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Startup raises over $6 million for early Alzheimer's detection AI
by Gus Iversen, Editor in Chief | June 03, 2019
Alzheimers/Neurology Artificial Intelligence
With a $6.3 million round of venture capital financing completed, Altoida is planning to commercialize its FDA-cleared and CE Mark-approved Alzheimer's risk prediction medical device in the U.S. and EU.
By collecting digital biomarkers with artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality, Altoida can reportedly detect Alzheimer's disease up to 10 years prior to the onset of cognitive impairment symptoms with 94 percent accuracy in patients over 61 years old.
Altoida's app-based product analyzes visuospatial and executive function during complex activities of daily living through a battery of three tests that ask patients to hide and seek virtual objects in a physical space. The company has validated its platform and methodology in more than 12 peer-reviewed journal publications and in more than 200 independent studies.
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Kimler Named As Fidelity Health Consulting Chief
April 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has tapped a new head for its health care consulting group.
According to a news announcement, Brad Kimler, 38, will lead the health consulting operation. He joins Fidelity from Hewitt Associates. In his new position, Kimler will report to Surinder Singh, Fidelity executive vice president for health and welfare services.
Kimler , a 15-year veteran of health care consulting, will expand the range of advice and counsel Fidelity provides to clients, helping them manage health care in the areas of defined contribution, defined benefit, health and welfare, human resources and payroll.
Kimler joined Hewitt in 1988 and helped established the firm's health care practice in Boston. He was named a partner at the firm in 1995. He holds a BS degree in business from Georgetown University.
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The cryogenic freezing of the dead in hope of a eventual revival has long been the province of cranks and crazies. However, when two frozen mountain gorillas are successfully revived, cryogenics suddenly becomes a viable medical technology. The first humans are revived soon thereafter and though most of them have financial difficulties not to mention problems adjusting to the new world in which they find themselves, their successful revival nonetheless sparks a run on cryogenic freezing with unforeseen social and financial consequences…
This short story of 2300 words chronicles the cryogenics boom of the mid to late twenty-first century.
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Some background information: A History of the New Ice Age
A History of the New Ice Age is a short story of 2300 words. This story is a digital premiere and has never been published previously.
This story was written as part of the July short story challenge. The idea was to write a short story per day in July 2015.
A History of the New Ice Age was inspired by one of Chuck Wendig's writing prompts. The idea was to write a story incorporating two words spat out by a random word generator. The generator gave me the phrase "frozen servant", which sparked a story idea about rich people having not just themselves, but also their servants cryogenically frozen. And yes, the parallels to the Egyptian pharaohs who also tried to take their worldly possessions (sometimes including loyal retainers) with them into the afterlife are intentional.
I also tried to extrapolate the social and economic consequences that cryogenics as a viable method of beating death would have.
The story itself takes the form of a factual article chronicling the timeline of a cryogenics boom in the mid to late twenty-first century.
The fate of teen pop star Amber McQueen, whose revival is financed by a wealthy and elderly admirer who wants to marry her, was inspired by Will McIntosh's novella "Bridesicle" and his novel "Love Minus Eighty".
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Iyad Jonathan Morén, född 24 mars 1973 i Umeå stadsförsamling, är en svensk arabist, litteraturkritiker och översättare.

Morén avlade 2015 filosofie doktorsexamen i semitiska språk vid Uppsala universitet, där han även är lärare. Han verkar som litteraturkritiker och översättare av arabisk litteratur till svenska. Morén medverkar regelbundet i tidskriften Karavan. 2021 tilldelades han priset för Årets översättning för Hassan Blasims roman GUD 99.

Översättningar
 Salim Barakat: Grottorna i Haydrahudahus (Kuhuf Haydrahudahus) (Tranan, 2006)
 Salim Barakat: Döda noviser (Mawta mubtadi'un) (Tranan, 2008)
 Salim Barakat: Sovande rävar i rubiner (dikter) (Tranan, 2010)
 Salim Barakat: Geometriska andar (Arwāḥ handasīyah) (Tranan, 2011)
 Salim Barakat: Det enhetligas högmod: kyssarnas tvivel och ständiga farhågor ( 'Ajrafat al-mutajanis) (Tranan, 2013)
 Ahmad al-Aidy: Att vara Abbas al-Abd (Tranan, 2015)
 Hassan Blasim: Irakisk Kristus (berättelser) (Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2015)
 Hoda Barakat: Ett rike av denna jord (Leopard, 2018)
 Adania Shibli: Beröring (Tranan, 2018)
 Mohammad Rabie: Otared (Alhambra, 2019)
 Ahmad Saadawi: Frankenstein i Bagdad (Tranan, 2019)
 Salim Barakat: Stegar av sand (al-Salālim al-ramliyya) (Tranan, 2020)
 Hassan Blasim: GUD 99 (Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2020)
 Adania Shibli: En oansenlig detalj (Tranan, 2021)

Källor
 Intervju med översättaren på Översättarsektionen inom Sveriges författarförbunds hemsida. Läst 29 januari 2019
 Uppsala universitets personalkatalog. Läst 13 maj 2014
 "Arbetsgruppen för skönlitteratur". Läst 13 maj 2014

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Svenska översättare under 2000-talet
Översättare från arabiska
Svenskspråkiga översättare
 Födda 1973
Levande personer
Män
Författare från Umeå

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Saudi Aramco has selected Técnicas Reunidas (TR) for the execution of the Utilities & Common Area project within the Jazan IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle) complex in the Jazan Economic City, located in Jazan Province, a south western region of Saudi Arabia. The Jazan IGCC complex, which is to become the largest gasifier-based power facility in the world, will convert vacuum residue to be produced in the adjacent Jazan refinery into synthesis gas (syngas). TR is currently executing two large projects in the 400,000 bpd Jazan Refinery.
The gasification unit will have a capacity of 2,110,000 Nm3/h of syngas that will be evenly used to produce purified hydrogen for the refinery and to fuel a combined cycle facility producing utilities and power for the refinery and export to the national grid. Total output of the plant will be of approximately 2,400 MW.
The scope of the project awarded to TR includes the development of the utilities and off-sites facilities for the IGCC complex under a Lump Sum Turn Key (LSTK) contract covering the services for engineering, procurement, construction, precommissioning and commissioning support for the facilities.
The contract has a value of approximately 1,700 million dollars, and the facilities will be operational in 2017. This new contract is the second one for the power generation business of TR with Saudi Aramco after the successful completion of the Manifa cogeneration plant.
The award of this contract underlines the prominent competitive position of TR in the Saudi market, and it reinforces the trust that TR continues to build with one of its key clients, Saudi Aramco, with whom TR has been working unceasingly since 2003.
Saudi Aramco is a fully integrated, global petroleum enterprise being the world leader in hydrocarbons exploration, production, refining, distribution, shipping and marketing, and the world's top exporter of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Saudi Aramco manages proven crude oil reserves of 260.2 billion barrels, with an average crude oil production of 10 million barrels per day. Headquartered in Dhahran (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Aramco has subsidiaries and affiliates in Saudi Arabia, China, Japan, India, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, the United Kingdom and the United States.


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This agreement gives L&M the exclusive rights to sell and distribute Rudewear, Rude Apparel, and the RudeCube lines of clothing in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Rudewear Ltd launched its new fashion label in 2003, targeting the 18 to 35 year old individual who likes something simple, yet on the edge. The marketplace responded with a strong vote of confidence, and sales quickly exceeded all expectations. "Winning the exclusive rights to sell and distribute a hot, up and coming label like 'Rude' validates the talent and market savvy L&M brings to the industry," stated Martin Barrack, President of L&M Resources, Inc.
To develop, organize and manage the growing sales force and marketing needs of L&M, they are pleased to announce the hiring of Joel Presser as its Sales Manager. Mr. Presser is a seasoned sales professional with a very diversified background with over thirty years experience in the apparel industry. "I am very excited about the cashmere line of sweaters and tops that L&M is developing. The quality and pricing will allow my sales team and I to immediately establish L&M as a serious supplier of product in this staple and timeless niche," stated Joel Presser. Having recently come from the Haggar Clothing Company where he was VP Sales Marketing & Merchandising, he left the corporate world to establish his own successful sales and marketing company. While Joel has been focusing on national accounts such as clothing store chains and department stores, he has also assembled and brings with him an existing team of six sales representatives strategically placed across North America to reach the large number of boutique clothing stores. "We are thrilled to be able to attract and hire a talented, entrepreneurial minded, sales professional like Joel into our family and look forward to a profitable future together," stated Mr. Barrack.
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TULSA, UCLA. – The 2022 PGA Championship ends on Sunday, and while the top of the leaderboard features a number of golfers who have never won a major tournament – let alone a PGA Tour event – the massive talents vying for the Wanamaker Cup won't give up on the sprawl. Mito Pereira holds a three-stroke lead ahead of the final as he attempts to become the first Chilean man to win a major and the first player to win the tournament since Keegan Bradley in 2011 at the Atlantic Club.
Matt Fitzpatrick will join Pereira in the final pairing, who will attempt to capture a piece of his history in the Southern Hills. With the win, Fitzpatrick will not only become the first Englishman to win a major since Danny Willett at the 2016 Masters but also the first to win a PGA Championship in over 100 years. The two will beat him in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with former Wake Forest teammates Will Xalatores and Cameron Young in the group leading up to them. For the first time since at least 2000, the top four on the leaderboard heading into the final round of a major tournament did not have a win on the PGA Tour.
With so much experience, he prepares for Sunday to be an unforgettable end to the PGA Championship. CBS Sports will update this story with results and highlights from the PGA Championship below. Check out the live scores at the top of this story, and more detailed leaderboard And Tour 4 times tee.
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3 Issues to Watch that Could Affect Leveraged China ETFs
Ben Hernandez November 12, 2018
An October replete with sell-offs and a start to November that saw U.S. equities rally following the conclusion of the U.S. midterm elections was followed up by the return of trade wars racking the markets as the Dow Jones Industrial fell by as much as 500 points on Monday.
Doing much of the damage was reports that U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to install more tariffs, particularly on vehicles manufactured overseas. President Trump has considered implementing a 25% tariff on cars made overseas in the beginning of the year, but resistance from auto manufacturers and international governments have largely put those efforts on hold.
Furthermore, President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be face to face at the G20 summit on November 30 at Buenos Aires in Argentina. Haibin Zhu of J.P. Morgan predicts a 55% chance that the two leaders of the largest global economies would come to a tangible agreement to settle their differences on trade.
"We remain cautious, as the challenge to address US-China conflict remains high," said Zhu. "The US-China conflict extends beyond trade to areas such as technology, intellectual property rights, market access, industry policy, and ultimately centers on the competition between the two economic superpowers."
As far as China's economy goes, leveraged ETFs to watch going forward include the Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X ETF (NYSEArca: YINN), Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X ETF (NYSEArca: YANG), Direxion Dly CSI 300 China A Share Br 1X ETF (NYSEArca: CHAD), Direxion Daily CSI 300 CHN A Share Bl 2X ETF (NYSEArca: CHAU), and Direxion Daily CSI CHN Internet Bull 2X Shares (NYSEArca: CWEB).
However, investors can all zero in on three key issues that could provide further guidance before investing in leveraged China ETFs.
China Says It's Poised for Long Trade War
A white paper published by China last month revealed that the country can economically withstand the effects of a long, drawn-out trade war with the United States, but it took extra measures for preparation when the Chinese central bank cut the amount of reserves held by banks. The People's Bank of China instituted a 100 basis points cut to the reserve requirement ratio for a majority of banks, resulting in a capital injection of 750 billion yuan or $109.2 billion to help shore up the banking system.
Related: Trade Spat Not Hurting China's Internet Expansion
The central bank confirmed that this latest policy move was done in accordance with the pace of the economy as opposed to an accommodative move. Nonetheless, the words alluding to resiliency may be just that, according to some experts and that the situation is more dire than China is leading the markets to believe.
"China is probably facing its worst period since the global financial crisis. All news is against it," said Fraser Howie, an independent analyst who has covered China and its financial system.
China's Growing Debt Load
Based on the chart below, China's government debt load appears to be expanding on a linear basis in relation to its gross domestic product (GDP). While China has been investing heavily in its infrastructure, it's had to do so with the help of borrowed funds.
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(NaturalNews) Despite the recent rebound in stock values following a major plunge caused by China's currency devaluation and resultant market losses, a number of notable economists and distinguished investors say the worst is yet to come – and it could be catastrophic.
As reported by the The Sovereign Investor web site, billionaire Carl Icahn is among those who have recently tossed red flags into the air. Icahn recently declared in a national interview, "The public is walking into a trap again as they did in 2007."
As dire as that prediction sounds, it is much tamer than those of some of his peers.
"U.S. stocks are now about 80 percent overvalued," Andrew Smithers, the chairman of Smithers & Co, said.
He went on to substantiate his prediction by using a ratio that proves the only time in history stocks were as risky as they are today was in 1929 and 1999; in those years, stocks fell by 89 percent and 50 percent respectively.
Former GOP Rep. Ron Paul of Texas has not minced his words, either. He told CNBC in June that the stock market's "day of reckoning" is quickly approaching. When that day comes, Paul doesn't believe it will be in the form of a correction but rather full-blown "stock market chaos."
In Paul's eyes, "the fallacy of economic planning" has led to such a "horrendous bubble" in the bond market that it's only a matter of time before the floor falls out.
As a renowned economist, best-selling author, and founder of Strategic Investment, Davidson makes the strongest case for a looming crisis — "Right now, there are three key economic indicators screaming SELL. They don't imply that a 50 percent collapse is looming, it's already at our doorstep."
His warning is alarming many of his peers. In using more than 20 charts to make his case, he makes the strongest argument yet that the market is teetering on the brink. It should be noted that he has a remarkable track record of predicting every major economic shift over the past 30 years.
For example, he successfully forecast the collapses of 1999 and 2007 in addition to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and Japan's economic downturn, among others. In fact, says TSI, Davidson's forecasts are so accurate that he has been invited to counsel the likes of former presidents including Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. He's also managed to befriend notables such as George H. W. Bush, the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and billionaires Steve Forbes and current GOP presidential leader Donald Trump.
Not someone who likes to "preach doom"
"I know that everywhere you turn things look pretty good. The market is near all-time highs, the dollar is strong, and real estate is booming again. But remember, the exact same scenario played out in 1999 and 2007. The economy is unraveling right now, and fast. Very fast," Davidson told TSI.
"I'm not a man who likes to preach doom," he added.
In addition to warning of a 50 percent stock market plunge, he predicted that "real estate will plummet by 40 percent, savings accounts will lose 30 percent and unemployment will triple."
Not all is bleak, however.
"There is no need to fall victim to the future. If you are on the right side of what's ahead, you could seize opportunities that come along once, maybe twice, in a lifetime," he said.
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A bonkers thriller that takes some big swings is a surprise Netflix hit
Scott Campbell Jan 5, 2022 5:06 am Jan 5, 2022 5:06 am
We can always rely on B-tier thrillers to play well on the Netflix most-watched list, because for whatever reason, subscribers just can't seem to get enough of seeing a raft of recognizable faces going through the motions in a breezy, disposable and often fitfully entertaining caper.
The latest addition to the ever-expanding list is Wander, which arrived to virtually no fanfare at all when it first landed in December 2020, but has managed to stake a claim for streaming success. As per FlixPatrol, the absolutely bonkers tale has found a place on the most-watched list, and it's poised to rise higher in the coming days.
Aaron Eckhart plays an unstable, paranoid conspiracy theorist and private investigator with a dark past, who finds himself utterly convinced that the case he's currently working is linked to a conspiracy he believes resulted in the death of his daughter.
Tommy Lee Jones, Heather Graham and Kathryn Winnick lend support in a narrative that barrels through a series of increasingly far-fetched, incomprehensible and even ludicrous twists with the utmost conviction. Revealing too much would take us on a detour straight into spoiler territory, but Wander should at least be commended for the way it laughs entirely at the concept of believability with a straight face.


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Collaborative manufacturing
The advantages of crowdsourcing
Special reportApr 21st 2012 edition
Apr 21st 2012
NEW YORK CITY was once the capital of manufacturing in America, with more than 1m people working in the sector in 1950. Today that number has shrunk to a mere 80,000, and they are employed largely by specialist producers in areas such as furnishing, food processing and the cluster that makes up Manhattan's vibrant garment district. Yet nourished by the city's entrepreneurial spirit, a new industry is emerging. It might be called social manufacturing.
One of the firms involved is Quirky, which is as trendy as its name suggests. Its new design studio in a converted warehouse near the Hudson river includes a small factory complete with a couple of 3D printers, a laser cutter, milling machines, a spray-painting booth and other bits of equipment. This prototyping shop is central to Quirky's business of turning other people's ideas into products.
With the help of a growing online community, Quirky comes up with two new consumer products a week. It works like this: a user submits an idea and if enough people like it (as on Facebook), Quirky's product-development team makes a prototype. Users review this online and can contribute towards its final design, packaging and marketing, and help set a price for it. Quirky then looks for suitable manufacturers. The product is sold on the Quirky website and, if demand grows, by retail chains. Quirky also handles patents and standards approvals and gives a 30% share of the revenue from direct sales to the inventors and others who have helped.
Quirky's most successful product so far is called Pivot Power. It is a $29.99 electrical extension lead with adjustable sockets, which makes it easier to plug in different chargers. Jake Zien of Milwaukee came up with the idea when he was at high school, submitted it to Quirky and was helped by 709 people to bring it to market. By early April, with over 200,000 of the gadgets sold, Mr Zien had made $124,000 from his invention.
By using its community as a sounding board, Quirky can quickly establish if there is a market for a product and set the right price before committing itself to making it. Much of the firm's production is carried out by subcontractors in Asia, particularly China. The speed with which they can turn designs into products is hard to match anywhere else, says Ben Kaufman, Quirky's chief executive. Additive manufacturing is not yet capable of doing this on a large scale, he points out, but that could change.
Quirky is hoping to make more things in America because it sees benefits in being close to manufacturing technology. "The amount of creativity that happens when you are standing next to a machine that's making hundreds of thousands of things is much greater than when you are working 4,000 miles away," says Mr Kaufman. "Your mind is spinning as to what else you can design for the machine to make."
Shapeways, another online manufacturing community, specialises in 3D-printing services. Founded in 2007 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands, where it maintains a European production centre, the company moved its headquarters to New York City, where it is setting up a second 3D-printing operation. Last year Shapeways shipped 750,000 products, and the numbers are growing rapidly. Shapeways' users upload their designs to get instant automated quotes for printing with industrial 3D-printing machines in a variety of different materials. Users can also sell their goods online, setting their own prices. Some designs can be customised by buyers, for example by putting their initials on cufflinks.
Easy online access to 3D printing has three big implications for manufacturing, says Peter Weijmarshausen, Shapeways' chief executive. The first is speed to market: Shapeways had covers for iPads on sale just four days after Apple first launched the device in 2010. Second, the risk of going to market falls to almost zero because entrepreneurs can test ideas before scaling up and tweak the designs in response to feedback from buyers. Some Shapeways products go through 20-30 iterations a year. And third, it becomes possible to produce things that cannot be made in other ways, usually because they are too intricate to be machined.
There are plenty of surprises in what people come up with. Recent examples include curious crablike walking devices, some propelled by a small windmill, designed by Theo Jansen, a Dutch artist (the Dutch seem to have a natural affinity with 3D printing). These are printed in one go, complete with all the moving parts. "If you give people access to creative technology in a way that is not scary they will find ways to use it that you cannot imagine," says Mr Weijmarshausen. And that technology is becoming easier to use all the time. When Shapeways began, half the files uploaded could not be printed because of mistakes or faults. Now the success rate has gone up to 91%, thanks to software that automatically fixes problems.
Rajeev Kulkarni, who runs 3D Systems' consumer business, wants his firm's first consumer 3D printer to be simple enough for children to use. Cubify, its online consumer service, also provides 3D printing and e-commerce, and is forming partnerships with organisations such as Freedom Of Creation, a design group that specialises in 3D-printed products.
Once in digital form, things become easy to copy. This means protecting intellectual property will be just as hard as it is in other industries that have gone digital. Online content will need checking for infringements, says Mr Kulkarni. And there will be some tricky areas. For instance, what happens if a visitor to Disney World in Florida takes a series of pictures of Cinderella's castle, converts them into a 3D digital file and uses that to print and sell models of the castle online? Mr Kulkarni is relaxed: "It is something we will have to figure out, but it should not be a hurdle to innovation."
The internet is already making life easier for traditional manufacturers by allowing them to buy parts and assemblies from all over the world. One online group, Atlanta-based MFG.com, provides a cornucopia of manufacturing services with more than 200,000 members in 50 countries. Firms use it to connect and collaborate, uploading digital designs, getting quotes and rating the services provided. In some ways, online manufacturing communities like this could turn into the virtual equivalent of an industrial cluster.
As online services and software spread more widely, they will also allow customers to take part in the production process. For instance, Dassault Systèmes, a French software firm, has created an online virtual environment in which employees, suppliers and consumers can work together to turn new ideas into reality. It even provides lifelike manikins on which to try out new things. The way products might fail, how they could be fixed and how they can be taken apart for disposal can also be modelled by computers. Software firms call such services "product life-cycle management" because they extend computer modelling from the conception of a product to its demise, which nowadays means recycling.
Just as digitisation has freed some people from working in an office, the same will happen in manufacturing. Product design and simulation can now be done on a personal computer and accessed via the cloud with devices such as smartphones, says Mr Rochelle of Autodesk, the Silicon Valley software company. It means designers and engineers can work on a product and share ideas with others from anywhere. What does this do for manufacturing? The way Mr Rochelle sees it, "it means the factory of the future could be me, sitting in my home office."
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A third industrial revolution
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The United States commissioned her first battleship, USS Texas, on 15 April 1895. This coal-burning ship, had an overall length of 309 feet and an extreme beam of 64 feet, displaced 6, 315 tons, and had a complement of 30 officers and 362 enlisted men. She carried two 12-inch and six 6-inch guns and was equipped with four 14-inch torpedo tubes. For protection she carried 12-inches of steel armor, and while not the titan of later years, for her era she was one of the most powerful ships in the world.
Theodore Roosevelt was a big-navy man, an unashamed imperialist, and a "Monroe Doctrinaire," obsessed with the idea of getting the Old World out of the New World. The Venezuela incident of late 1902 was the origin of his famously colloquial foreign policy, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." In 1903, in response to the German passage of a law authorizing further naval build-up, the US government developed a plan to expand its own navy in order. With the crisis in Venezuela serving as the impetus, the Navy began to draw up plans to construct 48 battleships and 24 heavily-armed cruisers over the coming decade. However, this plan was rejected by the Congress, which instead approved the construction of only a few battleships. But battleships continued to grow. The ships of the BB-18 Connecticut Class, with the lead ship laid down in 1903 and commissioned in 1906, displaced twice the tonnage of Texas, were more heavily armed, and had 42 officers and 838 enlisted men.
Some might say that the development of the battleship began with USS Monitor, the famous ironclad whose battle with the CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads on Mar. 9, 1862, drew the attention of the world. Monitor had a centerline, rotating iron gun turret, armored sides and deck, and steam propulsion. She was ill-equipped for sailing on the high seas, however, and foundered off Cape Hatteras, N.C., in December 1862. Others may say, however, that the genesis of the American battleship began with USS Michigan, a side wheel steamer commissioned on Sept. 29, 1844. Michigan was the Navy's first iron-hulled warship and was built for the defense of Lake Erie.
Which ever ship is considered to be the forerunner of the battleship, there were other developments which spurred the origin of the lethal leviathan of the sea. One was the writings of the great American Naval historian Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN, who published several books on naval strategy that became the bibles of many navies throughout the world. Capt. Mahan's works pointed out the importance of having a capital ship for the control of the sea. Mahan pointed out that the greatest legacy of Trafalgar was that British sea power was set free to influence history. In 1890, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, then a lecturer in naval history and the President of the United States Naval War College, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire. Two years later, he completed a supplementary volume, The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812. Mahan argued that British control of the seas, combined with a corresponding decline in the naval strength of its major European rivals, paved the way for Great Britain's emergence as the world's dominant military, political, and economic power. Mahan and some leading American politicians believed that some of these lessons could be applied to US foreign policy, particularly in the quest to expand US markets. Mahan's writings did not fuel naval rearmament in the US or the concurrent Anglo-French naval arms race; they were all reflections of similar currents in world affairs. But it did fuel the German race for naval parity, along with the tremendous victory of America's new steel navy over the pitifully obsolete Spanish Navy at Santiago de Cuba on 03 July 1898.
Another formative event was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Here, the "battleship" was put to the test, and the results showed that the new ship class was supreme at sea. Initiated by the Japanese with a naval attack against the unsuspecting Russian fleet at Port Arthur, the Russo-Japanese War erupted during a period of intense worldwide political, economic, and military uncertainty. The war culminated with what maritime strategist Sir Julian Corbett called "the most decisive and complete naval victory in history," the victory of the Japanese fleet over the Russian fleet in the Battle of Tsushima on 27-28 May 1905, in which the Russian fleet was almost completely destroyed. At the Battle of Tsushima, the opponents started firing at 19,000 yards, questioning whether the secondary armaments (6-, 8-, and 9-inch guns) were needed on battleships. Because of this phenomenon, the United States and England began work on classes of all "big gun" battleships.
German foreign policy in the Wilhelmine Era (1890-1914) had turned away from Bismarck's cautious diplomacy of the 1871-90 period. It was also marked by a shrill aggressiveness. Brusque, clumsy diplomacy was backed by increased armaments production, most notably the creation of a large fleet of battleships capable of challenging the British navy. This new bellicosity alarmed the rest of Europe, and by about 1907 German policy makers had succeeded in creating Bismarck's nightmare: a Germany "encircled" by an alliance of hostile neighbors -- in this case Russia, France, and Britain -- in an alliance called the Triple Entente.
Tensions between the British Empire and an industrially expanding Germany became especially acute when Berlin decided in 1898 to challenge British naval supremacy in European waters. The German naval expansion program had many domestic supporters. The Kaiser deeply admired the navy of his grandmother, Queen Victoria of Britain, and wanted one as large for himself. Powerful lobbying groups in Germany desired a large navy to give Germany a worldwide role and to protect a growing German colonial empire in Africa and the Pacific. Industry wanted large government contracts. Some political parties promoted naval expansion and an aggressive foreign policy to win votes from a nervous electorate they kept worked up with jingoistic rhetoric.
The chief figure in promoting the naval buildup was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, who is considered the founder of the modern German navy. Tirpitz was an effective spokesman for the program and had the ear of the kaiser and his advisers. In 1898, after the Reichstag passed the first Naval Bill, Anglo-German relations deteriorated. The Supplementary Naval Act of 1900 further strained relations with Britain, as did a proposed Berlin-Baghdad railroad through the Ottoman Empire, a project that threatened British as well as Russian interests in the Balkans. European tensions were increased still further, and the expectation that there would eventually be war on the continent became more certain.


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GMO Kids? Argentina Moms Confront Monsanto and Philip Morris Over Greed and Pesticides
HAFFebruary 28, 2020
Seventeen-year-old William Nuñez can't walk or talk, and has to be fed through a tube in his stomach. Five-year-old Lucas Texeira suffers from a severe and incurable skin condition. Lucas Krauss has congenital microcephaly, epilepsy, delayed motor and mental development, multiple muscular atrophy and numerous related pathologies.
What do these children have in common? Their fathers, all farmers working in Latin America, were exposed to agricultural pesticides that likely damaged their DNA, increasing the risk of cancer, birth defects and neurological disorders in the children they later fathered.
They also have this in common: Their mothers are fighting for justice for their kids.
"Genetically Modified Children," a new one-hour documentary, exposes how Philip Morris and Monsanto have exploited generations of impoverished Argentinian farmers since 1996, when the Argentinian government authorized the use of genetically engineered crops to withstand the use of Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller.
Featured in the film are Dr. Hugo Gomez Demaio, head of neurosurgery at the Pediatric Hospital of Posadas, and Dr. Mario Barrera, neurosurgeon at the Medical School of Nordeste. (Both institutions are in Buenos Aires). The doctors are dedicated to highlighting and treating the link between glyphosate exposure and DNA damage.
Dr. Barrera explains:
"Even if the entire local environment is contaminated, it does not mean that all children will become sick. But when the father is exposed to herbicides, they are absorbed into the body and alter his DNA. He then passes that genetic mutation on to his children."
Sofia Gatica lost her infant daughter to a kidney malformation, and her son was rendered unable to walk following a local agrochemical fumigation. She is the co-founder of the Mothers of Ituzaingó, a group of mothers working to stop the indiscriminate agrochemical use that has poisoned their children. Ituzaingó, a suburb of Córdoba, Argentina, is surrounded by GMO soy fields.
Gatica is renowned for her work tracking the abnormal rates of cancer, kidney disease and other conditions in areas close to aerial spraying of glyphosate on GMO soy crops. She's been so instrumental in the fight against Monsanto that she was awarded the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize.
Sofia Gatica
According to the film, the Mothers of Ituzaingo had blood tests done on their kids and found that three out of four children living in their community had agrochemicals in their blood, including pesticides, chromium, lead and arsenic. When they took the results to the Argentinian government, government officials told them they would improve the water only if the families signed away their right to sue for the previously polluted water.
The mothers have faced many uphill battles, including in 2007 when someone entered Gatica's house, pointed a revolver at her, and demanded she give up the campaign.
But they've also made good progress.
In 2008, Argentina's president ordered the minister of health to investigate the impact of pesticide use in Ituzaingó. A study was conducted by the Department of Medicine at Buenos Aires University and the results corroborated with the research the mothers had done linking pesticide exposure to the many health issues experienced by people in the community.
Gatica also succeeded in getting a municipal ordinance passed that prohibited aerial spraying in Ituzaingó at distances of less than 2,500 meters from residences.
And, in a huge victory, a 2010 Supreme Court ruling banned agrochemical spraying near populated areas and reversed the burden of proof — now the government and soy producers have to prove the chemicals they are using are safe, instead of residents having to prove that the spraying is making them sick.
This David vs. Goliath battle continues to play out in the courts. Class action lawsuits were filed on behalf of these "genetically modified children" by five law firms: Philips & Poalicelli, Waters & Kraus, The Thornton Law Firm, Capilla & Mustapich and Bifferato.
According to Steven Phillips, founding partner at Phillips & Paolicelli, Monsanto and Philip Morris must be held accountable — Monsanto for selling Roundup while knowing it wasn't safe, and Philip Morris for requiring the use of Roundup on its tobacco crops. Litigation against Monsanto is currently proceeding in Delaware, while litigation against Philip Morris is proceeding in Argentina.
All these steps are positive, yet much still needs to be done. Every year, more than 80 million gallons of glyphosate are used on Argentinian soil. Tobacco farmers in Argentina still lack information about the risks associated with the agrochemical and GMO products they are required to use in order to get their tobacco certified by Philip Morris.
Agrochemicals are worth $40 billion a year to chemical and agricultural companies like Monsanto. It's estimated that the agrochemical market will be worth $308.92 billion by 2025. How likely is it that these multinational corporations will voluntarily sacrifice any of these profits, even if it means sacrificing the health of farmers and their kids?
You can stream "Genetically Modified Children" on Amazon.
Reference: OrganicConsumers.org
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My love for a hot Sicilian started off innocently enough. But one thing led to another and a one-night stand became the beginning of a passionate affair. What started as sweet desire ended in extraordinary pain. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how this happened to a happily married stay-at-home mom.
Pursuing my dream of becoming a newspaper columnist, I sought an opportunity to see my name in print and signed up to be a cookbook critic. Pizza cookbooks drew me into their pages, tantalizing me with cheesy delights.
Slinging pizza dough high in the air, Chef Emeril Lagasse had nothing over me. Homemade spicy marinara sauces simmered on the stovetop, crushed red pepper flakes and garlic kicked the heat up a notch. Whisking flour and pounding dough, my fists were as red and chapped as a deep-sea fisherman.
Hot Jamaican jerk chicken pizza and zesty Italian sausage screamed, "Eat me!" Chipotle chicken with smoked jalapenos was a Tex-Mex delight. I became an expert grilling chilies over an open flame until the skin was black and blistered. Each pizza was spicier than the gossip surrounding the Kardashian's.
My family delighted in the welcoming aromas emanating from the kitchen each night, tantalizing their nostrils and making the eyes water.
"What's for dinner?" asked the kids.
Overnight, salads became a distant memory. Scrumptious hot fare delighted my family and they demanded pizza thicker than a James Michener novel.
After two weeks of cheesy meals, I toppled over in pain, clutching my stomach. Falling into the nearest reclining chair, I begged for relief. Something was wrong, burning pain, spasms, cramps, and bloated stomach.
For years, I watched my weight and the kids made fun of my fondness for salad. Zesty food, not for me. How could I have anticipated that writing a cooking column would be hazardous to my health? The doctor asked, "Ever have your cholesterol tested? Eat spicy food? Cheese?" My initial response was adamant "no".
Then I confessed my obsession to the doctor regarding the highly seasoned. Eating pizza triggered a gallbladder attack. He told me I won't survive the next cookbook unless I cut out the double cheese and fiery meat. And fast.
Not only that, he recommended I lay off alcohol, tomatoes, onions, fattening food, soda, red meat, dairy products, eggs, chocolate and all things spicy. Even mints were on the list. A morning cup of Joe was scratched as well. But, on the plus side, artichokes, ginger root, coconuts, avocados, grapes, lemons, prunes, figs, currants, and low fat cottage cheese were highly recommended.
Following the doctor's advice, my break-up with the bold and spicy needed to be as swift as an Olympiad running for the finish line. Despite my family's new cravings, we needed to move onto a spice-free diet or mama would collapse.
I had to choose recipes on the bland side. Lunching at home alone, I picked my way through a mixed green salad with a thin slice of tomato topped with French dressing. Dumping the partly eaten meal into the trashcan, I spied a greasy box from Pizza Hut.
"What's this?" I mumbled under my breath.
My daughter must have snuck food into the house. After I had hooked them on yummy pizza then denied them what they craved, it was best to look the other way.
Let them eat cheese and spare me the guillotine!
Left me with a deep "tums required" craving for my favorite food as well.
Why does heartburn have to be included??
REAL Question is . . .
When do you start reviewing chocolaty dessert stuff?
P.S. I'm a dork STACEY! That's what I get for multi-tasking my Rolodex and typing. My apologies!
You always make us laugh! We love the articles. Keep them coming!!


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Q: Why is jvmmonitor memory profiler not listing our classes In the past I have used the eclipse plugin from jvmmonitor.org for CPU profiling, but now I am confused as to its memory profiling capability.  Specifically, it is not listing any of our classes.  It is showing primarily primitives, arrays of primitives, java.lang.String, and a few org.hibernate and org.springframework classes.  Is there some configuration of the memory profile that I may need to tweak, because I certainly would expect that our locally written com.* classes would appear in the memory analysis.

A: You are most likely not reading the data quite right.
Certainly the primitives and String(s) specifically are likely to take up the vast majority of the memory.
Your objects might indeed hold references to some of those objects, and in fact caching them, reducing their number of instances by use of Enums, intern()ing frequently used strings, using StringBuilder / StringBuffer instead of String, and not forgetting to null out old references is much more likely to fix any memory problems you have.  Its not likely that adjusting the internals of your code in most instances will help (unless you are allocating large blocks of data in special objects that are for some reason not primitives or arrays - unlikely), without removing those unneeded strings and primitives.
The question then becomes why all these things are in memory?  Can we get rid of them? If so how? Typically by nulling out references, eliminating unnecessary allocations, interning strings, making them available for garbage collection using weak references, not loading them in the first place through lazy initialization, or other strategies (object re-use), static methods instead of instance methods, etc.
From their website: "JVM Monitor doesn't provide an ability to analyze the references, but instead provide(sic) an ability to generate hprof file, so that you can further analyze the references with other tools like Memory Analyzer."  I recommend you consult the documentation there, and also their blog.  I will note there are alternative tools for analyzing hprof files.

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Presented to great acclaim at this year's APMP worldwide conference ("Hilarious, embarrassing, and insightful all at once!"; "I love how they tied a 'risky' and engaging topic to proposal essentials!") - the proposal version of "Fifty shades" now hits the UK.


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"Staycationing" is choosing to vacation close to home to explore and enjoy the attractions and activities in your own area ... you know, all that stuff that you moved here to do but haven't gotten around to.
Or, you did it years ago and haven't done it since. Or, the stuff you'll take time to do when relatives visit; stuff like riding the train, a day at Vallecito Lake or an evening with the Bar-D Wranglers.
The original staycation was the norm in America's leaner times. A family outing meant heading out to the nearby lake to row a boat or bait a hook, a picnic at the park or on the beach, a camping trip with relatives, or a day at the old ballpark. It was simple, affordable and fun. It's what we did back then.
As American affluence grew, family vacations grew into a two-week annual road trip ritual to some sunny shore destination, national park, Florida, or maybe Disneyland. We were captivated by our new coast-to-coast highway system lined with motels, diners and roadside attractions.
We took lots of pictures, developed them into slide shows, and showed them to friends and neighbors. "Vacation" became synonymous with time and distance traveled; the more of each, the merrier.
Today, the entire world is digitally or geographically at our beckoning call. We can go anywhere, anytime. After having been there, done that, there's many good reasons to rediscover the treasures and pleasures right in our own backyard. Don't forget, over a million people a year save their money just to come to the very place where we live. Why? Because there are a lot of great things to see and do around here.
There are many benefits in staycationing not included in a fly-away package. First off, it takes less time and expense to get where you're going because you're practically there now. Second, you're on vacation and totally free to stop and check out everything you've being driving right past over the years. Third, you'll expand your local knowledge about where you live, and your appreciation and pride of Southwest Colorado. Last, you're keeping dollars close to home.
Here's a tip: Get out and find the things you didn't know were out there. They might be campgrounds, wineries, hiking and 4x4 trails, little shops, alpine lakes, coffeehouses, museums, breweries, art galleries, bed and breakfasts or thrift shops. Go places you think you know all about to see what's new, like Mesa Verde or the Aztec Ruins, or discover all the summer activities going on up at Purgatory Resort.
How about driving the famous Million Dollar Highway? Stop and walk around Silverton, have some lunch and drop a few bucks. Spend the night in Ouray, soak in their newly renovated outdoor pool and do Box Canyon Falls. Pick up activity and attraction brochures along the way. If something catches your eye, just do it. Don't overlook the many memory-making opportunities right here at home.
Bob Kunkel is executive director of the Durango Area Tourism Office. Email him at director@durango.org.


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I have been soooooooooooo busy since the last time I wrote, personally and professionally, it isn't a wonder that I haven't found the time to come babble here on the blog.
First off I have some really interesting news, which will probably illicit a groan from some people, I have begun working on clothing and silks. At one point a friend or two of mine has said to me that I should get into it, I usually countered that there are already FAR FAR too many silk creators or clothing merchants in SL. To which I usually get a response from them along the lines of everyone having their own style and that it is one thing that everyone is always interested in seeing develop. I guess that's true, anyhow, the other day I was playing in my workshop and end up creating a set of silks along with some slippers to go with them. No one is more surprised than myself and even more surprisingly I actually think they look pretty damn good!
This is my first attempt at making prim attachments or clothing and it has actually inspired me to try my hand at a few more… so now watch out, I am going to be branching out into something entirely new for me. I'm a little nervous about it but I'm also excited! Here's a picture to show you what I came up with and you can get them at my in world location or through SLX (newly named to Xstreet).
Second I have some new furniture and things to tempt you. A set that is very desert/Moroccan themed again this time in deep dark greens and gorgeous wood accents. Has very nice detailing. A day bed with 26 couples sets, and a massage table (that I adore!) with 3 different massages in it. Also tossed pillows, low table, and an armchair that you can snuggle into. Can find it at my main store near the front port in spot.


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The Aihua Group does not only pride itself on being a leader in technology but also a leader in corporate social responsibility. Since its inception, The Aihua Group has contributed to the society, both in and around the communities where the company operates. With social responsibility as a core value of the company, it is important that The Aihua Group fulfills its obligation to the community. Moreover, the company's vision of sustainability includes striving to make ongoing contributions to the society.
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Volunteerism has always been an essential part of The Aihua Group's culture. The company always monitors its societal needs and encourages its employees to contribute with community service. The Aihua Group participates in many volunteer activities monthly and contributes thousands of hours in community service each year.
The company has set up an charitable fund in which a percentage of its profits are donated annually to helping underprivileged students, the disabled, and the elderly.
The Aihua Group takes pride in returning to the society and is the company's ongoing endeavor. The Aihua Group's recent contribution includes a 5 million yuan donation to the Heshan district and a 2 million yuan donation to the Huyang public educational system in 2012. In total 25 million yuan in charitable donations have been made in recent years.


Primarily practiced in Zebra lands where ingredients are plentiful, alchemy is a form of magic that requires little to no magical skill on the part of the practitioner, drawing all it's energy from it's ingredients and rituals. Ingredients for a potion are chosen for having traits similar to that desired from the finished potion, and the mixture gains additional magic from the stirring implement, which in turn gains its power either from bathing in a magical liquid, such as dragon's blood, or is inherently magical, such as the onc-use Rodbug. More advanceds potion may require additional steps, such as a specific chant, careful temperature control, or mixing the ingredients in a certain order to avoid a disastrous outcome. Potions when ingested can bestow their effects even on those who are otherwise immune to magic, but come with the drawback that many beneficial potions contain toxic ingredients and will poison the user if overused. Compared to Goat magic, the ingredients in alchemy are often highly specific.
Nearly anything can be an ingredient, organic or mineral. Even other finished alchemical creations can be ingredients for another. Usual ingredients are plants or body parts.
Found on a shelf in Lord Sepulcher's lab.


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Some time back I came across this link -> apps that make linux users powerful! « Jag! and came to know about many applications which exists for Linux but we do not know about them.
Why do we not know about them, its just only one reason, because we do not pay enough attention. But some one is doing it.
Recently we came across a problem that we had to take backup of Linux Open files. Our current solution could not take backup just because we purchase stupid software without thinking about it. I was not INVOLVED in that decision, but some how now I have manage that.
Next upgrade of backup software, which can take open files backup was $90K away. And I was NO way interested in purchasing that. We came up with an idea of using Linux snapshots, but since our systems were RHEL 3.0 Kernel 2.4, Linux snap shot was not an easy go. We came up with an error of not able to allocate memory while creating snapshot logical volume.
So error was lvcreate -- ERROR "Cannot allocate memory" creating VGDA and any time I search for something on Google I am point to this mail thread with no answers from any one. All forums would point to it and some suggested to upgrade to LVM2 with Kernel 2.6, which was not the answer I was looking for. I had to fix this some how!
I got hold of some patches, started looking through code, patching and booting kernel did not get me any where! the error was causing because of himem allocation error or something like that. While going through plain C code for like 9 hours, I found the solution but on the same time I realized that I can pass it to kernel as mem boot option. But I changed the code compiled the kernel, increased the default memory! And voila it worked, but this was not manageable, because everytime kernel sources gets updated I need to recompile the kernel, I tried to pass this as boot option (mem=4000m) and it worked again.
So after that it was just so smooth to do backups with LVM Snapshot!
I really do not know, why people are still afraid of using Linux?


This wan't the first time that such a thing had happened. The first case of this happening that I'm aware of is back in the early Macintosh days (System 7), when Steve Christensen's SuperClock! utility was written to allow the computer to display the time in the upper corner of the screen. This eminently useful feature was incorporated into System 7.5, along with a number of other features adapted / adopted/ stolen from other software developers. A lot of people view this as simply the cost of doing business with a large, powerful organization, but it seems like a bitter pill for a hard-working developer to have to swallow.
A couple of days ago, I received an email from the College Board announcing some new features that were being added to the College Board website.
That "Question Bank" that supports students with 15,000 on-demand questions? That's my idea! That's exactly what the learnapphysics.com website has been doing for the last ten years.
Okay, to be fair, people have been publishing banks of test questions for years, and the SAT "Question of the Day" was a thing that I took as inspiration for my website, so… I can't complain too loudly here. In fact, I'm not complaining at all. I'm glad that the College Board has caught on to the idea that there are lots of ways that they can support students taking their courses.
This is my fifth year teaching AP Computer Science A. More than most high school teachers, CS teachers are sometimes seen as loners: often, they are the sole teacher in their subject area at their school. The College Board has an online discussion community that displays some signs of life, fortunately, and there is a Facebook group that a number of teachers use as a resource as well.
Facebook? I know. I don't understand that either.
This is my 20th year teaching AP Physics C. The College Board's discussion community for that subject sees quite a bit more action than the Comp Sci one, but the real resource for that class is the Pretty Good Physics site hosted at Wikispaces. The venerable Gardner Friedlander manages that site, a section of which is password-protected so that only teachers with appropriate credentials have access. It's a fantastic resource, perhaps unique in the College Board's collection of communities, and the vast majority of requests for resources on the AP Physics Discussion Board conclude with a reference to Pretty Good Physics.
This isn't due to any neglect or mismanagement on the part of Friedlander or anyone else. No, the entire Wikispaces platform is being shut down.
Unfortunately, the time has come where we have had to make the difficult business decision to end the Wikispaces service.
There was an initial panic from people in the AP Physics community, but the site has been archived, mirrored, downloaded, and backed up by a large number of people who know very well the value of the site. I'm pretty sure that the site will arise again someday soon. There is a strong support community, and it's too good a resource to lose.
Was Wikispaces a poor choice for building the PGP resource? Are there better choices for building and maintaining an online academic community such as this?
Does AP Computer Science have a similar, off-College Board community maintained by someone?
I'd suggest that Wikispaces turned out to be a perfectly reasonable choice for an online community given its 13-year history, a surprisingly long run in technology time. The only thing that would have been more robust would be hosting it on a private site, and that has issues associated with it as well.
And if AP Computer Science has a similar community, I'm unaware of it. Gary and Maria Litvin have built a nice following around the work that they do at Skylight Publishing, and they regularly reply to questions on the College Board Discussion board. The Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/APComputerScienceTeachers/ (login required) is… hosted at Facebook, a decision that I reject for a whole set of Facebook-related reasons.
I've seen other non-AP Comp Sci efforts to gather materials and references for people, including Awesome Python in Education, hosted at github—perhaps that Open Source platform is the new, best choice for something like this. For the moment, however, Computer Science in general doesn't seem to have settled in on a focal point that is clearly identifiable.
Is this due to the nature of our subject? Is it because we tend toward the Lone Wolf end of the spectrum?
While we're figuring this all out, perhaps the best strategy for providing ongoing access to content is to Own Your Own Domain.
One of my relatives gave me this pint glass for Christmas this year.
What programming language is this code written in?
What syntactical conventions are being followed?
What syntactical conventions are *not* being followed?
How would you rewrite the code to make it better, but also maintain the sentiment?


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Shell Faces Lawsuit From Environmentalists
by Bart Meijer April 5, 2019
Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell (RYDAF) in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.
The groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, handed over a court summons to Shell at its headquarters in The Hague, demanding it stop extracting oil and gas and cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.
"Shell spends billions on oil and gas exploration each year, with current plans to invest just 5 percent of its budget in sustainable energy and 95 percent in exploiting fossil fuels," the groups said.
They said Shell's plans were "incompatible with the goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming" under the goals set out in the Paris Agreement to combat climate change.
Shell on Friday said the case should not be brought to court as it supports the goals of the 2015 pact and has promised to cut its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050.
"We also feel action against climate change is needed right now", the company said in a statement.
"We have invested billions of dollars in a range of CO2-light technologies, such as biofuels, hydrogen and wind energy and we want to continue to grow these activities."
Activists say this commitment does not go far enough to ensure climate goals can be reached on a global scale.
"With their current strategy, they will keep the world dependent on fossil fuels in the next 40 years," Greenpeace campaigner Eefje de Kroon said.
The groups said more than 17,000 Dutch citizens signed up to support their case against Shell.
The company has about six weeks to reply to the court summons, after which a judge will decide on further proceedings.
By Bart Meijer
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Malcolm Fraser reiterates call for Australia to reconsider attendance at CHOGM in Sri Lanka
Lee Rhiannon 26 Apr 2013
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, the Australian Greens and the Australian Tamil Congress have joined over 2700 individuals to request that Prime Minister Julia Gillard reconsiders attending the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka.
This call comes as the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) meets in London today (26 April).
A variety of international human rights groups including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the Elders are calling for a shift in the venue for this year's CHOGM.
The petition appeals to the Prime Minister to follow the example of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and announce that she will not attend CHOGM if there is no progress in Sri Lanka's human rights.
It has been launched by the Australian Tamil Congress and is part of a wider global campaign to stop Sri Lanka from hosting CHOGM.
ATC Chair Dr Raj Rajeswaran says, "The CMAG meeting is a watershed moment for the Commonwealth's relevance and commitment to its core principles of democracy, human rights, freedom of expression, rule of law, judicial independence and good governance.
"Australia should review its unconditional support for CHOGM in Sri Lanka and use its position as Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth to place Sri Lanka formally on the agenda at the CMAG meeting today," Dr Rajeswaran said.
Greens Senator Rhiannon said "It is time Australia shows leadership on Sri Lanka, instead of being best friends in order to manage Tamils fleeing torture, rape and discrimination, arbitrary arrests at the hands of the brutal Rajapakse regime.
"It is wrong that a country that stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity is allowed to build international legitimacy by using international bodies such as CHOGM," Senator Rhiannon said.
For media comment please call: Dr Rajeswaran 1300 660 629 Lee Rhiannon 0487 350 880


Try these ooey, gooey, moist lemon danish sweet rolls with their lemon and cream cheese filling! You'll be hooked after just one bite!
I am totally in love with these lemon danish sweet rolls! The tart lemon curd is balanced perfectly with the cream cheese filling that is all rolled up in a tender roll. Now I'm going to be totally honest here. These are a bit messy to make, but I assure you they are absolutely worth the effort…and the mess. These are perfect for breakfast, brunches and, well, midnight snacks. If you are feeling adventurous and love lemon treats then try these! They will not disappoint.
Before make the roll dough for this recipe, prepare the lemon curd and have it chilling in the fridge. The lemon curd must be 100% chilled before use. If it's not it will run all over the place.
I prefer to use my stand mixer for my convenience, but this recipe can be done just as well with hand beaters. If using a stand mixer, fit it with the paddle attachment. So in the bowl of your mixer, place the butter, salt, and sugar. In a small pot, over medium high heat, scald the 1 cup of milk. To scald milk, heat it until nearly boiling then remove from the heat. Pour the scalded milk over the contents of the mixing bowl. Allow to cool down to a warm but not hot temperature (a bit warmer than a baby's bath water). In a small measuring cup dissolve 1 Tbs. active dry yeast and 1/2 tsp sugar in 1/3 cup warm water and let stand 5 minutes until foamy. Pour the foamy yeast, 2 eggs, and 2 cups of flour into the mixing bowl. Mix on low just to get everything mixed together, then beat at a medium high speed for 5 minutes. Don't skimp on the time. You need to beat the batter for 5 minutes.
Following 5 minutes of beating, add 1 1/2 cups more flour and mix just until incorporated. The left picture above is what your batter/dough should look like. This particular kind of roll is called a batter roll or batter bread. Meaning it is not going to come together in a ball like typical doughs. It will be sticky and gooey. Remove the paddle attachment and cover the bowl with a dish towel. Allow the dough to raise until doubled like shown above in the right hand picture. This should take an hour to an hour and a half. Gently punch down the dough, recover and allow to rise a 2nd time until doubled. This time it will rise in about half the time it took before. While the dough is rising for a second time make the cream cheese filling according to the recipe instructions. Also prepare a 9×13 baking dish by spraying it with non-stick cooking spray and preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Dump the risen dough onto a generously floured surface. As you can see in the left hand picture above, this dough is very soft and kind of sticky. Gently knead the dough with a little flour just enough that it is not terribly sticky. Do not add a ton of flour. You really only need a bit. This dough should not toughen up and be a stiff dough like regular bread dough. Roll the dough out into roughly a 20 x 14 inch rectangle on a floured surface.
Spread the cream cheese filling on the top of the rolled out dough first. Then spread the lemon curd. Carefully and quickly roll up jelly roll style. This is where things start to get a little messy.
Using dental floss, cut the rolled up dough into 15 one inch slices. You may end up with more than 15. You must be quick and not afraid about getting your hands sticky here. As you can see the lemon curd tries to ooze out. It's just the nature of the beast. Slice quick, use two hands to pick up the slices so the middles don't slip out and place them in the prepared baking dish. I took the pictures above to show these are a bit messy but totally do-able. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes. The rolls should be golden brown. Cool for 20 minutes before drizzling with the icing. Enjoy warm and refrigerate the leftovers.
I recommend making the lemon curd a couple hours before starting the dough for this recipe to ensure the lemon curd is properly chilled.
In a 4 Cup measuring cup whisk the 2 eggs together. Set aside.
Put the sugar, salt, lemon zest, lemon juice and butter in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
Remove from the heat and trickle in a slow stream into the eggs while whisking vigorously until all the hot liquid in whisked into the eggs. Pour back into the saucepot.
Bring back to a simmer over medium heat stirring constantly until the curd is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Remove from heat, pour into a shallow dish and place in the fridge to chill. A shallow dish will make the lemon curd cool faster. It must be 100% cold to make these sweet rolls. If it is not cold it will run all over the place.
Alllow to cool to a warm, but not hot temperature (a little warmer than a baby's bath water). This takes 20-30 minutes.
Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour. Mix until incorporated. This is a batter dough so the dough is going to be sticky and gooey, it will not be a ball of dough. Refer to the pictures included in this recipes post to see what this should look like. Cover the dough and let rise until doubled. This will take an hour to an hour and a half.
While the dough is rising for a second time, preheat the oven to 350. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Get your dental floss out and ready for slicing the dough.
Also beat together the cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla extract until smooth to make the cream cheese filling.
Roll out into a rectangle that is roughly 20×14 inches. Spread the cream cheese filling over the top of the rolled out dough, followed by the cold lemon curd.
Quickly roll up the dough jelly roll style ending with the roll of dough seam side down. This is where things may get a little messy.
Cut the rolled up dough into 15 one inch thick slices using dental floss. Be quick and use two hands to move the slices from the counter to the prepared baking dish. The lemon curd will ooze out some. That is just the nature of the beast.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. The rolls should be golden brown. Cool 20 minutes before drizzling icing on the top. Serve warm and refridgerate the leftovers.
Using a fork, mix together the powdered sugar, vanilla, and enough milk to bring to a drizzly consistency.
If you have questions, refer to the recipe post for this recipe. There are many pictures you may find helpful.
Have you tried this recipe? Leave me a rating above and a comment below!