Monaco earned their place in the quarter finals of the Coupe de France in extraordinary style as they beat a Marseille side who scored three equalisers in a mesmeric match.
Monaco went ahead when Joao Moutinho's free-kick was bundled into his own net by Yohann Pele, before Dimitri Payet smashed in half-volley to level things up for Marseille at half time. Kylian Mbappe put Monaco back in the lead, poking in at the near post, but Remy Cabella forced extra time.
Defender Benjamin Mendy looked to have won the game for Monaco, only for Cabella to score his second. Less than two minutes later however, Thomas Lemar did win it for the principality.
Lemar scored with a powerful shot from inside the box in the 113th minute to finally settle the game.
The hosts were seeking to put Sunday's 5-1 home league hammering by PSG behind them, and determinedly fought back to 1-1 through Payet after Pele's gaffe.
Monaco's 18-year-old forward Mbappe then scored his seventh goal in his last five starts when he cleverly turned in Benjamin Mendy's cross from the right in the 66th minute.
Cabella, however, sent the tie into extra time when he found the net from close range six minutes from the scheduled end.
Mendy put the visitors ahead again just before the extra time interval after being set up by a pass from Mbappe, but Cabella equalised six minutes later. There was no coming back for the hosts, however, after Lemar rifled home.
Monaco, who will take on PSG in the League Cup final next month, could also face the French Cup holders in the next round after they fielded a largely reserve side and beat minnows Niort 2-0.


Every one of us has that person in our lives that is absolutely impossible to buy for. It may be a friend, coworker, or acquaintance. It may be a distant family member such as an uncle or cousin. Maybe it is even someone closer to you, like a parent or sibling. For some people, even buying a gift for their spouse can prove confusing. People are hard to buy gifts for for a wide variety of reasons.
Maybe the person on your list has everything they could possibly need. Maybe they are so picky that you are afraid to take a chance on personal gifts. Sometimes if you don't know the person well enough, it is hard to buy a gift that is thoughtful but not too personal. There is always the old standby when it comes to hard to buy for folks. Gift cards have become an acceptable way to acknowledge a gift giving occasion without having to worry about finding a present that suits the recipient.
The problem with gift cards is that they are so impersonal. They don't tell a person that you thought about them and took time to pick out a gift that was perfect for them. All they say is that you recognized a person's special occasion by giving them money. This isn't a great message to send and you run the risk of hurting the recipient's feelings or even offending them when you give a gift card for special occasions. So if gift cards aren't a great idea and you are stumped as to what you can get for your hard to buy for friend, what is a person to do? Cash and checks are even more impersonal than a gift card and it is really hard to go to the mall and find something nice for someone you know very little about. Magazine subscriptions are the perfect solution. With the thousands of magazines in existence it is easy to find the perfect subscription even if you don't know the recipient well. If you want to buy a magazine subscription for any of the hard to shop for people on your list, and you aren't quite sure what kind of magazine to buy, sit down and make a list of all the things you know about the person. Ask yourself if they have any hobbies that you know about. What kind job does the person have? Does the person travel a lot? Where does the person live? Does the person have pets or children? If you can answer even one of these five questions, you will have a basis to use when choosing which magazine to give your friend.
You could buy them a subscription to a trade magazine that will keep them informed about changes in their industry. You could buy them one of thousands of hobby magazines that cover popular subjects like cooking and gardening to those that cover more obscure hobbies such as model trains or bird watching. If your friend loves to travel, there are lots of great magazines that showcase fun places to visit or get them a subscription to a general interest magazine. They can tuck the periodical into their carryon and always have something interesting to browse when they are on the go. If they have children or pets, consider a subscription to the hundreds of parenting and pet magazines that are in existence. Even if location is the only thing you know about the person you want to buy for, a magazine subscription is the perfect gift. There are regional magazines for every nook and cranny of the world and it is always fun to read about events that are local to you. Once you have decided what magazine to purchase, go out and buy one copy of the magazine and wrap it up in a pretty box with a big bow. Include a card with the gift that tells the person they will soon start receiving the enclosed subscription in the mail. You can even tell them just why you choose the magazine that you did.
Perhaps your aunt makes the most delicious pies so you think of her whenever you read through your favorite baking magazine and that made you want to get her a subscription to that magazine. Don't worry if the person already has a subscription to the magazine. Your gift will simply be added on to the end of their subscription extending the time that they receive the magazine. Giving a magazine subscription is a thoughtful way to remember someone and the best part about these gifts is that every time a magazine comes in the mail, the recipient will remember just how considerate a person you are.


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In Part One of the story of creating a dynamic and generative audio system, I introduced the general concept of developing a unique music system that allows me to create interactive, dynamic and generative music for Defect Spaceship Destruction Kit (SDK).
In SDK you build spaceships out of different parts and send them out to fight. After each victory, your beloved crew mutinies and steals your ship. You then need to go back and build a new ship, which you can defeat your old ship in. It's an innovative game that tests your ability to create almost any spaceship you can imagine and then to defeat your own creations.
As each ship is built from components, so too is the music. There are currently close to 200 components in the game and each component has its own musical motif.
I believe the music system I am using in SDK can be applied to multiple different game styles, in fact, I'm already drawing on what I've created for my next game. In this second part, I will go into the fine detail of how the music system works in SDK.
At the time of writing, SDK is still in production, and therefore so too is the sound and music, however the system is currently functioning quite effectively.
One of the primary goals in creating this music system was to give me more control and also to have something that was incredibly ambitious without requiring ridiculous amounts of programmer time (and as a result money). The entire system as it now stands and works is all driven from a single FMOD Studio Sound Event and 6 parameters. It took our programmer less than two hours to get the entire thing up and running and will only require very small amounts of additional time to hook up additional parameters. THIS is the other aspect of our modern tools that people seem to have missed. A carefully planned and designed project in a quality audio middleware tool can have fantastic levels of complexity and not require hours, days or even weeks of programmer time to implement.
I built this project not only to minimize programmer time, but also to build something that could serve as a template for future projects. This system could easily be used to control pre-recorded musical elements (like a full orchestra), other sample based scores or any combination in between. Even at this stage I am fairly proud of what has been achieved.
I have already discovered that the layering of the instrumental layers and the style of the game means my individual motifs can be much simpler than I originally thought necessary. I "composed" various drum and bass and melodic patterns, but once they were in game I discovered that less notes was indeed, often more effective. Now I can instantly test each new pattern to make sure.
Now let's take a look at the details of how the music is actually assembled within the game. Ships are built by the player in the Shipyard. Each ship can be built from a selection of component types.
I did not want to allocate musical reference for weapons or misc components, and a core is a compulsory component, so the music is divided into instrumental layers depending on the component types.
Then there were the aesthetic groups for components. I allocated instrumental group types to correspond suitably to the look of the components being used.
So the component type defines the instrumental roll and its aesthetic design defines the instrument group type.
The game itself has multiple game states; each one of these is defined within the FMOD Studio project as a parameter value that can be used to change what the music is doing at any time.
The entire system across all levels is quantized so that layers stacked vertically and motifs placed horizontally will force transitions to always occur musically. Currently I have a single theme for Warp, Pre and Post Combat. So the unique themes for ships play in the shipyard and in combat. Scripted events can have flags placed anywhere I may need them so I can control the music in a scripted event to provide a cinematic result tracking time, start and end of specific events and actions and a range of other parameters.
When you develop a new approach to something, generally the process falls into a series of stages. This is both a natural part of trial and error, as well as a way to approach the task while minimising redundancy.
Before I even wrote a note of music, or even considered what instruments I wanted to use, I needed to design a system. I needed a system that would allow me the level of control of the music in the game that I had always wanted. Working on the system, I spent a few months scribbling diagrams on pieces of paper, making rough flow charts of how elements would interact and communicate with other elements. I built simple events within FMOD Studio using just sine wave sounds to test the control. Could I actually achieve the results I needed? I spoke with other audio folk within the industry to get an idea of some of the control systems they had used in games to trigger audio events and if they found one system better than another.
In many ways the biggest problem I had to deal with here was that "I didn't know what I didn't know." It is very difficult to find the answer to a question when you are not even sure what question you should be asking. Creating these test events allowed me to experiment, break things, fail at things and learn slowly exactly what questions I needed to be asking myself.
I think this is the first real benefit to the current generation of audio tools that we sometimes miss. Busy schedules and complex projects often do not allow us the time to sit down and try out new ideas and expand upon our skills. When you are pressed for time, it's only natural to fall back on the skill sets we know and are comfortable with. By trying outrageous ideas directly within the audio tool, I was able to expand my understanding of just exactly what was possible.
In my years as a sound designer, I have always used a variety of control properties to provide greater variation of sounds in game projects. So the sound of a shotgun could be improved by providing a selection of shotgun sound files for random selection, then adding some pitch and volume randomisation to improve on the effect. I had considered applying this to musical content, but pitch shifting would unmusically affect tonal sounds, and volume randomisation would interfere with precise control of dynamics.
I started to play with EQ balancing using a simple 3-band equalizer module to add variety to a sound. So a single violin marcato note could be varied using multiple sound files; but it could have further variation applied by randomizing the exact values of the High, Mid and Low frequencies. Like any sound, the effective range of randomization depends on the sound itself, but I found I was able to achieve a good range of variation using these properties and keep the musicality of the sounds.
In a situation that would have made Howard Florey proud, one of the most significant discoveries I made when experimenting with these ideas was mostly by accident. While testing some drum impact sounds to see what level of variation I could achieve using the 3 -band EQ module I stumbled upon an aspect of control that I had not expected to be possible. I was using a sound file of a single drum strike played at a Fortissimo level. The sound was suitably loud and sharp for a heavy drum impact. While tweaking EQ values however I started to notice that the drum sounded more subdued; not just quieter, but actually as if it had been hit with less force. I continued to work with just this one sound and after several days of tweaking various values, I managed to achieve something that would significantly impact the project I was building.
Using sound files at the highest velocity produced by an instrument and then applying a range of property alterations I was able to produce very convincing results of that instrument note played through the entire dynamic range. So my FF drum strike sound file could be tuned to provide drum strikes at FF, F, MF, MP and P. The significance of this from a memory usage point of view was massive and it opened up many possibilities for the project that I had not previous dreamed of.
The term "Building" is not one often associated with the idea of creating or composing music, but at this stage of the project, building was exactly what I was doing. I needed to further develop the system of how I would create the music for this project. Being able to tune the dynamic range of notes meant that I could create my music right down to individual notes.
So I started to use FMOD Studio essentially as a piano roll sequencer. I used recordings of single notes as my samples, and placed them on the audio tracks aligned to beats and bars exactly as I would in a simple notation program. I was using Studio in a way that no game audio tool had really been designed to operate. At this stage I was still working on proving if this method was valid. I needed to work with the functions available, not all the functions I would have liked to have.
I built musical motifs, and layered different instruments together to create simple themes. The tool's regular functions allowed me to apply effects where needed or automation of properties if I desired, but essentially I was making a template that I would later use to be able to compose music for the project.
I quickly learned that some instrument sounds worked better than others and discovered what extremes of range I could utilize and still maintain a true representation of each instrument.
Eventually, I had enough information to decide on a design for the game itself. As always, the system I had created had limitations. Using samples in FMOD Studio meant I had to build up the sounds I wanted to use. Because of the differences in how much pitch shifting I could use with different instruments found I needed to work out a set of sounds that would work well in the system. When it came to actually writing the music I would compose using these instruments.
Interestingly I had a several audio folk ask me about these limitations. The question was always "But why do you want to limit yourself like that? A true composer should write the music they need or feel and not be limited because of samples." I found this amusing as we ALL are limited as composers ALL the time. There are very few of us that can go out and write for a 150 piece orchestra. Actually there are probably very few of us that could go out and write for a 50 piece orchestra for every project. Time, budget and availability are always limitations for game composers, so sadly I am not likely to have a 100 piece bagpipe ensemble with 400 Tibetan horns for my main theme, fun though it would be. I don't really consider limitations of working in this system any greater to other limitations. I work with what I have available.
One of the other functions that the current series of game audio tools provides is the ability to "nest" an event inside another event. FMOD Studio lets you create an event within another event like this, and it also allows for Events within the main Event browser hierarchy to be dragged into another event to create a parent/child relationship. When you do this, the child is actually a reference event. Any changes to the original reference event in the browser are instantly applied to all instance reference events. You can still make some unique changes to each individual instance object that do not affect other reference events.
I initially suspected that using reference events would be useful for my music system, as I wanted to create multiple layers, but it was not until I started to work with them directly that I understood just how powerful this functionality would be.
To demonstrate this I will explain how "deep" I went with creating my layers. My project was designed so that at the top level, the Music event would define each of the game states, and then at each level downwards there would be further definitions to control the playback.
At each level a relevant Parameter defines exactly which sound files are triggered and the overall selections combine to produce the piece of music required at that stage of the game. Of the eight levels of nesting displayed, here most of them simply define exactly which elements are triggered. The Hull layer combines with five other layers to create the overall theme at any point in time.
Although it is a complex control system, the actual number of sounds being played at any one time is not all that many, so channel allocation on a mobile device has not been a problem.
The benefit of reference events is that if I decided to change the sound file right at the bottom of that 8-level nested hierarchy, any change made to the main Event will instantly propagate across the entire project. This means I can simply swap out a sound file in an event from Taiko to Tabla and instantly audition every rhythmic pattern, motif, theme and musical piece that previously used Taiko and listen to them with a different instrument sound. This is immensely powerful, efficient and I am now starting to think that reference events should become the standard of EVERY audio event used within a game project. They increase the ability of the audio team to significantly edit and alter projects with the minimum of fuss. I will be continuing to assess this idea for future projects, but so far I have found them incredibly useful.
I am still developing both this system and the actual audio for the project itself, and I think there is still a lot to be done. The nested nature of the project means that I cannot utilize FMOD Studio's mixer in the usual way. Although each reference event does exist as an input bus in the Mixer, when the main Music event is triggered it triggers the nested instances of each reference event, so their main input buses will never activate. Thankfully, I have discovered that I can place a Send in each of the nested instances and create a corresponding Return Track in the Mixer, so I will be able to create individual inputs for all 200 components and assign them to group buses for DSP effect efficiency as well as utilising snapshots and sidechains to provide even greater control of the many layers. The obvious one is to channel-duck certain layers when new layers come in, so the victory and defeat layers could reduce the volumes of existing layers automatically.
At all times I will need to be aware of resource usage on the target platforms, but in all honesty this game at a pre-alpha stage is more complete than some projects I have worked on when they were shipped. This is the advantage of using engines such as Unity or UE4 (this game uses Unity) and sound engines such as FMOD, Wwise or Fabric. The game can be running and functioning at a far earlier stage of development which makes everyone's job easier and saves time and money.
This two part series is going to be extended as new issues arise and the project needs to be adapted for various reasons. I think this entire process is worth documenting and as a few problems have come up it is important to write about the bad as well as the good. Stay tuned for more updates us the project continues to develop.


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NY Strong at Virginia USA, Again
This past weekend, two beautifully elegant young women, both former Miss New York contestants, competed in Miss Virginia USA… again! Both have competed at Miss New York, both have competed at Miss Virginia, and last year both of them competed in Miss Virginia USA. Delesia was a Top 12 finalist, and Jamie was 2nd runner up. Both returned this year to try their luck once more at the Miss Virginia USA competition.
Delesia Watson, Miss Louisa USA
Jamie Hughes, Miss Chesapeake USA
Jamie Hughes, grew up in Virginia, where she held both state tile in the United States and International systems, and a Miss America local title. After moving to New York, Jamie competed at the Miss New York pageant as both Miss Liberty (earning the Non-Finalist Evening Gown award) and Miss Crown City (earning a swimsuit preliminary award). Delesia Watson made her debut in Miss New York as the first Miss Bronx to be crowned in the Bronx (earning the Non-Finalist Interview Award). She then returned to Virginia and won the title of Miss Virginia Dogwood, and earned a spot in the Top 11 at Miss Virginia America.
As always, the competition had a preliminary competition where the contestants earned their composite scores in interview, swimwear, and evening gown. On Sunday, when the ladies came back for the final competition, both had earned a spot in the semi-final Top 13.
Desiree Williams, former Miss Virginia 2013 MAO and former Miss National Sweetheart, went home with the Miss Virginia USA title. Delesia Watson earned the 1st Runner Up spot and Hannah Uhlig earned the 2nd Runner Up spot. Delesia also won the Photogenic Award.
New York may no longer be their home, but there is no doubt that once you live in the City of Lights, you are destined to light up your life. Great job, Delesia and Jamie!
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How will Brexit affect the security industry?
It was a monumental decision, and almost certainly a defining moment in Britain's modern history. Although, there's no doubt leaving the EU will have its pros and cons and for the time being, the future remains uncertain, therefore, let us explore how it might affect the security industry in the UK.
While the referendum asked a simple question, its outcome has posed many complex questions about the consequences of Brexit. From its manned guards to the number of suppliers of security equipment based in the UK, Brexit could affect the security industry, although its effect may not be imminent.
Whether you agree with the results of the referendum held on the last June or not, the 'majority' of the British population wanted to leave the European Union. Approximately 52% of the voters decided it would be best for them and their country to leave the European Union.
Most polls by both generalist and specialist trade associations have found a vast majority of firms, large and small, were in favour of remaining in the European Union.
The Treasury's estimate that a Brexit could cause economic damage to the value of 3.4% to 9.5% of GDP by 2030 is far from unreasonable, despite the claims of Brexiteers to the contrary.
It is clearly within the interests of the business community, and the security industry as a major part of this, that we stay within the EU. Doing so will protect our essential trade with other EU nations – countries do more business with economies that are large and close to them – as well as other economies through the EU's trade agreements.
One of the most compelling reasons why Brexit will be an economic disaster for the UK, and a significant disadvantage to the security industry, is the impact that it will have on our service sector. This accounts for 80% of the UK economy and, according to the Barclays Trade Index, should account for half of the UK's exports within a decade.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development figures indicate that the UK is the world's second largest net exporter of services (to the value of 361.7 million USD in 2014), and that services constituted 40% of the UK's exports in 2015.
Most existing trade deals exclude services and the deals with the EU that do so also require free movement of people and common regulations. The UK would need to negotiate access to the European single market for its service industries, whereas EU manufacturers will automatically enjoy virtually unlimited rights to sell whatever they wanted in the UK under global World Trade Organization (WTO) arrangements, underpinned by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
One of the political aims of Brexit was to regain complete control over immigration. A consequence of this is very likely to mean it will become more difficult for people with low skills to come to the UK and work. The UK private security industry is such a low skilled sector and relies significantly upon labour from the EU. Indeed of the 371,266 licenses issued by the SIA, just under 15,000 are to those with EU passports.
Brexit could have a large impact on UK businesses, including the security industry. As part of the EU, companies in the UK can sell goods freely to customers within the EU without having to pay additional taxes to import those goods. Tariffs are also waved under the European Union's free trade agreements. However with the vote to leave the EU and terms of the UK's withdraw still uncertain, the fate of the leading security suppliers in both the UK and Europe fall under question.
While there is the fear that UK could lose its influence on EU legalisation, there is no denying that the working directive, equal pay, maternity rights, TUPE protections, health and safety, public procurement and the right to information and consultation have all come into play thanks to the EU, so should the EU really be who we worry about? Being a reluctant regulator of the security industry, would the Conservative party uphold such regulations or water them down?
Could the UK really negotiate a deal with the EU in which they wouldn't have freedom of movement of labour? While the chance is slim, let's say such a deal has been made for arguments sake. With the UK in complete control of immigration, it would likely be a lot harder for people to enter the UK and work. Statistics show that out of 371,266 licenses issued by the SIA, 15,000 of them are issued to individuals who hold EU passports. Thus, Brexit could mean security industry jobs would become higher in demand, leading to higher pay for those working as door supervisors, security guards, CCTV operators and others professions in the industry.
On the contrary, there is question of whether such a change would further encourage the move to technology based solutions to lower costs, leaving security industry workers in the dust.
All in all, with the security business being a private sector niche, it will be most affected by how CEOs and business leaders in their organisations respond to new employment legislation.
This article has only touched upon the manned guarding sector and there are many other parts of the industry where the implications will be different. Brexit of any kind will, therefore, have significant implications for the private security industry and depending upon future arrangements could lead to a much more regulated sector to a much less.
It really is too early to tell the full effect of Brexit. Only time will tell. However, a smaller available workforce, the devaluation of the GBP, inflation, and the rest of the factors will eventually lead to an increase of prices for the average consumers, but also to an increase of costs for security companies.
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Visa has kicked off the Web advertising portion of its "Life takes Visa" campaign with ads that feature everyday snapshots from Yahoo photo-sharing service Flickr.
The interactive ad campaign, created by San Francisco independent AKQA, includes several banner ad executions with the "Life takes Visa" tagline on shots of everyday life culled from Flickr. AKQA contacted the creators to gain permission to use the photos in the campaign.
In one online ad, "Life Takes Mystery," a headless elementary mascot is pictured next to the school information sign that reads, "Reward. Please return Clifford's head." In another, "Life Takes Participation," someone has scribbled on a stop sign to have it say, "Stop wishing and do."
Visa is the latest advertiser to turn to user-generated media for creative. In late 2004, Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners of Sausalito, Calif., created television spots from user-submitted videos for Converse. More recently, Kao ran a contest for Ban deodorant users to create a print ad.
AKQA also created a Web site for the push, www.lifetakesvisa.com, which features a series of floating snapshots that users can click on to watch several short videos showing themes like courage, teamwork and ambition.
--Brian Morrissey
(Souce: ADWEEK IQ Interactive, Feb. 21, 2006)


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Q: Getting button click event for button inside jquery fancybox When i click the anchor tag,the fancybox gets popup.It contains a textbox and a button.I need to get the click event of button and the text in the textbox.
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        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine" Height="100px" Width="280px"></asp:TextBox>

        <asp:Button ID="Button1" CssClass="btn" runat="server" Text="Ok" OnClick="Button1_Click" />

A: you can use the asp.net button control's OnClientClick property and assign a javascript function.
<asp:button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClientClick="click()" />

Then define a javascript function
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    //do something
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more details here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.button.onclientclick%28v=vs.110%29.aspx


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I graduated with a first class BA (Hons) degree from the University of Liverpool in 2000 and then completed a Masters degree in Ancient Philosophy and Mythology in the Department of Classics, University of Wales, Lampeter in 2002. I obtained my PhD in 2009 from the University of Bristol for my thesis 'The Roles of Divination and Theurgy in the Philosophy of Porphyry and Iamblichus' (under the supervision of Professor Gillian Clark). After teaching for several years at Cardiff University (2009-11) and the University of Wales, Trinity St. David (2011-13), I was appointed as the Classics Centre Co-ordinator (2013-14) for the newly established East End Classics Centre under the aegis of the Capital Classics project, established to encourage and promote the teaching of Classics and related subjects in state schools across East and North London. I then taught at the University of St Andrews (2014-17) and was subsequently appointed as a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow (2018) to work on the AHRC-funded project 'The Reception of Aristotle in Byzantium.' In September 2019, I was appointed as a permanent Lecturer in Classics at UCC.
My research focuses on the connections and intersections between philosophy, religion and culture in the Roman imperial period and late antiquity, with a particular specialisation in the relationship between late antique philosophy (especially metaphysics, epistemology and cosmology) and traditional Graeco-Roman religions. My primary focus is on the roles of oracles and other forms of divination within ancient philosophy (especially the Platonic tradition and Neoplatonism), with a particular specialisation in late antique theurgy, and Mediterranean religious traditions. Another area of specialisation focuses on the roles of women in ancient philosophy and the complex relationship between gender and philosophy. I am also interested in the reception of Homer, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle in the Roman imperial period, late antiquity and Byzantium (especially within the Platonic tradition), and ancient literary theory and book culture, including the history of the book. Finally, I also have a strong interest in approaches and attitudes towards animals, the natural world and the environment in Graeco-Roman philosophy and religious traditions. My research is interdisciplinary, engaging with – and drawing on – philosophical, historical, anthropological, religious studies and postcolonial research and approaches.
(2022) George Pachymeres. Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Critical Edition with Introduction and Translation.
Edited by Sophia Xenophontos. Translated by Sophia Xenophontos and Crystal Addey. (2022) George Pachymeres. Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Critical Edition with Introduction and Translation. Berlin: De Gruyter. [DOI] [Details]
(2014) Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism: Oracles of the Gods.
Addey, Crystal (2014) Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism: Oracles of the Gods. London-New York: Routledge. [Details]
(2022) 'Environmental Perspectives in ancient Greek Philosophy and Religion'
Crystal Addey (2022) 'Environmental Perspectives in ancient Greek Philosophy and Religion' In: Alexander J.B. Hampton and Douglas Hedley (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Diotima, Sosipatra and Hypatia: Methodological Reflections on the Study of Female Philosophers in the Platonic Tradition'
Crystal Addey (2022) 'Diotima, Sosipatra and Hypatia: Methodological Reflections on the Study of Female Philosophers in the Platonic Tradition' In: Jana Schultz and James Wilberding (eds). Women and the Female in Neoplatonism. Leiden-Boston: Brill. [Details]
(2021) 'Divination and Knowledge in ancient Greek and Roman cultures'
Crystal Addey (2021) 'Divination and Knowledge in ancient Greek and Roman cultures' In: Crystal Addey (eds). Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2021) 'Divination and the Kairos in ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture'
Crystal Addey (2021) 'Divination and the Kairos in ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture' In: Crystal Addey (eds). Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2019) 'Oracles of Fire: The Formation and Reception of the Chaldean Oracles'
Crystal Addey (2019) 'Oracles of Fire: The Formation and Reception of the Chaldean Oracles' In: Helmut Seng and Lucia Tissi (eds). Late Antique Oracles in Context: The Fortune and Reception of Oracular Texts in Late Antiquity. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag. [Details]
(2019) 'The Connected Cosmos: Harmony, Cosmology and Theurgy in Neoplatonism'
Crystal Addey (2019) 'The Connected Cosmos: Harmony, Cosmology and Theurgy in Neoplatonism' In: Nicholas Campion (eds). The Harmony Debates. Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. [Details]
(2018) 'Plato's Women Readers'
Addey, Crystal (2018) 'Plato's Women Readers' In: Harold Tarrant, Danielle Layne, Dirk Baltzly and Francois Renaud (eds). Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity. Leiden: Brill. [Details]
(2017) 'Sosipatra: Prophetess, Philosopher and Theurgist: Reflections on Divination and Epistemology in Late Antiquity'
Addey, Crystal (2017) 'Sosipatra: Prophetess, Philosopher and Theurgist: Reflections on Divination and Epistemology in Late Antiquity' In: Richard Evans (eds). Prophets and Profits: Problems in Ancient Divination and its Reception. London-New York: Routledge. [Details]
(2017) 'Dreams, Medicine and Healing in Late Antiquity: Oneiromancy (Dream Divination) in Porphyry's Philosophy from Oracles'
Addey, Crystal (2017) 'Dreams, Medicine and Healing in Late Antiquity: Oneiromancy (Dream Divination) in Porphyry's Philosophy from Oracles' In: Edrisi Fernandes and Carlos Luciano Silva Cortinha (eds). Cura e encantamento: rito, mito e psicologia. Brazil: Tanto Mar Editores. [Details]
(2014) 'The daimonion of Socrates: Daimones and Divination in Neoplatonism'
Addey, Crystal (2014) 'The daimonion of Socrates: Daimones and Divination in Neoplatonism' In: Harold Tarrant and Danielle Layne (eds). The Neoplatonic Socrates: Essays in Late Antiquity and the Reception of Socrates. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. [Details]
(2013) 'Ecstasy between Divine and Human: Reassessing Agency in Iamblichean Divination and Theurgy'
Addey, Crystal (2013) 'Ecstasy between Divine and Human: Reassessing Agency in Iamblichean Divination and Theurgy' In: John F. Finamore and John Philips (eds). Literary, Philosophical and Religious Studies in the Platonic Tradition. Bonn: Academia Verlag. [Details]
(2013) 'In the Light of the Sphere: The Vehicle of the Soul and Subtle Body Practices in Neoplatonism'
Addey, Crystal (2013) 'In the Light of the Sphere: The Vehicle of the Soul and Subtle Body Practices in Neoplatonism' In: Geoffrey Samuel and Jay Johnston (eds). Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body. London-New York: Routledge. [Details]
(2012) 'The Role of Divine Providence, Will and Love in Iamblichus' Theory of Prayer and Religious Invocation'
Addey, Crystal (2012) 'The Role of Divine Providence, Will and Love in Iamblichus' Theory of Prayer and Religious Invocation' In: Eugene Afonasin, John Dillon and John Finamore (eds). Iamblichus and the Foundations of Late Platonism. Leiden: Brill. [DOI] [Details]
(2011) 'Assuming the Mantle of the Gods: 'Unknowable' Names and Invocations in Late Antique Theurgic Ritual'
Addey, Crystal (2011) 'Assuming the Mantle of the Gods: 'Unknowable' Names and Invocations in Late Antique Theurgic Ritual' In: André Lardinois, Josine Blok and M.G.M. van der Poel (eds). Sacred Words: Orality, Literacy and Religion. Leiden: Brill. [DOI] [Details]
(2010) 'Monotheism, Henotheism and Polytheism in Porphyry's Philosophy from Oracles'
Addey, Crystal (2010) 'Monotheism, Henotheism and Polytheism in Porphyry's Philosophy from Oracles' In: Stephen Mitchell and Peter Van Nuffelen (eds). Monotheism Between Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity. Leuven: Peeters. [Details]
(2010) 'Divine Possession and Divination in the Graeco-Roman World: The Evidence from Iamblichus' On the Mysteries'
Addey, Crystal (2010) 'Divine Possession and Divination in the Graeco-Roman World: The Evidence from Iamblichus' On the Mysteries' In: Bettina E. Schmidt and Lucy Huskinson (eds). Spirit Possession and Trance: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives. London: Continuum. [Details]
(2007) 'Oracles, Dreams and Astrology in Iamblichus' De Mysteriis'
Addey, Crystal (2007) 'Oracles, Dreams and Astrology in Iamblichus' De Mysteriis' In: Angela Voss and Patrick Curry (eds). Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays on Astrology and Divination. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. [Details]
(2007) 'Consulting the Oracle: The Mantic Art and its Causation in Iamblichus' De Mysteriis'
Addey, Crystal (2007) 'Consulting the Oracle: The Mantic Art and its Causation in Iamblichus' De Mysteriis' In: John F. Finamore and Robert Berchman (eds). Metaphysical Patterns in Platonism: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Modern Times. New Orleans: University Press of the South. [Details]
(2007) 'Mirrors and Divination: Catoptromancy, Oracles and Earth Goddesses in Antiquity'
Addey, Crystal (2007) 'Mirrors and Divination: Catoptromancy, Oracles and Earth Goddesses in Antiquity' In: Miranda Anderson (eds). The Book of the Mirror: An Interdisciplinary Collection exploring the Cultural Story of the Mirror. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. [Details]
(2021) Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Crystal Addey (Ed.). (2021) Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity London: Routledge. [Details]
(2012) 'Oracles of Orpheus? The Orphic Gold Tablets'
Crystal Addey (2012) 'Oracles of Orpheus? The Orphic Gold Tablets'. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, :115-127 [DOI] [Details]
(2007) 'Oracles, Religious Practices and Philosophy in Late Neoplatonism'
Crystal Addey (2007) 'Oracles, Religious Practices and Philosophy in Late Neoplatonism'. Practical Philosophy: The British Journal of Philosophical Practice, 8 (2):31-35 [Details]
(2020) Review of Neoplatonic Demons and Angels. Edited by Luc Brisson, Seamus O'Neill and Andrei Timotin. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2018.
Crystal Addey (2020) Review of Neoplatonic Demons and Angels. Edited by Luc Brisson, Seamus O'Neill and Andrei Timotin. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2018. Leiden-Boston: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2019) Review of E.G. Simonetti, A Perfect Medium? Oracular Divination in the Thought of Plutarch, Leuven 2017.
Crystal Addey (2019) Review of E.G. Simonetti, A Perfect Medium? Oracular Divination in the Thought of Plutarch, Leuven 2017. Book Reviews [Details]
(2015) Review of G. Casadio and P.A. Johnson (eds), Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia, Austin 2009.
Crystal Addey (2015) Review of G. Casadio and P.A. Johnson (eds), Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia, Austin 2009. Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2013) Ancient Oracles: Review of R. Stoneman, The Ancient Oracles: Making the Gods Speak, New Haven and London 2011.
Crystal Addey (2013) Ancient Oracles: Review of R. Stoneman, The Ancient Oracles: Making the Gods Speak, New Haven and London 2011. Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2011) Review of J.M. Dillon and W. Polleichtner (eds), Iamblichus of Chalcis: The Letters, Atlanta 2009.
Crystal Addey (2011) Review of J.M. Dillon and W. Polleichtner (eds), Iamblichus of Chalcis: The Letters, Atlanta 2009. Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2011) Review of S. Mitchell and P. Van Nuffelen (eds), One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire, Cambridge 2010.
Crystal Addey (2011) Review of S. Mitchell and P. Van Nuffelen (eds), One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire, Cambridge 2010. Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2008) Review of K. Corrigan and J. Turner, Platonisms: Ancient, Modern and Postmodern, Leiden 2007.
Crystal Addey (2008) Review of K. Corrigan and J. Turner, Platonisms: Ancient, Modern and Postmodern, Leiden 2007. Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2007) Review of A. Busine, Paroles d'Apollon: Pratiques et traditions oraculaires dans l'Antiquité tardive (IIe - VIe siècles), Leiden 2005.
Addey, Crystal (2007) Review of A. Busine, Paroles d'Apollon: Pratiques et traditions oraculaires dans l'Antiquité tardive (IIe - VIe siècles), Leiden 2005. Book Reviews [Details]
(2017) Sosipatra.
Addey, Crystal and Regina Fichera (2017) Sosipatra. Oxford-New York: Bibliography [Details]
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2017 Honorary Research Fellow School of Classics, University of St Andrews
International Society for Neoplatonic Studies Member of the Board of Directors /
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Centre for Late Antique Studies, University of St Andrews Member /
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My teaching interests include ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, religions (especially oracles and divination) and magic, ancient Mediterranean religious traditions, religions in late antiquity, the roles of women in ancient philosophy, gender and philosophy, approaches towards animals, the natural world and the environment in Graeco-Roman philosophy, religions and culture, the reception of Homer and Greek literature in late antiquity, the reception of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle in late antiquity, ancient literary theory and book-culture, especially the history of the book, the history of philosophy and the history of religions.
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INEC begins migration to electronic voting
Ahmad Adebowale 28 September 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced replacing manual voting with automated voting system.
INEC National Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood, disclosed this on Monday.
He assured Commission has taken another decisive step towards the full automation of the electoral process.
According to him, INEC has invited manufacturers of electronic voting machines around the world to practically demonstrate how the machines work, preparatory to full migration.
He said: "After extensive discussion and review, the Commission took the decision to invite original manufacturers of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) around the world for a virtual or practical demonstration of the machine.
"Over the years, the Commission has been automating the critical pillars of the process.
"The biometric register of voters has been updated continuously. At the moment, the INEC register of voters is the largest data base of citizens in Nigeria.
"In addition, the combination of biometric voters' cards commonly known as the Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) and the Smart Card Reader (SCR) have revolutionised the accreditation of voters during elections.
"More recently, the introduction of a number of portals has facilitated the seamless nomination of candidates for elective offices by political parties as well as the accreditation of observers and the media.
"Most significantly, the Commission now uploads polling unit level results in real-time on Election Day to a portal for public view.
"These are significant innovations that have deepened the transparency and credibility of elections and the electoral process in Nigeria.
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Deduce sentence example
Locke, however, fails to " deduce " his categories.
It is easy to deduce the modes of vibration from stationary waves as in the previous cases.
I can only applaud this man's ability to deduce.
The first deals with the prehistoric period of the world, before the rise of religion; the second was to be an endeavour to deduce a universal law from known historical facts; the third to sketch the ultimate state of perfection to which humanity is moving.
From motion he proceeds to deduce time, space and the categories of mechanics and natural science.
He attempted to deduce the existence of spirit, apart from, and yet entering from time to time into connexion with, the phenomena of the senses, by an examination of the relation between the ego of thought and the age of sensible experience as understood by Kant.
More mature Geminis have learned how to use their analytical mind to deduce the right course of action.
You can, however, deduce it fairly easily if you know the mechanism for the addition of pure bromine.
You can work out much of these from judicious sniffing of traffic on the network; others you can deduce with some simple heuristics.
In the case of solids we may determine the volume in some cases by direct measurement - this gives at the best a very rough and ready value; a better method is to immerse the body in a fluid (in which it must sink and be insoluble) contained in a graduated glass, and to deduce its volume from the height to which the liquid rises.
In both classes, accepted tradition (written or oral) was reinterpreted in order to justify or to deduce new teaching (in its widest sense), to connect the present with a hallowed past, and to be a guide for the future; and the prevalence of this process, the innumerable different examples of its working, and the particular application of the term Midrash to an important section of Rabbinical literature complicates both the study of the subject and any attempt to treat it concisely.'
Hence Schelling objected to the Hegelian dialectic on the ground that, although reason by itself can apprehend notions or essences, and even that of God, it cannot deduce a priori the existence either of God or of Nature, for the apprehension of which experience is required.
It is likely that man began with particular inference and with particular language; and that, gradually generalizing thought and language, he learnt at last to think and say " all," to infer universally, to induce and deduce, to reason, in short, and raise himself above other animals.
Every orbit must clearly have a hodograph, and, conversely, every hodograph a corresponding orbit; and, theoretically speaking, it is possible to deduce the one from the other, having given the other circumstances of the motion.
The value of the specific heat s at constant volume can also be measured in a few cases, but it is generally necessary to deduce it from that at constant pressure, by means of relation (6).
He was a man of science - one who by the vigorous study of his subject matter sought from that subjectmatter itself to deduce laws.
The vibrations of certain sources of sound may be represented, at least as a first approximation, as consisting of stationary waves, and from a consideration of the rate of propagation of waves along these sources we can deduce their frequency when we know their length.
We shall deduce the modes of vibration of the air column in a cylindrical pipe from the consideration that the air in motion within the pipe forms some part of a system of stationary waves, one train being formed by the exciter of the disturbance, and the other being formed by the reflection of the train at the end of the pipe.
The function of Naturphilosophie is to exhibit the ideal as springing from the real, not to deduce the real from the ideal.
Before we deduce results from such abstract ideas as cause, substance, matter, we must ask what in reality do these mean - what is the actual content of consciousness which corresponds to these words?
By imagining that a dilute solution is put through a thermodynamic cycle we may deduce directly relations between its osmotic pressure and its freezing point.
The result is that both Sigwart and Wundt transform the inductive process of adducing particular examples to induce a universal law into a deductive process of presupposing a universal law as a ground to deduce particular consequences.
A similar method of calculation might be applied to deduce the thermodynamical properties of other vapours, but the required experimental data are in most cases very imperfect or even entirely wanting.
We can hence deduce the condition of steady precessional motion in a top. A solid of revolution is supposed to be free to turn about a fixed point 0 on its axis of symmetry, its masscentre G being in this axis at a distance h from 0.
It is usefu in practice, by enabling the engineer easily to deduce the condition of equilibrium and stability of structures of complex and unsym metrical figures from those of structures of simple and symnietrica figures.
In the absence of a religious census it is not possible to deduce from statistics supplied by the churches themselves any trustworthy conclusion as to the percentage of the population adhering to each church.
Starting from the fact that if an electrified globe, placed within two hemispheres which fit over it without touching, is brought in contact with these hemispheres, it gives up the whole of its charge to them - in other words, that the charge on an electrified body is wholly on the surface - he was able to deduce by most ingenious reasoning the law that electric force varies inversely as the square of the distance.
Nothing is more remarkable in the history of discovery than the manner in which Ampere seized upon the right clue which enabled him to disentangle the complicated phenomena of electrodynamics and to deduce them all as a consequence of one simple fundamental law, which occupies in electrodynamics the position of the Newtonian law of gravitation in physical astronomy.
Before going further we may deduce from equation 9 the nature of all the figures of revolution which a liquid film can assume.
Thirdly, it is objected that in order to deduce the conditioned, Cousin makes his absolute a relative; for he makes it an absolute cause, i.e.
But in spite of the intense conviction with which he thus identified metaphysical speculation and practical wisdom, we find in his writings no serious attempt to deduce the particulars of human well-being from his knowledge of absolute good, still less to unfold from it the particular cognitions of the special arts and sciences.
It remains to consider how, from the doctrine that affection is the proper object of approbation, we are to deduce moral rules or " natural laws " prescribing or prohibiting outward acts.
Spencer looked to ideas derived from the biological sciences to provide a solution of all the enigmas of morality, as of most other departments of life; and he conceived it " to be the business of moral science to deduce from the laws of life and the conditions of existence what kinds of action necessarily tend to produce happiness and what kinds to produce unhappiness."
Bossert was enabled to deduce 2675 proper motions, published at Paris in four successive memoirs, 1887-1902; and the sum-total of those ascertained probably now exceeds 6000.
He assails them on twenty points of their mixed physical and metaphysical peripateticism, from the statement of which, in spite of his pretended scepticism, we can deduce some very positive metaphysical opinions of his own.
From the Fraunhofer formula I =X/n sin a one can immediately deduce the limit to the diffraction constant I, so that the banding by an objective of fixed numerical aperture can be perceived.
What then may we logically deduce from this state of affairs?
From this we deduce for the charge p per cubic centimetre (I/41r)Xio-5 (volt/cm 2), or 2.7 X 101 electrostatic units.
Holfmann, from observations on the amplitude of saturation currents, deduce q =4 as a mean value.
They are agreed, however, in the rejection, on the one hand, of of the subjectivist logic with its intrinsic implication that knowledge veils rather than reveals the real world, and, on the other hand, of the logic of the speculative construction with its pretension to " deduce," to determine, and finally at once to cancel and conserve any antithesis in its all-embracing dialectic. They agree, then, in a maintenance of the critical point of view, while all alike recognize the necessity of bringing the thoughtfunction in knowledge into more intimate relation with its " other " than Kant had done, by means of some formula of correlation or parallelism.
Based on figures at the end of 2004, we can deduce that the Xbox reached around twenty million.
Using what you deduce from these clues, you can hold the control key and click on weapons or people to delete them from a room.
Using what you can deduce from these clues, you can hold the control key and click on weapons or people to delete them from a room.
No studies have been able to deduce definitively any kind of neurological basis for the syndrome.
He began to deduce that the magnetron had caused the candy bar to melt and to test his theory he tried out some popcorn.
Though researchers struggle to understand just how protein helps control hunger, they deduce it may be due to the brain receiving lower levels of appetite stimulating hormones when more protein is consumed.
As you may deduce by the prefix "un" the Unseelie Court includes fairies who, unlike the Seelie Court fairies, are nasty toward humans.
Friar Odoric was despatched to the East, where a remarkable extension of missionary action was then taking place, about 1316-1318, and did not return till the end of 1329 or beginning of 1330; but, as regards intermediate dates, all that we can deduce from his narrative or other evidence is that he was in western India soon after 1321 (pretty certainly in 1322) and that he spent three years in China between the opening of 1323 and the close of 1328.
Finally, Schopenhauer's voluntarism has had a profound effect on psychology inside and outside Germany, and to a less degree produced attempts to deduce from voluntaristic psychology new systems of voluntaristic metaphysics, such as those of Paulsen and Wundt.
Hence if the readings of the verniers on the azimuth circle are made when the transit is observed we can deduce the reading corresponding to the geographical meridian.
The conceptions of osmotic pressure and ideal semi-permeable membranes enable us to deduce other thermodynamic relations between the different properties of solutions.
For only 88 of them has it been possible as yet to deduce a period, and at least half even of these periods are very doubtful.
The radical thought of this movement was voiced in the demand of Reinhold 2 that philosophy should " deduce " it all from a single principle and by a single method.
By assuming suitable forms of the characteristic equation to represent the variations of the specific volume within certain limits of pressure and temperature, we may therefore with propriety deduce equations to represent the saturation-pressure, which will certainly be thermodynamically consistent, and will probably give correct numerical results within the assigned limits.
But in order to deduce the values of c by the Joule-Thomson method, it is necessary to assume an empirical formula, and the type c=co(6019) n is chosen as being the simplest.
But in any case it is characteristic of theosophy that it starts with an explication of the Divine essence, and endeavours to deduce the phenomenal universe from the play of forces within the Divine nature itself.
Various attempts have also been made to deduce these laws from particular hypotheses as to the action between the molecules of the elastic substance.
The second part endeavours to deduce the facts of the elasticity of a finite portion of the substance from hypotheses as to the motion of its constituent molecules and the forces acting between them.
In like manner we may by experiment ascertain the general fact that the surface of a liquid is in a state of tension similar to that of a membrane stretched equally in all directions, and prove that this tension depends only on the nature and temperature of the liquid and not on its form, and from this as a secondary physical principle we may deduce all the phenomena of capillary action.
The next step is to deduce this surface-tension from a hypothesis as to the molecular constitution of the liquid and of the bodies that surround it.
He also observed the constancy of the angle of contact of a liquid surface with a solid, and showed how from these two principles to deduce the phenomena of capillary action.
Having applied the secondary principle of surface-tension to the various particular cases of capillary action, Young proceeded to deduce this surface-tension from ulterior principles.
When chemical change is expressed with the aid of molecular formulae not only is the distribution of weight represented, but by the mere inspection of the symbols it is possible to deduce from the law of gaseous combination mentioned above, the relative volumes which the agents and resultants occupy in the state of gas if measured at the same temperature and under the same pressure.
Whether we should deduce from its common occurrence in Babylonia the existence of an Elamite population there in early times, later displaced by the Sumerians, we do not know.
Thus from P+Q - R+S=T we deduce P+(Q - R+S)=P+(T - P).
His principal discovery is concerned with equations, which he showed to be derived from the continued multiplication of as many simple factors as the highest power of the unknown, and he was thus enabled to deduce relations between the coefficients and various functions of the roots.
In the last resort, therefore, Spencer fails to deduce philosophically not only the necessity of progress, but also its compatibility with the evolution-dissolution oscillation, and even the general possibility of conceiving the world as a process.
But if complete, this Wissenschaftslehre must be able to deduce the whole organism of cognition from certain fundamental axioms, themselves unproved and incapable of proof; only thus can we have a system of reason.
Descartes's own attempts to deduce the different qualities and actions of bodies in this way are not of much value.
Both, however, used this influence freely; and, whereas Lotze used the Leibnitzian argument from indivisibility to deduce indivisible elements and souls, Fechner used the Leibnitzian hypotheses of universal perception and parallelism of motions and perceptions, in the light of the .Schellingian identification of physical and psychical, to evolve a world-view (Weltansicht) containing something which was neither Leibnitz nor Schelling.
Having thus confused contradiction and difference, independence and solitariness, experience and inference, Bradley is able to deduce finally that reality is not different substances, experienced and inferred, as Aristotle thought it, but is one absolute super-personal experience, to which the socalled plurality of things, including all bodies, all souls, and even a personal God, is appearance - an appearance, as ordinarily understood, self-contradictory, but, as appearing to one spiritual reality, somehow reconciled.
After an analysis of the religious consciousness, which yields the doctrine of an absolute personal and spiritual God, Rothe proceeds to deduce from his idea of God the process and history of creative development, which is eternally proceeding and bringing forth, as its unending purpose, worlds of spirits, partially self-creative and sharing the absolute personality of the Creator.
Birkeland (19), who has made a special study of magnetic disturbances in the Arctic, proceeding on the hypothesis that they arise from electric currents in the atmosphere, and who has thence attempted to deduce the position and intensity of these currents, asserts that whilst in the case of many storms the data were insufficient, when it was possible to fix the position of the mean line of flow of the hypothetical current relatively to an auroral arc, he invariably found the directions coincident or nearly so.
Indeed, we often induce in order to deduce, ascending from particular to universal and descending from universal to particular in one act as it were; so that we may proceed either directly from particular to particular by analogical inference, or indirectly from particular through universal to particular by an inductivedeductive inference which might be called " perduction."
All M is P. Proceeding from one order to the other, by converting one of the premises, and substituting the conclusion as premise for the other premise, so as to deduce the latter as conclusion, is what he calls circular inference; and he remarked that the process is fallacious unless it contains propositions which are convertible, as in mathematical equations.
Deduction is analysis when it is regressive from consequence to real ground, as when we start from the proposition that the angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles and deduce analytically that therefore (i) they are equal to equal angles made by a straight line standing on another straight line, and (2) such equal angles are two right angles.
Deduction is synthesis when it is progressive from real ground to consequence, as when we start from these two results of analysis as principles and deduce synthetically the proposition that therefore the angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles, in the order familiar to the student of Euclid.
Really, we first experience that particular causes have particular effects; then induce that causes similar to those have effects similar to these; finally, deduce that when a particular cause of the kind occurs it has a particular effect of the kind by synthetic deduction, and that when a particular effect of the kind occurs it has a particular cause of the kind by analytic deduction with a convertible premise, as when Newton from planetary motions, like terrestrial motions, analytically deduced a centripetal force to the sun like centripetal forces to the earth.
Coulomb, 2 however, by using long and thin steel rods, symmetrically magnetized, and so arranged that disturbing influences became negligibly small, was enabled to deduce from his experiments with reasonable certainty the law that the force of attraction or repulsion between two poles varies inversely as the square of the distance between them.
He attempts to grasp the national character as a whole, and thence to deduce practical conclusions.
We shall then show that on certain limitations two trains of disturbance may be superposed so that stationary waves may be formed, and thence we shall deduce the modes of vibration as with pipes.
It is not possible to deduce a more satisfactory value from the latent heat and the change of density, because these constants are very difficult to determine.
Newton did indeed first show synthetically what kind of motions by mechanical laws have their ground in a centripetal force varying inversely as the square of the distance (all P is M); but his next step was, not to deduce synthetically the planetary motions, but to make a new start from the planetary motions as facts established by Kepler's laws and as examples of the kind of motions in question (all S is P); and then, by combining these two premises, one mechanical and the other astronomical, he analytically deduced that these facts of planetary motion have their ground in a centripetal force varying inversely as the squares of the distances of the planets from the sun (all S is M).
Since the induction B is equal to H 47rI, it is easy from the results of experiments such as that just described to deduce the relation between B and H; a curve indicating such relation is called a curve of induction.
From this we can deduce successively X - 3s.= 26s., X= 29s.
Recently Hermann Walther Nernst has been able to deduce the transitionpoint in the case of sulphur from the specific heat and the heat developed in the transition only.
This principle he endeavoured to deduce from his knowledge of geology, in contrast to Lorenz Oken, who developed the same theory on biological grounds.
The more logical method of procedure is to determine the specific heat independently of the total heat, and then to deduce the variations of total heat by equation (52).
Comte Joseph Louis Lagrange
Every branch of mathematics was enriched by the contributions of the Italian-born French mathematician Comte Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736-1813). He is best known for his analytical formulations of the calculus of variations and mechanics.
The French physiologist Claude Bernard (1813-1878) originated the experimental approach to medicine and established general physiology as a distinct discipline.
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However, one thing to bear in mind is grout lines as these will make an impact on the final result and whether the space will look smaller or larger. The more grout lines you have, the busier your wall or floor will look and this may have a tendency to make a smaller space look even more restricted. It may be good to go with a medium sized tile instead to reduce that grid-like appearance that results from grout lines and give the illusion of a larger space.
On the other hand a smaller bathroom for instance, might have some difficult angles which means, practically speaking, a larger tile is going to need more cuts to fit around those items. If the toilet is located quite close to the shower, for instance, those tiles running along both may require more work than using a smaller tile that will fit better around them.
One thing that will make a room look larger is to use a grout colour that is similar to the colour of the tiles. This will then make that grid appear less noticable and the tiles will look more seamless.
One area you can usually get away with smaller tiles is inside a shower cubicle. More grout lines actually mean better traction and less slipping so choosing a small or mosaic tile for this area with a larger tile in the rest of the space is a good idea.
Bear in mind as well, the more different sizes used within a space, the busier and therefore more compact it will look. So if your looking to visually expand a space, use a single style and size. Remember that tiles for the floor can be used just as easily on a feature wall.
Consider as well the placement of your tiles. If you lay tiles diagonally on the floor rather than in a grid pattern, the eye will be fooled into thinking it's a larger area simply by the play of perspective on our eyes. The busier and smaller the pattern, for instance in a weave or thatch pattern. can make a room look visually smaller. Lay rectangular tiles opposite to a rectangular room's shape. So a narrow room will look larger with the long side of the rectangle running perpendicular to the longest walls.
While sizes play a role, obviously also consider the colour and finish of your tiles in terms of how they will expand or contract in a space. Lighter colours and reflective glossy surfaces will make the most of whatever light there is and will thus make a space look bigger. Darker colours and matt finishes, while very trendy, can visually make for a smaller looking space. Not that there's anything wrong with dark, dramatic spaces but if you are trying to make it look bigger, this might not be the best bet.
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"Long Live" is the final track off of her third studio album, Speak Now. The Target deluxe edition continues with extra tracks on the extra DVD.
This song was written by Taylor Swift, for her fans. She wanted to encompass how she felt, looking out into crowds of her fans, and wanted to create a song that her fans could treasure just as much as her, so everyone could all remember the memories.
A remix featuring Paula Fernandes was released to Brazilian audiences in 2012, as she had remixed the entire album. It reached number 5 on Brazil's Hot 100 and would later have an official music video.
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How law and order policies save American lives in the Trump era
By Madison Gesiotto, opinion contributor — 10/07/19 06:00 PM EDT
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The policies of President Trump Donald John TrumpLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Saudi Arabia paid 0 million for cost of US troops in area Parnas claims ex-Trump attorney visited him in jail, asked him to sacrifice himself for president MORE are saving lives. The murder rate in the United States fell by 6.8 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to recent data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This means more than 1,000 fewer Americans died from homicide in the first full year of President Trump than in the last full year of President Obama.
But the sharp decline in murders is just part of this encouraging news. The destructive crime wave that first materialized in 2014 is finally receding, with the overall violent crime rate shrinking by 3.9 percent last year. Notably, the two categories with the largest decreases were robbery and burglary, indicating that the abundance of opportunity in the economy is likely making people safer as well as more prosperous.
Make no mistake, this sizable reduction in crime is no coincidence. It is a result of the multifaceted approach that this administration has taken on criminal justice reform, which involves empathetic efforts to tackle the root causes of crime and pragmatic measures to ensure that police officers are able to do their jobs safely and efficiently.
In stark contrast to his predecessor, for instance, President Trump has openly praised our brave men and women in blue, providing all our law enforcement officers the critical support and protection they need to keep American communities safe. That sort of presidential encouragement was sorely lacking under President Obama, who praised groups such as Black Lives Matter and even turned a blind eye to the spate of police killings that took place during the final years of his administration.
President Trump pledged "to restore law and order and justice for all Americans," adding that he firmly stands with the families of police officers killed in the line of duty. Since then, he has faithfully kept his promise to law enforcement. Soon after taking office, he signed an executive order designed to prevent violence against law enforcement officers by developing strategies to combat crime against police and pursuing new legislation to enhance the penalties for committing horrible acts of violence against law enforcement officers.
President Trump has also issued executive orders to strengthen our immigration system by improving the screening and vetting protocols of our refugee program to ensure that we detect potential criminals before they enter the country. He overcame Democratic obstruction in Congress to secure funding for construction of new physical barriers along the southern border, a vital part of his strategy to combat human smuggling and drug trafficking operations that exploit our weak immigration laws, as well as the violent gangs that terrorize our communities. The Supreme Court has upheld that action, and there will be about 450 miles of new border wall constructed by the end of next year.
Those are all good reasons to expect further reductions in violent crime moving forward, but they only represent one side of the coin. In addition to strengthening the capabilities of law enforcement, President Trump recently renovated our entire criminal justice system through bipartisan legislation, correcting many long standing inequities with the most ambitious prison reform package in generations.
The First Step Act, enacted this year, aims to reduce recidivism by better preparing nonviolent offenders for life after prison through programs that teach important skills to enable former inmates to provide for themselves without returning to crime. The legislation also reformed outdated federal sentencing guidelines that disproportionately affected minorities and created a pathway to earlier release for inmates who have demonstrated good behavior and a genuine desire to reform.
All this has had a tremendous impact on the African American community. Historically, blacks have been disproportionately impacted by violent crime. In 2015, for instance, African Americans accounted for 51 percent of all homicide victims despite constituting just 13 percent of the national population. By dramatically lowering the murder rate, President Trump is saving hundreds of black lives across the country.
When Donald Trump promised to be the "law and order" candidate, he vowed to set forth a strategy that would significantly reduce violence and crime. By keeping his word, he has been saving thousands of American lives, a trend that will continue under his leadership and with his ongoing support for law enforcement in the United States.
Madison Gesiotto is an attorney and a commentator who serves with the advisory board of the Donald Trump campaign. She was an inauguration spokesperson and former Miss Ohio. She is on Twitter @MadisonGesiotto.
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Human Trafficking Forum At UM Provides A Public Health Approach To The Issue
By Alyssa Mendez Batista • Dec 10, 2015
Originally published on December 10, 2015 11:50 am
The University of Miami held a public forum on Tuesday about human trafficking in the United States.
Survivors, researchers and government officials were there. Part of the discussion was about treating human trafficking as a public health issue. The idea is to encourage medical and community involvement to identify possible victims.
Heidi Schaeffer is an internal medicine specialist. Throughout her practice, she has treated a lot of victims of sexual and labor exploitation. "Human trafficking is by far the No. 1 epidemic in this country," Schaeffer says.
On the examination table, doctors can identify possible victims if they present one or some of these characteristics. Schaeffer says for example:
"On sex trafficking, we can see girls or boys that have STDs at a very early age; multiple pregnancies in teenagers; defensive wounds or traumas, especially in the genital area, and a lot of branding and tattoos that usually contain the name of the pimp in a visible location because these boys or girls belong to that pimp and they want everyone else to know that."
Linda Geller-Schwartz is a state policy advocate with the National Council of Jewish Women. She says
that human trafficking is a particularly big problem in this state. "Well, we do know that Florida is a state with the third most prevalent level of human trafficking and we know that South Florida is second in the state in terms of regions so we know that is a problem."
Geller-Schwartz says legislation about the problem is on the way to Florida's House and Senate for this coming session. "There's a new bill coming to ensure that our doctors are trained to recognize human trafficking when they see it. So it will be another preventative measure that's very important."
Another reason for the forum was to join forces in order to gather better statistical data about human trafficking in Florida and the rest of the United States.
Katherine Chon is director of the Office on Trafficking Persons, Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Chon says that "21,000 cases of human trafficking have been reported through the National Human Trafficking Resource Center." She also mentions that 5,000 of those cases are from the 2014 fiscal year alone.
"This is a health crisis, this is a public health issue," says Katariina Rosenblatt, founder of There is Hope for Me and a survivor of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Rosenblatt was exposed to having her body sold for money on separate instances between the ages of 13 and 17.
Rosenblatt says she has lost friends from having contracted STDs due to having sex against their will. "If I would have been educated in my school system, that scare would have been prevented, those friends would still be living," Rosenblatt says. Her foundation has helped rescue more than 300 girls across Florida, especially in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. "I rescue girls out of sex trafficking and provide them with leadership skills so they can help others."
Sandy Skelaney is an adjunct professor at Florida International University who teaches students about sex trafficking. Skelaney says that within this topic there is a general "creation of faulty stereotypes [of trafficking victims]... so that people can get angry on the issue to be onboard with all of the actions to combat trafficking." She has also helped rescue female victims in Miami between the ages of 11 and 18 from human trafficking.
She says that having this public forum on human trafficking with a public health approach moves into addressing "the root causes of this issue and how do we transform our community approach to be able to address people that are at risk early on and solving these issues within [the community]."
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'Glitch Bill' To Help Young Sex Trafficking Victims Passes First House Panel
By Sascha Cordner • Dec 3, 2015
A bill building on reforms to help young sex trafficking victims passed its first House panel Wednesday. The so-called glitch bill seeks to prevent further victims from being charged.
Stakeholders Highlight Human Trafficking Fight At Summit
By Daylina Miller • Oct 29, 2015
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a Human trafficking Summit thursday that victims often fear reporting abuse for fear of repercussion from captors. She said she doesn't want immigration status to be another deterrent.
A two-day summit aimed at continuing the fight against human trafficking in Florida kicked off Thursday morning at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Orlando Nonprofit To Roll Out App To Combat Human Trafficking
By Crystal Chavez of WMFE • Sep 29, 2015
An Orlando non-profit will soon roll out a gaming app to fight human trafficking. The free app is to provide awareness and prevention of this crime to middle and high school students.
Program Helping Trafficking Survivors Get Life Back
By Crystal Chavez • Sep 29, 2015
In the shadow of the Sunshine State's tourism industry, people are suffering through modern day slavery.
Churches, law enforcement, hospitals and other organizations are joining forces to combat human trafficking through the Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force.
The area is a sex trafficking hub because of all of the visitors coming in and out year round, said Sarah Webb, with the Victim Service Center of Central Florida.
New Laws Tackle 'Cyberharassment,' Sex Trafficking
By Jim Turner of the News Service of Florida • Sep 28, 2015
It will be illegal to post sexually explicit material without the knowledge of people identified in the images, and criminal penalties will increase to try to help curb sex trafficking, as 27 new Florida laws hit the books Thursday.


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HISTORY® premieres "Roots" on Memorial Day 2016, airing over four consecutive nights at 9 p.m. beginning Monday, May 30, it was announced today by Paul Buccieri, President of A&E and HISTORY. The four-night, eight-hour event series developed by HISTORY, from A+E Studios, is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family and their will to survive and ultimately carry on their legacy despite hardship.
The stellar cast includes Academy Award® winners Forest Whitaker ("Fiddler") and Anna Paquin ("Nancy Holt"); Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award® winner Laurence Fishburne ("Alex Haley"); Golden Globe Award® winning and Emmy Award® nominated actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers ("Tom Lea"); Tony Award® winner Anika Noni Rose ("Kizzy"); Grammy Award® winner Tip "T.I." Harris ("Cyrus"); Chad L. Coleman ("Mingo"); Emayatzy Corinealdi ("Belle"); Matthew Goode ("Dr. William Waller"); Derek Luke ("Silla Ba Dibba"); Mekhi Phifer ("Jerusalem"); James Purefoy ("John Waller"); Erica Tazel ("Matilda") and introduces Regé-Jean Page ("Chicken George") and Malachi Kirby ("Kunta Kinte").
"'Roots' will allow new audiences to experience this epic family saga with a new vision that is both inspiring and tremendously entertaining," said Buccieri. "We are proud that HISTORY will be able to bring new life to this powerful story that remains as important today as it did when the original 'Roots' first premiered."
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I have worked in social housing for thirty years and am currently housing director for an Essex housing association. In the past I have also been a voluntary board member on two housing association boards. My aim is to provide the right homes for the right people in the right places. This sounds simple but it gets complicated when people who don't understand how social housing works get involved (this includes some people who work in social care and health settings). I have found solutions for some challenging housing circumstances experienced by people with both physical and learning disabilities. I have lots of experience in housing for older people too. So if you need some advice on housing options for people who need a bit of help to live independently in general needs housing I may be able to help. At the very least I will be able to give you an insight into what housing bods like me need to know about your needs and circumstances in order to help you meet your housing needs.


Microsoft's HoloLens and their range of VR-style headsets are all Windows Mixed Reality headsets. How can this be? One is an augmented reality headset and the others are virtual reality headsets! We'd previously seen the term mixed reality used to define a certain type of AR… has it changed? I asked around and found the answer. Here's what Windows Mixed Reality is and how it fits in with virtual reality and augmented reality.
Is it VR? AR? Both? Neither? Here's a look at what Windows Mixed Reality is!
This spectrum basically shows a range of environments, from our reality with no virtual elements to a totally virtual environment with none of our reality visible. The space in between when real world elements start to mix with virtual ones to some degree or another is "mixed reality" in their original definition.
Within "mixed reality", Paul Milgram and Fumio Kishino have two different extremes — "augmented reality" and "augmented virtuality".
This is where we bring in some virtual elements into our real world. Heads up displays (HUDs) such as DAQRI's HUD for cars, Google Glass, Snapchat filters, Pokemon GO's AR view, mobile AR apps and Microsoft's HoloLens are "augmented reality" of varying degrees.
Please, let's not call anything "merged reality" or "augmented virtuality"… it'll cause way too much confusion. Virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are already plenty of terms for the public!
So, how does "Windows Mixed Reality" fit into all this?
Microsoft's concept of "mixed reality" is not one single grade of device. It is a spectrum/range of devices that go from augmented reality (such as the Microsoft HoloLens) all the way to virtual reality (such as their "Windows Mixed Reality" VR headsets) — covering the various degrees of integration with the real world. The one part that is a bit unexpected from Microsoft is the inclusion of VR headsets within the "mixed reality" definition. I do think there's an explanation for it, which we'll get to very soon.
The AR on the Microsoft HoloLens with creatures bursting out of real world walls and such was seen as a clear example of "mixed reality" with the occlusion that David talks about. Magic Leap, another company building an AR headset of their own, were also following suit with the same definition. Today, however, this isn't what is meant by mixed reality when it comes to Windows Mixed Reality — this occlusion of AR by real world objects is just one type of mixed reality under their definition.
How are their Windows Mixed Reality headsets really "mixed reality"?
That misunderstanding David mentioned that "mixed reality" is now VR + AR is definitely growing. Earlier this year, The Next Web published a whole article entitled "Microsoft insists on calling AR and VR 'Mixed' Reality. Maybe we should too.". I think that while it might have been solely a marketing department decision at Microsoft, it could also have been a decision made for more concrete reasons. After asking around and navigating a lot of understandably confused people in the industry who were just as uncertain as I was, I think I've settled on an answer for how "mixed reality" comes into play with their latest VR headsets.
But… the HoloLens and their VR-style headsets aren't the same!
"The biggest difference between AR and MR is spatial awareness which has to do with the inside out tracking that is used in the HoloLens and the Mixed Reality headsets. It is more apparent with the HoloLens when using spatial mapping to create a mesh of the physical environment that interacts with virtual content using colliders and rigid body physics." — Sampson Crooks, Jr.
Microsoft does define a difference between the two types of headset. They call their HoloLens-style headsets "Holographic Devices" and their VR-style headsets "Immersive Devices". There are more details on Microsoft's explanation of the differences between the two and more over on the Microsoft website.
After looking into it, I think the term "mixed reality" genuinely does make sense. It isn't VR. When people are using virtual reality with no sense of their surroundings, there's no mixed reality there. That's VR. Plain, simple, incredibly-thrilling-and-wonderful-in-its-own-right VR. Maybe it would have been easier to call everything VR. Or stick to the VR/AR terms alone. It does, to an extent, make sense to want to differentiate the capability of doing both to different degrees.
The HoloLens is a form of mixed reality and one which I hope develops and grows alongside a range of AR technology out there to bring us to a better future. That third confusing area of mixed reality, the Windows Mixed Reality headsets — that is indeed mixed reality too, but only when the experience is pulling in the real world into the virtual one in some way or another. Those headsets can be used for plain old VR too, and my guess is most of the time in the near future, they will be. I'm excited to see that augmented virtuality-style VR in action though. I, for one, would quite enjoy turning my home office into a totally virtual space that I could theme entirely differently at a whim. That'd be pretty neat.
A huge thank you to the many people in the industry who gave their thoughts on Windows Mixed Reality and how it all fit together — you definitely helped me clarify things!


The global reinsurance industry is in good financial shape, but that is just as well - it faces one of the most testing periods in its history. Here, some of the market's leading minds discuss the six big challenges facing the industry - and what can be done about them.
Insurance premiums and investment income continue to fall, while the threat of government defaults plagues the industry.
Historically, the market has been dependent on large catastrophes to move pricing. However, despite more than $100bn in catastrophe losses in 2011, overall rates have failed to rise significantly.
Capital markets have traditionally played in the upper layers of reinsurance and retrocession, but the 1 June renewals showed appetite for business further down the food chain, putting pressure on traditional reinsurers.
Despite sophisticated modelling, the industry continues to get taken by surprise. In 2011 the Thai floods caught even the most seasoned professionals off-guard.
The idea behind Solvency II is sound, but in reality the regulatory framework lacks clarity, suffers from uncertainty on equivalence and persistent delays, and saps management time.
Financial strength ratings have proven an overall imperfect measure, yet the industry cannot wean itself off them. They remain a deal maker or breaker and will continue to divide the industry for some time to come.