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And Yet It Moves
Published on February 5th, 2014 by hayden
Disarming the Opponents of Bitcoins and Other Extreme Critics
by Hayden Gill
The intellectual legitimacy of Bitcoins is a matter of mathematical truth, substantiated by global communications and international commerce. But, like any phenomenon involving principles of science and observable fact, there will be attacks – irrational by some, personal by many and vicious by others – from so-called defenders of the faith; the custodians of tradition and power, the politicians and economists (mostly the latter), who do not register their criticism with scholarly sobriety or respectful disagreement, preferring, instead, to wage a rhetorical war – casting their calumnies in their weekly columns – in which we, the supporters of Bitcoins, are either fools, political cranks, anarchists, utopian propagandists or ignoramuses.
We must respond to these assaults before innuendo vanquishes virtue and malice defeats morals and basic standards of decency. Our tactics must, however, be clear and resolute – without a trace of ideological certitude or arrogant dismissal of our opponents. To the public, we must quietly say: Eppur si muove ("And yet it moves.")
Those words are a metaphor for effective communications on behalf of the popularization and increased acceptance of Bitcoins, because the phrase is a reminder of the power of belief versus the entrenched forces of faith. Those simple words, said to have been issued as a sotto voce reply by Galileo during his Inquisition by the Catholic Church – that firm conviction on behalf of science, confirmed by his own calculations and aligned by his own vision of the heavens, is a study in the power of a message and the triumph of observable fact (the heliocentric model of Earth's orbit) against the fiercest of enemies.
The point: If one man, nourished only by the accuracy of astronomy and the integrity of mathematics, could, in the face of all the armaments and tools of coercion possessed by Rome, preserve his beliefs and publicize the truth; if Galileo could neutralize the mightiest of critics, if he could remain steadfast in the shadow of the sword, then our goals are far easier and absolutely doable. Our arguments can win the day, provided we choose to answer – as we must, as we shall – the erroneous criticisms directed against us.
Put a different way, silence is not an option and self-confidence is not a shield from an onslaught of vitriol. As our opponents raise their voices, and shamelessly try to associate us with fringe political movements and figures of ill repute, our response should be lucid, persuasive, intelligible and firm. In short, we must learn the art of communications.
Responding with Facts and Acting with Integrity: Neutralizing Vicious Attacks
My advice to users of Bitcoins is simple: Never allow a major critic to own this debate, never cede (by inaction or silence) intellectual territory to commentators or partisan writers, since any such individual – and I include Paul Krugman in this category – wants to politicize this discussion, to our everlasting detriment.
The opposition, to their credit, has a potent weapon at their disposal: The verbal device of repetition, to unceasingly broadcast a message that portrays the proponents of Bitcoins as disruptive, radical invaders with secret plans to dissolve national borders, demolish the Federal Reserve, end the printing of fiat money, and amass every dollar, euro, peso, yen, yuan, drachma and shekel into a financial funeral pyre; its flames shooting skyward, as we encircle the neighboring grounds in celebration of the arrival of the New World Disorder, while reading aloud choice passages from the works of Ayn Rand.
Yes, our most extreme opponents believe this nonsense. Or, more cynically, they hope you believe this fiction; they understand the power of fear, its ability to induce anxiety and a sort of political psychosis, which is impenetrable to reason and immune from logic. The only way, therefore, to prevent these events from happening is to be as repetitious as our enemies – albeit with dignity, patience and an absolute refusal to react with anger or personal attacks.
If we reply with even the slightest trace of rage, no matter how justifiable, critics will say: "I told you so." Rather than fall victim to such prodding, we should say – to the public – some variation of the following statement:
"Our opponents seek to personally malign us, distort our ideas and slander the intellectual credibility of our findings.
"We support the use of Bitcoins as an alternative currency because of the strength of the scientific method and the verifiable nature of mathematics.
"We are a community, freely assembled and diverse in our interests, without a political agenda or the missionary zeal of our most aggressive critics.
"We welcome the chance to have a dialogue about these issues, since we believe, in the words of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 'Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.'
"In this era of remarkable technology and the instantaneous delivery of information, we choose to have this conversation with transparency and decorum. We invite others to do likewise."
That proclamation is greater than any shouting match or online confrontation. Repeat the facts, calmly and professionally, so our message resonates louder than anything the opposition can say or scream.
Let us begin to communicate.
Hayden Gill is the Founder of Buzzdron Media, an innovative digital marketing and design agency. An expert concerning the use of Bitcoins for online transactions and e-commerce, Hayden can be reached at [email protected]. To send a tip directly to Hayden, his Bitcoin Address is 1JTmgE84GUoepRW5Qyo5ZTBvnwjgahfRer


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Hurricanes' near come-from-behind victory falls short against Clayton St.
Published 6:06 pm Thursday, January 25, 2018
By Ken Gustafson
Players, coaches and parents celebrating Sumter County Parks & Recreation Night at GSW Men's and Women's basketball games.
AMERICUS – It was Sumter County Parks and Recreation Night at the Storm Dome as the GSW Hurricanes took on PBC foe Clayton St. Wednesday night. The players, coaches and parents were treated to what they thought would be a come-from behind victory, but it was not to be as the Lakers were able to hold on and defeat Georgia Southwestern State 75-69.
The Hurricanes trailed by as much as 16, but roared back to take the lead with 5:40 to play in the game. However, with the Hurricanes leading 69-68 with 2:16 to go, Clayton State's Kyle Kincey nailed a three-pointer to give the Lakers back the lead, a lead which they would not relinquish on their way to their 10th win of the season. The Lakers have now won six of its last eight games to improve to 10-8 overall and 8-3 in the PBC.
Hasaan Buggs scored his eighth double-double of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Hurricanes. Aubrey McRae led the Lakers with a game-high 22 points.
GSW fell behind early 11-3. The Lakers eventually increased the margin to 16 when Justin Tuckson hit a jumper, making the score 37-21 with 8:49 left in the half. Clayton State went into halftime, leading the Hurricanes 46-33.
The Hurricanes started out of the gate strong, scoring the first seven points of the second half. However, the Lakers responded by increasing their lead back up to 12 at 56-44. Then with 12:30 to play, the Hurricanes found their second win as they went on a 13-0 run, capped off by a strong drive to the basket by Dajion Macklien. Macklien's basket gave the Hurricanes the lead for the first time in the game with 7:40 to go. Both teams flip-flopped the lead over the next 5 1/2 minutes until Kyle Kincey hit a three-pointer with 2:16 to go to put the Clayton State up 71-69. The Hurricanes tried to answer with a three-point attempt by R.J. Sessions, but it was off the mark. The Lakers sealed their victory by hitting four consecutive free throws in the closing seconds.
GSW junior guard R.J. Sessions going up for a dunk against Columbus St. He scored 17 points against Clayton State.
The Lakers lead the PBC in assists and three-point field goal percentage, and it showed Wednesday night. Clayton State dished out 17 assists and hit 7-of-13 from beyond the arc (53.8 percent). Georgia Southwestern was out-rebounded 42-34 and committed 13 turnovers.
In addition to Buggs performance, Devin Watson scored 18 points, including hitting 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. Sessions was also in double-figures, scoring 17. The Lakers' bench scored 20 points, while the GSW bench scored 11.
The Hurricanes (9-7, 5-7) will try to rebound from the loss when they host North Georgia at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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Lady Panthers lose fourth straight at Dodge County
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The cultural icon
The Louvre's Abu Dhabi outpost is making headlines, but nothing can steal thunder from the world's largest museum. It takes days to navigate its vast collections, from pre-history onwards. Most visitors head for the painting and sculpture, not least the Mona Lisa in the Salle des Etats. The Islamic Department opened in 2012 and is another must-see, with 3,000 antiquities on show.
The modern art stand-out
It is impossible to miss The Pompidou, the modern art museum with an inside-out façade of air con pipes, escalators and supportive scaffolding, courtesy of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. The rival to Tate Modern or MoMA has plenty to shout about. The collection is a one-stop shop for art of the past century, spanning all the major movements, as well as design, photography, new media and experimental cinema.
The 19th-century classic
There is always a reason to return to the Musée d'Orsay, one of Paris's most visited museums. Within its collections of 19th- and early 20th- century art movements, including Impressionism, pointillism and expressionism, this former train station boasts some of the Victorian era's truly radical works. The once-scandalous game-changers include Manet's defiant prostitute, Olympia, and Courbet's L'Origine du monde.
The contemporary art favourite
The Palais de Tokyo has been a magnet for a hip younger crowd of art lovers since it opened in 2002. Everything about this space has edge, from the forward-thinking programme to its interior's raw aesthetic. The late-night hours also mean the open-plan galleries double as a packed nightspot during exhibition openings.
The city retreat
From the instantly recognisable The Kiss and The Thinker to figures from Rodin's The Gates of Hell, the Musée Rodin – in the former home of the father of modern sculpture – is packed with his greatest hits. The biggest draw though are the serene sculpture gardens which include masterpieces like his controversial Monument to Balzac.
The Anthropology museum
Open since 2006, the Jean Nouvel-designed Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac is one of the city's most striking buildings: a wilfully screwball jumble of coloured boxes, columns, glass and façades sprouting vegetation that defies Western architectural traditions. Within, the 3,500 pieces on show, culled from a near half a million strong collection, trace the history of peoples from Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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Musée National Gustave Moreau is the artist's home-turned-studio-turned-museum, and offers a truly exceptional mix of family possessions and artwork. Created by the eccentric symbolist Gustave Moreau in his own lifetime, it offsets memorial apartments with arrangements of his deceased family and friends' things with his strange, erotically charged paintings channelling dreams and mysticism.
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Opened in 2014, the Frank Gehry-designed building of the Fondation Louis Vuitton is worth visiting for its architecture alone. Upon a manmade lake in the Bois de Boulogne park, its iceberg shell resembles 12 glass sails, designed to throw back reflections from the watery surrounds. Inside you can peruse a changing selection of Louis Vuitton magnate, Bernard Arnault's art collection, including pop art and expressionism.
The photography gallery
Though you can find Magnum photographers and big stars such as Jeff Wall among its exhibition programme, there is far more to not-for-profit gallery Le Bal than traditional photography. Housed in what was once France's biggest betting shop, it's become a hub for debate around 'the image', across photos, film and new media, with an ambitious schedule of exhibitions, talks and education projects.
The star recluse
It's perhaps thanks to its position to the west of Paris that the Musée Marmottan Monet has managed to avoid becoming a tourist staple. Housed in a former royal hunting lodge, it has the largest collection of Monets in the world, at around 165, and includes a notable circular gallery dedicated to his water lilies.
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Meeting New PE Requirements May Mean Cutting Recess
by George Miller | Sep 15, 2016 | Articles
Meeting new PE requirements may mean cutting recess or time off of other classes, once the requirements of 150 to 225 minutes minutes a week are in effect in the 2017-2018 school year.
In Oregon, schools will be required to offer 150 minutes per week of PE to students in kindergarten through fifth grade, and 225 minutes per week for students in sixth through eighth grade. Many schools are concerned about meeting those requirements.
"We can meet it, but you won't like the way it's implemented," said Jim Green, deputy executive director of the Oregon School Boards Association. "Given the limited hours we have in a day, this is going to cut into something."
The requirement was approved in 2007 in reaction to childhood obesity rates. PE classes were disappearing in schools. The state had a decade to phase in the PE instruction, but during the recession many schools cut PE programs and teachers. Those cuts have not been restored.
"I am absolutely not a fan of this requirement. I think it has so many negative consequences," said Lora Nordquist, assistant superintendent at Bend-La Pine Schools. "Mandating 90 more minutes of PE a week is not going to fix childhood obesity."
Some schools are also facing logistical and space challenges. Many schools hold lunch and PE in the same space. Winter weather does not allow for the use of outdoor spaces.


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Rediff.com » Business » No plans to buy Lehman's India assets: SBI
No plans to buy Lehman's India assets: SBI
September 22, 2008 17:35 IST
State Bank of India scotched rumours on Monday that it will be among the several lenders that would purchase US Investment bank Lehman's Indian assets.
"SBI does not have any interests in purchasing Lehman's assets in India. There are no such proposals at present," a top SBI official told PTI in Mumbai.
Other banks, including Standard Chartered, were not forthcoming saying that they do not comment on speculations.
"We do not comment on such reports," StanChart's India Head, Neeraj Swaroop said.
Media reports said on Monday that SBI, StanChart, Barclays and BNP Paribas were in discussions with Lehman Brothers to buy Lehman's Indian business.
Reports had said that a clear picture on the issue will emerge in a week.
Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest seccuities firm in US, filed for bankruptcy last week after it posted massive losses and failed to survive the global financial crisis.
Following the collapse of Lehman in US, Barclays had agreed to buy some parts of Lehman's assets for $1.75-billion.
Barclays and BNP Paribas were not available for comments.
US crisis spooks global economy


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Another world war impossible at this moment, Kremlin spokesman believes
According to Dmitry Peskov, it is difficult to overestimate the importance of nuclear parity because it is a mechanism that "stabilizes the entire system of international relations"
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MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. A major war is currently impossible because of the nuclear parity, Kremlins spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview Thursday, answering a question on a potential world war with the use of nuclear weapons.
"Can a war happen? Putin said it clearly [during the Direct Line] that this is unlikely. We are being safeguarded by the nuclear parity," Peskov said.
According to Peskov, it is difficult to overestimate the importance of nuclear parity because it is a mechanism that "stabilizes the entire system of international relations."
"Attempts to disrupt this parity are being made constantly, and Russia took a number of measures to safeguard the entire system of nuclear parity," Peskov said.
He explained that he is talking about the commissioning of systems that make it possible to uphold the nuclear parity and safeguard Russia from Washington obtaining the "right for a preemptive strike."
"I think we should not talk about a war at all because it is impossible," the presidential spokesman concluded.
Meeting with co-chairs of Geneva discussions no longer feasible — MFA
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions made the decision to postpone them without consulting with the delegations and, therefore, abused their status


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Energy Secretary-nominee commits to Climate Change
At the cabinet-level, there will be a new
seriousness in addressing global climate change in the Obama
President-elect Barack Obama's nominee
for energy secretary, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu,
said if confirmed he will pursue policies to address climate change
and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
At a hearing before the Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee, Steven Chu said two key challenges
facing the United States are climate change and making the nation
more energy independent."Climate change is a growing and pressing
problem. It is now clear that if we continue on our current path,
we run the risk of dramatic disruptive changes to our climate in
the lifetimes of our children and our grandchildren. At the same
time, we face immediate threats to our economy, our national
security that stem from our dependence on oil," he said.
Chu said the Obama administration would
work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global
warming through a cap-and-trade system. As part of such a system
power plants, oil refineries and industrial facilities that have
high emissions would pay more than those that invest in
technologies that curb emissions.
Chu, who currently serves as director of
the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, also
underscored the importance of energy efficient technologies,
biofuels and solar energy in reducing the U.S. dependence on
foreign oil.
Some senators from states with oil and gas
reserves urged Chu and the incoming Obama administration to
encourage greater production of domestic resources.
Senator Lisa Murkowski is a Republican
from Alaska.
"I feel very strongly that we have to
enhance our domestic oil and gas production," she said.
Chu said domestic oil and gas production
would be part of a comprehensive energy policy under the new
administration. But he said the United States has about four or
five percent of the world's oil reserves, and that a more
efficient use of energy would be a bigger factor in helping the
nation decrease its dependency on foreign oil.
That brought a terse response from Senator
Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana, a state with offshore oil
and gas reserves.
"I would urge you to be careful about the
comment about four percent. It is true we have four percent of the
known reserves, but there is great evidence to suggest that there
are a lot of reserves that are unknown," said Landrieu.
Landrieu didn't cite any evidence.
Despite the occasional pointed
questioning, Chu is expected to be confirmed by the Senate as early
as next week.
Chu, a former chairman of the physics
department at Stanford University, shared the Nobel Prize for
physics in 1997 for discovering a way to cool and trap atoms by
using laser light.
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Coronavirus: Can We Trust Recent COVID Vaccine Successes?
By Deutsche Welle / November 19, 2020
By Alexander Freund Finally, some good news — soon, frontrunning vaccine developers could submit applications for fast-tracked authorizations of their coronavirus vaccines. Three companies have reported early Phase III successes in the last several days. The latest team to release positive interim results is Swedish-British company AstraZeneca, developers of a viral vector vaccine, who published […]
Johnson & Johnson Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Trial After Mystery Illness
By Jordan Davidson / October 13, 2020
White House Blocks FDA Guidelines for COVID-19 Vaccine
By Jordan Davidson / October 6, 2020
Will 500,000 Sharks Be Slaughtered for a COVID-19 Cure?
By Tiffany Duong / October 4, 2020
When COVID-19 Meets the Flu
By Deutsche Welle / October 1, 2020
WHO Releases Plans for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution as U.S., China and Russia Opt Out
By Jordan Davidson / September 22, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday that 64 high-income nations have joined an effort to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine fairly, prioritizing the most vulnerable citizens, as Science reported. The program is called the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility, or Covax, and it is a joint effort led by the WHO, the Coalition for Epidemic […]
Moderna, Pfizer Release Study Designs as Vaccine Distrust Grows Among Americans
The secretive blueprints for two of the leading vaccine candidates for the coronavirus were released Thursday. Pfizer and Moderna became the first two companies among the nine leading vaccine candidates to share their study designs, hoping that the disclosures will create trust and clarity for the public, as The New York Times reported. The details […]
Trump Denies CDC Director's 2021 Timeline for Coronavirus Vaccine
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Stuff and nonsense my dear though I appreciate it.
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Wonderful piece of writing. But maybe "wonderful" is the wrong word – there is a bigness in "wonder," and I feel like I should be speaking a little more quietly around poetry that reminds me of the introspection/prayerfulness of it all. Anyway, thank you.


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Lewis Carroll, s pravim imenom Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (/ˈtʃɑːrlz ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdsən/), angleški književnik, matematik, filozof, logik, fotograf in diakon,  *27. januar 1832, Daresbury, Združeno kraljestvo, †14. januar 1898, Guildford, Združeno kraljestvo.

Carrollovo najbolj znano delo je fantazijski roman Alica v čudežni deželi.

Življenje
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson je bil rojen 27. januarja leta 1832 v župnišču Daresbury v severno-zahodni angleški grofiji Cheshire. Charles je bil tretji otrok in najstarejši sin anglikanskega duhovnika Charlesa Dodgsona in Frances Jane Lutwidge. Zakonca sta se poročila leta 1827 ter v svojem skupnem življenju imela enajst otrok. Družina je bila tesno povezana in Charles je bil s tremi brati in sedmimi sestrami tudi kasneje v stiku. Že kot otrok je pisal gledališke igre in pravljice, zanimal se je tudi za matematiko, logaritme ter uganke. Za začetni pouk in vzgojo v družini sta skrbela oče in mati, zato otrokom prva leta ni bilo treba obiskovati šole. Ko je bil star devet let, se je družina preselila v yorkshirsko mestece Croft. Tedaj niso več živeli na samem, župnišče je bilo mnogo prostornejše in lahko so si tudi privoščili služinčad. Pri dvanajstih se je moral Charles posloviti od doma in začeti svoje redno izobraževanje na Richmondski klasični gimnaziji. Čeprav se dotlej še nikoli ni za daljši čas ločil od domačih, se je kmalu privadil življenju v šoli z dvema učilnicama in 120 učenci. Izkazal se je za bistrega in prizadevnega učenca, izjemne rezultate pa je dosegal pri najljubšem predmetu – matematiki. Charles je začel pisati in sestavljati svoj prvi družinski literarni list v letu 1845, ko je imel 13 let. Naslovil ga je Koristna in poučna poezija (Useful and Instructive Poetry).

23. maja 1850 se je Charles Lutwidge Dodgson vpisal na Christ Church, enega najstarejših kolegijev Univerze v Oxfordu, kjer je kasneje tudi predaval matematiko od leta 1855 do 1881. Leta 1861 je postal anglikanski diakon. Ljubiteljsko se je ukvarjal tudi s fotografiranjem. Poleg uspešnic Alica v čudežni deželi in Alica v ogledalu je napisal še kratek alegorični dialog o osnovah logike z naslovom Kaj je želva rekla Ahilu?. Umrl je leta 1898 zaradi pljučnice.

Alica v čudežni deželi
Knjiga Alica v čudežni deželi je izšla leta 1865 v času vladavine slovite kraljice |Viktorije. Alica, ena od treh sester Liddell, je nekega dne Carrolla prosila, naj ji pove zgodbo. »Imel je neverjetno neskončno zalogo teh fantastičnih pripovedi, ki si jih je sproti izmislil. Včasih so se začele na stari osnovi, vendar so se razvile v nove zgodbe s frekventnimi prekinitvami, ki so odprle mnogo svežih in nepredstavljivih možnosti….za nas je bila koliba palača vilinskega kralja. In piknik je bila pojedina na našo čast« se je spominjala Alice Liddell. (Cohen 1995, str. 86) Tako je nastala Alica v čudežni deželi, ki jo je avtor kasneje na željo Alice Liddell tudi zapisal.

Nonsens v knjigi
Alica v čudežni deželi je literarno besedilo, ki ga označimo z besedo nonsens, ne-smisel. To knjigo so literarni strokovnjaki uvrstili v novo literarno zvrst, ki so jo poimenovali »nesmiselna literatura« oziroma »nonsens«. Primer nonsensa se pojavi med drugim tudi v citatu: »…zajčja luknja…se je iznenada spustila strmo navzdol…Alica je že začutila, da pada kot v nekakšen silno globok vodnjak….ko je padala mimo neke police, je pograbila kozarec…Dol. Dol. Dol. Se to padanje ne bo nikoli nehalo?...Tresk!« . Carroll ta prizor opisuje na treh straneh in ravno to počasno padanje je vsebinski nonsens. Naše znanje o fizikalnem prostem padu mu odvzema pomen. Alica pada dalj, kakor je realistično možno glede na zakone gravitacije.

Logične uganke
Ko se Alica približa nori čajanki, ki jo sestavljajo Marčni zajec, Nori klobučar in Polh, ki sedijo ob veliki mizi pod drevesom, ji prva dva pravita, da ni prostora. Morda sta želela povedati, da ni prostora oziroma sobe, torej da je Alica zunaj in ne znotraj, morda pa na čajanki ni bila zaželena.

Zajec ji ponudi vino, a potem prizna, da vina ni. Nori klobučar ji nato zastavi uganko, ki je nerešljiva, glasi pa se: "Zakaj je krokar podoben pisalni mizi?" Tudi Lewis Carroll ni poznal odgovora na to vprašanje.

»Izvolite še čaja!« ponudi kar se da resno zajec Alici.

»Saj ga še sploh nisem dobila!« ga užaljeno zavrne Alica. »Kako naj ga potem še vzamem?«

»S tem hočeš reči, da ga ne moreš vzeti manj,« tveze klobučar, »da ga vzameš več ko nič, pa ni težko.«

V Alice in Many Tongues je Warren Weaver leta 1964 napisal: »Alica v čudežni deželi sta v bistvu dve knjigi: knjiga za otroke in knjiga za odrasle. Njena privlačnost, njena fantazija, njen humor in njena logika delujejo na dveh nivojih. Vem, da se odrasli sprašujejo, zakaj in kako je Alica lahko všeč otrokom. Domnevam, da se tudi otroci sprašujejo, zakaj jo imajo radi odrasli.« Otroke v Alici naj bi privlačila predvsem zgodba z zanimivimi dogodki in bitji. Odraslim pa je zanimiva zaradi logičnih ugank.

Kritiki so se že od nekdaj ukvarjali s Carrollovo Alico v čudežni deželi ter v njej iskali takšne in drugačne pomene. Carroll je že sam odgovarjal na podobno vprašanje. Zakaj? Njegov odgovor je bil, da Zakaj? Pomen te knjige ne more biti podan z besedami, prav tako ni nobene potrebe po tem, da bi bil. .

Kaj je želva rekla Ahilu?
Kaj je želva rekla Ahilu je kratek alegorični dialog o osnovah logike, ki ga je Carroll napisal leta 1895 za filozofski časopis Mind. V Carrollovem dialogu želva izzove Ahila, naj s pomočjo logike in enostavnega deduktivnega sklepanja reši zastavljeni problem. Na koncu Ahilu spodleti, saj ga pametna želva zapelje v neskončno regresijo.

Pogovor se začne z analizo naslednjega logičnega argumenta:

A: "Stvari, ki so enake samim sebi, so si med seboj enake" (Evklidsko razmerje)

B: "Dve strani tega trikotnika sta stvari, ki sta sami sebi enaki"

Torej velja, Z: "dve strani tega trikotnika sta si med seboj enaki "

Želva vpraša Ahila, ali sklep logično izhaja iz predpostavk in Ahil odgovori, da to očitno velja. Nato želva Ahila vpraša, ali bi lahko obstajal bralec Evklida, ki bi sprejel, da je sklep logično veljaven, ne da bi sprejel, da sta A in B pravilna. Ahil sprejme, da bi tak bralec lahko obstajal in bi lahko trdil, da če sta A in B skupaj pravilna, potem mora biti Z tudi pravilen, ne da bi pri tem sprejel, da sta A in B posamično pravilna (tak bralec bi torej zanikal predpostavke).

Lewis Carroll je pokazal, da obstaja problem regresije, ki izhaja iz dedukcije modus ponens.

P → Q , P ∴ Q

Z besedami: predpostavka P (je pravilna) sledi Q (je pravilen), in bo danem P, iz tega sledi Q.

Problem regresije nastane zato, ker je za razlago logičnega načela, v tem primeru načela modus ponens, potrebno predhodno opredeljeno načelo, in ko razložimo to načelo, je spet potrebno novo načelo, da ga razloži. Če vzročno posledično verigo nadaljujemo, dokazovanje pade v neskončno regresijo. Toda, če uvedemo formalni sistem, kjer je modus ponens zgolj pravilo sklepanja, ki ga opredeljuje sistem, potem ga lahko upoštevamo samo zato, ker tako pač je. Na primer, šah ima posebna pravila, ki jih morajo igralci preprosto upoštevati brez spraševanja, saj predstavljajo osnovno ogrodje igre, ki brez njih ne bi delovala. Na podoben način je formalni sistem logike določen s pravili, ki jih moramo po definiciji enostavno upoštevati, brez dvomov in spraševanja. Kadar imamo opredeljen tak formalni sistem logike, to ustavi neskončno regresijo, oziroma z drugimi besedami, neskončna regresija se ustavi pri samih aksiomih ali pravilih dane igre, oziroma sistema.

V propozicijski logiki je logična posledica opredeljena na naslednji način:

Iz P sledi Q, če in samo če je predpostavka in ni P ali Q tavtologija.

Modus ponens, ∧ (P → Q) ⇒ Q, je torej veljaven logični sklep po definiciji pravkar navedene logične posledice. Prikaz (demonstracija) logične posledice se enostavno prevede v dokazovanje, da iz tabele sestavljenih resnic izhaja tavtologija. Toda želva ne sprejme slepo pravil propozicijske logike, na kateri temelji ta razlaga. Namesto tega zahteva, da so tudi ta pravila podvržena logičnemu dokazovanju. Želva in Ahil se ne strinjata o nobeni definiciji logičnega sklepanja.

Poleg tega zgodba sama nakazuje tudi na probleme propozicijskih rešitev. V okviru sistema propozicijske logike noben predlog ali spremenljivka nima semantične vsebine. V trenutku, ko bi predlog ali spremenljivka pridobila semantično vsebino, se spet pojavi problem, saj se semantična vsebina nahaja izven sistema. Če torej trdimo, da rešitev deluje, potem velja, da deluje samo v okviru danega formalnega sistema, in ne drugače.

Literatura v slovenščini
V slovenščino sta prevedeni Carrollovi najbolj znani deli Alica v čudežni deželi in Alica v ogledalu. Prva je izšla v slovenščini leta 1951, iz angleščine pa jo je prevedel in delno priredil knjižničar, prevajalec in publicist Bogo Pregelj. Da bi knjigo približal otrokom, jo je naslovil z Alica v Deveti deželi in jo povezal z domačim ustnim izročilom o izmišljeni pokrajini za devetimi gorami in devetimi vodami. Leta 1969 je pisateljica in prevajalka Gitica Jakopin prevedla knjigo in jo naslovila Alica v čudežni deželi. Šele leta 1978 je Gitica Jakopin prevedla v slovenščino tudi Alico v ogledalu. Prevoda obeh knjig je leta 1990 izboljšana objavila v eni knjigi z naslovom Aličine dogodivščine v Čudežni deželi in V ogledalu.

Leta 2008 je Evald Flisar napisal Alico v nori deželi, ki je politična parodija in satira ter nadaljevanje Carrollovih zgodb na slovenskem območju.

Poleg knjig o Alici pa je leta 1997 v slovenščini izšel tudi članek »Kaj je želva rekla Ahilu«, ki ga je prevedel Danilo Šuster.

Sklici

Viri
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 Chrucky, A. What the Tortoise Said to Achilles. 2017. 25. 11. 2017. Dostopno na naslovu: http://www.ditext.com/carroll/tortoise.html
 Cohen, M. M. 1995. Lewis Carroll: a Biography. London: Papermac.
 Gerlach, E. 2017. Intro Philosophy 14: Lewis Carroll & the Alice Books. 11. 11. 2017. Dostopno na naslovu: https://ericgerlach.com/introphilosophy14/
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 Mohor, M. Carroll, Alica in nonsens. 30. 1. 2018. Dostopno na naslovu: https://www.zrss.si/zrss/wp-content/uploads/miha-mohor-_-carroll-alica-in-nonsens.pdf
 Otrok in knjiga 94. 2015. Maribor: Mariborska knjižnica.

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T/gang Dzongkhag to reinforce safety measures against flashflood
August 1, 2018 businessbhutan
Increasing the height of the flood protection wall alongside the Mithimdrang stream and measures to increase the height of the bridge over the protection wall in Trashigang town are some provisions the Trashigang district administration is looking into to avert damages should a similar flashflood to that of the evening of July 22 occur in the future.
The flashflood from the swollen Mithimdrang stream on July 22 washed away a wooden cantilever bridge, covered some part of the vegetable market, including two huts and the children's park, in muck. Apart from stranding four vehicles, the bridge over the flood protection wall was also covered in muck, thus cutting off traffic in the town. It had also left deep muck and debris accumulated on both sides of the stream.
However, no other major damages were reported during the incident and this was attributed to the recently completed Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) flood protection wall. The 266-meter-long flood protection wall was only completed last year.
Trashigang Dzongdag Chekey Gyeltshen said, "If there was no flood protection wall, the lower market would have been completely washed off by the flashflood."
He said the completion of RCC wall along the stream on time has helped in protecting the town.
"With the help of flood protection wall no major damages were reported. Without such flood protection measures, the flashflood of 1994 had a record of causing major damages to the residents and the town," he added.
The Dzongdag said for the future safety of the residents, the Dzongkhag is planning to come up with safety measures.
"We will increase the height of the flood protection wall alongside the stream and we are also studying measures to increase the height of the bridge," he said, adding that the district administration office is also planning to install a siren system to alert the public at the time of such disasters.
Trashigang residents, however, say that Mithimdrang stream has a history of such flashfloods.
"It happened in the past too. We the residents living alongside the stream would be grateful if the Dzongkhag can come up with other safety measures against such flood disasters," said a resident, Samten.
Meanwhile, machines and volunteers started clearing the muck and debris since Monday. However, officials say that it would at least take about two months to clear all the debris.
The flashflood in Trashigang occurred around 7:13 pm on the evening of July 22.
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use std::ptr;
use std::env::page_size;
use std::fmt;

use libc;

use mmap::{MemoryMap, MapOption};

/// A task's stack. The name "Stack" is a vestige of segmented stacks.
pub struct Stack {
    buf: Option<MemoryMap>,
    min_size: usize,
}

impl fmt::Debug for Stack {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        try!(write!(f, "Stack {} buf: ", "{"));
        match self.buf {
            Some(ref map) => try!(write!(f, "Some({:#x}), ", map.data() as libc::uintptr_t)),
            None => try!(write!(f, "None, ")),
        }
        write!(f, "min_size: {:?} {}", self.min_size, "}")
    }
}

// Try to use MAP_STACK on platforms that support it (it's what we're doing
// anyway), but some platforms don't support it at all. For example, it appears
// that there's a bug in freebsd that MAP_STACK implies MAP_FIXED (so it always
// fails): http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2011-July/044840.html
//
// DragonFly BSD also seems to suffer from the same problem. When MAP_STACK is
// used, it returns the same `ptr` multiple times.
#[cfg(all(not(windows), not(target_os = "freebsd"), not(target_os = "dragonfly")))]
static STACK_FLAGS: libc::c_int = libc::MAP_STACK | libc::MAP_PRIVATE | libc::MAP_ANON;
#[cfg(any(target_os = "freebsd",
          target_os = "dragonfly"))]
static STACK_FLAGS: libc::c_int = libc::MAP_PRIVATE | libc::MAP_ANON;
#[cfg(windows)]
static STACK_FLAGS: libc::c_int = 0;

impl Stack {
    /// Allocate a new stack of `size`. If size = 0, this will fail. Use
    /// `dummy_stack` if you want a zero-sized stack.
    pub fn new(size: usize) -> Stack {
        // Map in a stack. Eventually we might be able to handle stack
        // allocation failure, which would fail to spawn the task. But there's
        // not many sensible things to do on OOM.  Failure seems fine (and is
        // what the old stack allocation did).
        let stack = match MemoryMap::new(size, &[MapOption::MapReadable,
                                                 MapOption::MapWritable,
                                                 MapOption::MapNonStandardFlags(STACK_FLAGS)]) {
            Ok(map) => map,
            Err(e) => panic!("mmap for stack of size {} failed: {}", size, e)
        };

        // Change the last page to be inaccessible. This is to provide safety;
        // when an FFI function overflows it will (hopefully) hit this guard
        // page. It isn't guaranteed, but that's why FFI is unsafe. buf.data is
        // guaranteed to be aligned properly.
        if !protect_last_page(&stack) {
            panic!("Could not memory-protect guard page. stack={:?}",
                  stack.data());
        }

        Stack {
            buf: Some(stack),
            min_size: size,
        }
    }

    /// Create a 0-length stack which starts (and ends) at 0.
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub unsafe fn dummy_stack() -> Stack {
        Stack {
            buf: None,
            min_size: 0,
        }
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn guard(&self) -> *const usize {
        (self.start() as usize + page_size()) as *const usize
    }

    /// Point to the low end of the allocated stack
    pub fn start(&self) -> *const usize {
        self.buf.as_ref()
            .map(|m| m.data() as *const usize)
            .unwrap_or(ptr::null())
    }

    /// Point one usize beyond the high end of the allocated stack
    pub fn end(&self) -> *const usize {
        self.buf
            .as_ref()
            .map(|buf| unsafe {
                buf.data().offset(buf.len() as isize) as *const usize
            })
            .unwrap_or(ptr::null())
    }

    /// Minimun size of this stack
    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn min_size(&self) -> usize {
        self.min_size
    }
}

#[cfg(unix)]
fn protect_last_page(stack: &MemoryMap) -> bool {
    unsafe {
        // This may seem backwards: the start of the segment is the last page?
        // Yes! The stack grows from higher addresses (the end of the allocated
        // block) to lower addresses (the start of the allocated block).
        let last_page = stack.data() as *mut libc::c_void;
        libc::mprotect(last_page, page_size() as libc::size_t,
                       libc::PROT_NONE) != -1
    }
}

#[cfg(windows)]
fn protect_last_page(stack: &MemoryMap) -> bool {
    unsafe {
        // see above
        let last_page = stack.data() as *mut libc::c_void;
        let mut old_prot: libc::DWORD = 0;
        libc::VirtualProtect(last_page, page_size() as libc::SIZE_T,
                             libc::PAGE_NOACCESS,
                             &mut old_prot as libc::LPDWORD) != 0
    }
}

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Robinson, Taylor Ready for 2012 NBA Draft
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Two former Kansas men's basketball standouts will look to join elite company on Thursday, June 28, as Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor wait to hear their names called in the 2012 NBA Draft. The draft will be televised live on ESPN and ESPN3 at 6 p.m. CT from Newark, N.J.
Robinson won't have to wait long as he is a projected top-five pick, while Taylor has been anticipated to go anywhere from the late first round to mid second round. The two Jayhawks will look to be the 14th and 15th players drafted during the Bill Self era. If Robinson is selected with one of the first five picks he will be the highest Jayhawk taken since Drew Gooden was selected fourth overall in 2002. Robinson is one of 14 players who was invited to attend the 2012 NBA Draft.
If Robinson and Taylor are both selected in the first round, it will be the seventh time Kansas has had multiple NBA first round picks in the same year: 1997 (Scot Pollard and Jacque Vaughn), 1998 (Raef LaFrentz and Paul Pierce), 2003 (Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich), 2008 (Brandon Rush and Darrell Arthur), 2010 (Xavier Henry and Cole Aldrich) and 2011 (Markieff and Marcus Morris).
Since the inception of the Big 12 in 1996-97, KU has had 21 players drafted in the NBA, which is the most of any league member. Over the last decade, KU is tied with UCLA for producing the most NBA Draft picks in the nation with 15. Three KU draft picks recently played for the 2012 NBA Championship, with 2008 second-rounder Mario Chalmers helping the Miami Heat win the crown.
Kentucky's Anthony Davis is projected to be the No. 1 overall selection. If Robinson goes second, it would be the first draft in NBA history in which each of the top two picks played against each other in the preceding national championship game, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
What the media are saying about Thomas Robinson:
CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman: "We're hearing that Charlotte prefers Robinson – the athletic and relentless power forward." http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/19420813/goodmans-2012-nba-mock-draft-robinson-moves-up-to-no-2
SportingNews.com – "The Bobcats' pick will come down to Robinson, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist or Bradley Beal. The guess here is that, with Robinson measuring up nicely at the predraft combine, his talent is too much to pass up." http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2012-06-13/nba-mock-draft-2012-anthony-davis-andre-drummond-thomas-robinson-michael-kidd-gi?eadid=EL/SICOM&sct=hp_t11_a4
SI.com's Sam Amick via Twitter – "In the continuing draft circuit, I'm told Kansas F Thomas Robinson had his way w/ UConn C Andre Drummond in a Cleveland workout today (No.2)."
ESPN.com's Ryan Feldman – "Kansas' Thomas Robinson would the best choice for Charlotte. Robinson scored the 14th-most points in the country as the (pick and) roll man, ranked second in rebounds per game, and led the nation in defensive rebounding percentage." http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/46524/bobcats-must-roll-with-pick-on-offense
ESPN.com's Eamonn Brennan – "Bottom line: At the very least, Robinson will do what every NBA power forward must do: He will rebound. He has the athleticism and tangible production to back that prediction. Worst case, if he ends up becoming a more-skilled Kenneth Faried, well, which NBA coach wouldn't sign up for that?" http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/60266/take-three-who-should-be-drafted-at-no-2
NBA.com's Drew Packham – "Thomas Robinson is gaining traction as the No. 2 pick to Charlotte. In our previous look, the Kansas big man was pegged there five times. Now, he's going second on 10 of the 11 mocks (drafts)." http://www.nba.com/2012/news/features/06/14/consensus-mock-draft/index.html
What the media are saying about Tyshawn Taylor:
CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman: "The Bulls could use a backup for Derrick Rose. Taylor is fast, tough and has four years of college experience at Kansas." http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/19420813/goodmans-2012-nba-mock-draft-robinson-moves-up-to-no-2
SI.com – "Gotta prove he can be consistent taking care of the ball, but he's very talented. His size and athleticism at that position are pretty good." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/seth_davis/06/25/NBA-draft/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t11_a0
SI.com – "He's dangerous in the open court and as a penetrator in half-court sets because of his quickness, athleticism and leaping ability — some of those same strengths make him a capable defender." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1199158/5/10/index.htm
NBA.com – "There's no question Taylor has the athleticism required in the NBA. He's also got decent size for the point guard position. He's been projected as a second-round pick, and he can stick in the right system. He's capable of making a great play one time down the floor and throwing a pass out of bounds the next, but he thrives on the chaotic nature of his game." http://www.nba.com/draft/2012/prospects/tyshawn-taylor/


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JDK-6670470 : JNLP security model prevents redeployment of existing applet content
JDK-6518285 - JNLP specification should support unsigned extensions for unsigned applications
JDK-6670678 - Java Web Start must support a more flexible security model
The JNLP security model is incompatible with the existing applet security model and prevents straightforward redeployment of existing applet content via JNLP. The JNLP security model states among other things that if the main JNLP does not request all permissions via the <security> tag, that JNLP can not pull in resources from multiple hosts. The existing applet security model is at this point very well defined: applets may pull in resources from any host, and permissions are granted based on both the origin of the code and the signing and trust status of that code.
In order to enable straightforward redeployment of existing applet content, it is necessary to remove some of the restrictions artificially imposed by the JNLP specification in the support for JNLP-based applets.
EVALUATION The JNLP security model is badly broken in the context of applets. It attempts to enforce arbitrary restrictions such as the following: if the main JNLP uses sandbox security, it can not pull in extensions from other hosts. This is a basic feature of old-style applets -- that permissions are granted solely on the origin and trust status of the code -- and it is unacceptable to impose this sort of restriction for JNLP launched applets because it will prevent people from migrating their existing applet deployments to use JNLP as the applet description mechanism. Removed the call to LaunchDownload.checkJNLPSecurity() in the JNLP2Manager. Made AppPolicy.addPermissions() take a boolean argument indicating whether to grant permissions to the class being loaded based on the contents of the JNLP file. For the time being, Java Web Start passes true for this argument and is unchanged. The Java Plug-In's JNLP2ClassLoader passes false, and since it calls super.getPermissions() (which grants permissions based on the origin and trust status of the CodeSource), has the same semantics as old applet deployments. This change makes the Java Plug-In substantially more useful for deployment than Java Web Start, which is also not an acceptable situation. The two technologies must have parity. A very similar bug, 6518285, was filed against Java Web Start over a year ago. A follow-on bug, 6670678, has been filed to make Java Web Start silently degrade gracefully to a similar security model to this one if checkJNLPSecurity() returns false. This bug will be fixed in 6u10 as an implementation bug, while 6518285 is filed against the JNLP specification and can only be fixed in 7.


The South African Army Rooikat 8x8 wheeled Armored Fighting Vehicle came in several notable forms - it has since ended production.
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Denel Rooikat (Caracal / Red Cat) model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
ENGINE: 1 x 10-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine developing 563 horsepower.
Rooikat 76 - 1 x 76mm main gun in turret; 1 x 7.62mm coaxial machine gun.
Rooikat 105 - 1 x 105mm main gun in turret; 1 x 7.62mm coaxial machine gun.
Rooikat SAM - Short-ranged Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs).
• Rooikat ZA35 - Self-Propelled Anti-Aircaft Gun vehicle; fitted with FCS, radar and 2 x 35mm autocannons.
Detailing the development and operational history of the Denel Rooikat (Caracal / Red Cat) 8x8 Wheeled Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV). Entry last updated on 2/4/2019. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
Lessons learned in South Africa's involvement during the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002) were implemented into new armored vehicle designs like the Rooikat ("Caracal" / "Red Cat"). The 8x8 wheeled platform was developed as a multi-mission vehicle to support existing Army tactics by providing excellent cross-country capability, balanced (and somewhat modular) offensive firepower and suitable survivability for its occupants. The Rooikat entered design in 1976 and, once introduced into service, it succeeded the storied, outgoing line of Eland Armored Cars then in service. The Rooikat has since completed its production run - seeing no export and limited combat exposure. A total of 240 vehicles were delivered with several proposed variants falling to naught.
The 8x8 wheeled approach gave the Rooikat design considerable traction in both desert and bush settings common to South Africa and its neighbors. The hull profile was shallow and the large, independently-suspended road wheels spaced well apart. Power was through a 10 cylinder water-cooled diesel unit outputting 563 horsepower and allowing for road speeds to reach 75 miles per hour (about 30mph off-road) and operational ranges to peak at 620 miles on internal fuel. The standard operating crew was four and dimensions included a running length of 27 feet, a width of 9.5 feet and a height of 8.5 feet (with turret installed). Weight was 28 tons.
The standard Rooikat hull formed the basis of a family of related models led by the original "Rooikat 76" and this was followed by the up-gunned "Rooikat 105" of 1990. These vehicles were designated by their respective, turreted main gun calibers, the Rooikat 76 outfitted with an effective 76mm system and the Rooikat 105 with a more lethal, NATO-standard 105mm rifled system. 2 x 7.62mm MG4 series machine guns were fitted for local defense, one coaxially. Additionally 8 x smoke grenade dischargers were installed and gave the Rooikat an inherent screening capability.
Beyond these two primary forms were the proposed Rooikat Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) wheeled platform offering a mobile air defense capability to the family line. An Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) variant joined it as a prototype and the ARMSCOR ZA35 became a mobile Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (SPAAG) platform offering defense against low-flying threats like helicopters. The latter offering incorporated 2 x M-35 series guns as well as tracking radar, gun stabilization and a digital Fire Control System (FCS).


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After playing with various bands, members of 10c Short, Abe and Nathan Houck, Wayne De Sousa and Dylan Bolton got together on May 1, 2003 for a jam for the opening of the Nelspruit Crossing. After its success members decided to continue and develop the band realizing its potential.
Months later after several gigs and short tours, RP Studios and Emerging Sounds battle of the bands came to Nelspruit. At this time 10c Short decided to participate in the competition in which the end result was a tie with a Nelspruit local band. 2 weeks later, they progressed to the Semi-finals at the Colliseum, Ceasar's Palace, Johannesburg where they played and won against a Nels local band and 3 other bands from around the country placing them in the finals 3 months later at Circus Maximus, Ceasar's Palace, Johannesburg. After winning this competition, the band won a contract with Sheer Music and an opportunity to record an album at RP Studios with engineer, Daryll Torr.
In January, 2005, 10c Short arrived in Johannesburg to record their album with Daryll Torr at RP Studios. Although a ten song album was required, 12 songs were layed down in a week.
By July, 2005, 10c Short's album The Lonely Colour Green will be released. Until then the band has returned to Nelspruit to continue giging and writing music in anticipation of the release of their debut album.
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Named "Best Picture of the Year" by over 100 critics nationwide! Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword isstolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy - and the inescapable, enduring power of love. Set against 19th-century China's breathtaking landscape, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON is the action-packed, box office smash from acclaimed director Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm) featuring stunning martial arts choreography by Yuen Wo Ping (The Matrix). 2016 release Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword isstolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her su
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Mastering Data Policy in a New Era
By Chris Ingersoll
Helping independent providers form stronger collaborations
Healthcare has entered an age of collaboration in which growing numbers of independent organizations and physician practices are partnering to form clinically integrated networks (CINs), accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other collaborative entities. They are entering into risk-sharing agreements and coordinating the management of the health of patient populations while maintaining independent ownership. These entities do not have the central IT governing structure that, for example, a health system leverages to rationalize and consolidate electronic health record technology to a single vendor. As these complex partnerships continue to evolve it's critical that they have a strategic data and technology plan to accommodate the inherent IT independence of the membership. Not only do they need a strategy to connect and acquire this distributed data, but they also need a data policy that provides a clear roadmap for how information is accessed, shared, and reused.
Solving Key Data Challenges
Indeed, it is essential to have a data policy that ensures the right organizations and the right individuals access data for the right purpose. Considering the independence of these collaborating entities, all with their own EMRs, health records and data, trust considerations arise around how to share data. This is compounded by the fact that often a CIN or an ACO has an anchoring health system that is sponsoring the collaboration, thus partnering with independent practices with whom they compete in other areas. As a result, independent practices may want to protect their information and for example, only share data for a specifically designated population of patients. This presents a considerable IT challenge; how do the practices identify this specific patient population and ensure only this subset of patients are shared with the collaborative entity? A data policy framework can work through this and other complex issues of collaboration, competition, and data protection.
Key to such a framework is ensuring that each practice can confidentially share all their data without implementing (at the practice) the complex and ever-changing patient matching and filtering logic that otherwise enforce data protection.
Indeed, these collaborative entities are continuously changing as different organizations join and leave the networks and as health plan contracts continuously redefine populations of eligible patients. Market dynamics, affiliations and ownership structures change often. The right data policy can accommodate this by providing flexible guidelines on who can access specific information and data -- managing the changing rules that control the chaos.
Creating a Data Policy Solution – Technical Considerations
When developing a comprehensive data policy solution and platform, there are three key tenets to consider: neutrality, scale, and flexibility.
Neutrality is central to efficiently managing policy considerations. The platform must treat each independent organization as an equal peer when it comes to acquiring, managing, protecting and reusing data. A traditional health system's IT platform is enterprise-based and falls short of this requirement. It doesn't account for different ownership structures and the need to protect competitive information and even specific patient records from the other partner organizations.
In other words, if an anchoring health system installs data platform technology that they own and manage behind the health system firewalls or in the cloud, a policy layer is somewhat moot. From the perspective of the independent practices participating in the collaboration, data is going to the health system with whom they are otherwise competing.
To that end, the ideal architecture is a multi-tenant cloud solution, which treats each entity – from a five-hospital health system to a two physician practice – as an equal peer and separate and independent tenant. Each tenant has their own IT capability, security considerations, and has value they can receive from the solution that is independent of the collaborative.
Scale is also crucial in a typical network that includes a wide range of EMR technology. Data policy specifies how the organization will handle ongoing transactions in a multi-stakeholder environment with multiple IT departments. An approach that attempts to "manually" reverse engineer these multiple EMR databases to extract clinical information does not scale effectively versus an approach that leverage document-based transactions from these systems. Integration through documents -- reliance on the EMR interfaces -- is far more efficient to build and maintain over time given that the data structures of EMRs are inherently complex and evolve over time.
And finally, flexibility in data storage and management is essential. Legacy SQL or enterprise data warehouse (EDW) approaches typically require rigorous data typing and a complex data structure at the level of data storage. These independent networks, however, employ a wide variance of vendors and systems that are ultimately used at the point of care to generate the data and the legacy approach implies a complex process of rationalization of this variance to understand the semantics of data in the aggregate – vocabulary mapping, cross-walks, syntactical translations, data lookups plus all the detailed operational processes that generate and manage all this metadata. The challenge of legacy SQL or EDW approaches is that this work must happen BEFORE the data can be stored – or the system must employ a complex and error-prone approach that cascades updates to this normalization metadata throughout the solution.
A big data architecture to this problem takes a different approach leveraging a data lake that stores the data close to its raw form. In this architecture, the normalization metadata is applied as you pull data out of the lake. The data semantics are normalized at read versus at write which inherently accommodates the constant change and expensive operational processes associated with creation and evolution of the metadata.
Also, a data lake architecture is far more adept at data portability and reuse than a typical EDW that is designed to be the final destination of data. This is where data policy fits into the ideal architecture. Data is pulled out of the lake accordingly to policy rules. This data is normalized into a data mart associated with a HIPAA-based Purpose of Use and specifically designed to directly drive analytics or transfer this data into existing analytics technologies such as an EDW.
A neutral, cloud-based, multi-tenant data lake architecture that scales through interface documents and interprets data at read is the ideal architecture to accommodate the multiple stakeholders, IT infrastructures, business entities, contracts, data rights of a set of independent and competitive providers collaborating around multiple populations of overlapping patients. Legacy architecture such as EDW are useful as an enterprise-based destination of aggregate data but are insufficient when considering the multi-stakeholder networks and complex data policies of a typical CIN or set of ACOs.
To learn more about Mastering Data Policy in a New Era and download our white paper, click here.
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My answer: I'm an osprey.
Simply this: the osprey possesses specialized physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviors to help in hunting and catching prey.
The osprey's eyes are well adapted to detecting underwater objects from as far as 130 feet in the air.
That means it can see things other birds cannot see.
Also, the osprey is one of only two raptors with a reversible outer toe, which allows them to grasp prey either with three toes in front and one behind, or two toes in front and two behind.
That means it can do things virtually no other bird can do.
In non-metaphoric business terms, I'm a hybrid manager-marketer who believes in values-driven, vision-centered leadership. These big-picture cornerstones need to be in place to direct daily, small-picture activities that can drive an organization far.
I'm also a big believer in brand-building, using values to tell the story of who you are, what you do, and why you matter. That's what makes individuals and organizations stand out.
Making unique connections between management, marketing, media, and monetization helps me deliver timely, distinct strategies that can help your organization stand out and go far.
You bring the passion; I can help you develop a purpose and a plan for it.
Dr. Goss received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Louisiana Tech University and his doctorate from The University of Southern Mississippi.
He has taught numerous courses in sport business and business management in six accredited universities and business schools across the U.S. for nearly two decades. He has also taught in an international business degree program in China on four occasions, conducted executive education seminars at Louisiana State University (LSU), and been named as the Distinguished Sport Management Lecturer at the University of Alabama's Paul W. "Bear" Bryant Museum.
Goss has served as a consultant since 2004 for two economic development/feasibility projects, several intercollegiate athletic departments and other sport properties, an independent college basketball media company, and a law firm.
He is the author of numerous academic refereed journal publications and conference presentations, which have received seven awards, and he writes a regular sport business revenue strategy column called "Leaving Money On The Table" for The Tao Of Sports.
Goss co-founded a sport business academic journal in 2007. His work has also been featured in The Huffington Post, The Orlando Sentinel, Facility Manager Magazine, Biz Summits, College Athletics Clips, and The Mobile Press Register. He was also an outside editor for the J.W. Wiley & Sons imprint Zebras & Cheetahs.
In 2011, Goss was named to the Springfield (Mo.) Business Journal's annual Forty Under 40 class of community business leaders.


Acceso a todas las salas (Astin/Nitsa) + 1 consumición incluida. Entrada por acceso rápido. // Access to all rooms (Astin/Nitsa) + 1 drink included. Entrance to the club via fast queue.
Lejos quedan los tiempos en que MacLean tocaba en Six Finger Satellite, tras dejar la banda conoce a James Murphy y el resto es historia. Afiliado desde sus inicios al sello DFA, en 2005 publica su álbum de debut, "Less Than Human", y desde entonces su música ha ido moviéndose del electro pop de sus inicios a un sonido que bebe del house de Chicago y la música disco. Ahora llega a Nitsa para presentar en directo su más reciente lp,. Titulado "In Dream" y con hits como "What do you Feel Free About?" o "Just Once More".
Not many venues in Barcelona (neither in the rest of Europe) can say they have been making their people dance for more than 75 years. Sala Apolo (and its second space, known as La  de Apolo) is one of the most important multidisciplinary spaces in Barcelona. It hosts performances throughout the week, from concerts of all kinds of music genres to night club sessions every night of the week, as well as radio and TV programmes, premieres and other social events related to Barcelona's musical and creative scenes.
As we said, the concerts in Sala Apolo and La  de Apolo are of all kinds. However, genres with electronic touches such as electropop, synth-pop and indie-dance are the most common ones. As for the club sessions, Apolo offers a great variety of styles. Each party has its own musical line. On Mondays, Nasty Mondays offers hits, indie-rock and pop. When Crappy Tuesdays opens on Tuesdays, it focuses on the purest indie sound, while Caníbal, on Wednesdays, focuses on the urban sounds such as trap, dancehall, afrobeat and even reggaeton. Cupcake retrieves the pop and commercial sound aiming at university audiences and, during weekends, Nitsa Club brings to Barcelona the best underground electronic producers and DJs of the international scene.
Apolo's audience depends a lot on the day and the party. From Monday to Thursday, university students and young people between 18 and 24 are the majority. On Friday and Saturday nights, during the Nitsa Club sessions, electronic music lovers take over both spaces, slightly increasing the average age.
Apolo is not rigid with the dress code. The club allows its users to dress as they please. There are no labels or conventions here. Come comfortable and ready to dance until dawn.
On the best line-up days, whether it's concert or club nights, Apolo's queues can go on forever, especially if you haven't bought pre-sale tickets. After waiting perhaps for more than 1 hour, you'll end up paying between €10 and €20 at the entrance. On the other hand, if you buy your pre-sale ticket on Xceed, usually for a slightly lower price, you'll get in through a much faster queue. Moreover, the ticket always includes 1 drink!


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package com.redman.client.data.dao;

import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;

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public interface CompanyDao extends JpaRepository<CompanyEntity, Integer> {
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Open Journal of Philosophy > Vol.3 No.1A, February 2013
Influence of Cultural value System and Home on Child-Rearing Practices in the Contemporary Nigerian Society ()
Mary Basil Nwoke
Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2013.31A033 PDF HTML 9,216 Downloads 14,033 Views Citations
The study investigated influence of cultural values and home on child-rearing practices in Nigeria. Value systems are embedded in the culture of people. Culture is a set of shared values, attributes, customs and physical objects that are maintained by people in a specific setting. Cross-sectional design and qualitative technique was employed to obtain information from participants. Participants were sixteen adults (8 men, 8 women) from four ethnic groups: Igbo, Ogoni, Tiv and Yala. Findings showed that different cultures have their value systems and these values were inculcated to generations of the members through child-rearing practices. At the age of 5 years, each culture initiates the young ones into her way of life, such as the behavioural pattern expected of the child at the home or farm. Yala Queen dancing/greeting pattern, Ogonis and her yaa/koo rites of passage into adulthood; Tivs and the sacredness of her land; Igbos and their importance of kolanut. These values are transmitted to generations of human beings through child-rearing practices. The home is the miniature society which nurtures value system.
Child-Rearing; Culture; Value System; Society
Nwoke, M. (2013). Influence of Cultural value System and Home on Child-Rearing Practices in the Contemporary Nigerian Society. Open Journal of Philosophy, 3, 200-206. doi: 10.4236/ojpp.2013.31A033.
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