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Canada Gazette
This Canadian newspaper covers many decades of information about Canada, most often referred to as the Canadian's government's official paper. The Library and Archives of Canada has now made searching online this historical newspaper very simple.
The database covers from 1841 to 1997, quite a length of time. It can be searched using a key word or words. To assist and narrow the selections, in the search you can also select a time frame. For example placing the surname 'Kershaw' and a time frame of 1847 to 1946, it produced 40 different articles ranging from 1894 to 1970. You can select to view the paper in GIF or PDF format.
If you see an items with a time period during any of the war that Canadians assisted in, such as World War I (1914-1918) there will be many names listed and their regiments, very helpful information. Also a good source in newspapers are legal notices, bankruptcy and announcements such as weddings and births. There are arrows to go forward on a certain page or to the previous page to view what else was in that portion of the paper. To view another selection click on 'return to results'.
It is not limited to just one province, but does cover all of them in Canada. There is information on what the legislature and prime minister along with other governmental bodies in Canada plan on doing or have enacted for the public. Also good to use it for are any national or world events. The beginning of a war, gold strikes, death of a world leader, etc would be covered in the Gazette.
If you had ancestors in Canada during the last half of the 19th century, into most of the 20th century, you should review this database for any hidden treasures. There are not big pages filled with advertisements, but rather the recording of real events for Canada.
Photo: The front page banner head of the Canada Gazette from January 25, 1868.


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Photo taken my my amazingly talented friend, Sarah, when she was here on Spring Break.
I have a confession to make. It's not nearly as scandalous as my last confession, so please don't be worried, but this confession is going to force me to make some changes, some of which might affect this little space I've created on the web.
The confession is two-pronged, because I don't believe in doing anything small. Go big or don't go at all, that's how I roll.
First, I have a very nasty habit of biting off more than I can chew. I assume I can handle way more than I actually can and I convince myself that it's fine, I don't actually need sleep and Nutella for breakfast, lunch and dinner because I don't have time to prepare a proper meal is perfectly acceptable.
Which, who am I kidding right? OF COURSE NUTELLA IS ACCEPTABLE AT EVERY MEAL!
Okay – so that's the first part of the confession. I take on too much and assume I can handle it just fine.
The second part of my confession is I am terribly prone to laziness. It's true. I am the dog from the movie UP. I can be perfectly engaged in an activity then SQUIRREL!
That's me. It's not ADD, though I would LOVE to blame it on that. I'm just easily distracted and I have a hard time pulling myself back.
I've struggled with finishing the school year strong with the kids. I imagine every teacher the world over feels this spring time tug when the rigors of a daily schedule must wage battle against the pull of a warm breeze and the call of the outdoors. The fact is, I'm tired. I want to be done and so do the kids. But we can't, because learning should never end.
I read this post by Ann Voskamp the other day and it reignited my desire to do this home schooling thing well. Whether this ends up being the only year we teach our children at home or we decide to do it again next year, I want it to count. This requires that I fight the laziness that threatens to invade and dig my heels in.
I've lost momentum on my book. It's a lot, this business of home schooling, maintaining a blog, writing a book, trying to keep a household running smoothly, editing a new manuscript and getting into shape.
I need to finish the book and finish it well. Do you see a theme here?
So first order of business – GET MORE SLEEP!
My goal is to be in bed no later than 10:00 every week night most week nights because the whole stay-up-till-midnight-pretending-to-be-working-but-really-reading-blogs-and-surfing-facebook thing isn't working for me. I'm tired. I need to sleep. I'm not a night owl and never have been. I'm accepting that and moving forward.
I firmly believe in tough love.
I am going to be kickin' it on my book this month and I actually do have a book manuscript to finish editing. I will be here, too, but maybe not every day. And I'm going to add a third confession – that's scary.
Shaun wrote about it last week. It's sometimes difficult as a blogger to not blog because we fear the audience we've worked to build will go away. And honestly, I can't afford to lose my audience right now. I'm counting on you guys to help me get the word out about Compassion International's awesome work when I go to Tanzania next month. I want you right there with me!


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The Development Office recently experienced a restructuring. Because of staffing changes, the following colleagues have new and/or expanded responsibilities.
Bob Feil has been promoted to director of prospect research and record compliance. While continuing his important work in the area of donor prospect research, Bob will serve as the liaison between the Development Office and the Business Office and the Development Office and IT.
Maria Sweeney-Rippon received a promotion to the coordinator of donor records. In this new position, she will be responsible for coordinating the comprehensive donor data record process, including retrieving reports on giving, compiling mailing lists, and preparing annual endowment reports, which includes coordinating the writing of thank you notes that student scholarship recipients send to donors.
Cady Sullivan has been promoted to the assistant director of annual giving, phonathon, and digital philanthropy. In her expanded role, Cady will continue in her good work related to annual giving and phonathon. In addition, she will become the key point person for online giving and related social media fundraising.
Beth Clark, director of annual giving, has generously agreed to add supervision of gift processing to her portfolio of duties. Since more than 80% of all gifts fall under the annual giving category, placing gift processing under the annual giving umbrella makes strategic sense.
Susan Mayernick now serves as a senior development officer and planned gift advisor. In this enhanced role, she will strengthen her focus on the Lancaster county area, as well as increase our collective efforts in planned giving.
Mark Templeton will continue in his role as the senior advancement representative and Heritage Society coordinator, but will now report directly to Bob Brown, director of planned and leadership gifts. In addition to cultivating the Bucks-Mont region (Bucks and Montgomery counties), Mark leads the efforts and activities of our Heritage Society, those donors who have included Messiah in their estate or deferred giving plans.
Pam Thomas, coordinator for gift processing, will now also serve as the administrative assistant for annual giving. In addition to serving as the key gift processor on campus, Pam will provide administrative support to the annual giving team. All donation checks should still be dropped off at Pam's office, which will move from the McBeth Advancement Center to Old Main 334 later this summer.
Please join me in wishing all of them well in their new roles!
Katie McComb has been hired as the new swim coach and aquatics director at Messiah College. Katie was an NCAA Division I swimmer at the University of North Carolina and has most recently been working as an assistant swim coach and communications manager at the Hershey Aquatic Club. Katie takes over the program from Nancy Luley who coached the Falcons for their first 9 years of competition. More information is available on GoMessiah.com regarding the new coach and the fine job Nancy Luley did coaching the inaugural swim team at the college.
A Collaboratory/AROMA team returned from Nicaragua on June 8. The Collaboratory Block Press team worked with partnering organization, Friends in Action (FIA). They successfully tested their prototype and made 24 test blocks. The project gained valuable information on the prototype, which will be used to develop a finished version. The team also managed to connect and learn about the Rama people and the community that they hope to serve in the future. Joshua Good (AROMA) and Thomas Soerens (engineering) advised the team, which included grad student Joseph Saufley and engineering students Brenden Good, Samuel Hsu, Jonathan Robinson and Brandon Shirk.
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Q: I cant import System.Directory when using stack I am little confused about why this doesn't work.
I have a small program that import System.Directory. When I run it with runhaskell on the command line it compiles and outputs what I expect.
When I use the same program with stack I get a message saying

Failed to load interface for 'System.Directory'
      It is a member of the hidden package 'directory-1.3.0.0'.
      Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

I dont understand why it would work with runhaskell but not when i use stack ghci

A: With the information you give, I can only attempt a guess…
I think you have directory (globally) installed with cabal install directory or as a system package - this would explain runhaskell myscript.hs working.
if you use stack you have the following options.

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*make a cabal package, add directory to the build depends section, create a stack.yaml and run stack ghci inside the project directory.

*use stack ghci --package=directory myscript.hs

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Bachelor of Arts in Arabic
The Arabic B.A. will graduate students with communicative proficiency in the Arabic language, informed knowledge of Arab cultures, and skills that are critical to the pursuit of professional success or graduate education. The degree offers student-centered instruction throughout a well-articulated course series that includes outcomes-based assessment aligned with national standards for language learning.
Arizona Arabic Flagship
To create learning pathways that ensure students' rapid progress in their years of study at the University of Arizona, followed by a variety of Advanced-level content-based courses.
To combine well-articulated year-long study and summer intensive programs overseas and at the University of Arizona.
To offer competitive Flagship scholarship funding to Flagship students for overseas studies.
To improve and support Arabic learning at the University of Arizona as a whole.
Project GO (Global Officer)
Project GO is a nationwide program providing training in selected strategic languages for ROTC students at 18 universities in the United States. The University of Arizona is proudly one of the few to provide Arabic language and culture training, and the only member institution to offer Project GO Advanced for Arabic language training.
Project GO is coordinated by the School of Middle Eastern North African Studies (MENAS) and draws upon this department's expertise. MENAS cooperates with the leadership of each ROTC service branch represented at UA, to include the Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs. Project GO accepts applications from all members of UA's ROTC community and beyond.
The program offers both academic-year training as well as fully-funded scholarships for UA's 8-week summer study abroad program in Jordan or UA's summer program on campus in Tucson and also semester-long Project GO Advanced opportunities with our Moroccan partner, AALIM. Please check out a video about UA Project GO summer programs.
Bachelor's of Arts in Arabic Studies
For the Major Requirements Tracking Sheet
Required Courses conducted in Arabic (or their equivalent): 16 credit hours
ARB 405 Advanced Arabic I (MENAS) 5 units
ARB 406 Advanced Arabic II (MENAS) 5 units
ARB 407 Fourth-year Arabic I (MENAS) 3 units
ARB 408 Fourth-year Arabic II (MENAS) 3 units
Required Course conducted in English (owned by MENAS): 3 credit hours
MENA 330 Language and Society: A course designed to explore the social and linguistic aspects of the languages and cultures of Middle Eastern countries
Electives conducted in Arabic: 6 credit hours (All classes owned by MENAS)
ARB 424A Levantine Arabic I
ARB 424B Levantine Arabic II
ARB 427A Colloquial Moroccan Arabic I
ARB 427B Colloquial Moroccan Arabic II
ARB 439A Egyptian Arabic [I]
ARB 439B Egyptian Arabic [II]
ARB 484A Intermediate Levantine Arabic I
ARB 484B Intermediate Levantine Arabic II
ARB 495A Readings in Modern Arabic Prose
ARB 495B Readings in Classical Arabic Prose
ARB 495C Readings in Classical Arabic Poetry
ARB 496B Special Topics in Arabic Studies
ARB 496M Special Topics in Arabic Linguistics
Electives conducted in English: 6 units (Classes owned by MENAS, unless otherwise specified)
ARB 426 Introduction to Arabic Linguistics: History and structure of the Arabic language in its various forms.
ARB 448 Arabic Literature in English Translation: Overview of classical Arabic literature; pre- Islamic era to Abbasid periods. Explore artistic poetic characteristics of each of these periods and their most important genres. Examine political, social, intellectual and religious environments in the emergence of these four distinctive literatures.
MENA 334 Islamic Thought: A consideration of Islam, one of the world's major religions, and the view of the universe and the modes of behavior and values it advocates. Most of the course will be dedicated to an examination of the majority (Sunni) opinion, but some attention will be directed also to the more significant minority (Shi'i, et al.) positions as well.
MENA 350 Key Novels of the Middle East and North Africa: This course centers on novels from Arab countries, Iran and Turkey, focusing on how particular narrative forms enable particular visions of morality and social order.
MENA 408A Islamic Movements in the Contemporary Muslim World: The course objectives are (1) to acquaint students with traditional literature and contemporary research on Islamic movements, and 2) to introduce students to the historical and ideological basis of an emerging globalized political Islam.
MENA 417A North African Societies: The objectives are to highlight the thematic, theoretical, and methodological approaches and contributions in the field of North African studies and to underline the relationship, continuities, and discontinuities between the colonial past and postcolonial realities.
MENA 430A Language and Society in the Middle East: Explores the social and linguistic aspects of the languages and cultures of Middle Eastern countries with the central goal of introducing students to the correlation between social and linguistic variables from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective.
MENA 444 Islamic Mysticism: Origin and development of Sufism and its impact on Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.
MENA 454 Structure of a Middle Eastern Language: This course examines the grammatical structure, linguistic usage, and sociolinguistic status of a particular language from the Near East. The language covered changes each year, but may include varieties of Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, and other languages of the region. (Owned by LINGUISTICS)
MENA 463 Gender Issues and Women's Literature in the Middle East: This course introduces Middle Eastern women's issues through a critical reading of literary works written by women in the major languages of the Near East (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish) that are available in translation. Readings include poetry, short stories, and novels all analyzed within their social context.
MENA 480 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century: The modern Middle East in the age of imperialism, world wars, state formation, decolonization, and Islamic resistance.
MENA 484 History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1800-present: Origins of Zionism, and Palestinian and other Arab nationalisms from the nineteenth century and the post-1948 Arab-Israel state conflict in the Cold War era.
MENA 495E Struggle and Survival: Modern Middle East and North Africa, ca. 1850-present (Owned by HISTORY)
MENA 496B Special Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Studies
MENA 496G Islamic Law and Society: This course focuses on Islamic Law and Society, topics such as the life and teachings of Muhammad, political and theological controversies, and the classical tradition of Islam.
MENA 496S Colonialism and the Critique of Modernity: This course focuses on Islamic Law and Society, topics such as the life and teachings of Muhammad, political and theological controversies, and the classical tradition of Islam.
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What Can I Do With a MENAS Degree?

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The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) is NICE
By Joe Herring
In March of 2010, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi famously said, "We have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it." Subsequent study of this leviathan legislation has brought some truly startling revelations to light; however, the establishment of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) will likely prove the most dangerous to our liberty.
IPAB is a fifteen-member board, appointed by the president and charged with developing recommendations regarding procedures, medications, and spending priorities for Medicare and Medicaid. Ostensibly, the board members are to discover ways to implement the best practices, devising methods by which these programs may provide better services at lower costs.
To describe this board as a "death panel," as Rush Limbaugh has, is to underestimate its power and misconstrue its purpose. While it is true that IPAB will decide which life-saving treatments and drugs Medicare and Medicaid recipients may access, its ultimate function will be to serve as a lever with which to pry the entire health care industry from private hands.
In Britain's National Health Service, there exists an identical organ: the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). (My previous articles on NICE can be found here and here.) Because Britain is an entirely socialized medical system, NICE wields power over the health care options of all residents of Great Britain. IPAB, initially, will make decisions regarding only the government-administered programs of Medicare and Medicaid. This is simply a stepping-off point, however, as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff Nancy-Ann DeParle admits (italics mine):
Experts from the Commonwealth Fund wrote "the Affordable Care Act includes important provisions that will finally begin to control unchecked health care costs, such as...the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board. Building on and extending these provisions across the health system has the greatest promise of slowing the growth of government health care budget outlays, private insurance premiums, and underlying health care cost trends."
Interestingly though, the enacting legislation has been written in such a way as to preclude any meaningful attempts toward reform of costs by IPAB.
According to whitehouse.gov, "IPAB is specifically prohibited by law from recommending any policies that ration care, raise taxes, increase premiums or cost-sharing, restrict benefits or modify who is eligible for Medicare."
This inhibiting covenant is an attempt by the White House to preempt the arguments of Americans wary of government intrusion between themselves and their physicians. The actual purpose, I believe, is to bar access to all cost-saving avenues, save the one sought by the Obama administration. This is a failsafe mechanism written into the law that forces Congress out of the process.
Again from whitehouse.gov:
Congress then has the power to accept or reject these recommendations. If Congress rejects the recommendations, and Medicare spending exceeds specific targets, Congress must either enact policies that achieve equivalent savings or let the Secretary of Health and Human Services follow IPAB's recommendations.
When Medicare and Medicaid costs threaten to burst through the statutory ceiling, triggering action by IPAB, Congress will be faced with a Hobson's choice. IPAB can, and likely would, set the bar quite high for Congress by recommending huge cuts, using grossly inflated savings numbers, and making any equivalent cuts by Congress politically impossible to pass, resulting in certain inaction. Remember, every member of IPAB will be an Obama nominee, beholden to an administration with a laughably poor track record of veracity regarding fiscal matters. The pressure on IPAB to operate as a purely political instrument will be tremendous, if not irresistible.
Inaction on the part of Congress will effectively cede control to IPAB and HHS, leaving the administration unopposed in its effort to expand government control over the health care economy. Should Congress summon the courage to actually pass cuts equivalent to IPAB recommendations, the political fallout would be devastating. Either scenario plays to Obama's favor, and it is the purpose of IPAB to bring this about.
This is the Cloward-Piven strategy applied to health care. The ObamaCare legislation is chock full of measures designed to swell the ranks (and costs) of Medicare and Medicaid. The law creates entirely new classes of entitlements that not only will redound to the poor and elderly, but will inevitably co-opt the provider side of the industry as well. Cloward and Piven postulated that by overwhelming the system, you can collapse the system, leaving the people clamoring for a ready replacement and gladly trading their freedoms for security.
To understand IPAB and its intended role, it is essential to realize that ObamaCare isn't about health care, nor is IPAB about controlling costs. Both are mechanisms for building dependent constituencies, hopefully sufficient to provide the left electoral success for decades to come.
IPAB plays the role of goading agitator -- pitting groups dependent upon government largesse against those citizens from whom the government derives its funds. IPAB will demand, and Congress will reliably evade the tough decisions they were elected to make while bleating plaintively about their hands being tied by bureaucracy.
In Wisconsin we witnessed a grotesque belch of selfishness and entitlement on the part of public-sector unions. Despite their outsized salaries and benefits, the unions raised such a hue and cry over the prospect of losing a fraction of their boon that much of America watched their preening indignation with a mixture of revulsion and dread. How much more violent will the convulsions be when people are facing the prospect of medical rationing, the elimination of services for loved ones, and even death? Rather than a circumstance to be avoided, Obama and his advisors intend to amplify this rage in order to cow any opposition as they amass unassailable power.
In Britain, one assessment used by NICE in their cost-benefit rationale is the concept of "social usefulness." A necessarily subjective and entirely corrupt political calculation, social usefulness is nonetheless a significant factor in determining eligibility for life-saving or live-extending treatments in Britain. NICE is absolutely a rationing board. They don't deny it -- indeed, they celebrate their self-described "grown-up" treatment of the subject matter while simultaneously hiding behind the fig leaf of "citizen input" and "stakeholder consensus" when deciding who lives and who isn't worthy to draw another breath.
Dr. Donald Berwick, the recess-appointed head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services here in the United States, knows a thing or two about NICE. He was its architect. Berwick's think-tank, the Commonwealth Fund, is the leading apologist for single-payer health care in the United States and has long advocated installing our own version of NICE. IPAB will operate as an arm of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Who better to direct and build a second Frankenstein's monster than Dr. Frankenstein himself? We need only look to Britain to see the failed model the Obama administration has imported.
The administration notoriously carved out special ObamaCare waivers for its friends and supporters. Can there be any doubt that these same supporters will be judged "socially useful" when rationing comes fully to our health care system? We will see Wisconsin ad infinitum once access to health care hinges on political patronage.
The author writes from Omaha, NE and can be reached at readmorejoe@gmail.com.


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We had the pleasure of hosting fitness blogger Anne and Daniel from BodyKiss at Villa Zest by SILK. This stunning, synchronous private villa rental makes the most of the jaw-dropping location and the expansive, open design is ideal for families or groups in search of a sophisticated personal retreat. The clever combination of communal and private space means there's more than enough space for everyone to enjoy the facilities in relaxed comfort.
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CEL announces 120 MW PV tender
Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has announced a 120 MW solar PV tender for the installation of various projects ranging from 500 kW to 3 MW in size. CEL has simultaneously released three more tenders related to solar cells and 100 kW PV installations on railway coaches.
January 3, 2018 Sraisth
The 120 MW bid submission is due on January 17, 2018.
Image: Wikimedia/Yann Forget
Sahibabad-based CEL has released a tender for the design, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning, and 25 year operation and maintenance of 120 MW worth of grid tied solar PV plants.
The projects, ranging from 500 kW to 3 MW, will be installed at various locations in the states of Gujarat, Telengana and Maharashtra. The exact locations, to be provided by CEL, will be announced at the time of the purchase order.
Under the auction's conditions, the successful bidders must open a site office within 15 days of being awarded the contract. Meanwhile, for the projects, CEL will supply up to 300W of solar PV modules, and an appropriate amount of inverters.
Developers are also responsible for the construction of an 11 kV transmission line, the receipt of lines from the plant end, and a designated feeder at the substation.
The minimum capacity for bidding is 12 MW and submissions are due on January 17, 2018. Once the project has been awarded and the site provided, the developer must commission the project within 180 days.
Other CEL tenders
CEL has also announced tenders for the supply of mono- and multi-crystalline solar cells of more than 5 W and 4.43 W with four busbars. The exact purpose of the procurement is not mentioned, but CEL has indicated that they are for commercial use.
Finally, it announced a tender for the supply of balance of system equipment, installation, testing, and commissioning of solar power plants on 18 non-AC railway coaches. Plants will range in size from 2.5 to 7 kW.
The developer must start the project within 15 days of receiving the purchase order, and should complete it within 150 days. The bid submission is due on January 11, 2018.


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Q: How to change CameraSource size like setPreviewSize and PictureSize This is pertaining the google vision API. The CameraPreview works well for full Screen. But the image is distorted when previewing the camera in a box.
This is the code I have used. My problem is that the preview fills up the box but the preview is stretched and I am not able to adjust the size of the cameraPreview. The variable CameraPreview is of type SurfaceView. I use a CameraSource to start the preview. Is there any way to change the size of the CameraPreview(SurfaceView) and make the preview crop fit in a box?
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            protected List<Camera.Size> mPreviewSizeList;
            protected List<Camera.Size> mPictureSizeList;
            protected Camera.Size mPreviewSize;
            protected Camera.Size mPictureSize;
            protected boolean mSurfaceChanged = false;
            private int mSurfaceChangedCallDepth = 0;
            private int mCenterPosX = -1;
            private int mCenterPosY = 0;
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            public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder) {
                if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(getApplicationContext(), Manifest.permission.CAMERA) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(ClientIdScannerActivity.this,
                            new String[]{Manifest.permission.CAMERA}, RequestCameraPermissionId);
                    Toast.makeText(ClientIdScannerActivity.this, "The App requires this permission", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    return;
                }
                try {
                    cameraSource.start(cameraPreview.getHolder());
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            @Override
            public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder, int i, int i1, int i2) {
                mSurfaceChangedCallDepth++;

             /*   cameraSource.stop();

                Camera.Parameters cameraParams = mCamera.getParameters();

                if (!mSurfaceChanged) {
                    Camera.Size previewSize = determinePreviewSize(cameraWidth, cameraHight);
                    Camera.Size pictureSize = determinePictureSize(previewSize);
                    mPreviewSize = previewSize;
                    mPictureSize = pictureSize;
                    mSurfaceChanged = adjustSurfaceLayoutSize(previewSize,i1, i2);

                    if (mSurfaceChanged && (mSurfaceChangedCallDepth <= 1)) {
                        return;
                    }
                }

                cameraParams.setRotation(270);
                if (UtilFunctions.isTablet()) {
                } else {
                    mCamera.setDisplayOrientation(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N ? 270 : 90);
                }*/

//            cameraParams.setRotation(270);
//            mCamera.setDisplayOrientation(UtilFunctions.isTablet() ? 90 : 270);

              /*  cameraParams.set("orientation", "portrait");
                //  cameraParams.setFocusMode(Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_CONTINUOUS_PICTURE);
                cameraParams.setPreviewSize(mPreviewSize.width, mPreviewSize.height);
                cameraParams.setPictureSize(mPictureSize.width, mPictureSize.height);
                if (cameraParams.getSupportedFocusModes().contains(
                        Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_CONTINUOUS_PICTURE)) {
                    cameraParams.setFocusMode(Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_CONTINUOUS_PICTURE);
                }*/

                mSurfaceChanged = false;

                try {
                    if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(ClientIdScannerActivity.this, Manifest.permission.CAMERA) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                        // TODO: Consider calling
                        //    ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
                        // here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
                        //   public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
                        //                                          int[] grantResults)
                        // to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
                        // for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
                        Toast.makeText(ClientIdScannerActivity.this, "App requires Camera permission to scan ID", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        return;
                    }
                    cameraSource.start(cameraPreview.getHolder());
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    // Remove failed size

                    // Reconfigure
                    if (mPreviewSizeList.size() > 0) { // prevent infinite loop
                        surfaceChanged(null, 0, i1, i2);
                    } else {
//                Utils.showToast(CameraNewActivity.this, "Can't start preview", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                    }
                }

                mSurfaceChangedCallDepth--;
            }

            protected Camera.Size determinePreviewSize(int reqWidth, int reqHeight) {

                int reqPreviewWidth = 640;//reqHeight; // requested width in terms of camera hardware
                int reqPreviewHeight = 480;// reqWidth; // requested height in terms of camera hardware
                Camera.Size retSize = null;
                for (Camera.Size size : mPreviewSizeList) {
                    if (size.width == reqPreviewWidth && size.height == reqPreviewHeight) {
                        retSize = size;
                    }
                }
                //  retSize = mPreviewSizeList.get(mPreviewSizeList.size()-1);
                return retSize;
            }

            protected Camera.Size determinePictureSize(Camera.Size previewSize) {
                Camera.Size retSize = null;
                for (Camera.Size size : mPictureSizeList) {
                    if (size.equals(previewSize)) {
                        return size;
                    }
                }

                // if the preview size is not supported as a picture size
                float reqRatio = ((float) previewSize.width) / previewSize.height;
                float curRatio, deltaRatio;
                float deltaRatioMin = Float.MAX_VALUE;
                for (Camera.Size size : mPictureSizeList) {
                    curRatio = ((float) size.width) / size.height;
                    deltaRatio = Math.abs(reqRatio - curRatio);
                    if (deltaRatio < deltaRatioMin) {
                        deltaRatioMin = deltaRatio;
                        retSize = size;
                    }
                }

                return retSize;
            }

            protected boolean adjustSurfaceLayoutSize(Camera.Size previewSize,
                                                      int availableWidth, int availableHeight) {

                float tmpLayoutHeight = previewSize.width;
                float tmpLayoutWidth = previewSize.height;

                float factH, factW, fact;
                factH = availableHeight / tmpLayoutHeight;
                factW = availableWidth / tmpLayoutWidth;

//        if (factH < factW) {
//            fact = factH;
//        } else {
                fact = factW;
                //  }

                FrameLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams =(FrameLayout.LayoutParams) cameraPreview.getLayoutParams();
                int layoutHeight = (int) (tmpLayoutHeight * fact);
                int layoutWidth = (int) (tmpLayoutWidth * fact);

                boolean layoutChanged;
                if ((layoutWidth != cameraPreview.getWidth()) || (layoutHeight != cameraPreview.getHeight())) {
                    layoutParams.height = layoutHeight;
                    layoutParams.width = layoutWidth;
                    if (mCenterPosX >= 0) {
                        layoutParams.topMargin = mCenterPosY - (layoutHeight / 2);
                        layoutParams.leftMargin = mCenterPosX - (layoutWidth / 2);
                    }
                    cameraPreview.setLayoutParams(layoutParams); // this will trigger another surfaceChanged invocation.
                    layoutChanged = true;
                } else {
                    layoutChanged = false;
                }

                return layoutChanged;
            }

            @Override
            public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder) {
                cameraSource.stop();
            }
        });

A: Note that the same problem exists for 'full screen' camera preview. There is no guarantee that the aspect ratio of your chosen preview size will be close enough to the aspect ratio of the screen. Please see more details here: Camera Preview Stretched on Few Android Devices.
You naturally must choose the optimum width and height to fit the view, but this is not enough. You must hide the 'hanging' parts of your preview surface behind some non-transparent views. See for example how you can make a circular preview.
Another important thing here is to always keep preview- and picture- sizes in sync. This does not mean that they must be the same, but the aspect ratios should. Some devices have weird effects when the aspect ratio changes to capture a photo.


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It's a MAD world!
The tent pitched on some waste land
This week has been electrifying. Four days in Copenhagen, of which two at the amazing MAD Food Symposium, now in its third year. This year's theme was guts, and it took a lot of them to put together the line-up of chefs, activists, foragers, farmers and other food-minded people who gathered in a circus tent pitched in an unkempt field on the outskirts of Copenhagen to attend. MAD is an invitation-only event drawing an audience primarily of young chefs from around the world, plus a smattering of food writers. Altogether there were around 600 people.
Chris Ying, David Chang and René Redzepi, the hosts
There was even a bagpipe to lead us into the final session
The brainchild of René Redzepi, MAD came together this year with co-curators Dave Chang and Chris Ying of Lucky Peach magazine, and with help from Ali Kurshat Altinsoy and Peter Kreiner. The format is structured: each speaker – and there were around 24 of them – has 30 minutes to make their presentation. In the middle of the day there's a buffet lunch for everyone, cooked on the first day by the women cooks from Lebanon's farmer's cooperative, Souk El Tayeb (their motto is: make food, not war), and on the second by Mission Chinese Food, from San Francisco and New York.
Puglisi demonstrating that there is no foraged food at his restaurants
Big name chefs – including Alain Ducasse, Pascal Barbot, Alex Atala and David Kinch – were joined by others who are better known within their local communities: Margot Henderson (London), Christian Puglisi (Copenhagen), Barbara Lynch (Boston), and Ahmed Jama (Somalia). Cookbook author Diana Kennedy was the most senior speaker; schoolgirl blogger Martha Payne, the youngest. They all inspiringly recounted their lives in food.
Activism was strongly represented too: alternative Nobel prizewinner, Vandana Shiva, came from India to light the fire under the young audience with a rousing talk about fighting for the sovereignty of seeds and the importance of indigenous agriculture. She says our stomach guts are dying: much of our natural healthy intestinal flora is being killed off by the fluoride, pesticides, antibiotics and weedkillers that are now saturating the food and water chains.
Food historian Michael Twitty was illuminating about the culinary traditions the slaves brought with them from Africa to the US. And Roy Choi, from the poor South Central areas of Los Angeles gave everyone a lesson in how to do something about it: he fights poverty and lack of decent food in 'the 'hood' by driving his Korean-Mexican taco trucks, or Kogi, into these culinary wastelands and spreading the word through Twitter…the long lines prove him right.
Roy Choi whets the audience's appetite
I was particularly moved by the presentation made by Dario Cecchini, the colourful butcher from Panzano. I first wrote about Dario almost 20 years ago, in my Food and Wine Lover's Companion to Tuscany, and we've been friends ever since. With the artistry of a great showman he held the stage as he skilfully sliced into a freshly slaughtered pig to reveal its guts, all as he spoke eloquently of the importance of conscientious butchers, and the difficult but important role they play between life and death, death and life. Dario is a Dante fanatic, and he ended his session by reciting the Paola and Francesco love story from the Divine Comedy. "You may not understand the words, but you'll get the passion," he said. We did.
Dessert was fruit and sweet baby corn cobs
Heading back to the city after the Syposium
For more information about what I felt about MAD, see my article on Zester Daily. While I was in Copenhagen, I also ate at some of the culinary city's top new restaurants. My favourite was Amass, whose chef, Matt Orlando, was formerly a sous-chef at Noma. I'll be writing more about him and the others soon.
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International Summer School at Moscow's Higher School of Economics (News and Research 140)
The World Bank and the Higher School of Economics welcome applications for the upcoming: First International Summer School: The Role of Education in National and Regional Socioeconomic Development | July 8–12, 2019, Moscow | We encourage applications by students and early-career researchers from Russia, the CIS, Eastern Europe and China who pursue various perspectives in the Economics of Education and Education Policy. The Summer School aims to demonstrate the unity of theoretical and applied research on the Economics of Education and Education Policy. The main goal of the Summer School is to contribute to the development of theory and practice in the Economics of Education and Education Policy by foregrounding the latest international research and practice in this field.
The World Bank and the Higher School of Economics welcome applications for the upcoming Summer School.
The School Agenda will focus on:
— Challenges and opportunities in modern education policy
— Role of education in national socioeconomic development
— Role of governance in linking education and development
— Development of Human Capital 2.0 as a basis for the conceptual study of Economics of Education and Education Policy
— New trends in the labor market: the key challenges for the education system
— How to assess the effectiveness and returns on investment in education
— How to design, conduct and present research and applied projects.
The speakers are accomplished scholars and leading experts in the Economics of Education and Education Policy:
Harry Patrinos (World Bank)
Suhas Parandekar (World Bank)
Yaroslav Kuzminov (HSE)
Martin Carnoy (Institute of Education, HSE)
Isak Froumin (Institute of Education, HSE)
During the Summer School, students and young researchers will have the opportunity to build up their knowledge in the Economics of Education and Education Policy, as well as to discuss their individual research and applied projects.
The working language of the Summer School is English.
— Strong command of spoken and written English
— Current research or applied project in the Economics of Education and Education Policy.
Venue: 16/10 Potapovsky per., Institute of Education, HSE, Moscow, Russia.
Participants of the Summer School will be selected on a competitive basis. Please note that travel and accommodation are paid by participants. If necessary, a visa invitation can be arranged.
Applications are accepted until May 15, 2019.
The Organizing Committee will announce shortlisted participants by May 30, 2019.
To apply, please submit the following in English:
— Completed registration form
— Summary of the project that you will present at the Summer School (500–1,000 words)
— Motivational letter (300–500 words)
— CV.
Оnline registration form
The Organizing Committee:
I.A. Sloev (PhD, Chair of the Academic Council of the Master's Programs "Education Economics and Management" and "Evidence-based Educational Policy," Institute of Education, HSE), P.P. Zavalina (Consultant, Education Global Practice, World Bank), E.A. Savelyonok (PhD, Academic Director of the Master's Program "Education Economics and Management," Institute of Education, HSE), A.V. Garmonova (Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Institute of Education, HSE), I.D. Froumin (PhD, Head of the Institute of Education, HSE).
— Igor Sloev: Tel: +7 (495) 772-9590*23086, email: isloev@hse.ru
— Polina Zavalina: Tel: +7 (499) 921-2054, email: pzavalina@worldbank.org
— Evgeniy Savelyonok: email: esavelyonok@hse.ru
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Harry Anthony Patrinos is a Manager at the World Bank's education sector. He specializes in all areas of education, especially school-based management, demand-side financing and public-private partnerships. He managed education lending operations and analytical work programs in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, as well as a regional research project on the socioeconomic status of Latin America's Indigenous Peoples, published as Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). He is one of the main authors of the report, Lifelong Learning in the Global Knowledge Economy (World Bank, 2003). Mr. Patrinos has many publications in the academic and policy literature, with more than 40 journal articles. He is co-author of the books: Policy Analysis of Child Labor: A Comparative Study (St. Martin's, 1999), Decentralization of Education: Demand-Side Financing (World Bank, 1997), and Indigenous People and Poverty in Latin America: An Empirical Analysis with George Psacharopoulos (World Bank/Ashgate, 1994). He has also worked in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. He previously worked as an economist at the Economic Council of Canada. Mr. Patrinos received a doctorate from the University of Sussex.	View all posts by Harry Anthony Patrinos
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A "Rule 16 Scheduling Conference " is on the federal court calendar for Monday, March18, 2012 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 5 at the federal courthouse on Ala Moana Blvd.
Generally these scheduling conferences are not very interesting, but you never know. They often provide a glimpse into how the lawsuit will proceed as it goes to trial.
Unless I've missed something (or unless things change first), a hearing on the motions will take place on May 17 at 9 a.m. That hearing could determine if the city is enjoined from illegally confiscating property from the sidewalks.


April 2006-Telegraph misunderstand & misrepresent astrology yet again!
Just under three years later on the afternoon of Wednesday 26th April 2006, Roy Gillett, the AA President was contacted this time by Daily Telegraph reporter Sally Pook, who asked him to comment immediately on a piece of research that he had not seen, which she said was a study of 15,000 people that showed no link between intelligence, personality and astrology. He told her he had heard about the research from the Press Association a few minutes earlier and could only say what he said to them that, if the research were done by non-astrologers without consulting astrologers, it was unlikely to be reliable. He then answered questions on his experience of astrology.
In her piece the next day (news page 9 "Astrology? There is more truth in a comic"), the "findings of the research" are quoted as clearly established fact, his reservations are not mentioned at all, although Russell Grant's comment at the end is used to suggest a broader perspective.
The first thing we notice is that the basis for the Daily Telegraph report's title ("probably more truth in a comic strip") is in quotation marks, but does not appear in the research paper at all. Where then does this quote come from?
The researchers have very little idea of the technical background to what they are researching and do not understand the basic motions of the solar year and the effect of leap years upon it.
Even more important, they do not understand the highly complex nature of astrology and the way that popular media columns simplify it for the general public - rather like judging the entire body of classical music on the basis of listening to Chopsticks on the piano.
This is certainly not the impression reporter's article gave!
"Where one Sun Sign stops and another starts is not completely agreed upon among astrologers, due to slightly different methods of estimating an individual Sun Sign."
as it reaches exactly 30 degrees, it is said to be in Taurus.
As you can clearly see, the Sun's ecliptic longitude changed from 29.9999485 at 05:26 to 30.0006266 at 05:27. Somebody born at 05:26UT would have Sun in Aries, where someone born at 05:27UT would have Sun in Taurus. This seems very precise, and the degree of accuracy is indicated by the value to 7DP that NASA provides. I'd be very surprised if you consider that NASA's calculations have a high degree of error, or indeed if any astronomers or astrologers were to take issue with their calculations.
First of all, sorry for any grammatical or spelling errors. English is not my native tongue.
I am not an expert on astrology, but psychometrics. I have consulted different astrological homepages (in Denmark) and discovered slightly different cut points for the sun signs. As far as I understood, then due to the earth rotation and such, the dates for the sunsigns can change over time, so instead of going from, lets say 22-21, it could change to 23-22. In order to be sure not to "do a wrong cut" we decided to excluded the dates just around the alleged cutpoints. This excluded around 200 subjects as far as I remember (but could be a little more or less).
However, I am glad that you brought this to my knowledge. Could you please elaborate on this, so that I will be able to include all dates in future studies and use the most up to date sun sign division.
Many thanks for replying so promptly.
The question of which sign the Sun is in is one of celestial mechanics, so from a methodological viewpoint it would really have been better to consult physicists or astronomers rather than the home pages of astrologers. An astrological chart, of which the Sun sign is a small part, is effectively a snapshot of the positions of all the planets at the precise moment someone was born. Up to this point, astrologers and mainstream scientists are in full agreement - the objection that mainstream science has to astrology isn't in the calculation of planetary positions (indeed, the ephemerides most commonly used by astrologers are based on NASA's publicly available JPL data), but in the significance that astrologers ascribe to these positions.
The problem with astrology websites, or newspaper horoscope columns, is that they are necessarily approximate. If I were to ask a colleague "what was the precise ecliptic longitude of the Sun at the moment you were born?" they would be unlikely to know the answer. If I ask them "what zodiac sign are you?" they probably know! Since most people know their date of birth, horoscope columns can give approximations by saying "Pisces - 19 Feb-20 Mar". In fact, this does vary slightly. For instance, in 2006, the Sun moved into Pisces on 18 February at 19:25UT. In 2007, it will move into Pisces on 19 February at 01:09UT. In 2009 it will be 18 February again at 12:46UT. Since people record their birth dates and times using local time, this means that most people born in San Fransisco on 18 February 2006 will have Sun in Pisces (anyone born after 11:25PST), although the newspaper horoscope page would probably convince them they were "an Aquarius". Similarly, nobody born in Australia on 18 February 2006 will be a Pisces, and quite a few people born on 19 February will still be Aquarius.
Newspaper horoscopes can't take this subtle variation into account easily - but one would hope that a scientific study attempting to look at correlations would, although this would require you having accurate birth dates, times and locations.
You've pointed out that you're not an expert on astrology - and the problem with using astrological homepages on the Web as the basis for quotes in an academic paper is that these sources are not necessarily accurate; anyone can set up a home page without the need for peer review. I'm sure if an academic were doing a study to verify the findings of physicists they would ask a physicist to verify that the methodology was sound. For future studies, it might be valuable to consider asking an astrologer or two to review the methodology to see if there are objections to the method that you might wish to address before publication. The question of whether Sun sign is a valid indicator of intelligence is of course an astrological one, and for that it may have been worth asking astrologers how valid that hypothesis is - I think most astrologers would be astonished if you'd found a significant correlation, since astrologically Mercury (and not the Sun) is considered to be the planet relating to intellect, and the concept of Mercury being "strong" in a birth chart would depend on far more than the sign it is in.
It would have been preferable to have EXACT birthdates of the subjects, however, these were not available. Due to the fact that these were missing and that the "assignment" of sunsign does change over time as you mentioned we excluded subjects born close to a alleged cutpoint in order to avoid possible confounders. The decrease of the sunsign interval, however, shouldn't affect the general principle of the sunsign and potential relationship with personality.
Consulting an astronomer would perhaps be overkill since there are astrological (not peer reviewed) societies where you can get the information, and if they all use NASA, which according to you is correct, then I don´t see any problem in using these homepages. But I see your point, but as mentioned we circumvented this by throwing borderline cases out.
The study is not perfect and we are not saying that....the limitations have been stated in the discussion section. As for IQ, you will notice that the study did not set out to study astrology but time of birth in general, the astrological study was just a "bonus", and since we did the analysis anyway, then IQ was also included. We never claimed that astrology said anything about IQ and sunsigns. As for other aspects of astrology, please also notice that we explicitly state that astrology as such has not been disproved, but that the independent effect of sunsigns in relation to personality (as some astrological theories apparently claim) and IQ (as we tested in relation sunsigns) is not likely. Any effect of Mercury, or ascendance or such was not tested, and NO claim were made in respect to this. If you disagree please find the citation in my article and I will elaborate on it.


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Tough being an all-format pacer, more difficult to make a comeback from injury: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar's career has been riddled with injuries despite playing all formats.
Apr 24, 2020 · 09:39 pm
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Coming back after injury is a challenge but the road could be smooth if teammates are supportive, feels senior India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Bhuvneshwar's career has been riddled with injuries and the last one was a surgery for sports hernia and he was set to come back during South Africa One-Day Internationals which got cancelled.
Prior to that, he had suffered a groin injury during tour of West Indies last year.
"You always need support from the management and the team and (I'm) lucky to have support from the management," Bhubaneswar, who has played 21 Tests and 114 ODIs apart from 43 T20 Internationals, told Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate David Warner during an Instagram chat.
Playing three formats as a fast bowler makes it difficult at times to maintain peak fitness.
"It is very difficult being a fast bowler especially when you play all the three formats. Injury is something which is always associated with fast bowler," he said.
The pacer said the difficult part was to get back in the rhythm before injury.
"But what's more difficult is to come back with the same rhythm that you were in. And especially in India there are so many players, so many first class teams and so many talented players, they are always in line to play.
"So when you comeback, you have things in mind like you have to be in rhythm like what were you in (earlier), so it gets difficult," he elaborated.
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Then we'll collect some background material, like customer testimonials and any marketing materials you may already have.
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I'm going to shoot straight with you here.
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This package is ideal for coaches and small businesses looking to quickly establish rapport with their subscribers and encourage them to take the next step in the sales process, whether that's applying for a free consultation or picking up the phone for a free quote.
8-week email autoresponder series (10 messages) that pulls it all together and drips your sales message into your subscriber's brain, while entertaining and enlightening them!
This package is perfect for businesses who want to establish a long-term relationship with their customers that will last for years and bring repeat business for years to come.
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These packages are available on a strict first come, first served basis. I'm often booked weeks in advance, so don't wait around—grab your slot today.
Your emails will present your best sales-making stories in a way that your subscribers will find entertaining, engaging and motivational—or I will rewrite them to your satisfaction.
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When I'm talking with potential clients, I'm quick to point out that this level of investment isn't for everyone.
I've been exactly where these entrepreneurs are—and I salute their hard work and courage. But I only work with clients who will see a substantial return on their investment.
So how do you know if this investment IS right for you?
Making sales already (but wanting more).
If that's you, you're probably poised for a breakthrough—and I want to help you get there.
The next step is for both of us to jump on Skype (or the phone) for a quick chat about your business and your email list.
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How Quickly Can You Deliver My Emails?
The biggest factor is how many business owners are in line ahead of you. That varies, so I can't guarantee my availability in a specific timeframe.
Once your project comes up and we complete your sales story interview, I'll give you an expected delivery date for your emails—typically around 3-4 weeks.
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This guy has really impressed me with his ability to solve complex sales issues, and swoop in like a copywriting Batman and fix bad copy. We all get too close to our work and need that extra set of eyes, and Josh is a pair of eyes that I really trust. His email copywriting is super impressive. He's got the rare ability to pack in a lot of valuable information in a conversational tone, and—here's the really magic part—make you want to read more. It's a rare gift.
When I first started trying to sell products online, I didn't really have any idea what I was doing, but Josh kept telling me that email marketing was the way to go. I have to admit, was extremely skeptical. Would bugging people over email really result in sales? Seemed like a great way to piss people off—if you ask me.
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On January 13, 2012 I went to my hometown of Beijing, accompanied by my Grandmother, we stepped off the train into the heaviest recorded air pollution in the history of the city. The air looked so foggy that entire skyscrapers disappeared into the haze.
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'Green' Coca-Cola
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I really enjoyed hearing Bob Mondello's NPR blurb about the debut of "Coke Life" in Argentina. Apparently, this soda contains stevia and table sugar, and sells in a plant plastic derived bottle. It's not as calorie-laden as traditional Coke, and bills itself as "green" (renewable). Thus, the new logo Coca-Cola rolled out: a green background, in place of the traditional red known the world over.
I have a secret: I've often wanted to peer behind the scenes as a Coca-Cola chemist. Think about all the different stuff you'd get to play with! Considering sweeteners alone, you have Diet Coke, Coca-Cola, Coke Zero, and now "Coke Life," which use aspartame, high-fructose corn syrup, sucralose, and stevia, respectively. Not just those, but dyes, vitamins, stabilizers, emulsifiers, preservatives, and much, much more. Best part? If you invent something exciting, you get to see it used by billions of people - more than your average pharmaceutical (and a much shorter development cycle!).
It's interesting to speculate on why certain artificial sweeteners didn't make the Coke cut. Certainly, lead acetate didn't - ask the ancient Romans why not. But diner table stand-by saccharin didn't, either. Perhaps too much bad press on its tenuous ties to cancer? And why not go back to using a truly "natural" sweetener, like sugar or honey? Cost plays a role here, as does consumer preference.*
I look forward to trying "Coke Life" myself. If anyone from Argentina reads this, let's work out some shipping arrangements.
*To me, HFCS tastes overwhelmingly cloying, but I've heard dedicated Coke drinkers describe saccharin as "metallic," aspartame as "sharp" or "bitter," and stevia as "too sweet" (Ha!).
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Personally, I prefer the taste of Coke with good, old-fashioned sugar. The artificial sweeteners leave a funky aftertaste (sometimes metallic, sometimes bitter as you mentioned) to me. I haven't tried stevia, so I'll be interested to hear you review if you manage to round up some Coke Life. Good luck!
AlphaGamma July 16, 2013 9:57 AM
Of course, in the US there's the difference in taste between Passover coke (made with sugar) and regular coke (made with corn syrup)
Hap July 16, 2013 10:10 AM
I'm not certain if it's a placebo effect or real, but the combination of aspartame with other sweeteners (either HFCS (as in 9:1 Diet MD/Code Red MD) or acesulfame potassium (as in Coke Zero/Pepsi Max) seems to neutralize much of aspartame's bitter aftertaste for me (contrast with Diet Coke - Diet Pepsi has one, but not as bad, probably due to the lemon taste added).
When I was growing up, my dad drank lots of tea and diet soda with saccharin - don't need the (bogus) cancer hullabaloo to explain why it's not used anymore. No one liked it - they longed for cyclamates (from which acesulfame sodium is derived?) - it seemed kind of like replacing the Concorde with a 757.
andre July 16, 2013 2:11 PM
You bite your tongue. I'm a saccharin fan. I use Sweet'N Low for practically everything I drink that isn't pre-sweetened (coffee, tea, mixed drinks, etc). People have different reactions to sweeteners (and other tastes) that vary drastically. I think the real reason that saccharin isn't used as much as it used to be, in the US at least, isn't taste (all other low-cal sweeteners just don't do it for me, and I am not alone), but the fact that companies would have to make different products for Canada which still(?) bans saccharin due to that bogus cancer scare.
Hap July 16, 2013 5:25 PM
"No one" = my parents, and family, I can't speak for anyone else (if the presumption of general dislike of saccharin was bothersome). I don't mind that saccharin exists, but the expansion of availability and tastes in diet drinks corresponded to the increased availability of aspartame and other diet sweeteners and the willingness to invest so much in the use of aspartame in those flavors suggest that saccharin wasn't either a sufficient or sufficiently general diet soda sweetener.
I would ask "why doesn't a Diet Coke with saccharin exist in the US if there are so many people who would want it?" but if Canada and other countries won't buy it, well, that probably explains it well enough. Maybe the newer fountain machines that make various Coke flavors could include saccharin-sweetened flavors, if they separated the flavors from the sweetener base.
Sweeteners are individual because tastes are, although "if there are lots of ways to do something, it's because none of them really work" - unlike with sugar, there isn't a perfect artifical sweetener, or even one good enough to dominate its competition. Aspartame is closest, but the inability to use it in cooking and its bitterness (supposedly from the minor diastereomer of aspartame generated in the hydrogenation to form the phenylalanine residue) kill that idea. Of course, none of the aspartame analogs that were supposed to be better came to anything (Neotame?) - I don't know why.
You can get Coke made with sugar if you order Mexican Coke. It even comes in the old glass bottles, which makes drinking it fun as well.
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Late to the game here, but Coke isn't made with high-fructose chem syrup in many (every?) countries other than the US. American friends tell me this is due to intense lobbying by the US corn farming community.
My brother is in Argentina at the moment. His review on it was that it tastes very much like Diet Coke.
On a side note; I very much enjoyed my experience of regular Coca Cola in Argentina. Seems to taste more "nutty" and pleasantly sweet, like those expensive organic colas that cost an arm and a leg.
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Володимир Бойко (28 грудня 1892, Чернихівці — 3 квітня 1989, Гамільтон, Канада) — український педагог. Професор Української гімназії у Берхтесґадені.

Життєпис
Народився 28 грудня 1892 року в селянській сім'ї у Чернихівцях біля Збаража. Студіював у Київському та Львівському університетах. Працював довгі роки гімназійним професором в Україні. На еміграції викладав українську мову та літературу й історію в українській гімназії у Карлсфельді, а потім у Берхтесгадені в Німеччині, яку очолював Володимир Радзикевич. У Канаді викладав на курсах українознавства у Монтреалі й Гамільтоні.

Під час окупації російськими військами західної України, в роки Першої Світової війни, він був заарештований за «мазепинство» і засланий до Сибіру. У 1917 році повернувся до Києва, де він повністю включився до розбудови української державності. Він служив у рядах Січових Стрільців і Армії УНР, боронив Київ від більшовиків.

Польська поліція заарештувувала його у зв'язку із замахом на польського куратора Львівської шкільної округи Станіслава Собінського. З 1941 року його також розшукували органи НКВС.

Сім'я
 Дружина — Марія Колянківська, донька пароха греко-католицької церкви отця Колянківського.
 Сини — Бойко Роман Володимирович та Бойко Богдан Володимирович
 Донька — Плав'юк Ярослава Володимирівна (1926—2023)
 Зять — Плав'юк Микола Васильович (1927—2012), Президент УНР в екзилі (1989–1992)

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Випускники Київського університету
Випускники Львівського університету
Українознавці
Українські історики
Українські педагоги
Члени ОУН
Вояки Січових стрільців
Вояки Армії УНР
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