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Kudos for excellent world building. The hard science-techno stuff was sometimes beyond my understanding, but most of the time I could keep up. More robots! Paladin and her/his/their questioning of existence was the best. A fine entry into AI science fiction. Recommended By Tracey T., Powells.com
When anything can be owned, how can we be free
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.
Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack's drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.
And underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?
"Annalee Newitz has conjured the rarest, most exciting thing: a future that's truly new ... a terrific novel and a tremendous vision." ―Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POV―and all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling." ―William Gibson
"Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet." ―Neal Stephenson
Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and has written for Popular Science, Wired, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also founded the science fiction website io9 and served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008–2015, and subsequently edited Gizmodo. As of 2016, she is Tech Culture Editor at the technology site Ars Technica. Autonomous is Annalee's first novel.
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This title looks very promising. I read the author's reasons for writing it at http://www.torforgeblog.com/2017/09/05/only-in-fiction/?utm_source=exacttarget&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=na-newitzarticle&utm_content=na-readblog-blogpost&utm_campaign=sep17tornewsletter&et=38995-n19595941
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HistoryUS History
The Cold Warassignment Assignment
The Cold War was both created and prolonged by the interconnected economic and ideological tensions of the East and West Blocs. The ideological systems of the two powers were viewed as being complete opposites in their goals and experienced increasing animosity toward each other. This in turn influenced the economic policies that drove the main powers of the Cold War even further apart. By far, the biggest contributor to the formation of the Cold War was the fact that both sides believed the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist west ideologies were incompatible with each other.
The essence of the Cold War was seen as the opposition of unionism and capitalism. This belief was present when Winston Churchill gave a speech characterizing the Soviet union as a government that was capable of trying to "enforce totalitarian systems upon the free democratic world in 1946. " Winston Churchill also contrasted the Soviet Union as a state where control was "enforced upon the common people by… Police governments," while the U. S. And Great Britain embodied 'the great principles of freedom and the rights of man. This belief did not lessen as the Cold War dragged on, and caused even more animosity between the two blocs. Even as ate as 1 961 , Khrushchev address to the Communist Party Congress still proclaimed the main driving force of the Soviet Union to be the "competition of the two world social systems, the socialist and the capitalist. " This perceived ideological incompatibility also contributed to the formation of alliances in the East and West blocs. These alliances in turn prolonged the Cold War.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was first formed in 1 949 as protection of capitalist countries from the USSR, and it was still bringing countries into its membership all the way up until Spain's entrance in 1982. The Soviets responded to this with yet another alliance group in Eastern Europe, the Warsaw pact. Former colonies were also forced to choose an allegiance with either the capitalist or communist camps. This expanded the reach of the Cold War to the entire world, instead of just Western Europe, the United States and the USSR.
Many of the economic tensions that contributed to the start of the Cold War were in fact caused by the ideological differences of the East and West The partition of Germany serves as a prime example of how the differing economic policies of the East and West led to the Cold War. As a capitalist system, the United States wanted to use American capitol to invest in Germany and create a stronger economy within the country. But on the other hand, the Soviet Union discovered the idea to rebuild their own country through the use of German resources.
These two competing theories on the future of the German economy were the primary reason for the Berlin blockade and the eventual split of the country between Capitalist West Germany and Communist East Germany. With the capitalist economy of West Berlin being administered by the United States, France, and Great Britain, the Soviet Union enacted the blockade as a protection of their German economic policies. This blockade and subsequent division served as a literal example of the separation between the East and West that had taken place and became the Cold War.
The different economic paths taken by the East and West also served to create conditions that prolonged the Cold War. To the West of the Iron Curtain, consumerism came to be the driving force of the economy. Over the years following WI, the economy in the West began to flourish and grow much faster than in the Soviet Union. In fact, the prosperity of West Berlin was so enticing to East Berliners, that in 1961 the soviet government built the Berlin Wall to stem the extreme rate of immigration of their workers to West Berlin.
This wall served to further cement the animosity between the East and West. In the USSR, consumerism was forsaken for the sustained growth of heavy industry. There was even an example of the emphasis placed on this economic plan in Khrushchev 1961 "Report to the Communist Party Congress. " In his address, Khrushchev expressed the wish that the economy f the USSR focus primarily on "power engineering, machine building, metallurgy, and fuel industry," with the funding only coming from the consumer goods, "funds that accumulate as a result of over fulfillment of industrial output. The post WI recovery plans both powers established for Europe as a whole also served to reinforce the West as capitalist and the East as communist for the entire post-war period. The Marshall plan enacted by the U. S. Was contingent upon the integration of the West European capitalist markets. This plan eventually led to the creation of the European Economic Community in 1 957, which excluded and competed with the East European communist economies.
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Q. As someone who has covered Houston's real estate market for 30+ years, what do you think sets Houston apart from other major cities when it comes to real estate development?
A. Most people would say the lack of zoning is a major difference. That is certainly true but I think what really sets Houston apart is its spirit of entrepreneurship. Other cities are not as accepting or open in welcoming newcomers. In Houston, if you have a good project and moxie to get it built, you can be successful.
Q. What major challenges/issues do your foresee in Houston's real estate community?
A. The slump in energy prices has had significant impact. We are seeing energy companies downsizing their footprint and subleasing empty space, so the office market is definitely getting softer. Energy and energy-related company mergers and acquisitions will continue to exacerbate that problem. The recent robust multi-family housing market has resulted in the building of numerous high-end apartment communities and I see a slowing in the absorption rate in the market.
Q. Looking into the future, what trends do you see in different sectors of the real estate industry?
A. Even with the sluggish energy industry, the single-family home market remains relatively unscathed. Houston's population is still growing and the low inventory of single-family homes combined with low interest rates bodes well for positive growth and continued sales. Homes close to major employment centers are in high demand, as are those located in areas near the medical center and downtown. We've also seen significant growth in high-rise residential close to downtown. That vertical residential expansion will continue.
The most exciting new trend is the growth in the industrial sector in south Houston. The area has great access to downtown and lots of available land. The expansion of the Panama Canal will bring more containers to Houston and that's another factor that will contribute to industrial growth. We also are seeing chemical plant construction and expansion.
Q. What sorts of real estate stories are you looking for from public relations professionals?
A. I'm always looking for information on new development projects and areas being developed or redeveloped. Real estate projects and people that are pioneering something new that allow for some analysis are of great interest to my audience. I also like receiving details on real estate transactions, prices, who the players are, etc. I don't have space for personnel announcements other than at the CEO level. The same goes for office lease renewals.
Q. How has media changed since you've been covering real estate?
A. The changes are significant. No longer is there one "top dog" newspaper covering real estate. Print publications are losing readership. Media today is a diversified environment and people get their news from multiple sources. Social media should be a critical part of communicating effectively in 2015.
Q. Can you share your insight on common mistakes you see from PR pros? Any pet peeves?
A. I find it irritating when a PR professional gives an exclusive announcement to one publication. They may get their big splash, but they won't get coverage anywhere else. It's offensive to the other real estate reporters and certainly not good media relations. I have great respect for PR professionals who deal fairly with the media and stand up to clients and/or reporters who request an exclusive. My advice to PR pros is to counsel clients that working with the media is a long-term game and it's about building relationships. Reputations and relationships last longer than just one story.
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Volkswagen has presented the facelift of the Golf VII
Volkswagen has presented the facelift of the Golf VII. The so-called "update" does not change the design, but brings more digital functions, more power and more range.
Volkswagen has revised the golf and that the manufacturer speaks of an update has its reason. Outwardly, the volume model has hardly changed, the design update includes new bumpers, new fenders, as standard new full LED headlights for e-golf, golf GTE and all Golf GTI and Golf R. In addition, every gulf now comes as standard with full- LED taillights. The changes after the boarding are clearly shown. Instead of analogue scales, the driver now reads the information from the so-called "active info display", fully-digitized and animated instruments, which were previously only available in the Passat. In the center console some buttons are missing: the "discover pro" infotainment system reacts to the touch of the surface and can be controlled by gestures for selected functions.
At the same time, Volkswagen offers more online services and apps, and various assistants are now available – such as the city emergency braking function with a new pedestrian detection system, which allows the new collision checker for partially-automated driving up to 60 km / h New "emergency assist", which is already available in the Skoda Octavia. It monitors the activity of the driver – for example, if he does not have his hands on the steering wheel and does not respond to the system's instructions, the emergency assistant can gradually slow the vehicle to a standstill, activating the hazard warning system and sending an emergency call using "ecall".
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Apart from assistance systems and digitization, Volkswagen has revamped the driving force of the golf – especially at the e-Golf. Its lithium-ion battery now has an energy content of 35.8 kWh, previously it was 24.2 kWh. At the same time, Volkswagen is installing a new electric motor that delivers 100 kW / 136 hp rather than 85 kW / 115 hp and 290 Newtonmeters more than 20 Nm more torque than its predecessor. After 9.6 seconds, the e-Golf reaches 100 km / h, its top speed is limited to 150 km / h. The range is supposed to be 200 kilometers in "customer-relevant annual means" – that is, the normal driver creates an average of 300 kilometers.
The average fuel consumption is 12.7 kWh, while the test drive in Majorca with two people in the vehicle, baggage and the air-conditioning system were just under 16 kWh, but the 200 km were realistic. The e-Golf can be charged at the 230 V socket. At 2.3 kW it takes about 13 hours, until the charge of the battery has reached 80 percent of the maximum capacity. At a charging station with 7.2 kW, about four hours pass, by means of "combined charging system" with 40 kW promises VW only 45 minutes.
Inductive charging is still not provided for the e-Golf. "Together with other OEMs and the VDA, we are developing a standard for the inductive charging", explains Tim-Martin Scholz, Technical Project Manager of Golf GTE. "In this way, we are avoiding the installation of a current system which may not meet the future standards to be defined." According to the Verband der Automobilindustrie eV (VDA), several projects are underway in various organizations, ISO, IEC and SAE Basic safety requirements and system usage requirements. In addition, these standards should, where technically possible, ensure interoperability between systems and vehicles worldwide. The association assumes that these standards are coordinated worldwide in 2018.
Electrical without coverage
Until the purely electric mobility prevails, the majority of the golf buyers should choose the mixed form anyway: the GTE. Its drive is divided by a 110 kW / 150 hp strong TSI and a 75 kW / 102 hp electric engine, the system rated VW to 150 kW / 204 hp. The newly developed hybrid strategy is new: the road data of the navigation system and the GPS data are fed into the drive control system. The system thus recognizes the topography of the route – mountains, motorways, country roads or a city area – in advance and tunes the use of the engines on the track. For example, the TSI engine is more frequently used on the road at 100 km / h. When approaching a locality, the system activates the electric motor alone. The interaction of the two motors is very inconspicuous and often not perceptible.
In addition, other driving modes are possible: In the "E-Mode" the GTE is fully electric – in the NEFZ 50 kilometers far, in the mode GTE both motors work together. In addition, the charging level of the battery can be deliberately kept constant and the battery can be charged during the journey, for example, to drive emissions before the target without emissions. The average consumption is given by VW with 1.6 l / 100 km of petrol, and 11.4 kWh / 100 km of electricity in the NEFZ for hybrid vehicles.
Headache fun
The range is more interested in the new GTI and R – this is about maximum driving pleasure. Both models are available with a newly developed 7-speed dual clutch transmission (DSG). In the "normal version" of the GTI the driver is available 230 hp. The expansion, the GTI Performance, brings it to 180 kW / 245 hp – 15 hp more than its predecessor. The maximum torque increased by 20 to 370 Nm. Thus motorized, the GTI accelerates performance in 6.2 seconds to 100 km / h; The maximum speed is electronically limited at 250 km / h. Experts of the model will appreciate the seat-backs in check-optics, which are reminiscent of the original GTI from the year 1976.
The new Golf "R" pushes the driving dynamics to the top as sedan and variant. Both are equipped as standard with all-wheel drive – and both deliver 228 kW / 310 hp and support up to 400 Newton meters of torque in the DSG version on the crankshaft. This is of course sufficient for the usual, electronically limited 250 km / h. More exciting is the sprint from the stand to 100 km / h: the sedan creates it with DSG in 4.6 seconds. And if the 250 km / h mentioned is not sufficient, the electronic lock can be lifted with the optional "performance package" available from autumn – then the top speed increases to 267 and 270 km / h respectively. The optional titanium sports exhaust system for the "R" saloon comes from the Slovenian specialist Akrapovič. It is seven kilograms lighter than the conventional system, looks better and, above all, it sounds more authentic than what the sound generator sounds into the interior – even if it is surprisingly subtle. For this, the golf remains a golf and can also be driven through a residential area at night without provoking anger. Annoying in the transferred sense is rather the extra charge: around 3.800 euros.
The sporty driving dynamics include a front axle differential lock and a more powerful braking system with perforated pin washers. The actual disc is connected by means of pins to the aluminum body of the brake disc. The advantage is that the design is lighter – in the "R" two kilograms compared to the standard braking system, insensitive to high thermal load and the windscreen can expand when heated, so it does not distort under load. On the racetrack, these advantages were noticeable: the pressure point of the brake is precisely adjustable, fading does not take place even after several strong braking from high speeds. The price for so much fun is at least 40.675 Euros for the "R" or 44.800 Euros for the "R" Variant. The GTI is a little cheaper from 29.975 euros, as a performance version from 32.475 euros. For the GTE and the e-Golf, 36,900 euros are due, respectively 35,900 euros, to drive purely electrically.
In addition to the models mentioned, the model maintenance naturally also concerns the "standard golf". Here the new Turbobenzin direct injection engines debuted. The first is the 1.5 TSI Evo, a 110 kW / 150 hp four-cylinder turbofan with variable cylinder cut-off and common-rail direct injection. It develops its maximum torque of 250 Nm at only 1,500 rpm and is intended to consume 4.9 l / 100 km in the NEDC. A variant with 96 kW / 130 hp is also supposed to follow – this version is expected to reach 4.6 l / 100 km. The special features of the engine include a new combustion process, derived from the Miller-Cycle, and a turbocharger with variable turbine geometry. The engine achieves its full torque of 200 Nm already at 1400 rpm. As a world champion, the 1.5 TSI Evo with 130 hp will also have an extended sail function with a deactivated engine – which completely switches off the engine when taking the throttle. In real operation this is to save up to 0.4 l / 100 km. The starting price for the Golf with 1.5 TSI Evo and DSG is 26.350 Euro.
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Q: How to set the default plugin for a module in require.js? I am using require.js to load some JS libraries and want to run some common code before and after load. I have made a simple loader plug-in named plug.js to do so:
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When I use it from other modules like this, it works as expected:
define(['plug!lib1'], function (lib1) {
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But I want to prevent the library to be accidentally loaded with the default loader, so I tried to add the following mapping:
require.config({
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Then I required the library in my modules without specifying the plug-in by define(['lib1'], ...) and the pre-load code of the plug-in runs as expected, but the post-load code never runs and I get load timeout errors. I also tried to apply mapping to specific modules rather than to *, but got the same error.
Is it something wrong with my loader plug-in code? Is it ever possible to have the default loader plug-in associated with a module (a global plug-in would also be acceptable)?
As an alternative I see making custom modules with pre-load code and setting them as dependencies in shim configuration, but this looks even less convenient than specifying the plug-in name everywhere.

A: Looks like require.js tries to prevent circular dependency. app module requests lib1, which resolves to plug!lib1, and plug requests lib1 again, which require.js refuses to load despite that this time it would be loaded directly rather than plug would be called recursively.
I renamed the original library, and the problem gone away:
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drama at Willanova University, USA. He is not only famous for directing well known advertising films, but also for numerous awards he has won for films he has produced and directed.
You have produced the films 'Hacivat ve Karagöz neden öldürüldü?' and '7 Kocalı Hürmüz' which reflect on a time you could not visually see or experience. Was it difficult to re-create these circumstances?
Your creations which mostly involve history are generally very successful. Is this related to your passion of history? If so who or what in history interests you or inspires you the most?
Historical stories, due to its confinements are actually stories that want to determine the tomorrow. I mean I use the distant perspective of the past as a tool to show people of today. So if I am telling a historical story I will intentionally use it to reflect on the political way of thinking of today, I mean I will use this story to show people how to live together by using history as a positive example. There are two people in this historical-storytelling area that have influenced me: One of them, whom I believe is one of the most important historical figures of our country, is story teller REŞAT EKREM KOÇU. The other one is probably one of the only people that has consumed Europe's and even the world's history, Italian historian UMBERTO ECO. Of course that does not cover all the people, there are many different people trying to impact the world with historical – story telling on this world! Basically, talent and intelligence is not for self use, its for changing the whole world. It's these 'idealists' that deeply interest me.
The actors in your pieces, successfully matches with their role. How do you determine the actors? Is it hard to pick?
It is not the physical appearance that is important. Of course it is an element but the key thing is is "dramaturgy" which means the capability of that actor to feel and play the designated role. I care about their talent and their level of sophistication in acting. It is hard to determine this part. Therefore it isn't easy to analyze his level of acting, it needs experience. I earned this over time. I like to work with actors which I can admire while he admires me so we can persuade the audience as well.
You studied as an actor, plus you acted in numerous films. Are you planning to act in any movies as an actor for the future projects?
I am not planning but I wish to. The problem is I couldn't find a director that understands me yet.
As a director, who do you admire the most ?
I admire old people who are telling us fairytales. I admire kids who are trying to explain their dream. I admire men and women of any kind. I am also inspired by my students who question me and my plans.
I agree with Ezel Akay on how Umberto Eco is one of the most important historians who has "consumed" the world's history. I was quite sure Akay is interested in history (thought so from his movies), but never guessed he had "idealists" like Eco and Re?at Ekrem Ko�u.
What Akay said about "old people telling fairy-tale" and "kids who try to explain their dreams" is really interesting. I never would of thought this great cinematographer admires "everyone"… Great interview G�lensu!
In Ezel Akay movies i've always admired the the 'fairy-tale' atmosphere and the colours; after reading this interview, i better understood how and why they've been created by the director.
Who knows, maybe you, or one of your friends will be the director who understands his acting very well, and will be directing a great historical-mystical movie that we can see Akay as an actor..


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Bus tickets from Santiago to Villa Alemana are being sold from Pullman Costa Central.
The bus travel from Santiago and Villa Alemana takes approximately about 2 hours.
The distance between Santiago to Villa Alemana is (N/A) and you can choose between the services Pullman; dependent on the bus company you travel with (Pullman Costa Central).


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Trzciniak wyspowy (Acrocephalus brevipennis) – gatunek małego ptaka z rodziny trzciniaków (Acrocephalidae). Endemit  Wysp Zielonego Przylądka. Narażony na wyginięcie.

 Systematyka Gatunek ten po raz pierwszy opisał w 1866 roku John Gerrard Keulemans. Autor nadał mu nazwę Calamodyta brevipennis, a jako miejsce typowe wskazał wyspę São Nicolau. Obecnie gatunek umieszczany jest w rodzaju Acrocephalus. Jest to gatunek monotypowy.

 Morfologia Długość ciała 13,5 cm; masa ciała 15–17 g. Obie płcie są do siebie podobne.

 Zasięg występowania Występuje na Santiago, São Nicolau i Fogo – wyspach należących do Republiki Zielonego Przylądka. Wcześniej zamieszkiwał również Bravę, ale tam wyginął (brak stwierdzeń od 1969 roku).

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Music is an important part of the curriculum at Gunnersbury. We aim to involve as many pupils as possible in the pursuit of excellence in performance and creativity. Music is very well-resourced in a new building, complete with a state-of-the-art stage, opened in 2010. In addition to teaching rooms (equipped with Sibelius software), we have ample rehearsal space, a studio, four practice rooms, a drama workshop. Recent productions have included "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat", "The Wiz", "Guys and Dolls" and "Oliver", as well as a number of plays and compilation shows. Pupils have performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and sing regularly at Westminster Cathedral and in local parishes across the Diocese. The Department has also led two hugely successful tours to Belgium and France in 2014 and 2016 respectively.
Individual tuition on all major orchestral instruments as well as percussion, guitar and piano is thriving and opportunities for boys to develop their talents include our Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band, String Ensemble, Barbershop group and ad hoc rock bands formed by the pupils
Each term sees a number of school performances, including the concert in honour of St Cecilia, the Carol Service, the Spring Concert, annual Music Festival, Chamber Choir performances at Westminster Cathedral for the Guild of St Stephen and our summer school production. In addition, the choirs and ensembles perform in the community throughout the year.
We are very fortunate to be able to offer our pupils specialist masterclasses (covering a wide range of instruments) from alumni from the Royal College of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire.
Music is an option at both GCSE and at 'A' level; pupils study a range of set works and composers from Bach to Beethoven as well as world music and other contemporary genres such as music for theatre and film. Composing and performance (both solo and ensemble) form a major element of both qualifications.


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Furniture manufacturing has become such an important piece of the fabric of life among the Amish in northern Indiana, it is hard to remember how different things were less than two decades ago. In the early 1990s, woodworking was mostly a hobby among the Amish. It was something to dabble in after a day's work on the farm or at the RV factory. Most of the woodworking businesses were "Dawdy shops", retired grandfathers turning out a few pieces for neighbors or the occasional lone wolf who produced custom furniture."Woodworking" was often part of the job description of carpentry crews who not only constructed a home from the ground up, but also built the kitchen and bathroom cabinets and sometimes even other furniture to furnish the home. Furniture in Amish homes was utilitarian, where function played a bigger role than form. It was more important that a table could stand up to the rigors of half-a-dozen hardworking farm boys than how it looked.
By the early '90s some Amish men became dissatisfied with life in the RV factories. Full-time farming with horses was no longer a viable alternative for most. Instead, a few turned their woodworking hobbies into businesses. As money became more plentiful in the booming '90s more people sought custom furniture and cabinets, making woodworking an attractive occupation.
One of the early pioneers was Noah Bontrager of Amish Impressions. Noah grew up on and worked on the farm until he was eighteen. The family farm consisted of 120 acres and was worked with draft horses pulling farm implements. Corn was husked by hand, manure was forked onto manure spreaders by hand, cows were milked by hand and wheat and oats were put in shocks and put through a thrashing machine. To use a telephone meant walking or riding horseback a few miles to a payphone, so very few calls were made. After turning eighteen, the lure of making some money at an RV factory was too great, and thus began a career, of life in the RV industry. At the age of 22, Noah began to build furniture as a hobby and learning the fine points of construction through trial and error. Never having training in woodworking, this was a period of time where valuable lessons were learned in building all types of furniture and cabinets. Factory life proved unsatisfactory and boring so in 1993 the plunge was taken to take on woodworking as an occupation and Amish Impressions was born.
Fast forward to today, all employees are Amish and most are neighbors or live close enough that they commute to work with either horse and buggy or bicycle. Many also have farms at home or chores they do after work. Employee turnover is low, many have worked at Amish Impressions for 10 to 15 years. Noah and Margaret have a family of three. Marcus is 24, Maria is 22 and Allen is 17. Marcus is in charge of the finish shop and warehouse and is General manager of Amish Impressions, Maria and Allen work in the office. Amish Impressions is a family owned operation and is operated as one and corporate America attitude doesn't exist here. Many questions have been asked regarding the Amish and what we represent or why we choose to live as we do. Amish is not a religion, rather a way of life we feel is patterned off of the teachings of Jesus Christ. We profess to be of the Christian faith and a follower of our Lord and Savior and to Him belongs all honor and glory.
Our power source is a diesel generator to produce electricity to power our machinery and hand tools, although many steps of production are done by hand, such as handplaning. The hardwoods used are harvested mostly in the surrounding states such as Ohio, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania and sent to mills where they are cut into dimensional lumber. After that, lumber is stacked into dry kilns where it is dried down to approximately 8% moisture content. Finally the wood is cut into staves, glued together in order to make wider panels. The wood shavings and sawdust is used for mulch and animal bedding to ensure that as little waste is produced as possible. Amish Impressions buys in the solid wood bent pieces from another Amish shop that specializes in this unique process. To make the bendings , they steam wood that has not been dried down. Then after a certain amount of time they place the steamed wood into forms and clamp the pieces to hold it in place. After that they are placed in a dry kiln so that the pieces stay in the shape they were bent.
Furniture construction is a process of first milling out parts and pieces, assembly, and then final detailing and sanding before the finishing process. Most times an employee has a certain job to do in each piece of furniture, rather than constructing the piece from start to finish. This is because talents vary from one to another, as some are more detail oriented than others. After construction the furniture has the stain sprayed on and wiped off by hand, to better bring out the grain. A sealer coat is then applied of high quality conversion varnish which is then sanded lightly to eliminate grain raising followed by a finish coat. Some finish processes are much more intensive such as paints, glazes and multistep finishes and the end result is dependent totally on the talents of the craftsman applying these processes.
Because of building every piece to order, we have special order capabilities such as changing sizes and product configuration up to a certain extent. Any of our collections can be made in any choice of our wood species or stain colors although some styles lend themselves more to a certain specie or color than others. It is very important, therefore to be thorough when placing an order to make certain all pertinent information is supplied.
In our experience throughout the years, it is crucial to learn some of the following points to be successful in selling solid wood furniture.
No two pieces of wood are exactly the same because it is a product of nature. With this in mind, you must expect variations in colors and wood grain.
Wood will expand and contract because of retaining a certain amount of moisture.
Plank tops will show offsets at the tongue and groove joints depending on the humidity. This is a normal occurrence.
Never apologize to the customer because of certain characteristics in the wood. Remember this product is not fabricated in a machine somewhere. Instead, use this as a positive point to bring out the beauty and uniqueness of an heirloom piece of furniture.
Many salespeople do not talk about these points, for fear of scaring a customer and losing a sale; however in our experience if a customer is educated about solid wood, they embrace the concept. If they are lead to believe that this will have the same uniformity as a piece of plastic or veneers, that is usually when problems occur with the customer.
Have a firm belief and excitement about the solid wood story and American made product!
See catalog for more details on properly cared for furniture.


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Li River Cruise, Potala Palace.
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The PC & Wireless Shop located in Canandaigua, NY is a leading local retailer and service provider in cellular phones, custom-built computers and laptops, IP security cameras, PBX phone systems and customer service.
The PC & Wireless Shop needed to upgrade its video surveillance system. With the new system, they wanted to better utilize space and find a cost-effective way to capture high quality video.
The PC & Wireless Shop selected Tyco Security Products edge technology with Illustra IP cameras pre-installed with exacqVision Edge video management system (VMS) software installed directly on the IP camera. Each IP camera acts as its own server, recording video to an onboard SD card. Tyco's edge recording solution eliminates the need for a server while saving bandwidth and expenses.
new Illustra IP cameras drastically improved the image quality.
The onboard exacqVision VMS software gives the Shop owner and employees a full-featured, intuitive VMS software to quickly search video.
Tyco's edge solution improved image quality, installation and configuration, while saving store owners time and money.
Ever expanding and seemingly always in flux, airports present great opportunities but also major challenges for security integrators and security technology providers.
Today's modern airports are security-centric enterprises that have multi-faceted surveillance and access control systems. Although airport security was heightened after the terrorist attacks in the United States on 9/11, anytime these facilities undergo some degree of modernization or add to their footprint, they are presented with the prospect of taking security to the next level.
However, any changes to an airport security system must take into account the substantial technological investment that has already been made as well as the importance of keeping the systems manageable on 24/7 basis.
At Turkey's Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, this blending of old and new occurred as the airport constructed a new domestic terminal with a security system that needed to mesh with the one in the existing terminal installed more than 10 years earlier.
While the airport's operator TAV-Ege was eager to introduce IP-based products into the new terminal, it also wanted to leverage its existing and still highly functional components from the old terminal such as analog cameras.
To meet the airport's needs, together with the help of integrator Sensormatic Guvenlik Hizmetleri, Tyco Security Products presented airport officials with an integrated solution that could accommodate the 700 analog cameras from the old terminal, while also handling the 600 new IP cameras from the newly constructed building.
The installation of modern VideoEdge network video recorders (NVR) from American Dynamics and backbone systems like the victor unified security solution and Software House's C-CURE 9000 security and event management platform ensured that the airport would manage both old and new cameras and access systems seamlessly from a single platform.
Even as the capabilities of the system have increased, however, the ability to manage it remains intuitive and straightforward, which is critical in a potentially high-risk environment like a major airport.
As Turkey's fourth busiest airport, Tyco Security Products complete solution has poised Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport for growth and scalability to allow for future system upgrades and even camera additions if warranted.
And as more airports undergo this type of expansion, the demand for integrated solutions that bring old and new systems together should only increase.
can help you easily migrate from analog to IP.


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Current Legal/Legislative Updates and Industry Initiatives
PPAI Reports on Legislation That May Pose Challenges For Importers
PPAI, in its July 15, 2021, Newslink reported on legislation that has implications for companies that import merchandise, which includes many companies in the incentive and promotional products industries. In June, the U.S. Senate lent its support to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), which would support U.S. technological innovation and research to make the country more competitive on the world stage. The bill is now being considered by the House of Representatives. Included within it are provisions of the Country of Origin Labeling Online Act or the "COOL Online Act," a bill introduced last year that would require prominent labeling of country-of-origin and seller location for all products sold on the internet. Current law only requires country-of-origin information to be included on a product's external packaging.
The COOL Online Act's requirements are problematic for importers, including some companies in the promotional products industry, because of practices such as dual sourcing and diversifying supply chains. PPAI is working to learn more about the bill and has joined discussions with staffers from two separate House Energy & Commerce subcommittees, as well as a Ways & Means subcommittee.
The COOL Online Act will also be on the agenda for the upcoming PPAI Product Responsibility Summit Direct-2-You, to be held virtually on August 16-19. Click here for more information.
The Proposed PRO Act of 2021 Might Effectively Eliminate Independent Contractor Status – IFI's Washington Update, March 12, 2021
On March 9, 2021, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (the "PRO Act"), by a vote of 225-206, with five Republicans joining the Democrats in favor of it. If enacted, the PRO Act would represent the most sweeping changes in labor law in a very long time. The five most important provisions of the Act are as follows:
The PRO Act would override "right to work" laws that are in effect in 27 states. These laws generally allow workers in workplaces represented by unions to opt out of the union and avoid union dues. Currently workers who work for such companies would continue to be covered under the wage and benefits contract that the union has negotiated in its collective bargaining agreement with the employer. If enacted, the PRO Act would override state right to work laws and allow unions to collect dues from those who opt out to cover the cost of collective bargaining and administration of the contract.
The Act would forbid employer interference in and influence over union elections. Currently, companies use the well-worn tactic of company sponsored meetings with mandatory attendance to lobby against unionization drives. In addition, employees would be allowed to vote in elections regarding whether to organize at location outside of company property.
When a successful union drive still fails to achieve an initial contract between employer and employees, the PRO Act would permit newly certified unions to seek mediation and binding arbitration to settle negotiations that have reached a stalemate.
The PRO Act would prevent employers from using the immigration status of an employee against him/her in determining the terms of employment.
The PRO Act contains substantial civil penalties and liquidated damages for violation of workers' rights. In some instances, directors and officers could also be held liable. It also contains various statutory remedies in cases of discrimination and retaliation.
While one's views on the efficacy of the main provisions of the proposed law can vary, it also contains an important change in the definition of independent contractor status that is worrisome and not terribly well conceived.
It would define an independent contractor using what is commonly known as the ABC test, a holdover from the 1930s, before the Internet and the gig economy. Section 101(b) of the PRO Act would amend section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. section 152(3)) to provide that an individual performing any service would be deemed to be an employee and not an independent contractor unless: "(A) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under the contract for the performance of service and in fact; (B) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer; and (C) the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business of the same nature as that involved in the service performed."
To see the complete Washington Update of March 12, 2021 written by George Delta, IFI's Legal Counsel, click here.
There is a long-standing debate about whether individuals who provide services to a business are employees or independent contractors. That debate saw a resurgence in 2019, when California's governor signed Assembly Bill 5 into law. The legislation, which was revisited in 2020, effectively bans companies from classifying most workers in California as independent contractors. The law also outlines some exceptions to the employment standard and establishes a three-pronged test for determining independent contractor status in California.
Soon after California's Assembly Bill 5 was passed into law, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a similar measure. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act amends the National Labor Relations Act to establish a new federal definition of the term "employee" which expressly eliminates independent contractors in the U.S. The new legislation makes a broad presumption that all workers in the U.S. are employees unless each element of a newly established "ABC" test can be demonstrated.
The relevant state legislation and the PRO Act changed the nature of the discussions concerning labor classifications and independent contractors. Before last year, these conversations involved classifications pursuant to tax legislation. Because of the new legislation that was introduced, the conversations about employment categories shifted to discussions about proposed modifications to existing labor laws. More than ten different standards define the term "employee" among the states and the federal government.
The IFI, PPAI, and the IMA are all working to inform their members about the pending legislation and to encourage members to oppose the bill by emailing their elected representatives. PPAI has an efficient tool that provides an easy way to send an email to your representatives. Please use and share the link to PPAI's Action Alerts for an easy way to voice your opposition to the legislation: https://advocacy.bgov.com/v2form.html?uuid=1007fd02-0e7f-4b5b-a6f9-bcc0a0439e75&cs-preview=true. You can customize your message.
Federation Reaffirms Role to Develop Standards for Incentives, Rewards and Recognition
The Incentive Federation's Board of Directors, during a December 2020 conference call, affirmed the value of industry standards for programs and procedures implemented for the incentive, rewards and recognition industry. The Board also committed to begin work in 2021 to identify the most impactful standards that will bring value to industry companies.
Why are standards important?
Standards for this broad industry, when properly applied and executed, promise to help businesses deliver more powerful and effective solutions and programs for rewarding and recognizing excellent employee performance, increasing productivity, and ensuring customer retention and satisfaction.
The initiative acknowledges that standards developed and applied in thousands of industries worldwide, such as ISO 9000, have helped improve efficiency, productivity and quality in manufacturing and delivery of products and services. Only in the past few years has the concept of standards for quality management gained acceptance, and efforts are now being made to extend those principles to organizational engagement with employees and customers.
"If your company is committed to quality people management, like we are at Hinda," commented IFI Chairman Mike Donnelly, president of Hinda Incentives, "I would strongly recommend that you investigate and learn about the exciting work that the Incentive Federation is leading with top industry professionals and association members regarding the creation of new ANSI Standards and Certification, and how you can use them to improve your processes and market your commitment to customers, talent, investors and more."
Why has the Federation undertaken this role?
Since the IFI has served for many years as the umbrella group for the broad marketplace of incentives, recognition, rewards, promotional products, corporate gifts, awards, incentive travel, and motivation in areas such as research, legislative monitoring and public outreach, the Board decided that the IFI is a logical "home" for standards development.
The Incentive Federation was approved as a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 2018 and will continue its membership in the organization throughout the standards approval and development process. In early 2020 the IFI was importantly approved by ANSI as an Accredited Standards Developer for the many sectors that encompass incentives, rewards and recognition.
How can standards help our industry provide value and service?
Standards are:
Documents that provide a collection of measurable best practices, guidelines, customs, experiences, and practical solutions to guide organizations on a topic
Collaboratively and voluntarily developed through consensus
Regularly revisited and revised
Standards are not:
Necessarily "how to implement" documents
Individual organizational policies and practices
The benefits of creating standards for incentives, rewards and recognition are:
Improves implementation of programs within organizations
Permits "apples to apples" performance comparisons between programs and providers
Reduces the cost of program start up, operations, and guides use of resources
Further confirms incentives, rewards and recognition as a "profession" or discipline that helps businesses become more successful and profitable
Establishes common terminology and metrics for an industry
U.S. federal law requires federal regulators to defer to existing industry standards. An executive order also encourages federal agencies to use industry standards rather than make its own rules.
A very practical example that most industry practitioners are familiar with is the development and implementation of safety incentive programs. In past years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration posed some very negative views about many safety incentive programs. It has taken years of dedicated advocacy to persuade OSHA that properly designed safety incentive programs can reduce job injuries and deaths, improve worker health and productivity and contribute positively to a company's bottom line.
If industry standards had been in place in the early 2000s, it is likely that OSHA would have looked to our industry as a model and would have accepted the principles for the design and use of safety incentive programs. The same can be said for health and wellness programs and even for the I.R.S. guidelines that govern employee achievement awards and the tax preferences for which our that the industry has long lobbied.
How can industry companies and professionals participate?
The Federation needs the support of its members, both financial and intellectual, to ensure that the standards being developed represent the interests of the members and, most importantly, the interests and needs of the thousands of businesses employing incentive, recognition or rewards programs for customers and employees.
The IFI soon will begin recruiting U.S. industry experts to participate on standard development projects and assist in forming, crafting and developing standards for approval, and we intend to lean heavily on our IFI members who wish to participate.
IFI member organizations and corporate members are being asked to participate in the funding, review and development of the standards. Quite simply, the Federation needs more financial support. Companies that help support this initiative may participate directly in reviewing and crafting the language and direction of the standards as they are developed.
In the coming months, the Federation will be asking IFI members and other industry companies to pledge their support in 2021 and to offer their expertise in helping craft the standards documents.
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Q: Alterar classe do botão após preencher todos os campos Eu tenho um botão que precisa ser habilitado quando o usuário terminar de preencher os campos, porém ele precisa ser alterado a classe quando ficar habilitado...
quando o botão estiver desabilitado eu precisaria que enquanto os campos não forem preenchido o botão fique em satus disabled e com a classe do css cinza, após ser preenchido os campos o botão fica habilitado e com a classe do css verde, isso seria em jQuery? Como faço para funcionar?

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.btn-pdf .fa-thumbs-up {
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  color: #FFFFFF;
  padding: 20px;
  border-radius: 50px;
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    <option value="0" disabled="true" selected="true">Selecione uma Unidade</option>
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A: Não entendi direito se é para ter 2 botões ou um só e trocar. Bom creio que seja a segunda opção, então fiz um código aqui que deve te mostrar como funciona a verificação de campos.

$(function(){
 // Definimos um evento para os campos, quando alterarem ele deve verificar cada campo.
 $("#msform").find("input,textarea,select").on("change paste keyup",verificarCampos);

  function verificarCampos(){
   var falha=false;
    $("#msform").find("input,textarea,select").each(function(){
     // Se o valor for vazio, define que houve falha:
     if($(this).val()=="" || $(this).val()==null) falha=true;
    });
    // Se falhou:
    if(falha) $(".btn-pdf").addClass("cinza");
    else $(".btn-pdf").removeClass("cinza");
  }
  // vou chamar a função assim que o código iniciar, para já definir o botão como inválido:
  verificarCampos();

  $(".btn-pdf a").on("click",function(e){
    if($(this).parent().is(".cinza")){
      alert("Informe os dados para continuar");
      e.preventDefault();
    }
  });
});
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  text-align: center;
  float: right;
  margin: 0 5px;
}

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  background-color: #f3f3f3;
  color: #787878;
  padding: 20px;
  border-radius: 50px;
  display:none;
}

.btn-pdf .fa-thumbs-down:hover {
  background-color: #fbfbfb;
  transition: 0.2s;
}

.btn-pdf .fa-thumbs-up {
  background-color: #59bd59;
  color: #FFFFFF;
  padding: 20px;
  border-radius: 50px;
}

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  background-color: #68cb68;
  transition: 0.2s;
}

.btn-pdf a {
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'KG Blank Space Solid';
  color: #303030;
  font-size: 13px;
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.btn-pdf a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
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.btn-pdf.cinza .fa-thumbs-down{
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  Telefone Válido*
  <input id="celular" type="text" class="form-control" name="celular" placeholder="Telefone">

  Selecione uma Opção
  <select class="form-control" id="list-lugar" name="unidade">
    <option value="" disabled="true" selected="true">Selecione uma Unidade</option>
    <option name= "PMA" value="200">Shopping 1</option>
    <option name = "BRB" value="200">Shopping 2</option>
  </select>

</form>

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Mas atenção: Esse código não verifica se o número digitado é válido. E Também não bloqueia o click no botão caso a classe cinza que você disse estiver no elemento.
Explicando o que fiz:
Usei o jQuery para rodar em todos os campos, procurar por alterações e então verificar se todos os campos foram preenchidos. Depois adicionamos a classe cinza no botão, com a classe cinza o botão esconde o ícone "positivo" e mostra o "negativo". Mais explicações no comentário do código.


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Q: BASH: how to perform arithmetic on numbers in a pipe I am getting a stream of numbers in a pipe, and would like to perform some operations before passing them on to the next section, but I'm a little lost about how I would go about it without breaking the pipe.
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> echo "1 2 3 4 5" | some command | cat
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Would you have any ideas on how to make something like this work? The actual operation I want to perform is simply adding one to every number.

A: echo 1 2 3 4 5|{
  read line;
  for i in $line;
  do
    echo -n "$((i * i)) ";
  done;
  echo
}

The {} creates a grouping.  You could instead create a script for that.

A: I'd write:
echo "1 2 3 4 5" | {
  for N in $(cat); do
    echo $((N ** 2))
  done | xargs
}

We can think of it as a "map" (functional programming). There are a lot of ways of writing a "map" function in bash (using stdin, function args, ...), for example:
map_stdin() {
  local FUNCTION=$1
  while read LINE; do
    $FUNCTION $LINE
  done
}

square() { echo "$(($1 * $1))"; }

$ echo "1 2 3 4 5" | xargs -n1 | map_stdin square | xargs
1 4 9 16 25

A: Or..
echo "1 2 3 4 5" | xargs -n 1 | while read number
 do
   echo $((number * number))
 done

A: echo 1 2 3 4 5 | xargs -n 1 expr -1 +

A: echo 1 2 3 4 5 | xargs -n 1 bash -c 'echo $(($1*$1))' args

A: Using awk is another solution, which also works with floats
echo "1 2 3 4 5" | xargs -n1 | awk '{print $1^2}' | xargs

or use a loop
for x in 1 2 3 4 5; do echo $((x**2)); done | xargs
for x in $(echo "1 2 3 4 5"); do echo $x^2 | bc; done | xargs # alternative solution
for x in $(seq 5); do python -c "print($x**2)"; done | xargs  # alternative solution but slower than the above
# or make it neat by defining a function to do basic math in bash, e.g.:
calc() { awk "BEGIN{print $*}"; }
for x in $(seq 5); do calc $x^2; done | xargs

A: Or you can pipe to expression to bc:
echo "1 2 3 4 5" | (
  read line;
  for i in $line;
  do
    echo $i^2 | bc;
  done;
  echo
)

A: If you prefer Python:
#!/bin/python
num = input()
while num:
    print(int(num) + 1) # Whatever manipulation you want
    try:
        num = input()
    except EOFError:
        break

A: xargs, xargs, xargs
echo 1 2 3 4 5 | xargs -n1 echo | xargs -I NUMBER expr NUMBER \* NUMBER | xargs

Or, go parallel:
squareit () { expr $1 \* $1; }
export -f squareit
echo 1 2 3 4 5 | xargs -n1 | parallel --gnu squareit | xargs

Which would be way simpler if you passed your pipe as a standard set of args:
parallel --gnu "expr {} \* {}" ::: $(echo 1 2 3 4 5) | xargs

Or even:
parallel --gnu "expr {} \* {}" ::: 1 2 3 4 5 | xargs

Really worth taking a look at the examples in the doc: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html

A: Yoi might like something like this:
echo "1 2 3 4 5" | perl -ne 'print $_ ** 2, " " for split / /, $_'

or even like this:
echo "1 2 3 4 5" | perl -ne 'print join " ", map {$_ ** 2} split / /, $_'


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Norwegian Aurora Borealis in HD
An aurora (plural: aurorae or auroras) is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). The charged particles originate in themagnetosphere and solar wind and, on Earth, are directed by the Earth's magnetic field into the atmosphere. Aurora is classified as diffuse or discrete aurora. Most aurorae occur in a band known as the auroral zone which is typically 3° to 6° in latitudinal extent and at all local times or longitudes. The auroral zone is typically 10° to 20° from the magnetic pole defined by the axis of the Earth's magnetic dipole.
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From Conception to Birth - Fertilized Ovule
In this TED conference Alexander Tsiaras takes us in an incredible journey through the springing of human life, following sperm up to conception and as of there in a beautifully illustrated journey with cutting edge electronic visualization and mapping up to the moment of birth itself.
Alexander Tsiaras: Is an artist and technologist, Tsiaras participated in developing scientific visualization software to enable him to "paint" the human anatomy using volume data. He incorporated a company — Anatomical Travelogue— to use his experience and knowledge for medical imaging and content production. The recipient of numerous awards, including the World Press Award and several Art Director's Awards, Tsiaras and his work have been featured on more than 120 covers of magazines including LIFE, TIME, New York Times Magazine, Discover, Smithsonian, GEO and the London Sunday Times Magazine. He is the author of "From Conception to Birth: a Life Unfolds," "Architecture and Design of Man and Woman: The Marvel of the Human Body, Revealed," "The InVision Guide to a Healthy Heart," and "The InVision Guide to Sexual Health."
Tsiaras has lectured at many conferences including the National Library of Medicine (NLM/NIH) Scientific Visualization Conference, TED, TEDMED, Ink Conference (in association with TED India), Molecular Imaging 2020, and Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR). Tsiaris has also lectured with Stephen Hawking at the MIT Media Lab.
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String Theory: God and the Universe
Throughout the history of human kind, from the understanding of our world as being flat, to string theory and evolutionary darwinian theories, science has fought against the prejudices of religions. Currently, through advances in theoretical physics, we are as close as ever to unveil the hidden equations that would unify the very large with the very small, quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory. However, there is a conceptual battle that has been going on since the dawn of civilisations between science and religion, as we draw closer to answering some of the fundamental question dealing with the origins of the universe, the pitch for this war is as confusing and blurry as ever. Where does science stop and metaphysics and the need for a transcendent being and religion start?
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Here are some resources and tasks to help you understand the finance topics covered in this unit. This unit is assessed by an external examination which is 1 hour long and online.
For two of the businesses below, make a list of the costs they might have. Use the template to help you.
Now have a go at the tasks on the worksheet below.
What is an income statement or profit and loss account or trading account?
Follow the link and watch the video on why keeping financial records is important. Then test yourself with the questions that follow.


The design journey of building a custom home can feel like a roller coaster of emotions. Picking the architectural focal point of a space means considering the look, feel and function of the room and the best use of it's space. Custom opening solutions need both "wow" factors and the quality to last through everything life brings. Vertical operating windows, walls and doors create clear opening space to open and bring the outside in and include no unsightly and dysfunctional tracks or seams on the floor. Take a look at some of the ways to incorporate vertical openings in your custom home design.
A big extension of any custom home is the exterior entertainment space. From pool decks to outdoor kitchen and dining spaces, your backyard magnifies the personality of the home and can be the central hangout for any social gathering.
When a vertical opening is added to the home design, it becomes easy to include the exterior space into the main living areas. Upward moving panels mean that there are no visually abrasive floor tracks that break up the spaces. Other horizontally stacking panels limit the clear opening space, while Renlita's vertically operable systems are easy to operate and leave maximum space.
Say goodbye to rickety storage sheds that ruin your design. Renlita's sovereign model is the perfect fit for exterior storage buildings, pool houses, gyms, and outdoor recreation spaces. With the trackless design and stackable panels, this vertically operable opening leaves overhead space for bike racks, A/C systems, and increased storage space. Architecturally sound, Renlita's vertically opening systems can withstand high wind-loads and have received NFRC thermal ratings. Making Renlita not only the stylish solution to your exterior buildings but only the smart solution.
Who said garages have to be boring? While average garage doors can be loud and bulky, Renlita's openings are made to bring grace to your design. Renlita's door systems can be customized to include almost any cladding or glazing options, making it optimal to install in a versatile space like a garage.
While Renlita is a stylish solution to a custom design, functionality and durability are an important factor in the design process. Successfully tested over 25,000 cycles, rest assured that your garage will stand the test of time with frequent use.
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An easy way to take advantage of the view is to simply…. open up the home. By installing a vertical opening leading to a second store balcony you will get to enjoy all nature has to offer without ever having to leave the indoors. Vertical openings leave the maximum amount of opening space. Add the standard safety breaks and motion sensors, Renlita is a worry-free solution.
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private:
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New York advertises its desperation
By Richard Pecore
Here in the Lone Star State, we've had lots of recent success stories about bringing in many new businesses from California and New York, where the business climate is increasingly hostile due to higher taxes and increased regulations and restrictions. Businesses and citizens continue to leave by the droves. Enter New York state, in an attempt to stop the bleeding, now running ads for "Tax Free Zone" in local Texas television markets. The ads brag that new businesses will operate "tax free" for 10 years. The ad follows up the START-UP NY program put in motion by Governor Andrew Cuomo on October 22, 2013. The ads have been running in major Texas cities and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
A May 2013 press release states, "Under Tax-Free NY, Any New Business Will Be Able to Operate Tax Free on a SUNY Campus for Ten Years." That's all well and good, but most businesses plan to be around longer than 10 years. They also like to be flexible about location. More to the point, they don't like surprises, even ones they might plan for. The New York state taxes in question are significant -- state income tax; business tax; corporate, state, and local taxes; property tax; and franchise tax. Businesses will still have to contend with federal regulatory and tax laws anywhere they set up, but they'll have to plan out the big state tax hit in 10 years. If the startup works, great, but I wonder: if you have to shut down and leave before 10 years are up, do you also get hit with the back taxes?
Texas opted out of ObamaCare, there is no state income tax at all, and there are fewer regulations (as a whole) and far less "political correctness" to contend with than in New York State. Texas also offers a logistically central location for national distribution -- Dallas is a primary air, rail, and truck hub, and Houston is the #1 international and #2 total cargo tonnage shipping hub in the U.S.
Ironically, START-UP NY does offer one unique opportunity. For Texas companies wanting to initiate new startup ventures in New York, they've made it easier than ever.


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Campo di Maggio
Marche - Italy
Campo di Maggio Offida Pecorino Cardofonte 2020
Attention the maximum quantity available is: 8
Delivery in 2 working days Last bottles: 8
Immediate availability Delivery in 2 working days Last bottles: 8 Delivery in 2 working days
Giallo dorato.
Il naso è intenso ed ampio con note floreali ed note agrumate.
Al palato il vino risulta sapido, morbido e molto persistente.
DOCG Offida
Spinetoli (AP)
In acciaio.
Name: Campo di Maggio
Cultivated hectares: 4
Address: Via Formale, 24 - Spinetoli (AP)
Web Site: http://www.cantinacampodimaggio.it/
The Corradetti family, owners of the Campo di Maggio winery, consists of the couple Enzo, Felicia and their two children, Luigina and Marco. The Corradetti couple, owners of a livestock farm dedicated to milk production, following the crisis in the sector, in May 2000, purchased the land where the vineyards and the winery are currently located. The name of the winery came from the month in which the purchase of the sharecropping fund took place (May). The land available to the Campo di Maggio winery is located in the municipality of Spinetoli at an average altitude of 180 metres above sea level, in the hilly area overlooking the Tronto valley. The particular composition of the company's soils, consisting of sands superimposed in layers of waterproof clay, they allow the roots of the plants to absorb water even in the driest years without resorting to any form of artificial irrigation: this peculiarity allows the vines to reach a natural vegetative balance. The wines obtained from these grapes highlight great organoleptic balance and greater aromatic complexity than those produced by neighbouring companies. The presence of water in the superficial strata of the soil, unusual for the hilly terrain of the area, is testified by a cave with a spring of internal water, located near the company's winery, which is still active today and from which in the past farmers in the area also drew for human consumption. The south-east exposure of the land facilitates, in summer, the natural ventilation of the vineyards due to the constant presence of breezes that blow from the Adriatic Sea towards the Apennine mountains in the morning and from the Apennines towards the sea in the late afternoon. Given the favourable environmental conditions, since 2010 cultivation has started according to the dictates of organic farming which does not involve the use of synthetic substances in the care of the vineyards. In 1997, their sons Marco and Luigina, assisted by the oenologist Massimo Urriani, undertook, in the modern winery, the vinification in just the grapes that were previously sold to other producers in the area. The current range of wines produced includes Falerio DOC, Offida Passerina DOCG, Offida Pecorino DOCG, Rosso Piceno DOC and Rosso Piceno Superiore DOC, all obtained from grapes coming from farm vineyards and without the use of animal products.


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Q: How to store multiple files (two list and a df) by pickle in python 2.7 I'm new using python programming. I have developed a program, and i have created 2 list (a and b) and also a dataframe using pandas.
I wanted to save all them together by using pickle, so that, then i can load them in another script that i want to create.
I have read different tutorials but i dont manage to do it... The variables are like this:
a=['red','yellow',blue']

b=[[A1,F2,G8],[V,N],[I]]

df: containing 40 columns and 32 rows
How can I save them and load in again?
Thanks!!

A: You just need to put them together.
Either a tuple, or a dictionary would do.
You can also write a small class to store everything and write that in the file.


Croud's founder Luke Smith discusses the recent and rapid developments taking place when it comes to artificial intelligence, and how these changes are likely to affect the digital marketing industry, agency world, and as such, Croud.
So the age of artificial intelligence is upon us – everywhere you look people are talking about technology replacing the human being for many tasks in daily life. From truck drivers to lawyers all of our jobs are under threat apparently. Digital marketing – being dominated as it is by the leading proponents of AI and machine learning – is very much on the radar.
These conversations aren't new, the Economist has been writing about these changes for years and fears for mankind's employment in the future.
It will be a while before the world is fully automated. But change is coming and we need to be ready.
There's some very interesting stuff happening, the recent improvements to Google Translate are game changing.
The background to the discipline of AI when compared to conventional computer science is very different, and has been around since the 40s.
So this has been central to my thoughts over recent months – what will these changes mean for Croud and our clients? Are we ready for the onset of AI and the increasing use of machine learning – should we as an agency business fear this change?
Or in fact, should we be embracing it?
Our conclusion is to embrace the brave new world – big time.
Since our inception, technology has formed a central part of Croud's business, CroudControl is the beating heart of our business – it underpins everything we do and every piece of work is assessed, QAed and delivered through it. Our development team is now 12 strong and CroudControl going from strength to strength, adding insight and efficiency through seamless task management, cutting-edge tools, reporting and development plans.
What Croud don't do is reinvent the wheel, why would we try and compete with Google and Facebook's dev resource? We integrate APIs to deliver the best solutions for our customers.
So we're building our platform to enhance the work our in-house and Croud network talent deliver – taking away tasks that a machine is much better suited to doing. Picture a team of marketing 'robocops' based out of our office in Shrewsbury very soon – the perfect combination of human and machine to deliver the strongest results.
And this frees up time for our teams to be doing the million and one other things that make a difference to our clients.
For some time to come, we will still have to feed the machine at the front end and to offer insight and interpretation – across an increasing and more complex number of channels – when we start delivering results.
And this relationship between man and machine isn't a binary one – overnight we won't all be out of jobs. Gradually over time machine learning will take on increasing percentage of today's work. Moving from say 20% of tasks now to maybe 70%? in 5 years. But the team's role will evolve with the increasing complexity of media choice.
We are busy scoping, in detail, exactly how this shift to the machine will affect every element of our business, so we are prepared for every eventuality.


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Google Translate Works Inside Apps on Android Marshmallow
Google Translate will interpret text, chats, and other content in apps like TripAdvisor, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn.
By Stephanie Mlot
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-translate-works-inside-apps-on-android-marshmallow
Google Translate is now available in some popular apps on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
"We face communication barriers every day. Switching back and forth between apps and screens to translate shouldn't be another one," Product Lead Barak Turovsky wrote in a blog post.
Starting this week, Google Translate will interpret text, chats, and other content in 90 languages in apps like TripAdvisor, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn.
You'll first need to install the Translate app on your Android phone. From there, just open a compatible app and highlight the text you want deciphered. The feature is already enabled in apps using Android text selection behavior, and is available to developers who use it.
"More than 500 million people translate over 100 billion words a day on Google Translate," Turovsky boasted. "With updates like this one, plus features like conversation mode and instant camera translation, we're making Translate available anywhere you need it."
Of course, at this point, very few devices have Android Marshmallow. Google just rolled it out to Nexus devices, and Sony said it plans to support the OS on its Xperia lineup, but as usual, when you get the new mobile OS depends heavily on your carrier.
Google Translate, meanwhile, added 10 new languages in December, boosting support to 90 global tongues, including Burmese, Malayalam, Sinhala, Sundanese, Chichewa, Malagasy, and Sesotho. All languages are available on the Web, mobile apps, and the built-in translation functionality in Chrome.
Earlier this year, Google added the ability to snap a photo of text to instantly translate it. It also tweaked the real-time conversation feature to make dialogue flow faster and more naturally.
Google Translate Reads More Languages
"So when you're chatting with a new colleague from halfway around the world, conversation mode is perfect," Turovsky said. "Wondering which subway sign says 'exit' on your next global adventure? Instant camera translation has your back.
"And now, when you're sending messaging or checking out reviews on your phone, you can translate right from within the apps you're using," he added.
For more, see PCMag's review of Google Translate for Android.
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