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Have conservatives historically most often been on the wrong side of history?
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Polerius July 7, 2012, 6:37am #1
Abolishment of slavery, women's right to vote, women's rights in general, minority rights, interracial marriages, etc, were all things that, if you were a social conservative of the day, you would not have liked to see happen.
Yet in the end, not only did they happen, but it's now clearly faux pas to be or have been against them.
In our lifetime, a similar thing is happening with gay rights, and definitely within a generation it will seem outdated to be against it.
It seems there is a pattern here, and if I were a social conservative I'd question if what I consider the 'proper way' or 'God intended it that way' will just become an outdated and backward position to have, and the behavior I abhor will be accepted as perfectly normal by the majority of society.
The only thing I can think of that progressives got wrong is the idea of 'free love'. I wasn't alive during that time in the sixties, but if I'm not mistaken, people have turned out to be more marriage-minded (or at least monogamous-minded) than the have-sex-with-everyone-freely-and-openly attitude of the free love movement. (Can someone correct me if my impression of this movement is incorrect?)
Have social conservatives historically been on the wrong side of history much more often than social progressives?
If the above is yes, how does this affect today's social conservatives, in how they see their pet issues fairing in the long term?
What examples are there of progressive movements that were rejected by society?
Qin_Shi_Huangdi July 7, 2012, 6:45am #2
There is also Prohibition of alcohol which was largely advocated by Unitarian social activists along with stuff like abolition of slavery and women's suffrage. That was needless to say a miserable failure.
The_Second_Stone July 7, 2012, 6:53am #3
Edmund Burke was considered a great conservative. He was an Englishman in favor of American Independence. History proved him correct on that matter.
Qin_Shi_Huangdi:
I don't know how things lined up ideologically in those days, but isn't "Prohibition of alcohol" akin to "Prohibition of drugs" in our time, which is mostly favored by social conservatives?
How come social conservatives of today are against the dangers of mind-altering substances but the social conservatives of those days were for mind-altering substances? (Of course I can see that alcohol is not in the same league as some drugs, but still)
Or, to put it another way, how come progressives of today are for legalizing the 'milder drugs' like marijuana, but progressives of those days were for making alcohol illegal?
greenslime1951 July 7, 2012, 7:06am #5
Conservatives have traditionally *embraced *the fact that they are on the wrong side of history. They consider social reforms to have been the cause of the collapse of a God-fearin' country where the women and black folk knew their place.
They construct a fictional nation inhabited by millions of Ward and June Cleavers and dream of one day creating it. They worship the values of the Founding Fathers, such as slavery, the notion that a black person is 3/5 of a white person, the denial of the vote to women, and the Alien and Sedition Act.
Remember, the very definition of "conservative" is, "opposes change." If you regard the past as some kind of utopia, then resisting change makes sense, as change moves us farther away from the past. To be a true conservative, then, you have to believe that the country is getting worse, not better, and things such as freeing the slaves, giving the vote to women, integrating the Army, the Civil Rights Act, welfare, disability payments, unemployment insurance, Social Security, environmental legislation, women's rights and health care reform should all be opposed and lamented.
The march of history in the US has been toward a more rigorous codification of human rights, an increasing concern for the disavantaged, and yes, a growth in the size and scope of the government that makes such things possible. Conservatives hate this. The fact of the matter is that most social legislation takes time for the public to fully accept. That doesn't mean we should wait for it to become universally acceptable before we enact it. Conservatives want us to wait forever, and continue to party like it's 1829.
clairobscur July 7, 2012, 7:18am #6
Conservatives end up on the wrong side almost by definition. A conservative wants to preserve the status-quo. But for some centuries, our societies have constantly evolved. What was the norm yesterday is now considered as morally unacceptable, or outdated and unapplicable in the modern world.
A progressist can be wrong, and even very wrong on a particular issue. But a conservative will essentially always eventually end up being on the wrong side of history and reviled. Meanwhile, those progressists who were right will be hailed as heroes and those who were wrong will just be forgotten.
Note that conservatives have their usefulness (else, our societies would change with every fad) and that a leftist can be a conservative by stubornly refusing to abandon an outdated social model.
It's a bit like in wars : that's the victors who write history books. And the victors in this case are always the progressists whose views are now validated.
Leaffan July 7, 2012, 7:38am #7
Logically-minded people evolve; those tied to religion and dogma don't.
Bryan_Ekers July 7, 2012, 7:43am #8
Well, I'm pretty sure whatever Cambodia had before the Khmer Rouge was preferable. Truth be told, I'd rather have a monarchy than go communist, so… yes… some leftist ideas are indeed bad.
Bryan_Ekers:
Good point… Communism is indeed a progressive idea that has been rejected by society.
Der_Trihs July 7, 2012, 8:24am #10
Polerius:
However, the conservatives who have opposed it have also been wrong; just in different ways.
GreasyJack July 7, 2012, 9:06am #11
Leaffan:
The only trouble is that religion's relationship with political alignment hasn't been static throughout history. At the turn of the last century, progressive movements were almost all motivated by religious considerations, whereas free-market conservatives were often influenced by allegedly scientific ideas like social darwinism.
AK84 July 7, 2012, 9:46am #12
Nixon opened up China, started the EPA, got off the gold standard, got out of Vietnam with something resembling a success etc. I would say he was on the right and he was right.
Der_Trihs July 7, 2012, 10:36am #13
AK84:
The EPA and so on aren't conservative positions. And Vietnam was a complete loss.
pseudotriton_ruber_ruber July 7, 2012, 11:00am #14
Der_Trihs:
Neither was China (not recognizing it) a conservative position. Nixon just realized that ONLY a hardline right-winger like him with impeccable non-appeaser cred could ever dare to acknowledge the legitimacy of a gigantic Communist country without being accused of being a Commie himself, so no Democratic president could do that for decades. IOW, recognizing China was a grave insult to the conservative position and Nixon was being anything BUT conservative in doing that.
But, nice try.
suranyi July 7, 2012, 11:08am #15
Prohibition in those days was seen as social progress, a path towards a more healthful society.
It is the only case I can think of where the conservatives where clearly right.
Alessan July 7, 2012, 11:38am #16
Saying that conservatives are on the wrong side of history is like saying brakes prevent a car from going forward. Of course they do. That's what they're there for.
Liberals are the engine, conservatives are the brakes. I prefer my cars with both.
Fear_Itself July 7, 2012, 12:05pm #17
Alessan:
Historically, you are correct. But recently, conservatives have discovered they can damage the engine by applying the right brake without the left brake, and sent the car into a ditch. When the brakes are broken, they are as dangerous as no brakes at all.
Hentor_the_Barbarian July 7, 2012, 12:15pm #18
suranyi:
Well, I wouldn't say they were wrong in that sense. Clearly we would be a more healthy society without alcohol. Drunk driving, alcoholism, and alcohol related diseases are significant problems for us.
Prohibition was the wrong way to go about achieving the desired ends, however.
I'm not sure it was a particularly progressive movement, though.
In general, people with conservative views are also more fearful people. They are afraid of change, so of course they oppose it. They are also more authoritarian, so they prefer to follow a prescribed set of rules.
Der_Trihs July 7, 2012, 12:39pm #19
No; as a rule conservatives fight only for evil causes, and generally work to make societies worse; not stay the same. Conservatives fight to preserve and promote greed and cruelty, injustice and bigotry; to keep the powerful in power and enhance their power, while grinding down everyone else. If they ever do good it's by accident. They aren't the "brakes"; they are quicksand, trying to drag all of humanity down into a pit of vileness.
I see this old piece of claptrap often, and often it's foisted by a liberal. It's the biggest steaming pile of patronizing horse shit.
What, liberals are stupid? They have no restraint? "Ooh, universal health care worked so well, why don't we have free money Fridays?"
It also suggests that conservatives have a benign effect of just slowing progress down a bit, like Starving Artists theory that you really don't want to give people their civil rights all at once, but in drips and drabs over decades. Even the pace taken in the US gave us the sociological bends.
And what was the invasion of Iraq? A nice gentle braking to keep us at the speed limit?
Yeah, I'd really rather see that saying get a stake through the heart.


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Boris Johnson's election victory means Scotland could end up leaving the United Kingdom
Boris Johnson's election victory has brought the question of Scotland's continued membership of the United Kingdom into focus.
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The separatist Scottish National Party won a large majority of seats in Scotland on Thursday, and are demanding a second Scottish independence referendum.
Johnson has so far refused to consider such requests. However, the political pressure for a second vote is growing as Britain's exit from the EU nears.
Tensions in Northern Ireland have also been heightened after republican parties won a majority of seats in the province for the first time.
The prime minister's promise to lead a "one nation" government now looks in doubt.
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Could Boris Johnson's election victory mean that Scotland now leaves the United Kingdom? That's the question lots of people in the country are now asking after the dramatic result on Friday.
The issue was brought into focus on Friday after Johnson won a large majority of seats mostly off the back of votes in England, whereas seats in Scotland were won almost entirely by the separatist Scottish National Party.
Despite Johnson's pledge to form a "one nation" government, a quick glance at the UK's new electoral map reveals a nation more politically divided than ever.
In England, Johnson swept the board, winning dozens of opposition seats, some of which his party has never held before in its history.
Meanwhile in Scotland, the SNP won 48 out of 59 seats, while in Northern Ireland parties which want a united Ireland won a majority of seats over unionist parties for the first time ever.
Immediately after the result, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon declared the result in Scotland a "mandate" for her government to push ahead with a second Scottish independence referendum.
"Boris Johnson has a mandate to take England out of the EU but he must accept that I have a mandate to give Scotland a choice for an alternative future," she said.
So will Scotland hold an independence referendum?
Scotland last held a referendum on independence in 2014, which returned a clear majority against breaking up the United Kingdom. At the time SNP politicians promised that it would be a "once in a generation" decision.
Johnson has repeatedly used those comments to rule out holding another referendum.
However, his dismissal does not carry much water in Scotland where the settlement with the UK has been dramatically altered by the 2016 referendum on Brexit.
Back then Scottish voters backed remaining in the EU by a significant majority and Sturgeon has continued to oppose Brexit as First Minister.
Johnson will struggle to resist a referendum forever
Johnson has previously insisted that he will refuse any such request and indeed made his opposition to a second independence referendum central to his party's campaign in Scotland.
However, the Conservative's failure to pick up seats in Scotland in that campaign and the SNP's continued political dominance in the country means that Sturgeon has an increasingly strong case for holding a second vote.
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However, Sturgeon hopes that Johnson's huge victory, which suggests at least another decade of Conservative dominance over the UK, could start to tip the balance of public opinion in Scotland towards independence.
What about Northern Ireland?
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Johnson's party has already lost the support of his main allies in the province, the Democratic Unionist Party, over the issue, and this week's election result shows a surge in support for republican parties.
One opinion poll this year even found majority support in the province for leaving the United Kingdom.
This is a particularly dangerous development given the longstanding tensions between unionist and republican communities in Northern Ireland, which will be heightened by Britain's exit from the EU.
So despite Johnson's promise to bring the country together, the continued existence of the United Kingdom is now in greater doubt than ever before.
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Although the term drinking game is synonymous with college activities such as beer pong, flip cup and the like, there was a time not long ago when a drinking game was a casual afternoon spent with friends, where drinking was (not so) merely incidental to the 'athletic' activities. Some people even believed that the drinking improved how one played these games! You chatted with friends, you had a few libations, and you competed, not to see who could drink the most, but to see who was most skilled at the actual game. Since nerves always seem to fray during games of skill, sipping a delicious, mildly intoxicating beverage while playing these games seemed like a natural addition.
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Two of the most famous of these classic drinking games, and our favorites, are pétanque and bocce. Both games are a form of boules, a game played with heavy balls, where the object of the game is to land your team's balls as close to the jack, or little ball, as possible. There's nothing quite like playing these games outside during a beautiful day, a glass of wine in hand, ribbing your competitors. When the teams are pretty good, or the drinks are flowing liberally, a bit of gambling adds to the fun.
While the modern games of pétanque and bocce can trace their origins far back to classical antiquity, we know them today on account of where the expanding Roman Empire's armies spread. As a way to kill time between conquests, Roman soldiers took to playing a version of these games. The goal was to toss stone balls as close as possible to the small target that the opposing team threw out before the round began. What began as a great way to kill time grew into a kind of target practice, helping the soldiers improve their concentration.
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Wherever Rome's armies went, the game traveled with them, developing and evolving throughout Europe. In France (Gaul), wooden balls were substituted for the original stone playing pieces (also where the Romans adopted oak barrels in place of clay amphorae…coincidence?). As time passed metal balls supplanted the wooden ones. But pétanque truly became pétanque at the beginning of the twentieth century, in the southeastern French region of Provence. For centuries, throwers had been allowed to take three steps to give themselves momentum before releasing the ball at the target. A man in Marseille, afflicted with rheumatism, was unable to take those steps – so he invented a rule that called for standing in one place before releasing the ball at its target. The modern game of pétanque was born.
While pétanque rarely spread beyond France and its colonies, Italian immigrants brought bocce with them as they settled across the globe, from Australia to the Americas. If you head to one of the few remaining Italian immigrant neighborhoods today you'll see why so many people are more familiar with bocce than pétanque, even though the games are quite similar.
A Rough Guide To Playing Bocce Or Pétanque:
To begin, a hard rectangular playing surface is measured out that is at least 90 feet long and 9 feet wide.
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Both teams start at the same end of the rectangle, and a line is drawn in front of them. This line cannot be crossed when throwing. In pétanque the difference here is that throwers must stand inside a tight ring to throw. That ring moves to the spot the jack winds up for the next round. After this, a coin is tossed and the winning team has the right to toss out the jack. Ideally the jack should be thrown about 16 feet away from the other side of the court. The team that tossed the jack is then given the opportunity to throw their ball first. In both games, the point is to get your team's balls as close to the jack (or cochonnet as the French call it) as possible.
Once the first toss has taken place, the other side has the opportunity to throw their ball. From then on, the side whose ball is farthest from the jack continues to throw, until they get closer or they use up their four balls. At that point, the other side tosses its remaining balls.
The team with the ball closest to the jack is the only team that can score points in a given frame. The scoring team receives one point for each of their balls that are closer to the jack than the closest ball of the other team.
Once scoring takes place, sides are swapped, and the team that scored the points in the previous round throws the jack in the next one. The length of a game can vary but it's typically played to 7 or 13 points.
It is also worth mentioning that at any point, the opposing team can choose to use their turn to knock an opponent's balls out of contention, or knock the jack itself, changing its location and the balls' approximation to it. This action seems to really increase as the drinks flow.
While the French have historically enjoyed the liqueur Pastis while playing pétanque, we suggest that a glass of rosé makes for a fine substitute, seeing as the game truly came into its own in Provence. For bocce, we always romanticize playing the game while sipping on a nice Chianti.
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Many countries, including China and the United States, tried to create a marine or floating nuclear reactors, but their attempts to have sunk into oblivion. Russia, though not the first, launching a floating nuclear power plant, the 70-megawatt "Academician Lomonosov", on the Baltic Sea, but it certainly will be the only one who has such a flotation device on the go. Starting with St. Petersburg, the station will be towed by Norway to Murmansk to load nuclear fuel. From there it will go to the Arctic to warm up 100 000 people Pevek (Chukotka Autonomous District), as well as provide energy for desalination plant and oil rigs.
The construction of the ship began in 2007 and, according to various reports, at a cost of 232 million dollars. The company that owns it, "Rosatom", originally planned to load the reactor with nuclear fuel in St. Petersburg, and then tow the ship right in Pevek, but "Greenpeace" and some of the Baltic states were against, so the download will take place in Murmansk.
"Greenpeace" and other green advocates still do not think it's a great idea, especially since the ship can not move on their own and need to be towed.
"Move testing of this" nuclear Titanic "away from the public eye does not make the test less irresponsible," says nuclear expert "Greenpeace" Jan Haverkamp. "Nuclear reactors, floating in the Arctic Ocean, will represent shockingly obvious threat to the fragile environment, which is already under enormous pressure from climate change."
A nuclear ship will replace the 48-megawatt nuclear power plant in the region of Pevek. It turned out that it will be easier to build the ship in St. Petersburg, and then transport it by sea, rather than build a new station so far. "Pierce, hydraulic structures and other buildings necessary for the mooring of the ship will be ready on arrival" Academician Lomonosov "," said "Rosatom".
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See the pet before you pay: Online puppy scams 'spike' during pandemic, BBB says
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If you want to take the puppy home, see the puppy before you give the seller any money. That's the core message from Better Business Bureau as the consumer watchdog group issued a warning about online pet scams.
If you want to take the puppy home, see the puppy before you give the seller any money.
That's the core message from Better Business Bureau as the consumer watchdog group issued a warning Wednesday about online pet scams, which have spiked as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Use "extreme caution" when shopping for a pet online, BBB said.
BBB said Wednesday that its Scam Tracker pulled in more than 3,200 pet fraud reports in the U.S. and Canada during 2020, with the spike coming after cities and states adopted health and safety measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. At the current pace, there could be five times more pet scams in 2020 than there were in 2017, when the BBB issued a big study on the topic. Consumers are likely to lose at least $3 million in pet scams, this year, six times more money than three years ago. The Canadian government also said their pet fraud complaints have increased by one-third since 2017.
It turns out that while living in lockdown, lots of people want a puppy. But searching online for a new pet means it's almost inevitable that you'll encounter a scam listing or website.
"We keep seeing these types of scams during the pandemic," Stephanie Garland, regional director for the BBB, said this week. With so much shopping taking place online, scammers are adapting their methods.
Many BBB Scam Tracker reports show that fraudsters often tell would-be pet owners they can't meet the animals before sending payment. They ask consumers to use mobile payment apps like Zelle and CashApp more often than Western Union or MoneyGram, previously used more frequently. Pet scammers use sponsored links and other online advertising tools to boost the reach of their websites.
"A professional breeder won't ask you to wire them money and then ship their valuable puppy off to someone they have never met," states the office of the Missouri attorney general, Eric Schmitt.
One Laclede County resident, Stephanie Justice, recently told BBB that she contacted a website offering poodle puppies after two previous interactions with online dealers that seemed sketchy.
"They started out great," she told BBB. "They had lots of info, talked about the shipping process since they were out of state. It wasn't until we started talking about payment that there were a lot of typos starting to appear, and they wouldn't cooperate in letting us see the puppy via FaceTime or phone call to discuss everything."
The excuses came rolling in. The supposed poodle dealer "said they were in the military and didn't like social media so they wouldn't let me see a social media page either."
Justice cross-checked the photos sent by the dealer of the puppy, searching by image of the pup, dubbed "Kuma." She found 11 other websites using the same photos. "Some (used) with the exact same name and everything!" Justice told BBB. "I emailed them back with photos of the website that I took and informed them that I would be turning them into the BBB and I have never heard from them since."
In another testimonial, a woman from the St. Louis area reported that a now-defunct website that had only been registered in September, danielcuteyorkshirepuppieshome.com, bilked her out of a $100 deposit on a dog. She realized she was dealing with likely fraudsters before sending a $700 payment for a Yorkshire terrier, sight unseen, that the so-called pet dealers demanded.
BBB said that other scammers have tried "COVID-19-related money requests" on consumers, asking them to pay for items such as special climate-controlled crates, insurance and a (nonexistent) COVID-19 vaccine. In other cases, purchasers wanted to pick up a pet, but were told that wasn't possible due to "COVID-19 restrictions."
The watchdog group noted that 12 percent of the pet scams reported to BBB include kittens or cats. And between January and June, the Federal Trade Commission got 185 reports of parrots being ordered but not delivered. But fraudulent online listings for Yorkshire terriers and French bulldogs are particularly pervasive, according to BBB's Scam Tracker reports.
How to buy a pet online
The good news is, there are many common-sense tips to help consumers issued by groups like the BBB and the Missouri Attorney General's Office. Here's a roundup.
See the pet in person before paying any money. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, BBB suggests a video call with the seller so you can see the seller and the actual pet for sale. Since scammers are not likely to comply with the request, this may help avoid a scam. The state attorney general suggests getting multiple photos from the seller. Have the pet posed with that day's print newspaper to ensure the pet is real. See the pet in person, and see the seller's place of business. Research the seller extensively before agreeing to any payment.
Do a reverse image search of the photo of the pet, and search for a distinctive phrase in the description. If it comes up on a lot of websites, it's probably a scam.
Be mindful of the website where sales are going on. "Well known breeders will not sell on Craigslist," the Missouri attorney general's office says. Look the website up on WhoIs. Was it registered recently? That's a red flag.
Avoid dealers based outside the United States. If the seller says they are in a particular state, but asks you to send money elsewhere, especially another country, it is probably a scam. If the seller provides a non-U.S. phone number, that's also a red flag.
If the price seems too good to be true for a purebred dog, that's a red flag.
Ask for breeder information. "If they will not provide it, walk away," the state attorney general's office advises Missourians.
Other red flags: Bad grammar and spelling in emails from the seller. Refusing refunds. Any request to send money by wire or online. Any refusal of a refund. "Legitimate breeders will offer to help if a problem arises, (and) that can mean taking the dog back or finding a new home," says the state attorney general's office.
How to report an online puppy scam
Missouri Attorney General's Office: File a consumer complaint by using ago.mo.gov/civil-division/consumer/consumer-complaints or calling 1-800-392-8222.
Federal Trade Commission: File a complaint at reportfraud.ftc.gov or call 1-877-FTC-Help.
Better Business Bureau: Go online to the BBB Scam Tracker.
Your credit card: Contact your card issuer if you provided a credit card number to a possible pet scammer, even if the transaction wasn't completed.
Petscams.com: Go online to this site, which catalogs puppy scammers and tries to get fraudster websites taken down.


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RAS Honorary Fellowship in Astronomy awarded to MPE Director Ralf Bender
On Friday 11 January, the Royal Astronomical Society announced that MPE Director Ralf Bender is awarded an RAS Honorary Fellowship in Astronomy for the unique combination of research leadership and institutional service.
MPE director Ralf Bender
Professor Ralf Bender wrote early seminal papers on the structural properties of massive galaxies and the definition of the Fundamental Plane of Elliptical galaxies. He is one of the main contributors to the discovery and definition of the fundamental relation between galaxies and their central supermassive black holes. Professor Bender was among the first to notice the peculiar chemical pattern of the most massive galaxies. Professor Bender's recent work focuses on cosmology, aiming at determining the dark energy nature.
In 2002 he was nominated Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, while being Chair of Astronomy at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich. Over the years, Professor Bender has covered several institutional roles at the European Southern Observatory and he is a member of the German National Academy of Science Leopoldina.
HETDEX Project On Track to Probe Dark Energy
Three years into its quest to reveal the nature of dark energy, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is on track to complete the largest map of the cosmos ever. The team will create a three-dimensional map of 2.5 million galaxies that will help astronomers understand how and why the expansion of the universe is speeding up…
SDSS reveals 11 billion years of the history of our expanding Universe
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released today a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe ever created, filling in the most significant gaps in our possible exploration of its history. The collaboration, including researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, was able to obtain the most…
Euclid space telescope's Near-Infrared instrument ready to draw a 3-D map of galaxies of the distant Universe
ESA's Euclid mission to study more than a billion galaxies is a step closer to launch as its two instruments are now built and fully tested, including the complex near Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument delivered by an international consortium coordinated by France, with partners from Italy, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Norway…
Heavyweight in the heart of the Abell 85 central galaxy
Astronomers discover the heaviest black hole in the nearby universe with 40 billion solar masses
MPE-built optical assembly fully integrated on EUCLID-NISP
Last week at LAM Marseille, the optical assembly consisting of the camera lens assembly "CaLA" and the corrector lens assembly "CoLA" have been fully integrated on the near-infrared optics NISP for the Euclid satellite. Euclid is an ESA mission, planned to launch in 2022 to study the "Dark Universe". Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for…
Euclid NI-OA opens its eyes!
For the first time, the near-infrared optics for the Euclid satellite has produced real images under cryogenic and vacuum conditions. Euclid is an ESA mission, planned to launch in 2021 to study the "Dark Universe". Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics are responsible for the overall optical design of the…
Brouwer Award for Ortwin Gerhard
The Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) of the American Astronomical Society has named Dr. Ortwin Gerhard from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) as the 2017 recipient of its Dirk Brouwer Award. Gerhard receives the distinction for his achievements in modelling the inner Milky Way galaxy.
Order of Merit for Ralf Bender
Pan-STARRS releases catalogue of 3 billion astronomical sources
The Pan-STARRS project, including astronomers at the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy in Heidelberg and for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, is publicly releasing the world's largest digital sky survey today. The catalogue is based on 4 years of observations of 3/4 of the night sky and provides extensive information on more than 3 billion…
A galaxy with a double heart
Recent high-resolution images of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5419 clearly show a double nucleus. The nature of this structure remained unclear until scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics measured the velocities of the stars. A detailed analysis of the images and kinematic data suggests that this galaxy hosts two…
1.2 Million Galaxies in 3D
What are the properties of Dark Energy? This question is one of the most intriguing ones in astronomy and scientists are one step closer in answering this question with the largest three-dimensional map of the universe so far: This map contains 1.2 million galaxies in a volume spanning 650 cubic billion light years. Hundreds of scientists from the…


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Mr. Ram Krishna Agarwal, Director of the Company, aged about 64 years, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and was the Managing Partner of M/s. S R Batliboi & Co.. He is the past President of Institute of Internal Auditors, India and was a member of the Central Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India during 1991-97. He has got wide exposure of various industries including Steel, Paper, Cement, Telecom, Automobiles, Real Estate, Milk & Dairy Products etc., both in India and abroad.
Mr. Khanna has worked in HUDCO and handled the department of Resource Mobilization, Carried out negotiations of loans and grants from national and international institutions, public deposit schemes, internal budget and NHB cell. He was responsible for business development in various states.
He has also worked with NBCC - New Delhi where he looked after clearance of over-seas construction projects from RBI, Exim Bank and ECGC. He was also a Member of procurement committee for foreign projects.
He has also worked with SYNDICATE BANK as Manager of Lodhi Road NBCC Branch where he gained experience in international banking.
Mr. Diwakar, director aged about 51 years holds a Master's degree in Production Technology from IIT, Madras and holds a diploma in International Management from IMI, New Delhi.
He is Senior Managing Partner at IL&FS Investment Managers Limited (IIML). He has one of the longest careers in the Indian private equity industry of over 23 years. In addition, he has also worked in the aeronautical engineering industry for three and a half years.
He joined IIML in 2004 and has since then helped in sourcing, evaluating, monitoring and exiting transactions for the Leverage India Fund, Tara India Fund III & IV. He has also represented IIML on the boards of various Investee Companies.
Over the years, he has gained multi-sector exposure in Manufacturing, Life Sciences, IT, Media and Retail transactions.
Prior to joining IIML, he was with Ind-Asia Fund Advisors, managing a US$ 53 Mn AMP-IndAsia Fund and before that, he headed the Mumbai office of ICICI Venture.


Today I'm bringing you my first giveaway in ages! I'll be giving away this gorgeous gift box from Rosina's Lotions & Potions, so read on below to find out how you can be in the running to win.
I have a box of these products myself and as soon as I opened the packaging I got the most beautiful scent from it. The products inside are lovely as well as the pretty packaging so this would make the perfect gift for a loved one or even a little treat for yourself.
The giveaways ends on 2/3/2018 and is open Worldwide.
What a lovely prize! I'd like to try the face mask.
As a fan of skin care products, I am most excited to try the Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask.
Most looking forward to the Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask.
That would be the coolest birthday gift id ever get, my birthday is ar the end of the month.
I think the Morning Rose Eau De Parfum.
Morning Rose Eau De Parfum!
Morning Rose Eau De Parfum, I love rose parfumes!
I really like the Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask.
This would be a lovely Mother's Day treat!
This is so nice. I think I would love the Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask.
I'm looking forward to trying the Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask.
I'm most excited to try the eau de perfum.
Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask sounds interesting!
The Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask sounds wonderful.
It will be a wonderful gift for my wife, soon a women's day (March 8) in Russia and Belarus, Ukraine!
i like very much morning rose eau de parfum!
The packaging is beautiful! I'm looking most forward to the face mask.
I would have to say the Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask.
I like the Kale & Pomegranate Exfoliating Face Mask.
The Luxury Rose Candle sounds fantastic is what my gf would like to try.
That exfoliating facemask sounds amazing. I would love to give that a go.
My favorite item is the Morning Rose Eau De Parfum.
Beautiful gift set! The candle is probably my favorite part.
The candle is my favorite.
The face mask sounds the best!
It's a gorgeous prize I love anything Rose scented so would love to try it all if I had to chose a try first probably it would be the Morning Rose Eau De Parfum.
The face mask for getting rid of my wintery skin!
The morning rose Eau De Parfum definitely, l adore Rose scent so this would be so lovely!. I can imagine it smells wonderful!.
The Luxury Rose Candle :) Love scented candles and with the weather at the moment it makes it feel nice and cozy!
The Luxury Rose Candle - I'm a sucker for a good candle!
I'd like to try the face mask.
The face mask is definitely worth trying.
The Luxury Rose Candle for sure.


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Penn to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Photo by Aditya Siroya / The Daily Pennsylvanian
By UTB STAFF
Late Wednesday afternoon in a private conference room in the Inn at Penn, Amy Gutmann and the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania voted to divest Penn's entire $14.7 billion endowment from fossil fuels and fossil fuel-related industries.
"We need to focus every inch of our being on climate change, because, if we fail to do so, all of our achievements and progress at this university — and in the world at large — will have been for nothing," is a thing President Amy Gutmann said after the vote.
The vote was spurred by a multi-year campaign led by Fossil Free Penn (FFP) encouraging the University to divest from climate change inducing industries.
FFP is part of a larger international divestment movement, led by 350.org. Since its inception seven years ago, the campaign has been so effective in moving capital away from the fossil fuel industry that it was cited by Peabody Energy as one of the primary reasons they were forced to declare bankruptcy in 2016.
In Penn's Climate Action Plan 2.0, Gutmann noted that she wanted Penn to be a model for "environmental stewardship." With the success of divestment having been proven, Penn Trustees — along with Gutmann — agreed it would be impossible to be a model in environmental stewardship should they not divest.
"If we had decided not to divest — in light of only having one climate scientist at this entire university and in light of all of our students trying to work for companies with ties to fossil fuels like Exxon Mobile and BlackRock — it would seem as though my remarks on climate action were just empty words," noted Gutmann.
Gutmann and her colleagues decided that now, during the Year of Data, was the perfect time to divest.
In a recent survey, 77% of S&P 500 companies noted they will be exposed to negative financial impacts from climate change, resulting in a subsequent hit to Penn's larger investment portfolio. This fact, coupled with the social impacts of climate change, proved to be a driving factor on which Penn's board of trustees decided to act; to ignore it would seem short-sighted.
"Imagine the tragic irony of being so concerned with prepping students for futures in finance, meanwhile our investments were destroying their future. That would be a very bad look for Penn," noted Janet Haas, a member of the board. "Luckily, that's no longer the case."
"That would be incredibly embarrassing," added David Cohen, the chairman of the board of trustees, with a giggle.
Members of FFP were celebrating outside of the Inn at Penn as the trustees were exiting the building Wednesday after the vote.
"I am so proud of Penn," said Nikki Kim, a Sociology major who has been involved with FFP for three years. "With all of the emphasis put on Wharton, investment banking, and consulting, it was starting to feel like Penn's primary institutional goal was to create and preserve wealth for already wealthy individuals. I finally feel like this school is listening to me and maybe even listening to the professors they hired to teach me."
Kim noted that she hadn't been this proud of Penn since they decided to pay PILOTs to community public schools to make up for their historic mistreatment of the West Philadelphia community.


AKB1/153 will come in both PlayStation Vita and PSP versions of the game, which will both cost 7,329 yen. As before, a special limited edition version will be available for 14,679 yen which will include 16 hours worth of making of DVDs, a bikini photobook featuring all members and 10 random (also bikini) photos. According to the new website set up this morning, the promotional video for this new game will be released tomorrow. Keep a lookout at the AKB1/153 official website for more updates soon.
Interestingly, the subtitle of the game bears an identical title to last year's YM7 song of which Sashihara Rino recently released a solo version of as a B-Side in Soredemo Sukidayo.


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Tattooist stunned by man's honest x-rated excuse for missing £350 appointment
A tattoo artist was gobsmacked when his client informed him he wouldn't be turning up to his £350 session in an x-rated Facebook message.
Joshua Hancox, 27, from Bedworth, has been working as a tattooist for 10 years but says he has never been given such a bizarre excuse for cancelling an appointment.
On Sunday morning Joshua received a Facebook message from the customer saying he couldn't come into the studio.
It read: "Alright geez really sorry I can't do today I've got 3 prostitutes at mine for the day and I've just had half ounce of gear dropped off."
And it didn't end there. The man politely extended an invitation to his tattoo artist.
"I'll pay for the day get your self round mine and get f***ed up," he wrote.
Joshua, who works at a studio in Tamworth, Staffordshire, told Mirror Online: "He was meant to be in the chair from 10am til 5pm, which is a normal day sitting for me. I charge £350 for it.
"I have been tattooing for 10 years and I've had some right excuses in my time – people not showing up or last-minute cancellations.
"When I first saw it I was lying in bed half asleep, looked at my phone and then fell back asleep. Then I woke straight back up, like, 'have I really just read that properly?'"
An amused Joshua showed his housemates the message before posting it on his Facebook page, where it has had hundreds of shares.
"I didn't really think it would be shared that much to be fair but it's still funny and I can't be mad at him,"
"At least he didn't try and come up with some lies. He was straight up front with me why he couldn't make it."
Around 11 hours later, when the prostitutes had left his house, the gentleman sent Joshua another message – but it's too rude for us to repeat.
He added the party was "still going on" and there would be "no work tomorrow".
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Thankfully Mr Hancox hasn't lost any business from the cancellation.
"It's normal if I have a no show. I normally put it on Facebook and it's filled within half an hour so it wasn't much of a problem."
He probably won't have another excuse that memorable for a while…
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Relocation. Job loss. New child. Divorce. Old reliable car gone kaput. Life transitions can hit hard, and unexpectedly. After a year of torturous commutes into the city, my husband and I recently decided to sell our condo and relocate.
Time to say adios to my peaceful yoga room, Ganesha mural, yoga mats, and chalk-art wall full of inspirational quotes, and hello to broken routines, unexpected schedule changes, and fewer opportunities to get on the mat. So long, precious yoga flow!
After five moves in as many years (including one across the country), however, I've discovered it is indeed critical to maintain a yoga practice in crazy times. Doing so can enhance your practice in surprising ways.
So before you kick the mat aside in frustration, consider the following as motivation to keep your awesome asana intact.
1. You'll face the transition with grace, and refrain from cursing at your cats.
My adorable kitties make a lot of noise when their daily quota of hugs isn't met. But as long as I'm practicing yoga, especially during big life changes, I somehow manage to find time and patience to snuggle up with my felines and keep from losing my temper.
Tip: Count breaths instead of minutes on a clock. Accept that during a big transition, you aren't going to get the lengthy sessions on the mat you're accustomed to, and that's okay.
Even 15 minutes of daily practice can make a huge difference in bringing about calmness and joy. Know that you can always lengthen your practice sessions when circumstances settle.
2. You'll flow into unchartered territory.
Here's your chance to get out of that yoga rut!
Not being able to practice at the studio or time of day you normally do can be new and interesting if you allow it to be. Maybe the only way to fit a practice in is by rolling a mat out in the narrow hallway, where the risk of whacking a light fixture or kicking over a plant runs high.
I had to do this during a past relocation, and the surprise result was a stronger sense of how to sequence crowded classes, not to mention an opportunity to develop more grace in my transitions.
If financial constraints are ruling out your favorite studio, maybe that nearby donation class is worth considering. This could be an opportunity to develop new friendships, or just the push you need to start a home practice.
Tip: Treat your mat as an empty canvas—free of expectations or planned sequences—and allow yourself to simply move. You'll charter new territory and develop mechanisms to handle whatever life throws at you.
3. You'll get clear on what your body and soul really need.
Practicing amidst a life transition is guaranteed to bring up all sorts of sensations—both physical and emotional.
The stiffness in my lower back that refused to subside during a past breakup, for instance, helped me recognize I was trying too hard to pretend everything was okay. It only took a few practices during that painful time to realize I needed to reach out to family and friends for support. Powerful insight gained from the mat.
Tip: Emphasize grounding postures like Downward Facing Dog, Uttanasana or Standing Forward Bend, and Half Pigeon to cultivate a sense of stability and connection to the earth.
4. You'll appreciate the simple things.
Time on the mat during a life transition feels like such a gift when in limited supply.
Give yourself the gift of yoga and appreciate every precious breath, reach, and twist you take. Then take Savasana or Corpse Pose and thank yourself for committing to your practice!
Have you experienced massive life changes that seemed to stand between you and your practice? What techniques did you employ to soldier on and keep practicing as you weathered your personal storm?


The SALT Committee of the Taxation Section and the Chamber are co-hosting an event to meet the new state treasurer. Both Treasurer Rachael Eubanks and Chief Deputy Treasurer Jeff Guilfoyle will be attending.
This event is open to all members of the Section. There is no charge for attending the event, but please RSVP to Dan Stanley at DStanley@honigman.com so we can get nametags printed out and a rough head count.


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Webinar on 'India's journey in PDS Reforms to ensure Food Security' organised
By India Education Diary Bureau Admin On Nov 15, 2021
New Delhi: 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', the celebration and commemoration of 75 years of progressive India and its glorious history began on Monday organised by the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
On the first day of the celebration, the Department together with United Nations World Food Programme, its longstanding partner in PDS reforms, organised a webinar on 'India's journey in PDS Reforms to ensure Food Security'. High level experts participated in the webinar and deliberated upon the Journey of technology based PDS reforms in India, India's experience in ensuring food-security during COVID-19 crisis, Supply chain reforms & innovations for addressing food wastage and storage losses and Role of Operations Research, Artificial intelligence, and other new technologies in transformation of TPDS.
India has a long history of Public Distribution system (PDS) that can be traced back to 'food grain rationing' implemented in pre-independence India, the period, that is still remembered for the large-scale deaths & human sufferings due to mass famines & hunger. After Independence, India has successfully pushed the mass famines into the pages of history and has made significant progress in addressing food insecurity, under-nutrition and poverty through its development policies related to food and agriculture with Public Distribution System being at the centre-stage.
"In late 70s and 80s, the public distribution expanded to rural areas, following which Targeted PDS was launched in 1997 and implementation of landmark National Food Security Act (NFSA) was completed in 2016," said S. Jagannathan, Joint Secretary, DoFPD while talking about 'Journey of technology based PDS reforms in India and its impact.'
He added, "As the nation is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) has evolved as a highly transparent and robust foodgrain delivery mechanism due to various technology based reforms taken up by the Government of India during last 6-7 years under the National Food security Act (NFSA) 2013. The implementation of 'One Nation One Ration Card' (ONORC) Plan in 34 States/UTs has further brought about seamless portability of ration for NFSA beneficiaries, especially migrant beneficiaries. The resilience and robustness of the TPDS was demonstrated well during COVID 19 crisis, when despite severe obstacles, nearly 600 LMT of additional Foodgrains worth over Rs. 2 Lakh Crore were allocated in 2020 and 2021 for 15 months to over 80 crore beneficiaries and the country stood out as shining example of food security during these testing times."
Bishow Parajuli, Country Director, UNWFP India talked about 'India's experience in ensuring food-security during COVID-19 crisis'. He applauded India's response to the pandemic not only in terms of health care but also in PDS.
"India has made tremendous progress in food production through Green Revolution & food security by improving access to food through schemes like Mid Day Meal, Integrated Child Development Scheme and others. The country offers a global lesson," he said.
"The journey of India's 75 years of Independence and its progress towards food security is inspirational. The country has made great progress over the years on all three counts: food production by achieving self-sufficiency, reducing malnutrition, initiating promising models for resilient and sustainable livelihoods, and inclusion through the food safety net. The quick and comprehensive response during COVID-19 offers global lessons. We must continue focusing on 'equity, inclusion, and access by addressing the exclusion and vulnerabilities of marginalized groups. There is still concern around stunting; wasting, and a high prevalence of anaemia and micronutrient deficiency disorders. The recent announcements by the Prime Minister, such as mandatory fortification of rice, One Nation One Ration Card, and Poshan plus, will hopefully address concerns around nutrition," he added.
Atish Chandra, CMD FCI talked about Supply chain reforms & innovations for further addressing food wastage and storage losses and informed that there are nearly 22,000 godowns with Food Corporation of India while an additional 12,000 godowns are run by states.
Prof. S.G. Deshmukh, HoD, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi while talking about Role of Operations Research, Artificial intelligence, and other new technologies in transformation of TPDS said that PDS plays a vital role in eradicating poverty and eliminating hunger.
The policy package comprising of green revolution, procurement of Food grains at minimum support price from farmers and buffer stock policy etc. made it feasible to successfully transform a famine ridden food grain-deficit country to a food grain-surplus & net-food grain exporting country. These policies also allowed for progressive expansion of food safety net entitlements/ coverage, putting the country in a unique position to confer highly subsidised food grains as legal entitlements to more than 80 Crore people in India through National Food Security Act.
Further, the technology based PDS reforms have silently transformed the manually operated system into a highly transparent automated system, that enables dignified & fool-proof access of adequate food grains to the most vulnerable beneficiaries throughout the year. The resilience & robustness of the food system in India, comprising of PDS, was truly visible during the COVID-19 pandemic led crisis. Today, India's food security response to COVID-19 crisis is being globally recognised as a shining example for its unparalleled speed, scale & transparency.
The quest for continuous reforms has prompted the Government to initiate game-changing policy initiatives, such as supply of fortified rice through Public Distribution System to address malnutrition & implementation of portability facility for ensuring fool- proof access of PDS entitlements to migrant beneficiaries from any Fair Price Shop in the Country. Challenges such as malnutrition & food wastage/ storage losses are also being further addressed through holistic policy approach.
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Selenium is an open source (free) tool automate testing for web applications using different browser and platforms. The desktop software or application and mobile software or application cannot be tested. Selenium is actually a suite of software for automating testing the web applications, as it is a suite of software, each gathering to different testing depending on the need or requirements of the application or even the organization.
Selenium Integrated Development Environment is a complete integrated development environment for the selenium test. It is a Firefox plugin that can be used for fast creation of test cases. The test cases or scripts are recorded in selenese which is a scripting language for selenium again which can be export to any scripting language like python, java, ruby, Perl etc. The recorded scripts can playback n number of times.
RC is the automated web testing tool where it allows a user to use the programing language according to them, Java, Python, PHP, C#, Perl, Ruby programming languages are supported.
Selenium Grid which runs with Selenium RC to run all the test parallel (running multiple test cases at once) at the same time on different machines and on different browsers.
There are some drawbacks of the Selenium tool like it can test only web application, no technical support because it is open source, low-level API, to run parallel test cases need the knowledge which consumes the time, cannot use to test on images and all. Some of the alternatives to the selenium are available, we will discuss them.
Katalon Studio is an open source robust API, which is used to test automation the web and mobile with continues integration.
It is a codeless Selenium platform for test automation which does faster test creation and execution while eliminating test maintenance overhead. The fully automated test scenarios can be created by the testers without coding. It is integrated with CI/CD, faster find bugs.
Screenster is an automation test tool that is a 10x faster tool for cloud-based UI testing platform, which is used for websites or web applications visual regression testing. As its name, it captures each steps screenshot and stores as a baseline. It requires less code without hand coding for automating UI tests, the test cases run as part of CI and any difference found in between regression run and baseline then test case is marked as fail. It is having the features auto-correcting smart selectors and timeout management.
Tricentis Tosca is a testing tool for DevOps and Agile which deliver fast feedback for them. It is performed Continuous platform Testing which accelerates fast testing with DevOps and Agile. The features are reusing tests, the testing time reduces for regression to minutes, it automates SAP, Robotics, Web, Mobile and so on.
TestArchitect is a good testing tool for scaling up productivity and test automation. It also a scriptless automation tool that is keyword driven testing and hence reduce maintenance costs. It is a codeless automation and keyword based testing which helps in high reusability. The TestArchitect testing tool is used on a different platform like a desktop, mobile and cross-browser.
Squish is testing too based on the GUI which is the choice of more companies. It is a cross-platform tool. To automate the functional regression and system tests for it GUIs the Squish tool can be used. It can be used for desktop, web, mobile and embedded platforms and the testing scripts record.
Ranorex Studio testing tool is used for testing a desktop, mobile and web application. As Selenium it provides capture and replies codeless automation. It provides full IDE for C# and VB.NET and also supports for Java applets, non-HTML web elements, image-based validation and it also having inbuilt reporting. It integrates with CI/CD, BDD, source control, defect tracking, test management and so on to test the incomplete test automation.
TestLeft is an automating testing tool for UI from Smartbear Software, which can test in own IDE. It creates faster the test cases as compared to other UI testing tools, creates less number of codes for testing the framework. It support for Java, .NET, C#, Jenkins, and so on.
Functionize testing tool is based on a cloud platform designed which require continuous testing in a CI/CD pipeline. It makes your application to learn AI and machine learning which overcome the selector-based maintenance, so can create the Natural language test creation and can create the tests from a desktop or the mobile browsers.
iMacros is a testing tool for the web. It record and playback tests. iMacros testing tool is used for web testing, browser automation, and data extraction. It can use to perform functional, regression and performance testing of the web application which are using the technology Java, Ajax, Flex and so on.
Cucumber is the best Selenium Alternatives because it is an open source based on Behavior Driven Development.
UFT (Unified Functional Test) is also called a QTP(Quick Test Professional). The VBScript language is used which quick learn a language. It supports web, Oracle, SAP, Seibel and so on, use to perform testing for multi-platform, cross-browser and object recognition based on an image.
Serenity testing tool used for regression tests and automated acceptance test. Serenity generates test reports that can include comments for each test case, aggregate vise test result according to a requirement, document and describe functional test coverage.
IBM Rational Functional Tester is a testing tool for regression testing and automated functional testing. It can be used to test automated testing, data-driven testing, regression, and GUI. Support to an application which is using the technology java, ajax, PowerBuilder, Net and so on.
This is another selenium alternatives as it is an automation testing tool which can be used with integrated selenium. The Galen framework tool uses to test the web application layouts and frameworks functional testing as well. The error reporting is based on HTML, it supports multiple browsers.
SikuliX is a automates test tool powered by OpenCV which uses image recognition to identify and control GUI components, as anything seen on the screen in Windows, Linux/Unix or Mac Operating System. It automates repetitive tasks and can be used to test web or desktop application and for them as well which are under development.
RedwoodHQ is an automation test tool which is an open source. It compatible with any HTML5 and installed on a single server and multiple clients uses through the web interface so multiple test case can run parallel. It is compatible with TeamCity or Jenkins.
Watir (Web Application Testing in Ruby ) is an automation test tool which is again an open source uses Ruby library. It can use to perform web tests for functional and regression testing. It supports multiple browsers for different platforms.


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I am so passionate about this because my whole life was radically changed when a pastor identified my gift and gave me a way to use it in the church. One small art project was used by God to set this ministry in motion, a ministry that has taken me all over the U.S. preaching and teaching and yes, painting with a passion for introducing people to Jesus and helping them to become all God made them to be. I believe that there are thousands and maybe millions of people like me in the church of Jesus Christ who are just a nudge and an idea away from doing great things for the Kingdom. I want to be that nudge and bring those ideas.
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sounds good imagine that thing with my ppe headers, woot woot !
Another high qaulity video of the f-sport exhaust i put on this past week.
This is under full acceleration. I did few runs so you guys can check it out.
Your car sounds badass man! Keep up the nice work you've been doing! Any slow/normal accelerations coming? btw, was this in sport+ or what mode?
if you're gonna do this, would you mind shooting a w/ and w/o takeda intake vid? what it sounds like driving by and accelerating?
yeah i love the sound!!!
Can you post some pics of the OEM grille surround?
I appreciate all the comments, thanks! Haha but yea I ended up removing the Takeda intake. I love the sound of the F-sport exhaust. But after a few days of driving around I realized how much quieter my car got, especially when I was putting the pedal to the floor. So I picked up a F-sport intake pipe for the 2is(fits fine on the 3is), keeping the oem air box since its the same component used in the F-sport intake for the 3is. Anyways, it feels and sounds much better now!
I just got around installing this yesterday. I'll post some pictures soon.
Looks good. How was the install?
The grille surround looks pretty good.
How long did it take to install it? Did you have to take the bumper off too?
I guess you didn't take any vids of the exhaust sound when accelerating with the stock intake?
It took me almost three hours to replace it. It did require whole front bumper removal and that was the easy part... I literally had to dissect the grill assembly just to get to the chrome piece.
Yea sorry, no chance to record with the stock intake. But ill make one with the F-sport intake pipe this weekend if I have enough time.
Had to make some adjustments on the right muffler to align it correctly. I did that by re-tightening the bolts.
Snowed-in today here in NoVA!
Shredding that snow with Work wheels!


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Plaintiff's Claim for Direct Violation of Breast Milk Expression Provisions of the PPACA Required to Be Filed Directly With DOL
July 23, 2012 | Employee Health Issues
Koryn M. McHone
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa recently dismissed a plaintiff's claim pertaining to her right to privacy in expressing breast milk in the workplace, pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Act"). The opinion, which can be found here, granted the defendant's motion to dismiss in part, finding that the more appropriate forum for the plaintiff's complaint -- that she was not afforded a place to express breast milk that was "shielded from view and free from intrusion" -- was the U.S. Department of Labor. See Salz v. Casey's Marketing Co., No. 3:11-cv-03055-DEO, slip op. (ND. Iowa, July 19, 2012) (O'Brien, Senior Judge). The Court, however, allowed the plaintiff's claims of constructive discharge and retaliation under the Act to remain before it.
Plaintiff, a convenience store employee and breastfeeding mother, had been provided an office in which to express milk, beginning in or around April 2011. She alleged, however, that while expressing milk in the office in late July, she noticed an operating video camera in the area (which she subsequently learned had been installed in mid-July, after the defendant had acquired her store location). After complaining, the plaintiff contended that her concerns were not appropriately addressed and that her inability to relax in the office resulted in a reduction in her milk production, thereby impacting her ability to feed her infant. Plaintiff subsequently separated from employment, after having allegedly been reprimanded for her failure to perform certain tasks (filling an ice cream machine, putting hot dogs on the grill, removing dirty dishes).
In finding that it lacked jurisdiction over her claim for a direct violation of the portion of the Act requiring that the defendant provide an appropriate space for her to express milk, the Court noted there did not appear to be an enforcement provision directly applicable to the express breast milk provisions, and found the Department of Labor's interpretation to limit an employee to filing claims directly with it. Accordingly, the claim was dismissed. In contrast, however, the plaintiff's constructive discharge and retaliation claims were maintained, as they were governed by different enforcement provisions.
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The Phonodeik is a sound recording apparatus invented by Dayton Miller in 1908. The Phonodeik converts sound waves into visual images. The name was suggested by Edward W. Morley. Before  electronic oscilloscopes, this device was used for analyzing sounds waves. The Phonodeik can be modified to project sound waves on a screen for public demonstration.

Description

The Phonodeik used photographic material to record sound. A diaphragm receiver of thin glass is at the end of a resonator horn. Behind the diaphragm is a steel pulley spindle mounted in jeweled bearings with an attached mirror and oscillating tension spring. Wrapped on the pulley spindle are thin silk fibers or platinum wire turning around the mirror with amplitude. The sound vibrates the diaphragm on the bottom and a light beam is reflected to the sensitive photographic paper (or a projection screen).

See also

 Oscilloscope
 Sonograph
 Phonautograph
 Kymograph

External links and references

 "Lecture III -- Methods of recording and photographing sound waves -- Phonodeik". The science of musical sounds.
 Hoekje, Peter L. and William Fickinger, "Acoustic teaching apparatus before 1929 at the Case School of Applied Science".
 Gilliam, L., and W. Lichtenwanger, "The Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection: A Checklist of the Instruments". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 1961. [via American Memory]
 Greenslade, Jr., Thomas B., "The Sonograph ". Instruments for Natural Philosophy, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.
 "fonodèik". Enciclopedia Generale. (Italian)
 Miller, Dayton, Sound Waves: Their Shape and Speed. 1937.
 Miller, Dayton. The Science of Musical Sounds. 1916.
 The Dead Media Archive's entry on the Phonodeik
 Lindon W Bates. , Method of and apparatus for recording sounds.

Laboratory equipment
Sound recording technology

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Bassam El-Borno, Pennsylvania Psychiatrist – wrote more than 70 Adderall prescriptions without ever meeting patient
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Manheim Township psychiatrist charged with improperly prescribing drugs, insurance fraud
By Dan Nephin
Psychiatrist Bassam El-Borno
A Manheim Township psychiatrist issued prescriptions without properly evaluating patients — and in some cases, without seeing them at all — without following up and billed insurers and Medicaid for visits that didn't happen, a statewide investigating grand jury found.
The grand jury recommended charges and the state attorney general's office last week issued charges against Bassam M.A. El-Borno, 64, of the 1000 block of Bluestone Drive. He had a practice at 160 North Pointe Blvd.
For one patient, "El-Borno wrote more than 70 Adderall prescriptions without ever meeting or seeing him and based solely on the man's wife telling El-Borno on a phone call that she thought her husband could use the drug," according to a news release from the attorney general's office.
El-Borno joked to one patient about being a "drug dealer," and called his patients "addicts," the release said. when prescribing these medications to patients. El-Borno also billed Medicaid and other insurance for office visits that did not occur.
A message left with El-Borno's attorney was not immediately returned on Monday. Efforts to find a reliable phone number for El-Borno were unsuccessful. He is free on $25,000 recognizance bail.
Investigators had another psychiatrist review El-Borno's patient files, interviews and other evidence. The psychiatrist found El-Borno's prescription of medication "was not done in good faith in the course of professional practice, within the scope of the patient relationship, and in accordance with treatment principles excepted by all reasonable segments of the medical profession."
"Stopping this doctor from continually prescribing addictive and dangerous medications means we won a battle, but it is not the end of the work we need to do," Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. "My office will continue to hold individuals accountable who recklessly put the lives of others at risk for profit, wherever those individuals are found."
Few records found
Investigators said they found only one instance of detailed records. That was associated with an attorney requesting medical records, charging documents state. The records concerned a 4-year-old who was taken by her mother to El-Borno in August 2017 and prescribed various medication. Six months later, the girl was taken to the emergency room because she had a fever, was listless and said she wanted to die. Doctors said she had a condition associated with her medication and told her mother to stop giving them to her.
Besides drug violations, fraud, theft and failing to keep required records, El-Borno is charged with wiretapping. When investigators searched his office, they found information suggesting his prescription practice was being questioned, charging documents said; A July 2019 letter from CVS asked to talk to El-Borno because, "based on our data we have identified that you're controlled substance prescribing may be outside the normal range in comparison with other prescribers in your specialty and geographic region."
Investigators said they found a recording El-Borno made of call with CVS pharmacists who were unaware they were being recorded.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of State, El-Borno has an active medical license. However, investigators said his answering service was advising patients that his office was closed and that he would not be back for a while.
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Q: Move files from source FTP to destination FTP with different credentials for source and destination I'm working on a scenario wherein I need to move some files from one FTP location to another. The FTP server is the same but credentials for the source and destination are different.
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Kindly note the different credentials I have used above for source and destination.
I referred to this similar stackoverflow question link but that seems to work for the FTP folder with constant login credentials.
Can someone please guide me on how best can I implement this?

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Genetic Data Reveals Rates Of "Extreme Inbreeding" In The UK Population
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By Rosie McCall
Roughly one in every 3,650 or so people in the UK could have been born of extreme incest, a variety that involves parents that are first- or second-degree relatives, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.
Studying incest is a challenging task for researchers. People are unlikely to be open about the subject because of the cultural taboos and laws against it, which makes self-reporting unreliable. While collecting information on the down-low, without permission, is problematic from an ethical standpoint. And so researchers from the University of Queensland, Australia, have turned to the UK Biobank – a large database containing genetic information from 500,000 people across the UK.
The researchers class "extreme inbreeding" as mating between first- or second-degree relatives; first-degree relatives being parent, sibling or child and second-degree relatives being anyone who shares 25 percent of a person's genes (uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, grandparents, and double cousins – ie those who share both sets of grandparents).
By identifying long runs of homozygosity (sections of the genome from each parent that are identical) of 10 percent or more, the team was able to determine a high chance of extreme inbreeding in 125 of the approximately 450,000 people of European ancestry born between 1938 and 1967 studied. That equates to one in every 3,650 or so people or 0.03 percent. Of those, 54 had parents who were likely first-degree relatives, they say.
Next, they compared this figure to the number of incest offenses reported in the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) between April 2002 and March 2017. Based on the number of offenses reported, the researchers worked out the prevalence of incest would exist somewhere between one in 5,247 and one in 4,699 – either way, a substantially smaller proportion than the Biobank data suggests.
After comparing the mean years of birth amongst the incest cases with the other births in the Biobank, they concluded there was no statistically important change in the rate of incest over time, implying their figure might be a more accurate representation of rates of incest in the UK population than that suggested by the CSEW (which includes more recent cases of incest).
The study authors point out there are certain limitations to comparing the CSEW numbers with the Biobank numbers. One being it is likely that many cases of incest are going unreported. Another is that not all cases of incest will lead to "viable" offspring, and a third is that any "viable" offspring with serious cognitive impairment caused by inbreeding would be unlikely to enroll in the Biobank project.
The Biobank project, they say, is not representative of the UK population but "includes healthier and more educated participants than the average population". Therefore, there is a good chance the actual prevalence of extreme incest is higher than the figure reported, they conclude.
Past studies have linked incest to higher childhood mortality and poorer physical and mental function, including lung function and cognitive ability. The study appears to back these up, finding that extreme inbreeding did seem to increase the likelihood of poorer cognitive and muscular function, fertility difficulties, shorter stature, and a higher risk of disease in general.


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(letteralmente "Il miglior chirurgo"), è una serie manga shōnen giapponese creata da Takashi Hashiguchi. In Giappone è serializzato nel Weekly Shōnen Sunday, a partire dalla prima uscita del 2008. I capitoli pubblicati non sono ancora stati raccolti in tankōbon.

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La storia tratta di un giovane ragazzo, conosciuto col nome di Mikoto Saijō, che da bambino venne salvato da un abilissimo chirurgo. Dopo la convalescenza, il ragazzo decide di dedicare la sua intera esistenza per diventare il più grande pediatra.


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Kinga Gál, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President of the European People's Party and the LIBE Committee held a public forum in Eger on Friday focusing on the challenges in Europe – the Future of the European Union. The nearly 100 participants listened to fresh information about the Brussels decision on the mandatory relocation quota.
The event was hosted by Róbert Szabó, President of the Heves County Assembly who in his opening words stated that initially a professional forum for EU policy was planned, but the European Parliament has revised the theme of the event by its decision on the mandatory quotas. Róbert Szabó, the Hungarian delegate of the European Committee of the Regions, has reported on the challenges and contradictions faced by Hungarian representatives when Christian values have to be protected in Brussels that is thinking in a very different way.
Kinga Gál emphasized: The European Parliament with the newly accepted negotiating mandate confirmed the decision that radically transformed its previous proposal on asylum seekers and immigrants. According to the proposal, asylum seekers have to be distributed among the Member States and sent to the countries that have so far received the least number of people. Thus, immigrants could choose from four offered countries. If a Member State fails to fulfill this obligation, EU funds as provided for under the Structural Funds will be reduced as a sanction.
We have to strengthen our common values!
The MEP stated that the plenary session of the European Parliament confirmed the draft on the European relocation system accepted by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Despite the fact that the Central and Eastern European leaders did not vote in favor of the proposal, the overwhelming majority accepted the unrestricted relocation. Although the text should be approved by the European Council, the decision-making forum of the heads of national governments, this was an irresponsible step towards the future of Europe, said Kinga Gál.
She argues that during the relocation procedure entrants are not subject to thorough scrutiny. If someone does not have a passport the person's ID is accepted based on his/her statement. In Brussels they are referring to solidarity, but this term is lenient as the costs of the Hungarian fence – which protected Europe's outer border and which stopped the influx of immigrants – were not refund by Brussels.
Kinga Gál also pointed out that the demographic processes were analyzed at the sitting of the EPP faction of the Committee of the Regions in Budapest and found that European society is aging. In many European countries there is a crisis of values, they no longer assume the Christian values, but they reinforce the individualist world view of consumerism. All their efforts are aimed at setting us in this line. We are persistent because it is our duty and responsibility for our children to do so, she said.
Róbert Szabó said at the closing of the forum that it is a positive sign that the Hungarian position is beginning to be appreciated. In 2015 it was still a radical one, but nowadays more and more European politicians have come to us on the basis of personal expressions, but they do not publicly take this position. This can hopefully change.


Believe it or not... Our love story started from a Whatsapp Group and it's leading to the altar!
"Sometime in March of 2016, I was minding my business on Facebook as usual when I got a message from an ex school mate 'Ucheora' asking if I'd love to join a whats-app group created for 'our' secondary school 2005 set, of which I eagerly accepted and dropped my phone number for her to add me up..
Shortly after, I was added to the group and everyone introduced themselves. The group was home to a dozen or so married men and women and ofcourse some of us still single & slaying. I can't totally recall what happened exactly, but I know someone (Omasan or Kemi) 'Jokingly' tagged us (Myself & Kafilat) together as possible couples, and as a bad sharp guy, catching wind of the fact that one of the most beautiful & homely babes back then in school is yet to be taken officially and is still very much available, I immediately took advantage of that and went Banky W & Adesua all up in her DM. I slid into that DM like Masherano trying to save the game mehn; I slid in there so hard, you'd think I was ice skating in the arctic circle. When she responded almost immediately, for a few seconds I became Messi with that 500th legendary goal scoring euphoria.
It was the little things really. That awesome moment when your crush replies even your silliest of jokes with 'LOL' & it's as if you've achieved something in life.
Days go by and still, we kept in touch via DM on a low, getting to know each other better and impatiently anticipating, waiting, for our first reunion get-together; which at this juncture I must say, was starting to take forever to come into fruition.
Our first encounter finally came on the 20th of March 2016, after trying tirelessly to get her to meet with me, but all attempts had proved futile. We met at Spur, Ikeja city mall(ICM) for our overly anticipated reunion which I ended up hosting. I watched her like a hawk and eventually summoned enough courage to ask her out, but, she declined. To me, this was Initial shakara aka pre-gragra. She had mentioned she was in a relationship and insisted on being nothing more than just friends at the time. As a soldier at heart, I wasn't going to let go, it was a no retreat, no surrender mission for me. Based on logistics, I personally suggested to be her Un-official boyfriend as na the work wey we dey do.
One thing lead to the other and we started dating officially soon after and now, we're walking down the aisle... "


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