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Posts Tagged 'YouTube'
Don't go my beloved..
It's already past midnight, but I have lost my sleep. My heart is skipping beats. I've lost my sleep. I am singing kinds of sad, melancholic bollywood songs to myself. Don't go my beloved.. For tonight, do not go..
Tags:leaving, letting go, Love, sadness, Songs, YouTube
Mannipaaya? Will you please forgive me?
I had promised all of you in a previous post that that I would write a post comparing the Tamil song Mannipayya with its Hindi counterpart Sharminda Hoon. Because of my busy schedule and because of all the books I have brought, I could not find much time to share all those thought with you via a blog post. I cannot, however, stop myself from sharing this song with you. This is the first time ever that I am sharing a YouTube video on The Blog of Reflections. I am in love with this song and I am sure you will love it too if you are in love, or were in love at some point.
Will you please forgive me?
I hope language won't be a big barrier. I don't know Tamil too, still I enjoyed the song. Everything is perfect, Thamarai's words, A. R. Rahman's music, Shreya's voice, the 2000-year-old poetry of Thiruvalluvar in chorus, and oh how can I forget it, the picturization. I'm loving it. For the curious ones (like me), here is a translation (external link).
Do let me know of your thoughts, I'm waiting for them, and yeah, I am in love
Tags:A. R. Rahman, Love, Mannipaaya, Sharminda hoon, Shreya Ghoshal, Songs, Tamil, Thamarai, YouTube
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Of potatoes, eggs, Ahmadiyyas, and Pakistan
I was casually going through BBC News website last evening and found a news about a YouTube video "Aaloo Anday" (potatoes and eggs) getting viral popular in Pakistan. What so special about a video, first one by the unknown-until-now band, to be so popular that BBC making a news out of it. I watched the video on YouTube. It's a satire on the current sociopolitical situation of Pakistan. It's in Punjabi, I couldn't get it's meaning by mere listening to it. I further googled to get some insight. The video itself and the situation surrounding it have obsessed me so much that I had been thinking of it almost every moment since I watched it.
The video starts with three school-going-looking boys opening their lunch box finding the same "Aaloo Anday" in them as usual. They put off the lunch boxes and start with the song: "my mother has cooked aaloo and anday. I don't like them. I want to each pieces of chicken." The video further takes a hard stand on some tough issues in Pakistan. They talk of a country where Mumtaz Qadir (one who assassinated a liberal minister) is treated like a royal nawab, where Ajmal Kasab has become a national hero, and of a country where no one talks about Abdus Salam, the first Noble laureate from Pakistan who won Noble Prize for Physics in 1979.
Dr. Abdus Salam
Although the most part of the song made only a little appeal to me (as I am not that aware of the situation there), I must give the guys full credit for talking about Abdus Salam. Abdus Salam was one of the most important scientists Pakistan has ever produced. He belonged to Ahmadiyya community, which is declared non-muslim in Pakistan by law of the land. Ahmadiyya is a community within Islam that believes Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahamad (19th century) to be the Messiah and hence denies the finality of prophethood of Muhammad. They believe in the oneness of Allah, they believe Muhammad was a prophet of Allah, they believe Quran to be the book sent by Allah, but deny the finality of Muhammad as a Prophet. Pakistan has about 4 million of Ahmadiyya population; and these people are declared non-muslims by law.
And what does it really mean? By law, an Ahamadiyya cannot pose himself to be a muslim in Pakistan, or he can have a jail of up to 3 years. An Ahmadiyya cannot say "Assalam walaykum" to someone else; an Ahmadiyya cannot call their place of worship a "masjid"; an Ahmadiyya cannot keep a copy of Quran in his home; an Ahamadiyya cannot quote the verses of Quran in public; an Ahamadiyya can in no way pose himself to be a Muslim. Anyone who applies for a Pakistani passport has to sign an oath stating that Mirza Ghulam Ahamad was an imposter and not the prophet of Allah and his followers are in no way Muslims.
Ahmadiyya are often a target of social malignity in Pakistan. In 2010, there was a suicide bomb attack on a Ahmadiyya place of worship and about 100 people were killed. Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called the deceased "our brothers" in his condolence speech. Eleven political parties together have protested his calling Ahmadiyyas "our brothers." The prejudice against Ahmadiyyas is so intense that they often try to keep their Ahmadiyya identity hidden in their social life. In short, Ahmadiyyas are the Jews of modern Pakistan and living in almost the same situation as the Jews were living in the early Nazi regime.
The gravestone of Dr. Abdus Salam. The words "Muslim" are removed by a judicial action.
Abdus Salam was a proud Pakistani and a Muslim. He went to receive his Noble award in the national dress of Pakistan. He had quoted a verse from Quran in his Noble speech. He departed from the country in protest when Pakistan declared Ahmadiyyas to be non-Muslims. Afterwards, he lived in United Kingdom. He kept constant contact with his motherland for all his life. He died in UK. His corpse was brought back to Pakistan and buried in his hometown. His gravestone read "He was the first Muslim Noble laureate." This was unbearable in Pakistan. He was an Ahmadiyya; he cannot call himself a Muslim even after death. They dusted out the words "Muslim" from his gravestone by a judicial order leaving it to nonsensical "the first Noble laureate." Every attempt was made to clean out his name from the public memory; even his hometown was renamed. And such an important public figure in Pakistan was rubbed out of history, just because he was an Ahmadiyya, a non-Muslim. The prejudice against Ahmadiyya is so intense in Pakistan that a blogger satirically wrote a public sentiment like "we can convert the Hindus and Christians to Islam; we do not want the Ahmadiyyas."
One can easily make remarks against political leaders; they are soft targets. A little more courageous can talk even against the military, but to talk against the public sentiment–it takes a great deal (think what kind of comments those got here in India who argued against the Anna Hazare movement). The aaloo anday guys must be congratulated for taking up such an important issue. It may not change the situation in a while, but it can set start a debate. The video ends with the lead singer holding a placard "If you want a bullet through my head, like this video." Unfortunately, it is really such a case in Pakistan. Take care guys, may God give you a long life.
Satire with a bite in Pakistan (bbc.co.uk)
Enjoying 'Aaloo-Anday' with the people (dawn.com)
Cosmic Anger (thebeerevelation.wordpress.com)
Tags:aaloo anday, Abdus Salam, Ahmadiyya, India, Islam, Muhammad, Noble Prize, Pakistan, YouTube
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At this ghostly hour
If you must ask me what I am doing at this ghostly hour on my pc (It's 4:10 a.m. IST), I would say I am just enjoying the freedom of not needing to go office this morning (or rather tomorrow as it's still "tonight" for me and the feeling of dawn is not here yet).
I wanted to test my YouTube downloader and this is the best time to do so because of free uncongested network. I have downloaded a 7:10 minute record video of unbelievable Danger Dave, and Enge enathu kavithai (as I love the lyrics by Varaimuthu and Sirish has told me about the beautiful picturization of the song with Aishwarya on screen), and I am again going to download another Varaimuthu/Rahman song Evano oruvan vasikiran, again as I love the lyrics.
Just checked my mail to see a comment on my Marathi blog. It was not on the latest post that I wrote last evening (or earlier tonight), but on a previous post.; but the post fetched about 40 visits since it's published.
I have two options now, to go sleep or to go on a morning walk, after so many days, at 5 o'clock! I would love going on a walk; I guess it's not raining out! But I'm awake since 3 a.m. and not sure if I can get rest in the day tomorrow. Shall I try to get some sleep?
And next, What else? I'm writing this post for you!!
Tags:A. R. Rahman, Danger Dave, dawn, marathi, morning walk, Tamil, Vairamuthu, YouTube


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Issers is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Isser.

Municipalities
The district is further divided into 4 municipalities:
Isser
Si Mustapha
Chabet El Ameur
Timezrit

History

French conquest

 First Battle of the Issers (1837)

Algerian Revolution

Salafist terrorism

 2008 Issers bombing (19 August 2008)

Zawiya

Zawiya Thaalibia

Notable people

 Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, Algerian Islamic scholar
 Mohamed Aïchaoui, Algerian journalist and resistant against French colonization.
 Raïs Hamidou, Algerian privateer.
 Ali Laskri, Algerian politician.

References

Districts of Boumerdès Province

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Can You Be A Conservative And A Libertarian?
Is this something that you experience as well? Many conservatives that I interact with react with a bit of apprehension or suspicion when I tell them I'm a libertarian. They tend to automatically assume that libertarians are on the left, either politically, socially or both. I then have to try to explain that, although my political philosophy is staunchly libertarian, there is a decent chance that I'm more conservative than them in realms of economics, social issues and even religious theology. I don't get frustrated when this happens either, I actually enjoy it.
I enjoy getting to explain the differences between a political philosophy and full fledged, philosophical worldview. Political philosophy only answers the question of when it is okay to use physical force, or the threat of physical force, against another individual. Libertarianism insists that no one is allowed to initiate aggression upon another peaceful person. This statement is generally described as the Non Aggression Principle (NAP). This means that force is only justified if it is used in self defense, the defense of someone else or in the execution of some kind of punishment on an individual who has violated the rights of another individual in the past. That's it. That is the function of the service of governance.
Historical conservatism is more of a social philosophy, and is concerned with protecting traditional values, institutions and voluntary associations that allow society to function properly. They believe that order in society occurs naturally through voluntary associations, and not from top-down force or coercion. It follows that whatever political position the conservative takes, its purpose is to protect these traditional values. Often times, this means favoring a smaller, weaker State, because most government policies interfere with the voluntary nature of a traditional society.
Republicans and Democrats both favor a larger, more powerful government that interferes with nearly every aspect of life.
What all this has transformed into today is the misconception that Democrats are, "liberals" and Republicans are, "conservatives." The libertarian, however, rejects this formula and rightly sees the divide as being between those who favor State intervention and those who favor voluntary association. It can be clearly seen today, that many Republicans and Democrats both favor a larger, more powerful government that interferes with nearly every aspect of life. The libertarian adheres to the NAP, and when taken to its logical conclusion rejects all forms of State intervention.
To conclude then, one can indeed be a conservative and a libertarian.


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ELS Language Center
Learn English in Florida!
For nearly four decades, ELS has offered English language and university preparation classes on the Eckerd College campus. Tens of thousands of students from all over the world have benefited from the Eckerd College-ELS connection, enriching both ELS students and the Eckerd College community.
Classes, on-campus housing, and ELS offices are all centrally located at the Continuing Education Center. Housing is also offered with American families through our Homestay Program.
Meet Eckerd students at social activities, campus lectures, sporting events, as well as informal gatherings
Join the Conversation Partner Program linking ELS students with Eckerd students to discuss language and culture
Study with Eckerd College faculty and earn a non-credit certificate in International Business and Global Relations (for qualified students only)
Golf course nearby (fee)
Language Technology Center (LTC)
Music practice rooms
Swimming pool (outdoor)
Sailing Center
See the Facilities
Beautiful waterfront campus
Visit our waterfront and sail around the bay
Relax out our outdoor pool
Enjoy a game of soccer, basketball, baseball, and many other sports
Take a blanket and lay on our beach
When you're not studying, take advantage of the many things to do and places to go in West Central Florida
Eckerd College is nestled between Fort De Soto Park, America's No. 1-rated beach in 2005, and downtown St. Petersburg – an arts, cultural and entertainment destination. St. Petersburg boasts dozens of outdoor festivals, concerts, restaurants, Major League Baseball games, theatres, galleries, and museums, including the Salvador Dalí Museum, home to the world's most comprehensive collection of works by the late Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí.
Want to get away? Catch a campus shuttle to Eckerd Day at the Dalí Museum, Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens or to the grocery store, mall or Saturday Morning Market downtown. Need to go solo? Check out our hourly eco-friendly car and truck rentals.
Historic Ybor City, one of only two National Historic Landmark Districts in Florida, is located in Tampa, just a quick drive northeast across the bridge over Tampa Bay. Ybor City has been known as Tampa's Latin Quarter for over a century, offering an exotic blend of aromas, flavors, sights and sounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Lightning draw hundreds of thousands of football and hockey fans to the Tampa area.
The State of Florida offers an endless list of day trip adventures, nature shows, sandy beaches, watersports activities, and recreational parks and trails to the resident and visitor alike. Whether it's by foot, bike, kayak or car, whether you're the solo traveler or part of a group excursion – Eckerd is at the center of it all.
So many choices
Beautiful waterfront campus with sea views
Campus Facility Use
Year-round warm weather
Certificate program options available (Int'l Business/Relations)
Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World, Busch Gardens
Local beaches, Marine life viewing and water sports nearby
IELTS Testing Center
Key locations nearby
Airport 20 (by driving)
Bank 3 (by walking)
Downtown Area 15 (by driving)
Post Office 3 (by walking)
Restaurant(s) 5 (by walking)
Shopping Mall/Outlet 15 (by driving)
Supermarket 10 (by walking)
Bus Stop/Subway 3 (by walking)
More about St. Pete
ELS Homestay Program
Learning English while living with an American family
Since 1977 Eckerd College has been providing ELS students Homestay experiences with American host families.
What are the advantages of being an International Homestay student?
Added opportunities to learn about American culture and language
Form lifelong friendships with an American family
What are the advantages of hosting International students?
Learn about other countries, cultures and languages! Hear and share stories, and develop memories you can cherish for a lifetime
Be an ambassador for your community! Share your home and community with an international student and learn more about the student's everyday life at home
Make lifelong friends from around the world!
Enrich your stay in the U.S. by enrolling in our Homestay program and live with an American family.
Homestay program requirements
Kindness. A warm welcome into the home will be the first step towards a great experience for both the family and the student.
Acceptance. Students coming to learn English need to feel welcomed. Students should be made to feel as though they are part of the family.
Comfort. A quiet, comfortable place in the home. Students require a private, furnished bedroom with a bed, linens, and a closet or dresser. Bathrooms may be shared.
Engage. Boost the student's confidence by inviting him or her to participate in daily activities.
Meals. Hosts provide two meals per day—breakfast and dinner. Breakfast can be continental style. A sit-down dinner five to seven nights per week is required. Dinner is a wonderful opportunity to get to know your student.
Transportation. Students are required transportation to and from Eckerd College for their English language courses.
Wireless Internet. Students need the opportunity to stay connected and access the internet wirelessly while at home.
Laundry. Students are required access to laundry facilities, and assistance using the machines.
Who are our host families?
All host families are known to us. They come by way of referrals. They are Eckerd College faculty, staff and members of our greater community.
Give Your Family the "World"
Host an international student
Every year English Language Services at Eckerd College brings students from around the world to Eckerd College to study English. Hosting an international student provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about other cultures and languages.
The ELS Homestay Program at Eckerd College seeks qualified host families who speak English at home and wish to provide a safe and nurturing home environment for international students of all ages. Regular programs are monthly. In January, a three week Youth Camp Program is offered.
Each host family receives a stipend and can host up to two students.
If you have a spare bedroom, a curiosity about other cultures and a loving heart, perhaps you would make a wonderful host parent. Everyone benefits. Your life will be enriched! Be a host family and make lifelong friendships with people from around the world!
Become an ELS Homestay Host
What host families provide
For the Youth Camp:
Accommodations for three weeks
Two meals a day (breakfast and dinner)
Access and assistance with laundry facilities
Transportation to and from Eckerd College
For the Regular Program:
Accommodations for four weeks
Helen Freiday
Homestay Coordinator
freidahe@eckerd.edu
Learn More About ELS
Laura Lubin
Academic Director
Ms. Lubin is the Academic Director and holds a Master's in TESOL. She has taught in Japan, Mexico and Miami and has worked in the field of ESL for the past 12 years. Ms. Lubin loves meeting new students from all over the world and helping them meet their personal and academic goals. She enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures.

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I've never been to the wet market (here in the Philippines anyway, because I've been to Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo). Even when I started cooking, I would buy everything I needed from the supermarket. I have this impression that wet markets are dark, dirty, smelly, and crowded. Anyway, I was invited to join Honestbee on a shopping trip to Farmers Market in Cubao yesterday. Farmers Market is like a 10-minute drive from my house — and that's already with traffic. It was so near and I had never been there! So I went.
Surprise surprise… Farmers Market is none of the things I had imagined. It was brightly lit, well-ventilated, spacious, and clean! When you use the Honestbee app to shop at Farmers Market, the shopper bees would go to stalls with the Honestbee sign — it means the stall is their "suki", an accredited partner whose merchandise had passed Honestbee's stringent standards of quality. Another advantage of shopping at a "suki" stall is the 20% discount they give Honestbee. If you go to Farmers Market and buy from the same stall, you would get the same things at a higher price.
We went around with Arceli, a shopper bee for Farmers Market. Arceli has been doing this for a year. She was previously a housewife who was a keen and efficient wet market shopper. She was referred to Honestbee where she was hired as a shopper bee for Farmers Market.
I buy cabbages a lot so I asked Arceli for tips on how to spot a good cabbage. She told me to look for one without "holes" on the surface leaves. It should also be a nice green color, not pale.
For garlic, the bulb should be "whole", meaning the outer skin is intact with no holes. It should also be a nice white color.
Carrots should be a vibrant orange hue and smooth.
Since we were at an Honestbee accredited vegetable stall, I could pretty much just pick anything up and be assured of good quality.
After shopping for vegetables, we moved on to meat. We went to Loleng, a meat stall known for their ready-to-cook beef tapa.
Arceli told us that we are always assured of fresh meat at this stall. You can tell by the color — the meat should be reddish, not dark or discolored.
They also have a "suki" for chicken. When buying chicken, make sure that the meat has no dark spots.
Then we moved on to seafood. Honestbee's "suki" stall has live fish. They were jumping too — I had to keep my distance. When buying fish, Arceli advised us to look under the gills. The gills should be red, that's how you know the fish is fresh. The eyes should also be clear.
When buying shrimp, the head should be intact and fully attached to the body, not bent or broken.
As for fruits, one indication of quality is the color. For example, when buying apples, it's best to pick the redder ones. They should also be crisp, you can tell by flicking it with your finger. When buying oranges and lemons, the fruit should be firm and smooth.
If you are located within 10km of Farmers Market, you can use the Honestbee app to shop there. Alternatively, you can also shop at Alabang Wet Market, Pasig City Mega Market, Carbon Public Market (Cebu), and Taboan Public Market (Cebu) via Honestbee. Delivery is free for purchases P2,500 and up. Service fee is just P99. It's well worth it because the parking fee alone costs P60 for the first 2 hours. Then there's the gas and the effort. I can personally attest that the shopper bees are really good at picking out the freshest produce. I usually order fruits from S&R via Honestbee and we always get nice sweet ones that are ready to eat!
You may download the Honestbee app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. For more information, visit https://www.honestbee.ph/.
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I hope someone may be able to give me some pointers on places to start with my 2004 1.4 petrol Berlingo.
For a while now it's had a bit of a rough idle, then it started cutting out randomly when stuck in slow moving traffic (It was fine driving around town, you had to get caught in traffic for 5 minutes). It would always start up again on the second turn of the key, and be fine. It only seemed to occur when the fuel level was at a quarter or less. Running around with a full tank has helped, and I've tried some Redex which seems (and I know Redex has it's doubters!) to have improved the idle.
Yesterday and today, when cold, it idles fine but lacks power at low revs when you pull away. Seems to be pretty much OK when warm.
 So I'm not sure if I have one or more problems, and really where to start looking. New plugs going in at the weekend, but are there any other things that I can check? I don't mind spending some money to replace the most likely cause, but I didn't just want to throw a new lambda sensor (as an example) on if that isn't even likely to be the issue.
A little list that can affect all of this are spark plugs, coil pack, fuel injectors, fuel filter and fuel pump. Based on your symptom I can feel like narrowing it down to fuel pump. Well from at least what you are saying.
Before you go spending money can you check the easiest things for free like spark plugs, fuel filter? Have you not got some old plugs from any car that you can try on? Filter wise just bypass it with a pipe or something. Fuel injectors are also not hard to find if there is a bad one, you need a volt meter and just compare the resistance between each other. It should be around 14.6 but any -/+2.0 difference shows a bad one. I really doubt it's lambda but that's another item you can resurrect for free. You need a blow torch and heat it up till it glows red and clears the carbon.
When was the last time you serviced the car?
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Plugs have done 12k miles, so I'll change them at the weekend. Oil and filters done 6k miles ago, fuel filter changed about 1k miles ago when problem got worse.
I can test the resistance of the injectors at the weekend (they look like a pig to get to?) and have a go at resurrecting the lambda sensor.
Fuel pump was one of the things on my list, but I was (and still am!) hoping that it might be something a bit easier to fix!
Problem got a little worse at the end of the last week, and you can now feel it hesitating slightly at all revs, warm and cold.
Checked injector resistance - values are 12.7/12.8/12.8/13 which seems close enough to be OK (unless they are all bad).
Managed to change three plugs, but one is jammed solid, so needs some WD40 and love. A quick test drive shows that the problem is still there.
So next weekend I definitely need to get that last plug sorted. Is there any point taking the injectors off and giving them a blast through with brake cleaner, or is this just a pointless waste of time.
After that are there any suggestions for next steps? I'm leaning towards pulling the tank out and check the mesh on the fuel pump inlet.
I'm really sorry to hear buddy, seems like its going towards the fuel pump. Your injectors are fine no need to replace any of them, also the cleaning technique is waste of time, it's more about visual inspection of the stream rather than trying to get a hard stuck object out of the gap. A brake cleaner won't magically dissolve dirt with a few squirts and AAA battery. Try it if you like, it doesn't hurt anything (if you already got them out). Just remember to pulse them instead of holding them open as that apparently can burn them out or something.
That stuck plug doesn't sound good, hope you can sort it out, keep soaking it in WD40 and should make life a lot easier. I never tighten my plugs, especially with these new alloy head engines. Always have a bad feeling like that, plus I never got problems for tightening screw driver style instead of handle leverage. No leakage, lost compression or anything.
I would definitely get the tank out next, it shouldn't be hard because it's not like it's a RWD where you have to disconnect diff and drive shaft. If you want let me know I've got a Haynes manual here, I can give you the photos as early as tomorrow. Pretty much get the handbrake cables loose and maybe sort the area around the fuel filter. It should drop right down.
By the way I remember looking on ebay about fuel pumps. You have 2 options. They are not cheap but plenty of second hand once which you get the full unit. That's option A. Or you can get just the solenoid and faff around with the plastic, option B.
Just a quick update, in case anyone else stumbles across this thread.
Managed to get running on LPG last week. None of the problems experienced with running on petrol occurred - which seemed to prove that it was fuel related, probably fuel pump as above.
However switched back to petrol at the end of the week, and it ran beautifully!
Managed to get the stuck spark plug out today (thank god for WD40!), and also spotted a split in the hose from the inlet to the LPG vaporiser / ECU. New plug and split repaired and it's running better than it has for a long time.
Possible dirt in the fuel system, dislodged with a couple of treatments of Redex.
Split in hose, possibly affected air metering and therefore idle / fuel mixture.
Spark plugs need to be changed more frequently than 12k miles.
I'm sure there's a chance that I might still have to pull the fuel tank out, but for now I'm going to use it as is, and see what happens.
Kokain, thanks for taking the time to reply and for your help. It is really appreciated.


So here it is; a picture by picture demonstration of how I cook my chilli - no beans involved as proper texan chilli doesn't have beans apparently! It's not supposed to have tomatoes either, but I put them in because I prefer it.
3 Teaspoons of Chilli powder if not using fresh chillies. (For this recipe I used 8 fresh Cayenne and 2 Jamaican Red Hot peppers, straight from the plant. Firey!
Chop the chillies, celery and onions. Chop both red and green bell peppers into short thin strips.
By the time it's served up, the meat just falls to bits in your mouth, it really is divine!
Before serving, I blitz 2 or 3 ladlefuls in a bowl with a heaped tablespoon of flour. I then add this back into the chilli and it helps to thicken the sauce.
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Verity Marina Marshall is an English actress best known for her roles as Amy in the White Christmas episode of the series Black Mirror, and Samantha in the BBC six-part drama Press.

Early life

Marshall was born in Hammersmith, London. She graduated from the Oxford School of Drama in 2010.

Career
Marshall started her career on the Channel 4 comedy sketch show TNT Show starring Jack Whitehall.

Following her role in the stage adaptation of James Kennaway's Some Gorgeous Accident at West End Theatre, Trafalgar studios, she played the part of Clementine Churchill in the BBC4 docudrama Churchill's First World War opposite Adam James. Marshall worked with director and producer Adam Kemp again in BBC2's Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot, in which she played the part of Gertrude Wintour. The film tells the story of the final days of the gunpowder conspirators after 5/11 using the actual words of Thomas Wintour, played by Jamie Thomas King.

Marshall appeared in the seventh episode of historical drama, The British, which aired on Sky Atlantic on 7 September 2012 and starred Timothy West and Ioan Gruffud, and the third and fourth episodes of The Great War: The People's Story, starring Olivia Colman, James Norton and Alison Steadman, which aired on ITV1 on 10 August 2014.

In December 2014 Marshall played the part Amy in Charlie Brooker's Christmas special of Black Mirror, titled White Christmas, which aired on Channel 4 on 16 December 2014. The episode starred Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall.

In 2016 Marshall played Anna in MGM's Me Before You starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. The film, adapted from Jojo Moyes bestselling novel, tells the story a young Englishwoman who is hired as the caretaker for an affluent Londoner paralysed in a tragic accident. That same year she guest starred in the Halloween special of the eighteenth series of the BBC One medical drama television series Doctors which aired on 31 October 2016.

In spring 2017 Marshall played the lead in the fourth series of American drama, Obsession: Dark Desires produced by October Films. The series dramatises real life accounts from people who have been the victim of stalking. Later that year she starred as Amy Therrialt in Talos Media (The Vikings, The Bible) drama, Kiss of Death  and Arrow media docudrama, Intruders  both aired in the US.

In autumn 2018 Marshall appeared opposite Charlotte Riley and Ben Chaplin in the BBC drama, Press written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Tom Vaughan. The 6x60 series is set in the fast-paced and challenging environment of the British newspaper industry and will broadcast on BBC One and PBS following the UK broadcast.

Marshall has also starred in a number of television commercials for brands such as House of Fraser, Head and Shoulders, Vodafone, Raffaelo, Fruit of the Loom, Persil, Experian, Żywiec Brewery, Coop (Switzerland), Allianz and George clothing.

Personal life

Marshall is actively involved in campaigning for the rights of displaced people. In November 2015, after completing shooting on Me Before You, Marshall travelled to Samos, Greece to volunteer with the refugees traveling from the Turkish coast to Europe. In June 2016 she spoke at the Next Century Foundation's Middle Eastern Migration Conference in Westminster on ways of countering human trafficking and modern slavery. In September 2016, Marshall was interviewed on the Arab News Network's The English Hour about her stance on the refugee crisis, immigration and combating prejudice and racism following the Brexit result. The program is modeled on the BBC's HARDtalk which is recorded in London, broadcast at peak time and subtitled in Arabic.

Filmography

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ICYMI: Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley Highlights Coastal Erosion as Threat to Economy, Homes, National Security in Op-Ed
ORANGE COUNTY, CA – Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley authored an op-ed in the Orange County Register calling for fellow elected leaders to act and implement long-term solutions to address coastal erosion in Orange County.
This op-ed comes on the heels of Metrolink suspending the service lines between Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Oceanside, and Amtrak suspending service for their Pacific Surfliner trains between Irvine and San Diego due to coastal erosion impacting the train tracks along the San Clemente area. Following the service suspensions, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board approved a $12 million project to construct ground anchors to stabilize the sliding movement near the tracks.
See key excerpts from the op-ed below:
Orange County Register: Coastal erosion is a threat to our Orange County way of life
For years residents, surfers, and business owners voiced concerns as warning signs increased off our eroding coast. Their warnings went ignored. Now, commuter trains are shut down and our train tracks are dangerously close to falling into the ocean.
At Monday's emergency OCTA meeting immediately following the closure, we approved $12 million to install ground anchors to stabilize the sliding movement near the tracks. Assuming all goes well, we estimate this will take 30-45 days. This short-term fix will not be enough to stop the ocean.
The impacted tracks are a part of the Los Angeles – San Diego (LOSSAN) Corridor, the second busiest corridor of its type in the country that annually transports over 8.3 million passengers and moves over $1 billion in goods.
This section is designated by the Department of Defense as a national defense rail corridor due to its proximity to Camp Pendleton and the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and San Diego. Last year, the US Army transported dozens of tanks through this corridor aboard a quarter mile stretch of rail cars from Texas to the Port of San Diego to be redeployed overseas. During a national security crisis, or local emergency, this infrastructure is critical to protect our country at home and abroad.
The day before Metrolink and Amtrak announced its suspension of service, I hosted a Sustainability Summit at Orange Coast College with local leaders in government, science, and business.
Our coastal erosion panel featured Dr. Brett Sanders, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Irvine, who highlighted our shrinking beaches and coastline. He proposed policies focused on sand replenishment, shoreline stabilization, reducing cliff erosion, and increasing sediment supplies from local creeks and streams. These are just some of the recommendations we should work with scientists and experts to explore.
Let's not repeat history: the cost of inaction is too high.
We must explore long term solutions such as track alternatives and improvements to the resilience of our rail system — along with protection of our beaches, harbors, and coastal communities.
The cost of continuing to do nothing is too great for our neighborhoods, economy, national security, and way of life.


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Q: Proper way to restore user files/settings after an upgrade I would like to install a fresh ubuntu 11.04 on my home computer that has a few user accounts I will need to restore.
I currently use 'Back in Time' to back up my data.  I want to make sure everyone's account is preserved with their data and settings and was wondering if these backups will suffice?  If I restore their folders into the new 'home' folder on the fresh install, will this recreate their accounts and settings? Or is there a better way to accomplish this?

A: Ideally, /home should be on a separate partition. Then, when you install, specify your partitions manually. Set up your home partition to live at /home and make sure you don't format it. Then, you should have everything set up fine.

If you don't have a separate partition, you can use GParted to resize your partition and create a /home partition (which should usually be the largest partition) as ext4 or ext3. Then, copy everything in /home to the new partition and set up fstab.
# Assuming that the new partition has been created
# and formatted as ext4 and is known as /dev/sda2.
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
sudo cp -av /home/* /mnt  # The -a option is really important here; if you forget it, things will break.

# Verify that everything was copied correctly; then...
cd /home  # Make sure that nothing is using your home directory--not even the current working directory.
sudo rm -r /home/*
sudo umount /mnt && sudo mount /dev/sda2 /home

Then, add the following line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda2    /home    ext4    relatime    0 2

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I was in the bed and was about to go to sleep, and I realized that it is Intentional Thursday, and I needed to write, sooooo here I am!
We have practiced being non-judgmental, meditating, being someone's miracle, and gratitude. Not sure about you, but this has really been working for me. I feel a peace that passes understanding, and I want to say it is because of Intentional Thursdays, or it may simply be because I am on summer vacation. So, let's assume that it is a combination of the two.
My people, it's difficult to put into words what I am feeling, but "This joy that I have, the world did not give it to me!"
Being intentionally grateful caused me to have a very joyful week. I am grateful that I was able to cycle to see my mother play bingo at the senior citizen place that she loves, I am grateful that I was able to cycle in Georgia and the temperature was just right, I am grateful that I had the opportunity to take my mom to two doctors appointments and even dinner one day, I am grateful that my friend Sonya, whom I have known since college, wanted to meet me out tonight, I am grateful that my friend, Maya, called on my road trip to Atlanta to offer words of wisdom that I needed, I am grateful that I had a seamless drive to Atlanta, I am grateful that my friend, Dr. Denard, sent me a text message from Cape Town, South Africa today, and I could go on and on and on..... Gratitude definitely adjust attitudes.
So, for the next week, let's just be intentionally happy! We've been practicing a lot of things lately, and why don't we take all that we have been practicing and just be happy.....While we are on the way to being perfect, let's live everyday to the fullest and be intentionally happy!
I know that many of you feel that you have no reason to be happy, but if you really think about it, you have many reasons to be happy: you are alive, you can read, God loves you..... "Change the way that you look at things, and what you look at will change."
My people, let's continue to work on ourselves, and be intentionally happy while we are working!
The Shenandoah Time Trial was held in the Shenandoah Valley which is about a two hour drive from DC. If you have not EVER been to the Shenandoah Valley, you MUST go. Shenandoah Valley is surrounded by some of the most beautiful mountains. The scenery there is completely amazing, and I am highly recommending it.
A Time Trial Race is a race where each cyclist is given a different start time, and each person rides the course as fast as he/she can to see how people rank in his/her respective categories. The course is normally out and back. The Shenandoah time trial was about 21 miles of some pretty steep climbs and some of what we call false flats; a road that appears to be flat but really is not.
I picked up Tina and Lydia, my teammates and friends, and we rode out to Shenandoah for the race. We got there early, climbed a few hills to warm-up, and we eventually started the race.
My people, I felt strong on this race. The hills were tough, but I must admit that I am climbing them a whole lot better than I was a few months ago. I ended strong and was greeted by my teammates and the lovely ladies of Sticky Fingers Cycling Team.
The ladies of Sticky Fingers were hosting a pre-ride for the Page Valley Road Race that is going to take place next week. No, I'm not doing this race, I'll be out of town, but I couldn't resist doing another ride with the ladies of Veloworks and Sticky Fingers.
Tina picked Lydia and me this morning, and we drove out to the Shenandoah Valley AGAIN. We met up with the ladies of Sticky Fingers and the race organizer, and we rode the difficult course that has quite a few climbs. My people, I am getting stronger for sure!!!
This was a very satisfying weekend in so many ways. My body is happy, because it got some great workouts, and my soul is happy, because I spent the weekend with some sho 'nuff good people!
My take away from this season is "If We Put Time and Effort Into Anything, We Will Get Better!"
I wouldn't take nothing for this journey....HAPPY SUNDAY!
I love Berhane and working out with him?
I love where I live?
I absolutely love my condo, my balcony with the rocking chairs, the City of Alexandria, Washington DC etc. I love this place. The possibility of things to do is endless. Museums, plays, festivals, concerts, parties, happy hours, biking groups, running groups, nearby beaches, nearby national attractions, countless numbers of restaurants etc. Living here is like being on vacation all of the time... I LOVE WHERE I LIVE!
I love early morning cycling workouts?
Yep, I do. I normally meet my teammates Patti and Tina about two days a week around 6am for some sho 'nuff hard workouts. We talk, laugh, are supportive of each other, have great conversation, and if we are lucky like today, after our rides, we go to a local coffee shop for coffee. I love those morning cycling workouts.
I love not working in the summer?
My people, to have the stress of work off my back for about nine weeks is really heaven on earth. My Sundays are no longer days where I am a little uptight, because I need to prepare for work on Monday. Sundays are relaxing days just like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday......The peace that I feel right now is soooo good. I have time to think and evaluate and work on me with few pressures. I love extended time off like for real!
The Rapha's Women's 100 was a movement to try and get women around the world to ride together and complete a 100km ride.
My people, my heart and soul are happy!
From last Thursday until today, we were suppose to spend time doing some type of meditation. This week confirmed to me how important it is to do some type of calming of the mind and/or having purposeful thoughts regularly if not everyday.
For the past week, I either practiced mindfulness and/or had purposefully thoughts everyday except Sunday. And, Sunday was the day that I needed it the most. I would either be present with my thoughts or I would declare something like "I am mighty." My people, let me tell you that this stuff works. With mindfulness it was so helpful to see how many thoughts that we can have in fifteen minutes and how important it is to quiet those thoughts. With purposefully thoughts, I felt so powerful to know that I can determine my mood by my declarations. Thoughts are soooo powerful and are just thoughts. We must be intentional about keeping them in check.
So, this week, let's intentionally reach out to people with a heart of empathy without giving unsolicited advice. Let's be present with every person who we are in contact with this week, and try to walk in their shoes completely. Joel states in I Declare, that "our job is not to judge. Our job is not to figure out if someone deserves something, or to decide who is right or wrong. Our job is to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, and to heal the hurting."
This week, let's intentionally become someone's miracle... and heal ourselves!
If you are married, single, want to be married, about to get divorced, divorced... regardless of your relationship status, Read this book!
If you are single, this book may add a little clarity to why we date who we date, but at the same time it may scare you or make you feel overwhelmed with the effort that it may take to have a conscious relationship.
I know, I know, I know that I say often Read this book, but REALLY Read this book!
Check out Harville's website here.
My next read is On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
Race #7, Giro di Coppi, was held in Barnesville, Maryland on Saturday. Barnesville is about one hour from my house.
Giro di Coppi was a road race. This meant that for my category of lady racers, we were going to ride about three loops of 12.5 miles of hills.
The whistle was blown, and I took off with the pack. Those first few hills wore me out, and I was dropped by the pack but not by much. They group took a turn, and I missed the turn. (Oh boy!) I ended up riding about four miles of hills out of the way, and I had to ride four miles of hills to get back on track and decided that I was finished. I was ok with that decision.
Even though I took a wrong turn, I felt good about the race. I burned quite a few calories and had a ball. I even laughed out loud when I realized that I had missed the turn.
I am still training and working to get better, and I am finally enjoying this journey.
I would recommend that a person read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Acheba and follow it up with this novel, Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie, which are two novels that are set in Nigeria and are written by Nigerian writers.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a novel that is set in the late 1800s early 1900s in eastern Nigeria. The novel does a great job of explaining the Igbo tribe and their traditions. It also does a great job of explaining what happened when the British started to bring Christianity to Nigeria. Purple Hibiscus is set during a time when quite a few people in Nigeria had converted to Christianity, about one hundred years after Things Fall Apart. This novel shows the struggle between the traditional and Christian beliefs in a Nigerian culture and shows what may have happened in Nigeria after many of the people adopted Christianity. I am not sure if this novel is meant to a sequel to Things Fall Apart, but it sure reads like one.
Chimamanda tells, Purple Hibiscus, from the perspective of Kambili Achike, a young girl who lives with her brother, father, and mother. Her father, Eugene Achike, is a strict Catholic and has adopted the Christian belief totally. His beliefs causes him to be quite severe with his children and his wife, and it causes him to turn his back on his father who was a traditionalist.
Kambili and her brother, Jaja, have a loving yet fearful relationship with their father. He punishes them severely if they were not top of their class and when they did things that went against his beliefs and Christian beliefs. Eventually, the father has a tragic ending that tremendously impacts his family.
Reading this novel I thought a lot about the idea that we MUST include diverse literature in our classrooms if we want a world where people are culturally sensitive. Things Fall Apart and Purple Hibiscus gives the reader insight into Nigeria in a manner that is both informative and captivating. We need more books like this to dispel myths that we may have about other cultures and to possibly create a culturally sensitive society.
This is the third book that I have read by Chimamanda, and her books should be read in classrooms around the world. The other two books that I have read by her are Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah.
Read Chimamanda's books and learn and grow!
Since last Thursday, we have been working on being intentional about not judging!
This allowing people and things to be, without judging, was very eye-opening for me. I realized that we will look at things and people and judge them, but we can redirect our thoughts, and we do not have to verbalize everything that comes to our minds.
Being conscious of my thoughts really helped with not being judgmental. I was conscious when people would make comments about other people and things, and I tried my best to not co-sign. Now, no one that I was with said anything vicious about other people, but people would say things like "Why does she have that on?" and I would try my best to redirect the conversation or not add to the comments.
Please don't think that I did not fall off the wagon a few times this week; I did. But one thing for sure, I was conscious of falling off, and I know that being conscious means a whole lot.
Oh, what we can change when we are at least conscious!
Now, let's get to Meditation.
Meditating is very personal and there are so many ways to meditate. I was introduced to a form of mediating that is called mindfulness, and it really works for me. Mindfulness was explained to me like this: you are sitting beside a running stream of water, and the the running stream is your thoughts. You want to be conscious of the running stream, but you do not want to get in the stream. In other words, when my thoughts start to run out of control, I bring them back by focusing on my breathing. It's about having thoughts but not allowing them to overtake me. I normally will sit for about 15 minutes, set my timer on my phone, close my eyes, and be present with my thoughts. Doing this can become a habit, and we can be at peace with ourselves without our thoughts running us crazy. Thoughts are just that: thoughts! Also, I spend time thinking about what I am feeling because of my thoughts, and this has given me much needed insight into myself and peace.
This week while in Vegas, I listened to Joyce Meyers, television evangelist, and she was talking about having purposeful thoughts. From my understanding, Joyce advocates that God gives us enough grace for each day. She used the example of the people that Moses was leading to The Promised Land. God would give them manna from heaven every day, but if they tried to save some for the next day, it would spoil. God gave them new manna everyday. Joyce went on to say that the manna was grace, and that God gives us grace for each day.
So, Joyce proposes sitting everyday, and I would say for about 15 minutes or less, and purposefully determining our day by confessing something like: "I will trust God." "I am happy." "I will remain calm all day." "No weapon formed against me shall prosper." Pick one confession and say it over and over. Sounds awesome right?
The purpose of doing some type of mediating for the next week, and hopefully forever, is for us to experience being one with ourselves in peace. The results from meditating can become a part of who we are, and we can live our lives in a state of peace and not being controlled by our thoughts, which are just thoughts.
There is no one that I love to spend time with more than myself. But, it's not fun to be with me when I am not calm and peaceful. I know that mediation helps to calm us and helps us to enjoy being with ourselves.
I can't wait to hear how this goes!
In the DC area, it has been incredibly hot, and of course I didn't waste my time complaining; God knows weather. I continued to be grateful for summer and spent a considerable amount of time outside. Yep, I did!
Yesterday was another hot day; however, during the evening, we received rain.
This morning, on the 4th of July, I got up to go to Whole Foods, one of my favorite places in the world, and when I stepped outside, I was greeted by the most pleasant weather. I left Whole Foods, traveled to Old Town to shop, and hurried home to sit on my balcony to enjoy the Mercy of God!
God is merciful and knows how much we can bear. After those sweltering few days, he sent Mercy.
Sooooooo, early this week, my sister, Dot, sent me a text and asked if I had read Silver Sparrow? I stated "No," and she went on to tell how great this novel is. Of course, I downloaded it, and read it.
Tayari Jones can write (PERIOD)...Very similar to how Toni Morrsion does in Song of Solomon, Tayari has quite a few characters in this story, and through a very clever use of plot and character development, she helps the reader to understand every last one of the characters.
Dana, is a silver sparrow, and a silver sparrow is a person who is a 'secret child.' Dana's mom conceived her with a married man. The married man had another daughter, Chaurise, with his wife. Dana and her mother knew about Chaurise and her mother. However, Chaurise and her mother knew nothing about Dana and her mother; they were a secret.
Dana was told early on that she was a secret, and her entire life was devoted to keeping her life a secret from Chaurise and her mother.....I can not and do not want to image being a secret.
Reading this novel, I thought a lot about what it must mean to a child to know that he/she is a secret. I thought a lot about why would a woman have a child with a married man. I thought a lot about women, our place in this world, our happiness, and our Power!
Enjoy the 4th of July, My People!
Well, two summers ago, I wrote blogs that I called Thankful Thursday, and I wrote about things that I was Thankful for, and last summer I wrote blogs every Thursday that were called What I know for Sure Thursday, and I focused on things that I know for sure. However, I could not think of what I should write about on Thursdays this summer, so I figured that I just wouldn't do a focused, Thursday writing. However, The Power of Intention was sent to me, and every Thursday this summer, I am going to write about something that we can do intentionally for the entire week and hopefully for the rest of our lives... I am soooooo excited!
From today until next Thursday, let's practice not judging anything or anybody, because a lot of our judging is often negative and negative thoughts can make us feel some kind of way like frustrated or unhappy. AND, who wants to live their life frustrated or unhappy? For many of us, this may be quite difficulty, and we may slip up and that's ok....Just get back on the non-judgement track!
I'm going to Vegas with a friend on Monday. We all know that Vegas is HOT in the summer, and I will not judge the weather, my friend, other people, my meals; I am going to be present in every moment without judgement... None of that "Why is the waitress slow?" or "Why is she in the shower for so long?" or "It is soooo hot here."
Let's practice not judging for an entire week, and let's see how it goes.
If you want to know more about non-judgment please read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
I am convinced that the universe (God) sends us just what we need when we need it....and the universe sent The Power of Intention to me again, and it was right on time.
Dr. Dyer sees "intention is a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place." He sees "Intention as not something that you do, but as an energy that you are a part of."
The Face of Creativity: "The idea that intention is creative or otherwise we would not be here; we all have the power to create the life that we want."
The Face of Kindness: "Choosing to be kind is a choice to have the power of intention active in your life."
The Face of Love: "Love is the most powerful energy in the world."
The Face of Beauty: "As you become receptive to seeing and feeling beauty around you, you're becoming attuned to the creative power of intention with everything in the natural world, including yourself."
The Face of Expansion: "The Power of Intention manifests as expression of expanding creativity, kindness, love, and beauty."
The Face of Unlimited Abundance: "This face has no boundaries, is everywhere at once, and is endlessly abundant."
The Face of Receptivity: "All of nature is waiting to be called into action; we only need to be willing to recognize and receive."
Dr. Dyer goes on to explain how to connect to Intention, obstacles to connecting, our impact on others when we are connected, and Intention and Infinity. Then, Dr. Dyer shows us how to put Intention into action, and finally he gives us a snapshot of how a person looks who is connected to Intention.
"What you think of yourself is what you think of the world."
"Self-respect attracts higher energy. Lack of self-respect attracts the lower."
"You don't need another diet, workout manual, or personal trainer. Go within, listen to your body, and treat it with all of the dignity and love that your self-respects demands."
"You can never remedy a relationship by condemning it."
If you haven't read any other book that I have suggested, please consider reading this one; it is truly life changing!


Wrap yourself up in comfort with the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers bath robe from McArthur Sports. It features a soft cotton construction, a shawl collar, and oversized pockets. Pittsburgh Steelers bath robe is 48inches long, and one size fits most. The Pittsburgh Steelers team logo is embroidered on the front.


In faithfully adhering to the principles of the Fundamental Law of Education and the School Education Law set forth by the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology,it is the aim of our language and business courses to foster personal development,an international outlook and practical capabilities combined with leadership. In this way, we hope to promote mutual understanding and international exchange among peoples, and thus contribute to the development of the culture of the world and to the establishment of perpetual peace on earth.
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Ramapo for Children believes that all children seek the same things: to learn, feel valued and experience success. At Camp Ramapo, this philosophy is on display every day as we embrace children's challenges, celebrate their strengths, and help them discover that they are capable of more than anyone believed. Our unique camp community is comprised of a diverse mix of children with a broad range of cognitive, social and emotional abilities. Staffed almost entirely by aspiring educators, social workers and youth-service professionals trained in the renowned Ramapo Approach, Camp Ramapo is a safe, nurturing place that promotes independence and self-confidence, teaches social skills, and most importantly, helps children experience friendship and fun.


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Abstract: This paper addresses two main challenges facing systems neuroscience today: understanding the nature and function of a) cortical feedback between sensory areas and b) correlated variability. Starting from the old idea of perception as probabilistic inference, we show how to use knowledge of the psychophysical task to make easily testable predictions for the impact that feedback signals have on early sensory representations. Applying our framework to the well-studied two-alternative forced choice task paradigm, we can explain multiple empirical findings that have been hard to account for by the traditional feedforward model of sensory processing, including the task-dependence of neural response correlations, and the diverging time courses of choice probabilities and psychophysical kernels. Our model makes a number of new predictions and, importantly, characterizes a component of correlated variability that represents task-related information rather than performance-degrading noise. It also demonstrates a normative way to integrate sensory and cognitive components into physiologically testable mathematical models of perceptual decision-making.


With the release of the 2018 Diageo Special Releases a few months away, I thought now would be as good a time as ever to take a quick look at last year's bottlings. Better late than never, I say!
My favorite of the the 2017 Special Releases, Brora 34-year-old was distilled in 1982 and matured in refill American Oak hogsheads. It has an ABV of 51.9%. 3,000 bottles are available at an SRP of $1,700.
This rare release from Teaninich was distilled in 1999 and matured in refill American Oak hogsheads. It was bottled at 55.9% ABV and available at an SRP of $310.
This annual bottling from the Lagavulin distillery was matured in refill American Oak hogsheads and bottled at 56.5% ABV. At $130, this is the most affordable of the 2017 Special Releases.
This fan favorite release was distilled in 1979 and was matured in refill American Oak hogsheads and refill American Oak butts. It was bottled at 51% ABV, with only 2,988 bottles made available. It's not cheap – a bottle retails for $3,500.


All child seats must be secured to the vehicle with the lap part of a lap/shoulder belt or with the LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) system. A child whose seat is not properly secured to the vehicle can be endangered in a crash.
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Harrisburg, PA – Charged with closely reviewing policy issues impacting the Commonwealth, Rep. Rosemary M. Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) today announced she was recently appointed to serve as deputy policy chairman during the 2013-14 legislative session.
Through a variety of hearings, roundtable discussions and policy tours, the House Majority Policy Committee exists to provide a broad array of research and foundational information regarding legislative policy. The committee works in conjunction with the state House standing committees on several subject matters, including job creation, liquor privatization and Marcellus Works.
This committee is chaired by Rep. Dave Reed (R-Indiana), and the deputy policy chairs are representatives, like Brown, from a wide variety of professions and locations throughout the Commonwealth. They are chosen by House leadership to serve with the chairman and lead on key legislative issues and responsible policy development. The diversity of this group provides a varied assessment on matters facing the state and helps develop consensus on policy solutions.
For more information on policy issues impacting the Commonwealth, visit the committee's website atPAGOPpolicy.com. For more legislative information, visit Brown's website at RepBrown.com or follow her legislative Facebook page at Facebook.com/RepBrown.


Most iPad users are happy to interact with the screen using their fingers. However, in certain situations, some would prefer the feel of a stylus over that of a finger tip. The problem for iPad stylus makers is that, because of how a capacitative screen works, it is not possible to make a detectable pointer with a finely tipped end. This is the reason why all styli on the market looked like they have an eraser for a tip…until the Adonit Jot.
Adonit didn't rewrite the laws of physics. They did something much more clever. They changed the user's perception. The designer of the Jot used a clear conductive disc to give the user the impression of writing with a pointed stylus. Brilliant!
The transparent disc is attached using a ball-joint mechanism which allows the stylus to be held at an angle most comfortable for the user. A cap protects the tip when the stylus is not in use. Aluminum and steel construction gives the pen a luxury feel. The rubber grip makes it comfortable to hold. Our initial impression is this is a very well thought-out product. The question is will the tip hold up with use.
Lee, our stylus tester, will put the Jot through the wringer over the next few weeks to see if it holds up to expectations. Look for it in the Spring.


For the first in our regional spotlight series we wanted to focus on where it all started for Vallebona, Sardinia. This is the homeland of our forefathers where our business was founded over 130 years ago and it is also one of the most overlooked parts of Italy, both geographically and in terms of its food culture.
Sardinia itself is extremely varied in terms of landscape, beyond the emerald crystal-clear water lies a craggy and rocky coastline dotted with white sandy beaches, these give way to lush ancient forests wild with horses, deer and boar. Dotted between the mountains and forests are desert and marshland regions, meaning that almost anything can grow here. Add the fact that, being a relatively isolated region, there is little to no pollution of any kind and its easy to see why Sardinia is one of the best agricultural regions in the world, producing some of the best crops in terms of taste and also health. Sardinia is one of the 5 'blue zones' worldwide, where people regularly live beyond 100 years old, another being in Japan.
Now, let's talk about food. The enduring image of Sardinia to many Italians is the wise old shepherd, watching over his flock in the craggy foothills from his isolated outpost. This lifestyle is still commonplace and means Sardinia has the best goat and sheep's cheese in the world. The shepherds make Ricotta, like our hard Ricotta Salata and Smoked Sheep Ricotta, which is perfect for a summery Sardinian salad with grilled vegetables and pesto and can also be griddled in a pan like halloumi. Pecorino is the region's other most famous cheesy export, which comes in a variety of maturations and flavours, like Pecorino Rosso which is young and creamy and great for cooking, Pecorino Sardo, which is more mature and beautifully balanced between its salty and creamy flavours and Pecorino Fiore Sardo, crumbly, salty, aged, rounded and delicious on its own of with our famous Truffle Honey. When visiting Sardinia, a trip to see these flocks and see Ricotta being made fresh is an absolute must.
Give us a call (020 8944 5665) for recipes, travel advice, ingredients or anything Sardinia-related.


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Q: How to remove self-loops in Lightgraphs I am new to Julia and LightGraphs and I have been trying to find the most efficient way of detecting and removing self-loops. So far, the only way I have found is to iterate over all nodes in the Simplegraph, check whether it has a self-loop, and remove them. Is there any better way like using this combination in Python NetworkX: G.remove_edges_from(G.selfloop_edges())?
The way I am doing it right now:
path = adrs\to\my\edgeList
G = SimpleGraph(loadgraph(path, GraphIO.EdgeList.EdgeListFormat()))
for node in vertices(G)
   if has_edge(G,node,node)
      rem_edge!(G,node,node)
   end
end

A: that's probably the best way to do it conditionally, but you can just call rem_edge!(G, node, node) without the has_edge() check - it returns a bool indicating whether the edge was removed so is safe to use if there's not an actual edge there.

A: You can find the vertices having the self loops with the command:
vxs = Iterators.flatten(simplecycles_limited_length(g,1))

To remove them just do:
rem_edge!.(Ref(g), vxs, vxs)

A: I did a quick benchmarking between my solution (without the has_edge(), thanks @sbromberger!) and the one proposed by @Przemyslaw (looks quite neat!). It seems my simple way of doing it is still the most efficient way, both in terms of memory and time. I was surprised to see the simplecycles_limited_length() does worse than the loop, considering the function seems to be for this specific purpose. If you know why that is, please let me know.
Here are my benchmarking results (my_graph has 22,470 nodes and 170,823 edges with 179 self-loops):
using BenchmarkTools

function sl1(G)
    for node in vertices(G)
      rem_edge!(G,node,node)
    end
end

function sl2(G)
    vxs = Iterators.flatten(simplecycles_limited_length(G,1))
    rem_edge!.(Ref(G), vxs, vxs)
end

@benchmark sl1(my_graph)
>>> BenchmarkTools.Trial:
  memory estimate:  0 bytes
  allocs estimate:  0
  --------------
  minimum time:     554.401 μs (0.00% GC)
  median time:      582.899 μs (0.00% GC)
  mean time:        592.032 μs (0.00% GC)
  maximum time:     1.292 ms (0.00% GC)
  --------------
  samples:          8440
  evals/sample:     1

@benchmark sl1($my_graph)
>>> BenchmarkTools.Trial:
  memory estimate:  0 bytes
  allocs estimate:  0
  --------------
  minimum time:     555.500 μs (0.00% GC)
  median time:      603.501 μs (0.00% GC)
  mean time:        616.309 μs (0.00% GC)
  maximum time:     1.281 ms (0.00% GC)
  --------------
  samples:          8108
  evals/sample:     1

@benchmark sl2(my_graph)
>>> BenchmarkTools.Trial:
  memory estimate:  448 bytes
  allocs estimate:  6
  --------------
  minimum time:     792.400 μs (0.00% GC)
  median time:      836.000 μs (0.00% GC)
  mean time:        855.634 μs (0.00% GC)
  maximum time:     1.836 ms (0.00% GC)
  --------------
  samples:          5839
  evals/sample:     1

@benchmark sl2($my_graph)
>>> BenchmarkTools.Trial:
  memory estimate:  448 bytes
  allocs estimate:  6
  --------------
  minimum time:     795.600 μs (0.00% GC)
  median time:      853.250 μs (0.00% GC)
  mean time:        889.450 μs (0.00% GC)
  maximum time:     2.022 ms (0.00% GC)
  --------------
  samples:          5618
  evals/sample:     1

@btime sl1(my_graph)
>>> 555.999 μs (0 allocations: 0 bytes)
@btime sl1($my_graph)
>>>  564.000 μs (0 allocations: 0 bytes)

@btime sl2(my_graph)
>>> 781.800 μs (6 allocations: 448 bytes)
@btime sl2($my_graph)
>>>  802.200 μs (6 allocations: 448 bytes)

Edit: Added the interpolated benchmarks as requested.


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By Lauren Caggiano on January 18, 2018 07:00 AM
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El Paso is in growth mode, which makes it an attractive place to live, work, play, and visit. That growth, which has occurred mostly over the past three years, has been intentional and driven largely by the efforts of local government.
"We've put together a strategic plan — and most recently updated it — and that has really driven the amenities and the products we create for El Pasoans," says City Manager Tommy Gonzalez.
Speaking of products, there's much more to the city's plans than construction projects, and these intangibles are just as important in attracting and retaining residents.
"Part of our vision is to have beautiful and safe neighborhoods," Gonzalez says, noting that the city is the second-safest city in the nation.
While beauty can be subjective, there's no denying the bottom line in economic development success. Gonzalez, who has been in office for over three years, says spirits are high. The city of about 683,000 has experienced several wins in recent years.
According to Gonzalez, the city's spray parks are a great example of "backyard" assets that add to the quality of life of residents. Each of the city's eight districts has a spray park with several water features that provide refreshing fun on warm days.
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Continued Momentum
Gonzalez is bullish on the future of the city. The $70 million renovation of the iconic Hotel Paso Del Norte began in June. When the property opens in 2018, it will be part of Marriott's Autograph Collection. The upscale hotel project is significant, Gonzalez says, because it has the potential to be what he calls "an economic development engine." The 700-room hotel will be a top-notch facility and is poised to put El Paso on the map as a tourist and convention destination nationwide.
In a similar vein, Gonzalez cited the West Towne Marketplace development as an example of continued momentum. Located on the city's west side, the project is expected to open later this year and will feature retail, restaurant, and entertainment options. Montecillo, another mixed-use development of retail, office, dining and entertainment space, puts people right in the middle of the action.
Along the same lines, the potential development of the multi-purpose arena downtown would be a boon to the local economy. He says the city of El Paso has issued half of the bonds for the proposed project but zoning issues have halted the project. Still, Gonzalez remains optimistic.
"We plan to design a facility that meets the needs of that court order," he says.
The common theme here? Gonzalez says these projects have been well-received by the community because they show tax dollars hard at work. Vision is one thing, he says, but bringing it to life is another.
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CLEP is an acronym for College Level Examination Program. It's a way to earn college credit by taking an examination to prove your proficiency in a subject. The length and format of the exams differ depending on the subject. The information I have lists 33 different tests ranging from Biology to Business and Calculus to Composition.
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Михаил (Мухадин) Абдурахманович Эскиндаров (род. 15 ноября, 1951, аул Бесленей, КЧР) — российский экономист, ректор (2006—2021), затем президент Финансового университета при Правительстве Российской Федерации, доктор экономических наук (2000), профессор (1998), академик РАО (2016; член-корреспондент с 2012). Независимый член Советов директоров ряда крупных промышленных объединений и банков. Заслуженный деятель науки Российской Федерации (2009).

Биография
В 1976 году окончил кредитно-экономический факультет Московского финансового института (с 1992 года — Финансовая академия при Правительстве Российской Федерации, с 2010 года — Финансовый университет при Правительстве Российской Федерации) и получил квалификацию «экономист». С 1976 по 1981 год обучался в аспирантуре этого же вуза.

Профессиональная деятельность
 1981—1982 годы — ассистент кафедры политической экономии Московского финансового института; в 1982 году защитил кандидатскую диссертацию «Актуальные политэкономические проблемы производительности труда в условиях развитого социализма».
 С 1981 года — заместитель декана Финансово-экономического факультета Московского финансового института, ассистент, старший преподаватель на кафедре политической экономии.
 1982—1984 годы — начальник отдела кадров.
 1984—1987 годы — декан факультета международных экономических отношений.
 1987—1991 годы — руководитель группы советских преподавателей Аденского университета (Йемен).
 1991—2002 годы — проректор по учебной работе, первый проректор по учебной работе и одновременно профессор кафедры мировой экономики и международных валютно-кредитных отношений; в 2000 году защитил докторскую диссертацию «Особенности развития корпоративных отношений в современной российской экономике».
 2002—2006 годы — первый проректор Финансовой академии при Правительстве Российской Федерации.
 С 2006 года — ректор Финансовой академии при Правительстве Российской Федерации, с 2010 по 15 ноября 2021 года — ректор Финансового университета при Правительстве Российской Федерации.
 С 15 ноября 2021 года — президент Финансового университета при Правительстве Российской Федерации.

Достижения, научно-исследовательская работа
Стал инициатором преобразования узкопрофильной академии в университет, открытия новых направлений подготовки и программ. Так, вуз начал подготовку кадров по прикладной математике, бизнес-информатике, социологии, политологии, управлению персонала, туризму. Значительно расширилось сотрудничество с бизнес-партнёрами и государственными учреждениями. В процессе этих преобразований были открыты и ныне активно участвуют в учебном процессе 11 базовых кафедр, в том числе кафедры PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Газпромбанка и другие. Осуществлён переход на многоуровневую систему образования, значительно увеличено количество магистерских и аспирантских программ, в том числе реализуемых совместно с российскими и зарубежными партнёрами.

По инициативе Эскиндарова к Финансовому университету были присоединены Государственный университет Минфина РФ, Всероссийская государственная налоговая академия, Всероссийский заочный финансово-экономический институт, Институт повышения квалификации информационных работников. Были созданы новые факультеты:
 международный финансовый, где все занятия идут на английском языке;
 финансово-экономический;
 юридический;
 анализа рисков и экономической безопасности;
 социологии и политологии;
 международного туризма, спорта и гостиничного бизнеса;
 государственного управления и финансового контроля;
 экономики и финансов топливо-энергетического комплекса;
 логистики;
 подготовительный факультет для иностранных учащихся.

Также по инициативе ректора было основано несколько научно-исследовательских институтов и центров, форум Финансового университета, где общаются российские и иностранные специалистов, значительно увеличилось количество институтов дополнительного профессионального образования. В результате этих изменений университет представляет собой научно-образовательный и консультационный комплекс с 27 филиалами по России. Подтверждением возросшего научного авторитета университета стало предоставление университету права присуждения ученых степеней.

Основные работы
Автор около 500 научных трудов, монографий, учебников и статей в научных журналах.

Среди публикаций последних лет:
 Мировая экономика на пороге XXI века (1995);
 Экономические основы функционирования фирмы (1996);
 Концептуальные основы системы высшего образования в России. Анализ российского и иностранного опыта (1997);
 Финансово-промышленные группы (1998);
 Капитал финансово-корпоративных структур (1998);
 Развитие корпоративных отношений в современной России (1999);
 Экономическая система — основа рационального воспроизводства капитала (2003);
 Оценка бизнеса. Учебник (2006);
 Государственное регулирование сферы высшего профессионального образования в условиях изменения организационно-правовых форм образовательных учреждений (2006);
 Сборник статей, интервью и выступлений (2006—2007) (2007);
 Национальный доклад «Риски финансового кризиса в России: факторы, сценарии и политика противодействия» (2008);
 Теоретические и методические проблемы инновационной системы образования в Финансовой академии при Правительстве Российской Федерации (2008);
 Роль финансов в обеспечении Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг. (2010);
 Российская экономика в 2009—2011 годах: тенденции, анализ, прогноз: Аналитический доклад (2010);
 Современные корпоративные стратегии и технологии в России (2010—2011);
 Внешнеэкономическая деятельность (2011);
 Преподаватель — основная фигура в реализации инновационной системы образования (2011);
 Финансовый университет: прошлое, настоящее, будущее (2011);
 Точки сопряжения экономических стратегий развития государств-членов АТЭС и ШОС при переходе к многополярности (2013).

Награды и звания

 Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством» III степени (2019)
 Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством» IV степени (2014)
 Орден Дружбы (1996)
 Нагрудный знак «Почётный работник высшего профессионального образования Российской Федерации» (1997)
 Почётное звание «Заслуженный деятель науки Российской Федерации» (2009)
 Медаль «В память 850-летия Москвы» (1997)
 Лауреат Премии Президента Российской Федерации в области образования (2000)
 Лауреат премии «Лучший менеджер 2001 года» в области образования
 Лауреат программы «Финансист года» (2002)
 Заслуженный деятель науки Калмыкии, Ингушетии, Карачаево-Черкесии, Кабардино-Балкарии, Бурятии
 Почётный доктор Казахского экономического университета имени Т. Рыскулова (2009)
 Лауреат премии Правительства Российской Федерации в области образования (2010)
 Медаль «Патриот России» (2010)
 Почётная грамота Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (2011)
 Орден Дружбы Социалистической Республики Вьетнам (2011)
 Доктор Honoris Causa (2011) Хозяйственной академии им. Д. А. Ценова, Свиштов, Республика Болгария
 Почётное звание «Заслуженный деятель науки Республики Адыгея» (2012)
 Избрание академиком и членом президиума Российской академии образования (2013)
 Памятный знак Федеральной службы Российской Федерации по контролю за оборотом наркотиков (ФСКН России) «За заслуги»
 Золотая медаль имени Льва Николаева (2013) — за существенный вклад в просвещение, популяризацию достижений науки и культуры
 Медаль Столыпина П. А. II степени (2016)
 Медаль Столыпина П. А. I степени (2021)

Политическая позиция
6 марта 2022 года после вторжения России на Украину подписал письмо в поддержу действий президента Владимира Путина.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Распоряжение от 25 октября 2010 г. № 1868-р О присуждении премий Правительства Российской Федерации 2010 года в области образования

Выпускники Финансового университета при Правительстве Российской Федерации
Ректоры Финансового университета при Правительстве Российской Федерации
Заслуженные деятели науки Республики Калмыкия
Заслуженные деятели науки Республики Бурятия