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Project acronym ALLEGRO
Project unrAvelLing sLow modE travelinG and tRaffic: with innOvative data to a new transportation and traffic theory for pedestrians and bicycles
Researcher (PI) Serge Hoogendoorn
Summary A major challenge in contemporary traffic and transportation theory is having a comprehensive understanding of pedestrians and cyclists behaviour. This is notoriously hard to observe, since sensors providing abundant and detailed information about key variables characterising this behaviour have not been available until very recently. The behaviour is also far more complex than that of the much better understood fast mode. This is due to the many degrees of freedom in decision-making, the interactions among slow traffic participants that are more involved and far less guided by traffic rules and regulations than those between car-drivers, and the many fascinating but complex phenomena in slow traffic flows (self-organised patterns, turbulence, spontaneous phase transitions, herding, etc.) that are very hard to predict accurately. With slow traffic modes gaining ground in terms of mode share in many cities, lack of empirical insights, behavioural theories, predictively valid analytical and simulation models, and tools to support planning, design, management and control is posing a major societal problem as well: examples of major accidents due to bad planning, organisation and management of events are manifold, as are locations where safety of slow modes is a serious issue due to interactions with fast modes. This programme is geared towards establishing a comprehensive theory of slow mode traffic behaviour, considering the different behavioural levels relevant for understanding, reproducing and predicting slow mode traffic flows in cities. The levels deal with walking and cycling operations, activity scheduling and travel behaviour, and knowledge representation and learning. Major scientific breakthroughs are expected at each of these levels, in terms of theory and modelling, by using innovative (big) data collection and experimentation, analysis and fusion techniques, including social media data analytics, using augmented reality, and remote and crowd sensing.
A major challenge in contemporary traffic and transportation theory is having a comprehensive understanding of pedestrians and cyclists behaviour. This is notoriously hard to observe, since sensors providing abundant and detailed information about key variables characterising this behaviour have not been available until very recently. The behaviour is also far more complex than that of the much better understood fast mode. This is due to the many degrees of freedom in decision-making, the interactions among slow traffic participants that are more involved and far less guided by traffic rules and regulations than those between car-drivers, and the many fascinating but complex phenomena in slow traffic flows (self-organised patterns, turbulence, spontaneous phase transitions, herding, etc.) that are very hard to predict accurately. With slow traffic modes gaining ground in terms of mode share in many cities, lack of empirical insights, behavioural theories, predictively valid analytical and simulation models, and tools to support planning, design, management and control is posing a major societal problem as well: examples of major accidents due to bad planning, organisation and management of events are manifold, as are locations where safety of slow modes is a serious issue due to interactions with fast modes. This programme is geared towards establishing a comprehensive theory of slow mode traffic behaviour, considering the different behavioural levels relevant for understanding, reproducing and predicting slow mode traffic flows in cities. The levels deal with walking and cycling operations, activity scheduling and travel behaviour, and knowledge representation and learning. Major scientific breakthroughs are expected at each of these levels, in terms of theory and modelling, by using innovative (big) data collection and experimentation, analysis and fusion techniques, including social media data analytics, using augmented reality, and remote and crowd sensing.
Project acronym ATTACK
Project Pressured to Attack: How Carrying-Capacity Stress Creates and Shapes Intergroup Conflict
Researcher (PI) Carsten DE DREU
Summary Throughout history, what has been causing tremendous suffering is groups of people fighting each other. While behavioral science research has advanced our understanding of such intergroup conflict, it has exclusively focused on micro-level processes within and between groups at conflict. Disciplines that employ a more historical perspective like climate studies or political geography report that macro-level pressures due to changes in climate or economic scarcity can go along with social unrest and wars. How do these macro-level pressures relate to micro-level processes? Do they both occur independently, or do macro-level pressures trigger micro-level processes that cause intergroup conflict? And if so, which micro-level processes are triggered, and how? With unavoidable signs of climate change and increasing resource scarcities, answers to these questions are urgently needed. Here I propose carrying-capacity stress (CCS) as the missing link between macro-level pressures and micro-level processes. A group experiences CCS when its resources do not suffice to maintain its functionality. CCS is a function of macro-level pressures and creates intergroup conflict because it impacts micro-level motivation to contribute to one's group's fighting capacity and shapes the coordination of individual contributions to out-group aggression through emergent norms, communication and leadership. To test these propositions I develop a parametric model of CCS that is amenable to measurement and experimentation, and use techniques used in my work on conflict and cooperation: Meta-analyses and time-series analysis of macro-level historical data; experiments on intergroup conflict; and measurement of neuro-hormonal correlates of cooperation and conflict. In combination, this project provides novel multi-level conflict theory that integrates macro-level discoveries in climate research and political geography with micro-level processes uncovered in the biobehavioral sciences
Throughout history, what has been causing tremendous suffering is groups of people fighting each other. While behavioral science research has advanced our understanding of such intergroup conflict, it has exclusively focused on micro-level processes within and between groups at conflict. Disciplines that employ a more historical perspective like climate studies or political geography report that macro-level pressures due to changes in climate or economic scarcity can go along with social unrest and wars. How do these macro-level pressures relate to micro-level processes? Do they both occur independently, or do macro-level pressures trigger micro-level processes that cause intergroup conflict? And if so, which micro-level processes are triggered, and how? With unavoidable signs of climate change and increasing resource scarcities, answers to these questions are urgently needed. Here I propose carrying-capacity stress (CCS) as the missing link between macro-level pressures and micro-level processes. A group experiences CCS when its resources do not suffice to maintain its functionality. CCS is a function of macro-level pressures and creates intergroup conflict because it impacts micro-level motivation to contribute to one's group's fighting capacity and shapes the coordination of individual contributions to out-group aggression through emergent norms, communication and leadership. To test these propositions I develop a parametric model of CCS that is amenable to measurement and experimentation, and use techniques used in my work on conflict and cooperation: Meta-analyses and time-series analysis of macro-level historical data; experiments on intergroup conflict; and measurement of neuro-hormonal correlates of cooperation and conflict. In combination, this project provides novel multi-level conflict theory that integrates macro-level discoveries in climate research and political geography with micro-level processes uncovered in the biobehavioral sciences
Project acronym BAM
Project Becoming A Minority
Researcher (PI) Maurice CRUL
Summary In the last forty years, researchers in the Field of Migration and Ethnic Studies looked at the integration of migrants and their descendants. Concepts, methodological tools and theoretical frameworks have been developed to measure and predict integration outcomes both across different ethnic groups and in comparison with people of native descent. But are we also looking into the actual integration of the receiving group of native 'white' descent in city contexts where they have become a numerical minority themselves? In cities like Amsterdam, now only one in three youngsters under age fifteen is of native descent. This situation, referred to as a majority-minority context, is a new phenomenon in Western Europe and it presents itself as one of the most important societal and psychological transformations of our time. I argue that the field of migration and ethnic studies is stagnating because of the one-sided focus on migrants and their children. This is even more urgent given the increased ant-immigrant vote. These pressing scientific and societal reasons pushed me to develop the project BAM (Becoming A Minority). The project will be executed in three harbor cities, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Malmö, and three service sector cities, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Vienna. BAM consists of 5 subprojects: (1) A meta-analysis of secondary data on people of native 'white' descent in the six research sites; (2) A newly developed survey for the target group; (3) An analysis of critical circumstances of encounter that trigger either positive or rather negative responses to increased ethnic diversity (4) Experimental diversity labs to test under which circumstances people will change their attitudes or their actions towards increased ethnic diversity; (5) The formulation of a new theory of integration that includes the changed position of the group of native 'white' descent as an important actor.
In the last forty years, researchers in the Field of Migration and Ethnic Studies looked at the integration of migrants and their descendants. Concepts, methodological tools and theoretical frameworks have been developed to measure and predict integration outcomes both across different ethnic groups and in comparison with people of native descent. But are we also looking into the actual integration of the receiving group of native 'white' descent in city contexts where they have become a numerical minority themselves? In cities like Amsterdam, now only one in three youngsters under age fifteen is of native descent. This situation, referred to as a majority-minority context, is a new phenomenon in Western Europe and it presents itself as one of the most important societal and psychological transformations of our time. I argue that the field of migration and ethnic studies is stagnating because of the one-sided focus on migrants and their children. This is even more urgent given the increased ant-immigrant vote. These pressing scientific and societal reasons pushed me to develop the project BAM (Becoming A Minority). The project will be executed in three harbor cities, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Malmö, and three service sector cities, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Vienna. BAM consists of 5 subprojects: (1) A meta-analysis of secondary data on people of native 'white' descent in the six research sites; (2) A newly developed survey for the target group; (3) An analysis of critical circumstances of encounter that trigger either positive or rather negative responses to increased ethnic diversity (4) Experimental diversity labs to test under which circumstances people will change their attitudes or their actions towards increased ethnic diversity; (5) The formulation of a new theory of integration that includes the changed position of the group of native 'white' descent as an important actor.
Project acronym BLOCKCHAINSOCIETY
Project The Disrupted Society: mapping the societal effects of blockchain technology diffusion
Researcher (PI) Balazs BODO
Summary Recent advances in cryptography yielded the blockchain technology, which enables a radically new and decentralized method to maintain authoritative records, without the need of trusted intermediaries. Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency blockchain application has already demonstrated that it is possible to operate a purely cryptography-based, global, distributed, decentralized, anonymous financial network, independent from central and commercial banks, regulators and the state. The same technology is now being applied to other social domains (e.g. public registries of ownership and deeds, voting systems, the internet domain name registry). But research on the societal impact of blockchain innovation is scant, and we cannot properly assess its risks and promises. In addition, crucial knowledge is missing on how blockchain technologies can and should be regulated by law. The BlockchainSociety project focuses on three research questions. (1) What internal factors contribute to the success of a blockchain application? (2) How does society adopt blockchain? (3) How to regulate blockchain? It breaks new ground as it (1) maps the most important blockchain projects, their governance, and assesses their disruptive potential; (2) documents and analyses the social diffusion of the technology, and builds scenarios about the potential impact of blockchain diffusion; and (3) it creates an inventory of emerging policy responses, compares and assesses policy tools in terms of efficiency and impact. The project will (1) build the conceptual and methodological bridges between information law, the study of the self-governance of technological systems via Science and Technology Studies, and the study of collective control efforts of complex socio-technological assemblages via Internet Governance studies; (2) address the most pressing blockchain-specific regulatory challenges via the analysis of emerging policies, and the development of new proposals.
Recent advances in cryptography yielded the blockchain technology, which enables a radically new and decentralized method to maintain authoritative records, without the need of trusted intermediaries. Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency blockchain application has already demonstrated that it is possible to operate a purely cryptography-based, global, distributed, decentralized, anonymous financial network, independent from central and commercial banks, regulators and the state. The same technology is now being applied to other social domains (e.g. public registries of ownership and deeds, voting systems, the internet domain name registry). But research on the societal impact of blockchain innovation is scant, and we cannot properly assess its risks and promises. In addition, crucial knowledge is missing on how blockchain technologies can and should be regulated by law. The BlockchainSociety project focuses on three research questions. (1) What internal factors contribute to the success of a blockchain application? (2) How does society adopt blockchain? (3) How to regulate blockchain? It breaks new ground as it (1) maps the most important blockchain projects, their governance, and assesses their disruptive potential; (2) documents and analyses the social diffusion of the technology, and builds scenarios about the potential impact of blockchain diffusion; and (3) it creates an inventory of emerging policy responses, compares and assesses policy tools in terms of efficiency and impact. The project will (1) build the conceptual and methodological bridges between information law, the study of the self-governance of technological systems via Science and Technology Studies, and the study of collective control efforts of complex socio-technological assemblages via Internet Governance studies; (2) address the most pressing blockchain-specific regulatory challenges via the analysis of emerging policies, and the development of new proposals.
Project acronym BRAINSIGNALS
Project Optical dissection of circuits underlying fast cholinergic signalling during cognitive behaviour
Researcher (PI) Huibert Mansvelder
Summary Our ability to think, to memorize and focus our thoughts depends on acetylcholine signaling in the brain. The loss of cholinergic signalling in for instance Alzheimer's disease strongly compromises these cognitive abilities. The traditional view on the role of cholinergic input to the neocortex is that slowly changing levels of extracellular acetylcholine (ACh) mediate different arousal states. This view has been challenged by recent studies demonstrating that rapid phasic changes in ACh levels at the scale of seconds are correlated with focus of attention, suggesting that these signals may mediate defined cognitive operations. Despite a wealth of anatomical data on the organization of the cholinergic system, very little understanding exists on its functional organization. How the relatively sparse input of cholinergic transmission in the prefrontal cortex elicits such a profound and specific control over attention is unknown. The main objective of this proposal is to develop a causal understanding of how cellular mechanisms of fast acetylcholine signalling are orchestrated during cognitive behaviour. In a series of studies, I have identified several synaptic and cellular mechanisms by which the cholinergic system can alter neuronal circuitry function, both in cortical and subcortical areas. I have used a combination of behavioral, physiological and genetic methods in which I manipulated cholinergic receptor functionality in prefrontal cortex in a subunit specific manner and found that ACh receptors in the prefrontal cortex control attention performance. Recent advances in optogenetic and electrochemical methods now allow to rapidly manipulate and measure acetylcholine levels in freely moving, behaving animals. Using these techniques, I aim to uncover which cholinergic neurons are involved in fast cholinergic signaling during cognition and uncover the underlying neuronal mechanisms that alter prefrontal cortical network function.
Our ability to think, to memorize and focus our thoughts depends on acetylcholine signaling in the brain. The loss of cholinergic signalling in for instance Alzheimer's disease strongly compromises these cognitive abilities. The traditional view on the role of cholinergic input to the neocortex is that slowly changing levels of extracellular acetylcholine (ACh) mediate different arousal states. This view has been challenged by recent studies demonstrating that rapid phasic changes in ACh levels at the scale of seconds are correlated with focus of attention, suggesting that these signals may mediate defined cognitive operations. Despite a wealth of anatomical data on the organization of the cholinergic system, very little understanding exists on its functional organization. How the relatively sparse input of cholinergic transmission in the prefrontal cortex elicits such a profound and specific control over attention is unknown. The main objective of this proposal is to develop a causal understanding of how cellular mechanisms of fast acetylcholine signalling are orchestrated during cognitive behaviour. In a series of studies, I have identified several synaptic and cellular mechanisms by which the cholinergic system can alter neuronal circuitry function, both in cortical and subcortical areas. I have used a combination of behavioral, physiological and genetic methods in which I manipulated cholinergic receptor functionality in prefrontal cortex in a subunit specific manner and found that ACh receptors in the prefrontal cortex control attention performance. Recent advances in optogenetic and electrochemical methods now allow to rapidly manipulate and measure acetylcholine levels in freely moving, behaving animals. Using these techniques, I aim to uncover which cholinergic neurons are involved in fast cholinergic signaling during cognition and uncover the underlying neuronal mechanisms that alter prefrontal cortical network function.
Project acronym BSP
Project Belief Systems Project
Researcher (PI) Mark BRANDT
Host Institution (HI) STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT BRABANT
Summary Belief systems research is vital for understanding democratic politics, extremism, and political decision-making. What is the basic structure of belief systems? Clear answers to this fundamental question are not forthcoming. This is due to flaws in the conceptualization of belief systems. The state-of-the-art treats a belief system as a theoretical latent variable that causes people's responses on attitudes and values relevant to the belief system. This approach cannot assess a belief system because it cannot assess the network of connections between the beliefs–attitudes and values–that make up the system; it collapses across them and the interrelationships are lost. The Belief Systems Project conceptualizations belief systems as systems of interconnecting attitudes and values. I conceptualize attitudes and values as interactive nodes in a network that are analysed with network analyses. With these conceptual and empirical tools, I can understand the structure and dynamics of the belief system and will be able to avoid theoretical pitfalls common in belief system assessments. This project will move belief systems research beyond the state-of-the-art in four ways by: 1. Mapping the structure of systems of attitudes and values, something that is not possible using current methods. 2. Answering classic questions about central concepts and clustering of belief systems. 3. Modeling within-person belief systems and their variations, so that I can make accurate predictions about partisan motivated reasoning. 4. Testing how external and internal pressures (e.g., feelings of threat) change the underlying structure and dynamics of belief systems. Using survey data from around the world, longitudinal panel studies, intensive longitudinal designs, experiments, and text analyses, I will triangulate on the structure of political belief systems over time, between countries, and within individuals.
Belief systems research is vital for understanding democratic politics, extremism, and political decision-making. What is the basic structure of belief systems? Clear answers to this fundamental question are not forthcoming. This is due to flaws in the conceptualization of belief systems. The state-of-the-art treats a belief system as a theoretical latent variable that causes people's responses on attitudes and values relevant to the belief system. This approach cannot assess a belief system because it cannot assess the network of connections between the beliefs–attitudes and values–that make up the system; it collapses across them and the interrelationships are lost. The Belief Systems Project conceptualizations belief systems as systems of interconnecting attitudes and values. I conceptualize attitudes and values as interactive nodes in a network that are analysed with network analyses. With these conceptual and empirical tools, I can understand the structure and dynamics of the belief system and will be able to avoid theoretical pitfalls common in belief system assessments. This project will move belief systems research beyond the state-of-the-art in four ways by: 1. Mapping the structure of systems of attitudes and values, something that is not possible using current methods. 2. Answering classic questions about central concepts and clustering of belief systems. 3. Modeling within-person belief systems and their variations, so that I can make accurate predictions about partisan motivated reasoning. 4. Testing how external and internal pressures (e.g., feelings of threat) change the underlying structure and dynamics of belief systems. Using survey data from around the world, longitudinal panel studies, intensive longitudinal designs, experiments, and text analyses, I will triangulate on the structure of political belief systems over time, between countries, and within individuals.
Project acronym CAPABLE
Project Enhancing Capabilities? Rethinking Work-life Policies and their Impact from a New Perspective
Researcher (PI) Mara YERKES
Summary We have witnessed significant work-life policy advancements designed to help men and women more equally combine employment with other spheres of life in recent decades, yet gender inequality persists. Improving gender equality in work-life balance is therefore high on policy agendas throughout Europe. Decades of research in this area have produced key insights but work-family theories fail to sufficiently explain the tenacity of this inequality. Earlier applications of a capabilities approach to work-life balance offer promising inroads, yet the importance of community remains absent. The CAPABLE project will generate fundamentally new knowledge on how work-life balance policies impact an individual's capability to achieve this balance in Europe by incorporating the understudied dimension of community. Capabilities reflect what individuals are effectively able to achieve. CAPABLE asks: To what extent do work-life balance policies enhance men and women's capabilities to achieve work-life balance? To answer this question, we will develop and apply complex models derived from Sen's capability approach to analyse: 1. the availability, accessibility and design of work-family policies; 2. what these policies mean for men and women's capabilities to achieve work-life balance based on their embeddedness in individual, community and social contexts; 3. whether work-life policies enhance individual wellbeing; and 4. what policy tools are needed for developing sustainable work-life balance policies that enhance gender equal work-life capabilities. CAPABLE will progress scientific and policy frontiers using innovative, mixed-methods approaches at multiple policy levels. The conceptual clarity and empirical advancements provided will significantly expand our understanding of work-life policies in relation to individual capabilities. Furthermore, it will produce key insights into how sustainable work-life policies addressing gender inequality in work-life can be developed.
We have witnessed significant work-life policy advancements designed to help men and women more equally combine employment with other spheres of life in recent decades, yet gender inequality persists. Improving gender equality in work-life balance is therefore high on policy agendas throughout Europe. Decades of research in this area have produced key insights but work-family theories fail to sufficiently explain the tenacity of this inequality. Earlier applications of a capabilities approach to work-life balance offer promising inroads, yet the importance of community remains absent. The CAPABLE project will generate fundamentally new knowledge on how work-life balance policies impact an individual's capability to achieve this balance in Europe by incorporating the understudied dimension of community. Capabilities reflect what individuals are effectively able to achieve. CAPABLE asks: To what extent do work-life balance policies enhance men and women's capabilities to achieve work-life balance? To answer this question, we will develop and apply complex models derived from Sen's capability approach to analyse: 1. the availability, accessibility and design of work-family policies; 2. what these policies mean for men and women's capabilities to achieve work-life balance based on their embeddedness in individual, community and social contexts; 3. whether work-life policies enhance individual wellbeing; and 4. what policy tools are needed for developing sustainable work-life balance policies that enhance gender equal work-life capabilities. CAPABLE will progress scientific and policy frontiers using innovative, mixed-methods approaches at multiple policy levels. The conceptual clarity and empirical advancements provided will significantly expand our understanding of work-life policies in relation to individual capabilities. Furthermore, it will produce key insights into how sustainable work-life policies addressing gender inequality in work-life can be developed.
Project acronym CAPE
Project Ghosts from the past: Consequences of Adolescent Peer Experiences across social contexts and generations
Researcher (PI) Tina KRETSCHMER
Host Institution (HI) RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
Summary Positive peer experiences are crucial for young people's health and wellbeing. Accordingly, multiple studies (including my own) have described long-term negative psychological and behavioral consequences when adolescents' peer relationships are dysfunctional. Paradoxically, knowledge on adult social consequences of adolescent peer experiences –relationships with others a decade later - is much less extensive. Informed by social learning and attachment theory, I tackle this gap and investigate whether and how peer experiences are transmitted to other social contexts, and intergenerationally, i.e., passed on to the next generation. My aim is to shed light on how the "ghosts from peer past" affect young adults' relationships and their children. To this end, I examine longitudinal links between adolescent peer and young adult close relationships and test whether parents' peer experiences affect offspring's peer experiences. Psychological functioning, parenting, temperament, genetic, and epigenetic transmission mechanisms are examined separately and in interplay, which 1) goes far beyond the current state-of-the-art in social development research, and 2) significantly broadens my biosocially oriented work on genetic effects in the peer context. My plans utilize data from the TRAILS (Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives' Survey) cohort that has been followed from age 11 to 26. To study intergenerational transmission, the TRAILS NEXT sample of participants with children is substantially extended. This project uniquely studies adult social consequences of peer experiences and, at the same time, follows children's first steps into the peer world. The intergenerational approach and provision for environmental, genetic, and epigenetic mediation put this project at the forefront of developmental research and equip it with the potential to generate the knowledge needed to chase away the ghosts from the peer past.
Positive peer experiences are crucial for young people's health and wellbeing. Accordingly, multiple studies (including my own) have described long-term negative psychological and behavioral consequences when adolescents' peer relationships are dysfunctional. Paradoxically, knowledge on adult social consequences of adolescent peer experiences –relationships with others a decade later - is much less extensive. Informed by social learning and attachment theory, I tackle this gap and investigate whether and how peer experiences are transmitted to other social contexts, and intergenerationally, i.e., passed on to the next generation. My aim is to shed light on how the "ghosts from peer past" affect young adults' relationships and their children. To this end, I examine longitudinal links between adolescent peer and young adult close relationships and test whether parents' peer experiences affect offspring's peer experiences. Psychological functioning, parenting, temperament, genetic, and epigenetic transmission mechanisms are examined separately and in interplay, which 1) goes far beyond the current state-of-the-art in social development research, and 2) significantly broadens my biosocially oriented work on genetic effects in the peer context. My plans utilize data from the TRAILS (Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives' Survey) cohort that has been followed from age 11 to 26. To study intergenerational transmission, the TRAILS NEXT sample of participants with children is substantially extended. This project uniquely studies adult social consequences of peer experiences and, at the same time, follows children's first steps into the peer world. The intergenerational approach and provision for environmental, genetic, and epigenetic mediation put this project at the forefront of developmental research and equip it with the potential to generate the knowledge needed to chase away the ghosts from the peer past.
Project acronym CCC
Project Cracking the Cerebellar Code
Researcher (PI) Christiaan Innocentius De Zeeuw
Host Institution (HI) ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM
Call Details Advanced Grant (AdG), LS5, ERC-2011-ADG_20110310
Summary Spike trains transfer information to and from neurons. Most studies so far assume that the average firing rate or "rate coding" is the predominant way of information coding. However, spikes occur at millisecond precision, and their actual timing or "temporal coding" can in principle strongly increase the information content of spike trains. The two coding mechanisms are not mutually exclusive. Neurons may switch between rate and temporal coding, or use a combination of both coding mechanisms at the same time, which would increase the information content of spike trains even further. Here, we propose to investigate the hypothesis that temporal coding plays, next to rate coding, important and specific roles in cerebellar processing during learning. The cerebellum is ideal to study this timely topic, because it has a clear anatomy with well-organized modules and matrices, a well-described physiology of different types of neurons with distinguishable spiking activity, and a central role in various forms of tractable motor learning. Moreover, uniquely in the brain, the main types of neurons in the cerebellar system can be genetically manipulated in a cell-specific fashion, which will allow us to investigate the behavioural importance of both coding mechanisms following cell-specific interference and/or during cell-specific visual imaging. Thus, for this proposal we will create conditional mouse mutants that will be subjected to learning paradigms in which we can disentangle the contributions of rate coding and temporal coding using electrophysiological and optogenetic recordings and stimulation. Together, our experiments should elucidate how neurons in the brain communicate during natural learning behaviour and how one may be able to intervene in this process to affect or improve procedural learning skills.
Spike trains transfer information to and from neurons. Most studies so far assume that the average firing rate or "rate coding" is the predominant way of information coding. However, spikes occur at millisecond precision, and their actual timing or "temporal coding" can in principle strongly increase the information content of spike trains. The two coding mechanisms are not mutually exclusive. Neurons may switch between rate and temporal coding, or use a combination of both coding mechanisms at the same time, which would increase the information content of spike trains even further. Here, we propose to investigate the hypothesis that temporal coding plays, next to rate coding, important and specific roles in cerebellar processing during learning. The cerebellum is ideal to study this timely topic, because it has a clear anatomy with well-organized modules and matrices, a well-described physiology of different types of neurons with distinguishable spiking activity, and a central role in various forms of tractable motor learning. Moreover, uniquely in the brain, the main types of neurons in the cerebellar system can be genetically manipulated in a cell-specific fashion, which will allow us to investigate the behavioural importance of both coding mechanisms following cell-specific interference and/or during cell-specific visual imaging. Thus, for this proposal we will create conditional mouse mutants that will be subjected to learning paradigms in which we can disentangle the contributions of rate coding and temporal coding using electrophysiological and optogenetic recordings and stimulation. Together, our experiments should elucidate how neurons in the brain communicate during natural learning behaviour and how one may be able to intervene in this process to affect or improve procedural learning skills.
Project acronym CHINAWHITE
Project The Reconfiguration of Whiteness in China: Privileges, Precariousness, and Racialized Performances
Researcher (PI) Shanshan LAN
Summary This research examines the multiple and contradictory constructions of whiteness in China as a result of the rapid diversification of white migrants in the country and the shifting power balances between China and the West. Existing literature on white westerners in Asia mainly focuses on transnational elites. The rising number of middle- and lower-stratum of white migrants in China deserves special attention due to substantial tensions and discrepancies in their experiences of racial privilege, economic insecurity, and legal vulnerability. Multi-sited and multi-scalar ethnographic research will be conducted on daily life encounters between various groups of white migrants and Chinese in five domains: (1) state policy regarding international migrants in China; (2) the ESL industry (teaching English as a second language); (3) the media, fashion, and entertainment industries; (4) transnational business and entrepreneurship; and (5) interracial romance. Three major research questions frame this project. 1. What are the symbolic and material advantages and disadvantages of being white in China's thriving market economy and consumer culture? 2. How is whiteness racialized in relation to blackness and other immigrant minority identities in multiple social domains and at different geographical scales? 3. How are multiple versions of whiteness produced, interpreted, negotiated, and performed through daily life interactions between white migrants and Chinese in various social and personal settings? This project contributes to a new line of research on white racial formation in East Asia by creatively integrating theories in whiteness studies and migration studies. It also expands the geographical scope of research on white expatriates from global cities in coastal areas to second-tier cities in inland China.
This research examines the multiple and contradictory constructions of whiteness in China as a result of the rapid diversification of white migrants in the country and the shifting power balances between China and the West. Existing literature on white westerners in Asia mainly focuses on transnational elites. The rising number of middle- and lower-stratum of white migrants in China deserves special attention due to substantial tensions and discrepancies in their experiences of racial privilege, economic insecurity, and legal vulnerability. Multi-sited and multi-scalar ethnographic research will be conducted on daily life encounters between various groups of white migrants and Chinese in five domains: (1) state policy regarding international migrants in China; (2) the ESL industry (teaching English as a second language); (3) the media, fashion, and entertainment industries; (4) transnational business and entrepreneurship; and (5) interracial romance. Three major research questions frame this project. 1. What are the symbolic and material advantages and disadvantages of being white in China's thriving market economy and consumer culture? 2. How is whiteness racialized in relation to blackness and other immigrant minority identities in multiple social domains and at different geographical scales? 3. How are multiple versions of whiteness produced, interpreted, negotiated, and performed through daily life interactions between white migrants and Chinese in various social and personal settings? This project contributes to a new line of research on white racial formation in East Asia by creatively integrating theories in whiteness studies and migration studies. It also expands the geographical scope of research on white expatriates from global cities in coastal areas to second-tier cities in inland China.


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Headmaster that blur meh?
By Atans1
Maybe it's a surprise that we don't have more PTSD victims like Amos Yee given the logic of this ex-headmaster.
The ex-principal (going for further studies, not kanna fired) of Shuqun Secondary recently responded to
In September of last year, this video of a bullying incident in Shuqun Secondary School surfaced and soon went viral.
http://theindependent.sg/deliberate-and-irresponsible-reporting-outgoing-shuqun-secondary-principal-takes-tmg-to-task/
In summary, he blamed new media (and the constructive, nation-building media: the PAPpy friendly ST etc reported the Middle Ground's story) for blowing up the bullying incident and not telling the truth. The reporting was "deliberate and irresponsible": this included supposedly "balanced" online and mainstream media who felt right to reproduce the articles choosing to feature sensationalised headlines that gave a wrong impression of the facts.
The problem (i.e. flaw) with his analysis is simple. Until he gave his side of the story, three months after the event, there was only silence from him and the MoE. So how could there be "balance" or "truth" (whatever this is)? Now he and the MOE may have reasonable and legtimate reasons for silence if the decision to keep quiet wasn't simply an honest mistake**.
Whatever, how can he now blame media (new and constructive, nation-building) of irresponsible behaviour when he was unwilling or unable to say anything at the time the video went viral? If anyone was "deliberate and irresponsible" (I assume he really meant "deliberately irresponsible") , it was the silence of theprincipal and perhaps MOE**.
Having been freed from the constraints of his job**, he could (and should) have simply told his side of the story without name-calling or labelling: just give the facts as he saw them. But no, he had to indulge in name-calling and labelling like Amos Yee. And he's an educated man who held a position of trust and responsibility, not a spoiled kid, whose mother thinks he's "fantastic".
As he's going for further studies, one can only hope that the course includes handling the media in an age of 24/7 news coverage. new media and social media. Pigs will fly first.
Seriously MOE must remind officers not to talk cock because talking cock reflects badly on the eduction service. It must also update its manual on the handling media queries. viral videos etc in an age of 24/7 news coverage. new media and social media. Silence is no longer the default option.
Finally, I can't stop laughing at this comment by Bertna Henson the editor of TMG NOW he talks….three months later. After a deafening silence, a deadening rant. As always, shoot the messenger, after declining to talk to them. And messengers must always deliver "good news" to be considered "responsible".
Really people who once lived in glass houses should refrain from throwing stones. She was once a general (paper stormtropper) on the Death Star that is ST. ST was during her time (and still is) very good at shooting nessengers of news that the PAP administration rather not hear.
**MoE officers like all civil servants are not authorised to talk to the media unless expressly authorised.
This post was first published over at the Thoughts of a Cynical Investor blog on 11 January 2016. It is reproduced with permission.
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Q: Create user with roles inside stored procedure I want to create users with roles inside stored procedure. I tried plain query it didn't work, probably because of GO, then I tried to put that inside stored procedure, that didn't wok because of GO either. I tried to put new line character inside dynamic query, that didn't work either. Can anyone help?
create PROCEDURE dbo.CreateUser
AS
BEGIN
/*** Creating User ***/

DECLARE @SQL  NVARCHAR(MAX)

SET @SQL = '
CREATE USER [PRODUCTION\user1] FOR LOGIN [PRODUCTION\user1] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
GO
sp_addrolemember  @rolename =  ''db_owner'', @membername =  ''PRODUCTION\user1''
GO
CREATE USER [PRODUCTION\user2] FOR LOGIN [PRODUCTION\user2] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
GO
sp_addrolemember  @rolename =  ''db_owner'', @membername =  ''PRODUCTION\user2''
GO'
/*** Creating User ***/

EXEC(@SQL)
END

A: Personally, I would do this:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.CreateUser
AS
BEGIN
/*** Creating User ***/

    DECLARE @SQL  NVARCHAR(MAX)

    SET @SQL = N'CREATE USER [PRODUCTION\user1] FOR LOGIN [PRODUCTION\user1] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo];' + NCHAR(13) + NCHAR(10) +
               N'CREATE USER [PRODUCTION\user2] FOR LOGIN [PRODUCTION\user2] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo];';
    --PRINT @SQL; --Your debugging best friend
    EXEC sp_executesql @SQL;

    SET @SQL = N'ALTER ROLE db_owner ADD MEMBER [PRODUCTION\user1];' + NCHAR(13) + NCHAR(10) +
               N'ALTER ROLE db_owner ADD MEMBER [PRODUCTION\user2];';
    --PRINT @SQL; --Your debugging best friend
    EXEC sp_executesql @SQL;

END

This gets rid of the sp_addrolemember procedure, which is deprecated. It also splits the creation and memberships into 2 separate batches, to ensure that the users have indeed been created.

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Andhra govt ramps up state administration, announces new postings for 4 IAS officers
Senior IAS officer J Syamala Rao has been transferred as officer on special duty in the water resources department.
Ramping up the state administration to fast track government's policy initiatives, the Andhra Pradesh government shifted two senior IAS officers including J Syamala Rao and K Sunitha while relieving a couple more from full additional charges.
"Rao, on transfer, is posted as officer on special duty in the water resources department. He shall assume the charge of the post of secretary to the government, water resources department," the state chief secretary Nilam Sawhney said in a statement.
According to the state government notification, Rao the 1997 batch IAS officer will take the new role after Aditya Nath Das succeeds Sawhney on December 31. Das a 1987 batch IAS officer will assume the state chief secretary charge on January 1, 2021.
The state government has also transferred senior IAS officer K. Sunitha, as secretary, social welfare department. Sunitha was earlier serving as secretary to the government in the finance department. In the finance department, she was in-charge of new revenue generating projects taken up by different departments within the finance department.
Sunitha will replace 1996 batch IAS officer Budithi Rajsekhar from full additional charge (FAC) of the social welfare department. Rajskehar is a 1992 batch officer. Sunitha will be placed with the FAC of the post of vice chairman and managing director, AP Scheduled Caste Cooperative Finance Corporation Ltd, again relieving Rajsekhar.
Meanwhile, Y. Srilakshmi, a 1988 batch IAS officer, who was waiting for new posting has been posted as secretary to the government, municipal administration and urban development, relieving Rao.
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A long-serving local volunteer has been presented with the British Empire Medal (BEM) in a formal ceremony at Guernsey's Government House on Tuesday 14th November 2017.
Mrs Beatrice Webber was awarded the BEM in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for 2017, for services to the blind in Guernsey. She received her medal on Tuesday from the Lieutenant-Governor, watched by her family, friends and colleagues.
Mrs Webber has consistently provided invaluable support to partially sighted islanders since 1978, in the form of audio news. Her consistency and devotion are remarkable, and have undoubtedly enriched the lives of all those who have used the service over almost 40 years.
The British Empire Medal is awarded for meritorious service worthy of recognition by the Crown. It is the most significant award that is presented here at Government House.


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» Inter-Division A-F Commission Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
A4 – Inter-Division A-F Commission Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy deals primarily with the general dynamics of N-body systems, with applications stretching from orbital mechanics of artificial satellites to galactic dynamics. Although it constitutes one of the oldest fields in astronomy, it is constantly reinvigorated by new discoveries and problems. These are widespread and include (among many others) extrasolar planets, asteroids and KBOs, NEOs and space debris, low-energy interplanetary trajectories, etc.
The main objective of the present commission is to support research and educational activities in the broad field of dynamical astronomy. These include: treatments of the mathematical, physical and computational aspects of planetary theory, perturbation theory, resonance models, chaos and diffusion, stability criteria, orbital and space mechanics, ring systems, tidal models, galactic dynamics, non-gravitational forces, and computer languages for analytical developments.
During the present period (2018-2021), we hope to support the following activities:
Propose, facilitate, and support scientific meetings, in particular the IAU Symposia, on Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, and on its applications to various dynamical problems;
Promote the periodic holding of a Summer School aiming to train young researchers on the most important current topics in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. Such schools can take place before major scientific meetings, such as the celebrated CELMEC conferences. As an example of the proposed format for such schools see "Satellite Dynamics and Space Missions: Theory and Applications of Celestial Mechanics", held in 2017 before the CELMEC VII meeting ( see the recorded lectures at http://adams.dm.unipi.it/~simca/sdsm2017/ [adams.dm.unipi.it], with publication of the lecture notes in 2019). This activity follows the spirit of the NATO Advanced Study Institute schools, held in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) in the 1980s and 1990s. The next Summer School will include theoretical topics and applications to astronomical problems. Such schools have proven to provide excellent opportunities for the education of young researchers in both the general theory of dynamics, as well as advanced applications of both analytical and numerical methods in the most timely astronomical problems.
Maintain fruitful cooperation with other fields of science such as applied mathematics, mathematical physics, geophysics, space sciences, etc., whose research is often applicable to astronomical problems.
Establish an efficient information system to facilitate collaboration among the researchers in the field by maintaining an up-to-date Commission website with important news, information on meetings and updated documents.
Commission Web Page
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Under Division
Division A Fundamental Astronomy
Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
Christos Efthymiopoulos
Department of Mathematics Tullio Levi-Civita
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Giovanni Federico Gronchi
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NCA adherence: Italy
Alessandra Celletti
Università di Roma Tor Vergata
Dipto di Matematica
Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1
Christos Efthymiopoulos (President)
Giovanni Federico Gronchi (Vice-President)
Alessandra Celletti (Advisor - Past President)
Alexandre C. M. Correia
Romina Paula Di Sisto
Silvia M. Giuliatti Winter
Ireneusz Wlodarczyk
Li-Yong ZHOU
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Jurassic Game Flouts Hyper-Real Physics
Author: John AldermanJohn Alderman
DreamWorks Interactive, primed with multi-industry synergy, is trying to break video games out of their geekboy ghetto with a new game based on the Jurassic Park mythos. The much-hyped brainchild of Steven Spielberg and partner Bill Gates, DreamWorks Interactive seems to be following the belief that the missing link from video games to a mass market is the believability of the world it portrays, starting with the physics that govern its properties.
"If this is successful it could open up a whole new world of physics-based gaming." says Johnny L. Wilson, editor in chief of Computer Gaming World, whose March cover story focuses on the technology driving the design of Trespasser.
The idea behind Trespasser: Jurassic Park, due out in the fall, is to avoid the trap of "metagaming," where players are forced to guess how the game designer built a puzzle, rather than react intuitively. "The reason a lot of people don't get into gaming - and I watched my girlfriend struggle with Myst and other games - is that there's a whole semantic of game playing that you just have to be into," says Seamus Blackley, the developer who is managing the 25-people game developing team.
"If the workaday objects work right, the doorhandle opens like you'd expect, and when you start accepting the consistent reality of this world, when you see that first velociraptor, it's a big fucking deal," says Blackley. To this end, all of the actions of creatures and objects are calculated on the fly, using a combination of physical modeling, AI, muscle strength, and physical conditions.
The game is played through the persona of a woman named Anne, whose plane has crashed on the way to Costa Rica. As Anne explores the island where she has washed ashore, she discovers she is on the island she's been reading about- where experiments with dinosaurs had been conducted. Blackley has stressed the exploration of the island: "There are things that work really well in the computer game medium, the feeling of environment, space, and ability to explore something on your own, that you really don't get in other media."
Wilson insists that it is Blackley and the new technology, not the the aura of DreamWorks' big names, that could make Trespasser work. "There are multiple ways to mess up projects and partnerships whenever you have high-flying celebrities represented," Wilson says. "The key aspect of the success of Trespasser: Jurassic Park is not so much either Microsoft's distribution, which was unable to make a hit out of the Neverhood, or the Goosebumps game, nor is it Spielberg's flash." Wilson Points out that Spielberg's name was attached to LucasArts's The Dig, which did poorly.
But for Blackley, DreamWorks is a welcome break from other game makers with lesser budgets. "DreamWorks is well acquainted with the business model of making money by doing creativity right, so they don't have these panic attacks and try to push stuff."
Instant access into the world of DreamWorks powerbrokers has also given Blackley some unexpected insights into their workings. Besides running golf cart races with Speilberg and Jeff Goldblum, he has had intense encounters with Microsoft. "Those people are not interested in bullshit in any form." says Blackley. "They want to know why something is or isn't working, when will the product ship ... it's almost like being on trial. Now I know how they make so much money."


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STR vs HUR Dream11 Prediction | 55th Match | BBL 2019-20
25 January, 2020 by Admin
STR vs HUR Dream11 Prediction 55th Match BBL 2019-20
STR vs HUR Dream11 Team Prediction & Preview: 55th Match, BBL 2019-20
Adelaide Strikers will take on Hobart Hurricanes in the 55th match of Big Bash League 2019-20 at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. We will provide STR vs HUR Dream11 Prediction, Probable Playing XI, and Fantasy Cricket Tips.
The last head-to-head encounter between both teams in Big Bash League 2019-20 was won by Adelaide Strikers by 10 runs.
Adelaide Strikers:
Strikers are currently having a good as they are at 3rd position on the points table with 8 wins and 4 losses and a total of 17 points and they have qualified for the playoffs this season.
In the last match, batting first Strikers started their innings brilliantly by scoring 60 runs in the power play without losing any wickets. In the 8th overs, they lost their 1st wicket of Weatherald who scored 35 runs in 24 balls. Philip Salt got out in the 10th over after playing a brilliant inning of 59 runs from 31 balls. After that Travis Head 35 runs and Alex Carey, 25 runs batted sensibly and maintained a good run rate. In the end, Jonathan Wells scored 23* runs and helped Strikers post a total of 181 runs in 20 overs.
With 181 to defend, Strikers picked up 1 wicket in the power play for 44 runs. They never allowed the opposition to score freely and picked up another wicket in the 9th over. After 11 overs they started picking up wickets at regular intervals and never allowed any partnership to build which resulted in the opposition scoring only 165 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets and Strikers won the match by 16 runs. Wes Agar bowled brilliantly and picked up 3 wickets for 36 runs in his 4 overs. Billy Stanlake also bowled well and picked up 2 wickets. Peter Siddle and Rashid Khan picked up 1 wicket each.
They would be hoping to win this match against Hobart Hurricanes and settle at the 2nd position on the points table.
Hobart Hurricanes:
Hurricanes are currently in a tricky position as they are currently at the 5th position on the points table with 6 wins and 7 losses and a total of 12 points.
In the last match, batting first Hurricanes lost the wicket of D'Arcy Short for a duck in the very 1st over. But Mathew Wade 56 runs and Mac Wright 64 runs batted brilliantly and added 97 runs to the 2nd wicket. In the end, Ben McDermott 12 runs and George Bailey 29 runs batted brilliantly and helped Hurricanes post a total of 185 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets.
With 185 runs to defend, Hurricanes picked up 1 wicket for 55 runs in the power play. They picked up another wicket in the 8th over but the opposition scored 100 runs in 12 overs and it looked like it was going to be a very close match but Hurricanes bowled brilliantly after the 12th over and picked up 8 wickets for just 28 runs and got the opposition all out for 128 runs in 17.3 overs. D'Arcy Short bowled extremely well and picked up 5 wickets for just 21 runs in his 4 overs. Scott Boland picked up 2 wickets, James Faulkner and Nathan Ellis picked up 1 wicket each.
Hurricanes need to win this match against Strikers because if they lose this match then there is a chance that they would be out of the competition for playoffs.
STR vs HUR, 55th Match, Big Bash League 2019-20
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
1:40 PM, 26th January 2020
Average 1st innings score: 148 (In the last 5 games at the venue so far this season)
Average 2nd innings score: 134 (In the last 5 games at the venue so far this season)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 2, Lost – 3
The pitch is considered to be very good for batting but at the same time, a lot of wickets have been taken at this venue in this season. There have not been any high scoring matches here at this venue so far.
Adelaide Strikers have won 4 out of the 6 matches that have been played in Adelaide Oval.
There are no chances of rain on the match day.
Jake Weatherald, Philip Salt, Travis Head (C), Alex Carey(wk), Jonathan Wells, Rashid Khan, Matthew Short, Liam O'Connor, Peter Siddle, Harry Conway, Billy Stanlake, Michael Neser, Wes Agar.
Matthew Wade(c), D'Arcy Short, Mac Wright, George Bailey, Ben McDermott (wk), David Miller, James Faulkner, Clive Rose, Nathan Ellis, Qais Ahmad, Scott Boland, Tom Rogers, Jake Doran.
STR vs HUR Dream11 Team News
Adelaide Strikers have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the match against Hobart Hurricanes.
HUR:
Hobart Hurricanes are also going with an unchanged 13-man squad for this match.
Jake Weatherald, Philip Salt, Travis Head (C), Alex Carey (wk), Jonathan Wells, Matthew Short, Rashid Khan, Michael Neser, Peter Siddle, Wes Agar, Billy Stanlake.
Bench: Liam O'Connor, Harry Conway.
Matthew Wade (c), D'Arcy Short, Mac Wright, David Miller, Ben McDermott (wk), George Bailey, James Faulkner, Clive Rose, Nathan Ellis, Qais Ahmad, Scott Boland.
Bench: Jake Doran, Tom Rogers.
Top picks for STR vs HUR Dream11 Prediction
Travis Head:
Skipper is a left-hand batsman and can bowl a few overs of spin too. He has played 6 matches so far in this season and scored 149 runs and picked up 3 wickets so far in this season. Travis Head scored 35 runs in the last match.
Alex Carey:
He is the wicket-keeper batsman for Strikers and missed few matches this season due to national duty. Carey played 9 games in this season and scored a total of 324 runs so far in this season. In the last match, he batted sensibly and scored 25 runs.
Jake Weatherald:
This left-handed batsman has started this season well and played a sensible knock whenever required for his team. In the last match, he scored 35 runs and has scored a total of 387 runs so far in this season.
Rashid Khan:
He is one of the best leg-spinner in the world in the T20 format. Rashid Khan can also hit some big shots batting down the order. In the last match, he scored one run and picked up 1 wicket. Rashid has already picked up 18 wickets and scored a total of 116 runs so far in this season.
Jonathan Wells:
He is a very consistent batsman and had a perfect last season. Wells has continued his form in this season too and scored 23* runs in the previous match and scored a total of 429 runs so far in this season.
Michael Neser:
He is a bowling all-rounder who can score some handy runs down the order. M Neser went wicketless in the last match and picked up a total of 8 wickets so far in this season.
Peter Siddle:
This veteran pacer bowls at a perfect pace and can pick up wickets at a crucial time. Siddle picked up 1 wicket in the last match and has picked up a total of 17 wickets so far in this season.
Philip Salt:
He is an attacking opener and has plenty of match-winning knocks in County Cricket. He struggles heavily against spin bowling and has been able to play only 3 good knocks yet in this season. In the last match, he scored 59 runs from 31 balls and has scored a total of 290 runs this season.
Wes Agar:
He is a right-arm fast bowler and bowls at a good pace. Wes Agar has bowled decently and has picked up 16 wickets so far in this season. He bowled brilliantly and picked up 3 wickets in the last match.
Billy Stanlake:
He is a right-arm fast bowler and bowls at a good pace but he was not played in some of the matches due to poor form. Billy played the last match and bowled pretty well and picked up 2 wickets. He has played 9 matches this season but has picked up only 4 wickets so far.
D'Arcy Short:
He is a left-handed opening batsman for Hurricanes and can also bowl a few overs of spin. Short missed few matches this season due to national commitments and has played only 7 matches so far and scored 248 runs which include a century. In the last match, he was out for a duck but bowled brilliantly and picked up 5 wickets and was awarded Man of the Match.
Mathew Wade:
He is a left-handed wicket-keeper batsman and had a perfect last season. Wade scored 592 runs in 15 innings in the previous season. This season he has scored 206 runs so far and scored 56 runs from 34 balls in the last game.
Ben McDermott:
He is wicket-keeper batsman for Hobart Hurricanes this season. Ben scored 12 runs in the last match and has scored a total of 248 runs so far in this season.
James Faulkner:
He is a bowling all-rounder who can be handy with the bat down the order. Faulkner played only 5 matches this season due to injury and has picked up 8 wickets so far in the matches he played. In the last match, he managed to pick up 1 wicket.
David Miller:
He is a very talented left-hand batsman and generally plays in the middle order. Miller is in poor form recently and scored 6 runs in the last match and has scored a total of 198 runs so far in this season.
Qais Ahmed:
He is a very talented leg-spinner from Afghanistan. Qais went wicketless in the last match but has bowled well in the other games and has picked up a total of 12 wickets so far in this season.
Scott Boland:
He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and has played 8 matches this season. Boland picked up 2 wickets in the last game and has picked up a total of 12 wickets so far in this season.
Nathan Ellis:
He is a bowling all-rounder and can score some handy runs down the order. Ellis has performed decently so far in the tournament. In the last match, he picked up 1 wicket and has picked up a total of 9 wickets this season.
STR vs HUR Dream11 Prediction
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STR vs HUR Dream11 Team 55th Match BBL 2019-20
Fantasy Cricket Tips:
You can pick Jack Weatherald to J Wells and Scott Boland To Rashid Khan.
In the wicket-keeper, both Alex Carey and Matthew Wade are good.
In batsmen, Jonathan Wells and David Miller are also good options.
James Faulkner and Michael Neser are also good all-rounders.
Rashid Khan, Qais Ahmed and Billy Stanlake are also good bowlers.
Matthew Wade, Jake Weatherald, and Rashid Khan are also good for C and Vc.
Captain and Vice-Captain
D'Arcy Short, Travis Head, Mathew Wade, Rashid Khan, Jake Weatherald, Alex Carey, James Faulkner.
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Small earthquake recorded off Fraser Island
17th Sep 2015 1:51 PM | Updated: 4:34 PM
A 3.3 MAGNITUDE earthquake was recorded off Fraser Island this morning.
The small quake hit about 9.37 am, but was only felt within 31km of the epicentre which struck 120km east of the island. It is considered by geoscientists to be just an aftershock.
Geosciences Australia's senior seismologist Mark Leonard told the Brisbane Times there were no reports of land tremors.
The quake follows three major earthquakes of magnitude 5.4, 5.3 and 5.1 that struck in late July and early August this year.
Officially it is the fifteenth earthquake recorded in the area in the past two months.
Dr Leonard said the flurry of seismic activity in the same spot was due to the Australian continent drifting.
"Every part of the continent is being squeezed and as that sort of pressure builds up, it's released as an earthquake, that patch (near Fraser Island) is kind of Queensland's turn," he said.
"There is no obvious active fault there or anything like that."
There is no tsunami threat.
Earthquake deniers claim government lied about tremors
3.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off Fraser Island
WE SAY: Quakes, sinkholes, spouts... what's next?
Most missed today's earthquake but a few report feeling it
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Q: How to use img tag in react I am trying to show my local image into html using react.

I have app.js which is calling Header component.

I am trying to add woods.jpg

The image does not exist, why?

I tried different location but couldn't implement it,
src={"../w3images/woods.jpg"}
src={"./w3images/woods.jpg"}
src={"/w3images/woods.jpg"}
src="/w3images/woods.jpg"

A: Your images must be on the public repository to be accessed.
Then, you can have an img like that :
<img src="/w3images/woods.jpg"/>

A: I guess your app is served from public (there's a folder I see).
Then you must specify a path relative to that folder.
Something like ../src/w3images/woods.jpg if your index.html is in /public/index.html.


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Felix Hernandez emotional exit finals 2019 start
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SEATTLE – Félix Hernández left nothing on the hill on his last appearance with the Mariners except a few heartfelt tears. The longtime Mariners ace ended a 15-year run in Seattle with an emotional start on Thursday, allowing three runs with five hits and four hikes over 5 1/3 innings. SEATTLE – Félix Hernández did not stay up on the …
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Shinden Tatara Ryu Taijutsu can also be called Shinden Tatara Ryu Daken Taijutsu, but its true original name is Shinden Tatara Jiki-Ryu Taijutsu. The Amatsu Tatara Hisshin Ginkoroku scroll of Amatsu Tatara secrets was given to Ohmononushi-no-Mikoto from Susano-o-no-Mikoto in the ancient time of Japan (Age of the Gods era).
As one of the highest scrolls, it had been kept at Iso-no-Kami Jingu shrine. In August 4 B.C. (Suinin Emperor Era), the scroll was given to Mononobe Toichine-no-Mikoto who was the 8th generation from Nigihayabi-no-Mikoto (Ohmononushi Kushi-Mika-Tama-no Mikoto. After that the scroll was diffused into 20 scrolls as the Izumo Hiki (Amatsu Tatara Hisshin Ginkoroku).
The Sessho-no-jutsu techniques are explained in the Kussho Ratsugi-no-Maki of the Amatsu Tatara Hisshin Ginkoroku.
There exists another transmission stating that in September 88 B.C. (Sujin Emperor Era) a certain Igui-no-Sukune, who was the next generation from Toichine-no-Mikoto, engaged with the enemy of the Emperor Takehaya Yasuhiko. Both of their weapons had broken in combat necessitating that they continue to fight with Kumite (unarmed techniques). Consequently, Ugui killed Takehaya with the special punch techniques of Kussho Ratsugi. The next generation Igoto-no Sukune upgraded and expanded the system as Daken-jutsu.
Shinden Tatara Ryu Taijutsu looks very similar to Kijin Chosui Ryu Daken Taijutsu, Kukishin Ryu Daken Taijutsu and even Shinken-Gata Taijutsu Tora-no-Maki but many points of each technique and the pattern names are quite different.


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Unofficial football world champions Peru face Croatia in Miami
20 March 2018 | Words Paul Brown | Photo A.J. Lipp
Peru v Croatia
23 March 2018, 20:00 local (24 March, 00:00 UK)
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami
The UFWC gets back underway on Friday evening, as Unofficial Football World Champions Peru begin their World Cup warm-up campaign with a match against fellow WC qualifiers Croatia. The match is being played in the United States, at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, home to the NFL's Miami Dolphins. It's the first of two US-based friendlies for Peru. They play Iceland next Tuesday, at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. It's the start of a series of matches that could see the UFWC title change hands several times, and perhaps be contested at Russia 2018.
Peru have been UFWC champions since August, when they defeated Bolivia 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier. They are currently 20th in the all-time UFWC rankings. Croatia, however, have never held the UFWC title, and have no UFWC ranking. They've been a little unlucky – they've played in six title matches, lost three of them 1-0, drawn two of them 1-1, and lost the most recent one, against Chile in January 2017, on penalties after another 1-1 draw.
Peru are still without captain and record goalscorer Paolo Guerrero, who is suspended until 3 May after failing a drugs test. Instead, they'll be looking for goals from Jefferson Farfan, with support from the likes of Cristian Benavente and Roberto Siucho in midfield. Croatia will be without two defenders, Liverpool's Dejan Lovren and Club Brugge's Matej Mitrović, due to injury. But they will have star names such as Ivan Rakitić, Luka Modrić and Mario Mandžukić. UFWC followers might see in-form champions Peru as a decent bet for this game. The bookies have Peru as 5/1 outsiders, with Croatia at 4/5.
Should Peru win, the next UFWC title match will see them play Iceland just four days later. FIFA have confirmed that both of these games will be 'A' internationals, and are therefore eligible to be UFWC title matches. Iceland, like Croatia, have never won a UFWC title match. They've played in seven, losing six and drawing one. Again like Croatia, their most recent title match was a defeat to Chile in January 2017. Of course, if Croatia beat Peru they will take the UFWC title, and the next title match will be Croatia v Mexico, also just four days later, at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on 27 March.
Following the matches against Croatia and Iceland, Peru will play Scotland, Sweden and Saudi Arabia in World Cup warm-ups. After playing Peru and Mexico, Croatia will play Brazil and Senegal before Russia 2018. So the UFWC title could take many different paths before the World Cup gets underway – and there is no guarantee that the UFWC will be contested in Russia.
But if Peru do manage to hold on to the UFWC title through to Russia 2018 (or if Croatia or another WC qualifier takes the title) it will be the 13th time the unofficial title has been contested at an official World Cup tournament. Peru are in Group C, which also contains France, Australia and Denmark:
Group C:
Peru FIFA rank: 11; UFWC rank: 20
France FIFA rank: 9; UFWC rank: 11
Australia FIFA rank: 36; UFWC rank: 43
Denmark FIFA rank: 12; UFWC rank: 36
Group C Fixtures:
16 June 2018, France v Australia, Kazan Arena, Kazan
16 June 2018, Peru v Denmark, Mordovia Arena, Saransk
21 June 2018, Denmark v Australia, Cosmos Arena, Samara
21 June 2018, France v Peru, Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg
26 June 2018, Denmark v France, Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
26 June 2018, Australia v Peru, Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
For those who are new to the UFWC, the Unofficial Football World Championships is an international football competition contested in a simple boxing-style title system. Winners of title matches become title holders and Unofficial Football World Champions. A draw means the current holder retains the title. UFWC lineage goes back to the very first international match in 1872. Any 'A' international can be a UFWC title match, including friendlies. UFWC champions are ranked by their number of title match victories. You can read more about the UFWC in the new 2018 edition of the Unofficial Football World Champions book.
We'll have coverage of all upcoming matches right here on the UFWC website. And you can keep up to date with all things UFWC by following us on Twitter or Facebook.
Note that Peru v Croatia kicks off at 20:00 on 23 March in Miami, which is 00:00 (midnight) on 24 March in the UK.
New for 2018, the latest edition of the official UFWC book, Unofficial Football World Champions by Paul Brown, is out now. This is the fourth edition of the book that has been published in every World Cup year since 2006.
Expanded and updated to include new matches, teams, players and statistics, it's a complete guide to the UFWC, including all 936 title matches played since 1872, and all 48 unofficial football world champions.
It's available exclusively from Amazon stores worldwide, priced at £9.99 or $13.95 – click here.
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2 thoughts on "Unofficial football world champions Peru face Croatia in Miami"
Ivan NY 23/03/2018 at 7:13 am
Croatia will be claiming the title 😀
Thomas 24/03/2018 at 10:06 am
I hope that Croatia will bring the Title back to Europe! 🙂


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Reuters Holdings reported a revenue rise of 25 per cent for the third quarter, largely on the back of increases in income from electronic transaction products. Revenues rose from 1993's £472 million to £590 million in this year's quarter, while nine-month revenues climbed 23 per cent from £1.37 billion in 1993 to £1.68 billion this year. The company, which began issuing quarterly reports this year, only reports profits for the half and full year.


The Father's Day is coming so, on that day you must wish your dad with the below fathers day cards 2019. Now, daughters are so close to their dads so they should do various unique things from their fathers to make them happy.
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He never thinks for his comfort and pleasures. On the other hand, he is the only person who can do anything to save us and protect us, and whom we can trust blindly. So, on this Father's Day, we all must do something for him so that he feels special. Now, you guys can download the below Father's Day GIFs from daughters to wish your dads.
I told you before that the Father's Day is an Important day for all fathers and father figures. That is because on that day people around the world appreciate their work and love for us. At the same time, we all thank them for loving us so much and making us so happy. Yes, that is true that our father never makes us unhappy and does everything for us so that we never go through the sorrow and sadness. That is why we all must do something unique for our father to appreciate his effort.
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The Father's Day is one of the most celebrated festivals, which is coming soon. Now, you all should make an excellent plan to celebrate the day with your father so that he becomes happy. You can do various activities on that day like arrange a party in respect of your dad and enjoy with your father and all your relatives too. At the same time, you can also gift him something that he will love to have on the Father's Day.
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Over the past 6 years, Applico has built over 300 apps, and I've learned a lot about how to find the perfect app developer at the right price to get the job done in a timely manner. The primary driver of price is the cost of labor. For example, hiring offshore developers will be exponentially cheaper than hiring domestic developers, and an established firm will cost you more than a freelance hire.
Because there's so many different variables, the price for a mobile app could range anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000; however, the price range will typically be somewhere between $100,000 and $300,000, with the entire development process taking 12-20 weeks. It's obviously a hefty investment, both in time and money, so here is everything you need to know about the costs and timing for creating an app to get you the biggest bang for your buck.
In order to optimize your financial resources, here are the five key factors to consider when determining the appropriate mobile app development budget.
It's important that you be honest with yourself and your priorities. A golden rule of software development lies in the graphic below. You can pick any two attributes of your project, but you can't have all three. Finding a development firm to make a great quality app very quickly and with an inexpensive budget is a red flag. You get what you pay for. If it seems to be good to be true…it probably is.
You are hiring a developer because they know how to execute and execute well. The only way they will build a core competency in programming software is if they have resources in-house. Unfortunately, it's pretty easy for a firm to say "Of course! All of our developers are in-house," when that's often not the case.
Ask who the specific team members would be on the project, and ask to see what past apps they have worked on. You can also ask to talk to the resources and evaluate their communication skills. Although offshore development is significantly cheaper, hiring in-house engineers will make a big difference during your design phase; it will save you time and money down the road by bringing technical knowledge into the product planning.
A hybrid approach can work in situations where competent, on-shore engineering teams can work on the most important parts of a project while using cheaper, third party resources for the more menial tasks. However, without a true engineering team on-shore, this approach won't work.Technical project or product managers alone aren't sufficient.
Waterfall development and agile development are the two most prominent methods to app development, but they're vastly different. Waterfall development depends on having a clear documentation process laid out up-front, before the development process begins, and closely following that process. With agile development, there's hardly any documentation before starting development. Developers works in 1- or 2-week sprints and figure out code as they go.
With waterfall development, there's little flexibility, but you know exactly what you're getting and how much it will cost. With meticulous record-keeping of a structured project, it's easier to improve the process in the future. However, waterfall development can be difficult since it's difficult to know every single detail and nuance from the very beginning, especially for a larger or more complex project. The timeline here will inevitably be longer.
In general, the industry is moving toward agile development. The lack of initial structure can often make the project more expensive than initially planned, but it allows for far more flexibility to adjust the product and account for feedback and changes. With agile development, you can have incremental releases at the end of each development cycle, so you're more likely to reach your launch date and get to the market faster.
In a waterfall structure, you could set up a fixed fee for the work. You could spend X on design & documentation and then receive a fixed fee to develop your app for Y. However, it is inevitable that you are going to want to change something. Enter Work Orders.
In an agile or iterative structure, you can be billed for the amount of work effort performed. The firm will provide you an estimate of the rates that you'll be billed. If billed hourly, check to see if they have time tracking software and and if you'll have access to review it. And if it comes to an invoice dispute, see if there is a process in place to handle the situation.
While a fixed fee structure may seem to limit your risk the most, I would suggest caution. Your "locked in" price can be deceiving when you account for the total cost including future work orders.The ultimate goal is to get a great product that will accomplish your business objective. The quality and caliber of developer who works in a fixed fee structure can sometimes be compromised.
Who made the estimate? Does that person have a thorough understanding of what you are trying to make? Have you talked to that person? Have they worked on similar apps and used similar technologies? If the technologies are foreign to them, it is easy for them to misestimate. Consider how actual costs have compare to initial estimates historically so you can better avoid any misestimation.
Paying close attention to these 5 factors will help you get a better idea of what your app development budget will look like. The right app development won't be cheap, but it'll be well worth the cost.
It will usually take 3 to 4 months to successfully develop an app that is ready for public release. When I say develop, I mean the engineering part of the process. This timeframe doesn't include the product definition or design stages of building a mobile app.
Factors such as the composition of your development team and what development methodology you use will impact your timeframe. A key assumption I'm making is that your mobile app will be integrated with a back end server through APIs. The APIs and infrastructure could already exist or could be built in parallel.
Generally, if you are building out both a back end and the front end (consumer part of the app) at the same time, you want your back end team to start first. By giving them a head start, they can firm up their endpoints and APIs in advance of the front end team starting development.
With iterative software development and an appropriately prioritized minimal viable product, 3 to 4 months should provide sufficient time to release a product you're proud of to your community and network.
If you are developing the front end of your mobile app along with the back end infrastructure, it's important that you prioritize what functionality you build. Give your back end engineer a head start so that your front end engineer can build functional code. If the back end isn't well defined and isn't functional, it'll render the efforts of your front end engineer less efficient.
Integrating with third-party technology are always an unknown in any mobile app development cycle. Documentation will tell you how things should work; however, very often technology products don't function to spec.
You can write tester code to make calls into the 3rd party endpoints and see what data you receive. This type of testing can will give you a better understanding of whether or not the technology works properly. But, there will always be unknowns that crop out of nowhere when integrating 3rd party technologies into your app and/or back end infrastructure. Generally, try and tackle the hard and unknown tasks first.


Gel nail polish is a product mostly available at salons that lets you keep a shiny-looking manicure for weeks on end. Companies that market nail polish to home users have tried to create long-lasting products that wear for weeks, too, but an ad watchdog has determined that the Sally Hansen brand is making claims that go too far.
The brand Sally Hansen is not named after a real person, and makes a popular product that you can find in any drugstore or big box store called Miracle Gel. It's advertised as lasting "up to" 14 days.
Real gel nails require curing under an ultraviolet or LED lamp. While some fans invest in their own lamp for home manicures, that's a limited market. That's why nail polish brands now market their own gel-like products, which use a polymer or oligomer top coat to create a slightly squishy surface that's harder to chip and can last longer than standard nail polish.
Competitor Revlon complained to the National Ad Division, a self-regulation organization for the ad industry that's run by the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
The NAD found that Sally Hansen wasn't able to back up all of its claims, and concluded that the company should be careful not to give customers the impression that the Miracle Gel line of products are equal to gels, since they're not the same.
Specifically, NAD found that the company's claim that the Miracle Gel polish gave customers a manicure that was more chip-resistant than standard polishes was valid and could be backed up. However, the product isn't equal to gels in longevity, and the NAD concluded that advertisements equating the product to salon gels should be discontinued in ads.
After this decision came out, Revlon filed an appeal, still objecting to the brand name "Miracle Gel." Sally Hansen, meanwhile, appealed the ruling that the company shouldn't call its products "gel without the light" when it's not a salon gel polish.
The NAD did determine, however, that since the polishes cure using ambient light (which is why they're sold in opaque bottles) and are similar to gel polishes in other ways, the name "Miracle Gel" is acceptable.
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Q: I can't find the contact after I saved them on my IPhone 5S, I can't find the contact after I saved them on my IPhone 5S, I have searched for the name after I saved the number but couldn't find it, I don't know how to solve this issue I can't even find it in the Apps like Whats App.. It sounds like the contacts disappear?

A: Go to Contacts. Upper Left hand corner, tap "Groups". You may have more than one account apart from your iCloud account, like Gmail. In this case, it might be that only one account is checked so just check all accounts including your iCloud account.


St. Charles Borromeo » HAPPY NEW YEAR!
With this new liturgical year we begin cycle C of the Sunday readings for Mass. This means that the gospel readings will be taken primarily from the gospel according to Saint Luke. This gospel portrays Jesus as the fulfillment of many Old Testament prophecies. Luke also challenges us to be faithful disciples of Jesus each day, so that we may "look forward to his second coming." (Eucharistic Prayer III) During this Advent-Christmas season the first two chapters of this gospel will recount for us the events of the birth of the Messiah. Listen attentively.
This year we have a short Advent season, although it is a little longer than in the past two years: three weeks and two days. Today we bless our Advent Wreath as a sign of our growing anticipation of the joy of Christmas. I hope many of you keep this custom also in your homes.
The sacrament of penance is an important part of our Advent preparation for a worthy celebration of Christmas. There will be additional opportunities for confession as Christmas approaches. The priests of the Chippewa Falls Deanery will be making the rounds of the various parishes the week of December 16 to increase the availability of this sacrament as well. Our penance service will be at St. Charles Church on Sunday afternoon, December 23, at 4:00.
This week we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the patronal feast day of the United States. It is a holy day of obligation. Masses for the holy day will be Friday, December 7, at 5:30 PM at St. Charles and 7:00 PM at St. Peter; and Saturday, December 8, at 8:30 AM at St. Charles.
As we begin a new "year of grace," continue to pray the rosary for the needs of the Church Universal. Pray for Christ's faithful in the Madison Diocese who lost their bishop, Bishop Robert Morlino, a week ago; and, as always, pray for peace.