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'Primordial Soup' Computer Model Tracks The Beginning Of Life At The Atomic Level
Scientists zero-in on how a lightning zap could give rise to living things.
Pre-Biotic Days
This artist's conception of a young, pre-biotic planet shows liquids pooling at the base of rocks.NASA/JPL-Caltech
In the early 1950s, a chemist named Stanley Miller mixed up a bunch of gases including methane, ammonia and hydrogen. That's kind of stuff that had been on Earth before life began. Miller zapped those gases with electricity, mimicking the lightning that would have also been abundant on an early Earth. After the zap, Miller found the gases transformed into a soupy brown liquid rich with amino acids—the molecules that, when snapped together, make proteins.
Miller's experiment was the first to show, in a lab, that chemicals could lead to biological molecules … and perhaps, with some further steps, to life. His experiment has been tweaked since then—for example, with different starting chemicals—as scientists' understanding of the early Earth evolved. Miller-like experiments have led to the creation of sugars and DNA building blocks from primordial chemicals. Pretty cool.
One thing that hasn't been studied much is what exactly occurs during the zap, and in the picoseconds afterward. Which atoms are interacting? What reactions turn simple gases into biological molecules? One new study claims to have some answers.
Two researchers from France used a computer model to track the fates of just a few dozen early-Earth molecules as they're exposed to electric fields of increasing strength. The model was kind of a simplified Miller experiment, reimagined for the modern age. (The kind of computing power the model required wasn't yet available in the 1950s.)
Among other things, the model tracked the formation of intermediate molecules that eventually turned into glycine, a simple amino acid that often shows up in Miller-type experiments. Before the gases made glycine, they first made organic chemicals including formic acid and formamide, the model found. In their paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists suggest that astronomers could look for these molecules on other planets and solar systems. They could be signs of the kinds of reactions that led to life on Earth.

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The SQLAlchemy distribution includes a variety of code examples illustrating a select set of patterns, some typical and some not so typical. All are runnable and can be found in the /examples directory of the distribution. Descriptions and source code for all can be found here.
Additional SQLAlchemy examples, some user contributed, are available on the wiki at http://www.sqlalchemy.org/trac/wiki/UsageRecipes.
An example of a dictionary-of-dictionaries structure mapped using an adjacency list model.
Examples illustrating the usage of the "association object" pattern, where an intermediary class mediates the relationship between two classes that are associated in a many-to-many pattern.
proxied_association.py - Same example as basic_association, adding in usage of sqlalchemy.ext.associationproxy to make explicit references to OrderItem optional.
dict_of_sets_with_default.py - An advanced association proxy example which illustrates nesting of association proxies to produce multi-level Python collections, in this case a dictionary with string keys and sets of integers as values, which conceal the underlying mapped classes.
Illustrates how to place a dictionary-like facade on top of a "dynamic" relation, so that dictionary operations (assuming simple string keys) can operate upon a large collection without loading the full collection at once.
Illustrates various methods of associating multiple types of parents with a particular child object.
The examples all use the declarative extension along with declarative mixins. Each one presents the identical use case at the end - two classes, Customer and Supplier, both subclassing the HasAddresses mixin, which ensures that the parent class is provided with an addresses collection which contains Address objects.
The discriminator_on_association.py and generic_fk.py scripts are modernized versions of recipes presented in the 2007 blog post Polymorphic Associations with SQLAlchemy.
table_per_association.py - Illustrates a mixin which provides a generic association via a individually generated association tables for each parent class. The associated objects themselves are persisted in a single table shared among all parents.
table_per_related.py - Illustrates a generic association which persists association objects within individual tables, each one generated to persist those objects on behalf of a particular parent class.
discriminator_on_association.py - Illustrates a mixin which provides a generic association using a single target table and a single association table, referred to by all parent tables. The association table contains a "discriminator" column which determines what type of parent object associates to each particular row in the association table.
generic_fk.py - Illustrates a so-called "generic foreign key", in a similar fashion to that of popular frameworks such as Django, ROR, etc. This approach bypasses standard referential integrity practices, in that the "foreign key" column is not actually constrained to refer to any particular table; instead, in-application logic is used to determine which table is referenced.
how to use ON DELETE CASCADE in conjunction with passive_deletes=True to greatly improve the performance of related collection deletion.
Illustrates the "materialized paths" pattern for hierarchical data using the SQLAlchemy ORM.
materialized_paths.py - Illustrates the "materialized paths" pattern.
Illustrates a rudimentary way to implement the "nested sets" pattern for hierarchical data using the SQLAlchemy ORM.
nested_sets.py - Celko's "Nested Sets" Tree Structure.
A performance profiling suite for a variety of SQLAlchemy use cases.
All suites include a variety of use patterns illustrating both Core and ORM use, and are generally sorted in order of performance from worst to greatest, inversely based on amount of functionality provided by SQLAlchemy, greatest to least (these two things generally correspond perfectly).
How can I profile a SQLAlchemy powered application?
bulk_updates.py - This series of tests illustrates different ways to UPDATE a large number of rows in bulk.
large_resultsets.py - In this series of tests, we are looking at time to load a large number of very small and simple rows.
bulk_inserts.py - This series of tests illustrates different ways to INSERT a large number of rows in bulk.
single_inserts.py - In this series of tests, we're looking at a method that inserts a row within a distinct transaction, and afterwards returns to essentially a "closed" state. This would be analogous to an API call that starts up a database connection, inserts the row, commits and closes.
__main__.py - Allows the examples/performance package to be run as a script.
test_core : Individual INSERT/COMMIT pairs using Core.
A graphical RunSnake output will be displayed.
"setup once.  create an engine, insert fixture data"
"setup per test.  create a new Session."
"load everything, no eager loading."
"load everything, joined eager loading."
"load everything, subquery eager loading."
Examples of various orm.relationship() configurations, which make use of the primaryjoin argument to compose special types of join conditions.
threeway.py - Illustrate a "three way join" - where a primary table joins to a remote table via an association table, but then the primary table also needs to refer to some columns in the remote table directly.
cast.py - Illustrate a relationship() that joins two columns where those columns are not of the same type, and a CAST must be used on the SQL side in order to match them.
Illustrates three strategies for persisting and querying XML documents as represented by ElementTree in a relational database. The techniques do not apply any mappings to the ElementTree objects directly, so are compatible with the native cElementTree as well as lxml, and can be adapted to suit any kind of DOM representation system. Querying along xpath-like strings is illustrated as well.
pickle.py - illustrates a quick and dirty way to persist an XML document expressed using ElementTree and pickle.
adjacency_list.py - Illustrates an explicit way to persist an XML document expressed using ElementTree.
optimized_al.py - Uses the same strategy as adjacency_list.py, but associates each DOM row with its owning document row, so that a full document of DOM nodes can be loaded using O(1) queries - the construction of the "hierarchy" is performed after the load in a non-recursive fashion and is more efficient.
Illustrates an extension which creates version tables for entities and stores records for each change. The given extensions generate an anonymous "history" class which represents historical versions of the target object.
Compare to the Versioning using Temporal Rows examples which write updates as new rows in the same table, without using a separate history table.
test_versioning.py - Unit tests illustrating usage of the history_meta.py module functions.
history_meta.py - Versioned mixin class and other utilities.
Several examples that illustrate the technique of intercepting changes that would be first interpreted as an UPDATE on a row, and instead turning it into an INSERT of a new row, leaving the previous row intact as a historical version.
Compare to the Versioning with a History Table example which writes a history row to a separate history table.
versioned_rows.py - Illustrates a method to intercept changes on objects, turning an UPDATE statement on a single row into an INSERT statement, so that a new row is inserted with the new data, keeping the old row intact.
versioned_rows_w_versionid.py - Illustrates a method to intercept changes on objects, turning an UPDATE statement on a single row into an INSERT statement, so that a new row is inserted with the new data, keeping the old row intact.
versioned_map.py - A variant of the versioned_rows example built around the concept of a "vertical table" structure, like those illustrated in Vertical Attribute Mapping examples.
versioned_update_old_row.py - Illustrates the same UPDATE into INSERT technique of versioned_rows.py, but also emits an UPDATE on the old row to affect a change in timestamp. Also includes a QueryEvents.before_compile() hook to limit queries to only the most recent version.
A "vertical table" refers to a technique where individual attributes of an object are stored as distinct rows in a table. The "vertical table" technique is used to persist objects which can have a varied set of attributes, at the expense of simple query control and brevity. It is commonly found in content/document management systems in order to represent user-created structures flexibly.
Two variants on the approach are given. In the second, each row references a "datatype" which contains information about the type of information stored in the attribute, such as integer, string, or date.
dictlike-polymorphic.py - Mapping a polymorphic-valued vertical table as a dictionary.
dictlike.py - Mapping a vertical table as a dictionary.
Working examples of single-table, joined-table, and concrete-table inheritance as described in Mapping Class Inheritance Hierarchies.
joined.py - Joined-table (table-per-subclass) inheritance example.
concrete.py - Concrete-table (table-per-class) inheritance example.
single.py - Single-table (table-per-hierarchy) inheritance example.
Examples illustrating modifications to SQLAlchemy's attribute management system.
listen_for_events.py - Illustrates how to attach events to all instrumented attributes and listen for change events.
active_column_defaults.py - Illustrates use of the AttributeEvents.init_scalar() event, in conjunction with Core column defaults to provide ORM objects that automatically produce the default value when an un-set attribute is accessed.
custom_management.py - Illustrates customized class instrumentation, using the sqlalchemy.ext.instrumentation extension package.
A basic example of using the SQLAlchemy Sharding API. Sharding refers to horizontally scaling data across multiple databases.
a function which can return a list of shard ids which apply to a particular instance identifier; this is called "id_chooser".If it returns all shard ids, all shards will be searched.
a function which can return a list of shard ids to try, given a particular Query ("query_chooser"). If it returns all shard ids, all shards will be queried and the results joined together.
In this example, four sqlite databases will store information about weather data on a database-per-continent basis. We provide example shard_chooser, id_chooser and query_chooser functions. The query_chooser illustrates inspection of the SQL expression element in order to attempt to determine a single shard being requested.
The construction of generic sharding routines is an ambitious approach to the issue of organizing instances among multiple databases. For a more plain-spoken alternative, the "distinct entity" approach is a simple method of assigning objects to different tables (and potentially database nodes) in an explicit way - described on the wiki at EntityName.
Illustrates how to embed dogpile.cache functionality within the Query object, allowing full cache control as well as the ability to pull "lazy loaded" attributes from long term cache.
Basic technique of circumventing Query to pull from a custom cache source instead of the database.
Rudimental caching with dogpile.cache, using "regions" which allow global control over a fixed set of configurations.
Using custom MapperOption objects to configure options on a Query, including the ability to invoke the options deep within an object graph when lazy loads occur.
To run, both SQLAlchemy and dogpile.cache must be installed or on the current PYTHONPATH. The demo will create a local directory for datafiles, insert initial data, and run. Running the demo a second time will utilize the cache files already present, and exactly one SQL statement against two tables will be emitted - the displayed result however will utilize dozens of lazyloads that all pull from cache.
environment.py - Establish data / cache file paths, and configurations, bootstrap fixture data if necessary.
caching_query.py - Represent functions and classes which allow the usage of Dogpile caching with SQLAlchemy. Introduces a query option called FromCache.
model.py - The datamodel, which represents Person that has multiple Address objects, each with PostalCode, City, Country.
fixture_data.py - Installs some sample data. Here we have a handful of postal codes for a few US/Canadian cities. Then, 100 Person records are installed, each with a randomly selected postal code.
helloworld.py - Illustrate how to load some data, and cache the results.
relationship_caching.py - Illustrates how to add cache options on relationship endpoints, so that lazyloads load from cache.
advanced.py - Illustrate usage of Query combined with the FromCache option, including front-end loading, cache invalidation and collection caching.
local_session_caching.py - This example creates a new dogpile.cache backend that will persist data in a dictionary which is local to the current session. remove() the session and the cache is gone.
A naive example illustrating techniques to help embed PostGIS functionality.
This example was originally developed in the hopes that it would be extrapolated into a comprehensive PostGIS integration layer. We are pleased to announce that this has come to fruition as GeoAlchemy.
a Geometry type, as well as a few subtypes, which convert result row values to a GIS-aware object, and also integrates with the DDL extension.
a GIS-aware object which stores a raw geometry value and provides a factory for functions such as AsText().
an ORM comparator which can override standard column methods on mapped objects to produce GIS operators.
an attribute event listener that intercepts strings and converts to GeomFromText().
The implementation is limited to only public, well known and simple to use extension points.


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Friday: High School Pep Rally at 6pm. Open to all high school students. We will meet at 5pm, girls must be in full uniform with poms. Pep Rally will last approx 1 hour. Afterwards, JV cheerleaders will dismantle our hallway decorations and bring them Saturday morning for our float. Per OP tradition, cheerleaders will be wearing football players jerseys to school. It is their responsibility to return the uniform to their player by Monday, clean and undamaged.
Parade, 10am : We will meet at OP Middle School at 9:00am to decorate our float. The parade will begin at 10am and walk to the high school athletic field.
Carnival, 10:30-1pm: The Carnival is open to the public, all ages, no cost. JV cheerleaders will have the opportunity to enjoy the Homecoming Carnival activities until 11:45. At that point, JV girls will relieve Varsity cheerleaders so they came begin warm ups for the football game at 1pm.
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One might suspect that the first step in finding out which group is incompetent would be to have an independent entity review a statistically valid sample of the appeal records and offer an opinion as to whether the decision of the QIC or the ALJ was correct. Surprisingly, the OIG did not do that. Instead, the OIG appears to have assumed that the decision of the QICs was correct and then makes suggestions as to how to "improve" the decision making of the ALJs so that it will be more in line with that of the QICs. The result of such improvements, of course, will be a savings to the Government and reduced payments to providers. In case it is ultimately determined that the ALJ's decisions are in fact correct, another "improvement" suggested by the OIG is that CMS impose a fee only on providers who want to appeal to the ALJ with the hope that this will result in fewer providers filing fewer appeals.
Last month CMS published statistics on appeals of RAC repayment demands. According to CMS, between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011, the RACs determined that 903,372 claims had been overpaid. During that period, providers filed appeals from 56,620 of these repayment demands. Separately, CMS says that for appeals decided during the same period, the RAC's repayment demands were overturned in 24,548 or 43.4% of the decided appeals.
The CMS statistics indicate that 31,297 or 55.3% of the appeals were from automated reviews and 22,188 or 39.2% of the appeals were from complex reviews. CMS was unable to identify the type of review from which the remaining 3,135 or 5.5% of the appeals were filed.
CMS also sorted the claims by provider type. Of the 903,372 claims that the RACs alleged were overpaid, 197,739 or 21.8% came from Part A providers, 410,208 or 45.4% were submitted by Part B providers and 295,425 or 32.8% originated with DME providers. During FY 2011, CMS's statistics indicate that Part A providers appealed 13.7% of the repayment demands while Part B and DME providers appealed 4.9% and 3.1% respectively of the RAC's repayment demands.
Why did CMS publish this report?
From its inception, providers have been justly concerned that because the RACs are being paid a contingent fee for their work, they would demand repayment of large numbers of perfectly proper claims. To demonstrate that this is not the case, CMS has published a number of reports on provider appeals in an attempt to demonstrate that the overwhelming number of RAC repayment demands are justified and that providers should have no concern that the RACs are lining their pockets with provider money. To justify this position, CMS points to this latest report concluding that only 2.7% of the RAC repayment demands for FY 2011 were overturned on appeal.


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We all know how dangerous the road can be. There is a reason why the car is often referred to as a killing machine. Able to take lives at a moment's lack of attention, it is greatly advised that you remain wary on the road, at all times. Not only is a driver potentially endangering his and his passengers' lives, but also that of people outside their car, from traffic participants to pedestrians. In order to try and make roads a tad safer, we've come up with a list of tips to help you improve road safety.
Let's address this common issue first. Yes, you may think you're good to drive if you're good to walk, but let us assure you that this, more than usually, isn't the case. When you become inebriated, your motor skills drop and every action becomes a bit more difficult (depending on your level of intoxication). The difference between walking and driving is a fairly obvious, yet an often neglected one – you are in direct contact with your movement when walking, while driving requires using your movement, to provide movement for the vehicle. There is a reason why the law frowns upon drunk driving and you should never even think about partying and taking your car back home later.
Phones are a cause of a great deal of traffic accidents. Although talking on your phone using the hands-free perk is generally unadvised, imagine how big a distraction using one hand to talk can be. Furthermore, texting while driving is not only a mental distraction, but a physical one, at that, seeing as how you're not even looking at the road for extended periods of time! Instead of using your phone while behind the wheel, turn the airplane mode on and enjoy a safe trip!
When you're sprinting, you're probably not surpassing the number of 15mph. This is why your eyes are used to observing details in your way, such as bumps, holes in the ground and the like, no more than 20 meters ahead. When you're driving, however, you need to make yourself aware of the fact that it will take you roughly 3 seconds to travel the 20 meters, so looking far ahead is a thing quite crucial.
It is amazing, how many people like to keep a no-more-than-2-meters of distance between their vehicle and the one in front of them. Have you ever found yourself traveling as a passenger, instinctively trying to apply non-existent brakes when your driver decides to constantly tend towards sticking their nose into the front vehicle's rear? This is one of the main reasons pileups happen, especially when it's raining or snowing. Furthermore, as driving schools Melbourne advise, letting inertia-brakes combo gradually slow your vehicle down can save you a lot of money when it comes to your brakes' life.
Although you may consider seatbelts uncool, you'll get to dig these precautionary measures, once you've experienced a car accident. Seatbelts literally save lives, even in minor crashes! It is the duty of the driver to order their passengers to buckle up! Even the backseat passengers are advised to use their seatbelts and, if you are a driver, you should probably remain aware of the fact that by not ordering those behind you to buckle up, you are endangering your own self the most!
Even if you are not taking part in traffic, you should always remain wary of your surroundings! Look away from that smartphone in your hands and keep your eyes peeled for potential threats, especially if you're the one behind the wheel!


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Q: Operating system on an ARM9 MCU I have an ARM926EJ MCU (datasheet) that I am learning how to program for a research project.  I have been researching, as well as reading a textbook on Professional Embedded ARM Development in order to learn how to program, and I have learned much about bare metal programming for my specific project.
However, I want to learn how to program with an operating system on my MCU.  I intend on running a simple program, and I would like for an operating system to do much of the low-level handling for me.  From my research, programming in the Linux environment will speed up my learning curve by much.
My question is two part:

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*How do I download an operating system onto my MCU?

*How do I run a program on my MCU after installing an operating system on it?
If you are interested in the details of my project it is very simple: I will use the internal clock to detect the timing of 30 ns pulses received by a GPIO pin with a rough resolution; and I will upload these recorded clock values to another MCU via SPI connection.  So, I will have to simultaneously handle the GPIO pulse stream and the SPI upload connection.

A: Your two questions depends on the operating system.
Choosing the Operating System is a whole new question that is where you might start from.
As your application seems very simple, and might have real time contrains, I suggest you to analyse the possibility of implementing it bare metal.
But, if Operating System is required, take a look at FreeRTOS, might interest you!

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The Social Work Supervisor has clinical and administrative responsibility for a residential program unit, under the supervision and direction of the program director. The Social Work Supervisor is responsible for ensuring the provision of services for residents, oversight of administrative processes, and supervision of apartment program staff.
Provide weekly individual supervision of all assigned program staff.
Responsible for the provision of day-to-day services to program residents.
Provide direct service and/or coverage to residents consistent with restorative services and service plan goals.
Facilitate staff briefings, team meetings and case conferences; Facilitate Consumer/Occupant Meetings.
Review and co-sign all assessments, individualized service plans and progress notes.
Complete required documentation and assist supervisees in completing documentation consistent with Medicaid, OMH and JBFCS requirements and guidelines.
Develop and maintain linkages with community service providers.
Conduct staff training & development, as required, and conduct performance appraisals.
Schedule and monitor staff attendance and staff scheduling to ensure proper coverage.
Conduct Quality Assurance / documented chart review and audit.
Prepare and submit monthly reporting and billing.
Conduct outreach; maintain contact with referral sources; maintain census.
Work collaboratively as part of a service delivery team.
Masters in Social Work (MSW) Degree and NYS licensure as a LMSW are required.
A minimum of 2 years of experience with working with adults with mental illness is required.
Excellent case work, administrative, managerial and computer skills are required.


More beer chronicles…One of the defining characteristics of the "craft" scene is the willingness to experiment. There is a joyful feeling in the discovery of something new or unusual that is sure to become your new favourite. For some though all this brouhaha can be quite unsettling.
I am quick to embrace new ideas in food or spirits, I like learning about the thought process behind things, the mechanics of creativity. That said, at times when a certain fashion dominates the scene (superhops, Brett, lactic fermentation) it can feel like you've lost your bearings, things start to feel unfamiliar and confusing. I often find myself slackjawed with decision fatigue in front of beer shelves these days.
Thankfully beer is a fairly affordable vice and so it's perhaps best to jump in and be daring. Grab that label that catches your eye or that ridiculous named concoction. You might be surprised.
I am still inexperienced when it comes to Gose as a beer style, I have tried a few but don't have any familiar reference points. Almost like a Berliner Weisse in composition, the salinity (whether naturally occurring or not) is a defining characteristic of this beer.
Nose: malty, grassy, there is something slightly floral, a wee bit of apricots.
Palate: pleasing fruits, bitterness and grains dance together. Like an orange creamsicle but with rich malt and lemon zing. Sharp and crystalline, the salinity is well balanced. There is a an edge, a little like passion fruit and lemon.
The finish is a bit short, the lactic tang and pleasant bitterness keeps the grains from being too heavy and makes it thirst quenching.


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May loses her Brexit vote as the abyss deepens for workers
Co-ordinate strikes against the bosses and government!
Demand the TUC call a general strike to finish the government!
End the EU with workers struggle and international solidarity!
By Martin Ralph
Theresa May's Brexit deal was defeated in the British parliament on 15 January by 432 to
202 votes. This is an historic defeat, the biggest for a ruling party in over 100 years.
Some 196 Tory MPs voted for her plan, along with 3 Labour rebels and 4 Independents.
Those voting against numbered 432 which included 118 in her own Party and the 10 MPs in
the Northern Irish DUP who are propping up her government in a confidence-and-supply
arrangement.
The Tory Party and the second largest Party, Labour, are deeply split over how to leave the
EU. There is no majority for any Brexit plan, nor for holding a second referendum, which is
proposed by those who want to remain in the EU. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn does not
support a second referendum, although many Labour MPs do along with a number of Tory
MPs.
Following two years of negotiations, Brexit is supposed to take place in six weeks time. May
has tabled a second vote on 29 January, but can it succeed? Few if any will bet on the result.
Whatever compromises she gives or gets from other parties her hostility to workers and
immigrants will continue. And then the EU will decide.
This episode has shown parliament for what it is: a democratic façade for the rule of capital.
The divisions in the House of Commons reflect the splits in the ruling class, the demands of
big business and trade including finance, with the need to be appear to be responding to the
electorate. And what is happening shows a further historic weakening of British capitalism
on a world scale.
The Tory government and Labour Party are balancing on the result of the 2016 referendum,
which the majorities in both parties did not want, and the needs of British capitalism, which
is in economic trouble.
The referendum result was based to some extent on anti-immigrant feeling, but there has
been support for leaving the EU from communities across the UK as a reaction to the attacks
on livings standards.
A recent UGov poll suggested that 23% supported May's deal, 49% were opposed, while
28% didn't know. The poll was taken from a mix of supporters from different parties and
positions. The uncertainty in the population is high.
What is not uncertain is that ongoing austerity and attacks on workers' rights is creating a
social catastrophe. A recent report showed that over 14 million people, including 4.5 million
children, are living below the breadline, with more than half trapped in poverty for years.
Homeless people are increasingly visible on the streets of every city in Britain. 1 The
incarceration rate of people in Wales in prisons is the highest in Europe – an indication of
what some sectors of the working class communities have to do to survive. 2
The working class faces a worse situation in 2019 than in 2016. Not only because of
austerity but because Brexit has led to the suspension of public spending projects.
Economic crisis deepens
The Tory party may propose a new plan but there is no clear plan that can guarantee a
parliamentary majority. Against the political interests of the British parliament the EU is
fighting for its position as the world's largest trading bloc where the most important
imperialist countries of Germany and France remain in control. It is a bosses' club and shows
no sign of conceding to the representatives of British capitalism.
However, all the EU countries face political and/or economic crises. There are rebellions in
France and Hungary against austerity and governments who support the EU project.
National budget controls are imposed by the European commissions and the European
Central Bank. Europe is facing a deepening world crises in production and trade. In the
words of prominent Marxist economist, Michael Roberts,
"The German economy, the capitalist powerhouse of Europe, in 2018, real GDP growth was
1.5% down from 2.2% in 2017. This was the weakest growth rate in five years. Germany's
industrial sector is in recession. Industrial production in Germany decreased 4.7% in
November of 2018 over the same month in the previous year." 3
Workers and the poor across Europe want a better future. The EU only offers only the same
misery for workers and the poor across all countries.
Tory and Labour politicians fail to acknowledge this reality and talk as if the EU will just
agree to one or another 'deal'. The debates will continue but it is likely that deadlock will
persist.
If that is the case there may be a second referendum. But the campaign for this is led by the
likes of the previous British Prime Minister and chief warmonger Tony Blair, and even Nigel
Farage, prominent Brexiter, xenophobe and former leader of far right UKIP has now
indicated his support!
Labour's official answer is the call for a general election. However, a national demonstration
in London called by the People's Assembly (who are linked to Labour) demanded a general
election just 3000 turned up. The likely result could be a hung parliament – the result of
their utter failure to organise, or even issue a call for a mass movement to bring down the
Tories.
Oppose the EU
The unelected European Commission and European Central Bank advance ever stricter
measures against the periphery economies of the EU like Greece. Today these countries
have become semi-colonies. They continue to suffer misery, while the EU expands its
austerity programme on behalf of the banks and big business.
Privatisation is increasing across the EU area with corporate Europe taking over public
services including rail, health and education under EU directives.
And the social catastrophe first imposed on the peripheral countries is now developing in
the core countries. The Yellow Shirt explosion in France took place because of Macron's
policies (that follow the EU directives).
Workers and the down trodden including immigrants in all countries will have to come
together and break from the Eurozone and the EU as part of a struggle to end the
imposition of permanent austerity and control over the rights of European people.
To achieve real unity of the struggles of workers in the core countries against their own
government and capitalism with those in the peripheral countries against imperialism and
their governments it is necessary to leave the EU. But not along Tory lines; of privatisation,
immigration controls and removing ever more rights from workers.
Bring the Tories down!
The harsh situation facing workers with the attack on their pensions, casualisation of jobs,
social security cuts and scapegoating and persecution of minorities is the responsibility of
the Tories. The paralysis of parliament, which will continue for sometime, shows that there
is no parliamentary solution in the struggle against the EU or the Tory government.
'No Confidence' motions will not bring the government down. The no confidence motion
put by Labour on 16 January lost by 306 votes to 325 as Tory and DUP MPs supported
Theresa May against Corbyn.
Corbyn's hope for a general election means nothing unless it is linked to the class struggle
and supports the mobilisations of workers with a programme reflecting the interests and
rights of workers. And the call for a second referendum would be a diversion from building
the struggle to kick the Tories out.
Neither the Labour Party nor the Trade Union leadership have raised the question of a
general strike to bring the government down.
Those currently taking strike action such as the RMT and those planning or balloting for
action should push for co-ordinated strikes while demanding the TUC organise a general
strike. Our first task is to overthrow the Tories with a mass struggle of workers. For this the
TUC and the major trade unions need to organise for a general strike that should include the
independent trade unions and communities in the preparation.
The working class faces an abyss with the combination of austerity, EU policies, and the
deepening economic problems in Britain, Europe and the world. Only an independent road
of class struggle for socialism will find a way out of the abyss.
We say the UK has to leave the EU but that this exit must be based on a working-class
programme: end austerity, immigrants welcome, nationalisation with workers control, no
payment of any debt requested by the EU, call all the European working class for a fight to
destroy this capitalist EU, build a workers' government and a free Socialist United States of
Europe.
1 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/16/new-study-finds-45-million-uk-children-living-in-poverty
2 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/16/wales-has-highest-incarceration-rate-in-western-
europe-prison-population-england
3 thenextrecession.wordpress.com
Workers Must Fight Back Johnson's Freedom Day – Mass Infection is not an Option!
Fight Racism Where Ever It Is: BLACK LIVES MATTER
The UK Economy – to hell in a hand cart!


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Лоренс Гонзи (; Пиета, 1. јул 1953) је премијер Малте од марта 2004. до марта 2013. Члан је Националистичке партије.

Раније је биран на место председника скупштине у два мандата, 1988. и 1992. Такође је изабран за министра за социјална питања 1998. и заменика премијера 2003.

Ожењен је и има троје деце.

Извори

Спољашње везе

 Званична биографија

Рођени 1953.
Премијери Малте
Малтешки политичари

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Posts tagged "Disneyland"
French Quarter Flattery Revisited
Two years ago I posted "Sincerest Flattery in Tourist Lands," highlighting a few notable examples of places outside New Orleans that mimic the famed French Quarter. Since that time I have discovered so many more such examples of the "sincerest form of flattery" that it's worth revisiting the subject. Ranging from careful replication of what is sometimes called the "French Quarter Revival" style in resorts and theme parks to hackneyed adornments on otherwise ordinary apartment complexes, French Quarter-style architecture dots the American landscape. Of course what we call French Quarter-style architecture is in fact far from unique to the French Quarter. Many New Orleans structures outside the Vieux Carré also have original ironwork, and many more have added it. Many cities in the South…
Tagged: architecture, Disneyland, French Quarter, imitation, New Orleans, tourism, Vieux Carré, Walt Disney
Sincerest Flattery in Tourist "Lands"
Although tourist destinations often trade on their distinctive visual presence, often there is no lack of imitation to go along with the unique. Replicas of other places have long been a hallmark of tourism. Well before its renown for country music, Nashville, Tennessee, styled itself as the "Athens of the South" and even built a full-size Parthenon for its Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897. In more recent years, Las Vegas has borrowed architecture unabashedly from places as far-flung as New York and Venice. Few places have inspired more imitations than the New Orleans French Quarter, one of the featured destinations in American Tourism: Constructing a National Tradition. Much enamored of the Vieux Carré, Walt Disney added New Orleans Square, a miniaturized version of the…
Tagged: cultural impact, Disneyland, French Quarter, imitation, Legoland, Nashville, New Orleans, Opryland, replicas, San Diego, tourism, travel
A Not-So-Small World
The title of the Sherman Brothers' tune, made famous by Disney's use in its iconic boat ride that debuted at the 1964 New York World's Fair before being rebuilt at Disneyland, aptly describes the small size of the Anaheim, California, theme park carved out of orange groves less than ten years earlier. As suburban sprawl engulfed Disneyland, its 160 acres began to seem a big too small. The reason Walt Disney wanted a clean slate when he contemplated a second theme park and the reason he chose central Florida are apparent – albeit less so than in the past – in these satellite views. Even with sustained development over the past four decades, the 47-square-mile Walt Disney World Resort retains substantial forestland that creates…
Tagged: Disneyland, Florida, theme parks, tourism, travel, Walt Disney World
Touring Futurism
Seattle's Space Needle turned 50 over the last weekend – a fitting moment, while standing on the cusp of "space tourism," to cast our glance backward to historical visions of the future at tourist destinations. As NPR's All Things Considered reported, its flying saucer-like, rotating observation deck retains its futuristic appeal desire the tower's antiqueness (indeed, it is now eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places). Tourist attractions have long provided showcases for visions of the future. Nowhere has this forward-looking utopian sensibility been more carefully packaged than in the spate of world's fairs between the 1890s and 1960s. Most of the visions simply expanded on emergent technologies such as electricity, but some were truly out of this world. The Pan-American…
Tagged: A Trip to the Moon, Carousel of Progress, Disneyland, futurism, Gateway Arch, General Electric, Monsanto, Pan-American Expo, Seattle, Space Needle, St. Louis, Tomorrowland, tourism, travel, TWA, utopias
Invention and Imitation
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it is also highly lucrative. Imitation is an ironic hallmark of an industry that on one level is predicated on destinations' ability to offer a unique experience. Tourists seek novelty for its potential to grant a sense of discovery, but it does not take long for entrepreneurs to recognize a good idea and attempt to replicate it as nearly as possible. Along with tourists' restlessness when the extraordinary becomes mundane, imitation is a prime reason for tourist destinations to embellish their attractions or reinvent themselves. Early railroad-age travelers hoped to see "real" Indians as a way of eluding the reach of crass, market-oriented America (symbolized by the industrial cities from which many tourists hailed), but their…
Tagged: Atlantic City, Cleveland, Coney Island, Disneyland, Frederic Thompson, Frederick Ingersoll, Las Vegas, Luna Park, New York City, Pittsburgh, Skip Dundy, tourism, travel, visionaries
Treetop Tourism
Just days before Earth Day, visitors to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, began lining up to experience the tourist destination's newest attraction: Zipline Hilton Head. As the Island Packet reported on opening day, the ride, which sends riders suspended from a pulley down gradually sloping wires tethered to a series of treetop towers, mixes family fun with a dose of ecotourism (zip liners can learn about the delicate balance of nature from the company's hired ecologist/guide) on an island whose early developer pioneered an aesthetic blend of subdued architecture with Lowcountry nature that has until now provided mainly a sylvan backdrop for decidedly calmer forms of recreation. On the face of it, zip lines seem most closely tied to other, more "extreme" forms of…
Tagged: Coney Island, Disneyland, earth day, environment, Gettysburg, Hilton Head Island, landscape, observation towers, roller coasters, tourism, travel, zip lines


From now until August 15th, Stampin' Up! have a new promotion offering you an opportunity to start your own business for $25 off the normal price. The starter kit which normally costs $324, is only $299. What other business can you think of that has such a low outlay to get started? This is a fantastic saving, of over 40% as the kit contains over $560 worth of product in it. The best thing is that you can customise the kit to suit yourself by choosing what stamps, inks and cardstock colours you prefer.
It is currently the preorder period for the Spring Mini Catalogue, so as a demonstrator you get to order first.
A good time to introduce SU to your family and friends as Christmas is fast approaching and they will be able to make their own cards and gifts.
I have monthly team meetings where we have fun, share ideas and encourage each other.
Stampin' Up! produce a wonderful newsletter called Impressions which we receive in the mail each month.
I joined Stampin' Up! in October 2006 and have had the time of my life meeting new people and sharing my love of papercrafts. The Statement of the Heart truly reflects my experience and the soul of the company.
– Stampin' Up! Statement of the Heart.
If you are interested in starting a business that is fun and flexible, please contact me and I will send you out an information pack, which includes a DVD or we could get together over coffee and have a chat. I would love to welcome you to my team Innovative Designs, a group of lovely ladies whom are both stampers and scrapbookers.


Erica back on the BRI blog today, with a new-to-me stamp and a I-need-more-practice medium: coloured pencils!
This cute little... oops, I mean, strong and brawny Viking stamp from MFT Stamps, which I have nicknamed Viktor) has been sitting in my stash for a while. This last weekend he was banging on and on about wanting to be put to use (or that might have been all in my imagination... 🤪) so I thought why not? As usual, I also decided to make things dramatic by using a medium I'm really not very confident with...! The key thing with coloured pencils is patience, which I have no problem admitting I'm not possessing a huge amount of so things were due to be interesting, shall we say?? LOL!
Anyway, I got out some Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface pencil card stock (this I purchased by mistake, thinking it was Bristol Vellum. What a happy accident!) and I stamped up the brawny, not cute, Viking with MFT Grout Gray hybrid ink. The pencils I used are the Polochromos and whilst I didn't note down each and every one I used, because I did end up using a lot of them, I used almost all of the browns and ochre pens to create texture and shading.
In all honesty, it did take me two days to colour this one tiny image BUT don't let that fact put you off from trying coloured pencil if you haven't already. I have not been very well over the weekend so that was a factor too. In this case it might have been a good thing that I had to take frequent breaks as it helps you come back with fresh eyes and both appreciate the progress as well as notice mistakes/things that need correcting. I've not done a lot of colouring with pencils and all of my previous tries have involved flowers, not skin, fabric and wood textures.
To finish the card off, I decided to use a sketch from MFT Stamps (find link here) so I cut out a stitched circle in a panel of light grey card stock. At first I thought I'd leave it quite CAS, but as usual my inner 'craft drama queen' was having none of that and demanded some kind of texture added to it. I ended up stamping a wood grain stamp on it using Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink. The exact one I used isn't available in the store, but you could use this Concord & 9th one instead. If you didn't want to stamp on it, you could use a birch embossing folder (I also like this Plaid one)or even make it super easy for yourself and use either a cover plate, patterned paper, vellum or a stencil. There are so many options available!
To finish off the card, I added foam tape to the back of it, adhered the Viking image and slapped the whole thing on a white card base. On a slim strip of card stock I stamped 'I miss your warm and cozy hugs' from Let's Get Cozy in black ink. And although this is a masculine card, I added a small heart shape cut out of vellum behind the sentiment strip to keep it to the sketch as close as possible.
I nearly added more enamel dots to the card but managed to resist the urge. I'm getting better at saying no to my ICDQ (Inner Craft Drama Queen) who wants all the sequins and all the dots, all the time!


Lucky commenter number 9! Great big congratulations to Amanda of FeltFinland! Yay! I'll try and get Stella on her way as quickly as possible, since the postal system over here tends to go a little messy come the holidays and it'd be nice for Stella to arrive in time to grace the top of the Christmas tree.
I'd like to thank you all, a honking 137 of you, for commenting and taking part in the giveaway. I'd also like to see pictures of all your homes decked out in holiday decorations! They all sound so very beautiful and wonderful and in many cases, really heartwarming too.
Thank you once again everyone who took part, and I wish you all a beautifully decorated Christmas time.
This is Stella the rag-star and she's eager to get to grace the top of someone's Christmas tree.
Stella is made out cotton, and she's stuffed with rags and polyfill. She has little button eyes, an embroidered mouth and pretty blushy cheeks. There's a bit of elastic on her back, so she can be easily strapped to the tip of a tree. She's about 15 cm long from prong to prong.
I'm giving Stella to one lucky person who leaves a comment on this blog entry as to what their favourite way to decorate for the holidays is. I'll assign a number to each commenter, with the first person to comment getting number 1 and the second number 2 and so forth. Then, come the 16th (that's this coming Friday) I'll draw a number at random to see whose tree Stella will fly over to (it doesn't matter where in the world you live, I'm happy to ship internationally).
For me, it's hard to decide which is my favourite bit of holiday decor, lovely Christmas lights or the tree with all it's trimmings. Although right now, I'd have to say that the lights are the best thing, since winter has been a very dark and drab time over here this year, so all the shining, sparkling and twinkling lights that have appeared everywhere really do brighten things up a lot!
Edit on December 16th: Commenting is closed and I'll promptly pick a winner now. A great big thank you all who took part!


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This module shows responsive carousel that provides a simple way to cycle through an array of images with various 3D effects.
Full width or fixed width.
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Somali forces storm hotel held by extremists, free 60 people
by: OMAR FARUK, Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali forces on Monday stormed a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, where Islamic extremists had been holed up for more than 18 hours after killing eight civilians and trapping dozens in the building, officials said.
Police spokesperson Sadik Dodishe said all six extremists died during the operation at the Villa Rosa hotel, and one member of the security forces was also killed.
Dodishe said about 60 people who had been trapped in the hotel were freed and none of them were injured. It was not immediately clear whether others were missing.
According to Dodishe, five of the attackers were killed by security forces, and one blew himself up.
Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mogadishu resident Mohamed Suleyman told the AP that two of his relatives, both civilians, died in the attack. "It's a great sadness to learn that two of my relatives were among those killed in yesterday night's attack," he said. "We were informed by their colleagues who managed to escape the attack after jumping (over the perimeter) wall of the hotel."
Ali Moalim, another Mogadishu resident, said he saw "two bodies of the security forces carried by their fellow soldiers."
Al-Shabab said in a broadcast on its own radio frequency Sunday that its fighters attacked the hotel, which has a restaurant popular with government and security officials. The attack is believed to have started with an explosion before gunmen penetrated the hotel's gates.
The hotel is not far from the presidential palace, Villa Somalia, in one of the most protected parts of central Mogadishu. A successful attack near the seat of the federal government is likely to instill deep fear among residents of the seaside capital that has long been prone to attacks by militants.
Such militant attacks are common in Mogadishu and other parts of the Horn of Africa nation.
The latest attack comes amid a new, high-profile offensive by the Somali government against al-Shabab, which still controls large parts of central and southern Somalia.
Extremist fighters loyal to the group have responded by killing prominent clan leaders in an apparent effort to dissuade support for the government offensive, and attacks on public places frequented by government officials and others persist.
Hotels and restaurants are frequently targeted, as are military bases for government troops and foreign peacekeepers.
Last month at least 120 people were killed in two car bombings at a busy junction in Mogadishu. Al-Shabab carried out that attack, the deadliest since a similar attack at the same spot killed more than 500 people five years ago.
Al-Shabab opposes Somalia's federal government, which is backed by African Union peacekeepers, and seeks to take power and enforce a strict version of Sharia law.
The United States has described al-Shabab as one of al-Qaida's deadliest organizations and targeted it with scores of airstrikes in recent years. Hundreds of U.S. military personnel have returned to the country after former president Donald Trump withdrew them.
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The Junior Zookeepers (JZ) program is for young adults in grades 7 through 12 that have a strong interest in science and conservation. Cosley Zoo provides JZs with comprehensive training in animal care, education, and visitor services, diverse opportunities to use that training, and chances to visit other facilities, speak with people in animal and conservation-based careers, and meet other teens with similar interests. In return, the JZs support Cosley Zoo by helping with special events, animal care, and educational programs. Aside from being a lot of fun, the Junior Zookeepers program also helps to build life skills, including leadership, responsibility, time management, and teamwork.
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Required hours can be earned by attending JZ meetings, signing up for casual interpretation shifts, assisting with zoo events and programs, participating in the Summer Incentives program (if eligible), animal handling (if eligible), conducting animal observations, and more! During the school year most activities take place on the weekends. Meetings are held October-March on the second Saturday of each month from 10-12P.
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Constantina Peppa
I was born in Athens. I've studied Counseling Psychology, but I've always been into photography and in 2014 I completed my studies in photography at Leica Academy in Athens, Greece.
Albania is a small Balkan country that has suffered a lot and has tried hard to leave behind its disturbing political past. Today, Albania is part of the UNO, NATO and other international organizations and is also one of the many candidate countries to join the European Union. Its capital city of Tirana is the country's modern face. Tirana is a city that can be characterized as a place of many contradictions and a place that has not escaped its past.
The main goal of this project is to show the everyday life of Albania in different places in the country.
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Em estatística, econometria, matemática aplicada e processamento de sinais, uma série temporal é uma coleção de observações feitas sequencialmente ao longo do tempo. Em modelos de regressão linear com dados cross-section a ordem das observações é irrelevante para a análise, em séries temporais a ordem dos dados é fundamental. Uma característica muito importante deste tipo de dados é que as observações vizinhas são dependentes e o interesse é analisar e modelar essa dependência.

As séries temporais existem nas mais variadas áreas de aplicação, como: finanças, marketing, economia, seguros, demografia, ciências sociais, meteorologia, energia, epidemiologia, etc.

Definição formal

Uma série temporal é uma sequência de realizações (observações) de uma variável ao longo do tempo. Dito de outra forma, é uma sequência de pontos (dados numéricos) em ordem sucessiva, geralmente ocorrendo em intervalos uniformes. Portanto, uma série temporal é uma sequência de números coletados em intervalos regulares durante um período de tempo.

Em Economia
Em economia, desde o trabalho de Trygve Haavelmo, têm-se interpretado séries temporais como realizações de processos estocásticos (aleatórios). Esta abordagem permite que o construtor do modelo econômico use a inferência estatística para construir e testar equações que caracterizam as relações entre variáveis econômicas. Note-se que esta definição pressupõe que a série temporal contenha um componente estocástico, o que é verdade na vasta maioria dos casos práticos.

São exemplos de séries temporais utilizadas em economia:
Preço, minuto a minuto, da ação de certa empresa na bolsa de valores:

Vendas mensais de carros:

Convenções utilizadas para representar uma série temporal
Uma série temporal é geralmente representada por uma letra. A variável representada assume diferentes valores em diferentes momentos do tempo, e por isso utiliza-se um subscrito junto à letra para denotar o período a que o valor específico (realização) se refere. Por exemplo, se a variável "PIB anual do Brasil" for representada pela letra y, podemos denotar por y0 o PIB do primeiro período. O dado do período seguinte seria, neste mesmo caso, y1.

Teríamos, portanto, neste exemplo:

Componentes de uma série temporal
Uma série temporal pode ser genericamente decomposta nos seguintes itens:

Lei de formação das séries temporais

As séries temporais são muitas vezes representadas por meio de funções matemáticas, ou seja, assume-se que o valor obtido é função de alguma outra variável (ou de diversas variáveis), ou, o que é a mesma coisa, que existe uma lei de formação que determina esta série temporal.

A função que determina a série temporal não precisa ser sempre linear. Na verdade, ela pode ter qualquer formato (quadrática, exponencial...) e pode depender de mais de uma variável. No entanto, uma boa parte da (mas não toda a) econometria trata apenas de funções lineares, que são mais fáceis de modelar.

Os componentes de uma série temporal podem ser determinísticos e/ou estocásticos.

Componente determinístico
Quando os valores da série podem ser escritos através de uma função matemática perfeitamente determinada por uma ou mais variáveis, diz-se que ela contém apenas o componente determinístico.

Exemplo 1

Tome-se a seguinte função linear, que chamaremos de função "f":

Nesta função, a variável  depende de, ou é determinada pela, variável . Matematicamente, poderíamos representar também de outra forma: .

A convenção utilizada nesta série temporal é a seguinte:
y representa o dado obtido.
a representa o intercepto
x representa a variável que determina y.
o subscrito "t" indica o período à qual o dado se refere.

Se fôssemos analisar a função  a partir do período em que x=0, teríamos:

Exemplo 2

Como o PIB do Brasil é sempre (perfeitamente) determinado pela soma do PIBs das cinco regiões, podemos escrever a seguinte lei de formação da série temporal yt:

onde:
=PIB do Brasil no ano "t",
=PIB da Região Norte no ano "t",
=PIB da Região Nordeste no ano "t",
=PIB da Região Sudeste no ano "t",
=PIB da Região Sul no ano "t" e
=PIB da Região Centro-Oeste no ano "t"

Note que, como esta relação é sempre perfeita (não existe possibilidade de o PIB nacional ser maior ou menor que a soma dos PIBs regionais), diz-se que esta série temporal (yt) contém apenas o componente determinístico.

Componente estocástico

Além dos componentes normais de uma função matemática perfeitamente determinada, a representação de uma série temporal pode incluir um componente aleatório, que deverá ser gerado por um processo estocástico, normalmente representado por  ou . Um exemplo de uma série temporal com componente aleatório é:

Neste caso, a série temporal é denominada de estocástica. Note-se que uma série estocástica yt pode ou não conter um componente determinístico. O que lhe confere um carácter estocástico é o facto de não se poder determinar o seu valor exacto mesmo conhecendo a sua especificação e o valor de todos os seus determinantes, isto porque a série possui uma natureza intrinsecamente aleatória.

Exemplo 1
Suponha que dois irmãos façam uma aposta anual em dinheiro. A quantidade de dinheiro a ser paga ao irmão 1 é determinada pela série temporal abaixo (derivada do modelo anterior):

onde
 é o valor em reais que o irmão 1 vai receber. Se o valor for negativo, o irmão 1 deve pagar ao irmão 2, em vez de receber.
a= intercepto = -2
b= inclinação = 0,2
 é a o número de anos que o irmão 1 tem no dia da aposta.
 é uma variável aleatória com distribuição binomial que assume o valor 10 se chover no dia, e -20 se não chover. Note-se que esta variável introduz a incerteza, pois não se pode saber, a priori, quanto o irmão 1 deverá pagar para, ou receber do, irmão 2.

Assim, teremos:

Exemplo 2
Alguns autores afirmam que o desemprego do Brasil é aproximadamente determinado pelos seguintes fatores: produção (PIB); produtividade;  salário real e população economicamente ativa. É importante enfatizar que esta é uma determinação aproximada. Afinal, o desemprego pode aumentar por outros fatores, como por exemplo o fechamento inesperado de uma grande empresa, um decreto aumentando o salário mínimo para R$ 10 mil reais etc. Portanto, estas variáveis explicam aproximadamente, mas não exatamente, a taxa de desemprego.

Assim, ignorando algumas tecnicalidades para simplificar, poderíamos elaborar a seguinte lei de formação:

onde:
dt é a taxa de desemprego de determinado período
yt é o PIB do país
pt é a produtividade por trabalhador, medida por exemplo em unidades produzidas por trabalhador
st é o salário real do trabalhador, medido em reais brasileiros corrigidos pelo IPCA a preços do último período analisado
it é o percentual da população brasileira que está economicamente ativa em cada período
 é um componente aleatório idêntica e independentemente extraído de uma distribuição normal

Classificação das séries temporais
As séries temporais podem ser estacionárias ou não estacionárias (têm ou não raiz unitária). Além disso, podem ser estocásticas ou determinísticas.

Quando os valores da série podem ser escritos através de uma função matemática   diz-se que a série é determinística. Quando a série envolve, além de uma função matemática do tempo, também um termo aleatório  a série é chamada estocástica. Normalmente as séries temporais são analisadas a partir de seus principais movimentos descritos como: tendência, ciclo, sazonalidade e variações aleatórias.

Série estacionária

Uma série estacionária é o que em matemática costuma se chamar série convergente, ou seja, aquela que flutua em torno de uma mesma média ao longo do tempo.

Para garantir que o componente estocástico também flutue ao redor de uma mesma média, assume-se, por exemplo que ele seja um componente aleatório idêntica e independentemente extraído de uma distribuição normal. Digamos:

 , ou seja, o componente aleatório provém de uma distribuição normal com média zero e variância finita.

Série não estacionária

A série não estacionária (ou divergente, em matemática), é aquela que tem raiz unitária.

Estudo de séries temporais

Existem duas formas de estudar séries temporais. Uma análise da série temporal é um método para tentar entender a série temporal, de forma a entender a estrutura que gerou a série. Uma previsão a partir da série temporal procura construir um modelo matemático a partir do qual seja possível prever valores futuros da série.
Os modelos para estudar as séries temporais são muito conhecidos por seus acrônimos em inglês, montados a partir de AR (modelos auto-regressivos), 'I' (modelos integrados) e MA (modelos de média móvel). Por exemplo, o modelo ARIMA é um modelo auto-regressivo, integrado e de média móvel.

Especificidade das séries temporais em relação aos dados cross section
Ao contrário do que ocorre com os dados cross-section, os dados de uma série temporal geralmente são dependentes no tempo. Por exemplo, no caso de uma série do PIB anual do Brasil, pode-se imaginar facilmente que o PIB de determinado ano é muito parecido com o PIB do ano anterior. Se tomarmos, por outro lado, dados em cross section do PIB de diversos países no mesmo ano, não há nenhuma razão para crer, a priori, que o PIB de um dos países da amostra seja parecido com o PIB de outro país da amostra.

Em economia, a teoria de equações de diferenças subjaz todos os métodos de séries temporais empregadas. É justo dizer que a econometria de séries temporais está preocupada com a estimativa de equações a diferenças contendo componentes estocásticos.

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Referências
 EHLERS, R. S. "Análise de séries temporais". 4 ed. 2007.

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Tipos de dados estatísticos


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Home News Reports Saffron painted Bengal school in trouble for not switching to Mamata's favourite colours
Saffron painted Bengal school in trouble for not switching to Mamata's favourite colours
Partha Chatterjee and Mamata Banerjee
A school in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district has courted trouble after it has refused to obey the notice of Bengal's Education Ministry to get itself repainted with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's favourite colours. The present colour of the school's exterior paint is saffron.
Under the notice issued by the Partha Chatterjee led Education Ministry, about 59,000 state-aided primary and 18,000 secondary, higher secondary schools would be painted with Blue and White coats of paint. To further egg the schools to switch to the common colour code, Partha Chatterjee has sanctioned Rs 500 crores to get the repainting done. The schools as a result were asked to get repainted in between 23rd February and 5th March.
Incidentally for some reason CM Mamata considers Blue and White as her favourite colours, with it being revealed when she inaugurated a riverfront painted with these colours in 2014. Since then, in order to possibly please her, other TMC functionaries decided to try and convert the state into these colours.
This includes Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chattopadhyay announcing a one year waiver on property tax if houses are painted using those hues, which has now been taken to the next level by the Education Minister.
Now as reported, the Principal of Krishnachandrapur High School present in South 24 Parganas district's Mathurapur block has decided to protest against this diktat by writing a letter to the state's education secretary.
As per the Principal Chandan Kumar Maity, saffron has been a colour of their school since its establishment in 1948 by the Ramakrishna Mission. The school continued to be run by the mission until it was brought under the state government's ambit by the Left in 1977.
The headmaster though says that the school continues to have close ties with the Ramkrishna Mission and follows its traditional saffron colours. As per him, they won't accept the imposition of Mamata's colours, which he claims are in a bad taste and eradicate diversity.
As per a Swarajya report, Partha Chatterjee is now furious with this school, and has told the school education ministry officials that there shouldn't be any room for dissent over this matter. He further has asked that the school be sent a letter asking that it implement the original order.
The report also hints at a possible arm twisting technique being employed in this matter, with Partha Chatterjee supposedly asking local TMC leaders to get in touch with school's management committee, to ask them to "persuade" the Principal to fall in line.
If the defiance continues the Partha Chatterjee has allegedly asked that disciplinary action which includes possible removal, be taken against the Principal.
The Swarajya report claims that the Principal on the other hand is hoping that the Ramkrishna Mission which is respected by even Mamata Banerjee, wields its influence to get a positive resolution regarding this matter.
Incidentally, such an issue over a coat of paint was also recently noticed in Uttar Pradesh, where the walls of state Haj office received an overnight coat saffron, which was then subsequently repainted. As a result of this, the Yogi government removed the incumbent Haj Committee secretary, following a notice over how were the walls painted saffron and why were they repainted.
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