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Le Conseil économique, social et environnemental (CESE) du Sénégal constitue, auprès des pouvoirs publics,  une assemblée consultative disposant d'une expertise dans les domaines économiques, sociaux, culturels et environnementales.

Il est consulté par le président de la République, le gouvernement et l'Assemblée nationale. Il peut aussi, de sa propre initiative, émettre un avis sur l'ensemble des questions d'ordre économique, social et culturel intéressant les différents secteurs d'activités de la Nation. Le Conseil économique, social et environnemental favorise par son activité, une collaboration harmonieuse entre les différentes communautés.

Entre 2003 et 2008, il porte le nom de Conseil de la République pour les affaires économiques et sociales.

Histoire
Il a été institué par la loi du .

Une loi organique de 2008 précise son organisation et don fonctionnement.

Président du Conseil économique et social

 1964-1968 : Léon Boissier Palun
 1968 : Doudou Thiam
 1968-1972 : Magatte Lo
 1972-1984 : Amadou Karim Gaye
 1984-1993 : Mamba Guirassy
 1993-2001 : Famara Ibrahima Sagna
 2003-2008 : Mbaye Jacques Diop
 2008-2013 : Ousmane Masseck Ndiaye
 2013-2019 : Aminata Tall
 2019-2020 : Aminata Touré
 Depuis 2020 : Idrissa Seck

Missions et attributions

Article. Premier. - Le Conseil économique et social constitue auprès des pouvoirs publics, une assemblée consultative. Il est un médiateur dans les conflits sociaux.

Il assure la représentation des principales activités économiques et sociales, favorise la coopération des différentes catégories professionnelles entre elles et assure leur participation à la politique économique et sociale de la Nation.

Art. 2. - Le Conseil économique et social est compétent pour examiner les projets et propositions de loi ainsi que les projets de décret à caractère économique et social à l'exclusion des lois de finances.

Il est obligatoirement saisi, pour avis les projets de lois de programme et de Plan à caractère économique et social.

Art. 3. - Le Conseil économique et social peut être saisi et consulté sur tout problème intéressant la vie économique, sociale et culturelle de la Nation.

Art. 4. - Le Conseil économique et social est saisi par le Président de la République, par le Parlement ou le Gouvernement, de demandes d'avis ou d'études.

Il peut se saisir de l'examen de questions économiques, sociales et financières, entreprendre à cet effet les études et enquêtes nécessaires et émettre en conclusion, les avis et suggestions de réforme qui lui paraissent de nature à favoriser le développement économique et social de la Nation.

Il peut notamment faire connaître au Président de la République son avis sur l'exécution des programmes d'action à caractère économique et social.

Art. 5. - Seul le Conseil économique et social, en assemblée est compétent pour donner son avis.

Des commissions peuvent être créées en son sein.

Art. 6. - Chaque année, le Gouvernement fait connaître au Conseil économique et social, en assemblée, les suites données à ses études et avis.

Organisation

Art. 7. - Le conseil économique et social est composé, outre le Président désigne conformément à l'article 9 ci-après, de quatre-vingt membres nommés par décret.

Ils comprennent :

1. des représentants :
 des salariés du secteur public et du secteur privé (ouvriers, employés, fonctionnaires, techniciens et cadres) ;
 des professions commerciales, bancaires, artisanales et des transports ;
 des professions industrielles et minières ;
 des organismes d'économie rurale ;
 des élus locaux ;
 des organismes associatifs ;
 des professions artistiques et culturelles ;
 des professions libérales ;
 des sénégalais de l'extérieur :
 de la mutualité, de la coopération et de la micro finance ;

2. des personnalités choisies en raison de leur compétence en matière économique, social, scientifique ou culturelle.

Art. 8. - Les membres du Conseil économique et social doivent :

1) être de nationalité sénégalaise

2) appartenir depuis au moins deux ans à la catégorie socioprofessionnelle qu'ils représentent.

Ne peuvent faire partie du Conseil économique et social :
 les faillis et les personnes en état de liquidation judiciaire, jusqu'à leur réhabilitation ;
 les personnes condamnées pour corruption électorale ;
 les incapables majeurs ;
 les individus frappés d'une condamnation de nature à entraîner la privation du droit de vote dans les élections politiques.

La qualité de membre du Conseil économique et social est incompatible avec les fonctions de député, de sénateur, de Président du Conseil régional et de membre du Gouvernement.

Art. 9. - Le Conseil économique et social est présidé par une personnalité nommée par décret.

Le Président représente le Conseil économique et social dans toutes les manifestations de la vie publique.

Il est mis fin à ses fonctions par décret.

Art. 10. - Le Président est assisté d'un Bureau élu par le Conseil économique et social et comprenant quatre vice-présidents et deux secrétaires.

Les membres du Bureau sont élus pour un an.
Ils sont rééligibles.

Art. 11. - Un secrétaire général, nommé par décret sur proposition du Président du Conseil économique et social, assiste aux séances et en tient procès-verbal.

Il assure, sous le contrôle du Bureau et l'autorité du Président, l'administration du Conseil économique et social.

Art. 12. - Le mandat des membres du Conseil économique et social est de 5 ans.

Si, au cours de son mandat, un membre du Conseil économique et social vient à perdre la qualité au titre de laquelle il a été désigné, il est déclaré démissionnaire d'office et remplacé pour la durée du mandat restant à courir.

Il est interdit, sous peine de révocation, à tout membre du Conseil économique et social, d'exciper ou d'user de cette qualité dans les entreprises financières, industrielles ou commerciales, ou dans l'exercice de professions libérales ou autre et, d'une façon générale, d'user de ce titre pour d'autres motifs que pour l'exercice de son mandat.

Sans qu'il s'agisse d'une immunité ou d'une autorisation préalable, et à l'exception des cas de flagrant délit, information est faite au Bureau du Conseil économique et par le Ministre chargé de la justice avant que des poursuites pénales soient engagées contre un membre du Conseil économique et social.

Art. 13. - Des membres associés avec voix consultative, ayant la nationalité sénégalaise ou non, peuvent être nommés au Conseil économique et social. Un décret précise les conditions de leur désignation et les indemnités qui peuvent leur être allouées.

Art. 14. - Les membres du Conseil économique et social bénéficient d'indemnités de sessions fixées par décret.

Ils peuvent prétendre au remboursement de frais exposés à l'occasion de leur mission.

Le Président bénéficie, en raison des sujétions particulières de ses fonctions, d'avantages et d'indemnités dont le montant est fixé par décret.

Art. 15.- Il est créé au sein du Conseil économique et social des commissions pour l'étude des questions intéressant les différentes activités économiques et sociales.

La liste, les compétences et la composition de ces commissions sont fixées par le Règlement intérieur.

Fonctionnement

Art. 16. - Le conseil économique et social tient deux sessions ordinaires par an.

Il peut être convoqué en session extraordinaire par décret. La durée de chaque session ne peut excéder deux mois pour les sessions ordinaires et quinze jours pour les sessions extraordinaires.

Tout membre du Conseil économique et social convoqué, qui s'est abstenu pendant deux sessions ordinaires consécutives d'assister à la totalité des séances du Conseil économique et social ou de ses commissions, sans excuse légitime admise par le Bureau, fera l'objet d'une proposition de révocation au Président de la République qui pourvoira à son remplacement.

Art. 17. - Les dates d'ouverture des sessions sont fixées par décret, après avis du Bureau du Conseil économique et social.
La clôture des sessions est prononcée par décret.

En vue d'assurer la permanence de l'information et la préparation du travail des sessions ordinaires et extraordinaires, sur proposition de son Président, le Conseil économique et social peut désigner en son sein, à la fin de chaque session et pour l'intersession, à venir un Comité de liaison.

Ce Comité qui se réunit sur l'initiative du Conseil économique et social constitue un simple organe de travail ne disposant d'aucun pouvoir propre. Il peut toutefois correspondre avec le Gouvernement et entendre les commissaires du Gouvernement.

Art. 18. - Sur proposition de son Bureau, le Conseil économique et social arrête son règlement intérieur qui doit être approuve par décret.

Art. 19. - Les séances du Conseil économique et social sont publiques sauf décision contraire de son Bureau.

Le secrétaire général du Conseil économique et social tient en archives, les minutes de ses procès-verbaux ainsi que des comptes rendus « in extenso » des débats. Elles ne peuvent être communiquées et sans déplacement qu'aux seuls membres du Conseil économique et social.

Dans le cas où le Conseil économique et social est saisi d'une demande d'avis du Président de la République, du Parlement ou du Gouvernement il rend son avis dans un délai d'un mois.

Lorsque le Conseil économique et social est saisi d'une demande d'étude, celle-ci précise le délai dans lequel l'étude devra être remise.

Les procès-verbaux de séance, accompagnés des avis et recommandations, sont transmis sans délai à l'organe qui a saisi le Conseil économique et social et, en tout état de cause, au Président de la République et au Premier Ministre.

Art. 20. - Les membres du Gouvernement et les commissaires désignés par eux ont accès au Conseil économique et social et à ses commissions. Ils sont entendus lorsqu'ils le demandent.

Art. 21. - Le droit de vote est personnel tant au sein de l'assemblée qu'au sein des commissions.
Il ne peut être délégué.

Art. 22. - Lors de l'étude d'un projet ou d'une proposition de loi de la compétence du Conseil économique et social, le Parlement entendra, en séance de commission, le rapporteur désigné par le Conseil économique et social.

Si l'avis n'a pas été unanime, le rapporteur devra exposer celui de la majorité ainsi que l'opinion de la minorité.

Lecture de l'avis du Conseil économique et social est donnée au Parlement avant l'ouverture de la discussion générale.

Art. 23. - Le Conseil économique et social jouit d'une autonomie financière et dispose d'un Comptable public.

Les crédits nécessaires au fonctionnement du Conseil économique et social sont inscrits au budget de l'État.

Le Président du Conseil économique et social en est l'ordonnateur.

Les comptes du Conseil économique et social sont soumis au contrôle de la Cour des Comptes.

Art. 24. - Le Conseil économique et social adresse chaque année un rapport au Président de la République.

Art. 25. - Les conditions d'application de la présente loi organique seront déterminées par décret.

Art. 26. - Sont abrogées toutes dispositions contraires à la présente loi organique.

La présente loi organique sera exécutée comme loi de l'État.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Magatte Lô, ancien président du Conseil économique et social
 Conseil consultatif
 Conseil économique, social et environnemental (France)
 Conseil économique et social (Côte d'Ivoire)

Bibliographie
 Momar Coumba Diop et Mamadou Diouf, Le Sénégal sous Abdou Diouf, Paris, Karthala, 1990, 436 p.
 Famara Ibrahima Sagna, Le kaléidoscope du Conseil économique et social du Sénégal, République du Sénégal, Dakar, 1998, 182 p.

Liens externes
« Retour du Conseil économique et social. Un recadrage institutionnel » (Le Soleil, )
« Loi instituant le Conseil économique et social. Élargir le champ de participation des catégories de la société » (Le Soleil, )
Le Conseil économique et social (site de la Présidence)

Politique au Sénégal
Économie au Sénégal
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The Mirage's $139 - $199 a night room rate for the National Demolition Association's 38th Annual Convention at The Mirage in Las Vegas from March 5–8 has been extended until Jan. 12 so you need to register now for next year's convention right away. Click here to register a delegate or to reserve a hotel room. The NDA's Annual Convention, the largest exposition of demolition equipment and services in the world, will feature three leading magician/illusionists at our Monday Night Theme Party, a raffle for a 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle, sessions on refrigerant recovery, personal protective equipment for demolition workers, insurance and the ability to use the Association's website to market your company.
The deadline for project or product submission for NDA's new Environmental Excellence Awards program designed to highlight the Demolition Industry's commitment to environmental stewardship has been extended by the Association's Environment Committee to Feb. 11. The first ever NDA Environmental Excellence Awards will be presented at the Association's 38th Annual Convention at the Mirage in Las Vegas during the first week of March. Click here for a brochure or call 1.800.541.2412 for more information about this innovative program.
NDA President, Ray Passeno, from Bierlein, Inc. in Midland, Mich., will be hosting a Demolition Industry Roundtable to discuss industry and Association issues at 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. March 8 at the Association's 38th Annual Convention at The Mirage in Las Vegas. The goal of this important session is to identify those issues of concern for the Association's members. Information gathered at this session will assist the 2011-12 Board of Directors to plan for the future.
The application deadline for the National Demolition Association's College Scholarship Program is fast approaching. The Association will be presenting the $7,500 Bill and Wanda Baker Scholarship and at least one additional college scholarship of $7,500 to fund undergraduate education, as well as the $7,500 Southern California Chapter, $3,000 Sims Adams and $3,000 Patrick H. O'Rourke Continuing education scholarships. The scholarships will be presented March 8 at the Association's Annual Banquet at The Mirage in Las Vegas.
Click here to download an application. Applications along with the required school transcripts are due Jan. 7 at association headquarters in Doylestown, Pa. For more information about this valuable member service, contact the NDA at 1.800.541.2412.
It is time to register for the National Demolition Academy's 16th Demolition Academy being held March 5-6 in concert with the Association's 38th Annual Convention at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Click here to register for the Demolition Academy. The NDA's annual safety and management training program will be offering the demolition-specific OSHA 10-hour training program as well as sessions on basic industrial hygiene for the demolition industry; fall protection; developing and utilizing an Engineering Survey; Generational Communication; OSHA's new Crane Standard and what to do when a disaster strikes.
You can download the Demolition Academy brochure or register online at www.demolitionassociation.com. For more information, contact NDA headquarters at 1.800.541.2412.
Forty days prior to the National Demolition Association's Annual Meeting on March 8 at The Mirage in Las Vegas, proxies and a draft copy of the proposed revisions to the Association's By-Laws will be forwarded to every Regular member of the organization. The goal of the proposed revisions is to update the Association's By-Laws to make it more responsive to the needs of all of its members. Elements include changes to the membership criteria, an Associate member seat on the board of directors and provisions to allow for use of electronic communication for any future Association legal issues.
Those members who will be unable to attend the March 8 Annual Meeting at The Mirage in Las Vegas can submit their proxy to the Association's secretary by faxing it back to association headquarters in Doylestown, Pa. If members have any questions or concerns about the proposed improvements to the Association's By-Laws, they may contact the By-Law Committee Chairman and Association Vice President, Don Rachel, at Rachel Contracting in St. Michael, Minn., at 763.424.1500 or drachel@rachelcontracting.com.
National Demolition Association Executive Director Mike Taylor will be speaking Jan. 21 at the Environmental Business Council of New England's Fifth Annual Construction and Demolition Materials Regional Summit at the Sheraton in Framingham, Mass. The Association, as part of an ongoing member outreach effort, will be hosting a dinner at Ken's Steak House in Framingham, Mass., for all of its New England states—members Jan. 20. NDA President Ray Passeno and Vice President Don Rachel may also attend.
The member outreach effort has included visits to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and Seattle areas in 2011, to meet with Association members to discuss industry issues and how the NDA can better serve the demolition industry. The Association hopes that our New England members, Regular and Associate, will invite potential members and clients such as general contractors, architects and developers to the Jan. 20 dinner in Framingham, Mass. More information about this event will be forwarded to our New England area members shortly.


We operated from the extreme North-East of the island on a bluff overlooking the ocean. This gave us the very best chance of LF QSOs with most of Europe.
Again, we used Elecraft K3 and K3S transceivers with linear amplifiers, most of which were the Elecraft KPA500. We also used two Juma PA1000 1kw amplifiers.
Our antennas were be high ground planes on HF, and quarter-wave verticals on LF, with extensive earth systems.


In an apparent desire to promote settlements in civil cases, the Florida Legislature created the "Proposal for Settlement " rule pursuant to Florida Statute 768.79 and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442. In a nutshell, the rule provides both the plaintiff and defendant the opportunity to extend a pretrial settlement offer to the opposing party which, if rejected can expose the "losing" party to liability for the prevailing party's attorney's fees and costs if certain provisions are triggered by the ultimate jury verdict at trial.
I put the "losing" party in parentheses, because, under the right ( or wrong, depending on the point of view) circumstances, even if the plaintiff is awarded damages at trial, the rule can still mandate the awarding of fees and costs to the defense – a disastrous outcome for the vast majority of plaintiffs.
The rule works like this: if a defendant files a written proposal for settlement which is not accepted by the plaintiff within 30 days, should the case thereafter proceed to trial and the jury award the plaintiff at least 25% less than the offer, the trial court must require the plaintiff to pay the defendant's attorney's fees and costs. This amount is either deducted from the actual damages award, or if the fees and costs are greater than the award, the court must enter a personal judgment against the plaintiff for the deficiency.
By example, say the defendant serves an offer of settlement upon the plaintiff for $40,000. If that offer is rejected and the jury finds in favor of the plaintiff but awards less than $30,000 in damages, the plaintiff is on the hook for the defendant's fees and costs which might easily exceed $30,000. Personal bankruptcies have resulted from this unfortunate outcome.
On the other side of the coin, where the defendant rejects the plaintiff's pretrial offer of settlement and the jury subsequently awards damages to the plaintiff in an amount at least 25% greater than the offer, the defendant must pay the plaintiff's fees and costs.
Sounds fair and reasonable, right?? Let's change the name of the "defendant" to State Farm, Allstate, The Hartford or any other insurance company with hundreds of millions of dollars in available assets. Let's call the plaintiff Mr. Jones, a self employed plumber with a wife, 3 children and a mortgage. Mr. Jones has been injured in an auto accident caused entirely by the inattentive driving of Mrs. Smith, a 72 yr old retiree insured by Allstate.
While Allstate acknowledges liability for Mrs. Smith's poor driving, it hires numerous paid experts who are prepared to testify that Mr. Jones' injuries are not as bad as his doctors' believe and may have been caused as a result of his many years working as a plumber. State Farm extends an offer of settlement for $20,000.00, an amount which barely covers Mr. Jones' outstanding medical bills, but not his expected future bills and lost income.
Mr. Jones does not accept the offer and proceeds to trial. At trial, the jury is never informed that Allstate is footing the bill for both Mrs. Smith's attorneys and paid experts, but merely see poor Mrs. Smith sitting with her attorney at the defense table. Upon deliberation, the jury believes the Mr. Jones has been injured, but feeling sorry for Mrs Smith, they compromise and only award Mr. Jones $14,000 as reasonable medical bills, believing that Mr. Jones will be grateful to have at least the majority of his bills paid. Wrong.
In proceeding to trial, Allstate has probably expended $50,000.00 or more, rather than using a fraction of that amount to reach a pretrial settlement with Mr. Jones and avoid trial. While Mr. Jones can ask the Judge to increase the jury award to reflect the evidence he presented at trial, that remedy is rarely granted. More likely, the court will award Allstate $50,000 – of which $14,000 will come from the jury award and the additional $36,000 as a personal judgment against Mr. Jones.
While the opposite scenario in which the plaintiff prevails and is awarded fees and costs to be paid by the insurance company can and does occur, the resulting economic consequences to the insurer are meaningless when measured alongside the financial ruin awaiting Mr. Jones. If an insurer is forced to pay costs from time to time, it is viewed merely as a cost of doing business to be reflected in the balance sheet or passed along to the stockholders.
The rules in Florida aimed towards promoting pretrial settlements incorrectly assume a level financial playing field shared by the opposing parties. This assumption is unfortunately more often than not untrue. While the Biblical "David" was able to slay the giant "Goliath" , under Florida law, modern day "Davids" are all too often armed with an empty slingshot.


8. Has a family of five great sons….and none of them have police records or are in drug rehab. But of course, they were raised by a stay-at-home mom, and that "choice" deserves America's scorn.
After high school, he spent 30 months in France as a Mormon missionary.
Bain Capital also worked to perform the same kinds of business miracles again and again, with companies like Domino's, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, Home Depot Supply and many others.
And in 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, , almost 19% of his income…. Just for comparison purposes, Obama gave 1% and Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%.
I know he has the ability to turn this financial debacle that the current regime has gotten us into. We won't like all the things necessary to recover from this debt, but someone with Romney's background can do it.
But, on the minus side, he never was a "Community Organizer", never took drugs or smoked pot, never got drunk, did not associate with communists or terrorists, nor did he attend a church whose pastor called for God to damn the US.
José Bodas, an oil union leader, said that the company had failed to invest in maintenance. "This has as a consequence the increase in accidents and tragic deaths like what we are seeing today," he said in a telephone call to Globovision, a television channel associated with the political opposition to President Chávez.
It is clear that the Chávez regime has been squeezing every last penny out of the oil sector, but despite the "Bolivarian" socialist rhetoric promising equal distribution of this wealth, the money hasn't just been used for social programs, but also to fund Venezuela's expensive foreign policy, as well as its efforts to cover up the results of poor policy, rampant cronyism, and the general mismanagement of the public sector. When things go wrong, Venezuelan citizens are the ones who pay the price for the state's poor choices.
Three things seem likely at this juncture: first, no one will be able to trust whatever "investigation" the Chavez government undertakes. It will be an obvious whitewash. Second, conditions for oil workers are unlikely to improve. Third, the usual crew of Chavez defenders in the United States, desperate after all these decades of misery and failure to point to some place some where, where authoritarian socialism isn't a dreary charnel house and economic failure zone, will struggle to convince themselves that things are just fine in Bolivarian Venezuela.
via Socialism Kills, Venezuela Edition | Via Meadia.
According to a recent study, many public schools do not retain their best teachers – the "irreplaceables." Is anyone surprised?
A study released a couple of weeks ago by the New Teacher Project – now known as TNTP – claims that urban schools….
…are systematically neglecting their best teachers, losing tens of thousands every year even as they keep many of their lowest-performing teachers indefinitely – with disastrous consequences for students, schools, and the teaching profession.
The study by TNTP documents the real teacher retention crisis in America's schools: not only a failure to retain enough teachers, but a failure to retain the right teachers.
The report, referring to the very best teachers as "irreplaceables," claims that of the districts studied, about 20 percent of them fell into that category.
On average, each year they help students learn two to three additional months' worth of math and reading compared with the average teacher, and five to six months more compared to low-performing teachers. Better test scores are just the beginning: Students whose teachers help them make these kinds of gains are more likely to go to college and earn higher salaries as adults, and they are less likely to become teenage parents.
• The school districts lost their most successful teachers at a rate comparable to the attrition of the least successful teachers.
• "Irreplaceable" teachers who experienced two or more of eight different recruitment strategies—including advancement opportunities, regular performance feedback, and public recognition—said they planned to stay at their schools nearly twice as long as other teachers.
• In one of the districts studied, only a fifth of the lowest-performing teachers were encouraged to leave, while more than a third were given incentives to stay.
• "Irreplaceable" teachers were much more likely to stay at schools with a strong instructional culture in which principals set strong performance expectations for them.
The report reserves particularly strong criticism for principals, who it contends have misjudged the retention issue by turning a blind eye to quality in retention decisions.
"Principals tell themselves low-performers are going to improve, and therefore they don't have to address it; and they say there's nothing they can do to retain high-performing teachers," said Timothy Daly, the president of TNTP. "Both of those things we see as largely untrue.
A number of policy barriers hamper principals from making smarter retention decisions. Because of inflexible, seniority-dominated compensation systems, for example, 55 percent of Irreplaceables earn a lower salary than the average low-performing teacher.
In other words, the problem lies with incompetent, disinterested or lazy principals and stifling, unionized work rules with their insistence on tenure, seniority and Byzantine dismissal statutes. In my view the latter carries more weight because invariably even good and caring principals have their hands tied by union contacts that are written in stone and enforced by the worst elements in the profession. A case in point is Jaime Escalante, probably the greatest teacher of our time, who didn't care much for the union contact. Often thwarting its rules, he was ultimately hounded out of Los Angeles by UTLA, the local teachers union, for essentially being too dedicated, too dynamic and too successful at teaching calculus to the "unteachables" at Garfield High in East Los Angeles.
In a separate study, TNTP analyzed Chicago's schools and found that….
73 percent said that the performance evaluation doesn't actually evaluate performance.
When it comes to how we recruit, train, evaluate, and reward teachers, American public education is in a shambles. Near-lifetime employment rules through tenure keep teachers on the job regardless of whether or not they can improve student achievement. Seniority- and degree-based pay scales, along with defined-benefit pensions fail to reward good-to-great teachers for their performance while lavishing benefits on laggards who should have long ago been shown the door. The fact that traditional teacher compensation only benefits instructors after two decades on the job means that talented new hires have to wait years before getting the full fruits of their labors. Meanwhile quality reverse-seniority layoff rules lead to talented younger teachers being kicked to the curb regardless of their success in helping kids succeed while allowing veterans who are not doing well to stay put. Add in the dysfunction and the obsolete practices within traditional districts, the continued defense of failed policies by National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers affiliates, and the low quality of school leadership, and the consequence of these policies are magnified, creating conditions that do little to help good and great teachers stay on the job.
What to do? The report makes policy recommendations….
…for more-strategic retention of teachers, several of which touch on hotly debated policy issues. They include paying the best teachers six-figure salaries; requiring principals to set goals for retaining "irreplaceable" teachers; monitoring working conditions; and dismissing teachers who, after remediation, cannot teach as well as the average novice. Together, the report suggests, these strategies could also raise the rigor of the profession.
All this is a way of saying that we need to make schools run the way the rest of the capitalist world is run. Do a good job and you will be rewarded; do a bad job and you will be fired. As things stand now, principals are "at will" employees – meaning they don't have the ridiculous job protections that most unionized teachers have. But in many places like Los Angeles where I used to teach, principals, like tenured teachers, essentially have a job for life. In fact, the term "dance of the lemons" in LA applies not to teachers but to administrators. Over my 28 year teaching career, I can't tell you how many times I was told in confidence by my principal that our new assistant principal is a "must place." For things to improve, principals must be given the ability to hire and fire and be held accountable for their school's performance. At the same time, seniority and tenure rules that tie principals' hands must be eliminated.
In other professions, treating all workers equally, regardless of talent, would be inconceivable. Imagine football teams letting star players leave without a fight, then trying to fill the gap with third-stringers.
It's as simple as that. No one would stand for that on a sports team. Why do we stand for it in our schools? Who would support such idiocy?
Given the scope of this challenge, a narrow focus on peripheral issues, such as seniority, is a distraction from the hard work at hand.
Of course. The unions see all teachers as equally valuable. This is the point of "The Widget Effect" – one obviously wasted on Ms. Pringle.
We can do it if we work together and put the needs of students first.
Think about that last quote every time the teachers unions go to bat to keep incompetents, pedophiles and worse in the classroom.
Painted by Raphael in 1510-1511, The School of Athens is the epitome of Renaissance artwork. Immediately, by looking at the painting, one can tell that there is a frenzy of people doing different things. However everyone in the painting is doing something involving education. The group of people huddled around Plato and Aristotle are the main thinkers of the classical world. On the bottom left of the painting are the mathematicians, huddled around Pythagoras, who is introducing his theory that ultimate reality is made up of numbers and harmonic ratios. On the right side of the painting, another group is paying close attention to the work of Euclid or Archimedes as he demonstrates geometric compositions with a pair of compasses. Heraclitus, who is sitting by himself on the right side of the painting is the only solitary figure in the painting. He was a pre-Socratic philosopher whose theories were not understood by anyone. One of the most notable points of this painting is the vanishing point created by the pillars in the background. The vanishing point is centered on the hand of Aristotle, who is the main focus of the painting. By bringing in past philosophers, Raphael makes an unrivaled setting for the development of humanitarian thoughts.
Does it seem ironic that a painting that is promoting humanitarian thoughts was placed in the Vatican? The Vatican and the Catholic church believed in strict obedience TO church dogma and tried to dispel any other beliefs that may have contradicted their own. The message that Raphael is trying to get across through this piece of art directly contradicts the ideas of the Church. Looking at Plato and Aristotle in the center of the painting, it is easy to tell that Aristotle's hand is pointing toward the ground and Plato, in the red robe, is pointing towards the sky, referring to the heavens. Aristotle is trying to convince Plato that the answers lie on earth in physical science and practical reason. This contradicts the church because it maintained that the heavens hold all the answers. (Silenos, Socrates) It was a very bold move on the part of Raphael to put a painting of this nature in the Vatican and send a message to the church that would still be relevant today.
via Perseverance In the Face of the Church: The School of Athens.
(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) In the eyes of the Obama administration, most Democratic lawmakers, and left-leaning editorial pages across the country, voter fraud is a problem that doesn't exist. Allegations of fraud, they say, are little more than pretexts conjured up by Republicans to justify voter ID laws designed to suppress Democratic turnout.
That argument becomes much harder to make after reading a discussion of the 2008 Minnesota Senate race in "Who's Counting?", a new book by conservative journalist John Fund and former Bush Justice Department official Hans von Spakovsky. Although the authors cover the whole range of voter fraud issues, their chapter on Minnesota is enough to convince any skeptic that there are times when voter fraud not only exists but can be critical to the outcome of a critical race.
In the '08 campaign, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman was running for re-election against Democrat Al Franken. It was impossibly close; on the morning after the election, after 2.9 million people had voted, Coleman led Franken by 725 votes.
Franken and his Democratic allies dispatched an army of lawyers to challenge the results. After the first canvass, Coleman's lead was down to 206 votes. That was followed by months of wrangling and litigation. In the end, Franken was declared the winner by 312 votes. He was sworn into office in July 2009, eight months after the election.
During the controversy a conservative group called Minnesota Majority began to look into claims of voter fraud. Comparing criminal records with voting rolls, the group identified 1,099 felons — all ineligible to vote — who had voted in the Franken-Coleman race.
Minnesota Majority took the information to prosecutors across the state, many of whom showed no interest in pursuing it. But Minnesota law requires authorities to investigate such leads. And so far, Fund and von Spakovsky report, 177 people have been convicted — not just accused, but convicted — of voting fraudulently in the Senate race. Another 66 are awaiting trial. "The numbers aren't greater," the authors say, "because the standard for convicting someone of voter fraud in Minnesota is that they must have been both ineligible, and 'knowingly' voted unlawfully." The accused can get off by claiming not to have known they did anything wrong.
Still, that's a total of 243 people either convicted of voter fraud or awaiting trial in an election that was decided by 312 votes. With 1,099 examples identified by Minnesota Majority, and with evidence suggesting that felons, when they do vote, strongly favor Democrats, it doesn't require a leap to suggest there might one day be proof that Al Franken was elected on the strength of voter fraud.
And that's just the question of voting by felons. Minnesota Majority also found all sorts of other irregularities that cast further doubt on the Senate results.
The election was particularly important because Franken's victory gave Senate Democrats a 60th vote in favor of President Obama's national health care proposal — the deciding vote to overcome a Republican filibuster. If Coleman had kept his seat, there would have been no 60th vote, and no Obamacare.
Voter fraud matters when contests are close. When an election is decided by a huge margin, no one can plausibly claim fraud made the difference. But the Minnesota race was excruciatingly close. And then, in the Obamacare debate, Democrats could not afford to lose even a single vote. So if there were any case that demonstrates that voter fraud both exists and has real consequences, it is Minnesota 2008.
Wasserman Shultz and her fellow Democrats are doing everything they can to stop reasonable anti-fraud measures, like removing ineligible voters from the rolls and voter ID. Through it all, they maintain they are simply defending our most fundamental right, the right to vote.
via Book: How Voter Fraud Put Al Franken In The Senate « Pat Dollard.
Teachers unions' anti-student and anti-parent behavior here is nothing new. Not that long ago, the National Education Association did its best to keep thousands of kids in rotten Washington D.C. schools, sending threatening letters to every Democratic member of Congress warning them notto support the popular D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. And just last summer, the Connecticut affiliate of Weingarten's AFT portrayed parents as "the enemy" and managed to eviscerate a parent trigger bill which would have empowered parents in the Nutmeg State.
Advice to Romney:Release Your Tax Returns Only After Obama Releases his Transcripts and Health Records.
via Root: Obama's College Classmate: 'The Obama Scandal Is at Columbia' | TheBlaze.com.


ABSTRACT. Hourly precipitation data from Oshtemo Township, Michigan – located approximately 55 km east of the lee shore of Lake Michigan -- for the period of April 1980 through March 2000 were examined. Diurnal analysis of precipitation as well as time series analysis of precipitation were performed on the study period. An overall nocturnal maximum in the mean accumulation of precipitation was detected during the two-hour periods before 2000 LST and 2200 LST. Elevated spring and fall accumulations were responsible for this evening maximum. Elevated summer and winter accumulations were responsible for a weak secondary morning maximum. An overall morning maximum in the mean precipitation hours was detected during the two-hour period before 1000 LST. ARIMA modeling verified that both precipitation accumulations and counts, for all times of the day, were significant at the 5% level. A storm event model was developed from the time series, the resulting values of which can be used as input in mesoscale climate, hydrological and agricultural computer models: the mean pulse duration was 2.44 hours; the mean interlude between pulses was 37.64 hours; the mean event accumulation was 4.1 mm; and the mean rate was 1.8 mm / hr. Finally, inter-annual analysis performed for the period of 1981 to 1999 showed that there was no statistically significant change in precipitation over the period.


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Future of Cloud Computing: Impact on Enterprises
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Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate, but what's next for this technology? The future of cloud computing is constantly evolving, and it's important for businesses to stay ahead of the curve in order to remain competitive.
In this blog post, we'll take a look into the future of cloud computing and explore its potential impact on enterprises. From advancements in automation and artificial intelligence to the increasing importance of security and compliance, we'll cover everything you need to know about the future of cloud computing and how it will shape the way businesses operate. With this in-depth analysis, you'll be able to stay ahead of the game and take advantage of the latest cloud computing trends.
Trends of Cloud Computing
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One of the biggest trends in the future of cloud computing is the increasing use of automation and artificial intelligence. As these technologies become more advanced, they will allow businesses to automate a wide range of tasks, from data management to security and compliance. This will help organizations to reduce costs and increase efficiency, while also allowing them to focus on more strategic initiatives.
Another important trend in the future of cloud computing is the increasing importance of security and compliance. With the rise of cyber threats and data breaches, businesses will need to take a more proactive approach to security in order to protect their data and applications. This will involve implementing new security protocols, such as multi-factor authentication and encryption, as well as leveraging advanced security tools such as machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect and respond to threats.
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The future of cloud computing is also likely to see an increase in the adoption of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies. Rather than relying on a single cloud provider, businesses will increasingly use a mix of public, private, and hybrid clouds to meet their specific needs. This will allow them to take advantage of the strengths of different cloud providers, such as cost savings, scalability, and security.
The rise of edge computing is also predicted to be a big trend in the future of cloud computing. Edge computing is a distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and data storage closer to the devices that generate and use the data. This will allow organizations to process and analyze data in real-time, even in remote and disconnected locations, which can be useful for IoT (Internet of Things) and other use cases where low latency and high bandwidth is important.
The future of cloud computing is constantly evolving and businesses need to stay ahead of the curve in order to remain competitive. From automation and artificial intelligence to security and compliance, the future of cloud computing is expected to bring many new opportunities for businesses to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve the way they operate.
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Another area where the future of cloud computing is expected to have a significant impact is on the way businesses handle their data. With the increasing amount of data being generated, businesses will need to find new ways to store, manage, and analyze that data. In the future, cloud computing will play an important role in this by providing scalable and cost-effective data storage and processing solutions. This will allow businesses to analyze large amounts of data in real-time and make better, data-driven decisions.
Moreover, the future of cloud computing is also likely to see an increase in the use of containers and microservices. Containers and microservices are lightweight, portable, and easy to deploy, which makes them a great solution for businesses that need to run their applications in different environments. They also allow for faster scaling and deployment, which can help to improve the speed and efficiency of the software development process.
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With the Great Depression taking its toll on America's psyche in the 'Thirties, baseball sought—in the words of a popular song from the following decade—"to accentuate the positive". Three institutions focused on recognizing accomplishment were launched in the 1930's: the Most Valuable Player Award in 1932, the All-Star Game in 1933, and the Royal Ricketts Award in 1937; a fourth, the Hall of Fame, would generate much discussion and public interest in the '30's before opening its doors in 1946. One other notable innovation occurred in this decade: night baseball. The first game played "under the lights"was in 1935 at Cincinnati. The Packers played seven such games that season. By the end of the decade, a handful of teams were scheduling a handful of night games each season. It would not be long before night games became the norm.
The offensive upswing that began a decade earlier reached its zenith in 1930, as the league averaged .297 and hit almost 1200 home runs. The long ball totals would remain high throughout the 30's, but batting averages were about to recede.
In the midst of all the flying baseballs was a terrific donnybrook of a pennant fight in the Eastern Division, where perennial non-contenders Baltimore and Buffalo slugged it out all season for the top spot, with Brooklyn and New York hot on their heels. The Lords and Beavers were tied going into the final three-game set of the year; Buffalo took two of the three to earn the divisional crown, and Baltimore finished one game back, New York two games back, and Brooklyn three games back. In the West Chicago and Pittsburgh stayed close to St. Louis for most of the season but the Explorers pulled away late to win their eighth consecutive divisional title.
Cleveland finally joined the modern age, unveiling the spectacular Lakefront Stadium on Opening Day. The park held 36,250, but it was generally not a banner year for the fifth-place Bobcats, although those who did purchase tickets got to see Bill McGonagil in action. Big Bill crushed 31 home runs, tops in the league. The batting title was claimed by Cincinnati's Al Bruning, who hit .392, while Ed Wall of New York took the RBI title with 143. St. Louis' Brock Rutherford had another great year, but this time only topped the circuit in wins (27) and strikeouts (227), losing the ERA title to Philadelphia's Patrick Monday. Rutherford posted an outstanding 1.62 ERA but Monday's was an even more pristine 1.52.
Buffalo had won the first official World Series back in 1886—when the team was known as the Colts—and hadn't made another appearance in the tourney since. As they returned to the big stage they faced a hungry St. Louis team, which had been no stranger to championship bouts in recent years but had come up on the losing end of the last four straight. The clubs gave the crowds their money's worth. Buffalo took the first game but St. Louis roared back to take the next three. Facing elimination, the Beavers took the next two to force a Game Seven, which the Explorers won to secure their fifth league crown.
Fearing that runs were starting come a little too cheaply, the league made an effort to deaden the baseball a little for the 1931 season. The result was a 17-point drop in batting average (from .297 to .280) and a dramatic decrease in home runs, from 1189 to 846. The batting average decline was in the neighborhood of what was intended; the home run drought was not. Further experimentation would occur.
Whatever mixed success the league had in fine-tuning the game, the fans were treated to terrific three-team pennant races in both divisions for the first time in years. Chicago, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis fought for the top spot in the West for most of the season before the Traders and Industrials pulled away in September. Pittsburgh wound up on top, two games ahead of Chicago and ten ahead of St. Louis. In the East Brooklyn, Buffalo, and New York traded first place every few days until the Knicks' late surge earned them the division, with the Bluebirds finishing four back and the Beavers finishing five back.
Philadelphia's John Davis was the batting champ with a .370 average; Cleveland's Bill Elliott hit 21 home runs to lead the league; Chicago's Ron Fricker was the RBI king with 122. St. Louis' Brock Rutherford led the way in ERA (1.54) for the ninth time and strikeouts (204) for the twelfth, but he fell one win short of the Triple Crown as Chicago's George Culver paced the circuit with 23.
Pittsburgh's last appearance in the World Series had been in 1904; their last World Series win had been in 1903. Both of those tilts had been against New York, and once again, the Industrials found themselves facing the Knicks for the title. Having ended the Explorers' eight-year dominance of the West, the Ironmen were not intimidated by New York's recent championship run either, and polished off the Knicks in six to earn their fourth world title.
Home runs made a comeback: the league hit over a thousand round-trippers, with four teams hitting a hundred or more and only two hitting fewer than eighty.
Buffalo ran away from the pack in the East at mid-season, beating Philadelphia by nine games. The Western Division race nearly went down to the wire, as Chicago edged Pittsburgh by two games.
Big Bill McGonagil of Cleveland won the batting championship with a .362 average. St. Louis' Tom McMullin was the home run king, belting 27. Ed Wall of New York drove in 127 runs to pace the circuit. Brock Rutherford of St. Louis won another pitching Triple Crown, his eighth, but while he won the ERA (1.62) and strikeout (246) titles outright, he had to share the top spot in wins with two other pitchers, Buffalo's Pete Bailey and Chicago's Phil Cartlidge. All three hurlers posted 24 victories.
The league had pondered establishing an annual Most Valuable Player award for some time, and various newspapers and other publications had sporadically issued unofficial awards since the 'Teens. Finally it was agreed to make it official; the question remained whether to make pitchers eligible for the award, or to give them their own, separate award. Amidst the confusion, in 1932 the pitchers were left out completely; ineligible for the MVP award, but with no award of their own. Tom McMillan of St. Louis took home the first Most Valuable Player trophy after a 27 HR/110 RBI/.333 season.
Perhaps invigorated by their season-long street fight with Pittsburgh, Chicago took Buffalo by storm in the World Series, defeating the Beavers in four straight. Third baseman Mel Harrison hit .625 and drove in five runs, but the real star of the Series was the Traders' pitching staff, which turned in three compete game victories by three different pitchers and gave up just seven runs in the four games.
Home runs dipped back to 1931 levels, and the league batting average dropped to .266. It wasn't quite what one might call a pitchers' year, but for at least one season the hitters and pitchers were more or less on equal footing.
The first annual All-Star Game took place at Boston's Atlantic Avenue Grounds, with the East All-Stars clipping the West All-Stars 1-0 thanks to Doc Moore's sixth inning RBI double.
The Western Division race was over by mid-season. Defending champion Chicago roared out of the gate and finished 109-49, 23 games ahead of second-place Cleveland. The East featured a tighter race, but New York appeared to have it wrapped up by the first of October, holding a five-game lead over Philadelphia with seven games to play. That's when fate planted its pivot foot: the Knicks dropped six straight at home to Baltimore and Brooklyn, while the Quakers took five of six on the road at Boston and Buffalo. Both teams won their 158th game, setting up a one-game playoff for the division. It was one for the ages: trailing 7-0, the Quakers scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie it and won it on Del Ayres' run-scoring single in the bottom of the 10th.
Buffalo's Jim Lee hit .358 to take the batting title. Dick Whitney of Chicago won the home run crown with 21 and the RBI crown with 119. Chicago's Phil Cartlidge (1.59) edged St. Louis' Brock Rutherford (1.61) for the ERA title, while Rutherford led in both wins (26) and strikeouts (182). With pitchers now eligible for the Most Valuable Player Award, it was widely speculated that Rutherford would win it, but Cartlidge beat him out in a close vote.
Philadelphia had one more card to play in their season of surprises: a World Series sweep. Chicago had led the league by wide margins in wins, runs scored, and fewest runs allowed, but seemed somehow ill-equipped to handle a Philadelphia freight train that closed out an 11-1 October to take the league title for the first time since 1919.
Offense was on the increase again, and so was competition, at least in the Eastern Division, where no fewer than four teams remained strongly in contention well into September. New York took the flag, with Buffalo finishing two back, Baltimore finishing three back, and Philadelphia finishing seven back. The West was again no contest, this time with Pittsburgh the dominant club, 15 games ahead of Chicago and St. Louis.
The second All-Star Game, played at Cleveland this year, was another exciting affair as the East All-Stars overcame a 5-0 deficit to win 7-5 and take a 2-0 edge in the annual exhibition.
Philadelphia's Art Cook hit .374 to claim the batting crown, while Jim Payne of Cincinnati hit 21 home runs to lead the league and Orange Koon of Buffalo topped the circuit with 115 RBI. John DeLodge of Detroit won the ERA tile with a 2.42 mark, while Frederic Isaac of Baltimore was the top winner with 23 triumphs. St. Louis' Brock Rutherford was the strikeout king for an incredible 15th consecutive season, fanning 195. Rutherford was honored as the league's Most Valuable Player after the season, an award he would have won many more times had it existed during the prime of his career.
After back-to-back years of World Series sweeps, Pittsburgh and New York brought a competitive edge back to the Fall Classic, slugging it out for the full seven games. Birdie Deaton pitched two complete game victories and Dick Thomas delivered key pinch hits in four games to lead the Industrials to their fifth world championship.
Pittsburgh and Buffalo led their divisions for most of the year but in the waning days of the season found themselves having to fight off charges by Chicago and New York; the Industrials and Beavers prevailed, both winning their divisions by a single game.
Brooklyn's Big Bill McGonagil hit .349 to win the batting title; Long Lew Lydell of Detroit was the home run king with 26, and Cincinnati's Tom Riley was the RBI champ with 121. Brock Rutherford of St. Louis, 37 years young, won both the ERA title (1.66) and the strikeout title (214). Pittsburgh's Birdie Deaton was the top winner with 26 victories. Rutherford was the runaway choice for Most Valuable Player.
The West won the All-Star Game for the first time, beating the East 5-2 in ten innings at Brooklyn's Flatbush Park.
Cincinnati installed lights in the Roman Arena and received permission from the league to schedule five night games—one against each divisional opponent—during the regular season. The games were well-attended, and other the clubs took notice.
The Eastern Division's western-most team faced the Western Division's eastern-most team to decide the championship. Pittsburgh took a 3-1 lead, but this being a season in which nothing came easy to anyone, saw their lead gone after Game Six. They beat Buffalo in the finale, 4-2, however, to repeat as world champions.
The pennant races were thrillers, but for one team, there was a feeling that they'd been through this before, and would have preferred not to relive it. New York had a three-game lead over Philadelphia with ten to play; the Knicks sputtered to a 4-6 finish, while the Quakers, as if channeling the 1933 world champions, went 9-1 to win the Eastern flag by two games. In the West, Chicago saw a sizable lead over St. Louis dwindle down to one game by season's end, but the Traders wrapped up the division with two games to spare.
The Explorers were no doubt disappointed to finish second, but they nearly swept the Triple Crown categories. Third baseman Gene Metcalf led the league in hitting with a .370 average, and right fielder Bruiser Brusatti topped the circuit both in home runs (31) and runs batted in (131). Brock Rutherford led the league in strikeouts (for an unbelievable 17th consecutive season) with 187 and tied Chicago's Phil Cartlidge for the lead in wins, with 26; the only Triple Crown category an Explorer failed to win or share was ERA, in which Cartlidge beat Rutherford by a slim margin, 1.67 to 1.81.
The West won the All-Star Game at Detroit's Wolverine Field, 6-3, to even the annual series at two games apiece.
Jason "Jaybird" Wall of New York needed five home runs to pass Fennimore McCaffree (who retired in 1931) as the league's all-time home run leader. Wall hit 18, finishing the season with 249.
Wall's ex-teammate and double-play partner, Doc Moore, hung up his spikes after the season. The Hamilton Hammer could still hit when he was in the lineup—.351 in 1935 and .366 in 1936—but he had battled injuries for four frustrating seasons in a row. Moore retired as the league's all-time leading hitter, at .363.
Most Valuable Player Award voters gave Cartlidge the nod over Rutherford, just as they had in 1933. With pitchers walking away with all four MVP awards for which they had been eligible, the league decided it was time to give them their own award and leave the MVP to the position players. Beginning in 1937 the Royal Ricketts Award would be bestowed upon the league's top moundsman.
Eastern champions Philadelphia, winners of 92 games, squared off against Western champions Chicago, winners of 103, with a chance to enact one more instance of 1933 déjà vu. On paper the Traders looked like the stronger team by some margin, but the Quakers again played like a team of destiny, wrapping it up in five, with back-to-back shutouts by aging vets Joe Hinman and Clay Easton providing the icing on the cake.
It was not a banner year for those who liked close pennant races, nor for those who were not nostalgic for the postseason pairings of the previous decade; but it was a great year for the fans of the St. Louis Explorers, and a pretty good one for the fans of the New York Knickerbockers. St. Louis won 112 games and won the West by 12 games; New York won 97 and took the East by 14.
New York's Prince Hal Scarlet hit .375 to edge St. Louis' Gene Metcalf (.373) for the batting crown. St. Louis' Jim Payne out-homered Detroit's John Oberg by a single round-tripper to win the home run title with 28; Scarlet led in RBI with 120. Brock Rutherford of St. Louis, clearly unaware that at age 39 he was supposed to be making retirement plans, instead turned in one of the greatest seasons of his incomparable career, winning his eighth Triple Crown with a 1.40 ERA (a career best), 28 wins, and 240 strikeouts. Obviously, Rutherford was an easy choice for the first Royal Ricketts Award, while teammate Metcalf, with a .373/21/102 line, was a runaway winner of the MVP Award.
The East broke their two-game losing streak in the All-Star Game, winning 4-3 at Baltimore, to take a 3-2 edge in the all-time series.
St. Louis had beaten New York only once in five consecutive Fall Classic match-ups in the 1920's, but these were by and large different teams, and this edition of the Explorers took their 112-win regular season momentum into the Word Series, where they triumphed in six for the franchise's sixth world title.
New York won the Eastern Division title in a walk, finishing 101-57, 17 games ahead of Buffalo. St. Louis repeated in the West, but their road was rockier, fighting a hot Chicago club the whole way, and finishing with 99 wins and a 3-game edge over the Traders.
Philadelphia's Art Cook flirted with a .400 season, but had to settle for a .397 average and the batting title. Cook also hit 23 home runs, sharing the lead with New York's Frank Wells. Tom Riley of Cincinnati was the RBI champ with 132. Philadelphia's Hugh Zipp posted a 2.03 ERA to lead all hurlers, while Brock Rutherford of St. Louis posted 28 wins and 208 strikeouts to pace the circuit in those categories. Rutherford also notched his 500th career victory during the season. The Royal Ricketts Award went to Rutherford unanimously while Cook took home the Most Valuable Player trophy.
Jaybird Wall called it a career, retiring as the league's all-time home run champion, with 274 round-trippers. Wall also retired with the career record for walks, 1465, nearly 200 more than any other player.
The All-Star Game, played at defending champion St. Louis' Castle Point Field this year, was a romp for the East All-Stars, who won 9-3 to improve their all-time record in the mid-season clash to 4-2.
The East would not find St. Louis as hospitable in the fall. With Rutherford tossing shutouts in Game One and the clinching Game Five, the Explorers made quick work of the Knickerbockers in the World Series and secured their second consecutive league title and seventh overall.
Pittsburgh stormed out of the gate, winning their first nine games and spending the entire regular season in first place in the Western Division, ultimately finishing 111-47, 19 games ahead of second-place Chicago. New York won the Eastern Division title for the third consecutive season, winning 94 games, 7 more than Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
To many observers, though, it was the year of the Beaver—not the Buffalo variety, but the Cincinnati variety. Packers second baseman Winslow Beaver hit .417—the highest single-season average of all time—becoming only the second player in history to break the .400 barrier and the first since 1894. The other offensive titles went to Detroit's John Oberg, who topped the circuit with 29 home runs, and Pittsburgh's Pepper Wirtz, whose 132 RBI led the loop. Chuck Munson of Pittsburgh won the ERA crown with a 1.82 mark, while Hugh Zipp of Philadelphia led the league in wins with 29 and strikeouts with 172. Beaver was the Most Valuable Player while Zipp claimed the The Royal Ricketts Award.
The name Brock Rutherford was, for the first time in just short of two decades, missing from the leaderboards in the pitching Triple Crown categories. Rutherford injured his elbow in his first and only start of the season and was lost for the remainder of the year.
The Eastern Division won the All-Star Game, 2-1, giving the Easterners a 5-2 in the all-time series.
Pittsburgh scored 842 runs during the season, tops in the league, while giving up just 560, more than a hundred less than any other team. During the World Series, however, New York right fielder Elmer Davis battered the Industrials' mound staff at a .615 clip while the Knicks' pitchers limited the Steel City hitting machine to three runs in four games, pulling off a surprising sweep for their tenth world title.


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Q: Variable change in integral with spherical coordinates in $N$-dimensinal space I am having difficulty with this problem.
Given $f(x)$ is smooth enough, $x \in \mathbb{R}^N$. The spherical coordinate of $x$ is $x = \left(r, \sigma\right)$, $r = \left\|x\right\|$, $\sigma \in S^{N-1}\left(0,r\right)$. Assuming $f(x) = u(Cr)$, for some constant $C$.
So how can I transform $\int\limits_{B(0,1)}f(x)dx$ to the term of some integral including $u(r)$ respected to $dr$?
I think we can write
$$\int\limits_{B(0,1)}f(x)dx = \int\limits_{0}^1 \int\limits_{S^{N-1}}u(Cr)drd\sigma = \int\limits_{0}^1 u(Cr)dr \int\limits_{S^{N-1}}d\sigma = \int\limits_{0}^1 u(Cr) \cdot 4\pi r^2 dr = 4 \dfrac{\pi}{C^3} \int\limits_{0}^C t^2 u(t) dt.$$
I feel that something does not add up here, but I don't know what it is.
Thank you very much for your help.

A: I know, that the answer is done and accepted, but I would like suggest one fine way, different from suggested by me in comments (I started it and have yet hidden), in hope it will be useful for somebody.
Firstly suppose we would like to calculate volume
$$V_n=\int\limits_{x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_n^2 \leqslant R^2}dx_1\cdots dx_n$$
Taking new coordinats $x_1=R\xi_1,\cdots, x_n=R\xi_n$ it's easy to obtain $$V_n=\beta_nR^n$$
where $\beta_n$ is volume of $n$-dimensional sphere with radius $1$.
Then we will have
$$\beta_n=\int\limits_{x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_n^2 \leqslant 1}dx_1\cdots dx_n=\int\limits_{-1}^{1}dx_n\int\limits_{x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_n^2 \leqslant 1-x_n^2}dx_1\cdots dx_{n-1}$$
On right hand side inner integral is $(n-1)$-dimensional sphere with radius $\sqrt{1-x_n^2}$ and, therefore, is equal to $\beta_{n-1}\big(\sqrt{1-x_n^2}\big)^{n-1}$. Now using famous Beta function we  have
$$\beta_n = \beta_{n-1}\cdot \sqrt\pi \cdot\frac{\Gamma \left(\frac{n+1}{2} \right)}{\Gamma \left(\frac{n+2}{2} \right)} =\cdots = \frac{\pi^{\frac n2}}{\Gamma \left(\frac{n}{2}+1 \right)}$$
where we used $\beta_1=2$.

A: The volume element ($d\vec x$ or $dV$) in $n$-dimensional spherical coordinates is $r^{n-1}\, dr\, d\sigma$, where $d\sigma$ is a volume form on $S^{n-1}$. (In the familiar cases, for two dimensions $dx\, dy = r\, dr\, d\theta$ and for three dimensions $dx\, dy\, dz = (\rho^2\, d\rho)(\sin \phi\, d\phi\, d\theta)$.)
So it should be:
$$ \int_{B^n(0,1)} f(x)\, dx = \int_{S^{n-1}} \int_0^1 u(Cr)\, r^{n-1}\, dr\, d\sigma = \frac{1}{C^n} \int_{S^{n-1}} d\sigma \cdot \int_0^C t^{n-1} u(t)\, dt $$
The unit hypersphere volume is
$$ \int_{S^{n-1}} d\sigma = \frac{2 \pi^{n/2}}{\Gamma\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)} $$
or in equivalent forms for even and odd $n$,
$$ \int_{S^{2k-1}} d\sigma = \frac{2 \pi^k}{(k-1)!} $$
$$ \int_{S^{2k}} d\sigma = \frac{2 (k!) (4\pi)^k}{(2k)!} $$

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THE "MIRACLE" OF THE HIV ANTIRETROVIRALS.
Post date Jun 2, 2021
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Drugs called antiretrovirals are a virtual "cure" for HIV / AIDS – turning the once terminal illness into a chronic health matter.
There are peoole in their 80s with HIV livng perfectly normal lives today.
These people, like others, will die of heart disease, strokes or cancer.
Sadly, many, including health professionals are ignorant of the vast progress made in this area.
A look at where we are 40 years into the HIV epidemic.
May 17, 2021By Liz Highleyman POZ
1981: The first medical report of AIDS is published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
1983: French researchers discover the retrovirus that causes AIDS.
1985: The first HIV antibody test is approved.
1987: The FDA approves the first antiretroviral drug, AZT (Retrovir).
1992: The FDA implements an accelerated approval process for experimental drugs.
1994: The ACTG 076 study shows that AZT prevents mother-to-child HIV transmission.
1995: The FDA approves the first protease inhibitor, Invirase (saquinavir).
1996: The first HIV viral load test is approved.
1996: The FDA approves the first NNRTI, Viramune (nelfinavir).
1997: The FDA approves Combivir (AZT plus lamivudine), the first coformulation of two HIV drugs.
1998: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issues its first antiretroviral treatment guidelines.
2001: The FDA approves tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), the first nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
2002: The Global Fund is launched to provide HIV treatment to low-income countries.
2003: The United States launches the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPAR) to fight HIV in low-income countries.
2006:The FDA approves Atripla, the first single-tablet regimen.
2006: The SMART study shows that treatment interruptions lead to worse outcomes.
2007: The FDA approves the first integrase inhibitor, Isentress (raltegravir).
2010: The iPrEx study shows that Truvada (TDF/emtricitabine) reduces HIV risk for gay and bi men.
2011: The HPTN 052 trial shows that antiretroviral treatment reduces the risk of HIV transmission.
2012: DHHS guidelines recommend HIV treatment for all.
2012: The FDA approves Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
2015: The START trial shows the benefits of early HIV treatment.
2015: The World Health Organization recommends universal treatment for people living with HIV.
2018: The FDA approves Trogarzo (ibalizumab) for people with multidrug-resistant HIV.
2020: The FDA approves the first HIV attachment inhibitor, Rukobia (fostemsavir).
2021: The FDA approves Cabenuva (cabotegravir/rilpivirine), the first long-acting injectable regimen.
THE GREAT PROGRESS
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There can be little doubt that the drugs used to treat HIV have advanced enormously over the past 25 years. What some may not realize is just how much antiretroviral therapy has improved since 1996, when the first triple-drug therapy changed the very course of the AIDS pandemic.
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Antiretroviral drugs are one of the major scientific breakthroughs of modern medicine, transforming a disease that one thought to be a death sentence into a chronically managed condition.
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Recently one of the HIV doctors in N. Ireland told that 25% of people with it dont know they have it.
That's sad and serious.
Those people are a danger to themselves and a danger to others.
Everyone should get checked.
And if you are UNDECTABLE (meaning that the tests cannot fetect any HIV in your blood) you are also UNTRANSMITTABLE (unable to pass HIV on to others) which is wonderful.


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Taiwan based Asus is about to launch a new idea into the quickly evolving world of smartphones, tablets and netbooks. A product that combines all three.
They are calling it the Asus PadFone. The PadFone has a very innovative design. It's a 10.1 inch tablet with a smartphone that slips into the back to power the tablet. The smartphone/tablet combo has a quad-core Tegra 3 processor (located in the phone) and will run Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
The PadFone fits into the original Asus Transformer keyboard dock – so with the smartphone inside the tablet, and the tablet docked into the keyboard, the user has a netbook. Pull the tablet part out and the PadFone can be used as a tablet. Pull the phone out of the tablet and the user has a smartphone. How's that for making the most of your smartphone's processing power?
Asus plans to show off the PadFone for the first time on February 27, at the Mobile World Congress in Catalonia, Spain, according to Paul OBrien over at MoDaCo. No word on when it might actually be available to us shoppers though.


We're in!! The painters were done with the bulk of their work last Friday night and we were given the green light to move in. My husband and I stayed up til the wee hours, assembling our kitchen table and chairs, dusting and doing little things like putting felt on the bottoms of furniture legs. And then we poured ourselves a glass of Cabernet and took it all in.
There are a few outstanding issues (paint drips, a wonky faucet, motion sensor lights not working, waiting on new sofa and leather side chairs delivery, etc.), but otherwise we are D.O.N.E.
Let's take a look at some before and after shots….
The marble tile around the fireplace was taken down. The old fireplace was covered up and a new gas fireplace was installed, with built-ins flanking the sides (the closed cabinet on the left hides the flue).
The wall between the family room and kitchen was taken out and the light fixtures were replaced. New hardwood flooring was put down throughout both rooms and stained. New drywall, baseboards and molding. Sliding doors were sanded and painted.
All appliances were replaced. We kept the location of the fridge (but changed it to a french door style for easier use), but moved the range and oven location. We installed a small microwave on the back cabinet area to keep it out of the way. We removed the swinging door that separated the kitchen from the dining room.
Peninsula with induction range was removed and an island was put in lengthwise. New everything. Cabinets, appliances, backsplash, molding, baseboard, lighting and paint. Kitchen window was moved eight inches to the right in order to maximize the corner space. Shoe molding was stained to match the floors and installed around the perimeter of the room and the island.
I'll post more photos once all our furniture comes in and some art goes on the walls. Thanks for following our remodel! Although, now what am I going to write about!? (I'll find something, don't you worry).
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It's very impressive! I love the before and after pictures. Congratulations and enjoy your new home!
Fabulous is the best way to describe it!
Wow, looking great! The area is opened up and much brighter. Your sense of relief must be massive!!
Yes, it feels great! Although anytime one of the girls bumps a chair (or whatever) into the cabinets I cringe. I'm sure after a couple dings, I will relax. Hehe.


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Wild Weekend
Last weekend (17th & 18th) I went on a company sponsored trip to this place called Masinagudi at a distance of around 250 km from Bangalore. The journey in a hired bus started with a bang with TD's aural nemesis, the evergreen "Dhoom Machale" being belted out, with the frayed tape producing distorted voices for added effect. (TD has oft repeated that the tape is standard issue on all tourist vehicles - I find myself completely agreeing with that). Even the beginning of the return journey was marked by the same song, albeit in a visual form.
Masinagudi is located at the foot of the Nilgiris in Tamilnadu. In Masinagudi, we were supposed to stay at the Monarch Safari Lodge which is a part of Mithun Chakraborty's Monarch group of hotels. According to their website - "The jungle teems with many other wild species - gaur, sambhar, gaint(sic) Indian squirrels, mouse deer, wild dogs and much more. The variety of birds flitting in and out of our trees make birdwatchers drool!". As we approached the place we had our first promised encounter with the wild - an elephant herd crossing the road. That was enough to get us excited about what the jungle had in store for us that evening. We reached the lodge by around 3 p.m., late by a couple of hours. After having lunched & refreshed ourselves we set out on the safari in a jeep. We were lucky enough to spot many wild animals like spotted deer, deer with antlers, baby deer and so on. The guide also showed us some birds which were apparently peahen. After having travelled 30 odd kms into the forest, we gave up or rather the guides gave up & we had to turn back.
The next morning we set out on a trek up into the hills. The guide took us along what was supposed to be an elephant trail. On a muddy stretch, he pointed out to us a footprint, which he claimed was that of a leopard. (A single footprint in a very muddy area? - the cynic that I am, I sure have doubts.) But the trail was surely one frequented by elephants - half chewed bamboo stalks, fresh elephant dung and trumpeting, all indicated that we were very close to elephant territory. After having walked for around one & a half hours, we reached one of the higher spots of the hills. From here we had a clear view of the countryside for quite a distance. Though many of us wanted to continue the trek, we had to abandon the idea as the time available was insufficient.
Being accustomed to staring at the monitor for the better part of the day, the verdant landscape was a refreshing & rejuvenating treat for our tired eyes. The whole experience of being out in the open, far from the confines of our cubicles, walking through hilly terrain - hopping over brooks, dodging thorny bushes & creepers was a welcome change from the mechanical activities we do at office. Definitely, a weekend to remember.
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Mukka said...
Sounds like a nice weekend. I spent mine watching the All-Night Band performing some divine jazz at Java City, reading Alan Moore, Byomkesh Bakshi and then listening to Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday on lovely evenings. Life WILL be peaceful for the next 10 days. Ah.
Cool photos man..
De-Scribe said...
Great place da.... the first foto is very impressive
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Q: Convert PDF data to UIImage and download into album in Swift iOS I have got a requirement like from REST API, I will get the PDF bytes data, So, In UI I have to convert the PDF bytes data to image(.jpg) format and download into photo Album. Is it Possible in Swift4? if Possible, can share me an example code snippet.
Thanks in advance

A: you can save your pdf to document directory and can create thumbnail of first page
import PDFKit
func pdfThumbnail(url: URL, width: CGFloat = 240) -> UIImage? {
            guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url),
                let page = PDFDocument(data: data)?.page(at: 0) else {
                    return nil
            }

            let pageSize = page.bounds(for: .mediaBox)
            let pdfScale = width / pageSize.width

            // Apply if you're displaying the thumbnail on screen
            let scale = UIScreen.main.scale * pdfScale
            let screenSize = CGSize(width: pageSize.width * scale,
                                    height: pageSize.height * scale)

            return page.thumbnail(of: screenSize, for: .mediaBox)
        }

A: Check out PDFKit in the documentation.
You can initialise a PDF document with a Data representation of a PDF (or a PDF file) and then display it in a PDFView.  Given PDFView inherits from UIView, all the standard UIView functionality should be there, including methods such as
func UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(UIImage, Any?, Selector?, UnsafeMutableRawPointer?)
which should do what it says in it's signature!

A: This code is working fine for my question:
    GHServiceManager.shared.getPDF(fileName: self.pdfName, success: { (ssdata) in

                                                   let pdfData = ssdata as CFData
                                                   let provider:CGDataProvider = CGDataProvider(data: pdfData)!
                                                   let pdfDoc:CGPDFDocument = CGPDFDocument(provider)!
                                                   let pdfPage:CGPDFPage = pdfDoc.page(at: 1)!
                                                   var pageRect:CGRect = pdfPage.getBoxRect(.mediaBox)
                                                   pageRect.size = CGSize(width:pageRect.size.width, height:pageRect.size.height)

                                                   print("\(pageRect.width) by \(pageRect.height)")

                                                   UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(pageRect.size)
                                                   let context:CGContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!
                                                   context.saveGState()
                                                   context.translateBy(x: 0.0, y: pageRect.size.height)
                                                   context.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
                                                   context.concatenate(pdfPage.getDrawingTransform(.mediaBox, rect: pageRect, rotate: 0, preserveAspectRatio: true))
                                                   context.drawPDFPage(pdfPage)
                                                   context.restoreGState()
                                                   let pdfImage:UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
                                                   UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

                                                    dukePhotoLibrary?.saveImage(image:  pdfImage)
})