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Canadian Malindi Elmore recovered from injury is getting ready to race in Houston
The 2020 Houston Chevron Marathon is less than two weeks away, and while it's technically an American race, it also serves as the winter running event of choice for the many Canadian runners. For the 2020 edition lots of Canadian elites are heading south of the border to try and run fast times, but a race we're particularly excited to see is Malindi Elmore's.
Elmore shocked Canadian runners a year ago when she ran a 2:32 marathon debut in Houston, which she would later describe as "a fun family project." Since her debut, Elmore's cranked out several impressive times, including a 1:11:08 half-marathon and a 32:44 10K. The original plan was to run the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, which doubled as the 2020 Olympic Trials. Elmore pulled out one week from the race due to a hamstring injury.
Elmore was targeting the Olympic standard of 2:29:30 and the automatic qualification spot that came from winning STWM. If she was successful, she would have qualified for her second Olympic team, 16 years and two babies after qualifying for her first (she competed in the 2004 Olympics for the 1,500m). The runner still has until May to run standard and put herself in the conversation for the Olympic team, but making the 2020 marathon squad will be harder than ever.
Canada can send up to three runners, but with Dayna Pidhoresky's spot already guaranteed, Lyndsay Tessier's top-10 finish at the World Championships acting as the equivalent to standard and Rachel Cliff knocking off the year with a new Canadian half-marathon record, the Canadian women's road scene is deeper than it has been in years.
If Elmore is able to run under standard (2:29:30), there will be four Canadian women who've achieved it. And that's not including Emily Setlack, who was only 18 seconds off at STWM. It's far from cut-and-dried when it comes to who will be making this Olympic marathon team. There were years when Canada was excited to send one runner, and now there will likely be a marathoner, with standard, who won't make the team.
But personally, Elmore isn't overly concerned about the standard. "My goal is to run as fast as I can run, and if I perform how I think I'm capable of, it'll land me within standard."
The runner says that this build has been a little different than her first, due to her past injury. "Returning from injury wasn't too bad, it took me about four weeks. That's a pretty quick turn-around, all things considered. It was certainly a shorter build than I anticipated because I wasn't starting from scratch." Elmore was still working with the fitness she'd gained leading up to Scotia. She says she was very happy to see Pidhoresky and Hofbauer's performances at STWM. "It was a really exciting race to watch. I was really happy for them and really happy to see how well they'd done."
When asked about how Canadian running has changed over the past 20 years, Elmore says that connectedness is the biggest difference. "There's a connection between runners and the public now. I felt much more alone doing my training and racing in 2004. Running was my personal story that I shared with people closest to me but it wasn't available publicly the way things are now with social media."
Elmore jokes that when she ran her lifetime personal best in the 1,500m she didn't know for about an hour, because the results weren't available. Then, she couldn't tell her loved ones until she got back to the hotel and made the collect call home. "Now I put a workout up on Strava and get immediate kudos. I think there's a greater awareness of what people are trying to achieve and what they're doing to get there. It's easier to build and maintain a community through technology where we can cheer people on from a distance."
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I haven't been to the site for a long time and suddenly a call. this is a really cool idea, thanks @deputyo8.
I have a lot of favorite photos. and choose one is difficult. but I did it. I chose the most important photo for me. because there is everything that I love so much. it is nature, it is beautiful sunshine, and I am naked and dissolved in this world. as if the world swallowed me up.
The small of the back, where it starts to curve into the hips.
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South of the border, the party is raging. You can almost hear Prince's "1999″ playing in the background as startups find themselves being courted by investors and snapped up for eye-popping amounts.
But while there seem to be signs the market is becoming increasingly over-heated, you also have wonder whether it matters. If the party is happening and everyone is having a great time, does it make sense to be a party-pooper? Maybe it is just better to jump into the fray and enjoy the ride.
It's a strange world. While the startup scene in the U.S. is flourishing, the Canadian startup ecosystem is far from robust. There still isn't enough capital, many institutional investors are still not participating, and many startups find getting financing difficult, if not impossible, to attract.
This despite the fact the startup ecosystem is as vibrant and strong as it's ever been, and that dozens of startups were acquired last year. In other words, there's a lot to be excited about, but while Canada is hosting a small tea party, a wild rave is underway in the U.S.
When you compare the two "parties," the key question is: Are Canadian startups missing the boat? Is our conservatism and aversion to risk damaging the development of the startup sector and hurting Canada's ability to drive innovation and economic growth? When the federal government has to commit $50o-million to support venture capital activities, it's an admission that something is not right.
Some more key questions: Is Canada's startup scene simply not robust enough, or are things getting out of control in the U.S.? Are we right, and they're wrong? Or are we missing out on a good party?
More: Anyone interested in the Canadian startup landscape should read Jevon MacDonald's post on StartupNorth.
Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, startups, U.S.
RE: that "small tea party" up here in Canuckland, Mark….that's about the size of it….but I do look forward to watching that party gro to be a full-blown RAVE in the next few years too!
And IMHO, a large part of that is the 270 day window that the US SEC now has to grant full crowdfunding specs to the US investment world….and I wonder how we Canucks will respond too!
Hopefully, we'll take the best of that model and Canadianize it for our own startups….


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David de la Cruz benefits from his own future failings
It might be confusing to see Nairo Quintana riding until his lungs burn to take the overall race lead one day before seemingly gifting it away the next. Spaniard David de la Cruz won stage nine from the break and finished far enough ahead that he also slipped into the leader's jersey.
The Colombian's apparent apathy basically boils down to 'the bigger picture'. De la Cruz had lost more than a couple of minutes to his benefactor prior to this stage win and it seems fair to assume that further losses will follow.
Assumptions are dangerous things of course, but where Nairo Quintana has won a Grand Tour and finished on the podium in three, de la Cruz has started five and not yet finished one. It is highly likely he will be changing his jersey again after…
Stage ten
Knowledge of the race route was also a contributory factor in the main contenders riding what was technically a summit finish in a state of ambivalence. Yes, it was uphill; yes, time could be taken – but it made more sense to save strength for this.
We had five fairly steady kilometres of climbing to finish stage nine. Stage ten has the Lagos de Covadonga – 12 highly unsteady kilometres. It averages out at 12.2km at 7.2% but there are two bits of descending in there to bring that average down. This will give us the clearest picture yet of who might win this race.
Today's stage term is 'moraine' – an accumulation of materials deposited by glacial ice and then abandoned when the ice melts.
David Millar wins stage 12 for the old boys
Chris Horner wins one for the middle-aged
Fabio Aru turns up
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Campaigns in Unprecedented Times: A Conversation About Learning From the Past
Jeanne L. Sharp
By Jeanne Sharp, University of Arizona Foundation
The fundraising profession can be a very small world. Sixteen years ago, I was hired by Tilghman Moyer to lead a brand new stewardship program at a small northeastern liberal arts college. In 2018, we became colleagues again, this time at the University of Arizona. I have overseen the prospect development operation at the University of Arizona since 2016, and Tilghman joined us as vice president for development two and a half years later.
Recently, Tilghman and I had a chance to reminisce about the first time we worked together, when he was shepherding a comprehensive campaign through unexpected hardships and I was building a comprehensive donor recognition program. What follows is our discussion on what we learned from that campaign, and how those lessons might apply in the current era of COVID-19 and its attendant economic and fundraising challenges.
Jeanne Sharp: Tilghman, would you mind giving a quick history of the campaign so Connections readers can get a sense of what happened?
Tilghman Moyer: Sure. This campaign started in 1999, and it was spurred initially by a $10 million challenge grant from a large foundation. The challenge was to raise $20 million in capital commitments by June of 2003. Soon after, the college's board of trustees approved a seven-year, $70 million comprehensive campaign that would include additional capital dollars, as well as a $16 million endowment component and $12 million for the annual fund. We had planned a public launch for the fall of 2001, but that was put on hold by the September 11 terrorist attacks. Since we had a deadline to meet with the challenge grant, we continued fundraising without a public announcement.
JS: And what happened then?
TM: We had planned a public announcement of the expanded campaign for some time during the 2002-2003 fiscal year, and then the college's president was removed by the board of trustees in the summer of 2002.
JS: I remember you telling me about that when I was interviewing for the stewardship role. A major terrorist attack on U.S. soil and then a fraught presidential transition — how did the campaign proceed from there?
TM: We had a strong interim president who helped us maintain our existing donor relationships. Fortunately, we recruited a new president after a year-long search, and also secured a one-year extension of that original $10 million challenge grant. Shortly after the new president arrived on campus, we went through another strategic planning process, and our campaign counsel advised us to rebrand and extend the original campaign by another three or four years, increasing the goal from $70 million to $105 million. A second foundation awarded us another challenge grant in 2004, and we finally had our public launch in April of 2007. The campaign concluded — successfully — in the summer of 2010.
JS: Looking back, why do you think the campaign succeeded, despite its difficult initial circumstances?
TM: I can point to a few different things. The first is that we didn't stop raising money, even after 9/11. We changed our approach somewhat, but we always maintained focus on making that case for support. A question we asked ourselves often was, "If the college went away, who would be impacted?" We also redoubled our efforts to maintain relationships with donors and friends. After the president was removed by the board, other campus leaders and I embarked on a listening tour in regions that had strong concentrations of alumni, so we could hear — in person — their concerns and hopes for the college. Our interim president and the new president took time to establish relationships with key donors, too, including the two foundations that issued the challenge grants.
JS: What worked well from a prospect development perspective?
TM: I can't overstate the importance of good campaign counsel and strong data analytics. As part of the retooling of the campaign after the new president had been on campus for about a year, we paired a feasibility study with a comprehensive screening of our donor database. The feasibility study revealed very favorable views of our fiscal management and the new president's leadership among our constituents, and the screening uncovered a much deeper prospect pool than we realized. We had been relying on the same loyal supporters for years, and the screening allowed us to broaden our reach and engage previously unknown potential donors. That played a significant role in the campaign's success.
JS: So you're saying a comprehensive campaign with an eight-year silent phase can work? (Laughter.)
TM: With the right tools and talent, absolutely! We were especially fortunate to have had minimal turnover on the advancement team during this time, as well as the support of an experienced, thoughtful board of trustees. One thing I wish we had done differently, though, was taken a longer view when we chose our new CRM system. The system we chose was affordable, but extracting data from it proved to be difficult and required a level of report writing talent that we struggled to find.
JS: Thanks for chatting with me today, Tilghman — I enjoyed the look back. It was so valuable for me to see such innovation and pragmatism at that stage in my career. I'm sure Connections readers whose organizations are in or considering campaigns in this era of COVID-19 will appreciate the chance to learn from what we've talked about, too.
TM: My pleasure!
Released: June 11, 2020 11:05 AM | Updated: June 25, 2020 12:03 PM
Keywords: Connections | Campaigns | Innovation


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Apple could announce its "wrist wearable thing" next month, says Gruber [updated]
Cody Lee on August 8, 2014
Apple may unveil its so-called iWatch sooner than expected, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber. In a new blog post this afternoon, the well-connected Apple pundit casually mentions that the Cupertino company plans to announce its "wrist wearable thing" next month.
Gruber's claim contradicts previous reports from various outlets, which have all suggested that the iWatch would land in October. But given his near perfect track record in predicting Apple plans, it's certainly possible that we could see more than bigger iPhones in September…
Responding to a Verge story today on the Moto 360 charging dock, Gruber wrote:
It looks like Motorola's designers tried to draw as much attention as they could to the 360's stupid flat-tire display shape. The only way this could get funnier would be if it doesn't even ship until after Apple announces their wrist wearable thing next month.
According to Recode's John Paczkowski, Apple is planning a media event for Tuesday, September 9. Paczkowski also has a great track record in Apple event predictions, and is one of the reporters calling for an October iWatch event, so it's tough to choose which thread to follow.
Admittedly, we've heard a lot of conflicting information regarding Apple's new wearable device. What we do know, though, is that the firm has put together quite the team of fashion and medical experts for the project, and it's expected by many to be the company's "next big thing."
Update: John Gruber has clarified that he doesn't have any information on Apple's release plans, and the above statement was simply part of a joke.
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Rebecca was Reader in Fine Art at University of the Arts London (2008-13), Professor of Fine Art at Middlesex University (2013-16) and Professor of Fine Art at the Royal College of Art (2016-21), where she was Research Lead in the School of Arts and Humanities.
In 2004-9 Rebecca was Research Fellow with the Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Art at Lancaster University, leading a project called Visual Intelligences that investigated the methods of processes of material fine art practices. This led to a publication, On Not Knowing: How Artists Think, published by Black Dog and Kettle's Yard, which she co-edited with Dr Elizabeth Fisher in 2013. In 2008 she established Paint Club, an informal painting research network at UAL, and she is Founding Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Painting published by Intellect.
Rebecca's long-standing interest in women artists resulted in the 2008 publication, Contemporary British Women Artists: In Their Own Words, which contains interviews with twenty artists including Christine Borland, Tacita Dean and Tracey Emin. More recently she has published an essay, 'Baggage Reclaim; some thoughts of painting and feminism' (2017) and her most recent book, A Companion to Contemporary Drawing, (2020) co-edited with Kelly Chorpening, includes her chapter, 'A Dirty Double Mirror: Drawing, Autobiography and Feminism', which explores the feminist potential of the 'autographical' in work by Frances Stark, Emma Talbot and Nicola Tyson.
Rebecca has had solo shows at the Natalie Barney Gallery (2020), Semmer Berlin (2015), Freud Museum (2013) and the V&A's Museum of Childhood (2012), as well as numerous group shows including most recently, Motherline, Flowers East (London), Sleepy Heads Blyth Gallery (London), 49.5, 601 Art Space (New York), Phantom Limn, Dovecot Studios (Edinburgh) and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (London). A monograph, Self Contained, with essays by Maria Walsh, Graham Music and Louisa Minkin was published by RGAP in 2013. In 2019 she was Visiting Research Fellow in Creative Arts at Merton College, Oxford developing her project, A Mind Weighted with Unpublished Matter, that includes paintings and drawings from sculptural portraits of known and unknown female subjects. These works have been published in a book of the same name by Slimvolume in 2020 that includes an essay by Gemma Blackshaw as well as an 'in conversation' with the painter, Melissa Gordon. In 2021-22 she is Senior Research Fellow at the Henry Moore Institute developing her project, Sculptural Re-Membering, an investigation of 19th century portraiture of women, in particular that by women sculptors.
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Mannequin Dummies To Fill The Seats??
Wow! Empty seats at the Olympics. I guess you have to wonder if many are asking why in the world did they build these structures if they only ended up half full. Apparently it's not because let's call them 'real sports fans' didn't want to go but it's reported that cooperative sponsors were given whole blocks of tickets....and it appears for the best seats in the house....and it appears they really had no intentions of going.
It's too bad the little guy on the street, the common folk who truly believed in the Olympic spirit were held back from buying tickets! Sold out they were told or so it's reported. There's talk now of passing tickets out to the military or perhaps students. If that fails I'd suggest they should fill those seats with mannequin dummies the kind they use in movie shoots. I'm sure the athletes would consider they don't look too excited but at least they're better than nothing. They might even consider the organizers should take a seat among them.
Seriously there's really no Olympics that doesn't have it's embarrassing glitches. In the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games there was the-opening-ceremony-girl-not-cute-enough-to-sing shame. In my own country of Canada our winter Olympics of 2010 there was the caged torch controversy.
As the couple of weeks the Olympics last organizers regardless of their country have glitches and quirks they desperately seek to work out. Nothing comes off perfect but you try your best. This particular situation is rather revealing however for the reason it demonstrating how the elites, the so called 'important people' are so much of the time given preferential treatment with tickets perhaps even provided them for free...and they failed to support what they claimed they were behind all the time. I guess one could say they're playing their own type of game.


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 Роберт II Дьявол — герцог Нормандии начала XI века.
 Роберт Дьявол (роман) — анонимный французский рыцарский роман XIII века.
 Роберт-дьявол (опера) — опера Джакомо Мейербера 1831 года.
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Kerala: Engineering students' strike is just a symptom of its higher education mess
India G Pramod Kumar Jan 12, 2017 14:43:24 IST
Kerala, the land of strikes and hartals, is in the grip of yet another fast-spreading student agitation.
What began as protest against a private engineering college in Trichur district in northern Kerala a few days ago following the alleged suicide of a student has turned violent and reached the office of the association of managements of such colleges in Kochi. Going by Kerala's history of violent student agitations, it's only a matter of time before it spreads to the rest of the state. Fearing more damage and demanding protection, about 120 private engineering colleges in the state have been closed for a day on Thursday.
The apparent ire of the agitating students is against the alleged extra-legal disciplinary methods employed by the management in the Trichur college because that's what reportedly forced the student to commit suicide. According to his friends and family, he had been ridiculed and abused by a staff member for allegedly copying in an exam hall. Immediately after this incident, the students went on the war path and told the media horror stories about the college that ranged from misrule and physical abuses to poor facilities.
Simultaneously, reports of similar stories of discipline-related abuses, poor infrastructure and facilities emerged from the rest of the state. The overall picture presented by the students is that of a ruthless statewide enterprise and in some cases, mafia-like operations.
And that is the talk of the state now.
Representational image. AFP
Ironically, this is exactly what many educationalists had warned the state government when it began privatising higher education in the state two decades ago. What's more ironical is that at the forefront of the agitation is Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student wing of the Congress, which had kickstarted and even intensified this privatisation. Today, the state has about 160 engineering colleges, of which 120 are in the private sector — on an average about 11-12 engineering college per district.
It's a crazy statistic for a state which before the privatisation drive had less than 20 engineering colleges, that too run by the government. Today, most of the private engineering colleges that mushroomed, disproportionate to the need of the state, are unable to fill their seats and manage a pass rate of even 40 percent. Fifty percent of them don't even reach 40 percent pass rates. In some colleges, its doesn't cross single digits.
What the Congress-led UDF and the subsequent LDF governments have created in the state is a reckless mess where everybody is unhappy — the students, the managements, the faculty and the job industry. The managements that rushed to opening such colleges are unable to make the kind of money that they thought they would, while the students and even the poorly-paid faculty feel that they are being taken for a ride. Is it a problem created by profit-driven managements alone?
Not really. The students and the faculty are also part of the problem because most of them are of poor quality. The glut in availability of seats enabled a large number of incompetent students with very poor Class 12 marks study engineering that they were incapable of. Unsurprisingly, on an average, 60 percent of them failed, and even among those who obtained a degree, a substantial number were unemployable because of poor skills. The situation became vicious and has dragged the standards further down when the managements chose their faculty from the same catchment of engineering graduates. So, today, the management, the students and the faculty together have created a mutually worsening ecosystem. The threshold of student-admission has been kept abysmally low and the managements want them to be lowered further. This is the real race to the bottom.
There's no escape unless the state government, which incidentally created this ugly monster, takes drastic steps. In response to the present student agitation, the CPM-led LDF government has announced the appointment of an ombudsman to redress their complaints. As usual, a high-level committee will study the functioning of the private colleges and the government will do an assessment.
All that the ombudsman and the expert committee can do will be cosmetic because the underlying root causes cannot be addressed without structural changes. An education system in which 60 percent of the students fail, a system in which entry-barriers are literally non-existent, a system that doesn't produce a reasonable number of employable candidates and a system that doesn't contribute to academic literature needs to be completely overhauled. The vicious cycle of profits, poor management and poor students has to be disrupted. One sixty colleges for 14 districts is an unsustainable overkill which is meant to fail. The size and scale have to come down and the quality has to rise. The flab has to go.
But the present LDF government wouldn't be able to cut the flab. In fact, the issue had come before the state Assembly in 2012, during the previous UDF government's time. But this is what Education Minister PK Abdu Rabb then said, "Closing down these colleges and rehabilitating the students in other colleges would lead to a lot of problems. So the government is of the view that the existing colleges should be allowed to function with stern measures to improve their standards."
What prompted the discussion in the House then was an observation of the Kerala High Court the previous month that the AICTE should revoke the affiliations to colleges that didn't have a pass percentage of 40. The court made the point based on the report of an expert group which found the quality of education at most of the private engineering colleges — in terms of facilities, faculty, salaries and management arrangement, marks of students — very poor. It noted that in one college, the principal didn't even have an engineering degree.
Evidently, even after the high court's intervention and the Kerala government's promise of setting things right four years ago, things haven't changed. The present LDF government's patch-work too will not work because the real problem is in its DNA. What has been wrongly done has to be undone. The tumour has to be excised.
Unfortunately, that won't be possible either because the managements represent all kinds of influences — money, religious and caste groups, and even political organisations — and the system has been co-created by both the UDF and the LDF governments. The UDF started it and the LDF nurtured it quite generously. In fact, had the LDF applied the brakes, the damage could have been limited because between 2001, when the UDF started the mayhem, and 2006, the number was still under 50. But instead of stemming the rot, the LDF government under VS Achuthanandan, allowed about 30 more colleges and when the UDF came back under Oommen Chandy's leadership, it added another 30-odd. Since the 2001, the increase in the number of engineering colleges in the government sector has been marginal. The government, whether UDF or LDF, obviously had more or less withdrawn from technical education.
Probably, the purveyors of the globally famous 'Kerala Model of Development' should disseminate this worst practise as well because public funded high quality education (a number of technical heroes of the country came from the old government engineering colleges in the state) and health were among the pillars of Kerala's unique human development story. Both are in the dumps today and both the Congress, which has been reckless in its policies, and the CPM, which gets opportunistically preachy, are equally responsible.
Updated Date: Jan 12, 2017 14:43:24 IST
Tags : ConnectTheDots, CPM, Engineering Colleges, Engineering Students, Kerala, Kerala High Court, Kerala Students Union, Kochi, LDF Govt, Oommen Chandy, Pinarayi Vijayan, Trichur, UDF, VS Achuthanandan
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Q: How to restart sequential pattern, starting from clicked element I have 4 orange buttons, i'm creating a setInterval function that calls another function in order to make the 4 buttons change color every three secondes, that stuff works well.
Now imagine the current button that is gray is the button 1, logically the next one to change will be button 2, if i click on button 3, i want the button 4 to change and not the 2, so i want to change the next button.
Here is my jsfiddle example
here is my code :

var z = 1;
 function updateColor(btn) {

     // defilement des boutons de jaune a gris sur desktop
     $('.all-divs').find('.btn').removeClass('btn-current');
     z++;
     $('#btn-'+z).addClass('btn-current').siblings('.btn-current').removeClass('btn-current');
     if(z == 4){z = 0;}
  }

  $(document).ready(function() {
        setInterval(updateColor, 3000);
    });

    $('.btn').click(function(){
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        $(this).addClass("btn-current");
    });
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  width:50px;
  height:50px;
  margin:10px auto;
  text-align:center;
  background-color:orange;
  border-radius:50px;
}

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  width:50px;
  height:50px;
  margin:10px auto;
  text-align:center;
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A: In your button click event, just make this change:
$('.btn').click(function(){
    $('.btn').removeClass("btn-current");
    $(this).addClass("btn-current");
    z = this.id.split('-')[1];
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A: Try this. If I understood correctly, it should help. https://jsfiddle.net/y0dc5ooc/26/

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Advice for New Parents | 15 Tips for First Time Parents | BabaBing!
Becoming first time parents is certainly a scary time. But no matter how nerve-wracking you think parenting is going to be, there's a tiny infant who's relying on you.
Babies can't do anything for themselves, so it's up to you to make sure they feel loved, comfortable and cared for.
To help you out, we've put together some of our most practical advice for new parents who feel nervous about their new arrival. Sleepless nights, begone – we hope!
Getting your baby to sleep through the night will probably be a challenge for first time parents. But there are lots of baby sleep solutions out there to help your little one relax at night.
The NHS advice for new parents says to sleep in the same room as your baby for the first six months, so you can react to your their needs quickly.
The majority of first time parents wouldn't know how to change a nappy – why would you? But there's a first time for everything, and at the rate babies need changing, you'll pick it up fast!
The advice for new parents when it comes to nappy changing is to change your little one as soon as they need it. Then you'll be able to work out how sensitive their skin is and if your baby should be changed before or after a feed.
How you feed your baby is up to you. Whether you're breastfeeding, formula feeding or combining the two, the best advice for new parents is to be prepared. Babies will usually start feeding just a few hours after birth, so you need to be ready for when you bring your little one back from the hospital. Make sure you have all the right feeding tools, like bottles, teats and sterilising equipment on hand from the moment you arrive home.
Don't think you need to give your baby a bath every single day. One of the top tips for new parents is to try the top and tail method. This is where you wash your baby from head to toe with damp cotton wool, then gently dry them off with a soft towel. Topping and tailing is great if you're a bit nervous about bathing your baby, but just make sure you have everything ready before you start.
Some of the best advice for new parents is to share the work. Life with a newborn baby is very tough for both mum and dad, so it's best for both parents to help out where they can. Right from the start of pregnancy, a pregnant partner might feel tired and nauseous and will need practical support. Then when your baby arrives, there's night feeds, nappy changing and a new level of exhaustion for both partners. Parents should share the experiences (the good and the bad!) to make having a baby a little easier.
Giving your baby some kind of schedule can be very helpful advice for new parents. When you start to create a newborn routine, it can give you an idea of when your little wants to feed, play and sleep. Knowing the cues that show what your baby wants can be very useful for first time parents.
When your baby won't stop crying, it's usually because they need comfort or care. But if your little one's not hungry, thirsty or sleepy, you might struggle to find a reason. But don't tear your hair out just yet. There are options for you to relax and soothe your little one, from mini massages to resting in a baby rocker.
First time parents will probably feel like they can't leave the house with their baby, but of course you can! The top tips for new parents when going outside with their little one is to always keep your changing bag prepared. If you pack everything you need in your baby changing bag in advance, you'll reduce the risk of a nappy-changing emergency when out and about!
Cleaning advice for new parents? Lower your standards. Don't worry about the dusting the doorframes or scrubbing the skirting boards – all those housework jobs can wait. It's impressive enough if first time parents can load the dishwasher, let alone break out the bucket and mop. Save your spring cleaning for another time, or hire someone to help once a fortnight if you really need to.
Babies aren't as delicate as you might think! You can enjoy lots of fun baby activities right from birth, which benefits their development and strengthens you and your little one's bond. From pulling funny faces to jumping around in a baby bouncer, there are lots of cheap or free ways to play with your baby that are guaranteed to make some giggles.
Freezable, family-friendly meals are great for first time parents. Lasagne, shepherd's pie, sausage casserole or a quick chicken curry are some of our firm favourite recipes that you can quickly and simply batch cook. Then pop them in the freezer to keep ready for those times you're way too tired to play chef. Or, our other advice to new parents who are extra exhausted? Order a takeaway!
From pregnancy milestones to baby breakthroughs, you and your little one will hit most landmarks at different times. And you know what? That's completely fine! If you have newfound mummy friends who like to brag, don't feel disheartened if your infant isn't quite at the same stage. It's not a good idea to compare your child to others. Of course, you can speak to your doctor if you have any concerns about your baby's development.
You might think you'll be ready to raise your baby single-handedly. But the reality for first time parents is extreme exhaustion and lots of uncertainty. So before you wade your way through parenthood alone, the advice for new parents is to ask for help.
Your friends and relatives will likely want to pitch in, so even if you're not ready to let anyone else look after your little one, they can still lend a hand around the house.
Self-care is really important for first time parents. Let your partner take care of your baby for half an hour, so you can take a well-deserved break. Read a book, enjoy a hot bath or catch up on boxsets – just as long as you have a moment to yourself. Or you could go all out with a little online shopping and treat yourself to some new-mum gifts!
No matter how tired you are, no matter how worn-out you feel – remember, it'll pass. Some of the best advice for new parents you need to remember is that even the most difficult stages will eventually be over. Even when it gets tough, try to love and enjoy the time you have with your infant now, because it's true what they say, you know – babies really do grow up fast!
Taking care of a baby isn't about eating organic puréed veggies or perfecting the piano by age two. If you've got time for those kind of things, we salute you!


Why Is Everyone Talking About Nathan Hartono? - The Hieno!
Wow, this year is really a year well done for Singapore and Singaporeans! We have so many national heroes featured on the global stage, like Joseph Schooling and our own PM Lee Hsien Loong. And now we have this cute and multi-talented Singaporean guy Nathan Hartono featured on the mass media in China. Woohoo!
So what's so special about Nathan Hartono and why is everyone talking about him? In this quick post, I come up with 3 reasons.
Reason #1. Because Good looks + Great vocals + is super innovative.
Anyway he does beat-box + so many instruments very well too. So innovative and multitalented!
Reason #2. Because Nathan Hartono does care about promoting Singaporean music on the global stage.
Let me ask you one question: Of all the songs he can choose to sing in the finals, why would he pick "城里的月光" by our own Singaporean singer Mavis Hee?
And it's not like his diction is perfect–far from it. But he chose Mavis Hee's song anyway.
Why? —To me, I read the choice of song as a tribute to the Singaporean music scene. I see it as him wanting to inspire fellow Singaporeans and aspiring young Singaporean musicians and song-writers.
That's a real statement and encouragement to our local musicians and song-writers!
Reason #3. Because Nathan Hartono is so humble and magnanimous!
Okay let's face it, there is no way a Singaporean would win a Sing! China show. This is political and logical. Come on, we are already having so many problems with the recent Chinese-Singaporean diplomatic saga.
To let a Singaporean win a Sing! China contest is akin to saying there are no talented Chinese musicians in China.
He's so humble!!! Just like Joseph Schooling.
What do all these imply?
Nathan wins hearts because he is humble and magnanimous. 'Nuff said.
Well–to all the fans angry on his behalf: Let the album sales do the talking about who's the real winner in the hearts of the people and his fans. There's no need to be angry, because it's clear that in the end, Nathan Hartono's album sales will outdo the actual winner. Sales= truth!
Yeah! So the above three reasons are probably why everyone is talking about Nathan Hartono~ 🙂 And of course, free milo helps.


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Enbridge boosting security after pipeline sabotage
CALGARY – In a field on the outskirts of Sarnia, Ont., there's a big blue wheel surrounded by a chain-link fence.
Enbridge is re-assesing security at its sites in the wake of tampering.
Attached to the fence and nailed to a nearby wooden post is a warning: high pressure petroleum pipeline.
Early one December morning, a trio of anti-pipeline activists managed to get to the other side of the fence. Photos show them smiling broadly as they turned the wheel, to which they then locked themselves.
While the incident caused no injuries or significant service disruptions, the owner of the pipeline – the newly reversed and expanded Line 9 between southwestern Ontario and Montreal – said that incident and others have raised "serious concerns."
"Enbridge sites are locked, secured and monitored for the safety of people and the environment. As with any vital infrastructure or service, they can be made dangerous if tampered with or sabotaged," said Graham White, a spokesman for Calgary-based firm Enbridge Inc.
"We are assessing and employing various additional, permanent measures to enhance our security and safety at these sites to help prevent these types of tampering activities in the future. As part of ensuring the effectiveness of these measures, we will not provide details or discuss them publicly."
Lindsay Gray, speaking on behalf of the "land defenders" in an interview on the day of the Sarnia protest, said there wasn't much stopping them.
"Anyone could have done this," she said. "Anyone."
Line 9 was offline for about 90 minutes while the protesters were removed from the site and Enbridge inspected the line for damage. Though the protesters took credit for the shutdown, Enbridge says the line was shut off remotely from its control room.
There was a similar disruption two weeks earlier on another segment on Line 9 in Quebec. And then in early January, Enbridge's Line 7 near Cambridge, Ont., was shut down due to sabotage.
Kelly Sundberg, an associate professor at Mount Royal University who specializes in environmental crime, shakes his head at those tactics.
"It's just so dangerous," he said. "They risk causing damage to the line. There are so many possible negative outcomes that could come both from a security perspective, but also from an environmental damage perspective."
On that score, Gray retorted: "Every second that it's flowing, we're in danger."
Martin Rudner, professor emeritus at Carleton University who is an expert in security and critical infrastructure, said the industry has a variety of measures in place to secure their sites and respond when they are breached – and generally they seem to be working.
"It's hard to make an overall judgment, but I think the best way to judge it is the fact that no major interruption has taken place," he said.
But, he said: "Needless to say, they can't be everywhere all the time."
Many companies hire security guards to patrol sites, but Rudner said the use of drones could be a much more effective approach – though there are regulatory hurdles to that.
Warren Mabee, director of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen's University, said he sees the rash of pipeline tampering as a "blip," with the anti-pipeline movement emboldened by recent wins like the U.S. rejection of the Keystone XL project.
"It's not a good tactic. I think that it backfires because I think that the broad public, although they may not like the pipeline, they see that as beyond the pale."
Tri-Laterial conference speaker to address issues of critical infrastructure protection
New Patient Care Program from G4S addresses varying needs of hospitals
Catastrophic fire engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Facebook cracks down on groups spreading harmful information
Thousands flagged for scrutiny by Canada's scenario-based passenger screening
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Will Salisbury And Istanbul Be The Game Changers For Facial Recognition?
Facial recognition is on something of a roll this year. It is behind the launch of biometric 'curb to gate' travel in the US. It is generating headlines worldwide as law enforcement agencies experiment with its potential to lift criminals from the street. And it is unlocking more of Apple's devices.
Facial recognition has also helped to identify those responsible for Salisbury and Istanbul, ushering in the era of the disposable foreign agent. Any facial recognition system in the world can now easily enroll all these disclosed operatives, the wider implications of which are just hitting home.
But whilst facial recognition has evolved from its origins in access control to become the most talked about video surveillance technology on the market today, it has also become the most controversial.
Also this year, the technology has been criticized for monitoring Uyghurs in China, for university experiments to identify sexual orientation through facial features and for incorrectly matching US lawmakers with criminal mugshots. It has prompted employees to entreat Google, Microsoft and Amazon to cease supplying AI to defense and law enforcement. And it has prompted privacy campaigners in the UK to launch a legal challenge against police deployments.
Despite these challenges, the technology is gaining traction and is on something of a tear, with Research and Markets forecasting growth from around $4 billion in 2018 to upwards of $10 billion by 2025.
Most facial recognition deployments still represent some form of access control, whether buildings, planes, immigration gates or smartphones. Usually, this is a simple 1:1 match. A person looks into a camera until they are recognized, potentially with an antifraud 'liveness' check included.
It becomes more challenging when the individual is matched against a list: if 300 people are checked-in to board a flight and are enrolled in a facial recognition system, then each one of the 300 people who later present themselves at the gate is probability compared by the system to all 300 enrollments. This results in up to 90,000 possible combinations, being 300 multiplied by 300.
The level of complexity increases significantly with standoff facial recognition in public spaces, checking passersby against watch lists in real-time. Here the math gets interesting. A typical CCTV camera might see a passing footfall of 5,000 people in a day. If that system has a watch list of only 500 people, then the number of daily probability checks is 2.5 million, being 5,000 multiplied by 500. If the watch list contains a more useful 20,000 people, then it becomes 100 million possible combinations to be handled in real-time through the day.
Handling this number of possible combinations is difficult enough, but there are three additional real-world factors.
First, the quality of the enrolled imagery on the watch list: if some of the photographs are of poor quality, then there is a serious risk the AI engine will match those images to the wrong passersby.
Second, the 'training' of the algorithm: facial recognition engines are taught to recognize people by reviewing millions of reference images. The more real-world the training, the more likely the engines will perform successfully in a real-world environment.
And, finally, how reflective the ethnic and gender mix of the training database is of that environment. This doesn't just mean numbers of images. It also means the proportions of types of people, the order in which they have been loaded into the database, and the mix of passport and non-passport style poses.
Ultimately, it comes down to the certainty of not missing correct matches on one end of the spectrum and limiting false positives on the other. An intelligence-led operation to intercept an active terrorist cell would tolerate false positives to ensure no missed matches; whereas an operation at a crowded venue to identify people on outstanding warrants would prefer missed matches to unworkable and alienating levels of false positives.
No facial recognition engine is intrinsically biased, but they can be poorly or incompletely trained. And although all machine learning engines should improve in speed and accuracy with time, there will only ever be a 100% match if the original reference image or video is compared to itself. Results are probability weighted. A cutoff threshold is set. Interpretations are made. The system should never make a decision, it should be a tool to support the people who do.
Get all of this right, and the system can deliver successfully. Get any of it wrong, and operational failures and the perception of 'bias' will result.
Last month, Washington Dulles Airport identified an impostor within three days of deploying facial recognition. Meanwhile, South Wales Police in the UK has credited a significant number of arrests to their use of such systems. But facial recognition should not be everywhere, nor should it look for everyone. The idea of a national identity scheme being used to track a population in real time is fanciful, to say the least. This is where the overstated claims coming out of China are unhelpful.
No country has deployed facial recognition for mass surveillance more creatively or enthusiastically than China, and it boasts the best funded AI 'start-ups' in the world. But the capabilities of its systems are no better in performance than technologies developed on more modest budgets in the West. China's AI companies have not changed the technology narrative, but they have changed the privacy versus security narrative.
It is likely we will look back at 2018 as the watershed year for facial recognition. Salisbury and Istanbul, the various controversies, multiple wider deployments and of course China's PR machine have all raised the profile of the technology. As has Apple of course. Now it is the responsibility of both society and the security industry to keep the technology in check. And that responsibility cannot be abdicated by either. Where it's appropriately and proportionately deployed, facial recognition is a powerful tool that can make our lives easier, safer and more secure. But when it's poorly deployed or unconstrained, it can impact on our personal freedoms in ways we definitely do not want to see.


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Q: Why is unicode-math not working with TikZ? This thread evoked from this thread.
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{unicode-math} % This causes the question mark bug
% This code requises unicode-math
% How can you use the code without unicode-math -package?
\setmathfont[BoldFont={latinmodern-math.otf}]{latinmodern-math.otf}
\setmathfont[range=\mathscr,Scale=MatchUppercase]{Asana-Math.otf}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,decorations.pathreplacing,calc}
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}
\surroundwithmdframed[style=que]{question}

\begin{document}
\begin{question}
Lorem ipsum?
\end{question}
\end{document}

I am thinking why you need the unicode-math package for the TikZ code.
Why does the TikZ code require unicode-math package?

A: As I already wrote in the comments: unicode-math defines \question. So you can't use "question" as the name of your environment. Replace it by e.g. questionX:
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{unicode-math} % This causes the question mark bug

\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{question}[theorem]{Question}
\newtheorem{questionX}[theorem]{Question}

\begin{document}
\question \question \question %defined by unicode math.

\begin{question} %fails
Lorem ipsum?
\end{question}

\begin{questionX} %works
Lorem ipsum?
\end{questionX}
\end{document}

A: It's a very unfortunate state of affairs.
The problem is that unicode-math does most of its work during processing of \AtBeginDocument tokens, that is, when \begin{document} is scanned. Part of this is to define \question as a math symbol producing a question mark.
So, when you define the question environment with \newtheorem, no error is raised. But afterwards unicode-math redefines \question (which is the macro executed when \begin{question} is processed.
Minimal example:
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{unicode-math} % This causes the question mark bug

\newtheorem{question}{Question}

\begin{document}
\begin{question}
Lorem ipsum?
\end{question}
\end{document}

You can either change the environment's name, or restore the definition; the second strategy can be implemented with
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{unicode-math} % This causes the question mark bug

\newtheorem{question}{Question}
\let\masiquestion\question
\AtBeginDocument{%
  \let\umquestion\question
  \let\question\masiquestion
}

\begin{document}
\begin{question}
Lorem ipsum?
\end{question}
\end{document}

In my opinion, unicode-math ought to issue at least a warning when redefining a command.


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Jump start detox drink can solve many of your problems that relates to skin, inner organs and digestive system. Acidified body is a magnet for diseases that can change your life forever. Consuming detox drinks which include food that are known for its cleaning effect is a good choice through all the year.
Do you feel without energy? You have that strange feeling that your body is stuffed from the inside and you know that it is the time to clean it a little? If you do, then it is almost certainly time for a detoxifying cure.
What is a detoxification or detox? It is a process of cleaning the blood in the liver. The liver is acting as a filter. Its powerful detoxification system converts all the toxins in the body into molecules, which are then excreted through the kidneys or through the intestines.
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We know many ways to detoxify the body, while you can use different foods that will help you to cleanse from toxins. In the same time you will get nutrients that your body will use for proper functioning. Most detox diets or treatments include consuming raw vegetables, fruits, fruit juices, spices and water.
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The Rideau Canal is a chain of beautiful lakes, rivers and locks extending 202 km from Kingston, at the east end of Lake Ontario to Ottawa, Canada's capital city. Completed in 1832 by the British, this historic waterway with its 45 locks and 19 km of canal cuts is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site carefully maintained and operated by Parks Canada. Parks Canada has also designated the Rideau as a Canadian Heritage River.
Embarkation starts at 8:00 p.m. in Kingston. Free car parking is available. The "Kawartha Voyageur" will remain docked at the Crawford Wharf for the night.
Sailing before breakfast, the "Kawartha Voyageuer" enters the Cataraqui River and proceeds upstream to Kingston Mills locks for the first lockage. This is one of the flight locks for which the Rideau is so famous. For the rest of the day we traverse numerous lakes and locks before we reach our overnight docking at one of the most beautiful sites on the canal, Jones Falls.
This second day passes through the heart of Rideau Lakes. A mid morning stop at Chaffeys Lock lets us visit a lock house museum. We also stop at the historic village of Westport for shopping after lunch. Our picturesque overnight stop is at Poonamalie, a lock named by one of the builders for a romantic memory from India.
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Our final day passes by beautiful private homes as we near Ottawa. A stop at Hog's Back lock to view the cascading falls before entering the man-made channel that leads down past Carleton University to our final docking at Hartwell Locks. Here passengers board our chartered bus for the two hour ride back to their cars at Kingston arriving around 5 p.m.
Passengers board our chartered bus by 6:00 p.m. at the parking lot in Kingston. Free parking is available. Bus arrives at Hartwell Locks in Ottawa about 8:00 p.m. for embarkation on the "Kawartha Voyageur" which will remain docked for the night at Hartwell Locks.
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Our third day introduces us to the Rideau Lakes with all their legendary beauty. From Poonamalie we cross Lower Rideau, then past Rideau Ferry to Big Rideau and through the Narrows to Upper Rideau Lake, the highest elevation of the Rideau Canal. Overnight is at Westport village, a historic gem.
Canada's northland of water, granite and greenery is nowhere better viewed than this day's journey downstream through a series of lakes and rivers connected by captivating lock sites that defy casual description. In particular, a midday stop at Chaffeys Lock takes us back in time as we visit the lock house museum there. Over night is at beautiful Jones Falls with its spectacular arched stone dam and four flight locks.
Our last day continues to amaze us with the beauty of the Cataraqui River and its locks. From the four flight locks at Kingston Mills we cruise the lower reaches of the river to our 2:00 p.m destination in Kingston.