or was I? I was so confused. Was I supposed to "say yes" to life, or was I supposed to put up healthy boundaries and respect myself? How does one tell the difference? This definitely was not covered in my months-long soul-searching escapade. As my thoughts whirred around my brain like a blender, I re-followed her on Instagram.
I woke up to a message within the app: "Did you unfollow and then re-follow me?" Yeah. I admitted I had. But luckily she thought it was as funny and stupid a move as it actually was, and we started texting back and forth. I called her and we talked for a while, mostly about a video clip she had sent me from a reality show called "Freaky Eaters" where a woman could only eat Cheesy Potatoes. We agreed that although we seemed to get along well and we liked each other, it was best to not interact until she was single. Luckily, I was flying to Minnesota that day, so I would be free of the temptation to break down and try to see her.
While I was in MN, however, she let me know that she had decided to break up with her boyfriend so we could see what happens. We continued to text and talk all weekend, and true to her word, two days later, she had broken up with her boyfriend and was single. She picked me up when I got back to Los Angeles and we've been inseparable since.
When I'm with her, I feel free to be myself. I am totally accepted and loved. I'm encouraged to be the very best version of myself that I can be. I felt that from the moment I met her, but if I hadn't put up a boundary and if she hadn't left her boyfriend it most likely would have never worked out. It feels like a miracle. And I'm certain that it was only possible once I began the process of loving and accepting myself as well as releasing all the people and elements from my life that were as negative and critical of me as I was of myself. Love is everywhere, but we are the only ones that can remove the barriers to love that exist within ourselves.
At least that's how I explain the story of how I found my best friend, the woman I'm engaged to, on the other side of a refrigerator in a Hollywood bar.
http://www.paulsprangers.net
Paul is a TV writer living in Los Angeles with his wife and two bunnies. He was the co-founder of internationally-touring rock band Free Energy and the founder of the vegan jerky company Power Plant. Paul loves meditating, reading about metaphysics, and cryptocurrencies.
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Kat Bailey January 30, 2018 at 8:49 pm
What a lovely story, Paul. I thoroughly enjoyed it and sure so like your narrative style.
*sure do
Pamela Baggett February 1, 2018 at 5:56 am
This is a wonderful story of a natural order that is brazenly transparent and a powerful suggestion of how we should all look at life. The concept of rebooting and seeking help when we need it to get over the "hump" of past hurts touches a nerve in me and I am sure many others.
Even though married for many many years, I still recall the difficulty of not contacting a less than interested party even when you knew it was not in your best interest!
The sappy part of me loves loves loves The happily Ever After! Great story Paul!
Chelsea Javier May 26, 2018 at 2:52 pm
I love this story!!!!
Karin May 28, 2018 at 9:11 am
Thank you for offering a window in to my heart and yours. May your love always give your lessons of gratitude and happiness.
NR April 20, 2019 at 2:54 pm
What starts right, that goes right.
Awesome story. Thank you.


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Easter is such a beautiful holiday, but here in the US, it does not get even close to the vast recognition that Christmas is showered with.
My family and I feel very lucky to be familiar with, and able to practice the Ukrainian Easter traditions. Besides the 40 days of the Great Lent, and the different church services from Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday, there is the traditional Easter Basket Blessing,which takes place at the church on Holy Saturday, or right after the Sunrise Easter Sunday Liturgy, in other parishes.
The Easter Basket of special foods (described below) is arranged on Holy Saturday, and taken to church, where a special blessing ceremony with prayers and sprinkling with Holy Water, is performed by the parish priest.
I have some wonderful Jewish friends who are getting ready to celebrate the Passover Holiday.
I have previously prepared and posted several Passover recipes, but today I am providing pictures and links, for your convenience.
Easter is one of my favorite holidays, because of its rich traditions. One of these is the blessing of a basket of special foods which becomes the Easter Sunday brunch, being the first meat meal, after a strict fast on Good Friday and Saturday. One of the special foods in that basket is a round shaped Easter Bread, called Paska in Ukrainian, or Babka in Polish. The top of this bread is elaborately decorated with fancy dough ornaments, having a cross as the central motif. Here is my family Paska recipe, which makes two large loaves, or several small ones.
Spring is a very popular season for baby showers, but his time I attended a Baby Sprinkle Party.
Baby showers are usually hosted for the First Born child, since the new parents are starting from scratch, and get overwhelmed by how many different things this little person will need almost immediately after its arrival.
In the past Baby Shower was the only time the new parents were showered with substantial baby gifts. However nowadays the second born, especially if it's of a different gender, also is lucky to receive some smaller gifts through a Baby Sprinkle party.


Google is expanding out of its Mountain View haven and into the hangouts of America. According to an "extremely reliable source," the search giant will roll out a retail initiative by opening up multiple flagship Google Stores in time for the holidays. Instead of relying on Google Play to get your Nexus 4, all you'll need to do is drive on down to your favorite Google hangout.
"The mission of the stores is to get new Google Nexus, Chrome and especially upcoming products into the hands of prospective constumers," 9to5Google said. The source added that Google has plenty of potential customers on the market, but they don't have the opportunity to try the company's stuff out—a try-before-you-buy situation. Stores will be Google's solution, and potentially lead to increased sales.
Google currently offers smaller store-within-a-store options inside Best Buy locations in the U.S., but those only focus on Chromebooks. The source claims an actual Google retail store would have a much broader approach since the company pretty much offers an entire lineup of products now. We have to agree.
"The decision to open stores, I'm told, came when drawing up plans to take the google Glass to the public," 9to5Google said. The only way consumers would be comfortable with purchasing such a (potentially) futuristic tech is if they could try it out first. The store idea was born around that, and it only makes sense to sell everything Google offers.
Apple has absolutely perfected the retail experience, and it's a huge part of the company's success. Apple CEO Tim Cook recently admitted that Apple Stores are much more than just a place to hock gadgets, but a wonderful advantage in community mind share.
Google wants a piece of that.


With layers comes the power of volume and movement. First, we have top ten cool hairstyles for your inspiration so that you can take a quick look and further we will go into the details of how to achieve these styles. Curly hair look seriously cute with very little effort but they need regular maintenance.
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On Monday 15th July 2013, Julian Bream celebrates his 80th birthday. It has been a privilege to have represented Julian for the last 20 years, a collaboration we view with the utmost pride. We would like to take this time to reflect upon Julian's inspirational career spanning more that 60 years and his contribution to the classical music scene during the 20th century.
Julian Bream, guitarist and lutenist, began his career as a child prodigy following an official debut at Cheltenham on 17th February 1947. He was then just thirteen years old, but after enchanting audiences with his extraordinary skill and musicality, he was soon acknowledged as one of the most remarkable artists of the post-war era.
The next few years were spent performing for the BBC, making his debut at the Wigmore Hall, London, and making his first appearance at the Aldeburgh Festival. He went on to study at the Royal College of Music, and after a break carrying out National Service with the Army, Julian's career expanded across the globe, with tours in the USA and Europe guaranteeing worldwide success.
Having become an important figure in classical guitar, Julian's passion and talent became the inspiration for the profound developments in the contemporary guitar repertoire. Composers such as Arnold, Berkeley, Bennett, Britten, Brouwer, Fricker, Searle, Takemitsu, and Walton all composed works dedicated to Julian, inspired by his exceptional playing. From the mid-1950's Julian was regarded as one of the greatest recording artists of the 20th century, a statement cemented by his successful recordings for RCA in 1958 for which he won many international awards. He was presented with a platinum disc in 1979 by RCA to mark record sales of half a million in the UK alone, as well as gold and silver discs for duo recordings with John Williams.
In 1964, Julian Bream was awarded an OBE for services to music, and then the CBE in 1985. He has also been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Surrey (1968) and Leeds (1984), and in 1976 he was personally presented with the Villa-Lobos Gold Medal by the composer's widow. In 1966 he was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music and has since been honoured with Fellowships of the Royal College of Music (1981) and the Royal Northern College of Music (1983). In addition to all these incredible honours, Julian became an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1988 and presented with the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist's Award in 1996. In 2013, Julian was honoured for his outstanding achievements in the Gramophone Hall of Fame.
To celebrate Julian's 80th birthday, Sony will be releasing a set of 2 CD's of Julian's recordings throughout his incredible 66 year career, a shining tribute to a man whose talents have shaped the history of classical guitar performance.
For more information on Julian's astonishing career you can listen to Tom Mckinney speaking to Julian on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday 13th July at 12:15.
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Have a Healthy, Weed-Free Lawn—Naturally! | Gardens Alive!
Chemical-free Corn Gluten Meal Kills Weeds, Feeds your Turf and Doesn't Threaten People and Pets!
Q. Dear Mike: PLEASE HELP! My lawn is in terrible shape. The crabgrass last year was horrible, as were other weeds. I have used Scotts in the past but nothing last year, when I decided to go completely organic for my cats, who are constantly eating the grass. What do you recommend?
Can you help me take care of my lawn—preferably organically? My late husband used to do all this for me; he put something on in March—a "pre-emerge" that helped keep a lot of the dandelions and other weeds from sprouting. I still have the drop spreader he used. I didn't do anything last Spring, and I thought the dandelions were going to takeover the front yard, but then the rains brought the Bermuda grass into its own, and it just grew those dandelions out of a home!
My husband and I moved into a new home last year. Despite having used Scott's lawn service since they laid our sod, we have lots of weeds—as well as bare spots that need reseeding. More importantly, we have 2 children and I am 7 months pregnant with our third. I would like to try Corn Gluten Meal to control the weeds, but I'm afraid it might prevent the grass seed from germinating. Please give us some guidance. Thanks!!
A. And that's just the tip of the lawn care/corn gluten meal iceberg in our email box!
But this new discovery meant it would also kill Spring time weeds—thus creating an all-natural replacement for the toxic chemical weed and feed products that threaten people, pets and the environment. (Some herbicides in chemical weed and feeds have been linked to increased rates of cancer in people and dogs, and their harsh chemical fertilizers cause huge problems in environmentally sensitive areas like the Chesapeake Bay.) Corn gluten received a federal patent as a natural pre-emergent herbicide in July of '91.
As with chemical pre-emergents, Nick explains that timing is everything. Right now, the seeds of crabgrass and many other weeds are lying dormant in your lawn, just waiting for warm weather to germinate. But if you spread 10 to 20 pounds of corn gluten meal per thousand square feet of lawn when the first yellow blooms appear on for scythia bushes in early Spring, you'll prevent those early season weeds from sprouting successfully.
Technically, perennial weeds like dandelion, red clover, fox tail and bentgrass shouldn't be affected, because they're already there. But apparently nobody told the corn gluten. The Iowa State researchers noticed that these—and other—really tough weeds became scarcer and scarcer in their test plots year after year, until by year three or four they were gone or reduced to very minor levels. Nick feels that some of this is due to the prevention of new weed seeds from sprouting, but attributes the main effect to the fact that corn gluten's natural slow-release nitrogen helps grass grow the kind of strong roots that crowd weeds out. As our Oklahoma listener notes, happy grass beats the worst weeds.
Corn gluten meal comes in powder and granulated forms; granulated works best in conventional spreaders. Gardens Alive, which sells both under the brand name "Wow" (for 'With Out Weeds'), was the first company to license corn gluten from Iowa State, and the company that registered it as a natural pre-emergent herbicide with the EPA.
To get the best results, water it in really well and then allow the area to dry out. Any weed seeds that try and germinate will be killed naturally by the gluten. Then it will slowly release its lawn feeding nitrogen to build up the kind of healthy turf that naturally resists—or just plain kills—weeds without any direct herbicidal help.


Well the wind blew all night and the rain came down by the bucket full but we were quite warm and snug all night. With the rain still hammering down we left the farm shop at 8h30 long before it opened but were grateful for the night's stop.
We were heading towards Edinburgh to hopefully to meet up with an art friend of Judy who moved back from France to the UK some time ago. We had emailed her but had no telephone number as she had moved, so decided to just knock on her door, unfortunately she was not in so we spent the rest of the morning stocking up on food for the week in Asda which was nearby.
After shopping then lunch, we headed for the The Helix Park which contains the magnificent stainless steel sculptures by the Glaswegian artist Andy Scott. Called the Kelpies, after the mythical Scottish beasts which usually took the form of a horse to fool unwary travellers. Andy however soon moved from the mythical, towards the beautiful Clydesdale heavy horses that used to pull the barges on the canals which flow between the Kelpies.
When it got dark we walked to the Kelpies again, they were now lit internally gradually changing colour from gold to red, blue green and back to gold absolutely beautiful.
At night all lit up, beautiful.
We had checked with the visitors centre that it was ok to park for the night so after the magical view of the Kelpies at night we settled down in our nice and snug motorhome.
Nik and family arrived about lunch time on Saturday so we headed with them to the fantastic play park at the other end of the Helix Park. The play park was truly amazing with the highest tunnel slide we had seen other than at a swimming pool. These were stainless steel and Steve was really wondering if he could have a go! Apart from the slides there were all sorts of other equipment that we had never seen. Finlay and Lewis had a fantastic couple of hours and we really enjoyed it as well.
Nik had seen on-line that there was a Geocache nearby. These are little boxes of hidden treasure literally all around the world which you locate by GPS coordinates. Not real treasure just Christmas Cracker junk toys. you take something and leave something else and log your visit in the box and on-line. It is a really good way to see and explore the countryside and the boys really enjoy the search for the treasure.
Having discovered the "treasure" we walked again to the Kelpies with the boys then after tea another walk to see them lit up in the dark. We all had a good night and being the weekend a few other motorhomes joined us in the car park.
Next morning after another go on the play-park we drove the few miles to the Falkirk Wheel which is an amazing structure that lifts or lowers large canal boats 24mt. (79 ft) from the Clyde Canal to the Forth & Union Canal.
This is the only one of its kind in the world and literally only uses the power for boiling a kettle to move this gigantic structure with its cargo of two large boats floating in large tanks full of water. Without this structure, a long flight of locks would have had to be built which would take a lot of space and time for the boats.
After parking the campers we donned our walking gear for a walk to the Antonine Wall, which was a defensive barrier built by the Romans many miles north of the better known Hadrian's wall.
On our walk we also searched for some more Geo-Caches which turned out to be very cleverly hidden and very difficult to find. One was behind a rotating surface on the side of a fence post and another in a small sample tube embedded in a hole in the fork of a tree. Judy turned out to be very good at finding these. But again great fun looking for them.
After a walk through a long canal tunnel we arrived back at the Falkirk Wheel complex for an hour or so letting the boys lose on the play park. Much to their displeasure and our relief the water play area had been emptied for the winter or else we would have had some very wet clothes to look after during the rest of our trip.
From the Falkirk wheel we headed off towards Blair Drummond Safari Park.
Sorry this is a bit late being posted but the days are very full with the boys.


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Grosz krakowski – srebrna moneta polska, wprowadzona przez Kazimierza Wielkiego w 1367 roku.

Wzorowana na groszu praskim zarówno co do wartości, jak i typologii. Na awersie widniała korona i napis w podwójnym otoku: KAZIMIRVS PRIMVS DEI GRATIA REX POLONIE. Rewers zdobił orzeł otoczony napisem GROSI CRACOVIENSESS.

Wprowadzenie grosza krakowskiego wiązało się z przeprowadzaną przez króla reformą monetarną. W zjednoczonym po rozbiciu dzielnicowym państwie znajdowały się w obrocie rozmaite monety, bite według różnorodnych stóp menniczych. Ogólnokrajowy zasięg posiadały jedynie grosze praskie. Kazimierz zdawał sobie sprawę, że jego grosz nie ma szans konkurować z czeską monetą, której dominacja opierała się obfitych złożach srebra w Kutnej Horze. Grosze krakowskie były bite ze względów prestiżowych krótko i w niewielkich liczbach, gdyż emisja była nieopłacalna. Dla utrzymania podobnej zawartości srebra (a więc i wartości) jak w groszu praskim, pozyskiwano surowiec z drogiego złomu srebrnego.

Główną ideą wprowadzenia grosza było ujednolicenie systemu monetarnego, którego grosz stał się podstawową jednostką obliczeniową, chociaż realną funkcję monety pełnił grosz praski. Według tego systemu jeden grosz był wart dwa kwartniki, stąd często nazywano je półgroszami. Trudności jakie miała mennica krakowska ze srebrem spowodowały, że stopy tej nie udało się utrzymać i niebawem za jeden grosz praski żądano w obiegu handlowym czterech kwartników. Kolejną jednostką były ćwierćgrosze (cztery na grosz i dwa na kwartnik), stąd nazywane czasem półkwartnikami. Ćwierćgrosz równał się z kolei czterem denarom (16 denarów na grosz). Najmniejszą jednostką stał się obol. Na grosz potrzebne były 32 obole, czyli osiem na ćwierćgrosz, a dwa na denar. Wyższą jednostką, wyłącznie obrachunkową, był skojec, na który wchodziły dwa grosze.

Ze względu na brak w Polsce kruszcu reforma spełniła tylko połowicznie swe zadanie. Wprowadzonym systemem posługiwano się praktycznie tylko w handlu lokalnym (miasto i okoliczne wsie). Handel międzymiastowy oraz handel międzynarodowy i tak – jak wszędzie w średniowieczu – opierał się na rzeczywistych relacjach zawartości kruszcu w monetach.

Grosz krakowski jest bardzo cenną monetą numizmatyczną.

Zobacz też

 gatunki pieniądza na ziemiach polskich
 systemy monetarne na ziemiach polskich

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Historia polskiego mennictwa średniowiecznego
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Monety średniowieczne ziem polskich

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Wasyl Jewhenowycz Iszczak, ukr. Василь Євгенович Іщак, ros. Василий Евгеньевич Ищак, Wasilij Jewgienjewicz Iszczak (ur. 5 kwietnia 1955 we wsi Dubie, w obwodzie lwowskim) – ukraiński piłkarz, grający na pozycji obrońcy, a wcześniej pomocnika lub napastnika. Posiada obywatelstwo kanadyjskie.

Kariera piłkarska

Kariera klubowa
Wychowanek amatorskiej drużyny Sokił Lwów. Pierwszy trener W.N.Stołbin. W 1974 rozpoczął karierę piłkarską w SK Łuck odbywając służbę wojskową. W latach 1976-1977 występował w składzie Maszuk Piatigorsk. W sierpniu 1977 przeszedł do Czornomorca Odessa, barw którego bronił przez 14 lat. Potem wyjechał za granicę, gdzie został piłkarzem węgierskiego Budapesti Vasutas. W 1993 powrócił do Ukrainy, gdzie występował w Błaho Błahojewe. W 1994 emigrował z rodziną za ocean, gdzie zakończył karierę piłkarską w kanadyjskim zespole Toronto-Italia.

Kariera trenerska
Po rozstaniu z wyczynowym uprawianiem sportu pozostał przy futbolu jako trener. Otrzymał licencję trenerska kategorii A. Założył w Kanadzie własną szkołę piłkarską, gdzie szkolił dzieci. Od 2008 pracuje w sztabie szkoleniowym SDJuSzOR Czornomoreć Odessa.

Sukcesy i odznaczenia

Sukcesy klubowe
 mistrz Pierwszej ligi ZSRR: 1987
 zdobywca Pucharu Federacji Piłki Nożnej ZSRR: 1990

Odznaczenia
 tytuł Mistrza Sportu ZSRR: 1980

Przypisy

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Urodzeni w 1955
Radzieccy piłkarze
Ukraińscy piłkarze
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Piłkarze Czornomorca Odessa
Piłkarze Budapesti Vasutas SC


Chose all fixtures and faucets for an entire home. It was the best retail experience. And to complete the experience, I received a binder of all my selections organized by room. A truly eye opening experience by a family owned plumbing supplier, in a world of big box store hype.


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Title: Deus Ex: Icarus Effect
Author Name: James Swallow
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy,
Publisher: Del Rey: 2011
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This Small Business Saturday, come by Warwick's for a special meet-and-greet author signing event with two exceptional local talents, Jesse Leon and Linda Moore! Admission is free for this in-store event. I'm Not Broken and Attribution will be available for purchase and personalization!
Jesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations and investors on ways to address issues of substance abuse/addiction, affordable housing, and mental health. He is a native English and Spanish speaker and fluent in Portuguese. He is an alum of UC Berkeley and Harvard and based in San Diego. In his unflinching and inspiring memoir, I'm Not Broken, Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, street life, and substance abuse.
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Q: Convert field to EditText Hi I'm sure this is simple and its just eluding me :-)
i am writing a simple helper class to be able to check the values provided in a Field array the fields are saying they are EditText Widgets which is correct, what i want to do is be able to access the input value which was entered into the EditText Field, please help?
Field[] fields = clazz.getFields();

    for (Field field : fields) {
        if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Required.class)) {
            Log.d(TestClass.class.getName(), field.toString());
        }
    }

Thanks in advance
UPDATE to QUESTION full code
package com.mobiqube.annotations;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class EditTextValidator {

public EditTextValidator() {
}

public Boolean validate(Class clazz) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException{
    Boolean isValid = true;
    Field[] fields = clazz.getFields();

    for (Field field : fields) {
        if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Required.class)) {
            Log.d(EditTextValidator.class.getName(), field.toString());
            if(field instanceof EditText){
                EditText editText = (EditText)field ;
                String txt=editText.getText().toString();
                Log.d(EditTextValidator.class.getName(), txt);
            }

        }
    }

    return isValid;
}

public String getMessage(){
    String returnStr = "";
    return returnStr;
}

}
errors now being
if(field instanceof EditText){ //

and
    EditText editText = (EditText)field ;

A: Assuming you have an object of type clazz :
MyClass object = <something>

// clazz represent the class of this object
Class<?> clazz = object.getClass();
// Note that it can also be obtained by MyClass.class

// fields represent the members of MyClass
Field[] fields = clazz.getFields();

for (Field field : fields) {
    // field is a member of MyClass
    // To get the class of this member :
    Class<?> c = field.getType();
    // To get the value of the member in the object: (object is an instance of MyClass)
    Object o = field.get(object);
    // If you want to know if the field represent an EditText or a derived class :
    if (EditText.class.isAssignableFrom(c)) {
        EditText value = (EditText) field.get(object);
    }
}

Regarding your question, you need the object that you are trying to validate, as the class itself is not sufficient (unless you are only validating the static fields ?)

A: Try this:
EditText[] fields = clazz.getFields();

for (EditText field : fields) {
   Log.e("result",field.getText().toString());
}

A: Hi you can use below code
if(field instanceof EditText){
    EditText editText = (EditText)field ;
    String txt=editText.getText().toString();
}

A: AppCompatActivity activity=(AppCompatActivity)
Field id = R.id.class.getDeclaredField(field.getName());
EditText et= (EditText)activity.findViewById(id.getInt(id));

//or
AppCompatActivity activity=(AppCompatActivity)
EditText et= (EditText)activity.findViewById(id);

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Big data for sleep disorders is often lauded as a sign of great progress, but is it actually helping people manage their sleep issues? Here's what to know.
Sleep is a very necessary part of our lives. Sleep is also becoming more elusive than ever. An estimated 70 million people suffer from chronic sleep disorders. Many experts attribute the rising rates of insomnia to our addiction to technology. According to some healthcare providers, digital technology has become the underlying cause of insomnia and we are worse off because of it. However, there are actually a number of reasons that big data is the key to improved sleep.
Big data is giving us new insights into our health every year. One of the ways that it is proving to be especially helpful is by facilitating research into sleep patterns to detect correlations between various factors that can cause insomnia.
Fullpower is one of the companies that has conducted extensive research on sleep patterns, which would not have been possible without major advances in big data. This company has provided the technology behind countless wearable devices that help track sleep activity. According to Digitalist Magazine, this company has logged over 250 million nights of sleep in its database. This research is proving to be invaluable in improving sleep patterns.
Pharmaceutical companies are also using big data to create better sleep medications. A study from six leading neurology experts at the Division of Sleep Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital was conducted on the use of big data analytics in phenotyping for sleeping medicine. They have shown that big data is incredibly helpful, although there are still some risks associated with being overly depended on it before we fully understand its limitations.
In years past, we had little understanding of the role that certain products we depend on every day affect our sleep. More recent research is showing that they are more important than we previously thought. Mattresses are among the most important examples.
If you don't sleep on a good mattress, your ability to sleep well will be seriously compromised. Big data is helping us understand this relationship better. According to GetBestMattress.com, companies that produce mattresses are doing more in-depth sleep studies. They have started using participants that will sleep on the mattress for several nights at a time.
The goal is to track sleep patterns across different mattresses. This will help them make sure that they are only selling mattresses that ensure customers get the best possible night's sleep.
They don't facilitate enough movement. If you are using a desk that is not economically designed well, then you will be too sedentary. You won't use enough energy throughout the day, which is going to impede your ability to get a good night's sleep later.
Products that are not well designed can cause a number of back problems and other health issues. This can lead to discomfort that plagues us for hours or days later.
Big data is playing an important role in the research and development of these products. This will help mitigate the risk of sleep problems in the years to come.
We have thought that technology is the bane of our sleep habits. However, big data advances are proving this conventional wisdom wrong. Big data is making it easier than ever to get a good night's sleep, because it is showing what steps we need to take to improve sleep hygiene.


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@interface RWTAddItemViewController ()

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIBarButtonItem *saveBarButtonItem;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *nameTextField;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *uuidTextField;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *majorIdTextField;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *minorIdTextField;

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSRegularExpression *uuidRegex;
@property (assign, nonatomic, getter = isNameFieldValid) BOOL nameFieldValid;
@property (assign, nonatomic, getter = isUUIDFieldValid) BOOL UUIDFieldValid;

@end

@implementation RWTAddItemViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.saveBarButtonItem.enabled = NO;

    [self.nameTextField addTarget:self action:@selector(nameTextFieldChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventEditingChanged];
    [self.uuidTextField addTarget:self action:@selector(uuidTextFieldChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventEditingChanged];

    NSString *uuidPatternString = @"^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$";
    self.uuidRegex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:uuidPatternString
                                                               options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive
                                                                 error:nil];
}

- (void)nameTextFieldChanged:(UITextField *)textField {
    if (textField.text.length > 0) {
        self.nameFieldValid = YES;
    } else {
        self.nameFieldValid = NO;
    }

    self.saveBarButtonItem.enabled = self.isNameFieldValid && self.isUUIDFieldValid;
}

- (void)uuidTextFieldChanged:(UITextField *)textField {
    NSInteger numberOfMatches = [self.uuidRegex numberOfMatchesInString:textField.text
                                                                options:kNilOptions
                                                                  range:NSMakeRange(0, textField.text.length)];
    if (numberOfMatches > 0) {
        self.UUIDFieldValid = YES;
    } else {
        self.UUIDFieldValid = NO;
    }

    self.saveBarButtonItem.enabled = self.isNameFieldValid && self.isUUIDFieldValid;
}

- (IBAction)cancel:(id)sender {
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (IBAction)save:(id)sender {
    if (self.itemAddedCompletion) {
        NSUUID *uuid = [[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:self.uuidTextField.text];
        RWTItem *newItem = [[RWTItem alloc] initWithName:self.nameTextField.text
                                                    uuid:uuid
                                                   major:[self.majorIdTextField.text intValue]
                                                   minor:[self.minorIdTextField.text intValue]];
        self.itemAddedCompletion(newItem);
    }

    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

@end


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The cremation rate in the United States has surpassed the rate of traditional burial. But choosing cremation does not mean you still can't choose a cemetery. Many families still prefer to have a permanent place to memorialize and pay respects to their loved ones. For this reason, Happy Valley Memorial Park offers several options for those preferring cremation. In choosing cremation, you will be presented with more options than traditional full body interment, and you can also reduce the expenses which will be incurred.
For ground burial, two individuals who have both been cremated may choose to be interred in a single grave space. We offer cremation niches, community columbariums and our butterfly boulder located at the Garden of Paradise Waterfall. We also offer private columbaria, cremation benches and cremation pedestals, which may easily be placed in approved locations throughout the memorial park. Many of these options allow you to fully customize your memorial to reflect the person you are and the way in which you want to be remembered.
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A young farmer's vision for improving calf performance on his family's dairy farm by changing the feeding system from cow's milk to a once-a-day milk replacer lives on after his tragic death.
John Kennedy, who lost his life in a quad bike accident in March 2017, had convinced his parents, Donal and Winnie, and brothers, Danial, Colin and Mark, of the benefits of switching to Shine Once-a-Day replacer.
That product, fed in combination with Quinn's 17% Calf Follow-On ration, has resulted in calves weaning two weeks earlier, at 10 weeks.
The family farms at Askinch, Coolgreaney, near Gorey, currently milking 135 cows but rising to 150 next spring.
The land at Askinch is heavy and poor draining so the Kennedys keep mature cow weight at 550kgs or lower to maximise grass utilisation.
The Kennedys had never fed milk replacer until John persuaded them to introduce Shine Once-a-Day.
John had seen the results of this feeding system while working on a farm in West Cork; he was adamant this represented a solution to help reduce pressure on labour during the spring period. With the prospect of better rumen development and performance at grass too, the family went ahead with introducing Shine Once-a-Day.
After calves are born they are fed three litres of colostrum within two hours and transition milk for at least two weeks, twice daily.
Thereafter, they receive 600g of replacer mixed with three litres of water daily, in one feed, at a mixing rate of 20% dry matter.
At first, this was balanced with a mix of barley, beans and a locally-produced calf ration but the Kennedys found the perfect complement to Shine Once-a-Day with Quinns 17% Calf Follow-On ration.
This was recommended by Quinns ruminant specialist, Ciaran Murphy, for its palatability, digestability, rumen development and health.
The results were astonishing. Calves weaned at 100kg liveweight in an average of 10 weeks – it previously took calves 12 weeks to achieve this target.
Post-weaning liveweight gain has also improved. Calves were moved to grass from March 24th and offered 1kg ration daily through the summer. Their average liveweight on October 12th was 210kg.
"We are looking forward to the calf rearing season of 2018, we can't wait to try the system with Shine Once-a-Day and Quinns 17% Calf Follow-On ration from the start of the season,'' says Donal.
Donal joked that John wanted to introduce Shine in spring 2016 but didn't get the go-ahead because of the low milk price. "With hindsight, I am certain Once-a-Day is a key part of the system, regardless of price,'' says Donal.
A high level of low heat skimmed milk and buttermilk powder are the key ingredients in Shine Once-a-Day.
Joe Murphy, of manufacturers Bonanza Calf Nutrition, says the casein present in the skimmed milk and buttermilk clots in the acid present in the abomasum of the calf; this enables the calf to better digest the milk and feel contented for longer.
"Most powders now contain too much vegetable protein which is even more difficult for the calf to digest,'' says Joe.
This entry was posted in Farming News, News, Uncategorized on February 9, 2018 by quinns.


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Roma eye Rodrigo Caio
Il Messaggero: In the upcoming transfer market, one of the priorities of Roma will be to buy a defender considering that there will be a departure. The one that has the most offers is Rudiger (Inter, Chelsea and Bayern Munich) but the man who could be sacrificed will presumably be Manolas. Among the profiles that sporting director Monchi is following is that of Rodrigo Caio.
A few days ago, the news that Roma had offered Alisson to São Paulo, the club who own Caio, was dismissed. There was contact between Roma and São Paulo but it was regarding Alisson, it was to discuss Caio, 23, who also has an Italian passport. Caio just renewed his contract with until 2021 but this was done as a prerequisite to give contractual strength to the Brazilian club who, through an intermediary, also offered the youngster to Inter and Juventus. His price: €15 million. It will take €10 million for Roma to redeem Pellegrini from Sassuolo. Among others, Roma are also considering Krychowiak of PSG.
Official: Nicolo Zaniolo joins Galatasaray from Roma


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Q: Symfony 3 - Always get 404 error I am a beginner in Symfony 3.
I've installed it and when i go to http://localhost/Symfony/web/app_dev.php
the page is displaying then there is a javascript confirm box with the message "An error occured while loading the web debug toolbar (404:Not Found). Do you want to open the profiler?"
Even if i go to http://localhost/Symfony/web/app_dev.php/test i have a 404 error page, but it is not the Symfony 404 page.
I am on Ubuntu and Nginx.
I have tried differents things but nothing were correct for me.
Could you give me a hand on that so I don't have this confirm box and can go to others pages ?
Thanks.
UPDATE:
In the var/logs/dev.log i have this message :
[2017-07-18 11:00:39] request.INFO: Matched route "homepage". {"route":"homepage","route_parameters":{"_controller":"AppBundle\\Controller\\DefaultController::indexAction","_route":"homepage"},"request_uri":"http://localhost/Symfony/web/app_dev.php/","method":"GET"} []
[2017-07-18 11:00:39] security.INFO: Populated the TokenStorage with an anonymous Token. [] []

Edit :
I restart the install with the version 3.3.5
I did these line and it worked a little bit better :
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
sudo curl -LsS https://symfony.com/installer -o /usr/local/bin/symfony
sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/symfony

I had to change the composer.json too with these lines :
"autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "": "src/"
        },

Here my nginx config :
server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;
    root /var/www/html;

    index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

    server_name localhost;

    location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args /app.php$is_args$args;
    }

# start symfony
location ~ ^/(app_dev|config)\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
    }
# end symfony

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    }
}

But I still have the 404 error page for any pages, even for a bundle that I have generated.
Any ideas ?

A: First of all, point your site's root to the web folder.
Not any of its parents. And check again.
For the debug toolbar, check your security.yml
There should be a firewall dev that closes security for js, images etc
Something like
firewalls:
    # disables authentication for assets and the profiler, adapt it according to your needs
    dev:
        pattern: ^/(_(profiler|wdt)|css|images|js)/
        security: false

A: You can use php built-in Web Server. Is much easier and you don't need to have nginx configured for this.
using putty go to your project and start the web server
cd symfonyProject/
php bin/console server:start

You will see a message how to access the development server.
More details you find here http://symfony.com/doc/current/setup/built_in_web_server.html
Good luck.


A lack of basic skills training for 12.6 million digitally excluded people, SMEs obstructed from hiring international talent by arbitrary visa restrictions, lots of initiatives but no clear strategy.
Those are just three major criticisms made of government in a wide-ranging inquiry into digital skills by the Science and Technology Committee, from school, to the workplace, to those not in work.
The oft-cited ONS stat on people who have never used the internet, while pretty damning at more than 5 million people, masks the fact that a full 23 per cent of the population lack basic skills even if they have used the web.
For businesses, the committee called upskilling a "matter of survival" and, while praising the establishment of the "world-leading" computer curriculum in 2014, highlights that this will "take time to impact the workplace".
One interesting approach that appeared in the evidence is Birckbeck's MSc in Data Science that works as a conversion course for people who graduated in other areas.
Samsung recommended "creating a code conversion course to help graduates from non-computer science backgrounds enter the tech sector with a recognised qualification", but nothing is in place here as yet.
This is certainly not the first critique of our 'digital skills crisis', a crisis acknowledged in the report's title.
On top of the Shadbolt and Wakeham reviews of computer science and STEM degrees, plus the House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Skills report in 2015, and the committee's own Big Data Dilemma inquiry, there's an awful lot of paperwork floating around on this issue.
The committee's big hope is that Ed Vaizey's Digital Strategy, promised soon after the 2015 Spending Review, then again in January, will finally make its way out of DCMS – and that it will actually be of practical use.
In his own evidence to the inquiry, Vaizey admitted that responsibility for 'digital' is still spread across the Cabinet Office, BIS and DCMS, no doubt a a recipe for bureaucracy.
He also made clear that the strategy would not have "any particular new funding attached" but that it is "looking at the aspirations for the next 10 years". Whenever you're ready.
In the absence of the government's document, the committee highlights that cyber security, big data, the internet of things, mobile tech and ecommerce skills are key areas that need to be included, particularly with regards to our training of the existing workforce.
The committee has also called on Vaizey to ensure a plan is in place for sharing best practice across large and small businesses, which then goes out into local communities. It also wants visa restrictions for the Tier 2 'shortage occupation list' to be changed so that companies with fewer than 20 staff can also look overseas to fill jobs.
"The MPs question why the government has taken so long to produce the long-promised 'Digital Strategy' and call for it to be published without further delay," the report says.
Indeed, the group of MPs has called on the government to include a transparent "dynamic" map of different initiatives and the money spent on them, in order to match that against the actual economic demand for these skills.
A government spokesman told NS Tech: "This government recognises the crucial role digital skills play in our society and economy.
Rachel Neaman, former CEO of government-backed skills provider Go On UK, which recently merged with Martha Lane-Fox's Doteveryone, has criticised the "complete lack of leadership" on this.
"We have a massive digital skills crisis here in the UK, right from basic skills to advanced digital skills," Neaman said.


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Road Accident Statistics (Singapore 2020)
Road Accident Statistics
(Singapore 2020)
A comprehensive guide to road accident statistics in Singapore.
Last Updated: January, 2020. Latest available data from May, 2019.
There were 7,690 road accidents involving injuries in 2018
120 people were killed in traffic accidents in 2018
Elderly pedestrians accounted for two-thirds of all pedestrian fatalities. (1 in 2 accidents involving elderly pedestrians was due to jaywalking)
Motorcyclists and pillion riders account for about 1 in 2 of overall road fatalities
73% of heavy vehicle drivers speed when traffic is light
Singapore's road fatality rate of 2.73 per 100,000 citizens is higher than London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Deaths per 100,000 people
Singapore's road traffic fatality rate per 100,000 population went down significantly from 2010 to 2016. From 3.80 deaths per 100,000 persons, the figures went down to 2.51 per 100,000 persons. Unfortunately, the numbers increased slightly to 2.20 in 2018, from 2.16 in 2017.
Road Traffic Fatality Rate per 100,000 Population(2009 – 2018)
Despite the 7.5% increase of motor vehicles in Singapore over the past 10 years, road traffic accidents have actually barely grown. Compared to 0.96% in 2007, accidents represented just 0.82% of the motor vehicle population in 2017.
This means that over a typical 10-year Certificate of Entitlement lifespan, the probability of getting into a road accident decreased from 9.2% in 2008 to 7.9% in 2017. Furthermore, this decline in accident rate was coupled with a decline in fatality rates — from 4.57 per 100,000 people in 2008 to 2.16 per 100,000 people in 2017. Overall, this indicates that Singapore's roads have become safer, despite traffic accident numbers fluctuating from year to year.
Perhaps one of the reasons for this could be a decrease in the motor vehicle population over the years. From 605,149 cars in 2012, cars on the roads dwindled to 546,706 in 2017. The number of motorcycles and scooters too dipped from 144,110 in 2012 to 2017.
However, looking at road fatalities per vehicle paints a different picture.
In 2016, there were 14.8 fatalities per 100,000 motor vehicles. While this is down from 20.4 fatalities per 100,000 motor vehicles in 2010, it is nonetheless significant that the fatality rate per vehicle is so much higher than the fatality rate per capita.
Using this measure, Singapore compares unfavourably with countries like the United States, Japan, Germany, Australia and many other countries that Singapore outperformed on the basis of road mortality per capita.
For these countries, their performance on the basis of road mortality per capita and road mortality per vehicle do not differ significantly. This could be because compared to many developed countries, a significantly lower percentage of Singapore's population actually owns a car. As of 2013, an estimated 42 per cent of Singapore households owned a car. This stands in contrast to a high level of car ownerships in other developed countries. This means a large proportion of Singapore's population is comparatively less exposed to the risks of travel by motor vehicles, and so their likelihood of getting into a car accident is much lower.
The number of accidents resulting in injuries decreased slightly by 0.5% to 7,690 cases in 2018, from 7,726 cases in 2017.
Number of Accidents Resulting in Injuries (2014 – 2018)
The number of fatal accidents increased slightly by 2.6% to 120 in 2018, from 117 in 2017. The number of fatalities also increased slightly by 2.5% to 124 in 2018, from 121 in 2017.
Number of Fatal Accidents and Fatalities (2014 – 2018)
Download a copy of our infographic showing road accident statistics at a quick glance.
Every year, nearly 1.35 million people die in car accidents worldwide. This works out to an average of 3,287 deaths per day. An additional 20 to 25 million are left injured or disabled.
Road traffic accidents rank as the ninth leading cause of death and account for 2.2 per cent of all deaths globally. The accidents cost US$518 billion globally, costing individual countries from 3% of their annual GDP.
Singapore has always been proclaimed a safe state internationally. This is so even compared with other countries of a similar size.
So it may come as a surprise that in a comparison with four similar-sized cities, Singapore actually had the second highest road fatality rate.
Singapore's road fatality rate of 2.73 per 100,000 citizens is higher than that of London, Hong Kong and Tokyo, but less than Seoul's. Still, compared to London and Hong Kong, Singapore's rate of accidents per 100,000 cars is far lower. This indicates that while Singapore sees fewer road accidents compared to its peers, the accidents are more severe.
Road Accident Fatality Rate in Singapore vs Comparable Cities
This finding is further backed by the increase in car insurance claims, where despite fewer accidents, car insurance claims increased by 11.8% in 2017, leading insurers to believe accidents have become more severe.
Heavy vehicles involvement
Fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles were down to 10 in the first half of 2018, which is half of what it was in the first half of 2017. The number of heavy vehicle accidents that resulted in injuries also dipped, from 377 to 361 in the first half of 2018.
There were 3,410 accidents involving motorcyclists between January to September 2016. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital reported treating 865 severely injured motorcyclists between 2011 and 2015; while National University Hospital treated 415 moderate to severely injured motorcyclists between January 2014 to October 2016.
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital reported that slightly more than half of them were Singaporeans while 42 per cent were Malaysians.
Motorcyclists get injured in traffic accidents due to collisions with the road surface, road barriers or other vehicles.
They tend to suffer severe injuries or even death as they are not protected by the shell of their vehicles. Injuries suffered by motorcyclists include bleeding in the skull, bone fractures and multiple rib fractures.
Private hire cars
Despite only making up 4.9 per cent of the total vehicle population, private car hires accounted for 9.4 per cent of 82,800 accidents in 2017, going by statistics gathered by motor insurers. Private car hires, which include ride-sharing services such as Grab and Gojek, are more likely to be involved in traffic accidents than other passenger cars because of the lower average age of drivers and the long hours spent behind the wheel.
Taxis, which make up a mere 2.4 per cent of the vehicle population accounted for 13 per cent of accidents in 2017, going by statistics gathered by motor insurers.
Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs)
Up to 228 accidents involving personal mobility devices (PMDs) on public paths were reported in 2017 and 2018. Of the 228 accidents reported, 196 involved injuries. Thirty-two of the injuries were major, with concussions and fractures sustained. One case was fatal, where the PMD user skidded and succumbed to his injuries.
Cycling is an important part of Singapore's transport landscape, especially as the country aims to go car-lite. However, cycling on Singapore's roads may not be all that safe. In 2016, there were 19 fatal accidents involving cyclists and pillion riders, slightly higher than the 17 cases in 2015.
Globally, more than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users.
Young children are particularly vulnerable as they may not understand the dangers of the road, and their small physique makes them less visible to motorists. This is true of Singapore as well. In 2017, 132 children below 12 were injured in road traffic accidents in the first half of the year, up from 128 for the same period last year.
In Singapore, the number of accidents involving elderly pedestrians fell by 6.2% to 259 in 2018, from 276 in 2017. However, they remain a vulnerable group of concern, as accidents involving elderly pedestrians account for 25% of all accidents involving pedestrians. Forty per cent of these accidents involved jaywalking. The number of fatalities among elderly pedestrians decreased marginally to 25 persons in 2018, from 26 persons in 2017. However, elderly pedestrians accounted for 62.5% 4 of all pedestrian fatalities in 2018, an increase from 57.8% in 2017.
Statistically, younger drivers pose a much greater risk of having an accident, due in part to their relatively fewer years of driving experience. In addition to a lack of driving experience, rates increase for younger drivers due to their propensity for reckless driving.
This was borne out in an online survey conducted by a Singapore-based insurance company in 2015 which found that 63% of respondents aged 18 to 35 admitted to unsafe behavior on the roads.
Men have to pay higher premiums than women do across all age groups because insurance companies consider them to be far more accident-prone and therefore a greater risk. Insurers findings reveal that men are 1.4 times more likely to get into an accident as women.
Vulnerable Road Users
In 2017, the majority of road accident non-fatal casualties were motorcyclists and pillion riders followed by car drivers/passengers and tailed by pedestrians.
Since development for Singapore's eco-tourism hub began in January 2016, five animals have been killed in the Mandai area. These include a leopard cat, a huge sambar deer, a wild boar and a critically endangered sunda pangolin.
This is due to the forest clearing which results in a loss of habitat and foraging area for the wildlife, which includes the pangolins, mouse deer and sambar deer. These animals are forced to move around and end up getting onto adjacent busy roads or highways where hoardings are not present.
Common causes of road accidents
The main causes of road accidents in Singapore in 2017 and 2018 are alcohol consumption while driving and traffic light violations.
Getting behind the wheel of a car after consuming alcohol is a serious offence. Alcohol consumption can negatively affect the ability to respond efficiently to certain stimuli. This is because drinking affects a driver's concentration, coordination, reflexes and ability to make correct decisions. These are necessary when driving a vehicle.
Under Singapore law, the legal limit for blood alcohol concentration is 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, or 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliltres of blood.
The number of persons arrested for drink-driving decreased by 3.7% to 2,002 persons in 2018, from 2,078 persons in 2017. This was despite an increase in the number of drink-driving enforcement operations conducted in 2018. However, the number of drink-driving accidents increased by 17.3% to 176 cases in 2018, from 150 in 2017. Motorcyclists who were drink-driving and got involved in accidents increased by 51.3% to 59 cases in 2018, from 39 cases in 2017.
When a traffic light turns amber, it serves as a warning for drivers to slow down. Yet there are some who see this as a challenge to step on the accelerator and keep going. Beating the red light may save time but the risk of getting into an accident is high.
The disobedience of traffic light signals increased by 15.7% to 53,910 cases in 2018, from 46,599 cases in 2017. The number of red-light running accidents increased slightly by 2.6% to 120 accidents in 2018, from 117 accidents in 2017.
Number of drink-driving accidents and red-light violations and accidents
Drink-driving accidents
Drink-driving accidents involving motorcyclists
Red-light running voilations
Red-light running accidents
Another major cause of road accidents in Singapore is distracted driving. This could be caused by the use of the mobile phone while driving or listening to the GPS system. Either of these activities prevent the driver from giving 100 per cent of his attention to his driving.
In fact, 83% of drivers admitted to using their mobile phones without a hands-free kit while driving in a 2013 Samsung-commissioned survey. Common reasons for using the mobile phone while driving include feeling pressured to respond quickly to work, family or friends, feeling confident in one's driving abilities and proficiency at multi-tasking. Using the phone while driving has two consequences: it distracts the driver from paying full attention on the road, and it takes one hand off the wheel.
Other common causes of accidents are speeding, failure to keep a proper lookout, failure to have proper control, failure to give way to traffic with the right of way and changing of lanes without due care.
Driving a poorly maintained vehicle can also lead to accidents. Cars need to be upkept to ensure they perform at their best. If your tyres are balding, get them replaced.
Overseas accidents
With more Singaporeans going overseas for holidays, and more people renting cars abroad or driving up to other countries, accidents involving Singaporeans are also going up. Eleven Singaporeans died in traffic accidents overseas between December 2017 and January 2018.
Despite its small population, Singapore ranked fourth among Asian countries whose drivers were involved in fatal and injury crashes in New Zealand. About 50 Singaporeans were involved in such crashes between 2012 and 2016.
China was first with close to 350 accidents in the same period, followed by India and the Philippines. When non-Asian countries were included in a Top 20 list, Singapore came in 12th. Most of these involved rental cars.
Overseas drivers get into accidents because they lose control of their vehicles and do not know how to adjust to the road conditions. Staying alert while driving on holiday is vital as driving conditions can change due to weather.
In Malaysia, speeding is a factor for Singaporeans being killed on the roads there.
[1] https://www.police.gov.sg/news-and-publications/statistics
[2] https://www.valuechampion.sg
[3] https://www.police.gov.sg/~/media/20190221_annualroadtrafficaccidentsituation2018.pdf
[4] https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/motor-insurance-claims-despite-fall-accidents
Data on this website was sourced in August 2019 with the latest available data from May 2019. Auto & General Insurance (Singapore) Pte. Limited does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the data and accepts no liability whatsoever arising from or connected in any way to the use or reliance upon this data.


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Q: issues with intersect in matlab Consider the following example:
time = datenum('2010-03-03 00:00','yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM'):60/(60*24):...
    datenum('2010-07-31 23:00','yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM');

Jday = datenum('2010-01-01 00:00','yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM'):60/(60*24):...
    datenum('2010-12-31 23:00','yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM');

idx = intersect(time,Jday);

Why isn't idx the same size as time? I would have thought that these should be identical in length seeing as time is just a portion of Jday. Any ideas?

A: You create vectors using the colon operator, with a non-integer interval. Since intersect does element comparisons, you're bound to have inaccuracies due to their floating-point representation, and in this case I suspect that it's the issue. If you want to verify that, I suggest that you use ismember to identify which members are not equal (but supposed to be).


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Three Sisters (Obvious Volcano)
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Obvious Volcano presents Chekhov's classic play about a wealthy Russian family whose privileged status is slipping away in a changing society.
At a time of working-class uprising and elitist decline, an over-educated family finds that norms have shifted and the world is closing in on itself. Are better fortunes just around the corner? Can we hold onto the past while we wait for them? Join Irina for her birthday party at their rural estate. And don't bring up Moscow.
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United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Landein Charles Craddock Defendant - Appellant
Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
After pleading guilty to robbery and firearm charges, Landein Charles Craddock appeals the district court's 1 order revoking his supervised release and sentencing him to a total term of 46 months in prison, to run consecutively to a 15-year sentence imposed in the District of Kansas. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Craddock, as the court imposed the within-Guidelines sentence after considering the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, and acted within its discretion in imposing consecutive sentences. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917 (8th Cir. 2009) (under substantive-reasonableness test, district court abuses its discretion if it fails to consider relevant § 3553(a) factor, gives significant weight to improper or irrelevant factor, or commits clear error of judgment in weighing factors); United States v. Petreikis, 551 F.3d 822, 824 (8th Cir. 2009) (applying presumption of substantive reasonableness to revocation sentence within Guidelines range); U.S.S.G. § 7B1.3(f) (any term of imprisonment imposed upon revocation of supervised release shall be ordered to be served consecutively to any sentence of imprisonment that defendant is serving, whether or not sentence of imprisonment being served resulted from conduct that is basis of revocation); United States v. Cotroneo, 89 F.3d 510, 512 (8th Cir. 1996) (decision to impose consecutive or concurrent sentence upon revocation of supervised release is committed to sound discretion of district court).
The judgment is affirmed, and counsel's motion to withdraw is granted.
1. The Honorable Brian C. Wimes, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.


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Martin Mrázek
Requirements handling as a key to entropy in data-objects and reports
Each company has a pre-defined process for handling its BI requirements. But at the same time almost all of these companies try to avoid using it. This is the key reason why entropy arises in data-objects and reports and leads to multi-million dollar losses. Why does this happen?
Every company has a set process for handling the requirements of business intelligence outputs. When a business user needs a new report or a change made to an existing one, there's usually a process laid out that defines how to achieve such a goal. The same with new data-structures in the company's DWH or when a change is required to the old ones. These process's guidelines usually contain information about where to find and put the documentation for the implemented changes and/or the new data-objects / reports. So here's a couple of simple questions: Why do these processes work so poorly in so many companies? And why do so many companies accept living with such a mess of undocumented reports and data-structures?
The requirement process in a nutshell
Let's look at the process first - usually it consists of these steps:
a business user needs to create or change a report or data-structure,
the business user will draw up a business requirement concerning this need and submit it,
the requirement usually goes to the "business partner" or "business demand manager", the individual within the company responsible for the translation of business requirements into formalised BI requests,
at the BI end, an analyst takes the output from the business demand manager and elaborates what data will be impacted and (usually other analysts) prepares an assignment for a developer,
the developer implements & a tester tests,
the business user who submitted the request accepts the work and,
the product or change is deployed.
The stumbling-blocks
The first problem with the process I've just described is its speed. Usually it takes days or weeks for the business requirement manager to prepare a request for BI. Then, very likely there won't be any analysts available with free capacity at that moment, so there's a further delay in the BI department while they wait.
It's true, there are usually processes for the handling of priority requests to speed up their particular delivery, but they require approval from higher management and are often difficult to use.
A more serious problem is the fact that BI often modifies the initial request: the business user requires a new data-mart, dimension or report, but a BI / DWH architect can come along and point out that there's already something similar that should satisfy the business need.
In these cases the business user usually ends up waiting a long time only to be disappointed when his request is finally answered and he gets something different to what he asked for. I'm not criticising the attitude of the architect here. I fully understand he wants to avoid creating some kind of spaghetti system with lots of similar almost redundant data-objects or reports. I'm just trying to summarise how the situation is, seen from the perspective of the requestor.
The reality of BI requirements handling
When a BI department is too slow or the architectural supervision too tight, business users usually find their own way to do something. They find an external contractor and by-pass the defined requirement process.
The business requestor gets the output faster and without awkward modifications.
The contractor gets more money for his work, because he's not only doing the specified tasks he'd normally do but also the parts of the job which would ordinarily be done internally by BI.
The entropy in data-objects and reports grows. The contractor has no motivation to respect the company's architectural guidelines and when the budget is tight the documentation that details and defines the work carried out is the first to be cut.
In general, there are two possible solutions:
enforce discipline: the company adopts and implements strict rules about what must be provided by each contractor delivering data-objects or reports
make the discipline natural: the requirements are handled in a collaborative system where the analytical work and contractors' contributions can take place alongside each other and the request process.
Attempts to enforce discipline aren't usually very successful. Business users will often find ways to do things on their own anyhow e.g, by creating the data-marts they need on their own DBs outside of the DWH or by creating reports in MS Excel / Access. Often it's even difficult to find political support for such a unification of the project delivery process.
Natural discipline seems more promising. When all data-structures and reports are documented in a collaborative platform, where business requirements can be entered and elaborated with the active participation of contractors, then such an environment can create the vital documentation as a by-product of the work that's being done. It's true that even in this environment it can be difficult to find a satisfactory compromise between the requestor's practical view point and the need for architectural purity. But at least all the sloppiness can be described fully and be easily searchable. Such an approach is very close to Semanta's mindset and I'll write about it in more detail in the future.
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Web-based applications need to provide an anonymous access to their application on the front page of the website. If you have a to-do application, let the user start interacting before they do anything. Even registration is a barrier to entry. Of course, if you take what they did anonymously and migrate it when they register, you get a gold star. You get two gold stars if you also keep their anonymous data around when they return with a cookie.
Frameworks need to provide the infrastructure to do this easily. We build things in the context of a user, so sometimes there is a barrier we have to cross ourselves to provide this. Built-in ways to create anonymous uses, promote them with credentials, and expiration anonymous accounts: all will let developers provide this Siren call to users at little cost.
More choices, because I can try more things. I don't need to give out my information and remember credentials just to try out yet another twitter clone, to-do app, or mind mapping software.


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At the Movies: 'Working Man' a Sign of Our Times
On May 7, 2020 May 6, 2020
As if living in economically crippling, home isolation wasn't stressful enough already, movie fans—especially movie fans who love the theater experience like myself—are now feeling the anxiety of studios and theater chains feuding over streaming. But whether movies can make as much money with home releases, compared to theaters, seems a little unfair currently, when the average consumer is more desperate than usual for new media. For example, Brainstorm Media's new film, Working Man, might not have received as much attention with its original planned theatrical release, because it's currently one of the few new movies now going straight to VOD (Video On Demand) instead.
In a small, Midwestern town, a local factory is shutting down production, leaving all of its employees out of jobs—a rather ironic theme given current circumstances. Most are naturally upset, but one older worker named Allery Parkes (Peter Gerety) refuses to accept their fate, and secretly continues to sneak back into the building to "work," even if just to clean company supplies and equipment. The staff, and even Allery's wife, Iola (Talia Shire), chalk up his behavior to possibly going senile. But one colleague and neighbor, Walter (Billy Brown), thinks Allery's peculiar motive has potential to not only send a message, but also to create new work.
Photo: Courtesy of Claire Kung / Brainstorm Media
Working Man is a new feature by first-time filmmaker Robert Jury. The film does feel a bit like a first-time effort, with the small production values and only one big name (Shire) in the cast. But as said previously, the theme now takes a whole new level of appropriateness, and the cast does well with the material. Some of the dialog in the first half is a little stilted at first, but it does find a smoother groove as the story progresses. Similarly, we get a happy ending, but not the one some might expect. Working Man is rather quaint and unpretentious, but sometimes that might just be what you need during a difficult time.
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