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UC San Diego Team Identifies CO2 Sensor in Plants that Controls Water Loss
Scientists at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) have recently made a breakthrough in identifying the long-sought carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor in Arabidopsis plants and unraveled its functioning parts. Researchers have discovered more than 50 years ago that plants can sense CO2, but have not identified the sensor or explained how it works within plants.
In a paper published in Science Advances, UC San Diego project scientist Yohei Takahashi, Professor Julian Schroeder, and their colleagues identified the CO2 sensor mechanism and detailed ist genetic biochemical, physiological, and predicted structural properties. The research team found that plants sense changes in CO2 concentration by the reversible interaction of two proteins to regulate stomatal movements. The two plant proteins working together were identified as 1) a â??high leaf temperature1â?� protein kinase known as HT1 and 2) specific members of a mitogen-activated protein kinase family, or â??MAPâ?� kinase enzyme, known as MPK4 and MPK12.
The team's findings have been filed in a UC San Diego patent and could lead to innovations in efficient water use by plants as CO2 levels rise. â??If we can use this new information to help trees respond better to increases in CO2 in the atmosphere, it's possible they would more slowly dry out the soil. Similarly, the water use efficiency of crops could be improvedâ??more crop per drop,â?� said Professor Julian Schroeder.
Researchers Identify Elusive Carbon Dioxide Sensor in Plants that Controls Water Loss (ucsd.edu)

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On Hold scripts have come a long way since I began writing them over five years ago. Every day we're finding new ways to promote products and services even more effectively than we have before. The scripts are more creative, compelling and rich. However, with everything we know now about writing for the On Hold medium, I still see companies who insist on inserting 'nothing phrases'.
A 'nothing phrase' is one that does nothing to distract the caller from the fact they're waiting. It doesn't help to reduce the perceived wait time and it doesn't promote any products or services. In fact, it sometimes draws the caller's attention to the fact that they're waiting!
Customers Tune Out When They Hear 'Nothing Phrases'.
So what are these phrases and why should you avoid them? Good question – let's take a look at the worst offenders.
1) Thank you for holding. Being thanked by a recording is impersonal and drawing the caller's attention to the fact they're still holding makes the wait time seem much longer than it is.
2) Your call is important to us. Is it really? That's the first thing the caller will think when they hear this phrase and they'll immediately get their back up. This is not the frame of mind you want your caller in when your staff pick up the call.
3) We've been around for 40 years. Big deal! This is a great milestone for you but to a potential customer it means nothing. They're focused on themselves and want to know how you're going to help them.
4) Our friendly team delivers attentive customer service. This phrase is bad in two ways. 'Friendly' staff and 'customer service' should be a given – if not, you're in the wrong industry.
5) A range of products to satisfy your needs & requirements. These are just plain lazy. Be specific about what need or requirement you are 'satisfying' and use your wait time wisely.
6) Call us. This one is self explanatory – they've just picked up the phone and dialed your number. It's thoughtless and the subtext is you don't care.
7) We appreciate your patience. Similar to number 1, this phrase is impersonal and does nothing to sell your products or take the caller's mind off the fact they're holding.
8) Visit our website 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's 2013 – people know how the internet works. Instead, give callers a reason to visit your website. What's in it for them?
So there you have it, the top offenders of on hold messages. At Messages On Hold, these banned phrases are ingrained in every copywriter to ensure we use every second of an on hold production wisely. If you have an on hold message service, have a listen to your production: do you hear these phrases? If so, get rid of them! If you're thinking about getting on hold messages installed on your phone system (and you should be!), avoid these phrases at all costs. Alternatively, give Messages On Hold a call!
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Ловер Тауншип () — селище () в США, в окрузі Кейп-Мей штату Нью-Джерсі. Населення —  осіб (2010).

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у селищі мешкало  осіб у  домогосподарствах у складі  родин. Було 14507 помешкань

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 1,7 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 4,2 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 19,8 % — особи молодші 18 років, 59,1 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 21,1 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 46,5 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у селищі припадало 90,1 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 86,9 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  долари для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 10,5 % осіб, у тому числі 14,8 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 7,4 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  особи. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 22,7 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 20,4 %, роздрібна торгівля — 15,4 %.

Примітки

Джерела

Селища Нью-Джерсі
Населені пункти округу Кейп-Мей (Нью-Джерсі)

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Where to Stash Savings
Banks Offer Wide Range
Of Rates to Consumers;
It Pays to Shop Around
By Adelle Waldman
June 13, 2007 12:01 am ET
It pays to save. How much it pays, however, depends a lot on where the cash is stashed. These days, some banks are offering high-yield savings accounts with interest rates around 5%, while other big, national banks are paying 0.2% -- or less.
Certificate-of-deposit rates also vary widely. The national average rate on a 1-year CD is 4.85%, according to Bankrate.com. That's less than the rate paid on some savings accounts, which don't require any time commitment.


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package com.github.programmerr47.imageviewer.api.parsers.htmlparsers;

import com.github.programmerr47.imageviewer.representation.adapters.items.PhotoItem;

import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
import org.jsoup.select.Elements;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author Michael Spitsin
 * @since 2015-08-06
 */
public class PhotosParser extends HTMLParser<List<PhotoItem>> {

    private static final String CLASS = "class";
    private static final String SERP_ITEM_TYPE_SEARCH_CLASS = "serp-item_type_search";

    private SinglePhotoParser mSinglePhotoParser = new SinglePhotoParser();

    @Override
    protected List<PhotoItem> parseObjectFromDoc(Element element) {
        Elements imgs = element.getElementsByAttributeValueContaining(CLASS, SERP_ITEM_TYPE_SEARCH_CLASS);

        List<PhotoItem> result = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Element img : imgs) {
            PhotoItem resultItem = mSinglePhotoParser.parseObjectFromDoc(img);

            if (resultItem != null) {
                result.add(resultItem);
            }
        }

        return result;
    }
}

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These four camps all lie about 2½ miles east of Burgh by Sands, roughly half-way to Carlisle. The Boomby Lane camps both have their minor-axes aligned with the Wall and very likely post-date the Hadrianic barrier, though the earliest of these camps may belong to the Agricolan period. The Nowtler Hill camps sited as they are, protectively overlooking the Wall and Vallum, are probably contemporary with them.
These two camps were first identified by Daniel Lysons in 1800, and are visible nowadays only as crop-marks in fields to the south-west of Grinsdale, near Kockupworth. Lysons reported that all four gateways of both camps were protected by external tituli, most of which are still visible in modern AP's.
(0.5 ha) This camp occupies the summit of Nowtler Hill, is aligned SW-NE and was probably built before Camp-2. It is trapezoidal in outline, with longer sides measuring and feet (78 & 73 metres), and its short sides both (64m). There are gateways placed centrally in all sides save the SW, those to NW and SE protected by external tituli while extra defences outside the NE gate are obscured by a modern road which crosses the site from SW-NE, separating the E corner-angle from the rest of the camp. The camp apparently faced NE.
(0.2 ha) This small rectangular camp occupies the SW slopes of Nowtler Hill about (300m) from Camp-1. There are four gates, those in the E & W sides places centrally and those in the N & S displaced towards the E, the camp therfore faced ESE. The gates are known to have been protected by external tituli on all sides save the E where details have been destroyed by a modern field-boundary.
Lying on the west bank of the River Eden between Grinsdale and Knockupworth between the Wall and Vallum, are two superimposed Roman encampments. Both camps are aligned roughly east-west but do not share any defensive elements, the smaller camp overlying the western defences of the larger and misaligned with it. The relationship and building sequence of these two camps has yet to be determined.
(2.3 ha) This camp is the larger of the two at Boomby Lane and has two gates, set centrally in the north and the south sides, both of which were protected by external titulum defences. The camp faced ENE.
(1.2 ha) This small camp lies almost entirely within Boomby Lane-1 and has more pronounced crop-marks. No gateways are visible on A.P.'s.
Page Citation: Kevan White (2018) "Roman Britain: GRINSDALE CAMPS"


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USS Chief Arrives in Manila
March 18, 2019 seawaves
March 17, 2019 – The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) arrived in Manila, Philippines, March 17, for a port visit. Chief is visiting Manila while operating in U.S. 7th Fleet to work with our Philippines partners to strengthen regional security and stability, and enhance interoperability. "The crew of Chief is thrilled at the opportunity to visit Manila," said Lt. Cmdr. Fred Crayton, commanding officer of Chief. "Our camaraderie with the Philippines is one of our most enduring relationships in the Indo-Pacific region. The Filipino people are some…
March 2019Manila, MCM, MINERONSEVEN, Philippines, USS Chief
U.S., Australia & Indonesia Commemorate WWII Battle of Sunda Strait
March 1, 2019 – USS Chief (MCM 14) attended a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Sunda Strait aboard the Indonesian Navy corvette KRI Usman Harun (359), March 1. The ceremony honored American and Australian crews who lost their lives fighting aboard USS Houston (CA 30) and HMAS Perth (D 29) during the WWII battle. "It is important to remember the sacrifice of the Sailors that have gone before us to pay tribute to shipmates who have made the ultimate commitment while personifying the…
March 2019Battle of Sunda Strait, Khristofer Dickover, KRI Usman Harun, USS Chief
USS Chief Visits Jakarta
February 26, 2019 – USS Chief (MCM 14) arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 26, for a port visit. Chief is visiting Jakarta while operating in U.S. 7th Fleet to work with their Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) counterparts to strengthen regional security and stability, and enhance interoperability. "Partnerships, especially persistent partnerships, enhance our ability to maintain peace and maritime stability in the Indo-Pacific region," said Lt. Cmdr. Fred Crayton, commanding officer of Chief. "As such, the U.S. Navy is committed to continuing to engage and work side-by-side with our Indonesian Navy partners…
February 2019Indonesia, Jakarta, USS Chief
USS Chief Makes Port Call in Brunei
February 15, 2019 seawaves
February 15, 2019 – USS Chief (MCM 14) arrived in Muara, Brunei, Feb. 15, for a port visit. Chief is visiting Brunei while operating in U.S. 7th Fleet to strengthen regional security and stability, and enhance interoperability with partners. "Port visits like this one are important because they emphasize not only our commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the region but, more so, our desire to strengthen and foster relationships with our partners and allies." said Lt. Cmdr. Fred Crayton, commanding officer of Chief. While in port Chief Sailors…
February 2019Brunei, MCM 14, Muara, USS Chief
USS Chief Completes MCM Exercise with Japanese and Australian Navies
December 3, 2018 – USS Chief (MCM 14) participated in Mine Warfare Exercise 3JA 2018, Nov. 24-27. 3JA is an annual exercise series that is designed to increase proficiency in mine countermeasure operations between the U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and this year, for the first time, the Royal Australian Navy. "These opportunities to train with our partners demonstrate the commitment we have to maintain peace and stability throughout the region," said Lt. Cmdr. Fred Crayton, commanding officer of Chief. During the exercise Sailors aboard Chief operated sonar to…
December 2018Donald Crisman, Exercise 3JA 2018, HMAS Gascoyne, HMAS Huon, USS Chief
US, Japan, Australia to conduct Mine Warfare Exercise
November 16, 2018 seawaves
November 13, 2018 – The U.S. Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are scheduled to begin Mine Warfare Exercise 3JA 2018 off the coast of southern Japan, November 17. This is part of an annual exercise series with the U.S. Navy and JMSDF, joined for the first time this year by the RAN. The exercise increases proficiency in mine countermeasure operations. "Our continued work with the JSMDF combined with this year's addition of our Australian allies gives exercise 3JA a much more vibrant impact and…
November 2018CMD42, CMD43, HMAS Gascoyne, HMAS Huon, JS Bungo, JS Uraga, USS Chief
USS Chief Pulls into Hakodate
July 18, 2018 July 18, 2018 seawaves
USS Chief (MCM 14) pulled into Hakodate, Japan, July 14, for a goodwill port visit and training. Chief, an Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship, is crewed by roughly 90 Sailors. Port visits like this one gives the Sailors aboard an opportunity to interact with the people of Hakodate, who have not received a port visit from the U.S. Navy since 2016. "I have not been to Hakodate in ten years," said Lt. Cdr. Frederick Crayton, Chief's commanding officer. "I look forward to seeing how much the city has changed, and letting…
July 2018FDNF-J, Frederick Crayton, Hakodate, Japan, USS Chief
USS Chief to Visit Niigata
July 9, 2018 July 9, 2018 seawaves
USS Chief (MCM 14), forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet, will make a brief port visit to Niigata, Japan on July 9, 2018. Chief is visiting Niigata for training and goodwill. Conducting port calls provides the crew with experience and improves mission readiness. Chief, commanded by Lt. Cmdr. William A. Russell, is an Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship and is 68.3 meters in length. The ship displaces approximately 1,300 tons with approximately crew size of 90. While in Niigata, the crew is looking forward to…
July 2018Japan, MCM 14, Niigata, Sasebo, USS Chief
US-Japan Complete 3JA Exercise
USS Chief (MCM 14), Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 7 staff, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) Detachment 2A, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) units successfully completed exercise 3JA Nov. 28. The exercise, which lasted three days, was part of a series of exercises held between U.S. and Japan forces in order to increase proficiency and interoperability in mine countermeasure operations. USS Chief hosted JMSDF members aboard to build bonds and share tactics on mine countermeasure operations. EODMU 5 embarked the Uraga class…
2017 November3JA, EODMU 5, HM-14, JMSDF, JS Bungo, MCMRON7, USS Chief
USS Chief departs Sasebo for 3JA MCM exercise with Japanese
USS Chief (MCM 14) departed Sasebo Nov. 21 to join Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) MCM ships and aircraft in MCM exercise 3JA. MCMEX 3JA is part of an annual series of bilateral exercises held between the U.S. and Japan to increase proficiency and interoperability in mine countermeasure operations. This will be the second year that Chief will participate in the U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise and follows its recent participation in the Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise with the Republic of Korea and United Nation Command Sending States. "Chief is excited…
2017 November3JA, JMSDF, MCM, Sasebo, USN, USS Chief
US and ROK Forces Complete MIWEX
October 24, 2017 seawaves
Maritime forces from the U.S. and Republic of Korea successfully completed the Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise (MN MIWEX), Oct. 22. USS Chief (MCM 14), staff from Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 7, and Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Squadron (HM) 14 Detachment 2A participated in MIWEX with Republic of Korea (ROK) counterparts and members of United Nations Command Sending States to increase mine countermeasure interoperability and tactical proficiency. The exercise spanned over a week and included a multitude of training drills designed to improve cooperation and proficiencies in mine countermeasures operations. HM-14 conducted…
2017 OctoberChinhae, HM-14, ROK Navy, USN, USS Chief
USS Chief Arrives in Busan ahead of MN MIWEX
USS Chief (MCM 14) arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 10 for a routine port call as the ship makes final preparations for the Multinational Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MN MIWEX). MN MIWEX consists of ships, aircraft, and explosive ordnance units who will participate in a week of drills meant to detect and neutralize mines in order to create safe navigation routes off the Korean peninsula. "We're looking forward to participating with our partners and building on our joint capabilities and enhancing interoperability," said Lt. Cmdr. William Russell, commanding officer…
2017 OctoberBusan, MCM 14, MN MIWEX, South Korea, USS Chief
USS Chief visits South Korea's Jeju Island
September 26, 2017 seawaves
USS Chief (MCM 14) arrived at the southern island of Jeju-do for a routine port visit and completion of planned training and certifications, Sept. 26. Capt. Glen Leverette, the deputy commander of U.S. Naval Forces Korea, greeted the ship along with Rear Adm. Kim, Jung-Soo, the commander of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy's Maritime Task Force Flotilla 7, and more than 100 ROK sailors, welcome Chief to the southern island. "The ROK Navy and Flotilla 7 leadership always provide a warm welcome and excellent support to our ships," said…
2017 SeptemberJeju, MCM 14, MCMRON7, ROK, USNFK, USS Chief
U.S., Republic of Korea team up for MCM portion of Foal Eagle
April 6, 2017 seawaves
April 3, 2017 – U.S. mine countermeasures, surface and expeditionary assets and counterparts from the Republic of Korea navy wrapped up the mine countermeasures portion of the bilateral exercise Foal Eagle March 29. Foal Eagle is a series of joint and combined field training exercises conducted by Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea components (ground, air, naval, and special operations) in order to enhance the combat readiness, flexibility, and capabilities of the Alliance. The MCM portion of Foal Eagle was conducted off the coast of the Republic of Korea…
2017 AprilFoal Eagle, HM-14, ROK Navy, US Navy, USS Chief, USS Warrior


Bio: As a partner at Simeone & Miller, LLP, Washington, D.C. attorney Thomas J. Simeone provides legal representation to injury victims. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, and has over 20 years of legal experience. Attorney Simeone is a graduate of Syracuse University and the Columbia University School of Law. He is a Justice Fellow at the American Academy of Medical Experts and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Contact his firm today and get a no-charge consultation.
Lawyer Thomas J. Simeone, graduated from Syracuse University Columbia University School of Law, is now employed by Simeone & Miller, LLP at 1130 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 350 Washington, DC 20036.
While being a member of Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University Law School American Associate of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants American Association for Justice Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, DC, Thomas J. Simeone is one of the more than one million lawyers in United States. Before choosing Thomas J. Simeone as your lawyer, you should consider whether Thomas J. Simeone is a member of American Bar Association (ABA), how much he or she charges for the services, if there is any hidden attorney fee, what's the fee schedule, whether he or she has good community reputation and is able to provide a list of good references. You can also contact the Board of Professional Responsibility of the state bar, to find out if Thomas J. Simeone has ever been placed under any disciplinary actions. If there is any such disciplinary action, avoid using his or her services. Please be aware that, though Thomas J. Simeone's office is located at Washington, DC, he or she might belong to the bar association of other states.
Focus of Lawyer's Practice and Years Practice are also very important factors in your evaluation process. The more focused the lawyer's practice areas, the better service he or she could provide. Length of practice, however, can be both positive and negative for an attorney. So do not make decisions solely on one or two factors. Thomas J. Simeone has been admitted in Washington, DC, 1992. His or her practice areas include Personal Injury, ATV Accidents, Aviation Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Birth Injuries, Brain Injuries, Car Accidents, Dog Bites, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Motorcycle Accidents, Nursing Home Abuse, Product Liability, Pedestrian Accidents, Premises Liability, Train Accidents, Truck Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death, Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Workplace Discrimination.
Thomas J. Simeone's college education includes Syracuse University, law school degree was from Columbia University School of Law, other biographical background includes As a partner at Simeone & Miller, LLP, Washington, D.C. attorney Thomas J. Simeone provides legal representation to injury victims. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, and has over 20 years of legal experience. Attorney Simeone is a graduate of Syracuse University and the Columbia University School of Law. He is a Justice Fellow at the American Academy of Medical Experts and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Contact his firm today and get a no-charge consultation.. You should contact other lawyers and law firms nearby before choosing your legal representatives.


Four weeks in to its third season, FX has renewed Pamela Adlon's Better Things for a fourth go-round. The critically praised and award-winning comedy series directed by, produced by and starring Adlon, will premiere its fourth season in 2020 on FX.
FX has slotted Thursday, February 28 at 10 PM for the Season 3 premiere of Peabody-winning comedy series Better Things.
In busy times, as the executive producer, writer and star of her first television series—FX's Better Things—what more could there be for Pamela Adlon to do?
Pamela Adlon, a longtime friend and collaborator of Louis C.K., today issued a statement reacting to his confirming allegations of sexual misconduct by multiple women.
Even better things are on the way. Just weeks after its Season 2 premiere, FX has renewed its hit Peabody-winning comedy series Better Things for a third season for premiere in 2018.
Pamela Adlon, being the Emmy nominated star, writer, director and executive producer of FX's first comedy series with a solo female lead, was the perfect person to lead a discussion on the "incremental increase in male shittiness" at the Television Critics Association confab in Beverly Hills.
Known for her standout work on Louie and Californication, Better Things co-creator Pamela Adlon saw a big bet pay off in a big way today as she landed a nomination for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy Series.


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Q: Actions on Google: How To Implement Database & User Entities (Session) using NodeJS I'm looking to have a database which contain the devices data that each user has. When the user connects to the Node server, it will somehow retrieve all the devices names and return it to AoG for the NLB engine recognise those names.
How would I go about implementing this?
My current code is attached below (built from sample code from Google):

'use strict';

const util = require('util');
const functions = require('firebase-functions');
const {
  dialogflow,
  Suggestions,
  BasicCard,
  Button,
  SimpleResponse,
} = require('actions-on-google');

const {values, concat, random, randomPop} = require('./util');
const responses = require('./responses');

/** Dialogflow Contexts {@link https://dialogflow.com/docs/contexts} */
const AppContexts = {
  FACT: 'choose_fact-followup',
  CATS: 'choose_cats-followup',
  XXX: 'choose_xxx-followup',

};

/** Dialogflow Context Lifespans {@link https://dialogflow.com/docs/contexts#lifespan} */
const Lifespans = {
  DEFAULT: 5,
};

const app = dialogflow({
  debug: true,
  init: () => ({
    data: {
      // Convert array of facts to map
      facts: responses.categories.reduce((o, c) => {
        o[c.category] = c.facts.slice();
        return o;
      }, {}),
      cats: responses.cats.facts.slice(), // copy cat facts
    },
  }),
});

/**
 * Greet the user and direct them to next turn
 * @param {DialogflowConversation} conv DialogflowConversation instance
 * @return {void}
 */
app.intent('Unrecognized Deep Link Fallback', (conv) => {
  const response = util.format(responses.general.unhandled, conv.query);
  const suggestions = responses.categories.map((c) => c.suggestion);
  conv.ask(response, new Suggestions(suggestions));
});

// redirect to the intent handler for tell_fact
app.intent('choose_fact', 'tell_fact');

// Say a fact
app.intent('tell_fact', (conv, {category}) => {
  const {facts, cats, xxx} = conv.data;
  if (values(facts).every((c) => !c.length)) {
    // If every fact category facts stored in conv.data is empty,
    // close the conversation
    return conv.close(responses.general.heardItAll);
  }
  const categoryResponse =
    responses.categories.find((c) => c.category === category);
  const fact = randomPop(facts[categoryResponse.category]);
  if (!fact) {
    const otherCategory =
      responses.categories.find((other) => other !== categoryResponse);
    const redirect = otherCategory.category;
    const parameters = {
      category: redirect,
    };
    // Add facts context to outgoing context list
    conv.contexts.set(AppContexts.FACT, Lifespans.DEFAULT, parameters);
    const response = [
      util.format(responses.transitions.content.heardItAll, category, redirect),
    ];
    // If cat facts not loaded or there still are cat facts left
    if (cats.length) {
      response.push(responses.transitions.content.alsoCats);
    }
    response.push(responses.general.wantWhat);
    conv.ask(concat(...response));
    conv.ask(new Suggestions(otherCategory.suggestion));
    if (cats.length) {
      conv.ask(new Suggestions(responses.cats.suggestion));
    }
    return;
  }
  const {factPrefix} = categoryResponse;
  // conv.ask can be called multiple times to have the library construct
  // a single response itself the response will get sent at the end of
  // the function or if the function returns a promise, after the promise
  // is resolved.
  conv.ask(new SimpleResponse({
    speech: concat(factPrefix, fact),
    text: factPrefix,
  }));
  conv.ask(responses.general.nextFact);
  conv.ask(new BasicCard({
    title: fact,
    image: random(responses.content.images),
    buttons: new Button({
      title: responses.general.linkOut,
      url: responses.content.link,
    }),
  }));
  console.log('hiwwxxxxxww thi is aaron');
  conv.ask(responses.general.suggestions.confirmation);
});

// Redirect to the intent handler for tell_cat_fact
app.intent('choose_cats', 'tell_cat_fact');

// Say a cat fact
app.intent('tell_cat_fact', (conv) => {
  const {cats} = conv.data;
  console.log('this is cats data' + {cats});
  const fact = randomPop(cats);
  if (!fact) {
    conv.contexts.delete(AppContexts.FACT);
    conv.contexts.delete(AppContexts.CATS);
    conv.ask(responses.transitions.cats.heardItAll);
    return conv.ask(responses.general.suggestions.confirmation);
  }
  const {factPrefix, audio} = responses.cats;
  // conv.ask can be called multiple times to have the library construct
  // a single response itself. The response will get sent at the end of
  // the function or if the function returns a promise, after the promise
  // is resolved.
  const sound = util.format(audio, random(responses.cats.sounds));
  conv.ask(new SimpleResponse({
    // <speak></speak> is needed here since factPrefix is a SSML string
    // and contains audio.
    speech: `<speak>${concat(factPrefix, sound, fact)}</speak>`,
    text: factPrefix,
  }));
  conv.ask(responses.general.nextFact);
  conv.ask(new BasicCard({
    title: fact,
    image: random(responses.cats.images),
    buttons: new Button({
      title: responses.general.linkOut,
      url: responses.cats.link,
    }),
  }));
  console.log('hiwwxxxxxww thi is aaron');
  conv.ask(responses.general.suggestions.confirmation);
});

//say a tv channel
app.intent('volume', (conv, {device_name,device_action, value}) => {

  var no_device_name = device_name;
  var no_value = value;
  var no_device_action = device_action;

  var this_device_value = util.inspect(value, false, null);
  var this_device_name = util.inspect(device_name, false, null);
  var this_device_action = util.inspect(device_action, false, null);
  console.log(this_device_action[0]);

  if (no_device_name[0] == 'channel'){
    console.log('inside tv but CHANNEL');

  }

  else{
    console.log('VOLUME');
  }
  console.log('THIS IS VOL');
  console.log(no_device_action[0]);
   conv.ask(`Alright, ${device_name} VOLUM is now ${value}! `);
  console.log('inside volume ' + value[0]);
  console.log('inside volume' + device_name[0]);
  console.log('inside volume' + device_action[0]);
  console.log('hiwwxxxxxww thi is aaron');

});

//say a tv channel
app.intent('channel', (conv, {device_channel_name, device_channel_action, channel_value}) => {

  console.log('THIS IS CHANNEL');

  conv.ask(`Alright, ${device_channel_name} CHANNEL is now ${channel_value}! `);
  console.log('inside CHANNEL ' + channel_value[0]);
  console.log('inside CHANNEL' + device_channel_name[0]);
  console.log('inside CHANNEL' + device_channel_action[0]);
  console.log('hiwwxxxxxww thi is aaron');

});

app.intent('no_input', (conv) => {
  const repromptCount = parseInt(conv.arguments.get('REPROMPT_COUNT'));
  if (repromptCount === 0) {
    conv.ask(`What was that?`);
  } else if (repromptCount === 1) {
    conv.ask(`Sorry I didn't catch that. Could you repeat yourself?`);
  } else if (conv.arguments.get('IS_FINAL_REPROMPT')) {
    conv.close(`Okay let's try this again later.`);
  }
});

// The entry point to handle a http request
exports.factsAboutGoogle = functions.https.onRequest(app);

A: conv.user.storage is supposed to persist for up to 30 days of non-use, indefinitely for regular use, and pretty much linked to the relevant 'Google account', across devices. Note the user can also FORCIBLY disassociate themselves from the data manually (via the assistant app, if they dig into options to find your app).
All that as described here at the time of writing:
https://developers.google.com/actions/identity/user-info
conv.user.id seems to remain constant similarly - So could be used to 'key' into an external database if you want to do that.
But you might as well just use userStorage - It seems to have the same lifespan and reliability as the user.id key anyway, and saves you hassle/latency of hitting a DB.
As far as I can tell, if you want a more reliable mechanism than this, then Account Linking is the only other way to go. I will leave you to dig into that yourself...

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Does Fallows accept Gehry's lame excuse? What would Jane Jacobs think?
It's not clear if he does.
The story so far: Frank Gehry (so famous as to need no descriptor such as "star architect") appears at a conference in Aspen and and takes questions from the audience.
Fallows' take — Fifty-nine and a half minutes of brilliance, thirty seconds of hauteur — (he was there):
The second or third was from a fairly insistent character whose premise was that great "iconic" buildings nonetheless fell short as fully attractive and effective "public places," where people were drawn to congregate and spend time. He said he was challenging Gehry to do even more to make his buildings attractive by this measure too.
Putting aside the de haut en bas "insistent character," Fallows restates the starchitecture question in a fair if unenthusiastic way and he doesn't seem to grasp the importance of the question. But he is rightfully shocked by Gehry's rude answer and it is that rude response which is the subject of his post here, which chides Gehry for his tone (though not for Gehry's lack of response.)
Gehry didn't like the question and said that the indictment didn't apply to his own buildings. He said that the facts would back him up -- and as the questioner repeated the challenge, Gehry said that he found the question "insulting."
Fair enough. The guy did keep pushing. On the other hand, anyone who has ever appeared in public has encountered questions a hundred times as personally challenging as this.
But the questioner asked one more time, and Gehry did something I found simply incredible and unforgettable. "You are a pompous man," he said -- and waved his hand in a dismissive gesture, much as Louis XIV might have used to wave away some offending underling. He was unmistakably shooing or waving the questioner away from the microphone, as an inferior -- again, in a gesture hardly ever seen in post-feudal times.
I was sorry that I witnessed those thirty seconds. They are impossible to forget and entirely change my impression of the man. I was more amazed when part of the audience, maybe by reflex, applauded. When the video of this episode goes up on the Ideas Festival site, judge for yourself.
I think Gehry's behavior is weird long before his overt rudeness. Gehry refuses to answer the question and claims his buildings don't fail in creating public places.
Well Mr. Gehry, climb down off that horse. It's for us, the public judgment over decades, to say whether you produce urban architecture or not. It is not for you to pass judgment on whether your architecture helps create a city or just a big suburb.
No fool Gehry. He can recognize a useful ally i.e. a writer widely respected (and correctly — I think Fallows is one of the most perceptive and balanced socio/political critics we have) , with access to reputable media and best of all with no obvious experience in writing about buildings and the cities they make. So he emails Fallows, whom I gather he doesn't know. Fallows posts the email. Gehry writes:
Dear Mr. Fallows -
Fair enough - your impression. I have a few lame excuses. One is that I'm eighty and I get freaked out with petty annoyances more than I ever did when I was younger. Two, I didn't really want to be there - I got caught in it by friends. And three - I do get questions like that and this guy seemed intent on getting himself a pulpit. I think I gave him an opportunity to be specific about his critique. Turns out that he followed Tommy Pritzker [the moderator of Gehry's session] around the next day and badgered him about the same issues. His arguments, according to Tommy, didn't hold much water. I think what annoyed me most was that he was marketing himself at everyone's expense. I apologize for offending you. Thanks for telling me.
Yes it was good of Gehry to make the gesture of an apology.
But overall his "apology" was a veiled attack on a perspective which he wouldn't name and with which he wouldn't deal.
The perspective, of course, is that "starchitecture" can and most often does have a negative impact on cities. And that as a (or the) leading starchitect, Gehry should be willing to answer the question, the question being, framing it in terms of a battle of the celebraties: What would Jane Jacobs think of Gehry's work? Does Gehry's work meet, on any fairhanded assessment, "the Jane Jacobs test" for a good street and city? I say it fails profoundly.
And one can agree or disagree with my own ultimate conclusion, but I was sorry to see that Gehry was unable/unwilling to address the issue. He dismisses the question with an ad hominem attack and appeals to the authority of "Tommy" (Pritzker — presumably of the family which has done its own share of city-destruction through its usually anti-urban hotels) that the "insistent character's" questions are unimportant. But the question is important and deserve Gehry's response.
Fallows characterizes the apology as "classy." I see nothing classy in it except that it pretends to be an apology which is better than no apology at all.
My own view is that one can thread the needle — it is in fact possible for starchitecture to be good urbanism if it is done with urbanism in mind. No time for the explanation right now but the solution is extremely simple. Why won't Gehry take up the issue? He must be able to see how profoundly un-urban a building Disney Hall is. And he's gotta be able to see the extremely simple solution. Why the silence? Let it rip Mr. Gehry. Come down off your throne.
Sorry about the weird formatting. I am having trouble figuring out the new TypePad.
Jul 8, 2009 8:34:44 AM
I believe that the person questioning Gehry was actually Fred Kent, of the Project for Public Spaces. Hardly a petty layman looking for a pulpit. Kent knows public spaces as they are used well, and it would have been nice if Gehry had engaged with him on a respectful level. This is worthwhile topic.
Posted by: Daniel Nairn | Jul 08, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Why is Disney Hall "profoundly un-urban?" I am unable to attach any meaning to that insult at all. It seems to me one of the great buildings of our time, and to fit in its context downtown in a fascinating way. I walked around it, in it, over it, for a couple of hours a year or so ago and then walked around the neighborhood to approach it from different sides, and see it appear down different blocks, and I thought it wonderful from every angle. Unlike anything in its neighborhood, but having a vivid conversation with the neighborhood.
Could the writer elaborate on what's un-urban about this?
Posted by: AW | Jul 09, 2009 at 10:23 AM
If you indeed walked around the entire building then you know that 3 sides of it at sidewalk levelare dead blank walls.
Dead blanks walls kill urbanism.
Posted by: David Sucher | Jul 09, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Mr. Sucher, I agree wholeheartedly with your indictment of Gehry, but I think you're missing an opportunity with AW -- your condescending tone is unjustified, and the question-begging "dead blank walls kill urbanism" won't persuade anyone. Maybe the space limitations of a comments thread preclude a detailed answer, but how about a link to a longer piece that could educate AW and the rest of us?
Posted by: Josh Peterson | Jul 10, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Josh Peterson.
I appreciate your question and am sorry you took my directness for condescension and my remark about blank walls as question-begging.
As you say, it was just a comment and moreover I have gone over this material -- specifically and at length about Disney Hall -- on this blog. Moreover I thought by now that it was common-knowledge, especially to readers of a blog on urbanism, that blank walls are bad. And I don't mean that in a condescending way it all but very flat — it's a statement akin to saying that car drivers prefer smooth roads and hardly needing of explanation. Guess I was wrong.
Posted by: David Sucher | Jul 11, 2009 at 06:26 AM
Re: What would Jane Jacobs think?
Actually, the one quote from Jane Jacobs on Frank Gehry that I've been able to discover can be interpreted as being somewhat positive! The quote, however, might also be interpreted as being nuanced or ambivalent, but it's not as scathingly negative as one might think.
I've never been much of a fan of Gehry's (although I've grown to appreciate his work more over the years, I still think, however, that it is usually vastly overpraised AS URBANISM), and a few years ago I was hoping to hear what devastingly negative things Jacobs (whose husband was an architect) would have to say about his work (and the work of the other "starchitects"). I did find a quote -- I think it's in one of those Jacobs interviews that are available on-line -- and Jacobs, seemingly admiringly, more or less, "Well, he certainly knows how to site his buildings." So in that interview, at least, I was very disappointed! (I believe the interview was done about the time Gehry was designing that building at MIT, but the quote may or may not be in reference to that building but to either Balboa or his work in general?)
Now, of course, this doesn't mean that Jacobs approved, in general, of Gehry's (and other starchitect's) architecture but, in that interview at least, she did pass up an opportunity to really let Gehry have it.
Also, in another interview, the interviewer mentions that at some meeting or another Jacobs strongly defended a Mies van der Rohe building in Toronto from the criticisms of a friend of hers (the mayor, or the former mayor, of Toronto). While not detailing what, exactly, Jacobs said, Jacobs seemed to agree that she had indeed defended the building. (I get the impression that she was saying that the building shouldn't be torn down, but saved and rewoven into the fabric of the city.)
In her books themselves (and in a number of other interviews) Jacobs does, of course, seem to strongly criticize a number of aspects of "starchitecture" (without using that expression). I think in one of the on-line interviews, for instance, she talks about how her husband said something like, "The first question an architect should ask himself is how the building will work in the environment in which it is set." And in an interview with an architect who was a colleague of her husband's, that architect mentions how Jacobs (who was an informal consultant to a large project that he was working on) taught him to look beyond architecture and, instead, to look at how a building works in the environment.
I bring up the earlier, somewhat admiring (or at least ambivalent), quote, however, to point out that Jacobs was not as narrowly dogmatic as many people (not necessarily you, David) often make her out to be. I think what Jacobs was really saying thoughtout her work is, more or less, "Let's look at processes -- and, when we do that, let's not look on with uncritical, unqualified admiration at those trendy things (e.g., superblocks, big plans, "starchitecture," etc.) that also have some very, very strong negatives.
Here's my take (strongly influenced by my interpretation of Jacobs) on Gehry (and the architecture of other starchitects):
1) The buildings, as beautiful as some of them may be as sculpture, are, indeed, usually, anti-urban.
2) But not every building /structure in a city has to be urbane in order for a city or city district to be healthy. Cities, and city districts, that are generally healthy can usually afford A FEW anti-urban buildings HERE AND THERE. Look at some of the other anti-urban buildings that have been built in NYC over the years without "killing" their surroundings: Trinity Church and the Trinity church graveyard (with its one-story (+?) high stone retaining wall); the fanstastic fortress-like armories; St. Patrick's Cathedral (which I like to think of as a 19th Century, Gothic Revival "spaceship" plunked down in mid-Manhattan); "podiumed" and high-walled Beaux Arts buildings like the U.S. Customs House (on NYC's Bowling Green) and the New York Public Library; the original (and in my opinion quite beautiful) Philip Johnson's wall for the Museum of Modern Art; etc.
3) The important thing, however, is to recognize that such structures are, indeed, antiburban and that they shouldn't be allowed to proliferate or be grouped together with nothing else there (e.g., like the very large theaters at Lincoln Center). In other words, that their positives are not unqualified positives and that their anti-urbanism should be ameliorated or tempered (e.g., surrounded, in some cases, by infill, etc.)
4) I also feel, as I believe I mentioned in an earlier thread on Gehry's Disney Hall on the City Comforts website, that I think people (especially architects) tend to confuse urban design with urbanism. In my opinion good urban design can still be bad urbanism (e.g., a cultural center having good urban design is still likely to be anti-urban; and bad (or so-so) urban design can still be great urbanism (e.g., those two large but, "urban design" wise, so-so buildings on Union Square in NYC that are also terrific as urbanism).
Posted by: Benjamin Hemric | Jul 11, 2009 at 12:27 PM
This whole exchange (including those from interested observers) is fascinating, but in my opinion it still unfairly praises Gehry by too faint of damning.
Gehry's architecture has always been contaminated with novelty, but over the past two decades, this novelty has become increasingly retrograde. Anyone familiar with Futurist sculpture (particularly Boccioni) will recognize Gehry's formal antecedent; far from being "new", his forms are a century old, and getting older by the day.
But perhaps a bigger ill is that Gehry has ushered in an era where novelty is allowed to trump function. Where is the function in a building that requires custom carpets, custom furniture, etc., simply to be able to perform as well as its rectilinear equivalent? Where is the functionality in cladding that cannot be repaired or replaced, except through custom fabricators at 5 times the cost of flat panels? Where is the functionality in urban exterior treatments from which it is impossible to efface graffiti? While visiting the Guggenheim Bilbao, I saw the results of this; ugly scars left on the titanium panels.
Finally, I have to marvel at Gehry's almost Orwellian use of double-speak: dismissing a critic as "pompous". What could be more pompous than believing that one is above criticism?!
Posted by: Robert Haines | Jul 12, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Back belatedly to thank Mr Sucher for his clarification, and to say that I don't mind at all being condescended to, and have now read a little on your site and have a better idea what you meant. I still think that a set of rules that defines "urban" in such a way as not to allow for the existence of, say, Disney Hall, or the Guggenheim Museum, or Lever House, or the Seagram's Building, or (as in Mr Hemric's point #2 above) Trinity Church, the Public Library, the Custom's House at Bowling Green, is a set of rules in need of revision, or possibly in need of scrapping altogether. I haven't walked around the Armory Building up on Park Ave in awhile, but I don't remember any retail penetration at all. It nevertheless is a glorious building, which the city would be poorer without. It would seem to me the case that though blank walls are in general not a great idea, masterpieces that have them are sometimes an excellent idea, and highly urban at least in the general sense of that word, and that a critical posture that defines them out of the conversation is the intellectual equivalent of that moment in the movie "Shallow Hal" where Jason Alexander's character refuses a date with a supermodel who has tickets to a Cream revival concert because her second toe is longer than her big toe. Sometimes maybe you have to acknowledge the presence of values more important than your rules, no?
I find Disney Hall thrilling. I live in downtown New York where any number of buildings have lots of sidewalk life, and they are for the most part decidedly un-thrilling. And I regard the loss of the downtown Guggenheim by Gehry as an immense tragedy.
Posted by: AW | Jul 12, 2009 at 02:45 PM
Please take a look at this post:
http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/2003/06/the_default_pos.html
It may clarify things a bit.
That clarifies things a bit, in the sense that you admit to exceptions to your rules. The only question then is whether the Disney Hall qualifies as one of those exceptions, and you feel that it does not, and I disagree.
And, AW, the magic (and irony) of the 3 Rules is that Disney Hall would have lost nothing of it's charm but gained an enormous urban presence had all it's 4 block frontages (rather than just one) responded to the street
That's the irony. Disney Hall could be a great urban building with very very little modification. Don't you see the importance (negative, as the building was designed) of those 3 missing urban frontages? They reinforce the dead-zone feeling of Disney Hall. It is so simple.
You may be right. Unfortunately, though I did walk around the whole building, and the neighborhood, I can't remember the buildings facing Disney Hall on those other three sides well enough to picture those three blocks. It was a couple of years ago, and I was so impressed by the hall that I spent more time looking at it than at what was across the street on those other sides. So I'm in no position to argue and concede the point.
I can imagine circumstances where blank walls would not be a problem, but won't argue further that this is one of them. And it would be interesting to hear Gehry talk about why he left those walls blank, though I'm more sympathetic to his response in Aspen than you and many of your commenters.
You state that "I'm more sympathetic to his response in Aspen than you and many of your commenters."
Were you in Aspen? Did you hear/see Gehry's response? Just curious on what you base your sympathy.
According to Fallows (a Gehry fan, I might add) it was unpleasant.
Nope, wasn't there. I was trying to be brief and was unclear. I will now be over-long and perhaps clearer.
I am sympathetic because I love his buildings, and because I can imagine that at age 80, in a venue he didn't particularly care for, he might well not have been much interested in a debate. I might like to see that debate, but so be it -- age has its perks.
And I'm sympathetic because in this battle between Gehry, and the other designers of iconic buildings, and those who deplore them -- you among them, as far as I can tell -- I'm firmly on his side. I've been frustrated, living in NYC for thirty years, at the mediocrity of most of what's been thrown up since the sixties -- the last great buildings seem to me Lever House and the Seagram's building. When Richard Meier designed those condos on West St in the village to much complaint from the neighbors, something changed -- the greedy and aesthetically unambitious developers we seem to be stuck with realized that they could make money by hiring famous architects, and so suddenly the city was awash in work by name architects. Much of it rubbish, by the way. (that monstrosity on St Mark's Place by Gwathmey for example, and I didn't even much like the Meier buildings, though the third wasn't bad). I am starved for some architectural ambition in this city and so am willing to accept a certain amount of crap in order to get some great and inspiring work. I wish we had ten Gehry buildings in New York. I think Atlantic Yards is/was way too big, but the difference between Gehry's arena and the one that will now apparently be built is the difference between Paestum and a dunghill. (Gehry's building isn't Paestum, but the new design is uglier than any dunghill I've ever seen, and I couldn't care less what sort of retail penetration they come up with.)
The day after 9/11 I decided that the one really important response we could make was to build masterpieces where the towers had been. Something on the level of Gehry's Bilbao museum. Something to amaze the world, to say to the gangsters who attacked us "All you can do is destroy -- behold what our great civilization can create!" And of course what followed was bad politics, bad faith, and bad design. This followed what is for me the aesthetic disaster of Battery Park City, where some fool decreed that the most important urban land in North America should be covered with one mediocre brick building after another -- with lots of retail on the streets, but with absolutely nothing of any interest happening anywhere else. It's an immense failure of imagination. Mildly pleasant to walk through, and fairly urban in your sense, I think, but a horrible failure nonetheless.
I vote with genius just about every time. What a great building -- the Doge's Palace, the temples at Paestum, the Parthenon, the Chrysler Building -- can do is to expand our notion of what it is to be human, to be alive on this earth. Disney Hall does that for me. And if you can create Disney Hall, then for me, frankly, you don't have to explain, or argue, or defend.
AW, Eloquently put. Thank you.
But I really can't understand what you think I am saying and why we are at odds. From my perspective it is you and Gehry who are creating the issue by opposing iconic buildings versus good walkable urbanism.
Listen carefully to what Kent said. He asked how do we integrate starchitecture and good urbanism? He was explicitly NOT calling for banning iconic buildings -- as if that could be done.
So why all the furor? Why did Gehry get so out-of-proportion upset? Why the resistance? What do you know that I don'? i.e. about iconic buildings and walkable urbanism?
I don't actually think we disagree much -- I was trying to allow for your feeling that we do. But I think you're quite right -- there should be a way to integrate walkable urbanism and iconic buildings. Given a great building (for me, Disney Hall), I feel churlish and small picking away at it, and I'm still not sure it would be improved by penetrating those three blank walls (there's something sculptural about the building that would, I think, suffer from that penetration). But it might. And I think it's a good conversation to have.
And, I repeat, so many of the new "iconic" (at least, presumably, to their designers) buildings in NYC these days are such rubbish that I would dearly love to see both better icons and better street life.
I do agree with Gehry that there's something insulting about the term "starchitecture" that makes me wish we'd retire it. It implies that there's nothing going on in those buildings other than the display of peacock feathers, and I don't think that's fair. Every great work in any form represents the assertion of a powerful ego -- but that's not all it represents, or we wouldn't care. It's dismissive, and surely Bilbao, Hadid's Cincinnati Art Museum, Steven Holl's Nelson-Atkins Museum, Tadao Ando's Fort Worth Museum, are, whatever you think about them, very much not dismissable.
But -- peace.
And thanks for the conversation.
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HUGE update to post below Commenter Daniel Nairn in post immediately below this one believes that the "insistent character" ignored by Gehry was none other than Fred Kent, who if you don't know is one of the most knowledgeable, astute etc etc people working to make cities more comfortable for walkers. He founded and still leads Project for Public Spaces. Confirmed here: Twitter / PPS: Fred Kent (the fairly insi .... It is absurd that Gehry would decline to engage him . Outrageous, in fact,...


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Rabat - The North American bid to host the 2026 World Cup may have looked more convincing to FIFA's task force, which gave it a higher score than the Moroccan bid. But that does not mean United 2026 is set to win hosting rights: Trump's isolationism and brazenly undiplomatic messages may sink America's superior-looking bid.
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Rabat – The North American bid to host the 2026 World Cup may have looked more convincing to FIFA's task force, which gave it a higher score than the Moroccan bid. But that does not mean United 2026 is set to win hosting rights: Trump's isolationism and brazenly undiplomatic messages may sink America's superior-looking bid.
United 2026, which is campaigning with the catchy "Unity, Certainty, Opportunity" slogan, may have more opportunities with its "technical superiority" to host the 2026 World, but it seems to lack certainty and unity, according to Bloomberg.
America's declining influence
Despite securing the support of Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Latin American countries, the North American bid may suffer serious repercussions from Trump's "America First" agenda.
Commenting on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's response to Trump's tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union, Bloomberg wrote: "In the real world, the governments of the three partners have been anything but United. First there was Trump's border wall, then visa restrictions and now tariffs that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed as 'frankly insulting.'"
Trump's statement that America would impose tariffs on US partners has sparked fierce reproach in the traditionally American-led Western Bloc. For example, France's Emmanuel Macron urged the European Union to carve a new path for itself and undermine America's leadership.
Expected impact of politics
For these reasons and more, hosts of commentators have suggested that politics will have a defining impact on the June 13 vote and that the outcome will be more surprising than expected.
Internally divided and gradually garnering the contempt of much of the world for President Trump's unvarnished sense of superiority, America's global aspirations—many see the North American bid as a de facto US bid—may suffer an unexpected blow in Moscow on Wednesday next week.
"The final decision will be down to politics as much as merit," Petros Iosifidis, a professor at City University in London who is an expert in the political economy of television sports rights, told Bloomberg. Iosifidis went on to explain that the fact that the June 13 vote will be decided by national federations is a sure recipe for surprises.
He added, however: "What Trump has done in recent weeks has been to alienate his partners. How can these three countries go together for a solid bid right now? Whether we want it or not football always relates to politics."
Others have maintained that Morocco 2026 was already strong enough in its own rights. They suggested that "the Trump factor," as some have dubbed President Trump's possible influence on the vote's outcome, may just be a small surplus in Morocco's already acquired fan base.
Many people in the third world feel that Morocco would bring more passion and excitement to football's most celebrated tournament.
While Trudeau pilloried Trump for his "unacceptable… and insulting" tariffs, the Mexico Football Federation chairman, Decio de Maria, is applying a soothing balm to an obvious sense of uncertainty and ambivalence in the North American trio.
De Maria suggested that United 2026 focus on the bright side and shield its bid against the fragility that politics can bring. "In the past we had differences, today we have differences and tomorrow we will have differences. But we are here for football."
But it remains to be seen whether such pronounced rhetoric of sticking together in spite of everything will have an impact when national federations convene in Moscow in four days time.
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Q: Difference between Scalar Multiplication and Orthogonal Projection My textbook is in Swedish so I am sorry if the wording is a bit weird or if things have got another name in english. Anyway, I am confused regarding Scalar Multiplication and Orthogonal projection, especially how scalar multiplication is used to derive the formula for orthogonal projection.
Scalar multiplication is defined as: $$|u| \cdot |v| \cdot \cos [u,v]$$
Orthogonal projection is defined as $$u' = \frac{u\cdot v}{|v|^2} \cdot v$$
From what I understand the difference between these is that scalar multiplication produces a magnitude, while orthogonal projection produces a vector.
I am trying to prove the formula for orthogonal projection myself and I have come up with the follwing:
Define $$ e = \frac{1}{|v|} \cdot v$$
i.e a normalized vector in the direction of v.
Now, the magnitude times the direction would produce the full vector correct? So:
$$ u' = |u|\cdot|v|\cdot\cos [u,v] \cdot e = \frac{|u|\cdot|v|\cdot\cos [u,v] \cdot v}{|v|}$$
Which gives $$\frac{u\cdot v\cdot v}{|v|}$$
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AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Saturday reiterated the centrality of the Palestinian cause, underlining Jordan's "unsurpassed political and diplomatic support for the Palestinians".
Meeting with secretaries general of political parties on Saturday, the premier said the Arab nation is going through the most detrimental stage in its history and warned against the war on Gaza turning into a subject of inter-Arab disputes and divisions.
Ensour added that trading accusations at this time will not serve the Palestinians who are in dire need of unified Arab action to support their legitimate cause.
"Jordan's position on the Palestinian issue has been unaltered and crystal clear and will remain so," Ensour said.
The meeting was attended by Interior Minister Hussein Majali, Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani and Political and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Khaled Kalaldeh.
Also on Saturday, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh discussed, during a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius, the "dangerous" escalation in Gaza and the efforts exerted to reach a ceasefire.
The two sides stressed the importance of supporting the Egyptian initiative to end the violence. Judeh reiterated Jordan's stance, rejecting the frequent Israeli aggression against the strip.
Also on Saturday, Judeh spoke with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, to discuss the latest developments in the besieged enclave.
Judeh stressed that the only way to stop the Israeli attack and ensure it never happens again is through a political solution and a return to the negotiating table.
With the 12-hour ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel effective as of 8:00am on Saturday, many Palestinians in the coastal enclave rushed to Jordan's military hospital to receive medication.
The Jordan News Agency, Petra, interviewed a number of Palestinians in Gaza who thanked Jordan for the field hospital, describing it as a haven, not only for medication purposes but also as shelter from the intensified Israeli bombardment of their suburbs and houses.
Colonel Suleiman Saudi, director of Jordan's military field hospital, "Gaza 31", said hospital staff deals with hundreds of cases on a daily basis, adding that several surgeries have also been performed on patients suffering from critical injuries.
Jordan, S. Arabia see decision on Israeli settlements as 'historic'
AMMAN — Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz on Monday received Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, who delivered an invitat
Jordan, France back Egyptian initiative
Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Saturday renewed Jordan's strong objection to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, voicing the Kingdom's support for all efforts seeking to reach an immediate ceasefire in the coastal enclave, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
King to head delegation to 25th Arab Summit in Kuwait
His Majesty King Abdullah will head Jordan's delegation to the 25th Arab Summit that will start in Kuwait Tuesday amidst deep inter-Arab disputes and the absence of several Arab leaders.


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Neben der Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung wird im Rahmen der Profitcenter-Rechnung (abgekürzt: PCR, PRCTR) manchmal auch auf der Ebene einzelner Profitcenter eine Bilanz aufgestellt. Neben dem Zweck der Arbeitsmotivation der Mitarbeiter, welche für ihre Gewinne verantwortlich sind und unternehmerisch handeln können, kann die Profitcenter-Kalkulation dazu genutzt werden, gewinnbringende Unternehmensbereiche von Verlustbringern zu unterscheiden. Ein Herunterbrechen von Ergebnisbeiträgen auf einzelne Mitarbeiter, um den "Gewinnbeitrag" jedes Mitarbeiters herauszufinden, ist indes nur möglich, wenn die Ergebnisse eines einzelnen Mitarbeiters einzeln erfasst werden können (Ertrag- und Kostenseite); in Deutschland ist dies nur unter Beachtung des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes und des Bundesdatenschutzgesetzes zu realisieren.

Während das Cost- und Servicecenter bei kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen angewandt werden kann, eignet sich das Profitcenter eher nur für Großunternehmen.

Siehe auch
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The major news outlets have reported that a likely cause of a deadly AMTRAK derailment was operator inattentiveness, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. There is evidence that the train operator was having a discussion over the radio with a dispatcher about a separate incident that caused another engineer to be injured in the course of operating his train. It was during this discussion that the operator began to accelerate the train while going into a curve.
By the time the operator realized his error, it was too late. He engaged the emergency brakes but could not stop the commuter train from derailing. It has been reported that the train was permitted to travel at a speed approaching 100 miles per hour in a zone where the speed limit was a mere 50 miles per hour. In the 11 minutes that the train had been travelling since the time it left the station in Philadelphia, it is estimated that between seven to nine of those minutes were spent by the conductor discussing an incident with another train. At the same time, there was no evidence that the train operator was under the influence of drugs or alcohol or was distracted by cell phone use.
One way to prevent such tragic accidents is to install what is known as Positive Train Control in commuter trains. This system would override operator error such as in this case when a train is pushed to 100 miles per hour in a 50 miles per hour zone. Congress has mandated that such systems be used by the commuter train industry but it has given the industry to the end of 2018 to comply. Such a safety system is overdue — such technology has been available for years but, sadly, the industry seems to be putting its bottom line ahead of passenger safety and a Republican, business friendly, congress is in no hurry to insist on a fix to an imminently fixable problem.


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