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Chez Weng Modern Grill Restaurant has recently opened its doors at Precinct 10, a new dining scene in Penang. The restaurant offers contemporary grilled European cuisines along with a selection of alcoholic beverages.
Owner, Chef Weng opened the restaurant with a casual and cozy ambience. Colourful curtains, large light bulbs and chandelier added charm to the huge dining area with high ceiling. Seating areas are on the ground and first floor that looks directly into the restaurant below. There are live performances on alternate nights – Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Weng's enthusiasm for fresh products and ingredients bring a vibrant menu to the restaurant. We sample many dishes including appetizers, pasta, pizza, ribs and desserts.
He presented the seared tuna (RM22) coupled with micro herbs, black olive mayo and lemon oil. The sauce enhanced the taste of the tuna which is nicely seared on the outside. Simple and flavorful!
Besides the seared tuna, there is also the salmon tatare (RM18), eaten raw. The dish in a light dressing is served with alfafa, appetizing kaffir lime mayo and pieces of rye crostini.
The cucumber and orange salad comes with a mix of crunchy vegetables and delicately flavored smoked duck. The dish is refreshing with the tangy flavor of the orange against the smoky richness of the duck.
The deep-fried calamari (RM18) is fried until golden with light seasoning. The accompanying rich and smokey paprika aioli with a squeeze of lemon lends a lovely refreshing taste to the addictive calamari.
The plate of Serrano ham (RM22) is surprisingly delicious. This simple creation with servings of cured ham with manchego, thinly sliced pear, watercress and dash of pepper certainly satisfied my cravings for an appetizer.
For those who like pizza, there are five types to choose from. There is the pepperoni and cheese, prosciutto, pear, rocket and parmesan, portabella mushroom, garlic confit and truffle oil as well as a handful of others.
Well- known crowd favourite is the seafood squid ink Aglio Olio with thick and al dente noodles. Tender squid, fresh shelled large prawns, cheese and chopped parsley are among the many ingredients that made this dish a special treat.
The next dish has three pieces of grilled chicken thigh (RM28) on a bed of chorizo, zucchini, fried potato and red capsicum sauce. The sauce is a bit overwhelming, drowning the rather well flavorful grilled chicken.
We order the restaurant's Australian rack of lamb (RM68). The tender and juicy pieces of meat are served with sides of zucchini, grated potato cake together with rosemary and anchovy jus. I took a liking to the golden brown potato cake for its softness and crisp coating.
The restaurant offers five desserts on their menu. Our selection includes panna cotta with fresh berries and chocolate sauce (RM16) and apple pie with cinnamon ice cream and caramel sauce (RM16). The thin crispy outer piece of the apple pie adds a delicate crunch.
With the delicious dishes that have been sampled, it is definitely convincing that other dishes in the menu will also be a treat to the taste buds. Set lunch (RM38++ to RM58++) and set dinner (RM48++ to RM88++) is also available daily.
Precinct 10 is located next to Island Plaza along Jalan Tanjung Tokong. Click here for the Map Location.
* Many thanks to Chez Weng Modern Grill Restaurant for laying on this invitation.
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wahh..pg food industry now have move up to another new lvl..
great to see we have this kind of restaurant now ..


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Get a jump on your holiday shopping list with our book guide!
By Kayti Burt | October 5, 2017 |
This article was originally published in the Den of Geek Special Edition Magazine. Click here to view the full issue!
'Tis almost that time of the year again: the holiday gift-giving season. Or, as we like to call it, the perfect excuse to buy more books. Whether you're looking for a gift for yourself or for someone special in your life, here are our top genre book picks for winter 2017.
Autonomous, Annalee Newitz, OUT NOW – Tor Books
io9 founder Annalee Newitz's debut science fiction novel Autonomous is a story about the future of intellectual property law, told from the dual perspectives of Jack, an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, and Paladin, an indentured military bot hot on Jack's trail. While Jack works to create an antidote, the latest corporate-made smart drug, Paladin grows physically and emotionally closer to their human International Property Coalition partner Eliasz. Set on Earth in 2144, Autonomous asks the question: What does freedom look like in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?
The Name of the Wind (10th Anniversary Edition), Patrick Rothfuss, OUT NOW – DAW
With The Kingkiller Chronicle becoming a movie, TV series, and even a video game, there's never been a better time to dive into Patrick Rothfuss' beloved fantasy world. DAW is releasing a 10th anniversary hardcover edition of the first book in the series, The Name of the Wind, which tells the story of Kvothe, a magically-gifted young man who grows up to be one of the most notoriously powerful wizards that the world has ever seen. Complete with illustrations from Dan Dos Santos, a brand new author's note, and an appendix detailing the world's calendar system and currencies, the deluxe edition includes 50 pages of extra content. The perfect gift for the fantasy nerd in your life!
Provenance, Ann Leckie, OUT NOW – Orbit
Imperial Radch series author Ann Leckie is back with another science fiction story set in the same universe as her Ancillary books. Provenance is a novel about a young woman named Ingray who lives on a planet called Hwae. In an attempt to earn the approval of her foster mother, she unwittingly stumbles into an interplanetary conspiracy. As you do. Exploring themes of power, privilege, and birthright, Leckie's much-anticipated return to this science fiction world is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the holiday season.
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler, edited by Alexander Pierce and Mimi Mondal, OUT NOW – Twelfth Planet Press
Octavia Butler, the author of The Parable of the Sower and Kindred, is one of the most important science fiction authors of all time; this book aims to celebrate her contribution to the genre. Luminescent Threads is an anthology of letters and original essays written to, for, and about Butler by writers and readers for whom her work has meant something. A follow-up of sorts to the Locus Award-winning Letters to Tiptree, Luminescent Threads is a book for anyone who has ever loved Butler, or for those who want to learn more about her legacy.
FOR TEENS: The Afterlife of Holly Chase, Cynthia Hand, November 7 – HarperTeen
If you're looking for a young adult option during the 2017 holiday season, then look no further than The Afterlife of Holly Chase, the contemporary teen retelling of A Christmas Carol that you probably never asked for, but will nonetheless enjoy! The novel tells the story of Holly, a 17-year-old ghost girl who didn't use the insight provided to her five years ago when she was visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Now Holly is a Ghost of Christmas Past, helping other misers see the error of their ways and watching her friends and family move on without her. But this year, everything will change…
Artemis: A Novel, Andy Weir, November 14 – Random House
A heist… on the moon. Do we have your attention? The latest novel from The Martian author Andy Weir, follows criminal Jazz Bashara, one of the many struggling inhabitants of the moon's only city, Artemis. Jazz is a contraband smuggler who gets in over her head when she tries to commit the perfect heist but falls into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself. We probably had you at "author of The Martian," right?
FOR KIDS: The Legends of Luke Skywalker, Ken Liu, October 31 – Disney-Lucasfilm Press
Disney has compiled an amazing group of authors to pen the books in their Journey to Star Wars series. In the lead up to The Last Jedi, this includes Ken Liu, the author of The Grace of Kings and the translator of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem. Liu wrote the junior novel The Legends of Luke Skywalker, which follows a group of children on their way to casino world Canto Bight. The narrative acts as a frame for six tales about the legendary Luke Skywalker. Throughout the book, the children debate about whether or not Luke Skywalker is real or a myth. Read The Legends of Luke Skywalker with the kids in your life and decide for yourself.
Blackwing, Ed McDonald, OUT NOW — Ace
William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh, Ian Doescher, OUT NOW — Penguin Random House
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Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier, Mark Frost, October 31 — MacMillan
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse #7), James S.A. Corey, December 5 – Orbit
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CLUB NEWS: Reserve team to cease at end of season
Chris Curtis
At its board meeting earlier this week, Bromsgrove Sporting Football Club decided to cease having a Reserve team at the end of this season. In previous seasons, the Reserves had played in the Midland Football League Under 21s division.
The decision was made purely on footballing reasons. Reserve teams usually allow first team players to recover form or from injury as well as getting match time when they were not playing. In addition the teams normally allow young players to progress to playing for the first team.
Although there had been some successes, it was decided to look for an alternative method of allowing first team players to get practice and match time and as a method of allowing young players to gain experience and preparation for first team football.
Any footballers playing for the under-18s team showing potential could then be loaned to any "feeder" club or clubs whereby gaining experience.
Bromsgrove Sporting will be seeking agreements with local clubs who run teams with whom dual registration will be possible allowing player exchanges between clubs as and when required.
The decision to cease the Reserve side was not taken lightly and the board of directors wish to thanks everybody involved with the team in particular Dave Smith the manager, his coaches and the players who have shown considerable loyalty to the Club along with Andy Parr, the Reserves match secretary.
TRANSFER NEWS: Brad Carter & Harry Harris
CLUB NEWS: Ground share with Worcester City to continue
Ron Gifford
so rather than having your own reserve team you will use players from other clubs to bring into the first team and first team players will play for clubs that have nothing to do with Bromsgrove when injured. sorry i don't see the logic here apart from financial gain for the club as you don't have to help the reserves out with the ground costs.. i think this is a very narrow sighted idea and will no doubt come back to haunt you. Outside teams will if they have any decency to their players would nit drop regular players so that an injured player for Bromsgrove can get match fit. it just doesn't make sense in the slightest
Well I'm here if bromsgrove ever need a reserve team set back up as my sat team now boast a lot of potential and quality
Jon read
Surely a reserve team is a must as to keeping fringe players happy by getting a match whilst still being associated with sporting ? I think this will come back and hurt sporting in the long run .fringe players won't be happy just sitting on the bench or having no part of


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Q: Create without form I'm trying to create an object without a form, but just clicking on a link:
<%=link_to "Add as friend", user_friend_path(current_user,u), :method=>:post %>

Friend is a nested resource inside the user, in this link, current_user is the user and u will be the friend.
When I click on it, the following error appear:
Routing Error

No route matches "/users/101/friends/86"

Someone can help me ?

A: Your probably trying to create a friendship, so your path helper should create the path for the join (friendships_path maybe?) model rather.
Addition
I'm guessing that you're using a join model for your friendships? If so the create link "Add as friend" should probably create an entry for this model's table, right? So your link needs to point to proper path for this join model, not the nested user/friend path. But again, I'm just guessing, since I don't know your models.

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The NASCAR Xfinity Series will kick off the weekend at Charlotte.
The roval layout will host the top two national series for the second time.
It will be the fourth and final stop at a road course for the series in 2019.
NASCAR increased the race length for this year, going from 200 to 250 miles.
With 15 points separating eighth from ninth place, this race could very either shake up the standings significantly or set up the field for the Round of 8.
The Big Three – Christopher Bell, Cole Custer, and Tyler Reddick – have combined to win five of the past six races.
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Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course in Concord, NC
When: Saturday, September 28th at 3:30 PM EST
How: NBCSN (TV) | Performance Racing Network (Web radio) | NBC Sports App
Favorites to Win the 2019 Drive for the Cure 250
Austin Cindric
Austin Cindric's sports car and open-wheel racing background once again make him the early favorite.
The Team Penske driver scored his first career win at Watkins Glen.
Cindric went on to score back-to-back wins, securing victory at Mid-Ohio as well.
He added a second-place at Road America to wrap it up.
Cindric started last year's Drive for the Cure from pole-position and led 13 laps on his way to a third-place finish.
He is currently fourth in points with two wins, 11 top 5 and 19 top 10 finishes.
Chase Briscoe
Chase Briscoe is the defending race winner.
It was the Stewart-Haas driver's first career win in the Xfinity Series, a feat he achieved while racing on a part-time schedule.
Briscoe had a dominant performance, leading 33 of the 55 laps.
He finished all three road course races this season inside the top 10.
Briscoe is currently seventh in points with one win, ten top 5 and 21 top 10 finishes.
A.J Allmendinger
A.J. Allmendinger will be making his fifth appearance this season.
The former Champ Car and Cup Series driver has put his experience to good use.
Allmendinger finished third on the road at Daytona but got disqualified after the race.
He then crossed the line at Watkins Glen in second place after leading the most laps, but again got disqualified.
The Kaulig Racing driver followed it up with a third-place at Mid-Ohio, with his car finally passing the post-race inspection.
At Road America, Allmendinger started from the pole and led ten laps, but fell down to 24th due to pit strategy.
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Christopher Bell
Christopher Bell scored his first road course win at Road America.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver had already come close to it at Mid-Ohio, finishing second behind Austin Cindric and leading the second-most laps.
He finished third on the road at Watkins Glen but got promoted to second following Allmendinger's disqualification.
The #20 driver finished fifth at Charlotte last year and won the second stage.
After winning the postseason opener at Richmond, Bell has extended his lead in the standings.
He has a series-best seven wins, with 18 top 5 and 19 top 10 finishes.
Cole Custer
Cole Custer has eight consecutive top 10 finishes at road courses.
The Stewart-Haas driver had solid showing at Watkins Glen this season, moving from last at the start to seventh at the checkered.
Custer has never won a road course race in the Xfinity Series, however.
He scored a solid seventh-place finish at Charlotte last season.
Custer is currently second in points with six wins, 14 top 5 and 19 top 10 finishes.
Tyler Reddick
Tyler Reddick wasn't much of a factor in the fight for the win at The Glen, Mid-Ohio and Road America.
It still didn't stop him from showing the usual consistency.
The reigning Xfinity Series champion finished fifth, fourth and third despite not leading a single lap.
While Reddick has shown the pace to run in the top 5, he has not managed to run upfront.
The Richard Childress driver dropped to third in the standings following the reset in points.
Reddick has five wins this season, with a series-best 20 top 5 and 23 top 10 finishes.
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... however, the band by every right deserved to be as caustic as they wanted to: the had the music to back up the swagger.
"Blagged My Way To This" EP doesn't feature the immensely popular "Cops 'n' Shops", but contains three songs of equal raucousness. "Kerry W" carries somewhat of a indie-punk vibe to it much in the same vein as early Libertines tracks. Coupled with the somewhat 'common as mook' lyrics (used of the word shite) and the Arctic Monkeys-Esq observation on, in this instance, a woman named Kerry W.
"Sleeping Through Tomorrow" could be called their ballad, and is perhaps the strongest account of their influences they credit (The Cribs and The Libertines, naming two). One could almost mistake it for a B-Side from a Libertines single.
"Back In The Day" has that melodic beat to it that you would associate with The Beatles, again with a hint of The Libertines (in vocals this time, rather than guitar). It's very feel good melodically, almost casting aside the somewhat grim look in "Kerry W"


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Humanities Division Dean's Message
Humanities Division Fundraising Campaign
As most of you already know, we are in the midst of the University of Chicago Campaign: Inquiry and Impact, an ambitious fundraising effort concluding in 2019.
Campaigns help us raise crucial funds that underwrite present and future initiatives. But they do more: they help focus our thinking. Campaigns urge faculty and leadership to articulate what is critical to our mission. They create a structure through which we can share that mission with alumni and friends. They help us review, enhance, and expand our idea of what makes the humanities at UChicago great.
The Division has aimed high in the campaign. With a fundraising goal of $140 million, we are closing in on $120 million in gifts to date. Our progress toward this impressive target owes much to the hard work and dedicated support of donors, faculty, and students. Among other initiatives, their efforts help to support:
Faculty research. The outstanding scholarship of our faculty drives new knowledge through innovative interpretations and landmark discoveries. Our faculty members regularly crisscross six continents, hunting down documents held in elusive archives and immersing themselves in cities and villages around the globe.
Conferences, visiting professorships, and lecture series. Humanities scholarship is changing at a breathtaking pace. Digital resources and equipment make it possible for faculty to collaborate with scholars everywhere, to search and process data rapidly, and to better comprehend the very structure of learning. Support for our faculty and students allows them to meet face-to-face with collaborators through conferences, visiting professorships, and lecture series that contribute to a deeper understanding of the human condition.
Full funding for graduate student education and postdoctoral study. Our master's and PhD students are the future of humanities scholarship, developing research that will one day transform philosophy, literature, music, languages, and other fields. We need to ensure that this new generation of young scholars will be able to pursue their studies and launch their careers without the burden of debt—whether they continue in academia or apply their talents in other sectors, such as government or nonprofit organizations.
Likewise, support for our postdoctoral Teaching Fellows in the Humanities allows recent graduates to emerge from the deep dive of their dissertations and gain experience articulating the importance of their research, both in the classroom and through scholarly publications.
In my role as dean, I've been privileged to interact with those of you who have given so generously to our division. Because of you, our faculty and students can ask bigger questions, aim to solve more complex problems, and work together to share the fruits of their scholarship. Your support of the University of Chicago Campaign helps realize the highest aims of the Humanities Division in a changing world.
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Q: MySQL - select rank for users in a score table I've got a 'user_score' table with that structure:
|id|user_id|group_id|score|     timestamp      |
| 1|      1|       1|  500| 2013-02-24 18:00:00|
| 2|      2|       1|  200| 2013-02-24 18:01:50|
| 3|      1|       2|  100| 2013-02-24 18:06:00|
| 4|      1|       1| 6000| 2013-02-24 18:07:30|

What I need to do is to select all users from that table which are from the exact group. Select their actual (according to timestamp) score in that group and their rank.
What I have is (edit: after Jocachin's comment I found out that my own query does not work as I expected, sorry to all):
SELECT user_id, score, @curRank := @curRank + 1 AS rank
FROM (
    SELECT *
    FROM (
           SELECT * FROM `user_score`
           WHERE `group_id` = 1
           ORDER BY `timestamp` DESC
    ) AS sub2
    GROUP BY `user_id`
) AS sub, (SELECT @curRank := 0) r
ORDER BY `rank`

Expected result for example data and group_id = 1:
|user_id|score|rank|
|      1| 6000|   1|
|      2|  200|   2|

But MySQL subselects are a bit problematic, do you see any other solution, please?
I'll probably need to get the rank od single user in the group later. I am lost at the moment.

A: Although I'm not sure what "problematic" means in this context, here is the query rewritten as a plain LEFT JOIN with a subquery just to get the ranking right at the end (the ORDER BY needs to be done before the ranking);
SELECT user_id, score, @rank := @rank + 1 AS rank FROM
(
  SELECT u.user_id, u.score
  FROM user_score u
  LEFT JOIN user_score u2
    ON u.user_id=u2.user_id
   AND u.`timestamp` < u2.`timestamp`
  WHERE u2.`timestamp` IS NULL
  ORDER BY u.score DESC
) zz, (SELECT @rank := 0) z;

An SQLfiddle to test with.
EDIT: To take group_id into account, you'll need to extend the query somewhat;
SELECT user_id, score, @rank := @rank + 1 AS rank FROM
(
  SELECT u.user_id, u.score
  FROM user_score u
  LEFT JOIN user_score u2
    ON u.user_id=u2.user_id
   AND u.group_id = u2.group_id       -- u and u2 have the same group
   AND u.`timestamp` < u2.`timestamp`
  WHERE u2.`timestamp` IS NULL
    AND u.group_id = 1                -- ...and that group is group 1
  ORDER BY u.score DESC
) zz, (SELECT @rank := 0) z;

Another SQLfiddle.

A: SELECT user_id, score, @rank := @rank + 1 AS rank
FROM
(
    SELECT
        user_id AS user_id,
        SUBSTRING_INDEX(GROUP_CONCAT(score ORDER BY timestamp DESC), ',', 1)
            AS score
    FROM user_score
    WHERE group_id=1
    GROUP BY user_id
) AS u,
(
    SELECT @rank := 0
) AS r
ORDER BY score DESC;

A: I know an answer has been posted and accepted but I have a point about your original query that I think is worth mentioning.
When you group by, you are only allowed to select the columns you group by and those with aggregate functions such as MAX and COUNT. Selecting other columns is technically wrong.
This makes sense since it is not clear the data of which row should be returned. Mysql returns the data of the first row in group by; that is why your query works (because of the order by timestamp in the inner sub query). SQL server on the other hand raises an exception.
I think SQL Server approach is correct and this type of query should be avoided.

A: I ran into a similar problem today and after unsuccessfully trying to implement the accepted answer I did this much simpler query
SELECT user_score.user_id,
       MAX(user_score.score) AS score
FROM user_score
WHERE user_score.group_id = 1
GROUP BY user_score.user_id,
         user_score.group_id
ORDER BY user_score.score DESC,
         user_score.`timestamp` ASC


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Powerful earthquake leaves two dead in Indonesia
Indonesian state media reported that 1,104 people had been displaced by the quake.
Jakarta: A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's North Maluku province killed two people and damaged dozens of homes, an official from the country's national disaster agency said on Monday.
State media reported that 1,104 people had been displaced by the quake.
While authorities stated that there was no tsunami risk from the quake, many people still fled to higher ground.
TV footage showed people screaming while running out of a shopping mall on the island of Ternate.
According to state media, the earthquake hit North Maluku on Sunday at 6:28 pm local time, forcing inhabitants to rush out of their homes in panic.
The quake's epicentre was located at 0.59-degree southern latitude and 128.06-degree eastern longitude, some 62 kilometres northeast of Labuha, North Maluku. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres below sea level, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
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The 2017 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as CPT World Women's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a curling event held between March 18–26 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The winning Rachel Homan rink from Canada was the first team to go through a women's world championship undefeated since the event began in 1979, winning 13 games through the round robin, playoffs and final. Runners-up Russia took their first silver medal on this event.

Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship:
 (host country)
Two teams from the Americas zone

 (winner of the 2017 Americas Challenge)
Eight teams from the 2016 European Curling Championships

 (winner of the World Challenge Games)
One team from the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Teams

WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.

Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings

Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Draw 1
Saturday, March 18, 13:00

Draw 2
Saturday, March 18, 19:00

Draw 3
Sunday, March 19, 9:00

Draw 4
Sunday, March 19, 14:00

Draw 5
Sunday, March 19, 19:00

Draw 6
Monday, March 20, 9:00

Draw 7
Monday, March 20, 14:00

Draw 8
Monday, March 20, 19:00

Draw 9
Tuesday, March 21, 9:00

Draw 10
Tuesday, March 21, 14:00

Draw 11
Tuesday, March 21, 19:00

Draw 12
Wednesday, March 22, 9:00

Draw 13
Wednesday, March 22, 14:00

Draw 14
Wednesday, March 22, 19:00

Draw 15
Thursday, March 23, 9:00

Draw 16
Thursday, March 23, 14:00

Draw 17
Thursday, March 23, 19:00

Playoffs

1 vs. 2
Friday, March 24, 19:00

3 vs. 4
Saturday, March 25, 14:00

Semifinal
Saturday, March 25, 19:00

Bronze medal game
Sunday, March 26, 10:00

Gold medal game
Sunday, March 26, 15:00

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages
After Round Robin; minimum 5 games

Perfect games

References
General

Specific

World Women's Curling Championship
March 2017 sports events in Asia
2010s in Beijing
2017 in women's curling
Sports competitions in Beijing
2017 in Chinese women's sport
Qualification tournaments for the 2018 Winter Olympics
International curling competitions hosted by China
Women's curling competitions in China

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Technology is changing much of our lives, but the automobile industry is the most visible way. Cars are the first to adopt technologies that aren't often seen in our daily lives. Automation is just one example. There are plenty of advances in today's car technology that will change the way we drive on the roads, think about cars, and utilize the resources provided by them. Below are some of the ways that the automobile industry will change in 2022 and beyond.
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One of the most significant advances in modern car technology is fueling them with electricity. Gas comes from oil, and the fossil fuel industry is arguably one of the most non-renewable and environmentally unsound businesses on the planet. Now, more electric cars are hitting the roads. More automakers are building electric vehicles that are better for the environment. Access to a Tesla charger has become more common. As the industry shifts towards electric cars, they will become accessible to the average person. The number on the road will increase. Electric vehicles are something to watch out for in 2022.
Automation is a hugely influential technology in our changing world. Machines can operate on their own with little to no human intervention. Car technology is now being automated, allowing for upgraded safety features and self-driving. Automatic cars will become much more common as the future continues. Not only will cars sustain autopilot, but it will also enable vehicles to change lanes and even turn. This technology is already available. It will take time for automated cars to become accessible to the typical family, but technological advances are incredible.
With car automation becoming more prevalent, people are wary about self-driving capabilities. As cars drive themselves more commonly, safety measures are necessary. There are alerts when you get too close to a vehicle and suggestions on avoiding getting stuck behind other cars. Advanced photographic rendering and GPS technologies come together to create unique new safety features. Photo image rendering will make many changes to the automotive industry, and both the cars and the people inside them will be safer.
Of course, performance will continue to evolve with the other advances in technology. It doesn't matter whether the car is electric or not, either; the version of cars is still changing. Tesla has managed to make cars that perform better than their gas-fueled counterparts. Whether the vehicle is fueled by electricity or gas, car performance is advancing, and fantastic car fans can be with how fast and powerful it is. It doesn't matter how quiet the car is; it can go very fast these days.
Like automation and photographic capture technology, sensor technologies can sense that a car is too close and put a stop to your vehicle. Sensors can indicate dangers, whether they're a pedestrian, a bicyclist, a street sign, a parked car, or a moving car; sensor technology can put a stop to the vehicle even if you don't see the obstructive danger. When sensor technology is widely available in cars, the roads will get safer. There will be fewer injuries and deaths.
Car technology is always on the move, but the recent innovations are more significant than just about anything from the past. Between automation, electric fuel, photographic rendering, GPS tech, and sensor capabilities, the automobile industry is evolving in ways it has never evolved before. Cars are becoming safer, easier to drive, and more intelligent in their technological design.
Technology is going to change just about everything in our lives. It is making everything more convenient, faster, and better designed. Things are moving faster than ever. Yes, life is more accessible, but it's also more complicated. One of the most important things you should do is tread softly regarding technological advances. However, the technology is already being widely tested when it comes to cars. With remote safety tests, vehicles hitting the road with more technology are typically safer than just about any other vehicle on the road. With so many advances, there's no doubt that car technologies are up there with the most advanced industries in the world.
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I woke up at OH'DARK:45 a.m. this morning to head down to the coast. There were some clouds moving in that promised a nice sunrise, so I decided on Portland Headlight as my spot. Everything looked like it was going to set up for some fire in the sky, but the sun never really lit up the clouds. While I was wallowing in my disappointment of having woken up so early for essentially a dud, I noticed a trawler coming in with the sun directly behind it. It was moving pretty fast, so I quickly changed out my camera and lens and went to a telephoto. Ah, but the boat was not aligned with the sun by the time I made the switch…DANG! So, I picked up my tripod and camera, left my backpack, and started running down the gravel path at PHL. I stopped and had just enough time to snap one picture. It wasn't framed right. DANG again! I picked up my tripod and camera again and ran further, this time far enough to give me enough time to set up and frame the shot. I had one chance. BINGO!


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Walking to the Johnny-house
As a child, I had several older relatives who used the term "johnny," as in "I need to use the johnny before we get in the car." Its meaning, of course, was toilet. I thought it was a funny word, though I never used it much myself.
Flash forward several decades, to just last month. I was in Denver visiting two of my grandchildren. Though eight-month-old Oliver prefers simple board books that can be chewed on as well as read, Josephine—who is four—likes a real story. I was tickled to find a copy of the 1993 picture book "When I Was Young in the Mountains" by Cynthia Rylant on their playroom bookshelf. It's a book I'd read to my own children and it was fun to happen upon it all these years later. The story is set in the olden days and tells about a little girl and her brother who were raised by their grandparents in the Appalachian Mountains. Following a supper of corn bread, pinto beans and fried okra, the narrator tells us this: "In the middle of the night, Grandmother walked with me to the johnny-house and held my hand in the dark."
Not surprisingly, Josephine asked the very same question her mother had asked the first time she heard the story. "What's a johnny-house?"
I explained that it was a potty set inside a little wooden shed. A silhouette of the crescent moon was often carved into the door to let air and light in. I told Josephine that a johnny-house was sometimes called an outhouse and that it smelled bad because it didn't flush. That's why it was built way back in the yard. I said I'd noticed that the playground at a school in her neighborhood had a porta-potty, which is pretty much the same thing as a johnny-house.
"Can we go there and see it?" she asked.
Thus the idea for our afternoon adventure was hatched. After rest time, we put on running shoes and sunglasses and sweatshirts. We loaded snacks and water into a backpack. Then we set off for the playground.
It's a good one, filled with all kinds of fun things to do. At first, Josephine was too distracted by all the slides and swings to be interested in an outdoor toilet. But when she was finally ready for a rest, we ventured over to the porta-potty near the basketball court. It was made of plastic, not wood, and had no crescent moon carved into the door. Inside, it was and clean and well-stocked with toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Happily, there was no bad odor at all.
Somewhat to my disappointment, Josephine wasn't interested in trying it out. "I don't need to go," she said. "I promise." But at least she can now say that her Grandmother once walked with her to a johnny-house.
(April 7, 2019)


Michael is a PhD fellow from Malawi. He obtained a Diploma in Clinical Medicine at Malawi College of Health Sciences. He worked in general clinical medicine for six years before going on to work in clinical mental health. He has a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Medicine majoring in Mental Health and Clinical Psychiatry from St John of God College of Health Sciences-Mzuzu University and a Master's degree in Public Mental Health from Stellenbosch University. He also has work experience in healthcare management and policy making. He holds several management qualifications including a Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources Management from Chancellor College-University of Malawi, a Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital Management and a Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management both from Neu Ulm University of Applied Sciences. He works as the Assistant Director of Clinical Services responsible for mental health at the Ministry of Health in Malawi.
Michael's main research interests are in Depression, particularly the integration of depression management. His thesis for the AMARI fellowship investigates the effectiveness of Depression management on Non-Communicable Diseases outcomes in Malawi. He is also interested in improving access to mental health care as well as improving quality of mental health care.
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Create beautiful colorful jewelry using dichroic glass (dye-crow-ik)! This special glass changes color and can be combined with other glass and will look different depending on how light hits it, what it's blended with, and even the kind of light you're in. Students will design three pendant size cabochons suitable for necklaces and one ring.
Please note: Glass is kiln fired and available for pick up the week after class. Please bring safety glasses with you or purchase them from the studio for $5. Closed toe shoes are required. This class is for ages 18+.


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Add the sugar and water to a small saucepan over medium heat. Peel and finely grate the ginger.
Once the sugar dissolves, add the ginger and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, strain through a fine mesh strainer, and let cool to room temperature.
First make your oleo-saccharum: a sugared oil commonly found in classic punch recipes. Remove the peels from three Meyer lemons, trying your best to avoid any white pith. Add the peels to a non-reactive bowl.
Pour the ginger syrup into the bowl with the peels and firmly muddle to release the oils into the syrup. Strain the mixture, pressing on the peels to remove any excess syrup. Your oleo-saccharum is complete!
Next, combine the oleo-saccharum with the Meyer lemon juice. This mixture is called the shrub or the sherbet. Add the cognac and the rum to the shrub and stir to combine. This can be done directly in your punch bowl if serving immediately, or in a pitcher or other storage container if preparing in advance. This is called your punch base.
Before serving, add the water and sparkling cranberry apple cider. Stir. Finally, it's time to chill your punch with ice. If you'll be serving this punch slowly over the course of a couple hours, use a large block of ice so as to not to over-dilute your punch. If you'll be ladling out the punch all at once, fill the punch bowl about halfway with ice cubes for a quicker chilling and dilution process.
Garnish with some freshly grated nutmeg, and your ultimate Thanksgiving punch is ready for service. Happy drinking!!


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Discussion in 'Disney Resorts' started by ArtieRyder, Feb 11, 2019.
We are going to be in Disney in less than 53 days!
We are staying at a 2BR villa at Boardwalk. I wanted to check with everyone if you could offer any advice. Here is what I was going to ask for, in order.
Below are the room numbers I am going to ask for, in order.
Basically, we are in the garden/pool view. I think the best ones look like the ones looking at the scary clown pool, just opposite the "village green" and the boardwalk. Highest floors first, closer to the elevators first. We want to avoid 1st floor.
Beyond that, if none of these are free, we're going to request any room in building 1.
Wow that's allot of requests. If you purchased a view room won't most of them be the same? Can't you just say request of view of pool vs garden? Sorry if this is a stupid question. All the forums I have read said to keep request small and simple for best results also there is no guarantee.
GL on getting what your hoping for!
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Wow. Is it even possible to make a request with a list of rooms like that? Are you using TP?
Wouldn't it be simpler to request something like "upper floor, even number room, 5042 or similar"? When you request a specific room, they don't know why you want it, so in my experience it's better to request what you want by describing it instead. If you don't like the room you are assigned, you can always request to move.
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We stayed in a BWV studio and I simply requested upper floor, near elevator. That was it. Ended up 5 doors away from the elevator, overlooking the courtyard. It was perfect (room #5057). I would keep the request simple and straightforward by asking for the characteristics, not all the possible rooms in priority order.
You may have better luck narrowing your choice - upper floor w/pool view 5046-5044 or similar. You can always ask for a specific number at check-in.
I've never seen a request like this met. There is only one bldg there, so I'm not sure what you mean by bldg 1. Just request upper floor, near elevators.
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I would definitely stay away from requesting specific room numbers, if they are not available the room assignor won't know what your preferences are. I would go with upper floor, near elevator.
I agree with the others. By listing rooms, the room assigner has no idea why you are requesting those rooms and if those rooms are not available, there is no way of knowing how to help with requests if they need to assign another room. It sounds like you would like a room on a "high floor" "close to elevator" "facing the pool". I would make those three requests in order of importance to you. That way, if they don't have a room facing the pool, the assigner at least knows you want a high floor and close to the elevator and might be able to grant at least one of those requests. If you are doing a TP fax, you can pick your preferred room and then place these requests in the notes.
I think your request could be boiled down to "high floor, near elevator, facing clown pool." The longer and more involved your requests get, the less your chances are of getting what you want. Plus, there's a limited amount of space in the reservation record to enter requests; if you start reading off a list of 32 room numbers, the CM is going to stop you pretty quickly. Add in the fact that DVC resorts run at high occupancy and the chances of any specific room being empty on your arrival date are kind of slim, and I think you'd be hurting your own chances of getting a room you want. The rule of thumb with room requests has always been "short, to the point, and in order of preference."
If you find that the room you're given doesn't meet your preferences, you can always stop at the front desk and see if anything else is available.
Pro tip: Long requests get ignored. They take too long to read and parse. Add in that DVC runs at full capacity, and every 2BR at BWV is a lock-off, and it is an epic game of Tetris based on what becomes vacant any given night.
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BWV is pretty small any room in the catagory you booked will be close to things. Like.others said you best bet would just say close to elevators.
BWV has notoriously long hallways (often referred to as ""redrum" halls) and only one set of elevators on the villas side. There will be some villas that are quite far from anything. If you want to be close to everything, then you need to make a request for "near elevators" or be prepared to use the stairs.
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It seemed to work because I received 5044 and was very pleased.
I've been a BWV owner almost 20 years and only recently heard of the "separate buildings". On the first floor, the two sides of the building are separated by the breezeway by the arcade and pool. But the rest of the floors are not separated. So I'm not sure where building numbers/sides came from or if they are official.
You'll still need to access a stairwell or the elevator to exit the building. There is only one bank of elevators for guest use, located near the lobby.
I agree about the long hallways but really the hallways at Kidani were even worse. When we arrive we figure out where the closest stairs are (there are multiple stairways). We use the stairs constantly. Actually prefer being on the 3rd floor boardwalk view as the view is just as good to us anyway and it is a snap to use the stairs.
I agree about the long hallways but really the hallways at Kidani weteceven worse. When we arrive we figure out where the closest stairs are ( there are multiple stairways). We use the stairs constantly. Actually prefer being on the 3rd floor boardwalk view as the view is just as good to us anyway and it is a snap to use the stairs.
Not really. At Kidani you can take an elevator down to your car. At BWV, you have to hike down the hill and maybe even across the street to get to your car.
Hopefully and Marionnette like this.
We opted to take the busses rather drive (especially to AK and MK), and since we were almost at the end of the hallway, we had a far far walk.
Great savannah view, long boring walk.


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First held at Manly Golf Club, the tournament was played back then as a 'close' format championship, meaning it was open only to residents of New South Wales. Tom Howard, Sam Richardson and Charlie Gray finished in a three-way tie in the inaugural event, with Charlie Gray lifting the title after a 36-hole play-off.
The Open grabbed the NSW public's attention during the Great Depression, at a time when many had very little to look forward to other than cheering on our sporting heroes. As the decade wore on, it quickly evolved into the tournament that 'they all wanted to play.' soon becoming one of the big three tournaments in our young nation sitting alongside the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship.
In 1958 the tournament finally became truly a 'Open' event, attracting the cream of Australia's golfing elite along with appearances by some of the best players in the world.
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Smart Growth Summit returns Nov. 16-18, with virtual lineup centered on pandemic recovery and climate change
By Benjamin Leger
One of the silver linings of "going virtual" during the pandemic, at least for local organizations, was being able to reach a broader digital audience. And in turn, gathering ideas from experts who might not have been able to visit Baton Rouge otherwise.
Such was the case with Center for Planning Excellence when it turned its annual Smart Growth Summit—focused on planning, urban design and community resiliency—into a virtual conference last year.
The event attracted 1,500 participants from six continents, according to President and CEO Camille Manning-Broome. And perhaps the biggest draw was that Louisiana is primed to be at the forefront of plenty of smart growth discussions.
"We're having some of the most relevant conversations right now here in Louisiana," she says. "We're on the frontline of climate change. We're dealing with a variety of economic disparities. We're really at the nexus of all these things."
Going into 2021 and this month's iteration, the CPEX team knew it would have to continue the summit in a virtual format again. And with this year's theme of "Shaping Our Future," there are plenty of new ideas to explore.
Up for discussion: how mayors and civic leaders are rethinking access to parks and pedestrian infrastructure following a season of people eager to walk or bike outdoors. Or how distance learning has kept more people at home and made them rethink what an attractive neighborhood means to them. And how that personal "bubble" made us prone to patronize restaurants and businesses within a mile radius rather than drive across town.
"There's been a growing awareness about these things for the past two decades, but the pandemic really was the tipping point," Manning-Broome says. "It's shown us that the ways in which we need to recover (from the pandemic) and think about the future are one in the same."
The pandemic, she says, provided almost a trial run of how our communities will deal with infectious diseases, which are predicted to increase with climate change and extreme weather events. It also showed how far we have to go to diversify our economy to fit a world where supply chains might get disrupted and travel restrictions may affect access to services.
If anything, this year's harsh freeze and summer floods proved the state's infrastructure still isn't up to snuff.
"We've got these cascading crises stacking on top of each other," Manning-Broome says. "But within that exists a lot of opportunity."
So the summit aims to shed light on some positive solutions and new ideas. Local and national speakers from as far as Boston and Wyoming will discuss best practices in everything from solar farming to stormwater management to public green spaces.
Over three days of free virtual programming, participants can hear from the deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, fellows with the Brookings Institution and Kresge Foundation, and even the mayors of Opelousas and Ville Platte about how communities are transforming and investing in planning solutions to prepare for an uncertain future.
The Smart Growth Summit is set for Nov. 16-18. Find out more information about the lineup and schedule, and register for free at summit.cpex.org.
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PAPERBOY: Slow-Jamming The Alt-Weeklies
by: PhawkerPosted on: November 12, 2009 November 7, 2022
BY DAVE ALLEN Like time, news waits for no man. Keeping up with the funny papers has always been an all-day job, even in the pre-Internets era. These days, however, it's a two-man job. That's right, these days you need someone to do your reading for you, or risk falling hopelessly behind and, as a result, increasing your chances of dying lonely and somewhat bitter. That's why every week PAPERBOY does your alt-weekly reading for you. We pore over those time-consuming cover stories and give you the takeaway, suss out the cover art, warn you off the ink-wasters and steer you towards the gooey center. Why? Because we love you!
CP: Shaun Brady dives into the world of indie-professional wrestling, which has found a home, and a following, in South Philly. Many of the groups, splintered off from the now-defunct ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling), combine the macho bravado of WWE (formerly WWF… this whole thing is kind of an alphabet soup) with an underdog sentiment and an almost-punk-rock-ish dedication to authenticity. Scoff if you like — they're completely up front about the scripted nature — but organizers and fans alike are hardcore devoted to it.
The WWE has become an entertainment conglomerate, almost embarrassed that at its center dwells men in tights. And the only real national competition at the moment, TNA (Total Nonstop Action), has seen its roster clogged by aging WWE cast-offs — the latest being yet another resurgence by Hulk Hogan. "Most guys who get big in this business are shitty wrestlers," concedes Maven Bentley, a wrestler and vice president of Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), one of four South Philly-based indie promotions. "But they know how to sell to an audience. Hulk Hogan knows four moves and does three of them poorly. The only move he does well is ripping his shirt off. And Hulk Hogan will make more money in his sleep tonight than I'll make all year."
There is no shortage of talent on the big guys' rosters — but smaller, more agile wrestlers are constantly eclipsed by lumbering behemoths with impressive physiques. "There's a huge number of disenfranchised fans, people who used to be fans," says Cary Silkin, owner of Ring of Honor (ROH), another South Philly indie league. "They can see some very good wrestling from the other companies, but what you have to watch to get to that is sometimes very difficult to sit through. So we try to be the opposite, a pro wrestling company focusing on the action in the ring." Or, as Jay Briscoe, one-half of the heavily tattooed five-time ROH tag team champion Briscoe Brothers, says, "If you want to watch a soap opera, you can watch Guiding Light. But if you want to watch real pro wrestling, watch Ring of Honor."
Brady presents some great stolen moments — the crowd's stunned reactions to Dragon Gate, a new Japanese-styled wrestling league, and a CZW wrestling bootcamp with aspiring grapplers being whipped into shape — and captures the slavish, but still somehow down-to-earth devotion of the wrestlers and organizers. He frames some of the scene in reference to last year's outstanding film "The Wrestler" and couches his skepticism in a few journalistic gems; the word alternative "comes up so frequently in the scene that at times The Arena feels like a late-'80s campus radio station." When it comes down to it, though, it's just another way to spend a Saturday night.
PW: Monica Peters offers a one-sided piece on filmmaker Lee Daniels and the new movie "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." (No jokes about the overlong title, I promise.) Sure, Daniels is a Philly native, and "Precious" is already garnering awards and generating Oscar buzz. That element of newsworthiness aside, the article largely gives Daniels an open forum to defend his choices and explain his methods. He's free to be Lee, and some of his larger-than-life mannerisms seem out of place.
African-American directors have long been criticized for how they portray blacks in film, and Daniels is no exception. Some members of the black community—and liberal whites—have made it clear they feel Precious makes black people look bad. Indeed, the film delves into some hard-to-take truths: Precious contracts HIV from her father, a reality that's hard to hide. ?"Black women are dying because everyone wants to pretend to have a certain image," says Daniels, who visited a gay center in New York while researching the film. "Most of the AIDS patients in this country are black women," says Daniels.
The director blames the disconnect between his critics and his work partly on the fact that some African-Americans don't want to see the truth played out on the big screen. Nevertheless, he refuses to sugar-coat reality. ?"For me to portray and not tell my truth and bring it to the screen would be an injustice to me as a man—forget about a black man, but as a man. I would be lying and black women are dying." To that end, the filmmaker says, "Yeah, I got your image right here ," making a hand gesture toward his crotch.
A crotch grab, huh? I'm tempted to make a similar gesture myself when I think about how there's no dissenting voices in the piece — indeed, no voices other than Daniels'. Where are the other African-American directors questioning Daniels' approach? Where are the jurors from Sundance talking about why this film took home the awards it did? We've got Daniels quoting his mother — why not actually talk to the woman, especially if she's still here in Philly? The ending, too, is soft, with Daniels riding the Oprah wave and a blah conclusion about attracting new audiences. I would have liked to see one of the movie critics take this one on. Better to be up front about the C-plus review than to evade criticism altogether.
CP: 2010 Phils: Outlook hazy, try again later. Fun in Fishtown: gutted. "A bar with a kitchen, not the other way around.": Sounds okay to me. A primer on Net Neutrality.
PW: Philly mad, Philly smash! Withdrawal, like payback, is a bitch. Feeling affectionate for Fond. A music piece without music; can anyone tell me what the Jesus Lizard sounds like?
WINNER: CP ends a stretch of PW dominance with a interesting and insightful cover story. I knew it wasn't PW's week when I saw the cover blurb "Straight Shooter." Lee Daniels, as the article makes clear, is gay. Cover fail.
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Why Population growth even before the explosion?
Updated: August 15th, 2022
Throughout history, although no other species on Earth has experienced such long term overall population growth, even before the recent population explosion, the human population kept slowly growing.
Yes, we recently had an unprecedented population explosion, driven by is hidden by by the near elimination of previously tragic infant mortality, but against the background of long term growth, many of us never didn't even realise their was an explosion.
But what drove population growth even before the explosion? What will now happen as the explosion ends?
What makes humans different, and enables long term growth?
Other species don't experience population growth over such a long term. Our population growth differentiates us from other species, and anything that differentiates us from other species, tells us something about ourselves.
A key factor, is that we continue to advance. With other species, while they can evolve over time, that evolution, or those 'upgrades', results in a new, physically different species.
With humans, the homo sapiens of 30,000 years ago were the same species as humans today. Already basically physically the same as modern humans, yet given a picture of humans 30,000 years ago and one of humans today, the difference is very obvious.
Take a picture of even our nearest relatives, chimpanzees, bonobos or gorillas in their environment 30,000 years ago and I suggest it would be very hard to spot the difference.
The pictures of humans, reflect their societies, and human society has managed to evolve, while the societies of those nearest relative species have remained very much the same.
Societies have managed to evolve far more than us as individuals of the species have evolved, and logically if this is biggest progression, it is this evolution of our societies that has been the key enabling humans to continue to better adapt to an increasing variety of environments, and out compete other species, and thus increase our population.
This continual advancement, both enables long term population growth, and regulates and determines the rate of that growth.
The principle of 'optimum population' is that any species can grow to a population such that is would 'carpet the planet' in less than 10,000 years, but instead, successful species can maintain their optimum population within environmental carrying capacity. For any species there is an optimal population, which will rise of fall due either a change in environment, or advancement of the species.
We haven't simply 'carpeted the planet' because as an advanced species, our rates of reproduction do normally reflect building a population supported by the environment. However, unlike other species, we don't remain at one long term stable population, because we keep advancing from generation to generation. We change both the environment, and out species.
This still leaves questions on how we keep improving as a species, and how far population growth can still continue, given the fact that the planet is finite, and thus all growth has a limit.
The history of human population growth.
The recent explosion.
In the period between 1650 and 2020, world population experienced an explosion. This population explosion was not a result of people having more children, but due to the reduction in children dying.
Statista: Child Mortality Rates in the USA.
The fertility rate was commonly higher than 6 children per woman on average, as we discuss here. A fertility rate of 4 children per woman would imply a doubling of the population size each generation; a rate of 6 children per woman would imply a tripling from one generation to the next. But instead population barely increased: From 10,000 BCE to 1700 the world population grew by only 0.04% annually. A high number of births without a rapid increase of the population can only be explained by one sad reality: a high share of children died before they could have had children themselves.
Our world in Data: Child Mortality in the past
Clearly, prior to the population explosion, the human population level was relatively stable. But why not actually stable? The 0.04% in the quote is slow growth, but over time, as can be seen in the graph at the top of this page, and the actual data behind it, from 10,000 BCE to 1650 CE, the population rose from only 2.5* million to 500 million, which while slow growth, is still an increase to 200x as many people!
As examined in detail in 'Optimum Population', humans had ample time to reach our maximum possible population well before 10,000 BCE, which suggest that if in 10,000 BCE, the population of 2.5 million was at that time, the maximum possible, and thus the limit of the carrying capacity of the planet for humans.
This raises a two part question: What enabled the planet to move from a 2.5 million carrying capacity in 10,000 BCE, to a 200x larger carrying capacity of 500 million by 1650, even before the population explosion, and what produced the population growth to utilise the increased capacity?
The expansion that was happening even before the recent Explosion.
Limits to Data prior to 10,000 BCE.
There is an interesting pattern. The further back in time, the slower the overall growth of human population. What becomes less and less clear is what conditions were like. Calculating uniform growth over a long term growth over a time span only requires estimates of population estimates for population at the start and finish.
growth rate = e(log(finish/start)/years)-1
The "subtract 1" converts from multiplier to rate of increase. Multiply by 100 to make it a percent.
The oldest population figures I have are estimate for 10,000 BCE, which range from 1 to 10 million, although estimates which appear to have the best research put the number between 2 and 4 million.
The oldest human remains are currently the Jebel Irhoud Skulls, which date as over 300,000 years old and suggests humans were already widespread at that time. To ascertain the upper limit of early growth, use the lowest possible starting number, and highest possible ending number. So starting with just 100 people, and ending the outlier high estimate of 10 million after 300,000 years, still gives a growth rate of only 0.0038%. So even the highest possible rate of growth, was still really very low.
But it may be an underestimate. The problem is, what if the population grew fast, but suffered setbacks or collapses and catastrophes during the time interval, rather than being smooth slow growth? A higher rate could have masked by catastrophes. In those 300,000 years of time there have been glacial periods, earthquakes and volcanoes. Specifically, the most recent known major catastrophe, the Toba volcanic eruption of just over 70,000 years ago, is widely thought to have dramatically lowered the human population at that time, to as low as 3,000 individuals. It would be more prudent to largely ignore population growth that was largely wiped out, and just calculate growth from the 70,000 years after Toba. So a starting population, again using low starting estimates, of three thousand (3,000) to that 10 million(10,000,000) high end estimate, and the rate jumps up to 0.0116% as the highest value calculated from estimates for oldest period where there is any confidence in the data.
Still not definitive, by strong evidence that early growth rates were overall very low. What we still don't know is how evenly the growth was distributed. Such low rates are probably evidence of long periods of stable population, broken by break throughs in advances in stone age tools, but there is not sufficient data to be certain.
Trends from 10,000 BCE to the industrial age.
For further calculations, as 10,000 BCE is now to be used as a starting time and not an ending time, I move from using the highest of estimates, to working with the estimates as used in the graph from Wikipedia as used in the page header graphic. This is value of a 4 million population for 10,000 BCE, as estimated by the Gapminder Foundation of the late Hans Rosling, likely the most accurate of more recent estimates.
Overall, that data shows population from 4 million in 10,000 BCE rising:
rising at 0.011% to 5 million by 8,000 BCE
then stable at 5 million until 5,000 BCE
rising at 0.0337% to 7 million by 4,000 BCE
rising at 0.066% to 50 million by 1,000 BCE
maintaining just above the same underlying trend of 0.066% growth until 1650 but including:
a surge until 300 BCE: the time of Alexander The Great
surge offset by subsequent low to very low growth between 200 BCE to around 1000 CE.
This means that prior to the "population explosion", there had already been a more gradual, but still very significant long term population expansion taking place, which was preceded by a 3 thousand year period of population stability.
In practice, history tells us much of what happened over most of this time frame. Some key events are:
10,000 BCE, The Neolithic revolution, and beginning of the the agricultural period.
5,000 BCE The copper age.
3,500 BCE Beginning of written history.
3,300 BCE Bronze age
1,200 BCE Iron age (start varies with location to as late as 800 AD)
500 CE, Middle ages (Early or 'Dark to 1000CE, High to 1300 and Late)
1400 CE Early Modern Period
1500 CE Renaissance.
1600 CE Age of Enlightenment.
1760 CE Industrial age.
Rates of growth.
0.004% prior to copper age,
0.004% Average from first humans though to copper age.
0.004% Neolithic average prior to copper age but with periods of growth others and of stability.
0.066% From the copper age to industrial revolution.
0.75% from the industrial revolution until 21st century (with a peak of over 2.0%) .
Looking at the historical population graph again, is quite flat until around the copper age, begins a climb until the industrial age around 1650, then takes off again.
Key points from history.
1: The evolution of tools enabled the growth.
I was expecting to find that the development of literacy had the most notable impact, but it turns out the strongest correlation to the development of tools. Turns out the people who named ages 'paleolithic', 'neolithic' etc. knew what they were doing. Agriculture and the first civilization, both came very soon after the start of the neolithic, but the population increases correlate best with the advances in the tools themselves rather than the agriculture the tools enabled.
Time differences in tool development between different areas also shows a strong correlation to when populations surged in different areas.
In many ways, the differences between the abilities of people in different eras, comes down to their tools that were developed in those areas, and more importantly spread to those areas from elsewhere.
2: It is unclear whether, increased births, or reduced deaths, drove population growth.
The differences in growth between iron age, bronze age etc, are so small that it would require very precise data to determine whether prosperity ever so slightly increase desire or willingness to have more children, or whether improved nutrition improved survival rates.
If we assume an average age per generation of 25 years, the number of children surviving to have their own families would be:
2.002 per woman until the copper age.
2.033 from the copper age until the industrial revolution
2.410 during the industrial revolution
Yet we know that during the industrial revolution, births per woman numbers, which number total of children as opposed to number who survive to have their own families, did not rise as these numbers suggest, but fell significantly. This is because births overall track amazingly close the exact number for a stable population, even though historically, that required around 7 children per woman.
Even in the extreme of the population explosion, per generation numbers on average and amazingly close to stable.
3: Societies can have the characteristics of subspecies.
Groups such as the Ancient, Greeks, the Egyptians, the Mayans or Aztecs develop distinct behaviours and other differences to an extent that does not occur in nature without being regarded as subspecies, despite all individuals of these groups having no significant genetic differences.
Why humans are different: the evolution of tools and societies that use them.
Intergenerational memory: transfer of information or learnings from one generation to another.
In the early days of the theory of evolution, there was a proposal by Lamarck that physical characteristics acquired by an individual, could be passed on to their descendants. An often quoted example is a giraffe acquiring a longer neck by constant stretching. The problem with the theory, was that that there was no mechanism for physical characteristics to be transferred to offspring. New individuals are created from genes, as the genes themselves have not acquired the characteristics.
The only traits which can be genetically inherited by an individual, are those contained with genes. As genes are basically 'blueprints' on the design of a species, evolution through genes is limited to which blueprints are 'fittest' and thus have the best survival rate. Feedback from characteristics acquired later and not part of the design blueprint, could only affect subsequent generations if there a some mechanism for intergenerational transfer beyond the genetic blueprints.
It turns out, humans societies, have developed successful intergeneration transfer which allows a form of Lamarckian inheritance, and thus evolution of the society, without genetic evolution of the individuals. No other species has achieved this Lamarckian inheritance, or evolution with genetic evolution, because no other species has managed a mechanism of intergenerational memory, where the next generation can learn study what was leant by previous generations. This is what makes humans different.
Individuals, tools and societies with tools: only humans show Lamarckism inheritance of tools.
Humans are not unique in making use of tools. Octopus have been observed to use coconut shells as tools for protection, and chimpanzees to use twigs as tools to access ants. However, there is no mechanism for intergenerational memory that allows these tool building skills, having been learnt, to be passed onto subsequent generations, and to be improved on by subsequent generations.
The damns of beavers, and the nest of bees could also be considered tools. However, as far we know, no beaver, or bee, has ever managed to pass on a skill they acquired in terms of building their dams or nests.
A beaver has no ability to pass on acquired dam building skill, which means an improvement in dam building relies mutations that result in beavers innately building better dams, and thus restricts evolution to the slower and more restrictive Darwinian evolution.
It is unlikely Darwinian evolution would ever have resulted in a human who innately went about making a sword. Building that first sword required some means of accessing knowledge gained by previous generations, in order to improve what they did previously.
The mechanisms of intergenerational memory.
Humans have to mechanisms of transferring knowledge to future generations:
direct communication.
Prior to examining actual history, I expected written communication to play the most significant role the evolution of societies, but the data suggest that the combination of direct communication and the artifacts or examples provided by previous tools themselves seems to have played the major role. Even after the invention of written records literacy rates were extremely low the mid 1700s, and the start of the population explosion, which means most individuals in society learnt from direct communication and the examination of examples of things they wished to build.
Evolution of societies through evolution of tools.
Population growth seems to corelate more precisely with the development of the tools that enabled population growth than with the techniques such as farming that were enabled by the tools. For example population growth was higher from 10,000 BCE (12, thousand years ago), to 8,000 BCE, which was neolithic revolution in tools, than from 8,000 BCE to 5,000 BCE during the expansion of agriculture that was enabled by the newer tools. As there are so many other possible factor that could have affected growth it is advisable to cautious with conclusions, but there is little evidence that the growth was as much as result of the agriculture itself as I would have expected.
Education enables the evolution of tools.
It seems very likely that prior to formal education literacy, tools, together with direct training provided major mechanisms of passing knowledge from generation to generation.
Though much of western human history, there was a strong connection between religion and education.
Contemporary access to schooling – a solid pathway to educational attainment – depends on a country's educational infrastructure. In many instances, the foundations of that infrastructure are based on facilities originally built by religious leaders and organizations to promote learning and spread the faith.
How religion may affect educational attainment: scholarly theories and historical background
While there were times prior to the industrial revolution when engineering was studied, such as in Ancient Rome, there were also times when academic studies were largely funded by religions, which would have meant the vast majority of the working population and trades people had no formal eduation other than working in their trade.
This would have meant the evolution of tools was very often based on using previous tools as a source of inspiration and knowledge.
Conclusion: Societal evolution.
It is very clear that the change from a group of paleolithic humans to a group of modern humans, is far greater than seen between two groups of any other species separated by a similar timespan.
This is because human societies can exhibit their own, new form of evolution, an evolution even without any evolution of the genes of individual humans. A Lamarckism form of evolution where learned characteristics can be passed on to future generations, because many of those characteristics take the form of tools, with human without any 'accessories' or tools being considered 'naked', which is the normal situation for any other species. That is what, so far, separates humans from all other species, and allows humans societies to grown in population.
The planet is finite; therefore, the rules of exponential growth make it clear the planet was fully populated hundreds of millions of years ago, which means this continued evolution of human societies that has enabled the population to not only grow, but the growth to accelerate, will not end simply end simply because the current population explosion is ending.
The ability to continue to increase the percentage of live on Earth that is either human, or food for humans will continue until either:
The reduction in biodiversity and reduction in numbers of other species creates results in a less habitable planet, cause a collapse in the human population.
Humanity decides biodiversity is desirable and the is a point at which the cost to the environment of continuing growth of the human population, is reducing the quality of life, even if it is still possible.
The rapid change in child mortality, and the resulting huge shift required to restabilise population levels has almost certainly resulting is a overpopulation problem or 'sustainability problem' as we prefer to label it, which rules out further population growth until current problems are solved, but sooner or later, we need to decide how many people we want to have on this one finite planet.
Hopefully by something other than just let's keep growing until everything breaks.
2022 August 15: First published.
Pop. Principles
the surprises hiding in life expectancy numbers.
The main surprise is that life expectancy reveals very little about how long people typically live. From the 1500s till around 1800, life expectancy throughout Europe hovered between 30 and 40 years of age, and it was only as recent as the 20th century, that life expectancy rose from 49.2 to 80.3 years. Yet famous historical figures from 2,000 years ago, typically lived to around 70 or longer.
Natural Optimum Population Responses: nature's birth control.
September 22, 2021 July 28, 2022
Human birth rates are falling at a rate that has some fearing population collapse, but could this a natural biological repose to threats of overpopulation, rather than any cause for alarm?
This raises the question as to what controls population in other species and, why is overpopulation rare? Would all species not population controlled by predators just multiply like bacteria in petri until dish resources are all consumed, or does nature, and even potentially humans, have other mechanisms to constrain population at a more optimum level? In practice, resource constraint and predation alone as population control would for many species would result in repeated huge population swings, so logically, there must be more.
Analysing population mechanisms in other species may provide some interesting insights and possible answers to at least a large part of what is happing with birth-rates that will determine whether our future is population is one of: continued growth, collapse, or stability, on a planet where population of all life is not growing.
Population on a Finite World: No Vacancies.
July 21, 2021 April 1, 2022
Every niche on Earth where life is possible, fills to maximum capacity with life, meaning except for brief periods following Earth changing events, there have been no 'vacant' liveable environments for over 4 billion years. Any increase in population of one species, requires a reduction in numbers of other species, in a process Darwin declared "survival of the fittest".
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LG X Power has just got a successor. Named as the X power2, the handset comes with a massive 4500mAh battery. LG will showcase the latest smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year, which is due to start from 27th February. The LG X Power 2 is a midrange device and comes with decent specifications. Keep reading to know the detailed specs and availability info.
The brand new smartphone from the South Korean manufacturer comes with a brushed metal finish. There are four color options, namely Black Titan, Shiny Titan, Shiny Gold, and Shiny Blue. At the front, sits a 5.5-inch HD (720p) IPS LCD panel. Even though not a full HD one, the screen features in-cell touch.
Moving on to the internals, the LG X power2 sports a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor. Memory-wise, there is 1.5 GB or 2 GB RAM and 16 GB onboard storage along with a micro SD card slot. The phone runs Android 7.0 Nougat with slight OEM modifications.
The X power2 rocks a 13 MP rear camera and 5 MP selfie shooter. There are LED flashlights both at the back and the front of the handset.
The main highlight of the smartphone is the 4500mAh inbuilt battery. In spite of this huge battery, LG has managed to maintain a thickness of 8.4 mm. According to the manufacturer, a fully charged X power2 can play videos nonstop for about 15 hours, run navigational directions for around 14 hours or browse the web for approximately 18 hours.
Speaking of connectivity, the smartphone supports 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz only), Bluetooth 4.2, and micro USB 2.0 (OTG compliant). The device weighs at 164 grams.
Coming to availability, the LG X Power 2 will first release in the Latin America in March 2017. Other markets like USA, Europe, and Asia will follow soon. LG hasn't yet disclosed the pricing of the device yet.


Gambians make up the fourth-largest group of arrivals to Italy according to the Institute of Migration.
Gambia's national women's football team goalkeeper Fatim Jawara has died after attempting to travel to Europe by crossing the Mediterranean. The 19-year-old was on a boat that got into difficulties while travelling from Libya to Europe last month, said Gambia's football federation.
News of her death was confirmed by her family, according to Lamin Kaba Bajo, the football association's president.
"Her death is untimely, but we will remember her for her great performances on the pitch," he said.
"She will be remembered for saving a penalty kick in a friendly encounter involving the national soccer team and the Glasgow Girls from Scotland," Bajo told AFP news agency.
Chorro Mbega told the BBC Jawara was a member of the squad that represented the Gambia in the 2012 under-17 World Cup in Azerbaijan, having first joined the team in 2009.
"Fati was a player who can play anywhere on the field. I'm really sad about this because she fought so much to be number one," Mbega said.
The Gambian football federation said in a Facebook post that the way in which the footballer had died was "shocking".
Jawara's death by drowning has highlighted the issue of illegal migration. Gambians make up many of the undocumented migrants who come to Italy and represent the fourth-largest group of arrivals to Italy by number according to the Institute of Migration (IOM).
There were reports that Jawara had gone the "Back Way", which refers to the boat voyage across the Mediterranean, according to Fatu Fatty, the captain of Red Scorpions – the football team Jawara played for. It is believed Jawara was hoping to make a new life for herself in Europe.
"A few days later we confirmed from her family that an agent had contacted them to say Fatim was among those on the boat that capsised," Fatty said.
Jawara was not the first footballer to have died in this way, said a Gambia Football Federation official, but she was one of the most high-profile.