"Forget the past, we will build the future."
The Eminian are a species who suffered through a 500 plus year war with the ungrateful colonists who settled Eminiar III. Still it was a simulated war, run by computers with casualties voluntarily reporting to disintegration stations.
Climate: Mainly a temperate planet with a large arctic pole region.
When the Eminian finally conquered space and developed space craft capable of both transporting large numbers of people and traveling throughout their system they established a colony on Eminiar III. They continued to ship out thousands of people each year. Almost all of these colonists were members of the Vend Min Kan, a group with different cultural and religious beliefs than most of the rest of the population. Eventually all of the Vend Min Kans were transported to their new colony as well as a number of other smaller cultural sub-groups. Each sub-group settled in a different location on the planet and they developed into small nation states with their own governments and policies.
Eminiar III continued to receive support, equipment and supplies throughout the entire process that lasted approximately 87 years. After this the colony had to start shipping back goods and natural resources to pay for the expense of starting up and establishing the colony.
Eventually sometime around the early 18th century the ungrateful colonists started to call themselves Vendikans and renamed their world Vendikar. This seems to coincide with an increase in their negative behavior. The amount of complaining they were doing increased and they objected more and more about their having to repay their debts to their home world with natural resources and other goods.
Shortly after this the colonists declared independence, stopped supplying goods and natural resources and illegally seized all of the ships currently docked on their world. This was obviously an act of war that outraged the Eminians. Since the Vendikans obviously wanted war they would get a war and the Eminians started to shift their production over to building warships and weapons.
By the late 18th century war had broken out between them and the colonists, a war that lasted more than 500 years. The conditions of this war were stipulated in a treaty signed by both worlds in 2031. As a result they shifted from fighting a real war to fighting a simulated war with casualties determined by computer projections, and the people willingly killing themselves in disintegration stations. Legitimate targets in the war included vessels orbiting the planet. The reneging of this treaty by either side could result in a real war.
In 2217, the USS Valiant visited this planet. During its visit, the star cruiser and its crew were declared casulaties of this war. The Eminians successfully destroyed the ship and killed its crew.
In 2267, the USS Enterprise visited the planet Eminiar VII. During the visit, when his ship and crew were threatened with destruction, Captain James T. Kirk ended the war abruptly by destroying the computers. Ambassador Robert Fox began work with the two planets to establish a lasting peace.
These efforts broke down in 2282 and it looked like both worlds were gearing up for war. As a result a new Ambassador was dispatched to attempt to mediate their problems in the hopes that war could be adverted. His vessel was attacked and damaged and would have been destroyed if not for the intervention of the Arkarian.
One of their heavy cruisers happened to be close by and was able to intervene. As a result it was discovered that the Orions had established trade deals with both the Vendikar and the Eminian to supply them both with weapons and advanced technology.
Ambassador Suvok was able to use this information to open up a new series of peace talks. It took almost 3 years but a clear and positive result was achieved, one that not only meant peace for the two civilizations but a start to healing the rift between them.
By 2304 they entered into a joint commercial and defense pact that had them establish long term trade and joint military operations within their system. Surprisingly this joint endeavor has lasted and gradually morphed into its current form with a permanent joint military and an economic system so interwoven as to be practically a single entity.
They have an elected central council of 5 called the Eminian High Council which rules the Eminian Union. Only those who have earned the right to be considered citizens are allowed to vote. This is due to the fact that these individuals are the best educated and have earned the right to vote through either service to the Eminian Union or proving themselves worth of the distinction.
The Eminian appear to be normal humanoids with a remarkable similarity to humans, both in variety of shapes, heights, weights and hair color but all of them are Caucasian in appearance. Citizens have earned the right to wear black with a tan sash. All others will wear clothing that does not have any black or tan anywhere in it.
As with most intelligent species they can and sometimes do suffer from various different types of mental illness. Unfortunately while they do have an excellent treatment program, they have a negative view of those who suffer from these medical conditions and as a result they will be sent off to facilities in remote locations and secured there until they have been cured.
Most of the people believe that the male aspect of the creator gods is the superior deity, having more power and influence over the people since he created them and nurtures them as the god of the universe they live in. The female aspect however is treated more like a distant, uninterested relative, content to watch and observe from the world below them.
During their 500 year plus long war with the Vendikan they slowly deleted most of the data files that contained any and all of the wealth of educational and thought enhancing tales, fables and legends that were a part of the heritage of the colonists that settled on Vendikar and were now the enemy. Now only those fables, legends and myths that originated for the most part from their own cultural background remain.
Their cities seem to be picture perfect, well planned, with access to all of the needed amenities such as education, health care, recreation, transportation and utilities. Crime is almost unheard of and punishments are severe and swift. Visitors are respected, treated well but while the people are friendly and relaxed they tend to be reserved and formal around strangers.
All of their music follows certain rules of composition that makes the tunes flow in a regular and stately manner. As a result dancing to their music usually takes the form of intricate, stately and slow moving affairs that reflect a calm almost regal manner. The same can be said for all of their other forms of artistic expression.
They celebrate holidays that coincide with changes in the alignment of the planets, moons and other stellar bodies. These also reflect their beliefs that the male aspect of the universe as a deity is worthy of worship and celebration.
The civilization is advanced, having had pre-warp space flight for more than 800 years, but it had elected not to venture outside of its solar system while locked in armed conflict with the Vendikan. Since the end of that war they have flourished and grown, supporting numerous research programs and making steady progress at developing new advanced technologies.
Currently they have developed such an intricate web of economic supply and demand with the Vendikans that for all practical purposes they could be considered a single people again. As a result they have one of the strongest economies in their region of space.
As of 2371 the governments of both the Vendikans and the Eminian entered into a new age of co-operation. A complete merging of their entire military, now individuals from both worlds serve on the same ships together and in the army.
Due to the religious beliefs of the Eminian who worship the creator god who dwells in space all officers and personnel serving in the space fleet wear black with tan accoutrements and silver insignia. Due to the religious beliefs of the Vendikan who worship the creator goddess who dwells with in their planet all officers and personnel in the army wear green with tan accoutrements and gold insignia.
The Eminiar evolved on Eminiar VII and shortly after they developed successful space craft capable of traveling with in their system sent colonists to settle on Eminiar III. More and more colonists were sent to live in the colony and eventually they started to call their planet Vendikar. Early in the 18th century war broke out between the two worlds.
In 2217, the USS Valiant visited this planet. During its visit, the star cruiser and its crew were declared causalities of this war. The Eminians successfully destroyed the ship and killed its crew.
Eminiar VII had been fighting a war with its colony, Vendikar the third planet in the system, for five hundred years. The conditions of this war were stipulated in a treaty signed by both worlds. This was a simulated war with causalities determined by computer projections, and the people willingly killing themselves in disintegration stations. Every year, on Eminiar, one to three million were killed by this process. Legitimate targets in the war included vessels orbiting the planet, a fact that caused James T. Kirk considerable difficulty during his visit 2267. The reneging of this treaty by either side could result in a real war.
Both Memory Alpha and Memory Beta were used as references as well as the following TV episodes TOS: A Taste of Armageddon, TOS: By Any Other Name, DS9: The Muse, DS9: What You Leave Behind and DS9: Call to Arms. The movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was also used.
Last of all the Star Trek 2 novelization: A Taste of Armageddon was also consulted.
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EWB Estate Agents has a long history, going back a century. When they started the business up again from a dormant state, they wanted it to move to the web immediately. ardes were able to help implement some great ideas to make an innovative site that addressed real-world concerns.
As an agency servicing the Sheffield & Chesterfield areas, they have a lot of local knowledge, including the bid system: the housing market is very competitive & prospective buyers offer the vendor sealed bids. It's a lot like an auction—the slowest auction you can imagine. The agent goes to the home owner, presents the bids & then notifies the prospective buyers whether they've been successful or not. If not, the prospective buyer sends a new bid. This can take a long time, is fraught with potential miscommunication & takes up a lot of the agent's time—time for which they cannot usually bill. This is a golden opportunity for business process automation.
ardes created "Live Offer" a system which automates the whole sealed bid process. Prospective buyers, who are vetted by EWB before they can register to use the system, can submit bids over the web. Competing prospective buyers know when they've been outbid & can take immediate action—and they can be notified of any changes to their bidding status via mobile phone, accelerating the home-purchasing process immeasurably. Vendors can keep an eye on the status of all bids for their homes & can sell their homes more quickly. All of this happens in real time. in addition, estate agents aren't running around & putting in unpaid work—it's being done for them, automatically. Everybody wins.
A common requirement of enterprise-level web development is integration with legacy systems. In the UK, estate agents are serviced by a handful of software vendors who supply desktop applications to manage the business of running an estate agency. In that respect, EWB was no different—but they were different in their desire to integrate these proprietary systems with their website.
It's not uncommon for companies with websites to find themselves inputting the same data twice: once into a desktop application & then onto the web. At worst, they'll forget to update either the desktop application nor the website. Sometimes they take the step of copying the text from the first & pasting it to the second. You may have experienced the unintended consequences of this on some websites—instead of proper typographical symbols like quotation marks & ampersands, you'll see small boxes or question marks. The web application doesn't know how to translate these characters properly for the web, so they are mangled in the process. An attempt to accelerate the work process—copying & pasting—only serves to make matters worse. There should be a better way.
And ardes made one. Instead of forcing the poor user to manage the process of integrating the data in both desktop application & website, we devised an export feature from the desktop application—the user chooses which homes should be placed on the web, clicks 'Export', and the website is automatically updated with the new homes. The user's job just got a lot easier.
The EWB website does more than the desktop application anticipates, however. The updated homes are held back from public view until the site's administrators can look through & update those aspects of the Live Offer system that aren't covered by the desktop application, such as linking with the home's vendor, setting up minimum bids & minimum bid increments, linking up multiple photographs of the home in question & attaching supporting documentation, such as floor plans and promotional material. And of course this is all kept hidden until the site's administrators decide that it's ready for publication.
The site's colours—wine-red & cream—have long been associated with EWB, so it was an obvious step to continue them on the web. ardes wanted to take a familiar sight in Sheffield—street signs—and base the logo on them. EWB's logo looks like a street sign attached to the characteristic blond stone of the South Yorkshire / Derbyshire region.
One of the aims ardes always has in mind for any website we create is "Return-On-Investment" (ROI): how quickly what we make for you will cover the costs of development. For EWB Estate Agents, this is partly calculated into the time saved by inputting data in one location—their desktop application. More importantly, however, EWB's agents are no longer running around, delivering sealed bids & encouraging bidders to try again—Live Offer saves them hours with each home sold, so they can concentrate on getting new homes to sell.
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It's Always Raining Chocolate the Last Weekend in February!
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This course brings time management to life through practical exercises, tools and techniques which show just where time is lost, its impact on you and others – then shows you how effective prioritisation and management of time can make a difference to your work-life balance.
This highly practical workshop focuses on improved management of time and priorities. It shows how and where your time is lost. You will be given proven tools, tips and techniques which challenge your approach to your workload and help you regain control.
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The EASTMAN Family of Salisbury, Essex, MA Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk
ROGER EASTMAN (abt 1613 - 1694) of Salisbury m. Sarah Unknown (abt. 1621 - 1698)
SARAH EASTMAN (1655 - 1748) m. Joseph French
ROGER EASTMAN (abt 1613 - 1694) of Salisbury
Parents: Unknown
Roger Eastman was born about 1613. He died on 16 Dec 1694. [Ref, p. 108] He married Sarah Unknown. She was born about 1621, based on a deposition that she was about 50 in 1671. [Ref, p. 108] She died on 11 Mar 1697/8 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108]
Roger came to New England on the Confidence. He appears on an 11 Apr 1638 passenger list as a 25-year-old servant of John Sanders, husbandman of Lanford, Wilts. [Ref, p. 113]
Roger received land in Salisbury in 1640 and 1643. [Ref, p. 113] He was a housewright, planter and commoner. [Ref, p. 113] He took the oath of fidelity in 1646 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 113] He is on an 18 (5) 1652 Salisbury tax list. [Ref]
In 1671, he deposed that he was about 60 and that his daughter Sarah had been born 15 years before. [Ref, p. 113]
By a 20 Mar 1667 deed, Roger gave land and a house to his son John, a husbandman, and his wife Hannah. [Ref, p. 114] By a 28 Dec 1671 deed, Roger, a house carpenter, and his wife Sarah gave a house and land to their son Nathaniel, a cooper. [Ref, p. 114] By a 23 Jun 1676 deed, Roger sold all of his land and his house in Salisbury to his sons Joseph, a weaver, and Benjamin, a tanner. [Ref, p. 114] By a 12 May 1692 deed, Roger gave land to his daughter Sarah Shepherd and her husband Solomon Shepherd. [Ref, p. 114]
In his will, dated 26 Jun 1691 and proved on 2 Mar 1695, Roger Eastman of Salisbury mentions his wife Sarah; his sons John, Nathaniel, Philip, Timothy, Joseph, Benjamin and Samuel Eastman; his deceased son Thomas and his widow Deborah; his daughters Sarah Shepherd and Ruth Heard. [Ref, p. 114-5]
Children of Roger Eastman and Sarah Unknown
John Eastman was born on 9 Mar 1640/1 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 25 Mar 1720 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He married first Hannah Healey on 27 Oct 1665 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115][Ref, 2;93 says 7 Oct.] She was probably the daughter of William Healey of Cambridge. [Ref, 2;93] He married second Mary Boynton on 5 Nov 1670. [Ref, p. 115]
John was a husbandman. He took the oath of fidelity on 11 Dec 1677 in Salisbury. [Ref]
some descendants of John Eastman, including Hon. Daniel Webster and the wife of President Glover Cleveland
Nathaniel Eastman was born on 18 May 1643 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died in Nov 1709 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He married Elizabeth Hudson on 30 Apr 1672 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115]
Nathaniel was a cooper.
Philip Eastman was born on 30 Dec 1644 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 20 Oct 1714 in Woodstock, CT. [Ref, p. 115] He had an unknown first wife. [Ref, p. 115] He married second Mary (Barnard) Morse on 22 Aug 1678. [Ref, p. 115] He married third Margaret Unknown about 1695. [Ref, p. 115]
Thomas Eastman was born on 11 Sep 1646 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 29 Apr 1688 in Haverhill. [Ref, p. 115] He married Deborah Corlis on 20 Jun 1679 in Haverhill. [Ref, p. 115] Deborah, the daughter of George and Joanna (Davis) Corliss was born on 6 Jun 1688. [Ref] She married second Thomas Kingsbury on 29 Jun 1691 [Ref] in Haverhill. [Ref says widow Deborah Eastman]
Timothy Eastman was born on 29 Sep 1648 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died in Apr 1733 in Hadley. [Ref, p. 115] He married Lydia Markham on 16 May 1682 in Suffield. [Ref, p. 115] Lydia was the daughter of William Markham of Hadley. [Ref, 2;93]
Joseph Eastman was born on 8 Jan 1650 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 4 Apr 1692 in Hadley. [Ref, p. 115] He married Mary Tilton. [Ref, p. 115] Mary was the only surviving daughter of the Hon. Peter Tilton of Hadley. [Ref, 2;93] She married second James Guernsey. [Ref, 2;93]
Joseph was a weaver. He was of Suffield. [Ref, 2;93] He took the oath of fidelity on 21 Dec 1677 in Salisbury. [Ref]
Benjamin Eastman was born on 12 Feb 1652 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 23 Jan 1727/8 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He married first Ann (Pitts) Joy on 5 Apr 1678. [Ref, p. 115] Ann, the widow of Samuel Joy, died on 13 Dec 1698. [Ref, p. 30] He married second Naomi Flanders on 4 Apr 1679 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] Naomi, the daughter of Stephen and Jane Flanders, was born on 15 Dec 1656 in Salisbury and died on 24 Jul 1718 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 30] He married third Sarah (Brown) Carter on 5 Oct 1719 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] Sarah was the widow of Samuel Carter. [Ref, p. 30]
Benjamin was a tanner. He took the oath of fidelity on 21 Dec 1677 in Salisbury. [Ref] He was a freeman in 1690. [Ref, 2;93] He signed his will on 13 Aug 1725/ it was proved on 4 Mar 1727/8. [Ref, p. 30]
Sarah Eastman was born on 25 Sep 1655 in Salisbury. She died on 1 Dec 1748 in Salisbury. She married first Joseph French. She married second Solomon Shepherd. [Ref, p. 115]
Samuel Eastman was born on 20 Nov 1657 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] He died on 27 Feb 1725 in Kingston, NH. [Ref, p. 115] He married Elizabeth Scriven or Scribner on 17 Jun 1658 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115]
He was a freeman in 1690. [Ref, 2;93]
some descendants of Samuel Eastman
Ruth Eastman was born on 21 Mar 1660/1 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She died on 23 Feb 1741/2 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She married Benjamin Heard on 23 May 1690 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115]
SARAH EASTMAN (1655 - 1748)
Parents: Roger Eastman and Sarah Unknown [Ref, p. 103]
Sarah Eastman was born on 25 Sep 1655 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She died on 1 Dec 1748 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 115] She married first Joseph French on 13 Jun 1678 in Salisbury. [Ref] She married second Solomon Shepherd on 4 Aug 1684 in Salisbury. [Ref] Solomon was born about 1650 and died on 7 Jul 1731 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 103]
A deed refers to Solomon as a blacksmith. [Ref, p. 106]
Joseph died intestate. [Ref, p. 103] The petition 4 Jan 1684 of Joseph French and Roger Eastman, grandparents of Joseph's children, names Sarah and Joseph's children: Joseph, Timothy and Simon. It mentions Benjamin and Nathaniel Eastman, bothers of the widow. Both Joseph and Roger signed with their marks. [Ref, p. 103]
In a deed dated 25 Mar 1685, Joseph French, a tailor of Salisbury, and Susanna his wife, gave land to Sarah French, the widow of their eldest son Joseph, deceased. [Ref, p. 105]
Children of Sarah Eastman and Solomon Shepherd:
Sarah Shepherd was born on 25 Mar 1686 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108] She died before 1727. [Ref, p. 108] She married William Long on 2 Jan 1711/2 in Haverhill. [Ref, p. 108]
Bethia Shepherd was born on 13 Mar 1688 [Ref, p. 108] She married Joseph Kimball. [Ref, p. 108]
Solomon Shepherd was born on 18 Apr 1691 [Ref, p. 108] He died between 2 Oct 1753 and 4 Mar 1754. [Ref, p. 108] He was unmarried. [Ref, p. 108]
Israel Shepherd was born on 7 Mar 1693 [Ref, p. 108] He died on 23 Apr 1742. [Ref, p. 108] He married Sarah Kimball on 27 Aug 1724 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108]
Jeremiah Shepherd was born on 10 Aug 1698 [Ref, p. 108] He died about 1761. [Ref, p. 108] He married Abigail Brown on 30 Nov 1731 in Salisbury. [Ref, p. 108]
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Mr. Thornton, "Original Settlers of Salisbury, MA," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3, 1849, 55-57.
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Alonzo H. Quint, "Oaths of Freemen, Allegiance, &c. in Old Norfolk County, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 201-204.
Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, Vol. I-IV, Boston, 1860-1862.


Generation Z was raised on the Internet, never experiencing what it means to be offline. With more than 96 percent of the generation owning a smartphone and spending upwards of 4 hours per day online , they genuinely have become the rank of the Internet.
The ubiquity of social media usage among Gen Z, and their specific preferences, fuels a large portion of contemporary marketing strategies and defines the transient rise of YouTube and Instagram celebrities. However, the digital medium often lacks a personal connection in the real world, contributing to why Gen Z is the loneliest of all current generations .
"For baby-boomers, friend-making had always been done in real life and maintained in real life. For millennials, friend-making was done in real life, but maintained online. For Gen Z, there has been a huge progression into going full digital, where friend-making is being done online and maintained online," says Allen Loh, co-founder of up-and-coming social media app Monkey.
"In this hyper-connected world where user-to-user touchpoints in the digital world are exploding, Gen Z is actually growing more and more lonely due to the constant pursuit of superficial connections," he says. "On many social apps, users are experiencing the constant social pressure of chasing vanity metrics (e.g., 'likes' and 'followers') and participating in 'inactive social media time' of endless scrolling of the infinite newsfeed for hours."
To address the problem that Loh and co-founder/CEO, Eric Tao, observed, they created a new kind of social media app -- Monkey. Catering towards Generation Z, Monkey has leaped up the Apple iOS App Store charts, becoming a Social Top 5 most downloaded app and experiencing more than 12x growth in the latter half of 2017.
A platform designed to connect Gen Z to foster meaningful and personal connections of friendship, Monkey is a refreshing take on social media for the Internet's generation.
"Moments are designed to take away the 'pockets' of users, allowing them to connect more freely in an open environment," details Loh. "On other platforms, a user may spend a long time searching to find a group to join. Moments focuses on allowing people, specifically teens, the ability to discover and be discovered immediately, allowing them to quickly uncover new friends and perspectives." This structure of the platform pushes users towards meaningful, positive, and creative relationships through direct conversations with other users.
While such a method of discovery may seem bizarre to older generations, many teens and young adults alike are using the resources of the internet to discover their best friends, significant other, and even find long lost family members. While it may be difficult to understand how online relationships mirror (and may even be deeper) than "in real life" (IRL) ones, there are numerous studies and examples that highlight just how deep personal online relationships can become. From heartfelt tributes to friends never met in real life, to gamers meeting for the first time at the bedside of a terminally ill friend -- the bond is real.
Monkey does not rely on a news feed or follower-prone dynamic, but rather a way to converse genuinely with friends all over the world.
"Monkey's mission is to foster engaging conversations for its Gen Z users, where they can truly connect socially, rather than spending time mindlessly scrolling or chasing superficial likes," says Loh.
Monkey is not strictly limited to one-on-one conversations and groups of friends but rather aims to build an ecosystem that fosters creativity among artists and designers -- leading to an imaginative merchandise background with exclusive products, attuned to the consumer inclinations of a younger generation.
As part of Monkey's meteoric rise, the platform has earned cameos from the likes of 'GotDamZo' of Wild'N'Out and exclusive brand and merchandise drops from artists and designers based in Los Angeles.
Users can redeem one-of-one products offered on the platform in return for its native cashless currency, 'Bananas.' Similar to the strategy of popular streetwear brand Supreme, Monkey is gaining favor among creative-minded designers and artists who are engaging directly with other users on independent product drops.
"Monkey incorporates fashion and pop culture onto its platform, allowing the brand to stay culturally relevant for its users," says Loh. "Bananas are the social currency on Monkey and are used as credit to buy exclusive products designed and made exclusively for Monkey users."
The unique brands and merchandise on the platform have already garnered significant attention among users, with drops selling out instantly and secondary market prices surging. "Monkey merch items have been discovered on the resell streetwear market, with one custom reworked piece selling for as much as $400," says Loh. "The last production sold out in 3-4 minutes, selling out thousands of items and all inventory."
As a way for fostering personal connections among the Internet's Gen Z, Monkey has captured a significant amount of notice on other social media platforms like YouTube, where videos about the platform have organically generated more than 100 million views. Monkey is a platform with a unique approach and a dual narrative of discovering creative talent that connects an increasingly lonely generation with meaningful conversations that may develop into long term friendships.
Tao and Loh have their sites set on redefining the goals of social media, emphasizing just being yourself. "Monkey aims to be the best platform for people that wish to be discovered, to creatively and authentically express themselves in an overly crowded, hyper-connected, Instagram-perfect driven world."


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Hands-on Activity: Sextant Solutions
Sextant Solutions
Subject Areas: Earth and Space, Geometry, Measurement
Plot Your Course - Navigation
Nidy-Gridy: Using Grids and Coordinates
Northward Ho! Create and Use Simple Compasses
Find Your Own Direction
How to be a Great Navigator!
Vector Voyage!
The North (Wall) Star
Navigating by the Numbers
Trig River
Accuracy, Precision and Errors in Navigation: Getting It Right!
Close Enough? Angles & Accuracy of Measurement in Navigation
Computer Accuracy
Topo Map Mania!
Where Is Your Teacher?
The Trouble with Topos
Getting to the Point
Classroom Triangles
Topo Triangulation
Triangulate: Topos, Compasses and Triangles, Oh My!
You've Got Triangles!
Navigational Techniques by Land, Sea, Air and Space
Nautical Navigation
Navigating at the Speed of Satellites
State Your Position
GPS on the Move
GPS Receiver Basics
Making GPS Art: Draw It, Walk It, Log It, Display It!
GPS Scavenger Hunt
Not So Lost in Space
A Roundabout Way to Mars
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Using a sextant on a ship for celestial navigation.
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The earliest explorers had no computers or satellites to help them determine their exact locations. The sextant was the most accurate tool developed to determine latitude and longitude. In this activity, the sextant is introduced and discussed. Students learn how a sextant is a reliable tool still used by today's navigators and how computers can help assure accuracy when measuring angles. Students also experience how computers can be used to understand equations even when they do not know how to do the math.
Engineers design measurement tools for all fields, for example, a sextant. Despite their best efforts, certain measurement errors will always exist when using a sextant, no matter how well-designed. Today, engineers use computers—another engineer-created tool—to take into account these measurement errors and produce more accurate results.
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Each student (or group) needs:
computer with Microsoft Office® Excel® installed
Sextant Corrections Excel® File, loaded on the computer
Sextant Corrections Worksheet, one per student or one per group; if working in groups, the teacher determines whether each student gets a worksheet to complete or if students complete one worksheet per group
Sextant Corrections Excel File (xls)
Sextant Corrections Worksheet (xls)
Visit [www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_navigation_lesson04_activity3] to print or download.
Students investigate error in the context of navigation because without an understanding of how errors can affect your position, you cannot navigate well. Introducing accuracy and precision develops these concepts further. Also, students learn how computers can help in navigation.
In this lesson, students investigate the fundamental concepts of GPS technology — trilateration and using the speed of light to calculate distances.
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Students learn about projections and coordinates in the geographic sciences that help us to better understand the nature of the Earth and how to describe location.
In this lesson, students are shown the very basics of navigation. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well as the use and principles of a map and compass.
(Continuing with the concept of trying to measure small angles accurately, introduce the sextant and discuss it with the class.)
What is sextant? (Answer: A tool developed by early navigators to determine latitude and longitude.) Instead of naviagators trying to line up a separate horizon line and sun line (to determine one's location), the sextant allowed the two images to be moved together—greatly increasing the accuracy of the angle measured.
Why would measuring a precise angle be important? (Answer: By knowing this angle and your local time, your latitude can be determined. If you also know the Greenwich Mean Time [GMT], your longitude can also be determined.)
What happens if the angle is measure incorrectly? (Answer: It will likely affect what you think is your current location.) Computers can help ensure that angles are correctly measured. When higher accuracy is needed, calculations become more difficult so using computers is even more practical. Computers allow you to try many numbers in an equation quickly—giving the operator a better chance to understand what the equation represents.
A sextant's accuracy is expressed in "seconds of arc." A degree is divided into 60 minutes (noted as 60') and a minute is divided into 60 seconds (noted as 60''). A good thing to remember is that each minute of angular measurement represents a distance of 1 nautical mile. A sextant scale can generally read out to one-fifth or one-tenth of a minute—quite an accurate reading. But, that reading is not the final accuracy, as several corrections must be made to that angle. At this point, the navigator must perform what amounts to a full page of corrections and calculations using astronomical tables and charts. The accuracy of the correction values affects the final result and the calculations offer ample opportunity for human error.
Depending on the accuracy of the corrections, the final angular measurement could easily be off by several minutes or more, so most navigators (assuming they are skilled and have good weather) expect at best an accuracy of within a few miles.
Today, refined manufacturing techniques and robust materials make sextants last longer but do not improve the accuracy of the tool, which is limited by the fuzzy edges of celestial objects. Skill in use and better understanding of the math and geometry involved can improve accuracy slightly (compared to the past). But, a large chance of error still exists in the doing many pages of calculations needed! This is where a modern advantage comes in—the computer.
When used correctly by an experienced navigator and under ideal weather conditions, a well-made sextant can measure an angle with precision to the nearest 10 seconds of arc (10 seconds of a degree is about 0.003 degrees of a 360-degree circle!). A computer can do the corrections and calculations quickly, and an accuracy of 0.2 miles in final position is possible. More likely, it will be about twice that under normal weather conditions (0.4 miles), and in poor conditions, it may still be 1-2 miles off. This is no better than measurements taken in good weather conditions hundreds of years ago, but thanks to the computer, navigators no longer have to do all the math by hand.
Figure 1. How a sextant works.
Copyright © 2003 Jeff White, College of Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Sextant Use and Error
The sextant is a high-precision instrument. Caution must be used when handling a sextant since even mild shaking might cause damage. The movable arm has an arc range of 60°, and this is why it is called a sextant. You double this measurement to 120° to find your altitude angle. Every sextant has an inherent error called its offset. Sextants can be calibrated to determine their offset. Once the offset is known, you correct for the error in the sextant calculations.
Besides the sextant offset, many other sources of error exist. In this activity, we will look at two sources of error when using a sextant.
Looking at Figure 1, the person who looks at the horizon is not looking straight, but down a bit. This is because the Earth is round, not flat. The angle that you look down depends on how tall you are. If you are on top of a building that is in the middle of a big field, you have to look down quite a bit to see the horizon. If you are lying on your stomach in the field, you do not have to look down at all (this is illustrated in the Sextant Corrections Worksheet). It is easier to use a sextant when you are standing, so the angle that you are measuring is actually larger than the true altitude. This error is called the "dip of the sea horizon." Luckily, it is easy to figure out using the following equation:
H is the height of your eye in meters and DIP is the correction in minutes of arc. Subtract this from the angle you measure using the sextant.
Another source of error is the refraction effect of the atmosphere. The Earth's atmosphere bends the light coming from the sun. The sun might be below the horizon, but the atmosphere bends the sunlight so that you still see it. Just like the DIP, this makes the altitude seem larger than it is. The amount of bending depends on the atmospheric pressure, the temperature and your altitude. A good approximation for this error is:
The triangle is called delta and is in minutes of arc
P is the atmospheric pressure in millibars (1 atm = 1,013 millibars)
T is the temperature in °Kelvin
Alt is the altitude in degrees (reading from the sextant corrected for dip)
Make copies of the Sextant Corrections Worksheet, one per group or one per student.
The MS Excel® files are write-protected against changes (with the exception of the data entry boxes), but the protection can be removed, if necessary. If students are computer savvy, add a password to guard against file corruption (but, if you are going to do this, make the change and save the file before loading onto each computer). Follow these steps to add a password to the file:
On the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Unprotect Sheet.
Then again, from the Tools menu, point to Protection, and then click Protect Sheet.
When prompted, leave all boxes checked and enter a desired protection password for the worksheet. Passwords are case sensitive. To unprotect the sheet again, type the password exactly as it was created, including uppercase and lowercase letters.
Load the Sextant Corrections Excel® File onto all computers and put it in an easy-to-find location (such as on the computer desktop), or better yet, have the spreadsheets open when students arrive.
Note: In the "Refraction of the Atmosphere" section, the Temperature and Pressure data boxes are not protected. This is to enable the option of investigating these variables, but they are not highlighted to keep the basic lesson more focused. See Activity Scaling section.
Before students go to the computers:
Divide the class into groups (depending on the number of computers available) and give each student or group a worksheet.
Discuss the concepts of the "Dip of the Sea" correction. If students have calculators, have them check the 2-meter height example answer.
Discuss the concepts of the "Refraction of the Atmosphere" correction. Reassure them they will NOT have to do this calculation by hand. Emphasize that the computer will be doing that calculation every time they put in a new number. This enables students to experiment and try many angles and look for trends in the results.
At the Computers:
Have students do the "Dip of the Sea" correction and answer the worksheet questions.
Have students do the "Refraction of the Atmosphere" correction and answer the questions at the bottom of the worksheet.
Have each group or individual turn in the completed worksheet; no print out is needed.
Try doing the Refraction example equation. The 10 °C temperature must be converted to Kelvin (283.15 °K) when used in the equation, and all other values are as shown. Note the results are given in minutes of arc, and 1 degree has 60 minutes of arc.
Who would believe me if I told you that when you are looking at a sunset, the sun has actually already set? Encourage discussion: How much can we trust our eyes? Is the sun setting or are we? How could the sun have already set if we can still see it? (Answer: It is a true statement because the Earth's atmosphere refracts [bends] the rays of sunlight over the horizon, allowing us to still see the rays for a while after the sun has geometrically set!)
Worksheet/Computer Calculations: Have student follow and complete the Sextant Corrections Worksheet and Sextant Corrections Excel® File. Review their answers to gauge their mastery of the subject.
Questions/Answers: Ask the students and discuss as a class:
Would someone using a sextant on the moon need to make these same corrections? Why or why not? How might they be different? (Answer: The horizon dip effect would still need to be corrected on the moon and it would be larger because the moon is smaller than Earth; therefore, its horizon "dips" away even faster than Earth's. Imagine standing on a basketball! Looking down, you can see almost 90 degrees around the horizon of the ball. This is a HUGE dip error. The refraction of the atmosphere correction would not be needed since the moon has almost no atmosphere.)
For younger students, have them help each other and do one worksheet per group. Also, do not have students complete Step #4 (of "At the Computers") in the Procedure > With the Students section.
For more advanced students, let them vary the temperature and atmosphere values for the refraction correction. A normal range is -15 °C to 40 °C, and 970 mbar to 1030 mbar. Collecting and plotting this data is a good way to see which affects the equation the most. Challenge students to determine why these values increase or decrease the refraction. (Answer: Cold air is denser than hot air and high-pressure air is denser than low-pressure air; therefore, a denser atmosphere creates more refraction.)
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do you mean to say we have to sysprep the vm before taking snapshot?
I found the way out and your response really helped me to get this done.. I reinstalled the cloudinit and ran the sysprep... after booting the cloudbase forces us to change the pwd... after that I created the snapshot without shutting down the server.
The default behavior of cloudbase-init is to reexecute the plugins, as it uses the new VM id to know if is the case of a snapshot.
In order to debug the issue you are having, can you put on a pastebin the cloudbase-init configuration files and logs?
Hi Thanks for answering, can you let me know the location fo the cloudbase-init config files pls?
Hi Adrian, I have put the log file info in the answer above.. pls let me know if it's in readable format.
The logs you provided bellow show that cloudbase-init could not find any usable metadata service. This means that there are issues in your environment with either network configuration or you have not enabled a metadata service. A suggestion would be to enable config-drive (as it is simpler).
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Грация (от  — «изящество, привлекательность») — эстетический термин, означающий особый, внутренний вид красоты, проявляющийся в движении. Говоря о грации, подразумевают изящность жестов или поз, грациозность голоса, мелодии, танца или рисунка.

Понятие грации
Понятие грации было одним из определений красоты издавна. В этом же значении оно употреблялось в античной и средневековой эстетике. Самостоятельное значение оно приобретает только в эпоху Возрождения. Представители неоплатонической эстетики (Марсилио Фичино, Пико делла Мирандола и др.) определяют грацию как «сокровенный вид красоты, который нельзя измерить с помощью пропорций и определить рациональным путем».

Широкое употребление термин «грация» получает в XVIII в. Такие английские просветители, как Шефтсбери, Хатчесон, Хоум видят в грации нравственный эквивалент красоты, который наиболее полно проявляется в свободной, богатой, не подавленной муштрой и регламентом природе человека. О нравственном значении грации писали Винкельман, Лессинг. Ф. Шиллер в своей статье «О грации и достоинстве» доказывал связь грации с движением, утверждая, что «грация может быть свойственна только движению, так как изменения в душе могут проявиться только как движение».

В римской мифологии
В римской мифологии грации (в древнегреческой — хариты) это благодетельные богини, олицетворяющие радостное, доброе и вечно юное начало жизни, дочери Юпитера, нимф и богинь. Имена граций (харит), их происхождение и число в разных древнегреческих мифах различны. В древние времена богинь изображали в ниспадающих мягкими складками хитонах, а позднее — обнаженными, чтобы ничто не скрывало их красоты.
Три Грации олицетворяют Красоту, Любовь и Удовольствие. Они состоят в свите Венеры. В неоплатонизме грации символизируют три аспекта любви. В средневековом искусстве, три грации — это Добродетель, Красота и Любовь, а их атрибутами являются роза, мирт и яблоко, иногда игральные кости.

Сенека так отзывался об этих богинях:
«Грации либо обнажены, когда желают показать, что в них нет обмана, либо одеты в полупрозрачные одежды, когда хотят подчеркнуть свои прелести и достоинства».

В греческой мифологии
Согласно Гесиоду, у Зевса и Евриномы было три дочери: Аглая, Талия и Евфросина — богини веселья и радости жизни, олицетворяющие изящество и привлекательность. Отсюда их название — хариты (; от , «изящество, прелесть»).

Ф. Шиллер о грации

Проанализировав греческую мифологию, Шиллер приходит к выводу, что грация представляет собой изменчивую красоту; такую красоту, которая случайно возникает и исчезает в своем носителе. Грация свойственна лишь людям; ею, в свою очередь, могут отличаться только произвольные движения и притом лишь выражающие духовные ощущения. Движения, не имеющие иного источника, кроме чувственного, при всей их произвольности, относятся только к природе, которая сама по себе никогда не возвышается до грации. Если бы вожделение могло выражаться с изяществом, а инстинкт — с грацией, то грация и изящество не были бы ни способны, ни достойны служить выражением человеческой природы.

Шиллер говорит о необходимости отличать природную красоту человеческого тела от его технического совершенства. Природа даёт человеку красоту телосложения, а душа даёт красоту игры. Грация — это красота явлений, которые напрямую зависят от личности. Природная красота возвеличивает Бога, а грация — своего носителя. Первая даруется свыше, вторая приобретается в процессе жизни.
Грация — это всегда движение, ибо душевные порывы проявляются в чувственном мире через движения. Однако грация может быть запечатлена и в неподвижных чертах, которые стали такими от частого повторения. Такие черты Шиллер называет непреходящими. Грация свойственна далеко не всем человеческим движениям. Она есть лишь красота тела, движимого свободою.
Шиллер выводит два типа движений (жестов):

1.	Произвольные. Это движения, возникающие по воли личности, которая стремится таким образом выразить свои чувства.

2.	Симпатические. Это движения, возникающие по необходимости, но под воздействием чувства, зачастую, морального.

Грация присуща лишь произвольным движениям, ибо такое движение напрямую следует за душевным порывом. Следовательно, чтобы понять, что человек собою в действительности представляет, необходимо судить не по его разговорам, а стараться угадать по мимике и сопутствующим жестам.

Однако человек способен подчинить мимику и жесты своей воле, но в таком человеке всё ложь и природное поглощено искусственностью. Грация же, наоборот, должна быть максимально непроизвольной, а человек, ею обладающий, обычно никак не выказывает свою осведомленность относительно грациозности, ему присущей.

Шиллер считает, что подражательная или заученная грация (театральная) суть то же, что и накладные волосы, грим. Однако если искусство велико, то подчас обманет и знатока, но из какой-нибудь черты все равно будет проглядывать принужденность. Перед деланной грациозностью сердце мгновенно закрывается.

«На наших глазах дух внезапно превратился в материю, а небесная Юнона — в химеру».

Шиллер настаивает, что в грации должна выражаться нравственная утонченность. Грация свойственна лишь прекрасной душе. Прекрасная душа оживляет тело, лишенное природной красоты, и торжествует над природными недостатками. У Красоты есть только почитатели, у Грации — влюбленные. Ибо мы чтим Творца, а любим — человека.

Библиография
1. Шиллер Ф. Собрание сочинений в 7 томах. Том 7. Стр 115. О грации и достоинстве.

2. Краткий словарь по эстетике: Кн. для учителя / Под ред. М. Ф. Овсянникова. — М.: Просвещение, 1983. — 223 с.

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Harnessing plants and microbes to tackle environmental pollution
By Gege Li2019-03-29T10:13:00+00:00
Eucharia Nwaichi is an environmental biochemist at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. She experiments with plants, microorganisms and enzymes to uncover ways to control and ultimately reduce pollution in a place that has been devastated by oil exploration, industry and conflict
The Niger Delta is an area known for its bountiful supply of petroleum and has been an established hotspot for oil and gas production since the 1950s. But this comes at a destructive price: it's also one of the most polluted places on the planet. Land once fertile for crops is now barren, while polluted water erodes fish supplies, restricts available drinking water and can cause serious health problems.
Paving the way in tackling these issues is Eucharia Nwaichi whose work uses decidedly greener means of cleaning up these polluted environments. Plants are at the centre of Nwaichi's research into sustainable methods of degrading or removing the contaminants present in the Niger Delta in an effort to salvage the land, restore biodiversity and help local communities.
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40m litres of oil are spilled in the Niger Delta every year
The process, called phytoremediation, uses legumes and grasses' natural ability to directly take up hydrocarbons that can't be broken down. Alternatively, the plants may secrete enzymes that help carry out this removal. Nwaichi also makes use of associated microorganisms contained in the plant nodules for a similar clean-up action in what's known as bioremediation. '[It's] about using plants for assistance,' she summarises.
Much of her remaining work at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria involves monitoring, characterising and assessing these technologies and their performance, as well as screening different plant species for their potential.
Nwaichi attributes the relationship between microorganisms, plant roots and the rhizosphere — which is the narrow region of soil where these microorganisms live that is directly influenced by root secretions — to phyto- and bioremediation being able to work in harmony. '[This provides] a better surface area for the microorganisms to perform at their optimum in cleaning up hydrocarbons in the soil.'
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There are four species – velvet bean, mustard plants, lemongrass and fimbristylis – that Nwaichi works with that she deems reliable
Some of the plants Nwaichi has already harnessed for their ability to clean up contaminated media include the velvet bean, butterfly pea, lemon grass, bambara groundnuts, mustard plants and fimbristylis. She has used the latter four to successfully remove hydrocarbons and heavy metals like arsenic from polluted soil.1 Bioremediation can then be deployed by introducing indigenous microorganisms that can be activated using biological stimulants.
'They breakdown hydrocarbon contaminants in the media,' Nwaichi explains. 'Some of the plants can release organic chemicals that contain the contaminants in what we call phytostabilisation. The chemicals form a complex with the contaminants so they're not able to migrate or leach away – they stay safe in the environment without being toxic to living organisms in the soil. It's a synergistic advantage.'
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Nwaichi and her graduate student, Iwo Godknows, measuring pH of soil after a year of field trial of phytoremediation on a crude oil spill site
It's important that these plants fulfil several key criteria to be good candidates for phytoremediation, including an ability to grow and survive even in the presence of usually toxic contaminants. Currently, there are four species – velvet beans, mustard plants, lemongrass and fimbristylis – that Nwaichi works with that she deems reliable, although she is considering shifting to combination approaches to broaden the repertoire of features and species that can be used for phyto- and general bioremediation in the future.
Soil and society
Nwaichi's most recent efforts to conserve the natural surroundings of one of Nigeria's most densely populated regions lies in an increasingly valuable tool offered to us by nature: enzymes. By characterising and selecting certain plant enzymes, the performance of the microorganisms used in the remediation process can be enhanced to perform at their optimum. This is necessary because their languidness and poor survivability usually constitute major drawbacks in their use.
Some of these enzymes include peroxidases, oxidoreductases, hydrolases and laccases, all of which act as catalysts for the diverse chemical reactions involved in the bioremediation pathways. Chemically, these enzymes lower the activation energy needed for the reaction to thrive without altering the overall free energy change.
'If we express those enzymes we can have the concentration that we desire,' explains Nwaichi. 'So then we can monitor and modify the conditions of the soil to give optimum [enzyme] performance and efficiency.'
In the case of crude oil pollution, these enzymes are able to enhance the performance of natural degraders in the soil — microbial communities that remain unaltered post-clean up thanks to the biological origins of the enzymes. This in turn preserves the soil so it can continue to be used for different purposes, an outcome that Nwaichi is optimistic will become more widespread with the continued use of new green technology.
'If we make a breakthrough in the developments, we will have a more sustainable and impeachable society in the Niger Delta because we can recover the agricultural land,' she says. 'A lot of reclaimed land we see using the technologies that are in place today do not recover the soil so that it can continue to be used for agricultural purposes.' Her hopes are that by using local plants, communities living within the delta can be persuaded to accept and engage with scientific efforts to revive the surroundings and ultimately move towards improving the current situation, adding: 'It'll put more money in people's pocket, bring some form of social reform and enhance social output.'
A key hurdle in achieving this is forming a good relationship between the researchers, government and local people of Nigeria. A lack of understanding, trust and cooperation is coming at the expense of scientific progress and adequate protection of the environment — 'The science is really suffering,' Nwaichi warns. Along with her students, however, some of whom are from nearby communities, she is attempting to 'make a connection that will mean [locals] will accept me … You show evidence of what you've done in other communities and how they cooperated with you.
Nwaichi and her team after decommissioning their second field trial of phytoremediation on petroleum-impacted farmland. From left to right: Wisdom Ogbonna, Eucharia Nwaichi, Chike Enwezor, Ebere Okafor, Godknows Iwo, Paul Nwoha and Gilbert Attuah
'It's a problem we in Nigeria face right now, but I believe there will be many researchers that come into this field and UN bodies to help fund more community-related projects where we can get more community engagement. So people can see their role in using science to develop their community and have a healthier living… We can [make improvements] with science.'
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So you've decided to take up a game of horseshoes but you want to sound like a pro. Here are the most common terms you will need to know so that you can become familiar with the rules and impress your competition when playing horseshoes.
Score a ringer! If your toss lands around the stake and you hear that familiar "clank," congratulations, you have just landed a ringer which is normally good for three points in standard horseshoe scoring.
Understand a leaner! Oh so close, but not quite a ringer. A "leaner" is a horseshoe that lands upright or partially upright against the stake. It doesn't qualify as a ringer but a leaner is almost as good and is usually given a scoring value of two points.
Toss from the pitching box! The pitching box is the area that each player tosses his or her horseshoe. This area is usually six feet in diameter and contains a stake in the center and is typically filled with sand. There is a pitching box at each end of the playing area, approximately forty feet apart. The pitching box serves also as the target area.
Understand if it's in the pit! The pit is located within the pitching box. This is the area that will contain the stake.
Know when you've been singled out. A single point is awarded to the player whose horseshoe lands closest to the stake without scoring a ringer.
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Q: ggplot2 density plots - how can I get it to smooth to baseline? I am trying to plot a density with the following function. However It doesn't achieve the look I'm going for... I was wondering if there was a way to make the left and right edges of the plot smooth down to the baseline (so that it no longer has a square edge on the left and right.)
fig1<-ggplot(data=mtcars, aes(x=mpg, fill=as.factor(am))) +
      geom_density(aes(y=..density..), poisition = "identity", color = "black", alpha = 0.5) +
      geom_rug(aes(colour = as.factor(am))) +
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Q: add tags to mailchimp subscriber created via api php I am using the PHP Curl code to add new subscriber to MailChimp. It is adding the subscriber with all information but I am not getting how to add the tags via with same Curl call. I have tried in many ways but nothing worked for me.
Please let me know how can I add the tags to this new subscriber.

A: My Solution to sending POST /lists/{list_id}/members/{subscriber_hash}/tags with PHP
- I hope this helps someone, this drove me insane
This uses Drewm's MailChimp wrapper class v3
https://github.com/drewm/mailchimp-api
  - which I had no idea how to set up, so instead I installed this Plug-in
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nmedia-mailchimp-widget/
  - which I never used, but it successfully sets up everything you needed to do into
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I did edit the 2.0 to 3.0 in /classes/mailchimp/Mailchimp.php on line 23 just to be safe
public $root  = 'https://api.mailchimp.com/3.0';
NOTE : list_id refers to the PLAYGROUND LIST ID - not the ID you see in the web interface
SO essentially you don't need to know the ID# for the TAG, plain jane "thename" and set it to active or inactive
function add_tags()  {

use \DrewM\MailChimp\MailChimp;
$MailChimp = new MailChimp('271afffe3a_myfancyid-us8');
$list_id='dsgf350h53';  //  <--- PLAYGROUND LIST_ID
$hashed= md5('pickle@mypicklewish.org');

$payload = array( 'tags' =>
    array(
        array('name' => 'upgraded', 'status' => 'active' ),
    ),
);

$result = $mailchimp->post( "lists/$list_id/members/$hashed/tags", $payload );

//   this error success produces NOTHING in the Response from MailChimp
// because it doesn't seem to send anything, but if not error then success I guess
// so you can still capture its status
if ($MailChimp->success()) {
    // do whatever
    echo 'Success
';
    print_r($result);
} else {
    // do whatever
    echo 'Error
';
    print_r($result);
    echo $MailChimp->getLastError();
}

}  // end function

// set status as either active or inactive for add or remove
// so you can load this however you like to manage users throughout your site

A: This is working example of registering a user to mail-chimp list and adding tags:
        $api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
        $list_id = 'YOUR_LIST_ID';
        $email =  'USER_EMAIL';
        /**
        *  Possible Values for Status:
        *  subscribed, unsubscribed, cleaned, pending, transactional
        **/
        $status = 'subscribed';
        if($email) {
            $data = array(
              'apikey'        => $api_key,
              'email_address' => $email,
              'status'     => $status,
              'tags'  => array('your tag name'),
              'merge_fields'  => array(
                    'FNAME' => $fname,
                    'LNAME' => $lname
                  )
            );

          // URL to request
          $API_URL =   'https://' . substr($api_key,strpos($api_key,'-') + 1 ) . '.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/' . $list_id . '/members/' . md5(strtolower($data['email_address']));

          $ch = curl_init();
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $API_URL);
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Basic '.base64_encode( 'user:'.$api_key )));
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
          curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data) );
          $result = curl_exec($ch);
          curl_close($ch);

          $response = json_decode($result);
        }

A: According to the MailChimp documentation, you need to use a separate call to add tags. https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/reference/lists/members/tags/
Please note that in my testing, the response message is empty, even though the tag is added. Either I'm doing something wrong or there's a bug in the API.


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Why College Grads Should Pay Attention to Elizabeth Warren's $1.25 Trillion Education Plan
Splitting university tuition and fee costs between the states and the federal government just translates into higher state taxes.
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Kristiana Bolzman
Education College Elizabeth Warren Higher Education High Taxes Funding Taxes
Should students be allowed to pay for education after the fact? Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says no, kind of. While cautioning against income-share agreements (ISAs), Warren proposes a system that looks a whole lot like them—but with less choice or security for students.
Various New Taxes
ISAs enable investors to cover the costs of education for students who wish it. In return, students promise to pay that investor a percentage of their income post-graduation. But Warren rejects that idea. She even sent a letter to the Department of Education cautioning the department about the risks that ISAs entail—significant costs on students and a discriminatory impact on minorities.
To cover the whopping $1.25 trillion, her plan splits the costs with the states and institutes a new tax on Americans with over $50 million in assets.
But Warren's own plan poses similar challenges with little reward. The Massachusetts senator wants the government to cover the cost of higher education by eliminating public tuition, fees, and existing student debt and expanding grants for non-tuition related expenses. And like income-share agreements, her plan to finance these benefits requires graduates to pay—just through higher taxes and lost employment opportunities rather than a percentage of their future income.
Just take a look at Warren's financing plan. To cover the whopping $1.25 trillion cost of her education proposal, the high-polling presidential candidate suggests splitting the costs of college tuition and fees with the states and instituting a new tax on Americans with over $50 million in assets. And, since you asked, these suggestions won't even shift costs away from students. They impact everyone—especially recent graduates.
Higher State Taxes
To begin with, splitting university tuition and fee costs between the states and the federal government just translates into higher state taxes. One has only to skim the news to see that states are strapped for cash—especially for education. Ask them to cover more tuition and fees for public universities, and states will feel even more pressure to raise revenue. How they do that will depend on the state, but some are already proposing increases to sales and corporate taxes. For tomorrow's graduates, these are likely to mean big costs.
Higher sales taxes, for example, disproportionately increase the price of food and other necessities for low-income workers, including students and recent graduates. And higher corporate taxes increase costs for recent grads in terms of fewer job openings and lower salaries. These costs especially challenge minority workers, who tend to occupy the low-wage jobs companies cut when faced with increased costs.
Warren's wealth tax also imposes costs on graduates in terms of fewer business opportunities. Her tax would be based on assets, which include investments, so taxpayers must pay either through cash reserves or by liquidating their stock. Generally, wealthy people don't keep much cash on hand, so they would have to liquidate investments. That means pulling funds from businesses that depend on them for growth. Graduates, in turn, would see their job market shrink as business owners lose funding for fresh hires.
Warren's plan doesn't require students to commit a percentage of their post-graduation income, but she does impose heavy costs.
Warren's financing plan doesn't require students to commit a percentage of their post-graduation income, like income-share agreements, but she does impose heavy costs. And unlike Income Share Agreements, those costs aren't defined. For example, states that increase sales taxes to accommodate Warren's demands could leave those increases on the books for decades, forcing graduates to continue paying for their education—and the education of others—well beyond the terms they could have negotiated with an income-share agreement.
Nor are these costs flexible. With Income Share Agreements, students who can't find jobs can still breathe easy. The agreements require students to pay a certain percentage of their post-graduation income each month. When student income is zero, those payments are also zero. Not so with the costs Warren imposes. No matter how challenging a student's employment outlook, taxes and business opportunities aren't going to change procedure just to give them a hand.
An Inescapable Deal
Worst of all, unlike private income-share agreements, where students can leave a bad deal and negotiate for a better one, Warren's plan leaves students with no way out.
To be sure, there are drawbacks to private income-share agreements that Warren's plan doesn't share. ISAs tend to be more expensive than government loans, and, as Warren mentioned in her letter to the Department of Education, they're largely unregulated. If access to jobs, costs for recent graduates, and the well-being of minority families really matter to her, then she needs a better plan for education.So it's feasible that an ill-intentioned funder could encourage an unsuspecting student into an agreement they may have trouble paying back. But these drawbacks affect only some students—those who don't qualify for government loans and those who somehow agree to bad financing terms. Warren's plan, meanwhile, promises inescapable costs for everyone.
Before tossing income-share agreements, Warren had better take a look at her own policies. If access to jobs, costs for recent graduates, and the well-being of minority families really matter to her, then her plan for education financing needs a whole lot of help.
Kristiana Bolzman is a Catalyst Policy Fellow at the Independent Institute. Born and raised in Michigan, she received her B.A. from Hillsdale College where she studied politics and journalism. Before joining Independent, she interned with Michigan's Mackinac Center for Public Policy, as well as the Republican Study Committee, The Heritage Foundation, and Fox News in Washington, D.C.