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Kóspallag () község Pest vármegye északi részén, a Szobi járásban. A település területe a Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Parkhoz tartozik.

Földrajz
A település a Börzsönyben található, a Fekete-hegy, a Szép-bérc, a Kopasz-hegy és az Alsó-hegy által körbezárt Kóspallagi-medencében. A falutól keletre a Kishanta-patak, nyugatra a Korompa-patak folyik, amelyek tőle 2 km-re délre egyesülnek, és Malomvölgyi-, majd Medres-patak néven folynak tovább, és végül Zebegénynél ömlenek a Dunába.

Külterületi településrészei:
 Kisinóci turistaház

Éghajlat
A hegyvidéki jellegű éghajlat az alacsonyabb részeken 6–800 mm, a magasabb területeken 900–1250 mm csapadékkal jár.

Élővilág
A környező erdők jellemző fái a kocsánytalan tölgy és a bükk. A zárt, gyakran gyenge aljnövényzetű erdők számos állatfajnak adnak otthont, mint például a szarvas, az őz, a vaddisznó, a róka, a nyest, a vadmacska, a réti- és a királysas, a karvaly, a vándorsólyom és a szalamandra.

A medencében az erdők rovására szántóföldeket, szőlőt, málnást alakítottak ki az idők folyamán.

Történelem
A falu területén a közelmúltban honfoglalás kori temetőt tártak fel.

Maga Kóspallag a Börzsöny legfiatalabb települése. A 18. században, Mária Terézia uralkodása alatt telepítette be gróf Grassalkovich Antal. Lakóinak egy része tót, más része német telepes volt, jellemzően katolikus vallásúak. Templomát 1804-ben szentelték fel.

A település és környéke a 19. században és még a 20. század elején is híres dohánytermő vidék volt.

1910-ben 643 lakosából 373 magyar, 6 német, 264 szlovák volt. Ebből 631 római katolikus, 11 izraelita volt.

A 20. század elején Hont vármegye Szobi járásához tartozott.

Mai népessége , de 1973-ban még 1370-en lakták.

Közélete

Polgármesterei

A településen a rendszerváltás óta eltelt időszakban kétszer kellett eddig időközi polgármester-választást tartani: 2011. november 6-án az addigi polgármester lemondása miatt, 2016. február 7-én pedig azért, mert a képviselő-testület az előző év őszén feloszlatta magát.

Népesség
A település népességének változása:

A 2011-es népszámlálás során a lakosok 84,5%-a magyarnak, 0,4% németnek, 0,4% románnak, 7,7% szlováknak mondta magát (15,3% nem nyilatkozott; a kettős identitások miatt a végösszeg nagyobb lehet 100%-nál). A vallási megoszlás a következő volt: római katolikus 70,4%, református 2,9%, evangélikus 0,8%, görögkatolikus 1,6%, felekezeten kívüli 4,1% (19,9% nem nyilatkozott).

Közlekedés
Kóspallagra Nagymaros felől a 12 106-os úton, Szob irányából Márianosztrán át a 12 108-as úton juthatunk el. A településről autóbusszal szinte óránként elérhető Kismaros és rajta keresztül Vác, de csúcsidőben és ritkábban napközben Márianosztrán keresztül Szob felé is indulnak járatok.

Turizmus

A falu idegenforgalmi jelentőségét főként fekvésének köszönheti, mivel a Börzsöny számos túraútvonala és látnivalója elérhető innen. Másfél kilométerre található tőle a kisinóci turistaház. A Kismaros felé vezető út mentén található a horgásztó. Kóspallagon három vadásztársaság is működik.

A régi mesterségek közül csak a kosárfonást művelik.

Látnivalók a településen és közvetlen környékén:
 Műemlék jellegű templomának felújítása a közelmúltban fejeződött be.
 A falu déli részén található kőkereszt a napóleoni háborúk idejéből (1807–1809) származik. Itt volt korábban a márianosztrai kolostor hadikórházának temetője.
 A Vác felé vezető út mentén, a településtől 2–3 km-re találhatók a Biber-vár nevű egykori őrtorony maradványai.
 A Biber-várral szemben találhatók a középkori pálos kolostor romjai, amely egykor a márianosztrai kolostorhoz tartozott, de miután II. József feloszlatta a rendet, a falakat építőanyagnak elhordták.

Jegyzetek

További információk

 Hivatalos honlap
 Kóspallag a www.utikonyvem.hu oldalon

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London women tram workers: equal pay strike 1918
Interesting additional information about the 1918 strike of women workers on London transport.
The following was published in the Gazette, 23 August 1918:
With startling suddenness Uxbridge and the whole of West Middlesex found itself tramless on Saturday through a strike of women workers.
The cause of the trouble was that whereas the award of the Committee on Production gave five shillings to the men it declined a similar concession to the women employees. Those employed on several services of the London United Tramway Company including the Shepherds Bush, Uxbridge line refused to start work on Saturday morning.
No intimation of their intentions was given and many early morning workers found themselves unable to get to business. The inconvenience increased during the day. People in the Hayes and Hillingdon districts who desired to get to Uxbridge or Southall to do their Saturday shopping were faced with the alternative of walking or going without provisions. There was no question of buying locally for many of the villages are rationed for meat, butter etc at town shops and were therefore in an awkward position.
The stoppage came as a thunder-bolt to many of the men conductors and drivers who had heard nothing about it as it had been more or less secretly organised by the women. One conductress thus explained the situation, "When we were taken on by the Company they promised to give us whatever rise the men had. We are doing just as much work as the men who realise the justice of our case and are supporting our strike."
Male employees who are opposed to the women's claim base their opposition to the fact that many conductresses are the wives of soldiers and are receiving separation allowances, whereas the men have families to support.
During the week the strike spread with startling rapidity. The bus employees in and around London joined with the tramway people and these were followed by tube girls.
By Tuesday places affected included Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Folkestone, Hastings and Weston-Super-mare.
Sir George Asquith, the chief industrial commissioner, had held a number of conferences with the parties engaged in the dispute with the hope of arranging a settlement, but it was not until Wednesday night that an arrangement was reached.
A conference under the auspices of the National Transport Workers Federation was held in the morning and a resolution was passed committing the unions affiliated to the organisation of "Immediate appropriate and determined action" to enforce national adoption of equal pay for equal labour to women and men. The unions represented at the conference were the Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers London and the Provincial Union
of Licensed Vehicle Workers, National Union of Vehicle Workers, National Union of General Workers and Dock, Wharf and Riverside General Labourers Union.
The terms of the resolution adopted by the conference were sent to Sir George Asquith, chief industrial commissioner, and in the afternoon delegates from the conference were received by him. After discussion lasting four hours the following official announcement was made, "The three Unions concerned with representatives of the National Transport Workers Federation
met with Sir George Asquith today and after lengthy conference decided to recommend to the Executive Committee the following terms.
Resumption of work pending reference to the Committee on Production of interpretation of their awards, namely whether under Clause 14 of the Award of July 9 the Committee be understood to nullify any agreement or undertaking and in particular any such undertaking as is alluded to in Clause 4 of the Award
of March 8 and on the claim that equal total payments be made to women as to men for equal work in the tramway and omnibus, undertakings who were parties to the Award of March 8 and July 9 and that any present changes of payments are to date from the beginning of the first full pay day following July 9 and that any future changes of payments should take place jointly with those of the men. The Hearing will take place on Monday next at 2.30 and the Awards will be issued as speedily as possible."
In the Uxbridge district great inconvenience has been caused by the stoppages. Many of those who in the past decried the trams have now realised their worth, tradesmen have found a considerable falling off in their takings and many people have passed the remark "Doesn't it seem strange without trams?" Men on government work in the district have suffered by the stoppages, but at one big works motor lorries have been conveying men to and from work, trains have been more than usually uncomfortably packed and bicycles have been more generally used this week than for a long time past.
A large majority of women tram and bus conductresses joined unions by 1918. Many had been practically compelled by men members to join the union. The understanding was that they should be employed on exactly the same terms as men whilst their employment must terminate by the end of the war. In some cases women were employed on short shifts, but this policy was opposed by the Union. It was feared that any relief of this kind would not only give employers an excuse for deductions from wages, but add to men's hours of work. It might even have the undesirable effect of encouraging women's employment in the future. Women drivers who were entirely composed of commercial private employees formed a comparatively small section of members, probably less than 1/8th.
The larger number of women drivers involved for auxiliary war service were not encouraged by the government to join Trade Unions. Women tram and bus conductors who were well organised for a start, had little difficulty in obtaining men's minimum rates of wages, but the question of war advances was a matter of constant dispute. The important National Award for February 1918
which men received an aggregate advance of 20/- a week on pre-war rates, laid down that, "Where agreements or awards already exist providing the same rates to be paid to women as to men, such agreements or awards are to hold good and an increase to be paid accordingly." In the absence of such agreements, women were to receive only an advance of 4/- on the current rates.
The London Women Bus Conductresses were at once accorded the full bonus and a subsequent decision of the committee of production by which they were refused, a further advance of 51- met with such a determined resistance that the decision was reversed. All women were however by no means so
successful Outside London the women's claim had been prejudiced for the most part by the terms of previous awards by which they received not more than about two thirds of men's war advances.
In London, however, their claim was undeniable and here they secured the full sum of 20/-, bringing up their earnings to 63/- a week. In the following July a fresh appeal was made to arbitration, and men were granted a further advance of 5/- a week. But this time the women were left out. The award met with an unexpected storm of indignation. London women bus conductresses were not accustomed to such treatment. They had, moreover, begun to taste power. A protest meeting was held at once and they announced their intention to take drastic action unless their claim received attention. It did not receive attention.
It was apparently not even communicated by their Union to the Company. In August, therefore, the women struck work without further notice and the men came out after them.
The public were surprised and not a little inconvenienced, but its sympathies were in the main on the side of the women. Even The Times admitted the strength of the women's case which lay precisely in this - That their work was as well done as any man could do it and that everyone could see that it was.
The Committee of Production by which body the award had been given was obliged to yield to the storm and to re-consider its decision and the women won their case.
Such was the victory of the women tram drivers that Mary McArthur, the Leader of the Women's Union declared the award to be the absolute vindication of theprinciple for which we are contending.
The London United Tramways began operating a service between Southalland Uxbridge (along the Uxbridge Road) in May 1904.
At Uxbridge Civic dignitaries gathered at the municipal boundaries to raise their bowler hats and wave an "open sesame" to the tram. The streets bedecked with flags and bunting, crowds lined the route to see the tram glide safely along. Hillingdon Band played and the bells of St Margaret's church rang out, children were given free rides, and a lunch was held for 90 prominent people in the Chequers Hotel
The first London Transport Trolley bus from Shepherds Bush to Uxbridgeran in November 1936 and last ran 8th November 1960
The Hayes Labour Party regularly called for a more regular and cheaper service from Hayes station (opended 1864) and the Hayes Communist Party in its 1945 manifesto called for the extension of the Underground line to Hayes.
Hayes Labour Councillors had been calling for a Tram line to replace the 207 bus route from the mid 1980's
Taken from https://ourhistory-hayes.blogspot.co.uk/2007/02/women-tramworkers-equal-...
Steven.
Hayes People's History
London women transport strike 1918

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Is Stephen King's It still worth reading?
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Walking out of the McMinnville theater after the 2017 remake of Stephen King's It, I realized that I was more excited to reread the novel then scared. I craved the psychological terror and atmosphere that Stephen King captures in his stories.
I wanted the omnipresent weight of Pennywise instead of a middle aged clown with Gene Simon makeup and a receding hairline. However, at 1180 pages long and more than 30 years old is the book still worth reading?
Our story starts in small town Derry, Michigan as we follow both the childhood and adult lives of 7 outcasts who call themselves the loser club. Because of the length, the book has enough time to flesh out both the characters and their settings.
As a result, the residents of Derry almost give Pennywise a run for his money and add to the laundry list of disturbing imagery throughout. I found myself in no real hurry for the conclusion and in short found the book entertaining right up to the end.
The excruciating details may be off putting to a lot of people but I recommend any horror buffs to at least give the book a try. Because of the build up, the horror hits deeper than any jumpscare and the careful imagery gives the reader's imagination growing room, while still retaining terror at face value..
Don't get me wrong, these parts are still entertaining and give you a break from the pure horror but aren't written like King is self aware how ridiculous they are. There is so much care and detail involved in making these stories feel real, that these scenes just feel awkward and out of place."
— Emma
It has been a year since I read the book but I still remember Patrick's fridge of horrors, the endearing losers club and of course the iconic, Pennywise appearing in the storm drain.
However the book isn't perfect and as a fan of Stephen King I've noticed he has a strange way of disturbing you in one chapter and then deciding in the next (as was the case with his novel The Shining) that things like hedge animals are scary.
Near the end (spoilers), though a Ritual of Chüd our main character Bill discovers that the universe was created by an ancient turtle who had a stomach ache. Still dedicated, despite being confused and disappointed by the ending, I hit the last 100 pages, fingers wrapped tight around paper cover that bowed under the weight of the novel.
Nose almost touching the margin of the page. I was excited but also a little sad to part with the book I had been carrying with me for the last month and half. And, then it happened.
Bev, a middle schooler, takes off her panties in the middle of the sewer and proceeds to loose her virginity with the rest of the loser club, six in total. I understand that King intended a deeper meaning behind the scene, but combined with the disappointing ending it felt like a big middle finger to readers who had stuck with the story this long.
Looking back, the ending was definitely worth how much fun I had with the rest of the novel. It is a terrifying, sometimes weird and quirky book that I recommend for anyone who likes horror and/or reading.
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Georgia Tech signees reveal their thoughts on recruiting process
Westlake High offensive lineman and Georgia Tech signee Jakiah Leftwich at his signing day at Westlake Dec. 16, 2020. (Courtesy Jakiah Leftwich)
By Ken Sugiura, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As their recruitment came to an official end Wednesday, eight Georgia Tech signees were able to look back upon the process and share their insight into coach Geoff Collins, the Yellow Jackets assistant coaches who recruited them, the concerns they had about Tech and how they arrived at their decisions to commit to and sign with the school.
Defensive tackle Zeek Biggers, wide receiver James BlackStrain, safety Sirad Bryant, defensive lineman Grey Carroll, safety Kaleb Edwards, offensive tackle Jakiah Leftwich, quarterback Chayden Peery and linebacker Trenilyas Tatum all spoke with the AJC.
1. Which coach did you talk to the most in your recruitment and what is he like?
Zeek Biggers (defensive line coach Larry Knight): "Cool dude. Funny. Good coach."
Kaleb Edwards (safeties coach Nathan Burton): "He's a good dude. You can tell he's a family dude. He enjoys football, and he enjoys getting to know you. I think that comes from coach Collins being that way. You know how coach Collins rubs off on his assistants. He's just a real personable dude. He's family oriented. He can talk."
James BlackStrain (wide receivers coach Kerry Dixon): "He's pumped up about everything. I was on FaceTime talking to him. I talk to him every day to try to keep up with each other."
Grey Carroll (Knight): "Very high-energy guy. He's a real dude, too. He'll tell you how it is."
Sirad Bryant (Burton): "He's a very fun guy. He always tells me how they're going to use me in the defensive scheme. … He calls me, makes sure I'm alright, things like that."
Jakiah Leftwich (offensive line coach Brent Key): "Hard worker, knows what he's talking about, knows how to put O-linemen in the NFL."
Chayden Peery (spoke to offensive coordinator Dave Patenaude, general manager Patrick Suddes and coach Geoff Collins equally) On Patenaude: "He's cool. He's really chill and just a guy that's easy to talk to. They all kind of are. I really like my relationship with them. Talking to them, I felt like it was like talking to an uncle or a family member. It was really cool."
Trenilyas Tatum (defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker): "Coach Thacker, he's cool. He's real chill. He's energetic. I love energetic people."
2. What is Geoff Collins like?
Zeek Biggers: "He's a cool dude."
James BlackStrain: "He's upbeat. He's ready to show off his new culture."
Sirad Bryant: "I talked with him (Tuesday). He was like, I'm ready to see you up here. He was amped about me being a Yellow Jacket. He's a great guy."
Grey Carroll: "I wouldn't necessarily call him old school because he likes that new method. He's all about swag. But when I say he's an old-style guy, he just enjoys the fun part of football, if that makes sense. That's what I like about him, too."
Kaleb Edwards: "I've never met him in person, but just from the phone and how he reacts to things, you can tell he's just a cool, calm, collected guy. He's going to fight for his guys. Once you say you're committed, he's 100% for you."
Jakiah Leftwich: "Energetic, fun, fun to be around."
Chayden Peery: "I feel like he's a very real and honest coach."
Trenilyas Tatum: "I think what coach Collins is doing is going to be epic. I can see the program turning around."
3. Which competing school was hardest to turn down?
Zeek Biggers (N.C. State): "It's closer to home. Family can get there a lot easier, but Georgia's not that far away from North Carolina. It's only 3-4 hours, but still, it'd be a lot easier for people to get up there."
Sirad Bryant: "I would say Nebraska because they kept in touch with me just as much as Georgia Tech did, but I just liked Georgia Tech. It was a better scheme defensively that I would like to play, and I just felt better in Georgia instead of being there."
Grey Carroll: "To be honest, it wasn't necessarily that hard, but I'd say if I had to pick one, probably Louisville because I knew a lot of the coaching staff (from when they were at Appalachian State)."
Kaleb Edwards: "Notre Dame was hard to turn down because it's Notre Dame. The brand, the big-time stage. That was hard to turn down."
Jakiah Leftwich: "I would say Mississippi State."
Chayden Peery: "I'd say Nevada was hard to turn down. They were my first offer. They'd been with me the longest. Boise State was pretty hard to turn down."
4. What concerns did you have about Tech that you needed to have addressed before committing?
Zeek Biggers: "Not really. I didn't have any concerns."
James BlackStrain: "I didn't have any concerns about Tech because I already knew what I was getting into. I already knew what the culture was going to be like and the standard that was set for me ahead of time, and I'm just ready to come in and be the standard."
Sirad Bryant: "I'd say, like being in Atlanta. I'm from a small city moving to a big city. I know how to drive, but my mom was like, you're going to have to learn to drive up there because it's more chaotic. They were like, it's nothing too much. You just get from point A to point B. They were like, your teammates are going to be a big part of learning the ropes up here."
Grey Carroll: "To be honest, I didn't have very many worries about anything. I guess you could always say coaching, you're just worried about what if so-and-so leaves. (But) that's just a part of it, I guess, because coaches move quite a bit."
Kaleb Edwards: "I would say being in the city because I'm not a city boy. I've been raised in the country. They were like, the city is the city. It's always going to be the city, but there's a lot of support down here that'll help you. They'll take care of you. And just being in the city, your networking will be tremendous when you get to college."
Jakiah Leftwich: "How I fit in the system, stuff like that. … They said I would fit in perfectly and I'd have a chance to go in there and compete."
Chayden Peery: "No real concerns. It was just every coach, or a lot of programs kind of preach that they have their culture and their culture is different, but I really felt it at Georgia Tech and really like what they said, and a lot of the values that they hold in the football program are values I've been raised with. It was a good match."
Trenilyas Tatum: "Nah, not really. With that being the first school to offer me, I already did all my research on it."
5. What was the most meaningful or convincing aspect of Tech's recruitment?
Zeek Biggers: "Just when they were talking to me and explaining to me how they would use me in their defense, how bad they wanted me to come to their school, how they would make me a better player and man."
James BlackStrain: "It was more about the fit for me and my family. I just felt like it was a perfect fit with location and where everything was set up, how I can come in and just get to work and show all of my abilities and talents at my highest level."
Sirad Bryant: "I'd say how much they check on me. They ask me from day to day. Usually, most other coaches, they don't check on you every day. They check on me all the time. They make sure I'm alright, ask me different things. … That makes me feel great."
Grey Carroll: "I'd say the first time I felt that way was probably after a practice (attended during an unofficial visit). I enjoyed the intensity that they brought. They played the music, they brought the energy, they were intense. They got after it in the right way. The players took it serious, the coaches were taking it seriously. I definitely felt like, after that day I visited, that that was definitely where I wanted to be because that's how I am. I like to have fun, but I like to take it seriously and work."
Kaleb Edwards: "They were just really respectful of my time. They never took up too much time with me in all the Zoom calls. They were just really respectful. They weren't showing me a lot of flash, which I liked, because I'm not that type that cares about that."
Jakiah Leftwich: "How they were treating my parents – talking to them when I wasn't around, texting them."
Trenilyas Tatum: "Once in a while, all the coaches would text me and tell me they need me here, like 20 coaches at one time. I'm like, OK, I'm hearing from all the coaches. They really want me. (When they did that), that made me feel special."
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Q: Writing out ARCore position data? (Augmented Faces) Hi I'm pretty new to ARCore, and I've been able to get Augmented Faces working but I can't figure out how to write out the data, or if there even is a way (which seems strange if there isn't). I really love the results and I would love to use the data for performance capture, but I cannot find a way to record and export.
I've spent the entire day digging around and trying things, the most I've found is someone used TCP to stream the data over the network to their PC, but when trying it I found there's issues with latency and the data still has to be recorded on the client end so it only solves part of the problem.
If anyone has any knowledge of this and could help point me in a direction I'd be super appreciative, ty!

A: Well, presuming your app was based on Google's sample code:
arcore-android-sdk-1.22.0/samples/augmented_faces_java
then its based on this open source:
https://github.com/javagl/Obj
which has this example on "how to write out the data" here:
Obj-master/src/test/java/de/javagl/obj/TestObjWriter.java

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In 2008, The United Methodist Church (UMC) as a denomination committed to join the global fight against malaria, embarking upon a $75,000,000 "Imagine No Malaria" fundraising campaign. To date, The Global Fund has received over $8.5 million in payment from this campaign. UMCOR has directly implemented over $6 million for malaria PROGRAMMING .
As the humanitarian arm of The United Methodist Church, UMCOR is called to cultivate partnerships and implement malaria control PROGRAMS across Africa. Our approach includes:
Education, prevention and treatment PROGRAMS for affected communities;
Revitalizing health facilities;
Supporting hospital and HEALTH CARE human resource development.
Fighting Malaria through Health Boards
UMCOR's current anti-malaria focus aims to leverage our health systems, partnerships and resources in Africa in order to decrease mortality and morbidity caused by the disease.
One way UMCOR is doing this is by developing and building capacity of Health Board structures in UMC Annual Conferences across Africa. Strong health facilities enable local communities to develop strategic plans and propose integrated solutions to end malaria and other preventable diseases.
Health Boards are vital in implementing and growing the national health strategies in the Annual Conferences, which includes malaria control. Currently, there are 13 health boards trained in 16 countries.
For additional resources about malaria, visit Imagine No Malaria. Find other resources at The Global Fund for AIDS/TB/Malaria and the World Health Organization. Our partners in this effort include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.N. Foundation.
The Imagine No Malaria PROGRAM currently provides grants to UMC Health Boards and UMC-affiliated structures in Africa. For information on the Imagine No Malaria program, please contact Dr. Olusimbo Ige, Senior Program Manager for Imagine No Malaria at oige@umcor.org or inm@umcor.org.
Gifts to this program via UMCOR Advance #3021190 can make a big difference.
For additional resources about malaria, visit the Imagine No Malaria website. More resources are available from The Global Fund for AIDS/TB/Malaria, the World Health Organization, and Roll Back Malaria. Our partners in this effort include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.N. Foundation.
UMCOR Malaria Timeline
2005: UMCOR's Malaria Control Program was launched in late 2005 in Sierra Leone and is now operating in various countries around the globe. This program works with communities to form comprehensive plans to combat malaria. At the community level, UMCOR works to eliminate stagnant water and trash around people's homes. With your help, we are able to provide training, free or low cost medications, consultations, Indoor Residual Spraying, and insecticide-treated nets to individuals and families. UMCOR's efforts TARGET pregnant women and children in particular, who are most vulnerable.
2006: When the United Nations Foundation Nothing But Nets Program launched more than five years ago within the UMC, the concept spread like wild fire throughout the denomination. Led by our youth in particular, the UMC has raised more than $ 9 million to send life-saving insecticide treated mosquito nets to Africa and join the global fight to prevent unnecessary deaths from malaria. When United Methodist Churches and Annual Conferences contributed to Nothing But Nets programs in Sub-Sahara Africa, UMCOR worked with UMC health teams in Africa to distribute the nets and implement the training follow up programs.
2008: United Methodists pledged to support a "Global Health Initiative" at General Conference. It was determined that the issue of malaria in Africa would serve as the initial focal or entry point for the larger denominational conversation about health worldwide.
2010: Since the launch of Nothing But Nets and the Global Health Initiative, we as a denomination have learned more about the complexities of malaria, other related health challenges, and all the issues tied to poverty and development. In an effort to honor both the enthusiasm of Nothing But Nets, but wanting to do even more for malaria...
The Campaign was launched in April 2010, with a dual celebration in Lubumbashi, DRCongo and Austin, TX. In addition to bed nets, our efforts support other areas in the fight against malaria: environmental clean-up (stagnant water and trash), basic sanitation (latrines and water), treatment, education, training more HEALTH CARE workers, and improving our existing hospitals and clinics. UMCOR's role in this campaign is to help UMC health boards and local communities develop strategic plans and propose integrated solutions. All of these efforts will be needed in order to combat malaria and other diseases of poverty in Africa; and United Methodists are responding.


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Alzheimer's risk 10 times lower with herpes medication
Written by Ana Sandoiu on July 15, 2018 — Fact checked by Jasmin Collier
New results could change the face of Alzheimer's treatment; the herpes simplex virus is found to play a vital role in the condition, and antiherpetic medication is shown to have a dramatic effect on dementia risk.
Alzheimer's disease may soon be treated with antiviral medication.
Last month, Medical News Today reported on a study that found "strong evidence" that viruses are involved in Alzheimer's disease.
The postmortem analyses of brain tissue found that people who lived with this dementia type also had more herpesviruses 6 and 7 than people without Alzheimer's.
Now, a scientific commentary suggests that the study that MNT covered is not the only one to pinpoint a link between herpes and dementia.
In fact, three more studies have strengthened this link, and the commentary — recently published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease – takes a look at all three.
Ruth Itzhaki, who is a professor of neuroscience and experimental psychology at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, alongside Richard Lathe, who is a professor in the Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, also in the U.K., authored the commentary.
'Remarkable magnitude of antiviral effect'
The studies referenced in the commentary are two articles (Tsai et al., 2017, and Chen et al., 2018) that suggest that acute herpes zoster infection puts people at a higher risk of dementia, and one article that shows that aggressive treatment with antiherpetic medication drastically lowers dementia risk.
The latter study — deemed "most important" by Profs. Itzhaki and Lathe — examined 8,362 people aged 50 and above who received a diagnosis of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, as well as a control group of 25,086 age-matched healthy people.
The two groups were followed for almost a decade, between 2001 and 2010. In the herpes group, the risk of dementia was over 2.5 times higher than in the control group.
Significantly, the study also revealed that aggressive antiviral treatment reduced the relative risk of dementia by 10 times.
Prof. Lathe comments on these new findings, saying, "Not only is the magnitude of the antiviral effect remarkable, but also the fact that — despite the relatively brief duration and the timing of treatment — in most patients severely affected by HSV1 it appeared to prevent the long-term damage in [the] brain that results in Alzheimer's."
"This article and two others […] provide the first population evidence for a causal link between herpes virus infection and Alzheimer's disease, a hugely important finding."
Prof. Ruth Itzhaki
"I believe we are the first to realize the implications of these striking data on this devastating condition which principally affects the elderly," Prof. Itzhaki adds.
"But," she says, "we believe that these safe and easily available antivirals may have a strong part to play in combating the disease in these patients." She also suggests that in the future, it may be possible to prevent the disease "by vaccination against the virus in infancy."
"Successful treatment by a specific drug, or successful vaccination against the putative microbe, are the only ways to prove that a microbe is the cause of a non-infectious human disease," says Prof. Itzhaki.
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Stephen (Steve) B. Maebius is a partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He has led teams within Foley handling a variety of different kinds of IP work, including IP due diligence reviews, infringement and validity opinions, international portfolio management, licensing, litigation with parallel inter partes reviews, reexaminations and interferences, and pharmaceutical patent term extensions. Two IP transactions in which Mr. Maebius has participated were awarded "Deal of Distinction" status by the Licensing Executives Society. He is a former member of the firm's Management Committee and former chair of the Intellectual Property Department. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he was a patent examiner in the Biotechnology Group of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Lead counsel in successful defense of 6 Inter Partes Reviews filed by generic petitioners against a family of Orange Book-listed pharmaceutical patents covering a $1B controlled release product with parallel Hatch-Waxman litigation (IPR2013-00368, IPR2013-00371, and IPR2013-00372 - instituted but all claims found patentable in final written decision; IPR2015-01777, IPR2015-01778, and IPR2015-01782 - not instituted)
Prosecuted product-by-process patent listed in Orange Book that was upheld as valid and infringed in United Therapeutics v. Sandoz, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121573 (D.N.J. Aug. 29, 2014)
Co-counsel for successful petitioner in Inter Partes Review filed against patent asserted in litigation against LED client (IPR2012-00005; decision affirmed on appeal)
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. v. John Doll (Fed. Cir. 2009) – co-counsel in precedential 2-1 decision remanding a double patenting rejection arising from patent reexamination (all claims confirmed to be patentable upon remand to the Patent Office)
Goldenberg & Immunomedics v. Cytogen & C.R. Bard (Fed. Cir. 2004) – co-counsel on appeal in reversal of summary judgment in client's favor in precedential 2-1 decision on doctrine of equivalents issue
Articles in the National Law Review database by Stephen B. Maebius
PTAB's Motion to Amend Pilot Program: Review of Initial Results (Posted On Wednesday, August 19, 2020)
COVID-19 – Preparing for Post-Pandemic Transformation in Health Care and Life Sciences (Posted On Wednesday, May 13, 2020)
PTAB - 2019 Year in Review (Posted On Friday, January 24, 2020)
District Court Sheds Light on Scope of IPR Estoppel (Posted On Friday, September 13, 2019)
New Estoppel Concern For Petitioners Raised In BTG v. Amneal (Posted On Monday, February 18, 2019)
New Estoppel Concern For Petitioners Raised in BTG v. Amneal (Posted On Saturday, February 16, 2019)
PTAB Boardside Chat Provides Further Details About New Amendment Procedure (Posted On Thursday, November 8, 2018)
USPTO Announces Proposal To Facilitate Amendments In AIA Challenges (Posted On Friday, October 26, 2018)
Revamped PTAB Trial Practice Guide Holds Surprises (Posted On Monday, August 13, 2018)
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Ruling That Tribal Immunity Does Not Apply To IPRs (Posted On Saturday, July 21, 2018)
Proposed Legislation Would Require Choice Between ANDA Litigation Or AIA Challenges (Posted On Thursday, June 14, 2018)
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality Of IPRs In Oil States (Posted On Tuesday, April 24, 2018)
Expanded PTAB Panel Finds Sovereign Immunity Waived By Patent Enforcement (Posted On Wednesday, December 20, 2017)
PTAB Grants Rare Request for Additional Discovery In IPR (Posted On Thursday, October 26, 2017)
CAFC Eases Amendment Process In IPR Proceedings (Posted On Wednesday, October 4, 2017)
Pharma Patents Assigned to Indian Tribe to Thwart Inter Partes Review (Posted On Monday, September 11, 2017)
Key Trends In Pharmaceutical IPRs Filed By Generic Petitioners (Posted On Monday, May 15, 2017)
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University of Maryland, College Park
Circle established February 2, 1927 • Circle Website • University of Maryland, College Park
The Sigma Circle of OΔK was founded on February 2, 1927, by six men who immediately began tapping undergraduate members of OΔK. Formerly, men knew that they were being considered for OΔK if they were invited to the Calvert Cotillion in December. Their formal initiation would occur at a convocation in the Spring.
Many famous people have been initiated into Sigma Circle, some as student and faculty members, others as Honorary members. Some of Sigma Circle's famous members include President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, the Earl of Halifax, Admiral Stansfield Turner, and Congressman Steny Hoyer.
Sigma Circle is very proud of its long and proud history. It originated the Annual Awards Banquet; awards an annual $1,000 scholarship to an incoming freshman who was a high school leader; selects the "Top Ten Freshmen" and the "Sophomore Leader of the Year;" and with the help of alumni donations constructed the OΔK Fountain on McKeldin Mall, which was built to create a lasting monument to leadership and to those who have contributed so much to the campus. All of the names of those people involved with OΔK since 1927 are engraved on the granite sides of the OΔK Fountain, which was dedicated in April 1997.
During the academic year, the Sigma Circle holds monthly meetings with full membership and bi-weekly meetings with the nine officers. Selection and Initiation are held once each semester. In the fall of 2013, the Sigma Circle inducted 1 alumna, 3 faculty/staff, 3 graduate students, and 31 undergraduates. In the spring of 2014, 1 alumna, 4 faculty/staff, 2 graduate students, and 32 undergraduates were inducted.
Each year, the Sigma Circle sponsors three leadership award programs including the Top Ten Freshmen, Sophomore Leader of the Year, and the Col. J. Logan Schutz Omicron Delta Kappa Leader of the Year award. Additional yearly traditions of the Sigma Circle include co-sponsoring the Calvert Cotillion spring dance and the annual campus awards banquet. Also, at each Maryland Day (a campus open house for more than 80,000 visitors and community members), the Sigma Circle sponsors a game for kids at the ODK Fountain. Each year, the Sigma Circle also co-sponsors a Leadership Lecture Series, with speakers like Nate Silver and Paul Farmer.
2019 Presidential Award of Excellence
2018 Presidential Circle of Excellence
2014 Superior Circle
The Sigma Circle is a Circle of Distinction, as named by ODK National. Additionally, In the academic year of 2013-2014, the Sigma Circle was awarded a Maurice A. Clay Leadership Development Initiative Grant, which helped fund the launch of Terps Mentoring Terps, a mentoring program pairing up ODK members with freshmen on campus. Also, an ODK Officer in 2013-2014, Chris Riley, was a Foundation Scholarship recipient and was a finalist for the National ODK Leader of the Year, representing the pillar of scholarship.
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Q: How to add quality selector option on videojs The following is my code: I need to add a quality selector in a webpage which uses videojs. I am not sure on how to use the plugins, there weren't any examples of plugins in React. The way I inserted the plugins don't work. Please help
Videojs

    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Poppins&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

                        <video autoplay id="example-video" class="video-js vjs-theme-fantasy custom-videojs" controls>
                        </video>

A: You can try to add this plugin: https://github.com/silvermine/videojs-quality-selector
You should add these imports on top:
<link href="https://unpkg.com/@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector/dist/css/quality-selector.css" rel="stylesheet">

and then you have to add the control to playerbar in this way:
player.controlBar.addChild('QualitySelector');

A: Below code is working fantastic:-
import React, { useRef, useState, useEffect, Fragment } from "react";
import videojs from "video.js";
import _ from "videojs-contrib-quality-levels";
import qualitySelector from "videojs-hls-quality-selector";
import "video.js/dist/video-js.css";

// those imports are important

const VideoPlayerHLS = () => {
  const videoRef = useRef();
  const [player, setPlayer] = useState(undefined);
  const [callFinishVideoAPI, setCallFinishVideoAPI] = useState(false);
  const [vidDuration, setVidDuration] = useState(50000);
  const videoId = "e2280eeb-4cdb-43e7-a34f-36868326b8cb";
  const thumbnailURL =
    "https://vz-a2adf92d-b24.b-cdn.net/e2280eeb-4cdb-43e7-a34f-36868326b8cb/thumbnail.jpg";
  const liveURL =
    "https://vz-b4f1e97e-483.b-cdn.net/65c65840-de66-4c27-afd0-a3b5a904b768/playlist.m3u8";
  useEffect(() => {
    if (player) {
      player.src({
        src: liveURL,
        type: "application/x-mpegURL",
        withCredentials: false
      });
      player.poster("");
      setCallFinishVideoAPI(false);
      setVidDuration(50000);
    }
    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
  }, [videoId, liveURL, thumbnailURL]);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (callFinishVideoAPI) {
      //finishesVideo()
    }
    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
  }, [callFinishVideoAPI]);

  useEffect(() => {
    const videoJsOptions = {
      autoplay: false,
      preload: "auto",
      controls: true,
      poster: "",
      sources: [
        {
          src: liveURL,
          type: "application/x-mpegURL",
          withCredentials: false
        }
      ],
      html5: {
        nativeAudioTracks: true,
        nativeVideoTracks: true,
        nativeTextTracks: true
      }
    };

    const p = videojs(
      videoRef.current,
      videoJsOptions,
      function onPlayerReady() {
        // console.log('onPlayerReady');
      }
    );

    setPlayer(p);
    console.log(p.qualityLevels());

    return () => {
      if (player) player.dispose();
    };
    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
  }, []);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (player) {
      player.hlsQualitySelector({ displayCurrentQuality: true });
    }
  }, [player]);
  return (

      <video
        ref={videoRef}
        onLoadedMetadata={(e, px) => {
          // console.log(e.target.duration);
          setVidDuration(e.target.duration);
        }}
        onTimeUpdate={(e) => {
          if (e.target.currentTime >= vidDuration - 10) {
            setCallFinishVideoAPI(true);
          }
        }}
        className="vidPlayer video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-big-play-centered"
      ></video>

  );
};

export default VideoPlayerHLS;

Reference:-Video Quality Changer Videojs


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Opinion No. 72 / 36F
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State of California Department of Corporations
Brian R. Van Camp, Commissioner
In reply refer to: File No. _____
This letter is not an Interpretive Opinion for the reasons stated below.
Mr. Phillip W. Harry
Dear Mr. Harry:
Your letter dated September 22, 1972, requesting expression of an opinion concerning certain provisions of the Franchise Investment Law, addressed to the Secretary of State and forwarded to us by his office, has been considered by the Commissioner of Corporations. In your letter, you have raised the question whether the arrangements for the operation of retail outlets which Crucible, Studios Inc. ("Crucible") proposes to make with persons referred to by you and hereinbelow as "operators", are "franchises" within the meaning of Section 31005 of the Franchise Investment Law, so as to subject the offer and sale thereof to the registration requirement of Section 31110 of the Law. This question is answered in the affirmative.
You have represented that Crucible to expand retail outlets for its business, contemplates opening such outlets in several neighboring towns. For that purpose, it will enter into a lease for the shop and provide the shop with jewelry inventory and other related items for sale in the shop. Crucible will retain legal title to these goods. You have stated that the wholesale value of the inventory will be approximately $4,000 and the retail value approximately $12,000. All income derived from the sale of the inventory will be forwarded to crucible. Crucible will pay the operator one-third of the net profits after payment of rent, utilities, advertising, and other overhead expenses. You have further represented that as inventory is sold, Crucible will replace it at wholesale cost.
Your letter states that the operator will be required in the day to day business to follow Crucible's regulations. Moreover, he will be required to pay Crucible $4,000 for the use of the "Crucible Studios" name, for training and expert advice to personnel, for the use of a bookkeeping system set up by Crucible, and for inventory control. This money will be used by Crucible for leasehold improvements and other capital expenditures.
Section 31005 of the Franchise Investment Law defines "franchise" to include an agreement, either oral or written, between two or more persons by which a franchisee is granted the right to engage in the business of offering, selling, or distributing goods or services under a marketing plan or system prescribed in substantial part by a franchisor, the operation of the franchisee's business pursuant to such plan or system is substantially associated with the franchisor's commercial symbol, such as its trade name or trademark, and the franchisee is required to pay a franchise fee. Section 31011 defines "franchise fee" to mean any fee or charge that a franchisee or subfranchisor is required to pay or agrees to pay for the right to enter into a business under a franchise agreement, including, but not limited to, any such payment for goods and services. The purchase or agreement to purchase goods at a bona fide wholesale price is not considered the payment of a "franchise fee" pursuant to Section 31011(a), and Rule 011 of the Commissioner exempts from the registration requirement of Section 31110 of the Law, any offer or sale of a franchise which would be subject to registration solely because the franchisee is required to pay, directly or indirectly, a franchise fee which, on an annual basis, does not exceed $100.
The arrangements between Crucible and the operators, in our opinion, contain all of the essential elements of a "franchise" as defined in Section 31005. The operators are granted the right by Crucible to engage in the business of selling jewelry and related items at retail at a location selected by Crucible and in a manner which we understand is prescribed by the regulations of Crucible. The operation of the operators business is substantially associated with the "Crucible Studios" trade name, and the operators are required to pay a franchise fee.
As regards the last mentioned point, the operator apparently will handle the merchandise on a consignment basis with all proceeds remitted to Crucible. The $4,000 payment of the operator, you have represented, will be for the use of Crucible's trade name and for the various services rendered by Crucible to the operator, as described above. Such payment is a "franchise fee" within the meaning of Section 31011.
In accordance with the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the arrangements between Crucible and the operators are "franchises", and their offer and sale is subject to the registration requirement of Section 31110 of the Franchise Investment Law.
Inasmuch as interpretive opinions are issued for the principal purpose of providing a procedure by which members of the public can protect themselves against liability for acts done or omitted in good faith in reliance upon the administrative determination made in the opinion, and since there can be no such reliance where the Commissioner asserts jurisdiction with respect to a particular situation or determines that a legal requirement is applicable, advice to that effect, as contained in this letter, does not constitute an interpretive opinion.
Dated: San Francisco, California
By order of
BRIAN R. VAN CAMP
Commissioner of Corporations
By __________________
HANS A. MATTES
Office of Policy


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Q: Is it possible to override a classes inside the "java.lang" package? (Java Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism)
We can use "-Djava.endorsed.dirs" to specify custom classes to override some JDK classes, but  I saw some documents saying that endorsed cannot cover the classes in the "java.lang" package.
I tried it, and got a different result than in the document.
Is there a problem with any of the steps?
1、Create a java.lang.String class
package java.lang;

import ...;

public final class String implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence {

      // Methods of java.lang.String class in rt.jar

   // Custom Method
   public boolean isCustom() {
         return true;
     }
}

2、Packing
$javac ./java/lang/String.java

$jar -cf custom.jar ./java

$cp custom.jar /home/endorsed

3、Running Test.java with debug mode
(1). code:
public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
          Class clazz = "hello".getClass();
            Method method = clazz.getMethod("isCustom");
              System.out.println(method.getName())
      }

}

(2). shell:
$ java -Djava.endorsed.dirs="/home/endorsed" Test

Use HSDB to view the runtime data of this virtual machine
java.lang.String class
There is only one java.lang.String class  and  it contains isCustom() method. The original String class of JDK has disappeared.
4、Env:
$java -version
java version "1.8.0_321"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_321-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.321-b07, mixed mode)


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With this board you can develop and prototype with any 40 pin AVR microcontrollers like ATMEGA16, ATMEGA32 ETC... The board have User button and status LED. The bridge rectifire allow this board to be powered with both AC and DC power supply adapters.
Flash Burner for AVR Series from ATMEL and 8051/8052 Microcontrollers.


Article 5 of the UNCRC is about recognising that most young people will find that their parents, guardians or family are the people who are most qualified to give them good advice. It's also about understanding how important family is to a young person's wellbeing.
Article 5 says that the parents or guardians of a child or young person should act in their best interests. What these are will change as a child or young person grows up: a young person is able to do more things safely than would have been the case when they were a child or a baby.
Parents or guardians should be aware of the changing abilities, wants and needs of children and young people in their care, and should take these into account when thinking about how to act in their best interests. Scots law recognises that a parent's role is more about guidance than direction once a young person turns 16.
Article 5 is about the support a child or young person receives from their family, parents or carers. It shouldn't be taken to mean a family member or carer can deny a child or young person their rights. If a child or young person's best interests aren't being looked after by their family or carers, then there should be things that person can do to change this. Children and young people should be able to make their own decisions about what these changes might be.
Article 5 doesn't mean children or young people should be judged if they're not in contact with both their parents.
The influence a child's parents should have on their life will change as that child changes and develops, but that child's rights should always be respected.
Article 18 talks about how parents should share responsibility for a child's care, and about what the State's role is in a child's development.


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ARKANSAS CITY – The McPherson College track and field teams opened their 2019 outdoor season this past weekend at the Tiger Invitational hosted by Cowley College. The Bulldogs' first two meets of the spring were cancelled because of weather, and it was touch-and-go as to whether or not Cowley was going to be able host their invitational this week because of poor weather on Saturday. In the end, they decided to move the meet to Sunday, and the Bulldogs were finally able to compete, instead of train.
There were just a few teams able to adjust their schedules to compete at the invitational, but the competition level was still high. The Bulldogs had a strong showing setting 19 new personal best times and distances, and finishing atop the podium in 11 men's events and two on the women's side. There was also one school record, and two national qualifying times.
The school record in the hammer throw was broken twice on Sunday. The old record of 47.47m set back in 2014 was broke first Dylan Templeman at 48.66m and then broken again by Tanner Trigg on his final throw at 49.10m.
The Bulldog women qualified for the NAIA outdoor national meet, in Gulf Shores, Ala., in two events. Amy Braimbridge's time of 56.12 in the 400m met both the A and the B standard marks, and the 4x100m team of Lattimore, Braimbridge, Diamond Blaylock-Norris and Destiny Johnson rand a 48.24, qualifying B standard.
"It was great to finally out on the track and compete," Bulldog Head Coach, Robert Spies said. "We have had some good training sessions the past couple of weeks, and it showed in the number of personal bests we achieved. Overall it was a solid start for both programs and we will continue to build on it in the coming weeks."
The Bulldogs will be back in action this weekend, competing in the Friends University Classic down in Wichita. It is a two-day meet with the distance events and the javelin taking place on Friday afternoon starting at 4 p.m. The rest of the events will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday.


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Carolyn Brown
Science Communication | Publishing Consulting
Speaker, Teacher, Trainer
Does anyone know what a meme really is any more? Or, 3 misused scientific theories that will astound you
Posted on May 10, 2015 May 10, 2015 by Carolyn Brown
As a science communicator, I get annoyed when scientific concepts are misused. And especially if they are used wrong and overused. And double especially if they are misused, overused, and used in a way that discredits the term's inventor.
Which brings me to memes. First of all, what a meme is not: a photo with a caption uploaded to Facebook. Seeing it used to mean any trivial fad that zooms around social media for a while — or, even worse, the actual concrete image or text that gets shared and liked 438,962 times — just makes me bang my head against my desk.
A quick recap of what memes really are: the term was coined by British geneticist and atheist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. It is arguable that he was just looking for a metaphor for the self-replicating nature of genes, but he hit on something that had not previously been so well expressed. He noted that "cultural entities" can be self-replicating, like genes, moving quickly through populations and having marked effects on human behaviour and culture. While some of these can seem trivial — popular songs, fashions — many are ideas or skills that take hold and change the way people do things. Furthermore, there are arguments that some of the most popular things in culture, including music and clothing, become popular because they in fact reflect or signify underlying shifts in the zeitgeist. Cultural theorists have seized on the meme concept to explore how culture changes and why — questions in anthropology and sociology. Understanding memes could help explain social movements that are positive (the Arab Spring) or negative (anti-vaccination beliefs in North America).
The misinterpretation of the meme is the latest, but hardly the worst, example of mangled scientific theories. In fact, how scientific ideas become twisted and watered down even as they become popular is probably something those meme theorists should study. I have two other examples from the history of scientific ideas to help the academics get started.
Paradigms lost
I have heard paradigm shift used to mean a radical change in one's personal or professional life (this one from a self-improvement course) or a significant social change (from one of my public policy professors). Neither was what Thomas Kuhn meant when he coined the term in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962. Just for the record, he meant what happened when a scientific model (paradigm) shared by the scientific community had to be completely jettisoned and replaced when an anomaly was found that did not fit the model. But as soon as the idea was released, it was applied in many contexts that Kuhn clearly did not foresee. Almost any change was dubbed a "paradigm shift" just to make it sound more significant. It came to mean a "sea change" (which is not what Shakespeare meant in The Tempest either, but that's another subject for another blog). I would use the term if a widely held model was completely upended in any field — not just science. But it does not mean an unexpected election outcome or someone's decision to walk away from his or her job.
Origin of the Specious
After Darwin's On the Origin of Species appeared in 1859, its concepts of "survival of the fittest" and "natural selection" were swiftly misapplied to justify mistreatment of one social group by another on the basis that it was "natural" for weak people to be crushed underfoot and for strong people to do the crushing. This was used to justify unbridled capitalism, eugenics, racism and so on — a trend later called "social Darwinism." Never mind that Darwin was referring to a strictly biological process that often required hundreds of years of adaptation. This one is easy to see in hindsight, but ask yourself how often today we take it for granted that there are social losers and winners and that the decisions affecting people are "just business decisions." Maybe the social Darwinism meme was more lasting than we care to admit.
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SUNDANCE – August 2008 – "Il Barista a Casa" (The Barista at Home) has become the surprise hit of the Sundance Film Festival this year after earning rave reviews from the some of the harshest critics in the US. Starring Andy Garcia, Orlando Bloom and Scarlett Johansson, who would have thought that a simple film about a small-town accountant (Bloom) who inherited a domestic coffee machine from his late mother could invoke such a moving human tale? Lust, greed and addiction all follow (of course all related to his new-found love affair with coffee) and in his search for espresso excellence, he finds that his life is never the same again….
Before you jump onto google to find out the release date for Australia, there's one small thing we should tell you. The above film is not real. OK, we led you up the garden path, but it could be real, couldn't it? (A good one for Ron Howard to direct we think!). Our belief that such a film could exist is a reflection of just how endemic home espresso machines have now become in our lives. Today, it's plausible cinema but ten years ago, nobody would have had any interest in such a film!
Here's a true story for you now. A doctor friend of ours decided one day that she wanted a good machine at home. Not a $2700 Vibiemme or ECM Giotto, but a sub-$1000 manual machine that would be a "good starter" and one which could be "practiced on" for a year or so before moving to the next level. She rang us for a recommendation and we were astounded at just how much she had picked up by spending a few hours researching on the internet. The merits of stainless steel and brass boilers over aluminium boilers rolled off her tongue like she was born with an espresso cup in one hand and a tamper in the other. This was her secret identity coming out. To us, it suddenly seemed that no longer was she one of the most skilled plastic surgeons in Sydney but she was the home barista. Her husband rolled his eyes in disbelief at what his wife had become, but by the passion in her voice he knew that there was no turning back.
We have reproduced our answers to her in this article to hopefully enlighten other home baristas.
Generally this is a question that your partner or psychologist can probably better answer than anyone, but if your question relates to your intense passion for coffee, then we can tell you straight away, the answer is YES! Why should we feel that having a passion outside of our "profession" is wrong or something we should hide or suppress? We often talk about people and pigeon-hole them according to what they do. We say, "Megan is a housewife," or "Rhonda is an accountant" or "Tim is a lawyer." Each one of these people may of course also be a coffee fanatic and there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, having such a passion is enviable we believe. It keeps the mind active, the thirst for knowledge strong and can lead to satisfaction when it all finally "clicks" and the perfect cup is consistently served.
In short, lots. Coffee is scientific. The basics of extraction such as volume and time are critical. How to texture milk effectively is also key. After all, the espresso from your $250 machine from Bing Lee may be supreme, but if you are scooping roadhouse froth onto the top of your coffees that end up looking like Mount Vesuvius, your dinner party guests will no doubt be less than impressed (and to be frank, it can really bring the tenor of the evening down!) We've seen a rollicking dinner party go down in flames when poor coffee is served. Guests may say they are suddenly "all full up" but deep down the host should know that a half-left coffee is the ultimate insult….especially when the plate full of 71% Ecuadorian chocolate pieces are simultaneously devoured.
Other key things to learn include how to execute the pouring of different coffees and also how to clean your machine/grinder.
How do I go about expanding my knowledge?
If you have never ventured onto YouTube on the internet (www.youtube.com), you are missing out on a whole other source of information of the visual kind. When we punched in "Saeco Via Vanezia" on YouTube we came up with a guy called Barista Sebastiaan who ran through the making of a coffee from this machine. OK, he wasn't a world champ milk texturer, (nor did he take off the froth enhancer when he frothed his milk) but it's a good starting point for a visual demonstration and from there we can refine the search and keep watching other videos. Oh yes, all of this is free!
You will often stumble across these as you search for things relating to coffee on the internet. Good social networking sites can often be a huge help as you will come across other like-minded people who have probably encountered the same issues or problems that that you have encountered with your machine. These sites will also keep you updated with local coffee events and provide pictures and even videos that will inspire you to keep practising to perfect your new-found love. If you feel alienated by the exclusivity of a social networking site, don't bother logging on again, just find another one! Some sites are run by people with vested interests (for example coffee bean and espresso machine sellers) so beware! We have just started one (www.baristazoo.com) and there is a great US site that is also worth a look also called www.baristaexchange.com. Another one worth looking at is www.baristaconnection.com.
Does the course cater for you? In other words, is the course suitable for a home barista and how much will you get out of it? Learning the 30mls-in-30seconds rule is great for a commercial barista working on a commercial machine but how does this rule differ for home machines? How does tamping pressure differ from a commercial environment to a home environment? A course covering both is probably ideal so that you have universal knowledge.
Is the course run by professionals? It seems every second coffee shop and coffee roaster runs the odd courses here and there, but it pays to seek out a professional outfit where the trainers are experienced (ie who are café owners and/or professional baristas), are trained teachers and communicators and who use technology in their training. One of us attended a first aid course a couple of years ago run by a guy who would have been far more suited to sitting in front of a computer all day. His 2-hour monologue on first aid with no hands-on practice left everyone in the room wishing they were home mowing their lawns. More worrying than this though, was that nobody actually learned any first aid that stuck with them beyond the next day or so and were therefore none the wiser for attending after shelling out their $100. Forget about being a teacher, this guy was a bandit!
Is the course impartial? Never underestimate the independent training facility that specialises in coffee (not fork lift licenses as well!) and is not beholden to any coffee or equipment brand.
What do you get after the course? A written and visual summary is essential and a certificate is always nice. You may not be going to make being a barista your full-time job, but it's nice to show your partner/friends! There are those people out there of course who would like to attend courses that are properly accredited. Again, research is pivotal, and don't just accept what a coffee training course says it provides (there are a lot of cowboys out there who falsely advertise that their courses are accredited). Ring them up or email them with the crucial question – "Who are you accredited with?" If the answer is not TAFE, how is your qualification going to be truly recognised all around Australia?
What tips would you learn that you may not necessarily obtain from the internet? A few questions thrown at your trainer should uncover little gems of information like what the best local brands of milk to use are (some will never give you creamy, silky milk), where to buy fresh, locally-roasted single origin and blended coffee and where to go if your machine (heaven forbit it!) ever breaks down.
There is one further word of advice if you do go down the route of attending a course. If you are interested in more than just "froth and giggles" and want an intensive and hands-on experience, you should expect to leave a good course with your mind full of knowledge, your hands shaking with exhaustion and an impatience to get back home to fire up the machine straight away.
Hopefully, we have helped to shed some light on how to become a true barista a casa. To master your craft, you need to use technology to your advantage to bolster your knowledge. By using this knowledge selectively and in conjunction with live tuition and practical experience - depending on how much you practice - you will be able to call yourself a barista in no time at all. And then finally you will be able to silence that shameless wine snob at your next dinner party.
David Gee and Matthew Gee run Barista Basics Coffee Academy in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. They are past coffee-roasters, have owned 4 espresso bars and have published a book on coffee called bean there, drunk that… now in its second edition. Their training DVDs and book are used extensively by TAFE colleges all over Australia and coffee businesses and franchise operations all over the world.
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StumbleUpon notified users it was shuttering the service on Friday in an email, but didn't explain the reason behind the move.
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Philadelphia"s former police chief to advise…
Philadelphia"s former police chief to advise Chicago force
By Associated Press and Don Babwin |
CHICAGO (AP) — A former deputy superintendent of the Chicago Police who left to head departments in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia is returning to the city to help reform a force that"s trying to regain public trust in the wake of a video showing a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager, Mayor Rahm Emanuel"s office announced Sunday.
Charles Ramsey, one of the nation"s most respected law enforcement figures, has twice — first in Washington and then in Philadelphia — invited federal reviews of those agencies similar to the civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department that the Justice Department announced last month. He has said that police-involved shootings in both of those cities subsequently declined.
Ramsey, an African-American from the city"s South Side, returns to Chicago amid protests that have called for Emanuel to resign over the release two months ago of the video of Laquan McDonald"s shooting death by Officer Jason Van Dyke. The video sparked the biggest crisis of Emanuel"s administration and cost Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy his job.
"The situation in Chicago is not unlike many cities across the country, but the people of Chicago should know that their leaders are working hard to restore trust where it has been lost," Ramsey said in a statement.
What kind of recommendations he will make is unclear, but last month he said that he wanted state police in Pennsylvania to head investigations of police-involved shootings in Philadelphia.
The 65-year-old Ramsey joined the Chicago Police Department as a cadet in 1968, rose through the ranks over three decades and had a key role in the establishment of community policing in Chicago. Since he left in 1998 to head Washington"s force, his name has come up repeatedly as a candidate for Chicago superintendent. He has applied a number of times, including in 2011, before Emanuel selected McCarthy.
Ramsey retired this month as Philadelphia"s police commissioner, and following Emanuel"s firing of McCarthy in the wake of the McDonald video"s release, had said he was not interested in the job. In fact, earlier this month, the mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, announced that Ramsey had been hired as a public safety consultant.
Dashcam video released Nov. 24 of the shooting more than a year earlier shows Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times as he walks away from police officers with a knife at his side. Van Dyke is charged with murder and has pleaded not guilty.
The shooting has turned a spotlight on longstanding concerns about a "code of silence" in the Chicago Police Department, in which officers stay quiet about or even cover up possible misconduct by colleagues. Police Board President Lori Lightfoot has said the 39 applicants for the superintendent job will be asked for "creative solutions" to motivate officers to come forward when they see misconduct.
Lightfoot says she hopes to present Emanuel with the names of three finalists by the end of February.
Don Babwin


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Q: How can I change an ArrayList that is returned to a method? - Java That is the code:
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[]args) {
        changeList();

        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(example().toArray()));
    }

    public static void changeList() {
        example().set(2, "Hi!");
    }

    public static List<String> example () {

        String str = new String("word1|word2|word3|word4|word5");

        return Arrays.asList(str.split("\\|"));
    }
}

I want the ArrayList to be like this: [word1, word2, Hi!, word4, word5]
But it doesn't change... It prints[word1, word2, word3, word4, word5]
Is it even possible to change it that way?
Thanks in advance!

A: The problem is that example gives a brand new List each time it's called. When you create the list in changeList, it's a different List than the one you create in main, and changes made to one List won't affect another.
One way to fix this is to:

*

*Have the changeList method do what it says: take in a List (rather than producing one from scratch) and change that List.

*Have the main method pass in the List to changeList.

public static void main(String[]args) {
    List<String> list = example();
    changeList(list);

    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(list.toArray()));
}

public static void changeList(List<String> list) {
    list.set(2, "Hi!");
}

A:
But it doesn't change... Is it even possible to change it that way?

yes, you change the list but you lost the ref of the returned collection since the method public E set(int index, E element) returns E and not the list itself.. see the doc
as I said, move the return of example() into a variable that you can manipulate...
public static void main (String[] args) {
    List<String> retVal = example();
    System.out.println(retVal);
    retVal.set(2, "Hi!");
    System.out.println(retVal);
}

public static List<String> example () {
    String str = new String("word1|word2|word3|word4|word5");
    return Arrays.asList(str.split("\\|"));
}

A:     public static void main(String[]args) {
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(changeList().toArray()));
    }

    public static List<String>  changeList() {
        List<String> list = example();
        list.set(2, "Hi!");
        return list;
    }

    public static List<String> example () {

        String str = new String("word1|word2|word3|word4|word5");

        return Arrays.asList(str.split("\\|"));
    }

A: Let's step through your code one line at a time to understand what it is doing:
 public static void main(String[]args) {
    changeList();

This calls the changeList() method:
public static void changeList() {
    example().set(2, "Hi!");

First call example():
public static List<String> example () {
    String str = new String("word1|word2|word3|word4|word5");
    return Arrays.asList(str.split("\\|"));
}

This creates a new List and returns it back to changeList():
example().set(2, "Hi!");

Now we modify the returned List by setting the element at index 2 to "Hi!". However, the modified list is immediately discarded because you have no reference to it any more.
Then we return back to main:
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(example().toArray()));

Now we call example again:
public static List<String> example () {
    String str = new String("word1|word2|word3|word4|word5");
    return Arrays.asList(str.split("\\|"));
}

This creates a new List. This new list is in no way related to the list that was created when we called example() the previous time.
If you want to keep the same list, you need to assign it to a reference in changeList() and then return it:
public static void changeList() {
    List<String> theList = example();
    theList.set(2, "Hi!");
    return theList;
}

Now main() needs to save a reference to the list returned by changeList():
public static void main(String[]args) {
    List<String> mainList = changeList();

    System.out.println(mainList);
}

(Note: You can print the List directly. Your original version is much more complicated than necessary.)


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A business model centered on "renting" aircraft to users that prefer private over commercial air transport, airline charter has historically catered to a select group of travelers that range from corporate users to government officials to wealthy families. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted charter airline companies early and significantly, yet the industry subsequently benefited from a boost in private air travel as fliers looked to avoid large, crowded commercial planes and spaces.
In addition to renting or leasing aircraft, airline charter companies also manage equipment maintenance, provide repairs and parts, operate flight schools and manage other owners' planes. These multifaceted operations require careful orchestration and modern business systems that reduce manual processes, streamline operations, and improve efficiencies.
Presently, many airline charter companies still rely on systems like QuickBooks for accounting plus a myriad industry-specific applications to run their divisions and operations. Without a cloud-based, unified business management system for handling intercompany transactions, managing revenue recognition and helping close the monthly books quickly, these entities waste significant time and money on manual processes, spreadsheet manipulation, and data re-entry.
In this paper, we look at the key technology challenges that today's airline charter companies are dealing with and show how cloud ERP with integrations into airline charter-specific solutions can help organizations overcome these issues.
A Thriving Industry
Charter services are hired by individuals, corporations, celebrities, government officials, and more. Charter aircraft can also be modified to perform other roles, including emergency medical services, cargo delivery or equipment resupply.
Air charter flights operate on the passenger's schedule, which allows considerably more flexibility than a commercial airline's schedule. Charters are able to fly in and out of more than 5,000 public use airports in the U.S.—more than 100 times that of the airlines—and they provide convenient access to destinations for passengers who can afford the additional cost.
The global air charter services market is valued at approximately $26.6 billion (USD) and expected to post a 4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between now and 2027. Companies operating in the space offer a variety of rental and ownership options that include (but aren't limited to):
Fractional Ownership: This model functions like a time share, with airplanes instead of real estate. Individuals or businesses can claim a part of the airplane and its crew when needed. There are additional complexities with charter companies having different but overlapping ownership with other entities like flight schools.
Jet Card Programs: Providers sell blocks of retail flight hours, similar to a prepaid phone card.
On-Demand Charter: Providers don't own or operate aircraft; they function as a broker in the jet charter process.
Fixed Fleet Operators: These are FAA-certified local private jet charter owners that provide "air taxi" services to their clients.
In addition to air transportation services, charter companies typically provide all of the support services that come with using, owning, and/or maintaining aircraft. With annual revenues ranging from $30-$120 million, these companies offer their services on a menu basis to a wide swath of private aircraft owners and users. From repair services to spare parts supply to flight schools, these different entities are usually operated as part of the broader, airline charter ecosystem, but managed independently.
"One division may be a spare parts supply house while another manages airplanes for celebrities and pro athletes or teaches pilots how to fly," said Livio Sgrignuoli, VP of Business Development at 67 Solutions, Inc., a Certified NetSuite Partner that specializes in the sector. "These multi-entity organizations are all run as different companies."
To manage multiple entities, most airline charter firms rely on basic systems like QuickBooks and Excel spreadsheets. One company that 67 Solutions worked with recently had 80 different QuickBooks files to manage its more than 80 different aircraft. "Each aircraft was treated as a legal entity, so it needed its own QuickBooks file," said Sgrignuoli. "Trying to close out the books at the end of the accounting period was a complete nightmare."
The same charter company was managing a high volume of inter-company transactions. When one of its own aircraft required maintenance, for example, that activity and the associated costs were recorded in a separate system run by the maintenance division. And, when the same aircraft was booked out, that activity had to be tracked by the charter division. To further complicate matters, charter companies also rely on third-party flight operating systems (FOSs) and the Quantum parts management application. Both of these can be integrated directly with NetSuite using 67 Solutions' Airline Charter Bundle, complementary applications built for the needs of charter companies.
Of course, multiple systems mean multiple databases have to be merged together in order to gain a complete view of the company's operations, performance and profitability.
Through shared ownership agreements, multiple owners receive the revenues generated when their planes are rented out. Tracking and allocating that income is tedious using spreadsheets and basic accounting systems, but it's a task made much easier with Airline Charter Bundle, which utilizes NetSuite's native functionalities to allocate the profits to the various minority interests. Some of the popular NetSuite functionalities that airline charter providers use include basic financials, intercompany management, and revenue recognition.
"When the revenues are consolidated, and if someone owns 40% of the aircraft," said Mike Walker, Principal and NetSuite Delivery Leader at 67 Solutions, "that will reflect appropriately in the balance sheet in terms of owner's equity." Previously, those calculations and the reporting had to be done using QuickBooks and spreadsheets.
Key Benefits of Cloud ERP
Operating in a highly-regulated industry, airline charter companies need to know the fine details about the aircraft that they're managing—right down to the number of times landing gear can "touch down" before it needs to be replaced. In most cases, they're using disparate, industry-specific software solutions to run their front ends, and then adding on basic financial systems to run their back ends.
"We solved this problem with our integration into NetSuite, that serves as a backbone and brings all these industry-specific software solutions onto a single system," said Sgrignuoli. 67 Solutions, which specializes in NetSuite implementations, has developed Airline Charter Bundle to address the challenges outlined in this white paper (and more).
Airline Charter Bundle also solves these entities' intercompany transaction management issues. With a single, automated solution that uses aircraft tail numbers as identifiers, companies have all of the information related to that piece of equipment (e.g., usage, repair, maintenance, storage fees, etc.) in one place, and regardless of which division is managing the work. This, in turn, makes the month-end close process infinitely easier and faster for charter companies.
For airline charter companies, 67 Solutions also created a customization for NetSuite that helps owners manage the responsibility of maintaining a plane and complying with FAA requirements. Most of this work is outsourced to the airline charter company itself, which also arranges the pilots, flight attendants, catering, fuel, and anything else that goes into chartering private aircraft.
You can't effectively track this information via spreadsheet, so 67 Solutions created an "owner's statement" that pulls all revenues and expenses by aircraft tail number, and then through NetSuite generates a comprehensive report that can be submitted to the plane's owner. "The owners can easily tell whether they made money or if they owe money during a certain period," said Walker. "The charter company's commission comes off the top, and the rest goes in (or, comes out of) the owner's pocket."
New Revenue Streams and Efficiencies
With an average implementation time of 4-6 months, Airline Charter Bundle + NetSuite also gives companies the power to:
Create a new "loyalty card" revenue stream. In the charter sector, selling someone 50 hours' worth of prepaid flights is a fairly common practice that creates more paperwork on both the front and backend. "We designed a solution in NetSuite that allows a customer to go ahead and buy a loyalty card," said Walker. "Then, every time the customers uses the card, the balance available is drawn upon in the ERP." That way, users can always see what's left on their cards—a process that most charter companies have to manage manually. "Everyone likes the idea of being able to expand their revenue streams using loyalty cards, but managing them can be complicated," said Walker. "We came up with this customization specifically to meet that need."
Connect with their existing FOS. A foundational piece of software for most companies that manage flight operations, the FOS is used to run preliminary flight plans, monitor weather conditions, track aircraft status and more. Reliant on many interconnected details, the FOS brings these disparate pieces of information together on a single platform. Taking this up a level, 67 Solutions created a direct integration for third-party FOSs that transfer all of the expenses, financials and related details right into NetSuite for easier management.
Improve inventory and parts management. Quantum Control Aviation software is another software platform of choice for airline charter companies, which generally use the platform for parts and inventory management. Knowing this, 67 Solutions developed a journal-based interface that transfers the expense lines (associated with the inventory/parts) directly into NetSuite. "The limitation of Quantum is that it lacks a robust backend," Sgrignuoli pointed out. "We provide an enhancement that lets them use this industry software while also being able to leverage NetSuite functionality like revenue recognition and intercompany transactions."
Vastly improve information flows across multiple entities. With Airline Charter Bundle and NetSuite in place, airline charter companies can eliminate duplicate data entry and give users one set of accurate information to work with. One recent 67 Solutions customer revealed that it had increased its accuracy by 100% after implementing the ERP and the industry-specific solutions. "With everyone across all entities working from a single database, companies begin to see vast improvements in the information flows," said Walker, "and a system that's even more powerful than our customer envisioned."
As the airline charter industry continues to grow, and as individual companies add new offerings to their menus, the need for a unified, cloud ERP system backed by industry-specific capabilities will continue to increase. For companies still operating with spreadsheets, disparate industry solutions, and QuickBooks, it's time to take a closer look at how modern technology can help streamline operations, eliminate manual tasks, and improve profitability.
"Competition among airline charter companies is heating up, which means individual providers need to more efficient," Sgrignuoli points out. "That means you can't take three months to get an owner's report anymore. Customers want their information now."
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