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Favorite Friday Fiction: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
May 4, 2018 April 17, 2018 / Jennifer Hallmark / Leave a comment
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a wonderful classic book I could read again and again. My favorite section is where Colin has a revelation:
"He had known it before in a way, he had hoped it and felt it and thought about it, but just at that minute something had rushed all through him—a sort of rapturous belief and realization and it had been so strong that he could not help calling out. "I shall live forever and ever and ever!" he cried grandly. "I shall find out thousands and thousands of things. I shall find out about people and creatures and everything that grows—like Dickon—and I shall never stop making Magic. I'm well! I'm well! I feel—I feel as if I want to shout out something—something thankful, joyful!"
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The orphaned Mary Lennox is sullen, ill tempered, and unloved when she's sent to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven. A man consumed by grief over the death of his wife, Archibald has allowed his sprawling estate on the moors to fall into grim disrepair. It's when Mary begins tending to her late aunt's mysterious garden—locked up and neglected for years—that she discovers its life-changing secrets and a flowering rejuvenation of the human spirit.
Out of this dark, closed-off world and a child's innate curiosity about life and death comes one of the most transformative coming-of-age novels ever written.
Favorite Friday Fiction: The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
The Moon-Spinners. I love, love, love this classic book by Mary Stewart. She is considered one of the pioneers of romantic suspense. The book was made into a Disney movie in 1964 with Hayley Mills. As a kid, I adored the movie but the book is ten times better. Don't miss reading this one…
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The Moon-Spinners
The pioneer of romantic suspense Mary Stewart transports her readers to the idyllic hills of mid-century Crete in this tale of peril and intrigue that will keep fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym on the edge of their seats.
'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times
'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent
While on a walking holiday through the beautiful, deserted hills of Crete, Nicola Ferris stumbles across a critically injured Englishman, guarded by a fierce Greek. Nicola cannot abandon them and so sets off on a perilous search for their lost companion – all the while being pursued by someone who wants to make sure none of them leave the island . . .
"When the big white bird flew suddenly up among the glossy leaves and the lemon flowers, and wheeled into the mountain, I followed it."
Favorite Friday Fiction: Quo Vadis by Henryk Sinkiewicz
January 5, 2018 January 2, 2018 / Jennifer Hallmark / Leave a comment
Happy New Year! I'm starting off this year on Favorite Friday Fiction with a classic, Quo Vadis. It's a historical Biblical fiction of sorts dealing with the persecution of early Christians in Rome.
The book has unsurpassed details of that period of time and won the author a Nobel Prize in literature in 1905. A little long and hard to read at times, the story to me is worth reading.
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Rome during the reign of Nero was a glorious place for the emperor and his court; there were grand feasts, tournaments for poets, and exciting games and circuses filling the days and nights. The pageantry and pretentious displays of excess were sufficient to cloy the senses of participants as well as to offend the sensitive.
Petronius, a generous and noble Roman, a man of the world much in favor at the court of Nero, is intrigued by a strange tale related by his nephew Marcus Vinitius of his encounter with a mysterious young woman called Ligia with whom Vinitius falls madly in love. Ligia, a captured King's daughter and a one-time hostage of Rome, is now a foster child of a noble Roman household. She is also a Christian.
The setting of the narrative was prepared with utmost care. Henryk Sienkiewicz visited the Roman settings many times and was thoroughly educated in the historical background. As an attempt to create the spirit of antiquity, the novel met with unanimous acclaim, which earned the Nobel Prize in literature for the author in 1905. As a vision of ancient Rome and early Christianity it has not yet been surpassed, almost a century later.
Favorite Friday Fiction: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
December 1, 2017 November 27, 2017 / Jennifer Hallmark / Leave a comment
During the month of December, I'll be sharing some of my most-liked Christmas books. For my favorite classic, I introduce an all-time beloved Christmas book and movie, A Christmas Carol. I've always been a big fan of Dickens' works and, to me, this is a fabulous story. It's whimsical, speculative, full of fantasy and wonder, and with a wonderful life lesson to boot. What more could you ask for in a Christmas classic? And for an added benefit, the one I share below is free on Kindle right now 🙂
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London on December 1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. A Christmas Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
The book was written at a time when the British were examining and exploring Christmas traditions from the past as well as new customs such as Christmas cards and Christmas trees. Carol singing took a new lease on life during this time. Dickens' sources for the tale appear to be many and varied, but are, principally, the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales.
Favorite Friday Fiction: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
September 1, 2017 August 23, 2017 / Jennifer Hallmark / Leave a comment
It's the first of a new month and time for a new classic favorite. When I think of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, I enjoy books by Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, and Dorothy Sayers.
My very favorite Dorothy Sayers book is Gaudy Night. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane have reached a point in their relationship where a decision must be made. Both have past issues they must deal with. Will it be love and marriage or breakup? Read on…
Gaudy Night
Back at Oxford for her reunion, Harriet Vane, Lord Peter's beloved, finds herself in mortal danger.
Since she graduated from Oxford's Shrewsbury College, Harriet Vane has found fame by writing novels about ingenious murders. She also won infamy when she was accused of committing a murder herself. It took a timely intervention from the debonair Lord Peter Wimsey to save her from the gallows, and since then she has devoted her spare time to resisting his attempts to marry her. Putting aside her lingering shame from the trial, Harriet returns to Oxford for her college reunion with her head held high—only to find that her life is in danger once again.
The first poison-pen letter calls her a "dirty murderess," and those that follow are no kinder. As the threats become more frightening, she calls on Lord Peter for help. Among the dons of Oxford lurks a killer, but it will take more than a superior education to match Lord Peter and the daring Harriet.


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Q: How can I strip '00:00:00' from a column in a table? I recently migrated our application from MySQL to SQLite but since the migration I noticed something strange when storing time stamps.
Time stamps added when we were using MySQL look like 2015-01-01 00:00:00 but time stamps added now that we're using SQLite look like 2015-01-01.
I do not need the 00:00:00 so it's not a problem, but how can I strip this from all existing rows from when we were using MySQL?
At the moment our column looks like:
user_EntryDate
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2015-01-01 00:00:00
2015-01-02 00:00:00
2015-01-03 00:00:00
<switched to SQLite>
2015-01-04
2015-01-05
2015-01-06

A: In a database, you don't strip part of a value. Instead, you update the value you don't want to a value you do want.
This will update every row.
update your_table_name
set user_EntryDate = date(user_EntryDate);

You could use a WHERE clause to limit the update to only those rows that have time data. It might not be faster; it can't use an index.
update your_table_name
set user_EntryDate = date(user_EntryDate)
where user_EntryDate like '%00:00:00';

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Q: Can you refresh or requery a main Access form without calling the forms name? I have an access form and within that form, there is a subform where I have a button with an onclick event that runs an update query for a singular record. I would like to refresh the main form on the onclick event in the subform but the issue is that the subform is present in 2 other forms as well, so using [Forms]![TheFormYouWantUpdated].Refresh does not work as it causes a "could not find" associated form error loop in the other 2 forms. Is there a way to refresh a main form without calling the form's name?

A: Yes. The Parent property of a subform refers to the subform's current main form:
Me.Parent.Refresh


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Q: How to schedule send different message to different user via websocket different users will set different reminders in the system such that once he/she log in the system, he/she can see the the reminders at specified time.
for example, there is reminder please handle this booking and the remind time is 2020-07-05 10:00, then the browser should alert this message at 2020-07-05 10:00.
And there is a schedule task to get reminders every 30 minutes.
In order to achieve it, I intend to use websocket. I am using struts2 and spring.
My code looks like:
@ServerEndpoint(value="/ws/{userId}")
public class Test {

    private String userId;

    private static Map<String, Session> map = new HashMap<>();

    @OnOpen
    public void onOpen(@PathParam("userId") String userId,Session session) throws IOException{

        this.userId = userId;
        map.put(userId, session);
    }

    @OnClose
    public void onClose(){

        map.remove(userId);
    }

    @OnMessage
    public void onMessage(String message, Session session) throws IOException {
        ...
    }

    @OnError
    public void onError(Session session, Throwable error){
        ...
    }

    public static Map<String, Session> getMap() {
        return map;
    }

    public static void setMap(Map<String, Session> map) {
        Test.map = map;
    }

}

the schedule is:
@EnableScheduling
@Component
public class ScheduleAction {

    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0,30 * * * ?")
    public void listReminder(){

        Map<String, Session> map = Test.getMap();

        Iterator<String> ite = map.keySet().iterator();

        while(ite.hasNext()) {

            String userId = ite.next();
            //get the reminders of this user
            map.get(userId).getAsyncRemote().sendText(allRemindersOfThisUser);
        }
    }

}

my questions are:

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*is the code correct? There are only two hundred users at most use this system at the same time now.

*is the code correct if there are more users use this system concurrently?

Thanks in advance!

A: Assuming that you have worked out details of how you are going to pass across the userId+Session map across two beans (which is very much doable without dobut), above approach will work for sending the notifications.
Having said that, the next challenge is scalability. There are two potential challanges that I see in the presented code/design outline.

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*The sequential processing nature can delay processing of events for users as userbase grows, it'll also be dependent on how much time consuming "get the reminders of this user" routine is.

*Practically you are polling for events and as such any new event created between two polling periods wouldn't be available to user immediately.

#1 can be solved with ease with spring async with appropriate configuration of executor. Following snippet present the solution outline using @Async
@EnableScheduling

@Component
public class ScheduleAction {
    @Autowired
    private UserNotifier userNotifier;

    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0,30 * * * ?")
    public void listReminder(){
        Map<String, Session> map = Test.getMap();

        map.forEach((user, session) ->
            userNotifier.sendNotificaitonsForUser(user,session));
    }
}

/**
 * A separte bean is neccesary for spring to execute the notification
 * asynchronously using executor of it's own.
 */
@Component
public class UserNotifier {
    @Async
    public void sendNotificaitonsForUser(String user, Session session) {
        //get the reminders of this user
        session.getAsyncRemote().sendText(allRemindersOfThisUser);
    }
}

Further details of @Async can be found in How To Do @Async in Spring article.
For #2, it'll demand another event based design in your core application itself. Any new event created/updated in business layer should generate an event which, by means of appropriate listener, should be evaluated and sent across to impacted user(s). Spring Events will be a good starting point to work out this solution outline. Having said that, if your use case do not demand immediate notification of new events than polling is good enough and you do not have to work out these additional event based notifications.
Hope it helps!!


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Mon, 14 December 2020 at 5:48 pm
'The Handmaid's Tale' Adds Zawe Ashton for Season 4, Plus New Characters Revealed
The Handmaid's Tale season four is coming in 2021 and a new cast member was just revealed!
Zawe Ashton, best known for her work in the Netflix projects Velvet Buzzsaw and Wanderlust and her work in Broadway's Betrayal, is joining the cast for season four.
Series creator Bruce Miller told THR that Zawe "is going to play Moira's girlfriend and an aid worker in Toronto."
Bruce also talked about Mckenna Grace's role in the upcoming season. He said she "plays a young 'wife,' in the Gilead tradition. She's so spectacular in the show. I've just been watching the first few episodes because I'm finally doing some editing, and she's just wonderful. Watching her and [Elisabeth Moss] together, it's great. June comes in contact with a lot of different people in the season, a lot more than usual, I would say."
Also, Bruce said that Reed Birney is joining the show as "someone [from the world of] Gilead, who's unexpectedly not Reed Birney-ish, but it's been great to be able to build, and over episodes to build characters."
Click inside for more details on the show's new characters…
"Because June is moving through a new world, at least at the beginning she's out and about. And who do you interact with, and who do you trust? So the guest players have been so important this season, and they've been for the first few episodes, so good," Bruce added. "And honestly, they've had to travel extra distances, they had to stay in hotel rooms for two weeks. It's not been easy, and they're absolutely putting their A-plus work in, even though I know how difficult it has been for them to get there."
Some other big news about The Handmaid's Tale was announced last week!
Photos: Getty, Hulu
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Police captain who reported unethical behavior by Mequon's police commission selected as city's new chief
Jeff Rumage
After a long selection process in which three commissioners resigned, the Mequon Police and Fire Commission has chosen Police Capt. Patrick Pryor to serve as the city's next police chief.
Pryor is expected to be sworn in on Friday, May 3. He will replace Chief Dan Buntrock, who will retire.
Pryor joined the Mequon Police Department in 1999. He served six years as a police officer, 12 years as a sergeant and two years as police captain.
He was one of three finalists under consideration for the police department's top job. The other two candidates were Racine Police Lt. Steve Wagner and Fort Atkinson Police Chief Adrian Bump.
Process disrupted
The police and fire commission's selection process was disrupted in October, when Police and Fire Commission Chairman Thomas Luzinski and Commissioner Charles Neman allegedly met privately with Pryor and promised him the chief job in exchange for the promotion of a specific sergeant.
Pryor reported the unethical behavior to city officials. The Ozaukee County District Attorney's Office charged Luzinski and Neman with violating the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law. Luzinski and Neman agreed to resign from the commission as part of a plea agreement.
Commissioner Rachel Pickett-Metz also resigned, although she was never accused of wrongdoing.
The Mequon Common Council appointed former Alderman John Hawkins, former Mayor and Alderwoman Connie Pukaite and former Plan Commissioner John Ridley to fill the three vacancies. Hawkins died shortly after his first meeting, and Robert Nuernberg was appointed to fill his seat.
The unethical behavior mired the public process, and commissioners had mixed feelings as to whether they should start the selection process over from the beginning. The commission ultimately decided that the phases of the process leading up to the finalist stage were sound and that there was no need to start over.
Unanimous decision
After re-interviewing the three finalists Feb. 25, the Police and Fire Commission selected Pryor as the next police chief.
Police and Fire Commission President Connie Pukaite said the finalists were all well-qualified, but the commission voted unanimously to select Pryor.
"We are delighted that such a highly qualified individual with impeccable ethics and enthusiasm has agreed to take on this vital role in our community," she said.
Mequon Mayor Dan Abendroth endorsed the commission's decision, saying, "It is great to see the selection process completed and encouraging that an in-house candidate was selected."
Mequon City Administrator William Jones said city staff will work with Buntrock, Pryor and other members of the police department's command staff over the next two months to ensure a smooth leadership transition.


Abstract: CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) adalah sejenis software yang dapat digunakan sebagai alat bantu otomatisasi aktivitas manual siklus pengembangan perangkat lunak. Saat ini penggunaan CASE untuk sebuah proyek pengembangan perangkat lunak sangat diperlukan karena berbagai kemudahan disediakan CASE sehingga proses perancangan dan pembangunan software menjadi lebih efisien dan memudahkan penelusuran (traceability) serta memungkinkan proses reverse engineering (mencari bentuk desain dari kode yang sudah jadi). tingkatan integrasi yang disediakan oleh berbagai software CASE tersebut berbeda-beda dan penggunaannya dapat disesuaikan dengan tingkat kebutuhan dan daya adaptasi lingkungan yang menggunakan CASE itu sendiri. Berbagai merk CASE yang saat ini beredar dipasaran umumnya menggunakan standar pemodelan sistem berbasis object dengan notasi UML dan menyediakan fasilitas yang meliputi perancanganobyek, antarmuka, produksi template kode secara otomatis dan dokumentasi.
Abstract: Optimal Implementation of quality management system ISO 9001:2008in a private higher education institution should improve the quality of the performance which in turn can raise the competitiveness and sustainability of the higher education institutions. This study analyzes implementation of ISO 9001:2008 quality management systems at the University X Bandung that classified based on the level of interest and performance in their respective quadrants using Importance- Performance Analysis (IPA Method). After the Cartesian diagram have been outlined, be obtained that Focus on the Customer, Leadership, and Continual Improvement Process Principles at University X are very satisfied. The Involvement of Personnel Principle and The Making Decisions based on Facts Principle are included to the repairing main priority. The Mutually Beneficial Relationships with Suppliers Principle is defined as low priority. The Process Approach Principle and The System Approach to Management Principle are excessive categories. Furthermore, this research is continuing with identify the causes of repaired principles main priority using fishbone diagram and found that the 3rdprinciple is low was caused by the institutional behavior is not support to personnel involvement, in addition to the 7thprinciple is still low too, was caused by decision maker skill is still not good. Finally, the solution alternatives from that causes would be found using tree diagram.
Abstract: This study was a study of event-based intraday data. The researcher observed the announcement event of dividend sharing long after the dividend was shared for the last time. In this study the researcher examined whether there were differences in abnormal returns in each period of 30 minutes of the event. The researcher used the intraday data of the stock price per 30 minutes to calculate a 30-minute return. The estimation periods used in this study were 200 periods of 30 minutes and the event periods used were as many as 53 periods of 30 minutes. The research sample used was 17 companies listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange. One Sample T-test and Paired Sample T-test were used to test the first and second hypotesis. The result showed that there were no differences in the abnormal returns before and after the event and there were no cumulative abnormal returns around the announcement event of dividend sharing long after the dividend was shared for the last time. In the event periods, abnormal returns occurred only in three periods of 30 minutes after the event.
Abstract: The researcher observed the announcement event of stock split. In this study the researcher examined whether there were differences in abnormal returns in each period. The researcher used the intraday data of the stock price. The estimation periods used in this study were 200 periods and the event periods used were as many as 53 periods. The research sample used was 24 companies listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange and announcement stock split from 2010 until 2012. One Sample T-test and Paired Sample T-test were used to test the first and second hypotesis. The result showed that there were no differences in the abnormal returns before and after the event and there were no cumulative abnormal returns around the announcement event of stock split. In the event periods, abnormal returns occurred only in one periods of event.
Abstract: Penjualan merupakan hal yang sangat penting dalam perusahaan. Penjualan merupakan bentuk penerimaan dari perusahaan yang dapat membiayai kegiatan operasional dari perusahaan. Untuk menghindari terjadinya kecurangan dan manipulasi dalam penerimaan penjualan yang diterima perusahaan, maka diperlukan penyusunan dan penggunaan beserta pengendalian anggaran yang cukup baik. Dalam penelitian ini, menguji peranan anggaran penjualan dalam upaya menunjang tercapainya efektivitas pengendalian penjualan air bersih pada PDAM Tirta Tarum Kabupaten Karawang. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui efektivitas penyusunan anggaran penjualan, mengetahui efektivitas pegendalian penjualan, serta megetahui peranan anggaran dalam menunjang efektivitas pengendalian penjualan air. Metode penelitian yang digunakan penulis adalah metode penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Sedangkan teknik pengumpulan data yang dilakukan dengan cara pengamatan langsung terhadap sumber data yang akan dianalisis dengan cara melakukan observasi, wawancara, dan kuesioner. Dari data yang diperoleh, kemudian dilakukan pengujian hipotesis dan dianalisis dengan menggunakan rank spearman dan koefisien determinasi. Dengan analisis rank spearman diperoleh hasil sebesar 0,803, hal ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang sangat kuat antara anggaran penjualan dengan efektivitas pengendalian penjualan. Untuk koefisien determinasi sebesar 64,48% menunjukkan besarnya peranan anggaran penjualan terhadap efektivitas pengendalian penjualan. Selain itu untuk pengujian hipotesis menggunakan uji-t, menunjukkan hasil t hitung sebesar 2,53 lebih besar dari t tabel 1,943. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian statistik tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat peranan yang signifikan antara peranan anggaran penjualan dengan efektivitas pengendalian penjualan.
Abstract: There are several electronic assessment systems being used in institutions of higher education (HE), especially in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions. Some of these institutions built their assessment system into their institution's Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). Most of these assessment systems are for general purposes where assessment questions are in the form of simple multiple choice question (MCQ) or short-answer questions. In practice, these types of assessment questions do not match many of the current learning requirements and learning outcomes. The concept of an assessment question bank that can be used by academics to share assessment content within or across an institution is not new, but the advancement of technology and technical developments now have made such a repository realizable than ever before. A question bank is now a specialized repository that can be accessed via a web interface for platform independence. The use of technology in developing the question bank provides much relief for the chores associated with preparing assessments, which in turn enhances the quality of the questions and improves the quality of the assessments. This paper presents the experience of Open University Malaysia (OUM) in developing its own Question Bank (QBank). This QBank system is designed to help the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who need to develop, classify and store their assessment such as MCQ and essay-type exam questions. This software is integrated with the OUM's Virtual Learning Environments (myVLE) in order to allow easier and wider access to the SMEs and faculty.
Abstract: The development of using Competitive Intelligence (CI) in industrial sector has brought about new competency needs of Higher Education (HE) graduates that are Entrepreneurship Competency (EC). In the mean time, the implementation of '-..1 in HE, especially in Indonesia is considered as a new thing. Therefore, HE as the agent of change in the society should respond to such changes immediately through CI learning in HE by developing EC for its graduates. In this case CI could be used to assist the student learning to control and monitor external information in the field of economics, knowledge, technology, social science, environment, politics, patents, and business competition. HE that applies CI learning is believed could accelerate the establishing of EC for their graduates. To implement CI, Dou (2003) introduces four CI cycle levels, these are: (l) Information gathering, (2) Information management, (3) Information Analysis, and (4) Information understanding. The transformation of raw materials of information into strategic information that has more added value happened in these CI cycles and this is called knowledge -intelligence. Through CI learning, HE graduates not only.have the competency as job seekers but also as job creators. This study reported that CI learning could be implemented by: (1) special lecture topics are given by all study program, or (2) CI only being a part of course content 1)1' several lecture topics, such as: Strategic Management, Decision Making, Marketing Management, Management of Information System, or other relevant lecture topics.
Abstract: This study aims is to examine factors that affect corporate soundness level based on the hypothesis that there are significant acceptancy of application an innovative management accounting system on the corporate soundness level either partially or simultaneously through user satisfaction . In this study the analysis unit is the state-owned company (BUMN) in Strategic Industrial fields that are governed by Kepmen BUMN No. Kep-100/MBU/2002. BUMNIS which selected as the analysis unit of BUMNIS that domiciled in Bandung West Java province of Indonesia. The empirical test results indicate that there are significant influence by acceptancy of application an innovative management accounting systems on the corporate soundness level either partially or simultaneously through user satisfaction.
Abstract: The objective of this research is to compare portfolio performance that is formed by active portfolio strategy and passive portfolio strategy. This research was conducted on 31 shares of companies incorporated in the LQ 45 index in Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period 2009-2010. The research method used in this research is descriptive and verification method. Method is used in the active portfolio formation is security selection method with Single Index Model, while index fund is used to form passive portfolio. Based on research conducted on the four methods, (Sharpe, Treynor, Jensen's Alpha) using the t test of the one part with a 5% significance level, obtained t-statistic (7,197, 6,939, 9,110) is greater than ttable + (1,717) and Coefficient of Variation method (-3,071) is smaller than -t-tabel ( + 1,717). Then lead to the conclusion that the performance of stock portfolios based on an active strategy is better than a passive strategy in LQ 45 at Indonesia Stock Exchange 2009- 2010 period.
Abstract: Judul skripsi ini adalah Address Term pada Naskah Film The Shawshank Redemption (1994) karya Frank Darabont: Kajian Pragmatis. Penulis menganalisis address term berdasarkan atas tiga kriteria. 1. Pronomina "you", 2. Nama, kata, atau kombinasi, dan 3. Necessary maupun optional, lalu akan dikaitkan dengan teori Face. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif analitis dengan prosedur sebagai berikut: mengumpulkan data, mengklasifikasikan kriteria address term, dikaitkan dengan teori face dan menganalisis secara pragmatis. Sumber data yang dipakai dalam skripsi ini diambil dari naskah film The Shawshank Redemption (1994) karya Frank Darabont. Dalam penelitian ini, teori utama yang dipakai adalah teori Dunkling dan Yule yang mana berkaitan dengan pragmatis, dan sosiologis. Identifikasi masalah dalam skripsi ini adalah termasuk kriteria apa address term yang ada, lalu apakah address term tersebut face threatening act atau face saving act. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa secara pragmatis, pembaca dapat mengetahui seluruh address term tersebut memenuhi kriteria, dan memenuhi unsur kesopanan. Secara keseluruhan, penulis menemukan 45 data address term, terdiri atas 12 necessary, 33 optional, 8 FTA, 37 FSA. Artinya, berdasarkan teori address term meskipun dalam suatu tuturan tidak terdapat nama atau identitas mitra tutur yang jelas, pada umumnya pesan yang disampaikan penutur tetap tersampaikan kepada mitra tutur dan berdasarkan teori face, kemungkinan di dalam pembicaraan formal setiap individu cenderung saling menjaga face satu sama lain. Namun, tidak semua address term harus selalu mempunyai kriteria, dan face yang sama.
Abstract: Advances in information technology are relatively ropid currently affecting the development of the world economy. Speed and accuracy of business data processing to the demands of society to face of the ASEAN economic community. This sndy revealed that the effect of the adoption of information technolog) toward performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) shou*ed a large role to increase competitiyeness and value added of the SMEs. Elfect of adoption of inforntation technology on the perforntance of SMEs in this study was 17%. It looks still relatively less, due to the lack of socialization on the intplementation of information technology to improve the competitiveness and value-added SMEs. The correlation between the adoption of information technologt with the ease of use of technology has positive influence on the performance of SMEs. The role of human resource competencies are able to apply inforntation technology is needed to support implementotion. The correlation bety.,een the adoption of information technologlt to intensity of the benefits give a positive effect on the perfornrance of SMEs by 47%. Information technology contributes significant bene/its in accordance with the type of SMEs and their ability to implement information technologt. While the correlation with the information technology acloption barriers focing, communication with business partners and customers in and the opportunities thet exist are considered not significant effect on the pedormance of SMEs.
Abstract: Skripsi ini berjudul Adverbia Even pada Novel Mirror Image Karya Danielle Steel dan Padanannya : Kajian Sintaktis dan Semantis. Dalam skripsi ini, penulis menganalisis adverbia even. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menjelaskan fungsi-fungsi dan posisiposisi yang dimilliki adverbia even dalam struktur kalimat bahasa Inggris dan terjemahannnya dalam bahasa Indonesia. Dalam penulisan skripsi ini penulis menggunakan metode deskriptif komparatif, yaitu penulis mencoba menggambarkan adverbia even secara menyeluruh, yang kemudian membandingkannya dengan hasil terjemahannya dalam bahasa sasaran. Setelah menganalisis tigapuluh tujuh data, penulis menyimpulkan bahwa adverbia even menpunyai fungsi-fungsi dan posisi-posisi yang sesuai dengan konteks kalimatnya, namun fungsi utamanya tetap sebagai emphasizers. Pada umumnya, adverbia even diterjemahkan menjadi 'bahkan' yang berfungsi sebagai kata penghubunng di dalam kalimat dan kata 'pun' dan 'malah' sebagai partikel penegas. Walaupun ada data yang mengalami pergeseran secara sintaksis dan pergeseran semantis, pesan yang ada pada bahasa sumber dapat tersampaikan dengan baik ke dalam bahasa sasaran.
Abstract: ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul "Adverb of Certainty Pada Novel The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side Karya Agatha Christie: Kajian Sintaktis dan Semantis". Data yang dianalisis dalam penelitian ini adalah mengenai posisi, fungsi, serta mengenai makna adverb of certainty. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan mengenai posisi, fungsi, serta makna yang terdapat dalam adverb of certainty. Data diambil dari novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side yang di tulis oleh Agatha Christie. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode analisis deskriptif. Pertama data diklasifikasikan dalam beberapa bagian, kemudian data dianalisis berdasarkan teoti-teori yang menjadi dasar penelitian ini, sehingga dapat diambil beberapa kesimpulan dari penelitian ini. Dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa posisi dari adverb of certainty dapat di letakkan di awal, di tengah dan di akhir kalimat, fungsi dari adverb of certainty yaitu dapat menerangkan verba, kalimat, adverbia, serta ajektiva. Secara semantis makna yang dimiliki oleh adverb of certainty adalah makna leksikal.
Description: ABSTRACT The title of this thesis is "Adverb of Certainty Pada Novel The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side Karya Agatha Christie: Kajian Sintaktis dan Semantis". The data analyzed in this thesis are about the position, the function and the meaning of adverb of certainty. The objectives of this research are to describe the position, the function and the meaning of adverb of certainty. The data are taken from the novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side written by Agatha Christie. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method. The procedures of analyzing data as follows: first, data are classified into several groups, then, the data are analyzed according to the theories as the basis of this research, and finally, the conclusion is drawn from the analysis in this research. From the research, it can be concluded that the position of adverb of certainty may be placed at the initial position, mid-position and final position. The functions of adverb of certainty are to modify verbs, sentences, adverbs, and adjectives. Semantically, adverb of certainty has lexical meaning.
Abstract: This reasearch was conducted to determine the development of profitability ratios, leverage, liquidity, and stock returns as well as to determine whether the ratio of profitability, leverage, and liquidity simultaneously or partially significantly affect stock return. The sample in this study is three companies in manufacturing food and beverage industry are listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange, PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur, Tbk., PT. Mayora Indah Tbk., And PT. Fastfood Indonesia, Tbk. where in the type of research used descriptive causality with the sampling method used purposive sampling. Based on calculations, the development of profitability ratio (ROE), leverage (DER), liquidity (Current Ratio), and stock returns fluctuate. In 2009 the profitability ratio (ROE) of 5.39%, a decrease in the leverage ratio (DER), the highest 23.11%, the development of liquidity ratio (Current Ratio) high of 27.24%, and the development of the highest stock returns amounting to 41.51 %. Meanwhile, through the F test influence profitability ratio (ROE), leverage (DER), and liquidity (Current Ratio) on stock returns simultaneously has significant influence but not at 6.7%. Through partial test using t-test but not significantly impact profitability, leverage (DER) effect on stock returns, but not significant, and liquidity (current ratio) effect on stock returns, but not significant.
Abstract: The aid goods distribution for natural disaster relief involves activities for delivering aid goods from supply nodes to demand nodes. In this case, the supply nodes are the places whith surplus of commodity or aid goods and the demand nodes are the places where the disaster occurred. A well-planned integration of allocation-distribution system of aid goods is essential to support a prompt supply of aid goods for minimizing the casualties and restoring the productive activities in the disaster area. This paper discusses a research on development of allocation and distribution model of aid goods for natural disaster relief. The objective function of the model is to minimize total unsatisfied demands for all necessary aid goods in all demand nodes throughout the planning horizon. The model considered multi commodities, multi transportation modes, multi vehicles, and multi periods. The model is decomposed into two sub models. Sub model 1 deals with the allocation problem of aid goods, and sub model 2 concerns with the assignment problem of vehicle distributing aid goods where their compositions and amounts are to be specified by Sub model 1. Allocation of aid goods in Sub model 1 considered weighted of commodities, so the solution of the developed model in sub model 1 obtained with Integer Linear Programming (ILP).The sub model 2 developed in this research also adopts maximum weight and volume of consignment to define load capacities of vehicles used in delivering the aid goods. The pattern of distribution is direct shipment; one supply node will supply multi commodities for many demand nodes. The purpose of this paper is to determine allocation model for both type and amount of aid goods which will be distributed from supply node to demand node.


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Louise Ringsing (født. 20. august 1996) er en dansk fodboldspiller, der spiller midtbane for Brøndby IF i Gjensidige Kvindeligaen.

Hun har tidligere optrådt for Turbine Potsdam, Fortuna Hjørring og Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

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Q&A with Henry
It wouldn't feel right to not have a blog dedicated to our very own founder, Henry. We couldn't think of a better way for you to virtually get to know him than by asking some questions, some related to ice cream, others just for your pure entertainment and enjoyment. Without further ado, let's roll (pardon the pun)!
One question we were dying to know was how Pan-n-Ice got its name. And we can imagine quite a few of you were wondering that also, so we got you the answer from Henry himself: "Funnily enough, the name came from a US based company called Ice Pan, except they didn't roll ice cream the way we do. I honestly just flipped the words around!" - Who would've guessed?! Simple, yet effective comes to mind here, wouldn't you agree?
Round number 2: Who makes the best ice rolls in the company? Would you say yourself? - We don't hold back, we want the juicy gossip! "I wish I could say myself, but that would be lying! I'm probably going to be hated by a lot of my team for saying this but I would have to say the title of best rolls goes to either Jericho or Eve," ...there goes our chance at winning that title. "Both of their rolls are exceptional, I could never compete with them."
Moving on to question number three: If you could only eat one flavor of ice rolls for the rest of your life, what would it be? (Quick everyone, take your guesses)...
"The Founders' favorite, obviously!" Well, that's us told.
Moving swiftly on, we wanted to know what a founder of a company could be scared of (except spiders, they are a given). However, Henry's biggest fear is less arachnid-related, "It would have to be Pan-n-Ice not exceeding my expectations." Well it only takes looking at how far the company has come since 2015 to see that that is a far off fear, wouldn't you agree?
This next question is one we are definitely glad we asked, what was Henry's dream job when he was younger? "I wanted to be an F1 mechanic,". You can see the resemblance to owning an ice cream company, "As a kid I always loved getting my hands dirty. I frequently used to take apart engines and put them back together just for the sake of it." Hands up if you can relate to this.
What was your first job then, Henry? "I was a Tennis coach at a kids summer camp. I loved tennis and would play every day, all day, during the summer holidays." Do what you love and you can't go wrong!
Now, back to Pan-n-Ice. We asked Henry who his dream celebrity and company was to work/collaborate with or meet - "I would love to work with the Kardashian family. I really believe that our brand and product would really resonate with their audience." Can't argue with that. And for the company, "Apple, 100%, I am obsessed with Apple's story, and just everything about them! They are also very selective about who they work with, therefore if we got an opportunity to associate ourselves with them, it would do wonders for us!" Brb, now imagining what it would be like to say we worked alongside Apple, linking arms with the Kardashian family.
For those who may be interested in starting their own business, do you have highlights that you could share, Henry? "For me, the best thing about starting Pan-n-Ice has been how it has hardened me as a person. Those things that may seem like a huge deal, I now don't let affect me as much anymore, almost like taking a new perspective on what truly matters to me." Inspirational.
As a founder of a company, what do you enjoy doing most in your free time, Henry? "Exercise, 100%", (personally I can't relate). "I can honestly say that without exercise I would not be able to run Pan-n-Ice,", again pardon the pun, "It cleans my mind and resets me, which is vital when running a business."
Now, for the final two questions, we went for some random ones that no one really needed to know the answer to, but we've got them for you anyway. We asked Henry, how much ice cream do you think you've eaten since you founded Pan-n-Ice? "I reckon about 100kg." Okay, so probably about your own weight in ice cream, that's an achievement in itself!
And finally, would you rather eat one car sized ice cream roll or 1,000 mini ice rolls from our parlours? Drum roll please… "Car sized ice cream roll, easy." Would you agree?
So we hope you enjoyed getting to know a little more about Henry. If there's anything you still want to know, drop us a message on our socials, we can always pester Henry for more personal information to post on the internet about him - all in aid of entertaining our audience of course!


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Gal Gadot to star in new Agatha Christie film adaptation
admin / April 18th, 2019 Death on the Nile,Gal Gadot,Movies,New Role
Gal Gadot is set to star in a new film version of Agatha Christie's "Death On The Nile." In the film, set to be directed by Kenneth Branagh, Gadot will play the role of wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway Doyle.
Much to the dismay of his mother, Ridgeway marries Simon Doyle, and it is during their honeymoon in Egypt that her lifeless body is found. World-famed detective Hercule Poirot then sets out to solve the mystery.
Branagh will reprise the role of Poirot, which he first portrayed in the 2017 remake of "Murder On The Orient Express," which he also directed. The film was met with mixed reviews, but made $352 million worldwide.
"Death On The Nile" was first adapted to film in 1978. It was directed by John Guillermin and starred Peter Ustinov as Poirot, the mustachioed Belgian detective who surprises his cohorts with the elegancy with which he solves the most elaborate of mysteries.
Gadot, who starred in "Wonder Woman," will reprise the role in the sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" slated to release November 2019.
Gal Gadot in Talks to Star in 'Death on the Nile'
admin / October 7th, 2018 Articles & Interviews,Death on the Nile,Gal Gadot,Movies,New Role,Rumors
The 'Wonder Woman' star is in negotiations for Fox's follow-up to 'Murder on the Orient Express.'
Gal Gadot has snagged a ticket for a murderous Nile cruise.
The Wonder Woman actress is in negotiations to star in Death on the Nile, Fox's follow up to surprise hit Murder on the Orient Express.
Kenneth Branagh, who directed the adaptation of the Agatha Christie whodunit classic, is returning as director and is expected to reprise his role as master detective Hercule Poirot.
Death on the Nile, first published in 1937, saw the detective on a vacation in Egypt and becoming involved in a love triangle gone murderously bad. The novel, like Orient Express, once again featured socialites, social climbers and high society's help in the cast of suspects.
If a deal makes (and source says the talks are in a sensitive stage), Gadot would play socialite Linnet Doyle, recently married to the former fiance of a past friend.
Lois Chiles, who played Bond girl Holly Goodhead in Moonraker, played the part in the 1978 movie.
Gadot is currently shooting Wonder Woman 1984.
– The Hollywood Reporter


Samuel Adams, father of the American Revolution on November 1, 1777, stated, "It is therefore recommended ... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor ..." (adopted by the 13 states as the first official Thanksgiving Proclamation).
Our early founders not only identified the divine benefactor, they gave all thanks to Him and consecrated their service to Him.
This is our reminder season for thankfulness and gratitude. In truth, we should be thankful all year long. Just a simple thank you protects the atmosphere and our environment.
Have you ever forgotten to thank someone?
"A short time later, one of them returned to the Savior and fell on his face and his hands and his knees, thanking the Savior for blessing him and making him well from that terrible disease. And the Savior said to that one man: "Weren't there 10? What has happened to the other nine? Where are they?" (See Luke 17:11-19.).
Yes, gratitude, thanksgiving, and the divine creator should be part of November and every month during the year.
There have been times in my life when I pleaded for assistance, support, defense . . . and then, my prayers were answered and the good feeling in my heart, at that moment, carried me through the rest of the day. Did I always thank Him, and others who answered my pleading?
I am indebted to a loving Heavenly Father who, in spite of my daily transgressions, answers my prayers. I am grateful for the friends who, in spite of day after day errors, continue to love and accept me. I am thankful to live in a free country with caring parents, siblings, and children.
May Heavenly Father continue to bless our families and this great nation. Readers, have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.


I have to agree on your insights and am excited to see not only what the June release brings for cognitive learning but where future releases will take that.
Core is also a product that as a company we're pretty excited about and the doors that will open. I think the conference was buzzing this year and have every reason to feel excited about the future of the product.
Hey Rob – good to catch up again.
I agree – for me the single biggest announcement was the much more sensible approach on QlikView to Qlik Sense licensing migration. Our clients are almost all enterprise with significant investments in QlikView, and this one move immediately removes the "new purchasing decision" aspect of a Qlik Sense migration.
Qlik's technology is marching on full steam ahead, but the licensing so often falls waaaay behind. The inside scoop is Mike Capone was in a high-level meeting on one of his first days on the job and when the current model was explained to him he simply swept it aside proclaiming how ridiculous that was!
Of 48,000 customers, 36,000 are QlikView customers. Of those, 32,000 are still on QV11.2! So it is wonderful to see announcements that encourage a migration to QS rather than making staying on QV punitive.
I wonder how you did. At least there is not much behind of what we have seen related to the Qlik products so far. And, it was no deeper explanation. So, I would agree if Qlik would tell us more details about what algorithms they already have integrated (no AI/ML I can see here so far, just basic stats) or will be implement into the product and how this will work, or will help, and how (!) we can control it..
Admittedly short on details at this point. I look forward to seeing more details and getting my hands on it.
And, Rob please elaborate a bit more where you see a relation between Qlik Core and the Big Data Index.
Ralf, I did not attend any of the detail sessions on BDI — I believe you did and may have more specifics to add. I see Qlik Core as a packaging of the micro services architecture and it's that architecture that can enable distributed processing. So perhaps not "Qlik Core the product" as a component of BDI, but the design pattern that has enabled Qlik Core.
Hi , can you elaborate , "QlikView customers can user same licences for QlikSens". You mean if, a customer have 5 named cal and 10 doc cals, will they transfer into QlikSense with 5 professional and 10 analyzer licences?
I'm not sure exactly what the details of the single license entitlement will be. Details were not provided at Qonnections to my knowledge. Stay tuned for more announcements from Qlik as I'm sure there will be lots of interest.
I wasn't there to hear the comments, but I'm quite curious what they were to instill this confidence.
90% of the content posted by Qlik employees on the QlikCommunity website is aimed at QlikSense, as is the entire landing page. QlikSense gets monthly content releases while QlikView gets one per year and most of that is technical aspects and not features. Simple, low-hanging QlikView fruit such as a much-needed visual facelift or the recently-fixed-at-long-last xlsx export often goes ignored for years. Qlik seems content to release virtually no new charting capabilities for QlikView, requiring the use of external content.
Based on the above, it's hard for me to say Qlik is deviating from its one-product track, while they do the bare minimum to keep QlikView customers using QlikView (or migrating to QlikSense). I do believe they will continue to keep QlikView on the back burner and give it at least a modicum of effort, at least as long as more than half the customer base is using QlikView – but as made evident by the joint-licensing aspect, they're clearly pushing very hard in that direction (assuming the "small uptick" is actually small, and not ~50% as originally floated).


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This event includes physical challenges, scavenger hunts, puzzles, speed challenges, and more.
Summertime equals family time at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum! The Museum will be hosting its annual All-Ages Trivia Night on Thursday, July 19th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Was your last visit to the Historic Capitol thirty years ago on a school field trip? Then, it will feel like a completely different space! This special after-hours program is the perfect time to explore all that the Museum has to offer.
Do your friends and family have what it takes to win? This event offers teams up to 6 members a variety of mental and physical challenges--scavenger hunts, puzzles, speed challenges, and more! Be prepared for fun, fierce competition, laughter, and good food. Teams work together and test their wits to complete tasks on our Museum playing field: indoors and out. Winning teams receive prizes from some of your favorite local businesses and organizations. Secure your spot as soon as possible because All-Ages Trivia Night has sold out the last two years!
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He looks surprised: Salvador Dali's body will be exhumed for a paternity test
MADRID — The body of surrealist painter Salvador Dali is to be exhumed on Thursday in order to carry out a paternity test after a Spanish judge ordered the move in June.
Revered for his eccentric works, such as the melting clocks in the 1931 painting "The Persistence of Memory," and instantly recognizable for his signature handlebar moustache, Dali died of heart failure in 1989 at the age of 84. He was thought to be childless.
But a 61-year-old Spanish woman from the city of Girona, who was not named by the court, convinced the judge that Dali should be unearthed in order to find if she is the artist's daughter.
It is well-known that the woman, who works as a tarot card reader, has been claiming since 2007 that she is Dali's child. She is seeking legal recognition as his daughter, which could also entitle her to portions of his property and rights to his art.
She says her mother was employed in Dali's household in the mid-1950s and the two had a secret love affair. Dali would have been married to his muse Gala at the time.
Dali is buried among his art works under the glass dome of the Dali Theatre and Museum in Figueres, a city is Spain's north-eastern Catalonia region.
He is entombed under two blocks of stone that each weigh 1.5 tons, the city administration said.
The Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation is expected on Friday to make a statement to journalists about the exhumation.
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Mobile Audio
Updated November 17, 2019 by Christopher Thomas
The 10 Best MP3 Players
This wiki has been updated 28 times since it was first published in May of 2015. Just because your smartphone can play all the tunes you might want, it doesn't mean you should use it for that purpose -- at least not exclusively. Today's portable music players have evolved well past the common MP3 format that's been around for a long time and, in conjunction with a good pair of headphones or a decent stereo, can be ideal for listening without compromising sound quality. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki. Skip to the best mp3 player on Amazon.
This wiki has been updated 28 times since it was first published in May of 2015. Just because your smartphone can play all the tunes you might want, it doesn't mean you should use it for that purpose -- at least not exclusively. Today's portable music players have evolved well past the common MP3 format that's been around for a long time and, in conjunction with a good pair of headphones or a decent stereo, can be ideal for listening without compromising sound quality. When users buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki. Skip to the best mp3 player on Amazon.
10. Apple iPod Touch
The 7th-generation Apple iPod Touch continues the company's innovation in this field. It comes in six colors and three storage sizes, so you can pick the one that fits your needs and style, and sports a vibrant, four-inch Retina display with multitouch IPS technology.
Powerful a10 fusion processor
Front-facing chat cam
Restricted to the itunes ecosystem
9. iRulu F20
Though not from a very well-known manufacturer, the iRulu F20 is a surprisingly capable device for the price. It's compatible with most major lossless formats, including DSD128 and FLAC and it can plug directly into a PC for easy media transfer.
384-kilohertz sample rate
Bluetooth aptx connectivity
Interface is a bit clumsy
8. Cowon Plenue D
The Cowon Plenue D is one of the most affordable in an extremely popular line of portable devices and, despite its low cost, it doesn't skimp on sound quality. It includes 32 gigabytes of storage and can accommodate microSD cards of up to 128 gigabytes.
123-decibel signal-to-noise ratio
Minimal harmonic distortion
No balanced output
7. HiFiMan SuperMini
A powerful, yet efficient, DAC and amplifier combination affords the HiFiMan SuperMini an excellent battery life, especially if you're not playing back lossless recordings. Its sleek OLED display makes it easy to see and use the elegant and streamlined interface.
Machined aluminum shell
Under a centimeter thick
Requires a microsd card
6. Shanling M0
One of the best things about the Shanling M0 is its especially compact size, which makes it far easier to carry around than most others. It maintains a robust Bluetooth connection, and its ESS Sabre digital-to-analog converter is nothing to sneeze at.
Aluminum and glass body
Weighs just over an ounce
5. Soulcker Portable
If all you're looking for is an inexpensive alternative to carrying your smartphone around while exercising, the Soulcker Portable should fulfill your needs. A microSD expansion slot lets you add up to 128 gigabytes of storage, and its battery lasts an incredible 55 hours.
Includes an armband for jogging
Supports several common file types
4. Sony NWZX300
About as good as it gets for under $1,000, the Sony NWZX300 is an audiophile-grade device that can fit easily in your pocket. It boasts high-end features, like 11.2-megahertz, Direct Stream Digital support, and an advanced upscaling algorithm for compressed file types.
64 gigabytes of internal storage
S-master hx amplifier
Dedicated balanced output
3. Shanling M2X
Designed to satisfy all but the most demanding audiophiles, the Shanling M2X boasts an impressive 384-kilohertz sample rate with 32-bit playback, which is enough to make lossless files really shine. It's compatible with the high-level DSD256 encoding format.
Advanced lg touchscreen
Supports dlna and airplay
Relatively well priced
2. Fiio M3K
With a maximum sample rate of 192 kilohertz at 24 bits, the Fiio M3K provides a perfectly good listening experience that most casual listeners will appreciate. Its controls are relatively straightforward, and it uses a highly efficient and recently developed DAC.
Durable aluminum body
Exceptional battery life
Very reasonable price
1. Sony NW-A54
From a company well known for high-quality audio equipment, the Sony NW-A54 offers a wide range of powerful features at a reasonable price. These include support for the LDAC codec and Master Quality Authenticated recordings.
One-touch nfc pairing
Direct stream digital decoding
Dsee hx upscaling
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Cowon Plenue L These guys make quite a few portable players with a variety of features, and the Plenue L is undoubtedly one of the best on the market. Of course, at about $2,000, it's very much a niche product, but if you're one of the few people who can actually tell a difference with such high-end technology, it's definitely worth considering. cowonglobal.com
Astell & Kern A&Ultima SP2000 Is it a little overkill? How about overpriced? Well, you could argue that a few of this audiophile-focused company's products are a bit out there, but if you have a few grand sitting around and want to experience true portable music bliss, the SP2000 may be right up your alley. The vast majority of users won't need such high-powered hardware, but if you insist on having the best, this may well be it. astellnkern.com
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You can spend just about as little or as much as you want on a portable MP3 player. A lot of users will be perfectly satisfied with the Soulcker Portable or Fiio M3K, which are both priced below $100. They don't offer a ton of advanced features, but they're small and lightweight and sound just fine.
For a slight increase in price you gain access to a wide range of other options, though. At or just above the $100 mark are the Shanling M0, Cowon Plenue D, and iRulu F20, and depending on whether you prefer to use Bluetooth or a wired connection they all have different things to offer. The iRulu is particularly interesting because it's one of the least expensive to offer DSD playback, although it isn't the easiest to operate. If you're using headphones with LDAC support, the Shanling is one of our favorites.
Speaking of which, the Shanling M2X also provides a high-end experience that most people will love, and the HiFiMan SuperMini is right there with it. The Apple iPod Touch is, of course, a recurring favorite, especially for fans of tech giant Apple. But for sheer value in the $200 category, it's hard to beat the Sony NW-A54, which is filled with hardware often found in far more costly models.
And if you're willing to make a more sizable investment, check out the Sony NWZX300. Unlike the absurdly expensive models in our Special Honors section, it's priced below $1,000, and it will be hard or impossible for most users to tell the difference between its output and that of a unit that's twice as costly.
Finally, if you're concerned about damage from the elements, we can point you towards some great waterproof models. If you do opt for one of the more costly models, you might want to consider a good pair of audiophile-grade cans, though an everyday pair of Bluetooth or other closed-back headphones should also do the trick nicely.
A Lifetime Of Music In Your Pocket
You can store thousands of songs on a given MP3 player, and play them back over almost any medium.
I think it's fair to say that music is the most immediate, immersive art form.
I think it's fair to say that music is the most immediate, immersive art form. Photography comes close for immediacy, but it can't reach the same level of physical and emotional stimulation that a piece of music can. I've been touched by many a photograph, but I can't recall one ever bringing me to tears or pumping me up for an exciting event; it's music that gets inside us like nothing else.
How you choose to get that music inside you depends a lot on your environment. I doubt you would, for example, choose to use an MP3 player while home alone. That's when you get to blast your favorite tunes without relying on headphones.
Of course, if you have the right speaker setup, and a compatible music player, you can use the same MP3 player you usually pair with a nice set of earbuds at the gym to pump glorious rhythms through your home system.
That's because all an MP3 player is, at its most basic, is a storage device with its own power source. Nowadays, disk-based storage is a lot less common than solid state memory, so before you get to the interface it's all just battery and memory.
The amount of memory and the power of that battery will have something to do with how you qualify a certain MP3 player over another, but it's that crucial interface that's going to make all the difference.
You can store thousands of songs on a given MP3 player, and play them back over almost any medium. The way in which you access those songs and albums varies from the incredibly simple interfaces that hearken back to the early days of the iPod to the more elaborate layouts of modern Apple and Android devices.
Not only do these more advanced MP3 players store and play back your music for you, they also host the full suite of apps for either platform, essentially doing anything an iPhone can do without the calling capabilities.
Music, Only Music, But Music
We touched above on the different capabilities of some MP3 players, and a deeper understanding of these differences will arm you with the perspective you need to make the best choice among them. At first glance, Apple seems like the king of the hill, but if I remember anything from playing that game as a child, the king inevitable loses the hill from time to time, so keep your mind open to the other possibilities.
If you're less into the apps, however, you stand to gain a lot of battery life by working with a simpler interface.
At this point, storage space is almost irrelevant. Sure, you'll pay a little more to fit more songs, videos, pictures, etc. on your device, but you've got the option to save a little cash and keep your space limited, as well. If you're an audiophile with a lot of lossless audio content, you're going to need as much space as you can get. If you're more used to streaming audio, smaller bit rates won't phase you, and you can grab something with a little less storage.
Now, you might be attracted to the candy-like colors and flashy apps that Apple offers, and that's totally understandable; they continue to boast the largest app selection of any platform. If you're less into the apps, however, you stand to gain a lot of battery life by working with a simpler interface. It's the iPod's bright, colorful screen with all those fancy animations that drains its battery so fast. Without those variables, you have an MP3 player that will take much better care of you as you travel through terrain with difficult electricity availability.
If all your MP3 player does is play music, it's liable to last longer, have better battery life, and save you a good bit of money, as well. It's music, and it's only music, but, hey, it's still music.
Thanks A Lot, Steve
As we delve more and more deeply into the advanced technologies of the 21st century, it seems as though our collective memory has positioned itself to recall Steve Jobs as the inventor of the MP3 player. This is simply not true.
Before those, of course, there were the Walkman portable cassette players and Discman portable CD players that created more clutter than anything else.
Long before the first iPods hit the market in 2001, companies like AT&T and SaeHan offered digital audio players with internal and external memory, and even the ability to download music from the internet and sync it with smaller flash memory cards for playback. Before those, of course, there were the Walkman portable cassette players and Discman portable CD players that created more clutter than anything else.
We can give Steve credit for changing the game, though. Not long after the first couple of iPod generations passed by, Jobs and his team at Apple realized that they could centralize a number of entertainment platforms on a single device well beyond just music.
In 2007, hot on the heels of the release of the first generation iPhones, Apple released their first generation of iPod touches, which utilized all the technological advantages of the first iPhone, just without the cellular contract or capabilities.
Since then, some companies have attempted to replicate Apple's interface, offering apps and touchscreens along with MP3 playback, while others have stuck with the tried and true method of delivering only music to their customers.
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Building PCs, remodeling, and cooking since he was young, quasi-renowned trumpeter Christopher Thomas traveled the USA performing at and organizing shows from an early age. His work experiences led him to open a catering company, eventually becoming a sous chef in several fine LA restaurants. He enjoys all sorts of barely necessary gadgets, specialty computing, cutting-edge video games, and modern social policy. He has given talks on debunking pseudoscience, the Dunning-Kruger effect, culinary technique, and traveling. After two decades of product and market research, Chris has a keen sense of what people want to know and how to explain it clearly. He delights in parsing complex subjects for anyone who will listen -- because teaching is the best way to ensure that you understand things yourself.


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The Story Behind
The Cabal
Though the pawns in this game are familiar, the scenario is not. In this reality, one lone preacher--the Reverend Lawrence Tannerbrook--vanished from this world as his aircraft encountered a freakish, luminous storm en route to the site of his ministry's latest missionary station in the country of Mauritania, Africa. Five years later, the reverend returned to this world as mysteriously as he had left it...but something had changed. Having taken the name of Simon Meridius upon his rebirth, he rebuilt the remnants of his old ministry--the World Church of the Living Christ--in his own image...in his new, twisted, unholy and unfathomably powerful image....
Like a malignant cancer, the Ministry of Light has spread deep into the breast of civilization, preaching love and deliverance from the many sins of the world, an all too convincing guise to conceal the perfidy and atrocity committed in supplication to the Ministry's infernal lords. The cult points to Heaven as it leads its flock into Hell's maw, and those who oppose the Ministry in its course are swept away in the darkness of night, nevermore to stand against the teachings of His Living Sacrity, Simon Meridius. To the unbeliever, death comes.
Well, to almost all of them....
Though among the numbers of the Ministry may be found any number of supernaturals, the same could be said of their opponents. Some oppose the Ministry out of desire to crush the blasphemy and sacrilege which courses through the very veins of the cult. Others seek vengeance for others or for themselves, hellbent on paying tit for tat for a grievous crime perpetrated against them. And as the motives vary from greed to revenge to noble idealism, so vary the many paranormal denizens of the World of Darkness drawn into the clash....
The Ministry of Light serves some ultimate, unholy and mephistophelean purpose which can never be named-- saved by Simon Meridius himself--and with each passing day they grow all the more powerful. The door which they wish to open can never be closed again, and come that time all that exists in this world and the next shall be threatened once more. Either move against the Minstry and stop them--even if it costs you all that you have and all that you are--or serve them and ensure that you are near the top of the food chain when Doomsday arrives....
Make no mistake: you are doomed and you are damned, as you were from the moment you heard their name, the moment you read their pamphlets, the moment you submitted to their initiation rites, the moment you found your family's defiled corpses, the moment you ate of their flesh and drank of their blood. The moment you drew the notice of some dark elder god. Your previous life is gone. There is only the Ministry.
That which does not kill you will make you wish it had.


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Ask Dr Grammar
Write a story ending with: "... Now I realise the value of a true friend."
- by Abigail Shannon Chua
Wesley Methodist School Melaka
It was midday and we were out in the woods making our daily patrol. The forest was quiet as we rode horseback down the path, whispering among ourselves. Eruvan and I headed the group and all of us were armed with bows and arrows.
"This routine patrol is so boring," Eruvan moaned for the tenth time that day. "Ought we to do it every day?"
I sighed and replied, "These are the dark times, Eruvan, and we must guard our borders for the safety of our people."
He mumbled as we trotted down the path. Suddenly, one of our men cried out as an arrow was imbedded in his chest. He collapsed onto the ground just as a swarm of trolls burst out of the trees.
"Ambush!" I yelled as we scattered and ran for cover.
Some of our men were hacked to death by the trolls as we tried to make it to the clearing of the forest.
"Sound the horn!" I yelled and Eruvan blew the horn, signalling to the others to come to our aid. We shot down some trolls on the way to the clearing. Upon reaching the clearing, we saw a nearby town in flames and the townspeople running around in panic. The trolls had distracted us from saving the town earlier by ambushing us in the forest.
"We have to warn the king," I said as we made our way towards the palace.
"How can we even sneak into the palace?" Eruvan asked frantically. I pointed towards the entrance of a small cave behind the waterfall.
"The catacombs?" Eruvan trembled as we rode towards the waterfall. "That's the only way into the palace without getting caught," I said as I dismounted my horse and tied him to a tree. I took out my dagger and reflected the sunlight into the cave. Eruvan held his bow and arrow as we moved quickly inside the catacombs. We hurried down the rocky path leading to the underground entrance of the palace. The dead surrounded us. Except for the sound of our footsteps, there was silence all over. I shivered as we passed by my family tomb, my family insignia partly burnt. I stopped at the entrance.
"Amon, what are you waiting for?" Eruvan grabbed my arm as he tried to pull me away.
Without thinking, I pushed the gate open and entered the tomb. Suddenly, a troll charged at me, knocking me down.
"Ambush!" Eruvan yelled as he started to shoot down a group of trolls coming out of the nearby tombs. There were nearly 20 trolls in total. I stabbed my troll and helped Eruvan with the remaining ones. We raced down the path, shooting down trolls as we went. Ahead I saw the entrance to the palace. Its guards lay dead on the ground and I quickly knelt by one and removed the keys from his belt. I fumbled with the key and lock. Eruvan cried out, "Hurry!" The door opened but before I could do anything, a troll swung its club at my head. I fell to the ground with my ears ringing. I was unable to hear Eruvan sounding the horn and calling out my name. Suddenly, I saw a troll armed with a sword rushing towards me. I tried in vain to get up as I was too weak. All of a sudden, Eruvan shielded me against the attack and consequently, he was hacked. He collapsed to the ground just as reinforcements came down and got rid of the trolls. I scrambled over to Eruvan and held him.
"Don't worry. You'll be alright," I said as he shook in my arms.
"I'm sorry," he whispered as he shut his eyes. I held him tight and thought, "Now I realise the value of a true friend."
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#BotSummit reminds me of qualities I loved in the early web. Weird stuff you can't believe anyone else cares about, and yet here we all are.
What an amazing run of talks for #botSUMMIT! Now back to bot-making reality: blindly fumbling with video codecs until twitter accepts them.
I'm going to take inspiration from @mewo2's #botsummit talk and write up a complete inner workings of the bot for people to read, I think.


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Standing on shoulders
Here's something I often hear from diverse creators: "I'm writing books for kids because when I was little, I never saw myself in books. I want to make sure every child has the chance to see themselves in a book."
Sound familiar? The inspiration is a noble one, and I couldn't be more excited about the work being produced these days by writers from marginalized communities. It's a challenging, tumultous, and EXCITING time in the world of children's books.
When I hear something like the above, I can certainly relate. There were so few books featuring Asian or Asian-American characters when I was growing up in the 1960s and early 1970s.
BUT. And this is important.
There WERE people doing that work. There were creators battling conditions a thousand times less woke than today, overcoming the obstacles, publishing one book at a time into what must have seemed like a void. No marketing, No WNDB, no social media communities.
If you were born after about 1970, and you tell audiences that you are writing books because you never saw yourself in a book, I believe you. But the books were there, AND THEIR CREATORS DESERVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
It was not the fault of the creators that their books weren't/aren't better known. Their books got close to ZERO support at every level–from the publishing process right on through to the educational system and the general zeitgeist of the time.
It follows, therefore, that it was also not the fault of readers in marginalized communities that they were unaware of these books. (With thanks to Namrata Tripathi, Jamar Perry, David Bowles, KT Horning, and others, for helping me clarify this point.) How could they find books that were absent from bookstores, libraries, classrooms?
I think today's creators need to be careful not to inadvertently perpetuate the erasure of that seminal work. Saying something like, "I never saw myself in a book," could easily be misapprehended as meaning, "There were no books about kids like me out there."
So a humble suggestion: When you say, "I never saw myself in a book," perhaps you might add a line or two acknowledging the shoulders we all stand on. How about something like, "My education did not include being introduced to the wonderful books by authors like Eloise Greenfield or Donald Crews."
Dr. Debbie Reese offers this language: "Societal marginalization of writers that were creating mirrors for me meant that I didn't see those mirrors until I was an adult."
Eloise Greenfield. Donald Crews. Lawrence Yep. John Donovan. Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Pura Belpré. Alma Flor Ada. Those are a few creators that came to mind immediately. There are more. They are not household names, and they should be.
Honor our forebears. And then make them proud.
Because…Ashley


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Dr Steve Smith joined the University of Oxford from the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) where he co-led the Climate Science Team for two years. He played a key role in the legislation of the Net Zero emissions target last year, and on developing the Government's approach to greenhouse gas removal. As well as advising ministers and policy teams he oversaw several areas of climate research, including the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme, the Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme co-funded with UKRI, and understanding of carbon sources and sinks on land for the UK emissions inventory.
Before joining BEIS, Steve was Head of Science at the Committee on Climate Change. There he was involved in setting the UK's 2050 target and carbon budgets, as well as starting up the committee's work on climate adaptation. He gained a PhD in atmospheric physics from Imperial College London after studying Physics at Oxford. He is a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and of the Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy.
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Clover deducts bonus payment as unions promise to intensify the strike
18th Jan 2022 Mzi VelapiFeatured, Johannesburg, Labour 0 English
Clover workers picketing outside parliament calling for nationalisation of the company under worker and community control. Photo by Mzi Velapi
The dairy foods company is undergoing restructuring by it's new owners, the Israeli-led consortium Milco, which has culled 2,000 jobs with 1,500 more under threat.
The unions representing the striking Clover workers announced at a press conference on Monday that the workers have not been paid full bonuses as instructed by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). According to GroundUp, the workers had through the CCMA managed to secure an agreement with the company to pay the overdue bonuses by Friday the 14th of January.
John Appolis, the general secretary of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa), further qualified the union's claim that the company disrespects the labour law of the country by refusing to pay the 13th cheque of workers. "From the payslips that we obtained from our members, someone who is earning R11,000 is supposed to get R11,000 bonus; they ended up getting about R300. The company has deducted what they call short-time strike action and that is the term they used on the payslip. In other words they have deducted the amount for the days they went on strike. Really, it is a punishment for the workers who went on strike," he said. The strike started on the 22nd of November 2021 and the payment of bonuses was supposed to be on the 26th of November.
Siviwe Mafuya who started with the company in 2006 as a driver said that he was expecting a bonus of R11,000 but he got R1,098. "They told me that they deducted 171 hours that I did not work. The bonus doesn't have anything to do with working hours. Our strike was no work no pay but what they have done is to deduct the money from the bonus. From what I can see they deducted from the day we went on strike to the day they got an instruction from CCMA to pay our bonuses (14 January). We were meant to meet for a picket today at CCMA but we couldn't because we don't have money to travel," said Mafuya.
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Giwusa will be challenging this: "Those magundwanes, the workers who were not on strike got their full bonuses on the 26th of November. Only the workers who were on strike are being punished. We know it is a tactic, a dirty trick on the part of Clover to do this to kill the morale of our members. But, they have miscalculated as we are more determined and more resolute," Appolis said.
Outcome of the meeting with Minister of Trade and Industry
Zwelinzima Vavi, the general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), said a meeting with the minister of trade and industry had been "constructive and cordial". The trade union federation leader met with Ebrahim Patel to find a solution to the "onslaught against workers at Clover, including to put a moratorium on retrenchments, halting factory closures, expelling Milco and acquiring Clover on behalf of workers for democratic control and management with communities."
Vavi told journalist that they reached common ground on three issues: "Firstly, the minister agreed with us that it cannot be in the interest of DTI, government and broader society to see people joining long queues of unemployment. Secondly, he agreed that they will look at whether the company misled the Competition Commission. DTI will approach competition authorities to launch an investigation on the breach of terms of merger. Thirdly, the minister will ensure that there is a direct discussion between the company and Giwusa. The discussions have not been taking place for a month now."
Clover workers have been on strike for nine weeks.
The merger of Milco with Clover was approved by the Competition Commission on condition that jobs would be created. "The merger was agreed to despite workers' objection based on solidarity with the Palestinian people. Clover has dismantled this project, meaning all 500 new jobs promised are gone. Project Sencillo (restructurings) has been brought forward and over 2,000 jobs have been lost. Further factory closures, relocations and restructurings add almost 1,500 more jobs on the chopping block," said the unions.
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The unions' programme of action
The battle against MilcoSA and Clover is "just a tip of an iceberg. The attack on workers," according to Vavi, "is a "reflection of the overall attack on the working class by both capitalists and the state." He said that they believe that the moving of inland factories and to coastal towns is to make the factories more accessible to "moving of finished products from occupied territories of Palestine to South Africa".
"We are en route to the same levels of unemployment that you see in Mozambique and Zimbabwe and to those that are starting xenophobic attacks, we are going to be in the same pot as our neighbours. You will find yourself in those countries looking for opportunities in a few years," Vavi said.
Saftu sent a letter to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) calling on them to support the Clover strike. "If they decide to side with the onslaught of workers through inaction, then history will judge them," said Vavi.
The unions will be embarking on a national and international day of action on the 25th of January and intends to mobilise for an occupation of Clover, protests in shopping malls and targeting the Israeli embassy and companies.
Apartheid Israel
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Jaime Ovalle or Jayme Ovalle (5 August 1894 – 9 September 1955) was a Brazilian composer and poet.

Ovalle was born in Belem, Brazil.

He was self-taught as a composer. As an officer of the Ministério da Fazenda, he resided mostly in New York and London. He was one of the "Second Nationalist Generation" of Brazilian composers along with Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez (1897-1948) and Walter Burle-Marx (1902-1990).

He died in Rio de Janeiro.

Works, editions and recordings
Ovalle's best known song is Azulão, "bluebird", a canção to a text by Manuel Bandeira. It has been recorded by Conchita Badia, Victoria de los Angeles, Arleen Auger, Montserrat Caballé, Kathleen Battle, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Angela Gheorghiu and many other sopranos. It has also been transposed to be sung by other voices - such as by Gérard Souzay.

Other works:
 Pedro Álvares Cabral (symphonic poem)
 Legenda (for piano)
 Modinha (canção, also to a text by Manuel Bandeira)

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1894 births
1955 deaths
20th-century composers
20th-century Brazilian poets
20th-century Brazilian male writers
Brazilian composers
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Q: Using SOQL, how can I tell which Users are currently locked out? The title basically asks the question - using SOQL, how can I tell which of my Users are current locked out because they forgot or fat-fingered their password too many times?
Using this basic information, I would like to someday be able to either:

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*Proactively reach out to a user who is in this situation OR

*Identify a potential security threat before the password cooling-off period expires.

A: You can use the relatively new UserLogin sobject to get this,
select id, username from user where id in (select userId from userLogin where isPasswordLocked=true)


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Humans need vitamin C to live. This implies that evolution is true.
Posted on August 17, 2015 by calladus
So humans need vitamin C to live. We get vitamin C mostly through fruits and vegetables.
But what if humans can't get vitamin C? Lack of this vitamin leads to Scurvy, a disease that leads to death. There is lots of evidence of sailing ships losing much of their crew and passengers on long distance voyages because they didn't have a source of vitamin C onboard.
This leads to an interesting question. What about the Eskimos? The Inuit and Yupik live in the Arctic. During the summer these people had access to grasses, berries and seaweed, and could get vitamin C from that. But winters in the Arctic are long and dark. Plants became unavailable to them.
So these people got vitamin C from animals. Seal liver and whale blubber both have good concentrations of vitamin C. (Only if eaten raw! Cooking vitamin C destroys it!)
The Inuit didn't get Scurvy.
This leads to another interesting question. Why do these animals have vitamin C in them, and we don't?
It turns out that most mammals don't have to eat foods rich in vitamin C because their bodies make vitamin C naturally.
Ascorbate (the "ascorbic" part of ascorbic acid – the scientific name for vitamin C) is a basic requirement for life by all animals and plants. It is made internally by every plant, and almost every animal on Earth. Dogs and cats make their own vitamin C. You could get vitamin C from fresh Cow liver. (Raw, of course.)
But in apes, monkeys and humans, the ability to make vitamin C is… broken.
And I mean "broken" literally. Animals can synthesize vitamin C from basic carbohydrates through a series of chemical steps in the cell, driven by enzymes. In humans, this sequence of steps is interrupted at the very last step by the lack of one specific enzyme.
Scientists can detect these steps being performed in our cells, and can see what is missing. On investigation, it has been discovered that the gene that makes this enzyme in other animals is not functioning in humans.
At some point, our Simian ancestors suffered a genetic mutation that turned off vitamin C synthesis. But no one noticed, because of all the fruits and vegetables that were being normally consumed as part of a standard diet of anthropoids – apes, monkeys and humans.
This mutation would have been a harmful mutation if circumstances had been different. Our ancestor who couldn't produce vitamin C would have died, leaving no offspring. But vitamin C was still readily available by eating fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, and since this was our ancestor's diet this genetic mutation was neutral – not deadly.
This leads me to other questions. Are there other animals that are unable to produce their own vitamin C? The answer is yes. Most bats, all Guinea pigs, some birds. And what is interesting is that their vitamin C generating machinery is "broken" in different ways. For example, Guinea pigs also have the same missing enzyme, but it is due to a different gene malfunction. It's not the same gene as the one in humans.
Another question. We humans are learning how to do "gene therapy". And restoring the process that produces vitamin C in our cells seems like low hanging fruit (excuse the pun). Can we not "fix" humans so that our progeny will produce vitamin C naturally?
I've discovered that there are lots of people looking at this, and some studies and experiments indicate that restoring vitamin C synthesis is possible. But really, we still don't know enough about human cells to guarantee that there are no unintended consequences. Like a higher risk of cancer due to the method of genetic modification used.
And lastly, an observation. The study of why humans don't synthesize vitamin C naturally only makes sense when considered together with the theory of evolution. Without this basic foundation, we are unable to understand what has happened and why. Instead we would be left with silly ad-hoc non-explanations like, "God did it".


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