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May 2018 - EU & Competition. Legal Developments by SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan.
Getting the Deal Through has published the twelfth edition of Vertical Agreements, which is available in print, as an e-book, and online. The Philippine chapter was contributed by SyCipLaw partners Arlene M. Maneja and Franco Aristotle G. Larcina.
The publication offers expert local insight with answers to crucial questions in key areas such as antitrust laws applicable to vertical restraints, responsible authorities, sector-specific rules, general exceptions from antitrust law, application of antitrust law to agency agreements, block exemptions or safe harbor, likely assessment of different kinds of restraint, formal notification procedure, investigative powers of the agency, sanctions or remedies, enforcement, consequences of an infringement of antitrust law, and private enforcement.
Download a copy of the Philippine chapter of Getting the Deal Through: Vertical Agreements 2018. The publication may also be accessed online at the Getting the Deal Through website.
Every effort has been made to cover all matters of concern to readers. However, specific legal advice should always be sought from experienced local advisers.
Arlene M. Maneja specializes in investments and acquisitions, public-private partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure, power, renewable energy, and competition law. She has assisted leading Philippine conglomerates and their partners in bidding and negotiating PPP contracts in the transport and water industries. She also advises clients regarding competition law and any anti-trust implications of proposed acquisitions, business ventures and similar activities and has acted as competition counsel in relation to merger filings with the Philippine Competition Commission.
Franco Aristotle G. Larcina specializes in investments and M&As, particularly in industries with FDI and nationality restrictions and in listed and public corporations. His other work focus is arbitration and dispute resolution for commercial transactions. He has expertise in merger and competition law, securities regulations, and telecommunications, media, and technology.


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New Jersey – and others – set for deluxe treatment
Bon Jovi are to release deluxe special editions of some of their back catalogue as part of the band's 30th anniversary celebrations.
First up, on Monday, June 30, comes a reissue of the band's fourth album New Jersey. A remastered CD, a double deluxe CD and and a three-disc super deluxe version with DVD will be available.
Further 30th anniversary releases are promised for later in the year.
Five singles were pulled from New Jersey, including Bad Medicine and Living In Sin. It has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.
Bon Jovi originally envisioned it as a double-LP, using the working title Sons Of Beaches. But Mercury Records released the album as a 12-track single LP and the band renamed it New Jersey, after their home state. According to the band, with the new deluxe and super deluxe editions, "the New Jersey originally imagined by Bon Jovi can finally be shared with fans."
The 2-CD deluxe edition, which will also be available digitally, includes the remastered original album, plus three bonus tracks which were originally released as B-sides or CD-single bonus tracks. The deluxe edition's second CD features the 13 Sons Of Beaches demos remixed exclusively for this project.
The 3-disc super deluxe edition also features the remastered original album and all of the bonus audio tracks included on the deluxe version, plus a DVD with the behind-the-scenes documentary Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey.
In 2013, Bon Jovi released their 12th album What About Now. For more information on the reissues, visit the band's website.
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Hi, my name is George Tee, I'm from Singapore and I've graduated with a Bachelor of Business Management degree (major in wealth management) in this very year 2010. Now as I looked back, I'm pretty lucky that I am getting my degree eventually because I almost failed my exams when I was in high school. I was totally addicted to gaming and lost interest in my studies. In fact, I nearly dropped out of school when I was around 14 years old.
To cut the story short, with a tiny bit of chance, I've managed to get into one of the lower ranking pre-universities (or we called it junior college) in our country. My foundations were so poor that when I entered the junior college, I had no idea of the fundamentals of the subjects I learned in high school. If you find any grammatical errors in this website, you will understand what I mean by poor foundation – English language is my second language and it is much worse in the past.
In our country, for us to further our studies in the university, we would need to sit for Cambridge exams known as GCE Advanced Level (A-level). It is a recognized international exam that is taken by many students from all over the world.
For a student who do not understand a single thing in the 'A' level subject would definitely fail the exam. In fact, most people get on average a few Bs. The better ones would definitely score a couple of A's and the worse ones would score a couple of C's or D's or even F's.
I'm not here to brag to you about my grades, but to share with you the importance of using the effective study system. This has nothing to do with intelligence, smart, or even hardworking. The only thing that matters is how you study in a way that makes a difference in your grades.
Have I convinced you that using the right effective study system is important?
Now I'm sure that the reason that you are reading this page is because you want to use the least amount of effort and get the best grades. To help you get started, I like to help you by sharing with you the secrets I have wrote in my ebook – "Secrets Of Studying".
What Is The Most Important Thing To Do Before You Start To Study?
Unlike the other websites where they tell you a lot of stuff about study techniques or how to study effectively, like "study at the same time and same place", or the "SQ3R" method, these are not the most important factor that will help you get better grades.
Yes, SQ3R method may be effective in some way, study at the same time and same place may help you to concentrate or focus better, but all these tips or techniques are not going to help you much if you fail to plan. In fact, all these tips and techniques are going to kill you or make you fail your exams if you follow them blindly.
Most students would either think that this is just simply waste of time or they don't even know how to plan. They think that by start studying immediately would be saving more time instead. Well, that is true if you study one day before your exams. But the truth is if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
That was the first thing I did when I entered junior college. In 2002, I remembered I once told my friends, I planned to get 3 distinctions for my A level subjects. I sit down and spent a few hours planning a grand study plan and this goal was achieved after 2 years.
Most of my friends thought I was intelligent, smart or lucky. But think about it, I entered junior college with poor foundation of physics and chemistry (my mathematics was better though), how can I be intelligent, smart or lucky? Deep down inside my heart, I knew that it was all because I planned for it to happen. You can read a simple version of how I planned – 5 Easy Steps To Achieve Awesome Results in 2011.
Does that mean if you plan, you will definitely get excellent grades?
No! Of course not. There are many stories where you've noticed that people are just planning and planning, but when comes to taking ACTION, they begin to run away from it.
Try to visualize this, if you are planning to get from destination A to destination B, and you have planned the exact route to destination B. But do you think that you can reach destination B if you start making your way there?
If you refuse to work towards getting excellent grades, there's no way that anyone could help you to achieve it.
In my case, I was extremely determined to do whatever it takes to achieve that goal.
Next, do you think that if you want to travel from Australia to Japan, and you are taking a ship, how fast can you reach Japan? It'll probably takes weeks or even months to travel by ship.
But if you are to take a plane, you'll probably reach in a day or two.
You see, the vehicle we are using to travel from one place to another is like our learning strategies.
However, if we are using a highly effective and proven system to study, it'll be similar to 'traveling by a plane'. We'll be able to shorten our learning process tremendously. Things that we usually take a long time to understand, we are able to cut short the time to learn.
And the faster we learn, the faster we'll achieve our objectives or goals. If you are wondering what kind of strategies I'm talking about, you can test your memory strategies by clicking here and see how effective is your current "memory skills".
You also need to develop the 7 Habits of Super Learners where it would help you both your academic but your whole life as well. It will help you to become more productive and learn more in a short span of time.
If you would like to find out more about how I plan for my distinctions, the secret studying system I used and my studying strategies and techniques, you can sign up for the newsletter below and you will later reach another page where you will discover more about this studying system I have been using in my student life that helps me achieve good grades without putting much effort.
To get the your "how to study" secrets, simply enter your first name and valid email address on the right, and you will watch a video on how to get good grades and receive the secrets in your inbox right away.
its high time i prove myself academically……. i need ur hlp….
I am in South Africa, how do I get your material and for how much?
hey thanx so much for your advice i really appriciate it.yuh are an ANGEL sent from GOD to change me and to brighten my brain.I did w@ yuh told me to do & its really workin but i have a huge problem, the more i try to read is the more i forget.I am writing my O level examz this june on 08 and i feel lyc iknoe nothing .iam scared that i wont make it i feel like i am an empty vessel.w@ do i do????????????? pliz help me & include mie in your prayerz.Thanx Tee .do yuh mynd if i call yuh Tee & yuh wil call mie kuekue.
why do i always end up with a C????
hey i am also of same type. See i also dont what i can do bcoz only 3 days are left for my exams. If u have time then just plan and go ahead wid it.
hey i am also of same type. See i also dont what i can do bcoz only 3 days are left for my exams. If u have time then just plan and go ahead wid it. And always get up early in the morning and repeat the thing u want in ur life say the name of ur ambition atleast 20 time. Best of luck dude.
I express my sincere gratitude to you. Thank you so much sir, i found your tips very useful and helpful. It has helped me a lot to perform well. I appreciate the good work done by you. keep it up.i believe lots of students are benefited through your guidance.Once again thank you so much…….
My daughter is taking her O levels in approx 8 weeks time.
She is unable to focus & is generally not motivated due to her discouragement over the years as she has been scoring poorly, as such, it does not give her much incentive to try anymore. I am looking for a one to one personal coach to help achieve a breakthrough with her.
i have to give 3 o level papers in oct 2011,all my friendz havealmost finished the course but i haven't even started yet.i want to download your book but due to some reasons i can't .
Hi!,naina u don't know how much u hv impacted on my life . may God almighty bless u,Amen.
I jst ryt nw open my net nd search fr any "more" secrets or ways…fr studying. . .!! Bt i belve dat diffrnt people hv diffrnt way of acquiring knwledge. . .so xperience nd find ur natural secrts..!
I AM A YEAR 9 STUDENT AND I WANT TO STUDY HARD FROM NOW FORB GCSE PLEAAAAAAAAAS HELP ME !
this is enggg…. mug up will not work… try to collect previous question pepars… first of all be prepared with the repeated quentions…study conceptually…. give more time to revise……N best of luck..!!!!!
Hi mr goerge lee. Wow you are very briliant person in the way that you understand what the student would could ever want.I was look for someone can give me some advice in long term studying plan I find your advice very helpful. I'm starting to put more effort after I read this today.
i am a nursing student and i am having problems with writting definitions and history using references. please help me!
dear friend, first of all i appreciate your hard work. second thing is that u should again share your top secrets of getting good results.anyway thanks for your information.
please help me because i fine it so difficult to learn.when am reading i dont understand i cant keep any definition in brain,kindly help me out.
Dear samuel,the only way for u 2 remember well is 2 re-write what u hav read.
Thnx 4 the advice. Ive got sum exams 2 do in january next year so wish me luk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot download your book/ buy it. I live in Kenya and it isn;t working:( I really think your book is worth buying.
I want to thank you a lot for everything you have taught me and all you showed me. I developed time by time when I bought your Programme. But, there is one thing I still need from you, which I will thank you even more than I can. I need a Self-Motivation Programme. Every time I start Studying I get bored in an hour and loose hope. Please, give me the courage and strength to stand up for what I believe.
I really need your help in Mathematics. I study so hard and so much but, I never get higher than a lousy C and I really need a B to get to College because my Life is on the line.
wow , what an amazing ideas u gat boy love keep on!!!
I just finished my exam and thanks to your Techniques you taught me. I was able to study 3 Whole Chapters in 4 Days Remembering and Recalling and I got someone to ask me Questions and I knew everything.
I got my Maths Exam Results and got a B 5 Marks away from an A. Please can you send me some Mathematic Techniques. How to study Mathematics just like you showed me how to study Science and Other Subjects.
I feel really angered about myself that I revised so Hard and so Long for that Mathematics Exam but got a 'C'. 7 hours of work everyday for 1 month= Results. Your profession is Mathematics, do you think you can help me with my Study Skills for Mathematics. Because I have decided if I dont pass my GCSE's I will give up everything.
I am Jim and i am from Brunei. i am a upper sixth student. i am going to sit for my A levels this November. i am taking mathematics, biology, chemistry and EAS (english language AS). i just received my AS oct/nov 2011. sadly, i took only 2 subjects, maths n bio. sadly, i just got C for bio and D for maths. im so depressed. i hope i will get 4A*s for my AS exam this june and my overall A levels grades. i am gonna follow your methods. thank you for sharing your ways of studying!
I am short of words. But i must say that ur(Gorge Tee) article have made a great impact in my life today. U jst know the write words 2 use n d write xamples. U just gave me EXACTLY what i need 2 boost my studies n 2 learn effectively. I must say u are really a great person. Plz keep it up. Ur articles is d real facts and i must say dat they are the BEST of all BEST.
Thnx………. George 4 ur suggestion. Now after reading ur tips I think I can do much better in my 11th final exam. So thanku once again.
I am Mohanavel from India. I want to get A grade but it is too difficult for me. I am studying 11 std with Science group, it is too difficult to study biology and physics. That time I get your advice. I hope that I will get A grade in forthcoming exams.
I bought your Programme and I know you got an A for your Maths and I need some Study Strategies for Mathematics because I dont know any good ones.
1) Learn a way to focusing n concentrating on particular stuff.
3) Control your food intake.
Thank You for all you have taught me you are the Worlds Gift.
Thanks George for all your secrets. Buying your programme was a real good idea. I literally turned my life from 'C' to 'A's. Wow, I couldnt thank you even more for what you did.
Thank You George for all your Tips. I used to get D's and C's, but since I bought your Programme now I am getting consecutive B's and even A's.
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CATHERINE FERGUSON AS MAD MARGARET IN "RUDDIGORE" : D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY
This vintage real photo postcard features actress and singer, Miss Catherine Ferguson ( 1895-1972). At first glance, this image appears to be a photograph of a pretty woman on a bad hair day. However, this is actually a photograph of Miss Ferguson playing the role of "Mad Margaret" in "Ruddigore". The comic opera was also known as "The Witches Curse". The production was presented by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and the music and libretto was written by Gilbert and Sullivan. It was first performed in 1887 for a run of 288 performances and was revived in 1920. During World War 1, interest in Gilbert and Sullivan was waning. The company's main soubrette, Nellie Briarcliffe, left the company. In 1918, the company signed Miss Ferguson to replace Briarcliffe. Ferguson's stage debut occurred in 1915, in "The Girl in the Taxi". Ferguson took advantage of the opportunity at D'Oyly and she received much recognition and praise for her performances. In fact, it was thought that she had won the role of principal soubrette on a permanent basis rather than on an interim one. However, in 1919, Briarcliffe returned to the company and resumed her position as major soubrette while Ferguson was relegated to minor roles. Briarcliffe only stayed for one season, and upon her departure, Ferguson returned to being principal soubrette. She left the company in 1923 because of hearing loss. This photo postcard was published by Parkslee Pictures as part of a series (No. 36). This vintage postcard is in excellent condition (see scans). The Cabinet Card Gallery has another real photo postcard of an actress playing "Mad Margaret". You can view it by placing the name, "Aileen Davies" in the search box.
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Humana Offers Crisis and Counseling Support after Jacksonville Landing Tragedy
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JACKSONVILLE – Aug. 28, 2018 – Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation's leading health benefits companies, announced today that it has opened its toll-free crisis intervention hotline and counseling services beyond employees and health plan members to include any individual who may need help and support coping with the tragedy that occurred Sunday, Aug. 26 at Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla.
"Jacksonville is a close community, and we're all impacted when tragedy occurs close to home," said Laura Nolan, Humana Health Solutions Executive. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of our employees, members, employer clients and the entire Jacksonville community during this difficult time. We encourage anyone in the community to call our free and confidential crisis intervention hotline and speak to one of our counselors."
Humana has counselors and work/life specialists available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-888-673-1154 to provide free, confidential assistance to anyone needing help and support in coping with the disaster and its aftermath. Assistance is available in both English and Spanish.


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Pollock  is a 2000 American independent biographical drama film centered on the life of American painter Jackson Pollock, his struggles with alcoholism, as well as his troubled marriage to his wife Lee Krasner. The film stars Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Knott, Bud Cort, Molly Regan, and Sada Thompson, and was directed by Harris.

Marcia Gay Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Lee. Ed Harris received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Pollock. The film was a long-term personal project for Harris based on his reading of the 1989 biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith.

Plot
In the 1940s, abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock exhibits paintings in occasional group art shows.

Pollock lives with his brother Sande and sister-in-law Arloie at a tiny apartment in New York City. With Arloie expecting a new baby, Pollock decides to move out on her behalf. Soon afterward, Pollock meets and takes an interest in artist Lee Krasner. He learns later that his brother has taken a job in Connecticut building military gliders to avoid the draft.

Pollock, a struggling alcoholic, goes on a drinking binge and is found in a disheveled state by Sande and Lee to which Sande tells Lee that Pollock has been diagnosed as "clinically neurotic." Taking pity on Pollock, Lee takes him home and becomes his manager.

One day, Pollock's old friend Reuben Kadish visits him, bringing along Howard Putzel, who works for wealthy art collector Peggy Guggenheim. After Guggenheim views his work, he is given a contract to exhibit his paintings, plus a commission to paint a 8 ft by 20 ft mural in her New York townhouse entry way. Pollock's first exhibit fails to attract any buyers. After a New Year's Eve party, a drunken Pollock almost sleeps with Peggy. Afterwards, he falls into another stupor upon hearing that Putzel has died.

Pollock and Lee are wed after Lee says they either marry or "split up" before moving to Long Island. During a get-together at Peggy's, Pollock dismisses art critic Clement Greenberg's comments and refuses to change his painting style to be more marketable. Pollock's paintings are not selling but Clement assures him it will change after a Life magazine article about him is published and his upcoming exhibit.

Pollock and Lee's relationship is strained after he openly flirts with another woman. Meanwhile, to earn more income, Pollock tries various occupations but fails due to his alcoholism. He lies to Sande about his financial status, though this improves after the Life story about him is published. Later, cinematographer Hans Namuth films Pollock as he paints, though Namuth's presence interrupts the spontaneous nature of his work. Pollock, who tried abstaining from alcohol, inadvertently ruins Thanksgiving dinner upon relapsing.

In medias res to the events of the film, Pollock autographs a copy of the Life magazine to a fan at an art exhibit in 1950. Five years after the exhibit, Clement tells Pollock that the Partisan Review is favoring artist Clyfford Still, saying that his original technique could be the next direction of modern art.

A drunk Pollock reacts badly, becoming angrier when Lee berates him for his drinking and womanizing. By this moment, Pollack's marriage to Lee has become even more strained due to her refusal to conceive children with him, all of which has led Pollock to start an extramarital affair with teenage abstract artist Ruth Kligman.

In 1956, following a conversation with Lee over the phone while she's in Venice, Pollock tells Ruth "I owe the woman something." On a subsequent visit, Ruth brings along her friend Edith before the three go for a drive. However, an intoxicated Pollock crashes the car; killing himself, Edith, and throwing Ruth into a ditch, seriously injuring her. Closing titles state that Lee never remarried following Pollock's death.

Cast

 Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock
 Marcia Gay Harden as Lee Krasner
 Tom Bower as Dan Miller
 Jennifer Connelly as Ruth Kligman
 Bud Cort as Howard Putzel
 John Heard as Tony Smith
 Val Kilmer as Willem de Kooning
 Amy Madigan as Peggy Guggenheim
 Sally Murphy as Edith Metzger
 Stephanie Seymour as Helen Frankenthaler
 Matthew Sussman as Reuben Kadish
 Jeffrey Tambor as Clement Greenberg
 Norbert Weisser as Hans Namuth
 Everett Quinton as James Johnson Sweeney
 Annabelle Gurwitch as May Rosenberg
 John Rothman as Harold Rosenberg
 Kenny Scharf as William Baziotes
 Sada Thompson as Stella Pollock
 Robert O'Neill as Herbert Matter

Production
The film was adapted by Barbara Turner and Susan Emshwiller from the book Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith.  It was directed by Harris.

This film was a longtime passion project for Ed Harris. After his father gave him a copy of Pollock's biography, he started thinking about adapting it, which took almost 10 years to bring to fruition.

Filming took a mere 50 days with a six-week layoff after forty days so Harris could take time to gain thirty pounds and grow a beard.

Harris himself did all the painting seen in the film.

Reception

Critical response
Pollock received positive reviews from critics and has a "certified fresh" score of 81% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 108 reviews with an average rating of 7/10. The critical consensus states, "Though Pollock does not really allow audiences a glimpse of the painter as a person, it does powerfully depict the creative process. Harris throws himself into the role and turns in a compelling performance." The film also has a score of 77 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 31 critics indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Box office
Pollock opened on December 15, 2000 in North America in a limited release in 2 theaters and grossed $44,244 with an average of $22,122 per theater and ranking #37 at the box office. The film's widest release was 280 theaters and it ended up earning $8,598,593 domestically and $1,960,377 internationally for a total of $10,558,970.

Accolades

Soundtrack
The soundtrack to Pollock was released on February 13, 2001.

References

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 Breathing fire into an artist

2000 films
2000s English-language films
2000s biographical films
2000 directorial debut films
American biographical films
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I'm so happy to hEAR from you again! And I love hEARing that you had an amazing time on your second sailing with Captain Mickey. I know it's been hard adjusting back to the real world after having the royal treatment onboard, but I'm sure all your magical memories still have you grinning from Ear to Ear!
This is a very important question, Lindsay. My cruise photos are treasures and always some of my favorite souvenirs, so I'm happy to share some good news about your pictures. The photo website that handles the onboard photography for Disney Cruise Line does allow you to order after you disembark, but you must send in your request within six weeks. You'll want to sail on over to Support.OurCruisePhotos.com to fill out an online form. I had to do this on our last sailing and found it to be a very easy process. I had a few questions for the online support staff and found that my questions were answered in a timely manner, and I had my pictures fairly quickly after my request.
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Q: Capture Element not using room from parent control I am trying to create a page with a capture element and a button overlaid on top to take the picture.
The problem I've got is, the capture element won't use up the whole screen. There are bars above and below.
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        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="100"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

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        <Button.BorderBrush>
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Edit: I have since used the code behind to rotate the capture element, however; upon doing so, the element now just has a box all around it instead of top and bottom.
<CaptureElement
                Grid.Row="0"
                   x:Name="capPreview"
                   Tapped="capPreview_Tapped"
            />

Short of hard coding the height and width values, I am out of ideas.

A: It deos use the whole screen, the issue is the orientation of the preview is different than the orientation of the screen.
MediaCapture has a method SetPreviewRotation to handle this issue.

A: It works for me :) Just grid and Strech, If you want to have focus just make transparent grid outside CaptureElement
<Grid>
    <Grid Tapped="SetFocus">
        <CaptureElement x:Name="CaptureElement" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>
    </Grid>
    <Grid VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
        <Button x:Name="SaveButton" Foreground="Transparent" IsDoubleTapEnabled="False" Width="48" Height="48" Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="Transparent"
                Click="OnSaveButtonClicked" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="12,0">
        </Button>
    </Grid>
</Grid>

A: Try this one it will capture directly with the button click

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            Uri u = new Uri("ms-data:///local");
            StorageFile file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.GetFileAsync("Photo.jpg");

            IRandomAccessStream st = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read);

            BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
            image.SetSource(st);
            img.Source = image;

        }
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        <StackPanel>

            <Button Content="Capture Image" Click="Button_Click_3"/>

        </StackPanel>

        <Image Name="img" Margin="0,0,0,0"/>

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Can I quit? Is this considered "good cause" in Indiana?
I noticed that you recently addressed a similar case (as mine) for someone in Indiana and you told him to be careful due to the fact that Indiana seem to deny unemployment for people that has had a salary cut due to the economic downturn. However, I still need to ask...I think my case may be a little different.
I thought would allow me more flexibility but really does not) that barely pays me more than unemployment would. I have talked to HR about the abusive manager and nothing came out of that. HR did not do a thing. I have all kinds of emails proving 1, my salary was cut by 27% 2, my manager is the type that thinks that threating people motivates them (and as most of us know, it does not...) I also have an email from my manager saying that our company is a very financially stable company so apparently they change in salary didn't really have anything to do with the economic down turn. So why lower our salaries?? Not sure myself except that they want to try to save money. Also, just fyi, since this seems to have played a role in some of the decisions about unemployment in the State of Indiana: I do not receive any benefits through my company. I get it all through my husband's company. Do you think I can quit my job and receive unemployment? Again, I am in the state of Indiana.
Have you also read anywhere on this website that I have said, "I think your situation may extend well beyond just whether you can get unemployment benefits or not"?
Just a guess, but I suspect the idiot bully meant "at will employment state". That's news .. since all states are to some degree or another .. Anyone ever heard of State Labor Laws?
I cannot give you a definitive yes or no answer. But I can tell you that because you have been collecting emails, letters and documenting I think you should either contact a lawyer and ask some questions or you could go the self help route and visit the The Undercoverlawyer which I do recommend. And just because I like transparency I'll tell you that if you did buy his Work Laws Exposed book, I would get paid, but trust me when I say I haven't found much out there to actually recommend for self help.
I think you have all kinds of issues to expand upon and or possibly pursue, but I do not think I'm the correct person to ask.
My feeling is that you probably have a case, but I'm also concerned that up until now you have obviously been acquiescing to the monetary changes.
Indiana does have a provision which allows benefits for an illness, but it also uses the word "disability" and it needs to be medically substantiated. You can read IN disqualifications statute here.
Comments for Can I quit? Is this considered "good cause" in Indiana?
Back to the unemployment question??!!
Just wanted to give you a quick update on my case.
I talked to a lawyer yesterday. Basically he told me that I don't have a case due to the fact that I signed the revised "offer" letter. It doesn't matter that I was bullied in to doing it based on lies from my manager. What I should have done back in November according to the lawyer is to have called a lawyer back then. That crossed my mind but I trusted that my employer told me the truth. As far as the hostile work environment situation, I don't have a case there either because, according to the lawyer I talked to, it is not against the law to create a hostile work environment. I have called about 4 more lawyers and am waiting for them to call me back. I do want more opinions than one. However, if they all tell me the same thing as the first lawyer, then the question goes back to "is this considered good cause for unemployment benefits in the state of Indiana"? I'll keep you in the loop. Thanks Chris! PS. I do agree with you on the HR thing. EVERYONE should ALWAYS keep in mind that HR works for the employer, not the employee!!!
Again Thank You for coming back to comment. You bring up the very problem many people experience when FINALLY contacting an employment attorney.
They find out what it is they should have done "way back then".
It may also be worthy of noting that many of these lawyers like the employer's case better. Employer's pay retainers .. and most employees can't afford an attorney on an "hourly basis".
The employer simply provides a steadier stream of income. It's simple economics at work.
I think you are right to want more than one opinion. We need an attorney that will represent us zealously.
Workplace harassment and why when HR gets involved you need to be on your guard.
I get the best feeling of satisfaction when I hear that anything I might have said served to prompt an "employee" into asserting or at the very least exploring their rights. Thank you for that.
I'm working on a page, don't have it quite right yet so I haven't linked to it from anywhere on the website yet, but your comment has prompted me to do so here. It was your comment about HR and the inaction by the HR person that you are experiencing that did so.
The page is about employee rights and HR.
There are many HR people out there that express conflict about what it is they do, they like to help people .. they like people and do not relish the unpleasant things they must do and then there those who love nothing more than being the employer's HAMMER.
It's an employer that controls an HR dept. They give varying degrees of control to them. I've talked to many of these people and my thoughts are they either have the power or they are powerless. They do not act independently of the employer.
That's exactly what I needed to hear.


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Pentax K20D DSLR Gets Price Reduction
Posted: Oct 13 2008, 8:05am CDT | by Shane McGlaun, Updated: Aug 11 2010, 11:00am CDT, in Portable Devices
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Pentax announced price reductions on some of its cameras today including one of its most popular DSLR cameras. The Pentax K20D DSLR camera body has been reduced to $999.95 and features 14.6-megapixel resolution. Other features of the K20D include weather-resistant design, three-step dust removal system, and the PRIME image processor. Shake reduction is also built into the camera.
Pentax also cut the price of its Optio W60 point-and-shoot digital camera to $299.95. The W60 is a lightweight camera that is fully waterproof and has 10MP resolution along with a 5x zoom lens. The camera can shoot pictures in up to 13 feet of water for over two hours and can shoot at temperatures under freezing.
The price for the K20D above is for the body only. Recently some cameras like the Nikon G10 have begun to blur the line between the DSLR and the point-and-shoot. Perhaps as the point-and-shoot camera becomes more capable, we will see further price cuts in DSLR products.
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Since I finished the book, I have been enjoying the summer, going on road trips that have taken me across the state of Washington and other sundry adventures in the Seattle area. I needed a break, or so I thought. For the six months or so I wrote the manuscript, I adhered to a pretty rigorous and disciplined schedule, writing each day and eschewing a lot of fun stuff. I had a goal and I was going to accomplish it.
Accomplishing the goal, printing out the manuscript and feeling its heft in my hands, was such a liberating feeling. I felt as if I had stepped from one part of my life to another. The euphoria lasted for a few weeks. As soon as it began to dissapate, I began to see how solitary my life had become and how little job satisfaction I was getting. Despair and hopelessness, which had largely disappeared from my corner of the world during the writing of the manuscript, reappeared once more.
I took an impromptu overnight camping trip last week after a really hard weekend at work. While I was there, I had the realization that I needed: I am selling myself short. I am criminally misusing my God-given talents. The need to develop a long-term plan for the rest of my life came into focus. In contrast to the last few years, where it seems like all I have been doing is reacting to events, I am going to remain calm and rational, examine all of my options, plan everything out, and execute the plan.
Over the next few days, weeks, and months, I will take steps to bring the plan that I am working on to fruition. It was great to have a break, but it was also great to realize how much I can accomplish with focus and discipline.


We want to make it so much more difficult. We want to know the details, the particulars of why as if 'the why' will make it all worth it. As if 'the why' will bring some intrinsic value to the equation of our life we haven't yet seen. There's nothing else to the equation for you to see — you are here because you matter.
What makes life worth-it is living whole-heartedly through each step of the journey fearlessly confronting the why's of our existence with the one answer that can quell the fearful questioning of the why of our existence. I am here because I matter.
We get to live the 'how' of how we matter through living this one precious, beautiful, life by taking each step of our journey in love with all our being wholly present to the truth of every human present on this one planet, one earth, one place we share and breathe and walk on every day — I am here because I matter.
Questing after 'the why' is what holds us back from being present, being whole-hearted, being whole. Searching for answers to 'the why' is what keeps us from knowing that we are here to be our own unique selves and that in being our truth, our beauty, our magnificence, we matter, we make a difference, we are worth it, and, we are worthy.
The universe, God, Yahweh, Allah, Buddha, divine beings of whatever your belief system, do not question our worthiness. We humans question our worhtinness, our existence, our presence on planet earth. We humans are the creators of our own angst.
Just for today (and everyday if you're willing to be very brave!), let go of questioning your worthiness and invite yourself to live outside 'the why'. Invite your whole self into being present, fearlessly accepting that the reason you are here is because you matter.
I am here because I matter.
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I kinda wish I could believe that.
I kinda wish you would Kerri — because it is true. You matter.
I am here because I matter. 😊 Thank you for the reminder, Louise. Your article brought make a memory from my late teenage years … at the time I was so lost and so focused on figuring out the big Why? I attended an Up With People event and came away glowing with insight that it is not "why are we here?" but "because we are here".


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1.75 billion people in the world's eight richest countries remain unconnected
A new study by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) (1) reveals that 1.75 billion people in the world's eight richest countries (by GDP) remain unconnected - with 34 % of them living in large urban areas. The report, released today, highlights that the digital divide remains a global problem, despite the fact that developing universal connectivity remains a common priority for all countries.
Ahe new study, undertaken by IHS Markit to mark World Wi-Fi DayThis Tuesday, 20 June, explores levels of urban and rural connectivity in eight major countries: Brazil, China, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. It also discovers the challenges these countries face and the initiatives being implemented by five of the world's largest cities: Delhi, London, Moscow, New York and Sao Paulo.
The main findings of the report reveal that :
- Delhi and Sao Paulo have the largest number of unconnected inhabitants. 29 % (5.331 million) of the population in Delhi are not connected, 36 % in Sao Paulo (4.349 million) are not connected.
- London is the most connected city, knowing that only 7 % of its inhabitants are not connected (625,336)
19 % of New York residents are not connected (1.600 million), while 17 % of Moscow residents are not connected (2.154 million).
Internet adoption has been faster in cities than in rural areas; however, urban areas still face significant challenges to the expansion of Internet users. These challenges include limited purchasing power, lack of availability of technology, lack of awareness of the benefits of Internet use, and also low computer literacy.
In both developing and mature markets, the availability of affordable Internet services remains a barrier to connectivity. Even among countries with higher average wages, the existence of economic and social divides significantly shapes the problem of the digital divide.
- In New York City, one of the biggest barriers to connectivity is the quality and price of Internet connections.
- For Londoners, computer literacy and an understanding of the benefits of being connected, as well as purchasing power, are the key challenges to Internet adoption.
- Moscow faces specific challenges related to infrastructure, developing an integrated approach to promoting Internet adoption and ensuring high standards and quality of Internet services.
The report also highlights the many benefits and opportunities that escape those who are not connected, from generating savings to personal development as a result of lack of access to information and education services. What's more, digital inclusion is a driver of economic growth for cities, nations and businesses of all sizes, helping to attract investment, start new businesses and stimulate innovation.
"Connectivity is now an essential commodity, just like electricity and water. And yet many people in some of the world's largest cities are still without Internet connections. says Shrikant Shenwai, CEO of the WBA. "Wi-Fi is playing a key role in helping cities bring greater and more affordable connectivity to their residents. The WBA is committed to helping cities bridge the digital divide through initiatives such as World Wi-Fi Day and our Connected City Advisory Committee, and sees Wi-Fi as the key to enabling everyone to connect everywhere. »
"The problem of people living in unconnected cities is of critical importance to economies and societies around the world. We call on governments around the world to redouble their efforts to connect people in unconnected cities. It is vital that Internet access is recognized as a human right, and that all stakeholders involved in the provision of broadband work together to achieve this, adds Mr. Shenwai.
World Wi-Fi Day was launched by the WBA in 2016 to help accelerate the global roll-out of affordable connectivity. The initiative encourages cities and government agencies, as well as operators, service providers, technology providers and Internet giants to join forces to bring connectivity to everyone, everywhere.
The full white paper, entitled "The Urban Unconnected", may be downloaded here.
(1) Founded in 2003, the mission of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) is to accelerate global leadership to promote wireless services that are seamless, secure and interoperable. Building on their legacy of next-generation hotspot (NGH) and carrier-grade Wi-Fi, the WBA has continued to promote and support the adoption of next-generation wireless services across the entire public Wi-Fi ecosystem, including IoT, converged services, smart cities, 5G, and more. Today, members include major fixed-line operators such as BT, Comcast and Charter Communications; seven of the top 10 mobile operator groups (by revenue); and technology leaders such as Cisco, Microsoft, Huawei Technologies, Google and Intel.
WBA Board members include AT&T, Boingo Wireless, BT, China Telecom, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Intel, KT Corporation, Liberty Global, NTT DOCOMO, Orange and Ruckus Wireless.
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Q: Classification of Sasaki manifolds Is there a classification of Sasaki or Sasaki-Einstein manifolds?
What are important examples?

A: The book Sasakian Geometry by Charles Boyer and the late Krzysztof Galicki contains a wealth of information on this topic.  As far as I know there is no classification, but there are of course tons of examples.


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What is the goal of this project?
What is a bridge and how does a bridge work?
To understand the project
To understand the bridges in society
Watch videos on bridges
Bridge Facts
How bridges work
Journal Keeping
Presentation on bridge functions
What are the different types of bridges? (focuses on four types bridges)
When would a bridge designer want to use each type of bridge?
To research about different types of bridges
To understand the different parts of a bridge
Research about different types of bridges
Some hands on building activities
Learn about EV3 robot parts
Directions for each station
What is a bridge and why do we need a bridge? (For today's session)
A presentation on functions of a bridge to the class. (Either individual oral or group presentation)
Data Collection Students will gather information on what a bridge is and what are its functions.
Communication Students will take notes and make a presentation to the class.
Intro 10-15 minutes
1. A teacher/lead explains the overall Bridge project.
What is the Bridge project about? Groups learn about earthquakes and how to design a strong and earthquake resistant bridge for the Boise River in Boise, ID.
Why? Because Idaho has several active earthquake zones.
How long is the project? Twice a week for eight weeks.
Who are you going to work with? In a small group of six peers and one teacher and one college student who is likely to become teacher in the future!
What is expected from you? You will work on a 8-week project with your peers and your teachers; you'll need to pull all your knowledge about earthquakes, bridges, and bridge design together with your math skills and more to build a bridge to compete with another two groups of students for the best bridge design at the end of the program!
There will a prize for the winning team.
Let's look at some pictures from the previous competition!
Spring 2017 Final Bridge Design Competition Photos
Bridge Judging
Judges are examining the final bridge designs.
Bridge Testing
Judges are testing out their bridge designs.
Dr. Chittoori tests out one of the group's bridge.
Dr. Chittoori and an after-school center teacher test out a group's bridge.
The Winning Bridge
The STEM+C Team and Facilitation Teachers with the winning Spring 2017 bridge.
The Winning Team
The winning team and their bridge from Spring 2017.
2. Team building Activity: Before we start to work together as bridge engineers, we need to get to know each other! Let's introduce ourselves by starting with your name, your grade, your school and why you want to come to this program! (Provide students with a piece of paper to write down their own information and then each student introduces him/herself.) 10 minutes
3. After the introduction to the project and the self introduction, a teacher asks, "Why do we need bridges? Imagine a world with no bridges? How would life be different for us? What do you know about bridges? What are some types of bridges you noticed when traveling? How do you think bridges are built?" A teacher summarizes the conversations by introducing the Biggest question we want to answer in the following 8 weeks that is: How can we build a bridge for the Boise River that is strong enough to resist earthquake forces? 5 minutes
Problem Solving Process 5 minutes
Here is a good time to introduce the Problem Solving Process to students. Briefly explains the diagram and let the students know that they will refer to this diagram frequently to guide them in problem solving and reflecting upon what they have done later on.
What is a bridge and why do we need it? Small-group Hands-on Scientific Inquiry 25 minutes
A teacher asks "What do you notice about bridges in Boise? Do you see different kinds of bridges, or do they all look the same?" PAUSEs for responses. "Let's look at a very famous bridge!" Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. PAUSEs and asks "What are some questions you might have about bridges, perhaps like this one, and why do we use them?"
After the watching the video, a teacher asks "Why do various bridges look different from each other?" PAUSEs, allows the learners to share their ideas and offer suggestions. "What should a bridge be made out of and why?" PAUSEs for responses and compares learner opinions. "What do you think is the best kind of bridge?" Teacher shows the students that there are four major bridge types, which may be remembered using the acronym "ABCS":
The teacher shows images of each type of bridge as they are named. Teacher explains that each of these bridge designs work differently. Students have the opportunity to explore each of the four bridge types and how they work. Students take note of the similarities and differences of the bridge types. In their groups, the learners are responsible for presenting their journal observations of one bridge type, as assigned by the teacher.
The teacher explains that bridge design and construction is a very important STEM topic, and that the students will be exploring the topic of bridges to learn more about the considerations in bridge engineering. To start their investigations, the learners are guided to work in teams to gain more knowledge about the different purposes, styles, and science of bridges in an open-ended inquiry task. The students will record their findings and will be asked to reflect on their research and share the most important facts learned with the whole class.
Here are questions students will research and seek answers to using the resources provided:
1. What is a bridge?
2. Why do we need bridges?
What is a bridge and some facts of bridges
What is a bridge and the function of a bridge? (Please pay attention to the highlighted words for correct terminology for bridges.)
Bridges and Forces 1: The Basics (This helps you understand how a bridge works! Please pay attention to the highlighted text.)
Interesting Bridge Facts 1
The following diagrams show the different parts of a bridge. As a bridge engineer, you'll need to name the parts correctly!
Presentations 10-15 minutes
The teacher asks the students to present their research findings on what a bridge is and the functions of a bridge (Either individual oral or group presentation). All students' ideas should be discussed by the whole group.
How do the four major types of bridges work differently?
Students will present differences of how a bridge works for four major types of bridges.
Data collection Students will gather information on four types of bridges and what their uses are.
Communication Students will make a presentation to the class.
Simulation & Modeling Students will understand four different types of bridge through hands-on simulation activities.
Bridge-Type Rotation Stations Small-group Hands-on Scientific Inquiry 60 minutes
Let's do this activity in groups. There are 4 stations/simulations in this activity – one for each of the four bridge types. Each station/simulation will spend approximately 15 minutes to simulate how different types of bridges function. Each student should participate in all four simulations, and must record detailed observations in their notebooks – how does each type of bridge work, and what is the best use for that bridge type? What are some risks or benefits of that type of construction?
The teacher is the timekeeper, monitoring student efforts and alerting when it is approaching time for station rotations. The teacher needs to guide students to think about how to record their observations after each simulation and after the first two rotations have been completed. approximately 30 minutes
The directions for each station are provided below. The teacher prints the directions and includes them at each station for the students to use. There should be four stations for each bridge-type.
Each station should be tested before the session by the teacher to determine appropriateness for students. The Cable Station, in particular, requires careful, considerate student interaction.
Arch Bridge Simulation: How Do the Abutments Support an Arch Bridge?
Arch Bridge Station Simulation: How Do the Abutments Support an Arch Bridge?
Resources needed - at least 4 pieces of cardboard, cut into 1" x 11" strips (Please prepare the materials ahead of time).
Bixby Creek Bridge, Monterey, CA Photo credit: © Jay Spooner/iStockphoto
Instructions - Cut a strip of cardboard that's about one inch by 11 inches. Gently bend the strip so that it has a curve.
Step 1: Position the cardboard on a table so that it resembles an arch. Press down on the center of the arch. What happens to the ends of the cardboard?
Step 2: Next, place a stack of books at each end of the arch. Press again. Now what happens? Notice how the stacks of books act as abutments, keeping the ends of the arch from spreading outward.
More Background Information
This is more for the teachers and facilitators to acquire more background knowledge of each type of bridges in order to facilitate this session.
Arch bridges are one of the oldest types of bridges. Arch bridges have great natural strength. Instead of pushing straight down, the weight of an arch bridge is carried outward along the curve of the arch to the supports at each end. These supports, called the abutments, carry the load and keep the ends of the bridge from spreading outward.
When supporting its own weight and the weight of crossing traffic, every part of the arch is under compression. For this reason, arch bridges must be made of materials that are strong under compression.
The Pont du Gard aqueduct Photo credit: © Agnieszka Gaul/iStockphoto
The New River Gorge Bridge Photo credit: © John Brueske/iStockphoto
Today, materials like steel and prestressed concrete have made it possible to build longer and more elegant arches, including a spectacular 1,700-foot span in New River Gorge, West Virginia. (More typically, modern arch bridges span between 200 and 800 feet.)
One of the most revolutionary arch bridges in recent years is the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge in Franklin, Tennessee, which was opened to traffic in 1994. It's the first American arch bridge to be constructed from segments of precast concrete, a highly economical material. Two graceful arches support the roadway above. Usually arch bridges employ vertical supports called spandrels to distribute the weight of the roadway to the arch below, but the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge was designed without spandrels to create a more open and aesthetically pleasing appearance. As a result, most of the live load is resting on the crowns of the two arches, which have been slightly flattened to better carry it. Already the winner of many awards, the bridge is expected to influence bridge design for years to come.
Beam Bridge Station Simulation: What Happens when A Load Pushes Down on A Beam Bridge?
Resources needed - at least 3 sponges with notches cut into the top (see resource section).
Beam bridge Photo credit: © Andrea Pelletier/iStockphoto
Instructions - Take a small sponge and slice a shallow notch across the top and bottom. Create a beam bridge by supporting each end of the sponge with a stack of books. Press down on the center of the bridge. What happens to the top and bottom notches? Notice how the top notch squeezes together in compression, while the bottom notch spreads apart under tension.
Compression and Tension
A beam or "girder" bridge is the simplest and most inexpensive kind of bridge. According to Craig Finley of Finley/McNary Engineering, "they're basically the vanillas of the bridge world."
In its most basic form, a beam bridge consists of a horizontal beam that is supported at each end by piers. The weight of the beam pushes straight down on the piers.
Prestressed concrete is an ideal material for beam bridge construction. The concrete withstands the forces of compression well, and the steel rods embedded within resist the forces of tension. Prestressed concrete also tends to be one of the least expensive materials in construction.
But even the best materials can't compensate for the beam bridge's biggest limitation: its length. The farther apart its supports, the weaker a beam bridge gets. As a result, individual beam-bridge girders rarely stretch more than 250 feet. This doesn't mean beam bridges aren't used to cross great distances; it only means that they must be daisy-chained together, creating what's known in the bridge world as a continuous span.
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana Photo credit: © Gary Fowler/iStockphoto
In fact, the world's longest bridge is a continuous-span beam bridge. Almost 24 miles long, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway consists of a pair of two-lane sections that run parallel to each other. The Southbound Lane, completed in 1956, comprises 2,243 separate spans, while the Northbound Lane, completed in 1969, includes 1,500 longer spans. Seven crossover lanes connect the two main sections and function as pull-over bays in emergencies. Although impressive, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway bridge underscores the drawback of continuous spans—they are not well suited for locations that require unobstructed clearance below.
Cable Bridge Station Simulation: How Do Cable-stays Work?
Resources needed - at least 3 strands of rope/string, each about 5' long (length may be affected by student size) at least 3 strands of rope/string, each about 6' long (length may be affected by student size)
William H. Natcher Bridge, Rockport, IN Photo credit: © David Sailors/CORBIS
Instructions - Stand up and hold your arms out horizontally at each side as showing in the picture below. Imagine that your arms are a bridge, and your head is a tower in the middle. In this position, your muscles are holding up your arms. Try making cable-stayeds to support your arms.
Rope Cable Stays
Step 1: Take a piece of rope (about five feet long), and have a partner tie each end of the rope to each of your elbows. Then lay the middle of the rope on top of your head. The rope acts as a cable-stayed and holds your elbows up.
Step 2: Have your partner tie a second piece of rope (about six feet long) to each wrist. Lay the second rope over your head. You now have two cable-stayeds. Where do you feel a pushing force, or compression? Notice how the cable-stays transfer the load of the bridge (your arms) to the tower (your head).
Cable-stayed bridges may look similar to suspension bridges—both have roadways that hang from cables, and both have towers. But the two bridges support the load of the roadway in very different ways. The difference lies in how the cables connect to the towers. In suspension bridges, the cables ride freely across the towers, transmitting the load to the anchorages at either end. In cable-stayed bridges, the cables are attached to the towers, which alone bear the load.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Photo credit: © Tinik/iStockphoto
The cables can be attached to the roadway in either of two main ways. In a radial pattern, cables extend from several points on the road to a single point at the top of the tower. In a parallel pattern, cables are attached at different heights along the tower, running parallel to one another.
Even though cable-stayed bridges look futuristic, the idea for them goes back a long way. The first known sketch of a cable-stayed bridge appears in a book called Machinae Novae published in 1595, but it wasn't until this century that engineers began to use them. In post-World War II Europe, where steel was scarce, the design was perfect for rebuilding bombed-out bridges that still had standing foundations. Cable-stayed bridges have gone up in the United States only recently, but the response has been passionate.
For medium-length spans—those between 500 and 2,800 feet—cable-stayeds are fast becoming the bridge of choice. And even longer cable-stayeds are going up, though suspension bridges are still used for the very longest spans. Compared to suspension bridges, cable-stayeds require less cable, can be constructed out of identical precast concrete sections, and are faster to build. The result is a cost-effective bridge that is undeniably beautiful.
In 1988, the Sunshine Skyway bridge in Tampa, Florida won the prestigious Presidential Design Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Painted yellow to contrast with its marine surroundings, the Sunshine Skyway is one of the first cable-stayed bridges to attach cables to the center of its roadway as opposed to the outer edges, allowing commuters an unobstructed view of the magnificent bay. Recently, in Boston, Massachusetts, a cable-stayed design was selected for a new bridge across the Charles River—even though cheaper options were proposed. City officials simply liked the way it looked.
Suspension Bridge Station Simulation: What are the anchorages for?
Resources needed - 6 strands of string, each at least 3' long, and perhaps longer
Instructions - Tie two loops of string around the tops of two hardcover books of similar size. Tie a third piece of string to each loop so that it hangs loosely between the books. Press down on the center string. What happens?
Next, stand two books upright about 10 inches apart. Put a stack of heavy books on one end of a string to secure it to the table. Then pass the string over each standing book (letting some string hang loosely between the books). Place a second stack of books on the other end of the string. Press again on the center of the string. What happens? Notice how the anchorages (stacks of books) help to stabilize the bridge.
Suspension bridges are pleasing to look at, light, and strong, and can span distances from 2,000 to 7,000 feet—far longer than any other kind of bridge. They also tend to be the most expensive to build. True to its name, a suspension bridge suspends the roadway from huge main cables, which extend from one end of the bridge to the other. These cables rest atop high towers and are secured at each end by anchorages.
The towers enable engineers to stretch the main cables over long distances. The cables carry most of the bridge's weight to the anchorages, which are embedded in either solid rock or massive concrete blocks. Inside the anchorages, the cables are spread over a large area to evenly distribute the load and to prevent the cables from breaking free.
The Humber Bridge Photo credit: © Paul Hutchings/iStockphoto
Some of the earliest suspension-bridge cables were made from twisted grass. In the early 19th century, engineers began using iron chains for such cables. Today, the cables are made of thousands of individual steel wires bound tightly together. Steel, which is very strong under tension, is an ideal material for cables; a single steel wire only 0.1-inch thick can support over half a ton without breaking. Currently, the Humber Bridge in England has the world's longest center span—measuring 4,624 feet.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Photo credit: © GYRO PHOTOGRAPHY / amanaimages / Corbis
But this record won't stand for long. In 1998, the Japanese will unveil the $7.6 billion Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku via Awaji Island. The bridge's center section stretches a staggering 6,527 feet. To keep the structure stable, engineers have added pendulum-like devices on the towers to keep them from swaying and a stabilizing fin beneath the center deck to resist typhoon-strength winds.
Because suspension bridges are light and flexible, wind is always a serious concern—as the residents of Tacoma, Washington can surely attest. At the time it opened for traffic in 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the third-longest suspension bridge in the world. It was promptly nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," due to its behavior in wind. Not only did the deck sway sideways, but vertical undulations also appeared in quite moderate winds. Drivers reported that cars ahead of them would completely disappear and reappear from view several times as they crossed the bridge.
Attempts were made to stabilize the structure with cables and hydraulic buffers, but they were unsuccessful. On November 7, 1940, only four months after it opened, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in a wind of 42 mph—even though engineers had ostensibly designed the structure to withstand winds of up to 120 mph.
The failure came as a severe shock to the engineering community. Why did a great span, more than half a mile in length and weighing tens of thousands of tons, spring to life in a relatively light wind? And how did slow, steady, and comparatively harmless motions suddenly transmogrify into a catastrophic force?
To answer these questions, engineers began applying the science of aerodynamics to bridge design. Technical experts still disagree on the exact cause of the bridge's destruction, but most agree the collapse had something to do with a complex phenomenon called resonance, the same force that can cause a soprano's voice to shatter a glass.
Photo credit: © Lawrence Freytag/iStockphoto
This Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in 1950, replacing the collapsed "Galloping Gertie." An even newer bridge now stands beside this one.
Today, wind-tunnel testing of bridge designs is mandatory. As for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, reconstruction began in 1949. The new bridge is wider, has deep, stiffening trusses under the roadway, and even sports a slender gap down the middle—all to dampen the effect of the wind.
Facilitation Suggestions
At each station: at least 10 books (phone books are great) of similar size.
For each of the following resources, having a variety of sizes and lengths will improve the variety of student experimentation. Teachers should use discretion and test each station to determine the optimal size and effort for students.
At each of the four stations, the teacher needs to take the opportunity to facilitate student learning so that the station activities/simulations are both hands-on and mind-on activities. Some questions the teacher can ask are:
1. How does this type of bridge work?
2. Why would an engineer choose to create this type of bridge?
The Cooperative Learning and Teamwork Rubric is a tool for teachers to use to guide team work.
Directions for each station from NOVA/PBS
Cooperative Learning and Teamwork Rubric
Presentations 10 minutes
After completing each of the four stations, the teacher determines which stations will be presented by which groups. One method of selection is by student choice or request; another method is to have group present on the bridge station they visited last. Regardless of the motivation for selection, each student will seek to answer these three questions, as a group:
3. What are some famous bridges of this style that exist in the world?
After a few minutes of preparation, each student will speak to the group. Other students may offer their observations or questions after each students' presentation.
What is the function of a bridge?
Bridges & Forces: The Basics
Cable Stay Bridge
Arch, Beam, and Suspension Bridge
Bridge Facts & Worksheets
Interesting Bridge Facts
How Stuff Works: Bridges
Arch Bridge
Beam Bridge
Cable Bridge
Cooperative Learning Rubric
Supplies Needed at Each Station:
8 books of similar size, 32 total
Arch station: at least 4 pieces of cardboard, cut into 1" x 11" strips
Beam station: at least 4 erasers or sponges with notches cut into the top (see resource website/appendix)
Cable station: at least 4 strands of rope/string, each about 5' long (length may be affected by student size) and at least 4 strands of rope/string, each about 6' long (length may be affected by student size)
Suspension station: at least 12 strands of string, each at least 3' long, and perhaps longer


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Q: BigQuery : How to extract year from existing datetime column and insert into the table as new specific year column? I have an actual bigquery table with a datetime column, and i want to split this datetime in other columns such as : year, month, day, quarter
I have succeeded the extract with the query :
SELECT
 date,
 EXTRACT(YEAR FROM date) as year,
 EXTRACT(MONTH FROM date) as month,
 EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM date) as quarter
FROM
 'project.dataset.table'
;
How to get the result and update the table by creating the new year/month/quarter columns ?
I tried the method : SET year = EXTRACT(YEAR FROM date) WHERE TRUE
but it didn't work

A: you need to use the query in the scope of a DML UPDATE statement https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/dml-syntax#update_statement


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Q: Django LoginRequired mixin always deny access My don't work view: A class  based view
class DatabasesViewAll(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
    raise_exception = True

    def get(self, request):
        print( request.session.get('user_id'))
        databases = Database.objects.all()
        serialized_databases = serializers.serialize('json', databases)
        return JsonResponse({'result':'success', 'data':serialized_databases})

    def post(self, request):
        return JsonResponse({'result':'error', 'message':'Operação Inválida'})

My login view: ( simple method view )
def std_login(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        username = request.POST.get('username')
        password = request.POST.get('password')
        user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)

        # Authentication Successfull
        if user is not None:
            request.session['user_id'] = user.id
            database = Database.objects.get(dweller__profile__user=user)

        # Authentication failed
        else:
            response_data = {}
            response_data['result'] = 'error'
            response_data['message'] = 'Usuário ou senha inválido.'
            return JsonResponse(response_data)

When accessing this view from a Jquery ( or anywhere) get/post ajax it always gets me an error;

FORBIDDEN(Permission Denied)

Even when I did logon before.
When I remove the LoginRequiredMixin from the view class, I can print the user_id on the console, with is None, in fact, when I'm not logged, or the id of the user that logged. So I can assume my login methods are working ( the default django auth ).
What the criteria for the  LoginRequired mixin accepts my request? I thought that just the existance of a 'request.session.get('user_id')' different from None would be enough, but apparently there are some more criterias to bem satisfacted.. how is the right way to use this mixin?
EDIT:
My login view ( the only one which should be 'public' ):
@csrf_exempt
def std_login(request):

If I remove the csrf_exempt decorator, I got access denied even in the std_login method, which does not about LoginRequired mixin or decorator
Only for a matter of tests, I removed the CSRF Middleware from my settings, and now I can use my std_login method back again, and I'm able to successuful log me in, but the LoginRequiredMixin stills deny my acess. Note that I'm trying to access a GET method, not a POST.
I'm trying to consume the services of my Django Backend app through a second app, so there is some CORS here. I'm using an popular django app named 'django-cors-headers' which works fine when I call my std_login method that dont uses the LoginRequiredMixin, and if I remove the LoginRequiredMixin on my view class everything works nice, so I can assume that the CORS is not the problem here, and as said, I temporaly removed the CRSF Middleware as well.
Maybe the Mixin can't work in a CORS scenario?

A: The LoginRequiredMixin simply checks that a user is authenticated:
class LoginRequiredMixin(AccessMixin):
      if not request.user.is_authenticated():
           return self.handle_no_permission()
      return super(LoginRequiredMixin, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

In your login view you must have:
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate,login
user = authenticate(username=username,password=password)
login(request,user)

Note that if you add a  {% csrf_token %} tag to the login form you will not need the csrf_exempt, django will auto populate this tag, and it's safer.


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The College of Saint Scholastica anticipates 2015 as a season to seal its place as one of the top teams of the CCSA. The winter of 2014 saw the Saints women ski to second at both the CCSA Championships and the NCAA Regionals, while the Saints men finished third at both events.
Coach Salmela is looking forward to the upcoming season and hopes that his women's team will stay healthy and avoid injury. If they can manage that, then "the Saints women should be as strong as in 2014," says Salmela, who will be without 2014 graduates Brooke Adams, and Sarah Allen, the Saints' first CCSA champion. Nevertheless, the team has "a lot to be excited about," says Salmela.
For the Saints men the "big shoes to fill are that of Scott Johanik and John Wessling who graduated last season," says Salmela. The team will also be without Chris Parr, All-CCSA 2nd team in 2014, and who is not using this year of eligibility. Nonetheless, Salmela is confident that the team has several skiers poised to fill their shoes.


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Ohio Center for the Book January 17, 2023 January 18, 2023
From time to time, we plan to highlight writers who have called Ohio home who are better known for work in journalism, screenwriting, television scriptwriting, and other episodic, article, or essay forms. Today we meet Amy Braunschweiger, currently with Human Rights Watch:
After graduating from Maumee High School in 1993, Toledo native Amy Braunschweiger enrolled into Miami University. In her junior year, she was awarded a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals fellowship from the U.S. Department of State and studied at the overseas campus of Miami University, John E. Dolibois European Center, located at the Château de Differdange in Luxembourg . In her senior year at Miami (1997), Braunschweiger was hired by MTV as one of their stringers with her beat being the nightlife, music, and art scene of Cincinnati.
Returning to the United States in her early twenties, Braunschweiger moved to New York City. Between 2000 and 2004, she was a financial journalist for Dow Jones Newswires and reported on breaking news. Her feature stories (3% of her output) became frequent fixtures in the Wall Street Journal. To reliably predict where the market would open, Braunschweiger analyzed oil and gold prices, the closing results of the Asian and European markets, and forecasted the impact of current events upon key sectors.
As a means of forcing herself to leave her New York City apartment, Braunschweiger began renting a cubicle at a writers' space near Union Square called Paragraph. Almost every weekday, she is hard at work by 11:00 am (without a laptop) and remains for eight hours before returning home. Through interactions at Paragraph, she has connected not only with fellow financial journalists but also with screenwriters, novelists, graphic novelists, and TV writers (such as those writing for "The Colbert Report").
For Braunschweiger, writing and music have a symbiotic relationship. While brainstorming for an article, she listens to the "mellow electronic music" of such bands as Air, the Gotan Project, and Kruder & Dorfmester. Once the concepts of her topic begin to coalesce, she switches to music "not too peppy, but not too slow" such as performed by Blonde Redhead (Lee).
Before she became the senior digital manager and associate director (editorial) for Human Rights Watch (where she writes articles pertinent to world crises in social justice, politics, and women's rights), she freelanced for such diverse publications as The New York Times, The New York Sun, New York Magazine, The Village Voice, Wealth Magazine, and Natural Health.
In 2009, Amy Braunschweiger's first book, Taxi Confidential: Life, Death and 3 a.m. Revelations in New York City Cabs, was published by Octane Press.
Christensen, Alyssa W. (2014, Aug. 31). Amy Braunschweiger: Web Communications Manager @ Human Rights Watch. Dear English Major. Accessed Dec. 5, 2022.
Lee, Bob Black. (2018, Sept. 30). Speed Up, Turn Here, Slow Down, Here's Just Fine, I'll Walk, Thanks. Bob Black Lee Interviews Amy Braunschweiger Author of Taxi Confidential. Idea Insider. Accessed Dec. 7, 2022.
Human Rights Watch. (2022). About People: Amy Braunschweiger, Associate Director, Editorial. Accessed Dec. 5, 2022.
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