This Hearts of Palm Salad is refreshing with a light tangy taste. If you have never tasted hearts of palm, this is the perfect recipe for you to make. This is an outstanding and easy-to-make salad that is sure to impress your guests at a dinner party.
What are Hearts of Palm? Heart of palm is the inner, edible portion of the stem of the cabbage (palmetto) palm tree. This palm grows in tropical climates such as Florida (it's the state tree) and Brazil. Hearts of palm are ivory colored and resemble white asparagus without the tips. They are usually available canned and packed in water. They are rather expensive and have a taste reminiscent of artichoke. Delicious in salads, hearts of palm can also be used in main dishes or fried.
Avocado and Hearts of Palm Salad recipe and dinner menu were generously shared with my by Linda Sandberg of Newberg, OR. Linda belongs to a Gourmet Dinner Group that delights in sharing wonderful foods.
Check out Taste of California Dinner (Cioppino Dinner) which includes this recipe.
More delicious Salad and Salad Dressing Recipes and Avocado Recipes.
* Hearts of Palm are avilable fresh in Florida, where you can occasionally find them at local farmers markets. For people who do not live in Florida, you can buy canned Hearts of Palm at your local grocery store.
Prepare Cilantro Vinaigrette. Set aside until ready to use.
Cut hearts of palm and avocados into 3/4-inch cubes and place in a large bowl. Using a rubber spatula, gently toss with the sliced onions and the Cilantro Vinaigrette until combined.
Line eight (8) salad plates with the Boston lettuce leaves and mound the avocado mixture on top.
In a blender, puree the garlic, cilantro, lemon juice, sugar, and salt. With motor running, add the olive oil in a slow stream, blending until dressing is emulsified.
Sources: Recipe slightly adapted from Gourmet magazine, January 1995 and the Epicurious.com website. Photo by FoodNetwork.com.
I added cubed mango, used 2 cans of hearts of palm, & doubled the cilantro vinaigrette dressing (of which I did have leftovers of dressing to use later). Everyone loved it.


Almost 300 talented children and young people aged 6-22 attend the Danish National Choir School, which forms a musical food chain of choirs all the way from early school age up to the young singers in the Danish National Girls' Choir.
The choirs of the Danish National Choir School appear on radio and TV, in concerts and on CD recordings – often together with DR's 'grown-up' ensembles. The Danish National Choir School also has ear-training and solo singing lessons, and from the Junior Choir upward each student must play an instrument alongside the choral singing.
The Danish National Choir School comprises four different choirs: the Danish National Sprout Choir, the Danish National Children's Choir, the Danish National Junior Choir and the Danish National Girls' Choir. The two youngest choirs are for both girls and boys, while the Junior Choir is an 'apprentice choir' for the Danish National Girls' Choir.
As Principal of the Danish National Choir School and conductor of the Children's and Junior Choirs, Susanne Wendt is an expert on children's voices. She works in-depth with the sound of the choirs, among other ways by involving body and movement and by consciously cultivating singing pleasure in the children.
You sing best when you're happy.
Besides the development of the children's voices and musicality, it is important for Susanne Wendt and the Danish National Choir School to inspire other choir directors and conductors. This is why Susanne often teaches at courses and choir festivals across the country, and on DR's media platforms you will find a number of videos that show how she works with among others the Danish National Children's Choir.
Susanne Wendt trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with further studies with among others Michael Bojesen, Alice Granum and Margrethe Enevold.
With her special feeling for the youngest choir singers and her great experience from the Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, Clara Smedegaard is an important figure in the Danish National Choir School. She uses among other resources sol-fa, dance, play and movement when she needs to concentrate the attention of the very young singers.
Clara came to the Danish National Choir School in 2014 after ten years conducting the Sankt Annæ Sprout Choir, which she herself founded. She trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with among others Alice Granum and Michael Bojesen.
Clara Smedegaard is the permanent conductor of the Danish National Sprout Choir and assistant conductor of the Danish National Children's Choir.


I recently used Old McMicky's Farm as the venue for a party I was in charge of hosting for my sorority, and could not have been more pleased. The staff here is so incredible to work with. Everyone is so easy going, and looking to help your event run as smooth as possible. Outside of the staff, how could you not love the venue?!


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This is similar to the 'What anime do you watch?' topic, but here you post your favorite and why. And if possible, upload a picture as well.
Level 2: The phantom blade becomes visible and grows an eyes and mouth.
Level 3: The phantom blade latches onto Creed's back and sprouts and arm since it completely covers his other arm.
Maximum Level: I cannot say this, as it will ruin the end.
He has a pretty gay fashion sense, I'll admit. He has an awesome evil laugh, he dislikes those who go against him and usually kill them, and most importantly, besides Train, he has the most plot relevance. Without him the Black Cat would not exist...well, the darker side anyway. He is always fighting for immortality, but that comes to an end.
He formed the villainous orginazation of 'the apostles of the stars', which composes of quite a few rebels with a similar 'tao' power as him. He is rather arrogant and cocky, but knows his place when the time comes.
He was mistreated, abused, and almost beaten to death as a child, which makes him very evil and filled with deep hatred for anything that keeps him away from his goal.
He has his own castle...who wouldn't want that?
Next up would be Isurugi Noe, from the anime True Tears.
Oh, I forgot my runner up. And the runner up for my absolute favorite anime character would definitely have to be Hitsugaya Toushirou,the tenth division captain of Soul Society in Bleach.
He is the youngest captain in soul society, and yet he has already achieved bankai.
"Shinsei na seimei yo, junsui , akaru ku teru boku no mae ni tatsu kono aku wo harai kiyome rutameni nagare ru! Shining Rain!"
I think those go for the males.
new as can be to anime...only one I've seen is Akira....so then Akira...anyone want to point me in the right anime direction???
Issac & Miria - Baccano!
at least Kuro has decent picks.
Wait I just found a topic like this. Angel, merge plz?


French great Bernard Hinault believes Chris Froome could target a sweep of all three Grand Tours next year, a feat previously assumed to be mission impossible in cycling.
That is what it might take, however, if Froome is to finally force himself into the wider consciousness of a British public still strangely nonplussed by his pedalling prowess.
Hinault thinks Froome could end all the arguments if he took on the Giro, Tour and Vuelta next year.
"I even think it's possible to win the three grand tours," he said.
Team Sky's British cyclist Chris Froome celebrates on the podium after winning his first Vuelta a Espana in Madrid last week. Froome became just the third rider in history to win the Vuelta a Espana and Tour de France in the same year as Matteo Trentin won the 21st stage of the Vuelta through the center on Madrid.
Froome will follow up his first Vuelta a Espana victory — reckoned to be tougher this year than the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France — last week by competing in the team and individual time trials at the road world championships starting in Norway at the weekend.
The Team Sky rider became the first Briton to complete the race in the red jersey. It came just 49 days after standing on top of the podium in the yellow jersey in Paris, having claimed a fourth Tour de France title to become the first man since Spain's Miguel Indurain to win three in a row.
Froome is only the third rider to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same year but the first to do so since the Vuelta was moved later to the furnace-like Spanish summer. It involved a total ride of 6,862 kilometers over 73 mountain summits and 165 hours in the saddle.
Yet despite his superhuman efforts Froome's achievement will not resonate around Britain in the same way Andy Murray's two Wimbledon titles or Mo Farah's world and Olympic golds did.
"I'm not going to hold my breath," Froome said when asked whether he might make the shortlist for the BBC's prestigious Sports Personality having been overlooked last year.
Chris Froome (second right) celebrates on the podium with teammates after winning the Vuelta a Espana after the last stage of the cycling race between Arroyomolinos and Madrid last week.
Froome's natural modesty and the fact that the respect of those within cycling — fellow riders and fans who follow the sport closely — counts more to him than celebrity status means he is unlikely to lose sleep. Yet it is curious that Britain has not taken the Kenya-born cyclist to its heart like Belgium-born Bradley Wiggins when he became the first Briton to win the Tour in 2012. Showman Wiggins was not shy of the spotlight and knew how to celebrate, whereas father-of-one Froome comes across as the kind of guy who would settle for a quiet glass of wine and night in.
Question marks about Team Sky's reputation following a UK Anti-Doping investigation into a "jiffy bag" delivered to Wiggins at the 2011 Dauphine remain, with Wiggins's former teammate Froome inevitably dragged into the debate despite no suggestion of any wrongdoing on his part. In fact, French fans, some of whom threw urine at him at the 2015 Tour in response to suggestions he was doping, have been won over by Froome's class, on and off the bike.
Froome just gets on with the business of riding his bike longer and harder than anyone else. And while his head-bobbing style upsets the purists and the smothering tactics of the relentless Team Sky domestiques attract scorn, Froome has to be regarded alongside the all-time greats and possibly above Alberto Contador despite the Spaniard's seven Grand Tour wins.


Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) and Impact Biomedicines today announced the signing of a definitive agreement in which Celgene will acquire Impact Biomedicines, which is developing fedratinib for myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera. Under the terms of the agreement, Celgene will pay approximately $1.1 billion upfront and up to $1.25 billion in contingent payments based on regulatory approval milestones for myelofibrosis. Additional future payments for regulatory approvals in additional indications and sales-based milestones are also possible.
Fedratinib, a highly selective JAK2 kinase inhibitor, was evaluated in 877 patients across 18 clinical trials. In a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III pivotal trial (JAKARTA-1) for patients with treatment-naïve myelofibrosis, fedratinib demonstrated statistically significant improvements in the primary and secondary endpoints of splenic response and total symptom score, respectively. In an exploratory subgroup analysis, these improvements were observed regardless of a patient's baseline platelet count.


Ivan was abandoned by his mother at the home of her employer. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home by his mother's employer. After this incident, his mother was nowhere to be found. After staying at the Nsambya Babies' home, Ivan came to live at the Rafiki Village Uganda in May 2004. He now enjoys learning many things at Rafiki. Ivan's favorite subjects are fine art, Bible class, and physical education. Ivan loves to be in logic and art classes. He enjoys reasoning, especially using Scriptures. He expresses himself by drawing pictures. He also likes math because he has a teacher who is able to keep him continuously interested in the subject. His best grades are in history and art at this time. Ivan recently undertook a science experiment to test for sugar in food substances. He was careful to watch color changes as different solutions were applied to a heated liquid, and he enjoyed this new discovery!


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Q: How to drop column with laravel migration on sqlite? I want to write test for my application, but i getting error when run the migration;

My Migration file
Schema::table('bill_payments', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->dropColumn('attachment');
    // $table->getColumns(); return empty array
    // $table->dropColumn(['attachment']); I tried this
});

dd(Schema::hasColumn('bill_payments', 'attachment')); // Return false

// and this is not working because return false.

if(Schema::hasColumn('bill_payments', 'attachment'))
{
    Schema::table('bill_payments', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->dropColumn('attachment');
    });
}

Also i add doctrine/dbal 2.5.13
i running tests using mysql, but slowly.
[Solved]
Wow! i using prefix for tables. i deleted this  and now it's work.

A: One thing you need to know about migrations is that they run untill they crash or succeed, following your example:
Schema::table('bill_payments', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->dropColumn('attachment');
});
//It will drop the column and stop here. When you run the migration again, it will output your error because the column no longer exists.
dd(Schema::hasColumn('bill_payments', 'attachment')); // Return false

What you should have in your migration code is having the reverse operations in the Down() method. Meaning you run the migration, it applies the Up() and when you rollback, it reverts correctly. That error is really what it means, it means that when it reaches an operation relating table bill_payments and column attachment, it recognizes that attachment doesn't exist.
Edit:
There is something related to SQlite in the documentation:
"Dropping or modifying multiple columns within a single migration while using a SQLite database is not supported."

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These DIY "Tie The Knot" Wedding Thank You Cards Are The Cutest!
Wedding done. Bride to Mrs. No more projects to do or things to plan. Loads of thank you notes to write. Get over your post-wedding blues with this super sweet DIY thank you card idea! Add your choice of knot to our free printable designs and say thanks for helping us tie the knot in true creative style. Our Canon TS9020 whipped these cards out in no time and the fine detail in the print is simply fabulous. These DIY cuties will up your thank you card game in an instant.
Black Friday Alert: The Canon TS9020 is now on sale for only $79.99, that's $120 off!!! Sale ends 11/27/17!
I created these cards so that you could print the black design on any color of paper and add ANY type of knot you'd like! From rope and twine to silk ribbon and fabric – the sky is the limit!
At the end of the post you'll find the download for these two designs. Print on 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock in your choice of color using your Canon TS9020 All-in-One Printer. I love that the TS9020 allows me to choose the type of paper and printing quality; so for this project I did "matte photo paper" on "high" print quality… and that combo makes these cards look professionally printed!
Trim on the lines provided, there are two cards per sheet and they cut down to 3 7/8″ x 9 1/4″, sized perfectly for #10 envelopes.
Using your favorite corner punch, round the corners for a little finishing touch.
For this card I used 1.5″ silk ribbon, so I cut slits on either side of the card using a craft knife on a cutting mat. The other card idea uses a hole punch and rope instead!
Cut about 9″ or ribbon, rope or the like and then tie a knot in it. Slip each end into the card hole or slit. Trim excess away. Using clear packaging tape, secure the ribbon/rope on the backside of the card. That's it, soooo cute!
Download the files, print using your Canon printer, trim on the lines provided, hole punch or cut, add a knot and tape! Only a few simple steps to create a super sweet handmade thank you card that your guests will love to receive!
Round out the end of your creative wedding experience with these creative thank yous! We know the store-bought card is not your style… and so we can't wait to see your renditions of this darling project. Cheers!


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Le Bestie () sono state un gruppo musicale sudcoreano formatasi a Seul nel 2013 e scioltosi nel 2018, sotto contratto con la YNB Entertainment.

Storia
Tre membri del gruppo, Hyeyeon, Uji e Haeryung, facevano in precedenza parte delle EXID, prima di andarsene per motivi personali. Le Bestie debuttarono l'11 luglio 2013 con il singolo Pitapat, seguito il 16 ottobre dal secondo singolo Love Options. A dicembre uscì il singolo Zzang Christmas.

Il 28 febbraio 2014, tornarono sulla scena musicale con il singolo Thank U Very Much, mentre il 27 giugno, durante una puntata di Music Bank, eseguirono una cover di Mr.Mr. delle Girls' Generation insieme a Jimin, Choa, Chanmi e Hyejeong delle AOA, e alle Girl's Day. L'11 luglio, per festeggiare il primo anniversario, le Bestie pubblicarono il loro quinto singolo Like A Star. Quest'ultimo, Pitapat e Thank U Very Much furono inclusi nel primo EP Hot Baby, che uscì il 28 luglio seguente. Il 29 agosto venne commercializzata una riedizione intitolata I Need You, trainata dal brano omonimo prodotto da Duble Sidekick e HomeBoy.

Il secondo EP Love Emotion fu pubblicato l'8 maggio 2015. Il video musicale del suo apripista Excuse Me fu quarto nella lista di Billboard dei "Video K-pop più visti in America" e sesto nella lista "Video K-pop più visti nel mondo" per il mese di maggio. Il 29 agosto, il gruppo si esibì al Sirifort Auditorium di Nuova Delhi, e alla fine dell'anno vinse il Next Generation Award ai Golden Disk Awards.

A gennaio 2016 Dahye si ruppe la caviglia e il braccio destro cadendo dalle scale, perciò il ritorno sulle scene del gruppo venne posticipato. Fu annunciato che a maggio sarebbe uscito un EP o un album in studio, ma ciò non avvenne. L'ultima esibizione delle Bestie fu il 16 dicembre 2016 al Military Year End Concert. Il 5 settembre 2017 la YNB Entertainment annunciò che Uji e Dahye avrebbero lasciato il gruppo, mentre Hyeyeon e Haeryung sarebbero rimaste, e sarebbero stati probabilmente aggiunti dei nuovi membri. Quando però il sito ufficiale dell'agenzia divenne inaccessibile, si diffusero online voci di bancarotta. Nel settembre 2018, la Star Entertainment aprì un profilo Instagram ufficiale per Hyeyeon, confermando così indirettamente che la cantante aveva lasciato le Bestie e che il gruppo era da considerarsi sciolto.

Formazione
Ex-membri
 Kang Hye-yeon – leader voce, rap (2013-2018)
 Na Hae-ryung – voce (2013-2018)
 Uji – voce (2013-2017)
 Song Da-hye – voce, rap (2013-2017)

Discografia

EP
 2014 – Hot Baby
 2015 – Love Emotion

Singoli
 2013 – Pitapat
2013 – Love Options
 2013 – Zzang Christmas (feat. Yoo Se-yoon)
2014 – Thank U Very Much
2014 – Like A Star

Videografia
 2013 – Pitapat
 2013 – Love Options
 2013 – Zzang Christmas
 2014 – Thank U Very Much
 2014 – Like a Star
 2014 – Hot Baby
 2015 – Love Letter
 2015 – Excuse Me

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Girl group
Idol group sudcoreani

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Samsung Announces The First 1 Terabyte mSATA SSD
Samsung Electronics has launched the 840 EVO mSATA (mini-Serial ATA) Solid State Drive (SSD) line-up, including the industry's first 1 terabyte (TB) mSATA SSD this month.
The Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD is an extension of the 840 EVO line-up which was introduced in July at Samsung SSD Global Summit. The new SSD features the compact mSATA form factor which is roughly a quarter size of a 2.5-inch SSD, and offers the same level of high density and high performance.
"With the new mSATA SSD line-up offering up to 1TB of memory and an optimized software tool, we expect that consumers can enjoy high storage volume and performance on ultra-slim notebooks besides desktop PCs," said Unsoo Kim, senior vice president, memory brand product marketing, Samsung Electronics. "We will continue to bring leading-edge SSD products and software solutions with improved quality and reliability, while working on offering higher consumer satisfaction and strengthening competitiveness of our branded memory business."
The new 840 EVO mSATA SSD utilizes Samsung's advanced 128 gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory based on 10 nanometer class process technology. To form a 1TB version SSD, a total of four flash memory packages are used, each package having 16 layers of 128Gb chips. Based on the advanced memory technology, the 1TB mSATA SSD is 3.85 millimeters thick and a weighs 8.5 grams, which are approximately 40 percent and a twelfth of a typical hard disk drive (HDD) respectively.
The 840 EVO mSATA SSD line-up is available in 120GB, 250GB, 500GB and 1TB, and achieves the highest level of performance based on Samsung's proprietary controller and TurboWrite technology.
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The 1TB version offers 98,000 random read and 90,000 random write IOPS (Input Output Operations Per Second), as well as sequential read and write speed of 540 megabytes per second (MB/s) and 520 MB/s, enabling complex multi-tasking for advanced users.
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Applying 256-bit AES keys, the new mSATA SSD allows strong data security, and is compliant with TCG Opal and IEEE 1667 standards. Users can also easily move their data to the new SSD using Samsung Data Migration as well as Samsung Magician 4.3 which are compatible with Windows 8 and support 10 languages.
The 840 EVO mSATA SSD line-up will be available this month globally, and exact launching date can vary depending on the region. Samsung will continue to introduce leading-edge SSDs with higher performance and security level, and maintain its leading position in the global SSD market.
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For many people living with chronic pain, dealing with the suspicions of other people is tiring. People with chronic pain are constantly accused of faking or exaggerating their symptoms. There are far too many doctors, nurses, friends, even family members, who doubt our pain or treat us like a "drug seeker."
On MyChronicPainTeam, the social network and online support group for those living with chronic pain, members talk about a range of personal experiences and struggles. Being treated like a drug seeker is one of the most-discussed subjects.
• Did anyone else have to sign a contract with their doctor saying they wouldn't accept a controlled substance from another doctor?
• With the new laws in the US..we are all dealing with our worst fears: we are being treated like "drug" addicts.
• Disgusted that my daughter is treated like a drug addict because of the ignorant medical community regarding CRPS.
We have to be our own advocates in these situations.
People make judgements but they are only a single perspective of a multifaceted situation.


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Mainly cloudy with snow showers around this evening. Low 19F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 40%. Higher wind gusts possible.
Politics and realism in 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Boys'
Zachary Marano
What makes a television show popular? An appeal to realism frequently appears in popular discourse; the characters felt real, or the dialogue was very realistic. However, realism in entertainment has two different forms.
Most directors and actors attempt to immerse their audiences in fictional worlds. When something happens on screen that feels logically inconsistent with the story — perhaps an unconvincing delivery of a line, or a paper coffee cup appearing in a medieval fantasy setting – the viewer remembers that they are watching a performance. Most television shows and films maintain an internal logic. This logic is often derived from our culture's definition of realism, or what seems possible in the given moment.
Two of this summer's most popular television series, HBO's "Game of Thrones," and Amazon Prime's "The Boys,", subvert the cliches of their respective genres by inserting their traditional elements in a realistic setting.
"Game of Thrones," is a fantasy story with dragons and magic. However, there is no clearly defined black and white morality. Most characters are shades of gray who are motivated by complex social factors. Machiavellian politics are common. By the same token, "The Boys,"diverges from the traditional morality of superhero fiction. Superheroes use their extraordinary powers in pursuit of personal pleasure, not for the protection ordinary people.
Despite their fantastical elements, the two shows portray everything realistically. For example, the first episode of "The Boys," renders the logical results of an indestructible man running into a normal person at supersonic speed in all its gruesome details.
There is a political dimension to this realism. Social justice is impossible in realistic television series because human beings are irredeemably self-interested. Conservatives use this assumption about human nature to defend capitalistic society and to present social change as dangerous and unnecessary. People on top of the social hierarchy – the aristocracy in "Game of Thrones," superheroes in "The Boys," the one percent in the real world –hold an unreasonable amount of power. Reactionaries claim that efforts to eliminate social inequalities are pointless because disparities inevitably emerge in any human society. The free market is their solution to the inherent evil of governments and private businesses, although capitalism itself promotes the evil of economic injustice.
(T)he ideological defense for these political configurations takes the form of a lowering of expectations, cultural theorist Mark Fisher said in his book,"K-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher."
Capitalism and liberal democracy are "ideal" precisely in the sense that they are 'the best that one can expect,' that is to say, the least worst.
The superheroes in "The Boys" have a similar place in society to celebrities or politicians. Their public image is protected by their corporate sponsor, Vought International. When victims of the superheroes come forward to speak out, Vought's lawyers force them to settle their lawsuits outside of court or face protracted legal battles that they cannot afford.
Since the superheroes cannot be held accountable to the law, their victims have to get revenge through extrajudicial means. The outlaw-vigilante is a common character archetype in American fiction. They hold evil in check on an atomic, individual level, but do not address the systemic problems that produce evil.
The final season of "Game of Thrones," was poorly received by critics and audiences, despite setting new records in ratings. Many viewers objected to fan-favorite Daenerys Targaryen's sudden descent into madness, saying that the writers failed to do justice to her character. The conclusion certainly seems to have been rushed by the showrunners. Yet, how else could the series have ended?
Daenerys returning to the kingdom and restoring order to the realm would be out of place in a television show that avoids unrealistic fantasy stereotypes. Daenerys, colloquially known as Dany, had to become a tyrant, the Iron Throne had to be destroyed, and an elective monarchy had to replace the established social order. In Western media, democracy is the only realistic way for good to triumph over evil on a large scale.
Our economic and political system's definition of realism has pushed the world to the edge of a catastrophic ecological disaster. Privately-owned international corporations have destroyed the environment in their singular pursuit of financial profit. To survive, people must challenge the ideological statements that capitalism presents as fundamental truths. Media and entertainment can present alternatives to the capitalist realism identified by Mark Fisher.
Zachary Marano is contributing writer for The South End. He can be reached at zacharymarano@wayne.edu.
Cover photo by royalty-free Getty Images.
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Q: Angular does correct routing, but address bar does not change for child routes using Angular 6
(1) here is the route array
const appRoutes: Routes = [
    {
        path: 'dashboard',
        component: DashboardComponent
    },
    {
        path: 'administration',
        children: [
        {
            path: 'users',
            component: UserListComponent,
            resolve: { userList: UserListResolverService }
        },
        {
            path: 'user-groups',
            component: UserGroupListComponent
        },
        {
            path: 'permissions',
            component: PermissionComponent
        },
        {
            path: '',
            component: UserListComponent,
            resolve: { userList: UserListResolverService }
        }
    ]
    },
    {
        path: '',
        redirectTo: 'dashboard',
        pathMatch: 'full'
    },
    {
        path: '**',
        redirectTo: 'PageNotFoundComponent',
        pathMatch: 'full'
    },
];

(2) Click any sub-menu under parent menu of Administration, the route works and display the correct component templates.
    e.g., it displays a list of user groups by clicking User Groups. However, the url address bar stays as http://localhost:46325/administration no matter which child links I click.
The route tracing has correct url though
e.g., NavigationStart {id: 16, url: "/administration/user-groups", navigationTrigger: "imperative", restoredState: null}

I'm not sure what's wrong. Could someone point me to the right direction? Thanks so much.


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Face coverings are a legal requirement on all UK public transport. You must wear a face covering throughout your journey, unless you have medical exemptions.
You must follow the rules for international travel. You should not travel to countries or territories on the red list.
You will also need to take a PCR test, regardless of whether you have symptoms, if you are travelling to the UK from abroad.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Eurostar will not stop at Ebbsfleet and Ashford International train stations until 2022. Travel to St Pancras and catch the High-speed 1 train to Canterbury West. Find out more information about what you need to do before you travel on the Eurostar.
Kent has good air connections with Europe and the world due to its proximity to several major international airports.
There are regular flights from the airports listed below to destinations all over the world. All are easy to get to from Canterbury and Medway.
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Eurostar trains are run by Eurostar International Limited.
Eurostar is the high-speed passenger train which runs via the Channel Tunnel from London St.Pancras, Ebbsfleet and Ashford International to Calais, Lille, Paris & Brussels.
It takes around 2 hours 15 minutes to travel 495 km (307 miles) from London to Paris.
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Florence is known as THE city for art and history. One of the lesser known types of art in this city is its street art. In this week's post, Payton tells us about the street art scene in Florence and gives us some background on the artists and their inspiration for adorning the city with their expressions.
Everyone knows that Florence is chock full of art, just about everywhere you look. Generally when you think of art in Florence, your mind jumps to the renaissance, and artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, Botticelli, Brunelleschi...I could go on and on. Florence is the home of the renaissance, but there's so many other art forms that have been practiced here. One of them, that is pretty much impossible to ignore, is street art.
Street art lines the walls and street signs of Florence, in many different forms. In one single block you can find illegible graffiti, paste ups of Italian poetry, sculptures popping out of the wall, gorgeous paintings of people of all shapes, sizes, and colors, and cheeky stickers with links to different movements and initiatives. I've taken notice of a few recurring motifs in the street art that I see all around town, and done some research to find out the meaning and the artists behind these urban masterpieces. So, without further ado, here are 3 different local street artists in Florence to follow during your semester abroad!
A wall covered in street art, including work by Blub, Enter Exit, and 1+1=1. Can you spot them all?
A Dove on a Do Not Enter sign by Clet.
"My street sign work stem from a reflection upon our 'common visual space'. The omnipresence of street signs, other than being a sign of the [Italian] culture of 'anti-responsibility', can verge on the absurd. The message is very poor (sometimes I feel like I'm being treated like an idiot by them) and yet they have a highly invasive aesthetic. As a professional in the world of visual space, I feel called to intervene, both to notify the public of the absurdity of the situation, and to propose a constructive and respectful alternative. My adhesives are developed to add a further level of reading [to street signs] constructed on the base of their original signification in order to maintain its utility but give it some intellectual, spiritual, or simply amusing interest. The final objective? That traffic keeps flowing without us feeling spoken down to!"
A heart pierced by left arrow sign by Clet.
There's a little shop called Clet's studio where you can purchase some of his work in the form of stickers, buttons, etc..., and see some of the bigger stuff he's been working on that isn't for the street on Via dell'Olmo 8.
"L'arte sa nuotare, meaning art knows how to swim, is about two ways one can live life, like eros and love or life and death. We can choose to be stuck with fear due to the crisis or we can choose to take it as an opportunity to overcome our limitations while being confiden[t] in the future and in our potential. So, even though it seems like we are all underwater it is time to learn how to swim!
Blub, possibly with an Exit Enter art above it. Do you recognize the subject?
The city walls are also dotted with spray painted stick figures by the street artist known as Exit Enter. Each stick figure is doing something different, and often interacting with the physical characteristics of the cityscape or saying something. Exit Enter paints his figures in black, but also frequently uses hints of color, especially red, and especially in the form of hearts or balloons. His work appears very whimsical and light hearted, but is meant to be thought provoking, and encourage viewers to question the meaning of life as we know it. I felt a strong meaning behind each piece of his that I stumbled upon and appreciated how each illustration was unique from the others, and from any street art that I've ever seen.
An Exit Enter piece that interacts with a physical characteristic of the wall.
A more intricate piece by Exit Enter, next to a poem.
These are just 3 of the artists whose work can be spotted all over Florence, but there are so many others worth mentioning, like one who stencils the features of a beautiful woman's face, or one who does an image of a man and a woman in hijab with the accompanying expression "1+1=1," or sometimes just the expression alone.
A piece by Exit Enter, along with a piece by Blub, a blacked out 1=1=1, a pasted-up poem, and even a cryptic reference to Clet on a wall near my apartment.
Walking by the painted walls and finding new pieces every day was one of my favorite things about living in the city. Make sure you do some exploring of your own and see the underground art scene in Florence for yourself! I highly recommend the Street Levels Gallery at Via Palazzuolo, 74 to learn more about these artists and even purchase some versions of their work for yourself!


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Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Trends in 2018
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are becoming mainstream and have become a worthwhile topic in many industries. VR and AR development can be applied towards gaming, entertainment, marketing, education, fashion, art, and so much more. These are exciting new technologies that are being improved every day.In 2014, there were less than one million VR users, but that number has incredibly grown to more than 150 million users this year. That number is expected to grow even higher over the coming years. According to a Zion Market Research report, the virtual reality market was valued at approximately $2 billion in 2016, and the market is expected to reach $26.8 billion by 2022. Software revenue from augmented and virtual reality has seen great success and will continue to see growth in the near future.
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First Look At Sony PlayStation 5 UI
PlayStation 5 event date was previously postponed due to the intolerance and injustice that plagued the USA. While Sony lead the way, as a beacon of solidarity, several other companies followed. At that time, the best people could do is stand beside one another. However, recently some of the features of PS 5 were revealed. An advertisement on Twitch, along with an official post from PlayStation, confirmed the event date. Scheduled on June 11th, one can expect people to be extremely hyped up for this. The fact that everyone had to wait too long for PS 5 makes this news much more exciting.
The rise of the introverted salesperson
The shift to virtual selling has upended the status quo for many sales teams across the country and around the world. I firmly believe, as I've said before, thatnearly everything can be sold over video— and in many ways the virtual sales process makes it easier for sales reps to connect with customers and build trust.Still, there has been a great deal of resistance, and some organizations have just tried to wait it out, hoping that once COVID passed, they could go back to normal.
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State ex rel. Hollow Horn Bear v. Jameson, No. 9685
Document Cited authorities 8 Cited in 19 Precedent Map Related
Court South Dakota Supreme Court
Writing for the Court SMITH
Citation 77 S.D. 527,95 N.W.2d 181
Parties STATE of South Dakota ex rel. Raymond Edward HOLLOW HORN BEAR, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. G. Norton JAMESON, Warden, South Dakota Penitentiary, Defendant and Respondent.
Decision Date 03 March 1959
Docket Number No. 9685
95 N.W.2d 181 77 S.D. 527 STATE of South Dakota ex rel. Raymond Edward HOLLOW HORN
BEAR, Plaintiff and Appellant,
G. Norton JAMESON, Warden, South Dakota Penitentiary,
Defendant and Respondent. No. 9685. Supreme Court of South Dakota. March 3, 1959.
[77 S.D. 527] Harold Benedict, Colman, for plaintiff and appellant.
Phil W. Saunders, Atty. Gen., George W. Wuest, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant and respondent.
SMITH, Judge.
In this habeas corpus proceeding the applicant for the writ, an enrolled tribal member of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, questions the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Bennett County, South Dakota, which in 1955 convicted him of the crime of forgery in the third degree. He asserts that the state court was without jurisdiction because the offense was committed within 'Indian country' as defined by 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1151. The court below[77 S.D. 528] held the locus of the offense was not within Indian country and entered its order remanding the applicant to the custody of the warden of the penitentiary of South Dakota. The applicant has appealed.
By 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1152 the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of crimes are extended to 'Indian country' and that term is defined by Sec. 1151 of that Title. So far as pertinent to the contention of the applicant, that definition reads as follows: '* * * the term 'Indian country', as used in this chapter, means (a) all land within the limits of any Indian
reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation, (b) * * * (c) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.'
The briefs of counsel lead us to believe there was a conflict in the evidence as to the exact locus of the offense. The brief of the applicant asserts the crime was committed on the right-of-way adjacent to what is known as the 'Coop Station' at the intersection of U. S. 18 and U. S. 73 at the south limits of the city of Martin, South Dakota. The warden insists the offense was committed at the Coop Station on deeded land. As required by SDC 37.5504 the trial court proceeded in a summary way to settle the facts by hearing the evidence, and incorporated in its order findings which support the position of the warden. A transcript of the testimony is not included in the settled record. Therefore we are unable to pass on the sufficiency of the evidence to support the findings of the court. Hence our review must proceed in the light of the court's findings. Because the record does include a patent dated in November of 1923 describing the property upon which the Coop Station is located, we assume that it is the patent to which the findings make reference. It is dated in 1923 and contains these words: 'Whereas, an Order of the Secretary of the Interior has been deposited in the General Land Office, directing that a fee simple patent issue to the claimant Daniel W. Coffey, assignee of Thomas A. Coffey, Senior, [77 S.D. 529] purchaser of land included in the allotment of Black Tract, * * *.'
The central contention of the applicant is that because the crime was committed within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation, it was committed within Indian country. He concludes, therefore, that jurisdiction was in the trial court of that reservation.
In making this contention , we do not understand the applicant to question the settled doctrine that the state has jurisdiction to prosecute Indians for such a crime as is here involved when committed outside Indian country. That power stems from the admission of our state to the Union upon an equal footing with the original states. Cf. Sec. 8, Ch. 180, Act of February 22, 1889, 25 Stat. page 676 at 679. Draper v. United States, 164 U.S. 240, 17 S.Ct. 107, 41 L.Ed. 419; Ward v. Race Horse, 163 U.S. 504, 16 S.Ct. 1076, 41 L.Ed. 244; 42 C.J.S. Indians Sec. 79(2), p. 798; and 27 Am.Jur., Indians, Sec. .52, p. 575. It was in recognition of this power of the state that we upheld the jurisdiction of our courts to prosecute one of the ten major crimes committed by an Indian at a place held to be outside of a reservation in Ex parte Moore, 28 S.D. 339, 133 N.W. 817; Stat v. Sauter, 48 S.D. 409, 205 N.W. 25; and Application of DeMarrias, S.D., 91 N.W.2d 480.
The Coop Station in Martin, South Dakota, is located within the original exterior boundaries of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as marked out by the Act of April 30, 1888, Ch. 206, 25 Stat. 94. In the exercise of its plenary power over the Indian tribes (Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553, 23 S.Ct. 216, 47 L.Ed. 299; Choate v. Trapp, 224 U.S. 665, 32 S.Ct. 565, 56 L.Ed. 941; and Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States, Ct.Cl., 146 F.Supp. 229) the Congress on May 27, 1910, enacted Ch. 257 of 36 Stat. 440, the pertinent language whereof reads as follows: 'That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, as hereinafter provided, to sell and dispose of all that portion of the Pine Ridge Indian...
US ex rel. Cook v. Parkinson, No. CIV. 74-4023.
U.S. District Court — District of South Dakota
...in this case the South Dakota Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier rulings in State of South Dakota ex rel. Hollow Horn Bear v. Jameson, 77 S.D. 527, 95 N.W.2d 181 (1959), and State of South Dakota ex rel. Swift v. Erickson, 82 S.D. 60, 141 N.W.2d 1 (1966), that the Act of May 27, 1910, &qu......
Beardslee v. United States, No. 18565.
...S.D. 409, 205 N.W. 25, 28 (1925); Application of De Marrias, 77 S.D. 294, 91 N.W.2d 480 (1958); State ex rel. Hollow Horn Bear v. Jameson, 77 S.D. 527, 95 N.W.2d 181 (1959); State v. De Marrias, 79 S.D. 1, 107 N.W.2d 255 (1961), cert. denied 368 U.S. 844, 82 S.Ct. 72, 7 L.Ed.2d 42; Lafferty......
General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Big Horn River System, In re, Nos. 85-203
United States State Supreme Court of Wyoming
...quoting United States v. La Plant, supra, 200 F. at 94. This court also quoted favorably from State ex rel. Hollow Horn Bear v. Jameson, 77 S.D. 527, 95 N.W.2d 181 (1959), which had construed an act "parallel" to the Act of March 3, 1905, relying on United States v. Pelican, 232 U......
In re Rights to Use Water in Big Horn River, No. 85-203 to 85-205
...in this case the South Dakota Supreme Court reaffirmed its earlier rulings in State of South Dakota ex rel. Hollow Horn Bear v. Jameson, 77 S.D. 527, 95 N.W.2d 181 (1959), and State of South Dakota ex rel. Swift v. Erickson, 82 S.D. 60, 141 N.W.2d 1 (1966), that the Act of May 27, 1910, "wa......
...quoting United States v. La Plant, supra, 200 F. at 94. This court also quoted favorably from State ex rel. Hollow Horn Bear v. Jameson, 77 S.D. 527, 95 N.W.2d 181 (1959), which had construed an act "parallel" to the Act of March 3, 1905, relying on United States v. Pelican, 232 U.S. 442, 3......


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Mantell: "Ric Flair has been acting like that horrible way for years and years"
by LORENZO CIOTTI | VIEW 382
The latest episode of Dark Side of the Ring, the mini-documentary series that explores the most controversial backstories in the world of wrestling, caused quite a stir. This episode mainly discussed the Plane Ride From Hell, an absurd air travel made by a group of wrestlers, including the legendary Ric Flair.
The latter had inappropriate and harassing behavior towards a hostess, who had already reported the incident in the past. As if that weren't enough, former WWE superstar Tommy Dreamer tried to defend the Nature Boy gesture by calling it a simple joke and blatantly accusing the woman of being a liar.
The consequences of these revelations came within a very short time. CarShield has paused his collaboration with Ric Flair, while Dreamer has been suspended from IMPACT Wrestling without any hesitation. When questioned on the subject by Sportskeeda, former WWE manager Dutch Mantell harshly criticized the actions of the 16-time world champion.
Dutch Mantell said: "To say that Ric Flair was disrespectful is to put it mildly. I would never do things like that and I wouldn't want anyone to behave like that to me. There was nothing funny about what we heard. People have to realize that Flair has been doing that for years and years, it doesn't occur to you that it was an isolated case.
I was surprised when I saw so many people gaping in disbelief. I also want to point out that Ric Flair was certainly not the only one who misbehaved at the time. I will not mention names here, but the insiders know very well who I am talking about."
Dutch then made a comparison between AEW and WWE: "The guys at AEW are more relaxed, they don't seem to have all that pressure on them that surrounds WWE athletes. Vince McMahon wants most things to be written to the letter and has little faith in his talents.
Exactly the opposite happens in All Elite Wrestling."
Drew McIntyre: "I want to face Roman Reigns again!"
One of the wrestlers who drove WWE around this time is former WWE Champion Drew McIntyre. The Scottish Psychopath had some extraordinary months and dragged the company into a difficult time, all fans fondly remember the WWE Survivor Series challenge between McIntyre and Roman Reigns, the true ruler of WWE right now.
Through the microphones of Real Radio 92.1 Drew McIntyre spoke about many issues and had words of great praise for the Tribal Chief. Here are the statements of the former WWE Champion: "I think a new fight against Roman Reigns would be great.
He is on top of the world right now and is doing an incredible job at WWE, probably the best of his career. We faced each other at the Survivor Series and we built this match in less than a week, so many people were close to us to make it happen.
Roman and I have always had great chemistry in the past where he was the Face and I was the Heel. Now I'm playing a version that is more like myself as he is playing the best version possible and I think there is a great connection between us.
Even when we challenged each other without the crowd, I saw that we were very well together and so I can only imagine what match we could stage in the event of our meeting with the presence of the WWE Universe." For Drew McIntyre it is not an extraordinary period in terms of results.
After having definitively lost the storyline and the challenge for the title against Bobby Lashley, the wrestler in the last episode of Monday Night Raw was the protagonist in a Triple Threat Match valid for the Us Champion title against Sheamus and against the current champion Damian Priest and it was the latter who pinned him with a terrible Reckoning.


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Select The stimulus representation of unconscious information and its temporal characteristics
LUO Ting, QIU Ruyi, CHEN Bin, FU Shimin
Acta Psychologica Sinica. 2018, 50 (5): 473-482. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2018.00473
Abstract PDF (529KB) ( 3527 ) Peer Review Comments
The current study reports three experiments to test whether and how unconscious activation of distractors with subliminal presentation, especially at stimulus level, affects response to targets in a letter flanker task. In each experiment, the flanker letters were made unconscious using visually backward masking letters. As classic Flanker tasks, the congruency between target letters and flankers were manipulated to form three conditions – conflicting at stimulus level, conflicting at response level, and non-conflicting. Stimulus conflict referred to trials in which the target and the flankers differed but linked to the same response key, indicating that the competition between the target and flankers occurs at stimulus level. In contrast, response conflict referred to trials where the target and flankers were not only different but also associated with distinct response keys, indicating that the competition between the target and flankers emerges at both the stimulus and response levels. Non-conflict referred to congruent target and flankers trials, used as a baseline condition. Accordingly, the stimulus conflict effect was the difference between stimulus conflict and non-conflict conditions, while the response conflict effect was the difference between response conflict and non-conflict condition. A total of fifty seven participants this study. Experiment 1A was a baseline experiment with supraliminal flankers, in which the classical effects of stimulus conflict and response conflict were observed. However, when the flankers were made unconscious in Experiment 1B using subliminal flankers, a reversed stimulus conflict effect emerged but the response conflict effect maintained. These results were replicated in Experiment 2 when symbolic stimuli were used to reduce the difficulty in forming a stimulus-response association. Likewise, the effects were observed in Experiment 3 with more stimuli and response types were introduced. Crucially, the effect of stimulus conflict dynamically varied along different time windows, while the effect of response conflict was stable across time windows. Altogether, the results provided systematically behavioral evidence for the subliminal activation of distractors that affects target performance at both the stimulus and response levels in a flanker task. The data indicated that the unconscious representation of distractors dynamically influences stimulus processing of targets over time but exerts a stable impact on responses. Our findings, especially the unconscious representation at stimulus level can clarify the mechanism and integrate previous contradicting conclusions of unconscious processing.
Select Visual and auditory verbal working memory affects visual attention in the semantic matching
LI Biqin, LI Ling, WANG Aijun, ZHANG Ming
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Previous studies have showed that information held in working memory (WM) can guide or capture attention during visual search in a relatively automatic way, even when it is irrelevant and detrimental to current task performance. Some researchers have proposed that the semantic match between WM contents and distractors could also capture attention, as well as the perceptual match. As we known, the verbal WM contents can be stored in the visual and auditory inputs. Even though the automatic influence of visual verbal WM on visual attention have been demonstrated, it remains unknown whether the auditory verbal WM could automatically capture attention. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the attention guidance by the verbal WM contents. The present study included two experiments to explore the questions presented above. In Experiment 1, the memory item was a verbal Chinese character that presented visually, denoting a color, such as "红". The participants were instructed to remember the word and avoid the potential distractors. Subsequently, they completed a visual search task, in order to test whether the verbal WM contents could guide attention. The results showed that, compared with the control condition, the visual search RTs were longer in the perceptual-matching and semantic-matching conditions, and the same as the RTs in the fastest trials. With the memory item that never matched the target in the search task, we suggested that the verbal WM contents that were presented visually (vis-VWM) could capture attention at perceptual and semantic levels automatically. In Experiment 2, the memory item was presented by the auditory inputs via the headphones (audi-VWM). The results showed that the visual search RTs in the semantic-matching condition were shorter than RTs in the control and perceptual-matching conditions, and there was no significant difference in the other conditions. Meanwhile, compared the shortest RTs across the different conditions, the results showed that the RTs in the semantic-matching condition were longer than in the control condition, which suggested that the aurally presented verbal WM could capture attention at the semantic level in the fastest response trials. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that the verbal working memory that presented visually could automatically capture attention at both perceptual and semantic levels, and also verified the hypothesis that the attention capture effect would occur at the early stages of attention. However, the contents of verbal working memory would always capture attention at the earlier processing stage and could only be rejected at the later processing stage when the contents were aurally presented. Due to the modality specificity, attentional resources would be distributed to different sensory modalities. The memory-matching distractors could be rejected at the later processing stage because of there were the sufficient cognitive resources.
Select The influence of testimony's confidence and exploration on 5-year-old children's causal inference
LIU Yanling, ZENG Xiaoqing, ZUO Ling, HUANG Lehui, CHEN Shuiping, HU Zhujing
The knowledge of statistical information, experimental results and informant's testimonies can provide important help for children to understand science world. In the past decade, the psychological mechanism of the interaction of the three kinds of information in children's scientific thinking has not been elucidated. In this study, research paradigm from Bridgers et al. (2016) had been used to explore the interaction of independent exploration and informant testimony on physical causal reasoning of 5-year-old children. Moreover, children's perception of testimony's reliability and informant's self-awareness had been analyzed simultaneously. The proposed approach is supported by two experiments which can be summarized as follows. Experiment 1 adopted a 2×2 completely randomized design. The independent variable is the confidence of testimony (two levels: self-confidence, not-confidence) and the number of children's independent exploration (two levels: no-exploration, nine-exploration). The dependent variable is the frequency of children's choice of candidate cause. Informant's testimony (such as A is more likely to cause an effect than B) was given by an adult female in a laptop, and children played with a music box to get evidences contradicting testimony (B is more likely to cause an effect than A). In this paper, 84 preschool children (50 boys and 34 girls, mean age 63.7 months) took part in experiment 1. The results show that there are more children choose cause contradicting testimony in nine-exploration level than in no-exploration level, but the difference between treatments was not statistically significant. Moreover, children are not sensitive to the testimony's reliability and informant's self-awareness. Experiment 1 found that the evidences support cause B did not significantly improved child's choice of cause B, in condition that testimony support cause A. The possible reason is the amount of evidence that support cause B is too small. To test this hypothesis, Experiment 2 used a big amount of evidence that support cause B to explore the interaction of independent exploration and informant's testimony. A single factor completely random experimental design was adopted in experiment 2, and the independent variable is the confidence of testimony (two levels: self-confidence, not-confidence). Experimental procedure is the same as the nine-exploration level in experiment 1. There were 54 preschool children (28 boys and 26 girls, mean age 63.9 months) took part in experiment 2, and each child independently played with a music box eighteen times. The results show that children are more likely to choose cause contradicting testimony in the eighteen-exploration level than in no-exploration level (experiment 1). Once again, children are not sensitive to testimony's reliability and informant's self-awareness. The results of two experiments indicate that 5-year-old children can integrate the evidence from independent exploration and the testimony from informant to infer causality relationship. The number of children who choose cause contradicting testimony is increased by the increase in the number of evidence contradicting testimony. The follow-up research should focus on the interaction effect between the exploration of preschool child, the results of adult's experiment and the testimony from informants, and focus on how to motivate children to evaluate adult's self-awareness and credibility.
Select The effect of central executive load on strategy utilization of computational estimation in children with mathematics learning difficulties
YANG Weixing, ZHANG Tangzheng, LI Hongxia, ZHANG Jiajia, SI Jiwei
An important aspect of human cognition is that performance depends on the strategies that people use in a wide range of cognitive domains. In the field of arithmetic cognition, the performance of strategy utilization is influenced by many factors among which central executive functions (central executive functions, EFs) are involved and play critical roles. In previous studies, researchers tended to focus on the impact of central executive load on the use of arithmetic strategy in children or adults with typically development (TD) of mathematical ability, whereas children with mathematics difficulties (MD) had been out of consideration. Consequently, the present study used the choice/no-choice paradigm to investigate the influence of central executive load on the strategy utilization of children with MD during arithmetic processing. Seventy-four sixth graders consisting of 36 MD and 38 TD were selected in accordance with previous studies strictly. All participants were asked to finish a two-digit addition computational estimation task with rounding-up or rounding-down strategy and a secondary task at the same time. The task consisted of two parts, strategy execution and strategy choice. Meanwhile, we manipulated varying central executive load as a secondary task by requiring participants to memorize five (high central executive load) or three (low central executive load) digits presented randomly in sequence at the beginning of each trial and ranked them with descending order or no digit (no central executive load). Results showed that: (1) In terms of the strategy executive, the accuracy rate of MD was significantly lower than TD under the three central executive load conditions. The reaction time of MD was significantly longer than TD under both "no" and low central executive load conditions but not for high central executive loaded condition. With the increasing of central executive load, the MD had distinct manifestation compared with TD on strategy executive; (2) In the case of strategy selection, the accuracy rate of MD was significantly lower than TD and the reaction time of MD was significantly longer than that of TD under three central executive loaded conditions. Compared with TD, the strategy selection of MD was more heavily influenced by the levels of central executive load. Likewise, the performance of MD was influenced by growing central executive load on strategy selection other than TD; (3) For the adaptivity of strategy choice, the higher of the central executive load level was, the worse the adaptivity of strategy choice of participants became, and the adaptivity of strategy choice of MD was significantly worse than TD under all of three central executive load conditions. These findings have important theoretical and practical significance for the profound understanding of the potential mechanism of MD with worse strategy utilization. In conclusion, the strategy utilization of MD is worse than TD during arithmetic processing. Though strategy utilization of both the MD and TD is getting worse as a function of the levels of central executive load, MD are more heavily influenced by central executive load. The adaptivity of strategy choice of two groups is affected by the strength of central executive load and the adaptivity of strategy choice of MD is always worse than TD. Moreover, the present study contributes to explore how the central executive load influences the process of strategy utilization clearly. Combining with event-related potential (ERP) as well as functional magnetic resonance imaging technology (fMRI), future research should further explore the changes of individuals' ERP components or brain regions activated under different levels of central executive load.
Select Maternal control strategies and children's compliance among urban and rural-to-urban migrant families
WU Meng, CHEN Xinyin, ZHANG Ying, LU Shan, WANG Zhengyan
An important issue in early socialization and human development is how parents exert control in parent-child interaction and how children comply with parental direction. Moreover, it is commonly believed that maternal control strategies may be affected by social-cultural contexts and their changes. Due to the dramatic social change in urban China over the past decades, for example, compared with their counterparts in the 1990s, contemporary parents may use less coercive or power-assertive control strategies to encourage child autonomy. As a result, there may exist differences between urban parents and migrant parents with a rural background in their control behaviors. Nevertheless, little is known about migrant parents' control strategies and their relations with children's compliance behaviors. Thus, the primary purpose of the present study was to examine the control strategies used by urban and migrant mothers and their relations with children's compliance. We were also interested in gender effects given that urban mothers might be more likely than migrant mothers to emphasize gender equality in childrearing. The participants in the study included 122 mother-child dyads (46 from migrant families). Mother-child interactions and maternal and child behaviors in a clean-up sessions in the laboratory were videotaped. Maternal control strategies (gentle control, direct control, forceful control) and children's compliance behaviors (committed compliance, situational compliance, noncompliance) were coded. Repeated measure, MANOVA, correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted. The results first showed that both urban and rural-to-urban migrant mothers used more direct control strategies than other strategies. Migrant mothers used more forceful control and less gentle control than urban mothers. The results also showed that maternal control strategies were significantly correlated to children's situational compliance in the two groups. Specifically, migrant mothers' gentle control and direct control strategies were positively related to children's situational compliance, and urban mothers' gentle control and forceful control were positively related to children's situational compliance. Finally, family type and gender had moderating effects on the relations between maternal forceful control strategies and children's compliance behaviors. Simple slope analysis showed that migrant mothers' forceful control was positively associated with committed compliance in boys and negatively associated with committed compliance in girls. Migrant mothers' forceful control was also negatively associated with noncompliance in boys. The relations between urban mothers' forceful control and their children's compliance behaviors were not moderated by child gender. These results suggest that social, economic, and cultural background factors may play a significant role in shaping parental control strategies and their functions in child development. Parenting practices interventions should take into account the economic and cultural features of the group the parents belong to, and also the children's characteristics (e.g., gender).
Select Affective diathesis of Chinese contemporary graduate students
LU Jiamei, LIU Wei, HE Wen, WANG Junshan, CHEN Nianqu, XIE Dengfen, LEI Kaichun
Affective diathesis refers to an individual's emotional psychological quality. It is a series of relatively stable psychological traits that are formed from the combination of both genes and the environment. In recent years, China's graduate student enrollment has increased each year. However, few studies have examined graduate students' affective diathesis. A large-scale research study on the affective diathesis of Chinese contemporary graduate students is a significant, though challenging, endeavor. We analyzed affective diathesis of Chinese contemporary graduate students and its influencing factors using the self-developed "College Students' Affective Diathesis Questionnaire" and "Affecting Factor Inventory." The college students' affective diathesis questionnaire has six sub-questionnaires (moral affection, rational affection, aesthetic affection, interpersonal affection, life affection, and emotional intelligence), including 33 different kinds of affects. The affecting factor inventory has 35 items in personal, family, school, and social respects. The questionnaires were administered to 10,056 graduate students from 51 colleges and universities in 14 major cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Changchun, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan, Xining, Lanzhou, Guiyang, Nanning, Haikou, Kunming, and so on). The geographical regions included well-developed, developing, and less-developed regions in China. The results revealed the following. First, the affective diathesis of Chinese contemporary graduate students is generally positive. The development levels of life affection and moral affection were relatively high; the development levels of interpersonal affection, aesthetic affection, and emotional intelligence were relatively low. For the specific affections, the development levels of patriotism, responsibility, credibility, self-reliance, self-esteem, achievement, aesthetic for nature, and emotional understanding ability were relatively high; the development levels of integrity, forgiveness, aesthetic for humanity, and emotional expression ability were relatively low. Second, the results revealed that there was a structural difference between males and females. The development levels of integrity and exploration for males were higher than those for females; the development levels of intimacy, emotionally appealing, gratefulness, self-esteem, cherish, aesthetic for nature, and aesthetic for deportment for females were higher than those for males. Additionally, those who received awards had higher levels of affective diathesis, including all of the six sub-affections and nearly all of the specific affections. Further, the development levels of exploration and aesthetics for science in students majoring in science were higher than those for students majoring in liberal arts. Third, the factors that influence the development of affective diathesis in the graduate students fell into four categories: individuals, families, schools, and society. Sound moral values, more public awareness, strong interpersonal relationships, high self-expectations, and so on had a positive impact on graduate students' affective diathesis. Finally, graduate student's development levels of public benefit, self-improvement, exploration, learning happiness, major interest, self-confidence, aesthetic for humanity, and aesthetic for science were higher than those of undergraduates. Further, the negative influence of school pressure and time spent online on affective diathesis in undergraduate students was greater than it was in the graduate students. The results from this investigation provide educators with abundant first-hand information on how to improve graduate students' affective diathesis, as well as for academics on the theoretical implications for affective diathesis research.
Select The relationship between the perceived climate of team Cha-xu and employee silence: Research on affective commitment and traditionality
ZHU Yu, XIE Binbin
Employee silence, referring to the deliberately withholding of important ideas, suggestions and opinions about their work, has become a critical issue to organizational development and management. Thus how to reduce and break employee silence has been increasingly emphasized by academics and practitioners. Few previous studies have explored the effect of Chinese contextual factors on employee silence behavior. This study attempts to explore the effect of Chinese contextual variables (the perceived climate of team Cha-xu and traditionality) on silence. Depending on the theory of social exchange, we also hypothesize that affective commitment mediates the effect between the perceived climate of team Cha-xu and silence. We collected data from the main city of South China enterprises participants. Data were collected in two stages in order to avoid common method bias. At time 1, the perceived climate of team Cha-xu, affective commitment and traditionality were measured and reported by employees. At time 2, about three months later, employee silence was rated. The final sample size was 247. We used Mplus 7.4 and SPSS 23.0 to analyze the data. First, we assessed the discriminate validity of the key variables through a series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) and examined the common method variance, and then we used cluster robust standard error analysis and bias-corrected bootstrap to test our theoretical hypotheses. In order to better understand the mechanisms of silence, we proposed and tested a mediated moderation model in which the perceived climate of team Cha-xu influenced employees silence, with affective commitment as a mediator and traditionality as a moderator. The results showed that: (1) the perceived climate of team Cha-xu was positively related to employee silence (β = 0.14, p < 0.05); (2) the perceived climate of team Cha-xu was negatively related to affective commitment (β = –0.28, p < 0.001); (3) affective commitment partially mediated the relationship between the perceived climate of team Cha-xu and employee silence (β = 0.03, p < 0.05); (4) Traditionality moderated the relationship between the perceived climate of team Cha-xu and affective commitment (β = 0.11, p < 0.001). That is, the lower the traditionality, the stronger the mediated relationship was. Furthermore, we referred to the SPSS procedure of Preacher et al. (2007) to test the mediated moderation effect. At the different levels of traditionality, the indirect relationship between the perceived climate of team Cha-xu and employee silence is significant, indicating that the mediating moderation effect exists. Those conclusions enrich the silence literature, and the main theoretical contributions are as follows: First, according to the theory of social exchange, this study investigates the effects of the perceived climate of team Cha-xu on employees' silence and fully considers the effect of affective commitment on silence. In addition, this research reveals the moderating role of traditionality on the mechanism, which provides a new perspective to better understand silence based on the traditional Chinese cultural context. Beyond the theoretical contributions, this paper also provides some useful implications for managers and practitioners to break the silence. Our findings suggest that managers should pay attention to the team Cha-xu climate and strengthen the justice climate within the organization, in order to reduce the subordinates' negative emotions. Moreover, the employees' affective commitment is key to whether they will break the silence and speak out. Thus, managers should also attach importance to their affective commitment.
Select Fate control and problem lottery playing: The perspective of meaning maintenance
HU Yue, WANG Bin, MA Hongyu, LI Gai
Problem lottery playing has received increasing attention nowadays. Previous studies reveal that lottery-specific beliefs, such as lottery attitudes, risk perception, and irrational belief, play significant roles in the development and maintenance of problem lottery playing which are mostly based on social-cognitive theory or theory of planned behavior. Few studies have investigated the relationship between general belief and problem lottery playing. Fate control, as an important general belief, provides an account of our experiences and is also a form of meaning. Studies have shown that fate control is correlate with various psychological indicators (e.g., negative affect, study intention, and problem gambling), and it is particularly strong in Asian cultures. However, little is known about the effect of fate control on problem lottery playing and its mediators explaining this relationship. In the perspective of meaning maintenance model, this study aimed to examine the effect of fate control on problem lottery playing, and the mediating roles of avoidance motivation, illusion of control, and expectation deviation. A sample of 2241 sport lottery players (1592 male, 649 female) were recruited for the study. They were required to complete a battery of self-report questionnaires. Fate control was measured by the subscales of Social Axioms Survey. Avoidance motivation was measured by subscales of lottery playing motivation adapted from five-factor gambling motivation scale. Illusion of control and expectancy were measured by subscales of lottery related cognitions adapted from Gambling Related Cognitions Scale. Problem Gambling Severity Index was adapted to access problem lottery playing. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 17.0 and MPLUS 7.0 which was specifically developed for assessing the complex models with the bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method. The results of the study showed that fate control, avoidance motivation, illusion of control, expectancy were positively related to problem lottery playing; fate control was positively related to avoidance motivation, illusion of control, expectancy; avoidance motivation was positively related to illusion of control and expectancy. Structure equation modeling revealed significant prediction of fate control on avoidance motivation, illusion of control, expectancy and problem lottery playing. Avoidance motivation, illusion of control and expectancy mediated the relationship between fate control and problem lottery playing. Moreover, avoidance motivation could mediate the relationship among fate control, illusion of control and expectancy. The mediating effect contained five paths: the mediating effect of avoidance motivation, of illusion of control, and of expectancy, the serial mediating effect of avoidance motivation and the serial mediating effect of illusion of control, avoidance motivation and expectancy. The present study offers the following major contributions. First, we investigated the effects of fate control on avoidance motivation, illusion of control, expectancy and problem lottery playing, which support the negative side of fate control. Second, the present study explored the meaning maintenance mechanism of fate control on problem lottery playing by identifying the central role of avoidance motivation based on meaning maintenance model, which broadens the research perspectives of problem lottery playing. Third, this study revealed that general fate control belief could indirectly facilitate problem lottery playing through lottery- specific beliefs.
Select When will bystanders support collective actions? The roles of claim legitimacy, protest tactic and expectations of achieving goals
YIN Rong
The success of protest in achieving its original aims may depend primarily on the events' extent which shape public opinion. Collective action may play a significant and indirect role in influencing social change through changing public opinion. Partly, the success of a movement may derive from mobilizing the public to perceive a current context as illegitimate and turning bystanders into supporters. Though there is vast literature on the psychological factors promoting collective action, little is known about how collective actions influence a broader non-protesting community. The obtained articles mainly focus on the processes or mechanisms underpinning bystanders' support for the social movement. We explored the effects of three key factors in shaping bystanders' endorsements. This paper contains three experiments conducted to examine our hypothesis that participants were presented in a news article describing an instance of social protest during these studies. The details of the news were different in each group. Study1 was a 2(claim legitimacy: high vs. low) × 2 (protest tactics: violent vs. non-violent) design. Study2 was a 2(claim legitimacy: high vs. low) × 2 (protest tactics: violent vs. non-violent) × 2(expectation of achieving goals: high vs. low) design. Participants were asked to indicate their perceptions of the claim legitimacy, their support for the protests and other questions. Study 3 followed the pattern of Study2, but the background event was different. Results of Study1 showed that protests with legitimate claims were more supported than those with illegitimate claims in contexts of non-violent tactics. Meanwhile, there was only marginal difference of endorsements between participants in high-legitimacy group and low-legitimacy group when collective actions were violent. Study2 showed that in context of violent tactics, participants' expectations of achieving goals could moderate the relation between claim legitimacy and their endorsements for collective actions. Participants' supports for violent actions were positively predicted by claim legitimacy when there were little possibilities to achieve goals. However, this effect didn't exist when possibilities of achieving goals were high. While in contexts of non-violent tactics, expectations of achieving goals did not affect participants' endorsements for collective action. Only the factor of claim legitimacy was effective. The results of sStudy3 revalidated the results of Study2. The conclusions of the research is as following. First, legitimacy of the claims is the primary factor affecting bystanders' support for collective action. Only when the protest's aims accord with moral standards of the public will it gain the endorsements of public. Second, the use of violent tactics could even reduce bystanders' endorsements of those protests with very legitimate claims. Violence may be seen as an action of alienation from the mainstream,which undermines the broader perceived legitimacy of a movement. Third, low possibility of achieving goals could inspire bystanders' endorsements of violent collective actions when the claims are legitimate. Bystanders will lower their hostilities toward violence when they expect it will be very hard to achieve legitimate claims.
Select Questioning the Rice Theory: Also on the internal and external causes of Chinese preference for holistic thinking
WANG Fengyan
Based on the significant differences between rice and wheat cultivation, Talhelm et al. (2014) divided the Chinese culture into two types, respectively: rice culture and wheat culture. The former is closer to East Asian culture, and the latter to Western culture. Although the "Rice Theory" provides a novel perspective, it remains to be tested before it's established. For example, why is holistic-thinking prevalent in China? The "Rice Theory" argues that agricultural types result into cultural differences. Specifically, a long history of rice cultivation should make people live in the rice area more interdependent and thus prefer holistic-thinking, while that of wheat cultivation should make people live in the wheat area more individualistic and thus prefer analytical-thinking. Although the "Rice Theory" provides a new perspective in explaining the differences between rice culture and wheat culture and the prevalence of holistic-thinking in China, the real reason for Chinese, especially ancient Chinese, preferring holistic-thinking may not be a long history of rice cultivation. This paper focuses on explaining this new theory in details. Two contradictions come out when explaining Chinese preference for holistic-thinking by the "Rice Theory". (1) Before the Southern Sung Dynasty (1127-1279), the majority of Chinese, who lived in wheat-growing area for a long time, used holistic-thinking, barely with any analytic-thinking. Moreover, the holistic-thinking had already reached a high degree no later than the Chhun Chhiu and Warring States Period (770-221 BC). (2) There is no firm evidence insofar to support that the wheat-growing northern Chinese are more culturally Western, no sufficient evidence to support that northerners were more analytical than southerners, or southerners were more holistic than northerners. In fact, northerners are also good at holistic-thinking. The founders and main representatives of "the hundred schools of thought" in pre-Qin period, who have largely influenced Chinese culture and holistic-thinking mode after the Qin and Han dynasties (221-220 BC), were mostly from the northern wheat region. Overall, these two contradictions suggested that the "Rice Theory" was invalid. The external reasons for the prevalence of holistic-thinking in China is probably the enlightenments and inspirations derived from flood control practices, especially the contrast between Yu's success and Gun's failure in flood control, which made the Chinese ancients intuitively realized the importance of the harmony between man and nature, and thus considering beings comprehensively (the prototype of holistic-thinking) in solving complicated problems. And the internal reasons is probably the proposal and acceptance of the Yin-Yang theory which contains the thought of Yin-Yang, the Five Elements theory which contains the thought of Five Elements, and the combined Yin Yang-Five Elements theory which contains the thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements. They provide a complete set of thinking methods to utilize the holistic-thinking for Chinese. Due to the logical and systematic explaining of the birth, growing, sickness and death of the universe, these theories were regarded the rule of thinking by ancient Chinese. They also promoted ancient Chinese to use the holistic, dynamic, and self-adaptive thinking model to explain manifold natural and social phenomena. To sum up, (1) the "Rice Theory" is invalid to explain preference of holistic thinking among Chinese, due to its lack of cultural and ecological validity. (2) It is the flood control practice together with the Yin-Yang thinking, Five Elements thinking, and combined Yin Yang-Five Elements theory that lead to the holistic thinking of ancients Chinese. Insofar, the habit of using holistic thinking to understand and solve problems by Chinese is indestructible.


An interesting blog post about the use of the concepts behind the Stanford Marshmallow test by a large e-commerce company.
It's a slow day at Amazon. At most jobs this would mean an easy day. At Amazon it means more stress. As an Amazon Sortation Associate, I'm expected to scan at least 180 boxes an hour. That's difficult enough when the conveyor belts are overloaded with freight, but nearly impossible when everybody on the shift is competing for the same few packages.
It's two hours into the shift and I've only done 200 items. Depending on the supervisor on duty, not meeting your "sort goal" can mean anything from absolutely nothing to a written warning and even termination, but whatever the management does, not meeting it also means going home with a sense of failure and anxiety. Will I get fired? Am I being lazy? Is there anything I could have done to have worked more efficiently? Will I make it tomorrow?


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