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Q: How to handle iOS status bar height change during active call in React Native? When on a call the status bar in iOS changes height. The larger status bar causes the TabBarIOS in my RN iOS app to be partly pushed off the bottom of the screen. Additionally, when switching tabs, the new tab displayed is first displayed with the middle missing, as if the top half of the screen is offset down for the larger status bar, but the bottom half isn't, and the discrepancy is handled by an overlap in the center. Is anyone else seeing this, and if so, have a solution?

A: Can You provide some code snippet to see what exactly is going in there ?
Additionally you can call the StatusBar to display the notification bar contents and Add a view of height 64pt that is Standard with ios10 design standards.

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As someone who struggles to understand what is being said on 'The Only Way is Essex' I'm a bit concerned that Essex headquartered Ford Motor Company GB is about to introduce its SYNC in-car connectivity system to the new B-Max before rolling it out across the Focus and Kuga ranges followed by other models in turn.
Already in use in over 4 million vehicles in the USA, Ford's SYNC system can read aloud incoming messages while allowing drivers to send a text reply by voice from a predetermined list of responses. So that prompts the question, is Ford going to use that awfy polite and posh SatNav lady, or are they going to get one of their own Essex lovelies to do the business?
Ahead of this, Ford commissioned a survey regarding British phone/texting habits. Apparently, one in three UK drivers admit they have read texts while driving. Despite this, drivers agreed overwhelmingly that reading texts on the move was dangerous. Ninety-five per cent of drivers thought that texting affected driver ability and safety.
The text-to-speech feature on SYNC retrieves messages using a simple voice command from Bluetooth-connected compatible smartphones. And then of course there is the added problem, will the SYNC system understand a broadly spoken Weegie command?
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The influence of increased venous return on right ventricular dyssynchrony during acute and sustained hypoxaemia.
Ewalts, M.
Dawkins, T.
Boulet, L.M.
Thijssen, D.H.J.
Stembridge, M.
Experimental Physiology, 106, 4, (2021), pp. 925-937
https://doi.org/10.1113/EP088657
Experimental Physiology
Radboudumc 16: Vascular damage RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences
NEW FINDINGS: What is the central question of this study? Right ventricular dyssynchrony is a marker of function that is elevated in healthy individuals exposed to acute hypoxia, but does it remain elevated during sustained exposure to high altitude hypoxia, and can it be normalised by augmenting venous return? What is the main finding and its importance? For the first time it is demonstrated that (i) increasing venous return in acute hypoxia restores the synchrony of right ventricular contraction and (ii) dyssynchrony is evident after acclimatisation to high altitude, and remains sensitive to changes in venous return. Therefore, the interpretation of right ventricular dyssynchrony requires consideration the prevailing haemodynamic state. ABSTRACT: Regional heterogeneity in timing of right ventricular (RV) contraction (RV dyssynchrony; RVD) occurs when pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) is increased during acute hypoxia. Interestingly, RVD is not observed during exercise, a stimulus that increases both PASP and venous return. Therefore, we hypothesised that RVD in healthy humans is sensitive to changes in venous return, and examined whether (i) increasing venous return in acute hypoxia lowers RVD and (ii) if RVD is further exaggerated in sustained hypoxia, given increased PASP is accompanied by decreased ventricular filling at high altitude. RVD, PASP and right ventricular end-diastolic area (RVEDA) were assessed using transthoracic two-dimensional and speckle-tracking echocardiography during acute normobaric hypoxia ( FiO2 = 0.12) and sustained exposure (5-10 days) to hypobaric hypoxia (3800 m). Venous return was augmented with lower body positive pressure at sea level (LBPP; +10 mmHg) and saline infusion at high altitude. PASP was increased in acute hypoxia (20 ± 6 vs. 28 ± 7, P < 0.001) concomitant to an increase in RVD (18 ± 7 vs. 38 ± 10, P < 0.001); however, the addition of LBPP during hypoxia decreased RVD (38 ± 0 vs. 26 ± 10, P < 0.001). Sustained hypoxia increased PASP (20 ± 4 vs. 26 ± 5, P = 0.008) and decreased RVEDA (24 ± 4 vs. 21 ± 2, P = 0.042), with RVD augmented (14 ± 5 vs. 31 ± 12, P = 0.001). Saline infusion increased RVEDA (21 ± 2 vs. 23 ± 3, P = 0.008) and reduced RVD (31 ± 12 vs. 20 ± 9, P = 0.001). In summary, an increase in PASP secondary to acute and sustained exposure to hypoxia augments RVD, which can be at least partly reduced via increased venous return.


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What's with all those cones by the side of the A47?
Dan Grimmer
dan.grimmer@archant.co.uk
@dangrimmer24
Traffic cones in the fields near the A47 at North Burlingham. Picture: Nick Butcher
Archant © 2018
A set of traffic cones in a Norfolk field is giving drivers a glimpse of the route for a due-to-be dualled section of the A47.
Proposed changes to the A47 between Blofield and North Burlingham. Pic: Highways England.
The cones have appeared in a field close to North Burlingham, which is one of six sections on the A47 between Peterborough and Great Yarmouth where work is due to take place as part of a £300m package of upgrades.
The section of the A47 between Blofield and North Burlingham is still a single carriageway and acts as a bottleneck. That leads to congestion, increasing journey times.
It also has a poor safety record, with 33 crashes between October 2011 and 2016, including a death, so it was selected as one of the sections of the road which will be dualled.
Following consultation, the public said they wanted to see a new dual carriageway built to the south of the existing A47.
Highways England has been proceeding with that option, which they say can be built with the least disruption to drivers during construction and has the least impact on the environment.
They say that the cones are part of ground investigation work alongside the route of the proposed new road, ahead of another round of statutory consultation over the changes.
Following that, work is due to start in 2020 and the scheme could be completed and open to traffic in 2023.
The other schemes in Norfolk are:
• Creating a new dual carriageway section between North Tuddenham and Easton
• Making improvements to both the Vauxhall and Gapton junctions in Great Yarmouth
• Improvements to the A47/A11 Thickthorn roundabout
But the Eastern Daily Press has been pushing for the government to pledge to fund full dualling of the A47. The Just Dual It! campaign, is being run with Norfolk County Council and the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce,
Currently just 47pc of the route is dual carriageway and despite the £300m of work which is planned, it will still leave substantial sections of the A47 as single carriageway with no current plans to dual them.
The campaign, which has won backing from the public and businesses, wants the government to commit to make funding available to dual the entire length of the A47 by 2030.
And it calls for dualling of the Acle Straight and from Tilney to East Winch between 2020 and 2025.
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Making headlines in early 2006 for her her appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, the tennis champ - who just happens to look like a hot runway fashion model - was born in Nyagen, Siberia on April 19, 1987. Sharapova later moved with her family to the resort town of Sochi where at age four she was given her first tennis racket.
A naturally gifted player, she was later spotted in a Moscow tennis school by none other than Russian tennis champ Martina Navratilova, who urged her parents to help the young Sharapova persue a serious tennis career.
It was only a few years later that Sharapova and her father found themselves arriving, unannounced, at the prestigious Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Miami, Florida. As the story goes, the young tennis wiz made a favorable impression by shooting a serve passed one of the school's coaches, knocking his hat off. A full scholarship quickly followed.
At 14, she began her tennis career on the junior circuit, and in the 2001 season won 25 out of 28 matches. She beat her own record with 26 victories out of 29 the following year. In 2003, Sharapova went on to enter the WTA professional women's circuit and in her first season won two professional titles: Quebec City and the Japan Open. By the end of the year she was ranked 32nd best player in the world.
Sharapova won her first Grand Slam title when she beat Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2004 and took the No. 1 spot from an injured Lindsay Davenport to become the top seeded female tennis player in the world.
She has won over $1 million dollars in earnings and is estimated to make another $15 million in endorsements in 2006. Chances are that figure could well increase after having taken New York by storm to win her first U.S. Open women's title in September 2006.


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Posted on July 22, 2014 by John Bailey
WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. By John F. Bailey. July 22, 2014:
"Is it the rainbow or just a mirage?
Will it be tender and sweetor merely massage?
Is it a brainstorm in one of its quirks,
Or ,is it the best, the crest, the works?
Is it for all time or simply a lark?
Is it the Lido I see or only Asbury Park?
Should I say "Thumbs down" and give it a shove?
Or is it at long last love?
—At long Last Love written by Cole Porter © 1937,1938 Chappell & Company. All rights reserved. From the musical, YOU NEVER KNOW
That's what White Plains is daring to hope as June sales tax numbers broke all records for a single month with White Plains receiving $5,389,048.64, the most money earned in one month since September, 2011, when the city earned $5 million (augmented by one-time adjustment).
This salvo of dollars closed the city 2013-14 fiscal year with $51,856,186.97 in total sales tax recepts, 3.9% higher than 2012-13 sales tax receipts OF $49,913,996.69. The pace of White Plains growth overtook Westchester County, the first time this has happened in over a year. Westchester County over the first six months of 2014.WAS UP 3.4% TO the 3.9% White Plains growth rate.
It also by WPCNR estimate will allow the city to slip perhaps $7 Million into the Fund Balance Stabilization Fund, a balance used ostensibly to build back city fund balance, but serves to fund rising labor costs each year in a quid pro quo exhange.
Had April and May not been so cold and rainy, the city might have done even better.
Kevin Nunn, Executive Director of the White Plains Business Improvement District, called the June handle, "Good news. We'd like to see it continue."
He said several events in June might have contributed to the increase, such as the Criterion Bike Race that took place on a Sunday, and the Leisure Expo.
Asked if the BID was concerned about the number of empty storefronts in the White Plains downtown Business Improvement District, Nunn said "it (vacant storefronts) is more than we'd like." He told WPCNR the business owners that make up the BID are concerned about it have voted to commission a profession organization, RES Group to undertake a detailed survey of the White Plains commercial properties in the district in an effort to define how the downtown might focus its efforts on what companies and tenants to attract and how the district can make itself more attractive
The firm he said will be survey customers enterting establishments at various times of the week; they will send out a mail survey to residents, which can be completed online (no need to mail it in) for which they will receive amazon.com coupons if they go on line and fill it out.
The group will also be taking a survey of rents and lease arrangements to ascertain what kind of deals White Plains is offering to prospective retail tenants to analyze if that is a factor that keeps.
Parking will be analyzed as part of the survey, as will consumer interest in what retail products they come to White Plains for and what they want through national trends analyzed by the firm ESRI
Nunn said the survey would be commenced in September "when everybody is back in town."
Nunn said the survey was the idea of the BID Membership generated from discussion among members.
Involved in doing part of the survey is VHB, the firm that acquired Saccardi & Schiff three years ago. VHB will be surveying the walkability, streetscape and convenience of the downtown.
RES the parent firm has done such surveys for the Museum of Modern Art and Metrotech, among others.


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Skyddsrummet under Slottsbacken i Gamla stan, Stockholm anlades 1941 som ett så kallat befolkningsskyddsrum. Utrymmet under Slottsbacken övertogs av Stockholms stad och renoverades till ett parkeringsgarage för allmänheten som öppnade i augusti 2006. Anläggningen är skyddsrumsklassad av Statens Räddningsverk, vilket innebär att det ska kunna ställas i ordning för sitt ändamål som skyddsrum inom 48 timmar.

Bakgrund
År 1938, ett år innan utbrottet av andra världskriget, tog Stockholms stadsfullmäktige upp frågan om inrättande av ett antal större skyddsrum i Stockholm. 1939 påbörjades ett 15-tal skyddsrum, insprängda i berg, för vartdera 300 personer. Totalt hade stadsfullmäktige anslagit 3,5 miljoner kronor till offentliga skyddsrum. I luftskyddskonceptet ingick även evakuering av gamla och barn  till en säker plats utanför Stockholm.

Bygget
Anläggningen färdigställdes 1941 och fick en yta av 650 m² vilket skulle ge skydd åt mellan 800 och 900 personer. Skyddsrummet under Slottsbacken är inget bergfast skyddsrum, d.v.s helt omgivet av berg, som exempelvis Katarinabergets skyddsrum eller Skyddsrummet Johannes, utan är utsprängt respektive utschaktat från ytan och sedan platsbyggt i armerad betong. Samma metod användes för Skyddsrummet Hötorget (byggd 1939–1940).

Inrymningen sker dels från södra sidan av Slottsbacken utanför nr 6 (Myntkabinettet), dels från norra sidan utanför entrén till Livrustkammaren. Den södra rampen fungerar sedan 2006 som infart till P-hus Slottsbacken, den norra är stängd för allmänheten. I krisfall kunde ramperna avskiljas från yttervärlden med detonationsportar (upphängningsanordning för dem finns kvar). De skyddssökande nådde sedan skyddsrummet via två gasslussar, som är intakta. Idag (2012) sköts garaget av Stockholm Parkering som tillhandahåller 18 p-platser för allmän 24-timmars parkering.

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Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, while adjacent to an ally or wall you gain a +2 bonus to AC as well as advantage on checks made to avoid being disarmed, fall prone, or resist a shove.
Starting at 7th level, you master a broad stride and adroit footwork that grants you an undeniable tactical mobility. Any ally granting you a bonus to AC from the flanked defense feature gains a +1 bonus to AC and increases your AC bonus to +3. If you have the Protection fighting style, you may use it to benefit allies within 10 feet instead of 5 feet.
At 10th level, you learn the Protection fighting style in addition to any others you know. If you already knew that fighting style, when you use the feature both the attack you use it against and the next attack made against your ally before the end of the round are at disadvantage so long as your ally remains within 10 feet.
Beginning at 15th level, while within 5 feet of a wall you gain advantage on your first attack roll each round. When you are in a corner or a tunnel with a wall within 5 feet of two sides of you, you gain advantage on all attack rolls.
Starting at 18th level, any time that you are benefiting from your flanked defense feature you also benefit from back to the wall, treating your allies as if they were walls (gaining advantage on all attack rolls if adjacent to two allies).


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The Australian wool market is buoyant, with big rises at auction sales this week.
It has been predicted that there may be a slight price adjustment in the next few weeks, but the outlook for the rest of the year remains positive. A correction will many times result when markets rise so quickly, so a flattening may occur as the season continues. However, the second half of the year is likely to demonstrate that wool prices have a little way yet to go.
The wool market added 64 cents (6 percent) to prices, on top of last week's 52 cent (5 percent) price spike, to see the Australian Wool Exchange market indicator close at 1128 Australian cents a kilogram, clean, its highest value since February. In U.S. dollar terms, the indicator increased by 7.5 percent, to 1,026 U.S. cents per kilogram. This is the largest two-week gain in the Eastern Market Indicator since January 2011.
The market behavior this week was similar to last week where prices took a sharp increase from the first few minutes of the sale and continued to firm as the sale progressed. Typically, the market has then taken another step higher after the mid-sale break, which has allowed traders to amend their buying strategy and raise buying limits in order to meet the prevailing market.
Roberts Limited wool manager, Alistair Calvert, said the excitement is spreading beyond the wool-auction room to the futures market, and all the major buyers seem to be scrambling for supply.
"There seems to be some better news coming out of Europe now, which is probably adding a little bit more to the finer end. Also, China seems to be heading for a softer landing than many expected a few months ago, so I think that's good too," said Calvert.
This week the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee released its 2013-2014 season outlook, saying it expects Australian wool production to ease slightly this financial year, down 1.4 percent to 345 million greasy kilograms in total.


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India has signed two memoranda of understanding with leading UK universities having enormous petroleum research facilities, marking a "significant breakthrough" for the research and development needs of its petroleum industry.
The MoUs were signed on Friday evening at the Imperial College in London in the presence of Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora and Indian High Commissioner Kamlesh Sharma.
The first MoU was signed by A K Jain, director, ministry of petroleum and natural gas and Julia King, principal, faculty of engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology and Medicine.
The second one was signed by Jain and Dominic Houlihan, vice principal, research and commercialisation, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Under the MoUs, a four-member steering committee each would be established to set research objectives and priorities.
Lauding the MoUs, Deora said the petroleum and natural gas sector in India was at a critical juncture. "For the Indian energy sector, we are committed to make all out efforts to increase our exploration momentum. Science and technology and its rapid advances will remain a crucial building block of this strategy."
He said the contribution of academia and the research and development institutions like Imperial College and the University of Aberdeen in furthering the gains in the oil sector of UK especially in relation to the North Sea was well documented. "The signing of these MoUs ... marks a significant breakthrough for the R&D needs of the Indian petroleum industry."
"We have identified the technology needs of our industry and matched them with the capability of these two institutions. The directorate general of hydrocarbons being the signatory on behalf of the Indian hydrocarbon industry, will help the entire petroleum sector of India to access the expertise available with you," Deora said.
He said "with the Imperial College there has been a historical connection as many Indian scientists and prominent persons, including the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, have been academically nurtured in this great institution.
"Therefore, it is indeed a particularly happy moment for me to be here today on the occasion of the signing of the MoUs."
Earlier in the day, Deora held a meeting with members of the Commonwealth Business Council on India's energy outlook.
He said he and Mohan Kaul, director general of the Commonwealth Business Council, had just discussed plans to host a major Commonwealth Oil and Gas Summit in India towards the end of this year.
Deora, who was on his way back to Delhi after holding roadshows in London and in the US to launch the sixth round of India's New Exploration and Licensing Policy, said, "the roadshows were very exciting and successful."
"Under the sixth round of India's New Exploration and Licensing Policy we have made major progress by announcing over 50 blocks of petroleum and ten blocks of coalbed methane exploration," said Deora.


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Q: Was the ship Supremacy completely destroyed? Was the First Order's flagship Supremacy utterly beyond repair after being "hyperspace rammed" or can it still be used to jump into hyperspace or have it's "wing" rebuilt?
It didn't look like the larger part was burning, and Ren and Hux didn't seem to panic about their vessel state.

A: According to Wookieepedia using Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition as a reference seems to have embellished a bit beyond what we find the actual source:

In spite of significant damage to the ship, it nonetheless remained functional. Regardless, the flagship was later deemed to be a lost cause by the First Order, evacuated and scuttled.

Here is what we can verify from Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition:
The ship or at least parts of it were still working:

The Raddus had hit left of center, sparing the section of the Mega-Destroyer that housed the overbridge and the throne room. Which was fortunate for Hux—as the bridge descended into chaos, he had hurried to the turbolift connecting it with the Supreme Leader's sanctum. It wasn't until after he'd stepped into the lift and used his code cylinder to access the throne room that he realized it might not work.
He looked around frantically, gripped by the fear that he'd consigned himself to an ignominious end—the architect of the First Order's military domination spending his last moments trapped in a turbolift. But the lift descended so smoothly, Hux had no idea anything was wrong.

General Hux was not too worried about its destruction (and didn't even think about repairs) though:

The First Order's flagship—which was also its mobile capital, its greatest shipyard, its best research-and-development facility, and so much more besides—was doomed. Yet the Resistance had been reduced to a pathetic handful of ships trapped on a backwater world. And the New Republic was no closer to resurrection. The imminent end of the Supremacy would change surprisingly little about the balance of power in the galaxy

And it does seems that ship was beyond repair and failing quickly:

The throne room lurched sickeningly around them. Hux knew what that meant—the complex system of inertial dampeners and acceleration compensators that protected the core decks of the Supremacy was failing. They had to hurry. But Kylo was confused. He braced himself, staring out in disbelief at the mangled half of the flagship and the wrecked Star Destroyers beyond it.

This is the last mention of the Supremacy in the book, so it seems that the quote from Wookieepedia probably happens in a very short span...


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This book is the story of a young girl struggling with the meaning of 'pretty', as they walk home from school, her mother goes on to describe the true meaning of pretty through simple questions and examples.
Margot is dedicated to spreading her message to young women everywhere, that beauty comes from within. It should also be noted that a portion of the proceeds from the book go to Meagan's Walk, a Toronto charity named for Meagan Bebenek. Meagan was five years old when doctors found an inoperable brain tumor and passed away in 2001.
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Need to know basis only?
I work for the federal government and must fill out a lengthy application in order to apply for other positions within the agency that I work for. The application contains a fair amount of information that is listed as protected in the Privacy Act of 1974. If the manager of the area that I am applying for distributes copies of my complete application to other employees that are not in a managerial role, is this a violation of my privacy?
The simple answer is "yes", you do have a right to privacy and it must be protected by management. It would be a clear violation of that right if a manager distributed your private information to employees who do not have a need to know. If that has happened, you have remedies under federal laws that are available to you, and you should complain either to human resources or someone in upper manager. You also have the right to go to the inspector general for your agency.


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Q: oracle deadlock in one update statement? First my oracle version:
SQL> select * from v$version;

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I create table and insert two rows:
create table test_table
(
    objectId VARCHAR2(40) not null,
    dependId VARCHAR2(40) not null
);

insert into test_table values(1, 10000);
insert into test_table values(2, 20000);
commit;

Then open two sessions and execute the following commands in order.
Case1:
session1:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (2);

session2:
update test_table set dependId=200000 where objectid in (1,2);

seesion1:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (1);

and session2 showsORA-00060: deadlock detected while waiting for resource
Case2
session1:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (1);

session2:
update test_table set dependId=200000 where objectid in (2,1);

seesion1:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (2);

and no deadlock occur.
Please explain the reason. How the update ... where objectid in (1,2) hold the lock?

A: This comes down to the order the database tries to acquire locks on the rows.
In your example objectid = 1 is "first" in the table. You can verify this by sorting the data by rowid:
create table test_table
(
    objectId VARCHAR2(40) not null,
    dependId VARCHAR2(40) not null
);

insert into test_table values(1, 99);
insert into test_table values(2, 0);
commit;

select rowid, t.* from test_table t
order  by rowid;

ROWID                 OBJECTID    DEPENDID
AAAT9kAAMAAAdMVAAA    1           99
AAAT9kAAMAAAdMVAAB    2           0

If in session 1 you now run:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (2);

You're updating the "second" row in the table. When session 2 runs:
update test_table set dependId=200000 where objectid in (2,1);

It reads the data block. Then tries to acquire locks on them in the order they're stored. So it looks at the first row (objectid = 1), asks "is the locked?" Finds the answer is no. And locks the row.
It then repeats this process for the second row. Which is locked by session 1. When querying v$lock, you should see two entries requesting 'TX' locks in lmode = 6. One for each session:
select sid from v$lock
where  type = 'TX'
and    lmode = 6;

SID
    75
    60

So at this stage both sessions have one row locked. And session 2 is waiting for session 1.
In session 1 you now run:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (1);

BOOOOM! Deadlock!
OK, but how can we be sure that this is due to the order rows are stored?
Using attribute clustering (a 12c feature), we can change the order rows are stored in the blocks, so objectid = 2 is "first":
alter table test_table
  add clustering
  by linear order ( dependId );

alter table test_table move;

select rowid, t.* from test_table t
order  by rowid;

ROWID                 OBJECTID    DEPENDID
AAAT9lAAMAAAdM7AAA    2           0
AAAT9lAAMAAAdM7AAB    1           99

Repeat the test. In session 1:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (2);

So this has locked the "first" row. In session 2:
update test_table set dependId=200000 where objectid in (2,1);

This tries to lock the "first" row. But can't because session 1 has it locked. So at this point only session 1 holds any locks.
Check v$lock to be sure:
select sid from v$lock
where  type = 'TX'
and    lmode = 6;

SID
    60

And, sure enough, when you run the second update in session 1 it completes:
update test_table set dependId=100000 where objectid in (1);

NOTE
This doesn't mean that update is guaranteed to lock rows in the order they're stored in the table blocks. Adding or removing indexes could affect this behaviour. As could changes between Oracle Database versions.
The key point is that update has to lock rows in some order. It can't instantly acquire locks on all the rows it'll change.
So if you have two or more sessions with multiple updates, deadlock is possible. So you should start your transaction by locking all the rows you intend to change with select ... for update.


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The Arlington County Fire Department (ACFD) announced Thursday, Oct. 25, its plans to temporarily relocate Fire Station #7 (Engine 107), at 3116 South Abingdon St., until further notice due to structural and safety concerns in the station. A recent engineering evaluation noted concerns with the station's apparatus bay floor and whether it can support modern-day fire equipment. Part of the living quarters for the fire fighters is located below the apparatus bay.
The County is conducting a more thorough inspection of the concrete slab to determine feasibility and extent of possible rehabilitation and repair options. The fire station is expected to be out of service until the analysis is complete. Fire Station #7 personnel and equipment will be moved to Fire Station #4 in Clarendon (3121 10th St. N) on Tuesday, Oct. 30.
Keeping Engine 107 parked outside of Fire Station #7 was not an option because of the colder weather. Dropping temperatures create freezing issues for the water stored in the truck for fire suppression and the medications that are kept on it for Emergency Medical Services.
Built in the 1940s, Fire Station #7 is the County's only one-bay station where the apparatus bay is located above a lower level. The weight of engines housed at the station has roughly doubled since the station was built, including an approximately 60-percent increase in weight since the 1983 renovation.
For more, go to the County's information webpage.
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China Aims to Bypass Heaven in Securing Rain for Crops
Dec 9, 2011 6:35 pm HKT
A rocket launcher used to seed clouds to induce rain is seen at a station of the Beijing Meteorological Bureau in Beijing, China, in this Thursday, July 19, 2007 file photo.
More In Weather
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Fresh from scoring another record grain harvest this year, China now plans to get the weather to heel as well.
Rainmaking has now become part of the government's five-year-term goals, the state-run China Daily reported Friday. Over the next four years, Beijing wants five regional weather control programs to increase artificial rain by 10 percent, it says.
The plan marks a major expansion of China's "weather modification" efforts, deployed for years in Beijing to sometimes mixed results. Cloud-seeding – accomplished by shooting shells or rockets filled with silver iodide particles into promising puffs of white – was instrumental in clearing the smog out of the skies during the 2008 Olympics and has helped relieve the capital from chronic water shortages. But the effort has occasionally gone horribly, and expensively, awry.
Existing weather modification operations in Beijing and the northeastern province of Jilin currently produce 50 billion cubic meters of artificial precipitation, the China Daily said, citing the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). The number could read 280 billion cubic meters if "more effective weather intervention measures are taken," the paper said.
"Because clouds are boundless, weather control is boundless," CMA official Zheng Jiangping was quoted by China Daily as saying.
The paper said the new rainmaking programs would be established in the northwest, south, southwest and north but added that specifics of the plan had yet to be set. The program was expected to cost roughly 1 billion yuan ($157 million) according to an earlier China Daily report.
Although the techniques used to marshal the weather are modern, the ambition itself is as old as, well, the Mandate of Heaven. One of Beijing's most famous landmarks, the Temple of Heaven, was built so that Qing Dynasty emperors would have a place to beseech higher powers for plentiful rain and good harvests.
Appropriately, the latest goals for rainmaking are linked to Beijing's aim of maintaining annual grain yield at about 550 million tons through 2020.
While poor harvests as a result of dry weather were often the political death-knell for emperors of yore, the current rulers have been luckier. They just posted a bumper harvest for an eighth year running, breaking all manner of convention in an industry that usually sees one bad year alternate with two or three successive bumpers.
Amid questions over how long China can keep up that level of grain production, the Communist Party doesn't appear to be taking any chances with its own mandate.
-- Chuin-Wei Yap and Josh Chin
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Q: How can I include the input and output file commandline arguments for my C++ program's run and debug configuration? I want to track my code using run and debug. But I cannot include the input and output file in the command line when I use the run and debug. Thats why the argc is 1.
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Does anyone know how to include the input and output file in it?

A: Use the args field in your launch.json configuration to specify commandline arguments for the launch configuration. You can use input variable to fill in parts with user input as well.


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Job Applications » Job Interviews » Tim Hortons Interview
Tim Hortons Interview
How to prep for an interview with Tim Hortons. Read more.
After completing and submitting the appropriate paperwork for employment consideration, Tim Hortons applicants typically hear back from a hiring manager to schedule a job interview within a couple of days. Candidates generally encounter a single interview session during the Tim Hortons hiring process.
Q&A with Supervisor
Entry-level job seekers typically interview with a supervisor or acting store manager in one-on-one question-and-answer sessions.
Most job seekers participate in a single interview during the Tim Hortons hiring process, although additional job interviews may prove necessary for managerial candidates. Tim Hortons applicants typically receive formal invitations to second interviews at the end of the initial interview.
For manager jobs
Potential workers vying for careers as supervisors and managers must often meet with existing managers and then interview with general or area managers.
Time in between interviews
Depending on volume of applicants, some prospective managers may wait as long as a week to receive a second interview.
Tim Hortons Job Openings
Tim Hortons Application
Video interview with a Tim Hortons employee
Please describe your job title and primary duties?
Tim Hortons Cashier:
So I was a cashier there and I would serve the customers coming in. I was responsible for cleaning, preparing food, baking, and I would also help out the manager.
It was a group meeting interview. So there was about four of us in the interview and they'd just ask basic questions about our previous job experience and certain applications that would be applied on the job if we were to be hired.
They asked about the hours you're available to work, things like if there was an upset customer that came in, how would you deal with that? Your job experience, what you want to get out of the job and things like what do you feel the traits that you're required to be a good performer at the job?
I'm very prompt at timing. I was available when they needed, so it was weekend hours and I was available those hours. I was looking for more of a part-time position so I would say more of my availability compared to the others is why I got hired.
Just kind of you have to have really good customer skills, customer relation skills. You have to be diverse so always treating the customer with care and you have to work really quickly. So always be aware of your timing.
Q: Do you have any long-term career goals working for Tim Hortons?
A: I'm using the job as a way to gain professional work experience, but my career goals exist in another industry.
Related: What Are Your Goals for the Furture?
Q: How would you feel about working at multiple locations?
A: I wouldn't mind if there was travel or gas compensation.
Q: Why do you want to work here?
A: I would like to build my resume with a prominent company.
How to answer interview questions.
Tim Hortons expects employees to maintain presentable appearances. Job seekers should demonstrate a willingness to adhere to company codes of conduct by wearing business-casual or professional attire to job interviews.
Avoid wearing jeans or cotton t-shirts. Arrive dressed in polo shirts or dress shirts and slacks for men or professional dresses or conservative tops and dress pants or appropriate-length skirts for women.
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Tim Hortons Crew Member:
I was basically doing everything, sandwiches. I usually do delivery now, where the boxes come in and I have to stack them. And I basically did everything from cashier to serving to sandwich station` to delivery.
It's pretty fast paced, because you have to serve and you have to have the whole store clean and stocked up to serve.
Me, I gave my application online, and then I got a call for an interview. And when I went into the interview I dressed up with a dress shirt and everything, and then I went in and I was interviewed by the owner of the Tim Horton's. And I was in a group interview with two other people, and they asked questions like, "What's a double-double?" and why I want to work there. And I mostly talked about hospitality, because that's what they were looking for.


Flight Time: May - August.
The marbled effect on the underside gives this species its name. The similar Lesser marbled fritillary Brenthis ino is distinguished by an additional yellow shaded cell on the underside hindwing.
I noticed this particular specimen as different to the other species flying by the fact that a female was laying eggs on Bramble, rubus species, where as a large number of fritillaries use viola or violet species.


I need to figure out what the proper syllabification of words in American English is and why. PLEASE NOTE: I am interested in syllabification from a phonetic point of view, not in terms of hyphenation/spelling.
They do agree on "people" /ˈpipəl/ for example, though.
Background: I'm working on a webapp and training using modern linguistics to help in teaching ESL. (Key features are a focus on sound and the systematic use of IPA transcriptions.) I can see how /ˈvɛr.i/ would help in putting more emphasis on the stressed syllable, meanwhile foreigners thinking of it as /ˈvɛ.ri/ might lead to people giving too much intensity to the unstressed syllable -- but that's just my take on it. I'd like to find out how native speakers think this and what professional linguists make of it.
Unfortunately, there is no straightforward syllabification method that is accepted by a majority of linguists. As you pointed out, different dictionaries provide different syllabification methods. Usually, syllabification is considered from a phonological point of view (a phonetic perspective is possible but less common, see below).
Most linguistics can agree that (in English) the nucleus ("core") of a syllable must be vowel (an exception is made for nasals in certain contexts). If we consider a word with more than one syllable, the next question is whether the consonant(s) between the first and the second nucleus should belong to the first or the second syllable.
The MOP says that as many consonants as possible should belong to the second syllable (i.e., the onset of the following syllable should be maximised). What is possible is determined by the phonology of English. For example, there are words like 'road' that begin with an /r/. Hence, we know that /r/ is a possible onset. Therefore, /ˈvɛ.ri/ is the correct syllabification.
Some linguists think there should be exceptions to the MOP. For example, one opinion is that stressed syllables must not have an empty coda. This would mean that /ˈvɛr.i/ is preferred.
Another opinion is that lax vowels such as /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ must not have an empty coda (because there are no words ending in a lax vowel). This would mean that 'hippy' should be syllabified as /'hɪp.i/, not /'hɪ.pi/. Yet another analysis is that (as musicallinguist mentioned) some consonants can be ambisyllabic, i.e. belong to both the preceding and the following syllable.
There are different syllabification methods, and none of them is universally accepted (also, we have only talked about English here). You say you are interested in syllabification from a phonetic point of view (but your description of the question was in phonological terms).
This is also possible. Basically, intensity peaks (which are very loud) are syllable nuclei, and intensity troughs (which are very soft) are syllable boundaries (if the loudness difference reaches a certain minimal threshold). But this will likely not help you address your pedagogical concerns.
As @robert says, the Onset Maximization Principle is most commonly adopted when trying to determine which consonants belong to the nucleus. This principles states, that all things being equal, consonants should belong to the start of the syllable.
However, this principle is subject to a number of phonotactic constraints. Such as a prohibition of a short stressed open syllable. These constraints are generally derived from what is observed in monosyllabic words (because we know those are possible) as well as from an attempt to have a system that is consistent.
(1) Subject to certain conditions, consonants are syllabified with the more strongly stressed of two flanking syllables.
This might lead to violations of certain phonotactic principles such as syllabifying 'limber' as limb/er. But mb is not possible in English as a syllable-final cluster, so the syllabification is lim/ber. And so on.
As a result, the two main pronunciation dictionaries of English (Cambridge and Longman) both use a very different syllabification pattern.
Personally, I feel that the Onset Maximization Principle is more often in consonance with native speaker intuitions (although I don't have the literature to back it up) and would also be more beneficial to non-native speakers because it results in syllables with simpler clusters. E.g. 'hospital' is more helpful as 'hos-pi-tal' than 'hosp-i-tal'.
I think it's very clear that a single intervocalic consonant before an unstressed vowel goes in the preceding syllable. The earliest reference I know of is a paper in Language by James Hoard in 1971. The title was "Aspiration, Tenseness, and Syllabication in English". That they go in the preceding syllable is David Stampe's view in his paper "Divinity Fudge" (CLS) and my and Irwin Howard's view in "Another Mouthful of Divinity Fudge" (CLS).
A sort of half-way version of this idea became popular in the 70s on the East Coast, which was that such consonants are ambisyllabic. Why place them in the second syllable as well as the first? I was never able to discern any reasoning behind this at all. I guess, something like "Well, everyone thinks they go in the second syllable, and now I find evidence they go in the first, so, duh, they must be in both syllables."
The reason those consonants so often get put in the second syllable in dictionaries and elsewhere is apparently the way people say things when they sound them out, syllable by syllable. "City" is "ci-" plus "ty". But when you say the syllables one by one, you stress all the vowels, and of course that changes the syllabification, so that now, those consonants go with the following syllable.
The evidence that such consonants go in the previous syllable has to do with the preference of various lenitory processes for applying to syllable offset consonants. Flapping is the most obvious case, where you find intervocalic t/d/n flapping at the end of a word regardless of whether the following vowel is stressed, but within a word, flapping only before a stressless vowel. But lots of stuff works that way. Syllable offset r in English loses its roundness in "very", e.g. Syllable offset "y" is palatal, but syllable onset "y" is palato-alveolar. In casual speech, intervocalic syllable offset k/g can lenite to fricatives, while syllable onset k/g are immune.
I know you said you're not interested in spelling, but it's amusing that Donald Knuth discussing hyphenation (in the TeXBook, I think) remarks that the verb "re-cord" hyphenates differently from the noun "rec-ord".
City is ambi-syllabic in /t/. Rapid has an ambi-syllabic /p/, but not the /b/ in rabid, which is actually ra-bid. Watcher has an ambi-syllabic /t/. The /p/ in apple straddles the phonetic boundary between the first and second syllables. Petrol should not be syllabified as pe.trol (Merriam Webster), pet.rol (Cambridge), or petr.ol (Longman). To achieve the implicit assumption that the written syllable must match the heard syllable in a one-to-one manner, we need to claim that /t/ is ambi-syllabic.
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What to Expect from a Master's Level Online Nonprofit Management Program
Some students pursue a master's in nonprofit management online immediately after earning their bachelor's degree. However, most individuals spend several years working at a nonprofit organization or government agency before deciding to continue their education at the graduate level.
A master's in nonprofit management can qualify you for executive-level positions, such as chief operating officer or deputy director. Depending on the electives you choose, an advanced degree can also prepare you for more specialized roles.
Why Get a Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management?
You may decide to seek out a master's in nonprofit management to develop the skills and knowledge needed for a specific career path. For example, earning an advanced degree with a concentration in public policy can prepare you for a job advocating for increased funding at K-12 schools. Similarly, you can specialize in program design, learning to work independently as a nonprofit consultant and help clients launch initiatives that meet the needs of their communities.
While you may qualify for some nonprofit management jobs with just a bachelor's degree and relevant work experience, supervisory roles at larger organizations often require a master's. Some organizations may also allow you to substitute an advanced degree for experience, helping you qualify for senior-level positions earlier in your career. Finally, a master's degree can give you leverage to negotiate a promotion or salary increase with your current employer.
Online learning requires a fundamental understanding of how to use technology and the ability to collaborate across distances -- two skills that can also benefit a nonprofit career. For example, if you take on a role leading a healthcare organization's education outreach efforts, you can likely apply some of the same tools used during your master's studies to help audiences around the world learn about disease prevention.
Prerequisites for Online Nonprofit Management Programs
While admission requirements vary from program to program, you can review common prerequisites for an online master's in nonprofit management below.
Work Experience: Master's in nonprofit management programs generally do not require that applicants possess work experience to apply. However, most do request that you submit a resume as part of your application materials; a strong professional background can help you gain admission.
Exams and Test Scores: Not all programs require applicants to submit entrance exam scores, but schools that do require test scores often request results from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). If you received a high score on the GRE, you should consider submitting your results even if not required.
Coursework: While you must hold a bachelor's degree to apply, master's programs in nonprofit management rarely require you to complete specific coursework during college. Regardless of your undergraduate major, however, you typically need to hold a certain GPA -- usually 3.0 or higher -- to qualify for admission.
Recommendations: You should plan to submit at least two letters of recommendation from former employers, professors, or volunteer leaders. Try and reach out to potential recommenders at least two months in advance of application deadlines and send them your resume and any necessary instructions.
Essays: Many programs require applicants to submit a personal essay explaining why they want to pursue a master's degree in nonprofit management. You should plan to write an essay consisting of roughly 1,000 words, although exact requirements vary.
Interviews: Generally speaking, online schools do not require students to participate in admissions interviews, although residential programs often do. If your school requests an interview, take advantage of the opportunity to provide additional context regarding your application. You can conduct a mock interview with a friend or colleague to get comfortable answering questions about your background and professional goals.
International Students: International students must meet all of the same requirements as domestic students. In addition, many schools require applicants from non-English speaking countries to pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language. International students may also need to independently verify transcripts from foreign colleges and universities.
According to the BLS, the median social and community service manager earned $64,100 in May 2017 -- roughly twice the median salary for all other occupations. Managers with salaries in the lowest 10% earned less than $39,730, while those with salaries in the highest 10% earned more than $109,990.
Earning your master's in nonprofit management online can also prepare you for other career paths. For example, you can take a series of electives in health policy and healthcare administration if you want to work as the executive director of a community health clinic. The BLS reports that medical and health services managers earned a median salary of $98,350 in 2017, which was significantly more than the average nonprofit manager.
Traditional Careers for MNM's
Nonprofit Finance Manager
Nonprofits employ these financial executives to maintain regulations and the overall financial health of an organization. Professionals in this role often lead a team and/or direct the board on financial decisions. These professionals usually work in an office.
Ideal for: Financially minded professionals comfortable with providing financial analytics and advice.
Fundraising Manager
Fundraising managers lead campaigns and events aimed at generating revenue for their organizations. They may serve as frontline fundraisers, soliciting potential donors themselves, or oversee a larger fundraising team. Some fundraising managers work to secure institutional grants rather than individual gifts.
Ideal for: Those with the communication and interpersonal skills necessary to clearly articulate an organization's mission and its need for additional funding.
Event/Program Director
Event directors plan and execute all aspects of events and professional meetings, including arranging for a venue, transportation, catering, and often the programming of the event itself. In the nonprofit world, event directors often coordinate fundraising events, such as galas or charity races. Some event directors work for a particular venue, while others act as independent consultants.
Ideal for: Those who pay exceptional attention to detail, communicate well with others, and thrive in deadline-driven environments.
Nonprofit Management Analyst
Management analysts recommend methods to improve an organization's efficiency. For nonprofit organizations, this may entail replacing personnel, trimming the number of services offered to the community, or fundamentally shifting the organization's mission to meet a new need.
Ideal for: Individuals with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Management analysts should also work well independently -- many only work with a particular organization for a limited period of time.
Non-Traditional Careers for MNM's
Political or Legislative Analyst
Political and legislative analysts usually work for government agencies or large nonprofit organizations. They monitor policy developments, conduct research on public opinion, and recommend courses of action to government officials and community leaders. These roles often require a master's degree with coursework related to statistical or policy analysis.
Ideal for: People who want to work in a more advocacy-focused role (rather than a service-focused role). Analysts should also possess excellent research and writing skills.
Nonprofit App Developer
App developers create programs that allow computers and devices to perform specific tasks. Although app developers do not tend to work exclusively within the nonprofit space, many count nonprofit organizations among their clients or offer pro bono services to local charities as part of community outreach efforts. As an example, a nonprofit app might help parents better communicate with teachers at local schools.
Ideal for: Those with an academic or professional background in information technology, specifically in a field like computer programming or software engineering.
Union Organizer
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Union organizers bring together workers at a particular firm or within a particular industry to collectively bargain for improved working conditions and wages. Union organizers might also conduct political advocacy, pushing for broad changes to state or federal policies related to unions and their members. Some unions, like the AFL-CIO, represent workers from a variety of industries.
Ideal for: Individuals with an interest in politics, especially at the grassroots level. Organizers must know how to communicate effectively in one-on-one settings and in front of large crowds.
Public Health Administrator
Public health administrators coordinate the efforts of community health clinics, government health agencies, and other organizations dedicated to improving the health of the public. They provide administrative oversight to these organizations and play a role in the design and evaluation of community health programming.
Ideal for: Those with experience in healthcare or medicine. Public health administrators should possess a combination of domain-specific knowledge and strong management skills.
Tuition varies greatly from program to program. To try and save money, consider attending a program offered at a public university in your home state. These institutions often provide significant tuition discounts to local students. You can also seek out state and federal aid, need-based grants, and subject-specific scholarships. Additionally, joining an accelerated program can help you graduate sooner and pay less in tuition. However, exercise caution when considering a fast track program -- some students become overwhelmed by the pace of their studies.
In most programs, individuals pursuing a master's in nonprofit management online can elect to complete their studies as full-time or part-time students. Some programs also offer accelerated courses of study.
Ideal for working professionals, a part-time path to an online master's in nonprofit management offers bonus flexibility. By taking only one or two classes each term, part-time students can usually earn an advanced degree in fewer than four years.
School Name: Northeastern University
Summary: Part-time students in this program usually finish their degree in three or four years. By taking classes at their own pace, students can schedule their learning around personal and professional obligations. Tuition rates at Northeastern may change annually.
Studying on a full-time basis, most students earn their master's in nonprofit management in two years or less. The exact time to completion depends on a program's individual credit requirements and a student's previously completed graduate-level coursework.
School Name: Arizona State University
Total Credits Required: 33-38
Summary: Arizona State University estimates that the majority of full-time students in this program graduate in two years or less. The school's per-credit tuition rate includes program fees, and out-of-state students do not pay higher rates. Tuition may increase over the course of a student's studies.
Accelerated pathways offer students the opportunity to earn their degrees more quickly, usually by taking multiple courses at the same time, testing out of certain subjects, and/or working through course material at a faster pace than traditional programming. Students pursuing an accelerated degree can often graduate in 12-15 months.
School Name: Johnson and Wales University
Summary: Johnson and Wales offers many courses in an asynchronous and self-paced learning format, allowing students to advance through material once they demonstrate an understanding of key concepts. Students following this accelerated track can graduate with their master's in just 15 months.
In addition to federal and school-specific aid, make sure to research scholarships targeting students pursuing a master's degree in nonprofit management or a related public service field, such as the awards described below.
JCC Association Graduate Scholarship Programs
Amount Awarded: $10,000 per year for up to two years
Deadline:February
Eligibility & Requirements: Applicants must pursue a degree in public service, such as nonprofit management; complete an internship at their local Jewish Community Center; and commit to working within the JCC movement for at least two years after graduation.
Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship
Deadline:October
Eligibility & Requirements: Minority students pursuing a graduate degree in public administration or business administration with a concentration in either government or nonprofit management can apply.
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
Deadline:January
Eligibility & Requirements: National Grid provides a $15,000 stipend for one graduating college senior to pursue a year of public service anywhere in the world. The company gives preference to applicants who plan to pursue graduate studies after their year of service.
Truman Scholarship
Amount Awarded: Up to $30,000
Eligibility & Requirements: This highly competitive scholarship program provides support to graduate students in public service fields hoping to serve as change agents in their communities and the world at large. The foundation offers awards based on academic achievement and community service.
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students
Amount Awarded: Varies
Deadline:November
Eligibility & Requirements: This fellowship supports minority students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees dedicated to careers in the social sector. Applicants must commit to completing an internship at the Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation to receive funding.
In an online master's program in nonprofit management, you can expect to begin your studies by completing core coursework in areas like fiscal management, resource development, and program evaluation. Many programs offer students the opportunity to specialize in a particular area by selecting a formal concentration or by taking elective classes covering subjects like strategic social media communication or leadership within a global context. Depending on the path you select, you can earn your degree in less than two years.
Enrollment - Roughly two years before graduation
Many master's programs allow students to begin their course of study at one of several dates throughout the year. This can make it easier for professionals to schedule their coursework around busy seasons and deadlines.
Completing Core Coursework - Roughly 12 months before graduation
During the first year of a master's program in nonprofit management, you can expect to complete core coursework in areas like organizational leadership, human resources management, and board governance.
Completing Elective Coursework - Roughly six months before graduation
Elective classes allow you to customize your learning in preparation for specific careers. Nonprofit management students often take elective coursework related to strategic planning, sustainable community development, and social entrepreneurship.
Completing Internship - Shortly before graduation
While not always required, many programs encourage students to complete an internship at a local nonprofit organization. Internships usually take place during the second year of a program.
Completing Capstone Project - Shortly before graduation
In a capstone course, you apply your graduate learning to a practical issue. For example, you may use your knowledge of resource development to create a new fundraising strategy for a homeless shelter in your community.
Graduation - When all graduation requirements are met
After completing your capstone project and earning all of the course credits required by your program, you formally earn your master's degree in nonprofit management.
While your individual course of study varies depending on the program and electives you choose, students pursuing a master's in nonprofit management often complete many of the same classes, including those described below.
Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
This course provides a broad introduction to many of the concepts you can expect to encounter during your graduate studies, including nonprofit governance, resource development, marketing and communications for social causes, and the legal framework for nonprofit entities.
Ethics and Social Justice
All leaders should understand how to navigate ethical dilemmas. In this course, students examine the philosophy of ethics and apply it to actual ethical challenges. Students also use data to better understand issues related to economic disparity, privilege, and power.
Applied Research and Evaluation Methods
This course helps students develop invaluable skills in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Students explore both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Grantwriting
In this course, students learn to identify possible sources of institutional funding, write succinct and persuasive grant proposals, and create and adhere to a program budget. The course also covers writing reports, conducting assessments, and applying for government funding.
Transformative Change in a Global Environment
This class examines issues related to working across borders and within different legal and cultural contexts. Students use case studies to better understand the challenges faced by leaders of these organizations.
Social and community service managers typically need at least a bachelor's degree and several years of experience in the field, although some positions also require a master's degree. Generally speaking, nonprofit professionals do not need a license to practice; however, some may voluntarily seek out certifications to demonstrate their expertise in a particular area or gain a competitive edge in the job market. You can find examples of a few prominent certifications below.
Certified Nonprofit Professional: Offered by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, this credential recognizes exceptional leaders in the nonprofit sector. To become certified, you must hold a bachelor's degree, complete a series of online courses in subjects like cultural competency and community relations, and log at least 300 hours of professional experience.
Certified Fundraising Executive: Endorsed by the Association of Fundraising Professionals and administered by an independent certification board, this credential helps candidates gain expertise and experience in fundraising and resource development. Applicants must meet educational and work requirements and pass a 200-question exam.
Nonprofit Technology Professional Certificate: Designed to help nonprofit information technology professionals distinguish themselves in the job market, individuals interested in this certification must complete a 10-week training program covering topics like digital storytelling and IT security fundamentals. The program costs $2,000, and participants can join a fall or spring cohort.
Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional: This certification provides additional training related to critical financial topics in the nonprofit world, including submitting Form 990s and supporting independent organizational audits. To earn this credential, you must complete an in-person training program or a seven-week online course. The online course costs $775.
Along with earning your master's in nonprofit management online, joining a professional organization can significantly improve your job prospects and earning potential. These groups create networking opportunities by arranging national conferences and regional events, promote ongoing professional learning through online and in-person education programs, and offer helpful career advice to aspiring nonprofit managers. They may also advertise employment opportunities on job boards and provide special discounts or perks to members.
Alliance for Nonprofit Management: The Alliance works to increase the effectiveness of individuals and organizations working within the nonprofit space. It organizes an annual capacity-building conference and smaller events throughout the country.
National Council of Nonprofits: This organization offers resources to and advocates on behalf of registered nonprofits around the country. Its website provides information on starting a nonprofit, writing grants, and navigating nonprofit tax law.
National Association of Nonprofit Professionals: NANPP represents more than 11 million professionals across the U.S. working at nonprofit organizations. Members gain access to professional consultations, leadership development programs, and scholarships for nonprofit employees seeking to continue their education.
Society for Nonprofits: For more than 30 years, the Society for Nonprofits has served as a capacity-building organization for nonprofit managers. It publishes scholarly articles and best practice guides, and its members receive access to informal training webinars and formal certificate education programs.
Association of Fundraising Professionals: AFP serves as the leading professional organization for fundraisers. In addition to professional development and career resources, the association established a widely respected ethical framework for professional fundraisers.
Federal Student Aid: As the first step to financing your master's in nonprofit management, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Filling out the FAFSA can qualify you for federal grants and low-interest student loans.
The Wallace Foundation: In addition to its grantmaking activities, the Wallace Foundation hosts a nonprofit knowledge center that offers students free access to reports, tools, and infographics on subjects in education and the arts.
GuideStar: GuideStar hosts copies of financial and tax information for every registered nonprofit in the country. This site may prove useful to students conducting academic research or nonprofit professionals looking for possible funding sources.
Purdue Online Writing Lab: Whether assembling a master's thesis or a grant proposal, nonprofit students and managers should know how to write well. The Purdue OWL serves as a comprehensive resource on writing.
Idealist.org: Graduates can search this website to find jobs at nonprofit organizations or social service agencies. The site hosts thousands of job listings and organizes career fairs for students looking to promote the public good.


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Broadcasting for the Nations
September 7, 2015 Blog, Industryangela
Broadcasting for the nations – on the agenda at last
The First Minister's letter to the BBC shows a new urgency on the plight of Welsh broadcasting. August 2015
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The Welsh Government's decision to go for broke by demanding an extra £30m from the BBC licence for broadcasting in Wales, is a matter for both relief and rejoicing. In the last decade it has been strangely reluctant to take up the issue of service deficiencies in Wales. In the face of the decline of the ITV service, unending cuts at BBC Wales and reductions in S4C funding it has been tepid in its responses to calls for action by both the Institute of Welsh Affairs and the National Assembly's own committees.
This change of heart – set out in a letter from the First Minister, Carwyn Jones to the BBC's Director General, Lord Hall – has come not a moment too soon, though there is cause for regret that it was not made before the last general election, and before the UK Government's precipitate backroom settlement of the licence fee for the BBC's next Charter period.
It also comes only weeks after Ofcom's latest review of public service broadcasting showed that since 2008 the programme spend for Wales had reduced by no less than 30.5% to around £20m, a bigger cut than in Northern Ireland (-21%), while Scotland actually enjoyed an increase of 13.6% – from £60m to £68m.
One might have expected an open debate about the future purposes of the BBC before the licence fee was settled. Instead, that debate now has to take place in the context of a settlement that will provide the BBC with standstill funding at best, and more probably a further reduction. The case for a better service for Wales will, therefore, involve a much more painful debate about the BBC's future priorities.
The basis of the Welsh case could not have been put more clearly than by the Lord Hall himself, in a speech in Cardiff in April last year. This is how he put it:
"English language programming from and for Wales has been in decline for almost a decade. The reduction in ITV Wales' contribution has played a big part in this – but the BBC's output has also been eroded.
What does that mean for audiences here? It means, inevitably, that there are some aspects of national life in Wales that are not sufficiently captured by the BBC's own television services in Wales, and I would include comedy, entertainment and culture in those categories.
"Does this matter? Of course it does: the vitality of any nation must surely rest on more than its journalism. One cannot fully realise a nation's creative potential or harness its diverse talents through the important, but narrow, prism of news.
"Let me say there are no easy solutions here. Our recent proposal to close BBC Three as a broadcast channel tell you something about the hard financial choices that the BBC currently faces.
But I do believe the BBC will need to think hard about how it strengthens its support for national and regional self-expression as it prepares its case for a new charter. And I would like to invite you all to be a part of the debate."
The First Minister has taken him at his word, perhaps encouraged by his current Culture Minister, Ken Skates, who, when a backbencher, himself chaired an Assembly investigation into the media in Wales, producing a lively report to which the Welsh Government's response was disappointingly muted.
The Welsh Government has always recognised the benefits of the BBC's investment in network drama production in Cardiff, but in his letter to the BBC Carwyn Jones adds an all-important proviso: "We do not see the development of Cardiff as an important centre for network productions as any sort of justification for reducing the BBC's investment in local services."
On the contrary, at a time when the BBC's own Audience Council for Wales has stated publicly that "cuts have brought BBC Wales's non-news television provision closer to the cliff edge", he has been absolutely right to insist on increased investment, and equally right that that should not be found by further cutting S4C. The disparity in English language provision in Scotland and Wales is wholly unacceptable.
The only gap in the First Minister's letter relates to the BBC's governance arrangements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, an issue that exercised the Silk Commission. It called for the replacement of the BBC's Wales Audience Council for Wales with a devolved trust with "responsibility for oversight and scrutiny of the policy, content and allocation of resources in Wales", although this would operate within the BBC's UK framework. There is still time to return to this issue. With more powerful governance Wales might not have been in its current position.
The agenda for the coming debate is clear, and it is heartening that, for once, there is a powerful consensus in Wales regarding the necessary direction of travel. Moreover, earlier this month the culture ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland met in Glasgow and expressed their joint determination to ensure that the BBC does not use financial pressures to defend a default centralist position that would be hideously out of tune with the way the UK is now shaped and governed.
The creation of this alliance did not get the attention that it deserved in Wales. The three ministers insisted on a formal role for their governments in the review of the BBC's charter, amongst other things "to ensure the BBC's clear obligation to provide services for all of its communities, is fully met in relation to both English and indigenous language broadcasting."
The Welsh Government deserves support for its stand, but in pressing the case Wales must take care to avoid some obvious pitfalls. In particular, within Wales this must not become an argument between provision in each of our languages. More generous funding for English language output for Wales should also increase the opportunities for cost effective co-production between the BBC and S4C.
There will also be a temptation for the BBC simply to promise no more cuts for Wales. That is a not the solution to our problems. The claims made for the smaller nations are not unreasonable when seen against the BBC's total income of around £3 billion, and it is clear from Ofcom's figures that Wales has taken disproportionate cuts over the last Charter period.
And as the First Minister has suggested, neither should we fall for the argument that the scale of network production in Wales is sufficient compensation. Wales is scarcely visible in most of that network production. It needs to be able to commission and tell its own stories. In doing so it could also deliver an extra bonus in diversity for the network.
Lastly, we must also reject any argument that improving the services for each of the smaller nations and strengthening their role in the governance of the BBC is something that will do injury to the union. If the union is to work, all nations must have fair opportunities to reflect themselves to themselves and to determine their own creative priorities.
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