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Q: finding $2$-cycle in logistic difference equation The logistic difference equation is given by $x_{n+1}=Cx_n(1-x_n)$. I'm supposed to show that when $C>3$, the logistic difference equation has a $2$-cycle.
Letting $f(x)=Cx(1-x)$, if $\{x_0,x_1\}$ is our $2$-cycle we have that $x_{1}=f(x_0)$. Thus, if this is a $2$-cycle, we want to find values of $C$ so that $f^2(x_0)=x_0.$
So what we want is some value of $C$ so that $$f(f(x_0))=Cf(x_0)(1-f(x_0))=C(Cx_0(1-x_0))(1-(Cx_0(1-x_0))) = x_0.$$
My thinking is that, after some manipulation, I should be able to show that this equality can only hold when $C>3$, but actually performing the manipulation which shows that is proving to be a bit of a challenge.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

A: Iterating we have:
$$x_{n} = C^{2}x_{n-2}(1-x_{n-2})(1-Cx_{n-2}(1-x_{n-2}))$$
$$x_{n} = C^{2}x_{n-2}(1-x_{n-2})(1-Cx_{n-2} + Cx^{2}_{n-2})$$
Solving for equilibria we have a zero equilibrium and the roots of the polynomial:
$$C^{2} - 1 - C^{2}x - C^{3}x + C^{3}x^{2} + C^{3}x^{2} - C^{3}x^{3} $$
You can factor the known positive equilibrium $\frac{C-1}{C}$ using polynomial long division and then use the quadratic formula to get the periodic solution of period 2.
$$P_{1} = \frac{C + 1 - \sqrt{C^{2} - 2C - 3}}{2C}$$
$$P_{2} = \frac{C + 1 + \sqrt{C^{2} - 2C - 3}}{2C}$$
Which will exist whenever $C^{2} - 2C - 3 > 0$. Assuming $C > 0$ this will occur whenever $C > 3$.

A: To make your life easier, you can do the following:
In order to find the $2$-cycle, you can directly consider the following equation in $x$ [Note the denominator; you don't want the $1$-cycles]
$$\frac{f^2(x) - x}{f(x) - x} = C^2x^2 - C(C+1)x + (C+1) = 0$$
The roots will be real and unequal if the discriminant $$C^2(C+1)^2 - 4C^2(C + 1) > 0 \implies C^2(C+1)(C-3) > 0 \implies C > 3$$ since $C > 0$
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The intuition is as follows: if you calculate the second-order fixed points directly, then the first-order fixed points are also calculated. You will get a $4$th degree equation in $x$, ignore the two linear factors corresponding to the two first-order fixed points and consider the quadratic (i.e., the discriminant of the quadratic) in $x$. Here, we avoid these details and directly consider the quadratic. For more details, please see equations $15$-$23$ here


Excited that the world didn't end this weekend? Tough for you —it's still going to end in October!
Excited that the world didn't end this weekend? Tough for you—it's still going to end in October!
Reverend Harold Camping spent years of his life predicting that the Rapture would happen on May 21, 2011, and you can't expect him to give up now that the date has passed without so much as one heavenly peep, can you? So, one day after he said that he was disappointed and "looking for answers" in the wake of his continued existence, Camping is now singing a different tune: The Rapture did happen — we just missed it — but the world is still going to end in October!
We were convinced that on May 21, God would return in a very physical way by bringing in an earthquake and ushering the final five months of judgement. When we look at it spiritually, we find that he did come. [...] We're just learning we have to look at all of this more spiritually. But it won't be spiritual on October 21.


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Q: How do I determine which Mount Point and which Flags to use when creating a Partition? I don't understand why this process is so damn complicated. I used Gparted already to create 2 new partitions on a recently formatted HDD in my Lenovo ideapad 330, in which I selected them both to be primary partitions, (one ntfs and the other gpt/ext4).
Long story short, after rebooting and attempting to load and install the 'Windowsfx' distro I have, it still prompted me to create a new partition again.
I'd like to get the most out of the hard drive in my laptop, by creating 2 partitions if possible, but now that the Linuxfx Installer made me start over, I'm not sure how to create 2 separate partitions at the 'Create a Partition' screen.
In either case, using GPT, I can see that ext4 seems to be a commonly-preferred File System option. As for the so-called [ Mount Point ], I have no idea what to put (keeping in mind, that I still want 2 separate partitions, or at least some type of dual-boot option).
On top of that, there's a fairly sizable list of "Flags" of which I mostly don't understand either. After doing some research, I notice the [ root ] flag and [ swap ] flag appear to be common options to employ, but that still doesn't help me determine which of these I should really choose, or if I can even choose more than one flag (or if it even makes sense to do that).
Bottom line, I just want to be able to install two separate distros (each on it's own partition), putting 'Windowsfx' on one, and 'Kali Linux' on the other, if possible...?
I admit, I've mostly been a Windows user up to this point in time, but ever since Microsoft decided to go super-tyrannical with Win10, by killing probably one of it's most stable, albeit not perfect operating systems it likely has ever created, (Windows 7), that really was the final straw that broke the camel's back for me, not to mention all their BS telemetry and forcing the users hand to upgrade and create a MS account. Screw that and screw MS!
Anyway, I've always maintained my own system, never once, ever relying on Auto-updates from MS to update my desktop Win7, but now that even cyber-security software vendors are parting ways with support for Win7, I realize I have little choice but to find a viable alternative some time soon, if I want to stay connected. Anyway, just thought I'd provide some background on my intentions.
Any suggestions and/or basic guidance on the partition issue I mentioned above, would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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I just want to be able to install two separate distros (each on its own partition), putting 'Windowsfx' on one, and 'Kali Linux' on the other, if possible...?

Wipe the partition table. Let Windows install itself from scratch. If you have an opportunity to choose how much disk space to assign to Windows then take it. Otherwise expect it to use the whole disk, at which point you'll need to shrink the Windows data partition to give yourself space for a Linux-based distribution. Now get your distribution and install it.
I would strongly suggest that you do not start with Kali. It's a very specific distribution designed for security professionals, and as such a lot of its services and subsystems are intentionally configured in a non-standard way. Try something more user friendly such as Mint.

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REVIEW: 'Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon' change too much and too little at the same time
Andrew Wadovick
This review contains spoilers.
As someone who thoroughly enjoyed "Pokemon Sun and Moon" when they launched last year, I was eagerly anticipating the release of "Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon." Though I was not totally sure what to expect from a "remix," of sorts, I was confident I would still enjoy my time traversing through the Alola region once more.
Sadly, my confidence seems to have been misplaced.
"Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon" are essentially the "Platinum" or "Emerald" of generation seven. The games feature a similar story to their original counterparts, with a differing story spliced into the original world. Unlike Emerald and Platinum, however, "Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon" do not execute this strategy as effectively as we have seen in the past. I started the game as I did in the original "Sun and Moon." The local Professor Kukui gave me one of three starter Pokemon, Rowlet, Litten or Popplio, and after befriending my beloved Popplio, I set out on my island challenge for the second time.
Throughout my journey, hints of an impending calamity kept appearing throughout the region. Humans from another dimension entirely, the Ultra Recon Squad, keep dropping references to a being called Necrozma. Once relegated to a post-game enigma in "Sun and Moon," the Psychic-type legendary Pokemon is now an antagonist: enraged after it lost its light at the hands of Ultra Space's inhabitants, it is now on a psychotic rampage. It yearns to consume all of Alola's light instead. During the game's former climax atop a sacred mountain, in which the tiny Pokemon Cosmog evolves into a powerful legendary Pokemon (either Solgaleo or Lunala), Necrozma interrupts the scene, beating up and consuming the legendary before fleeing back to Ultra Space. The player must then pursue it and stop it from consuming Alola's light once and for all.
To begin with, it felt like I, the player, was always one step ahead of the characters. I knew Necrozma was going to be a sort of villain. Even the characters' use of "The Blinding One" in an attempt to mask its identity ultimately falls flat, as the reveal is expected; this even impacts the severity of the game's climax.
A more pressing story concern, however, is the magnitude of changes to the original story because of this. In "Sun and Moon," Lusamine, in perhaps one of the most impactful plot twists I have experienced in Pokemon, turns out to be the bad guy, having turned her son and daughter into objects in her attempts to find the Ultra Beasts once more. She deems them to be beautiful creatures, and she nearly destroyed the world by trying to summon said beasts. It was riveting, emotional and well-executed, with superb foreshadowing that is easily missable the first time around.
This time, it is revealed Lusamine did all the above because she wanted to protect the world from creatures like Necrozma. She was doing all these horrible things out of a sense of duty. This change would be fine if all the references to the original story were removed. This is not the case. Instead, all the foreshadowing surrounding her ulterior motives remain throughout the story, such as the character arc surrounding her daughter, Lillie, who escaped her mother in order to protect Cosmog. As a result, all the emotional impact of the story is shot, leaving Lusamine to almost be a good person, albeit misguided. This is not the character I enjoyed. I reveled in the first female villainous team leader, who emotionally abused her children and kept Pokemon in cryogenic stasis all in the name of grief-driven anguish. What I received is a watered-down version of this story that ultimately boiled down to a completely different and less satisfying outcome. I did not want Lusamine awake and redeeming herself in the postgame. I wanted the Lusamine who ended the game in a coma, denied a redemption arc by virtue of her own failures as a parent. The complexity of the story had been ruined.
All is not lost for "Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon," however. Team Rainbow Rocket's inclusion into the story was a superb nod to the series's origins, looking back at previous evil teams such as Hoenn's Magma and Sinnoh's Galactic, all run by the infamous Giovanni of Team Rocket. The humor was great. The battles against the team leaders were challenging thanks to the inclusion of legendary Pokemon, forcing my momentum to grind to a screeching halt as I suddenly had to stop a rain-boosted Kyogre from decimating my entire team with Hydro Pump. It was massive fun.
Unfortunately, the entire Rocket arc was relegated to the postgame. Further, the arc felt hollow and meaningless. Giovanni's mysterious commentary before disappearing seems like a hint at a continuation of this cool new story, but since the confirmation of "Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon" as the last main series Pokemon games on the 3DS, I am left yearning for what I know I cannot have.
I have explored other parts of the postgame, mainly venturing into the randomly-generated Ultra Space in search of Ultra Beasts to add to my collection, but my eventual thoughts, what I will use to summarize this review with, is "Why bother?"
I did all this a year ago. I obtained all the Ultra Beasts in "Sun and Moon," and the new additions to the roster are mere gifts in "Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon." The return of every legendary Pokemon from previous games feels pointless thanks to Pokemon Bank. Why would I spend hours trying to obtain them all in "Ultra Moon" when I own them all back in my copy of "Pokemon Y?" I already obtained all 18 Z-crystals in "Pokemon Sun." I already played this game before.
The parts of "Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon" that remain unchanged were still as good as they were a year ago, but if I wanted to play "Sun and Moon," I would. I did not pay $40 to play "Sun and Moon" again. I paid to play a reimagined Alola, akin to Sinnoh's Platinum and Hoenn's Emerald. Not enough of Alola truly changed to justify the cost for me.
Sadly, the last main series entries to the 3DS family was a disappointing farewell to the console that lasted four years of Pokemon. It is disheartening how a region with my favorite Pokemon game now also has my least favorite.
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News | April 19, 2017
NASA Image Shows Earth Between the Rings of Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view of planet Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn on April 12, 2017. Full caption
A new image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows planet Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn.
The spacecraft captured the view on April 12, 2017, at 10:41 p.m. PDT (1:41 a.m. EDT on April 13). Cassini was 870 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) away from Earth when the image was taken. Although far too small to be visible in the image, the part of Earth facing Cassini at the time was the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Earth's moon is also visible nearby in a cropped, zoomed-in version of the image.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed, developed and assembled the Cassini orbiter.
More information about the Cassini mission:
http://www.nasa.gov/cassini
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
Preston Dyches
preston.dyches@jpl.nasa.gov
This cropped, zoomed-in version of the image makes it easier to see Earth's moon -- a smaller, fainter dot to the left of our planet's bright dot. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Full Moon Over U.S. Capitol
Earth from Afar
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Home/Sports/Shohei Ohtani of the Angels now has a new sinker that increases his MVP potential.
Shohei Ohtani of the Angels now has a new sinker that increases his MVP potential.
Angels fans no doubt remember the Aug. 15 game against the Seattle Mariners that ended with a ninth inning gone awry in the most tumultuous way and went viral on social media.
That late chaos, in which the Angels gave up four unearned runs and lost, overshadowed a Shohei Ohtani start in which he unveiled a new tool in his pitching arsenal.
A sinker.
He threw it just six times; four were balls, one turned into a groundout and one resulted in a strikeout.
It was a pitch that Ohtani said he worked on in bullpen sessions and decided that game was the right time to show it off. He threw it six times on Aug. 27 in a 2-0 win against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The evolution of that pitch has been impressive. On Saturday against the Houston Astros, he threw the sinker 18 times.
The results: seven called strikes — one of which was a strikeout — seven balls, one foul, one pop out and two hits (a single by Yuli Gurriel and a double by Jose Altuve). At its fastest, Ohtani's sinker reached 100.6 mph. At its slowest, it was still 94 mph. It hovered between 97 and 99 mph.
"Felt really good about it for the most part," Ohtani explained through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara after Saturday's game. "Gave up a couple of hits, but they were pretty unlucky. I was able to locate it where I wanted it and I was able to throw a lot of it, so it was really good."
It was a measured response compared to the way interim manager Phil Nevin said Ohtani felt about it during the game.
"He said himself [to Mizuhara], 'My two-seamer is nasty today.' To me that's a difference-making pitch for even a guy that's a difference maker himself," Nevin said. "That's just him when he's in the moment.
"He's confident. When he's in a groove and he knows he's in a groove, it's like Larry Bird in basketball or Magic or Jordan. It's not trash talking. It's just he knows what he's got."
The introduction of a new pitch adds to the lore of Ohtani as an ever-improving two-way competitor. Ohtani, the unanimous American League most valuable player last year, and the New York Yankees' Aaron Judge are considered the favorites for this season's award.
Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani delivers against the Houston Astros on Saturday night.
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"To me that's a difference-making pitch for even a guy that's a difference maker himself."
— Phil Nevin, on Shohei Ohtani's two-seamer
Pitchers usually look to develop new pitches in the offseason, though it's not uncommon to try to do so during the year. Angels left-hander José Suarez added a changeup this season. Ohtani developed his cutter in the middle of last season.
The introduction of an effective sinker has surprised no one in the Angels clubhouse.
"Nothing he does surprises any of us," starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval said. "He's a unicorn. He can do whatever, however, how quick he wants to.
"It's funny, we worked out in the offseason. I think we were doing jumps or something and he always wants to know, 'What's the record? What's the record?' Because he wants to beat it. He aims to be the best at everything."
Saturday's game with the Astros went 12 innings before the Angels won 2-1 on Matt Duffy's RBI single. As a result of the late game, and with Ohtani throwing eight innings, he was given Sunday off by Nevin ahead of a 9-1 loss.
Also getting a scheduled day off, but for maintenance reasons, was infielder David Fletcher.
Lorenzen's return
Pitcher Michael Lorenzen, who has been on the injured list since the beginning of July with a right shoulder strain, will probably start Friday in Houston, according to Nevin. Ohtani is scheduled to pitch Saturday.
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Holidays and commercialism seem to go hand in hand. It's very easy to lose your perspective on the season and become just one other Christmas fanatic who spends way more than they can afford and buys gifts without even knowing why they're buying them.
The result of all this holiday frenzy is that you can end up paying off Christmas debt for the next year before you even know what hit you.
You vowed that you would not do it again this year but here you are again, looking at credit card debt that needs to be paid off, only to end up next year facing the same scenario. Why?
Because we all seem to have a propensity to spend more than we can afford, especially at the holidays.
It's estimated that 70% of people buying for Christmas do not have a budget. To have a budget friendly Christmas though, one has to actually have a budget!
Let's look at some budget friendly ideas to make your Christmas not only a happy one but a financially happy one as well!
For more ideas on how to have a budget-friendly holiday season, join me for my interview on Flora Brown's Internet radio program Color Yourself Happy - Budget Friendly Gift Ideas Make Sense.
Make a budget and start early. Start right after Christmas on your list for next year. Estimate how many gifts or dollars you will need to spend per person. Then divide that number by 11 or 12 depending on when you want the money available to spend.
Open a savings account named HOLIDAYS if you want but start setting it aside now. For more returns on your money, open an on-line savings account. You'll end up with roughly 5-6 times the amount of interest by next year that you would get from the local bank!
Think about this year's holidays and if you find them lacking, resolve to never let it happen again! In theory, the holidays should be about love and spending time together. Too often, it gets replaced by buying expensive gifts that we can't afford or buying things we think someone wants. In reality they may have been happier just spending time with us!
Analyzing why you spend the way you do at the holidays can only help give you a clearer picture of how you might want to rethink your spending habits in general.....but especially at the holidays.
Wish listing is really a good idea for everyone just because it keeps things in perspective. It takes the worry out of "Will he or she like this?" or "Is it really what they wanted?" An appropriate wish list for anyone should include high to low ticket items because it's an unfair assumption to include just high priced things on the list. You never know what someone's financial climate is at that moment and great expectations often lead to major disappointments.
As well, it's not fair to "assume" someone owes us a big gift. If they're trying to cut back on expenses or just don't feel like spending that much money that year, it's all good!
Having a wish list brings everyone around to a point where they know they can probably afford something on that list. From high to low, you'll find something that will really make someone happy.
A great place to post up a wish list for anyone who has a computer is myregistry.com. You can list anything and everything you'd like for the holidays. Again, be realistic! A horse probably is kinda outside the lines though you never know!
Think outside the traditional holiday box and plan ahead. If you've decided next year might be a great time to go on vacation instead of having a traditional Christmas, get everyone on-board right away. Don't spring it on them in November and then expect everyone to be of the same mindset.
Planning a year ahead can be a fun thing....even 6 months ahead. It needs to be a joint decision, not a one-person choice. If you're planning on involving friends or extended family, definitely let everyone decide if that's something that they can do and want to do. Then decide on a location and start planning.
Or if it's a reunion of sorts either here or there, do the same and everyone start planning for time off, activities, transportation, etc.
there are many ways to save money and at the holidays, people get a little tangled up about that. They don't mind buying a used book or CD for themselves, but they think it somehow reflects badly on them to buy one for someone else.
There are perfectly lovely almost brand new books and CD's on amazon.com. Would you be offended if the book someone bought you wasn't perfectly brand spanking new? I'll bet you might not even be able to tell! I wouldn't be upset at all because I could probably have two books instead of one!
Specify on wish lists if you prefer or don't mind slightly used this or that....or use words like "vintage." Even say specifically that you don't mind recycling and regifting.
If someone bought you a gift and it was on sale, would you whisper about how cheap they are? Certainly not! But why do we think that we're somehow going to be looked down on if WE buy a gift on sale? Isn't that what being budget minded is all about ? Getting more for less?
The holidays can just flat out be overwhelming sometimes. There is too much to do and too little time to do it....and often too little money. What is with all the "must do's?" We've forgotten I think that the season is supposed to be about love, sharing, caring and spending quality time with each other.
Send Christmas e-cards, Christmas postcards, or get cards made at Costco (14.99 for 50 with envelopes and 4 calendars). Use digital pictures and share a bit of yourself.
Trim down the list for teacher gifts, hairdressers, neighbors and friends.
Give something of yourself like homemade cinnamon rolls, a basket of teas and coffees or homemade candies.
Consider giving less expensive gift cards for coffees, books or video rentals. You'll keep the prices down and also you'll know exactly how much you spent!
Do a potluck dinner for Christmas or New Year's. It cuts your costs way down. Always make it BYOB to really save money.
Have a gift exchange or a Secret Santa. Everyone's responsible for ONE gift rather than many.
Do this with family and instead of buying multiple cheaper gifts, everyone buy one for a certain dollar amount and get a quality gift...yet everyone is still saving money.
In short, there are many things we all can do to have a budget friendly Christmas while still remembering what the season is all about.
In fact, we can apply these principles to other holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and weddings.
Sometimes less is definitely more. Giving something someone can definitely use or that they really want is the most important part of giving.
Even giving the gift of time, a homemade dinner for two.....or a gift of yourself such as a full day of housecleaning is a tremendous gift. It might be just the thing for someone who doesn't have much or is going through a bad time.
Buying them a service or a flashy gift might tip their scale of pride so giving them the gift of "you" can turn embarrassing to cherishing.
Plan ahead and even scout out sales during the year. If you know someone is into certain things, try and pick items up a few months ahead of time.
Or just buy gift cards here and there....set them aside for your Christmas stash. You can't go wrong with gift cards because that way, you can never go over your limit!
With a little ingenuity, we can all save at Christmas and along the way hopefully get back to the true meaning of the season in terms of giving and caring.
If you have more tips and tricks on how to keep the holidays budget friendly, please leave me your comments below!
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Big Serious - That's a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Steph - I hear you - it's crazy just thinking about it being over with a few weeks ago....but I like to always plan ahead so hopefully I can follow ALL of my own advice though I'm pretty good about it. It just always sneaks up on me somehow.
Great suggestions! I also recently read the suggestion to have at least two no-spending holidays (barring necessities, like food, gas, haircuts, etc.) and the balance you've saved to be put aside in a holidays account.


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India vs Australia 2020-21
AUS 374/6 (50 ov)
INDIA 308/8 (50 ov)
Australia won by 66 runs.
Australia vs India live score
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
AUS 289/10 (49.3 ov)
India won by 13 runs.
India vs Australia live score
India won by 11 runs
Tour Match
IND-A 247/9 & 189/9
AUS-A 306/9 & 52/1
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2nd T20I
INDIA 195/4 (19.4 ov)
India won by 6 wickets
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Australia A vs India live score
INDIA 244/10 & 36/9
AUS 191/10 & 93/2
AUS 195/10 & 200/10
AUS 338/10 & 312/6
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4th Test
IND 336/10 (111.4 ov) & *24/1 (9.4 ov)
India need 304 runs to win.
Series Details
India vs Australia 2020-21 Home Schedule Teams & Squads Head to Head Tickets
Two of the cricketing supergiants would stand face to face when India will set out to tour Australia in November 2020. It is a long tour and all three formats of the game: T20, One day Internationals as well as Tests will be covered. In fact the four-match AUS vs IND Test series which will be played in this tour is going to be a part of the ongoing World Test Championship schedule.
India and Australia have been rivals for quite a long time now. Although the current Indian cricket team has been enjoying the upper hand recently, it is the Australian team which has been more dominant in the past.
Format Played Won by India Won by Australia Tied Drawn No Result
Test 98 28 42 1 27 0
ODI 140 52 78 0 0 10
T20I 20 11 8 0 0 1
Check out the complete India tour of Australia schedule here.
In the India tour of Australia 2020, both the teams would be competing across all the three formats of the game. The tour will begin with a three-match ODI series between India and Australia on November 27th, 2020 and continue till December 2nd, 2020. After the One-day series we will see a brief one day gap, before the AUS vs IND 2020 action resumes with the T20I series.
The three-match T20I series will commence with the first T20I being played in Canberra on December 4th. The opener twenty-twenty match will be followed by the second match of the series in Sydney on December 6th. The last T20I match will be played on December 8th in Sydney.
Following the T20 series, Australia vs India matches will move into the Test format. Before the beginning of the four-match series, India A and Australia A will first play two practice matches. The four Test matches would be played on December 17th-December 21st in Adelaide, December 26th-December 30th in Melbourne, January 7th-January 11th in Sydney and the final test on January 15th-January 19th in Brisbane.
You can refer to the list below to learn about the broadcasting details for AUS vs IND 2020 in your region.
Region TV Channel
India & Subcontinent Star Sports, DD National (DD1), DD Sports
New Zealand SKY Sport NZ
UK Sky Sports Cricket
South Africa SuperSport
Canada ATN Cricket Plus (Asian Television Network), CBN
USA Willow TV, Hotstar
Malaysia Astro Cricket HD
MENA OSN Sports Cricket HD
Bangladesh Gazi TV (GTV)
Digital Steaming Partners: Hotstar, Sky Go, Now TV
The matches will be played in five venues with Sydney hosting the maximum number of games-7. The other venues are Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne will host only a single Test match each.
Venue Total Games ODIs T20Is Tests Practice Games
Sydney 7 2 2 1 2
Canberra 2 1 1 0 0
Brisbane 1 0 0 1 0
Melbourne 1 0 0 1 0
Adelaide 1 0 0 1 0
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#2 David Warner
David Warner is one of the most fearless batsmen in the Australian squad. The opener has proved to be an asset for the Australians in all formats of the game. If Warner finds his touch, he can single-handedly decimate the opponent team. Being one of the senior players, a lot would be resting on Warner's shoulders.
#3 Jasprit Bumrah
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Aaron Finch is one of the biggest names in Australian cricket at the moment. However his current form doesn't look good for Australia. Finch has had quite a few disappointing performances in the IPL 2020 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. His form is going to be crucial for the Australian team if they want to defeat the Indian team.
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The African Leaders 4 Change Awards were held yesterday at the Time Square Sun Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.
Our very own Zari Hassan and Mathew Knowles, father of Beyonce (Bey) and founder of Music World Entertainment that launched the careers of Destiny's Child, an American girl group that comprised of Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
The music mogul together with business woman, Zari Hassan, were hosting the charity awards that are held to identify, recognize and reward those organizations doing exceptional work in all areas of philanthropy activities.
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The world beneath the ocean surface has yet to have been properly explored. This is something Chalmers professor Robin Teigland wants to change in connection with the Ocean Data Factory project. What first started as an idea to create Sweden's first marine research database has now been developed into a data factory to support and develop innovation in the marine environment.
The sea covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface, and humans have only explored 5% of it. In their recently launched Ocean Data Factory project Robin Teigland of Chalmers University of Technology and Torsten Linders of the University of Gothenburg are starting Sweden's first marine database, focusing on innovation.
"We don't just want access to sea data; we also want to provide an opportunity to convert it into innovation."
Robin Teigland, Chalmers
In a conversation with Torsten Linders of the University of Gothenburg, Robin Teigland talked about the importance of marine innovation - and the major challenges of accessing the data required for innovation to grow.
"The sea is the next big thing – the Blue Economy. This is a growing economic area, and there is too little understanding in Sweden of the options available out there. This is true both of research and of the projects the government, for example, decides to fund," says Robin.
Several types of marine databases have been created, mainly in countries bordering the sea, such as the US, Norway, and Canada - but not Sweden. A reason that initially drove Torsten and Robin to launch this project.
"We want to encourage the development of tools that help transform data into innovation. So, this isn't just a database or a portal where you can find information, like in other countries. It's a factory where you can transform data into innovation," says Robin.
She underlines the irony of us knowing more about Mars than about the seas and oceans on Earth. However, she sees great potential in the fact that marine development and innovation have begun to enter our daily lives more and more. And that it is essential today to consider the critical condition of the sea. She also believes there are many potential applications. For example, the ocean could be a major resource for energy, food production, and marine development.
"We don't know what's out there. What species there are, how they interact with each other, how they affect humans or how they are affected by climate change. Imagine if there's a cure for cancer or a major energy source down there? There is great potential."
"Marine data is increasingly benefiting in various sectors, such as transport, aquaculture, healthcare, and energy. How can we contribute to sustainable marine development?"
"We know very little about the sea.
We know more about Mars than about the sea."
Via the database, they hope to gain access to various types of data. Primarily data on the health of the sea. Before we know what we need to measure, Robin says that we first need to know what problem needs to be solved.
"Monitoring the health of the sea is an extremely interesting field. That's why we've made it our first user case in which we'll investigate what we need to measure to obtain the data. pH value, temperature, level? First, we need to establish the problem. This is why we'll be working with partners such as the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management."
Robin Teigland and Torsten Linders.
Photo: Malin Tvedt
From open data to innovation factory
It started with a workshop on open data from the sea. Planning immediately began to create a joint platform for sharing expertise. Torsten explains that he and Robert Rylander (RISE) had already made some progress on planning the project and had built on previous and ongoing projects in the field of marine innovation. When he met Robin at a workshop, he saw the opportunity for collaboration.
"I realised that she would give the project an additional boost. Robin enhances our profile in innovation and digitalization and has consistently been involved with sustainability, particularly in marine networks," says Torsten Linders.
Both Robin and Torsten stress that there are various portals worldwide that can contribute to marine data. However, Torsten believes the biggest challenge is the lack of expertise on how to use the data. The more research uses data that already exists, the more it becomes clear what is missing.
"Enhanced, innovative use of existing data will contribute to the collection of more data. And if we can increase the use of data that already exists, we can justify the collection of new data," says Torsten.
Robin also emphasises that much of the project is about cross-border collaboration and says that it will allow Sweden to take the lead in terms of marine innovation.
"If you are based in Sweden as a researcher, you're mainly looking for access to a Swedish portal that can help you move forward. International portals don't offer Swedish data from sources such as SMHI or the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. This data is local and unique here, and it is important for Swedish innovation."
A future of blue innovation
According to Torsten Linders, the principal goal of the data factory is to generate learning about the use of marine data.
"Sustainable management of the marine environment requires knowledge at a level that we currently lack. And what limits us is access to actual measurements from the sea. More resources are not enough. Only innovation can achieve this."
"We have achieved so much on land, but the sea is
the unexplored frontier"
Robin Teigland is excited about all the innovations she hopes the project will generate. She also hopes that it will put not only Chalmers but Sweden on the marine innovation map. At the same time, she wants development to take place more sustainably.
"Sustainability is incredibly important to me. It is essential to all aspects of the project. We have achieved so much on land, but the sea is the unexplored frontier. We have only just been able to start exploring it. We lacked the tools, the connection or even the interest previously - now that these are in place, we have infinite possibilities."
Text: Hiba Fawaz
Collecting and securing data
To ensure as wide a range of data collection as possible, the plan is to use three different data sources. Firstly, open sources such as data from environmental monitoring and data from satellites via bodies such as SMHI (the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute). Secondly, the project's partners. Chalmers and GU have decided to work with various bodies such as RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, SND (the Swedish National Data Service) and many more.
The last data source will be the data created during the project. This data will be generated partly by processing existing data for AI solutions and, to some extent, from the project's measurements. Robin Teigland hopes to work with a company that has developed smart surfboards that measure marine data while you surf. This would offer the opportunity to create a tool that analyses the volume of microplastics in a certain area of the sea. Today, the tests have to be conducted on land, which means we don't know how they would be affected. Robin stresses how important data would be in such a situation, and to make it possible to create such a tool.
Read more about the project
Ocean Data Factory Sweden is managed by professor Robin Teigland from Chalmers University of Technology. The project coordinator is Torsten Linders at Gothenburg University.
The project started in July 2019 and is planned to be an arena for building expertise and for innovation in the marine environment.
ODF Sweden is part of Vinnova's investment in data labs to accelerate AI developments.
For more information about the project and participating partners, go to www.oceandatafactory.se or https://scootech.se/odf/
Published: Fri 22 Nov 2019.


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What deli was in When Harry Met Sally?
Visit Katz's Delicatessen, Home of the Famous Scene in "When Harry Met Sally" When it's safe to travel again, you should definitely consider a trip to Katz's Delicatessen in New York City if you'd like to try one of the best pastrami on rye sandwiches you'll ever have.
Who said ill have what shes having in When Harry Met Sally?
The scene's punchline — "I'll have what she's having," uttered by Estelle Reiner, mother of the film's director, Rob Reiner — ranks 33rd on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest movie quotes of all time.
Where was When Harry Met Sally shot?
When Harry Met Sally was filmed in Chicago, Illinois and New York City, New York, USA. Additional filming took place at Hollywood Center Studios and Silvercup Studios. Katz's Delicatessen, NY, USA.
Where were Harry and Sally driving to when they first met in When Harry Met Sally?
It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of chance encounters in New York City.
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What is the oldest deli in NYC?
Katz's Delicatessen in the Lower East Side of Manhattan opened in 1888 and is New York's oldest deli.
Where did Harry Sally eat?
Katz's Delicatessen Will Celebrate 'When Harry Met Sally's' Thirty-Year Anniversary. Katz Delicatessen on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Was Billy Crystal's mom in When Harry Met Sally?
Reiner's most enduring film role was in 1989's When Harry Met Sally, in which director Rob Reiner cast his mother as a customer in a scene with stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan at Katz's Delicatessen, in which Ryan fakes what was described as "a very public (and very persuasive) orgasm".
How did When Harry Met Sally end?
He comes over to comfort her, and they end up having sex. Not sure how to handle the situation, Harry and Sally grow apart. At Jesse and Marie's wedding they have a fight, but later, at a New Year's Eve party, Harry comes over and tells Sally that he loves her. They kiss and later get married.
Is there a sequel to When Harry Met Sally?
NEW YORK – Billy Crystal's "When Harry Met Sally" has finally gotten a sequel in a new Web video that mixes in a bit of "Twilight." Crystal debuted his first video for the comedy website FunnyOrDie.com on Wednesday. In it, he and director Rob Reiner pitch a sequel to the 1989 film.
Where was you've got mail filmed in NYC?
All the filming for You've Got Mail took place on the Upper West Side of New York City. In the movie Meg Ryan's character, Kathleen Kelly, lives in the center brownstone (one with window boxes and plant) located at 328 West 89th Street, Manhattan.
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When did Harry Met Sally come out?
July 21, 1989 (USA)
What is Meg Ryan doing now?
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Calorie counts don't dissuade most diners
Michael Cabanatuan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Despite her very Berkeley name, and a new state law that requires chain restaurants to fess up about the caloric and fat load in their food, Rabbit wasn't nibbling on carrots and lettuce Wednesday.
She was waiting in line at McDonald's in downtown Berkeley to order her favorite meal out: a Southern Style Crispy Chicken sandwich and a hazelnut-flavored iced coffee.
"We should have the right to know how many calories are in the food we're eating," said Rabbit, 44, who goes by just that name and subsists on state disability payments. "But sometimes you just want junk food, you know?"
As of Wednesday, Californians who dine at chain restaurants - those with more than 20 locations in the state - do have the right to know just how junky, or healthy, their food may be. Chain restaurants are required by state law to post charts in plain view or to hand out brochures listing the calories, fat content and other nutritional values of what's on the menu.
The new law was written by state Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, with the goal of providing diners "reliable, accessible nutrition information that will help them make more informed, healthier choices."
At all but one of five chain restaurants visited by The Chronicle on Wednesday, posters were posted or brochures were available. But that didn't mean everyone was looking at them - or basing their dining decisions on them if they happened to check.
Rabbit's meal, for instance, totaled 730 calories - 400 for the sandwich and 330 for the drink. The number of calories a person needs varies, but nutritional labels on food products are based on a 2,000-calorie daily diet.
A visitor to McDonald's could do far worse than what Rabbit ordered, according to the chart posted to the left of the counter, over a garbage can.
Calorie leaders
A triple-thick chocolate milkshake is the caloric champion with 1,160 big ones. Close behind is the deluxe breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage patty, biscuit, hash browns and three pancakes, weighing in at 1,090 calories. And that's without any margarine or syrup.
Jane Mah, 59, of Berkeley stopped to look at the nutritional values on the McCafe coffee drinks, some topped with whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate or caramel. The calorie counts in the 300 to 400 range persuaded her to stick with regular coffee.
"I take it into consideration when I buy food," she said of the nutritional postings on packaged food products, "and it will definitely affect how I make my decisions (when dining)."
At a Subway sandwich store in Albany, clerk Anil Shrestha said health-conscious customers definitely peruse the nutritional values list posted by the counter.
"People here seem very conscious of their health," she said. "Sometimes it seems to affect what they order, but it doesn't seem to affect business."
Lighter choices
The most popular sandwich, she said, is the turkey breast, listed at 290 calories, not counting the mayo. The sweet onion teriyaki chicken, at 380, is first runner-up.
In San Francisco, the Denny's on Mission Street had not posted a nutritional chart. The manager, Javier Martinez, said he was waiting on corporate headquarters to approve and send a large chart to be posted near the cash register.
Until then, customers who want the information will be shown a list, Martinez said. But he doesn't expect a great demand for it - people almost never ask now, he said.
And Martinez doesn't expect the nutritional listings to dissuade many people from ordering a double cheeseburger - at 1,540 calories - if that's what they really want.
"Some people want to be healthy and check everything they eat," he said. "But a lot are like me. I'm at the bottom of the nutritional pyramid. I eat everything they put in front of me."
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Michael Cabanatuan is a general assignment, breaking news reporter.
He previously covered all things transportation for the San Francisco Chronicle - from BART strikes, acrobatic bridge construction and dark dirty tunnel excavations to the surging ridership on public transportation and the increasing conflict as cars, bikes and pedestrians struggle to coexist on the streets. He's ridden high-speed trains in Japan, walked in BART's Transbay Tube and driven to King City at 55 mph to test fuel efficiency.
He joined The Chronicle as a suburban reporter and deputy bureau chief in Contra Costa County, and has also covered the general assignment beat. In addition to transportation, Michael covers a variety of Bay Area news, including breaking news events. He's been tear-gassed covering demonstrations in Oakland and exposed to nude protesters in the Castro District.


Geordie Mackay-Lewis (left) and Jimmy Carroll (right), the founders of Pelorus.
Ex-British Army Captains Geordie Mackay-Lewis and Jimmy Carroll are the cofounders of Pelorus, a company which plans travel experiences for the super-rich.
The company specialises in three categories: Private Adventures, Yacht Expeditions, and Special Projects.
The trips are unique and range from a £40,000 ($52,000) Angola tribe experience to an espionage mission with counter-terrorism experts.
Pelorus recently launched a 10-day "Top Gear" style experience in Patagonia, complete with envelopes containing challenges, which costs £50,000 ($65,000).
During their time as Captains in the British Army, Geordie Mackay-Lewis and Jimmy Carroll led desert patrols and helicopter operations for soldiers.
Now, they plan rainforest camp parties, desert treasure hunts, and Top Gear-inspired expeditions for the super-rich.
The pair, both of whom were in reconnaissance regiments, met while on an operation in Afghanistan.
After serving, they went their separate ways - Mackay-Lewis becoming COO for an electronics company across Europe before moving to a post as Managing Director of high-end travel company.
Meanwhile, Carroll was appointed expedition manager for a medical research expedition conducted on Mount Everest, called XTreme Everest 2. He then moved on to become global tour manager for football club Manchester United.
"I had a slightly more eclectic career," he told Business Insider, adding that his time with Man U involved "doing commercial deals and delivery around the world."
"Prior to leaving I delivered the tour in the US," he said. "It was a different side of things working with a global brand and travel at a high level - it was very demanding."
At the same time, Mackay-Lewis was realising that there were plenty of opportunities in the world of high net worth travel.
"I was looking at what other companies were doing, and it was a no brainer that there was so much not being created," he said.
When the pair met again, Carroll was heading up marketing and communications for superyacht, private jet, and architecture design studio Winch Design in London.
"Having not seen each other since Army days, we bumped into each other in Amsterdam at a global superyacht forum," Carroll said. "Our imaginations [started] kicking off."
Together, they had experience both designing and leading superyacht expeditions around the world.
However, according to Mackay-Lewis, they thought: "Nobody is even taking them to where they should go." He said a lot of the world "wasn't being looked at" - so they wanted to create an organisation where they became "experts in the rest of the world outside the Caribbean/Mediterranean."
Named after a tool used to maintain the bearing of a sea vessel, they launched Pelorus in November 2017. The company plans travel experiences - such as skiing, fishing, hiking, surfing, or even tribal immersion - for individuals, families, or corporate groups using a global network of local experts, including scientists, archaeologists, marine biologists, and conservationists.
Both men are mountain leaders and advanced divers themselves, as well as fellows of the Royal Geographic Society, while Mackay-Lewis is also a paragliding pilot and skydiver.
Private Adventures are experience-led trips and involve "looking at the world in a different way," according to Mackay-Lewis, who added that Pelorus works with people from outside the travel industry - such as government agencies, conversation groups, and even BBC Natural History - to "enable us to be creative and make sure everything we offer is different from the travel sector."
The adventures can involve skiing, fishing, diving, safari, surfing, mountains, islands, and the desert, just to name a few.
One is a £40,000 ($52,000) Angola tribe experience, where you "come face to face with a handful of different tribes who have different heritage and traditions," according to Mackay-Lewis.
Taking a helicopter, travellers can visit a tribe who were formerly cannibals until the 80s.
"It's not for everyone, but it's still incredibly exciting," he said.
Meanwhile, Yacht Expeditions focus on going further afield and "developing new destinations for yachts around the world."
"Working with owners, captains, brokers, shipyards, ice pilots, marine biologists, and guides, PELORUS is able to discover uninhabited islands, hidden beaches, rarely-contacted tribes and incredible diving spots," according to a company statement.
This can mean a three-month cruising plan around South America, including trips to the Galapagos Islands to work with conservation groups or a visit to the jungle in Papa New Guinea, where "few people can operate safely and securely," for a cost of around £70,000 ($91,000).
Finally, Special Projects are "production and events experiences" for clients where nothing is off-limits, according to Mackay-Lewis, and can involve anything from conservation projects to military experiences or espionage missions with counter-terrorism experts.
"We're doing a Top Gear experience for private clients in Patagionia for 10 days," he said, adding that it targets "Land Rover enthusiasts" and costs around £50,000 ($65,000).
"Someone is giving them a brown envelope with a challenge each day," he said. At one point, a helicopter takes them to a glacier where they have lunch, spend the night, then paraglide to their vehicles that have been moved to another area.
Other experiences have involved a group being picked up in Israel and having a "massive dessert party" in Jordan over a long weekend, or a treasure hunt across the Namibian desert involving camels, quad bikes, planes, and "a host of support staff to make it a reality."
"The planning was hellish, but the clients had an incredible time," according to Mackay-Lewis.
Carroll added that they're also involved with long-term planning - such as planning an experience to take a client's seven-year-old son through to his 18th birthday with a different experience every year, "built around what he's learning in school."
So what does an experience like this cost?
According to the company, a trip that lasts between six and 12 days can range between £25,000 ($33,000) and £70,000 ($91,000).
"We are looking predominantly at the high net worth and ultra high net worth market," Carroll said. "What we've seen traditionally is the older demographic of clients and baby boomers who have wealth behind them, either inherited or from a productive career, have the most time available for travel.
"We're rapidly seeing that moving down. [They are] sharing wealth amongst the family and want to do family trips and take younger generations away."
These family trips, though, involve seeing polar bears and the Northern Lights in Svalbard, off-roading in Patagonia, heli-skiing in Alaska, or cruising around the Philippines.
Carroll added that while the UK has been at the forefront of this shift, they're also seeing clients from "across Europe, America, the Far East and Russia," as well as China.
He added that there's now a "different style of traveller" who wants to "get away from buying tangible assets and wants to buy experiences."
According to Carroll, Pelorus also gives something back, both through support work with the likes of the Blue Marine Foundation and World Land Trust, and by giving a percentage of their profits to each foundation.
"People want to go out and not just see, but have a hands-on experience as well," he said. "Charities facilitate that."
According to the company, no two Pelorus trips are ever the same - and the duo pride themselves on "challenging the traditional travel and yachting sectors and giving deeper access to many of the world's hidden secrets."
Carroll said: "We had a clear vision when we set out - taking people around the world to see the most incredible things."


I love any reason to have a good party, and the holidays are a perfect reason. This Christmas I hosted an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, and I totally didn't come a lot out-of-pocket to make it happen. Sure I totally could have went to the store and searched for the perfect ugliest Christmas sweater that I could find, but I am a bit of a cheapskate, like extremely. I can't see myself buying a hideous sweater that I am only going to wear once. When I go hard I go hard. My creation must not only be ugly, but tacky too. So going out and about in this sweater during the holiday season is not something that I plan on doing.
Besides creating something cheap, I'm also strapped for time. I recently started a new job and getting acquainted with the new schedule has altered my typical down time that I use to create, bake and travel (which you've probably noticed as I have been MIA for the past couple weeks). It's all good though, I'm figuring out how to make time for all the things that I need and want to do, so soon I will be consistent again. With all that being said, I created my son's sweater and mine the morning of our party. It took a couple of hours, some thrift store finds, felt and some Dollar Tree decorations, but I feel totally pleased with my creations.
Here are my sweater and my son's that I snagged from the thrift store, plus all the decorations.
I thought it was a perfect amount of gruesome awesomeness. Of course I changed it up a bit, to make it my own. I just eyeballed the shape of the reindeer and drew it out on a piece of felt with a sharpie before cutting it out.
I am very pleased with my remix of the image I found online. It's peeerfect for any boy and my guy won the grand prize (a Chick-fil-a gift card).
The lights battery packs are in the felt trunk. You know, in case you were wondering.
Stay tuned as I post about throwing a quick and easy Ugly Christmas Sweater Party on a budget!


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By Samantha Burgos on November 15, 2019
An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 sodium bulbs in the city have already been converted to light-emitting diode (LED) lights as of last year.
Councilor Louie John Bonguyan, chairperson of the committee on energy, said that streetlights in San Pedro and C.M. Recto, as well as in Francis Bangoy International Airport, have already been changed into LED lights.
"We have put LED streetlights in some barangays, but not all. Like in Paquibato District, there are some areas there that have no streetlights still," he said.
With the use of LED lights, the city can save as much as 40% to 60% on the usual electricity bill.
The LED lights are said to consume only 40 to 80 percent less electricity compared to standard high-pressure sodium lights. It also offers excellent visibility and color accuracy.
Mayor Sara Duterte, during an interview in 2017, said that it is ideal to phase out sodium lights because they are inefficient and expensive. She also ordered the conversion of all streetlights in the city during her State of the City Address (SOCA) in 2018.
Bonguyan also said that the project, which started last year, has a timeline of three to five years. It aims to put a total of 36,000 pieces of streetlights in the city.
"If there are busted bulbs in the streetlights of the city, we automatically changed it into LED lights," he added.
The city is paying around P18 Million per month for the electric consumption of streetlights alone.
"The committee on finance have allocated P200 million per year budget for the electricity of these streetlights. LED streetlights can lessen our electricity bill," he said. "Now, the city government is paying only P18 to P20 million worth of the electricity bill to DLPC."
He also said that the Davao Light and Power Company will sustain the project that will cost P400 million to P500 million.
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Also participating in the funding are 8VC, Emergence Capital, Omidyar Technology Ventures, Chicago Ventures and Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
Chicago-based project44 provides digital links among shippers, carriers and third-party logistics companies. It seeks to automate six parts of the shipping process: pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, delivery documentation and payment.
The company reports its North American coverage includes truckload, less-than-truckload and volume LTL in addition to rail and parcel shipments. Customers include GE Transportation, Echo Global Logistics, Worldwide Express, Schneider Logistics and GlobalTranz.
After the funding round, project44 announced it would move into a 40,000-square-foot space in Chicago's Merchandise Mart building with plans to hire 200 new staff by November 2019.


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Research companies are getting large investments, but are they hiring?
Last week, TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Malvern, said it raised $32 million in its latest financing, which was led by Clarus Ventures L.L.C., of Cambridge, Mass.
Other investors included Amgen Ventures , of San Diego; Hatteras Venture Partners, of Durham, N.C.; HealthCare Ventures L.L.C., of Princeton; Latterell Venture Partners , of San Francisco; Novitas Capital, of Wayne; Quaker BioVentures , of West Philadelphia; and the Vertical Group, of Summit, N.J.
Also this month, Gemin X Pharmaceuticals Inc. raised $8 million from its existing institutional investors, led by Caxton Advantage Life Sciences Fund L.P., of New York, and Sanderling Venture Partners , of San Mateo, Calif. That round of investment comes less than four months after Gemin X attracted $16 million.
Is this part of a larger trend that companies are still unwilling to hire as a whole; instead choosing to hold onto cash and do more with less. Many analysts say this trend won't change until at least mid-2011.
The latest Survey of Professional Forecasters by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia had economists offering a weaker view of the U.S. economy than they did three months ago. No surprise there.
They revised downward the growth in jobs over the next four quarters with nonfarm payroll employment rising at a rate of 8,000 jobs per month during the summer and 114,100 per month during the fall. But when they calculated an annual average level for 2010, the result is job losses running at a monthly rate of 45,200.
Next year would bring job gains of 143,800 per month on average, they say. Though that sounds better, it's still below the 200,000 level that economists say is the minimum needed to begin to reduce the unemployment rate, which was 9.5 percent in July.


Here is a link to a silly bot that thinks it's God.
God: Sure I know. But I cannot tell you right now.
God: A lot of people spell HMMM with three mmm's.
God: I couldn't think of anything else to say.
God: My botmaster is not a perfect speller.
Me: I guess that means you're not infallible.
God: I get it. That's only your opinion.
Me: What should I pray for?
God: Are you asking me for advice?
God: Specifically, what kind of advice do you want?
Me: Where should I apply for jobs?
God: Wherever you think is best.
Me: Thanks. That helps a lot.
Here's a problem for most forms of presentism - on most versions, there's no good answer to the question of why this time is the present one. That is, why does the stuff at this time (and in its current arrangement) exist rather than that of some other? Why isn't some other time the present one?
What I find puzzling here is the fact that Ian thinks this is a problem for presentism. After all, for the presentist the present time is the only time there is - the past is no more and the future is not yet. So to ask "why is this time the present?" sounds to a presentist's ears like asking "why is the present the present?" Not a very interesting question.
What I think Ian has in mind is a somewhat different question: "Why does the present have the configuration it now does?" The obvious answer is to say that the present configuration of the world is as it is because it developed from an earlier configuration in accordance with the causal powers, dispositions, choices, etc. that were in effect at that earlier state.
Here's an analogy. Imagine a world with the same physical laws as ours in which there is only a single homogeneous lump of radioactive material that God has just created ex nihilo. According to physics, the atoms composing this lump have a certain disposition to undergo radioactive decay. The strength of this disposition is reflected in the radioactive half-life of the substance. The lump will also have a disposition to emit photons due to a phenomenon known as black-body radiation. Finally, the atoms of the substance and the electrons on those atoms have kinetic energy, which depends on velocity, which is an instantaneous directional tendency to be elsewhere. Now, given the inherent dynamic tendencies in the lump, it will not, indeed cannot, remain in its initial state. But the moment something, anything happens - decay, photon emission, electron motion, etc. we no longer have the same configuration. The radioactive lump system, due to its own internal tendencies and causal powers, has changed from one configuration to another. And with change comes time. At each moment in the evolution of the system it is in a different state. Each state is the consequence of previous states. And, unlike what B-theorists seem to think, there is no need for previous states to "stick around" as static parts of a tenseless block universe.
In my experience, I've found that many people, philosophers included, are held captive by a certain conceptual metaphor when it comes to thinking about time. The metaphor is that of the "timeline". According to this metaphor, time is "stretched out" along a dimension and consists of multiple events ordered by temporal relations like "earlier than" and "later than". It's a familiar picture from history books. But it's a picture that presentists (with the partial exception of ersatzist presentists like Bourne and Crisp) thoroughly repudiate. For presentists, time is not a line. It does not consist in "earlier than" relations between events. It consists, rather, in the intrinsic dynamism of reality, especially the tendencies of things to become other than they now are. Ian may find that picture "spooky". So be it. I'm inclined to say the same about his block universe. We may just have to agree to disagree on this issue.
First, the position I want to argue against is essential divine timelessness - the idea that, of necessity, God cannot change in any respect or stand in any temporal relations.
God is able to exercise providence.
God's exercising providence entails the making of choices on God's part.
A choice is an essentially temporal event.
God is not essentially timeless.
(1) is accepted by (nearly) all theists. What theist wants to deny that God is able to exercise providence, that is, to decide whether to create, what kind of world to create, whether and when to intervene in that world, and so forth?
(2) is accepted by (nearly) all theists. For example, when Calvinists speak of 'election' and divine 'decrees' they are speaking about God's choices. When Jews speak of themselves as the 'chosen' people, that means chosen by God. Examples could be multiplied, but you get the point.
(3) seems to be a conceptual truth. To make a choice one must, first, have a range of two or more available options (I can do either A or B or ...) and, second, narrow down that range to one (say, A). These two stages of choice give us a 'before' and 'after', a real change or transition from one to the other. Hence, choices are essentially temporal events.
If this is right, then while the proponent of essential divine timelessness can say that God eternally 'wills' A, he cannot literally and consistently hold that God 'chooses' A. This conflicts with divine freedom. An essentially timeless God can no more exercise providence or 'elect' someone unto salvation than a rock can 'choose' to stay where it's at.


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La eszopiclona (S)-6-(5-Clor-2-piridil)- 6,7-dihidro-7-oxo-5H-pirrolo[3,4-b]pirazin- 5-il-4-metil-1-piperazincarboxilato es el enantiómero S (+) activo de la zopiclona. Es un hipnótico no benzodiazepina. Posee dos enantiómeros S y R, siendo el primero hipnótico (no benzodiacepínico de vida corta).

Ejerce sus efectos de estimulación del sueño al intensificar la función del receptor GABAa en el sitio de unión de benzodiazepina.

Farmacocinética
 Se absorbe rápidamente después de
ser ingerido.
 Su biodisponibilidad es en promedio del 80%.
 Tiene una distribución amplia en todo el cuerpo.
 Su unión a proteínas plasmáticas es del 50% a 60%.
 Posee una semivida (t ½)  de aproximadamente 6 horas.
 Es metabolizado por la enzima hepática citocromo P450 CYP3A4 y 2E1.

Aplicación terapéutica
Se utiliza para el tratamiento a largo plazo del insomnio y para conservar el sueño. Se administra a personas que tienen dificultad para conciliar el sueño y también para las que muestran problemas para permanecer dormidas.

Demostró eficacia  para tratar el insomnio transitorio y crónico.

Nombres comerciales
Valnoc

Efectos adversos
No se observa tolerancia ni signos de abstención grave (convulsiones o insomnio de rebote) que surja al interrumpir el uso del medicamento. Sin embargo, pueden surgir efectos de abstinencia leve que consisten en sueños anormales, ansiedad, náusea y molestias epigástricas (frecuencia: <2%). También puede producir boca seca.

Controlled Substances Act - CSA
La eszpiclona es fármaco dentro del inciso IV de sustancias controladas en Estados Unidos.

Desde 2005 está disponible en el mercado estadounidense con el nombre de Lunesta.

Enlaces externos
 National Institute of Health – Medline Plus – (Eszopiclone)
 Eszopiclone labeling text (PDF)
 Sepracor.com
 Lunesta.com

Referencias

Código ATC N
Depresores
Hipnóticos sedantes benzodiacepínicos

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Love story: After 69 years together, they passed away two hours apart
Ted and Anabel Mintz, shown at her senior prom at Hoover High School in 1947, became inseparable and did everything together.
(Courtesy photo)
By Diane BellColumnist
Jan. 9, 2020 5 AM PT
A San Diego couple who had been virtually inseparable over 69 years of marriage recently died in their home within two hours of each other.
So close were Ted and Anabel Mintz that a friend commented it was almost as if "and Anabel" was Ted's last name because they went everywhere together and were introduced in tandem.
Their relationship has been described as a real life romance akin to Nicholas Sparks' tale of undying love in his novel and movie, "The Notebook."
Anabel Rassin met Ted Mintz at a Congregation Beth Israel youth league dance in 1946 when she was 16.
She soon decided this was the man she wanted to marry, and four years later she did just that. She was 19 and Ted was 21 when they exchanged vows at the same Beth Israel synagogue where they met, in San Diego's Bankers Hill. When they passed away on Jan. 3, she was 89 and he was 91.
Ted had suffered two major heart attacks in recent years and was plagued by heart problems. Anabel was sidelined by end-stage kidney disease and had refused her doctor's suggestion that she start dialysis last November.
Their only child, Robbi Mintz Campbell, said when they informed their dad of his wife's deteriorating condition, "he started sliding downhill over the next several days." She is convinced he had held on "because he didn't want to leave Mom alone."
Ted passed away of congestive heart failure at 2:28 p.m. on Jan. 3 in the couple's downtown high-rise condo. Anabel, who had lapsed into unconsciousness, slipped away just two hours later, unaware that her life partner had died. Or was she?
Campbell, and other family members, knowing the end was near, had gathered by Ted and Anabel's side. On Jan. 5, their joint memorial service was at the relocated Beth Israel, the same synagogue where they had met and later married. They were buried next to each other in one large plot at El Camino Mortuary. That was the way they wanted it to be.
"They were just wonderful people," said Campbell, who retired from selling real estate to spend more time with her parents.
This photo was taken in September of longtime San Diegans Anabel and Ted Mintz, who both died on Jan. 3, 2020.
Seven decades ago Ted worked as a draftsman and then founded a construction company, Mabie & Mintz, with his good friend, Dick Mabie. "They never had a partnership agreement but did business on a handshake," explained Campbell, noting that they operated the company for more than 60 years.
Her dad started his construction enterprise with only $400, Campbell added. "My mom and Dick's wife, Ruth, shared a car." Anabel would drive it one day and Ruth would drive it the next.
Among the buildings they constructed was an iconic luxury condo building at 3200 Sixth Avenue across from Balboa Park. They also built banks, office buildings, married student housing at UCSD and multi-family apartments all over San Diego. Ted's projects included Tiferith Israel and Congregation Beth El synagogues. He also added a school building that met earthquake safety standards to the downtown Congregation Beth Israel, where his daughter attended religious day school.
"Both, in their own way, were elegant, kind and vibrant, inside and out," noted Arlene Bernstein, Beth Israel's acting senior rabbi, calling the couple "a team with huge hearts." They were among the first people she met when she arrived in San Diego in July, 1997 because Anabel was on Beth Israel's art committee and Ted was chairman of construction development.
Anabel was a talented art photographer who, on two or three occasions, traveled to Carmel to study with Ansel Adams. She also was active in the San Diego Art Institute.
Ted and Anabel went everywhere together — they took golf lessons, joined a bowling league and traveled extensively as a couple.
They felt it was important to see the world, visiting every continent. They also took trips to every U.S. state. "They were so proud of the United States and proud to be Americans," Campbell said.
So close were Ted and Anabel Mintz that friend Esther Fischer said the couple was referred to as either "Anabel and Ted" or "Ted and Anabel," as if their names were joined.
Their last outing together was Nov. 17, to celebrate Ted's birthday that day as well as their 69th anniversary (Nov. 19) at Firenze Trattoria in Encinitas, Ted's favorite restaurant.
"My parents were very happy. They got just what they wanted," said Campbell. "They got to stay together."
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Information about the types of social security and welfare benefits paid in Denmark, and who is eligible…
Most residents in Denmark receive payments of some kind from the public sector. These payments may be in the form of tax refunds, child subsidies, pensions, student loans, unemployment benefits, housing support or social welfare payments, and they are all paid into an Easy Account (NemKonto). Everybody in Denmark - private citizens and companies alike - must specifically designate a bank account which is already in use to be their Easy Account.
Maternity Benefit
Parents have the right to a total of 52 weeks leave with maternity subsistence allowance. The mother is entitled to four weeks' maternity leave (barselsorloven) prior to giving birth and 14 weeks after; the father is entitled to two weeks' leave after the birth; and the remaining time can be divided according to individual wishes.
Public sector employees receive full salary during maternity leave. Private sector employees are entitled to a minimum level of maternity benefit, which is subject to negotiation with the employer. Parents who are not entitled to paid maternity leave from their workplace can receive maternity maintenance from their municipal office in their place of residence. In order to claim this payment, the local municipality should be contacted no later than eight weeks after the birth.
Maternity benefits are paid monthly into the NemKonto account
Child and Youth Allowance
Parents who are tax resident in Denmark receive child and youth allowance (børne- og ungeydelsen, also called børnecheck). This is paid automatically every three months into a NemKonto account (an account specifically designated to receive payments from the public sector). The amount paid depends on the child's age and is paid until the child is 17.
To find out about eligibility and how to claim for child allowances, contact the local authority (kommune).
SKAT (Tax office) has more on child and youth allowances benefits (in Danish)
Everyone working in Denmark is entitled to five weeks paid holiday in a "holiday year" which is from 1 May to 30 April. If the employee has only been employed for a short time, 2.08 holiday days are earned per month of employment. The holiday pay is automatically paid in to the NemKonto account.
Holiday pay is paid either through a Holiday Account (FerieKonto) or by the employer if they are covered by an independent Holiday Account scheme. If enrolled in NemSMS, notification is sent when VacationKonto pays the holiday allowance.
To apply for holiday pay
For comprehensive information about the Holiday Pay (PDF in Danish)
Sickness Benefit
Under the Danish Sickness Benefit Act, sickness benefits are paid to the employee for the first 14 days of the employee's absence. After 14 days, the sickness benefits are paid by the local authority. The employee receives 90 percent of their salary or a maximum of DKK 3,016 per week. The employee cannot receive sickness benefits for more than one year.
Denmark's Citizen's website has more on how to apply for sickness benefits (sygedagepenge)
More is also available from the Labour Authority website (in Danish).
Services and benefits for people with disabilities are financed by local authorities. A home help can also be provided if the local authority considers it necessary. Local authorities also offer personal assistance schemes and socio-pedagogical support for those who need it. Reimbursement of extra costs may be granted depending on the specific situation (this can include extra transport, or help with day-to-day tasks within the home).
Individuals who cannot support themselves financially due to a disability are entitled to a maintenance benefit from the Danish State. This disability pension is available to those aged 18 to 65 whose ability to work is permanently reduced. Applications for a disability pension are made at the local municipality office. The local authority then assesses whether a person is entitled to the pension.
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